City Calendar

Summer Reading: Acrobatics by Li Liu

Online,

Come be amazed by circus artist Li Liu’s hand balancing, plate spinning, and foot juggling acrobatics! We invite children and their grownups to join us from home for a live acrobatic show presented on Zoom. Register below. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants one hour before the program begins. Virtual Summer Reading Programs are free and open to the public and are not recorded. If you register but later find you cannot attend, please remember to cancel your registration to make space for others. Summer Reading is sponsored by the Cambridge Public Library Foundation, Friends of the Cambridge Public Library, East Cambridge Savings Bank, the Massachusetts Library System, the Boston Bruins, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

Community Yoga with Cap Aguilar

Online,

Join us for a virtual community yoga class every Sunday in August from the comfort of your own home with instructor Cap Aguilar! Registration is required. Zoom link will be sent out prior to class. Cap Aguilar (she/they) is a mindfulness and yoga teacher. A lifelong social justice educator, they believe we can transform ourselves and the world we live in by connecting to our breath in a safe, inclusive, trauma-informed learning environment. Throughout the practice, Cap will provide various options and information to support your unique expression of yoga and to honor yoga’s Black and Brown roots. This series of community classes welcomes all bodies, ages, abilities, backgrounds, hopes, and dreams. Learn more and connect with Cap at breathewithcap.com or instagram.com/cappygram_.

Kids Books to Go (Boudreau)

Boudreau Branch, 245 Concord Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138

Borrow a bag of pre-selected library books for your kids and teens! Drop by this pop-up event outside your neighborhood branch and pick up a bag of 3-5 library books for your young readers. Title selections will be curated by Cambridge Public Library Youth Services Librarians. Please wear a face covering and maintain 6 feet of distance between yourself, Library Staff, and other patrons. Bins will also be available for library returns.

Cambridge Retirement Board Meeting

Online,

retirement board public meeting agenda

Special City Council Meeting

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

Special City Council Meeting

[Registration Required] Ballroom Dance Class with Michael Winward

Online,

Registration is required. Zoom link will be sent out prior to class. Join instructor Michael Winward for this beginner-level ballroom dance workshop. Michael takes a gender-neutral approach, teaching routines that include the leader and follower roles of each dance style. No partner is necessary to attend. This workshop is designed for solo participants dancing in their living spaces. It will include a brief history, acknowledging the origins of each dance style: Foxtrot, Waltz, Tango, Cha-cha, Rumba, and East Coast Swing. Michael is an independent dance artist, based in Boston. He is the founding director of Steps in Time®, an adaptive ballroom dance program serving assisted living and memory care communities in and around Greater Boston. He is the co-producer of Dancing Queerly, an annual festival of performances, workshops, discussions and social dance gatherings by and for the LGBTQ+ community.

Board of License Commissioners’ Public Meeting

Tuesday, August 4th, 2020

Cambridge Book Bike Virtual Story Time

Online,

The Cambridge Book Bike Team invites 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. This Book Bike Virtual 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. The Cambridge Book Bike is a collaboration among the Agenda for Children Literacy Initative, the Cambridge Public Library, and the Center for Families.

Second Shared Streets Community Webinar

Zoom Webinar

Please join us for an update on the Shared Streets program.

Planning Board Remote Meeting

Remote Participation

City of Cambridge Planning Board Meeting