Eight up-and-coming indie video games from matching puzzles and first-person slayers to virtual reality music environments were showcased Wednesday at the free Central Square Game Lab in Starlight Square.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s Wayne Newton, Zadie Smith and Naomi Klein, the Cambridge Carnival, Boston Fuzzstival and Somerville Toy Camera Festival, close-up magic and MIT games, arepas and beer, basketball gods and Kristen Emack photography.

More music is coming to Kendall Square with approval of a Ripple Café location to join an expected pool hall and other growing forms of entertainment.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Hot Girl Cypher, a tour that maps feminist Cambridge, Cara Fitzpatrick discussing “The Death of Public School,” free kayaking on the Charles, a Ifeanyi Menkiti memorial poetry reading, butterfly release party and the play “Forgive Us, Gustavito!”

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are vintage markets, dance parties, a horror-themed supper club, adult dress-up Legos party, a one-night-only “Namaslay” puppet musical and a “waterfall” dance workshop for everyone.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, we go from Artbeat in Davis Square to AfroVybe in Union Square with pauses for kayaking on the Charles, a reading from Colson Whitehead, a Barbie drag show, a Women of the World music and dance showcase and much more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a tribute to Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey, Poets vs. Rappers, a “Call of Cthulhu” role-playing game for adults, kayaking the Charles, cooking Korean, fashion shows, family games, dancing and theater.

From solving logic puzzles to learning how to juggle, kids in Cambridge and Somerville have more to do this summer than scroll Disney+ and get in another hour of Roblox. Some programs are even free – or pay.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Nature in the City Festival, Italian Bel Canto Opera concert and Summer Boston Celtic Music Fest, “Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet” podcast recording, silent headphone party and more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the City Dance Party, a Sci-Fi Aerial Cabaret, Black Boy Joy Cookout, Moth Story Slam, Frederick Douglass reading, silent “Safety Last!” screening, Nature in the City Festival and much more.