Whassup: In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb

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Dear fun-havers of the Slope: once you've recovered from the enforced drinking and regrettable-but-inevitable hook-ups with which we honor our nominal Irish heritages, get ready for some more fun!

This week's Whassup:

* Friday, March 18: Our buds at Overflow Magazine are celebrating the release of their Spring 2011 issue with a major rager. They're throwing a party tonight at the de Castellane Gallery Annex, which is right near the Atlantic/Pacific stop at 537 Atlantic Ave. Everything is going down tonight from 6:30pm to 9pm.

* Friday, March 18: Park Slope's getting its own Housing Works thrift store--and the volunteer-run non-prof is calling on volunteers to help with some donation drives. The first one's Friday. Contact Marc for the deets.

* Saturday, March 19: That not enough do-gooding for you? What is it--guilty conscience? Got it. Atone for your St. Paddy's Day sins by trucking e-waste to a neighborhood recycling event. 10am-4pm, Fifth Ave. b/t 3rd and 4th. Just be sure to get all your best, um, videos off the hard drive first.

* Saturday, March 19: NOT ENOUGH IRISH STEREOTYPES THIS WEEKEND? I mean, there's never enough, right? Pogues tribute band The Fauxges will channel Shane McGowan's drunken brilliance at the Rock Shop. 8pm, $7.

* Sunday, March 20: MN State Fair, Bell House: Since all of us in Brooklyn are Midwest transplants (or is that just Williamsburg?), the food-on-a-stick and butter sculpture of this month's installation of the Bell House State Fair series makes perfect sense. Word is MN pol and SNL alum Al Franken will be there to make fun of the conservative Republicans we all hoped to leave back home in St. Paul. 3pm-7pm, FREE.

* March 21-31: Sharpen your knives, your teeth, and your tooth-shaped knives. Brooklyn Restaurant Week (aka, Dine in Brooklyn) has arrived! Find a list of places to ruin your swimsuit body here.

* Tuesday, March 22: Storytelling at Pacific Standard: Master gabbers gather at the brew-pup for tales of disaster--Asteroids! Global Warming! Ishtar! (Seriously. That's not my joke--it's theirs.)

* Wednesday, March 23: The Beets, Union Hall: The middle of the week is shitty, no way around it. Pick yourself up with some catching melodies and tight jeans (observed, not worn, unless you want to). 7:30 pm doors, $8.

WHASSUP: Shit's Goin' On This Weekend and Next

It's Fashion Week, so I haven't known my fucking name since last Thursday. My threshold for pithy witticisms is long destroyed, so here's your vanilla WHASSUP:

*Friday, Feb 18: Play. Get your Black History Month on by seeing The Legend of Buster Neal, a new play by Jackie Alexander. Previews open on Friday at the Billie Holiday Theatre, and the show runs through Marc 3. Summary, tix and times here.

*Friday, Feb 18: Music to groove to. African-Latin band People's Champs play Barbes and debut their new EP. 10pm, $10. Info on the band and a preview of their music here.

*Friday, Feb 25: Longboard race. Push Culture is hosting the first-ever Prospect Park Winter Race for longboarders, or as they put it "wing nut surfing gypsies." 7.25 miles, two loops around the park, and festivities after. Here's your info should you want in.

*Saturday, Feb 26: Reproductive freedom rally. This isn't in the Slope, but you BALLERS might wanna head to Foley Sqaure from 1-3pm to help out Planned Parenthood keep abortion an option (otherwise, Park Slope is even more fucked). Info on the rally here, plus ways you can help.

And also: Creative hive 3rd Ward is ffering $50 bucks off membership until March 4. So if you need to fuel your creative soul or feel like making fun of "creative types" huddled in one concentrated place, go visit.

And boy, ain't vanilla tasty.

WHASSUP: Valentine's Day Weekend, Bitches

 *Thursday, February 10: Sexy lessons. Babeland Brooklyn's back with a pre-Valentine's Day massage class to help you spice things up. 7pm at the Bergen Street store, free (and if you mention FIPS, you'll get a free bar of body chocolate. Yep, dreams DO come true!).

*Thursday, February 10: PIZZA at Pete's Pizzabar. So this new joint called Pete's is opening up at 289 Fifth Ave, and apparently they are welcoming folks at random times to taste their new, potentially delcious pizza FOR FREE. Tonight at 7:30pm is one of those random times. So go taste it, report back, and tell those btchz the best way to get some attensh around here is to buy an ad on FIPS (SEE WHAT WE DID THERE??).

*Friday, February 11: V-Day cocktail hour. Babeland and lululemon on Bergen are hosting free hand and foot massages and unveiling "seductive secrets from Babeland Sex Educators." RSVP to brooklyn-showroom@lululemon.com. 6pm.

*Friday, February 11: Dance party. Slice Me Nice is hosting their twice-monthly dance party at The Rock Shop. DJs Brian Blackout and Spoolwork spin. No cover, 10pm. Info.

*Sunday, February 13: V-Day singles bash. Obviously, FIPS and BK Hookup are bringing you lonely singles the best borough party you could ever imagine. Drink specials (plus free booze!), speed dating, matchmaking--and you get to hang with our sexy asses. Get all your info and tickets here, and we'll see you at the Bell House at 7pm.

WHASSUP: Get Smitten in the Slope (or Not, or Drunk, Whatevs)

Coming up:

*Thursday, Feb 3: Party. Celebrate Chinese New Year, Black History Month and Broke History Month with DJs, stand up comedy and, apparently, free beer. I'm not sure why, but email this dude and there's no cover. 7pm at The Patio Lounge.

*Sunday, Feb 6: Sexy lessons. Score a Touchdown With Your Man Super Bowl mini-workshop happening at Babeland on Bergen. They'll be sharing top tips from their How to Please Your Man workshop. Free, 12:30pm.

And then this stuff's coming up, should you want to get tixxx:

*Friday, Feb 11: Ooey Gooey Valentine's Comedy Party. Valentine's Day is hilarious...trust. 7:30pm, The Bell House. $8.

*Sunday, Feb 13: Who Are The People In Your Neighborhood V-day singles party. Find hot single dudez/girlz who don't require subway transfers to hook up with. 7pm, The Bell House. $10.

*Monday, Feb 14: V-Day reading. The Show & Tell Show takes on Love. Writers, storytellers, comedians, etc gather to help you feel awesome/shitty about your love life. Here's the lineup. 7:30pm, Union Hall. $5.

*Monday, Feb 14: Sing-along. It's the Love Bites: Power Ballads Sing-Along at Union Hall. Be single, bitter or smitten while you watch the air guitar competition (or, compete, I guess). 10pm, $5.

*Tuesday, Feb 15: Indie music. Trek to Gowanus for the Love Hangover, in which local musicians are paired up and perform songs abut love. Here's your lineup. 7:30pm, Littlefield, $12.

You know how this shit works. Your turn.

WHASSUP: It's Almost February, Gang

Need shit to do over the next week or so? In denial that it's basically Feb? Your Seasonal Anxiety Disorder setting in? Good. Here are some haps over an arbitrary period of time, just 'cuz.

*Monday, Jan 31: Discussion and potluck. Potluck dinner and donation for St. Augustine's food pantry followed by discussion on fighting homelessness in NYC. 7pm. Info and RSVP here. 

*Saturday, Feb 5: Winter sports. Winter Jam 2011 is happening at the Prospect Park Nethermead (Ocean at Lincoln). 11-4. Skiing, snowboarding, general radness. Details.

 *Monday, Feb 7: Pop-up dance classes. Dancewave is offering free pop-up classes from 4-8 at Pintchik's Hardware Store (Flatbush at Bergen). Kids, teens, adults. Get the schedule here.

*Thursday, Feb 10: Discussion. Poet Ntozake Shange chats with critic and writer Michaela Angela Davis, then reads from her most recent book. Brooklyn Museum, $10 ($6 for members). Tix here. 

 *Friday, Feb 11: V-Day comedy. Ooey Gooey Valentine's Comedy Party goes down at the Bell House. Performers include Kurt Braunohler, Claudia Cogan, Jessica Delfino and more. Cupcakes and food specials, plus dance party. 7:30, $8. Details and tix. 

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