saturday
11am-6pm: the people’s market nyc, a new market of makers and collectors, opens with a pre-valentine’s day assembly of 30 local vendors, plus a photo booth, dj sets and more. house of yes (bushwick), free admission. >>color>
11am-11pm: you’re already feeling the bern, but now you can see it, too: a bernie sanders-inspired art show and fundraiser comes to brooklyn and features the work of some 50 artists, along with performances by a marching band and a gospel choir, plus free health care by an on-site registered nurse. brooklyn wayfarers (bushwick), free. >>color>
12pm, 2pm: cupid’s undie run: run through the streets in your undies! for charity! party @ 12pm (participants only, registration fee/donations required), run time 2pm (spectators, free to gawk). starts at stage 48 (hell’s kitchen). >>color>
12-5pm: sip ‘n shop at dusty rose vintage (greenpoint), with free bubbly, haute chocolate tastings, typed poems by the haiku guys, and 25% off your purchase. >>color>
12-6pm: more than 20 cruelty-free vendors sell baked goods, hot dogs, grilled cheese, skin care products and more at the vegan shop-up market’s v-day pop up. pine box rock shop (bushwick), free admission (under 21 must be accompanied by a parent of guardian). >>color>
1pm: treat yo’ self to a galentine’s day tour and tasting at liddabit sweets’s industry city candy-making facility, with brunchy beverages and discounts on purchases. $18 (advance purchase recommended). >>color>
1-3pm (+ 2/22): brooklyn based’s wedding crashers wedding fair returns 3/13, but you can check out their wedding band showcases twice this month. today, ‘a bootleggers tea party’ with music by baby soda jazz band and the tribute string quartet, plus free small bites. the landing at industry city, free with rsvp. >>color>
1-5pm: see glassblowing demos, talk to artists and tour 17,000 sq. ft. of studio space at fort greene’s urbanglass open house (free admission). make-your-own glass flower and kiln-formed sun catcher sessions are also available ($20-65). >>color>
sponsored 2pm: open the door to a creative staycation at the new school’s parsons school of design and eugene lang college of liberal arts summer programs open house. >>color>
canceled due to extreme cold, irony.
3-7pm: it certainly will be cold enough for central park’s fifth annual ice festival, where master ice carvers from okamoto studio will hack away at 6,000 pounds of ice and you can dance during a silent disco party. food trucks will have treats and grub available for purchase as well. naumburg bandshell (mid-park from 66th to 72nd sts.), free admission.
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4pm, 10pm: hoverboards still aren’t real, so go back to the past and dance the night away like it’s 1955 at the enchantment under the sea dance party, videology’s back to the future themed event. early happy hour goes 4-8pm, with live music kicking in at 10pm. $20. >>color>
6-8pm: enjoy your galentine’s day with a bit of complimentary mionetto prosecco at the sons of essex bar (les). >>color>
6-11pm: ekg’s second annual all hallows’ valentine eve party kicks off a large group art show of small-sized dark art. con artist (les), free. >>color>
7pm: improvisers and their real-life valentines who don’t do comedy for a living perform at ucb (east village). $5. >>color>
7:30pm: carly ann filbin hosts a comical dating show that’s fit for the cynical singleton (or questioning couple), let me break you up: an anti-dating game show, where a series of games will test the strength of real couples’ partnerships. the losing couple ‘has’ to break up! new location: pete’s candy store, $5 suggested donation. >>color>
7:30pm doors, 8pm show: at your love, our musical, rebecca vigil and evan kaufman interview a real couple in the audience to create a completely improvised musical with a full band. littlefield (gowanus), $10 adv, $12 dos. >>color>
8pm (+ 2/21): the bowery electric becomes an opium den for the cave: a folk opera, winner of ‘best first play’ and ‘the encore producer’s award’ at the 2014 fringe festival. free. >>color>
8pm: the string orchestra of brooklyn presents brahms’s violin concerto, beethoven’s grosse fuge, and a piece by timo andres. st. ann and the holy trinity church (brooklyn heights). $15 general, $10 students/seniors. >>color>
8pm doors, 8:30pm show (weekly): bring an old trophy, a souvenir shot glass, your sticker collection, or anything with a story for a shot at winning $20 cash at the show/tell show, a night of stand-up comedy and show + tell. tonight’s performers include aaron glaser, zane golia, conrad roth, nick lewis, bret raybould, and niles turner. hosted by jennie sutton. over the eight (williamsburg), free. >>color>
9pm (biweekly): the human citizen comedy show, hosted by koshin egal, features performances by lauren vino (mtv news), jeffrey joseph (comedy central), jim search, daniel simonsen, and rachel lenihan. art cafe and bar (prospect heights), free. >>color>
9pm: party throwers gemini + scorpio celebrate 13 years with their annual meet me in paris: a clandestine cabaret, an evening of live music, burlesque, magic, absinthe, tarot readings and more. themed dress required. gowanus location revealed with rsvp, $20 until 1am, $10 after. >>color>
9:30pm: pump your fists lovingly at the love bites: power ballad sing-along, featuring two hours of pro- and anti- love ballad music videos from the 80s + 90s, plus an air guitar competition, costume contest, themed drinks, and free v-day candy. union hall (park slope), $10. >>color>
10pm-12:30am: at ‘the resort’, artists kerry lessard and robert hickerson restage vintage golden age postcards, and display paintings, photographs and videos that compare an idealized past to the reality of the present with a live score by anders nils. the hollows artspace (bushwick), free. >>color>
10:30pm (monthly): gas station horror: host j. w. crump shows 30-second scenes from b-horror films purchased from gas stations and bodegas, which are then finished by improvisors. plus, giveaways, raffles, and trivia. the pit (flatiron), $10. >>color>
10:30pm (weekly): check out a valentine’s day massacre from ‘the cast’, a theatrical improv show that features an entirely made-up play that alternates between the on-stage production and backstage performer drama. magnet theater (chelsea), $10. >>color>
10:30pm: don your canadian tuxedo for the denim disco, a denim-themed party that includes the chance to donate your old blues to the blue jeans go green recycling program. jeromes (les), free. >>color>
11pm: horrorchata presents be cute be mine, ‘a dance party for homos and aliens from outer space.’ littlefield (gowanus), $5 adv or before midnight, $10 otherwise. >>color>
midnight: dance to songs about love, robots, cell phones, computers and other electronic things at the digital love dance party, spun by djs brian blackout and doctor mister (feeling gloomy, ydh2s). union hall (park slope), free. >>color>
midnight-ish movies:
breakfast at tiffany’s @ landmark sunshine. $10. >>color>
cabin fever @ ifc. $14. >>color>
misery @ nitehawk cinema. $11. >>color>
sid + nancy @ videology. $5. >>color>
sixteen candles @ ifc. $14. >>color>
the man with the golden gun @ ifc. $14. >>color>
the shining @ ifc. $14. >>color>
videodrome @ ifc. $14. >>color>
ends saturday: (dis) connected and erase your ex’ double features: her + lars and the real girl and eternal sunshine of the spotless mind + forgetting sarah marshall. syndicated (bushwick), $5. >>color>
sunday
12pm: sunday sessions at moma ps1 (lic) presents valium valentine, a 6-hour musical collaboration between songwriter/producer andrew wyatt and artist sarah ortmeyer, who’ll be joined by guest musicians including charli xcx. $15. >>color>
1pm (sundays): take a boozy greenpoint beer + ale co. tour with four .2 litre tastes. $15. >>color>
1pm: celebrate the year of the monkey at the 17th annual chinatown lunar new year parade + festival. free. >>color>
2pm, 4:30pm, 7pm, 9:30pm: bogart! hepburn! holden! bamcinématek screens billy wilder’s 1954 romantic comedy, sabrina. $10 matinee, $14 other times. >>color>
3pm: author, editor, and historical tour guide marie carter tells tales of love gone wrong from nyc history. q.e.d.(astoria), $10. >>color>
3pm: the north/south chamber orchestra continues its 36th season of free concerts at christ and st. stephen’s church (uws). >>color>
4-10pm (monthly): the second sunday open studios at red hook’s pioneer works features site-specific installations, open studios, performances, live music, djs and more. $10 suggested donation. >>color>
6pm: a few hundred love birds renew their wedding vows at a ceremony on the red steps of times square’s duffy square. free. >>color>
7pm: 11 local bands cover the best of the worst love songs at tonight’s edition of sunday sounds. 61 local (cobble hill), $8. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show (monhtly): writer/sex educator lux alptraum teams up with comedians to take a tour of classic sex education videos for the wonderful world of boning: sex ed with a sense of humor show. union hall (park slope). $8. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show: hear fast and funny tales of heartbreak from almost 20 comedians and storytellers at jon friedman’s annual valentine’s day rejection show: aparna nancherla, myq kaplan, matt koff, giulia rozzi, lane moore, slena coppock, reformed whores, and more. littlefield (gowanus), $10 adv, $12 dos. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show: ‘unloveable’: the smiths/morrissey tribute band the sons + heirs and doug gillard (nada surf, guided by voices) play their annual valentine’s day show that this year includes a video tribute to david bowie. author rob sheffield (love is a mix tape, talking to girls about duran duran) hosts. the bell house (gowanus), $15 adv, $20 dos. >>color>
7pm doors, 8pm show: the love show dancers present the annual go f♥ck yourself! titillating valentine’s day performance extravaganza, a ‘rollicking, rocking evening of dance, circus, burlesque, magic and song, delving into all the heart’s desires’. the slipper room, $10. >>color>
7:30pm: laura lane and angela spera perform comedic sketches inspired by their new humor and advice book, this is why you’re single. q.e.d. (astoria), $5. >>color>
7:30pm: spend v-day with the complicated relationship between hannibal lecter and clarise starling at sva theatre’s free 25th-anniversary screening of jonathan demme’s the silence of the lambs (1991). >>color>
8pm: all babeland locations stay open late to celebrate v-day with complimentary wine and chocolate to fuel your adult toy/supply shopping. free. >>color>
8pm (weekly): the if you build it comedy show with guest host tim dillon includes performances by mike recine (conan), jacqueline novak (james corden), marlena rodriguez (unbreakable kimmy schmidt writer), mike cannon, chris laker, joyelle johnson, and max rosenblum. ucb (east village), $5. >>color>
8pm: nuthin’ but love songs and slow jams and lady djs at the i love vinyl valentine’s day party. tba brooklyn (williamsburg), $5 before 9pm w/ passphrase ‘til the cops come knockin’, $10 otherwise. >>color>
9pm: 20 ladies put on ‘vagina valentines’, a parody character showcase inspired by the vagina monologues. the pit (flatiron), $5. >>color>
9pm-4am: bloodsuckers and other creatures of the night take over slake (midtown west) for the endless night anti-valentine’s masque vampire ball. $20 adv ($35 for couples). >>color>
10pm: electronic composer jg thirlwell and experimental guitarist sarah lipstate collaborate at national sawdust. $15. >>color>
10pm: members of cro-mags, ramones, murphy’s law and more play a motorhead tribute at the bowery electric (bowery). $10. >>color>
all weekend
11am-10pm sat + sun: say yes to ice cream in winter and buy-one-get-one free at egloo, a new waffle cone shop opening in chinatown. >>color>
11am-7pm sat + sun: bring home your new furry best friend for just $25 at the best friends animal society pop-up adoption event. 159 bleecker st. (greenwich village). >>color>
1-3:30pm sat, 12:30-3pm sun: 12 teams from around the country give free performances in public spaces around manhattan and brooklyn for the 31st annual half moon new york sword dance festival. >>color>
8pm sat, 7pm sun (ends sun): a bloody comic book comes alive onstage at radiohole’s tarzana, the story of a guilt-ridden superman, two non blondes, an architect of terror and more surreal mayhem. collaboratively written with screenwriter jason grote (mad men). $15 splash zone seats, $25 general admission. >>color>
ends sunday: get up close and personal with soloweek redux, a weekend-long festival of solo storytelling shows about cats, apartment searches, third grade teachers, phone sex operators and more. the tank (theater district), $10. >>color>
thru 2/16: the 44th annual dance on camera festival features 20 feature films, 36 shorts, and more revolving around ballet, jazz, contemporary jazz and even trapeze. filmmakers and dancers will do q+a at select screenings. film society of lincoln center (uws), $14 general, $11 students/seniors, plus seven free programs. >>color>
thru 2/18: the ‘bestial’ ever have: film forum (west village) screens jean cocteau’s beauty and the beast (1946). $14. >>color>
thru 8/21: the cooper-hewitt design triennial exhibition, ‘beauty,’ features 250+ works of extravagance, intricacy, transgression and emergence by 63 designers from around the globe. $18 general, $12 seniors, $9 students. >>color>
check our website for ongoing events. >>color>
ticket deals
get tickets to blood manor’s bloody valentine’s haunted house thru for $16-25 (plus ticket fees, reg. $30-45). >>color>
get free tickets to the art on paper art fair at pier 36 3/4-6 (plus ticket fees, reg. $25). >>color>
get free tickets to the annual new york green festival at the jacob k. javits center 4/15-17 (plus ticket fees, reg. $10-19). >>color>
get tickets to mike birbiglia’s thank god for jokes at culture project’s lynn redgrave theater 2/16-3/10 for $25+ (plus ticket fees, reg. $56.50+). >>color>
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