BrooklynBest 2006

Saturday, June 3, 2006
8:00pm BROOKLYN STEPPERS MARCHING BAND
Lazer Show
8:30pm free family movie: DRUMLINE
on two giant, outdoor, movie screens followed by Lazer Show

Sunday, June 4, 2006
8:00am  registration: TOUR de BROOKLYN BICYCLE RIDE
Free Ride Organized by Transportation Alternatives
9:00am  Tour de Brooklyn Bicycle Ride

Noon-6:00pm Free BROOKLYN ICONS MINI GOLF
FACE PAINTERS, and COMMUNITY TABLES
ART EXHIBITION  by BED STUY ARTIST’S ASSOCIATION

Noon- 6:00pm AMPITHEATRE STAGE: Live entertainment and Fashion Shows
(shows start on the hour) featuring PS 28’s Hornets drum line and Shirley Chisholm Chorus,  performance groups from Bedford Stuyvessant Restoration Plaza, fashion designers: Nakimuli Designs by Tennile McMillian, C.Spot Designs by Charlotte Gaspard, Embrace Da Bss by Bonnie Sandy Sterling & Clyde Johnson, Debonaire NYC by Cleon Cummings, Harriet’s Alter Ego, by Hekima Hapa & Ngozi Odita, Myrian Bridal by Myrdith Leon Mc-Cormack, Vaella by Ely, Sameeh Alderazi by Sameeh Alderazi, 1 Soul, Inc by Michael Cordero & Randy Quiles, Clinch Designs by Trudy Miller and Idyllic Couture by Karen Brown
and special performance by DEEP, Brooklyn’s own R&B singing sensations

Noon – 6:00pm BROOKLYN TOURISM MUSIC STAGE
(acts on half hour presented by Brooklyn clubs)
CENTRAL BROOKLYN JAZZ ALL-STARS, Frank’s Lounge:TRACIANA GRAVES,
BAMcafé Live: KAREN GIBSON-ROC, Sugarhill Supper club: FRANK DELL  & NY CONNECTION BAND, Galapagos: The FABULOUS ENTOURAGE, Solomon’s Porch:
JEFF KING BAND, Southpaw: NUCLEAR FAMILY, Best of Brooklyn: BLA KBUSHE, Brooklyn New Music Festival: GAME REBELLION, Best of Brooklyn:
Tamar-Kali, Sputnik: EARL GREYHOUND, Magnetic Field: THE MIGHTY FINE

1:00pm-5:00pm WALKING TOURS
hosted by the Bedford Stuyvesant BROWNSTONERS
FREE TROLLEY LOOP between WEEKSVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY and BEDFORD STUYVESANT RESTORATION PLAZA

2:00pm- 4:00pm AUTHOR READINGS presented by the Brooklyn Literary Council
Kenji Jasper, Tim McLoughlin, Nina Crews

BrooklynBest 2006 PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST: Pick up forms at the BrooklynBest! or Brooklyn Tourism located in Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street. Categories:
Bed Stuy’s Historical Places, the Beat of Bed Stuy and the Spirit of BrooklynBest 2006 . Winning photos become Brooklyn Tourism postcards and winners receive 100 postcards and a framed 2006 set.

For more info: Call 718-802-3846 or visit www.brooklyn-usa.org or www.visitbrooklyn.org