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.

Public meetings in the coming week look at fossil-fuel-free and specialized stretch code construction, evaluating the schools superintendent and a Dunkin’ Donuts residential replacement in East Cambridge and troubled home project in West Cambridge.

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 a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Nature in the City Festival, Italian Bel Canto Opera concert and Summer Boston Celtic Music Fest, “Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet” podcast recording, silent headphone party and more.

An art gallery where student and alumni works are sold and a “learning by doing” campus with schools and other services staffed by students are in play at Lesley University as it embarks on the next step in figuring out its future, but there will be costs to those plans.

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.

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.