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Get hyped, 'cause registration is open for our second semester! Each course meets once a week for a month, so there's plenty of time to dig deep into the topic. We've expanded from four courses to six, and we are ready to get our learn on:
The ever-popular Meat is back, since I can't get enough of introducing people to Chinatown beef jerky. If you've ever wanted to cure bacon or wondered what to do with top round, this is the class for you.
Learn about the daily occurrence we call The Weather in Applied Meteorology. Cold and warm fronts, cumulonimbus clouds, and DIY barometers are all on the menu. Clouds'll still look like sheep, but you'll know what their water-vapor hearts conceal.
I just got a backyard, so Introduction to Gardening is going to help me make the most of it. I wonder about things like seedlings and pruning and what puts the magic in Miracle-Gro, and we'll cover that and more. Even if you live in a shoebox, let's grow some green thumbs!
Modern Poetry will sate your poetical academic desires, and letting you know when it's okay to do that snappy thing you've seen in movies about beatniks. Formalism, modernism, minimalism!
There are a million things you can do with paper and we're going to do them all in Paper Arts. We'll bind books, fold origami, make fancy-pants paper from scratch and a ton more!
Beauty School Dropout is a lot about makeup and a little about hair. We'll cover the history, politics and chemistry of cosmetics, along with more fun things like picking and applying makeup. How can a conditioner give your curls bounce or soothe split ends? We'll find out!
Like what we're doing?
We're trying to move into our own space so we can do awesome things all of the time, but we need your help to do it!
We want to have more classes, more workshops, and a space where everyone can come together to work on things that interest them. And so much more!
Check out our Kickstarter page for more info.
News
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Suggest a teacher or a class! On anything you can possibly think of.
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Upcoming classes
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LGHT274: Lamp Making Workshop
Shine a little light
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KNF219: Knife Skills Workshop
Show those vegetables who's boss
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STAR222: Astronomy
Supplement your "celestial body" pickup line with a quip about epicycles.
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BEES101: Beekeeping 101
I don't think a pun would bee inappropriate
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FOOD376: The South in Your Mouth
From boiled peanuts to pecan pie, we've got the culinary South covered.
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DRNK219: Tea!
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FERM384: Fermentation Fixation
So a bacterium walk into a jar...
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PSCI203: Pseudoscientific Pursuits
Who needs real science? Bring on the cranks!
About us
Brooklyn Brainery hosts cheap collaborative classes on anything and everything. Think book clubs on steroids.
Brainery classes don't have real teachers! Class leaders guide the learning process - you could say they know where you're heading (West!), but not that you need to take I-80 for a few thousand miles to get to Sutter's Mill.
That's where you come in! By sharing what you already know or what you've learned from the week's homework, class becomes way more interesting and way more collaborative.
Where do I sign up?
Check out our course catalog for the current semester and sign up for our email list
Contact us
Address all love letters to info@brooklynbrainery.com or @bkbrains
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