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.

Is Classical Music in Crisis?

Music

Modern Evangelicalism

Soc

Pie Bake Off & Backyard Potluck: June 21!

Food

Fragrance Walk at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Walking Tour

Change Of The Century: Ornette Coleman's Jazz Revolution

Music

Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down: Writing Reviews for Film

Language

Make a Long Story Short: Writing Mini Fiction

Language

Thirteen Ways of Looking at Mugwort

Nature

Make Your Own Concrete Planter

Art/Crafts

Banh Mi and Me

Food

Grow More in Less Space: Healthy Plants and Successions

Nature

Pizza: The Brooklyn Story at Brooklyn Historical Society

Food

Take Control of Your Mind: Mindfulness for the Masses

Skills

Comic Book Super Science

Science

Improve Your Knish IQ

Food

The History of Landscape Design from 1860 - 1960

History

Grow More in Less Space: Garden-Planning Basics

Nature

Prospect Park Listening Tour

Walking Tour

Research Your Historic House

History

Breakfast. Manly English Breakfast. For Dinner.

Food

Writing Poetry: The Villanelle

Language

Beginner's Whittling

Skills

A Guide to the College Admissions Timeline

Soc

Blue Note at 75: A Cultural History of Blue Note Records

Music

Coyote the Trickster

History

Something Awesome This Way Comes: Shakespeare's Plays & Poetry

Language

How a Medicine Gets Made

Science

Introduction to Circular Knitting

Art/Crafts

The Secret Life of Flags

History

Immigrant Foodways Tour

Walking Tour

A Poetry Algorithm: The Sestina

Language

Modern Board Game Open Play at 61 Local

Skills

Write an 800 Word Essay

Grab Bag

Doomsday Cults

Grab Bag

The Newtown Creek "Magic Lantern" Show

Grab Bag

Writing the Personal Essay

Language