Monthly Archives: March 2010

Last Chance to Bid on Tickets to Diddy’s Party

Posted on March 8, 2010 by The Changeling

SarahJames is auctioning off tickets for the Bed-Stuy bash that Diddy is having in honor of Biggie Smalls tomorrow night, but time is running out for you to place your bids. Click here for the details and GOOD LUCK!

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Bed-Stuy’s Young Leaders and the People Who Inspire Them

Posted on March 8, 2010 by The Changeling

Check out the latest episode of Neighborhood Beat: Bed-Stuy! The host, Monique Greenwood, interviews young leaders who are making their mark in Bed-Stuy. The segment includes:
Mark Winston Griffith, Executive Director of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy and a recent candidate for the 36th District City Council Seat,
Henry L. Butler, Chairperson of [...]

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Bid Now on Tix to Diddy’s Party

Posted on March 6, 2010 by The Changeling

Just a reminder that SarahJames is auctioning off 4 tickets to the March 9th P. Diddy concert for Biggie at LAB Hall (1428 Fulton Street in Brooklyn) with ALL proceeds going to Yele Haiti.org to assist victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti.
To participate in the auction simply EMAIL YOUR BIDS and YOUR FULL NAME [...]

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Healthy Living Series at the YMCA

Posted on March 6, 2010 by The Changeling

Check out the Y’s Healthy Living Series every Tuesday in March. Click the flier below to enlarge.

Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA
1121 Bedford Avenue (at Monroe Street)
Brooklyn, NY 11216
(718) 622-9422

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SarahJames to Auction Tix to the Biggie Party in Bed-Stuy!

Posted on March 5, 2010 by The Changeling

So you wanna go to Diddy’s party to honor Biggie Smalls. Well here’s all you have to do: just place a bid!
SarahJames is auctioning off 4 tickets to the P. Diddy concert for Biggie at LAB Hall (1428 Fulton Street in Brooklyn), Tuesday, March 9th with ALL proceeds going to Yele.org for Haiti.
To [...]

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Party for Biggie at the Lab

Posted on March 5, 2010 by The Changeling

A reader sent this in after seeing it on Brokelyn: according to MTV News, Diddy is throwing a party in honor of Biggie on Tuesday, March 9th! The party is being held here in Bed-Stuy at the Lab Nightclub. Click here to see Diddy explain how he’s going to come ALL THE WAY [...]

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Artists Reception and Discussion This Weekend at House of Art Gallery

Posted on March 5, 2010 by The Changeling

The works of Alonzo Adams and Monique Luck

The Incomparable Alonzo Adams
Internationally acclaimed artist Alonzo Adams has garnered numerous awards and accolades. He is blessed to have many prominent collectors adorn their homes with his work. Among them, Dr. William H. Cosby, Dr. Maya Angelou, Alonzo & Tracy Mourning, Patrick Ewing and Earl Graves just to [...]

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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Reading

Posted on March 5, 2010 by The Changeling

[ March 5, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. ]
Today at the Marcy Library ESPN sports reporter Stephen A. Smith will be reading If You Give a Mouse a Cookie to first graders from PS 305 and pre-schoolers from The Salvation Army Pre-School from 11:00 a.m. to noon. This event is a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the publication of the classic [...]

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Tumbao Thursdays Featuring DJ Beto at Sputnik

Posted on March 4, 2010 by The Changeling

[ March 4, 2010; 9:00 pm; ]

DJ Beto will be spinnin’ Afro-Beat, DanceHall, Soca, Merengue and Cumbia at Sputnik on Thursdays. Kala’s on percussion and there will be rotating guest djs & musicians. The show starts at 9:00 p.m. and there is NO COVER!

You can hear the latest DJ Beto mix, AfroCumbiaLatinFolktronika, by clicking here. Beto’s previous mix, Reggae [...]

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Bed-Stuy on Yelp: There Goes the Neighborhood!

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Vettievette

The Weekly Yelp: Bedford-Stuyvesant
You will hear no complaints from me about positive publicity on our beloved ‘hood, Bedford-Stuyversant. It highlights the many businesses, restaurants, services, etc. we enjoy around our way.  What I found the most interesting in this weekly shoutout wasn’t the actual shoutout itself, but the talk message boards where members share their [...]

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