2022 Harleston Parker Award

In January 2023, the Valente Branch King Open/Cambridge Street Upper School and Community Complex was awarded the 2022 Boston Society of Architect's (BSA) Harleston Parker Medal People's Choice Award for the most beautiful building in metro Boston. Read City announcement.

Valente Branch King Open Community Complex

Film Screening: Woman in a Mirror

Join us on Thursday, February 2, from 6:30-8 p.m., for a film screening of Woman in the Mirror, directed by Tatyana Bronstein. Woman in the Mirror chronicles the life of a ballerina who defected from the Soviet Union because of antisemitism and lack of artistic and personal freedom. Learn more.

The Sovereignty of Indigenous Communities with Spotted Crow

Join us for a discussion about the sovereignty of Indigenous communities with Larry Spotted Crow Mann on Wednesday, February 8 at 6p.m. in the Lecture Hall of the Main Library. Registration is required.

Peter S. Goodman Presents Davos Man in Conversation with Kate Tuttle

Join Peter S. Goodman, the author of Davos Man: How Billionaires Devoured the Planet in conversation with Kate Tuttle, the Executive Editor of People Magazine, at the Main Library. Registration is required to participate in this program. Sponsored by the Cambridge Public Library Foundation.

Events

XR Lab 101 (Main)
3:30 PM, February 3
CANCELLED / Magic Tree House Book Group (O'Connell/Virtual)
4:00 PM, February 3
Marking Their Place in History: Cambridge Black Trailblazers
9:00 AM, February 4
Studio Recording 101 (Main)
10:00 AM, February 4
Equipment and Studio Reservations (Main)
11:30 AM, February 4

Event Calendar

What's Happening

Director's Update, January 29, 2023
Cambridge Black History Project, Native American Sovereignty, Fresh Pond Nature Walk, Read to a Dog, Videography, and Much More!
Director's Update, January 22, 2023
Cambridge Black History Project, Native American Sovereignty, Fresh Pond Nature Walk, Read to a Dog, Videography, and Much More!
Director's Update, January 15, 2023
48th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Viny Cutting 101, Read to a Dog, Videography 101, and Much More.
Director's Update, January 8, 2023
The Parker Quartet, Wellness for Seniors: Tai Chi Paradigm, Videography 101, 3D Printing, and Much More!
Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed to Speak at 48th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Program
Program to take place on January 19 at 6 p.m.

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2022 Harleston Parker Award

Film Screening: Woman in a Mirror

The Sovereignty of Indigenous Communities with Spotted Crow

Peter S. Goodman Presents Davos Man in Conversation with Kate Tuttle

Events

3:30 PM, February 3

4:00 PM, February 3

9:00 AM, February 4

10:00 AM, February 4

11:30 AM, February 4

What's Happening

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