2/9 7-11pm: nerd lovers! 'i heart nerds' speed dating lives again at park slope's bar 4. free to mingle, $5 for speed dating (email rsvp). >>
2/10 7pm: bring your written break-up stories to read aloud at word's v-day edition of 'just working on my novel' (10-minute time limit), free >>
2/10 8pm: is it hot in peru, or is it just us? alistair r. noble of the hollow earth society lectures on the phallic stone monuments recently discovered near -- wait for it -- lake titicaca. observatory, $5. >>
2/10 9:30pm: dress in red and decorate your bike for time's up!'s 25-year anniversary valentine's dance party with the hungry march band, dj fake money, burlesque, body painting, two boots pizza, a chocolate fountain, beer, wine, mayhem! the living theater (21 clinton st), $20 sliding scale. >>
2/11 12-2pm: mix some vodka or kahlua with your selections from an all-you-can-eat sugar cereal bar while watching v-day episodes of cartoons from the 60s-90s at a love-themed 'spoons, toons, + booze' viewing party. nitehawk, $5. >>
2/11-12 11am-6pm: pick up something sweet for your sweet and learn about the new soda fountain movement at the new amsterdam market's valentine's gift shop + soda fountain. the south street seaport museum thompson warehouse (215 water st.), free admission. >>
2/11 12-5pm: 30+ food, gift, and craft vendors fill the greenpointers love birds valentine's market. plus, a love letter writing station, a free birdy photo booth, $1 raffles, more. lutheran church of the messiah (129 russell st. greenpoint), free admission. >>
2/11 8pm: enter a clandestine french cabaret at gemni + scorpio's valtentine's day + 9th b-day party: gypsy swing from les hot club, french chanson, musical saw, classic and gender-bending burlesque, live ink portraits, tarot and astrology readings, more. dress code req'd. gowanus location tba w. rsvp, $20 until 1am, $10 after. >>
2/12 12-6pm: have a cruelty-free v-day with gifts from the vegan valentine's shop-up gift market: 30+ vendors including rescue chocolate, heat sweets, champs bakery and diner, one lucky duck, compassion couture, more. bonus: happy hour boozing and pick up a free copy of veg news magazine. pine box rock shop (2 grattan st., bushwick), free admission. >>
2/12 7pm doors, 8pm show: laugh at love at the skint's 'tell your friends! with benefits!' valentine comedy show featuring wyatt cenac (the daily show), jessi klein (snl, comedy central, vh1), hari + ashok (das racist, comedy central), victor varnado ('the awkward comedy show', tell your friends! the concert film), musical guest bridget + the squares, and host liam mceneaney. bonus: the first 100 guests get a free robicelli's cupcake! $12 adv, $15 dos. >>
2/12 8pm: speed date to the music of the smiths with charming host dave hill. black rabbit (greenpoint), free. >>
2/13-14 3-5pm: class up your valentine's missive with personalized hand-written calligraphy at kate's paperie. $5/card. >>
2/13 8pm: ugly rhino's tiny rhino = a theatrical drinking game with six new plays in sixty minutes. tonight: a special v-day eve celebration with 'kisses, cuddling, quarrels, and lonely, lonely tears' (and of course, booze). brooklyn lyceum, $10 admission includes a beer. >>
2/14: offmetro (formerly offmanhattan) shares 50 romantic getaways from nyc (without a car) >>
2/14: seriouseats picks 10 modestly priced restaurants to take your valentine >>
2/14: we know you don't skimp when it comes to your honey bunny, but it never hurts to know where to get the best cheap flowers or how to choose ones from a bodega
2/14: 6, 8:30pm: quarreling co-workers jimmy stewart and margaret sullavan are bound to get together in ernst lubitsch's 1940 romantic comedy the shop around the corner. bam, $13. >>
2/14 6-8pm: looking for a different type of connection than 'm4w - 27 - (morgan l)'? meet up at the ny transit museum for a 'missed connections party' with new york times metro writer alan feuer, artist sophie blackall (missed connections, love, lost + found, and under new york performers you bred raptors? bonus: free brooklyn brewery beer. free admission. >>
2/14: 7pm: from 'butterflies still keeping after 30 years' to 'i'm six words away from divorce', storytellers share the tales behind their six-word memoirs of love and heartbreak. plus: dj spooky and followed by a six-word slam where anyone can share! 92ytribeca, $10 adv, $12 door. >>
2/14: 8pm: the people's improv theatre hosts its fourth annual dating game where three ny singles ask potential mates questions that would make conservativedates.com turn red(der). the pit, $12. >>
2/14: 8pm: hear fast and fun tales of heartbreak at john friedman's 'rejection show' from dave hill, sara benicasa, mandy stadtmiller, eliot glaser, elna baker, adam wade, katina corrao, ted travelstead, tom shillue, jordan carlos, bridey elliott, giulia rozzi, liam mceneaney, colleen af venable, plus music by the defibulators. bonus: a photo booth and $3 pie by the slice. littlefiled, $5 adv, $8 door. >>
2/14 8pm: lighters will be provided at the love bites! live power ballad tribute show at brooklyn bowl. with members of judas priestess, almost queen, rubix cube, plus dj dario speedwagon spinning 80s all night. $5-7. >>
2/14 8pm: thirsty girl productions presents 'filthy gorgeous burlesque: a garden of earthly delights for your valentine' hosted by the world-famous*bob, and featuring burlesque performances galore and gutbucket blues and french chansons from the hot sardines. highline ballroom, $20 adv, $25 dos. >>
2/14 8pm-12am: experience the sexy side of paris at dances of vice's 'la vie parisienne, bal de la saint-valentin' with benjamin ickies' 20-piece this ambitious orchestra, aerial and burlesque troupe the lady circus, and more beneath the neo-gothic arches of riverside church. $25 adv, $30 dos, $35 reserved table seating. >>
2/14 9:30pm: the love show presents go f♥ck yourself! a cabaret with dance, burlesque, magic, music, and comedy. drom, $10. >>
2/14: 10pm: let me kiss you at smiths/morrissey tribute band the sons + heirs' valentine's day show at the bell house. pre-party with dj ceremony spinning brit pop @ 8pm. $10 adv, $12 dos. >>
2/14: 10pm: celebrate/lament love through group karaoke at the 'love bites' 80s + 90s power ballads sing-along. bonus: air guitar competition and best 'worst break-up' story contest. union hall, $8. >>
2/15 9pm: you ain't done with this love business yet- the 13th annual love hangover features musicians performing duets at this post-valentine's showcase. sasha dobson + teddy thompson, jolie holland + rick moody, more. bell house, $15. >>
