Category Archives: History

Bushbaby’s Sleepy Halloween Party

Posted on October 29, 2010 by The Changeling

[ October 30, 2010; 9:00 pm; ]
Bushbaby, located at 1197 Fulton Street near Bedford Avenue, is having a Halloween party too!

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Subprime Lending Study of Madison Street and Putnam Avenue Continues

Posted on October 22, 2010 by The Changeling

Hilary Botein, a professor at Baruch College, is doing research on the impact of subprime lending and mortgage foreclosures on 4 blocks in Bedford-Stuyvesant (Madison Street between Stuyvesant Avenue and Marcus Garvey Avenue and Putnam Avenue between Lewis Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard). She’s traced the real estate transaction histories of all of the [...]

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“We Are Africa” Road Tour Makes A Stop To Bed-Stuy This Sunday

Posted on August 13, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

[ August 15, 2010; 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ]

Do you know where you’re from?  African Ancestry wants to help people find out.  They’re a DNA-based ancestry tracing and research group who have been featured in the CNN Presents Black in America series.  African Ancestry says they want to help African Americans to find out their roots more easily and accurately.  On August 1st, [...]

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Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church Gets A Facelift

Posted on June 1, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

Stuyvesant Heights is home to several historical churches.  Among them is Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church (230 Decatur Street at Lewis Avenue), which is undergoing alterations approved by the City of New York Landmarks Preservation Commission.  A temporary posting board along with permits explain the alterations.  Exterior work will include brick repointing, installation of new copper scuppers [...]

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Tze Chun Dance Company Performs “Parlor Games” at The Akwaaba Mansion

Posted on April 27, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

[ May 2, 2010; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ]

“Parlor Games, the newest work by Tze Chun Dance Company addresses our current culture of entertainment by investigating Victorian parlor games of the late 19th century. These games were often unruly and risqué – created as cultural outlets for aggression, sexual tension, and other departures from civilized etiquette.”

“Choreographed to fit within the dimensions of a [...]

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Stuy Heights Owners: Do a Reno, Get a Credit

Posted on March 15, 2010 by The Changeling

Are any of you living in Stuy Heights and in the middle of a reno? Well here’s some good news: the Historic Preservation Office is offering tax credit programs to owners of historic property for rehabilitating their buildings. The credit is intended to target historic districts in distressed areas–those located within a Census [...]

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Footprints of Our History Exhibition

Posted on February 26, 2010 by The Changeling

Siloam Presbyterian Church is currently presenting an exhibit called, “Footprints of Our History.” The exhibit shows a cut away model of the deck of the slave ship Brookes. If you would like to bring your class or group to this exhibit, please call ahead to make an appointment.
Here’s a list of upcoming events [...]

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Black History Month Events at the Macon Library

Posted on February 4, 2010 by The Changeling

There are a lot of exciting events going on at the Macon Library this month:
February 4
Rhythm and Sound Percussion Workshop (ages 5 and up)
4 pm
February 6
Movie Screening
Passing Strange the Movie (2009) Directed by Spike Lee
1 pm
February 9
African Mask Making (ages 5 and up)
4 pm
BeSAA Black History Month Exhibition Opening: Feauring artist Olivia Cousins
6:30 pm
February 16
Documentary [...]

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Hubert Harrison Lecture at Macon Library

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ June 23, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="165" caption="Writer & activist Hubert Harrison (date unknown; from Wikipedia)"][/caption]

Come to Macon Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library on Tuesday, June 23, at 6:30 pm to hear a illustrated lecture on the life and thought of Hubert Harrison, an influential writer, orator, educator, critic, political activist and founder of the “New Negro [...]

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COMMUNITY MURALS IN NYC: PROTEST & CELEBRATION

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ May 12, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] You are cordially invited to attend this event:

COMMUNITY MURALS IN NYC:
PROTEST & CELEBRATION

A lecture by JANE WEISSMAN

Curator Jane Weissman discusses the vibrant collaboration between artists and neighborhood groups that has energized the visual landscape since 1968, as well as the cultural significance of the resulting images.

DATE 5/12/2009
TIME 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
LOCATION Macon Library

AFRICAN AMERICAN [...]

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