Young victims of gun violence Xavier Louis-Jacques and Robert Favreau were honored Monday at a rally at City Hall where speakers demanded that city government take action to address a recent uptick in shootings. City Council proposals followed.

Somerville and Cambridge celebrate the return of live music with an all-local Saturday music festival cutely titled Nice, A Fest. “It’s just like, ‘Nice, we’re having a festival,’ or ‘Nice, we get to do this again,’” organizer Alex Prickett said.