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.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Porchfest returns for its ninth year, Springsteen’s career-launching show in 1974 is celebrated, Vox Pop opens with comedy and screenings in Assembly Square, you can taste FutureFood and much more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are festivals such as Harvard’s Arts First, MayFair and Taza’s Cinco de Mayo Block Party, as well as Somerville Open Studios, a Floor Lords breakdance battle, a Comix Con and much, much more.

From the oil rigs to the crews’ “man-camps,” artist Valery Lyman’s two-day power plant pop-up “Breaking Ground” looks unflinchingly at the oil industry and its workers – in MIT’s little-seen electricity, steam heat and chilled water utilities plant in Cambridge.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a CatVideoFest, opera drawn from an Anglo-Saxon epic fragment, the “Darker Joys” art reception, a panel discussion about various Ms. Marvels and Captain Marvels and much, much more.

Three workers were injured at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology construction site at around 3 p.m. Thursday, officials said. All of the workers were taken to nearby hospitals; one was thought to have critical injuries.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, stages are open at Cambridge Community Television and City Hall (for Black History Month), a charity benefits from all-you-can-eat french fries, Kristen Roupenian reads and much more.