THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF LOWER MANHATTAN

		NEWS Local healthcare workers not getting flu shots By Ronda Kaysen As healthcare providers figure out how to distribute an inadequate supply of flu vaccine to the city’s most at-risk residents, one group in particular has inched towards the bottom of the priority list: the healthcare providers themselves. Fire displaces nearby residents, closes Beckett’s By Hemmy So Chuck DeLaney has to wait until the smoke clears. Literally. For the past week, the 76 Pearl St. resident has called a hotel room home while waiting for the smoke in his apartment building to dissipate. Caused by the four-alarm fire that scorched the commercial building next door at 78 Pearl St. early Friday morning on Oct. 29, the smokiness and stench linger indefinitely in DeLaney’s apartment. Kerry romps in I.S. 89’s election Monday By Ronda Kaysen Surprise! John Kerry won the presidential election by a landslide — on the I.S. 89 playground, at least. While the rest of the country’s Kerry supporters are reeling from a staggering defeat, the Battery Park City middle school is basking in the aftermath of a sweeping — and highly anticipated — victory. Asian studies pioneer & author going strong at 80 By Sascha Brodsky Betty Lee Sung has been described as a leading authority on Chinese immigrants and she gained that knowledge through hard experience.
Downtown Express photo by Jennifer Weisbord Brendan Mackey, left, 3, kept his eyes on the popcorn as he and Max Berman, 2, enjoyed The Great Pumpkin Party at the Winter Garden Saturday. For more Halloween pictures of the party and a trick or treating trip to the Hallmark residence for senior citizens, <more>. INSIDE Bikers’ Houston St. party raided By Lincoln Anderson If the Critical Mass bikers thought they had won some protection with a federal judge’s rulings in their dueling lawsuits with the city last week, Friday night’s events proved that assumption wrong — and left the bikers charging that the city is continuing to target them. E.P.A.’s 9/11 leader to leave By Ronda Kaysen Paul Gilman, chairperson of the E.P.A. World Trade Center Expert Technical Panel will resign at the end of the month to the surprise of many — and relief of some. Tribeca’s ‘Tree Man’ transforming Greenwich St. By Angela Benfield At first glance, bank vice president Steve Boyce may not seem like a guy who gets down in the dirt. But then, most people probably also don’t know that he was once known as “The Tree Man.”

In The Arts Soul of the Machine By Sheila Pepe One enters an exhibition of sculpture made by Saint Clair Cemin expecting a quirky trip through the history of three-dimensional objects. The artist is well known for his ability to hybridize an impressive range of references and materials, from antiquity to pop culture, from ceramics to bronze. For 20 years, Cemin has helped transform our understanding of “pastiche” from an illustrative postmodern strategy to a personalized and wildly imaginative methodology. The Devil and the Diva By David Kennerley “Oh God. You’re not one of those ghastly Callas queens, are you?” intones Jeremy Irons in his latest film, “Callas Forever,” in that wonderfully grandiloquent, gravelly sneering tone that only he can deliver. ‘Raisin’ money for good causes By David Noh Mondays are always big benefit nights and battling events took place on October 25. At the John Houseman Theatre, Amas Musical Theatre presented “Raisin,” the 1973 Tony Award-winning musical, in concert before an audience of African-American theater luminaries, which included this year’s honorees, Geoffrey Holder, Carmen de Lavallade, Maurice Hines, Mary Alice and several members of “Raisin”’s original cast and production, as well as Elizabeth Wilson.		Dresher in your ear By Jason Victor Serinus If John Adams has his way, the fusion of Eastern and Western music that distinguishes the Paul Dresher Ensemble’s “West Coast” sound is about to shake New York’s musical landscape. Sarandon aims for intimacy By Lawrence Ferber In director Charles Shyer’s “Alfie,” gorgeous Jude Law plays a charming, womanizing, uncommitted chauffeur for the character played by Susan Sarandon. Might limousine drivers enjoy a boost in business after the sexy comedy opens this month? When labor ruled the docks By Jerry Tallmer Fifty years later, and eight months after his 90th birthday, Budd Schulberg looked back on a walk through Hoboken that he took with Marlon Brando on the Sunday before the shooting started on “On the Waterfront.”

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