C R Y D E R P O I N T 16NOVEMBER CULTURAL CANOPIES EXHIBIT AWARDS ARTISTS by THE COURIER STAFF The Courier/Mittman Gallery opened its Cultural Canopies group photography exhibit on Oct. 9 by announcing the winners of its art competition. The exhibit, located at 38-15 Bell Blvd. and curated by Vida Sabbaghi, celebrated the diversity of Queens and Brooklyn and included artists from both boroughs. The first prize went to Norma Colon for her photograph of a man walking a dog in Brooklyn. Colon has been taking photographs for many years now but when she took this one, it was instinctive. “I just saw a man walking a dog and I clicked it the picture,” she said, adding that she was “happy” she won the first prize. The exhibition itself was inspired by Steven Hoelderich’s book Cultural Canopies of Queens. The book is a compilation of storefronts across the borough. Six photos from his book are part of the exhibit and one of them even won an award. Hoeldrich’s photograph of Sean Ogs, a tavern in Woodside, placed second in the competition. “I jumped out of my skin,” when he heard he had won, he said. “I am tickled.” Hoeldrich, a resident of Astoria, took up photography after his grandfather inspired him to do so when he was a child. Maeen Saleh’s photograph of a tree’s branches against a blue sky won the artist third place in the competition. 16 cryder point courier | NOVEMBER 2014 | WWW.QUEENSCOURIER.COM THE COURIER/Photo by Asha Mahadevan First prize winner CARD-READING This deal occurred in the Life Master Pairs at the 1992 Summer North American Championships. It features an unusual play by one declarer, who succeeded where many others in the same contract failed. South arrived at four spades as shown, and West led the K-J of diamonds. Declarer played low from dummy on the second diamond, but East overtook the jack with the ace and continued with a third diamond, bringing South to the critical point of the play. Given the bidding and play thus far, it was clear that West had started with only two diamonds. If declarer discarded on dummy’s established diamond queen, or if he ruffed low, he was virtually certain to lose the trick to a low trump in West’s hand. This was an acceptable loss if West had started with three spades to the king, since a subsequent spade finesse would allow declarer to pick up the rest of the suit. But if East started with the spade king, discarding or ruffing low at trick three would ultimately lead to defeat. The question, therefore, was who had the spade king? Based on East’s overcall and the fact that West had already turned up with the K-J of diamonds, South decided East was far more likely to have the king of spades. Accordingly, he ruffed the third diamond with the jack. After this held, he led a spade to the ace, disdaining the finesse, and returned the spade four. East won with the king, but no matter what he returned, dummy’s queen of spades would sooner or later capture West’s ten, and the contract was home. © 2014 King Features Synd., Inc. King Features Weekly Service October 20, 2014
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