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?”

The MBTA red line in Cambridge and Somerville will see shutdowns four times in 2024 from February to December, the longest lasting for 15 days.

These perfectly priced potato pancakes from Mamaleh’s Delicatessen in Cambridge are crispy, crunchy excellence with sour cream and apple sauce.

There’s carrot soup, and then there’s carrot soup with a delightfully Middle Eastern twist from the Sofra bakery in Cambridge’s Strawberry Hill section.

Public meetings in the coming days look at reparations and restitution to black Cantabrigians; plans for the former offices of the American Friends Service Committee and changes to traffic and transportation on Mount Auburn Street in West Cambridge.

Public meetings this week look at a new shelter for unhoused families, a geothermal energy test, the use of land in Wellington Harrington, the proposed city budget, building more triple-deckers and a two-mile roadwork project on Massachusetts Avenue.

Police are seeking the public’s help in finding Joshua Shacklewood, a missing 19-year-old Cantabrigian last seen at approximately 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, when he left his Cambridge home in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood.

There will be an addition to the gourmet enclave of Huron Village, but it won’t be from Sofra Bakery and Cafe. Instead, look for a new venture by Iggy’s Bread.

Opposition to a recreational cannabis shop proposed for the Strawberry Hill neighborhood is being rallied by a second, nearby recreational cannabis shop.

Golfing in Cambridge is safe. A policy order passed Monday by the City Council asks staff to look into what other functions the municipal course by Fresh Pond could include “that do not interfere” with its regular use.