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Put on your lab coats and prepare to enter the world of inner space . .



The secret Science Club welcomes Award-winning molecular biologist Gregory Hannon of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Dr. Hannon is a pioneer in the field of RNA interference (RNAi), a powerful new tool for gene analysis. He and his colleagues have harnessed RNAi, a naturally occurring process of gene regulation, to selectively turn off genes in living cells and study how this method can be used to combat genes that cause deadly and degenerative diseases.



Before & After
--Groove to genetically engineered tunes

--Imbibe scientifically inspired cocktails

--Stick around for the Q&A

Comedy with SARA SCHAEFER and KIM ARMSTRONG.

This week's guests include:
SEAN PATTON (Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon)
EDITH ZIMMERMAN (The Awl)
MIKE LAWRENCE (Just nominated for ECNY Emerging Comic Award)

Come dressed in your finest PJs for the most off the hook Valentine's party E-V-E-R. If, and only if, you buy an advance ticket, we'll match each and every one of you up with your one true lurv (or someone close) upon arrival. Comedian Sara Schaefer will be back with some sexy bedtime stories and other crazy shenanigans (remember the wet T-shirt contest??), and we'll have FREE Lillet cocktails and Smuttynose IPAs from 7-8pm, and $3 Busch beers the rest of the night to keep the slumber party in full swing.

For those who are up for some extra down-n-dirty matchmaking, we have specially priced tickets for speed dating. And if you love a cheap date, you can join in on the fun for $7 at the door after 10pm. To guarantee an even ratio, click here for men's tickets , and click here for ladies' tickets.

Dr Maz (Mondo) presents

DeLuxe - a monthly club night in New York City playing new and classic indiepop, twee, girl groups, C-86, britpop, motown and northern soul classics!

Come join the party at the beautiful Bell House the 2nd Friday of each month!

Singer/songwriter Melissa Ferrick emerged in 1994 as part of a group of new female alternative singer/songwriters, much in the vein of Liz Phair. Ferrick began singing in coffeehouses after dropping out of college, eventually winding up in Boston. Her major breakthrough arrived one night when she replaced Morrissey's opening act less than an hour before showtime. Ferrick's performance impressed Morrissey and he invited her to open for him during the rest of the tour. The tour earned her a small cult following as well as a contract with Atlantic Records.

CHERYL (the dance party that will ruin your life) invites you to curl your hair, hurl your disco balls, and streamline your body with an ergonomic, aerodynamic padded flesh tone luge suit. Fall face down on the skeleton track and thrust your body through hyperspace in .00000238 seconds in the direction of the Bell House for the largest compulsive compulsory competititive LIFE exhibition on this side of GoGo.

CHERYLYMPIX events commence with the traditional mannequinhand torch running, opening ceremony with 1,000 tiny native GoGo children, and the annual kozy shack eating championships. Additional events include inappropriate javelin thrusts, breath holdings, and the face smashing playoffs.

DJ Mr. F (Ross of TALLY HALL) mixes and matches and keeps you dancing all night long.

"Find someone to french!"

The cult-favorite live comedy series, The Rejection Show is celebrating Valentine's Day with an evening of its best breakup, heartbreak and love related performances/stories from shows past, present, and future --blending into an evening of live music, booze and a party.

If you're single, feeling alone, rejected, don't have a date or simply don't like traditional Valentine's Day routines then The Bell House is the place to be on Valentine's Day '10!

Don't feel left out happy couples. All are welcome to party and see some hilariously heartbreaking performances and join the fun. "Find someone to french!"

Featuring FAST, FUN, HEARTBREAKING performances from:
JON FRIEDMAN
ELIZA SKINNER
MANDY STADTMILLER
ADAM WADE
KATINA CARRAO
ELNA BAKER
MAX SILVESTRI
SEAN PATTON
JULIE KLAUSNER
GABE LIEDMAN
SARA SCHAEFER
SEAN O'CONNER
MICHELLE COLLINS
GABE DELAHAYE
EDITH ZIMMERMANN

with special musical guests THE DEFIBULATORS playing the hits of the 80s, bluegrass style!

And who knows who else might stop by!

Featuring a special appearance & introduction to the film by Director Gather 'round you friends of mine it's...Troop Beverly Hills: The Experience. A sing-a-long, dance-a-long, quote-a-long, and if we're lucky Shelley Long!

Come celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 80s cult classic Troop Beverly Hills. You've always wanted to be a Wilderness Girl (or guy) now here's your chance! Boo Velda Plendor, dance "The Freddie", and of course sing "Cookie Time".

Dressing in costume is not required, but totally encouraged.

An Erika Brooks Adickman and Company production.

Cathy Erway's long-awaited book The Art of Eating In hits bookstores on February 18. Join her in a book launch celebration complete with a Bruschetta Takedown, appetizers from supper clubs Hapa Kitchen and A Razor, A Shiny Knife, music from What Cheer? Brigade, DJ sets by Finger on the Pulse, and a very special reading from Cathy and a cast of characters from her memoir covering her two years of not eating out and cooking at home (based on her beloved blog noteatingoutinny.com). Book sales by Brooklyn Kitchen. Drink specials from Sixpoint Craft Ales.

A portion of ticket sales to benefit Just Food & Oxfam relief efforts in Haiti.

featuring

An early Sunday evening of listening to old scratchy 78 RPM records.

Several local record collectors (including Billy Miller of Norton Records and Michael McMahon of Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co., more to be named later) have agreed to share the sounds contained within their favorite 78s at this event, which will be hosted by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus (The Wang Dang Doodle, Subway Soul Club).

Mates of State are an American indie rock duo, active since 1997. The group is composed of the husband-and-wife team Kori Gardner (vocals, Yamaha Electone and Hammond B-3 electric organs, microKORG and Casio synthesizers, Yamaha and Rhodes electric pianos, piano, and occasional guitar) and Jason Hammel (vocals, drum set, glockenspiel, other percussion, and occasional Casio synthesizer).

A new night featuring a warm drink special, shoegaze, and dreampop, encouraging people to come together and fight the early onset winter darkness with friends and good music. Featuring: and a special reading by award-winning author of "Last Night In Montreal" with live ambient soundtracking. DJs include: event curator DJ Russ of soldoutmusic.com and Magnum PR, Dead Leaf Echo's LG, superstar Dana Trombley, and Moodgadget Records' Jakub Alexander.

Ulrich Schnauss was born in the northern German town of Kiel in 1977. During his formative years, he came to love a wide spectrum of music, ranging from My Bloody Valentine to Tangerine Dream, from Chapterhouse to early bleep and breakbeat tracks. There was not much opportunity to see his musical heroes in Kiel, so he moved to Berlin in 1996.

By that time, Ulrich was already a prolific musician in such genres as ambient and drum and bass, with a variety of pseudonyms (most notably View to the Future and Ethereal 77). These earlier works soon caught the eye of Berlin electronica label CCO (City Centre Offices), who took him up.

Agnostic Front has changed the face of music throughout their 25-year-long career and the Victim In Pain and United Blood records started it all. In celebration of these eminent re-releases, Agnostic Front will pay homage to where it all began with a headlining show on February 26th in NYC. Showcasing at The Bell House in Brooklyn, Agnostic Front will have their original 1984 lineup in tow - Roger Miret, Vinny Stigma, Rob Kabula, and Dave Jones. "We haven't played together since '84, this is the CLASSIC lineup together again doing vintage AF songs and some classics. We couldn't be more excited to do this!" said vocalist Roger Miret.

featuring Comedy with & Pretty Good Friends. Including To kick-off the 2010 Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn membership campaign, Brooklyn resident, Eugene Mirman, will be hosting an evening of comedy and music with fellow comedians Kristen Schaal, Michael Showalter and some other pretty good friends. Become a Friend of Celebrate Brooklyn! at the show and enter a chance to win some great prizes! For more info visit www.bricartsmedia.org/celebrate.

Whether your kids are already familiar with Gustafer Yellowgold or they're new to the sensitive sun alien, odds are they'll find the latest release from illustrator-songwriter-performer Morgan Taylor easy listening--in a good way. doing arts & crafts

Our monthly music trivia night hosted by the kindest gentleman of indie rock, Conrad of TAKKA TAKKA. Stay tuned for special guests on the March edition!

Our monthly cheapo series continues with $5 admission, free beer for the first hour, and three fantastic up and coming bands we've handpicked just for you!

Robbers on High Street began performing publicly during the summer of 2002, but the band's roots stretch back much farther. Ben Trokan and Steve "Sparky" Mercado have been friends since their preteen years growing up in the upstate New York town of Poughkeepsie. Both Mercado and Trokan shared a recent familial relocation from the Bronx and Manhattan, respectively, and a love of Led Zeppelin. Ten years later Trokan returned to New York City for college and through mutual friends met and began playing with drummer Tomer Danan. In Poughkeepsie, Mercado reconnected with Jeremy Phillips, an old school friend. Robbers on High Street -- the name came from a lyric of one of the band's early, discarded compositions -- was officially born when the four began playing together.

The Secret Science Club is curated by Dorian Devins, Margaret Mittelbach, and Michael Crewdson. Dorian Devins is an NYC-based radio producer and host of WFMU, 91.1 FM's The Speakeasy, a weekly arts and cultural interview program. Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson write about nature in the strangest of places; they are the co-authors of Carnivorous Nights and Wild New York.

Marina Diamandis was born in Abergavenny, Wales to a Greek father and Welsh mother. Her musical style ranges from keyboard-based ballads to more up-tempo new wave-style songs with full band backing. After dropping out of university, Diamandis moved to London at the age of eighteen where she attended dance school for only two months. She auditioned for West End musicals and was ultimately cast in The Lion King.

Her eponymous name "Marina and the Diamonds" consists of Diamandis' first name and the translation of her surname which means "Diamonds" in Greek. "The Diamonds" refers to Diamandis' fans but is commonly mistaken for Marina's backing band (similar to Florence + the Machine). This is also suggested on her MySpace page where she says "I'm Marina. You are the diamonds."

(Please note this is for the 2pm - 5pm seating) featuring The BROOKLYN BEEFSTEAK is back, bigger and badder! Endless pitchers of McSorley's Light and Dark Ale on every table, mountains of choice steak cuts, and absolutely no utensils. All enjoyed to the sweet tunes of Brooklyn's favorite hillbilly boogie band, Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Company. This is a celebration of America's favorite libation and our carnivorous inclinations. Boisterous crowds committed to communal singing are not only welcome, but encouraged at this winter affair.

At the height of 1880s New York celebration, Tammany Hall politicians invented the all-you-can-eat-and-drink beef and beer feast to buy votes. The flash-in-the-pan extravaganzas were fashionable among New York's elite, but lost favor in the early 20th century, surviving only in backwaters of New Jersey.

After 100 years in exile, come one, come all, to partake in the raucous atmosphere of the New York docks and saloons of years past.

*Everyone will take home their very own souvenir apron so you always have a cow map handy when you are grilling poolside.

*Groups of over 5 people will receive $5 off their ticket price.

(Please note this is for the 6pm - 9pm seating) featuring The BROOKLYN BEEFSTEAK is back, bigger and badder! Endless pitchers of McSorley's Light and Dark Ale on every table, mountains of choice steak cuts, and absolutely no utensils. All enjoyed to the sweet tunes of Brooklyn's favorite hillbilly boogie band, Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Company. This is a celebration of America's favorite libation and our carnivorous inclinations. Boisterous crowds committed to communal singing are not only welcome, but encouraged at this winter affair.

*Everyone will take home their very own souvenir apron so you always have a cow map handy when you are grilling poolside.

*Groups of over 5 people will receive $5 off their ticket price.

Bryce Dessner (US) performs as a solo classical guitarist and in rock & new music settings on the electric guitar. He has been a featured artist at the New York Guitar Festival, including a commission for the 2006 Festival. In 2008, his first large-scale ensemble composition, Rafael, was premiered at The Kitchen. Last year, Bryce collaborated with brother Aaron Dessner and visual artist Matthew Ritchie to create The Long Count, an origins story told in myth, music and video, commissioned by BAM for the 2009 Next Wave Festival.

Bryce is perhaps best known as a guitarist with The National. The National's critically acclaimed fourth album, Boxer (Beggars Banquet, 2007) generated two years of extensive touring throughout the world. Their newest album is currently in production for release later this year.

The Aussie BBQ lights up the Bell House for a second year!

The Aussie BBQ has grown in to one of the biggest shows as part of the SXSW calendar and in 2009 through popular demand branched out to include shows in Los Angeles and New York. These satellite shows not only offered music industry executives another chance to find the next big thing but it also gave local punters the chance to experience a mini festival of great Australian music without the expense or time of travelling all the way to Australia.

After the success of the inaugural Aussie BBQ last year the organisers have decided to truck in another load of great Australian music for The Aussie BBQ 2010. This year you will again not only get fresh Australian beer and BBQ but another swagger of bands including : Paul Dempsey, Pets With Pets, The Chevelles, Sherlock's Daughter, Children Collide, Oh Mercy, City Riots, beaches, Bliss N Eso, Love Of Diagrams and The Goons Of Doom.

plays Second set to follow. The new album, "If I Had A Hi-Fi" only available at the show.

with very special guest

Califone is a critically-acclaimed experimental post-rock band from Chicago. The band is named after Califone International, an audio equipment manufacturer.

Califone will release an album and feature film in 2009, both of which are titled All My Friends Are Funeral Singers. The album was released October 6, 2009 on Dead Oceans. The feature film will be submitted to festivals in 2010, and the band will play a live soundtrack to the film during their tour.

All My Friends Are Funeral Singers is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2006's Roots & Crowns, which The New York Times called "enthralling." The first single released for the album is called Funeral Singers.

The official afterparty for the 5th annual New York City pillow fight. featuring: + more TBA!

The Low Anthem began in Providence in 2006 as a collaboration between Ben Knox Miller, a folk musician and painter from New York's Hudson Valley and Jeff Prystowsky, a jazz bassist and baseball scholar from New Jersey. The duo met at Brown University as on-air personalities for the college's commercial alternative formatted station WBRU.

Having played together since 2002 in various ensembles ranging from rock, to electronica, to classical, their mutual interest in Americana, baseball, and morally agnostic narrative necessitated the formation of The Low Anthem. Dan Lefkowitz, a bluesman from Strasburg, VA joined the band in September 2006 and amicably left the band in March 2007, with his song "This God Damn House" remaining in the band's live repertoire. In November 2007 classical composer and NASA technician Jocie Adams joined the project.

In 2009, the band performed at South by Southwest, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury Festival and the Newport Folk Festival.

The band has appeared on the NPR radio programs All Things Considered and World Cafe. Their album Oh My God, Charlie Darwin was named Album of the Month by Uncut. They are nominated for the 2009 Uncut Music Award.

with special headliners on their 40th Anniversary Tour plus most of the cast of Channel 101's hit internet show, Yacht Rock. We'll set sail at 7:30pm with a special set by Ambrosia at 9pm followed by the screening of all episodes of Yacht Rock. This proves to be the most special Yacht Rock party to date!

Ambrosia formed in 1970, in the South Bay/San Pedro area of Southern California. The musicians were inspired by the progressive rock era, and developed a large regional following for their inventive musicianship and skillful arranging. Ambrosia came to national prominence in 1975 with the release of their self-titled debut album on 20th Century Fox Records. Ambrosia was produced and engineered by the legendary Alan Parsons, and featured the top ten hit "Holdin' on to Yesterday", as well as the FM classic "Nice Nice, Very Nice". After lengthy touring, the band returned in 1976 with "Somewhere I've Never Traveled," also produced and engineered by Parsons. In 1978, Warner Bros. released Life beyond L.A., which simultaneously scored their first gold CHR hit' "How Much I Feel", as well as the #1 rock track "Life Beyond L.A."
Extensive touring with Fleetwood Mac and the Doobie Brothers, in addition to major headlining shows, cemented Ambrosia's reputation as a stellar live act. In 1980, Warner Bros. released "One Eighty," a smash LP that produced two of the year's biggest hits, "You're the Only Woman" and "Biggest Part of Me." Though a headlining world tour and three Grammy nominations followed, one of the biggest honors bestowed upon them was Quincy Jones' declaration that "Biggest Part of Me" was one of his all time favorite songs.

Fronted by indie-pop bombshell Tracy Tracy, The Primitives emerged from the UK independent scene of the mid-80's that spawned The Jesus and Mary Chain & My Bloody Valentine. Their sound distilled the shimmering guitar jangle of the Byrds with the buzzsaw style of The Ramones and 60's girl group melodies, into two and a half minute pop gems.

Morrissey named them his favourite band & a widely acclaimed first album, made them the UK's indie-darlings. The huge success of Crash, saw them cross-over to a mass audience.

A reunion for two gigs at the end of 2009, brought rapturous reviews & this chance to see them in 2010.