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Upcoming Classes You Should Take

A few of our favorites, in no particular order.

The Triangle Waist Factory Fire - October 11

It's a fact that if you live in New York City, you're required to know something about the city's history. Might as well start here with Glenna's presentation on this historic fire, which just happened to occur 150 years ago. 

Storytelling Through Film - starts October 3

For all of you out there who make stuff (all of you, right?), this class will...

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The Society for the Advancement of Social Studies

* aka S.A.S.S, aka home of the tagline "All the history you knew but forgot, and all the booze you need to forget it again."

Not to get all press releasy on you, but we're super excited to announce an awesome new thing that we are helping to release into the world: The Society for the Advancement of Social Studies.

What is S.A.S.S.?

S.A.S.S. is a new monthly lecture series at Pete's Candy Store in Williamsburg. Every third Monday of the...

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Link Round Up, Round 2

Like we said before, one of the best things about the Brainery is seeing the stuff that comes out of your experiences in our classes.

And since we like showing that off, we can't fail to call attention to what are by far the best notes from Living Philosophy that will ever exist. They're so good that Ryan swears he's using them to prep for teaching.  Session 1, Session 2, Session 3.

We're also continuously beyond flattered that any and...

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There is so much going on next week!

at the Brainery. Here's a quick rundown of classes that still have spots available.

Monday - Haitian Creole starts (pictured above), and Music Theory wraps up.

Tuesday - Our Essential Economics class starts. It will be awesome and make you at least 147% smarter than your friends. $30 for three sessions!

Wednesday - Our final lecture with Ben Feldman at the Brooklyn Historical Society involves lots of blood and gore as we discuss the...

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