Sunday, May 19th: Tie-Dye Party
Drop In Tie-Dye Party Brooklyn Brainery (190 Underhill Ave., Brooklyn) 2-5pm $7 in advance Attention all: tie-dye does not have to be garish or tacky! Or rainbow colored or in a big spiral (not that there’s anything wrong with that). We know more than a dozen ways to get understated, sophisticated results that help you [...]
Monday, April 15th: A Brief History of Roller Derby
A Brief History of Roller Derby Brooklyn Brainery (190 Underhill Ave., Brooklyn) 8:30-10pm $10 in advance Most recognizable now as a predominately female driven contact sport with an edge, roller derby started as a co-ed marathon race during the Great Depression. The sport’s strange and delightfully history is filled with odd twists and turns and [...]
Sunday, April 14th: Brooklyn Brainery Open House + Free Breakfast Treats
Brooklyn Brainery Open House Brooklyn Brainery (190 Underhill Ave., Brooklyn) 10am-noon Free Everyone we meet lives just around the corner from the new space in Prospect Heights, so we figured it was high time to have an open house. Swing by anytime between 10am and noon on Sunday, April 14, grab some tasty breakfast treats [...]
Thursday, March 28th: Vanilla: A History + Free Treats
Vanilla: A History Brooklyn Brainery (190 Underhill Ave., Brooklyn) 6:30-8pm $12 in advance America’s most popular ice cream flavor has only been in use for the last 200 years. Where did vanilla come from, and what came before it? Let’s learn and taste our way through its history. In this class: -Learn the history of [...]
Tuesday, March 26th: How to Start Your Own Indie Fashion Line
Indie Fashion 101 Brooklyn Brainery (515 Court St., Brooklyn) 6:30-8:30pm $15 in advance Admit it. More than once, you’ve been shopping on Etsy or in a local boutique and said, “I really need to start my own line!” There are oodles of talented designers in New York City, and you can’t read DailyCandy or pick [...]
Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays Through March 1st: Brooklyn Brainery Prospect Heights Coworking Test Drive
Brooklyn Brainery Prospect Heights Coworking Test Drive Brooklyn Brainery (190 Underhill Ave., Brooklyn) 10am-5pm $12 in advance We didn’t want to start memberships just yet (we’re fleeing to Austin in a couple weeks for coworking-related SXSW things), so for now you get to test drive the Brainery by signing up a day at a time. [...]
Friday, February 8th: Sex on the Brain Valentine’s Party with Brooklyn Brainery
Sex on the Brain Valentine’s Party with Brooklyn Brainery Babeland Brooklyn (462 Bergen St., Brooklyn) 7pm Free with RSVP It’s the season for pleasin’, and Babeland and Brooklyn Brainery want to help you make it your most satisfying February yet. We’ll wow you with a Babeland Quickie featuring our favorite sex tips while you enjoy [...]
Thursday, February 7th: English Paper Piecing
English Paper Piecing Brooklyn Brainery (515 Court St., Brooklyn) 6:30-8pm or 8:30-10pm $18 in advance English Paper Piecing is a very easy, simple way to create intricate-looking fabric creations. Using die-cut hexagonal pieces of paper, scraps of fabric, and a needle & thread, we will whip-stitch away the time while our practice pieces grow. You’ll [...]
Wednesday, January 23rd & Thursday, February 7th: English Paper Piercing
English Paper Piecing Brooklyn Brainery (515 Court St., Brooklyn) Offered 6-8pm & 8:30-10pm $18, registration required English Paper Piecing is a very easy, simple way to create intricate-looking fabric creations. Using die-cut hexagonal pieces of paper, scraps of fabric, and a needle & thread, we will whip-stitch away the time while our practice pieces grow. [...]
Saturday, January 19th: Erin McKeown / Jenn Grant
Erin McKeown / Jenn Grant Littlefield (622 Degraw St., Brooklyn) 7pm doors, 7:45pm show $17 in advance Click here for more cheap New York City events & things to do.
Monday, December 10th & Monday, December 17th: A Social History of Classical Music
A Social History of Classical Music Brooklyn Brainery (515 Court St., Brooklyn) 6:30-8pm $28 for both in advance In 1650, composers were church musicians; in 1750, they were liveried servants of a rural aristocracy; in 1850, they were independent and cosmopolitan individuals who self-indentified as artists; and in 1950, they were distinguished university professors. In [...]
Thursday, October 25th: No-Sew Halloween Costume Workshop (Register Now)
No-Sew Halloween Costume Workshop Brooklyn Brainery (515 Court St., Brooklyn) 6:30-9:30pm $30, register ASAP This DIY costume workshop is for busy people who still want to get last-minute creative with their Halloween getup (or at least avoid showing up Gangnam Style). We will supply all of the materials, glue and patterns you need to make [...]
Thursday, October 18th: Introduction to Web Technologies
Introduction to Web Technologies Brooklyn Brainery (515 Court St., Brooklyn) 6:30-8pm $10, registration required Most of us work about 6 inches from a computer all day, but we don’t really know what that whole Internet thing is actually made up of. Databases! API’s! PHP! CSS! jQuery! Servers! HTTP! SSL certificates! HTML5! Ruby on Rails! Web [...]
Thursday, October 4th & Thursday, October 11th: Reading and Writing Rilke
Reading and Writing Rilke Brooklyn Brainery (515 Court St., Brooklyn) 8:30-10pm $28 for both, registration required This course will not just be about reading Rilke, but about learning a little bit about writing from him as well. In the first class we’ll try to understand Rilke’s poems and how they were made; in the second [...]
Wednesday, October 3rd: How to Sell Your Band without Selling Your Soul (Register Now)
How to Sell Your Band without Selling Your Soul Brooklyn Brainery (515 Court St., Brooklyn) 6:30-8:30pm $14, registration required Whether you want to become the next Lady Gaga or just get someone other than Mom to show up to your bar gigs, this class is for you. You’ll learn a simple method for getting your [...]
Tuesday, September 18th: How to Make Flipbooks
How to Make Flipbooks Brooklyn Brainery (515 Court St., Brooklyn) 6:30-8pm $14, registration required Learn how to make your very own hand-drawn flipbook. Starting with inexpensive everyday materials, we will cover the entire process start to finish, and transform them into witty, humorous, poignant, or even tragic animated shorts. Can’t draw? Who cares! This simple [...]
Tuesday, September 18th: Ha Ha Hmm…: Thinking VERY Deeply About Comedy
Ha Ha Hmm…: Thinking VERY Deeply About Comedy Brooklyn Brainery (515 Court St., Brooklyn) 8:30-10pm $13, registration required Comedy is all around us. Like, I just saw a guy fall down. ON HIS FACE! You can’t make this stuff up! But what does it all mean? How did modern stand-up, sketch and improv comedy come [...]
Saturday, September 15th: End-of-Summer BBQ at Bat Haus with Brooklyn Brainery
End-of-Summer BBQ Bat Haus (279 Starr St., Brooklyn) 4-8pm $7, advance purchase before noon required Although it’ll probably still be 85 degrees on September 15, let’s give summer a final send off with a relaxed BBQ in a lovely Bushwick backyard. $7 gets you some hamburgers/hot dogs/veggie burgers and whatever sides we dream up that [...]
Thursday, August 23rd: Fundamentals of Immunology
Fundamentals of Immunology Brooklyn Brainery (515 Court St., Brooklyn) 6:30-8pm $11, registration required “If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.” -The Art of War You are at this very moment engaged in a war of the tiniest scale. Perhaps a small abrasion on your [...]
Tuesday, August 21st & Tuesday, August 28th: The Written Language of Music
The Written Language of Music Brooklyn Brainery (515 Court St., Brooklyn) 6:30-8pm $29 for both classes, registration required Do you sing or play an instrument, record music or work with sound, but are mystified when you see notes on a page? Gain the knowledge and tools to begin to understand the written language of music, [...]
Thursday, August 16th: Andrew Jackson & Jacksonian Democracy
Andrew Jackson & Jacksonian Democracy Brooklyn Brainery (515 Court St., Brooklyn) 8:30-10pm $11, registration required Ah, Andrew Jackson – that duel-fighting, Indian-removing, national-bank-vetoing rabble rouser who worked his way up from backwoods poverty to adorn our beloved $20 bill. . . . His opponents claimed he was a semi-literate demagogue, ushering in the disastrous reign [...]
Wednesday, August 15th: Sizes of Infinity
Sizes of Infinity Brooklyn Brainery (515 Court St., Brooklyn) 6-8pm $13, registration required To infinity and beyond? Really? I thought infinity was as big as it gets. How can anything be bigger than infinite? Shouldn’t ∞ +1= ∞ What about ∞ x ∞? Is that like ∞2? What about ∞∞? This is getting weird. Countable? [...]
