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.

Walking Tour: The Insalubrious Valley of the Newtown Creek

Walking Tour

Japanese Home Cooking

Food

A Cultural History of Clothing

Soc

Cardboard Lamps

Tech

Urban Permaculture Farming Around the World: Part 1

Soc

Rewriting Recipes

Food

Kombucha 101

Food

A Game of Thongs: The Dirty Truth of the Ancient World

History

Make a Paper Mache ‘Story’ Bowl

Art/Crafts

Intro to Batik: Throw Pillows

Grab Bag

Intro to Batik: Multipurpose Muslin Squares

Art/Crafts

Biotechnology Crash Course

Science

Greene Glass 101: Rethinking and Remaking Our Recycling

Art/Crafts

Outside The Box: A Primer on Board Games

History

Edible Wild Plants: 10 Local weeds you can use for food and medicine

Nature

The Design Gym Panel | Designing Culture: Strategies for Bringing Creativity to Your Organization

Grab Bag

Launching Your Documentary

Audio/Video/Photo

Make Your Own Dreamcatcher at Hiho Batik

Grab Bag

Enameling: The Use of Glass-on-Metal for Fine Art

Art/Crafts

The Masters of Social Gastronomy Present: Fried Foods

Food

The Art of Blackjack

Skills

Street Tree Care 101: How to Help Your Street Trees Thrive

Grab Bag

Storytelling 101: How to Tell an Amazing Tale

Science

Fast Food: The Good, The Bad and The Hungry

Food

Thelonious Monk's At Carnegie Hall: A Jazz Listening Party

Music

Biohacker Boot Camp

Science

Behind Typography: Type and Visual Identity

Grab Bag

Evolution of the New York City Restaurant

NYC

Intro to Batik: Totes or Yoga Bags

Art/Crafts

Meet "The Flower Chef"

Grab Bag

From Jesus to Constantine the Great: Christianity and the Roman Empire

History

Culture, Food, and the Body

Grab Bag

Introduction to Meditation

Skills

Improve Your Memory for Learning

Grab Bag

Victorian Spiritualism: The Rappings of the Fox Sisters

History

Through the Looking Glass (a collaboration with UrbanGlass)

Science