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9:00 AM
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Seniors, come and practice meditation to help reduce stress. This class is virtual.
10:00 AM
Online,
Seniors, this class is designed to exercise at one’s own pace, including seated and standing. This class is virtual.
10:00 AM
Online
Join Bryan Caplan, speaker for Grow with Google, as he walks you through how to sell your products online.
10:30 AM
Boudreau Branch, 245 Concord Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
Put on your dancing shoes and head over for a morning of singing and dancing! We'll sing and move together, and share a story or two. For children of all ages and their grown-ups.
Please call 617-349-4017 for more information.
10:30 AM
Central Square Branch, 45 Pearl St., Cambridge, MA 02139
Join us for a half-hour of stories in the Children's Room. If the weather is particularly fine, we might move to the plaza outside the Franklin Street side of the branch. For ages birth-5 with caregivers.
11:00 AM
O'Connell Branch, 48 Sixth St., Cambridge, MA 02141
Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters
Drop-in with this informal group to work on your craft, get inspired, pick up skills and socialize. Knit, embroider, crochet, spin, mend, cross stitch and more. All crafts are welcome!
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
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 intermediate level. No testing is needed.
For more information call Maria Balestrieri at 617-349-4013.
11:00 AM
Citywide Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139
Seniors, no experience or big camera needed. This is an in-person event.
11:00 AM
O'Neill Branch, 70 Rindge Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140
Join us for a half hour of stories for children of all ages and their caregivers.
11:00 AM
Main Library, Rey Room, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
We invite children and their caregivers for 20-25 minutes of stories and songs. Children ages 2-3 and their caregivers.
This program can accommodate 45 people. Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis on the day of the program. The entire party must be present to receive a ticket. This program starts promptly. Unclaimed seats will be offered to someone waiting. We appreciate your patience and understanding. Please call 617-349-4038 for more information.
12:00 PM
Online,
The City partnered with the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities (NIMC) at Case Western Reserve University to undertake a study to learn about Cambridge residents’ experience in their buildings and communities, focusing on their experience of social inclusion and bias,
1:00 PM
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 high beginner level. No testing is needed.. For more information call Maria Balestrieri at 617-349-4013.
1:30 PM
Online,
Seniors, learn basic steps and movements aimed at improving balance. This class is virtual.
1:30 PM
Citywide Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139
Seniors, join this 8-week in-person class, Exploring “Sonia Flew” by Melinda Lopez.
2:00 PM
Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
During this reservation period, anyone who has completed Hive training and is badged to use equipment or studio(s) can reserve Hive equipment or studio spaces. Staff will assist participants as they are able.
2:00 PM
Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Join our staff librarian, Janet, for tea, cookies and a jigsaw puzzle. An hour of fun and conversation on a Thursday afternoon!
2:30 PM
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.
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.
3:00 PM
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 advanced level. No testing is needed.. For more information call Maria Balestrieri at 617-349-4013.
3:00 PM
REMOTE
Cambridge Biosafety Committee
3:00 PM
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Seniors, in this gentle class, we practice the basic elements of yoga. This class is virtual.
3:00 PM
Boudreau Branch, 245 Concord Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
Read with Ana the Therapy Dog! Therapy dogs provide warm and non-judgmental reading companions for new or experienced readers of all ages. Registration for each ten minute time slot is required. Sign up the day of the program by phone or in person at the Boudreau Branch (617-349-4017).
3:30 PM
O'Connell Branch, 48 Sixth St., Cambridge, MA 02141
We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes, with a craft to take and make at home, while supplies last.
No registration is required. Please call (617) 349-4019 for location and details.
3:30 PM
Citywide Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139
Seniors, this is a low impact, easy to follow, safe dance class. This is an in-person event.
4:00 PM
Main Library, Curious George Room, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
It's a Library dance party! All ages.
This program can accommodate 130 people. Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis on the day of the program. The entire party must be present to receive a ticket. This program starts promptly, and any unclaimed seats will be offered to someone waiting. We appreciate your patience and understanding. Please call 617-349-4038 for more information.
4:00 PM
Boudreau Branch, 245 Concord Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
It’s time to scan all those photos that have been collecting dust in the basement, closet, and attic. Invite friends, bring your photo albums and even something to eat and drink: it’s a photo-scanning party!
As you share your wonderful memories we will help you to digitize your photographs (and documents too). This way you can preserve them or share them online or even get them reprinted. You will have the peace of mind that those memories and moments won’t disappear.
You will need:
Photos
USB drive (4GB available or more recommended) or any hard drive.
For more information, contact Ivan at ipachoncaballero@cambridgema.gov
5:00 PM
Just A Start: 243 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Participatory Budgeting is a democratic process that empowers community members to decide how to spend part of a public budget. In June and July 2022, community members submitted 1,320 ideas on how to spend $1 million of the City of Cambridge’s FY24 Capital Budget.
5:30 PM
Online,
Regular meeting of the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities via Zoom
5:30 PM
Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Continue building your machine-sewing skills AND create a set of napkins perfect for dressing your own table or gifting! This pop-up workshop offering will be led by fiber artist and designer Lenni Armstrong. Skills practiced include: identifying and straightening a fabric's grain, straight stitching, making hems, and making fringed edges. Registration is required.
This workshop is designed for patrons who know the basics of how to use our Janome sewing machines.
6:00 PM
Online,
Cambridge Historical Commission Meeting
6:00 PM
Online,
Monthly LGBTQ+ Commission Meeting
6:00 PM
Amigos School, 15 Upton St., Cambridge, MA 02139
Review the final design for the project, learn about the construction schedule, and meet the project staff. Refreshments will be provided. Come Learn More!
6:30 PM
Main Library, Lecture Hall, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Join the Cambridge Public Library Foundation and the following luminaries for a discussion about the
reinvention of journalism to support democracy and a more equitable and sustainable world.
David Bornstein is an award-winning journalist and the co-founder and CEO of Solutions Journalism. He is the
author of How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas and The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank.
Deborah D. Douglas is co-editor in chief of The Emancipator, a news collaboration between the Boston
Globe and BU's Center for Antiracist Research. An award-winning journalist, Douglas is author of U.S. Civil
Rights Trail: A Traveler’s Guide to the People, Places, and Events That Made the Movement.
Amanda Ripley is a New York Times bestselling author, an investigative journalist and the co-founder of Good Conflict, LLC. Her books include High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out, The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way, and The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why.
RSVP online at DreamBig2022.eventbrite.com, by emailing info@cplfound.org, or by calling 617-798-0959.
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