One of Boston’s fave food trucks is coming to a storefront location near you: following initial proposals, Pennypackers Fine Foods has been approved to open a brick and mortar space in Magoun Square. According to its Facebook page here, the upscale fast food joint will join Caprese Pizza, the K2 Market, and the under-construction King of Wings at 514 Medford St. later this summer.

This Saturday, May 18, porches in Somerville will transform into stages for over 100 of the city’s most diverse musical acts. Passersby can hear anything from punk to Afro beat. With three separate time slots from noon to 6 p.m. based on location, Porchfest offers an evening full of music from Somerville’s finest.

For the event, the Somerville Arts Council acts only as a facilitator, with executive director Gregory Jenkins taking responsibility only for “the site, location and idea,” he tells Boston.com. Musicians register online themselves, and the event’s success depends on their stage presence – or lack thereof – in a unique venue.

Amid the candy-colored luster of the Together Fest, one group remains resolutely unpolished.

Named for the infamous 1992 standoff in rural Idaho that left three dead, Cambridge wife-and-husband duo Ruby Ridge (John Bittrich and Callan Blank) are the unrepentant ugly ducklings of Boston EDM. In a genre dominated by high-gloss club anthems, their dark, abrasive, noisy, overtly political music cuts hard against the grain, harkening back to hard-hitting 70s techno pioneers Throbbing Gristle and Suicide while still confronting the most urgent issues of the present. They’ve played both the club circuit and the basement noise-music scene, and have ties with both camps even though there is generally very little exchange between them. “We’re outliers,” says Bittrich.

On May 14, Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone released a letter condemning two residents who allegedly had used homophobic slurs in statements against recently appointed Ward 5 alderman Courtney O’Keefe, whom he didn’t name specifically. In the letter, he referred to an ordinance guaranteeing inalienable rights to all Somerville citizens regardless of characteristics such as gender, and sexual orientation, among others.

O’Keefe, the city’s first openly gay official, says that she believes Somerville to be a “very open and very diverse community,” full of prominent figures and business owners that identify as gay and lesbian, or as allies. She blames the insults on “two bad apples” in a welcoming city.

Dan Paquette of Pretty Things brewery knows that crafting the perfect seasonal takes a lot of hops.

Last Wednesday, longtime fans and new friends gathered at The Precinct in Somerville’s Union Square to celebrate the relaunch of Magnifico, the happiest, hoppiest session beer in town. First brewed in 2011, this tawny amber rustic session pale ale is only 3.4 percent alcohol. In contrast, other Pretty Things concoctions tend to range from 5 to 7 percent.