For those still mulling awards season, Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” – a tale of liberation and rare love on the eve of the French Revolution – was by far the best film that wasn’t up for consideration at Sunday’s Oscars party.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a free look at the work-in-progress dance piece called “Hebel,” the Dark Days, Long Night Fashion Show Dance Party, the 25th anniversary Bugs Bunny Film Festival, and a ton of events for (and against) Valentine’s Day.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are readings from Alice Hoffman and Gabby Rivera – in conversation with the great Roxane Gay – and a “Community Ritual” dance, the “Concerts for One” continue and much, much more.

After being alerted that his campaign had accepted $4,000 from supporters of an anti-trans campaign, Mayor Marc McGovern said he would not be giving it back – because he would instead be donating it to MassEquality, an organization that supports LGBTQ rights.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the 40th Cambridge Arts River Festival, Big Gay Dance Party, Carnaval Somerstreets, “Happy Hour: Secret History of Boston’s Suburbs” from Dig and CityLab, “Gaslight” and much more.

Colonial-era attitudes about homosexuality meant that the first film out of Kenya to make the lineup at Cannes was nearly withheld by the government. But beyond the brouhaha, “Rafiki” is a beautiful badge of courage and perseverance for the Kenyan LGBT community.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a four-day BCMFest of Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton and other Celtic music, Puerto Rican culture on parade for St. Sebastian, a Taste of the World Food Festival and much more.

Democratic Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg looked heartbroken, shocked and devastated during an impromptu press conference where he publicly addressed allegations that his spouse groped and assaulted men who do business before the Senate.

There is talk among Christian evangelicals of a Trumped-up Supreme Court walking back decisions “without disrupting other precedent on marriage,” potentially joining a movement seen in state legislatures to disenfranchise LGBTQ Americans.

The fate of an MIT dorm has changed again, in apparent administration retaliation against student and alumni attempts to prevent an earlier announced change.