Brooklyn Brainery

The archive

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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.

Microbe Safari

Buying Your First Apartment

English Paper Piecing: A Hand-Sewing Patchwork Technique

Shooting Video with Your DSLR

Argument and Rhetoric 101

Floral Flavors: Masters of Social Gastronomy at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Modern Corridor: A Walking Tour of Long Island City's Hunters Point

History of Erotic Art

South Indian Home Cooking

What Should I Do with My Money?

Persian Pickle Making: Torshi

Travelers of the Silk Road

Playwriting: Your First Work

The Art of Collage

Roller Derby 101

Chaos and Conflict: The Middle East Today

Shinto: The Way of the Spirit

Medieval Pilgrimage

Robotics Workshop: Build and Battle

The Arab Spring, Four Years Later: Where are we now and how did we get here?

A Homesick Journey to Iran – A Hyphenated American’s Nostalgic Visit Home

Morality, Medicine, & Microbes: A History of Venereal Disease

Persian Mulberry Confection: A Sweet Intro to Persian Cooking

Still Life Drawing and Painting

Coaching Youth Sports: A Discussion on How to Best Reach, Teach, and Motivate Our Youth

Botanica Land: A History of Folk Magic in NYC

Dealing with Debt

ISIL and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Iraq and Syria

The Sweet (and Not-So-Sweet) Story of Sugar

Printmaking Workshop: Make Your Own Stationery

Infested: How the Bed Bug Infiltrated Our Bedrooms and Took Over the World

Stellar Regions: The Cosmic Music of John & Alice Coltrane

The Cream of the Crop: Finding a Winner in the Produce Aisle

Legal Rights in the Real World

Chalk Art Workshop

Decoding Innovation