Oct. 14: Stormy Weather

1. No, you weren't dreaming. Last night Brooklyn, along with the rest of NYC, was hit by an impressive amount of rain, thunder and lightning at about 1 a.m. For those who like getting transported to the tropics in mid-October, good news: the unseasonably warm, rainy weather is set to stick around for at least another day.

2. Tempting fate with the NYPD for the , Councilman Jumaane Williams, D-Brooklyn, vowed to held defend Occupy Wall Street against a scheduled city-initiated cleanup of Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan. Tomorrow, the protest .

3. According to BAM: "A descendant of was forbidden to play music as a boy because, as the story goes, others were supposed to play for him instead. Luckily, Touré rebelled, building his own guitars, performing, and eventually becoming a master of Mali’s guitar-centered Songhai style. Much like his namesake Ali Farka Touré, Sidi Touré is Malian musical royalty with a voice to match." See him at BAMcafé performing songs from his album, Sahel Folk, starting at 6 p.m.

4. Check out the House, Afrobeat, Hip-Hop, R&B, Reggae, Soul and Old school hip hop at at 1197 Fulton St. in Bed-Stuy on Friday and Saturday night from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

5. Alternate side parking rules are suspended for Sukkot.