Monthly Archives: April 2008

[ April 22, 2008; April 23, 2008; April 24, 2008; April 25, 2008; April 26, 2008; ]
The Weeksville Center has sent some information on several interesting events going on this week:

Bring in the Spring Family Workshops and Festivities April 22-April 26
Ages 5 and Up
Come to Weeksville for this fun Spring celebration April 22-26th. Learn about the Brooklyn landscape through nature, art workshops, cooking, and juicing demonstrations for families. Explore Weeksville’s garden [...]

The Brooklyn Blogfest is happening on May 8th! If you are blogger or if you are thinking about becoming a blogger or if you’re just a blog reader and admirer, then you should mark this date in your calendar and join us at the Brooklyn Lyceum. Yours truly will get a few minutes at [...]

[ April 23, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] The next 79th precinct community council meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 23rd at 7:00 p.m. at 585 Dekalb Avenue, 2nd Floor (between Walworth Street and Nostrand Avenue).

To find out more about the 79th precinct click here. Community council meetings for the 79th precinct are regularly held on the 4th Wednesday of the [...]

Here are the week’s concert offerings at Goodbye Blue Monday. Each night shows start at 9:00 p.m. unless otherwise stated. As always, there is no cover and no minimum.

Monday, April 21

Enid Ellen; Yva Las Vegass; Beef & Nougat; Buckets O’bile

Tuesday, April 22

930 Moon; Jon de Lucia; Tony Barba and Simon; Heavy Jamal

Wednesday, [...]

The Acorn School for Social Justice is located in this beautiful flatiron-shaped building on the corner of Broadway and Howard Avenue.

I always find myself stopping to admire the cherubs on the building. If you haven’t seen this building, it’s definitely worth seeing in person.

In the past couple of years, I’ve watched Myrtle Avenue west of Classon improve tremendously. The story east of Classon has been quite different. Empty storefronts, faded awnings and greasy windows have been the norm, but the blocks of Myrtle Avenue east and west of Bedford Avenue have seen some modest improvements of [...]

Photos by Meowzas

The folks over at Meowzas sent me some pics of the newly opened Target Community Garden on Bedford just south of Dekalb Willoughby (Thanks Pamela and Matthew!). I took some pictures of the garden about a week ago, but my photos don’t do it justice, so I’m going to offer you the [...]

Here are the week’s concert offerings at Goodbye Blue Monday. Each night shows start at 9:00 p.m. unless otherwise stated. Remember, there’s no cover and no minimum.

Monday, April 14

Moonrise Hernandez, Boxcars Boxcars Boxcars; Golden Birds; Scott Gibson

Tuesday, April 15

Dr. Steam Whipples Birthday Pizza Party; Yva Las Vegass

Wednesday, April 16

Matthew Peverly; Taghkanic; Carpobrotus; [...]

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