In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the 10-day Concert for One event, LadiesCon, SerbFest, the Fluff Festival and Dumpling Festival return, there’s a sexy “slumber party,” plenty of poetry, film, theater and more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Cat Film Festival, the “America Plays” come to Mount Auburn Cemetery (and so do sunsets), there will be Ten Tiny Dances, Salmon Rushdie, Joe Mande, “The Revenger’s Tragedy” and much more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Lunar Day followed by Moon Shots and satellite-inspired plays, Chuck Klosterman with Tom Perrotta, the Ragtag circus does two nights, we hear from “The Trumpiad” 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.

“Avengers: Endgame,” the de facto part two of “Avengers: Infinity War,” clocks in at more than three hours and should have been pared back. That said, it gets the job done, passing the baton as it closes out a long-running chapter with some sentimental eye rubs.

“Shazam” manages to meld age-changing “Big” hijinks with a sugary sweet heart and stellar lead performances to create something that almost puts it in the category of top-tier superhero fare.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Kwame Alexander and friends launch a book tour, a “Jeopardy” champ reintroduces the droodle, the Rock & Roll Rumble preliminaries are underway, “Space Opera 2019” continues and much more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the North Cambridge Family Opera’s “Space Opera” returns and so does the Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses, and there’s “Art and Activism,” a new look at “The Trial of Lizzie Borden” and much more.

A fine enough superhero flick that in narrative arc is a lot smarter and more sharply developed than most, “Captain Marvel” benefits from a savvy, indie-trained writer-director team, Oscar-winning Brie Larson and co-stars that include a scene-chewing Samuel L. Jackson.

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.