City Calendar

Tuesday

May 4

• 10:00 AM

  Materials Returns (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 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

  Materials Return (Central)

  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

  Materials Return (Valente Branch)

  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. Please allow a couple of days for your returned items to be removed from your library account. 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 Intro 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 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.

• 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.

• 3:00 PM

  Homeownership in Cambridge: Resources for First-Time Buyers and Existing Homeowners

  Online,

  In honor of Fair Housing Month in April, The City Manager’s Office of the Housing Liaison, Community Development Department, Human Rights Commission and the Department of Human Service Programs’ Multi-Service Center announces the launch of "Housed In Cambridge: Information to Open Doors" - a city-wide campaign designed to educate and inform residents on housing opportunities and housing-related resources and services. Workshops will begin with weekly panel discussions that have traditionally been offered as part of the City’s annual Fair and Affordable Open House and continue with at least monthly trainings. These panels will be recorded as webinars and therefore will serve as ongoing information and educational resource.

• 3:00 PM

  Homeownership in Cambridge: Resources for First-Time Buyers and Existing Homeowners

  Online,

  In honor of Fair Housing Month in April, The City Manager’s Office of the Housing Liaison, Community Development Department, Human Rights Commission and the Department of Human Service Programs’ Multi-Service Center announces the launch of "Housed In Cambridge: Information to Open Doors" - a city-wide campaign designed to educate and inform residents on housing opportunities and housing-related resources and services. Workshops will begin with weekly panel discussions that have traditionally been offered as part of the City’s annual Fair and Affordable Open House and continue with at least monthly trainings. These panels will be recorded as webinars and therefore will serve as ongoing information and educational resource.

• 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.

• 3:30 PM

  How to Become a Vendor with the City of Cambridge

  Online

  Find out how to become a vendor with the city and how to find current bids available to vendors.

• 4:00 PM

  Virtual Preschool Story Time

  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.

• 5:30 PM

  Citizens Committee on Civic Unity

  Regular Committee Meeting

• 6:30 PM

  Planning Board Remote Meeting

  Online,

  City of Cambridge Planning Board Meeting

• 7:15 PM

  Great Books

  Online,

  May 4th Selection: Franz Kafka's "In the Penal Colony" Reading Interests: We concentrate on Great Books in the following areas: a long novel over the summer, two sections of poetry and short stories, a book of the Bible, a Shakespeare play, an ancient and modern drama, a work of science, a smaller work of fiction, an even smaller work of fiction, and a rotating mix of politics, philosophy, and religion. Authors read in the past five years include Dickens, Keats and Yeats, O'Connor and Munro, Ecclesiastes, Sophocles and August Wilson, Darwin, Austen, Duras, The Federalist Papers, and Arendt. Requirements: Just two: read the scheduled work and participate in the discussion. Copies of the upcoming book are available at the Main Library Question and Answer desk. Registration is required. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants 1 hour before the event. For more information, contact Drew Griffin (dgriffin@cambridgema.gov)