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New November + December Classes Posted!

In case you missed our newsletter, we have a whole bunch of new classes lined up for the next couple of months. If you don't see anything to your liking at the moment, be sure to check out the Classes page often, as we're always adding new things! You can also follow us on Twitter or Facebook for updates. 

One more thing: we're offering up a $50 gift certificate as part of Greenpointers' Sandy relief raffle. There are about a million and...

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Add $3 to help the Red Hook Initiative

Hey everyone, just a quick post to explain the changes you'll see to the each course page this week. 

As you'll notice, you now have two ticket options. Until November 10, you'll be able to add $3 on top of any class purchase, to be donated to the Red Hook Initiative, an organization's that's been tirelessly collecting supplies, organizing volunteers, and providing Red Hook residents with meals since the hurricane. We'll match...

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Hey NYC Designers!

Secret project time? Secret project time!

If you're an NYC-based designer — print, web, product, illustration, or anything else of that ilke — and are interested in getting involved or learning more, we'd be ever so happy if you filled out this form (it's all of six very boring questions). We will light a tiny firework in celebration each time we get a submission.

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Friday! Coworking at the Brainery

Just a quick note to let you know that the amazing folks from New Work City are using the Brainery as their temporary HQ on Friday, November 2, while their dowtown Manahttan space is still without power. As members of the Brainery community, feel free to stop by and use the wifi and meet some neighbors. 

More importantly, Tony Bacigalupo, in addition to running the show at the Brainery and generally being awesome, is leading up an effort...

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Taboo Foods: No Garlic, No Onions, No Nothin'

Next Tuesday we're hosting a Masters of Social Gastronomy on taboo foods. We'll be talking about everything from cannibalism to, well, things like what you're about to read. It's free, and full of beer, so you might as well RSVP now.

Y'know how you meet vegetarians who eat fish, and you throw a little tantrum about how Fish Are People Too and That's Not Vegetarianism and everyone just shrugs? And then some people won't eat honey...

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