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Seaport Deal Passes, Seaport Deal Passes, But Hidden Issues RemainBut Hidden Issues Remain

NADLER ON LGBT IMMIGRATION REFORM P.5

POST OFFICE IN CHELSEA TO CLOSE P.6

FERRY TERMINAL ATTACK P.3

MAURA TIERNEY ON HER LUCKY STAGE TURN P.16

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Some are cheering a decision that will keep local businesses at Pier 17 over the Some are cheering a decision that will keep local businesses at Pier 17 over the summer, but others are cautious to celebrate the benefi tssummer, but others are cautious to celebrate the benefi tsBy Helaina Hovitz

Dallas-based mall developer Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC), along

with Council Members Christine Quinn and Margaret Chin, have encouraged the community

to celebrate Wednesday’s City Council Vote to put through HHC’s rezoning plans — but New Yorkers might have reason to be wary.

On March 20, the City Council approved the rezoning of the area surrounding the South Street Seaport by the Howard Hughes

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NEIGHBORHOOD CHATTER

WSV VS. NYU Dismissed It looks like the 2031 NYU plan for expansion still has a

future. In August of 2012, Greenwich Village residents, living in

Washington Square Village residential towers, fi led a lawsuit against NYU. WSV Green Neighbors, as these residents titled themselves, claimed that NYU’s planned expansion would take away their apartment complexes private park-grounds, grounds that these residents are legally entitled to.

In the decision made this past Th ursday, New York State Supreme Court Justice Ellen Coin dismissed the claim on the basis that it was too early to quantify what the impact will be. According to DNAinfo.com, the judge recommended these residents bring their claims to the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal.

NYU is pleased, yet not surprised, by this outcome. Th eir expansion plan was approved by the City Council in July of 2012 and will result in the creation of four additional buildings.

New Grant Program for Emergency Food Providers

Deputy Mayor Linda I. Gibbs and the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City have announced a new grant program that will help post Sandy Emergency Food Providers. Over $1.7 Million will go towards Food Bank for New York City and City Harvest to provide grants for Emergency Food Providers.

Th is funding is designed to help soup kitchens and food

pantries in Sandy-aff ected areas continue to distribute thousands of meals, as well as rebuild and improve their own establishments. Th e grants will be given on a rolling basis leading up to mid-April.

“Th e City is committed to helping our non-profi t partners get back on their own feet as they continue to help our neighbors recover,” said Deputy Major Gibbs. “We are grateful to our donors and our partners at Food Bank for New York City and City Harvest who are working hard to restore and strengthen these networks at such a critical time for our city,” continued Megan Sheekey, President of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City.

“In the fi rst 20 days aft er the storm, our Emergency Food Assistance Program and our partner agencies distributed over half a million pounds of food to the aff ected neighborhoods,” said Robert Doar, Human Resources Administration Commissioner.

City Harvest has already distributed close to six million pounds of food post Hurricane Sandy and are eagerly looking forward to the grant program so that they can continue to do what they have done.

Many of the emergency food providers are currently dealing with a need to simultaneously adjust to a growing client base and rebuild/repair their own accommodations. Th e mini-grants these food providers will be eligible to receive include food grants, benefi ts outreach (i.e. marketing tools and technical aid), and cash grants.

Easter Schedule Downtown

CatholicSt. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 263 Mulberry St., Good

Friday Th e Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion 3 p.m., Good Friday Via Crucis/Way of the Cross (Spanish and English) 5 p.m.,*Spanish Liturgy follows this, Easter Sunday Mass 9:15 a.m., 11:30 a.m. (Spanish), 12:45 p.m., 2:30 p.m. (Chinese), 7 p.m. Lutheran

Christ Lutheran Church, 123 East 15th St., Good Friday Adoration of the Crucifi ed 6:30 p.m., Easter Sunday Resurrection of Our Lord Slacker’s Sunrise Service 11 a.m.Presbyterian

Th e First Presbyterian Church, 5th Avenue at 12th St., Good Friday “Th e Seven Last Words of Christ” 12 p.m., Easter Sunday Communion Service 8:30 a.m., Easter Sunday Services 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. (*3 year old special Easter program aft er “Children’s Prayer”.) Episcopalian

Trinity Wall Street, 74 Trinity Pl., St. Paul’s Chapel of Trinity Church, 211 Broadway, Good Friday Liturgy and Veneration of the Cross (Trinity Church) 12 p.m., Good Friday the Way of the Cross (Trinity Church) 3 p.m., Good Friday with Children, Youth, and Families (Trinity Church) 4:30 p.m., Good Friday Liturgy (St. Paul’s) 6 p.m., Easter Sunday Festive Eucharist 8 a.m. & 10 a.m. (St. Paul’s), 9 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. (Trinity Church).

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CRIME WATCHFERRY TERMINAL ATTACK

This woman would have been better off getting on the ferry and not coming back. It was Wednesday, March 20, around 12:30 a.m., near the Staten Island Ferry

terminal on South Street when a woman, 21, told police that a man had hit her in the face with his fi sts, causing pain and lacerations to her left lower lip. She also said the man tried to strangle her with his bare hands. The woman was taken to

Beth Israel Hospital for further evaluation. Following the incident, a Hispanic male, 26, was placed under arrest for assault, among other charges. It was unclear

whether or not the woman knew her attacker.

Watch for Speed Bumps

A white female, 24, told police she was simply walking across Spring Street and Broadway on Wednesday, March 20th, when an unknown black man bumped her quickly from behind and made off with her wallet, credit cards and $20 cash from her hand. Th e man, who was wearing a black beanie and a green jacket, fl ed west-bound on Spring Street. Police searched the area but couldn’t fi nd the man. Police are seeking a black man, 6’ tall and 175 lbs.

Cash-Poor Crooks Hit ATM

In these tough economic times, even ATM machines made of reinforced steel are not safe from determined thieves. On Tuesday, March 19, a man reported that around 10 a.m., someone broke into his privately-owned ATM on the Avenue of the Americas. Th e ATM owner, 49, told police that someone had pried-open his ATM and stole $3,980 cash. Th e man also reported that the ATM sustained signifi cant damage as a result of being forcibly opened.

Designer Goodies Disappear at Club

It turns out that top-shelf designer clothing and accessories are popular with many people — especially thieves. On Th ursday, March 7, a 24-year-old woman was having a good time inside a popular Broome Street nightclub when she left her pocketbook on a couch while using the restroom. Th e woman reported to police that the pocketbook was missing from the couch when she returned. Th e contents of the missing pocketbook were valued at more than $13,300 and included a Louis Vuitton leather wallet, a Chanel black leather purse, a Gucci women’s watch, $3,000 cash, $1,000 worth of Euros and Prada sunglasses.

Bus Stop BanditPolice are constantly warning people to

be aware of their surroundings and also to safeguard personal items whenever possible.

Waiting at the bus stop is no exception, as one woman learned the hard way as she was waiting at a bus stop on Tuesday, March 19, around 2:40 a.m. Th e woman, 28, reported to police she was at Broadway and Chambers Street when an unknown male, dressed all in black, went into her pocketbook from behind and took several items including a Blackberry, a wallet, assorted licenses and credit cards as well as $10 cash. She told police that the man fl ed on foot. He was described as having a small tattoo on his left hand and was wearing work boots, a black ski jacket and black jeans. Th e total value of the woman’s stolen property was more than $1,000. Th ere were no other witnesses and police said there was no camera surveillance at the location.

Cab Driver Ends Up in Cuffs

Most cab rides in NYC are fairly predictable. A driver picks-up passengers, drops them off at a predetermined location, collects the fare and then continues on. But this trip was anything but predictable. A Staten Island woman, 44, reported to police being picked-up by a yellow taxi on Saturday, March 16, around 11 p.m. at 40th Street and Ninth Ave. She told the driver to drop her and her four children off at Whitehall and South Street. Upon exiting the cab at South Street, the woman reported she was holding two iPads in one hand and her money in the other. She then reportedly told the driver she didn’t want to pay the fare until her husband, who was travelling in a separate cab, also arrived at the destination. She later explained to police she wanted to compare the fares and ensure she wasn’t being overcharged. Th e woman reported that the driver, upset possibly by having to wait, then proceeded to yell and then push her while grabbing both iPads from her hands. Th e driver then fl ed. Police reported the driver then went to the 6th Precinct and claimed the woman had refused to pay her fare. Police recovered one of the iPads, valued at $350, at the precinct. Th e other iPad, reportedly worth $800, was unaccounted for. Police arrested the driver, a 27-year-old black man, for robbery and other pending charges.

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Corporation. Th e new deal allows the Seaport’s vendors to remain in Pier 17 and in the surrounding areas until October 1st, so that they can make the most out of the summer season. It also “guarantees” that 10,000 sq. feet of the landmarked Tin building will be delegated as a fresh sustainable food market under HHC’s Mixed Use Project for the area, as stated in HHC’s letter of intent. However, they don’t have to go forward with the Mixed Use Project at all, and there’s no guarantee of a market.

While Pier 17, and the businesses in the uplands that have reopened, vendors’ extended stay is a victory, the story still smacks of the classic corporate giant vs. small businesses trope. And now HHC is keeping everyone in the dark about what they’re going to do with the area surrounding Pier 17 itself, including Schermerhorn Row, Peck Slip and Th e Fulton Fish Market area, which includes the landmarked Tin building and unprotected New Market Building.

Out of the City Council hearing came two documents: Th e re-zoning ULURP,

and a Letter of Intent about Pier 17 and the Fish Market. Th e City Council approved this new deal without knowing exactly what HHC plans to do with it — this means they could turn the whole historic, cobblestoned complex into hotels, condos, and upscale chain stores, taking one of the most unique historic districts in America and turning it into another generic mall complex.

Th e whole ULURP process started when HHC decided that they wanted to renovate the mall at Pier 17, which City zoning didn’t allow. Th ey went to a ULURP process to change the zoning of City owned property, which includes the Tin and New Market Buildings, along with the Fish Market.

“People wrote me to congratulate me when the release came out, but it has nothing to do with the New Amsterdam Market, and a market might not even happen,” said Robert LaValva, president and founder of the New Amsterdam Market, which has operated from May-December outside of the buildings in question since 2007.

Now, local business owners in the uplands of the Seaport, also now under HHC’s control, are being told that they might as well look elsewhere for space.

A week before the vote was made on the 20th, the City Council hearing held on March 14th received such a large turnout that it had to be moved from 250 Broadway to City Hall.

“A dog grooming business in the neighborhood was told by Howard Hughes ‘You can’t aff ord what I’m going to charge,’” said Council Member Margaret Chin to Senior Executive Vice President Development Christopher Curry. Chin was referring to the Salty Paw, originally at 38 Peck Slip, which is still displaced since Hurricane Sandy, thanks to their current landlord, the Durst Corporation. If they were to look for space in the upland, from the Pier to Fulton Street and Front Street, they could pay up to $300 a square foot.

“If I got $300 a square foot, I’d be very happy. We want to charge as much rent as we can,” said Curry at the hearing.

Speaking on behalf of the Save Our Seaport Coalition at the hearing was Michael Kramer, who demanded that somebody hold them accountable.

“Th e Howard Hughes Corporation’s

public presentations to the city and to Manhattan Community Board 1 are at best inconsistent with what they are saying in their Securities and Exchange Commission fi lings and investor solicitations,” he said. “Th e scope of their ULURP includes both the Historic South Street Seaport District and Piers 15 and 16, and yet they cynically refuse to discuss any plans beyond Pier 17 for properties under their option or control. Th eir stance is dishonest, insulting, and contrary to a sound public process.”

Lavala also spoke at the hearing, just as he had at other meetings with staff from the Council Members’ offi ces, urging them to advocate for the preservation of future uses of the spaces during Pier 17 ULURP process. Th ey didn’t.

“We approved of a plan we don’t even know the details of, and now we’re one step closer to losing a valuable city asset,” said LaValva. “If our next Mayor recognizes the iconic value of the Fulton Fish Market Tin Building, which is owned by the People of New York, to serve as a public market that is a platform for urban food policy, the City itself will not be able to create such a market without gaining approval from the Howard Hughes Corporation.”

Council Member Chin’s Rep., Kelly Magee, told LaValva that he was misinterpreting the amended lease, and that if HHC chooses to not develop its Mixed Use Project in Tin Building, the City will issue an RFEI (Request for Expressions of Interest) to create

a market in this building. LaValva believes he is interpreting the amended lease correctly, and says he will “now have yet more lawyers look at it just to be sure.”

Matt Vigiano of Margaret Chin’s offi ce told LaValva that they could “have the parking lot” they’ve always occupied for the market, but even that space isn’t guaranteed — that’s up to the Economic Development Corporation and HHC. As it stands, the Market, which operates as a 501c3 nonprofi t, doesn’t know where they’ll be for their May season.

Assuming that they are even approved for the space, if HHC takes over, LaValva may decline. “We aren’t interested in being a tenant of Howard Hughes,” he said.

“Th e main issue is that the City Council had the opportunity to ensure that two historic, market buildings would be preserved and restored for use as public markets so it could become a world class destination, like La Boqueria in Barcelona, and they didn’t,” said LaValva.

“I think the New Amsterdam Market can attract as many as 2 million visitors per year and generate at least $75 million,” he continued. “It’s like saying, let’s tear down the Statue of Liberty or cut it in half because we don’t need it. Just because people don’t understand right now that this is an incredibly valuable piece of real estate, just because it’s old now, doesn’t mean it’s not valuable.”

Go to the Pier now, and you’ll see a small sign that says “Welcome to the Seaport” taped to single metal barricade, fl agged by a fence that goes beyond where the eye can see, with materials in piles and scattered around. Many of the seaport’s businesses have in fact reopened aft er Sandy. Th e current tenants of Pier 17 are certainly happy to be able to operate until October, but the question is, does HHC want them back? Th e bigger question is, what’s going to happen to a historic district, protected by special laws under a ULURP, once Hughes overhauls the property?

“We want something unique, not another nest of high priced chain stores,” said Save Our Seaport spokesperson David Sheldon.

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New York’s elected offi cials and LGBT organizations rally in support of immigration reform that includes everyone, regardless of sexual orientation

By Alissa Fleck

U.S. immigration laws prohibit same-sex couples from sponsoring partners or spouses for residency, a measure presently aff orded to

straight couples.New York elected offi cials joined LGBT

activist groups last week at a forum to call for Congress to pass the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), a bill sponsored by Congressman Jerrold Nadler, which would

give same-sex spouses the same immigration benefi ts for which straight couples are eligible.

U.S. Senators are in the process of reforming immigration practices for more than 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country. According to Gary Gates of the Williams Institute, at least 267,000 of those undocumented immigrants are a part of the LGBTQ community.

“We must ensure that our policies work to strengthen and support families of all varieties, and that our laws stabilize – and never undermine – families, community or our economy,” said Nadler in a statement.

Th e forum was organized by Immigration Equality and Make the Road New York, a nonprofi t organization, and the largest immigrant organization in New York, which takes a holistic approach to empowering Latino and working class communities in the City.

An additional measure which impacts LGBT immigrant populations particularly

hard is the one-year deadline for fi ling for asylum in the U.S. Many LGBT individuals come to the U.S. fl eeing persecution based on sexual orientation, only to face a renewed fear of homophobia and of authority fi gures, which threatens to send them back to the dangerous living conditions from which they fl ed.

State Senator Daniel Squadron explained why the rallying cry for equality is so loud in New York. “New York — and our nation — have always been and must remain a gateway to opportunity for all who seek it,” he said at the forum at New York City’s LGBT community center. “But that opportunity can’t be contingent on who a person loves.”

Glennda Testone, executive director of the LGBT community center, explained that the center sees thousands of LGBT immigrants seeking support. Th e center is able to provide some measure of assistance, but only Congress can change the laws to protect them, she noted. She added that this population faces particular challenges,

echoing a statement by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn that undocumented families with LGBT individuals are “twice-vulnerable.”

Nadler explained passing UAFA is one way to begin ending discrimination against LGBT populations at the federal level.

In applauding a move by President Obama back in January in support of LGBT-inclusive immigration reform, Nadler said: “For 11 million immigrants who are stuck in the margins of the law, for tens of thousands of bi-national LGBT families caught in immigration purgatory, and for the many seeking to make an honest go at the American Dream, these principles of immigration reform are tremendously important.”

“Even if you don’t support same-sex marriage,” he said. “You should recognize that government should not be gratuitously cruel.”

Call for LBGT-Inclusive Immigration Reform Resonates in New York

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Graymoor, often called the Holy Mountain, is home to the Franciscan Friars and Sistersof the Atonement. Nestled in Putnam County, fifty miles north of New York City,

Graymoor’s picturesque grounds, shrines, and chapels are open to the public year-round.The summit of Graymoor’s Mount Atonement provides a sweeping Hudson Valley viewand a life-size replica of Michelangelo’s Pieta. A few steps away is the gorgeous St. FrancisChapel. Its altar once marked the spot where St. Francis received the holy stigmata in 1224.

Of special interest is the World Trade Center Memorial Cross. Erected by ironworkersassisting at Ground Zero, it is made from steel girders and ash from the north and southtowers. Located in St. Jude’s Pond and Prayer Garden, with its statues, benches, waterfountain and pond, this is a setting of serenity and remembrance.

Every June, thousands pilgrimage to Graymoor’s St. Anthony Shrine. Summertime beck-ons others who come to picnic or hike the Appalachian Trail, which crosses through milesof Graymoor’s expansive grounds.

Throughout the year, the Graymoor Spiritual Life Center welcomes hundreds to spir-ituality retreats and workshops, recovery programs, and special events. Many come for Biblestudy, Centering Prayer, and Reconciliation. While you are here, you will also find the perfect gift at the Graymoor Book & GiftCenter, the Bethlehem Gift Shop, and the That Nothing Be Lost Thrift Shop.

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The postal service announcement that it is considering closing the Chelsea branch comes as a shock to local residents

By Megan Bungeroth & Sophia Rosenbaum

Many local residents and elected offi cials were blindsided by a recent and quiet announcement from the United State Postal Service (USPS) that it intends to sell the Old Chelsea Post Offi ce, at 217 West 18th Street, and move their operations to a yet-to-be-determined smaller location. While the USPS informed their union last year of the intent to sell off the historic building, elected offi cials say that the community was not informed until a letter dated January 11, 2013 was posted in the Old Chelsea Station. Th e letter was addressed to the New York State Offi ce of Parks, Recreations and Historic Preservation, letting the agency know of the building’s impending sale.

Th e concerned group of offi cials, which includes Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Borough

President Scott Stringer, State Senator Brad Hoylman, and Assembly Members Richard Gottfried and Deborah Glick, sent a joint letter to Postmaster General Pat Donahue, imploring the USPS to reconsider the sale and fi nd other ways to repurpose the parts of the building that the postal service no longer utilizes, rather than move to a smaller location and potentially leave the immediate Chelsea neighborhood without a post offi ce, with little opportunity for public input on the decision.

“We are extremely concerned by the lack of public outreach and transparency with which the USPS has operated regarding the proposed sale of the facility,” said the offi cials in a joint statement. “Aft er considerable back-and-forth between elected offi cials and USPS, and very understandable outrage and confusion among community members, we have successfully obtained an agreement from USPS to hold a public meeting on April 11th.”

Th e community meeting will be held on Th ursday, April 11th at the Fulton Center Auditorium, at 119 9th Avenue. Th e meeting is being organized by Manhattan Community Board 4, working with USPS, to directly inform Chelsea residents about the proposed plans for the Old Chelsea Post

Offi ce. Th e public comment period, however, only lasts until April 26th, so anyone with an interest in the issue is encouraged to attend the meeting to make sure their voice is heard.

Meanwhile, many Chelsea residents aren’t even aware that their local post offi ce may shutter its doors. We asked several residents heading to the post offi ce last Saturday what they think about the potential closing.

Ivana Rupcic, 33, lives on 7th Avenue; goes to the Post Offi ce about once a week, usually to send packages internationally and get stamps.

“I would feel sad [if this location closed]. Th is morning, I was just gloating how we have so many mailing options so close to us.

It’s on the subway line so it’s easy to pop out and stop in.”

Jeb Bernstein, 50, lives on 23rd Street and 8th Avenue; comes every Saturday and has a P.O. Box.

“It’d be a pain in my ass if they closed this location. Since everyone is doing their business online, there’s not as much use for post offi cers. I understand why this could be closed.”

Ian McClatchey, 34, has lived on 30th Street for 13 years; comes once a week and also has a P.O. Box.

“Th ere’s a lot of potential, but it’s just so poorly run that it’s kind of a lost cause. Th ey give you the wrong tracking numbers. Th ey lose mail, they don’t deliver mail. Th ey have no interest in helping you. I hope they get a good price for it. It’s a good piece of real estate.”

Missy Adams, lives on 9th Avenue and 20th Street; visits about three times a month.

“I think it’s horrible [to consider closing this location] because the community depends on the post offi ce. It’s a historical post offi ce. Th ey’re selling off everything in this neighborhood. Th is is an institution in the neighborhood. We’re not here to serve Google.”

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What’s a grown up city kid to do to replace pastoral Easter egg scavenges?

By Meredith Russo

I’ve never spent an Easter in the city, but the thought of it makes the kid in me sad. It’s no wonder they (not I, but they) say kids here grow up to be jaded. Th e Easter Bunny visits all their country bumpkin cousins, more oft en than not wearing a snazzy vest, while the only furry creatures here are either scurrying across apartment fl oors or creeping amongst the waste in subway stations.

Th e truth is, it’s hard to hide delightfully decorated eggs when you’re scurrying. And no one should be fetching eggs precariously balanced atop subway tracks anyway. Growing up in New York City has its advantages, so instead of feeling sorry for ourselves simply because the Easter Bunny will likely avoid the city and all its perils – taxis, dogs, stilettos – I say we fi nd some uniquely New York ways to celebrate Easter.

It’s no secret that the thrill of most Easter egg hunts relies on exploiting nature’s nooks and crannies. Eggs perched in the elbow crack between two branches, delicately placed within a blooming fl ower, or tucked away inside a hollowed moss-covered stump, even the smallest backyard is transformed by the promise of hidden pastel-colored treasures on Easter. I know because up until a few years ago I still participated with my younger cousins, and while I’d like to say it was “so cute to watch them” I got pretty involved myself. And it was certainly not cute.

Not only can age (and agility) be an obstacle in the traditional Easter egg hunt, but city ordinances don’t help either. Why fi ght the city’s littering laws, or attract rodents, by attempting to make an egg hunt work in the city? Why not make the city work for the hunt instead? Or something like that.

I’ve listed a few ideas below to get you started, but I think you’ll fi nd that once you get going the trash – I mean ideas, will be popping up all over the place.

Colorful Condom Hunt: See who can pick up the most used condoms off the sidewalk! Th e variety in color, texture, and size makes this not-so-hidden treasure just as fun to hunt as Easter eggs. Just be sure to remind kids that there are absolutely no “surprises” to be found inside. Also similar to Easter eggs, said condoms must be handled with the utmost care, and disinfectant.

Note: Should you doubt that your charming neighborhood will have an ample supply of used condoms on its fair sidewalks, rest assured. It will. Should you worry that the chilly weather will keep condom usage off the sidewalks this year. It won’t. Even in the midst of winter, my dog manages to rustle up at least a condom or two on Sunday morning. Quite impressive, really.

Th is brings me to our next hunt – latex gloves! Besides your own potential (and recommended) use for the aforementioned hunt, this city is a goldmine for used latex gloves on every corner. Why? I don’t even want to know. But have fun with that one!

I like to think of this fi nal option as an Easter piñata of sorts. And this piñata just exploded, showering the city with trash – I mean treats. Th ere’s bound to be something for everyone here, even your dog can join in! From chicken bones to McDonald’s bags to rain soaked tampons, you simply grab whatever you can fi t in your city garbage receptacle, aka Easter basket. Just remember, NO PERSONAL TRASH in there or it’s a $100 fi ne.

Yes, there are rumors from the country that some parents – I mean bunnies – put money in their Easter eggs. If you do insist on attempting a traditional egg hunt, at least fi ll the plastic eggs with useful city treasures, like some hand sanitizer. Especially if you plan to try any of the alternative hunts above.

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Pancake Breakfast SandwichYield: 4 servingsPrep Time: 15 minutes; Cook Time: 15 minutesPancakes: Crisco Original No-Stick Cooking Spray 3/4 cup Hungry Jack Complete Buttermilk Pancake & Waffl e Mix 1/3 cup water 1/4 cup Hungry Jack Original Syrup 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese 1 cup frozen shredded hash brown potatoes, thawed, chopped bite-sized 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 3-inch round sausage patties*Eggs: 1 tablespoon butter 1/3 cup diced red pepper 4 large eggs 1/8 teaspoon salt

Easy Easter Brunch with a Pantry Punch

(Family Features) Th e ingredients for an easy weekend breakfast or a special Easter brunch may be in your pantry right now. Holidays are the perfect time to sprinkle additional creativity or fresh new thinking into meals for family and friends and - by using staples like pancake mix, syrup and instant mashed potatoes in unexpected ways - you can craft new and delicious dishes sure to make everyone smile.

Try these recipes using simple pantry staples, and turn them into what will become new brunch favorites:

-Put a unique spin on brunch food with a savory Ham, Egg and Cheese Pizza.

-DIY Pancake Breakfast Sandwiches: You can assemble them for your guests, or get everyone involved by letting them build their own and add some custom touches like eggs, cheese or bacon.

-Set out some fl avored or Greek yogurt and a bowl of Good Morning Granola so guests can create their own breakfast parfaits.

For more creative recipes and ideas, visit www.hungryjack.com.

For crust:1. HEAT oven to 425°F. Coat 12-inch pizza pan with no-stick cooking spray. Combine pancake mix, Parmesan cheese, dry mustard and onion powder in medium bowl, stirring until blended. Stir in water and olive oil until dough forms.2. PRESS dough onto bottom of prepared pan to form a crust, building up outside edge to form a rim. Bake 7 minutes.For fi lling:

1. WHISK eggs, sour cream, Dijon mustard, dill and salt in medium bowl. Stir in cheese and green onions. Pour over hot crust, spreading evenly. Toss ham to separate pieces. Sprinkle evenly over egg mixture. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until egg mixture is set in center. Cool 5 minutes before cutting. Garnish with fresh dill, if desired.

For pancakes:1. COAT griddle or skillet with no-stick cooking spray. Heat griddle or skillet on medium heat (350°F).2. WHISK pancake mix, water and syrup in medium bowl. Stir in cheese, potatoes and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cook sausage patties as directed on package.3. POUR 2 tablespoons batter on griddle, spreading batter to make a 3-inch circle or by using 3-inch pancake molds, coated with no-stick cooking spray. Repeat to make 7 more pancakes. Cook 2 minutes or until golden brown. Turn. Cook second side 2 minutes.For eggs:

1. MELT butter in large skillet. Add red pepper. Cook and stir about 1 minute. Whisk eggs and salt in small bowl. Pour into skillet with peppers. Cook slightly, then shape into four 3-inch circles about the same size as the pancakes and sausage.2. PLACE one pancake on plate. Top with cooked sausage patty, egg and another pancake to make breakfast sandwich. Repeat with remaining ingredients to make 3 more sandwiches.*TIP: If using pre-made sausage patties, fl atten slightly into 3-inch rounds, if necessary.

Ham, Egg and Cheese PizzaYield: 8 servingsPrep Time: 15 minutes; Cook Time: 35 minutesCrust: Crisco(r) Original No-Stick Cooking Spray 1 3/4 cups Hungry Jack Complete Buttermilk Pancake & Waffl e Mix : 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard 1/2 teaspoon onion powder 1/3 cup water 2 tablespoons Crisco Pure Olive OilFilling: 3 large eggs 1 cup sour cream 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh dill weed or 1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed 1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup shredded Swiss or cheddar cheese 1/3 cup thinly sliced green onion 4 ounces thinly sliced deli-styled baked ham, coarsely chopped Fresh dill sprigs (optional)


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Anybody Waitin? La Mama, 74A East 4th St., lamama.org, March 29th, 10 p.m., $10-$15.

Looking to see a great show at a great price? Well the wait is over, kind of. Ponydance’s Anybody Waitin? Is the story of a man waiting for a woman waiting for a man. It is not so much the waiting, rather than what they do while waiting, that makes this story exciting for all and a great time.

Markets in the NightThe Old Bowery Station, 168 Bowery, nightmarketnyc.eventbrite.com, 6 p.m., $40. The 2013 Night Market is heading on down to the Lower East Side for another year of gathering for food, drink, dance and an all-around good time. Jerk wings, Asian-inspired hot dogs and delicious cupcakes are just a few of the treats that will be awaiting you on the corner! Reserve a spot today using the email above.

Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, and CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History, Central Park West and 79th St., amnh.org, 10 a.m., free-$25.Consider yourself to be a “foodie”? This exhibit will tell you every single thing you could have ever wanted to know about food, including the history of agriculture and all of the current concerns in the food industry. Some facts will be sobering, some intriguing; but all of your culinary curiosity will be satisfi ed.

FREE: Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival5th Avenue and 49th to 57th Street, gonyc.about.com, 10 a.m.Although this parade doesn’t have any fl oats or marching bands; it is still quite a spectacle. Come watch your fellow New Yorkers - as well as participants from around the world - don their most elegant or outrageous Easter Bonnets.

FREE: New York Islanders vs. New Jersey DevilsBlondies, 212 West 79th St., blondiessports.com, 7 p.m. In the mood for “All You Can Eat Wings”? If so, head on down to Blondies for their Monday night special! Oh, and maybe you can watch the New York Islanders take on the New Jersey Devils as well. Go Islanders! (Or Devils!)

Children Love their Vegetables?Children’s Museum of Manhattan, 212 West 83rd St., cmom.org, 1 p.m., $11-free. EatSleepPlay is on a mission to help children love their veggies…through creative expression. Children ages 4 and under are welcome to come for the Tots: I Love My Veggies Collage class. They will have the opportunity to create their very own vegetable garden collage with vegetable cut outs and green paper. Next step, loving to EAT them!

Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Avenue, metmuseum.org, 12 p.m., free- $25. Few people would argue the fact that fashion is a type of art. But what many may not know is how fashion has aff ected art. This exhibit demonstrates, through major fi gure paintings, how fashion played a major role in Impressionism from the mid 1860’s to the mid 1880’s.

FREE: The Public PrivateShelia C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons, 66 5th Avenue, newschool.edu/johnsondesigncenter, 12 p.m.Social media is everywhere in our lives. This is the fi rst New York art exhibition exploring social media and every aspect of it; including the impact it has on us. There are no guarantees that you won’t walk out slightly frightened and with the distinct desire to delete your Facebook…

Easter Egg Scavenger HuntChildren’s Museum of Manhattan, 212 West 83rd St., cmom.org, 212-721-1223, 10 a.m., $7-$11.This event is a great way for your child to have a fun and also educational Easter! Your child can hunt for paper Easter eggs all over the museum and will receive a prize when they leave. Throughout the day they will also be able to make colorful collages and decorate their own eggs.

BELLA GAIA: Origin Stories of JapanNYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Pl., bellagaia.com, 6:30 p.m., $15-$75. Award winning composer/violinist Kenji Williams promises to give a performance that is out of this world. Combining live music and dancing with projected NASA visuals creates a stunning piece of art for both the ears and eyes. Don’t miss out on this spectacular opportunity to witness art at its best.

Kandinsky in Two YearsSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Avenue, guggenheim.org, 10 a.m., $18-$22. 1911-1913 was an inspiring time for Vasily Kandinsky. Aside from publishing his aesthetic dissertation entitled On the Spiritual in Art, this was the time when his transition to abstraction was almost complete. The month of April marks your last chance to witness his, as well as Robert Delaunay and Franz Marc, brilliant and inspiring works of art at the Guggenheim.

FREE: Topsy-Turvy: A Camera Obscura InstallationMadison Square Park, 5th Avenue and 23rd to 26th Street, madisonsquarepark.org, 10 a.m.Check out Madison Square Park’s latest public art project before it’s gone on April 5th! This installation allows you to step inside of a darkened room, and see the surrounding trees and buildings projected upside-down. The park will never look the same again…

Breakfast at Tiff any’sCort Theatre, 138 West 48th St., shubertorganization/theatres/cort.asp, 212-239-6200, 7 p.m., $37-$127.Do you have a soft spot for Holly Golightly? Luckily for you, your favorite heroine is coming to Broadway. Richard Greenberg has created an innovative new production of her classic tale. Fall in love with and be inspired by her all over again.

Classical and Modern Ring DesignLiloveve Jewlery School, 457 Grand St., liloveve.com, 6 p.m., $450. Calling, or should I say ringing, all intermediate level silversmiths looking to increase their ring designing skills! While the focus of these classes are on ring design, they will also delve into technical studies and reticulation. Things to note: materials and tool list are provided.

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Room 237 lets nerds shine

By Armond White

Following the IFC Center’s very canny “Th e Films of Stanley Kubrick” series, comes the documentary Room 237 which sums up the Stanley Kubrick cult. Comprised of theories spoken by fi ve diff erent Kubrick

nerds over an assemblage of movie clips and diagrams by director Rodney Ascher, Room 237 pretends to dissect Kubrick’s 1980 movie Th e Shining. Ascher’s fi lm—a true mockumentary if ever there was one—is named aft er the Overlook Hotel suite where little Danny sees Kubrick’s most disturbing visions due to his gift for “shining.” Every nerd wants to shine.

But Room 237 is an even more disturbing vision of post-cinephilia asininity. Th e theories proposed by the fi ve unseen nerds and elaborated by Ascher, (whose fondness for eccentricity suggests Escher), are not just wildly diff erent from each other, they demonstrate a current style of cinematic illiteracy that has replaced critical thinking.

Actually an embarrassment to the highbrow Kubrick, Room 237 shows that the Kubrick cult consists of that breed who like to think they think. However, the hypotheses presented, (and seemingly validated by use of actual—pirated?—Kubrick clips), resist rationality.

I’ve long realized that Kubrick’s stature among fi lm geeks certifi ed a paradigm shift from the Hitchcock era when the legendary master of suspense—and of montage—inspired a diff erent, popular breed of fi lm enthusiast than Kubrick whose esoteric, post-WWII misanthropy fed recent generations of kiddie nihilists who, considering themselves especially smart, responded to his stiff (non-sensual, thus anti-Hitchcockian) compositions. (Th ey’re now the Fincher/Nolan kids.) Recall Kubrick’s tracking shots from Paths of Glory and Lolita to Full Metal Jacket that were more deterministic than Max Ophuls who tracked to observe transitory life while Kubrick’s steadicam tracks bore down and confi ned life’s possibilities. No Kubrick fi lm exemplifi ed this determinism like Th e Shining, a horror movie about existential claustrophobia that seems angled to mean much more. But whatever it is exactly, (and that fastidious Stephen King adaptation is surprisingly, unexpectedly sloppy), brings the Kubrick cult of Room 237 to weird ecstasies of obsessive overthinking.

Watching Room 237 you can’t avoid the problem of contemporary fi lm criticism shallowness. Unlike Wim Wenders’ Room 666, a celebration of cinephilia where a range of fi lmmakers discussed their inspirations at the Cannes fi lm festival, Room 237 is strictly concerned with the

fantasies produced by nerds’ uneducated responses to the Kubrick myth and the irrationality of Th e Shining.

Fans seem unable to recognize the fi lm’s failings and so try to make virtues of its mistakes. “Kubrick oft en in many of his movies would end them with a puzzle so he’d force you to go out of his movies saying ‘What was that about?’” So says one zealot who responds to cinema the way a child reacts to a video game, trusting that a manufacturer cares about his response.

Another nerd says “[Kubrick] is like a megabrain for the planet who is boiling down, with all of this extensive research, all of these patterns of our world and giving them back to us in this dream of a movie.”

Sorry to say but this inanity redounds to the global reach of Roger Ebert’s TV reviewing. Room 237 doesn’t raise one’s appreciation of Th e Shining (cue laff track), instead, it confuses response. It features reenactments of Kubrick placing a Calumet baking powder canister, paranoid shots from All the President’s Men, shots of Tom Cruise cruising in Eyes Wide Shut and, for seriousness, there are even purloined images from Schindler’s List to justify the suggestion that Kubrick was actually expounding upon timeless examples of genocide. It is Ebert’s pretense of “criticism” that moves these nerds to insist that Th e Shining must be important because it is more than just a horror movie. Th eir theories concentrate on gaff es and continuity errors which is exactly the sort of “criticism” that Ebert made available to couch potato cineastes.

One enthusiast claims “Its contradictions pile up in your subconscience.” Another recidivist viewer claims “When you see things over and over again their meanings change for you…He’s playing with your acceptance of visual information and also your ignorance of visual information.”

Th is is hero-worship, not analysis. Another nerd says “We are dealing with a guy who has a 200 IQ.”

Reverence for Kubrick overwhelms any understanding of Th e Shining. It is symptomatic of today’s celebrity veneration—the fl ip-side of the feeling of nothingness that makes nerds bow down to the likes of Nolan, Fincher, Soderbergh and Kubrick. So they fantasize about Th e Shining’s supposed profundity as when one professes, “We all know from postmodern fi lm criticism that the meanings are there whether or not the fi lmmaker is aware of them.” Th is is the mess that criticism has come to. Fake erudition causes another to muse, “Why would Kubrick make the movie so complicated? Yeah, why did Joyce write Finnegan’s Wake?” Th is goofy exchange shows they don’t know the diff erence between literary and cinematic erudition. Th ese Shining geeks don’t even know the hotel story of Alain Resnais’ Last Year at Marienbad, a truly profound expression of memory and desire.

Th ey ignore the human signifi cance of Jack Nicholson telling his son Danny “I would never hurt you.” In this warped cathexis, the cynical gotcha coincidences carry hidden importance that means more than the clear, apparent behavior and imagery.

Th e Kubrick cult dispenses with traditional humanist notions of art appreciation. Th ey prize Kubrick for Th e Shining’s horror movie ugliness, perverting Diane Arbus’s twins, turning an elevator into a bloody diluvium (although as Pauline Kael observed “No one takes an elevator in this movie anyway”). Without any schooling in visual or literary interpretation, the Kubrick cult is left to bizarre fantasizing. One nervously giggles “I’m trapped in this hotel. Th ere’s no escape, there’s like this endless loop.”

So we’re subjected to ideas about Kubrick’s face subliminally photoshopped in clouds, an actor’s erection, a Rodeo poster turned minotaur and a Dopey dwarf decal. Ascher subjects his witnesses to humiliation that’s no better than his unidentifi ed steal from Murnau’s magnifi cent Faust, where a silly narrator adds Kubrick “found the Holocaust of such evil magnitude that he just couldn’t bring himself to treat it directly.”

When Ascher isn’t holding Kubrick obsession up to ridicule, his presentation yet implies the same credibility the Internet gives fanboys. Like Internet criticism, Room 237 resembles the kind of conspiracy theory mania that kooks used to put on single-spaced mimeographed sheets and pass out on street corners.

Th e ultimate nerd testimony says “In your own life, your point of view is being altered by your study.” But this isn’t study which means to examine, this is mere obsession. Room 237 is another confi rmation of the end of cinephilia.

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Langston Hughes’ “Ask Your Mama” gets a one night only revival

By Valerie Gladstone

Emmy-award winning composer, Laura Karpman, started thinking about staging Langston Hughes’ twelve-part, epic poem, “Ask Your Mama:

12 Moods for Jazz” when she came across it in a bookstore six years ago. Begun by the great poet in 1960 while attending the Newport Jazz Festival, where the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker performed, it celebrates the African-American fi ght for artistic and social freedom. Th e poem was revived in Karpman’s one-night staging at the Apollo theater last weekend.

“It’s gorgeous – a masterpiece,” Karpman says on the phone from Los Angeles recently. “What persuaded me to take it on was Hughes’ explicit musical direction. His hand is everywhere. He’d planned to produce it with [bassist] Charlie Mingus. Th e diff erent elements, like a mash-up, actually fi t more in the present than even in his own time. I thought, what an opportunity. I can work with this amazing poet.’”

Inspired by the work’s passion and complexity, she transformed Hughes’ haunting poetry into a multi-media production, combining video clips, spoken word performance, samples of original jazz recordings, German lieder, gospel, Jewish liturgy and African drums with Hughes

as the primary narrator. Th e Manhattan School of Music Sinfonia, under the direction of George Manahan, and a superb cast, featuring singers, Jessye Norman and Nnenna Freelon, Meshell Ndegeocello on bass and the spoken word artist, Roger Guenveur Smith, add layers of meaning and emotion to the overall concept.

Karpman’s fi rst move when she started the project was to enlist Norman as her co creator. Th e singer’s story somewhat replicates that of Leontyne Price, one of the fi rst African Americans to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House and a historical character featured in Hughes’ work. Once she was on board, nothing could stop Karpman. “Th e poem tells an incredibly artistically nuanced story of race, slavery and poverty and who benefi ts in our society,” she says. “It takes everyone out of their comfort zones.” A seasoned collaborator, she not only writes music for fi lms and television but also for video games and thrives on bringing together diff erent artistic forms. .

Freelon credits Karpman with creating a groundbreaking work, without using any tricks or sacrifi cing the poem’s beauty. “When Laura and Jessye put their heads together, all that talent they both have came together in a new cultural high,” she says. “Jessye’s kindness and beauty as an artist gave us all space. You come to realize that the music is more important than you are. It’s been the ride of a lifetime - and I’ve been on the road for 35 years.”

“Ms. Karpman’s music, melding Ivesian collage with club-culture remixing, morphed from one vivid section to the next in a dreamlike fl ow,” wrote Steve Smith in Th e New York Times at the premiere at Carnegie Hall in 2009.

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P.J. Hogan’s Mental off ers a compassionate screwball masterpiece

By Armond White

P.J. Hogan, Australia’s most appealing yet least heralded filmmaker, returns to prominence with Mental, a kind of musical screwball

comedy about social misfits that at first seems perfectly designed for the era of “It Gets Better” nostrums. But Hogan is bolder than the politically correct pandering of TV’s fatuous Glee and The New Normal or films like The Kids Are Alright; he goes to the heart of social alienation with visionary wildness.

The opening scene of Aussie housewife Shirley (Rebecca Gibney) twirling in the backyard of the suburban home she shares with five daughters and an estranged husband imitates The Sound of Music’s extravagant opening. To recognize this berserk parody is to be inside Shirley’s disaffection and that‘s the key to Hogan’s unique, antic sensibility. Still twirling, he launches into her household chaos and social rejection, using fast-paced Aussie dialect that may bewilder some before playing his wild card: Shaz (Toni Collette), a heroine-catalyst even crazier than the housewife.

The aggressive Collette, who starred in Hogan’s debut film Muriel’s Wedding, always suggested a commedia dell arte performer unfortunately stuck in neorealist contexts. She finds perfect placement here as a kind of Mary Poppins who brings balance—self-acceptance and self-defense—to the unfair circumstances of housewifery, motherhood and girlhood. Far beyond a feminist, Shaz declares herself “the avenging angel of the perpetually humiliated.” Her vengeance is both funny and scary (especially a menstrual protest that is surreal where Bridesmaids was merely gross). Shaz hates the social order that has wronged her and means to “upset the delicate balance of its vanity.” She also recalls Renoir’s archetypal anarchist Boudou come to save Shirley and her daughters from drowning in abuse.

Daringly, Hogan always snaps back from Shaz’s pain with equally manic humor. Mental is driven by Hogan’s identification with the dissatisfaction of social customs (“roles give you cramp” sang Lesley Woods of The Au Pairs). Such emotional affinity also allowed Hogan to achieve his astonishing, adult-worthy version of Peter Pan in 2003 and his superb though little-known Unconditional Love where his underdog compassion was first articulated through the appeal of popular music. Like Britain’s Terence Davies, Hogan understands how pop music sustains otherwise inexpressible

longings. These artists find depth is what gets dismissed as camp (what TV’s Glee diminishes into camp). Mental staves off psychosis through the spirit of out-loud expression.

Shaz is an out-loud outlaw and so is Hogan who depicts Shaz and Shirley’s world in ostentatiously vibrant colors. Mental has a frantically optimistic look comparable to Wes Anderson stylization but with an intentionally psychedelic edge—on the verge of a breakdown or break-out. Shirley’s teenage daughter’s love scene at an amusement park flume ride is a yellow and blue night fantasia reminiscent of the pubescent flying scenes in Peter Pan. (It’s balanced by Shaz’s own red-tinted underwater trance.) Hogan’s sympathy with his male characters (Anthony LaPaglia and a striking Liev Schreiber) also puts him at the forefront of gender issue artists. Gus Van Sant and Todd Haynes can’t touch Hogan’s egalitarian humanism. He doesn’t

promise that life will get better without a fight but he is most moving when he uses music as part of the personal-political arsenal. Mental also pays tribute to Stephen Elliott’s Rodgers & Hammerstein cult film Welcome to Woop Woop which similarly redefined Down Under identity in pop terms. Shaz does a hilarious monologue on exported pop stars as test mice, satirizing Hogan’s native allegiance. It’s part of Hogan’s emotional abundance and visual daring, gifts that confirm him as a major filmmaker.

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Russell Simmons’ Foundation for Ethnic Understanding cheers its contributors, despite questions of what has been done

By Helaina Hovitz On Monday, March 18, over 250 people

braved the snow and sleet and travelled to Russell Simmons’ penthouse apartment at 114 Liberty Street. He has owned the apartment, directly across the street from the World Trade Center Site, for over fi ft een years. Simmons is chairman of the Foundation For Ethnic Understanding, an organization that aims to strengthen “Muslim Jewish Relations, Black Jewish Relations and Latino-Jewish Relations.” Th e man of the house was hosting a ceremony honoring its “young leaders.” Th e apartment was packed shoulder to shoulder with socialites, models, and musicians like singer Jay-Sean and rapper Q-Tip — Anderson Cooper and Chelsea Clinton were no-shows.

Th e fi ve honorees were listed in the event’s program with their bios, all of which include their professional achievements, none of which included their work with the foundation, mostly likely because reps

confi rmed that none of them has actually done anything besides donate money. However, for the past fi ve years, the FFEU has hosted what they call a “Twinnings” week, off ering learning/networking events geared at “building communication, reconciliation and cooperation between Muslims and Jews.” Th ey have also fed the hungry and homeless as part of the week’s programming. On average, over 100 events take place in 20 countries during Twinnings week.

Among the honorees were billionaire entrepreneur Ben Bronman and high-profi le lawyer Sal Strazzullo, who was being honored for his work with Muslim and Jewish community leaders (he represented boxer Sadam Ali, when he fought to compete in the Olympics). When asked what the foundation has managed to accomplish so far, Strazzullo, answered, “Well, it’s young. FFEU has been in a state of turmoil, fi rst with 9/11, then with Obama being elected…” Strazzullo is best known for representing high-profi le violence cases for chef David Burke, nightclub owner Adam Hock, and strippers Sophia Kandelaki (Scores) and Alexia Moore (Big Daddy Lou’s Hot Lap Dance Club).

Similarly, when asked what initiatives the foundation has successfully taken, honoree Paramdeep Singh answered, “Th ey’re so young, it’s really a seed.”

Th e FFEU was founded in 1989.

Simmons Hosts Ceremony To Honor Young Leaders

Rabbi Marc Schneier, Paramdeep Singh and Russell Simmons. Photo courtesy FFEU.


The actress talks about Margaret Thatcher, Hudson River Park, and Tom Hanks

By Angela Barbuti

Maura Tierney has a lot to feel lucky about. Not only has she moved back to NYC, but she won a leading role in Nora

Ephron’s Lucky Guy, where she gets to work alongside Tom Hanks every night. Th e 48-year-old, who has been on screen with roles in television and movies, now graces the stage in her Broadway debut. A Boston native who studied theater at NYU, Tierney said, “I love theater, so hopefully I’ll do some more theater at some point.”

How did you get started in the business?

I went to NYU and studied theater. And then I moved out to LA for a couple of months for fun aft er I graduated - and I ended up getting a job in a television movie.This is your Broadway debut. What made you want to do a Broadway show?

I’d never done it before, so it’s something, as an actor, I’ve always wanted to do. And I really wanted to work with George C. Wolfe and Tom Hanks. George has directed some really amazing plays and Tom is - as

everyone knows - a wonderful actor.

Can you give us a synopsis of Lucky Guy?

It’s a play about a journalist named Mike McAlary. He worked for the New York Post and Daily News in the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. He was a very accomplished, ambitious, raucous rousing tabloid reporter who then won a Pulitzer Prize. You never met Nora Ephron.

No, I never did. I wish I had. Tom and Nora were friends and he is paying tribute to her with this role, which she wrote for him to play.

I just think he’s a great actor and a really hard worker. I know they were very close, so it’s a nice thing. What was moving to NYC for college like for you?

It was really fun. When I was looking at schools, I saw New York City and said, “Th is is where I want to be.” Where are you living now?

I live in the West Village. What are some of your favorite places in the city?

I love Hudson River Park all the way down to where you get the ferry. I go there all the time. I think it’s a really beautiful part of the city. I’m always downtown; I hardly ever come uptown. Th e Highline, I think, is really beautiful. I really like the East Village, and I don’t get to go there very oft en. I think it’s more of an alive place than the West Village, even though where I live is very pretty.

I saw on Twitter there was an ER reunion at the show the other night.

Oh - cause Angela Basset was there. We worked together on [the television show] ER. You are very open with your own battle against breast cancer, which you were able to beat. Do people come to you for advice?

Sometimes. A lot of people, unfortunately, get diagnosed with cancer and a lot of them are okay. Th ere are people in my personal life I’ve talked to, and sometimes I meet people in the street, but not so much.

You were recently on The View, and they called you “the thinking man’s sex symbol.” Is that going to keep coming up now?

I don’t know, but Joy Behar said it used to be Margaret Th atcher and now it’s me. I thought that was a pretty funny joke. What are you future plans?

I don’t know. I have been working on this play since January and will be doing it until July. I don’t know beyond that. My head is very much into what we’re doing right now.

To learn more about Lucky Guy, visit www.luckyguyplay.com

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Th e FDA is still working on fi nal rules for what qualifi es as a beverage versus a dietary supplement. But the agency had issued guidance in noting that dietary supplements were being marketed in ways that suggested they were regular drinks. It also noted that products that use terms such as “drink", “juice" and “beverage" suggest they're conventional foods, rather than supplements.

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