DATING: Those loopy dames over at Femina Potens are having a Queer Speed Dating night -- a bi-monthly benefit to increase visibility of women and transgendered artists -- which turns out not to be nearly as much fun as it sounded at first. Still, if you're a lonely fruit, head over to the Upper Market area tonight. Who knows? You might meet that special someone. 8 p.m. // Femina Potens Gallery (2199 Market Street)......

Park Chalet -- which, it seems, provides the hungry eater or thirsty drunk an "unmatched indoor/outdoor atmosphere" -- is hosting a singles event. For cougars. You know, women of-a-certain age? Ladies 35 or older who get damp over boyish jailbait? They're having some sort of mass gathering later this month. Sort of like a cast party for Dateline: to Catch a Predator, only socially acceptable. Check it: ...