City Calendar

Friday

July 30

• 9:15 AM

  STEAM Academy: Innovators for Purpose Summer Studio

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

  Innovators for Purpose (iFp) Studio is a teen-powered design and innovation program where teens channel their energy and creative vision to imagine and build a better world. Blending art, design, science, technology and storytelling within a social justice framework, teens engage in real-world client-sponsored projects. July 6 - August 6, weekdays from 9:15am-3:30pm at the Main Library Innovators for Purpose (iFp) is a Cambridge-based nonprofit that inspires high-potential, diverse young people to discover their passions, develop innovative mindsets and cultivate marketable skills to solve problems they care most about. Summer Studio teens are funded in part through the Mayor's Summer Youth Program. The Cambridge Public Library STEAM Academy is part Cambridge STEAM Initiative's efforts to enhance and expand students’ access to quality STEAM learning experiences. Made possible by generous support from the Eric and Jane Nord Family Fund and Verizon.

• 1:00 PM

  XR Lab 101

  Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

  Extended reality (XR) opens the doorway to worlds and experiences outside the every day through virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality equipment. Test drive our Microsoft HoloLens augmented reality glasses, Structure Sensor 3D scanner, Merge headsets and more. You must complete Hive Safety Training & Glowforge 101 before participating in this program. View The Hive's workshop schedule here.

• 2:00 PM

  Summer Reading: Animal Encounter with Zoo New England (Virtual)

  Online,

  Join the Library and Zoo New England to meet amazing ambassador animals from our local zoo. During this virtual encounter, zoo educators will answer your questions, share stories and help you learn more about these charismatic creatures. For children of all ages and their caregivers. Register below. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants one hour before the program begins. This program 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. Funding for Summer Reading has been generously provided by the City of Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library Foundation, Friends of the Cambridge Public Library and Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.