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We're looking for someone to help out around the Brainery. It's part-time (12-15 hours a week, $14/hour), entirely at the Brainery, and involves all kinds of super glamorous* and not-so-glamorous things.
• Being in charge of the space during classes on the following days:
- Saturday or Sunday, daytime (6-8 hours, varies a bit week to week)
- Wednesday evenings, 5-10:30pm
- Friday afternoons or evenings, usually 2 Fridays per month (# of hours will vary)
• Keeping the space clean and organized - set up, material prep, and some cleaning. You'll need to be able to move tables, carry stuff up and down the stairs, sweep, mop, do dishes and the like.
To apply: Send us an email to jobs@brooklynbrainery.com. Attach a resume if you want (pdf please!), but most importantly tell us why you want to work here and if you have any scheduling issues that would impact your ability to work on the three days listed above. Please apply by Friday February 26, 2016.
*Just kidding, none of it is very glamorous.
This spring, we're partnering with Genspace to bring you two unique class opportunities:
March 21-24: Biohacker Boot Camp
In this intensive course, you'll get to extract your own DNA, analyze ancestry through bioinformatics, splice genes into bacteria, and much more.
April 10, 17 and 24: Biotechnology Crash Course
This class will cover the basics of biotechnology and where it's heading before getting right into wet lab work, through which you'll learn the fundamental techniques for pursuing genetic engineering projects.
We're super excited to offer you lucky Brainery students the chance to win a spot in two great upcoming Bard Graduate Center classes: Designing Dining or Instruments Inside Out. Each 3-session class is a $250 value!
Check out the flyers below for class info:
If you're interested in attending, please leave a comment below telling us which class you'd like to attend and why. Be sure to enter by 5pm on Friday, March 18. Winners will be notified via Facebook or email. If you're not a Facebook user, feel free to enter by emailing us at saturdaysessions@brookylnbrainery.com.
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We're super excited to offer you lucky Brainery students the chance to win a spot in two great upcoming Bard Graduate Center classes: Designing Dining or Instruments Inside Out. Each 3-session class is a $250 value!
Check out the flyers below for class info:
If you're interested in attending, please leave a comment below telling us which class you'd like to attend and why. Be sure to enter by 5pm on Friday, March 18. Winners will be notified via Facebook or email. If you're not a Facebook user, feel free to enter by emailing us at saturdaysessions@brookylnbrainery.com.
Boring legalese rules? We've got them right here.
Last night, we were lucky enough to partner with the Museum at Eldridge Street for an after-hours art and architecture tour (featuring delicious knishes from Yonah Shimmel!).
We examined everything from lampshades to stained glass windows and the original wood floors in the beautifully-restored building, hearing about its history from 1887 to the present. The main sanctuary fell into disuse throught the mid-20th century as the congregation shrunk; in the 1990's a major restoration began, and the synagogue reopened in 2007 as the Museum at Eldridge Street.
I can't say enough wonderful things about the synagogue - it's really a gem and such a special place that we're lucky to have in NYC. Be sure to visit them for a tour or check out an upcoming program, especially if you've never been!
A few photo highlights of the night are below.
The main sanctuary
Learning about the history of the building and congregation from Amy Stein Milford
A super gorgeous lampshade, original to the building
Wood painted to resemble marble
The resored ceiling, grand chandelier, and a new stained glass window by Kiki Smith
Do those hands look a little familiar? Leonard Nimoy based the Vulcan Salute on Jewish priestly blessing.
This tobacco compartment is built directly into the reading platform
Our pals at General Assembly will be hosting the second New York City #OFFCAMPUS festival from March 21-25 for a week’s worth of interactive workshops, demos, and tastings. Join GA starting Monday, March 21to explore what’s happening now, and what we can expect to see in the future.
Make sure to grab your FREE ticket before the event sells out and RSVP HERE.
Starting in May, we'll select a NYC-based nonprofit each month to receive 5% of our gift certificate sales for that month. If you work for or run a nonprofit and would like your organization to be considered for the program, please read the details and submit your information here.
You can help by spreading the word to nonprofits you love with this handy link: http://goo.gl/forms/xcmKeWZXN0
Over the past few weeks, we've been featuring some local Brooklyn cats looking for homes in our weekly class newsletter. We've compiled them here for easy reference and sharing. Check these guys out and meet your new best friend!
Rigatoni via Kitty Loft
Rigatoni should be a famous internet cat by now! She is hilarious, a true Brooklyn girl with attitude who likes nothing more than to be a couch potato next to a human. She is wickedly bright and adds humor to Kitty Loft. She has been up for adoption now for what seems like years, as she was first with City Critters and now residing at Kitty Loft. Change her whole life and give her a window with some sunshine to lay in and a human best friend.
Read more here or contact Annie for more information about Rigatoni.
Junior via Brooklyn Animal Action
Junior is an inquisitive, sweet young kitty looking for his forever home. What's wonderful about Junior is he's a true kitten-at-heart and would be just as content in a one-cat-home as he would be in a home with other cats to play with! Junior has been fully vetted and has a clean bill of health. If you'd like to meet your new best friend Junior, please email Tara.
Godfrey via Brooklyn Animal Action
Godfrey wears his heart on his head, a heart shaped black mark on top of his head is the first indication he is nothing but love. Godfrey is a very sweet, gentle kitty who gets along great with other kitties but truly loves people. Godfrey has been neutered, tested negative for fiv/felv, microchipped and vaccinated. He's ready for his forever home!
If you would like to meet Godfrey, please contact Claire.
Leonard via Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition
Leonard is a sweet grey boy who, while appearing strong and stoic, is a complete and utter mush to anyone who offers a good head rub. He is more a laid-back fella, but hardly minds mixing it up with various strings and toys. When Leonard is not lounging around and being his tenderhearted self, he will be rubbing up alongside, looking for as much affection as he can get.
Leonard is about 5 years old, neutered, vaccinated, FIV/FeLV negative and microchipped. For more info and to set up a time to visit Leonard in his Ditmas Park foster home, please email BBAWC.
Shy Ann via Brooklyn Animal Action
Shy Ann was found in a backyard, hungry, cold and very skinny. She was rescued by a kind friend of Brooklyn Animal Action and has been living with a rescuer and her cats. Shy Ann is warming up to people and other cats. With love and patience, she will continue to overcome her shyness. Shy Ann has been spayed, vaccinated and is ready to be adopted. If you would like to meet her, please contact Claire.
Starting in May 2016 (that's this month!), we'll be donating 5% of our monthly gift certificate sales to a local nonprofit.
This month, we've selected the New York Abortion Access Fund. NYAAF supports anyone who is unable to pay fully for an abortion and is living in or traveling to New York State by providing financial assistance and connections to other resources. NYAAF provides funding directly to clinics on behalf of the people we serve. When a clinic we work with sees a patient who needs assistance, NYAAF is one of the potential funding sources to which they turn. The clinic then bills us for the amount we commit to covering.
If you know of a NYC-based nonprofit that could benefit from a little extra support, please let them know to fill out our submission form here.
And if you'd like to pick up a gift certificate, that's easy too!
Let's be up-front about this: we've decided this summer is going to be A Summer of Pancakes, so we're hosting a ton of classes about pancakes to celebrate!
You could spend ages making pancakes and never make the same kind twice: they're sweet, they're savory, and they've made it to every corner of the globe. The International House of Pancakes is going to seem like a provincial backwater after we get done with this.
We're kicking things off with Flying Flapjacks: The History (and Science!) of the Humble Pancake, a lecture on June 6th spanning all things pancakes. You'll learn the secrets to perfecting your silver dollar pancake game while being introduced to what the world holds in store, from the savory Ethoipian injera to Japan's red-bean-filled dorayaki.
Once we've whet your appetite (pun intended) we're spending the rest of the summer with hands-on pancake-making classes, covering new creations and old favorites. All classes are vegetarian friendly with the exception of okonomiyaki.
Sweet, Filled Pancakes from Japan and Korean: learn to make homemade red bean paste, and design a branding iron for your adorable creations
Savory Indian Dosas and Sourdough Ethiopian Injera: pancakes that serve as both plate and utensil can't be beat (SOLD OUT!)
Vietnamese Rice Crepes and Two Scallion Pancakes: banh xeo, Korean pajeon and the lovable scallion pancake
Okonomiyaki: the Japanese king of savory pancakes [note: this is without a doubt greatest pancake in the world]
Blintzes, Apam Balik, and the Many Faces of Crepes: cheese- and fruit-filled blini and Malaysian street food
Going All-in on American Pancakes: exploring the sweet and savory cornerstone of American breakfast
Are you excited yet? Get ready to get flipping.
Christine Garvey will be combining drawing classes and excursions for a week-long experience in and around Florence. Students will soak up the art and architecture of Florence and its surroundings, develop their drawing skills through guided instruction and gorup critique, go on historic tours and wine tastings, and more.
Get all the details and register over on Christine's site.
A neighbor of the Brainery is forming an awesome new graphic novel reading group this Summer in Prospect Heights! Check out the below for details and be sure to RSVP if you're interested in learning more:
Enter into the imaginative, whacky world of graphic novels this summer. Reading Graphic Novels is a reading group dedicated to the narrative and visual form of the graphic novel. Together we will unravel the complexities of each book we read to better understand the relationship between stories and aesthetics.
The group’s inaugural meeting will be held onSunday, June 26 at 4 pm at Bar Sepia (234 Underhill Avenue in Brooklyn). At this meeting the group will discuss Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? By Roz Chast. Grab yourself a copy and get reading today!
Interested in attending? RSVP to graphicnovels.reading@gmail.com for more details.
Just because it's summer doesn't mean you can't learn new things, and so we thought it was time to give away a gift certificate. We'll set one winner up with a $50 gift certificate to help you get your learn on!
To enter, just leave a comment below letting us know your favorite NYC summer activity by Friday, June 3 at 12pm EDT. We'll select the winners at random and let you know via email/facebook. You have to be 18+ and live in the US, btw.
If you hate FB but still want to participate, just shoot us an email at contest@brooklynbrainery.com
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This summer, we're excited to be partnering with the Brooklyn Historical Society for a look at the local side of everyone's favorite foods: pizza and ice cream.
On Thursday, August 4, join us for Brooklyn Pizza: The Search for Authenticity. A panel of pizza-makers moderated by historian Scott Wiener will explore that most vital New York question: Who makes the most authentic pizza in the city?
On Thursday, July 28, Brooklyn Screams for Ice Cream! Historic gastronomist Sarah Lohman will moderate a discussion among Brooklyn's top ice cream makers about the history, mechanics, and future of your favorite frozen treat.
This month, The Art of Brooklyn will receive this month's donation of 5% of our monthly gift certificate sales.
The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, running from June 4-12, is the world’s only independent, international festival for, by and about the Brooklyn indie film scene—a diverse, vibrant local scene with global influence. We accept films from all over Brooklyn and the world, as long as their makers are connected to the borough in some way (i.e. through personnel, content, theme, setting, etc.). We see the borough as a whole, where there are no "wrong" neighborhoods or communities.
Be sure to check out a screening during this month's festival!
If you know of a NYC-based nonprofit that could benefit from a little extra support, please let them know to fill out our submission form here.
And if you'd like to pick up a gift certificate, that's easy too!
On July 18, join our Masters of Social Gastronomy at the Old Stone House's beautiful outdoor space in Park Slope, where they will take on the ultimate summer fare: barbecue.
Sarah will track barbecue's history from Spanish barbacoa to Southern meat pits and modern-day cookouts. Soma will take on the science: the low-and-slow method, the "Texas crutch," and more. Come for the history and science, stay for the DIY tips, and help us settle the pork vs. beef battle once and for all.
There'll be food and drink available for purchase, plus you'll get to spend a lovely summer evening under the stars.
The Graphic Novel Reading Group will be meeting on Sunday, July 31 at 5pm to discuss Adrian Tomine's Killing and Dying, a series of short stories exploring loss, creative ambition, identity, and family dynamics.
The group will meet by the Garfield Park entrance to Prospect Park. Email graphicnovels.reading@gmail.com for details!
This month, The Possibility Project will receive this month's donation of 5% of our monthly gift certificate sales.
The Possibility Project is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization operating three programs for youth in New York City. Our vision: A society where teenagers are valued, respected and play a leading role in creating a better world. Our mission: We empower teenagers to transform the negative forces in their lives into positive action. Using the performing arts and community action as vehicles, our teenagers learn to build relationships across differences, resolve conflicts without violence, take on their responsibility to others, and lead.
If you know of a NYC-based nonprofit that could benefit from a little extra support, please let them know to fill out our submission form here.
And if you'd like to pick up a gift certificate, that's easy too!
We have a couple of cool cats under our care who need forever homes - read on for details!
Grizzly is a sweet stray who wandered into my yard in June a severely injured jaw after suffering blunt force trauma to his face (check out his before photo, below). Despite the pain he was in when we first took him in, we could tell that he was a fighter and adventurer at heart and wouldn't let his injury stop him from trying to climb every surface and eat any food he could find.
before surgery
We took Grizzly to about a million vets, and in late June he received surgery to remove most of his teeth, including all of his canines which had been damaged in the fall, and to move his jaw back into the socket. Needless to say, surgery didn't slow Grizzly down one bit - he spent his time in the recovery room attempting to escape and quickly ate his dinner as soon as we got home. He doesn't seem to notice that he's missing most of his teeth and even enjoys dry food as a snack.
Now that he's fully recovered and receiving his vaccinations, Grizzly's ready to retire to a life indoors. He's neutered, FIV/FeLV negative, about four years old and a generally low-key guy who enjoys hanging out around people. He's a special guy and needs a special adopter to help him adjust to living indoors again. If you're interested in adopting Grizzly, email us!
Found dirty and disheveled near an industrial area, handsome, sleek Napoleon quickly took up the role of housecat once he was safely indoors. And although he has a super serious look, it turns out this boy is a real sweetheart!
You’d never know to look at him now that he ever spent any time outside. Napoleon is friendly and respectful with people as well as with other cats, and his foster says that he’s always curious about what you’re up to. He’ll come to sit in your lap if you ask him, and he likes to indulge in the comforts of indoor life by lounging around like the happiest of cozy cats. He enjoys playing with toys—but, his foster adds, he’s still confused why he can’t defeat them! In short, Napoleon is an all-around pleasant and low-key cat, perfect for any home.
Napoleon is approximately 2 years old, neutered, FeLV and FIV negative, and up to date on vaccines. If you’d like to schedule a meet and greet, contact Tara Green at catsbkny@gmail.com!
