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Thanks to generosity of The Stone Family Charitable Foundation, The Kennek Foundation recently donated 50 Trouble Dog Stuffed Animals to Cambridge Public Safety.

The Cambridge Department of Transportation (CDOT) has formalized its approach to improving safety at higher crash intersections through the Intersection Safety Program. As part of the City’s Vision Zero effort to eliminate fatal and serious injury crashes, CDOT has developed a data-driven process to identify and rank higher crash intersections, prioritize locations for improvements, and track and assess safety changes over time.

The City of Cambridge Department of Veterans Services will host a Veterans Day Observance event on Monday, November 11, from 11 a.m.- 12 p.m., at the Cambridge Common,

What’s all this fuss about fermented foods? Why are fermented foods essential for gut health, and why are they so expensive? In this class, Mo Katz-Christy will walk you through how to use any old vegetables to make delicious and nutritious fermented foods that replenish the microbiome, regulate our immune system, and more! Leave with a jar of kraut that you can share with your household. Mo Katz-Christy (they/them) is a queer Ashkenazi Jewish herbalist born and raised in Cambridge, MA on unceded Massachusett land. They approach herbalism by connecting folks to the knowledge they already have about their body and herbs through working with kitchen medicine, ancestral traditions, and mulberries falling on the sidewalk! Mo graduated from a three-year clinical herbalism program at the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism in 2022. They work one-on-one with clients to address the root imbalances that are causing dysregulation and to promote long-term healing, focusing on gut health. You can find out more about their work at mokatzchristy.com.

Free workshops to help artists develop their careers in Cambridge.

Learn how to make money selling your goods and services on the Internet.

The City of Cambridge announced today that the Housing Stabilization Program has committed nearly $1.2 million to 245 Cambridge households financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Experience the joy of Hip Hop Xpression with Jarell Howard Rochelle in this fun, high-energy program for kids and teens. Participants will learn simple choreography, explore freestyle movement, and be introduced to authentic hip hop terminology and culture. This interactive class emphasizes connection, creativity, and self-expression, while celebrating the spirit of hip-hop. No prior dance experience is needed — just come ready to move, laugh, and have fun together. Families and youth of all ages are welcome. Funding for Summer Reading has been generously provided by the City of Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library Foundation, Friends of the Cambridge Public Library and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

The Urban Agriculture Task Force is developing an ordinance that includes 1) zoning to explicitly allow agricultural activities, and, 2) regulations to support and limit activities.

Let’s take a look at the events of the 1630s when speculators drove up the prices of tulip bulbs to dizzying heights. The development of Dutch flower painting and the phenomenon known as “tulipmania” share the same root causes in 17th century Netherlands; that is, an interest in objects of great appeal and rarity, whether just for their beauty or their scientific notoriety. But what was really happening and has it been overblown in history? We will discover where the practice of flower painting began for the Dutch, in response to the value of live flowers; a practice of painting beautiful still lives that continues today.