The Landmark Kendall Square Cinema entices people back to the big screen with a week of discounts, The Brattle prepares to enlarge everything you streamed at home in 2020 and new releases arrive for review: “Too Late,” “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” and “12 Mighty Orphans.”

Plenty has been going on in development this spring, including an environmentally focused building planned for North Point’s Parcel U, a slew of MIT moves and more on BioMed Realty’s push into Somerville.

Before there was “Hamilton,” the hottest ticket on Broadway, there was this Lin Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes musical about a hot summer in Washington Heights, where music and dreams drive the pulse of a multifaceted Latinx community.

With most area cinemas open, here’s news about Apple Cinemas and the Somerville Theatre, as well as what to watch during this Pride Month and a look at two new flicks: The somewhat true “Edge of the World” and a “Conjuring” horror sequel with a love story you may not believe.

This “Part II” is just as taut and lean as its predecessor, covering a lot of ground in 90-plus minutes by following multiple threads and making some nice new additions in Cillian Murphy and Djimon Hounsou.

The backstory on Cruella de Vil, the villainess so indelible in Disney’s 60-year-old “One Hundred and One Dalmatians” franchise, is a dark one, but with high-end style, a banging soundtrack and a kitschy snazziness of caricature from Emma Stone and Emma Thompson.

The return of warmer weather means the return of the free Creative Music Series to Saturdays at Assembly Square, starting with an Easter Weekend concert led by Boston musician and composer Eric Zinman.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has submitted plans for a Vassar Street dorm to serve 690 graduate students, taking up 327,000 square feet and 10 stories over two buildings around a large central plaza.

The announcement of significantly expanded coronavirus testing capacity came the same day as the public health department reported 16 new cases of Covid-19, the biggest daily jump since the spring surge.

The Cambridge Public Health Department have announced the first flu vaccination clinics open to residents this season, part of a huge campaign aimed at providing 10,000 flu shots.