You're cordially invited to the next meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Social Studies!
When: Monday, October 17, 7pm, free! Where: Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer Street
Last month, nearly everyone in Brooklyn packed Pete's Candy Store for the inaugural meeting of SASS (awesome)--this month, you'll definitely want to arrive early to snag a seat and take part in Pete's happy hour.
And what'll...
Soda syrup! Have you ever worked at a restaurant where you had to change out the bags of syrup for the soda fountain? And you got it all over yourself the first two times because you didn't know how to open them? And then the third time you thought you did it right but it leaked all over the place? Me too! As revenge, let's learn how to make that at home.
Soda syrup's main purpose in life is to be mixed with seltz...
Before I moved in New York, I didn't even realize Halloween was a thing anymore, like at all. And since you must look your best on our biggest holiday of the year, we have just the class for you: Zombie Makeup 101, on Wednesday October 19th, with the awesome Jane Rose.
All the details:
We'll discuss famous zombies throughout film history, and then we’ll jump right in to making our own. Class will begin ...
I've been remiss in posting Allison's awesomely thorough wrap up from her class on New York City Cemeteries. Here's the first part, with many more to follow. Enjoy, and don't forget to check out her slideshow of some of the spots mentioned:
http://www.flickr.com//photos/astrozombie/sets/72157627638485877/show/
From Allison:
Forgotten Cemeteries and Potter’s Fields
In addition to the obvious necropoleis in t...
Now that it's fall, howsabout a new batch of classes? If you're into the past we have Ottoman Turks conquering Constantinople, if you're into the future we have the ins and outs of wedding invitations, and if you're just living in the far-too-cold moment you'll want to wrap up with a crocheted scarf. Tons more on our courses page!
A few of our favorites, in no particular order.
The Triangle Waist Factory Fire - October 11
It's a fact that if you live in New York City, you're required to know something about the city's history. Might as well start here with Glenna's presentation on this historic fire, which just happened to occur 150 years ago.
Storytelling Through Film - starts October 3
For all of you out there who make stuff (all of...
A couple weeks ago, we were lucky to host a wicked primer on public art all around New York City, with Elizabeth Abbarno. She went ahead and created this lovely Google map (below, and linked) of all the locations discussed, for your walking-and-art-viewing pleasure.
View NYC Public Art in a larger map
Tonight in Cryptography I'm going to be going over a lot of modern-day computer security issues, so I figured I'd give you a 90-second rundown of how passwords [should] work.
In the same way that people have fingerprints, so do words and phrases. They're just called hashes instead. And just like with people, practically every bushel of letters has a different hash.
A hash is made with is a formula that takes the w...
I was about to buy An Orchard Invisible: A Natural History of Seeds when a quote-spewing review caught my eye:
"In the mid-1970s it was found that orthodox Hindus who had been quite healthy on a vegan diet in their native India began to suffer from a high incidence of megaloblastic anemia after living for some time in England consuming the same diet. The cause was traced to vitamin B-12 deficiency, which in I...
New classes open for registration? Yep, we've got 'em. Are they about The Triange Waist Factory fire and surviving in post-apocalyptic New York? You bet they are.
Reupholstering, low-tech screenprinting, a lecture about everything from hieroglyphics to perfume, and everything else in the world awaits you over on our courses page.
