*Congrats to Tess and Gina!*

We're super excited to offer you lucky Brainery students the chance to win a spot in one of two great upcoming Bard Graduate Center workshops: Designing Dining or Instruments Inside Out. Each 3-session workshop is a $250 value!

Check out the flyers below for workshop info:

If you're interested in attending, please leave a comment below telling us which workshop you'd like to...

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We're looking for someone to help out around the Brainery. It's part-time (12-15 hours a week, $14/hour), entirely at the Brainery, and involves all kinds of super glamorous* and not-so-glamorous things. 

• Being in charge of the space during classes on the following days:
   - Saturday or Sunday, daytime (6-8 hours, varies a bit week to week)
   - Wednesday evenings, 5-10:30pm
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If you're just looking for a cool present for your very best friend, office secret santa, or your cousin who just moved to NYC, be sure to pick up a gift certificate that can be used toward any class at any time.

Gift certificates can be sent electronically directly to your recipient on the date of your choosing, or you can choose to print a pdf to gift in real life. Plus they never expire! 

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TRASH: New York City's Battle with Garbage - Monday, October 27

Music in American Sign Language - starts Tuesday, October 28 (four Tuesdays)

Food of the Dead: A Culinary History of Funeral Food - Wednesday, October 29

Great NYC Buildings Few Guide Books Will Ever Mention - Thursday, October 30 

Beyond the Bake Sale: How To Raise Real Money & Launch a Nonprofit - Saturday, November 1

Tree...

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This past March, we were lucky enough to receive a Scarlet Prince dwarf peach tree from the MillionTrees NYC project, an initiative aiming to plant one million new trees in New York City. 

I was beyond excited to be able to watch a real live fruit tree in action, and here are a few shots of the tree as it has changed over the spring, first blossoming and then fruiting.

from April 2 - these guys flower early! 

from mid-April,...

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