thru 2/6: the manhattan vintage clothing show comes to the metropolitan pavilion, $20 >>
11am-4pm: play in the snow (looks like there's gonna be plenty), learn how to ski and snowboard at central park's winter jam. free. >>
2-5pm: trade your unwanted art books at moma's art book swap. free >>
5pm: dave tompkins discusses 'the history of the vocoder: how popular music hijacked the pentagon's speech scrambling weapon' @ the wyoming building. part of the unsound festival, free >>
5-11pm: the brooklyn museum's free first saturday celebrates black history month with bands, screenings, a mardi-gras dance party, more! >>
6:30pm: opening reception for exhibit 'metal mad: an army of artists paying homage to heavy metal,' giant robot gallery, free >>
7pm: the boozy singers of opera on tap return to barbes, $10 suggested donation >>
8pm (thurs-sat thru 2/27): the debate society presents 'you're welcome,' a cycle of 5 bad short plays. most likely very good. the brick theater, $18. >>
8:30pm: catch electro-poppers class actress at their ep release party @ glasslands before they open for yeasayer @ mhow 2/9, $10 >>
9pm: the 90’s live at the 'totally freakin' awesome' 90's variety show. followed by a dance party to make you sweat. the house of yes, $10-20 (sliding scale). >>
9pm: emily easterly and mary page bring their guitar strummin' and bands to spike hill, free >>
11pm: a sold out show at the mhow won't slow hot chip down from bringing a dj set/after party (with live performance from we are wolves) to brooklyn bowl. $10 >>
midnight: quentin tarantino's 'reservoir dogs' (1992) screens at landmark sunshine, $9.99 >>
sunday
10:45am: take a nice, long walk from downtown's bowling green park to 215th st's inwood hill park with other like-minded folks from new york couchsurfers >>
2:30pm: learn to grow your own nutritious sprouts in a hemp bag in just 4-6 days with minimal effort. really! vox pop, free. >>
3:30pm: galapagos's pre-game show features the ladies of sugar shack burlesque, $5 >>
4pm: city winery will sport a 150-inch screen, an all-day happy hour, a special food menu, plus all attendees are entered to win vip tickets to see the music of the who tribute at carnegie hall 3/2 ($500 value) free >>
5pm: (le) poisson rouge will serve up $10-14 pitchers, $5 cajun tots, $8 jumbo hot wings, and more while you watch the action on their 12-foot screen >>
5:30-6:30pm: delmonico's restaurant wins our hearts while clogging our arteries with free buttermilk fried chicken, double-fried french fries and stella pints before the game. yes, all free. >>
7:30pm: puppeteers present original pieces inspired by live country music the tank, $7 >>
check time out's full guide for other pigskin lovin' events >>
