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.

Hi-Rise Bread Co.’s new sweet shop doesn’t hit it out of the park with its Oreo analog, though the cakes and pies demand a serious tasting.

Memorial Drive greenway work intended to improve recreation along the Charles River – including walking and bicycling paths – stretches from JFK street west to Hawthorn Street, ducking for now complications to the east.

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 public notices for 48-50 Bishop Allen Drive; and 29 Ash St; and for the keeping of hens.

Cambridge public notices for Goodman Road in Mid-Cambridge; a Memorial Drive Phase 3 Project; 48-50 Bishop Allen Drive; and 29 Ash St; and for the keeping of hens.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, learn how to make sound effects, see a Glow Show with the MIT Spinning Arts Club, play a board game about Puerto Rico. take part in a pun competition and enjoy music, dance, storytelling and poetry.

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?”

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.

The Bryn Mawr Bookstore was founded in 1971 as one of 10 used bookshops in the Northeast opened by Bryn Mawr College graduates. Today, two remain: The Lantern in Washington, D.C., and Cambridge’s.