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8:00 AM
Online,
Join the Birth to 3rd Grade partnership for an exciting week of virtual professional learning opportunities and interactive workshops.
9:30 AM
Online,
A virtual monthly meet up for older adults in Cambridge who are interested in bicycling.
9:30 AM
Online,
Seniors, join our muscle conditioning class.
10:00 AM
Online,
Seniors, join our gentle morning stretching and dancing online.
10:00 AM
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 Book Drop, located near the entrance to the parking lot on Thorndike Street.
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
Central Square Branch, 45 Pearl St., Cambridge, MA 02139
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 Franklin St entrance. 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
Valente Branch, 826 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02141
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 entrance on Cambridge St. 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
Online,
Join us for a Virtual ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class conducted by Zoom. This class will be taught at an introductory 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.
12:30 PM
Online,
A virtual fitness workshop series to help older adults get into bicycling shape.
12:30 PM
Online,
Seniors, do you have basic technical questions about your devices.
1:00 PM
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.
3:00 PM
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.
4:00 PM
Online,
We invite children ages 3-5 and their grown ups to join us from home for 25 minutes of engaging stories.
Caregivers are asked to participate in the program with their children, so plan to be part of the fun!
Register below. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants one hour before the program begins.
Virtual Preschool 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.
5:00 PM
April Water Board Meeting
6:00 PM
Online,
Learn about the basics of urban cyclings
6:00 PM
Online,
Learn more about your public bike share! Bluebikes is co-owned and managed by the municipalities of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Everett, and Somerville. At our spring meeting, we will look back at bike share in 2020 and share what to expect in 2021. We want to hear your questions, comments, and ideas. You can submit your thoughts in advance or share them during the meeting.
6:00 PM
Session about the City's Affordable Rental & Homeownership Programs
6:30 PM
Online,
Natural dyeing is a rewarding way to engage with textiles and traditions. There are numerous natural dyes to explore right in your local grocery store! Local artist and educator Stephen Hamilton's work incorporates both Western and African techniques. Hamilton will teach you how to naturally dye at home, demonstrating how to transform your textiles using interesting and accessible natural dye sources!
Stephen Hamilton is an artist and arts educator living and working in Boston Massachusetts. Stephen’s work incorporates both Western and African techniques, blending figurative painting and drawing with resist dyeing, weaving, and woodcarving. Each image is a marriage between the aesthetic perspectives and artistry of both traditions. Learn more about Stephen here: http://www.itanproject.com/
YOUR MATERIALS LIST:
-Turmeric Powder
-Annatto seeds (Not Powder)
-White vinegar
-Washing soda
-Cotton muslin or clothing made of white cotton, wool, or silk (natural materials)
-2 cooking pots
-Plastic twine
6:30 PM
Online,
City of Cambridge Planning Board Meeting
7:00 PM
Online,
Join Lamplighter, the Cambridge Public Library, and All She Wrote Books for our virtual book club, where we celebrate contemporary fiction from new voices.
Please register here.
You’re invited to the fifth session of our book club, where Lamplighter Brewing Co., the Cambridge Public Library, and All She Wrote Books (Somervile, MA) team up to highlight contemporary works from marginalized voices. This month, we’ll read Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi. This novel spans three continents to tell the interconnected stories of three women of the African Diaspora, with hints of magic and of queerness.
We'll meet over Zoom to discuss, and taste beer, at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, April 13. We'll send you the link to that on Monday, April 12.
A limited number of this month's book, Butter Honey Pig Bread, are set aside at the Main Library at 449 Broadway and can be picked up during current contactless pickup hours. The book is also available as an e-book through Hoopla (or the Hoopla app) using a Minuteman Network library card.
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