Martha Graham Dance Company will perform at Zellerbach Hall to celebrate the company’s 100th anniversary. Credit: Cal Performances

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💸 Does the thought of doing your taxes make you die a little inside? You may be able to get free tax assistance from the library! Appointments available at the Central, South and West Library on weekdays except Tuesdays. FREE (phone call required to make an appointment)

💌 Make heart-shaped keychains and cards at a Valentine’s Craft Night; all materials are provided. Thursday, Feb. 12, 6-9 p.m. Headlands Brewing at UC Berkeley. FREE

🥁 The husband-and-wife team of vocalist Jean and drummer Marcus Baylor have mined a rich vein of Black music where jazz, R&B, gospel and fusion coalesce, and the group featured on the Baylor Project’s only Bay Area date includes trumpet great Freddie Hendrix and pianist Keith Brown, who’s performed widely in the Bay Area with vocalist Jazzmeia Horn and alto sax great Kenny Garrett. Thursday, Feb. 12, 8 p.m. The Freight. $39-$44

🦀 The Berkeley-based energy company Copper, known for its innovative induction stove design, hosts a community open house featuring a crab-fried-rice wok cooking demo with chef Lisa Pinckney and engineering manager and pastry chef/chocolatier Zoe Fiddler answering questions about induction cooking. Friday, Feb. 13, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Copper headquarters. FREE

🎥 The program “Love, Actually?” offers an opportunity to experience Valentina El Harizi’s award-winning short film “Behind the Scenes,” which explores the gap between online appearances and emotional reality.  The screening is followed by a conversation with Larissa “Larz” May, a leader of the digital wellness movement. Friday, Feb. 13, 6 p.m. The Brower Center. FREE (with registration)

🎺 Trumpeter Dave Rocha plays a free show among the library’s shelves with his stripped-down trio featuring Art Khu on electric keyboard and Heath Proskin on double bass. Saturday, Feb. 14, 2 p.m. Central Library. FREE

👸 If you’re an avid watcher of “Bridgerton,” take part in a high tea experience that blends Regency-era romance with Indonesian warmth and pastries. Book quickly, as spots are very limited. Saturday, Feb. 14, 21, 28 and Sunday, March 1. Multiple time slots available. Kopi Bar and Bakery in BAMPFA. $87 for two people (RSVP required)

💗 Celebrate love, Black authors, and Black stories at a Valentine’s-themed children’s book fair. Free books, crafts, and special presentations from Bay Area Black authors will be available. Angela Dalton will read from her book “To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights,” followed by a special Astro Everywhere space show presentation related to Nichols’ character Lieutenant Uhura and how we communicate in space. Saturday, Feb. 14, 1-4:30 p.m. Central Library. FREE

🎶 Jenna Mammina, a gamine jazz vocalist with a canny repertoire that ranges far beyond the American Songbook, plays an afternoon duo set for lovers with the invaluable and inveterately swinging pianist John R. Burr. Saturday, Feb. 14, 4 p.m. The Back Room. $20

👁️ Learn about cutting-edge research at UC Berkeley directly from the scientists themselves at the city library’s “popping the science bubble” series. This program features Makenzie Wilkinson’s “What a trip!: How psychedelic drugs reopen critical periods of development,” and Lauren Sigda’s “Neuroscience Visual processing and the limits to acuity.” Tuesday, Feb. 17, 5:30 p.m. Central Library. FREE (in person or via Zoom)

💘 The seventh annual Valentine’s Gay celebration will feature performances from the bands Middle Aged Queers, Hit Like A Girl, P.O.S and Black Gold Sun. All ages are welcome, and the space will be sober (so no alcohol). Saturday, Feb. 14, 7:30-11 p.m. 924 Gilman St. $18

💃 Martha Graham Dance Company, founded by its namesake choreographer in 1926, performs a rare Bay Area engagement presenting classic works (“Appalachian Spring” and “Night Journey”) and recently commissioned dances created in dialogue with Graham (like the Bay Area premiere of “En Masse” by former Alvin Ailey star Hope Boykin). Saturday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, 3 p.m. Zellerbach Hall. $56-$150

💝 For a romantic Valentine’s evening, watch a jazz performance by Nathan and Noah East featuring Donald Barrett. Tickets include a $55 resort credit when booked through City Box Office, an artist meet and greet, and an afterparty with champagne and hors d’oeuvres. Saturday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. Claremont Resort and Club. $138

🍷 Create a vision collage for the Lunar New Year, where materials will be provided and natural wine will be available for sale. Sunday, Feb. 15, 4 p.m. Donkey and Goat Winery. FREE

🧘 A candlelit yoga and sound bath experience is being offered in honor of Black History Month and Lunar New Year, while centering the affirmation that “rest is a form of resistance.” All levels are welcome; bring a yoga mat, eye mask, other yoga props as you wish, and wear layers. Tuesday, Feb. 17, 6:30 p.m. YWCA Berkeley/Oakland. FREE (RSVP required)

🎭 Surfer, chef, activist and playwright Anthony Michael Jefferson’s one-man piece “The Bumpy Road Less Traveled” follows his travails from his rosy early years in sunny Hermosa Beach and through the tragedy that derailed his family, sending them into the maw of California’s criminal justice system. Along this wending path he finds guardian angels, personal demons, and unsuspecting heroines. Tuesday, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. The Marsh. $15-$100

🧧 Celebrate the Lunar New Year in a disability-friendly space hosted by multiple organizations, including the UC Berkeley Disability Cultural Community Center. All community members are welcome. Masks, rapid COVID tests, fidget toys, a “good fortune bar,” a speaker panel, and more will be available. Wednesday, Feb 18, 4-7 p.m. Cal Alumni House. FREE (RSVP required)

🎼 The UC Berkeley Department of Music holds weekly noon concerts on Wednesdays. The next concert will feature students from the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra performing small ensemble works, including Johannes Brahms’ Piano Trio in B Major Op. 8. Wednesday, Feb. 18, noon. Hertz Concert Hall. FREE (registration encouraged)

🎺 The Jazzschool’s Black History Month brown bag discussions continue with Berkeley guitarist, composer and freelance scholar John Schott on the radical genius of Louis Armstrong. Wednesday, Feb. 18, 12:30 p.m. The Jazzschool. FREE

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