This week’s plans could start with a bagel and end with a stroll through downtown Westfield. Bagel Cafe NJ has announced a Monday grand opening, and FestiFall takes over Central Avenue on Sunday. In between, Sweet Sounds returns to Quimby Street for a September encore, 60-plus artists fill Irving Street in Rahway, and Summit hands its downtown over to a car show, an arts festival, and a beer garden.

If you found UC Scoop through a local Facebook group, welcome! The idea here is simple: help you discover somewhere worth eating, something worth doing, and a few more reasons to feel connected to the place you live. Sometimes that means a street fair. Sometimes it means finally trying the little spot you’ve driven past a hundred times.

Pick a plan, invite someone along, and let us know what you discover.