thru 2/28: the 18th annual city bakery hot chocolate festival features a different flavor every day this month. being served this week: vietnamese cinnamon, hi ho pistachio, milk chocolate, darkest dark chocolate, creamy stout >>
7pm: writers marion meade and kevin fitzgerald discuss the life and work of the dorothy parker, @ b+n 86th + lex, free >>
7:30pm: you ain't done with this love business yet- the love hangover features musicians performing duets at this post-valentine's showcase. union hall, $12 >>
8pm: julliard's axiom new-music ensemble performs a program of finnish composers saariaho and lindberg. peter jay sharp theater, free >>
8pm: foreplays = fullstop collective's evening of theater, short films, and live music on the topic of foreplay. galapagos, $15 >>
8pm: holly miranda plays songs from her new album for an intimate in-store appearance at other music, free >>
9pm: mercury bar east hosts free movie night mondays with free popcorn + open bar 9-10pm. tonight: 'rocky horror picture show' >>
8pm: daft punk tribute outfit daffed punkz perform at europa, $10 >>
coming up
registration for the 2nd 'semester' of brooklyn brainery's classes (starting 3/15) is now open: applied meteorology, modern poetry, paper arts, intro to gardening, the history and application of makeup, meat! $25 >>
2/16 7:30pm: the desk set throws a fat tuesday fundraiser to buy books for kids at nola’s tureaud school: abita veer, king cake, nawlins tuneage + raffle to win tix to a secret 4/1 walkmen show. daddy's (wbg), free >>
2/16 5pm: $20 gets you an all-you-can-eat fat tuesday buffet of crawfish and jambalaya, a free hurricane and live music at delta grill >>
sales, deals, freebies
get one free chocolate with an order of four from brooklyn's rescue chocolate (use code 'resc4') thru 2/17. 100% of profits go to animal rescue groups. >>
groupon alert! get $6 worth of fresh fare and drinks maoz vegetarian for $3. valid at all 4 locations. >>
reminder: online food delivery service seamlessweb is giving away 150,000 cups of free coffee all over manhattan this month. this week: the upper east and west sides >>
get $10 admission to the coffee + tea festival on 2/20 or 21 (reg $22) >>
bring a friend to the rubin museum of art for free with purchase of one regular admission ($10) thru 12/31 (coupon) >>
reminder (every mon-thurs): the met opera offers 200 orchestra seats for $20 2 hours prior to performances. tonight- 'ariadne auf naxos' >>
11 best ways to watch the 2010 vancouver winter olympics for free online >>
panasonic dmp-bd70v blu-ray/dvd/cd/vhs multimedia player for $139.99 (reg $399) today only at amazon >>
free mp3: sharon jones + the dap kings 'i learned the hard way' >>
free mp3s: 12-track ghostly international sampler (school of seven bells, matthew dear, legowelt, lusine, more) >>
