Brooklyn Brainery

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Fifteen years of classes on anything and everything. See something you wish you'd caught? Ask us to bring it back.

Change Makers: The Nature of Change

Saving for Retirement

Sympathetic Spies: George Washington’s Eyes and Ears in Lower Manhattan - Walking Tour

Drawing with Ink - Prospect Heights

Neon: The History, Science, and Art

Cooking with Lemongrass

Life in Medieval Baghdad

Spicy Sauces, Piquant Powders

American Sign Language - Level 2

Gowanus: The Past and Future of Brooklyn's Curious Canal

Introduction to Creative Grant Writing (Windsor Terrace)

The Masters of Social Gastronomy Present: The History of Cocktails at Industry City Distillery

Pewter Casting II

Introduction to Legacy Giving - Windsor Terrace

Herbal Tincture Making

Cradle to the Grave: Building Tour of the Eldridge Street Synagogue

"Bronx Man Leads Russian Revolution" and other Stories of Espionage in New York City

Fresh Flower Crowns

Photographing Spring Blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Botany on the Barstool: Flowers

The Sugar and Coffee War: A Delicious History of Roasteries, Refineries and Rivalries on the Brooklyn Waterfront

Intro to Watercolor Workshop at Private Picassos

Basic Bookmaking Workshop at Private Picassos

Thoreau's Wildflowers & Thoreau's Animals

Finnegans Wake: Approaching and Appreciating James Joyce's Baffling Masterpiece

The Power of Task Management

Illustrative Mapmaking: Windsor Terrace

Indian Classical Music | Guided Listening with Abhik Mukherjee

Potential, Process, and Product: Lost Wax Casting for Glass

3D Printing Glass

Block Printing on Tote Bags at Private Picassos

Ukranian Easter Egg Decoration at Private Picassos

Still Life Observational Drawing at Private Picassos

Intro to Bookbinding

From Sufi Poetry to Hip Hop: A Cultural History of the Islamic World

Stencil Exploration on Textiles at Private Picassos