In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are World Cup matches broadcast from Qatar to The Port, a run and wrestling, readings, poetry and storytelling, chances to dance before and after the Thanksgiving meal, and a holiday tradition: “David Boobie” burlesque.

As recently as last week, staffers from the Traffic, Parking & Transportation department were telling residents that Garden Street changes needed to be assessed over as much as six months; the councillors’ vote upends that expectation.

In the latest skirmish in litigation over bike lanes in Cambridge, a Superior Court Judge heard argument on whether to stop the city from proceeding with bike lane deployment on Brattle and Garden streets. 

Drivers and some residents around Garden Street may not be happy about traffic changes since the installation of bike lanes – making much of the road one-way and moving vehicles to suddenly jammed side streets – but the nature of the argument has changed, Cambridge city councillors say.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s laughs at a “Best of the Boston Comedy Festival” showcase, action at a Smash the Patriarchy! Abortion Fundraiser and plenty of music, drama, art, literature and science in between.

More than 60 people gathered in Danehy Park on Tuesday to learn how to help stop tree loss in Cambridge and hear longtime environmental supporter state Sen. Will Brownsberger give an update on current climate change mitigation efforts. 

An irrigation system at Danehy Park broke for more than a month during this unusually hot summer and its drought, bleaching grass and endangering trees in a city already found to be losing tree canopy at an alarming rate.

A visit to Danehy Park in mid-August found 108 trees we categorized in a range from “poor” to “dead.” Of them, 87 were mature and classified as “significant trees” by city law.

Public meetings this week look at linkage fees and playing fields, banning fur and fake health clinics, after-school program buses, bike lanes on Garden Street, a Porter Square pot shop, eliminating parking minimums, planning North Massachusetts Avenue and much more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s an exhibit of the art of Abraham Megerdichian, a concert by Mario Gotoh and the Finnish sisters known as Kardemimmit, poetry by Joshua Bennett, book readings and theater and “Sacred Songs and Rituals” with Yacouba Sissoko.