Beba

(Soundbite of song, "Beba") Ms. JEN SHYU (Vocalist): (Scatting) WHITEHEAD: Jen Shyu on vocals.

Steve Coleman: 'Harvesting' Funky, Brainy Jazz 2010

(Soundbite of song, "Beba") Ms. JEN SHYU (Vocalist): (Scatting) WHITEHEAD: Jen Shyu on vocals.

Steve Coleman: 'Harvesting' Funky, Brainy Jazz 2010

(Soundbite of song, "Beba") Ms. JEN SHYU (Vocalist): (Scatting) WHITEHEAD: Jen Shyu on vocals.

Steve Coleman: 'Harvesting' Funky, Brainy Jazz 2010

Last year she opened Buongiorno Espresso Bar and Beba Blue, a hair and beauty salon.

Slice of Hell's Kitchen Is Fired Up Kavita Mokha 2011

Mustafah Abdulaziz for The Wall Street Journal Buongiorno Espresso Bar and adjoining Beba Blue Salon The owners of Sergimmo Salumeria, an Italian eatery that opened in the neighborhood a few weeks ago, say they gambled with the new space after hearing about recent developments in the area.

Slice of Hell's Kitchen Is Fired Up Kavita Mokha 2011

So when I was passing through East Hampton last weekend I asked Beba, with whom I remain in touch but hadn't seen in several years, whether I could drop by.

East Hampton Before the Deluge 2010

When Beba, a costume designer, was growing up in the '60s, she said, the children and mothers would leave the city around Memorial Day and not return until after Labor Day.

East Hampton Before the Deluge 2010

When Beba was eight years old, her mother died while giving birth to her thirteenth child.

Beba Idelson. 2009

Despite this promotion, everyday life was no easier and Beba had to continue to work for an income, for a while embroidering blouses.

Beba Idelson. 2009

The year 1926 was one of economic crisis in the Yishuv and Beba, like other women, had to take on seasonal agricultural work, picking citrus in the winter and grapes in summer and peeling almonds in the spring.

Beba Idelson. 2009