We’re new to New York, really excited to be here and to be working with kids and adults in such an energetic place, and somewhat surprised at how welcoming the city seems.
This winter we are running a number of weekend and after-school classes and workshops while we work on building our community workshop/hackerspace/drop-in afterschool center/coworking space for kids and adults – 555brooklyn. We’re also particularly interested in getting to know and working with the home-, un-, and de-schooling communities in the area.
Presently our classes and workshops are either held in our little workspace at the Doorway, a cooperatively-run residence in Brooklyn, or at Bug Labs in Manhattan. Bug produces an open-source hardware development platform and is incredibly generous in offering its space and resources to the local community, in part through their test kitchen program.
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upcoming!
brooklyn inventgenuity festival)
when: Saturday, February 20, 11am-5pm
where: The Invisible Dog – 51 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11 201
who: kids and parents, all ages
cost: free!
Presented by Beam Camp, a sleepaway summer camp run by incredibly competent and creative friends of ours, the Brooklyn Inventgenuity Festival brings kids and their parents together with artists and big thinkers in a full weekend of hands-on making and building workshops and demonstrations. Girls and boys aged 6-17 and their parents can make amazing things out of electricity, fabric, wood, dirt, food and other materials, join in a signature Beam Camp Project, set individual and group World Records and learn the art of fixing common household objects.
For more information, or to register, visit http://bklyninventgenuityfest.eventbrite.com/
yeast and mold! (making mozzerella and bread)
when: Saturday, March 13, 1-4
where: the Doorway, 210 23rd Street, #1, Brooklyn, NY
who: all ages
cost: $25,suggested, sliding scale
Yeast and mold! Gluten and fermentation! During this workshop we’ll make bread, stretch cheese, and learn a bit about culture and bacteria (why does bread rise? what makes sourdough sour? what happens if you let the milk in the fridge curdle for too long?) And when we’re done, we’ll eat the experiment!
Open to kids of all ages – this workshop is clearly not vegan, but you should probably let us know ahead of time if you have weird food allergies.
For more information, or to register, visit http://www.eventbrite.com/event/559606799/
lights! sensors! motors! computers! (introduction to digital electronics, aka Arduino 101)
when: 5 Sessions – 3/1 - 3/29, 4:00pm-6:00pm
where: the Doorway, 210 23rd Street, #1, Brooklyn, NY
who: kids, 10ish-15ish
cost: $100 ($20/session), suggested, sliding scale
Using the Arduino, we’ll design and prototype circuits with breadboards and program them with c, tools commonly used by professional engineers today, and take the circuits we make and embed them in “interactive objects”.
From arduino.cc : “Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.”
for more information, or to register, visit http://www.eventbrite.com/event/559622847
hands-on electronics (analog circuits 101)
when: 4 sessions – wednesdays, 3/3-3/31, no class on 3/17
where: the Doorway, 210 23rd Street, #1, Brooklyn, NY
who: kids, 9ish-12ish
cost: $100 ($25 per session, including materials) suggested, sliding scale
No one is too young to start mixing art, science, and engineering!
Using the basic components of analog circuits and some simple mechanical engineering we’ll build a series of fun and interesting devices – drawing machines, color changing light art, a remote controlled “bug”, a motion detector. Along the way we’ll familiarize ourselves with the fundamental principles of electricity and learn to use the tools we need to build basic circuits.
for more information, or to register, please vist: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/569627772
brewing beer (that you’re proud to give to your sober friends)
when: 3/6, 1:00pm-5:00pm
where: the Doorway, 210 23rd Street, #1, Brooklyn, NY
who: over 21!
cost: $40, suggested, sliding scale
Brewing beer at home is easy to do pretty well and hard to do perfectly. It provides relatively immediate satisfaction and rewards patience. Like cooking, it can be both creative and rigorous, and is usually a little bit of both. We’ll go over all of the basic equipment you need to start brewing in your home and walk through all of the steps involved in making a 5 gallon batch. We’ll taste, touch, and smell everything we can and talk about brewing history and beer styles. And we’ll sit back, relax, and have a homebrew.
for more information, or to register, visit http://www.eventbrite.com/event/559629868
Computer Programming 101 (graphics and interactivity)
when: 4/3 and 4/4, 1:00pm-4:00pm
where: the Doorway, 210 23rd Street, #1, Brooklyn, NY
who: kids 10ish-15ish
cost: $50, suggested, sliding scale
Using the Processing program language (a “dialect” of Java), we will learn about the basic concepts of writing software and computation – variables, logical control structures (loops, conditionals), functions, and objects, by playing with and modifying a series of interesting and fun example programs based exploring graphics and interactivity.
From processing.org: “Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and professional production tool.”
for more information, or to register, visit http://www.eventbrite.com/event/559635886
build your own superhero supplies!
when: 4 sessions, Wednesdays, April 14-May 5, 6-8 p.m.
where: 826NYC,372 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
who: kids, 10ish-15ish
cost: free, $20 deposit required
Laser blasters! Light sabers! Motion detectors! Superpowers are one thing, but any self- respecting superhero needs some gadgets on hand too. We’ll spend four sessions taking things apart and putting them back together – learning what makes things blink, why motors spin, how sensors work, why tripwires set off alarms, and designing our very own superhero equipment to fight the forces of evil. [NOTE: This workshop will be held at 826NYC and will include a writing component]
Registration for this has not opened yet, but when it does it will be through 826 at www.826nyc.org/programming/workshops/.
Interested in past events? Check out our fall events to see else we’ve been up to.