Looking to celebrate your Galentines? We have you covered. Scroll to the end for ideas for your gal pals!
Valentine’s Treat Box
If your partner has a sweet tooth, treat them to boxes filled with raspberry Parisian macarons, chocolate strawberry gelato cake, heart-shaped vanilla bean sugar cookies, passionfruit chocolate truffles, and more treats from Pangea Kitchen.
Three Days of Valentineโs Dinners
Feb. 13-15, Comfort By The Cross-Eyed Cricket, 230 Main St.
Find love at first bite off two different menus at the Downtown Restaurant. Starting Feb. 13, tuck into crab bisque, seared sea bass, bone-in Berkshire double pork chop, cheesecake and more on Comfortโs daily menu. Feb. 14, bring your love to brunch, then return for dinner in the Upper Room with a four-course meal of oysters, tomahawk steaks, chocolate torte, and more.
Bingo With Your Valentineโs Date
3:30 Feb. 14, Pay it Forward, 2227 W. Michigan St.
Is your sweetheart on the competitive side? Take them out for a night of bingo benefiting a local charity. Refuel with walking tacos and sausage dogs.
Valentineโs Day Concert
6 p.m. Feb. 14, Your Brotherโs Bookstore, 504 Main St.
The Pink Pearls headline this Champagne Jam concert with Woe_Boy, a local bedroom pop band, and singer-songwriter Dyland Gaston. Cover charge is $10.
February Art Show: โIf You Ever Loved Meโ
6-8 p.m. Feb. 14; 2-5 p.m. Feb. 15, Twymon Art Gallery, 1015 Lincoln Ave.
New works by Southern Illinois-based oil painter and sculptor Jaeda Thomason shine a light on domestic abuse.
Valentine Week Group Salsa + Bachata Lesson
6:30-8 p.m. Feb. 13, The Attic at Chaserโs Bar & Grill, 2131 W. Franklin St.
Take a 45-minute dance lesson in salsa, bachata, and merengue โ no partner needed! Open dancing follows the lesson. Cover charge is $15 per person.
Miscast Cabaret: Valentineโs Edition!
7 p.m. Feb. 14, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 3600 Oak Hill Road
Singers share their best not-ready-for-Broadway numbers during this musical comedy. Performers will be seated in the audience when they are not onstage. Admission is $25 and includes treats, mocktails, and coffee.
Swipe Right Night
6:30 p.m. Feb. 14, Ford Center, 1 S.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Unattached? The Thunderbolts want to play matchmaker. Join a round a speed dating in the Suite Club before the hockey game against the Quad City Storm. During the game, mingle with other singles in a special seating section, then participate in a blind date during the first 20-minute intermission for a chance to win a โperfect date.โ
Love/Sick
7:30 p.m. Feb. 14-15; 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Feb. 16, STAGEtwo at 321, 321 N. Congress Ave.
Nine slightly twisted short comedic plays directed by John Cariani explore the pain and joy of being in love. Pre-sale tickets cost $18. Day-of tickets are $20.
Paint Your Partner Date Night
6 p.m. Feb. 15, Fired Up! Joe Schmoeโs Art Studio, 2121 N. Green River Road
Painting novices and experts alike can use their lover as their muse, with a twist: Partners cannot see the work until the painter is finished. Tickets cost $55.
The Poisoned Rose: The Art of a Dying Love
6:30-11 p.m. Feb. 15, Henderson Haunts, 2480 U.S. 41 Unit 180, Henderson, Kentucky
Do you prefer jump scares over romantic meals? This one-night haunted house experience ups the ante by taking place in complete. Hold hands โ hey, that can be romantic! โ and make your way through the shows to the poisoned rose. Single tickets cost $15.
The Shelest Piano Duo: Four Hands, One Great Love
7:30 p.m. Feb. 15, Murphy Auditorium, 419 Tavern St., New Harmony, Indiana
Part of the Under the Beams concert series, this husband-and-wife duo of Anna and Dmitri Shelest, from the Kharkiv Special Music School in Ukraine, perform piano music. Tickets start at $40.
Mutts at Myriad: Valentine Edition
noon-3 p.m. Feb. 16, Myriad Brewing Company, 8245 High Pointe Drive, Newburgh, Indiana
Show your best furry friend how much you love them with a Valentine photo booth, kissing booth, and cookie decorating for $10. Meet Warrick Humane Society pups available for adoption. Mother Truckers Pizzeria will be on hand as well and donating $2 from each pizza to WHS.
Galentineโs Day
Popularized by Amy Poehlerโs hit sitcom โParks and Recreation,โ Galentineโs Day falls on Feb. 13 and celebrates your best gal pals.
Galentine Jewelry Design
3-5 p.m. Feb. 15, Memo, 209 Main St.
Create three unique pairs of earrings with Jen Bretz, owner of JenArt Ceramics Studio. Bretz guides attendees through cutting and decorating ceramic earrings. The class costs $80 and can be registered for online or in Memo.
Girl Talk
6 p.m. Feb. 13, Moโs House, 1114 Parrett St.
This annual mixer โ at a locale Evansville Living readers have twice voted the best place to have a drink โ features charcuterie, custom cocktails, a photo booth, and giveaways.
Galentineโs Getaway
Craving a weekend away with your best friends? Bloomington, Indiana, has crafted a full itinerary for a girlsโ weekend. Among the highlights are relaxing at Bloomington Salt Cave, brunch, shopping, and toasting to friendship with stops at Butler and Oliver wineriesย โ the latter is hosting a Chocolate Loverโs Weekend Feb. 14-16.
