Brooklyn Brainery
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Current classes
3D Printing for Fun and Profit
May 16
Streets and Poems of NYC
May 19
Duct Tape Crafts
May 22
Video Production for Your Phone
starts May 23
The History of Scotch Whisky
May 24 + more
Confused Climates, Wacky Weather and Exasperate...
June 6
Sex Poetics: Erotic Writing that Doesn't Suck
starts June 6
Blind: Maple Syrup
June 11
New York City's Energy Infrastructure
June 12
Make Your Own Stationery
June 24
Weird Spices
May 7
Let's Make: Paste Paper
May 8
Like A Rock Star: Writing About Music
starts May 8
Tuberculosis: A Cultural and Scientific History
May 8
Wearable Art Workshop
May 10
Budgeting and Bookkeeping for Artists
May 10
How to Kill at Karaoke
May 10
Tree Identification!
May 12
Thai Street Foods: Noodles
May 12
Get Awesome at Cursive
May 14
The Art of Suturing
May 14
Storytelling 101: How to Tell an Amazing Tale
starts May 15
Root Beer
May 15
The Decorative Arts: A Survey of 19th and 20th ...
starts May 16
Make Your Own Mints (And Other Tiny Candies)
May 17
How to Write a Grant Proposal
May 17
Contemporary African Music
May 17
Beginning Calligraphy
May 21 + more
In the Zone: The History of Zoning in New York ...
May 21
Blind: A Brie Tasting
May 21
The End Is Not Near
May 21
Shorthand: Not the Opposite of Longhand
starts May 22
Electronics and Soldering
starts May 23
Starting a Business in NYC
May 24
Architecture and Film - An Introduction
May 24
Fundamentals of Immunology
May 30
Intermediate Calligraphy
May 31
Confronting Nietzsche
starts May 31
Intro to Home Canning
June 4 + more
Usage, Abusage, and English Mistakes Even Good ...
June 4
Handmade Wire Earrings
June 4
Serial Killers!
June 5
Storytelling for Business People
June 6
BBQ Basics
June 6 + more
Shenanigans at the Met: A Short History of Smug...
starts June 13
Cooking of the Himalayan Rim
June 14
DIY Food Photography
June 24
Speak Better Now
June 25 + more
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Who are we?
Brooklyn Brainery is accessible education, crowdsourced to our local community.
We host cheap classes on anything and everything, all determined by the things you want to learn and teach. It's a place to experiment with all kinds of topics, hobbies, and ideas — think book clubs on steroids.
We're located in Carroll Gardens at 515 Court Street, a couple blocks from the lovely Gowanus Canal.
Recent Activity
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Recent Classes
April 2012
First Time Home Buying
May 9
DIY Bamboo Pan Flute
May 3
The Story of Milk & Cookies
May 3
Intro to Home Canning
June 4 + more
Ha Ha Hmm…: Thinking VERY deeply about comedy
starts May 2
The Heart of Music
starts May 2
How to Find the Perfect Rental
May 2
Beyond Knits & Purls
May 1 + more
Biking in Heels: Commuter Cycling for Women
April 26
Money: A Horror Story (or: Fractional Reserve B...
April 26
Knits vs. Purls
April 24 + more
Writing Fiction - Flash Stories
starts April 24
The Art of Acoustic Songwriting
starts April 24
Art Crime: Forgers, Thieves, and Everything in ...
starts April 23
Storytelling 101: How to Tell an Amazing Tale
starts May 15
Video Game Club
April 21
The History of Scotch Whisky
May 24 + more
Usage, Abusage, and English Mistakes Even Good ...
June 4
Screenwriting 101: Your First 10 Pages
starts April 18
T.S. Eliot: Early Poems
starts April 18
A Brief History of America at War
starts April 18
Beckett for Beginners
starts April 17
English Paper Piecing
April 17 + more
How to Be a Connector
April 16
Mnemonics: Flex Your Memory Muscles
April 16
Get Awesome at Cursive
May 14
Video Production for Your Phone
starts May 23
The Fundamentals of New York City Rent Laws De-...
April 11
Polishing Your Powerpoints
April 10
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How to Make Your Own Artist Merchandise
starts April 10
Interested in what we've done before? Check out ice cream, Spanish, DNA, card games and more on our past course listings.
