5 things to do this weekend, including 'Star Scores' and a Valentine's Day movie night

I look forward to Valentine’s Day every year, whether I’m actively in love or just grateful to be surrounded by loving friends and family. I’m the kind of person who decorates with pops of pink and red and hearts year-round, so the marketing for this holiday completely reels me in. WBUR’s Hanna Ali found some amazing event options to celebrate the holiday no matter your relationship status. I have a few more to add to the list and some unrelated events for those who are over cheesy teddy bears and bouquets of roses.

Drummer and composer Kendrick Scott will perform with students from Berklee College of Music on Thursday at the Red Room at Cafe 939. Matthew Stevens, associate professor in the ensemble department, auditioned and prepared the students for the concert. Scott has toured with Herbie Hancock, Charles Lloyd, the Crusaders, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Kurt Elling, and he was a member of the Blue Note All-Stars. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 the day of. Berklee students can purchase $12 tickets with their ID.

Performance and immersive sculptural installation “Star Scores” will be on view this Friday at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. The work, developed by Roberto Carlos Lange and Kristi Sword, will present a live score by an ensemble, including Lange. As musicians play four experimental compositions, a film will investigate “the imperceptible forces that shape the West Texas landscape and the Appalachian skies.” On Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, guests can view an installation of large-scale weather balloons paired with abstract visuals by Sword and an immersive soundscape by Lange. Sword is a visual artist who works on textural, small-scale sculptures and drawings. Lange is originally from South Florida and creates “ambient ‘avant boleros’ with abstract lyrical songs and more rhythm-driven electro-acoustic pieces.” Tickets for the Friday performance are $26 for students and members and $32 for non-members. Viewings of the balloon installation are free with museum admission.

“The Proposal” is one of my all-time favorite rom-coms. The 2009 film stars Sandra Bullock as powerful New York City book editor Margaret and Ryan Reynolds as her assistant Andrew. He does anything she asks of him in hopes of securing a book deal — and that doesn’t stop when Margaret faces deportation back to Canada and he agrees to marry her so she can stay in the country and keep working. Andrew agrees on the condition that she give him a promotion and a book deal and accompany him on a trip home to Alaska for a birthday celebration for his grandmother (played by Betty White).

The movie is packed with hilarious mishaps and swoon-worthy moments, and the Alaska scenes were actually filmed in Rockport. Fittingly, the Shalin Liu Performance Center — which is now located in the building that was the mercantile shop in the film — will be screening the movie on Valentine’s Day. After the screening, guests can listen to the Adria Smith Jazz Trio in the center’s jazz club. Tickets are $15.

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If you’re a Gleek like me, you’ll remember it was Rachel Berry’s (Lea Michele) dream to star as Fanny Brice in “Funny Girl” on Broadway like her idol Barbra Streisand. Years after Michele fulfilled her “Glee” character’s wish on-screen, she played the part in real life in 2022. The musical is in Boston through this Sunday starring Hannah Shankman. The show follows Fanny’s career in entertainment in the early 1900s in New York City and her relationship with Nick Arnstein (Stephen Mark Lukas). The musical is running at Citizens Opera House, and tickets range from $35 to $185. [Read WBUR theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair’s review of the show here.]

All ages are welcome to attend Foundry Festival in Cambridge, a week of free workshops, art and activities connected to the theme of resilience. “Resilience to us is celebrating how our stories, cultures, and communities continue to thrive,” according to the event description. “It is not just the act of survival, but creating strong communities that take care of each other.” Some of the activities include creating upcycled earrings with artist Emily Seaman, making vegan empanadas with Valientes Bakery and attending a family improv class with The Nova Comedy Collective. Some events require pre-registration and others are drop-in programs, so make sure to check the website before you go.