Starting in May 2016 (that's this month!), we'll be donating 5% of our monthly gift certificate sales to a local nonprofit.
This month, we've selected the New York Abortion Access Fund. NYAAF supports anyone who is unable to pay fully for an abortion and is living in or traveling to New York State by providing financial assistance and connections to other resources. NYAAF provides funding directly ...
Over the past few weeks, we've been featuring some local Brooklyn cats looking for homes in our weekly class newsletter. We've compiled them here for easy reference and sharing. Check these guys out and meet your new best friend!
Rigatoni via Kitty Loft
Rigatoni should be a famous internet cat by now! She is hilarious, a true Brooklyn girl with attitude who likes nothing more than to be a couch potato next to a h...
Starting in May, we'll select a NYC-based nonprofit each month to receive 5% of our gift certificate sales for that month. If you work for or run a nonprofit and would like your organization to be considered for the program, please read the details and submit your information here.
You can help by spreading the word to nonprofits you love with this handy link: http://goo.gl/forms/xcmKeWZXN0
Our pals at General Assembly will be hosting the second New York City #OFFCAMPUS festival from March 21-25 for a week’s worth of interactive workshops, demos, and tastings. Join GA starting Monday, March 21 to explore what’s happening now, and what we can expect to see in the future.
MON | Entrepreneurship: Discover the importance of community with Daybreaker founder and GA co-founder Matthew Brimer, then hear fr...
Last night, we were lucky enough to partner with the Museum at Eldridge Street for an after-hours art and architecture tour (featuring delicious knishes from Yonah Shimmel!).
We examined everything from lampshades to stained glass windows and the original wood floors in the beautifully-restored building, hearing about its history from 1887 to the present. The main sanctuary fell into disuse throught the mid-...
*Congrats to Tess and Gina!*
We're super excited to offer you lucky Brainery students the chance to win a spot in one of two great upcoming Bard Graduate Center workshops: Designing Dining or Instruments Inside Out. Each 3-session workshop is a $250 value!
Check out the flyers below for workshop info:
If you're interested in attending, please leave a comment below telling us wh...
This spring, we're partnering with Genspace to bring you two unique class opportunities:
March 21-24: Biohacker Boot Camp
In this intensive course, you'll get to extract your own DNA, analyze ancestry through bioinformatics, splice genes into bacteria, and much more.
April 10, 17 and 24: Biotechnology Crash Course
This class will cover the basics of biotechnology and where it's heading before gettin...
We're looking for someone to help out around the Brainery. It's part-time (12-15 hours a week, $14/hour), entirely at the Brainery, and involves all kinds of super glamorous* and not-so-glamorous things.
• Being in charge of the space during classes on the following days: - Saturday or Sunday, daytime (6-8 hours, varies a bit week to week) - Wednes...
Early astronomers reimagined time to give us an extra day every four years. ExpandED Schools, a nonprofit working to close the learning gap, reimagines time to give kids extra opportunities every day of the week.
On February 29, we will be partnering with ExpandED Schools to celebrate Leap Day (an ExpandED year!) Proceeds from your participation in a Brainery class on Febru...
On February 25, MSG will take on the history and science of imitation ingredients at the brand-new Museum of Food and Drink!
Sarah will explore the history of artificial food, covering medieval "meat pitchers" and the early 20th-century chemists known as the "Poison Squad" who tested the safety of food additives by ingesting them in large quantities. Soma will dig into the science behind artif...