Two parks open for public use at events this weekend in Cambridge: The O’Connell Library Pocket Park on Friday and the Glacken Field and Playground on Saturday.

These reviews of what’s on the big screen and streaming include offerings from the Independent Film Festival Boston, GlobeDocs, The DocYard and Revolutions Per Minute, as well as glimpses at “Escape From Mogadishu,” “Halloween Kills,” “Fever Dream” and “The Velvet Underground.”

An agreement between Cambridge and The Schochet Cos. will preserve 504 units at Fresh Pond Apartments as affordable, with 166 preserved for at least 50 years and the others in 20-year terms with the federal government.

Four finalist art proposals are in for the remaking the Tobin Montessori and Vassal Lane Upper Schools in West Cambridge. The winner of the $650,000 commission won’t be announced until November, but the first step to a decision is homework: learning about each project.

After my bike commute this morning I was left wondering if I needed to die before the city does something about the traffic circle at New Street and Concord Avenue in front of Sozio Appliances.

These reviews of what’s on the big screen and streaming include doings at The Brattle Theatre, including the “Fictions of Werner Herzog” and “African-American Neo-Noir” programs and takes on “My Name Is Pauli Murray,” “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “The Starling” and much more.

These reviews of what’s in theaters and streaming include doings at The Brattle Theatre (including the return of The DocYard film series) and Somerville Theatre, as well as reviews of new films “Malignant,” “Small Engine Repair” and a new take on the “Candyman” horror films.

With all the human suffering in the world and the clearcutting of old-growth forests in the Amazon and Indonesia, why waste tears on a trio of old trees?

Refreshingly playful and fluid action sequences, a relatable leading man and the best villain Marvel has produced makes the latest entry into the MCU one of its best in years.

These reviews of what’s in theaters and streaming include big-screen Brattle Theater rewinds to 2020 such as “Swallow” as well as a trip through “Tales of the Muppet Diaspora”; and new releases “Reminiscence” and “Kringle Time.”