Today

BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM: 4 p.m. at The Zack Pollard Club of Mount Olive Baptist Church, 4973 Washington Road in Evans; speaker Valerie L. Jackson, founder and CEO of Triple Threat Ministries; call Dr. Leslie Pollard Sr. at (706) 860-3387.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS DAY: 2 p.m. at Oakey Grove Baptist Church, 911 N. Belair Road, Evans; with the Rev. T.C. Edwards of Friendship Baptist Church of Aiken; (706) 627-8953.

RECRUITMENT TEA: 3 p.m. at Glenn Hills High School; held by the Augusta Area Alumni Chapter of Fort Valley State University; call Paul Thompkins at (706) 495-7405.

VALENTINE PET PHOTOS: 1-4 p.m. today and Saturday at Superpetz on Bobby Jones Expressway, in Martinez; pictures taken by Happy Tails Rescue.

THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES : 3 p.m., Grover C. Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; benefit reading of Eve Ensler's play; $5 students, $10 others; (706) 667-4100.

CONCERTS WITH A CAUSE: Atlanta Sacred Chorale, 4 p.m., St. John United Methodist Church, 736 Greene St.; benefits The Boys & Girls Clubs of Augusta; www.stjohnaugusta.org.

AIKEN LAND CONSERVANCY ANNUAL MEETING: 3-5 p.m. at the Wilcox Hotel; guest speaker will be Charles Lane, of Charleston, who will talk about his experiences as first chairman of the South Carolina Conservation Bank Board and chairman of the ACE Basin Force from 1989 to 2004.

Monday

GROVETOWN CITY COUNCIL SEMI-MONTHLY MEETING: 6 p.m. at city hall, 103 Old Wrightsboro Road.

EMPTY ARMS SUPPORT GROUP: 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Trinity's office in Daniel Village on Wrightsboro Road; for parents who have lost babies at any stage of pregnancy; (706) 729-6000.

Tuesday

AIKEN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD: 7 p.m., 1000 Brookhaven Drive, Aiken.

COLUMBIA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: 5:30 p.m. at board offices, 4781 Hereford Farm Road, Evans; (706) 541-0650.

RICHMOND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MONTHLY COMMITTEE MEETINGS: 4 p.m. at board's central offices, 864 Broad St.

OPEN HOUSE: For home-schoolers using the Classical Christian Model, at Warren Baptist Church, 3203 Washington Road; classicalaugusta@yahoo.com, or www.classicalconversations.com.

PRESCHOOL/MOTHERS MORNING OUT FAIR: 2-4:30 p.m. at Patriots Park Gym, 5445 Columbia Road; held by The Moms Club of Evans; information on preschool and mother's day out programs will be available; (706) 589-5082.

AUGUSTA'S ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION ADVOCACY MEETING: 6-8 p.m. at the conference room of the Centers for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 7011 Evans Town Center Blvd., in preparation for a March 9 Alzheimer's Day trip to the Georgia Capitol; (706) 731-9060.

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY: 5 p.m. at Pine View Baptist Church, 117 Pleasant Home Road, Martinez.

TOM SAWYER AUDITIONS: 6:30 p.m., Dayspring Baptist Church, 4220 Frontage Road; held by Young Artists Repertory Theatre Company; openings for ages 8-14; production is $110 per child; show in May; (706) 210-8915.

Wednesday

COLUMBIA COUNTY COMMUNITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMITTEE: 8 a.m. in Evans Government Complex auditorium, 630 Ronald Reagan Drive, Evans; (706) 868-3379.

Thursday

HARLEM CITY COUNCIL: 6 p.m. at city hall, 320 N. Louisville St.; monthly work session followed by city council meeting.

CAREGIVER INFO: 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Gordon Club at Fort Gordon; Augusta's Alzheimer's Association will hold a workshop, Dementia Care Training for Family Caregivers; lunch will be provided; registration is required; (706) 731-9060.

I Do, I Do: Dinner theater fundraiser for Aiken Community Playhouse; 6:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Aiken Municipal Building, The Alley; $45, includes meal catered by Up Your Alley; for tickets, Washington Center for the Performing Arts box office, 126 Newberry St.; (803) 648-1438, www.aikencommunityplayhouse.com

MY FUNNY VALENTINE: 7 p.m., Savannah Rapids Pavilion, 3500 Evans to Locks Road, Martinez; heavy hors d'oeuvres by The Baton Rouge Chef, cash bar, raffle prizes and music by The Swingin' Medallions; benefits the Jabez Sanford Harden Performing Art Center Endowment Fund; $40; $75 couples; corporate tables available; www.columbia countyga.gov.

REEL ART FILM SERIES: Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders (not rated), 7 p.m.; Aiken Center for the Arts, 122 Laurens St., Aiken; $8 per film, student tickets $5; www.aikencenter forthearts.org; (803) 641-9094.

STEPHEN JAMES CSRA COIN CLUB MEETING: 7 p.m., Cedar Creek Community Center, 2584 Club Drive, Aiken; (803) 644-0761.

Friday

OVER THE TAVERN : Dinner 7, show 8 p.m.; Friday-Saturday and Feb. 20-21, 26-28; Fort Gordon Dinner Theatre, Third Avenue, Building 32100, Fort Gordon; $37; $35 seniors, military retirees, DA civilians, active-duty E7 and above; $28 active-duty E6 and below; $20 show only; (706) 793-8552.

SCHOLARSHIP MASKED BALL: 8 p.m., Augusta Marriott Hotel and Suites, 2 10th St.; held by Paine College; with Harold Melvin's Blue Notes; www.paine.edu.

Saturday

VALENTINES DANCE: Garrett Elementary School in Augusta; dances sponsored by the Christian Social Organization for Single Adults; call Theresa Thigpen at (706) 863-9262.

YOUTH WING MEETING: 1-2:30 p.m., Aiken Community Playhouse, 126 Newberry St.; middle and high school students can learn acting fundamentals, improvisation skills, stage movement, voice projection; (803) 648-1438.

GREEK STEP SHOW: 8 p.m., Randall Carter Gymnasium, Paine College, 1235 Fifteenth St.; $15; www.paine.edu.

An evening of champagne, dessert and love songs: 8 p.m., Etherredge Center, University of South Carolina Aiken, 471 University Parkway; featuring the Masterworks Chorale of Aiken; (803) 641-3305.

PAINE COLLEGE HOMECOMING PARADE: 10 a.m., begins at Druid Park Avenue and Laney-Walker Boulevard; (706) 821-8307.

MASTERS OF THE CELTIC HARP: 7:30 p.m., River Island clubhouse, 1570 River Island Parkway, Evans; with Grainne Hambly and William Jackson; $15 at door; (706) 854-1937.

Sunday

BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION: 10:45 a.m. at Gospel Water Branch Baptist Church, 703 Furys Ferry Road, Evans; with the Rev. Jonathan Richardson, youth minister of Tabernacle Baptist Church, Augusta; (706) 860-7091.