Our friends at the Brooklyn Historical Society have a very cool event coming up this week: Brooklyn on Brooklyn: Elizabeth Streb and Jed Walentas on Wednesday, May 7, and they're generously offering Brainery fans free admission if you use the code BKBRAINS when registering on Eventbrite.
Join two Brooklynites who transformed community through art: MacArthur Genius Award-winning choreographer Elizabeth...
Coming your way, this week!
The History of the Gowanus Canal - May 5
The History of Landscape Design from 1860-1960 - May 7
The Brooklyn Waterfront, Past and Present - May 8
Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down: Writing Reviews for Film - May 9 (daytime session!)
Wontons & Dumplings - three sessions on May 10!
For May's Masters of Social Gastronomy lecture, we're revisiting the topic so awesome Mother Nature snowed it out this past winter: the food of the high seas.
We'll explore the culinary world of drunken sailors, seventeenth-century pirates, and the modern-day cruise ships that rule the waves. What's so tough about hard tack, and how exactly do you come down with a case of scurvy?
We'll be trumpeting the salty secrets...
Have you ever taken a class here at the Brainery and wished you could learn even more from your awesome teacher? You're in luck! Some of our amazing teachers have written equally amazing books!
In this episode of "Books By Brainery Teachers" we're focusing on three books in the food realm. We highly recommend each of these books and if you like what you read, you'll love the classes the authors teach.
The Chinese Takeout Cookbook by Diana...
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Last-minute planners, never fear! We have a bunch of (very) varied classes coming your way this week. Click the links to learn more and register.
Writing Poetry: The Villanelle - Sunday, April 13
Sounding the Planet: Ecomusicology and Advocacy - Wednesday, April 16
Chapbooks: the Pamphlet Stich and the Art of Self-Publishing - Thursday, April 17
Spring Tree Identification - Propsect Heights walks coming up on Saturday,...
