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.

Who's in Charge Here? How Microbes Can Control Our Minds

Science

Beyond the Bake Sale: How To Raise Real Money & Launch a NonProfit

Grab Bag

Cryptography: The Private History of Secret Codes

Science

Board Game Olympics

General

Behind the Scenes of Fundraising: Databases, Foundations & Proposals

Grab Bag

5 Memory Tricks Everyone Should Know

Skills

Art Crime: Thefts, Forgeries, Vandalism and More

History

Writing for Retirees

Writing

Photographing the Special Isamu Noguchi Exhibit at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Audio/Video/Photo

A Word is a Thing in Motion (a collaboration with UrbanGlass)

Grab Bag

Dancing, Delinquency, & Disease: A History of Sex and Dating

History

Introduction to Authorpreneurship

Writing

Vegetarian Sushi-Making

Grab Bag

Big Bads: A Look at the Mythical Adversary

Grab Bag

How to Write a Book

Grab Bag

The Casual Art Critic

Art/Crafts

How To Talk to Strangers: The Art of Small Talk

Skills

Brooklyn Waterfront Past and Present Boat Tour

NYC

Pierogi Love!

Food

MSG Presents: Foods that Go Bump in the Night

Food

Croquet on Governors Island

Skills

Beyond ​Fundraising Basics: Executive Director & Trustee for the Night

Grab Bag

Say What You Mean: Your Messaging Done Right

Grab Bag

Glittering Realms: A Walking Tour of Greenpoint

Walking Tour

Workshop: Women & Investing

Grab Bag

Spirit Photography

History

The Birth of Glass Blowing: The Vitreous Age Begins (a collaboration with UrbanGlass)

Grab Bag

Joseph Alexiou on "Gowanus: Brooklyn's Curious Canal"

Grab Bag

Homemade Salsa

Food

The Terror Next Door: Americana and Horror

Grab Bag

The Science of Relationships and Finding Your Ideal Mate

Soc

The Evil Eye

Grab Bag

A History of Good Photos

Grab Bag

Microbe Safari

Grab Bag

Buying Your First Apartment

Skills

English Paper Piecing: A Hand-Sewing Patchwork Technique

Art/Crafts