PRIZE IS RIGHT
‘Seinfeld Night’ and more from the Cyclones
To help plan your summer, here is the Brooklyn
Cyclones schedule for the rest of the season:
COURIER L 48 IFE, JULY 12-18, 2019 24-7
The best reads
— handpicked by
some of the best
Bklyn bookstores
Community Bookstore’s pick:
“The Secret Commonwealth,” by
Robert Kirk
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minister Robert Kirk set out to
collect the accumulated lore
of the fairies, fauns, demons,
sprites, spirits, and elves of his
native Highland village, and
wrote what he believed to be
the first systematic history
of his nonhuman neighbors.
Written in a minister’s crisp
prose with startling credulity,
this long-forgotten classic,
originally published by Sir
Sir
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Walter Scott, is now available in a charming edition
from New York Review Books Classic.
— Samuel Partal, Community Bookstore 43 Seventh Ave.
between Carroll Street and Garfield Place in Park Slope,
(718) 783–3075, www.commu nityb ookst ore.net .
Greenlight Bookstore’s pick:
“Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl,”
by Andrea Lawlor
I caught up with “Paul Takes
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h
,
the Form of a Mortal Girl” after
it was republished in paperback
this spring, and I loved it. The
novel is a fun romp through the
queerscapes of the ’90s with
excellent characters, smut,poetry, and music and reading
recommendations galore.
I will be recommending this
to my special customers who
I think will get a kick out
of it.
— Austin Broussard, Greenlight
Greenlight
Bookstore 686 Fulton St. between S. Elliott Place and S.
Portland Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 246–0200, www.
greenlightbookstore.com .
Word’s picks: “The Sun on My Head,”
by Geovani Martins
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“Debut” is a loaded term,
because so many new or first
books reek of the influence of
earlier, often greater, writers.
That is why, when something
is not only fresh, but also
undeniably good, we should
all take notice. Geovani
Martins’s parables of tender
masculinity are rendered
in a natural dialogue that
brings us straight onto the
blinding beaches of Rio and nd the
desperate walled-in streets of the favela. For Martins,
this is home, and his stories are so evocative, so full of life
and motion, that I was floored. This is a book for all ages,
for all sensibilities.
— Jeff Waxman, Word 126 Franklin St. at Milton Street in
Greenpoint, (718) 383–0096, www.wordbookstores.com .
TBy Bill Roundy hey’ve turned a show about
nothing into something special!
Brooklyn’s beloved minor league
baseball team will shed its usual
name this Saturday for one of its
biggest annual events: “Seinfeld
Night!” The Brooklyn Cyclones will
become the Brooklyn Marble Rye
for the evening, wearing limitededition
jerseys and caps for the night
— not that there’s anything wrong
with that.
This year is the 30th anniversary
of the sitcom, which started in 1989
as “The Seinfeld Chronicles,” and
the ’clones have gone all out for this
night. The stadium will be renamed
“Kramerica Industries Ballpark” for
the evening, every fan attending
the game will get a “Fusilli Jerry”
figure, and actors Tim DeKay, who
played “Bizarro Jerry,” and Matt
McCoy, who advised “Serenity now,
insanity later” as Lloyd Braun, will
be in the audience. Sadly, meet-andgreet
sessions are already sold out.
And fans who want to join the
fun will also have plenty of opportunities!
In addition to the annual,
horrible-to-watch “Elaine Dance
Contest,” the party on July 13 will
feature the between-inning contests
“ ‘Can’t Spare a Square’ Toilet
Paper Race,” a “Marble Rye Toss,”
yada yada, and a muffin top–eating
contest.
The team started celebrating
“Seinfeld Night” five years ago to
celebrate the 25th anniversary of
the show, and it became an immediate
sensation. The geniuses at
MCU Park have many other promotions
for the rest of the season,
with almost every night offering
something special for fans. Here are
some of our favorites:
July 14, Marvel Superhero
Night: Spider-Man may hail from
Queens, but the sometimes-cloned
hero is a ‘clones supporter! The
first 2,000 fans will get a Spidey
bobblehead, and kids dressed as
heroes can take the field during the
National Anthem.
July 25, Christmas in July:
Cool off with an extra winter holiday
in July — and pick up an ornament
of the Parachute Jump that
you can hang on the tree (first 2,000
fans only).
Aug. 10, Mo Willems Day: The
Cyclones celebrate the children’s
book author from Park Slope, who
wrote “Knuffle Bunny” — whose
title character recently got a bronze
statue at the Park Slope Library —
and “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive
the Bus.” Early visitors can score
a baseball hat in the shape of the
Full-body dry heave: Contestants will take to the field for this year’s Elaine Dance-Off
at MCU Park’s Seinfeld Night on July 13. Photo by Steve Solomonson
titualar pigeon.
Aug. 17, Star Wars Night: This
game is sure to be out of this world!
Costumed characters will roam the
stands, Jedi will train on the field,
and the first 2,000 fans can get a
Hyperspace Jersey.
Aug. 31, “Parks and Recreation”
Night: This might be the next
“Seinfeld Night” for fans of the more
recent sitcom! Events have not yet
been announced, but the show’s
newscaster Perd Hapley (actor Jay
Jackson) will be there!
All games at MCU Park (1904
Surf Ave. at W. 17th Street in Coney
Island, (718) 372–5596, www.brooklyncyclones.
com). $5–$20.
July 12
Mahoning Valley
Scrappers
7 p.m.
July 13
West Virginia Black
Bears (Seinfeld
Night)
6 p.m.
July 14
West Virginia Black
Bears (Marvel Super
Hero Day)
4 p.m.
July 15
West Virginia Black
Bears
11:30 a.m.
July 23
Tri-City Valley Cats
7 p.m.
July 24
Tri-City Valley Cats
7 p.m.
July 25
Tri-City Valley Cats
(Christmas in July)
7 p.m.
July 30
Lowell Spinners
7 p.m.
July 31
Lowell Spinners
7 p.m.
Aug. 1
Lowell Spinners
7 p.m.
Aug. 5
Hudson Valley
Renegades
7 p.m.
Aug. 6
Hudson Valley
Renegades
11:30 a.m.
Aug. 7
Hudson Valley
Renegades
7 p.m.
Aug. 8
Connecticut Tigers
7 p.m.
Aug. 9
Connecticut Tigers
7 p.m.
Aug. 10
Connecticut Tigers
(Mo Willems Day)
6 p.m.
Aug. 12
Staten Island Yankees
7 p.m.
Aug. 17
Tri-City Valley Cats
(Star Wars Night)
6 p.m.
Aug. 18
Tri-City Valley Cats
4 p.m.
Aug. 19
Tri-City Valley Cats
7 p.m.
Aug. 25
Vermont Lake
Monsters
4 p.m.
Aug. 26
Vermont Lake
Monsters
7 p.m.
Aug. 27
Vermont Lake
Monsters
7 p.m.
Aug. 31
Staten Island
Yankees (“Parks and
Recreation” Night)
6 p.m.
Sept. 2
Staten Island
Yankees
4 p.m.
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