8 & 8:15 pm: Pop Music

Marilyn Manson and Fiona Apple don’t exactly put you into the Valentine mood? Head back to the decades when romance flowered in pop music. K-ERTH’s third annual Valentine’s Concert is headlined by the great, melancholy soul singer Ben E. King, and also features Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals, Mitch Ryder and Ronnie Spector at the Universal Amphitheatre. Or for an even older genre of oldies, try the vocal blends of the Platters and the Ink Spots at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center.

* Ben E. King, Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals, Mitch Ryder and Ronnie Spector at the Universal Amphitheatre, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, 8:15 p.m. $10-$46. (818) 622-4440.

* The Platters and the Ink Spots at Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo Beach, 8 p.m. $25-$35. (310) 372-4477.

11 am: Theater

The Mark Taper Forum’s theater for young people, P.L.A.Y. (Performing for Los Angeles Youth,) presents a special public performance of its touring school show “The Square Root of Terrible,” a comic tale about peer pressure and math anxiety.

* “The Square Root of Terrible,” Performing Arts Center, Cal State Northridge. Free. Also Feb. 21, 11 a.m. at Watts Theatre Co.; March 7, 1:30 p.m. at California Science Center. Call for other public dates: (213) 972-7674.

2 pm: Theater

Eeyore loses his tail, but he’ll have a happy birthday anyway, thanks to his pals in the Hundred Acre Wood in “A Winnie-the-Pooh Birthday Tail,” performed in both American Sign Language and spoken word by Cleveland Signstage Theatre at the Luckman Theatre.

* “A Winnie-the-Pooh Birthday Tail,” Luckman Theatre, Cal State L.A., 5151 State University Drive. Los Angeles. $7. (213) 343-6600; (213) 365-3500.

All day: Family

At this year’s annual celebration of the migration of the gray whales, the Dana Point Festival of Whales goes high-tech with interactive whale Web pages at https://www.dpfestivalofwhales.com. But it also holds to tradition with whale-watching trips, street fairs, a parade, activities for kids, art exhibition and sales, athletic events, arts and crafts, marine-life presentations and lectures and concerts.

* Dana Point Festival of Whales, Dana Point Harbor, Dana Point Town Center. Parade, Santa Clara to Town Center, Saturday, 10 a.m.; Saturday-March 1. Call for events and times. Some events have a charge; many are free. (800) 290-DANA or (714) 496-1555.

7 & 9 pm: Theater

Buffalo Nights Theatre Co. presents the world premiere of “Featuring Loretta” and the West Coast premiere of “Problem Child,” part of “Suburban Motel,” a dark, six-play comedy suite by internationally noted Canadian playwright George F. Walker. The two dark comedies about motel room denizens mark the new mid-size Falcon Theatre’s first full production.

* “Suburban Motel: ‘Featuring Loretta’ and ‘Problem Child,’ ” Falcon Theatre, 4252 Riverside Drive, Burbank. “Problem Child,” Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 p.m. and Sundays, 7 p.m. “Featuring Loretta,” Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 7 p.m. and Sundays, 4 p.m. Ends March 22. $20-$22.50 each, or both shows, $30-$35. (818) 955-8101.

8 pm: Jazz

More than some 40 years ago, influential music producer and hip-hop entrepreneur Quincy Jones played trumpet with Lionel Hampton and toured the world as a member of Dizzy Gillespie’s orchestra. Jones has never forgotten his jazz roots. A Tribute to Quincy Jones: A Man and His Music, a benefit for the UCLA Jazz Studies Program, will feature guitarist Kenny Burrell, saxophonist Gary Foster, keyboardist Billy Childs and other UCLA jazz faculty and students, as well as Jones conducting his arrangements .

* A Tribute to Quincy Jones: A Man and His Music, Veterans Wadsworth Theater, Wilshire Boulevard at the 405 Freeway. $25-$75. (310) 825-2101.

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Freebie: Saturday Storytime at Pages bookstore, 18399 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, 11 a.m. (818) 34-BOOKS.