Monday, Feb. 13
Salvador Dali and Gala Eluard: Ununited Even in Death 1100 Jefferson Dr., S.W. (S. Dillon Ripley Center - Smithsonian Institution) 202-252-0012 , 6:30 p.m., Tickets: $25 Metro: Smithsonian (Orange and Blue Lines) Just in time for Valentine's Day, this illustrated lecture will focus on the celebrated surrealist Salvador Dali's volatile affair with his mistress Gala Eluard.
Why Do Fools Fall in Love? 240-644-1100 , 7:30 p.m., Tickets: $22 8641 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD (Round House Theatre - Silver Spring) Metro: Silver Spring (Red Line) This cabaret pre-emptively celebrates Valentine's Day with a large selection of modern and classic love songs.
Tuesday, Feb. 14
Valentine's Day Jell-O Wrestling Asylum 2471 18th St., N.W. Metro: Woodley Park Zoo/Adams Morgan (Red Line) 202-319-9353, Tickets: $15 for men, $10 female spectators Asylum's anti-Valentine's Day party features a DJ and pink Jell-O wrestling in an inflatable pool. $500 dollars in prizes will be given away. Wednesday, Feb. 15
Mix and Mingle at the Marian Koshland Science Museum Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences 6th and E St., N.W. 202-334-1201, 5:30 p.m., Tickets: $5; reservations recommended. Metro: Metro Center (Red, Orange and Blue Lines) This informal discussion with young media, science and technology professionals and experts will focus on global warming and its causes.
Discover Your Favorite: A New Kind of Chocolate Tasting Willard InterContinental Hotel 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. 202-252-0012, 7 p.m., Tickets: $95 Alice Medich, chocolate expert and author of "Chocolate Holidays," will host this chocolate tasting, featuring such deserts as chocolate truffles, white chocolate lemon cheesecake and chocolate rum cream puffs.
Sunday, Feb. 19
Dada Exhibit: Opening Day, Lecture and Book signing National Gallery of Art: East Building Auditorium 4th St. and Constitution Ave., N.W. 202-737-4215, 2 p.m. or http://www.nga.gov/programs/lecture.shtm , Admission: Free Dada is the first Aaerican museum survey of the international art movement. Its curator, Leah Dickerman, will present an illustrated lecture on the exhibit and sign copies of the Dada catalogue following the lecture.
