F*** Love.

It’s the sentiment heard throughout the world every Valentine’s Day. A day that brings despair to those without a significant other and those with a significant other who has no idea what gifts to shower upon her or his love.

While this year the holiday will be no different, the Fourth Room Theatre hopes to lighten the mood with "F*** Love: An Anti-Valentines Day Cabaret" at 8 p.m. Feb.12 at the Gilbert Street Piano Lounge, 347 S. Gilbert St.

The event will include tunes enjoyable for both those who hate the holiday and those who adore it. Many well-known love songs will be featured throughout the evening, including pieces by Cee Lo Green, George Michael, Stephen Sondheim, Adele, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Burt Bacharach, Weird Al Yankovic, and Leonard Cohen.

F*** Love is a fundraiser for Fourth Room Theatre, a new theater company in Iowa City. The event will help the troupe to raise funds for its 2012 season and future seasons.

— by Julia Jessen