Monthly Archives: May 2008

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.

Wednesday, May 28

Labruhalanegra; Powersolo; Architeuthis Walkson Land; Glissando Bin Laden

Thursday, May 29

The Neverbeens; NeerDoEvers; Sunshower Orphans; The Leader

Friday, May 30

Deastro; Adam Caine

Saturday, May 31

8PM: [...]

A reader of the blog suggested that I make it a little easier for you to share Bed-Stuy Blog posts with your friends. I’ve installed a “Share This” plug-in for this purpose. At the bottom of each post, you should see a little green button. If you’d like to quickly send a Bed-Stuy [...]

[ May 31, 2008; 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ]

My Sister’s Keeper will be holding a self-esteem workshop for young ladies between the ages of 13 and 23 on Saturday, May 31st from 2:00 – 7:00 p.m. The event will be held at M.S. 35 (the attached flyer says it’s at 272 MacDougal Street, but I believe that the event is going to [...]

[ May 28, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] The next 79th precinct community council meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 28th 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 [...]

Alexa 11211 just sent me this info. on a film about a Fort Greene/Clinton Hill couple in the restaurant business. There are several screenings of the film happening in the next several days. It sounds really cool–I’d heard a lot about Liquors and Bodegas (the name of their businesses), but I never really [...]

To celebrate Bike Month, Bedford-Stuyvesant will be having a bike ride called The Steeple Chase. The Steeple Chase will start at Von King Park (Marcy and Greene Aves) and tour the neighborhood visiting historic churches along the way. It takes place tomorrow from 9:00 am – noon.
You can download the forms by clicking [...]

RENTALS
Pick of the Week (#2)

#1 — $1450 — 1 br: It’s a bit pricey, but the garden out back might make it worth it. Madison and Stuyvesant Utica AC
PICK OF THE WEEK! #2 — $1500 — 1 br: This 700 sq ft apartment comes with a separate 300 sq ft artist space, access to the [...]

[ May 23, 2008; 8:00 pm; ]

Le Toukouleur will be having a tribute to Aime Cesaire on Friday, May 23rd at 8:00 p.m. Head on over to hear poetry and jazz featuring Tiga & Tchaka and Michele Marcelin. There’s an after dinner party at midnight!

Le Toukouleur Restaurant
1116 Bedford Avenue (at Quincy Street)
For more information, call Francesca at [...]

On Saturday, May 24th at 8 p.m. Mojo Production artist The Dubber & Chip Fu (formerly of Fu Schnickens) will be live @ bushbaby. If you’re into hip-hop, reggae and rap, then this concert is for you! There’s no cover charge for this event.
bushbaby Cafe
1197 Fulton Street (near Bedford Avenue)
Phone: (718) 636-5336

Colador Cafe on Bedford
It looks like a new cafe is opening up on Bedford Avenue just south of Dekalb. The Colador Cafe is setting up shop in the disputed territory between Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant (I like to call the land between Classon and Marcy the “Kashmir” section of Brooklyn). I hope that [...]