In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a weeklong Foundry Festival with a variety of things to do, astounding art, ice skating, a Ladysmith Black Mambazo performance and a dramatic session exploring “What if AI use goes too far?”

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, from “Underground Magic,” poetry with Tracy K. Smith and an Oompa concert to the return of the Harvard Plaza WinterFest, a farewell to ImprovBoston and examination of the darker sides of politics and social media.

Public meetings this week look at buildings proposed by Foss Park and Trum Field, a Highland Avenue overhaul, municipal broadband and more.

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.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are events for Pride and Juneteenth – including a parade – as well as the return of Cambridge’s Dance Party, a visit from storyteller David Sedaris, the history of ice and plenty of poetry, music and theater, including the little-seen opera “Savitri.”

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Gallery 263 has a 15th Birthday Bash, there’s the Saint Anthony Feast, a Greek Fest and the 44th annual Boston Dragon Boat Festival, a baguette-baking competition, The Taste of Somerville, readings, screenings and much more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s Space Night at Harvard, a look at the rise and fall of romance comics, the start of a Pete Souza exhibit of photos from the Obama White House, the return of the Empty Bowls charity meal, and plenty of comedy, poetry and music.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Serena Zabin reveals the family secrets behind the Boston Massacre; the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra tells “Tales of Kings and Queens”; there’s a Mosaic concert; maple syrup boil-down; “Two Truths and a Lie”; and much more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Enes Kanter of the Celtics and Dan Pfeiffer of “Pod Save America” come to talk – separately, of course – and there’s comedy, poetry, art such as “Wild” in Cambridgeport and history with the Somerville “Basement Project” exhibit.

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.