Monthly Archives: June 2011

Free Wi-Fi in Von King Park

Posted on June 13, 2011 by The Changeling

We just got an email about the city’s partnership with AT&T to provide free wi-fi in five Brooklyn parks, including our own Von King Park! Service will be available starting this summer. This is great news!

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Mixed Wine Tasting at bushbaby Tonight!

Posted on June 10, 2011 by The Changeling

[ June 10, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
Image from bushbaby’s Facebook page
We’ve just received an email from the folks at bushbaby. They will be having mixed wine tasting event this evening Friday, June 10th at 7:00 p.m. and Happy Hour Thursday and Friday from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. ($6 on mixed wine drinks only.) They’ve also changed their hours. [...]

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TNR Workshop This Saturday

Posted on June 10, 2011 by The Changeling

Don’t you want to help humanely reduce the number of feral cats in Bed-Stuy? Of course you do! So consider taking this TNR workshop being held in Crown Heights on Saturday. Reclaimed Home has all of the details.

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Bed-Stuy Resident Rob Gaines Stars in New Play

Posted on June 10, 2011 by The Changeling

[ July 11, 2011; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Actor Rob Gaines

Here’s some cool news: Bed Stuy resident Rob Gaines will star in a new sci-fi comedy, Mad Mel and the Marradians. The play will premiere at the Main Stage Theatre (312 West 36th Street in Manhattan) on Monday, July 11 at 6PM at the 2011 Midtown International Theatre Festival for the first of [...]

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Mega Stoop Sale This Saturday!

Posted on June 9, 2011 by The Changeling
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Grammy Nominated Bed-Stuy Artist to Perform at Upcoming Fundraiser

Posted on June 9, 2011 by The Changeling

[ June 12, 2011; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ]
Here’s a cool fundraising event for the Stuyvesant Heights Montessori School! It takes place at the Weeksville Heritage Center on Sunday, June 12th from 2:00 – 5:00 PM.

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Be Careful Where You Eat Your Doughnuts

Posted on June 8, 2011 by The Changeling

Enjoying Dough’s delicious doughnuts in the playground may land you in court.
We received an email this week from a woman who received a summons for enjoying a doughnut in the playground across the street from Dough. Here’s the lowdown:
My boyfriend and I visited the doughnut shop Dough, on the corner of Layfayette and Franklin, [...]

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Mausaic Cafe is Now Open!

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Vettievette

I was pretty sad when Food 4 Thought on the corner of Marcus Garvey and MacDonough closed down, so Mausaic is a welcome encarnation of its former space! I haven’t had the chance to stop in, but I walked past it this evening and it appears to be a charming spot w/ outdoor seating. I [...]

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Meet James Black, Bed-Stuy’s Chess Champ

Posted on June 7, 2011 by The Changeling

WNYC Radio’s Know Your Neighbor Series peeks into the life of James Black, a twelve-year-old chess champ from Bed-Stuy. Fantastic stuff!
For more episodes of Know Your Neighbor, go to:
http://www.wnyc.org/neighbor

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Ready to Dine

Posted on June 6, 2011 by The Changeling

Are you ready to dine?
Bed-Stuy has had the nickname “Do or Die” for years now, but a better nickname, at least for Bedford Avenue, would be Do or Dine.  It looks like a brand new restaurant has figured this out and has adopted this new nickname for itself.  Do or Dine, located at 1108 Bedford Avenue [...]

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