Events on Thursday, February 9

I Heart Nerds Speed Dating and Singles Night

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I Heart Nerds Speed Dating and Singles Night

Thursday 2/ 9 @ Bar 4

Single nerd lovers get happy. I Heart Nerds has been reborn at Bar 4 in Park Slope, and this ad hoc... 

The Invisible Dog presents <em>Rehearsal: Tara Willis
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Performing Arts: Dance

Rehearsal: Tara Willis

Thursday 2/ 9 @ The Invisible Dog Art Center

The Rehearsal series — a works-in-progress showcase — presents dancer and choreographer Tara Willis. Willis stages a short work and, as... 

Nerve presents <em>Everything I Know About Love I Learned at this Reading</em>

Books: Reading

Everything I Know About Love I Learned at this Reading

Thursday 2/ 9 @ Pete's Candy Store

If you're anxious about Valentine's Day, an event hosted by Nerve is probably a good antidote to your heart-shaped-box-of-chocolate blues. Tonight,... 

Pearl Knotting: The Classic Strand of Pearls

Workshop/Class

Pearl Knotting: The Classic Strand of Pearls

Thursday 2/ 9 @ 3rd Ward

 Pearl knotting is a great craft for those who enjoy detail and precision. It creates a balance and an elegance in... 

Ongoing Events

<em>HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture</em>

Art: Multimedia

HIDE/SEEK

Thursday 2/ 9 @ Brooklyn Museum of Art

The HIDE/SEEK exhibition is known best for the controversy it caused in Washington, DC when it opened in October 2010 at... 

NURTUREart presents Svetlana Mircheva:<em> Possible Exhibitions</em>

Art: Sculpture

Svetlana Mircheva: Possible Exhibitions

Thursday 2/ 9 @ NURTUREart Gallery

For her first solo exhibition in the United States, Possible Exhibitions, Svetlana Mircheva presents a handful of diminutive dioramas from an... 

<em>Newspaper Fiction: The New York Journalism of Djuna Barnes</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Newspaper Fiction: The New York Journalism of Djuna Barnes

Thursday 2/ 9 @ Brooklyn Museum

While Djuna Barnes is best known for her modernist novels and plays like Nightwood (1936) and The Antiphon (1958), from 1913-1921,... 

Smack Mellon presents <em>Three Solo Shows: Tamara Gayer, Stephen Sollins, and Heeseop Yoon</em>

Art: Installation

Three Solo Shows: Tamara Gayer, Stephen Sollins, and Heeseop Yoon

Thursday 2/ 9 @ Smack Mellon

Three solo exhibitions take over the enormous space at Smack Mellon in DUMBO. Brooklyn-based artists Tamara Gayer, Stephen Sollins, and Heeseop... 

The Journal Gallery presents <em>Special Blend</em>

Art: Group Show

Special Blend

Thursday 2/ 9 @ The Journal Gallery

Artist Chris Martin curates this all-woman exhibition about which he says: "Some of these artists are old friends. Some of them... 

<em>Richard III</em>

Theatre: Drama

Richard III

Thursday 2/ 9 @ BAM Harvey Theater

The Bridge Project seals its final season with a stellar pairing of Academy Award winners Kevin Spacey and Sam Mendes in...