Heather Christie's LOVENOTES! to be Presented at Symphony Space

LoveNotes! – the storytelling event created and hosted by author Heather Christie, based on her popular book of the same name – will return to New York for its third year in 2026. LoveNotes! will be performed for three special shows on Valentine’s Day, Saturday, February 14 at New York’s Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space. Performances will be at 2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, and 8:00 PM. In addition, a livestream option is available for the 8:00 PM show.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day weekend, LoveNotes! is a one-of-a-kind storytelling event of memoir and music, in which real people share real stories about romantic love in all of its incarnations. The show reveals true stories of first love, last love, and all the love in between – tales from heartbreaking to heartwarming – in which Cupid has shot someone in the heart… and they have lived to tell the tale.

Storytellers for the 2026 New York performances include Neeta Agarwal, Mitch Applebaum, Carolina A. Cardona, Suzanne Christie, Carl M. Banks, Haley Lawrence, Kory May, Helen Cheng Mao, John McGinniss, Steve McLean, DeAnna Whalen, and Marc S. Wood, with music by Glen Roethal.

This Valentine’s Day marks a major expansion for the brand, with new LoveNotes! productions having launched in Chicago, IL; Indianapolis, IN; Reading, PA; South Central PA, and coming soon to Atlanta, GA and Tampa, FL. With the second book in the franchise due in June and a growing national footprint, 2026 is poised to be a breakthrough year. At the heart of it all is Heather’s mission: to spread love, one love note at a time.

LoveNotes! debuted in 2024 with a sold-out show Off-Broadway and in 2025 expanded to three performances at Peter Norton Symphony Space. The book LoveNotes! – which is published by 71st  Street Books, and available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and beyond – features true love stories, journal prompts, and puzzles. The LoveNotes! podcast will be launched next year.

After a divorce and dating disappointment, Heather Christie found herself in a dark place, questioning whether love was real. Even so, there was a nudge from deep inside that urged her to look around and find the proof of what real love looked like. So she went on the search for evidence of love in other people’s stories. The poets, the dreamers, the lovers, and a lot of regular people answered her call. LoveNotes! was born.