reminder (every mon-thurs): the met opera offers 200 orchestra seats for $20 2 hours prior to curtain time. tonight: 'ariadne auf naxos.' >>
thru 2/14: enjoy tasting sessions, seminars, and other sweet things at 'chocolate + i ny' events all week long. many free. >>
thru 2/28: the 18th annual city bakery hot chocolate festival features a different flavor every day this month. on the menu this week: vanilla bean, earl grey tea, moulin rouge, tropical, bourbon, milk chocolate >>
6pm: historian/author david freeland discusses manhattan's long-gone nightlife in his 'automats, taxi dances and vaudeville: excavating manhattan’s lost places of leisure' @ nypl mid-manhattan, free >>
6:30pm (+2/11): electronic documentary twofer! 'the delian mode' explores the life of delia derbyshire ('doctor who' theme,) plus 'the future is not what it used to be' about finnish scientist and musician erkki kurenniemi. the wyoming building. part of the unsound festival, free >>
7pm: tonight's moth storyslam! theme: 'love hurts'... 10 stories, 3 teams of judges, 1 winner. housing works crosby st, $7 >>
7:30pm: mitch horowitz ('occult america') looks at the history of esoteric spirituality in new york (edgar allan poe, the 'poughkeepsie seer,' more) at tonight's open city dialogue. pete's candy store, free >>
7:30pm: antonino d'ambrosio tells the story of the making of johnny cash and peter lafarge's 'bitter tears: ballads of the american indian.' with music from anthony roman + david milone (radio 4) and anthony rizzo. greenlight bookstore, free >>
8pm (+ 2/15): foreplays = fullstop collective's evening of theater, short films, and live music on the topic of foreplay. galapagos, $15 >>
9pm: mercury bar east hosts free movie night mondays with free popcorn + open bar 9-10pm. tonight: 'the big lebowski' >>
sales, deals, freebies
2-6:30pm: get 2 pop burgers for just 88¢ (reg $7) @ pop burger midtown >>
thru 2/28: 20+ off broadway shows offer 2-for-1 tickets ('a lie of the mind,' 'the scottsboro boys', 'avenue q,' 'venus in fur,' more) >>
brokelyn's fab new coupon book is filled with offers for 25 beers for just a buck each (bell house, black rabbit, brooklyn bowl, brooklyn brewery, sidecar, sycamore, more). $25 >>
reminder: online food delivery service seamlessweb is giving away 150,000 cups of free coffee all over manhattan this month. this week: midtown west >>
groupon alert! get $15 of credit at new york burger co. for $7 >>
thru 2/28: get eyeglass frames from furla, etro, givenchy, more for just $25 with purchase of prescription lenses at optyx by gruen >>
yeasayer's new 'odd blood' is $3.99 today only on amazon >>
free mp3: hot chip's new 'take it in' >>
free mp3s: alvin and the squirrels 'a fella in the white coat' + 'the fliff' >>
