around town today
thru 2/29: the 20th annual city bakery hot chocolate festival features a different flavor every day this month. this week: sunken treasure, espresso, ginger, banana peel, super bowl. >>
10am-6pm (ends today): preview the vintage posters up for auction (winter sports, art nouveau, more) at swann auction galleries, free >>
7pm: pop culture expert ?who's afraid of post-blackness? what it means to be black now at bpl, free >>
7pm: watch vin diesel's autobiographical short film multi-facial, about the disadvantages mixed-race actors face at auditions, followed by a discussion led by jen chau, founder of the anti-racism organization swirl. brooklyn historical society, free (rsvp). >>
7pm: photographer amy arbus tracked down the subjects of the images she took for the village voice's 'on the street' section 1980-1990 in doc. on the street. followed by q+a with arbus and director john spellos. nypl stephen a. schwarzman building, free. >>
7pm: ask a stranger anything you want — but only if you answer first... in front of a live audience — at wync's 'ask roulette'. with host jody avirgan (wnyc), starlee kine (this american life), david carr (new york times), kurt braunholer ('hot tub'), dave hill (this american life, shredder). housing works, free. >>
7pm: virologist nathan wolfe and computational biologist daniel janies discuss their efforts to hunt down animal viruses before they cross over to humans in this month's scicafe at amnh, free >>
7pm: follow the stories of veterans who spoke out against the iraq and afghanistan wars in a screening of doc. this is where we take our stand, followed by a q+a with the filmmakers and film subjects. ifc, $13. >>
7pm: the ecstatic music festival (2/4-3/28), which fosters unlikely collaborations between pop and classical composers, kicks off with a preview featuring music and conversation with composer-performers jason treuting, angélica négron, jherek bischoff, and festival founder judd greenstein. the greene space, $15. >>
7:30pm (thru 2/3): wnyc's john schaefer curates a selection of bill morrison's films made from silent vintage decaying footage and new music. tonight: the great flood, with music written by bill frisell. wfc, free. >>
8pm: edinburgh comedy festival award-winning show bring me the head of adam riches makes a stop at ucb, $5 >>
8pm (thru 2/11): ars nova shows you how to rickmanssage a spexy milf in the urban dictionary plays, short works based on the crowd-sourced entries in urbandictionary.com, $15 >>
8pm (thru 2/5): danceroulette: 15 choreographers perform works at the recently-renovated roulette theater. $10/night, $35/pass. >>
9:30pm: two shows for cheap at ucb: this is not a sketch show: a sketch show and naked people for just $5 >>
coming up
2/2-3: save up to 80%on brands like rag + bone, theory, and etro at scoop nyc's semiannual 'cleaning out our closet sale' >>
2/7 9pm: dum dum girls combine girl group harmonies and slick guitar melodies at mhow, $15 >>
2/17 8pm: renowned (and hilarious) badasstrophysicist neil de grasse tyson hosts a live version of his radio show 'startalk' with comedian eugene mirman and others tba. bell house, $17. >>
2/24 9pm (+ 2/26 8pm at bowery ballroom): emotive indie singer-songwriter sharon van etten plays mhow, $18 adv, $20 dos >>
group deals
two movie tickets, two small popcorns, and two small drinks at cobble hill cinemas (includes 3d films!) for $17 ($37 value) >>
$10 to spend at asia dog for $5 >>
$20 to spend on health and bodycare products at city drugs in the upper east side for $10 >>
admission to the dead sea scrolls exhibit with audio tour and book for $23 ($45 value) >>
one-month membership at davidbartongym (multiple locations) for $39 ($123 value) >>
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