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2.13 8pm backroom $6

Ocularis presents
Hot on the Heels of Love

It’s all you need, sure, but it’s also Hell, a stranger, a battlefield and colder than death. Prepare your heart for Valentine’s Day with this lip-smacking Whitman’s sampler of love. That many-splendored thing brings together stalkers, straphangers, doppelgangers and enormous pink poodles. And never forget: it’s a bitch and it stinks, but it’s also forever.

Work to be screened: Hop on the Bus, Gus, Jeff Krulik, 1996, 2 min; Joe Dimaggio 1, 2, 3, Anne McGuire, 1991, 7 min; You Gotta Problem, Toni Basil, 1982, 3 min; Lovemaking, Scott Bartlett, 1970, 13 min; Love is All, Oliver Harrison, 1999, 4 min; Mit Mir, Kerstin Cmelka, 2000, 3 min; Papillon d'amour, Nicolas Provost, 2003, 4 min; Endless Obsession, Glen Fogel, 2001, 5 min; The Memo Book (Aus Der Ferne), Matthias Müller, 1989, 28 min.

Programmed by Thomas Beard and Ed Halter.

Visit www.ocularis.net for more information.

2.13 8pm frontroom FREE

Smut

The New York Times writes about SMUT, "It's art that should carry a Parental Advisory label, with some of New York City's best writers and performers."

Host Desiree Burch presents Ella Veres (pictured), Christen Clifford, and Rob Stephenson.

2.13 10pm FREE

Miss Saturn's Hula Hoop Burlesque

Come celebrate Valentines Day with Miss Saturn's Hulapalooza (an all hula hoop caberet). There will be chocolate and flowers and hoops of course and lots and lots of love. Guest hula hoop artists are Miss Pinky, Spindy, Becca, and a debut by our favorite volunteer Kat!!!! There will be a hula hoop happening and if you can hula hoop for more than 30 seconds you get a free drink.

www.misssaturn.com

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2.14 7pm $20 frontroom

V-Day Brooklyn presents
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES

Valentine + Victory + Vagina = V-DAY BROOKLYN, the place to be on Valentine's Day! Part of a worldwide initiative to stop violence against women, this fundraising gala event will take place at the Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg on Valentine's Day, February 14 at 7:00pm. The centerpiece of the festivities is a special performance of Eve Ensler's award-winning play, "The Vagina Monologues," featuring a dynamic cast of New York women. Join us before the show for free drinks and stay after for live music, then go forth with a special V-Day Brooklyn gift bag! Bring lovers, friends, and people of all boroughs to raise awareness and party V-style at V-Day Brooklyn!

About V-Day: V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler's award-winning play "The Vagina Monologues." In 2005, more than 2500 V-Day events took place in the U.S. and around the world. To date, V-Day has raised over $30 million and educated millions about the issue of violence against women and the efforts to end it; crafted international educational, media and PSA campaigns; reopened shelters; funded safe houses in Kenya, South Dakota, Egypt and Iraq, and over 5000 community-based anti-violence programs. The 'V' in V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina. www.vday.org

ADVANCE TIX AVAILABLE THROUGH SMARTTIX.COM! CLICK HERE!

2.14 8pm $5 backroom

Geniuses of Love!

Do you feel like love is hiding from you? Maybe it's hiding in the forest of self-doubt, or in the mall of recriminations. It could even be in the dentist's office of despair. Wherever love is hiding, love experts Becky Yamamoto and Tony Carnevale will help you sniff it out. Join them and an army of entertaining special guests at 8pm on Valentine's Day at Galapagos. Featuring: Rachel Kramer Bussel, Chelsea Peretti, Patrick Borelli, Lang Fisher, Michelle Collins, Carolyn K. Castiglia, Alan Fessenden, Joe Randazzo, Frank Philbrick, Mike Barry, Gabe Liedman, sketch group A Week of Kindness, and the band Ladystein.

2.14 10pm frontroom free

Miscellaneous with Joe Praino

Comedian Joe Praino (HappyYoungPeople.com) presents a variety of stand-up, sketches and films. Just like your sleep away camp talent show only the performers are on harder drugs. Miscellaneous is to comedy shows what Arby's is to fast-food.

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2.15 7pm backroom $10

Middle-Eastern Jazz Night:
Brian Prunka & the Near East River Ensemble
plus The Howling Makams

The Near East River Ensemble, led by composer and oud player Brian Prunka, performs an intimate yet energetic style of World Fusion music which draws on influences from jazz and Arabic music. By turns contemplative and passionate, his adventurous music appeals both to the senses and intellect.

The Howling Makams (pictured) play a unique blend of Near Eastern music with a free jazz sensibility. Working within the incredibly rich "maqam" (modal) system of the East, they are constantly trying new forms and approaches to stretch the musical canvas and fill it with new sounds.

www.bluesufi.com - www.brianprunka.com

2.15 8pm frontroom FREE

Darmstadt: Classics of the Avant Garde

Nick Hallett and Zach Layton will play all your favorite Meredith Monk, John Cage, Robert Ashley, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Morton Feldman Records... plus sound artists Richard Garet and Andy Graden perform live. Come see what the New York Times is raving about... click here to read the article.

http://www.ruccas.org/index.php?Richard%20Garet
http://www.andygraydon.net/

2.15 10pm backroom $7

Zenen + Echostream

Zenen: Zenen returns to the Galapagos stage with his mixture of haunting textures, alternative rock and synthesized heart & soul. His new album, An End To This Line, comes out in April and tonight's show debuts several of the new songs plus more. www.myspace.com/zenen

“The swirling of the keyboards, the bubbling of the bass, will make you think something is about to cut loose. It’s all about the tension. Cool stuff indeed.”
-NYRock.com

Echostream: Echostream's commercially edgy sound fuses electronica and rock with the atmospheric sounds of film music. www.myspace.com/echostream

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2.16 7pm free frontroom

Jezebel Music Presents
Jaymay with openers Rebecca Capua and Fergus McCormick

Monthly, the Jezebel Music Feature brings to Galapagos this independent music promotion company’s top acts.

Jezebel Music, based in Williamsburg, finds and promotes top quality independent music.

www.jezebelmusic.com

2.16 8pm $7 backroom

Witches in Bikinis

Celebrate Valentine¹s Week with ³Witches In Bikinis², performing original songs from their CD ­ inspired by Halloween, witches & horror movies ­ andnew songs expanded to other realms: "Calling King Kong", "Scary Kind Of Love", Dear Dr. Frankenstein" and "Party Like A Chimpanzee." Part rock 'n roll theater, part nothing you've ever seen or heard. These beautiful & sexy singers & dancers conjure up spirits of campy fun and spooky entertainment.

With Carolyn Demisch, Christina Johnson, Emily Reiter, Erika White, Julie Betts and Zoe Scheiber.