In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s fairy tale opera, Beethoven and Schubert as well as “Heather, the Musical” and “Waiting for Godot,” plenty of readings, a “Bittersweet” art exhibit, reproductive justice and one-woman dance and Bitch, the musician, performing her “Bitchcraft.”

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Cambridge Black History Project Black Trailblazers event and exhibit, “Life is a Cabernet” show, plenty of readings, comedy and music, a Moth story slam and an intro to Mastodon, the Twitter alternative.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, The Comedy Studio holds an all-star fundraiser, magician John Vale promises to read minds in Inman Square, the Boston Opera Collaborative brings back its commissioned “Opera Bites” and there are readings, music, games and crafting to enjoy.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events there’s the “Solstice: Reflections on Winter Light” light show at Mount Auburn Cemetery and Midwinter Revels “Solstice Celebration,” as well as one-to-one opera performances, readings and poetry, comedy and weird cinema, history and a protest art performance in Harvard Square.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are continuing Juneteenth celebrations, a Harvard Museums Summer Solstice Celebration, visit by the author Ottessa Moshfegh and musician Lou Barlow, Nepal Festival, silent dance party, Pit-A-Palooza, “Medusa Reclaimed” and much more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy comes for a talk, The Griots of Cultural Sound pay tribute to Stevie Wonder, it’s Love vs. Death at the Boston Poetry Slam, there’s a Kids’ Italian Carnevale, and more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the dystopian dance musical “iTMRW” and “Das Kapital” play performance, opera with “Aida” and more, and “Somerville Night Live.” It all starts with an MLK flash mob dance on the Monday holiday.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are returning theater events such as “Club Drosselmeyer 1942” and “The Slutcracker,” an ice sculpture stroll, a snow globe workshop and Trashion show, tons of poetry and music, and more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there is the “La Sonnambula” opera, the unveiling of a life-size robot sculpture, an epic improv comedy fest, and theater, dance, movies and poetry, from DeWitt Henry to Olivia Gatwood, much of it free.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are Openair Circus performances, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo reads from his latest, Beyond the 4th Wall presents an “Addams Family” musical, there’s lots of opera, comedy and more.