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All Library locations will be closed on Friday, Dec. 22; Saturday, Dec. 23; Sunday, Dec. 24; and Monday, Dec. 25 for Christmas. All Library locations will be closed Monday, Jan. 1 for New Year’s Day.
Join us at the Main Library or online for the 49th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day lecture with Professor Randall Kennedy, the Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law School. Registration is required.
Join Nagisa Ikemura of Nagomi Bento for a workshop on the delicate art of bento, a home-cooked lunch central to Japanese home and cultural life for centuries. Cambridge Cooks invites local chefs for a free cooking demonstration, followed by a tasting and Q&A with the chef. Registration is required.
Join Tracy K. Smith, former U.S. Poet Laureate and author of To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul as well as the Pulitzer Prize-winning Life on Mars for a poetry reading followed by an author Q&A. This event is a hybrid event and is co-sponsored by the Cambridge Public Library Foundation. Registration is required.
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Wednesdays of Wonder, Brewery Book Club, Story Time with Sara Levine, and More!
Hive Teen Hangout, Kids' Paint Workshop, Family Movie Night, and More!
Winter Solstice, Cambridge Cooks, Teen Advisory Board, CPL Nature Club, and Much More!
Isha Kriya Yoga, One-On-One Tech Help, Wellness for Seniors, and Much More!
O’Connell Branch closed early on Thursday, Dec. 7
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