City Calendar

Monday

May 5

• 9:00 AM

  Mental Health First Aid (Main)

  Main Library, Community Room, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

  Mental Health First Aid is a skills-based training that teaches people how to identify, understand and respond to signs and symptoms of a mental health or substance use challenge in adults ages 18 and over. The program is designed to build mental health literacy, providing an action plan that teaches people to safely and responsibly identify and address a potential mental health or substance use challenge. This workshop will cover: Common signs and symptoms of mental health challenges Common signs and symptoms of substance use challenges How to interact with a person in crisis How to connect a person with help Expanded content on trauma, substance use and self-care Registration is required.

• 3:30 PM

  Light-up crafts for Middle Schoolers (O'Neill)

  O'Neill Branch, 70 Rindge Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140

  Kids in 6th, 7th and 8th grade can come to the Library to make light-up crafts out of paper, fabric and LED lights. Snacks provided. No registration necessary.

• 6:00 PM

  Craig Thompson Presents: Ginseng Roots: A Memoir (Main)

  Main Library, Lecture Hall, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

  Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Craig Thompson—cartoonist and the author of the award-winning books Blankets, Carnet de Voyage, Good-bye Chunky Rice, and Habibi—for a discussion of his new memoir Ginseng Roots. Registration is required.