Plans were released this week for the building that will house a College of Computing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – an eight-story structure to be completed in 2023.

Preliminary crime numbers for the past year became available Monday, showing an overall increase in incidents of 8 percent over 2019, with violent crimes down but property crimes up – tempered by the fact that 2019 saw the lowest rate of crime in the city in more than 60 years.

State troopers extricated a 74-year-old woman thrown under a parked car Sunday morning on Memorial Drive after she was hit by pickup truck.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a free look at the work-in-progress dance piece called “Hebel,” the Dark Days, Long Night Fashion Show Dance Party, the 25th anniversary Bugs Bunny Film Festival, and a ton of events for (and against) Valentine’s Day.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the dystopian dance musical “iTMRW” and “Das Kapital” play performance, opera with “Aida” and more, and “Somerville Night Live.” It all starts with an MLK flash mob dance on the Monday holiday.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the holidays have arrived in force, with a Christmas Cavalcade, Holiday on Ice, Klezmer Christmas and the like joining a ton of offerings in poetry, music and theater, much of it free.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are returning theater events such as “Club Drosselmeyer 1942” and “The Slutcracker,” an ice sculpture stroll, a snow globe workshop and Trashion show, tons of poetry and music, and more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s Son Little performing, a “Resetting the Table” exhibit, the Friday After Thanksgiving Chain Reaction tradition at MIT – and a tree lighting tradition in Harvard Square – Marimba Cabaret and more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the final concerts for the Childsplay fiddle troupe, the Found Footage and Weird Local Film festivals, May Phillips poetry, a ton of free music ranging from Bach to “Super Mario,” puppets and more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are CCTV’s “24 Hours in Cambridge,” Moby reads from his “Then It Fell Apart” memoir (and plays a bit), the second annual Baked confectionary fest arrives, there’s a giant block of ice and much more.