Monthly Archives: August 2010

Pilar Celebrates One Year Anniversary with a Pig Roast

Posted on August 30, 2010 by The Changeling

[ September 6, 2010; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ]
A tipster sent us this photo of a poster for Pilar Cuban Eatery’s upcoming celebration. Pilar will be celebrating their one year anniversary (and perhaps Labor Day) with a pig roast next Monday! The event will be held at Sweet Revenge (348 Franklin Avenue between Greene and Lexington) and the delicious food from Pilar [...]

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Common Grounds Vinyl Night with DJ Contra Sounds

Posted on August 28, 2010 by The Changeling

[ August 28, 2010 9:00 pm to August 29, 2010 12:00 am. ] Common Grounds’ Wonderful Backyard

Common Grounds is having their monthly all vinyl night tonight from 9 pm to 12 am! DJ Contra Sounds will be spinning an all vinyl set in a gorgeous newly renovated well lit backyard perfect for summer night dancing. Expect mostly old school classics in the soul, hip hop, house, Latin, [...]

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Karaoke at SarahJames!

Posted on August 27, 2010 by The Changeling

[ August 27, 2010; 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ]
SarahJames is hosting Karaoke Fridays! So tonight bring your voice and your best dance moves so that you can take the Karaoke crown! The show starts at 9:00 p.m.

SarahJames Lounge
Classic American Food (and Vegan!)
Live Music Wednesdays * Couch Lounge* Free WiFi
217 Pulaski Street (at Throop Ave)
Brooklyn, NY
718-928-5590

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NYC Green Carts in Bed-Stuy

Posted on August 27, 2010 by The Changeling

Have you seen the NYC Green Carts around the neighborhood? NYC Green Carts are mobile carts that sell produce at really cheap prices. There are several in Bed-Stuy that are there regularly but because they are mobile, there is no guarantee that they will be at a particular location. The New York [...]

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SCRATCHbread Starts Up The SCRATCHshop

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Alexa11221

[ August 29, 2010; 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] If you’ve been wondering about this new business opening in the neighborhood, here’s your chance to find out more: SCRATCHbread, now occupying the former Focaccino space on Bedford Ave at Lexington, will have a preview of its walk-up window “hot toast menu” this Sunday: toasted stuffed savory muffins, griddled chai sticky buns and what is [...]

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DJ Contra & Sound Liberation Front at Moe’s Tonight!

Posted on August 25, 2010 by The Changeling

This week’s SOUNDLIB will feature Philly-native Brooklynite DJ CONTRA SOUNDS as the special guest. He’ll be spinning an interesting mix of styles that includes Latin, Caribbean and Hip-Hop, alongside DJ LIL TIGER’s selections of all things soulful. As always, the party is FREE all night. They start and end EARLY (9pm-1am), so they won’t keep [...]

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Street Art on Walworth

Posted on August 24, 2010 by The Changeling

Walworth near Dekalb

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Sunday Open House on Sumpter

Posted on August 20, 2010 by The Changeling

[ August 22, 2010; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Bedford Central Community Development Corporation is having the first of a series of open houses for affordable homes. Please make time to view this newly renovated frame two family home on 201 Sumpter Street Between Howard and Saratoga Avenues. The open house is scheduled for Sunday, August 22nd from 2:00PM to 4:00pm. This home [...]

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Hattie Carthan Community Market Advocacy Series

Posted on August 20, 2010 by The Changeling

The Hattie Carthan community garden will conduct a 5 session Basic Advocacy Training for community residents to gain the basic skills necessary to educate and engage neighborhood stakeholders in local advocacy around food and public safety in farmers markets located in high crime areas. They are also hoping to create valuable relationships with community residents [...]

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Keep Those Votes Coming!

Posted on August 18, 2010 by The Changeling

[ August 20, 2010; 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Vote for the Marcy Tennis Club so that they can receive a Pepsi grant! Your votes have helped The Marcy Tennis Club move slowly up the rankings, but for the past day or so they’ve been ranked in the 40s based on the number of votes they’ve received. Remember that Pepsi will only fund [...]

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