In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s hip-hop dance, Valentine’s, Galentine’s, Mardi Gras, Lunar New Year and Black History celebrations, operatic ballet not seen since the 1700s, “How to Steal a Presidential Election” and the arts of writing love poetry and sex scenes.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a “Groundhog Day” Improv Show, We Black Folk music festival, a fermentation workshop (with sauerkraut!) and more fun science, Celeste Ng and Jas Hammonds readings, ice skating and play premieres to go apiary for (such as for “Bumbled”).

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the Nightingale Vocal Ensemble performs its “Photoplay,” there’s art such as “Poems of Electronic Air,” academic talks on “The Rhetoric of Black Populism: From Malcolm X to the ‘Manosphere’” and the comedy duo Britanik takes the stage.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, from “Underground Magic,” poetry with Tracy K. Smith and an Oompa concert to the return of the Harvard Plaza WinterFest, a farewell to ImprovBoston and examination of the darker sides of politics and social media.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are a few ways to mark MLK Day, a CultureHouse opening party, Hans Zimmer soundtracks by candlelight, parties with cyberpunk and 1970s themes, magic and aliens, a new Text and Tone Festival and the Boston Typewriter Orchestra.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, 2023 ends with “A Taste of the Arts,” Ellis Paul, Dungeons & Dragons improv comedy, dancing and yoga and 2024 arrives with meditation, the Marx Brothers and death metal at The Middle East Upstairs.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s “The View from Mars” gallery reception, a Community Skate Day in Kendall Square, dance to Queen Bey, historic tours, solstice celebrations, song, shopping, poetry and much more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, including ThanksLIVING, Cranksgiving, THANGsgiving, the Gobble, Gobble, Gobble run, Falcons vs. Highlanders football, Brickbottom’s open studios, “Something Strange” and David Boobie and the Onyeagoros and their “Neo & Nubia.”

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Blindfold Jam, the Ukrainian folk-punk quartet DakhaBrakha, “The Madman in the White House” (it’s not whom you think), Sohla El-Waylly and Michael Pollan, a choral Anime themes concern by candlelight and more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s hip-hop history, the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra and an Anarchist Woodstock, MIThenge, a cozy mystery and fall by a fireside, lessons from a baby owl and the science of “Eat, Poop, Die.”