ABOUT TOWN

The Terrible Toy Fair

Through Fri., March 10

The third annual Terrible Toy Fair features the work of eight artists, each of whom has created, modified or just plain hurt a toy in some monstrous way. In short, they’ve crafted the kind of wrong and bad toys we would’ve lusted after when we were kids.

CBGB Gallery, 313 Bowery; free, go to dollhaus.org for more information.

In the Flesh Erotic Reading Series

Weds., February 15

If Valentine’s Day didn’t quite live up to the hype and you’re too highbrow to rent porn, why not get your rocks off in a literary fashion, as Rachel Kramer Bussell’s reading series presents “The Hottest, Sexiest Stories in the City.” With readings from smutty scribes including Lauren Sanders, Carol Taylor, M.J. Rose, Melvin E. Lewis and others. Refreshments will be served, if you dare.

Happy Endings Lounge, 302 Broome St., 212-334-9676; 8, free.

Pro Musicis International Piano

 Winner At Weill Recital Hall

Weds., February 15

Japan sends us more than cars and hi-fi components. They also send us highly-touted young classical musicians offering concerts with equally impressive pairings of price and quality. Here, award-winning flutist Kazunori Seo teams up with pianist Laurent Wagschal in a program of tuneful music by unabashedly appealing composers like Camille Saint-Saens. (That’s the guy who wrote “Carnival of the Animals.”)

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, 154 W. 57th St. (at 7th Ave.), 212-247-7800; 8, $15-$20. 

Marc Ecko, Rza, Rakim and Cope-2

Host Video Game Signing

Thurs., February 16

Fashion designer Marc Ecko and a bunch of hip-hoppers—including Wu-Tang Clan member Rza and Rakim—sign copies of their video game “Mark Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure.” Among the voices on the game are such well-known camp personalities as Andy Dick and one-time Batman, Adam West.

Yes, it’ll be weird.

Virgin Megastore, 1540 Broadway (at Times Square); 6-8, free.

An Evening with Walter Mosley and Harry Belafonte

Fri., February 17

In recent weeks, Harry Belafonte has been in the news for comparing the current administration to terrorists and Nazis. Expect more of the same tonight as he and writer Walter Mosley get together for a liberal bitchfest. A book signing will follow. Presented by Mosley’s publisher, Nation Books.

Tishman Auditorium, The New School, 66 W. 12th St., 212-229-5488; 7, free, but reservations suggested.

Dirty Found Sullies The East Coast

Fri. & Sat. February 17-18

If the mere existence of Found mag hasn’t already convinced you to be mighty careful with what you throw away, this should do it. Naughty photos, perverted doodles, unspeakable diary entries and other disturbing evidence of what people really think about are all part of Found’s traveling adults-only PowerPoint presentation. They’re certainly happy to see any lascivious personal trash you might’ve come across in your own travels, too.

Monkey Town, 58 N. 3rd St. (betw. Kent & Wythe Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-384-1369, 7:30 & 10, $10.

The Insurgency: A Frontline Report

Tues., February 21

Why not just stay home on Tuesday and watch a documentary on TV about what’s going on in Iraq? The film includes interviews with actual nut-job insurgents. And, although it’s on PBS, lefties may be surprised by how far this “Frontline” doc goes in defending the U.S. presence there, both by showing the viciousness of the Fallujah Islamofascists and by warning about the consequences of a too-rapid U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. 

Sounds altogether too serious? Well, after all you shelled out on Valentine’s Day, consider that at least it’s cheap. 

Your TV at home, Channel 13; 9, free.

Trials & Tribulations: 

Stories About the Law

Weds., February 22

In this latest offering from The Moth, storytellers and writers like Liz Tuccillo (co-author, He’s Just Not That Into You) and others share tales of the Law—run-ins with it, being above it, standing before it, its long arm, whatever might strike their fancy. The Law represents many different things to different people, and tonight you’ll find out why. Hosted by Andy Borowitz.

The Players Club, 16 Gramercy Park South (betw. Irving Pl. & Park Ave. South), 212-742-0551; 8, go to smarttix.com.