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On Thursday, April 23, we're joining forces with the Brooklyn Historical Society and Borough Bees to bring you a talk on urban beekeeping. Learn all about honeybees' role in the food system and how beekeeping became popular in Brooklyn. The talk will be followed by a tasting featuring varietal and local raw honeys.
Saturday, April 4: Channel your inner child among thousands of pillow-swinging New Yorkers at an epic urban pillow fight at Washington Square Park.
Tuesday, April 14: This month, the Society for the Advancement of Social Studies presents lectures on historic inventions, from video games to vibrators.
Thursday, April 23: We're teaming up with the Brooklyn Historical Society and Borough Bees to bring...
With spring just around the corner (or so we hope), why not learn a bit about some of the trees in our beautiful city?
Join Lisa Nett for a Tree Identification walk on April 12 in Prospect Heights or April 25 in Greenpoint.
Other upcoming tree classes with Lisa:
Saturday, March 28: London Plane: A Love Story. A tale of arboreal ardor and the mysteries of exfoliating bark revealed!
Sunday, March 29:...
Tuesday, March 10 - This month, the Society for the Advancement of Social Studies presents lectures on Lesser-Known Wars of History. Learn all about The Pre-WWII Spanish Civil War, Wars Over Animals and Inanimate Objects, and The Action-Packed Second Japanese Invasion of Korea.
Sunday, March 15 - The Morbid Anatomy Museum is hosting a Spring Flea Market. Time to stock up on taxidermy, "artful bones," books, and more!
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Each month, the Masters of Social Gastronomy (Sarah of Four Pounds Flour and the Brainery's Soma) take on the history and science behind some of your favorite edibles. Up this month: the world’s strangest (and most expensive) edibles.
Join MSG on Wednesday, March 25 to uncover the oddball background of the world’s priciest coffee, what a jungle cat has to do with your mild roast, and the Chinese delicacy that is...
