City Calendar

Monday

October 26

• 12:30 PM

  Gallery Talk: French Portrait Drawings-Black Chalk or Graphite?

  Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street Cambridge MA

  Harvard Art Museum presents this gallery talk that will consider the differences between French portrait drawings.

• 1:00 PM

  Harvard Art Museums Celebrates American Archives Month

  Art Study Center, Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street Cambridge MA

  Harvard Art Museums' Art Study Center will host special open hours on Mondays in October featuring materials and pieces from the Harvard Art Archives, as well as Archives experts on hand to answer questions and share information about the materials.

• 1:00 PM

  Painting Show & Artist Reception

  Citywide Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139

  Our talented and prolific watercolor painters are again displaying their work.

• 5:30 PM

  Avon Hill NCD Commission April 2015 Meeting

  Lombardi Building, 831 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, basement conference room

  Avon Hill NCD Commission Meeting

• 5:30 PM

  Central Square Advisory Committee Meeting

  Frank J. Manning Apartments, 237 Franklin Street-2nd Floor Conference room

  Central Square Advisory Committee Meeting

• 5:30 PM

  Roundtable/Working Meeting

  City Hall, 2nd Floor Sullivan Chamber, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139

  Roundtable/Working Meeting

• 6:00 PM

  An Artist's Guide to Twitter: Techniques and Strategies

  438 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

  This class, presented by Cambridge Community Television, teaches artists how to successfully maintain a Twitter account, connect with other artists, and gain followers.

• 6:00 PM

  Urban Cycling Basics Workshop

  Main Library, Community Room, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

  Learn the basics of urban cycling in this free workshop.

• 6:30 PM

  Nuclear Weapons from Hiroshima to Iran: Problems and Solutions

  Main Library, Lecture Hall, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

  Aron Bernstein, Professor Emeritus of Physics at MIT, simply and objectively presents the basic issues of nuclear weapons— how they work, their destructive potential, their history, and how to reduce the probability that they will be used

• 7:00 PM

  Conservation Commission October 2015

  City Hall Annex, 4th Floor Conference Room, 344 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139

  Conservation Commission October Public Meeting

• 7:00 PM

  Learn to Cope Support Group

  Spauling Hospital, 1575 Cambridge Street (Use Main Entrance)

  A group for parents, family members, spouses and caregivers with a family member who is addicted to opiates, alcohol, or other drugs.