A proposal for a four-story building in Porter Square is dead after a planning memo limited how much square footage could be used for lab or R&D space.

Public meetings this week look at a fossil-fuel-free demonstration project, gathering advisers on the city’s separated-bike-lane law and two zoning issues: eliminating offsite parking at a Neighborhood 9 school and putting up a hotel on the Somerville line in East Cambridge.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s AfroVybe and Bastille Day festivals, pupusa making, herbal tea blending and free cookies with music, poetry, music and a third annual Bollywood night at Starlight Square.

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.

In figuring out how 2 miles of reconstructed Massachusetts Avenue will work with new separated bike lanes, members of a Cambridge working group know they have to balance conflicting needs and emphasize community outreach.

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.

Public meetings this week look at firehouse renovations, oversight of the overseers of police, two projects that can provide homes in Central Square and North Cambridge, Danehy Park water problems and budget changes and a vote.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events – now running from one Friday to the next – there’s comedy with Rachel Bloom, a museum exhibit for Someerville’s Phil Reavis; “As You Like It” joins “The Gaaga,” a Winslow Homer painting arrives, there’s a dumpling festival, poetry, film and Eventual Dance.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a chat with Astronauts, the end of the Campfire. Festival, plenty of drag for Pride Month, “The Gaaga” theater experience comes to Harvard Square and Jamie Loftus brings us The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs.”