Justin Vivian Bond, Never Sleep Alone and More to Bring on the Love for Valentine's Day at Joe's Pub

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its lineup for Valentine's Day 2017. Scroll down for details or visit www.joespub.com for a complete list of shows!

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LOVE BITES: BEST DUETS EVER, HOSTED BY CATHY CERVENKA & Corn Mo
Sunday, February 12 at 7:00PM
$15

The 13th annual LOVE BITES show is a celebration of the greatest pop/rock duets of all time! Featuring a cavalcade of NYC's favorite downtown performers, paired up to interpret these classic songs in their own unique style and voice. The audience is invited to singalong to all the hits like, Stop Draggin' My Heart Around, Enough Is Enough, You Don't Bring Me Flowers, Under Pressure, Separate Lives, Don't Go Breaking My Heart, I Got You Babe and more!

Duet duos are Brian Charles Rooney & Yana Chupenko, Molly Pope, Watt White & Sophia Ramos, Angela Di Carlo & David Ilku, Daryl Glenn & Mardie Millit, Verena & Travis Moser, The HoHos, Mike Fornatale, Julian & Rachel Kopf Velard, Tony Z & David Driver, Paul Leschen & Leslie Goshko, Cathy Cervenka & Corn Mo & Katia Floreska, Ki Ki Hawkins & Mike Greco and more! The LOVE BITES band is Chris Goercke, Jimmy Caputo, Paul Leschen, Alan J Camlet and Claudia Chopek.

LADIES OF SOUL TRIBUTE W/ XAVIER & FRIENDS
Sunday, February 12 at 9:30PM
$20 Advance / $25 Doors

Two days before Valentine's Day, XAVIER and his friends will help you get turned on a little early with their salute to soul music's leading ladies. Now in its fifth year, New York rated the show "Brilliant" on its famed Approval Matrix axis. Joining him this year are Martha Redbone, Bright Light Bright Light, Anastacia McCleskey (Waitress, the Musical) and more! Past guests have included Tony Award winner Lena Hall, Stephin Merritt, Joan as Policewoman, Sxip Shirey, Lady Rizo, and Rachael Price of Lake Street Dive, Del Marquis of Scissor Sisters, Mykal Kilgore, Cassondra James Kellam and Bridget Barkan.

Xavier has collaborated with Scissor Sisters, JD Samson, Young & Sick, New Power Generation, Basement Jaxx vocalists Vula & Sharlene, Diane Birch, Bright Light Bright Light, Stephin Merritt, Sxip Shirey and LL Cool J. He is a member of Nova Social and writes and performs regularly with Slow Knights. His vocals have received un-coerced praise from the likes of Madonna, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige, Devo, Anita Baker, Lena Horne, TVOTR, Anohni, Danny Tenaglia, The Rapture and Ashford & Simpson.

Isaac Oliver IS YOUR VALENTINE
Monday, February 13 at 9:30PM
$20

Writer/performer Isaac Oliver's debut collection of essays, Intimacy Idiot, was named one of NPR's Best Books of 2015. After last year's sold-out residency, Oliver returns to Joe's Pub on Valentine's Eve for a fresh glass of pink wine, debuting brand-new stories as well as sharing old favorites - seated, of course. The show features Daniel Loeser and is directed by Jason Eagan. The New Yorker describes Oliver as, "The rare author who reads his work in a nightclub ... I haven't seen this style anywhere else, but it feels just right. It's pleasing and freeing to be in his presence. You're careening somewhere madly, and you trust that you're going to like where you end up."

FEDERICO AUBELE
Tuesday, February 14 at 7:30PM
$20

Back in the dim wooden floored room. Smoky amber light. Heavy red drapes cover the walls. The old mirror that's reflected your thousand faces throughout the years, captures your image once again, sitting on the sofa. The deep sound of the bass crawls slowly on the floor, passes between your feet. The soft notes of the guitar and vocals floating on top of it, like black velvet butterflies. Like Absinthe.

Federico Aubele's music takes you to a special room. And you don't want to leave. You want to dive into that narcotic sway and remain there. Aubele works alone, like a fisherman waiting for the tide, painstakingly, making sure every sound marries the other elements on the track. Aubele's haunting Signature Sound, with it nylon string guitar and dark atmospheric vocals give space this time also to several cinematic tripped out tango infused instrumentals. Aubele pulls inspiration from music ranging from Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother, to Piazzolla's album Pulsacion, to Baden Powell's Afro Sambas to Boards of Canada.

NEVER SLEEP ALONE, STARRING DR. ALEX SCHILLER
VALENTINE'S DAY SESSION
Tuesday, February 14 at 9:30PM
$35 Players / $45 Voyeurs

This Valentine's Day, try something different and take Robin Leach's advice: "Shed your inhibitions, kiss that stranger beside you, and you'll enjoy the wildest night of theater imaginable." Are you fulfilling your socio-sexual potential? What is an MBO? And WHO is going to give you one this Valentine's Day? If you can't answer these questions, you urgently need a Never Sleep Alone session with straight-talking sexual evangelist Dr. Alex Schiller. During this highly interactive show, Dr. Alex gives life-changing advice from her best-selling book, and leads the audience through a wildly entertaining evening where nobody hesitates and everybody participates. The night continues at an after-party at a nearby lounge, where you'll dance the night away with sexy strangers from all over the world.

Justin VivIan Bond SHOWS UP LATE FOR LOVE
Wednesday, February 15 at 9:30PM
$35

Justin VivIan Bond Shows Up (Late for Love) is a post-Valentine's Day check-in. How's everybody doing? Bond is spreading the love in 2017! In an attempt to practice radical empathy, Mx Justin VivIan Bond is stepping out of their liberal champagne bubble and venturing on a cultural fact finding mission across America. Sticking with their credo, "Keep it Pretty, Keep, it Shallow, Keep it Moving," Mx Bond asks, "Why alienate when you can infiltrate?"

Share thoughts, ideas and world views with this trans-genre phenomenon and as they explore what common links we can enjoy with the right social lubricants and musical interludes but never forget, "Glamour is Resistance!" The Bipolar Express is pulling in to a rest stop near you.

GOOD FOLK POST-VALENTINE'S DAY LOVE FEST: THE ANGST OF LOVE EDITION
Friday, February 17 at 9:30PM
$25

Toshi Reagon presents Good Folk, a seasonal artistic collaboration. The artists involved are powerful, and brilliant - planted in the present with a knowledge of where they came from. Each person carries that line with them, changes it and spring it forward. The lineup: Alex Nolan, Juliette Jones, Shayna Small, Reagon, Lyris Hung, Rachel Ekcroth, Morley, Kelli Sae, Allison Miller and Ganessa James

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For tickets, go online at joespub.com, call, 10AM-7:00PM daily, at 212-967-7555, or visit in person at The Public Theater Box Office, 425 Lafayette Street, NYC (Opens daily at 2PM). There is a $12 food / two (2) drink minimum per person per show, unless otherwise noted.

Named for Public Theater founder Joe Papp, Joe's Pub at The Public opened in 1998 and plays a vital role in The Public's mission of supporting young artists while providing established artists with an intimate space to perform and develop new work. Joe's Pub presents the best in live music and performance nightly, continuing its commitment to diversity, production values, community and artistic freedom. The organization also offers unique opportunities like New York Voices, an artist commissioning program that provides musicians the resources and tools needed to develop original theater works. Commissioned artists have included Ethan Lipton, Toshi Reagon, Bridget Everett, Allen Toussaint and more. In 2011, the Pub received a top-to-bottom renovation, leading to improved sightlines, expanded seating capacity and a new menu from acclaimed Chef Andrew Carmellini. With its intimate atmosphere and superior acoustics, Joe's Pub presents talent from all over the world as part of The Public's programming downtown at its Astor Place home, hosting approximately 800 shows and serving over 100,000 audience members annually.

The Public Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham, is the only theater in New York that produces Shakespeare, the classics, musicals, contemporary and experimental pieces in equal measure. Celebrating his 10th anniversary season at The Public, Eustis has created new community-based initiatives designed to engage audiences like Public Lab, Public Studio, Public Forum, Public Works, and a remount of the Mobile Unit. The Public continues the work of its visionary founder, Joe Papp, by acting as an advocate for the theater as an essential cultural force, and leading and framing dialogue on some of the most important issues of our day. Creating theater for one of the largest and most diverse audience bases in New York City for nearly 60 years, today the Company engages audiences in a variety of venues-including its landmark downtown home at Astor Place, which houses five theaters and Joe's Pub; the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, home to free Shakespeare in the Park; and the Mobile Unit, which tours Shakespearean productions for underserved audiences throughout New York City's five boroughs. The Public's wide range of programming includes free Shakespeare in the Park, the bedrock of the Company's dedication to making theater accessible to all; Public Works, an expanding initiative that is designed to cultivate new connections and new models of engagement with artists, audiences and the community each year; and audience and artist development initiatives that range from Emerging Writers Group to the Public Forum series. The Public is located on property owned by the City of New York and receives annual support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and in October 2012, the landmark building downtown at Astor Place was revitalized to physically manifest the Company's core mission of sparking new dialogues and increasing accessibility for artists and audiences, by dramatically opening up the building to the street and community, and transforming the lobby into a public piazza for artists, students, and audiences. The Public's work is also seen on tour throughout the U.S. and internationally and in collaborations and co-productions with regional and international theaters. The Public is currently represented on Broadway by the Tony Award-winning acclaimed American musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and in spring 2017, Lynn Nottage's acclaimed new play Sweat. The Public has received 59 Tony Awards, 168 Obie Awards, 53 Drama Desk Awards, 54 Lortel Awards, 32 Outer Critics Circle Awards, 13 New York Drama Critics Awards, and five Pulitzer Prizes.

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