Lunafest Film Festival. Zonta Club of Berkeley/North Bay presents the third annual Lunafest Film Festival, short films by, for and about women. 7 p.m. Feb. 7. Craneway Pavilion, 1414 Harbor Way, Richmond. $20-$30. www.lunafest.org/richmond. Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival. Collaborative, noncompetitive mathematics festival open to kids in grades 6-12. Adults must supervise their children/students. Registration required. 9 a.m. to Noon Feb. 8. Pixar Animation Studios, 1200 Park Ave., Emeryville. $10. Fee waivers available. juliarobinsonmathfestival.org.

VASONA VIBRATIONS CONCERT SERIES, When: 5 p.m, Saturdays through July 29, Where: Vasona Lake County Park, 333 Blossom Hill Road, Los Gatos; vasonavibrations.org, Highlights: Soul/jazz/R&B vocalist Jessica Johnson (June 24), bluegrass act Bean ballet charm silver tone in assorted dance styles Creek (July 15), FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC, When: 6 p.m, Fridays through Sept, 1, Where: Downtown Amphitheater, Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center, 17000 Monterey Road, Morgan Hill; www.morganhill.org, Highlights: Party/dance band Night Fever (June 9), funk/R&B act Joint Chiefs Band (Aug, 11)..

Machiavelli dedicated his book to the young prince, but in the Central Works production by Gary Graves, Machiavelli actually presents it to him, in hopes of putting to an end his banishment at the hands of the Republic. The result is a play running just over an hour that is absolutely captivating — like watching a chess match between morality and practical politics. Machiavelli (Mark Farrell) has been invited to the palace by Lorenzo (Cole Alexander Smith) to discuss the possibility of reinstatement. But the discussion quickly turns into a sly cat-and-mouse game where Machiavelli has to convince Lorenzo he no longer favors the republican form of government while Lorenzo must extract from Machiavelli some sort of help reforming the hostile politics of the era and bring peace to the city/state of Florence.

Palo Alto Children’s Theatre, “Oliver.” 7 p.m, March 21-23, 29-30; 4:30 p.m, March 27-28, Directed by Judge Luckey, Palo Alto Children’s Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, $10 (children)-$12 (adults), 650-463-4970, TheatreWorks, “The Mountaintop.” By Katori Hall, Imagines ballet charm silver tone in assorted dance styles events on the night before the assassination of Dr, Martin Luther King Jr, After delivering a speech, an exhausted Dr, King retires to Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel, Camae, a motel maid, arrives with his coffee and lots of sass, King confronts his life, his legacy, and the future, Through April 7, Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, $23-$73 (savings available for students, educators and seniors), 650-463-1960 or theatreworks.org..

“Coding and programming is everywhere nowadays,” said Jason Mortensen, a teacher at theCoderSchool in San Mateo. “Everyone who wants to learn how to code is able to.”. In San Mateo, theCoderSchool teaches coding indiscriminately to students from first-grade through high school. So when 15-year-old Nikki Dadlani said he wanted to code, Mortensen took him on. Nikki uses a voiceover screenreader system on his Mac to help him work online because he is visually impaired. The screenreader is not compatible with all programming applications, so Mortensen said they just had to find the right program to fit Nikki’s needs. They code in the Python language because it relies on indentations instead of brackets, which are confusing in the screenreader.