Monthly Archives: February 2011

Eye on the Stuy

Myrtle Avenue Memorial

Play Area Code 718 and Help a Neighbor: JP Styles, a Bed-Stuy graphic designer, is currently seeking employment. He’s fallen behind on his rent, but he’s come up with a creative way to raise some money: he’s developed a game based on our Brooklyn area code. Please buy this game! He hopes [...]

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CB3 Meeting Tomorrow

[ February 7, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The next Community Board 3 meeting will be held tomorrow, Monday, February 7th at 7:00 p.m. at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, 1368 Fulton Street (between Marcy and Tompkins Avenues on the lower level). To download the agenda for this meeting click the link below.

CB3 Agenda February 2011

If you’re unable to make the meeting, then [...]

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Fig Tree Market Closes

Farewell Fig Tree Market, we hardly knew ye.
About a year after opening the Fig Tree Market on Myrtle and Walworth has closed. This nice little market was doing well until Chestnut Market opened up a block away. Chestnut Market arrived all shiny and new with a much larger selection than Fig Tree’s. [...]

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Upcoming Landmarks Preservation Commission Meeting

[ February 16, 2011; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Landmarks Preservation Commission officials will discuss the recent Bed-Stuy survey and gauge community support for landmark designation. They will also be answering questions regarding landmarking. Mark your calendars and come to this meeting to show your support for landmarking Bed-Stuy.

Your attendance is critical. This is the meeting that counts.

COMMUNITY FORUM MEETING
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, [...]

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A Valentine’s Day Dessert Tasting at La Table Exquise

[ February 12, 2011; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] There’s an upcoming dessert tasting at La Table Exquise, just in time for Valentine’s Day! Be sure to RSVP before February 10th.

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Art and Music Showcase at Tamboril

[ February 3, 2011; 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm. ]

Come enjoy a full evening of art, live music and foods of Latin America this Thursday, February 3rd 2011 at Tamboril Lounge!

Artist Opening by Layla J. Merritt » http://bit.ly/dRA005
Exhibit Time: 7PM – 9PM

EXPERIENCE LIVE MUSIC ALL NIGHT!!!!!
• Afro-Beat + Jazz + Funk
• Soul + R&B + Poetry
• Hip Hop….

PEROFRMANCES BY:
Cavalier, Jahmed, Arin Maya Lawrence, J.SHARELLE, Dremur, [...]

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Annual Home Maintenance Course

[ February 1, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
Bedford Central Community Development Corp. is having their annual Home Maintenance Course starting Tuesday February 1st. These courses are perfect for those of us who want to be DIYers but just don’t know where to begin.

Feb. 1:  Painting – Tools, techniques, room preparation, paint removal & wall repair
Presenters – Home Depot & BEHR Paint-Willaim [...]

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