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EVENT: Come feel the love at the hotel QT tonight, as the Love party returns. Get those swimsuits out of storage, because there's a pool! And don't worry, the open vodka bar (8-9) will help you warm up.

Friday // 7pm to 2am // Hotel QT [125 W 45th St] // Free

MUSIC: There's a lot of music options for your Friday night. First up, at Bowery Ballroom, Brooklynites A Place to Bury Strangers and The Cloud Room co-headline a show (with Blacklist and The Giraffes opening). This show follows the release of the Cloud Room's new EP, Please Don't Almost Kill Me.

Friday // 8pm // Bowery Ballroom [6 Delancey St] // $15

We've never heard of The Red Door (unless it's a spa), but we've heard of the bands playing there tonight: Apes & Androids, The Subjects and Sigmond Droid rock the...venue? Illegal space? Whatever, it's only 3 bucks -- and Apes & Androids will make it worth your money -- come party with them before their cd release next month.

Friday // 9pm // The Red Door [140 West 24th St] // $3 (rsvp)

THEATER: Last week we told you about 500 Clown Frankenstein at P.S. 122; this week the same Chicago avant-clowns are unleashing their 500 Clown Christmas, with live musical accompaniment. “Composer/musician John Fournier joins 500 Clown to create a clown-rock-pop-jazz-theatre-concert-party! Diving into the dark and light sides of the all consuming consumer-driven yet still surprisingly touching Christmas season, 3 clowns and a 3 piece band throw a celebration to make Fezziwig proud. Somehow, the audience always ends up onstage for an out-of-control all-out dance-party finale!” – John Del Signore

Friday // 7:30pm // P.S. 122 [150 First Ave] // Tickets cost $20

MOVIE: We haven't seen The Red Balloon since our salad days, but BAM is about to change that. Starting Saturday they'll be screening the film through January 1st. It will screen alongside White Mane, both films were directed by Albert Lamorisse and recently restored for the big screen.

Saturday through January 1st // 1pm // BAM [30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn] // $11

THEATER: This weekend is your last chance to catch Things We Want, Jonathan Marc Sherman’s bitterly funny black comedy about three adult brothers falling apart in their deceased parents’ Manhattan apartment. Directed by Ethan Hawke, the cast is stellar; Josh Hamilton plays the oldest brother, who goes from cult-structured sanctimoniousness to amoral abandon between acts one and two; middle brother Peter Dinklage does the opposite, beginning a delightfully nasty mess and finishing as an embodiment of compassion and maturity. Paul Dano, known for Little Miss Sunshine and, soon enough, There Will Be Blood, plays the lovelorn youngest brother whose wounds are ripped open again by a new coquette, the downstairs neighbor played by the bewitching Zoe Kazan. As performed by the brilliant cast, Things We Want is a hilarious and haunting depiction of how people turn on a dime from wickedly funny to shockingly wicked. We interviewed Josh Hamilton in October. – John Del Signore

Saturday // 8pm // The Acorn @ Theatre Row [410 West 42nd Street] // Tickets cost $56.25

PARTY: Loving Morrissey never goes out of style we suppose, so we guess that's why the Sunday night Moz tribute party at Sway is still happening. If you've never been, expect a little Smiths, a little Morrissey and a lot of love for both.

Sunday // 10pm // Sway [305 Spring St] // Free