These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City Calendar and in the city’s Open Meetings Portal.

A reenactor rides like William Dawes for Patriot’s Day. (Photo: Cynthia Abatt)

Councillors set goals for term

City Council special meeting, 3 p.m. Thursday. Four months into a two-year term, councillors continue the work of setting goals. They plan to meet in the second-floor conference room of the City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.

Housing agenda town hall

A Better Cambridge town hall, 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday. The housing advocacy group A Better Cambridge hosts the second of two sessions to hear from city councillors on their housing agenda for this term. This session features vice mayor Marc McGovern and councillors Sumbul Siddiqui and Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler. Register here.

Discussion about doing DEI

Malia C. Lazu reads from “From Intention to Impact: A Practical Guide to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,” 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. The MIT Sloan School lecturer, DEI strategist and entrepreneur discusses the hurdles to systemic change and provides a map for creating inclusive environments. My Brother’s Keeper Cambridge founder Tony Clark joins the conversation. The first 100 guests will get a free copy of Lazu’s book courtesy of MBK and the Central Square Business Improvement District. (This event was originally scheduled for March 18.) Free, but register, for this event at the Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge.

Preschool for Cambridgeport

Board of Zoning Appeal, 6 to 11:30 p.m. Thursday. Lubavitch of Cambridge, busy creating day cares in Cambridgeport and the Riverside neighborhood near Harvard Square, where it has its Preschool of the Arts, asks changes at those properties at 38-40 Banks St. and 54-56 Banks St. A developer who bought 20 Wendell St. in the Baldwin neighborhood from Lesley University in November for $1.9 million wants to subdivide a lot shared with the school and build an addition to a two-family home to turn it into a three-family. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.

City manager review prep

Government Operations, Rules & Claims Committee, 10:30 p.m. Friday. This committee run by councillor Paul Toner discusses the annual city manager goals and review process – part of its management of the official the council hires to run Cambridge on a day-to-day basis. The committee meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.

Patriot’s Day: Horse and Humvee

Patriot’s Day observance, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday. Historian Vincent Dixon gives a brief history of William Dawes’ midnight ride – highlighted by a reenactment of that historic horseback ride from Boston to Cambridge alerting the colonists of the British threat of 1775. (The Massachusetts Army National Guard unit 181 Infantry Battalion brings a Humvee display to this event, presumably because the Humvee is today’s Army horse.) Charles Sullivan, executive director of the Cambridge Historical Commission, gives a keynote address and vocalist Lorraine Victoria Kanyike performs the national anthem. The event includes treats from Cookie Monstah and Espresso Dave’s coffee. Free at Cambridge Common, near Harvard Square.