City Calendar

Wednesday

May 15

• 1:00 PM

  3D Printing 101: Game Piece Design

  Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

  Learn how to create your favorite game piece in digital space and print it out using our Prusa 3D printers. Before taking this workshop: Complete Hive Safety Training Create a free Tinkercad account at www.tinkercad.com You will get hands-on experience running the 3D printer, gain fundamental 3D modeling skills using Tinkercad, and earn your 3D Printing badge for future reservations in The Hive. Create a Tinkercad account at www.tinkercad.com prior to arriving. Parents may need to assist users under the age of 18 to create an account prior to arriving. You must complete Hive Safety Training before registering for this workshop.

• 3:00 PM

  Internet Safety (Main)

  Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

  Learn how to be safer online with accounts and passwords. We will provide an overview of frauds and scams. To view and register for other Basic Tech Classes at the Library, please go to tinyurl.com/basictechclass.

• 5:30 PM

  Sewing Circle

  Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

  Continue building your machine-sewing skills AND receive support as you work on your own sewing projects with our Library sewing community. Participants must register but may drop-in any time during the program. This program is designed for patrons who know the basics of how to use our Janome sewing machines.

• 6:00 PM

  CPL Presents: Neel Mukherjee, author of CHOICE

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

  Join NEEL MUKHERJEE, author of the Man Booker Prize-nominated novel The Lives of Others, for a reading from, and conversation about, his new novel Choice. A Professor of English at Harvard, Mukherjee has been called “one of the most original and talented authors working today” (NPR) and, in a pre-publication blurb, Tracy K. Smith called Choice “searing, poetic and beautifully brutal.” The novel is composed of three thematically linked sections, across which Mukherjee “showcases his ability to inhabit different perspectives” (Booklist). This event will be moderated by GRACE TALUSAN, author of the award-winning memoir, The Body Papers. Registration is required.

• 6:00 PM

  Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Group (Main)

  Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

  This Month's Read: Babel, by R.F. Kuang Reading Interests: The group concentrates on science fiction and fantasy. An advanced reading schedule is published each fall. Example selections include: Neuromancer by William Gibson and The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. Requirements: A love of speculative fiction and a desire to talk about books. The group is friendly and informal. How to get the print book: Copies of the print book are set aside at the Main Library Question and Answer desk on the ground floor. Visit the Main Library at 449 Broadway during service hours and a staff member can help you check out a copy. E-books and digital audiobooks are available on Libby or Hoopla. We'll meet in the Rossi Room on the ground floor of the Main Library. For more information, contact Carrie at csauder@cambridgema.gov.