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Get Out: Jazz 966, a Book Signing and a Comic Book Party
Don't let Hurricane Sandy throw off ALL of your plans; try to get out for a little while this weekend and enjoy some of these lively fall activities!
WHAT: Steve Cromity performs at Jazz 966
WHEN/WHERE: Friday, October 26, 8:00 p.m., Jazz 966, located at 966 Fulton Street (near Grand Avenue)
WHY GO: This is a venue whose weekly attendees are well known for having a good time! They swing “until the cows come home!” Audience participation in singing and dancing is strongly encouraged.
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HOW MUCH: $20 (food also available)
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WHAT: Health and Wellness Forum
WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, October 27, 1:00 p.m., CABS Nursing Home, 270 Nostrand Avenue, Bklyn
WHY GO: It Takes a Village Today and the national Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs Inc. Present a health and wellness forum: two hours of cutting edge speakers, more than 20 exhibitors, massage therapists, nutritionists, holistic health consultants and more, with free giveaways and great food!
HOW MUCH: $25 at the door; $20 online; for advance tickets, go to healthandwellnessforum.eventbrite.com
WHAT: "YOUTH IN MUSIC" String Extravaganza
WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, October 27, 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., at Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Center in Manhattan, located at 129 W. 67th Street, NYC
WHY GO: The Noel Pointer Foundation presents a strings concert, featuring Mark O'Connor, ARS VIVA Chamber Orchestra and the Noel Pointer Youth Orchestra live in concert. This will be an extraordinary evening of music that you don't want to miss!
HOW MUCH: $45 - $65. Click here, to get your tickets now! *Use the promotional code: POINTER (All caps) and get $10 off your ticket!
WHAT: Comic Book Party
WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, October 27, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Busy Bee Café, 1081 Fulton Street at the corner of Classon Ave., Bklyn
WHY GO: It’s a Comic Book Book Party, featuring some of the most talented local comic book creators and animators around. There will be a comic book market place featuring independent comic creators selling their books, and other items, challenging and providing another option to the mainstream options in the comic industry. Be prepared to buy some great items!
HOW MUCH: free
WHAT: A Book Signing and Reception for Lowell Hawthorne, author of "The Baker's Son"
WHEN/WHERE: Sunday, October 28, 4:00 p.m., Skylight Gallery, Restoration Plaza, 3rd floor, 1368 Fulton Street, Bklyn
WHY GO: Lowell Hawthorne, author of “The Baker’s Son,” will discuss his life in business; the story of how he built the Golden Crust Empire from a village shop in Jamaica, to the heights of American Enterprise
HOW MUCH: Free
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