💖 25+ valentine’s-themed events (thru saturday):

► tues 7pm: the science of relationships: hacking your love life with research at qed (astoria). $8. >>

► tues 8pm doors: sweet comedy show: ‘sweet valentine’ edition with host seth herzog. chelsea music hall, save 50% with promo code ‘love’ >>

► weds thru fri (various times): casablanca in 35mm at village east by angelika. $21. >>

► weds 7:30pm: debbie chou + friends sing breakup songs at qed (astoria). $10. >>

► weds 8pm: meg smith’s galentine’s party at c’mon everybody (bed-stuy). $14.84. >>

► thurs 6:30pm: the city reading series: ‘all forms of love’ edition at p+t knitwear bookstore (les). $5 admission can be applied towards a featured book or any item in the café. >>

► thurs 7-10pm: hot + fresh burlesque: valentine’s edition at house of yes (bushwick). $11.50. >>

► thurs 10pm: planet yes: kiss + tell sapphic galentine’s party with whitney day at the onyx room at house of yes (bushwick). free with rsvp. >>

► fri (various times): love in times square: weddings, vow renewals, surprise proposals, and more. free admission. >>

► fri (various times): a night at the paris: valentine’s day screenings of casablanca and amélie at the paris theater (midtown). $17 general, $15 seniors/students/people with disabilities. >>

► fri 7pm: vocabaret linguistic variety show: ‘dating games’ edition at caveat (les). $15 with promo code ‘caveatorb’ (reg $20 adv, $25 door). >>

► fri 7pm: footlight’s annual palentine’s day party: candy, crafts + romcoms at footlight underground at the windjammer (ridgewood). $10 suggested donation. >>

► fri 7pm + 10pm: doll parts ‘heartbreak’: a dolly parton cover band experience at the sultan room (bushwick). $25.14. >>

► fri 7-10pm: valentine’s day fight night: drag queen wrestling, burlesque, and vendors at strong rope brewery (red hook). free admission. >>

► fri 8pm: young hot sluts: a matchmaking game show with comedian carly ann filbin at littlefield (gowanus). save $5 with promo code ‘yhs’. >>

► fri 8pm: why are you single? a dating game show with comedian marie faustin at the bell house (gowanus). $25.05. >>

► fri 8pm-late: wild at heart: rubulad’s valentine’s day party at rubulad (bushwick). $18 adv, $25 door. >>

► fri 9pm: cheap therapy comedy show by hoes with feelings hosts melissa rich and karolena theresa at arlo soho. $12.51 2-for-1 promo (reg. $20 each). >>

► fri 9pm-3am: weeb adjacent’s one-year anniversary cosplay rave at wonderville (bushwick). $10. >>

► fri 10pm-2am: not my slutty valentine’s day dance party at littlefield (gowanus). a limited number of tickets are available for $5 off with promo code ‘notmy5’ >>

► fri 10pm-late: soul connection black love valentine’s day party at nowadays (bushwick). $25+ general admission, $10-15 with rsvp. >>

► fri 10:30pm: the devil’s eyes presents: a valentine’s day cabaret at sleepwalk (bushwick). $14.73 adv, $15 door. >>

► sat 4pm: perfume room presents: smells like love – a dating show where the nose does the picking with comedian, matchmaker, and perfume expert emma vernon at caveat (les). a limited number of $20 tickets are available with promo code ‘skint20’ (reg. $25 adv, $30 door). >>

► sat 5-7pm: blind date with a book at yu + me books (chinatown). free admission. >>

► sat 7pm: 26th annual love hangover: duos singing songs of love in all forms with joan as police woman, wesley stace, jenny toomey, richard alwyn, jessie kilguss, tammy faye starlite, lenny zenith, and many more at berlin (east village). $17.45 adv, $20 day of. >>

► sat 8pm: i love you but: a comedy show about love and marriage with hosts (and married couple) casey james salengo and courtney maginnis. the gutter spare room (williamsburg), $10. >>

► sat 8:30pm: improvised erotic thriller with improv group help me i’m drowning at brooklyn comedy collective pig pen (williamsburg). $10 adv, $15 day of. >>

► sat 9pm-3am: gemini + scorpio presents: meet me in paris – a clandestine cabaret at gemini + scorpio loft (gowanus). $25 general, $10 after 12:30am. >>

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Myrtle Avenue Restaurant Week is back!

Beginning February 15, savor the flavors and experience the culinary journey that awaits on Myrtle Avenue. 15 restaurants in Fort Greene & Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, are offering exclusive 3-course dining deals at price points for every budget. For $25, $35 or $45, taste cuisines from Northern France to Cambodia, Italy to Nepal, and everywhere in between. Not only will you enjoy an affordable and delicious dining experience, but you’ll also be supporting the local small businesses that make Myrtle Avenue thrive!

Participating Restaurants: Castro’s – 511 Myrtle | Glin Thai Bistro – 330 Myrtle | Lula Mae – 472 Myrtle | Mint Heights – 368 Myrtle | Myrtle Thai – 438 Myrtle | Neno’s – 499 Myrtle | Osteria Brooklyn – 458 Myrtle | Putnam’s Pub –419 Myrtle | Rosticceria Evelina – 455 Myrtle | Somethin’ On Myrtle – 503 Myrtle | Spice & Grill – 441 Myrtle | Third Falcon – 360 Myrtle | U-GU – 541 Myrtle | Yamashiro – 468 Myrtle | Zhong Zhong Noodles – 154 Adelphi

Saturday, February 15 – Sunday, March 2. Discover the restaurants, menus, & more at myrtleavenue.org/restaurantweek2025

tuesday

tues 12:30pm: ice theatre of new york: 2024-25 city skate pop-up performances: professional ice dance company ice theatre of new york brings a series of short, free performances to public outdoor rinks through the season. today: bryant park. >>

tues 7pm: almost hot: a solo comedy show: in 2015, cailin lowry received a facebook message from a stranger calling her ‘almost hot.’ a decade later, her fun and introspective solo comedy show dissects and debates the pervasive yet underexplored cultural concept of hotness. $13.61 with promo code ‘hottie’ (reg. $18.76 adv, $20 door). >>

tues 7:30pm: daniel ficarri at the great organ: the cathedral church of saint john the divine (morningside heights) celebrates the return of its restored great organ with free performances this month. tonight, cathedral associate director of music and organist daniel ficarri explores the rich trove of american music with works by samuel barber, aaron copland, philip glass, and more. free with rsvp. >>

wednesday

weds thru 3/23: christo and jeanne-claude: the gates and unrealized projects for new york city: the shed (chelsea/midtown west) presents an immersive exhibition marking the 20th anniversary of christo and jeanne-claude’s landmark central park public art project, the gates. the exhibition includes original drawings, scale models, and elements from the gates and unrealized projects, presented alongside an immersive imagery and multimedia. choose-what-you-pay admission ($10 suggested). >>

weds 6pm: andré aciman: roman year: andré aciman, author of call me by your name and distinguished professor of comparative literature at the cuny graduate center, presents his memoir, roman year, in conversation with j. mae barizo, chair of the undergraduate writing program and assistant professor of multi-genre writing at the new school. the new school’s wollman hall (union square), free admission. >>

weds 6pm: sick houses: haunted homes and the architecture of dread: leila taylor, author of darkly: black history and america’s gothic soul, launches her new book, sick houses: haunted homes and the architecture of dread, at barrow’s intense tasting room (industry city). through film, television, and literature, the book examines the architecture of haunted houses, uncanny domestic spaces, and how the horror genre subverts and distorts the sanctity of home. free admission. >>

weds 6:30pm (monthly): hush hour: a silent book club: bring (or buy) a book, grab a chair, beanbag, cushion, or bench, and get cozy for an hour of quiet reading—followed by 30 minutes of optional socializing with fellow book lovers at kensington’s lofty pigeon books. bonus: attendees can save 10% on store purchases. free admission. >>

sponsored: weds 7pm: selected shorts: a century of fiction in the new yorker: selected shorts honors the vibrant tradition of short fiction published by the new yorker, which this month celebrates its hundredth anniversary. this special evening, hosted by the magazine’s longtime editor, deborah treisman, features a talented ensemble of actors, including ann harada (schmigadoon!), fred hechinger (gladiator ii), cynthia nixon (the gilded age), and liev schreiber (ray donovan), who will bring to life a selection of iconic stories from the magazine’s century-long history. each reading is taken from a century of fiction in the new yorker, a newly published anthology that will be available for purchase at the event. skint readers can get a $21 ticket using code: tny >>

weds 7pm (monthly): fantastic fiction: the speculative-fiction reading series at kgb bar (east village), hosted by editor ellen datlow and writer matthew kressel, welcomes clay mcleod chapman (wake up and open your eyes) and rebecca fraimow (lady eve’s last con). free admission. >>

weds 7pm: cinema smootaphilia: crash: ensemble erotic (ann courtney on vocals, dave smoota smith on casio, jerome jordan on guitar, and jeremy kay on bass) perform a live, original soundtrack to crash, david cronenberg’s 1996 ‘auto-erotic’ film starring james spader, holly hunter, deborah kara unger, rosanna arquette, and elias koteas. tv eye (ridgewood), $15. >>

weds 7:30pm: we have fun: a stand-up show: hosts zach sims and dan wilbur bring the fun-ny to young ethel’s (park slope), with stand-up by guests myq kaplan (fallon), beth rowe (netflix), ryan rummel (jokenoise), and jay elliot (comedy fight club). free admission. >>

weds 8pm (monthly): mortified: you’re not the only one who had an awkward phase. from journals to angsty poetry to home movies, adults share their most embarrassing childhood artifacts at the mortified storytelling show. littlefield (gowanus), $12 adv, $15 day of. >>

weds 8pm: my kinda night! a queer variety show: billie bullock and sarah creamin’ onion host an evening filled with drag, cabaret, sideshow, comedy, and more at medusa brooklyn (east williamsburg). featuring: alvah klempt, tiffani monroe, jenny matthews, and john f. o’donnell. free admission (bring $ to tip the performers). >>

thursday

thurs 6:30pm: last seen: the enduring search by formerly enslaved people to find their lost families: presented in connection with center for brooklyn history’s exhibition ‘trace/s: family history research and the legacy of slavery in brooklyn,’ historian judith giesberg discusses her book last seen: the enduring search by formerly enslaved people to find their lost families, which draws from nearly 5,000 ‘information wanted’ ads and letters placed in newspapers by former slaves after 1865. columbia university historian stephanie mccurry (confederate reckoning: power and politics in the civil war south) joins. center for brooklyn history (brooklyn heights), free admission. >>

thurs 6:30pm: the harlem chamber players’ 17th annual black history month celebration: the schomburg center for research in black culture presents the harlem chamber players’ 17th annual black history month celebration, hosted by terrance mcknight and featuring performances by candice hoyes, akua dixon, candice hoyes, and more. free admission (note: the rsvp list is full, but there will be a stand-by line). >>

thurs 7pm: oops! all oscar monologues: over a dozen comedians seize the mic and deliver the opening monologues that they would give if they were hosting the oscars this year. hosted by chandler dean. ucb (east village), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>

thurs 8:30pm doors (monthly): comedy ugly: a comedy strip show: comedians reveal more than just punchlines at comedy ugly, a standup show where performers remove an article of clothing between jokes. featuring: julianna dudley, igor martinez, and misha han. hosted by alysia hush, marisa riley, and kim dinaro. easy lover (east williamsburg), free admission. >>

thurs 8pm (monthly): savage! comedy show: savage comedy returns to logan’s run in park slope. hosted by lizzie martinez, melissa rocha, nonye brown-west, and chloé chunha, tonight’s show includes standup by alex bradby (astigmatism comedy), grant yanney (vice;and), j. smitty (comedy central), gabe pachecho (funhouse comedy), seynique smythe, and geneva rust-orta. (bonus: rsvp for a chance to win a free drink. free admission. >>

thurs 8:45pm: the slumber party massacre: drag artist miss malice presents a screening of 1982 cult slasher film the slumber party massacre, featuring a live pre-show drag performance by miss malice and guests andie dleaze, didi opulence, and divina gransparkle. slumber party attire encouraged. nitehawk cinema prospect park, $22. >>

ongoing

our roundup of 30+ ongoing events and attractions: lunar new year celebrations, ice skating, and more. >>

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– the skint