The Cantab Lounge will reopen to the public Dec. 2 without the Boston Poetry Slam, according to a booker for the venerable Central Square bar and nightclub. There was hope the weekly event would still be revived.

Public meetings this week look at changing recently passed Affordable Housing Overlay zoning, buying Lesley University property, campaign finance reform, permitting for an arts and lab building in Kendall Square, the fate of Temple Bar and more.

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.”

The Cantab Lounge will reopen either the week before or after Thanksgiving, returning the Central Square mainstay to public life after being closed some 20 months. When the Cantab reopens, it will pick up where it left off – with The Chicken Slacks performing every Thursday.

The Boston Women’s Film Festival reminds us about “Fanny: The Right to Rock” at The Brattle, and with October comes the return of the Somerville Theatre, Harvard Film Archive and fun scares such as from “The Addams Family 2,” a Boris Karloff bio and “Venom: Let there Be Carnage.”

PorchFest and the Ignite! Global Food and Fire Festival are Saturday in Somerville, stretching the day’s entertainment from noon to 10 p.m.

Caution over the coronavirus has shrunk the year’s Honk! festival of activist street bands again, this time by keeping all of the music confined to a single Saturday rather than a full weekend.

Public meetings this week look at after-school program problems, big changes in a Kendall Square project, conflict over neighborhood conservation districts, construction on the former East Cambridge courthouse, Subcentral adding dancing in Central Square and more.

At age 20, Sara Chapman was married in a semi-secret ceremony in Norway to 60-year-old renowned concert violinist Ole Bull. Things only got more interesting from there.

Club Passim’s twice-yearly music festival returns Friday through Monday for the Labor Day Weekend, with more than 50 artists performing live and remotely.