In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Jason Mantzoukas does improv comedy, Angélique Kidjo performs, there’s an archaeology fair, advice on how to run the Boston Marathon, the answer to “Can we grow buildings?” and an all-clarinet band.

You can find old-school Italian comfort food on this side of the river, including satisfying basics: chicken Parm, lobster fra diavolo and veal scallopini.

Opened by former employees of the Darwin’s that closed in the same space, Circus has a chickpea salad wrap that gets you a filling meal on the cheap.

The on-again, off-again plan by Lesley University to relocate restaurants from an inside food court to prime street-front real estate is on again and official.

The Venezuelan cantina Carolicious at the Aeronaut Brewery slings arepas and more, but not much more. The cooks focus on one thing and do it right.

Customers can claim one free, 720-calorie chocolate chip cookie during the month of April from this fast-growing chain coming to Cambridge.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s poet Nikki Giovanni, sex revolutionary Candida Royalle, joke fests and mystery comedy, new plays and folk metal, “Dope Science,” a tribute to Lana Del Rey and “Essays in Praise of Excess.” 

Coffee cake’s crumb topping gets swapped out at Flour Bakery + Cafe for a buttermilk icing drizzle that doesn’t impress.

Harvard plans to take the empty former Coop Annex building at 12-30 Palmer St. and reuse it for new commercial ventures and outdoor space.

The Cambridge Housing Authority’s four shiny commercial kitchens remained unused for the most part since 2013, but now serve residents daily meals from budding food businesses who need a place to cook.