Coworking Jelly Day - Friday, January 18th!
Before we really and truly roll out coworking at our new place in Prospect Heights this February, join us in January for some drop-in days. Our first one will be on Friday, January 18 as part of...
View ArticleMSG takes on MSG: January's Masters of Social Gastronomy Lecture
To celebrate its one year anniversary, this month's Masters of Social Gastronomy takes on its namesake: monosodium glutamate (MSG)! Savory spice or fatal flavor?Sarah Lohman of Four Pounds Flour will...
View ArticleFree Cowoking Day - Friday, January 25
Before we really and truly roll out coworking at our new place in Prospect Heights this February, join us in January for some drop-in days. Our first one will be on Friday, January 25 as part of...
View ArticleBrainery Swag on Sale!
To celebrate the opening of our new space in Prospect Heights (190 Underhill Ave), we’re putting our awesome Brainery swag on sale! You like the Brainery? The classic Brainery tote can be yours. Don't...
View ArticleValentine's Day Workshop at Babeland
We're excited to be hosting another free Friday night mini-workshop at Babeland in Park Slope (462 Bergen Street). Come on down on Friday, February 8 at 7pm for shopping, drinks, and a Bableland...
View ArticleJob Board: Part Time Assistant
We're looking for someone to help out around the Brainery. It's part-time (12-15 hours a week), entirely at the Brainery, and involves all kinds of super glamorous* and not-so-glamorous things. •...
View ArticleCANCELED: Valentine's Day Workshop at Babeland
**Sorry guys, we're not as strong as the snowstorm blowing into town so we're going to have to call off tonight's event!**We're excited to be hosting another free Friday night mini-workshop at Babeland...
View ArticleField Trip: The Onderdonk House in Ridgewood, Queens
I keep meeting people who live in Ridgeweood (hey Ridgewood!), so I thought it'd be fun to revisit one of my favorite historic houses, which just happens to be in Ridgewood: the wonderfully named...
View ArticleThe Brainery & Fluent City
We're excited to partner with the fine folks over atFluent City to bring all of you a couple of their two-hour slang workshops on the cheap.These workshops are taught in English, so you won't need to...
View ArticleMarch (Craft) Madness
Court Street's going crafty for the first week of March, as Jessica Kaufman takes over for a series of hands-on classes. Check the links for all the details and to register! Monday, March...
View ArticleBetween the Bread: Masters of Social Gastronomy Talk Sandwiches
The history of sandwiches is laced with vice, ingenuity, and industry. Sarah will relate this sordid tale via the PB&J, perhaps the sandwich Americans feel the most passionate about. But jelly...
View ArticleField Trips: Atlas Obscura's Upcoming Cemetery Tours
We love Atlas Obscura, and these upcoming cemetery tours, given by Allison Meier, look absolutely great:March 10: Exploring the Glamorous Afterlife in Woodlawn Cemetery...
View ArticleProspect Heights Coworking Test Drive
Come flex your work muscles with us starting February 18th! We'll be offering coworking by the day at our new space in Prospect Heights (190 Underhill Ave) for a couple weeks before monthly memberships...
View ArticleBlock Printing Class Photos
Check out these photos from last week's print making class! Students carved images into linoleum blocks, rolled paint on them, and printed on paper and cards. If you want to make your own, we have a...
View ArticleChinatown Roulette: Bamboo Charcoal Peanuts
When you go to Chinatown, you're morally obligated to buy strange and unfamiliar goods, then decipher (and eat) them back home. It's Chinatown Roulette!Over the weekend I was poking around New York...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Cities: New York and Berlin
Next Friday, March 8, join Brainery teacher and friend, John Reinhardt for the opening of his photo exhibition for the opening of A Tale of Two Cities: New York and Berlin, Possessing and Processing...
View ArticleThe Society for the Advancement of Social Studies: Drunk on History - March 5th
This month Society for the Advancement of Social Studies teams up with Urban Oyster Tours to bring you the history of booze!Some of Urban Oyster's best tour guides enlighten us with a lecture on each...
View ArticleHooray! Language Events with Fluent City
We're excited to partner again this month with the fine folks over at Fluent City to bring all of you a couple of their two-hour slang workshops (or any of their in-depth classes!) on the cheap.These...
View ArticleThis Thursday: Bach, A User's Guide
Hey Prospect Heights (and all of NYC), we're super excited about this week's class on Bach taught by Scott Ordway. It's just in time for you to attend a performane of Bach's music at the NY Phil on...
View ArticleThe Masters of Social Gastronomy Do Drugs
At this month's Masters of Social Gastronomy, we'll look at the culinary world's experiments with illicit substances. Let's get high with the Victorians! From patent medicines to absinthe, Coca-Cola to...
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