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2008 Upcoming Events
Bedford
Stuyvesant
Restoration Corporation
Scroll down to see our diverse array
of cultural, recreational and educational
programs, or skip directly to the month
you're interested in viewing. All events
will be held at Restoration Plaza unless
otherwise noted. For more information on all
programs and events at Restoration, contact
718-636-6916.
January
February
March
April
May
June
January 2008
December 8th, 2007 through January
26th
Time: Wednesday-Friday, 11AM - 6PM,
Saturday, 1PM- 6PM
Skylight Gallery-African Complexions
Curated by Louis Mims, African
Complexions celebrates Restoration's 40th
anniversary with an exhibition of five
contemporary African artists, who settled in
Brooklyn over the past 40 years and have on
exhibition on the Skylight Gallery.
For more information on this and upcoming
exhibitions at Skylight Gallery, call
718-636-6949 or email
cac@restorationplaza.org
Location: Skylight Gallery
3rd Floor
January 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th
Time: Tuesdays, 3PM - 5:30PM, by appointment only.
Single Stop
Need financial
counseling or legal assistance?
Make an appointment to get free legal advice
or sit down with a financial counselor to
help you deal with credit and debt issues.
For more information, stop by or call 718
636-6916, or email
iris@restorationplaza.org.
Location: RITE Center 4th Floor
January 26th
Time: 7:30PM
Youth Arts Academy -My Soul Looks Back
Dedicated to Dr King and his wife,
Coretta Scott King, this performance
celebrates their brilliance and commitment
to social justice and peace. The company's
dances of devotion mirror
the King's struggle for
human dignity in service of social change.
The unforgettable words and images that
reflect courage and conviction propel each
step in RDTJC's dance salute to this
landmark era and dynamic duo. For
more information, contact 718-636-6995
Location: Kumble Theater
For Performing Arts
Long Island University | Brooklyn Campus
1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Admission:
$15 all seats
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February 2008
February 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th
Time: Tuesday, 3PM - 5:30PM, by appointment only.
Single Stop
Need financial
counseling or legal assistance?
Make an appointment to get free legal advice
or sit down with a financial counselor to
help you deal with credit and debt issues.
For more information, stop by or call 718
636-6916, or email
iris@restorationplaza.org.
Location: RITE Center 4th Floor
February 9th - March 29th
Time: Wednesday-Friday, 11AM - 6PM,
Saturday, 1PM- 6PM
Skylight Gallery- Female Aesthetics
Curated by MLJ Johnson, the
exhibit explores
how women communicate with
men, but also amongst each other. The
audience is triggered to investigate if
female communication is different from male
communication and why.
Opening reception - Feb. 23 from 6 PM to 8
PM.
Artist talk -Mar.8 from 2 PM to 5 PM.
Youth Workshop - Mar. 22 from 2
PM - 5 PM.
For more information on this
and upcoming exhibitions at Skylight
Gallery, call 718-636-6949 or email
cac@restorationplaza.org.
Location: Skylight Gallery 3rd Floor
February 21
Time: 6 PM reception; 7 PM program
An Evening with Dr. Roland
Fryer, Chief Equality Officer, New York City
Department of Education and Assistant
Professor of Economics at Harvard University
As as follow-up last fall's
Breaking the Prison Pipeline forum,
Restoration will host Dr. Roland Fryer,
advisor to Chancellor Joel Klein on
strategies to narrow the racial gap in
achievement in the city's schools. The
discussion will explore the controversial
question of the whether incentives matter.
For more information,
click here or to RSVP, please call
718-636-6998 or email
execsecretary@restorationplaza.org.
Location: Billie Holiday Theatre
February 23rd
Time: 8PM - 12AM
Brooklyn Next
Brooklyn Next, presented in association with
BAM, celebrates the innovation and diversity
of the music coming out of the borough with
two weekends packed with shows all over
Brooklyn. Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration
Corporation joins Brooklyn Next on February
23 with an evening of performances with DJ
Rainy, Restoration's Youth Arts Academy
African drummers, and indie rock musician
Wunmi, an artist who effortlessly joins the
dots between Nigeria's Afrobeat heritage,
New York's house pedigree, London's jazz,
broken beat, and classic street soul sounds.
Come and enjoy music that makes you move,
think, groove, laugh, sing, and dance.
Restoration Plaza, Main Building, 1368
Fulton Street; from 8 to midnight. JPMorgan
Chase is the Title sponsor for Brooklyn
Next. Music Programming at BAM is made
possible by a generous grant from The New
York State Music Fund, established by the
New York State Attorney General at
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. For more
information and advance tickets, contact
718-636-6995 or contact . For
more information, contact 718-636-6976 or
contact
cac@restorationplaza.org.
Location:
Restoration Main Building
February 28th
Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
40 Years of Restoration: Photo
Exhibit and Panel Discussion
The Brooklyn Historical
Society presents Reflections on
Community Development: Stories from Bedford
Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation,
a new exhibits focusing on the rise and
importance of community development
corporations (CDCs), from their inception
during the late 1960's into the present.
Focusing on Restoration, the exhibit will
present the story on how elected officials
joined with local community activists,
politicians and business leaders to create a
truly cooperative public private partnership
whose mandate was nothing short of
completely transforming an economically
depressed, physically blighted urban
community into a vibrant, dynamic, safe,
stable place to live and work. This
retrospective exhibit will encompass oral
histories, captivating photographs, and rare
documents that reflect Restoration's dynamic
40 year history, from it's earliest
meetings, to projects and events that were
documented through out the year. Sponsored
by JP Morgan Chase. For more
information, please call 718-222-4111
Location: Brooklyn
Historical Society
128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
February 29th - March 30th 2008
Times: Thursday and Friday at 8PM, Saturday
at 3PM and 8PM, Sunday 4PM
Billie Holiday Theatre- Losing the
Light
Written by John Shevin
Directed by Jackie Alexander
Heartbreak brings four friends
together to an isolated cabin where their
emotions run rampant, and they learn the
value of truth. Will these truths threaten
their friendships or will they become
stronger black men? Insightful, funny and
provocative. Teens and up.
Location: Billie Holiday
Theatre
Admissions: $15- $23 (Call
for prices schedule)
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March 2008
February 9th - March 29th
Time: Wednesday-Friday, 11AM - 6PM,
Saturday, 1PM- 6PM
Skylight Gallery- Female Aesthetics
Curated by MLJ Johnson, the
exhibit focuses on the female communication
process and its unique "visual language".
The artists will articulate their work by
way of journals and photos of the work space
from which the aesthetic morph itself into a
work of art. Opening reception scheduled for
Feb. 21 from 4PM to 6PM, Artist talk
scheduled on Mar.8 from 2PM to 5PM, and
Youth Workshop scheduled on Mar. 22 from 2PM
- 5PM.For more information on this
and upcoming exhibitions at Skylight
Gallery, call 718-636-6949 or email
cac@restorationplaza.org.
Location: Skylight Gallery 3rd Floor
March 4th, 18th and 25th
Time: 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Wealth Building Tuesdays "Seven Steps to
Financial Freedom"
Ryan Mack, President of
Optimum Capital Management, presents
Seven Steps to Financial Freedom, a
workshop covering such topics as eliminating
debt, creating retirement funds, setting up
emergency funds and IRAs, and developing a
diversified investment. For more
information, 718-636-6924 or email
bmcrae@restorationplaza.org.
March 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th
Time: Tuesday, 3PM - 5:30PM, by appointment only.
Single Stop
Need financial
counseling or legal assistance?
Make an appointment to get free legal advice
or sit down with a financial counselor to
help you deal with credit and debt issues.
For more information, stop by or call 718
636-6916, or email
iris@restorationplaza.org.
Location: RITE Center 4th Floor
March 10th
Time: 2:00PM
Brooklyn Historical Society: Bedford
Stuyvesant Architecture Walking Tour
Led by author Wilhemena Kelly and Francis
Morrone, the tour will explore Bedford
Stuyvesant's architectural gems. Colonized
in 1667, and originally centered at Bedford
Avenue and Fulton Street, the original
village of 'Bedford Corners' grew to become
the Bedford Stuyvesant of today. learn of
its Revolutionary War history and its
evolution from town to urban metropolis. See
historic landmarks, beautiful brownstones,
fabulous architecture, magnificent churches,
and more. Rain or shine. For more
information, please call 718-222-4111
Location: Brooklyn
Historical Society
128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
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April 2008
April 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th
Time: Tuesday, 3PM - 5:30PM, by appointment only.
Single Stop
Need financial
counseling or legal assistance?
Make an appointment to get free legal advice
or sit down with a financial counselor to
help you deal with credit and debt issues.
For more information, stop by or call 718
636-6916, or email
iris@restorationplaza.org.
Location: RITE Center 4th Floor
April 5th
Time: 1:00PM
Center for Arts and Culture- Central
Brooklyn Jazz Consortium presents Jazz:
Women's View Point
In honor of Jazz History
Month, our annual partnership with the
Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium continues
through this distinctive conversational
forum about the jazz world. What are the
joys and challenges of being a woman in the
world of jazz? Women jazz musicians and
vocalists discuss jazz from the female
perspective. For
more information, please call 718-636-6976 or
contact
cac@restorationplaza.org.
Location: Restoration
Community Room
April 5th to May 24th
Time: Wednesday-Friday, 11AM - 6PM,
Saturday, 1PM- 6PM
Skylight Gallery- Intergenerational
Exhibition
This intergenerational exhibit
celebrates Restoration's 40th anniversary.
An opening reception is scheduled for Apr.17
from 4PM to 6PM. An artist talk is scheduled
for May 17th from 2PM to 5PM. For
more information, contact 718-636-6976 or
contact
cac@restorationplaza.org.
Location: Skylight Gallery
3rd Floor
April 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th
Time: 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Wealth Building Tuesdays "Personal
Financial Basics"
Wealth Building Tuesdays
presents Personal Financial Basics
with Lynn Tollett, Vice President of
Business & Community Development at HSBC
Bank. The workshop will cover credit
maintenance, preventing identity theft,
banking and money management, homeownership
and financial planning. For more
information, 718-636-6924 or email
bmcrae@restorationplaza.org.
Location: Restoration Plaza
April 19th
Time: 4:00PM
Youth Arts Academy- Poised For the
Future: Pre-Professional Showcase
Our annual spring showcase is
designed to enhance student performance
opportunities and showcase the full scope of
their work for the year before the annual
dance recital. These students are young
artists of excellence poised to become
future leaders in their select walk of life
beyond dance.
For
more information, contact 718-636-6995.
Location: Billie Holiday Theatre
Admission: $10
April 25th - June 22nd
Times: Thursday and Friday at 8PM, Saturday
at 3PM and 8PM, Sunday 4PM
Billie Holiday Theatre- Birthright
Independent
filmmaker and the celebrated author of last
season's hit comedy- drama The Desire,
Jackie
Alexander, brings us Birthright. Two sets of
siblings struggling to escape the demons of
their childhood discover the healing, yet
destructive power of love.
For more information, contact 718-636-0918.
Location: Billie Holiday Theatre
Admission: $10
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May 2008
April 25th - June 22nd
Times: Thursday and Friday at 8PM, Saturday
at 3PM and 8PM, Sunday 4PM
Billie Holiday Theatre- Birthright
Independent
filmmaker and the celebrated author of last
season's hit comedy- drama The Desire,
Jackie
Alexander, brings us Birthright. Two sets of
siblings struggling to escape the demons of
their childhood discover the healing, yet
destructive power of love.
For more information, contact 718-636-0918.
Location: Billie Holiday Theatre
Admission: $15 - $23 (Call for prices
schedule)
May 3rd to June 28th
Time: Wednesday-Friday, 11AM - 6PM,
Saturday, 1PM- 6PM
Skylight Gallery- Intergenerational
Exhibition
This intergenerational exhibit
celebrates Restoration's 40th anniversary.
An opening reception is scheduled for May 10
from 4PM to 7PM. The artist talk is scheduled
for May 24th from 2PM to 5PM. Also, our
visual youths workshop is scheduled for June
7 from 2PM to 5PM. For
more information, contact 718-636-6976 or
contact
cac@restorationplaza.org.
Location: Skylight Gallery
3rd Floor
May 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th
Time: Tuesday, 3PM - 5:30PM, by appointment only.
Single Stop
Need financial
counseling or legal assistance?
Make an appointment to get free legal advice
or sit down with a financial counselor to
help you deal with credit and debt issues.
For more information, stop by or call 718
636-6916, or email
iris@restorationplaza.org.
Location: RITE Center 4th Floor
May 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th
Time: 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Wealth Building Tuesdays "Fundamentals
of Starting a Small Business"
Wealth Building Tuesday
presents Fundamentals of Starting a
Small Business with Daniel Delhanty,
Vice President Economic and Community
Development at North Fork Bank. Topics
include planning for success, budgeting and
credit, financing essentials, and sustaining
success. For more information,
please call 718-636-6924 or email
bmcrae@restorationplaza.org
May 22
Time: 7:00PM - 10:00PM
2nd Annual Toast to Bedford-Stuyvesant
Celebrate the renaissance and
revitalization of the Bed-Stuy Gatway
Business District at the 2nd Annual Toast to
Bedford-Stuyvesant, sponsored by the Fulton-Nostrand
United Merchants Association, Bedford
Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Carver
Bank and Nostrand Wines & Liquors. Guests
will mingle under the magnificent
architecture of the Bedford-Stuyvesant
branch of Carver Federal Savings Bank while
sampling wines and cocktails from around the
world and swaying to the sounds of one of
Bedford-Stuyvesant's great jazz ensembles.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the
Fulton-Nostrand United Merchants
Association's Bed-Stuy Gateway BID Formation
initiative and youth scholar program.
Business Attire.
For more information, call (718)
635-6905
May 17
Time: 1:00PM
Youth Arts Academy- Dance Africa Pre-Opening
Students from Restoration’s Center
for Arts and Culture’s Youth Arts Academy
will perform alongside Gambian folk
dance/music ensemble, Ceesay Kujabi and the
Bachinab at BAM’s Howard Gilman Opera House.
These performances will be prefaced by a
special community welcome for the visiting
artists held at Restoration Plaza.
For more information, contact 718-636-6995.
Location: Restoration Amphitheater, 1368
Fulton Street
Admission: Free to Public
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June 2008
April 25th - June 22nd
Times: Thursday and Friday at 8PM, Saturday
at 3PM and 8PM, Sunday 4PM
Billie Holiday Theatre- Birthright
Independent
filmmaker and the celebrated author of last
season's hit comedy- drama The Desire,
Jackie
Alexander, brings us Birthright. Two sets of
siblings struggling to escape the demons of
their childhood discover the healing, yet
destructive power of love.
For more information, contact 718-636-0918.
Location: Billie Holiday Theatre
Admission: $15 - $23 (Call for prices
schedule)
May 3rd to June 28th
Time: Wednesday-Friday, 11AM - 6PM,
Saturday, 1PM- 6PM
Skylight Gallery- Intergenerational
Exhibition
This intergenerational exhibit
celebrates Restoration's 40th anniversary.
An opening reception is scheduled for May 10
from 4PM to 7PM. The artist talk is scheduled
for May 24th from 2PM to 5PM. Also, our
visual youths workshop is scheduled for June
7 from 2PM to 5PM. For
more information, contact 718-636-6976 or
contact
cac@restorationplaza.org.
Location: Skylight Gallery
3rd Floor
June 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th
Time: Tuesday, 3PM - 5:30PM, by appointment only.
Single Stop
Need financial
counseling or legal assistance?
Make an appointment to get free legal advice
or sit down with a financial counselor to
help you deal with credit and debt issues.
For more information, stop by or call 718
636-6916, or email
iris@restorationplaza.org.
Location: RITE Center 4th Floor
June 19
Restoration Gala
Restoration prepares for its annual gala
on June 19 at Steiner Studios. Governor
David Paterson, Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of Carver Bancorp,
Inc. Deborah
Wright and Joseph G. Sponholz to receive
honors. NBC Anchor David Ushery to server
as Master of Ceremony. Click
here to download ticket and
sponsorship information. For
more information, call 212-675-9474.
Location: Stage 6 @ Steiner Studios
Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York
June 21th
Time: 5:00PM
Youth Arts Academy- Inspirations!
Annual Dance Recital
Youth Arts Academy presents
“Inspiration” annual recital: Join us for
our annual dance recital on June 21st
designed to enhance student performance
opportunities and showcase the full scope of
their work over the past year For pricing
and more information, contact 718-636-6995
Location: Brooklyn College
Walt Whitman Auditorium
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