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.

Shooting Video with Your DSLR

Art/Crafts

Argument and Rhetoric 101

Skills

Floral Flavors: Masters of Social Gastronomy at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Grab Bag

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

Walking Tour

History of Erotic Art

History

South Indian Home Cooking

Food

What Should I Do with My Money?

Finance

Persian Pickle Making: Torshi

Grab Bag

Travelers of the Silk Road

History

Playwriting: Your First Work

Writing

The Art of Collage

Grab Bag

Roller Derby 101

Skills

Chaos and Conflict: The Middle East Today

History

Shinto: The Way of the Spirit

History

Medieval Pilgrimage

History

Robotics Workshop: Build and Battle

Grab Bag

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

Soc

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

Grab Bag

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

Grab Bag

Persian Mulberry Confection: A Sweet Intro to Persian Cooking

Grab Bag

Still Life Drawing and Painting

Art/Crafts

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

Grab Bag

Botanica Land: A History of Folk Magic in NYC

History

Dealing with Debt

Grab Bag

ISIL and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Iraq and Syria

Grab Bag

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

Science

Printmaking Workshop: Make Your Own Stationery

Grab Bag

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

Science

Stellar Regions: The Cosmic Music of John & Alice Coltrane

Music

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

Grab Bag

Legal Rights in the Real World

Grab Bag

Chalk Art Workshop

Art/Crafts

Decoding Innovation

Skills

Street Art Tour: Bushwick

Grab Bag

As Good as Grail: Mary Magdalene and the Conspiracy behind "The Da Vinci Code"

History

Street Art Tour: Lower East Side to Soho

Design