Eat and explore Vietnamese, Salvadoran, and Somali culture at Charlotte’s most diverse corner with Tom Hanchett of the Levine Museum of the New South, noted historian and chow hound.

Time: 11:30am-1:30pm

Date: Saturday, May 5th

Event Start: Ben Thanh restaurant at 4900 Central Ave.

Host Organization: PlanCharlotte.org and Levine Museum of the New South

Registration: Space is limited, please RSVP to mnewsom@uncc.edu if you would like to participate in this event.

Accessibility: This event is accessible and welcoming to bicycles, children, and seniors.

Additional Info: Participants should bring about $15 cash if they want to sample food at the restaurants.

Come spend the morning with Bed-Stuy community advocates, organizers and neighbors to learn more about the bountiful food and garden resources in our community! The tour will meet at St John’s Bread and Life for a snack and tour of their food pantry and then continue west to explore Bed-Stuy’s rich architectural history and active community gardens.

Date: Saturday May 5, 2012

Time: 10:00am-12:00pm

Event Start: St. John’s Bread and Life – 795 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Event End: Hattie Carthan Community Garden – Marcy Avenue between Lafayette Avenue and Clifton Place

Host: Patricia Magnuson, of the North East Brooklyn Housing Development Corp and sponsored by the Coalition for the Improvement of Bedford-Stuyvesant (CIBS) & the Bed-Stuy Food & Family Day Committee

Registration: No need to RSVP, just show up at the posted meeting location.

Accessibility: Fully Accessible