“For My Sweet” Jazz Club At it Again

Jazzy Mondays presents the wondrous, enchanting vocalist/pianist; Ms. Efacho Okeke (pron. Ee-fa-cho O-kay-kay). Born in Nigeria and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Efacho Okeke is truly an International delight. Trained in classical and jazz, Efacho began studying classical piano at age 10. At age 15 she began studying jazz as well.  She has also received […]

Bazaar to end all Bazaars: the Brooklyn Night Bazaar

Brooklyn Night Bazaar @ Dekalb Market Independent vendors. Food. Live Music. Art. Beer Garden. Outdoors at Night. Sunday October 9, 2011 – 5PM to Midnight Mayhem? Sure thing… Now featuring the inaugural Brooklyn Night Bazaar to be held at Dekalb Market for a (one, and only) single night – Sunday, October 9th, from 5:00PM to 12 Midnight. The inspiration […]

Rebirth Poetry Jam – Bushbaby Lounge

Bushbaby, one of our local gems, has been offering a multitude of events since they opened a few years ago. Adam Reichardt, one of our contributors, was lucky enough to catch their open-mic night on April 30, 2011 and turn it into a really cool piece: For more information about Bushbaby Tea House, check out their facebook page […]

1st-Annual Bed-Stuy Pride Event

Come join the Safe OUTside the System Collective of the Audre Lorde Project for our first annual BEDSTUY PRIDE! August 21, 2011, 12pm-6pm   Von King Park  (Tompkins Park) 670 Lafayette Ave (between Marcy and Tompkins Aves) Nearest Transit: A, C to Nostrand Ave, G to Bedford-Nostrand Aves, G to Myrtle Willoughby Aves Spanish Interpretation Available.  Interpretación disponible […]

Jazzy Mondays in Bed-Stuy!

For those in the know, For My Sweet is a little local garden that hosts events and the growing “Jazzy Mondays” music series. Bed-Stuy’s hottest local jazz artists are packing this place every week for the past couple of months now – and you are invited! This Monday, August 15th, join former Gil Scott-Heron Band […]

12th Annual KIDflix Film Fest of Bed-Stuy

The 12th annual KIDflix Film Fest is going to be OUT OF CONTROL! So much stuff will be happening that it is hard for me to even concentrate… This (FREE) event will showcase more than just films from across the African Diaspora, and will also include live performances, Q&A’s with the directors, art workshops, and, […]

Baam Aid NYC!

I know this event is not in Bed-Stuy, but I wanted to give it a shout out: If any readers have relatives in the deep south, then you are probably familiar with the series of tornadoes which devastated a number of cities and towns on April 27th, 2011. Several cities in Alabama suffered tremendous losses of […]

Feel the steel: Bed-Stuy’s Steel Drum Symphony

Summer is here and the perfect music for a hot and humid New York is definitely the steel drum. I like mine as Soca and Reggae, and that’s just how USA San Juan East Side Symphony does it. Born out of a band from Trinidad of the same name, the East Side Symphony has been rocking out […]

Underground Analog

You actually hear it before you see it. Soul music bouncing off of the pavement all the way down the block. Then when you do see it, you aren’t really sure what you are looking at: a diamond-plated basement grate propped open and guarded by an armored knight holding a sign that says ‘RECORDS’. But […]