Via flickr user Loozrboy

If those not-so-subtle emails from your mother with links to Kindle covers haven’t tipped you off yet, this Sunday is Mother’s Day, and it would probably behoove you to do something nice for the woman who birthed you, lest she spend the rest of the year reminding you she didn’t even get a sappy Hallmark card from you. Luckily, there are lots of things going on in Brooklyn this weekend, so if your loving matriarch’s headed over to these parts, you can celebrate her in style. Here are a few ideas. (more…)

You can also ask Toure about Prince’s bracket

1. Public Assembly is hosting some poetry, and according to the organizers, the world will never be the same. Bold statement (Monday)

2. Go wish a happy tenth birthday to The Believer. Don’t forget to bring a gift, that’s an age where there’s still tears if they don’t get their way (Monday)

3. We found out last week that the Reverend Vince Anderson is a Met fan, so go to his show and between sets ask him what kind of season he thinks Lucas Duda will have (Monday) (more…)

Rosie 151 heats up your Mardi Gras

1. It’s a Monday. What better day to think deeply about the many ways to measure time? (Monday)

2. A debate to determine whether 80s music or 90s music is the best. Both answers will be wrong because Celebration Rock didn’t come out until 2012 (Monday)

3. The Franklin Park reading series turns to stories about drifters and wanderers. Finally, somewhere to impress people with your ability to speak conversational Hobo (Monday)

4. Not only can you get your cookbook signed at Powerhouse Area, you can also swap cookies with people in attendance. Maybe swap phone numbers too, so you can swap spit. And then keys (Tuesday) (more…)

Hey, if this is what does it for you. via Flickr user monicamüller

Hallmark holiday or not, Valentine’s Day is almost here. And whether you’re practically wifed up or starting something new, you’re probably looking to end the night (and wee morning hours) with some sexy time. But alas, February 14th warrants some high expectations, and you can’t rely on just any cheap date to do the trick. But fear not, Brokesters-in-love: we’ve got seven economical dates near-guaranteed to get you a roll in the hay: (more…)

He don’t look so smart

1. Someone took three movies about Amy Fisher and made them into one (Friday)

2. You can make pretty much any sound with a synthesizer, so who knows what these dudes will come up with (Friday)

3. Get your kid started on the road to nerd-dom early by getting them into chess (Saturday)

4. Get yourself a haircut at a dance party. Just uh, make sure you stay still in the barber’s chair (Saturday) (more…)

He doesn’t care if you’ve been naughty or nice, just that you’ve been smashing the state

1. Check out a punk rock holiday benefit show at the Trash Bar. It benefits punk rock people like drug users and sex workers. (Friday)

2. Head to Videology to meet the Feebles. They sound friendly, but the Feebles are actually puppets on drugs. (Friday)

3. Go folk yourself. By which we mean enjoy a lovely evening of folk music. What did you think we were talking about? (Friday)

4. Nothing says Christmas like fuzzed-out, wailing rock music. Wait, we’re sorry. Nothing says war on Christmas more than that. (Friday)  (more…)

1. The Glasslands Holiday Party has an eggnog open bar for an hour. That’ll make for some interesting colored puke for those who overindulge. (Monday)

2. Meditate with some punx. But these probably aren’t punks in the traditional sense, so save your trivia about …And Out Come the Wolves for another night. (Monday)

3. The Secret Science Club welcomes leech expert Mark Siddall to give a lecture on the bloodsuckers. We consider ourselves a hardy bunch but ew ew ew this gives us the creeps. (Tuesday)

4. Share your story under construction at LitWrap, just be sure to fill in the p(l)ot holes. (Tuesday)

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Dirty bird

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Fingerlickin’

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All that Christian Grey-inspired babymaking got you and your lover hungry? Don’t worry — FL Fowler has some sexy food ideas for you with a new cookbook called Fifty Shades of Chicken.

Fifty Shades of Chicken is a double entendre-filled cookbook with recipes like “Mustard-Spanked Chicken” and “Dripping Thighs.”  Billed as “food porn you can actually use” — as if there’s unusable food porn —the book goes on sale Nov. 13 for $19.99.

From November 8 – 22, there’s a HUGE book giveaway. Just log in with your Facebook account or email address below to enter to win one of 25 copies of the book. The grand prize is a signed copy of Fifty Shades of Chicken along with two feathery toys from Babeland–a Starburst Tickler and a Pleasure Feather. Extra chances to win are available if you follow @50shadeschicken on Twitter and share the video above with #foodporn.

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Lizz Winstead will be at Powerhouse on Wednesday, running over the patriarchy. via Metro Philadelphia

1. Help raise money for Manufacture New York, a project dedicated to providing resources for small fashion designers around the city. Because why live in a world where all our fashion collections come from a Kardashian? Also there will be ice cream. (Monday)

2. For the uninitiated, “god mode” in video games is a cheat code that makes you invincible. And while you might feel like that two hours into the open bar at Delinquency, don’t test your new theory. (Monday)

3. There are more free CMJ shows than you can pack into a barrel. The exact number of which is six. (Tuesday – Saturday)

4. Watch the second debate, where Obama will be much better (right, Barry?), with W Kamau Bell. Because screaming at the TV alone in your apartment just gets depressing. (Tuesday) (more…)