Monthly Archives: February 2009

Report Bed-Stuy’s Uncommon Economic Indicators

Posted on February 4, 2009 by The Changeling

The Brian Lehrer Show wants you to tell them your story, or report on what you see, for this online project. They’ll be building a website of your local stories of economic activity in the New York City area — jobs lost or found, stores opening or closing, good deals on rent, whatever you find.
This [...]

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Eye on the Stuy 02/02/09

Posted on February 2, 2009 by The Changeling

Seen in the window of a Nostrand Avenue 99 cent store:

The bread that only belongs to you! The master selected you for his gifts. The hen wanted to make bread, but no one wanted to help. The hen planted the seeds, but no one wanted to help. The hen wanted help with the wheat [...]

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Clothing Swap at Macon Library

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ February 7, 2009; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] With the county in financial turmoil and unemployment rate rising at an alarming rate, why not thrift instead of shop?

There will be a clothing swap this Saturday at noon at the Macon Library on Lewis Ave.

The organizer also welcomes old sweaters and jeans to use in some craft projects she has planned for a teen [...]

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Super Bowl Party at Le Toukouleur This Sunday!

Posted on January 30, 2009 by The Changeling

[ February 1, 2009; 5:00 pm; ]

The annual Super Bowl Party at Le Toukouleur takes place this Sunday, February 1st. All night there will be complimentary beer and chips with any meal purchase.

Le Toukouleur
1116 Bedford Avenue (at Quincy)
718-622-0607
WWW.LETOUKOULEUR.COM

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INSIGHT Magazine Launch Party

Posted on January 29, 2009 by The Changeling

[ February 7, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] The editor of INSIGHT magazine is a Bed-Stuy resident, so I thought I would pass along this information about the upcoming launch party for the mag.

F.O.K.U.S. will be re-launching INSIGHT, their quarterly magazine later this month. The group will commemorate the event with a launch party as part of its Off the Wall [...]

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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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