`Casablanca,` Love at First Bite, Chinese New Year top your weekend
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Love is in the air! Get Valentine's Day started early with a screening of "Casablanca" and a singles brunch at Nellcote. Also, where to watch the Grammys and where to celebrate Chinese New Year, all from Time Out Chicago's Marissa Conrad.
Saturday
Guests at the West Side conservatory can groove with the UChicago Dragon Dance Club once they've learned the traditional steps. Those with two left feet should stick to searching for symbols of good fortune and other New Year's themes on a self-guided scavenger hunt through the plant house. Crafty kids can make their own dancing dragon at this Year of the Snake soiree; they'll love the souvenir. Chinese New Year Celebration Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N Central Park Ave (312-746-5100, garfieldconservatory.org). Sat 9 at 11am; free.
Saturday and Sunday
Dating coach Bela Gandhi of Smart Dating Academy hosts a brunch for singles, complete with a Valentine's themed movie. Love at First Bite Nellcote, 833 W Randolph St (312-432-0500, nellcotebrunch.eventbrite.com). Noon. $24.
Sunday
Shame on you if you haven't seen Bogart and Bergman together in this film. Put this on your to-do list. Oscar-Winning Films: Casablanca Music Box, 3733 N Southport Ave (773-871-6604, musicboxtheatre.com). 11:30am; $7.25.
Sunday
Will Frank Ocean, as a recent tweet intimated, play the piano with one hand, following his brawl with Chris Brown? Will Jack White rock with his all-male band or his all-female band? Will Taylor Swift's inexorable march toward immortal pop stardom end once and for all? Get the answers at the Grammy Awards Viewing Party atop the River North lounge. Grammy Awards Viewing Party Cityscape, 350 W Mart Center Dr (312-836-5000, martplaza.com/dining/cityscape). 7pm. Free; cocktails $8.
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