Monthly Archives: August 2007

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…hipster enclave according to New York Magazine‘s fall real estate preview. Here’s what the mag had to say about our nabe:
The Next…
…HIPSTER ENCLAVE
Bedford-Stuyvesant
The word’s been out on Bed-Stuy’s brownstones for awhile, but in the past year the neighborhood has been attracting the asymmetric-haircut set. That’s largely thanks to a spate of [...]

Patrick Van Doren Pocket Park Mural on Quincy and Malcolm X Blvd.

This mural on Quincy Street makes me smile. It reminds me of one of my favorite books from my childhood, Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends. Silverstein illustrated his books and the pictures he drew looked a little like the images on [...]

[ August 28, 2007; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The Macon Street Block Association (Macon Street between Patchen and Ralph Avenues) invites you to join them for an evening of jazz tomorrow, Tuesday, August 28th. This event is from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and will feature the beautiful sounds of Jazzberry Jam, with Bertha Hope on piano, Kim Clarke on bass, “Sweet” [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rose of Sharon Church wall on Broadway, Bed-Stuy

[ August 24, 2007; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Friday, August 24

The 8th Annual

KIDflix Film Fest of Bed-Stuy!

8 pm at Fulton Park, Stuvesant & Utica Aves. Free.

Film Short: Ladylike

Directed by Safiya Songhai from Reel Sisters.
A devout Muslim and a daring exhibitionist form an uncommon bond when one woman must save the other from becoming the target of a peeping Tom.

Feature Film: Scenarios [...]

At the Bed-Stuy Youthmarket Greenmarket (Lewis Ave nr Decatur).

Think New York City is the most multicultural city in the world? Then show your support! WNYC Radio will represent the great city of New York in a contest to discover which major world city is the most multicultural — and why.
On Friday, August 24th at 1pm, The Leonard Lopate Show (WNYC 93.9 FM/ [...]

Gates at Lewis.

[ August 25, 2007 9:00 pm to August 26, 2007 12:00 am. ]
Common Grounds Cafe will be hosting a Midnight Smoothie Madness event this Saturday, August 25th from 9:00 p.m. – midnight. Drop by this Tompkins Avenue hot spot and try some of their great smoothies, or if winter continues, some hot tea. Common Grounds promises that there will be good music and good company [...]