Super Bowl and a Super Jam: 12 things to do this weekend

By Joshua Encinias

The weekend before Valentine’s Day is here (don’t sleep on our gift guide!), and we found the best spots to take your boo — or to find a new one — across Brooklyn. But first!

“Hannah Ha Ha,” the new movie from man-about-town Roger Mancusi, opens this weekend. It won top honors at the Slamdance Film Festival, and you can find screening info over at the movie’s Instagram. You can also snag tickets to Nitehawk’s Shorts Fest 2023, which runs from March 1 to 5 with over 60 short films playing at Nitehawk’s locations in Williamsburg and Prospect Park.

And if you’re looking for something to do on Thursday night, entrepreneur Isa Watson will discuss her new book “Life Beyond Likes” in a conversation with Rolling Stone’s editor-in-chief  Noah Shachtman at the Brooklyn Heights Library.

Check out the best mixers, spots to booty pop, and Super Bowl parties this weekend:

Friday, February 10

Find love (and lust) at this queer mixer
6 to 11 p.m.
Are you queer, vegan, and sober? Principles GI Coffee House knows your adjectives don’t fit in everywhere, so they’re having a pre-Valentine’s mixer just for you. Here’s what’s on tap (but figuratively, since, you know, sober): non-alcoholic cocktails, “damn fine fried vegan snaccs,” and perhaps, your own damn fine vegan snacc to kiss goodnight. The night is structured around two rounds of speed dating and mingling. 139 9th Street. Tickets are $20 to $45.

What can heal a broken heart? Dolly Parton.
7 p.m.
Brooklyn’s premiere Dolly Parton cover band Doll Parts presents “Heartbreak” on Friday. Dolly’s catalogue is filled with stories of love and loss, and Doll Parts will guide you on a musical tour of love’s highs and lows. The Dolls will play Parton’s hits like “Jolene,” but expect to hear painful deep cuts like “D.I.V.O.R.C.E.” to help pull you through whatever ails ya. 21+. The Sultan Room, 234 Starr Street. Tickets are $25.

Ladies Night R&B Super Jam
8 p.m.
Bring your guy, your gals, or fly solo to Ladies Night R&B Super Jam on Friday at Barclays Center. If the sounds of Maxwell, Ne-Yo, Keyshia Cole (her song “Love” is one of the GOATs), Stokley, Rakim, Blackstreet, and Carl Thomas don’t turn you on, what will? Seriously, this line-up is killer, and the pheromones inside Barclays will be off the charts. 620 Atlantic Avenue. Tickets begin at $79.

Emo and Punk night
10 p.m. to 4 a.m.
And now for something completely different. “The Black Parade – Emo & Punk Nite” is coming to Schimanski. Put on your striped print arm sleeves and cake on some old mascara, because this Valentine’s Day weekend, we’re going back to 2003. Dance to tunes by My Chemical Romance, Blink 182, AFI, Fall Out Boy and more as DJs play the jams you love until 4 a.m. And check out their drink specials running all night. 54 North 11th Street. Tickets are $18.

Saturday, February 11

Turkish Brunch Fundraiser
11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday
After learning about the devastating loss of life in Turkey and Syria this week to a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, the owners of the excellent Park Slope Turkish restaurant Rana Fifteen organized a Turkish Brunch Fundraiser with 100 percent of sales going to the Bridge to Turkiye Earthquake Relief Fund. Taking place Saturday and Sunday afternoons, enjoy Rana’s Turkish Brunch / Kahvalti, while supporting those in need. Ne mutlu Türküm diyene! 209 4th Avenue. The meal costs $50.

Ben Wasserman: Live After Death
8 p.m.
Within the span of three years, comedian Ben Wasserman lost his dad, granddad, uncle, and four friends. In his new show “Live After Death,” Wasserman leads the audience on a hilarious yet moving journey through grief, honoring and celebrating the ones we’ve lost along the way. Expect vulnerable conversation, juggling, a seance, and some dancing — performed at the Blair-Mazzarella Funeral Home. He calls it “part catharsis, part circus!” 23 Coney Island Avenue. Tickets are $18.

Valentine’s Date Night at the Brooklyn Museum
6 to 10 p.m.
The Brooklyn Museum is hosting a “Valentine’s Date Night” with an evening of after-hours access to the exhibition “Thierry Mugler: Couturissime,” (last entry is at 9 p.m.) along with a complimentary cocktail, wine, or beer from their restaurant, the Norm. An intimate stroll through the daring and sexy collection of designer Thierry Mugler is the perfect way to have a stylish and intimate date night. Tickets are $30 ($15 for members).

That ’90s Love
11 p.m.
If you weren’t listening to emo and punk in 2003, then we have the party for you. Come to The Sultan Room on Saturday night if Aaliyah and OutKast were your jam in the early aughts. Dance to new old-school R&B classics spun by a DJ and try not to feel too old. 21+. 234 Starr Street. Tickets are $22.

Sunday, February 12

TailGate Brooklyn Presents: Supa Bowl Sunday
Doors at 12 p.m.
Super Bowl Sunday has come to mean more than a football game, so why not go whole hog this year at TailGate Outdoor Sports Bar? Their party starts early with The Puppy Bowl hosted by Animal Planet’s Dan Schachner and the opportunity to adopt your own pup from Badass Animal Rescue. Morgan Page will perform while guests nosh from food trucks Mr. Taco & Yankee Doodle Dandy’s. And we can’t forget the game itself. Watch kick-off at 6:35 p.m. from one of TailGate’s heated cabanas and over twenty- five 65-inch TVs GA tickets include standing-room access to everything. Don’t feel like standing around? Inquire about table options at info@tailgatebk.com. 86 North 11th Street. Tickets are $18.

“Love is in the Air” Valentine’s Market
1 to 7 p.m.
The Greenpoint Loft is bringing their “Love is in the Air” Valentine’s Market back for the first time since 2020. Grab your boo, bae, bestie or baby and shop from over 70 of the borough’s finest makers. General admission is free and you can peruse unique gifts over refreshing drinks, a flower-filled “Love is in the Air” themed photo booth, local giveaways (the raffle costs $1), and even tarot readings. 67 West Street.

Brooklyn Bowl’s Super Bowl viewing party
Doors at 4:30 p.m.
Watch Super Bowl LVII at Brooklyn Bowl’s Big Game Viewing Party from their 14 screens with full concert sound. It’s an all-ages event and there’s no cover charge. If you feel like bowling during the Bowl, you can pre-purchase lanes for the entire game or book one on a first-come-first-served basis. Oh, and they’re going to have fried chicken, so bring the omeprazole. 61 Wythe Avenue.

Athletic Supporter Super Bowl Party
6:30 p.m.
If you only watch the Super Bowl for the half-time show you might be gay, and we have the gayest Super Bowl party for you: The 2nd Annual Athletic Supporter Super Bowl Party. Hosted by Essa Noche, Rihanna’s half-time show will take center stage in the evening’s festivities, including DJs spinning disco, house, and of course, Rihanna. Come for the go-go dancers and cuties in singlets, and stay for the commercials. It’s that kind of party. 325 Franklin Avenue. Tickets are $12.