A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from ‘Birth of Rock ’n’ Roll’ to a Poetry Brothel

Kendall Square is always evolving. At the One Kendall Square complex, where restaurants replaced a firehose factory, gone is The Blue Room, that regal old go-to for casual fine dining, but the Cambridge Brewing Co. persists and so does The Smoke Shack BBQ and Big Dipper Hospitality, a local group that owns the Jewish-styled Mamaleh’s, post-work/post-dinner gathering spot State Park and Vincent’s.

Alert is put out for woman last seen in Somerville, missing for nearly two months from East Boston. A woman last seen Nov. 26 in Somerville has become the subject of a search by Boston police and state police detectives assigned to the office of Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, according to a press release Thursday from Ryan.

Transportation leader promises better planning as MBTA red, green and orange lines disrupted. Cambridge and Somerville commuters on all three T lines into Boston can expect service disruptions this weekend and in February, with a state transportation official vowing fewer such surprises for riders. Somerville commuters who use the orange...