The move of Pini’s Pizzeria from Somerville’s Magoun Square to Medford after a quarter-century may be mainly an inconvenience to diners, but its effects range from funny to scary.

A third community fridge has come to Cambridge: A “Fridge in the Square” that lets the hungry stop by to take what they need, installed in front of The Sinclair nightclub in Harvard Square.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are Winter Wonder popup dance performances, New Year’s Eve music and comedy, followed by New Year’s Day comedy with local standups and the Marx Brothers, and much, much more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s storytelling, poetry and music (including Blue Heron’s new “Baroque Christmas” program), but also plenty of holiday shopping, dance and skating (including a “Chanukah on Ice”).

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.

The cities of Cambridge and Somerville took giant leaps forward this week toward opening recreational marijuana shops – but Somerville looks to be in the lead in terms of seeing the first sales.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the 10-day Concert for One event, LadiesCon, SerbFest, the Fluff Festival and Dumpling Festival return, there’s a sexy “slumber party,” plenty of poetry, film, theater and more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the Rebel Revels wine party, a Bookstore Romance Day panel, plenty of poetry, tons of dance, and a bunch of free movies, not to mention trivia, food festivals and historical talks.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are the sixth annual editions of the Cambridge Jazz Fest and Harvard Square’s Salsa Squared, as well as new productions of “House of Several Stories” and “Red Velvet,” poetry, dance and more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Praxis Stage brings us “Hamlet’ in the park, Ruckus brings us a rooftop dance show and party, there’s a “Mapuccino” art show reception, poetry and comedy, free films, pingpong tournaments and more.