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Homemade by a BK-based Belgian saxophonist, these ridiculously tasty, all-natural chocolates're available in eight different bars (espresso, raspberry...) plus jewel-like, liquor-infused pralines filled with ganache, e.g., the geodesic Flamberge w/ raspberry liqueur, the bezel-shaped Aztec w/ double chocolate cream, and the nut-shaped Puerto Rico -- so flavorful, it's like biting into Daddy Yankee himself.

Tomorrow at the Village Pourhouse UWS: 982 Amsterdam Ave, at 109th; 212.979.2337

Love beer? Love growing things in your closet? Hit Homebrewing 101 to swig homemade swill and learn the sudsmaking process, like how to burtonize the water to make it sterile, how to begin sparging the wort to coagulate proteins and nitrogenous compounds, and how to throw up your hands in exasperation, slouch to the bodega, and buy a 4-pack of Lynchburg Lemonade.

Snigger at others' historic misfortune on this searchable GMap of ponzi scheme victims, which shows the duped investors' geographic concentration, plus lists each client's home address -- not as hazardous as it sounds, because what's the point of robbing them now? You gonna steal their Commerce Bank pens?

Through February at Nom de Guerre: 640 Broadway, at Bleecker; 212.253.2891

Up to 70% off Nom de Guerre's Fall and Winter '08 merch (gray flannel button-downs, leather half-waist coats, cardigans), all hawked in an underground bunker that once served as a Black Panther meeting place -- where they gathered to protect themselves from police brutality, and you'll gather to protect yourself from the brutality of not being able to afford full price clothes.

This update of the proto shooter skins everything in VH iconography, from the asteroids (band logo, Eddie face, "Everybody Wants Some" burger from Better Off Dead, evil Sammy Hagar) to the spaceship: a split-legged David Lee Roth, who yells "yeah" when firing and sings "Runnin' With the Devil" while maneuvering. When the game ends, you're treated to Roth's scatting from "Just a Gigolo" -- though considering you've been playing Assteroidz, you're clearly not one.