City Calendar

Kindergarten Party!

Valente Branch, 826 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02141

Kindergarten Party!

Advanced ESOL (Central Square)

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

Advanced ESOL (Central Square)

Afterschool Puzzle Club (O'Connell)

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

Tuesdays, 4-5pm Have fun solving pencil-and-paper puzzles: riddles, wordplay, visual, math, and logic.

Preschool Storytime

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

Children ages 3-5 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.

19th Amendment Public Art Project Community Info Meeting

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

Plans for a public artwork in Cambridge to celebrate the centennial of the 19th Amendment are moving forward with the selection of four artist-finalists to develop proposals.

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

Central Square Social Club (Central Square)

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

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

Great Books

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

January 7th Read: Tess of the d’Urbervilles byThomas Hardy Reading Interests: We read primarily from anthologies that emphasize ancient and modern classics of literature, drama, philosophy, and social thought. In recent years the group has read selections from The Book of Job, Aeschylus, Plato, Montaigne, Donne, William James, Cady Stanton, Baldwin, and Borges. These may run anywhere from 20 to 100 pages. Additional books, chosen by the group, tend to be more contemporary. Those read in the last three years include Adiga's Between the Assassinations, Welty's The Golden Apples, Camus's The Plague, Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, DuBois's The Souls of Black Folk, and Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude. A Shakespeare play is read every year. Requirements: There are only two: read the scheduled work and participate in the discussion. These requirements are waived for those attending their first meeting. Preregistration is not required but is encouraged, since the library will provide, in advance and at no charge, a copy of the reading for anyone planning to attend. For more information, contact Drew Griffin (857-235-9829; dgriffin@cambridgema.gov)

Recycling Advisory Committee Meeting

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

Recycling Advisory Committee Meeting

Onesies (and Twosies)

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

Too young for storytime, too old for lapsit? Come rhyme, bounce, and read with other toddlers and their caregivers. For walking babies-24 months and their caregivers. This program can accommodate 30 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.