With a brief uptick in the temperature for the next week or so, now is the time to seize the day, along with a clutch of LPs, CDs and tapes, at your favorite local record shops. We also look at upcoming shows and Makaya McCraven’s jazz at the Crystal Ballroom on Tuesday.

Easy for anyone struggling with a conflicted parental relationship to appreciate, “My Mother Had Two Faces” asks what the mirror uncovers when the makeup is stripped away.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, learn how to make sound effects, see a Glow Show with the MIT Spinning Arts Club, play a board game about Puerto Rico. take part in a pun competition and enjoy music, dance, storytelling and poetry.

These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include “Pictures of Ghosts,” from acclaimed Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho, the ultraviolet 1970s relic “Dirty Harry” and free screenings of the star-studded “Spaceman” and prescient “Silent Running,” as well as new works “Drive-Away Dolls” and “Madame Web.”

There’s a certain point in the life cycle of a local band when the itch to tangle with the Music Industry arrives and they start to eye the “industry fest” circuit.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a weeklong Foundry Festival with a variety of things to do, astounding art, ice skating, a Ladysmith Black Mambazo performance and a dramatic session exploring “What if AI use goes too far?”

Nobody likes someone who uses their strengths to punch down at others’ weaknesses, but there can be a positive side to music snobbery.

The business aims to bring the family’s authentic Greek cooking to Somerville, with everything for the signature wraps made fresh every day.

A new menu and ambience at the Korean corn dog restaurant Kong Dog is inspired by pojangmacha – street food tents – and branded as Kong Pocha.

Opening a bookstore had always felt like a dream, until Mila Hossain moved to Davis Square and saw a “for lease” sign on her way to the bank one day.