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5 Things You Should Know This Week

Black History Month Begins; New Exhibit Opens at the Skylight Gallery; and Patch's Recommendations for Celebrating Superbowl XLV

"5 Things You Should Know" will help take the edge off of your manic Monday by giving you information to jump-start you into a productive week. Be the first to know about parking changes, traffic changes important meetings and the hottest events in Bed-Stuy:

  1. Suspension of Alternate Side Parking Regulations Through the Week The New York City Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation, today announced that Alternate Side Parking Regulations are suspended citywide until further notice to facilitate snow removal. Payment at parking meters is also suspended throughout the City until further notice.
  2. February 1st is the kick-off of Black History Month. Tune in to Patch, where every day throughout the entire month of February, we will feature Black History makers of the present and past, all of whom were either born, raised or currently live in Bed-Stuy.
  3. Oversight hearing on the Harlem Children’s Zone’s effect on school outcomes On Monday, January 31 at 1:00 pm, 250 Broadway, 14th floor Hearing Room, the New York City Council Committee on Community Development, chaired by Council Member Al Vann, will hold a hearing to explore whether the Harlem Children’s Zone’s neighborhood services approach to poverty reduction improves school outcomes.
  4. Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation kicks off its newest exhibit at the Skylight Gallery: “Sex Crimes Against Black Girls February 5 – April 2, 2011 “Sex Crimes Against Black Girls” investigates the various levels of sexual exploitation and oppression that is suffered by young Black girls across the African Diaspora. These injustices occur on a macro-level, happening in war torn places such as Uganda, where children are forced to take on roles as soldiers and sex slaves. They also occur on a micro-level, within the home where daughters and nieces are confronted by their fathers and male family members in communities such as Brooklyn. The exhibit explores a myriad of themes within the sex crimes umbrella – incest, female circumcision, rape and sex slavery. Curated by: Shantrelle P. Lewis; Featuring the Work of: Nyoka Acevedo, Kimberly Kimabe Becoat, Frances Bradley , Delphine Fawundu Buford, Tracee Worley, Numa Perrier, Wahala Temi, Noelle Lorraine Williams; Skylight Gallery Hours: Wednesday to Friday from 11:00 am – 6:00 pm and on Saturday from 1:00 – 6:00 pm
  5. Superbowl XLV is this weekend. It will be a faceoff between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, February 6, 6:30 pm ET on FOX. Be sure to check in with Patch on Friday, where you will fin a rundown of the best local bars housing that house the biggest wide-screen TV’s and serve up the best hot wings, beer and other vital Superbowl accoutrements.


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