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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, FEB. 3, 2019
SAVE THE DATE
Six Brooklyn activities to get you through Valentine’s Day
BY COLIN MIXSON
Love is in the air!
Everywhere you look
around, you see the signs
that Valentine’s Day is
coming soon. And if you’re
being wise, you will have
a plan for Feb. 14, whether
you are happily paired up,
on the prowl, or forever
alone and determined to
avoid sappy couples. We
have found a half-dozen
events for every fl avor of
Brooklynite:
Stupid Cupid!
Valentine’s Day is just
a conspiracy cooked up by
chocolate companies and
Big Flower! Well, you’re not
buying what Hallmark is
selling! Valentine’s Day is
just an opportunity to embrace
the bleak, existential
nature of existence — with
other people.
Join other woke lonelyhearts
at Littlefi eld for the
concert venue’s annual “It’s
Friday, I’m (Not) In Love”
Anti-Valentine’s Day Party,
where everyone wears bohemian
black, sings sad
love songs, and partakes in
the universal balm for broken
hearts — booze!
Don’t celebrate Valentine’s
Day at Littlefi eld
(635 Sackett St. between
Third and Fourth avenues
in Gowanus, www.littlefi
eldnyc.com). Feb. 8 at 10:30
pm. $10 ($7 in advance).
Get the hook up!
Sketched out by dating
apps, but still want some
help fi nding love? Jo Firestone
and her band of comedian
matchmakers have
you covered! At the show
“Friends of Single People,”
the wisecracking love gurus
will interview singles
in the audience, and then
act on their behalf in a classic
dating game.
Get a date at Littlefi eld
(635 Sackett St. between
Third and Fourth avenues
in Gowanus, www.littlefi
eldnyc.com). Feb. 10 at 8
pm. $10.
Heart and Soul
Soul Swipe, a Tinderlike
dating app that markets
itself as “black dating,
done right,” wants to hook
you up with a date for Valentines
Day!
Its event, happening
Downtown on Feb. 12, will
kick off with a two-hour
speed-dating round, followed
by a mixer. Show
up early for some liquid
courage — drinks and appetizers
are just $5 before
7 pm.
Find love at the Amarachi
Lounge (189 Bridge
St. between Nassau and
Concord streets in Downtown
Brooklyn, www.amarachi325.
com). Feb. 12 at 7
pm. Free. Register online at
eventbrite.com .
Wine and dine
Brooklyn Winery will
transform its classy Williamsburg
booze depot into
a guaranteed three-pointer
for dudes looking to win
Valentine’s Day, and ensure
at least a day or two of
domestic bliss.
The evening features
a three-course candlelit
dinner for $65, beneath the
clear glass sky of the urban
winery’s atrium, with
the option to spend a little
more — or a lot — on meal
upgrades and custom wine
pairings. Why overthink
Valentine’s Day, when you
can reach into your pocket
and guarantee victory?
Dominate Valentine’s
Day at Brooklyn Winery
213 N. Eighth St. between
Driggs Avenue and Roebling
Street in Williamsburg,
(347) 763–1507, www.
bkwinery.com. Feb. 14. Reserve
a seat by emailing reservations@
bkwinery.com.
What a ’tease!
Maybe you have a Valentine,
maybe you don’t
— but when Shelly “the
Singing Siren” Watson is
crooning love songs while
wearing a corset tighter
than a hipster’s jeans —
who cares?
Join Watson and other
vixens, including Miss
Coney Island 2019 Pearls
Daily, at Brooklyn Bowl for
the “Filthy Gorgeous Burlesque
Valentine’s Spectacular,”
which fuses the art of
BACK TO LIFE: Hank’s Saloon now has twice the space of its
old location on Third Avenue. Photo by Julianne Cuba
HANK’S
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boasts some memorabilia
from its past life, including
the old cash register
behind the bar and some
of the stools, said Ipcar.
“It’s a nice little walk
down memory lane,” she
said. “Some Hank’s memorabilia
in there.”
Band stickers notoriously
plastered the walls
of the old location, and Ipcar
hopes that new bands
coming through will recreate
that tradition.
“Feel free to put your
stickers everywhere,”
she said. “I have a bunch
saved from the past six
months, a big pile of
them, but I want it to be
more organic than me
putting it up, so bands
can come and do that.”
The new Hank’s Saloon
on Adams Street
can pack 150 people inside
— nearly double the
crowd that could fi t in
the Third Avenue haunt
— which will be a plus
for when bigger bands
come to play, according
to Ipcar.
“It’s a larger capacity
than the original Hank’s,
which is nice,” she said.
The Jan. 28 event was a
“soft opening” for Ipcar to
test out the new space and
neighborhood, but the bar
will eventually be open every
day, she said.
“I’ve been meeting
a lot of people, looking
forward to who is going
come in and watch some
shows,” said Ipcar.
About 40 longtime
regulars stopped by for
the soft opening, many
cracking jokes about the
contrast between the rundown
former dive bar and
the shiny new spot.
“It doesn’t smell … I’m
not sticking to the seat —
that’s different!” said one
patron.
“Don’t worry, that’ll
change,” quipped another.
Patrons can enter the
saloon through the Texas
inspired food hall, or
through a separate Adams
Stree entrance, once the
hall closes at 8 pm.
The new location inside
Hill Country is more
a blessing than a curse,
said Ipcar, because locals
love secrets spots like
hideaways and speakeasies,
and the lack of residential
neighbors means
that bands can rock out
all night.
Hank’s at Hill Country
Food Park 345 Adams
St. near Willoughby
Street Downtown, (718)
885–2427, www.hcfoodpark.
com/hanks. Open
Sun–Wed; 4 pm–midnight;
Thu–Sat, 4 pm–2
am.
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YOUR FEATHERED FRIEND: Burlesque performer Broody Valentino will offer something for the ladies
at the “Filthy Gorgeous Burlesque Valentine’s Day Spectacular” at Brooklyn Bowl on. Feb. 14.
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