City Calendar

Wednesday

December 1

• 10:30 AM

  Beginner ESOL Class (Central Square)

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

  Join us for an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Class. This class will be taught at an introductory level. No testing is needed, but registration is required. This will be an in-person class. For more information call Maria Balestrieri at 617-349-4013.

• 10:30 AM

  Outdoor Story Time (Central Square)

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

  Join us for a half-hour of stories in the plaza outside the Central Square Branch Library, Franklin Street side, weather permitting. For ages birth-5 with caregivers.

• 11:00 AM

  Outdoor Songs and Stories (Main)

  Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

  Put on your dancing shoes and head over to the Main Library! We'll sing and move together, and share a story or two. Children of all ages and their grown-ups. This program will be held in Joan Lorentz Park on the lawn outside the Main Library. In the event of inclement weather, this program will be canceled. Please call 617-349-4038 for more information.

• 12:00 PM

  Virtual Housing Information Sessions

  Sessions about the City's Affordable Rental and Homeownership Programs

• 1:00 PM

  Resume and Job Application Support (Central Square)

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

  Looking for assistance creating a resume or looking for jobs? Join us at the Central Square Branch Library (45 Pearl St.) for assisting with resumes, job hunting, and online applications. Support will be available between 1-3pm, no registration is required. For more information call Maria Balestrieri at 617-349-4013.

• 2:00 PM

  Hive Safety Training and Glowforge 101 (Main)

  Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

  Are you interested in using The Hive? In this workshop you will learn about our makerspace, how to utilize the resources we offer and how to keep safe in The Hive. You will also create your Hive badge ID using our Glowforge laser cutter and learn how to utilize this piece of equipment to cut and engrave your own creations. Find out what you need to get started as a maker in The Hive here. Completion of Hive Safety Training is the entry point to making, innovating, and collaborating in this space. Makers must also sign The Hive User Agreement and Waivers.

• 2:00 PM

  The Housing Committee

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

  The Housing Committee

• 3:30 PM

  Pfizer Vaccine and Flu Clinic at King Open School

  King Open School, 850 Cambridge St (Wellington-Harrington), Cambridge

  Cambridge Public Health Department strongly recommends that residents get a flu vaccine this season. Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines and boosters will also be available at these clinics. .

• 3:30 PM

  STEAM Academy: Innovators for Purpose (Main)

  Main Library, 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. Mondays and Thursdays, Sept. 27 - Dec 23 (Learning Lab) 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 Employment Program. The Cambridge Public Library STEAM Academy is part of 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.

• 5:30 PM

  55 Spinelli Place Large Project Review

  Online,

  City of Cambridge Large Project Review Consultation for 55 Spinelli Place

• 5:30 PM

  Election Commission

  Online,

  Regular Meeting

• 5:30 PM

  The Finance Committee

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

  The Finance Committee

• 5:30 PM

  Transit Advisory Committee Meeting December 2021

  Meeting with remote participation on Zoom

  Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for December 2021. Agenda posted on TAC website.

• 6:00 PM

  Ashley C. Ford presents Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir in conversation with Shira Erlichman (Virtual)

  Online,

  Ashley C. Ford’s instant New York Times best-selling memoir, Somebody’s Daughter, steps into the world of growing up a poor Black girl in Indiana with a family fragmented by incarceration, exploring how isolating and complex such a childhood can be. As Ashley battles her body and her environment, she embarks on a powerful journey to find the threads between who she is and what she was born into, and the complicated familial love that often binds them. Ford has written or guest-edited for The Guardian, ELLE Magazine, BuzzFeed, OUT Magazine, Mailchimp Presents, Slate, Teen Vogue, New York Magazine, Allure, Marie Claire, The New York Times, Netflix Queue, Domino, Cup of Jo, and various other web and print publications. She's taught creative nonfiction writing at The New School and Catapult.Co, and had her work listed among Longform & Longread's Best of 2017. Born in Israel, now living in Brooklyn, Shira Erlichman is an author, visual artist, and musician. Her poems explore recovery – of language, of home, of mind. Her acclaimed poetry book Odes to Lithium centers around her experiences with mental illness. She has been awarded the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, the James Merrill Fellowship by the Vermont Studio Center, and a residency at The Millay Colony, among others. She was a Finalist for the Lambda Award and a Silver Medalist for the Nautilus Award, and her work has been featured in PBS NewsHour’s Poetry Series, The Seattle Times, and The New York Times, and many more.

• 6:00 PM

  Joint Central Square and Harvard Square Advisory Committees Meeting

  Online,

  The Central and Harvard Square Advisory Committees will hold a joint meeting to hear a presentation on the Resilient Cambridge Plan by staff from the Cambridge Community Development Department.

• 6:00 PM

  Regular Meeting of the Police Review & Advisory Board

  Online,

  Regular Meeting of the Police Review & Advisory Board

• 7:00 PM

  Lamp x the CPL Present: A Book Club Walks Into a Bar (Lamplighter/Virtual)

  This month we’re meeting in person in Lamplighter's back taproom to discuss Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran. Register here. A limited number of copies of the book are available at the Main Library Q&A Desk. The e-book is available through OverDrive, or the Libby app, and the digital audiobook is available through Hoopla. Or, you can stop by Lamplighter OR All She Wrote Books to purchase your own copy.