Monthly Archives: March 2008

Goodbye Blue Monday Weekly Concert Lineup

[ March 31, 2008; 9:00 pm; April 1, 2008; 9:00 pm; April 2, 2008; 9:00 pm; April 3, 2008; 9:00 pm; April 4, 2008; 9:00 pm; April 5, 2008; 9:00 pm; April 6, 2008; 9:00 pm; ] Here are the week’s concert offerings at Goodbye Blue Monday. Each night shows start at 9:00 p.m. unless otherwise stated (no cover, no minimum).

Monday, March 31

Matter & Memory; Twisty Cat – Cosmorama; 2-B a High Powered Executive; BBC

Tuesday, April 1

Ataasitis; Stewart; Shout To Talk; To Be A High-Powered Executive

Wednesday, April 2

Spitshine

Thursday, April 3

Softblack [...]

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Eye on the Stuy 03/31/08

Radical Living Puts Out First Issue of Agape Times [Radical Living]
Breaking News: Reality is Actually Elusive [Deborah Fisher]
Girls Scout Cookies and Darkon [Bed-Stuy Social]
Condos and Coops for Under 200K [Reclaimed Home]
God On The Road [Bed-Stuy Banana]

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Bed-Stuy Volunteer Ambulance Corps Struggles With City Over Funding

In case you haven’t seen it, The New York Times has an excellent story on the troubles being faced by our very own Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps. They’re such a resource in this community–can’t there be an easier way to get them a new facility?
Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps website

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Bed-Stuy Real Estate Picks 03/28/08

RENTALS
Pick of the Week (#4)

#1 — $1400 — 1 br: Here’s a nice garden apartment with a decent sized backyard. Decatur and Malcolm X Utica AC
#2 — $1150 — 1 br: Oh man, look at this ad. I’m not sure if they really want to rent this place. The pictures are a complete [...]

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I didn’t get a slice but I got some crumbs

Whilst thechangeling is basking in the glory of at last being eligible for FreshDirect delivery, I am here to report that although I’m not going to see any orange and green refrigerated trucks idling on my block any time soon, I did hear about a couple of welcome improvements in local services.
1. Tiny Cup (the [...]

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Brooklyn House of Detention Relocates to Saratoga Park

I was walking by Saratoga Park this past weekend and I saw this monstrosity. It’s located on Halsey along the north side of the park. Why didn’t those of you living near Saratoga warn me about this? Why is this building being built? Who would want to live here? Can [...]

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Seth Foster at Bushbaby This Saturday

[ March 29, 2008; 8:00 pm; ]
Seth Foster will be performing his own brand of jazz and blues at Bushbaby cafe this Saturday.

Nu-jazz Featuring The Project
Saturday, March 29th
8:00 p.m.
Bushbaby Cafe
1197 Fulton Street (at Bedford Avenue)
FREE

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We FINALLY Got a Piece of the Pie!

Yesterday afternoon my email was filled with the news. The emails were coming every 15 minutes. Some were from people I knew, but most were from Bed-Stuy residents I’ve never met in person. I’m certain that you’ve heard it by now: As of today, March 26th, Fresh Direct has expanded their delivery [...]

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4th Annual Brooklyn Indie House: Call For Entries

From The Black and Latino Filmmaker’s Coalition (BLFC):
The Brooklyn Indie House is an independent film theater run by the BLFC with the purpose of providing a permanent exhibition space for filmmakers outside of the Hollywood machine.
We accept films of all genres and of any length. For films with non-English dialogue, English subtitles are required. Film [...]

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Our Collective Obama Moment: Let the Dialogues Begin

Design by the talented Everyone’s In Love With You
It’s been a mind-boggling week in the news, hasn’t it?
First we got whopped with the revelations about ex-Governor Eliot Spitzer and his top-dollar dalliances with wannabe superstar call girl, Ashley Alexandra Dupré. We barely had time to keep up with all of the provocative headlines and almost-nude [...]

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