City Calendar

Thursday

October 29

• 10:00 AM

  Making Awesome Videos for Social Media-Online Workshop

  Online

  Video is a key way to engage current and prospective customers.

• 10:00 AM

  Materials Return (O'Connell)

  O'Connell Branch, 48 Sixth St., Cambridge, MA 02141

  We are now accepting returns of any Minuteman Library Network materials at the O'Connell Branch, generally Tuesdays and Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Leave your items in the large basket outside the door. For your health and safety, please do not touch any other items in the returns basket. It may take up to one week for items to be removed from your card. During the COVID-19 crisis, no overdue fines are being charged on any materials checked out of Cambridge Public Library locations. You may also return any Minuteman Library Network materials via the Main Library outside book drop (available 24/7). We are also offering limited return hours at other branch locations, subject to scheduling changes. Please check the library calendar or call the Main Library at 617-349-4040 for up-to-date information on return hours at all locations.

• 11:00 AM

  Materials Return (O'Neill)

  O'Neill Branch, 70 Rindge Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140

  We are now accepting returns of any Minuteman Library Network materials during our contactless pickup hours. Leave your items in the large basket outside the door. For your health and safety, please do not touch any other items in the returns basket. It may take up to one week for items to be removed from your card. During the COVID-19 crisis, no overdue fines are being charged on any materials checked out of Cambridge Public Library locations. You may also return any Minuteman Library Network materials via the Main Library outside book drop (available 24/7). We are also offering limited return hours at other branch locations, subject to scheduling changes. Please check the library calendar or call the Main Library at 617-349-4040 for up-to-date information on return hours at all locations.

• 11:00 AM

  Virtual Family Story Time

  Online,

  We invite children and their grownups to join us from home for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes. Caregivers are asked to participate in the program with their children--it will be as important as ever to model movement and song for your little one during this virtual session. Plan to join in, sing along, and move around! Register below. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants one hour before the program begins. Virtual Family Story Time is free and open to the public and is not recorded. If you register but later find you cannot attend, please remember to cancel your registration to make space for others.

• 1:00 PM

  Virtual Beginner ESOL Class

  Online,

  Join us for a Virtual ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class conducted by Zoom. This class will be taught at a high beginner level. No testing is needed, but registration is required. Register below. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants one hour before the program begins. Virtual ESOL Class is free and open to the public. If you register but later find you cannot attend, please remember to cancel your registration to make space for others. For more information call Maria Balestrieri at 617-349-4013.

• 1:30 PM

  Dancing for Balance

  Online,

  Seniors, join our online dance class to help improve balance.

• 3:00 PM

  Virtual Intermediate ESOL Class

  Online,

  Join us for a Virtual ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class conducted by Zoom. This class will be taught at an intermediate level. No testing is needed, but registration is required. Register below. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants one hour before the program begins. Intermediate Virtual ESOL Class is free and open to the public. If you register but later find you cannot attend, please remember to cancel your registration to make space for others. For more information call Maria Balestrieri at 617-349-4013.

• 5:30 PM

  River Street Reconstruction - Public Information Session

  Online with remote participation using Zoom webinar

  Learn more about the River Street Reconstruction project corridor design and Carl Barron Plaza design concepts before this Question and Answer Public Information Session. During this Question and Answer Public Information Session, city staff invite your questions about the project. To submit a question, send your question in an e-mail to RiverStreet@CambridgeMA.gov. Closed captioning available through Zoom and CART Stream.