National Night Out, Oral Histories and More This Week in Bed-Stuy

1. Join your neighbors in building a safer, stronger community by attending the 81st Precinct Community Council’s annual National Night Out. This family friendly event will have games and activities for all ages. The event takes place at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Reinaldo Salgado Playground on Monroe Street between Ralph and Patchen Avenues.

2. On Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., bring your little one to 211a Schenectady Avenue between Park Place an Sterling place Crown Heights for Babies and Books.

3. The Macon MacDonough Stuyvesant Lewis Block Association is celebrating a new round of Oral Histories beginning Aug. 7 at the Akwaaba Mansion at 6:30 p.m. The Oral Histories can be found at mystuy.org, with 15 to date and five more in the works.
  
4. The Azerbaijan A/V Club creates a unique fusion of free jazz, progressive electronics and live visual art and performs in the outdoor sculpture garden Wednesday at Goodbye Blue Monday.

5. Illustrator Sarah Markes discusses her book with Kathleen Bomani,
Street Level: A Collection of Drawings and Creative Writings Inspired by Dar es Salaam at 80 Hanson Place Thursday 6 p.m.