The other day, for some reason I can't quite explain, I was looking into the 1881 death of one of our most overlooked presidents: James A. Garfield, Republican of Ohio.
You've got to feel for Garfield, considering he only lasted 200 days as prez and spent the last 80 of them dying slowly and painfully. (Only poor William Henry Harrison's 32-day term was shorter.) In fact, dying in a fairly exciting fashion might be Garfield's...
We just put up a whole batch of new classes, for the remainder of October and heading into November. They'll fill up fast, so hop on over to the courses page and register now!
What've we got? Baking Science, PowerPoint Design, No-Knead Bread, Stamped Jewelry, a five week Introductory Spanish class, a wide-ranging look at Medieval History, and way, way more.
In addition, you should head over on Thursday, October 27 for a free...
You're cordially invited to the next meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Social Studies!
When: Monday, October 17, 7pm, free!
Where: Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer Street
Last month, nearly everyone in Brooklyn packed Pete's Candy Store for the inaugural meeting of SASS (awesome)--this month, you'll definitely want to arrive early to snag a seat and take part in Pete's happy hour.
And what'll we be covering? Oh just ...
Soda syrup! Have you ever worked at a restaurant where you had to change out the bags of syrup for the soda fountain? And you got it all over yourself the first two times because you didn't know how to open them? And then the third time you thought you did it right but it leaked all over the place? Me too! As revenge, let's learn how to make that at home.
Soda syrup's main purpose in life is to be mixed with seltzer water. Then you've got...
Before I moved in New York, I didn't even realize Halloween was a thing anymore, like at all. And since you must look your best on our biggest holiday of the year, we have just the class for you: Zombie Makeup 101, on Wednesday October 19th, with the awesome Jane Rose.
All the details:
We'll discuss famous zombies throughout film history, and then we’ll jump right in to making our own. Class will begin with a ...
