In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s laughs at a “Best of the Boston Comedy Festival” showcase, action at a Smash the Patriarchy! Abortion Fundraiser and plenty of music, drama, art, literature and science in between.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s plenty of Halloween to be had, including a Peabody Museum “Day of the Dead” event and a Monster Mash on Somerville streets, as well as lots of readings, poetry, dance, music and art. We also learn how an “Emerald Tutu” can help keep us safe from climate change.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a monarch butterfly release celebration, book readings, an improv comedy jam and original musical comedy event, theater and art, Mount Auburn Cemetery walking tour, Rock and Roll Yard Sale, four-day Labor Day campfire. Festival and much more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s plenty of music (including new Sol Y Canto and Clem Snide) and theater (including the hip-hop musical “Come to Pass” and a production of “Eurydice”), and a return of the Evolution of Hip-Hop Festival, Floor Lords Breakdancing and MIT Swapfest, as well as bubbles and mini-horses.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Fresh Pond nature walk and Nature in the City Festival, “Cinema Strange” and free screenings of new Pixar classics, classes in augmented reality and a “Yart Sale” – a citywide yard sale for art.

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.