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1. “Love Letters,” a comedy-drama starring Maggie Bieritz and Scott Metzger, will be presented by Liberty Town Productions at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 at Mickey Finn’s Amber Room, 412 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville. An hors d’oeuvres buffet is included in the ticket price of $22 in advance, $25 at the door. A cash bar cocktail hour, featuring singer Dawn Christine Crowther and pianist Laurel Ann Kaiser, precedes the performance, at 6:30 p.m. Visit www.libertytownproductions.com.

2. The Highland Park Strings, conducted by Francesco Milioto, will present its annual benefit concert, “Distant Borders, Close Connections,” at 3 p.m. Feb. 12 in Bennett-Gordon Hall at Ravinia, Lake-Cook and Green Bay roads, Highland Park. Guest soloists are soprano Michelle Areyzaga and cellist Amit Peled. The program includes works by Villa-Lobos and Victor Herbert, as well as Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (“New World”). Preconcert lecture by Stephanie Ettelson is at 2 p.m. $40 general admission. For information or tickets, call (847) 831-3622 or visit www.hpstrings.org.

3. Jeffrey Osborne: An Evening of Love & Soul, with special guest Howard Hewett, 8 p.m. Feb. 10 at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $38.50-$65.50. For tickets, call (800) 982-2787 or see www.ticketmaster.com. For information, call (847) 263-6300 or visit www.geneseetheatre.com.

4. Talking Pictures film and discussion series features “The Tempest,” a 2010 American comedy/drama based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare, at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Cook Park Library, 413 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville. No registration required. Call (847) 362-2330 or visit www.cooklib.org.