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10:00 AM
Bergin Park, Pemberton Street at Yerxa Street, Cambridge
Join us at local parks for free, family-friendly activities, performers, and entertainment this summer!
10:00 AM
Cooper Park, Hancock Street, Cambridge
Join us at Cooper Park for crafts, chalk drawing, face painting, bubbles, and more.
10:00 AM
Riverside Press Park, River Street, at the corner of Memorial Drive, Cambridge
Join us at Riverside Park for crafts, chalk drawing, face painting, bubbles, and more.
10:00 AM
Online,
Board of Assessors Public Meeting
10:30 AM
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. We will move indoors in inclement weather. For ages birth-5 with caregivers.
11:00 AM
Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Music. Movement. Story. Join your librarians outside for 20 minutes of fun! 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.
11:30 AM
Valente Branch, 826 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02141
We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories and rhymes.
This program will be held in the Reading Garden on the Berkshire Street side of the Valente Branch. In the event of inclement weather, this program will move indoors, where seating is limited. Please call 617-349-4015 for more information.
12:00 PM
Boudreau Branch, 245 Concord Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
August Title: Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan C. Slaght.
This book group will meet virtually and in person at the Boudreau Branch. Please register below if you would like to attend via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants one hour before the event.
How to get the print book: Copies of the print book will be set aside at the Boudreau Branch (245 Concord Ave; current hours).
How to get the e-book: This month’s book is available as an audiobook and e-book through Overdrive/Libby.
For more information, call 617-349-4017 or email Liz Danner at edanner@cambridgema.gov.
3:00 PM
Boudreau Branch, 245 Concord Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
Drop in Wednesdays from 3-7PM to create cards for our neighbors at Cadbury Commons. We'll provide materials.
3:00 PM
Valente Branch, 826 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02141
Visit the Valente Branch to make and take a hands-on project. Recommended for children ages 5-10 and their caregivers.
There will be two Valente Crafternoon programs this summer:
Wednesday, July 6 from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 10 from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
No registration is required for this drop-in event. Call the Valente Branch Library at 617-349-4015 for more information.
3:00 PM
O'Connell Branch, 48 Sixth St., Cambridge, MA 02141
Craft a big, fluffy yarn pompom to take home. Recommended for children ages 5 and up and their grownups.
5:30 PM
Online
Regular Meeting of the Bicycle Committee.
5:30 PM
TELECONFERENCE
Cambridge Housing Authority
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
In this 90-minute class, you’ll learn the basics of sewing machine operation and safety. This session will cover machine setup, basic functions, threading the machine, reloading the bobbin, sewing straight stitches, and recognizing when stitch tension has gone awry. We’ll also cover some safety best practices when operating a sewing machine. As we learn together, we’ll work on a simple sewing project—a drawstring bag—which most students will be able to complete by the end of the class.
You must complete Hive Safety Training before registering for this workshop.
6:00 PM
Online,
The second meeting of the Alewife Zoning Working Group. The group will review recommendations from the Alewife District Plan.
6:00 PM
Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Bring a blanket or a chair and join us outside of the Main Library in Joan Lorentz Park for Park Sounds!
Grace Givertz is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter who performs using guitar, banjo, mandolin, and harmonica. Naomi Westwater (she/they) is a queer, Black-multiracial singer-songwriter. Naomi’s music weaves in and out of Americana music, flirting with jazz, soul, folk, and electropop.
This program is supported by the Cambridge Public Library Foundation and is hosted in memory of Janet Axelrod.
6:30 PM
O'Neill Branch, 70 Rindge Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140
We invite teens and tweens for a relaxing evening filled with ambient music and aromatherapy as we discuss helpful mindfulness tips. Participants will create and take home their very own mini glitter jar. No registration required.
7:15 PM
Donnelly Field, 61 Willow Street, Cambridge
Come watch family friendly movies Wednesday evenings this summer at various parks around Cambridge.
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