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Brooklyn Says Yes To Weird Valentine's Day Events

Forget movies, how about dinner and a murder?

Here's a list of the Valentine events off the beaten path.
Here's a list of the Valentine events off the beaten path. (Shutterstock)

BROOKLYN, NY — Valentine's Day can be celebrated in many different ways.

Dinner, movies, dancing, romantic walks under the moonlit night — the standard fare is there for those who want it.

But what if you're not like everyone else?

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What if, for example, you always wanted to get married at a Williamsburg pizza joint? Or take a blacksmithing class?

Take a look at all the weird Brooklyn Valentine's Day events below:

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Elopement and Vow Renewal at L'Industrie Pizzaria (254 S Second St)

Some of use love pizza, but how many people have gotten married at pizza? This is your chance, where for about less than two weeks of rent, you can have a pizza-officiated wedding in New York City!

The popular pizza parlor L'Industrie will convert into a wedding chapel for one day only, and you can tie the knot — or retie it with a vow renewal — for $700, with 20 of your closest friends.

Included is a bottle of bubbly and, of course, two pizza of the couple's choice.

Click here to reserve.

'50 First Dates' At Skyline Drive-In (1 Oak St)

What is possibly more romantic than a film about Adam Sandler playing a character forced to repeatedly romance a woman who cannot remember anything? The classic 84 and a half minute film starring Sandler, Drew Barrymore and Rob Schneider starts at 7:00 p.m., and drivers, bikers and walkers are welcome to join in the fun.

Click here for tickets.

50 First Days At Radegast Hall Speed Dating (113 N 3rd St)

Maybe you saw the Sandler sub-90 minute classic and you wanted the real deal.

For $30, you can go on at least 15 first dates and one of Williamsburg's finest beer halls.

The dates begin at 7:30. First to 50 wins (just kidding).

Get your tickets here.

Blacksmithing Classes For Your Burning Love — Or Iron Heart (Brooklyn Army Terminal Building B Unit 1C)

Want to learn how to twist, bend, flatten and rivet metal?

Proclaim your love — or hammer out your frustrations with love — by taking this three hour long introduction to an induction forge, using a hammer and anvil to make a heart.

The hammer time starts at 6 p.m. and costs $250 for non-members.

Sign up here.

Dinner And A Murder With Carroll Hall (2 Vandervoort Place)

It was a crime of passion! And dinner.

Come and join Carroll Hall for a romantic murder dinner interactive event with the Jest Murder Mystery Company.

Rumor has it, somebody has it out for the richest man in town, Mr. Barnabas Barnaby Baggs, and you might be the only person who can solve the crime.

The dress code is described as "Murder-Chic," with cocktail attire encouraged.

Tickets include an open bar and dinner, in addition to the murder-tainment.


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