Monthly Archives: April 2009

Bed-Stuy Resident Featured on the Fine Living Network!

Posted on April 22, 2009 by The Changeling

[ April 25, 2009; 11:00 pm; ]
Before & After: Clive finds his own style. (Images courtesy of Fine Living Network)

Clive EJ Salmon is the producer of the Neighborhood Beat: BedStuy hosted by Monique Greenwood, but this week he’s receiving the makeover treatment from Lloyd Boston on the Fine Living Network’s show Closet Cases. Clive’s closet gets an overhaul and he [...]

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April on Lafayette Ave.

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Alexa11221

Spring has sprung.

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Brooklyn Jazz Fest: Women’s POV

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ April 18, 2009; 2:00 pm; ] Jazz: The Women’s View Point

An amazing lineup of poets, writers, dancers, vocalists, musicians and performers explore the past 10 years of jazz by women.

Panel Discussion & Performance

Panelists: Ntozake Shange, Mickey Davidson, Akua Dixon, Carline Ray, Camille Yarborough, moderated by Monique Ngozi Nri
Suggested donation $10 – 718.569.1896

Featured performance: Antoinette Montague with special guest Akua Dixon (cello), [...]

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Have You Seen Spanky?

Posted on April 17, 2009 by The Changeling

Reclaimed Home noticed a lost dog flyer posted around Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street. It’s so heartbreaking to see missing people and lost dog flyers! Please click over and check out the photo of little Spanky. Have you seen him?

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Community Board 3 Public Meeting-April 2009

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Teanickeldime

Hello!
I’m really excited to be contributing to Bed Stuy Blog! Its a valuable resource to those new and old in our community. Some other valuable resources I feel are a bit underused, especially by newer and younger residents, are the public Community Board 3 meetings and CB3 committee meetings that happen throughout the month. Bed [...]

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New Contributor!

Posted on April 17, 2009 by The Changeling

Ever wondered what goes on at community board 3 meetings? Me too! Our newest contributor, Teanickeldime, will be attending these meetings and will be providing a recap of the issues that are addressed. Welcome Teanickeldime!

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YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day Takes Place This Saturday at Von King Park

Posted on April 17, 2009 by The Changeling

On Saturday, April 18th at Von King Park, the Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA invites the communities of Brooklyn to participate in YMCA Healthy Kids® Day, the nation’s largest health day for children and families. YMCA Healthy Kids Day includes fun, engaging and creative activities for children and families and promotes year-long wellness and healthy living. YMCA [...]

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Long Island University Open House

Posted on April 17, 2009 by The Changeling

[ April 26, 2009; 11:00 am; ] This might interest some of you who are interested in going (or going back) to school:

Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus Holds Spring Open House with LIU Day

Find out how to prepare for a recession-proof career with skills that last a lifetime. Come to LIU Day, an open house for high school students and prospective undergraduates [...]

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Film&Thought4Talk Screening Lawrence of Arabia

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ April 18, 2009; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Film&Thought4Talk is a film screening and discussion series held at the Macon Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library every first and third Saturday of the month at 1 p.m.

This week’s screening is: Lawrence of Arabia (216 minutes – 1962)

An inordinately complex man who has been labeled everything from hero, to charlatan, to sadist, Thomas Edward [...]

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Discover Your Neighborhood Resource & Safety Expo

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ April 16, 2009; 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Discover Your Neighborhood Resource & Safety Expo
Thursday, April 16th, 5-9pm
JHS 258
141 Macon Street at Marcy Avenue
Highlights: NYPD workshops, voter registration, gang prevention workshop for parents, community organizing and activism for youth workshop, youth employment workshop, CPR training. Information booths will be staffed by community groups, neighborhood services, city agencies and schools.

Block & Tenant Associations strongly [...]

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