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City Calendar

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  • Thursday

    May 23

    • Knitting Group (O'Connell)

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

      This group can get you started, keep you motivated, and offer advice. No experience needed. Just bring your desire to knit!

    • Sing-Along and Storytime (Central Square)

      Central Square Branch, 45 Pearl St., Cambridge, MA 02139

      Join us for a lively half hour of songs followed by stories. All ages are welcomed. For more information, please contact the Central Square Branch at 617-349-4012.

    • Intermediate ESOL (Central Square)

      Central Square Branch, 45 Pearl St., Cambridge, MA 02139

      Intermediate ESOL (Central Square)

    • Storytime (O'Neill)

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

      Join us for a half hour of stories for all ages.

    • Toddler Storytime

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

      Children ages 2-3 and their caregivers. This program can accommodate 45 people. Tickets are available on a first-come, first served basis on the day of the program. The entire party must be present to receive a ticket. This program starts promptly, and unfortunately we cannot accommodate latecomers. Unclaimed seats will be offered to someone waiting. We appreciate your patience and understanding. Please call 617-349-4038 for more information.

    • Beginner ESOL (Central Square)

      Central Square Branch, 45 Pearl St., Cambridge, MA 02139

      Beginner ESOL (Central Square)

    • Intermediate ESOL

      Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

      English class for the non-native speaker: this class focuses on speaking. Students will practice public speaking and will work on developing clear speech. For ages 16 and up. On-going. No registration is necessary. Contact: Maria Balestrieri, mbalestrieri@cambridgema.gov

    • Dancing For Balance

      North Cambridge Senior Center, 2050 Mass. Ave,, Cambridge, MA 02140

      Seniors come and learn basic steps and movements aimed at improving balance.

    • Advanced ESOL (Central Square)

      Central Square Branch, 45 Pearl St., Cambridge, MA 02139

      Advanced ESOL (Central Square)

    • IFP Creative Doers Studio

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

      Innovation in the 21st Century requires people who are as creative as designers, as tech savvy as scientists and engineers and as driven as entrepreneurs. The Doers Lab is where our approach and guiding principles (Skill Building, Exposure and Guidance) are manifested. It is essentially an innovation lab preparing students to address the needs of people in the real world. This event is part of a series that requires pre-registration. To learn more about Innovators for Purpose and the Creative Doers program, see their website: http://innovatorsforpurpose.org/

    • Photography Exhibit: Mara Gibbs

      Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

      Viewing Schedule: Opening reception: Saturday, May 11, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Monday, May 13, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tuesday, May 14, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm Thursday, May 16, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm Saturday, May 18, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Sunday, May 19, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Monday, May 20, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tuesday, May 21, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm Wednesday, May 22, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Thursday, May 23, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tuesday, May 28, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Thursday, May 30, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Saturday, June 1, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Monday, June 3, 10:00 am – 11:00 am Please join The Cambridge Public Library and the family of Margalit ‘Mara’ Gibbs in celebrating her photographs. Mara had a passion for both traditional darkroom processes and vibrant, digital effects. Her black-and-white photographs, many taken in public places, are rich observations of daily life, full of texture and luminously gradated light and shadow. In her color work, Mara experimented with transparency, collage, and constructed narratives. Much of Mara’s work revolves around loneliness, abandonment, decay, bruising, tenderness, and hope. The narrative works are alternatingly surreal, mischievous, elegant, and somber, messy and ephemeral. Together, the photographs in the exhibition reveal the range and depth of Mara’s skills and subject interests, including: portraits of family and friends; self-portraiture; public life; life at Reed College: and experimentations in color and abstraction. These photographs are intense, complex, intimate, and full of charisma. Born to Lauren Gibbs and Steven Flax, Mara was named Margalit after Steven’s mother, Pearl, and Lauren’s mother, Pat. Margalit is the modern Hebrew form of Margaret, which means pearl. She grew up in and around Cambridge (her mother living in Cambridge and her father living in Roslindale, Brookline and then Somerville before joining Mara in Cambridge). A creative child, Mara began composing songs at age four, and by the time she was five identified as a math girl, taking every math class offered at CPSD. She danced, wrote poetry and song lyrics, and drew with pencil, charcoal and pastels. Mara attended high school at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, where she often felt that most of her learning occurred in the Photography Department. At the same time, she found English, History, Chemistry, and Psychology as well as Math to be additional favorite subjects. She took dance and then lacrosse at CRLS. Mara won Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards for her photography, and graduated in 2015. At Reed College, Mara took photographs all the time, but did not take photography classes. Her favorite courses at Reed included philosophy, economics, and computer science. Mara had two computer science internships – with GlooPen (a messaging/chat application with a game component) and with The Reed College Software Design Studio. Mara’s life ended tragically during her sophomore year at Reed College, in an off-campus apartment fire. At a life celebration for Mara at Reed shortly after she died, friends shared memories and anecdotes, relating her propensity for dispensing hugs and humor. She will be missed. The works in this exhibition were printed at Pushdot Studios in Portland, Oregon.

    • After School Crafts (O'Connell)

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

      Listen to stories and make fun crafts you can take home!

    • Affordable Housing Trust

      City Hall, 2nd Floor Ackermann Room, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139

      Affordable Housing Trust Meeting

    • Afternoon Sing-Along

      Main Library, Curious George Room, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

      Put on your dancing shoes and head over for an afternoon of singing and dancing! All ages. This program can accommodate 130 people. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of the program. The entire party must be present to receive a ticket. This program starts promptly, and unfortunately we cannot accommodate latecomers. Unclaimed seats will be offered to someone waiting. We appreciate your patience and understanding. Please call 617-349-4038 for more information.

    • Puppetry Studio

      Main Library, Curious George Room, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

      We will select a folktale to adapt for a tiny stage, and perform our masterpiece for friends and family. This six-week puppetry workshop is for kids ages 7-10. No experience necessary! Registration is required. Emailnzylicz@cambridgema.gov or call 617-349-4038 to register or for more information.

    • Commission on Immigrant Rights and Citizenship Meeting

      2nd Floor Conference Room, 51 Inman St., Cambridge, MA 02139

      The regular meeting of the Commission on Immigrant Rights and Citizenship

    • Knitting & Crochet Meetup and Yarn Swap (Collins)

      Collins Branch, 64 Aberdeen Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138

      <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Join fellow knitters, crocheters, and makers for a yarn swap, skill share, and crafting meetup! Stop by to destash, relax, and share your current work. All skill and interest levels welcome!

    • LGBTQ+ Meeting

      WIndsor St Health Center, 119 Windsor St., Cambridge

      Regular meeting

    • Pedestrian Committee Meeting

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

      Regular meeting of the Pedestrian Committee.

    • Reception: ‘Untold Possibilities’ Climate Change Exhibit

      Cambridge Arts Council 344 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

      Artists explore the state of climate change today

    • Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Keynote: Ying Wang

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

      Join us for a commemoration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Ying Wang, Assistant Vice President and Associate Counsel at State Street Bank & Trust Company, Judge Advocate General (JAG) Officer in the U.S. Army Reserves, and a member of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Asian American Commission.

    • Intermediate ESOL

      Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

      English class for the non-native speaker: this class focuses on speaking. Students will practice public speaking and will work on developing clear speech. For ages 16 and up. On-going. No registration is necessary. Contact: Maria Balestrieri, mbalestrieri@cambridgema.gov

May 2019
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