This Sunday, the Brooklyn Draw Jam presents its annual Holiday Bizarre at Shoestring Studio and Shoestring Press. Both spaces will be transformed into a festive holiday market/comics fest.
Established local artists will be exhibiting and selling prints, textiles, drawings, paintings, illustrations, comics, zines and other handmade goods. Bring home original art and pick up unique holi...
It's here! Sarah Lohman's book, Eight Flavors, is officially being released into the world on Tuesday, December 6th. And to celebrate, we're giving away TWO copies!
To enter, comment below letting us know which of the eight flavors Sarah discusses in the book you're most excited to learn more about: black pepper, vanilla, curry powder, chili powder, soy sauce, garlic, MSG, and Sriracha.
Entries cl...
Books by Brainery teachers and friends make great holiday gifts! Here are some new ones and some old favorites, from cooking and food history to flowers and fact-checking.
Eight Flavors by Sarah Lohman
The perfect gift for your foodie friends, this book looks at the history of the most popular flavors in American cooking and the people who shaped that history.
The Chinese Takeout Cookbook by D...
We're super, super excited to announce that we'll be opening a second location in Windsor Terrace later this November!
We'll be located in an awesome little storefront at 1233 Prospect Avenue. It's (literally) a stone's throw away from the Fort Hamilton F/G train entrance on Prospect Avenue. We love the neighborhood and can't wait to start hosting classes there.
To see if a class is located in Win...
This spring, Brainery friend Christine Garvey is once again offering a lucky group of students the opportunity to spend a week drawing and exploring in beautiful Tuscany. The week will include daily drawing classes and excursions around Florence and the surrounding countryside. This unique trip is designed to help you observe and appreciate your environment while recording that experience through drawing.
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This month, Heritage Radio Network will receive this month's donation of 5% of the Brainery's monthly gift certificate sales.
Heritage Radio Network is a network of food thought leaders and industry experts, from brewers and bartenders to pastry chefs and policy makers. HRN is a media platform of 40+ hosts and their guests having conversations about food that go far beyond the bounda...
The Brooklyn Draw Jam is partnering with Shoestring Press to present HallowZINE, a comics and prints fair. Join the Draw Jammers on Saturday, October 29 to celebrate the Halloween season with live drawing, candy, beer and BBQ, and of course plenty of comics, zines, and prints for sale.
This cozy festival will be a great chance to check out the newly-launched Shoestring Studio (a mem...
This fall, we're partnering with the Brooklyn Historical Society to bring you discussions about some of our city's favorite wildlife.
Part 1: Pigeons - Monday, November 7
Learn about the "rats of the sky": pigeons. Find out how they got here and how they've adapted so well to our urban environment.
Part 2: Bugs - Monday, November 14
Cockroaches or bed bugs, which are worse? Entomologists, exte...
This fall, join Brainery teacher Christine Garvey and Josh Bobrow in exploring the relationship between presence and creativity at their Drawing + Mindfulness Retreat in the Catskills. Through a combination of restorative and flow yoga, guided meditation and mindfulness workshops, and a dedicated drawing-from-observation course, students will explore a rich and multi-faceted mindfulness practice tha...
This month, Bushwick Street Cats will receive this month's donation of 5% of our monthly gift certificate sales.
Bushwick Street Cats is an all-volunteer nonprofit dedicated to reducing the free-roaming cat population in Bushwick (and the surrounding area) through the use of Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). Whenever tame cats are found during the TNR process, they're fostered and found homes.
If you kno...
