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Class Recap

What's been going on at the Brainery

We've been super busy with a million classes, and even though we lost our camera charger for awhile, we managed to rustle up some photos from the past few weeks.

To wrap up our Data Viz class, we held a show and tell for people to demo their projects. Although there was much discussion of Chernoff Faces and pivot tables, Soma went low-tech with a drawing of the Brainery's activities over the past year or so. (above)

In our banh...

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Blog Post

First time here?

Hey! If you're coming to us from the NYTimes article, awesome.

Right now, we're working hard on putting together our June class schedule. It'll be released in about a week, so be sure to sign up for our mailing list to hear when they're opened for registration. In the meantime, check out what we're offering in May.

So, what's our deal?
Brooklyn Brainery is all about accessible, community-driven, crowdsourced education. We were tired...

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What's Going on This Week

Lots of new classes starting this week:

Monday! Soma knows more about fish sauce than anyone rightfully should, and tonight's Fundamentals of Thai Cuisine will give him the chance to share that knowledge with everyone (and also cook lots of Thai food). Fun fact: Thais use forks and spoons to eat, rather than chopsticks. 

Tuesday! We're reading some classic American short stories--Hemingway, Flannery O'Connor, and some Edgar Allan Poe--in...

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News

New May Class! Intro to Digital Photography

Taught by Gabriel Wilson, one of our awesome Brainery neighbors, we're excited to announce a new class to our May calendar: Intro to Digital Photography on Monday, May 23 from 7-9pm. 

 

You'll learn to use those many, many settings, take some photos, and discuss basic photo techniques to make your pictures even better. (Bring your camera, of course!)

Read more and sign up here

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Event

May 7 at the Brainery: Zombies + Ice Cream

On Saturday, May 7, from 7-10pm, we’re hosting what is sure to be the best zombie movie/charity event you’ve ever been to. Details below, and no rsvp necessary.

African Solutions to African Problems (ASAP) helps women care for children in rural South Africa who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV. Two ASAP volunteers who worked in the South African bush for over a year, made a…wait for it…short, ZOMBIE MOVIE...

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