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Updated Teacher Wish List

Long ago, we started a teacher wish list to find folks to lead classes on some of our most requested subjects. It usually languishes, un-updated, over on the teaching page, but today is a big day, as I've filled it full of new suggestions. Hooray! 

If anything on the list below intrigues you, just fill out this handy little form, or shoot us an email at info@brooklynbrainery.com. You can read up on all the specifics for teaching right...

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Event Heads Up: Uncovering Long Lost Stories at Green-Wood Cemetery

This isn't a Brainery event, but I know you guys are super interested in NYC history, so it must be brought to your attention!

Ben Feldman, one of our favorite people around here, is giving a free talk at Green-Wood Cemetery on Saturday, January 14th. He'll cover the process of digging up interesting history--what tools and resources are out there--and how to go about doing it yourself. After the talk, there's a trolley tour to the graves of...

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We fell in love with BLDG 92

We finally stopped by BLDG 92, the new museum on the grounds of the Navy Yard in Fort Greene and kind of fell in love. It covers the history of the Yard and the surrounding area from the 1700's until today, and it's amazing--the building, the exhibition design, the views, all of it.

I've been to an awful lot of museums, but very few so thoroughly think out the way they present information or use technology in all the ways you should--to...

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Wishful Thinking: Corporate Sponsorship of Doomsday Cults

Tonight (Tuesday! January 3rd!) the Society for the Advancement of Social Studies is rearing its educationally boozy head at Public Assembly in Williamsburg - details here. Topic: The End of The World.

While 2012 and Nostradamus will make appearances, I'll personally be handling doomsday cults. Since I have a scant 20 minutes to tell you everthing you need to know, though, I figured I'd drop you a line here about the most important part...

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Get Ready for the End of the World at SASS, January 3!

This year, we finally have a good reason to avoid New Year's resolutions: the world's gonna end in a couple of months anyhow!

And to get this (last) year off to a festive/apocalyptic start, join us for January's meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Social Studies. You'll learn about Nostradamus' predictions, doomsday cults, and all about the Maya and their calendar. Not only will you leave better equipped for the end of the world, but...

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