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The Masters of Social Gastronomy Meet Their Sweet Tooth: April 30

Come on down to Public Assembly in Williamsburg on Tuesday, April 30, for our monthly Masters of Social Gastronomy lecture. This month we're talking about sugar and artificial sweeteners.

What'll we cover?

Brooklyn's had a long relationship with sugar, from Williamsburg's Domino Sugar factory to the Navy Yard's love child Sweet n' Low. We'll follow sugar's path from sticky brown foodstuff to pinnacle of modern science.

But is giving in to our...

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A Hand in the Backyard

Want to dig around in the dirt? Lug gravel from one place to another? Build planter boxes? This is the email list for you!

Join the Brainery Backyard Work Crew to get emails about when we need a hand fixing up the backyard! Tomorrow, Wednesday April 17th we're gonna need a hand installing our patio.

Once it's done, we'll have outdoor classes galore, but first there's a lot of...

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April 26th! Special Contra Dance Lesson with Brooklyn Contra

We're hosting a special class in conjunction with the awesome Brooklyn Contra group. Their next dance is Friday, April 26th, and you can sign up for a special Brainery group lesson starting at 7pm, before the official dance and lesson begin at 7:30pm. The $25 price gets you the extra 1/2 hour lesson and admission to the dance, which runs until 11pm.

Sign up here:...

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Know Your Early Spring Flowers

Until yesterday, I didn't know what a crocus was, even though I've seen hundreds of them over the past few days. I'm kind of ashamed of that, so I thought it would be useful to learn the names of a few of the common spring flowers we're starting to see while out and about. Onward!

Daffodils

Okay, they're yellow and everywhere everywhere everywhere. You've probably seen a handful of them today just walking to the subway, and you'll know...