The Friday List: From a Valentine's special workshop on love poems to a talk on heritage architecture, your weekly calendar of virtual events

Compiled by Aishwarya Sahasrabudhe Valentine’s Day has fallen on the weekend and yet, there hangs in the air the tension of being in the midst of a pandemic and of avoiding crowded spaces to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. On this week’s #FridayList: a Valentine’s Day special workshop on love poems, a lecture-demonstration on Jayadeva’s love song Gita Govinda and Amazon Prime Video’s The Map of Tiny Perfect Things. Where: Royal Opera House, Mumbai’s YouTube channel When: 13 February An upcoming show part of the 2021 Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is Laugh Out Loud: 22 Questions With Stand-Up Comics Vir Das and Rohan Joshi, which will answer all sorts of burning questions about comedy in a fun and hilarious format. When: 14 February — Workshops In the second edition of its series of workshops, Prosing with Poetry, RSK Productions Singapore will bring forth Hindustani poetess Shivangi Tewari, actor Shishir Sharma and artist Renita S Kapoor in an interactive session that dives into a deeper understanding of love poetry. To know more and register for the workshop, visit RSK Productions Singapore’s Facebook page When: 12 February — Virtual exhibit An online exhibit curated at the Vadehra Art Gallery, Somewhere, Elsewhere, Here showcases the works of Treibor Mawlong, an emerging artist from the Khasi hills of Meghalaya.