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Bookmarks

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more. 

Solidarity! Revolutionary Center and Radical Library: Located in Lawrence, Kansas the mission of Solidarity! Revolutionary Center and Radical Library is to organize as a non-hierarchical collective for the purpose of sharing and distributing information. 

DaVinci Resolve is the world’s only solution that combines editing, color correction, visual effects, motion graphics and audio post production all in one software tool!

Artnet: Uncover the art market with the Price Database, read daily art world news, browse offerings from galleries, grow your collection.

CGMA Learn from the industry’s best with innovative online courses and personalized feedback. If you want a career in Art, Games or VFX, you’ve come to the right place. Professional instructors. Relevant online coursework.

Brainstorm School is a concept art, design and illustration focused private learning center based in Burbank, Ca.

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Brooklyn Brainery is accessible education, crowdsourced to our local community.

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We are thrilled to collaborate with the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Public Library, and Brooklyn Brainery on a 4-part series exploring the debates and intersections between science and storytelling. Participate in one or all four workshops as you make your way across Brooklyn and think about everything from chocolate to alternative facts as we use both science and storytelling to investigate the nature of truth.

Our first session begins by looking at storytelling as a methodology in itself.  Participants will start with a close analysis of a 19th-century painting, interrogating its role in colonialism, and demonstrating how scientific and geographic modes of thought are culturally specific. From there, sj Miller, activist and scholar at NYU’s Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformations of Schools, will connect this to the larger theme of this session, the power of telling your own story. 

Session two disrupts the idea that science is only made up of neutral facts by investigating artworks in the special exhibition Proof: Francisco Goya, Sergei Eisenstein, Robert Longo and the Museum’s permanent collection. Following, the Brooklyn Public Library will provide a method for foolproofing yourself against alternative facts. 

Session three uses chocolate as a way to upend imperialist narratives while you learn about cacao plants at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. For this session, participants are welcome to sign up for an additional tour at the Mast Brothers Chocolate Factory. Finally, we end at the Brooklyn Brainery to discuss how patterns intersect in poetry, art, and science, while we finish out the series with wine and art-making.

What better way to spend your Thursday nights than considering questions we’ve always faced but are especially pertinent now? Sign up now to engage science and storytelling in a Brooklyn wide search for truth!

Classes meet every Thursday night from 6:30-8:30pm. CTLE certificates are available for teachers who attend Session 2. More information can be found on our Eventbrite page.

Posted by Stacey Kahn

[brooklynbridgebirds]

Join me next Wednesday evening 4/20/22 for "Birding in NYC (and Beyond)" hosted by the awesome Brooklyn Brainery!

[scottspizzatours]

Your Quarantine Pizza Schedule

MONDAY, MARCH 23

11am ET Sourdough Start-Along @ Instagram Stories Have you always wanted to make a sourdough starter? Now is the time! I'll be posting a video on Instagram Stories every day at 11am ET so you can play along. All you need is flour, water, and a container (and a kitchen scale if you have one). This takes about 8-12 days and I'll be saving it all as a story highlight if you want to reference it in the future.

3pm ET The Science of Pizza Dough for Kids @ Facebook Hop on the Scott's Pizza Tours Facebook page for a live lesson all about the science of pizza dough. This is intended for elementary school kids but anyone can join. If you want to play along, all you need is flour, water, salt, dry yeast, a bowl, a kitchen scale (measuring cups and spoons accepted), and a dream.

TUESDAY, MARCH 24

11am ET Sourdough Start-Along @ Instagram Stories On day 2 of our sourdough start-along, we have a dramatic surprise in store for you. It involves stirring.

8:30pm ET Pizza History Online Class @ Zoom (via Brooklyn Brainery) For anyone who has taken a pizza tour with us, this online class is going to take it all to the next level. I'll be presenting some deep cuts about the history of pizza in Naples and NYC. Broadcasting live from my home office, I'll have access to all the photos, books, archival records, and primary sources we don't have on our tours. Tickets are just $5 and available here.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25

11am ET Sourdough Start-Along @ Instagram Stories Day 3 means more feeding! Bring some flour, water, and your starter.

3pm ET Stretching Pizza Dough for Kids @ Facebook I'll show you how to stretch the pizza dough I made on Monday. If you can't make pizza dough at home, tons of pizzerias across the U.S. are selling home pizza kits. Or you can watch and play along with Play-Doh!

THURSDAY, MARCH 26

11am ET Sourdough Start-Along @ Instagram Stories Day 4 needs MORE flour and water, but not much more.

FRIDAY, MARCH 27

11am ET Sourdough Start-Along @ Instagram Stories Things are really taking off by day 5. Your yeast and bacteria are really getting jazzy. But they need one thing. You guessed it, flour and water! Oh dang, that's two things.

1:30pm ET Pizza Box Collection Tour @ Facebook Live I hold the Guinness World Record for my collection of over 1,500 pizza boxes. They're all amazing, they're all (mostly) unused, and they're all in my apartment. Join me on Instagram as I show you some of my favorites from nearly 100 different countries!

[littlereyofsunlight]

This tweet thread from Caitlin Kunkel on regaining creative energy is pure gold

I have creative energy again for the first time in...9 months? I'm sharing this because I've been writing long enough now that I KNEW it would come back eventually. If you're stuck feeling like you're never going to have an idea again, here are some things I did to coax it back: pic.twitter.com/uExDTlHIte

— Caitlin Kunkel (@KunkelTron)

April 11, 2019

I got more sleep. I had insomnia for a while, so that breaking allowed me to stop being deranged, but I also went to a strict bedtime, drank tea, banned screens, all that. After three months of this my brain felt like it healed in some way (I'm clearly a neuroscientist, AMA!!!) pic.twitter.com/BYkyADKvVW

— Caitlin Kunkel (@KunkelTron)

April 11, 2019

I took classes. Even on topics I was only peripherally interested in. I took one at Brooklyn Brainery, which has cheap classes on anything, and one @CatapultStory in NY, which has amazing one-off writing classes. I took @EmilyFlake's amazing cartooning workshop @SatireAndHumor! pic.twitter.com/3gpAv60PBg

— Caitlin Kunkel (@KunkelTron)

April 11, 2019

I read a ton of books. Once I reestablished the reading habit, I read some HARD books. Lolita (prose is beautiful, but not meant for skimming, also topics is very troubling), non-fiction on topics I didn't understand. One of these books gave me an essential new idea for a project pic.twitter.com/eTK0UDLPrz

— Caitlin Kunkel (@KunkelTron)

April 11, 2019

I made it a habit to watch more movies. That weird new movie HIGH LIFE by Claire Denis, westerns I watched as a kid, adaptations of books I had read to see how it translated - things I wouldn't normally choose. Even if I hated it, it was something new for my brain. pic.twitter.com/rembsIQkB9

— Caitlin Kunkel (@KunkelTron)

April 11, 2019

I produced things. Producing is checking off a list of finite tasks, which writing...is not. So I co-produced the @SatireAndHumor Festival with @JamesFolta and @tooleeoh, then I organized a mini writing retreat with @Gr8WeekForWomen. Felt good to execute things on a deadline. pic.twitter.com/egAV1azZkF

— Caitlin Kunkel (@KunkelTron)

April 11, 2019

I also was placed on a jury and spent 8 days talking to people from a variety of fields (the foreman of a perfume factory!!), which reminded me how isolated I can be working from home. I started getting coffees with people, talking on the phone, asking more questions of people. pic.twitter.com/gTSQ6FYcQO

— Caitlin Kunkel (@KunkelTron)

April 11, 2019

I started writing again. And to be real, I didn't love the stuff I was writing at first. I wrote this basic list (lists are the easiest form if you're stuck, imo) that's...fine? Def not changing the world. "Smug Smaugs" is the only part I really like. https://t.co/0CrJGw4XTh pic.twitter.com/yPZNHkhqtp

— Caitlin Kunkel (@KunkelTron)

April 11, 2019

The first thing I wrote that I LIKED after coming out of this creative trough was a topical piece for @mcsweeneys. It HURT to write, as in, I cried brainstorming because I felt depleted, but the comments motivating it were so disgusting I felt compelled.https://t.co/b1RYDFUQa2 pic.twitter.com/OUK7pvklWP

— Caitlin Kunkel (@KunkelTron)

April 11, 2019

That piece was the breakthrough for me - I was so proud I had done it and had an idea I liked and actually gotten it out there on a deadline that it restored my confidence finally that I could HAVE IDEAS AND DO STUFF. pic.twitter.com/VZXOWScXy2

— Caitlin Kunkel (@KunkelTron)

April 11, 2019

OK, tell me - what are some of the things YOU do to help when it seems like your muse has packed a bag and beat it forever? I want to make a list of things to try when it (inevitably) happens again. I WANT TO BE LIKE KERMIT!! pic.twitter.com/0zrmov2kCx

— Caitlin Kunkel (@KunkelTron)

April 11, 2019

[halsteadproperty]

Part IV of Our Hidden Gems Series – Family Activities and Shops

Contributed by Our Own Halstead Agents

There’s nothing better than exploring new areas and stumbling upon a hidden gem. Our team throughout the tri-state area has hit the road to handpick a selection of unique, off-the-beaten-path businesses that offer fun activities and helpful services for the entire family, including pets. We hope you and your family enjoy these hidden gems!

Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. Park Slope, NY @826nyc 

At the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co., you can get your hands on superhero-related toys, clothing, costumes, books, and even “Superpower” containers with names like Antimatter, Muscle, and Magnificence. The best part about the shop is that it’s actually a front for 826NYC, a nonprofit that works to empower children through writing.

Café Bark Washington Heights, NYC @cafebarknyc

Café Bark isn’t a pet-friendly café for humans; it’s a café for furry friends to bring their humans. The beautiful space welcomes dogs and owners to spend quality time together, enjoy snacks and treats, and mingle with other guests.

The Wharf Shop Sag Harbor, NY @wharfshop              

A family-owned toy and gift store serving Sag Harbor since 1968, The Wharf Shop is the place to go for classic toys and specialty Sag Harbor-themed goods. Board games, stuffed animals, dollhouses, and more line the shelves here, as well as gift options for adults that include books, mugs, and ornaments.

Brooklyn Brainery Prospect Heights, NY @bkbrains

Brooklyn Brainery offers casual classes for adults that range across topics. Whether you want to learn about the history of Scotland, are looking for a crash course on improv comedy, are interested in tapestry weaving, or want to improve your photography skills, there’s a class for you here.

Biscuit and Bones Online; based in Greenwich, CT @biscuitandbones

If your family eats farm-to-table, why should your dog be left out? A Greenwich-based online store, Biscuit and Bones sells dog food made with all-natural ingredients: organic vegetables and grass-fed meats that are cooked in small batches to ensure quality and nutritious benefit. You can find high-quality dog food, biscuits, beef jerky, treats, bone broth, and more.

doob SoHo and Upper East Side, NYC @doob3d

For a unique gift to a loved one (or yourself), visit doob. Here, you’ll step into a doob-licator, which will scan you, taking images that will then be transformed into a 3D printed replica. The photo-realistic replicas are uncanny, capturing the nuances of the subject in a really special way.    

Clay World Midtown East, NYC @clayworldstudio

Clay World teaches kids the art of clay modeling, clay animation, and sugar art. Founded by a Colombian artist and architect, the studio focuses on developing and improving children’s motor skills and creative expression abilities.

The Classy Canine Southampton, NY @theclassycanine

With full-service grooming options and spa treatments including paw pedicures, bubble baths, massages, and mineral mud scrubs, your pup will be pampered at The Classy Canine. This Hamptons spa has been caring for dogs since the mid-80s and offers a warm, welcoming space for humans and their furry friends.

[newstfionline]

I Took ‘Adulting Classes’ for Millennials

Andrew Zaleski, CityLab, Oct 29, 2018

On the eve of my wife’s 30th birthday--a milestone I, too, will soon hit--she posed a troubling question: Are we adults yet?

We certainly feel that way: We hold our own jobs, pay our own rent, cover our own bills, drive our own cars. Our credit is in order. But we don’t yet own a house and have no children--two markers commonly associated with fully-fledged adulthood (and two markers that both our sets of parents had reached well before they turned 30). And there are other gaps in our maturity: I don’t buy napkins or know how to golf; up until last year, I didn’t know how to change the oil in my car’s engine. Thankfully, last year we managed to throw a dinner party, our first, without burning the pork roast.

A vague anxiety over these known-unknowns is something of a generational hallmark. A Monday-morning scroll through the social media feed of the average 20-something might turn up a handful of friends sharing memes of dogs--looking bewildered, exasperated, or both--unironically captioned with something like: “Don’t make me adult today.”

Yes, Millennials have killed yet another thing. In this case, it’s something so fundamental that it may have seemed unkillable, but apparently isn’t: knowing how to be an adult.

Younger people need not look far on the internet to find popular condemnation from card-carrying grown-ups about our many shortcomings. We are, we are often told, simpering, self-indulgent, immune-to-difficulty know-nothings, overgrown toddlers who commute on children’s toys and demand cucumber water in our workplaces. But in our own social circles, such constructive criticism can be harder to find. Young urbanites tend to pack themselves into specific neighborhoods, cities, and living situations that have relatively fewer older residents. In such communities, knowledge on how to Seamless a meal to the doorstep is a dime a dozen, but first-hand experience in snaking a drain, cooking a meal for four, or operating a manual transmission comes at more of a premium. (To say nothing of the fact that a third of Americans between 18 and 34 are living with their parents.)

Luckily, the rough road to adulthood can be paved with adulting classes. The Adulting Collective, a startup venture out of Portland, Maine, made a big splash about two years ago after national news outlets reported on its in-person events. In its short lifespan, the Collective has offered up lessons, either guided or via online video, in such varied life skills as bike safety, holiday gift-giving for the cash-strapped, putting together a monthly budget, opening a bottle of wine without a corkscrew, and assembling a weekly nutritional plan. Their target audience: “emerging adults,” the massive 93-million-strong demographic group composed of people in their 20s and early 30s.

There are similarly structured programs across the country. At the Brooklyn Brainery, for example, you can take classes on how to run a good meeting or what Seinfeld teaches us about love. Take an online course with the Society of Grownups, sponsored by the insurance company Mass Mutual, and topics will include budgeting and how to deal with student-loan debt.

The sheer banality of many of these courses is their salient quality. They’re teaching stuff that people neither look forward to nor seem to enjoy, but implicitly recognize as part of being a grown-up: paying bills, setting a budget, calling the car insurance company, looking after your health. The joyless, quotidian chores of post-adolescence.

“Adulting is something nobody prepares you for, but you know it when it happens. It’s the unglorified part of being on your own,” says Rebekah Fitzsimmons, assistant director of the writing and communication program at Georgia Tech who taught a class on adulting in the 21st century in 2016.

In a bygone era, the ordinariness traditionally associated with growing the hell up was something few noticed--in the first half of the 20th century, 20-somethings were too busy trying not to die of the Spanish Flu or fighting Hitler to worry too much about what life skills they were failing to develop. That has now been replaced by public displays of what it means to be a self-sufficient human being, Fitzsimmons says. At the intersection of these two competing truths is the cottage industry of adulting, one nurtured by Instagram hashtags and built around how-to classes for hapless Millennials.

Born in 1989, I am a card-carrying member of the oft-derided demographic. How hapless am I? To find out, I signed up for the two action challenges the Adulting Collective offered last fall: one on nutrition and another focused on monthly budgeting. Via email, I received instructions for each of these week-long courses, which had me tackling a new skill or task each day.

When I hit 30, I intend to complete emerging adulthood fully equipped for whatever comes next.

First lesson: Hydrate! Never would I have thought the amount of water I consumed would be a point of instruction. But it turns out that young adults are notoriously poor judges of this particular basic biological need. The crash course in nutrition from the Adulting Collective that arrived in my inbox last fall was titled “Detox Before You Retox,” and it heavily emphasized hangover avoidance. Billed as a way to prepare yourself “before the next happy hour,” the instructions contained multiple steps broken down over five days. Step one: Get your basics in order, like eating your veggies, exercising, and drinking more water.

So one evening I stood in the harsh glow of my kitchen’s overhead fluorescent lighting--pitcher at the ready, glass on the countertop--applying myself to my first adulting lesson. On my smartphone I made a quick calculation: my weight, divided by 2.2, multiplied by my age, divided by 28.3, divided once more by eight. The answer: eight. More precisely, I needed to drink 7.56 cups of water to hit my proper daily intake.

This was only one of the big takeaways I received. I also learned that a morning drink of lemon water and cayenne pepper mixed with said water can help boost my metabolism, apparently. Like the unnecessarily complex hydration formula above, some of this material had the effect of making a heretofore uncomplicated thing more daunting. It was months later it finally dawned on me that a simple Google search could yield a far simpler answer for the number of glasses of water I ought to drink every day.

How did it come to this? Did previous generations have so much trouble mastering the basics?

“In an ideal world, we would all be followed around by this combination of our grandmother and Merlin who would lovingly teach us how to do each and every thing in the world,” says Kelly Williams Brown, author of the 2013 book Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 535 Easy(ish) Steps. “In the absence of that, it can be nice to have resources.”

Brown’s book seems to be largely responsible for the meteoric rise of the gerund form of the word (which was short-listed by Oxford Dictionaries as the word of the year in 2016). A revised edition of Adulting was published in March. The adulting industry itself is newer. Rachel Weinstein co-founded the Adulting School (now Collective) with Katie Brunelle in fall 2016. (Brunelle has since left the business.)

A professional therapist, Weinstein would sometimes encounter younger clients who spoke about the idiosyncrasies of grown-up life with a feeling of self-conscious shame. Being overwhelmed about how to manage money or clean out their kitchen pantry were things they felt they had to hide. “I just saw a lot of my clients struggle with life, trying to be competent in skills that we’re not necessarily taught. People had this sense of internal embarrassment,” she says.

To Weinstein, this seemed like a golden business opportunity. As a group, 26-year-olds are the single biggest age cohort in the U.S., followed by people who are 25, 27, and 24. Yet unlike previous generations, the young people of today are slower to reach the milestones usually associated with adulthood: living independently, forming their own households, having children, and getting married. “Today’s young people,” as the U.S. Census Bureau reported last year, “look different from prior generations in almost every regard.”

Tempting as it might be to identify the price of avocados as the culprit in this stunted generational progress, there may be other reasons to explain the shift. A research report released in the spring by Freddie Mac cited weak wage growth and the rapid rise of both housing costs and average expenditures as some of the principal reasons. “A popular meme, ‘adulting is hard,’ provides a humorous take on the challenges faced by young adults,” the authors wrote. “Like a lot of good comedy, the phrase has a tinge of cruelty.”

The typical adulting student is someone whose childhood was tech-dependent and activity-rich, the sort of high-achiever kid told to get good grades.

Geography plays a role, too: Millennials tend to choose to live in the centers of high-cost cities, and their earning power hasn’t kept pace with housing costs. Since 2000, the median home price in the U.S. has risen by a quarter, from $210,000 to $270,000, while the per capita real income for young adults has risen by only 1 percent during that same period. Throw those myriad factors together, and you have some of the explanation for why 20-somethings are renting for longer periods of time than they once did, as well as why marriage and fertility rates have dropped. Appropriately, Freddie Mac’s report was titled, “Why Is Adulting Getting Harder?”

But if you go further back, delaying the markers of adulthood does have historical precedent, says Holly Swyers, an anthropology professor at Lake Forest College. She recently completed a project examining adulthood in America from the Civil War to the present day. For much of the period Swyers studied, many Americans over 18 followed roughly the same trajectory as modern Millennials do: They spent their 20s figuring out life and establishing themselves financially. The script didn’t flip until the 1950s and 1960s, when the markers that defined crossing over into the world of adulthood came to mean marrying and having children.

“Marrying when you’re 20, having kids by 21, and being established is a little bit freakish in American history,” she says.

So if those Americans of yore managed to (eventually) attain maturity without the aid of online courses, why can’t Millennials?

Maybe we really are uniquely ignorant. That’s the thesis that GOP senator and Gen Xer Ben Sasse presents in his book The Vanishing American Adult. He writes that younger Americans have willfully embraced “perpetual adolescence.” Some of this is our fault, evidently: staring at our smartphones for hours on end has obliterated our attention spans. Yet Sasse also places blame at the feet of his own generation for its “reluctance to expose young people to the demands of real work.”

Weinstein, however, offers another explanation. She attributes the acute modern need for additional grow-up instruction to class and demographics. Her typical adulting student is probably someone whose childhood was tech-dependent and activity-rich, the sort of high-achiever kid who was repeatedly told to bring home good grades in order to get into a good college. “Whatever folks are really being pressured for college prep, they’re just not getting as much time and exposure at home hanging out with their family, learning how to unclog the kitchen sink, or hang a picture on the wall,” she says.

Lots of those over-scheduled and test-prepped teens of the aughts also missed out on erstwhile educational staples like home economics and shop classes, where high-school kids once learned how to darn a sock or hold a hammer; many schools began mothballing these mandatory courses in the 1990s. As a result, legions of American high-school graduates are being unleashed on the world without any basic skills. Some higher-education institutions, such as New Jersey’s Drew University, have stepped in to offer “Adulting 101” classes in things like beginner car care for their undergraduates.

The Adulting Collective doesn’t rely solely on Weinstein’s expertise for its courses, although it appears that designing an adulting curriculum is just as much of a challenge as growing up. Right now, the website contains some short posts and links to videos explaining a few skills, which is a deviation from the original idea to enlist instructors to offer online lessons. According to Weinstein, the new plan heading into 2019 is to build out a membership program that involves action challenges similar to the nutrition course I took part in. “One of the things I’ve learned as a therapist is a lot of times a little bit of accountability to somebody helps us achieve goals and get tasks done,” she says.

To Swyers, what’s extraordinary in Adulting Ed isn’t the curriculum itself, which is a pretty standard mix of self-improvement and personal finance tips. It’s the notion of branding such lessons under the “adulting” rubric. After all, classes geared toward grown-ups and their skills are all over the place. Visit any big-box hardware store and chances are there’s some sort of hands-on workshop taking place, for example. “If somebody is willing to be taught, for instance, basic kitchen skills--which people pay for all the time--they don’t call it an ‘adulting collective.’ They call it a cooking class,” Swyers says.

The difference, says Weinstein, is that the way younger adults are expected to grow older and assume our place in the world has dramatically changed: “I don’t think it’s a ‘hapless Millennial’ kind of thing at all. I just think there are things that are harder about the world today.”

Case in point: The spiraling costs of higher education. Those emerging adults are entering the workforce with massive student loans to pay off; no wonder some days all they can manage to do is Instagram bewildered-dog memes. “I have clients graduating from school with over $100,000 dollars worth of debt,” she says. “When you’re paying a mortgage’s worth of school debt every month, you’re probably going to need a little help stashing some money away in an emergency fund.”

Indeed, the most useful takeaways from my own brush with the adulting industry involved money management. Last fall’s challenge on budgeting included a chart for itemizing monthly breakdowns of expenses: so many dollars toward utilities, housing, food, clothing, and so on. After six months of following the chart I completed during the challenge, I managed to save up a sizable emergency fund of eight months’ worth of expenses--not bad for a freelance writer who graduated college with $250 to his name, and well worth the $5 I paid for the course itself.

The class was theirs. But the experience was all mine. And with my savings in order, I was freed up to stash excess cash in an additional account my wife and I hold to save for a future home down payment. With a house on the horizon, we’ve recently turned our attention to the prospect of having children sooner rather than later.

[its-chotime]

Five Good Things on the Internet Today (March 24)

Sorry for not posting one yesterday. I had the worst migraines and couldn't look at my laptop screen because of the auras but I’m back with lots of good stuff today!  1. Brooklyn Brainery offers “accessible education” and right now, they are offering super interesting quarantine classes online. I appreciate that they offer things we need right now, from “Cooking with What You Have” to “Fermented Veggies” to “Building Your Journaling Practice” and so much more. I’ve signed up for this Pizza History class for $5 with a Pizza Historian I LOVE (Scott’s Pizza Tours). It’s at 1:30 am in Paris but there is no way I am missing this. 

2. Google Arts & Culture is truly amazing and as someone who usually visits museums weekly, this is a godsend right now. I missed MoMA last summer because they were closed for renovations so I spent the morning there, through Google (here). I love that you can press the images and read the full descriptions from the comfort of your couch. Let your mind take you!  

Some of my faves: 

Portrait of Joseph Roulin (Eileen’s note: Arles is a place!)

Study of Perspective - Hong Kong 

Washerwomen

Untitled (You Invest in the Divinity of the Masterpiece)

TIP: Look at the trending articles on the home page. Fascinating stuff! 

3. Food for thought:

How to Survive a Plague (NY Mag) -- truly gorgeous. 

How South Korea Flattened the Curve (NYT)

4. Scott’s Pizza Tours is going through the sourdough starter process on Instagram THIS WEEK. Scott just makes everything so easy to understand (concise, clear). Even though I’m using a book, I’m tuning into his stories to understand the WHY behind what I’m doing. The IG Highlight is titled “Starter!”

5. Some of my favorite restaurants are sharing their coveted recipes. I appreciate that they are sharing recipes responsibly, using ingredients that are, for the most part, accessible. Check out Wild & the Moon’s Blueberry Scone recipe (all ingredients can be found at a health centered grocery store, like Bio c Bon) and Gramme’s (famous) Cookie recipe. Gramme’s egg with bacon and asparagus recipe in their story highlights is also ace (found under “Recette/Recipe”).

[rubberonion]

#Repost @girlduality (@get_repost) ・・・ My newest talk on banned and controversial cartoons is already next week!! Join me at Brooklyn Brainery at 8:30pm as we explore what gets a cartoon banned! #bannedcartoons #bannedanimation #cartoon #animation #art #learnsomethingweird #learnsomethingnew #brooklynbrainery @bkbrains (at Brooklyn Brainery) https://www.instagram.com/p/BumYoUvFz2r/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c5ucy4yjbb79

[brooklynmuseum]

Rock-and-roll your way over to the Museum this Thursday for another evening of Art History Happy Hour. Our friends at The Society for the Advancement of Social Studies and Brooklyn Brainery are serving up a round seriously un-serious art history lectures inspired by Jeremy Deller’s Iggy Pop Life Class, including The History of Performance Art, The Evolving Art of Masculinity, and The History of American Music. Together we’ll celebrate the unruly and unconventional culture exemplified by Iggy as we cheer along with beer and wine. For those of you who enjoy beer and wine, there will be a cash bar. Cheers!

[jutetower8-blog]

Tuesday, January 15: Troll Museum, Revolutionary Rage, Big Data + 40 More

Today’s Events

Rev. Jen's Troll Museum Pop-Up (Through Sunday, January 20) Ace Hotel, Manhattan

Making Protest Art with Donna Kaz of Guerilla Girls Housing Works’ Bookstore Café, Manhattan

History of Music, from Worship to Weaponry Brooklyn Brainery, Brooklyn

'Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger' with Rebecca Traister & Julie Scelfo Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn

WOMAN'S WERK: Fierce Tips for Entrepreneurs & Freelancers

Intro to Energetic Cleansing Catland, Brooklyn

The Upside of Big Data Ryan’s Daughter, Manhattan

Broadway Painting Class—Drinks & Supplies Provided

'Born in Flames' Radical Feminist Film Screening Alamo Drafthouse Cinema – Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn

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See free & cheap NYC events for tomorrow, Wednesday, January 16.

Ending Today

2019 Iranian Film Festival New York (Through Tuesday, January 15) IFC Center, Manhattan

Ongoing

See more ongoing & upcoming NYC events

$7 Admission to the Museum of Sex (Through Sunday, June 30) Museum of Sex, Manhattan

NYC Slavery & Underground Railroad Tours (Through Monday, April 29)

High Line Art Installation Examines Art & Public Space (Through March 2019) The High Line, Manhattan

Discounted Tickets to Interactive M.C. Escher Exhibit in NYC (Through Sunday, February 3)

'Germ City: Microbes and the Metropolis' (Through Sunday, April 28) Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan

'Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power' (Through Sunday, February 3) Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn

Jerome Robbins ('West Side Story') & New York (Through Saturday, March 30) New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium, Manhattan

Cheap Indoor Ice Skating in Brooklyn (Through Saturday, March 30)

'Harry Potter' Exhibition Brings Rare Manuscripts & Magical Objects to NYC (Through Sunday, January 27) New-York Historical Society, Manhattan

'Tablescapes: Designs for Dining' (Through Tuesday, April 16) Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan

'It’s Alive! Frankenstein at 200' (Through Sunday, January 27) The Morgan Library & Museum, Manhattan

$10 Big Apple Circus Tickets (Through Sunday, January 27)

2018 Gingerbread Lane, the World's Largest Gingerbread Village (Through Monday, January 21) New York Hall of Science, Queens

Andy Warhol Retrospective at the Whitney Reimagines the Iconic Artist (Through Sunday, March 31) Whitney Museum of American Art, Manhattan

2018 Holiday Train Show (Through Sunday, February 3) Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan

Discounted Tickets to 2018 NYC Holiday Train Show (Through Monday, January 21)

Make Yourself a Superhero at the 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Pop-Up (Through Sunday, January 27)

How Technology Will Revolutionize Transportation (Through Sunday, March 31) Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan

2019 MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation (Through Thursday, January 31) The Museum of Modern Art, Manhattan

The 2019 Exponential Performance Festival (Through Sunday, February 3)

Award-Winning 'Rap Guide to Evolution' (Through Friday, February 1)

'Black Power Naps'—Relaxation as a Revolutionary Act (Through Thursday, January 31)

2019 New York Jewish Film Festival (Through Tuesday, January 22)

Free Salvador Dalí Exhibit Tells His Love Story with Gala (Through Saturday, March 9) ACA Galleries, Manhattan

2019 Drama League DirectorFest (Through Monday, January 28)

2019 First Look International Film Festival (Through Monday, January 21) Museum of the Moving Image, Queens

Oscar-Nominated Documentaries (Through Thursday, January 17) IFC Center, Manhattan

The Chocolate Museum & Experience (Through Sunday, February 10)

$9.50 Movie Tickets Nationwide

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Source: http://www.niftynyc.com/2019/01/15/tuesday-january-15-free-nyc-events/

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This Week’s Quarantine Pizza Schedule (Passover Edition)

MONDAY, APRIL 13 3pm ET Pizza Time for Kids: Pizza Flavored Matzah @ Facebook 7:30pm ET Matzah Pizza Making @ Traditional Kitchens TUESDAY, APRIL 14 1pm ET “I Eat Pizza For a Living. Really!” @ Quarantine Academy 8:30pm ET Matzah Pizza Hacks @ Brooklyn Brainery WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 3pm ET Pizza Time for Kids: Next Level Matzah Pizza @ Facebook 8pm ET Pizza History 101 @ Zoom (via Scott’s Pizza Tours) THURSDAY, APRIL 16 8pm ET NYC in 8 Slices @ Zoom (via Scott’s Pizza Tours) FRIDAY, APRIL 17 2pm ET Pizza Making Without an Oven @ Hoboken Public Library’s Facebook SATURDAY, APRIL 18 2pm ET Home Pizza Making Tricks @ Zoom (via Scott’s Pizza Tours)

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Saturday, 1/26 & Sunday, 1/27 : Idiotarod, Winter Jam, Travel Show + 63 More

Today’s Events—Saturday, January 26

2019 New York Times Travel Show—Discounted Tickets (Through Sunday, January 27)

2019 Idiotarod NYC: 15th Annual Costumed Shopping Cart Race Around the City

Live Ice Carving, Puppy Bowl & Winter Sports During Free Central Park Winter Jam 2019 Central Park Bandshell, Manhattan

Backstreet Boys Sony Square, Manhattan

Brooklyn Kitchen Loft Party & Culinary Sale (Through Sunday, January 27) The Brooklyn Kitchen, Brooklyn

Hilarious Brunch Musical + 3 Free Drinks (Through Sunday, April 21)

Tree Identification for Beginners Brooklyn Brainery, Brooklyn

$20 Tickets to 'NEWSical the Musical' (Through Sunday, March 3)

Discounted Drunk Shakespeare Performances (Through Monday, January 28)

'80s & '90s Penthouse Party + Rooftop Igloos with a View of the Empire State Building

NYC 'Game of Thrones' Scavenger Hunt

Molten Glass-Inspired Performances UrbanGlass Studio, Brooklyn

Interactive Mystery Party

Free NYC Party Cruises (Saturdays Through March 30)

$5 to Neil Simon's 'Sweet Charity' Musical (Through Saturday, June 8)

Nifty NYC is supported by community members like you. Share the love & donate to help me maintain the site. Every dollar is appreciated. :)

Tomorrow’s Events—Sunday, January 27

Eataly 12th Anniversary Party with Free Bubbly & Treats Eataly, Manhattan

2019 Oshogatsu New Year's Celebration with Taiko Drummer, Mochi-Making & More Japan Society, Manhattan

'Groundhog Day' Drinking Game Parklife, Brooklyn

'Lets Get Civical' Podcast Launch Party with NPR's Ophira Eisenberg Caveat, Manhattan

Intimate Conversations with Strangers Threes Brewing, Brooklyn

NYC Gospel Music History & Architecture Tours (Sundays Through December 29)

Boy Band-Themed Brunch with Broadway Stars (Sundays Through February 17)

Ending Today

Playcrafting & Microsoft Global Game Jam + Free Drinks (Through Sunday, January 27)

2019 Vogue Knitting LIVE New York (Through Sunday, January 27)

2019 FIAF Animation First Festival (Through Sunday, January 27) French Institute Alliance Française, Manhattan

Make Yourself a Superhero at the 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Pop-Up (Through Sunday, January 27)

$10 Big Apple Circus Tickets (Through Sunday, January 27)

'It’s Alive! Frankenstein at 200' (Through Sunday, January 27) The Morgan Library & Museum, Manhattan

'Harry Potter' Exhibition Brings Rare Manuscripts & Magical Objects to NYC (Through Sunday, January 27) New-York Historical Society, Manhattan

Ongoing

See more ongoing & upcoming NYC events

$7 Admission to the Museum of Sex (Through Sunday, June 30) Museum of Sex, Manhattan

NYC Slavery & Underground Railroad Tours (Through Monday, April 29)

High Line Art Installation Examines Art & Public Space (Through March 2019) The High Line, Manhattan

Discounted Tickets to Interactive M.C. Escher Exhibit in NYC (Through Sunday, February 3)

'Germ City: Microbes and the Metropolis' (Through Sunday, April 28) Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan

'Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power' (Through Sunday, February 3) Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn

Jerome Robbins ('West Side Story') & New York (Through Saturday, March 30) New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium, Manhattan

Cheap Indoor Ice Skating in Brooklyn (Through Saturday, March 30)

'Tablescapes: Designs for Dining' (Through Tuesday, April 16) Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan

Andy Warhol Retrospective at the Whitney Reimagines the Iconic Artist (Through Sunday, March 31) Whitney Museum of American Art, Manhattan

2018 Holiday Train Show (Through Sunday, February 3) Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan

How Technology Will Revolutionize Transportation (Through Sunday, March 31) Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan

2019 MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation (Through Thursday, January 31) The Museum of Modern Art, Manhattan

The 2019 Exponential Performance Festival (Through Sunday, February 3)

Award-Winning 'Rap Guide to Evolution' (Through Friday, February 1)

'Black Power Naps'—Relaxation as a Revolutionary Act (Through Thursday, January 31)

Free Salvador Dalí Exhibit Tells His Love Story with Gala (Through Saturday, March 9) ACA Galleries, Manhattan

2019 Drama League DirectorFest (Through Monday, January 28)

The Chocolate Museum & Experience (Through Sunday, February 10)

$9.50 Movie Tickets Nationwide

'Styles of Resistance'—Streetwear & Urban Fashion, 1970s-Present (Through Sunday, January 24) Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, Brooklyn

2019 Hot Chocolate Festival (Through Sunday, February 3)

$20 Off-Broadway Tickets During 20at20 (Through Sunday, February 10)

2-for-1 Attractions During 2019 NYC Must-See Week (Through Sunday, February 10)

2-for-1 Broadway Tickets (Through Sunday, February 10)

2019 NYC Restaurant Week Deals (Through Friday, February 8)

2019 This Fire This Time Theatre Festival ft. Works by Playwrights of African Descent (Through Sunday, February 3)

Super Cheap Tickets to This Harry Potter-Inspired Play (Through Sunday, March 17)

Central Park Secrets Tours—1/2 Price (Through Sunday, June 30)

Musical History of Booze + 3 Free Drinks (Through Monday, April 29)

2019 FrostFest—Ice Rink Bumper Cars, Igloos & More (Through Sunday, February 3) Bryant Park, Manhattan

Robert Mapplethorpe Retrospective (Through Sunday, January 5) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan

The Most Extensive J.R.R. Tolkien Retrospective In Generations (Through Sunday, May 5) The Morgan Library & Museum, Manhattan

Thunderbird American Indian Dancers 2019 Concert & Pow Wow (Through Sunday, February 3) Theater for the New City, Manhattan

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[anebotoh]

at Brooklyn Brainery

[mysticsam28]

Congratulations to Elisa and Mike on the future baby girl! Can't wait to meet her! #babyshower (at Brooklyn Brainery)

[iceculinary]

MSG: Friend or foe? @bkbrains' Masters of Social Gastronomy (aka @fourpoundsflour and @dangerscarf) are back at ICE on February 27th to debate this much-maligned seasoning — don't miss what is sure to be an enlightening event! Register now at the Brooklyn Brainery website: http://ift.tt/2kO1rB1 #ICEculinary #omgMSG #noreallyOMGMSG via Instagram http://ift.tt/2kWHB9d