City Calendar

Tuesday

April 16

• 6:00 PM

  Contemporary Book Group (Main)

  Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

  This month's book: The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende Reading Interests: The group concentrates on fiction and narrative nonfiction. Some past selections include: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell, Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters, and Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Qian Julie Wang. How to get the print book: Copies of the print book are set aside at the Main Library. Visit the Main Library Q&A Desk at 449 Broadway during service hours and a staff member can help you check out a copy. How to get the e-book or digital audiobook: This month’s book is available as an e-book and digital audiobook through OverDrive or the Libby app. How to register: Click the registration link below to register. Registration is encouraged but not required. For more information, contact Susannah Borysthen-Tkacz (sbtkacz@cambridgema.gov).

• 6:30 PM

  Adult Book Group (O'Connell)

  O'Connell Branch, 48 Sixth St., Cambridge, MA 02141

  April selection: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Reading Interests: We read mostly contemporary Fiction and Non-Fiction, with forays into older works and classics. Past selections include Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, and An Immense World by Ed Yong. How to get the print book: Copies of the book and audiobook are set aside at the O'Connell Branch. Visit during open hours and a staff member can help you check out a copy. Click here for O'Connell Branch Hours. How to get the ebook or digital audiobook: This month’s book is available as an ebook or digital audiobook through Libby. This book group meets in person at the O'Connell Branch. No registration is needed; drop-ins welcome! For more information call 617-349-4019 or email Abby at aclinger@cambridgema.gov.

• 7:15 PM

  Great Books Book Group (Main/Virtual)

  Main Library, Curious George Room, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

  This week's selection: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Reading Interests: We concentrate on Great Books in the following areas: a long novel over the summer, two sections of poetry and short stories, a book of the Bible, a Shakespeare play, an ancient and modern drama, a work of science, a smaller work of fiction, an even smaller work of fiction, and a rotating mix of politics, philosophy, and religion. Authors read in the past five years include Dickens, Keats and Yeats, O'Connor and Munro, Ecclesiastes, Sophocles and August Wilson, Darwin, Austen, Duras, The Federalist Papers, and Arendt. How to get the print book: Copies of the reading are set aside at the Main Library. Visit the Main Library at 449 Broadway during current service hours and a staff member can help you get a copy. How to register: Registration is required. Click the registration link below to register. This is a hybrid event. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants 1 hour before the event. For more information, contact Drew Griffin (dgriffin@cambridgema.gov)