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Jump in with Friends of Barton Springs Pool to help keep the pool sparkling. Afterward, volunteers are welcome to come to the ABGB for a slice on the house. See FB for signup details.

No, yeah, this is for real – as real and as tasty as Antonelli’s always superlative selections of cheese. Because it’s the popular purveyors’ 10th anniversary, is why, and so they’re offering an entire week of free cheese boards at various restaurants around town – Nightcap, Halcyon, Trace, Lenoir, Velouria, District Kitchen, Black Star Co-op, and more. They’ve got a plethora of specials going on in their shop on Duval, too, and even more classes lined up in their nearby Cheese House, because it’s been a tumultuous but ultimately successful decade for the turophilic crew, and their celebration is about brightening everyone’s day with … more cheese! See the website for details.

Celebrate the release of a book that actually looks at the "history of lesbian desire within marriage" going all the way back to 1945.

AlamoScope: One of the thrill master's most psychologically dense and twisted films in which obsession, commitment, and dual identities merge to create a voluptuous tale of thwarted love – all in 70mm.

Get that sweat on at the funnest workout class this side of the violet crown.

Laser IMAX 3D: Follow Aloe Blacc as he traces Louis Armstrong’s footsteps through the colorful locales and cultures where America’s music was born.

Laser IMAX 2D: Timed to the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 – and made exclusively for science centers and museums – Apollo 11: First Steps Edition reconstructs the exhilarating mission with never-before-seen footage and newly discovered audio recordings.

Best of the Fests

Terror Tuesday: Based on a short story by Clive Barker, this tale about an urban legend come to life is set in Chicago's infamous Cabrini-Green.

Figured we'd catch your eye with that chocolate biz – because you know how the C.M. stages a festival right, showcasing so many possibilities for gustatory pleasure no matter the theme – but we'll also note that, for the first time ever, Central Market is offering online ordering for a variety of dinner-for-two entrées. Yes, just in time for Valentine's Day, as if to specifically abet your Netflix-and-chill proclivities, now you can order ready-to-nom dinners of beef tenderloin, oven-roasted lobster tail, or chicken piccata, and pick 'em up the day of.

The king returns, as we like to say, as Roi James presents this new solo show of recent paintings that encompass several different bodies of work, including variations of his abstract oils, his Construct series, and his Floral array of wonders.