Monthly Archives: May 2010

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The Weekend List: Folk Fest, Debutante Ball, A Question of Domain

BROOKLYN FOLK FESTIVAL

May 21-23 at Jalopy, the Brooklyn Folk Festival presents the best in old-time music, blues, pre-blues, jug band music, New Orleans jazz, folk style songwriting, African folk music and Mexican folk music and dance. 7 pm–12:30 am.

DEBUTANTE BALL

On Friday One Story magazine hosts a fun fundraiser in support of their fabulous magazine issued 18 times a year that is a must have for those who follow the art of the short story. Tickets are $50, which includes drinks, hors d’oeuvres, the night’s performance by Wingspace, hobnobbing with some of New York’s finest writers.

ART EXHIBIT

On Friday: Brooklyn College’s Performance and Interactive Media Arts MFA Program are presenting a show about their semester long inquiry of the Atlantic Yards. It’s called: A Question of Domain: Art About Atlantic Yards” and the show begins at 6:30pm in the playground located on 6th Avenue between Dean and Bergen Streets in a U-Haul truck and then continues at Southpaw at 8PM.

American High Style: Fashioning a nation collection at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

MOVIES

Iron Man 2, Robin Hood, Letters to Juliet, Barbie in a Mermaid Tale at the Pavilion;  City Island, Babies, Exit Through the Gift Shop at Cobble Hill Cinema.

DANCE

Run Up Walls at the Streb Lab for Action Mechanics. Dancers dodge cinder blocks, fly through the air and, as the name suggests, run up walls in the Streb company’s latest. 7 pm.

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May 30-June 13: Toy Theater Festival at St. Ann’s

From May 30-June 13, the Toy Theater Festival, a panopoly of miniature productions, takes over St. Ann’s Warehouse in DUMBO for theater on a small scale.

The festival begins with the Greatest Smallest Parade through Dumbo. Tiny floats. A full-sized marching band.

Over the course of two weeks, there are more than 20 productions from the silly to the serious.

Pictured above is “Kamp” (June 2-6), by Holland’s Hotel Modern

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Tonight at 8: Edgy Moms

Brooklyn Reading Works presents the Fourth Annual Edgy Mother’s Day on May 20, 2010 at 8PM at The Old Stone House in Park Slope. It’s motherhood without sanctimony and an evening  of maternal revelry, wisdom and irreverent fun.

This is not your mother’s Mother’s Day but a celebration of mommydom nonetheless that will shock, rock, and make you laugh ‘til your thongs snap!

Hear Brooklyn writers of non-fiction, fiction, memoir and poetry rant and rave about mothers and motherhood. They will shock, amuse, and entertain but won’t make you eat carrots before dessert.

Bring a friend. Or bring your mom.

Hosted by Louise Crawford and Sophia Romero, here’s the evening’s line-up (don’t panic everyone is under strict orders to keep their readings brief):

–Marian Fontana, author of A Widow’s Walk

–Rosemary Moore, author of Side Street

–Martha Southgate, author of Third Girl From the Left

–Jill Eisenstadt, author of From Rockaway

–Wendy Ponte, author of Mothering Magazine’s Having a Baby Naturally. She is also a life coach.

–Sophia Romero, blogger, The Shiksa from Manila and author of Always Hiding

–Yona Zeldis McDonough, author of Breaking the Bank

–Michele Madigan Somerville, poet and author of WISEGAL and Black Irish

–Allison Pennell, parenting journalist and writer for Effed in Park Slope

–Kayla, aka Kathy Fine, accidental poet and educator

–Nicole Caccavo Kear, writer of Dispactches from Babyville, a regular column in the Park Slope Reader and blogger for A Mom Amok.

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Friday: Art About Atlantic Yards and a One Story Debutante Ball

On Friday Brooklyn College’s Performance and Interactive Media Arts MFA Program are presenting a show about their semester long inquiry of the Atlantic Yards. It’s called: A Question of Domain: Art About Atlantic Yards” and the show begins at 6:30pm in the playground located on 6th Avenue between Dean and Bergen Streets in a U-Haul truck and then continues at Southpaw at 8PM

Also on Friday One Story magazine is hosting a fun fundraiser in support of their fabulous magazine issued 18 times a year that is a must have for those who follow the art of the short story.

Tickets are $50, which includes drinks, hors d’oeuvres, the night’s performance by Wingspace, hobnobbing with some of New York’s finest writers (up-and-coming and bold names), and a chance to see John Hodgman ham it up as the night’s emcee.


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Sophia Romero is an Edgy Mom

So what makes her edgy?

For starters she is the author of the novel, Always Hiding which was published by William Morrow. She also writes the hilarious blog, The Shiksa from Manila AND  and she is mom to Amalya and Eli and thorn in the neck to Dan Schwartz AKA the good egg.

Brooklyn Reading Works presents the Fourth Annual Edgy Mother’s Day on May 20, 2010 at 8PM at The Old Stone House in Park Slope. It’s motherhood without sanctimony and an evening  of maternal revelry, wisdom and irreverent fun.

This is not your mother’s Mother’s Day but a celebration of mommydom nonetheless that will shock, rock, and make you laugh ‘til your thongs snap!

Hear Brooklyn writers of non-fiction, fiction, memoir and poetry rant and rave about mothers and motherhood. They will shock, amuse, and entertain but won’t make you eat carrots before dessert.

Bring a friend. Or bring your mom. Your sister. Your daughter. Your…

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Dinner at the Bar at Fornino: Brava

Hepcat and I stopped into Fornino last  Sunday night after the Fifth Avenue Fair. Suffice it to say the joint was packed and there was a 30-minute wait.

We decided to sit at the bar. The restaurant, owned by Michael Ayoub (pictured above with co-owner Christopher Walsh) is in the old Cucina location on Fifth Avenue between Carroll and Garfield Place, that then became Tempo. It’s a big space with a lovely bar and appealing wall colors, decor and lighting.

The bar has these hanging amber colored light bulbs, which I love. There’s also an interesting black and white glass sculpture hanging that I took to be a bouquet of balloons.

We ordered pizza because pizza is the thing to order and it was FANTASTIC! The bartender, who was friendly, helpful and attentive, gave us a few recommendations. He suggested the clam pizza or the black truffle (the priciest pizza for $45). “I’d actually like to have those combined,” he told us.

I was curious about the black truffle but thought it was a bit pricey so I went with the Vongole with clams, mozzarella, parmesan, garlic, oregano and Hepcat had the Gorgonzola with fresh fig.

Omigod. The pizza was fantastic.

I can’t even describe the crust but it’s a crust revelation. So this is a rave for my first pizza at Fornino.  Oh and each pizza cost $14. and it was totally worth it and a delicious and FILLING entree for one. Fornino also has anti-pasta, salads, pasta dishes and MORE—a full menu—and a kid’s menu as if you didn’t know—and lots to choose from plus a great wine list.

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A Vodka for Brooklyn: Absolut-ly

Okay. So the secret is out. Absolut is launching its “Brooklyn” vodka in collaboration with filmmaker Spike Lee.

So what does this vodka taste like. I don’t know yet but I hear its a blend of red apples and ginger and comes in its own specially- designed bottle featuring probably one of the most recognizable features of our lovely borough, the stoop.

Cool fact: Absolut Brooklyn is the fourth in the company’s US city-themed editions following New Orleans, Los Angeles and Boston.

It’s not Absolut New York or Absolut Manhattan. It’s Absolut Brooklyn. Got it?

The company is donating $50,000 of the proceeds to Habitat For Humanity New York City. They are also sponsoring this year’s Brooklyn Blogfest.

Cheers!

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Jill Eisenstadt is an Edgy Mom

So what makes her edgy?

Jill Eisenstadt is the author FROM ROCKAWAY and KISS OUT and has written for The New York Times, New York Magazine, Vogue among other places. She has three daughters Jane 15, Lena 13, and Colette, 7.  Asked what qualifies her as an Edgy Mom she cited her ability to stick her hand into a kid’s mouth and yank out a loose tooth without blinking.

Brooklyn Reading Works presents the Fourth Annual Edgy Mother’s Day on May 20, 2010 at 8PM at The Old Stone House in Park Slope. It’s motherhood without sanctimony and an evening  of maternal revelry, wisdom and irreverent fun.

This is not your mother’s Mother’s Day but a celebration of mommydom nonetheless that will shock, rock, and make you laugh ‘til your thongs snap!

Hear Brooklyn writers of non-fiction, fiction, memoir and poetry rant and rave about mothers and motherhood. They will shock, amuse, and entertain but won’t make you eat carrots before dessert.

Bring a friend. Or bring your mom.

Hosted by Louise Crawford and Sophia Romero, here’s the evening’s line-up:

–Marian Fontana, author of A Widow’s Walk

–Rosemary Moore, author of Side Street

–Martha Southgate, author of Third Girl From the Left

–Jill Eisenstadt, author of From Rockaway

–Wendy Ponte, author of Mothering Magazine’s Having a Baby Naturally. She is also a life coach.

–Sophia Romero, blogger, The Shiksa from Manila and author of Always Hiding

–Yona Zeldis McDonough, author of Breaking the Bank

–Michele Madigan Somerville, poet and author of WISEGAL and Black Irish

–Allison Pennell, parenting journalist and writer for Effed in Park Slope

–Kayla, aka Kathy Fine, accidental poet and educator

–Nicole Caccavo Kear, writer of Dispactches from Babyville, a regular column in the Park Slope Reader and blogger for A Mom Amok.

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OTBKB Music: Robbie and Jenny at Joe’s; Dawes Music Video

Tonight’s recommendation is easy: a return engagement for Robbie Fulks and Jenny Scheinman.  But this time they are playing at Joe’s Pub in Manhattan.  Robbie and Jenny played many Tuesday nights in 2009 at their “homedive,” Barbes, when Robbie, who lives in Chicago spent six months living in Windsor Terrace.  Jenny still lives in Brookyln.  More details over at Now I’ve Heard Everything.

When I saw them at SXSW this year, I noted that Dawes played “melodic rock with some nice harmonies.”  That’s certainly the case for their song, When My Time Comes.  You’ll find the video of that song here at Now I’ve Heard Everything.

–Eliot Wagner

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Clothing Swap on Saturday on Throop Avenue

Clean out your closet, find new threads from your neighbor’s closet, and keep clothes out of landfills! Bring your clean and usable women’s, men’s, and children’s clothing to contribute.

reduce/reuse/recycle is *always* in fashion.

Clothes left over from the swap will go to the wonderful programs at Housing Works, which provide the highest quality services for homeless men, women, and children living with HIV and AIDS in New York City and beyond.

Brought to you by Greener Gotham Events, founded by Green Party activists to create fun and social eco-events in the Five Boroughs!

On Saturday, May 22 from 11AM until 3PM at All Saints Catholic Church, located at 115 Throop Ave (basement entrance) at the corner of Thorton Street. Take the G and J/M trains to Flushing Avenue — or the L train to Montrose Avenue.

FREE with a contribution of clean, usable clothes to the swap. Email michael@counterpower.org or call 347-788-1646.

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Neutral Facilitator Selected by Gowanus Community

Craig Hammerman, District Manager, Community Board 6, just wrote to say:  “As a followup to the EPA’s meeting the other night where 2 candidates for the Community Advisory Group facilitator position were introduced to the community, they just released the following announcement.”

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Edelstein of Edelstein Associates has been selected by the Gowanus community to act as the neutral facilitator for the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group.  Mr. Edelstein is a professional environmental engineer with 20 years of expertise in storm water, wastewater and the Clean Water Act. He holds a BS. from Cornell University’s School of Biological and Environmental Engineering, and has trained in public policy dispute resolution at the Muskie School of Public Service, the University of Southern Maine Mediation Institute, the Consensus Building Institute, and the Lincoln Center for Land Policy.  In addition, Mr. Edelstein is on the national mediation/facilitation roster of the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution (USIECR), and is actively involved in initiatives that help grow and improve the practice of Environmental Conflict Resolution.

The Gowanus Canal is a recently listed Superfund site located in Brooklyn, New York.

Mr. Edelstein will now begin to work with the communities impacted by the site to help form the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group.

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Undomesticated Brooklyn: Slacking Off

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By Paula Bernstein

It’s amazing how quickly I’ve fallen into my old undomesticated habits. Now that I’ve got a job, I’ve been seriously slacking off around the house. There’s a pile of dishes in the sink and while the laundry is folded, I haven’t had time to put it away. I don’t remember the last time I cooked dinner that didn’t come from the frozen foods section.

When pressed for time when something’s gotta give, it seems cooking and cleaning are the first things to go.

Somehow Avo manages to find time to go to the gym, work a full-time job, and cook — even when he doesn’t get home until 8 p.m. Last night, I was prepared to have cereal for dinner, but he was determined to come up with something more nutritional and satisfying. Using the few ingredients we had in our fridge, he whipped up the best omelet I’ve had in my life (no kidding) — eggs, ham, onions, and mushrooms never tasted so good. Or maybe I just appreciated the fact that I was eating a home-cooked meal for a change.

For the past week, I’ve been harboring plans to cook chili. I have all the ingredients on hand, but I still haven’t gotten around to it yet. I fear that unless I start cooking soon, I’ll forget everything I’ve learned (and the meat will go bad).

I’d hate to come this far only to settle back into my old undomesticated life. Sometimes I wonder if there are two types of people: those who cook because they love it and those who cook because they have no other choice. Maybe I’m just not hardwired to cook. What do you think?

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Marian Fontana to Read at Edgy Moms on May 20th

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Marian Fontana, author of A Widow’s Walk: A Memoir of 9/11 and the upcoming novel, The Middle of the Bed, will be reading at Edgy Moms on Thursday at the Old Stone House in Park Slope.

How edgy is she?

“I am Edgy mom because I don’t bake cookies, but love to eat them, because I can play electric guitar, because I let my son do his science project by himself…”

Hear her read her hilarious tales of single motherhood on Thursday, May 20th at 8PM.  Fifth Avenue and Third Street in Park Slope. Free wine and fun.

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Nicole Caccavo Kear at Edgy Moms on May 20th

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Nicole Caccavo Kear writes Dispatches from Babyville, a regular column in the Park Slope Reader. She also writes the blog, A Mom Amok and will be one of the edgies at the Edgy Mother’s Day on Thursday, May 20th at the Old Stone House at 8PM.

How edgy is she?

“I’m a former contortionist, sometime martyr and incurable neurotic. Instead of cooking dinner, I let the kids pretend to cut off my Gorgon head more times than seems strictly necessary. I’m an edgy mom because I’ve got a lot of rough edges and I like it that way.”

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Allison Pennell To Read at Edgy Moms

Allison Pennell, a parenting journalist and writer for Effed in Park Slope will be one of the edgies at Edgy Mother’s Day at the Old Stone House on May 20th at 8PM.  She wrote this on FIPS the other day.

So, one of the side effects of my permanent banishment from Park Slope Parents is that I’ve been invited to join another club. I am now, God help me, an “edgy mom.” Yes, the Park Slope doyenne of edginess, Louise “OTBKB” Crawford (aka smart mom/crazy lady) sent me a personal invitation. And no, it wasn’t in the third person.

Whatever the fuck an edgy mom is, I’m not sure I want to be it. Past the first blush of earnest playful parenting? A free-range kid farmer? Apt to poke fun at this whole alternately grand and appalling experiment in raising future good citizens? Allergic to treacle-y sentimentality? Check. Check. Check. Check.

My new designation means, I suppose, that it’s no skin off my teeth that my seven-year-old daughter is now standing buck naked on our dining room table and playing “boy,” complete with pencil. Or that she asked me for a tattoo last week (and I don’t mean temporary). Or that she barfed all over her suitcase, two rugs, and her brother’s favorite Jordans midway through her plans to run away last night. Or that I would be even thinking of penning this post at 7:54 am while I still have a lunch to pack and dog to walk.

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The Audacity of Pope: Standing Tall

I just heard about an amazing blog called The Audacity of Pope, written by Raphael Pope-Sussman, a 22-year-old from Park Slope who has testicular cancer. He was diagnosed in December and earlier this month underwent RPLEND surgery and is now cancer-free.

Some of the writing is dark, much of it is funny and all of it conveys a smart,  honest voice that is compelling and very much his own. Pope-Sussman is a junior at Columbia and also, it turns out, the editorial page editor of the Columbia Spectator.

I urge you read Pope-Sussman’s blog. Here is an excerpt from an April post called Standing Tall:

For the past four months, this blog has been a source of strength and joy for me. It’s been a place to do the thing that I’ve always wanted to do—to write, earnestly and simply, about my life. It’s been funny and serious and all that jazz. Most importantly, it’s been honest. I’ve been writing what I’ve been feeling.

In my most recent post, I wrote some of my feelings on illness, on my continuing discomfort with those who are sick.

Blogging about my experiences has meant opening up to my friends and family—and some strangers—about my thoughts and my fears.

I wrote yesterday that, “All men are patient when they’re in the desert.” For four months, I’ve been patient in the desert. Being patient—being stoic—has made these months bearable. I’ve never been angry. I’ve never wept. I have not often been scared.

I haven’t been patient alone. I’ve been blessed with such incredible generosity and kindness from everyone around me. People I’ve known my whole life and people I’ve known for years or months. Even people I’ve never met.

As I wrote the other day, I can’t sleep anymore. I went to bed at six in the morning last night and I woke up at four today.

Lying in bed, my mind kept coming back to having surgery. I wasn’t stoic or steely nerved or patient at all. I was scared. Terrified.

I’ve been covering these pages with philosophizing, but today, I have no great wisdom to share.

All I know is I feel like a freaked out kid, three days before a great unknown.

I don’t write this to alarm anyone. G-d knows I don’t write it for sympathy or pity or support. I just write this because it’s the truth. And after all I’ve been through—after all I’ve written here—I owe it to myself and to my readers to write what is true.

So that’s it. I’m still standing tall. But I’m scared shitless.

Pope-Sussman is also giving away Rafstrong bracelets (pictured above):

When this all began, my friends joked that I should get bracelets for people to wear, a la Lance Armstrong. Then we actually decided to do it. I ordered a batch of bracelets, in light blue, inscribed with the word “Rafstrong.” At first I was just going to give them out, but then I decided I might as well use the opportunity to do something good for the world. Whenever I give someone a bracelet (they are free), I ask that he donate a small sum to a charity of his choice. It can be any charity, provided it’s not overly political or cancer-related. Donations are on the honor system, but I suggest that people who do donate let me know where they gave, just so I can keep track.

If you’re interested in getting a bracelet, please e-mail gorafstrong@gmail.com. I’ll mail bracelets anywhere in the world, free of charge.

Thank you. And stay Rafstrong!

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WNYC’S Andrea Bernstein to Moderate Blogfest Panel

Just confirmed today: Andrea Bernstein, award-winning WNYC radio journalist will moderate the Brooklyn Blogfest panel. Yay. We really lucked out.

Award-winning journalist Andrea Bernstein heads up coverage of transportation, urban planning, infrastructure and sustainability. As Director of the public radio Transportation Nation project, Bernstein works with Marketplace, The Takeaway and seven public radio stations across the country to deepen their coverage of these issues.

In 2007 and 2008, as Political Director, Bernstein covered the Presidential election from the primaries through the debates to election night, culminating her work in the Takeaway series “Counties that Count,” which focused on voter attitudes and opinions in eleven key swing counties across America.

Bernstein joined the WNYC news staff in 1998. She’s covered government and politics for over a decade, and has at various points been assigned to Hillary Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, George Pataki, Eliot Spitzer, David Paterson, and Charles Schumer. She’s also covered rebuilding at the World Trade Center Site and the campaign for the 2012 Olympics.

Bernstein was one of twelve U.S. Journalists to win a prestigious 2007 Knight Fellowship at Stanford University. She has won over three dozen team and individual awards for her work, including the Investigative Reporters and Editors award for radio, the National Press Club award for environmental reporting, and national Murrow and Society for Professional Journalists awards for investigative reporting. In 2009, she became a Hoover Media Fellow.

She was political correspondent for The New York Observer for eight years, and her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, Newsday, The Daily News, The Nation, and Salon.com

Also, did you know that thanks to Absolut Vodka this event is FREE??

More surprises are coming.

How many bloggers does it take to fill the Brooklyn Lyceum (Fourth Avenue & President Street)? Come find out at the Fifth Annual Brooklyn Blogfest on June 8 at 7:00 PM when the borough’s most opinionated and dedicated bloggers (and surprise special guests) step away from their keyboards to sound off about how and why Brooklyn remains such a rich source of material and inspiration.

But forget about filling the room. Here’s the real question the Brooklyn Blogfest will answer: How many bloggers does it take to wrap their arms around New York’s most happening borough? So, whether you are a blogger, wannablogger, reader, or media maven, you’ll want to come see for yourself. And meet up with this year’s most tenaciously keen tribe of bloggers as they gather to celebrate all the reasons Brooklyn is such a potent source of runaway creativity.

Since it was founded in 2005, the Brooklyn Blogfest has established itself as the nexus of creativity, talent, and insight among the blogosphere’s brightest lights. This year will be no different as a panel of blogging’s best disect the unique brand of entrepreneurial creativity flourishing here. Also on tap: a video tribute to Brooklyn’s most visionary photo bloggers, special networking sessions for like-minded bloggers (i.e. Blogs of a Feather), the return of the ever-popular Shout-out, when bloggers are invited to share their blogs with the world, and a roof-raising after-party with ABSOLUT® VODKA cocktails, food and music.

“The borough of Brooklyn has always been front and center in the world of blogging,” says Louise Crawford, founder of the Brooklyn Blogfest and onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.com. “Whether you live by a blog, blog to live, or live to blog, you’ll want to come out on June 8.”

The 2010 BROOKLYN BLOGFEST is sponsored by ABSOLUT® VODKA

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Thursday: Edgy Moms in Park Slope

It’s happening this Thursday! Don’t miss Edgy Moms…

So what is an edgy mom? Based on the reading I’d have to say it’s a mom who questions authority and group-think, and who tells the truth, even if it’s shocking. Also, judging from the night’s readers, edgy moms are funny!

– Louise Sloan, author of Knock Yourself Up, A Tell All Guide to Becoming a Single Mom

Brooklyn Reading Works presents the Fourth Annual Edgy Mother’s Day on May 20, 2010 at 8PM at The Old Stone House in Park Slope. It’s motherhood without sanctimony and an evening  of maternal revelry, wisdom and irreverent fun.

This is not your mother’s Mother’s Day but a celebration of mommydom nonetheless that will shock, rock, and make you laugh ‘til your thongs snap!

Hear Brooklyn writers of non-fiction, fiction, memoir and poetry rant and rave about mothers and motherhood. They will shock, amuse, and entertain but won’t make you eat carrots before dessert.

Bring a friend. Or bring your mom.

Hosted by Louise Crawford and Sophia Romero, here’s the evening’s line-up:

—Marian Fontana, author of A Widow’s Walk

–Rosemary Moore, author of Side Street

—Martha Southgate, author of Third Girl From the Left

—Jill Eisenstadt, author of From Rockaway

—Wendy Ponte, author of Mothering Magazine’s Having a Baby Naturally a life coach.

–Sophia Romero, blogger, The Shiksa from Manila and author of Always Hiding

—Yona Zeldis McDonough, author of Breaking the Bank

—Michele Madigan Somerville, poet and author of WISEGAL and Black Irish

–Allison Pennell, parenting journalist and writer for Effed in Park Slope

–Kathy Fine, educator

–Nicole Caccavo Kear, writer of Dispactches from Babyville, a regular column in the Park Slope Reader and blogger for A Mom Amok.

The Where and When

Date: May 20, 2010 at 8PM

Location:  The Old Stone House
Fifth Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets
Phone:  718-768-3195
7:30 p.m.:  Open bar/Wine donated by Shawn Liquors
8:00 p.m.:  Reading

Suggested contribution:  $5 to benefit Old Stone House
Reading is open to all – not just mothers – though please leave children at home.

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Diva Dispatch

In case you missed it at the New Voices Festival, catch Robin Hessman’s fabulous documentary My Perestroika this Tuesday (tomorrow) as part of the IFC’s Stranger Than Fiction series.  More info and tix here.

Singer Judith Berkson celebrates the release of her CD Oylam (ECM) next Monday, May 24 at Joe’s Pub. On October 9 she will perform with the Kronos Quartet at Le Poisson Rouge in a program including her arrangements of Schubert lieder.

For news of Andrea Weber and her fellow dancers – as well as beautiful videos of the late, great choreographer – check the Merce Cunningham website.

Julie Worden and the Mark Morris Dancers return to Lincoln Center this August during Mostly Mozart to perform Morris’s masterwork L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. This is a must-see if there ever was one.

Photo by Ken Friedman
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Fall Prevention and Strengthening for Seniors

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My mother takes Fall Prevention &  Strengthening class with Celeste Carlucci at the JCC on the Upper West Side. She heartily recommends it.

You can go to classes in New York City at the following locations:

Not in Brooklyn yet.

If you cannot get to the live classes in New York City, get the Fall Stop…MOVE STRONG benefits from using the DVD in your own home! Available here