City Calendar

Monday

April 15

• 12:00 AM

  Calling All Young Writers: Submit to the 25th Annual Youth Poetry Contest

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

  The Central Square Branch of the Cambridge Public Library is excited to announce that we are now accepting submissions for the 25th Annual Cambridge Public Library Youth Poetry Contest for K-8 students who live or go to school in Cambrige. Submit your original poems by Tuesday, April 30. Poems will be judged for interesting content and creativity as well as consistent and imaginative style. Winners will be notified in mid-May, and prizes will be awarded at a ceremony and reading on Wednesday, May 29 at 6 p.m. Poems in languages other than English are welcomed but must also include English translations (which do not need to be poetic). Winning poems may be published online. For more information: call 617-349-4012 or email jpittel@cambridgema.gov. To submit please either, Mail entries to: Poetry Contest Cambridge Public Library Central Square Branch 45 Pearl Street Cambridge, MA 02139 or send via email to: jpittel@cambridgema.gov Please include your name, grade, school, phone number, and email address with each entry. If you are a teacher submitting entries from your class, also include your name and email address on each entry - we will contact you if you class has a winner.

• 9:00 AM

  Tech-Help: Smartphone Q&A: Basics

  Cambridge Senior Center 806 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02139

  Staff will be available to answer common questions about your wireless devices, laptops, and applications such as Zoom and Facebook. Please call to register for an appointment.

• 10:30 AM

  Department of Veterans' Services Patriots' Day Observance Event

  Cambridge Common, located outside of Harvard Square, bordered by Massachusetts Avenue, Garden Street and Waterhouse Street.

  DVS Acting Director Cynthia Harris will serve as Master of Ceremonies and Cambridge Vice Mayor Marc C. McGovern will give the City’s greetings. The event will include a reenactment of William Dawes' historic horseback ride from Boston to Cambridge alerting the colonists of the British threat of 1775.

• 1:00 PM

  Dancing for Balance

  North Cambridge Senior Center 2050 Mass Ave Cambridge, MA 02140

  This fun, friendly dance class is suited for all fitness levels. You will learn basic steps geared towards improving one’s balance. Seated warm up and cool down exercises are performed.

• 3:00 PM

  Portrait Drawing Class

  Cambridge Senior Center 806 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02139

  Students will learn how to approach a human portrait drawing from start to finish.