V-DAY, Q-Tip, & a Roller Disco, What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (2/12-2/17)

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WEDNESDAY 2/12
♫ Karlie Bruce / Tom Brosseau / Christy & Emily @ The Paper Box (17 Meadow St, Bushwick) 8pm, $8 adv/ $10 dos, More Info
☺ Stand Up Comedy,The Cause B Show VII @ Greenpoint Heights (278 Nassau Aveune) 8:30 pm, FREE, free beer with donation, This night of stand-up created by comic Kerryn Feehand and local community organizer Victoria Varney gets comedians together to give a voice to underrepresented causes – this one being the Northside Townhall. RSVP
♫ Q-Tip / Natasha Diggs  @ Output (74 Wythe Ave) 10 pm, $15 adv/  Buy Tix

THURSDAY 2/13
♥ Valentine’s Fete @ People of 2morrow  (65 Franklin Street) 6 pm, FREE, Say I love you to yourself at this social gathering/artisan meet up, with floral arrangements by Fox and Fodder, nails by Joe Shep and 25% off Malaya Organics Bath and Body Products
♦ Art Opening: Recover Projects Launch with Tristan Fitch @ Rekover Projects  (77 Franklin Street) 7 pm, FREE, See “Before Intersections,” a collection of 50 new paintings with more than 150 geometric shapes assembled on wood by Tristan Fitch, MORE INFO
☺ Comedy Night with Seth Olenick and Friends @ WORD (126 Franklin St) 7-8pm, FREE, Join Seth Olenick / Jeaneane Garolfalo / Dave Hill for a night in honor of Olenick’s newly published collection, Funny Business, RSVP
♫ Exploding in Sound & Ipsum Present: Grass is Green / Slonk Donkerson / Heeney / Please / Washer @ Shea Stadium (20 Meadow St, Bushwick) 8pm, $8, RSVP

FRIDAY 2/14
♥ Love is in the Air: The 3rd Annual Valentine’s Day Digester Eggs Tour @ Newton Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (329 Greenpoint Ave) 9:301m-2:30pm, FREE, Is there anything more romantic than gazing into the egg-shaped digesters that process 1/5 million gallons of sludge daily?! We think not, More Info
• Valentine’s Hot Makeup Night @ Brooklyn Groove (102B Nassau Ave) 4-8pm, FREE, Get tips on how to create a sexy V-day look with cupcakes, wine, and a free makeup consultation featuring a smokey eyes tutorial, More Info
♥ Valentines Love Fest @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer Street) 7pm, FREE,  Freestyle or partnered up, get wooed by a night of curated poetry by The Multifarious Array and music performances by Nicole Mercedes / Sweet Soubrette / The Traveling Wilbury, with drinks and a chocolate giveaway by Fine and Raw, More Info
♥ RUBULAD Presents: Happy Together, A Valentine’s Dance @ The Paper Box (17 Meadow St, Bushwick) 9pm, $20, Dress sweet and saucy for this V-Day extravaganza, featuring burlesque by Poppy Tart, cabaret, light installations, live music, and DJ’s all night, RSVP, BUY TIX
♥ Valentine’s Day with Harold and Maude @ Videology (308 Bedofrd Ave) 9pm, FREE, wanna celebrate v-day by watching a young dude hang out in graveyards with his 79-year-old girlfriend, all against the beautiful wailings of Cat Stevens? For an extra $35 get reserved seating with chocolate-covered strawberries and prosecco, More Info
♥ True Romance @ Nitehawk (xxx) midnight, $13, This 1993 Tarantino-penned love story tells the tale of love between Clarence and his reformed hooker wife in Alabama, as they meet, fall in love, and then proceed to steal a whole lotta drugs from her pimp, with Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, and Brad Pitt as a huge pothead, More Info

SATURDAY 2/15
* February Beach Bazaar @ The Diamond (43 Franklin St) 4-8pm, FREE, It’s not beach season yet, but we can pretend, with fish tacos, fresh local oysters, Montauk Brews, and a limbo contest, get a free drink if you come in a Hawaiian shirt
♦ Art Opening, TIP TOP @ Greenpoint Terminal Gallery ( 67 West Street #320) 7 pm, Enjoy an evening of explosive drawings from artists Jessica Ciocci / Austin English / Jesse Littlefield / Eddie Martinez / Torey Thornton / Matthew Turber / James Ulmer. RSVP 
♥ A Black Love Party @ The Paper Box (17 Meadow St, Bushwick) 10:30pm, $10, Get your love on with music from DJ Mursi Layne / DJ Sebastian / DJ Mane Squeeze BUY TIX
♫ Phil Collins’ Day Show and Dance Party @ Bar Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave) 8 p.m. $5, Celebrate the MAN, the LEGEND, the SPECTRE that is Phil C., dance the night away to Hello Phones / Nicholas Nicholas / A Bunch of Dead People / Andre Obin DJ’d by Guy Anna Ross (of the Love Supreme) BUY TIX

SUNDAY 2/16
# Sunday Roast @ The Diamond (43 Franklin St) 4pm, $12, eat to your heart’s delight, $12 gets you a Sunday roast paired with an English-style cask
* Down & Amp; Derby Roller Disco @ Brooklyn Bazaar (165 Banker St, Greenpoint) 8 p.m.  Be among 300 pairs of skates wheeling around to disco tunes by Rok One and Max Pask. $10 with RSVP
* Local Filmmaker Showcase presents Jaclyn Gramigna @ Videology (308 Bedford) 8pm, FREE, celebrate the official online release of Gramigna’s short film, Downtown, along with a curated selection of accompanying short films from North Brooklyn locals, with a raffle and drink specials, More Info
♫ Juan Waters / Household  Las Rosas  @ Baby’s All Right (146 Broadway) 10 pm., $10 adv, 12 dos/  Buy Tix

MONDAY 2/17
♦ Twilight Figure Drawing @ Brooklyn Fire Proof (119 Ingraham St) 4:30 p.m. $15/ $10 with a friend, Join The Bk Society of Draftsman for happy hour drinks and an evening of artistic indulgence, MORE INFO

 

* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones likely
♦ Art Event
☺ Comedy Event
# Foodie Event