🌱 Community Garden Revival + Eric Adams On Colbert

Good morning, Bed-Stuy! It's Thursday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around Bed-Stuy today.

First, today's weather:

Breezy in the afternoon. High: 66 Low: 42.

Here are the top stories today in Bed-Stuy:

1. Community Garden To Be Revived In Bed-Stuy: Workshop This Week (Bed-Stuy Patch)
2. Eric Adams Told Colbert He Wants New Yorkers Enjoying Nightlife Again (UPROXX)
3. Crown Heights Man Who Stole 90-Year-Old's Identity Convicted: AG (Patch)
4. Even Vaxxed NYers Should Get Tested Before Holidays, City Says (Patch)

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Today in Bed-Stuy:

• Grab & Go: Kids Create - Brooklyn Public Library (10:00 AM)
• Library Lanes (Virtual Bowling) - Brooklyn Public Library (10:30 AM)
• Virtual Bushwick and Brownsville Brainy Babies (11:00 AM)
• Storytime! - Brooklyn Public Library (11:00 AM)
• McKinley Park Branch Virtual First 5 Years Storytime (11:00 AM)
• Button It Up: Digital Privacy - Brooklyn Public Library (11:30 AM)
• Creative Aging; Accessible Yoga - Brooklyn Public Library (12:00 PM)

Bed-Stuy Patch Notebook

• Pratt Institute: "Over the past two years, students, faculty, and staff in the Pratt community have been working in collaboration with facilitators from the Brooklyn Lenape Center to craft a formal acknowledgment of the Institute’s presence on Native Amer..." (Instagram)
• Save Our Streets Brooklyn: "Tomorrow, we back and at it! Join us as we break bread and build bonds @ our Annual Save Our Streets Crown Heights Fish Fry!!! This year's fish fry will be held @ Grandma's Kitchen at 1172 Park Place starting at 5pm. Come on out and en..." (Instagram)
• FAB Fulton: "✨UrbanSparkle✨ is now open to the public, at UrbanGlass! Join in the NYC Jewelry Week fun by attending the opening reception of UrbanSparkle on Wednesday, November 17th from 6-8 PM with 4 out of 5 artists present to talk about their work..." (Facebook)
• FAB Fulton: "Share this post, or tag a friend! A number of local organizations are holding free turkey giveaways over the next week to make sure everyone can have a traditional meal this Thanksgiving." (Facebook)
• Weeksville Heritage Center: "The Decolonize Birth Conference hosted by Ancient Song Doula Services is back this November 20th-21st! This event features robust conversations centering around midwifery, abolishing carceral systems, parenting, healing trauma, pandemic/..." (Facebook)
• The Campaign Against Hunger: "Live from our Berriman Warehouse for one of a few of our Thanksgiving Giveaways this week! 🌍 Thank you to @hellofresh and the Black Veterans Association for partnering with us to give back to our community. . . . #urbanfarming #brooklyn..." (Facebook)
• Community Board 3 Bedford-Stuyvesant: "Education & Youth Committee Hosted by Brooklyn Community Board 3 https://nyccb.webex.com/nyccb/... Wednesday, Nov 17, 2021 7:00 pm | 1 hour | (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) Occurs the seco..." (Facebook)

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— Anna Quinn

About me: Hello readers! My name is Anna Quinn and I cover all things Park Slope, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights and Prospect Heights for Patch. I've also covered the west side of Manhattan and 14 other Brooklyn neighborhoods during my time as a Patch reporter. I'm a former Hearst Connecticut reporter, a Loyola Maryland grad and a general news junkie. Tell me your stories at anna.quinn@patch.com and follow @AnnaQuinnPatch on Twitter to read mine.

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