In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Jason Mantzoukas does improv comedy, Angélique Kidjo performs, there’s an archaeology fair, advice on how to run the Boston Marathon, the answer to “Can we grow buildings?” and an all-clarinet band.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s poet Nikki Giovanni, sex revolutionary Candida Royalle, joke fests and mystery comedy, new plays and folk metal, “Dope Science,” a tribute to Lana Del Rey and “Essays in Praise of Excess.” 

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the tiny-piano-using Chromic Duo and Cambridge Symphony Orchestra; robots, AI and eclipse prep; Joie de Vivre, horrors of the sea, edible insects and more; and Brexit and tech writer Kara Swisher.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s St. Patrick’s Day and Prince, choreography by Crispr DNA editing, the North Cambridge Family Opera, a Danehy Park documentary and fascination with fungi.

Somerville has celebrities of its own, folks who were born here, raised here or chose to live here for a while and have made their mark nationally and even globally, sometimes for the best of reasons and sometimes for the silliest.

After honoring Barry Keoghan as Man of the Year last week, Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals will be honoring its Woman of the Year Annette Bening on Tuesday.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the return of a lost screen gem called “Tokyo Pop,” Boston’s Biggest Drag Dunce, the 5, 6, 7, 8’s perform, belly dancing, nature walks and much more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events – now running from one Friday to the next – there’s comedy with Rachel Bloom, a museum exhibit for Someerville’s Phil Reavis; “As You Like It” joins “The Gaaga,” a Winslow Homer painting arrives, there’s a dumpling festival, poetry, film and Eventual Dance.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a chat with Astronauts, the end of the Campfire. Festival, plenty of drag for Pride Month, “The Gaaga” theater experience comes to Harvard Square and Jamie Loftus brings us The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs.”

The latest directorial effort from Ben Affleck, “Air,” about Nike’s pursuit of Michael Jordan as the face of its basketball shoe line, has a lot of Cambridge baked into it – including the increasingly ubiquitous Matthew Maher.