Monthly Archives: December 2008

The Bed-Stuy Ambulance Corps’ Latest Challenge: The Condemned Building Next Door

Posted on December 18, 2008 by The Changeling

Photo Courtesy of BSVAC

The Bed-Stuy Volunteer has faced a number of obstacles as they’ve tried to get their new headquarters up and running on Greene Avenue and Marcus Garvey Boulevard. After finally receiving a grant for a new trailer (the trailer will be used as a training center for new EMTs), they haven’t been [...]

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REEL I.M.P.A.C.T.: Free Film & Discussion Series at the BPL’s Macon Branch

Posted on December 17, 2008 by The Changeling

[ January 3, 2009; 1:00 pm; January 17, 2009; 1:00 pm; February 7, 2009; 1:00 pm; February 21, 2009; 1:00 pm; ] As part of its new programming for adults, Brooklyn Public Library’s Macon branch will begin a series of free movie and documentary screenings for 2009. The series, REEL I.M.P.A.C.T. (Important Motion Pictures And Critical Thinking,) is designed to entertain and empower. This new series will offer classic film screenings – with free popcorn! – as [...]

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Benefit Event for Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger

Posted on December 16, 2008 by The Changeling

[ December 19, 2008; 7:00 pm; ]

This Friday, December 19th there will be a benefit event for the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger. The event is a coat and food drive that includes a silent auction, live graffiti painting and a fabulous lineup of wonderful music including live hip-hop, world-renown DJ Chela, and some stars from the FELA Broadway musical. [...]

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The New Alice and Agate Courts Historic District

Posted on December 15, 2008 by The Changeling

Photos Courtesy of the City of New York LPC

Congratulations are in order for the residents of Alice and Agate Courts! We’ve heard from a reliable source that the Alice and Agate Courts Historic District has been approved. An event to recognize the district is scheduled on February 10, 2009. (As soon as [...]

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Eye on the Stuy 12/15/08

Posted on December 15, 2008 by The Changeling

Coffee Cup Kebab

A Life of Shared Bathrooms: Young people are renting rooms with shared bathrooms so that they can afford to live in the city that they love. Not so surprising, really. Not until you realize that they are doing this in Brooklyn. In Bed-Stuy. [NY Times]

The MTA’s New Text Alerts: The [...]

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Terrible Crash in Bed-Stuy

Posted on December 12, 2008 by The Changeling

I actually heard this accident long before I got to the intersection. It just happened at the intersection of Myrtle and Marcy Avenues. It looked very bad and I think the firefighters were trying to get someone out of the cab. I couldn’t tell if it involved more than one vehicle. [...]

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Samurai Party at Yume Gallery

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Alexa11221

[ December 13, 2008; 8:00 pm; ] I have no idea what’s really going to happen here, but it seems too good to miss:
YUME GALLERY
* 925 Bergen St, between Franklin & Classon (C to Franklin)*

13 December, 2008 8pm-12am
ON VIEW: December 13, 2008 – January 9, 2008
FREE ADMISSION

A. L. I.E.N., Audio Aesthetics, YUME, the Brooklyn Tee Party, Shadowplastic & Lichiban present

“THE SECRET [...]

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Bed-Stuy Real Estate Picks 12/12/08

Posted on December 12, 2008 by The Changeling

RENTALS
Pretty from the neck up (Rental #5).
#1 — $1500 — 2 BR: It’s so nice that Weichert finally learned how to include photos in their real estate listings! The ad says that this apartment is BANANAS, but I’m not sure what they mean by that. The apartment is simple with a few details. It’s near [...]

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Femmes Four Residency Brings Classical Chamber Music to the Vernon Children’s School

Posted on December 11, 2008 by The Changeling

I’m always happy to hear about school programs that seek to expand children’s musical experiences, so I was especially thrilled to hear that the award-winning Brooklyn-based flute quartet, Femmes Four, are beginning a residency at the Vernon Children’s School here in Bed-Stuy. The group will perform for kindergartners through third graders beginning this Friday. [...]

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Fascinating Journey

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Alexa11221

[ December 12, 2008; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]
Friday, December 12, 6-10 p.m.
Design Schemes at Home invites you to the opening of “Fascinant”
Paintings by Lindsay Manolakos
Photography by Coco Martin
Design Schemes at Home
1360 Fulton Street, 2nd level mezzanine
Above Applebee’s at Restoration Plaza
A or C train to Nostrand

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