In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s St. Patrick’s Day and Prince, choreography by Crispr DNA editing, the North Cambridge Family Opera, a Danehy Park documentary and fascination with fungi.

In a community and city filled with change, renovation and people moving on, it is unusual to see a family with such strong roots in the community.

In envisioning how Massachusetts Avenue changes between now and 2040, the city’s Massachusetts Avenue Planning Study study is taking into account a less-heard-from group in Cambridge: pedestrians.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s an outdoors Parka Dance Party, comic book drag, music for St. Patrick’s Day, storytelling and brain science and visits from the Blind Boys of Alabama and Alan Cumming.

Cambridge and state officials were rebuked in a ruling by the state’s Appeals Court over a case pursued “on error of law” and for a comment never uttered.

The nucleus of North Cambridge grew from a colonial tavern at a simple road junction to a small village around Porter’s Station (now Porter Square), and finally to the transportation hub and shopping destination we know today.

If Planning Board approval follows the commission’s, work reclaiming the pond is expected to begin this summer and be complete in the summer of 2025.

State Rep. Dave Rogers, a Democrat in the 24th Middlesex District made up of two precincts of Cambridge, five precincts of Arlington and all of Belmont, has an upcoming office hour in Cambridge.

Mothership’s menu covers the bases of family dinner, shareable snacks, libations, vegetarian options and rib-sticking fill-ups, a mix of cafe and upscale casual.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a weeklong Foundry Festival with a variety of things to do, astounding art, ice skating, a Ladysmith Black Mambazo performance and a dramatic session exploring “What if AI use goes too far?”