"Disobedience": The Sousa Mendes Story

Thursday, May 1, 6:30 pm
Main Library Lecture Hall

Celebrate what historian Yehuda Bauer describes as “the greatest act of rescue by a single individual during the Holocaust” with this fictionalized film that portrays the courageous story of Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes. A reception for the film begins at 6 pm.

How to Build a Habitable Planet

Tuesday, May 6, 7:00 pm
Main Library Lecture Hall

Harvard geochemist Charles Langmuir presents a new edition of this classic text. Langmuir and original author Wally Broeckner have revised and expanded the book to engage a generation of readers for whom active planetary stewardship is becoming imperative. Co-sponsored by Science for the Public

The Journey That Saved Curious George

Thursday, May 8, 6:30 pm
Main Library Curious George Room

Louise Borden discusses her research journey to discover the details of Curious George authors Margret and H.A. Rey’s fascinating wartime escape from Paris just days before the Nazi occupation in June 1940.

16th Annual Poetry Contest

Calling all K-8 students who live or attend school in Cambridge! Submit your poetry to our 16th Annual Poetry Contest, presented by the Cambridge Public Library and the Cambridge Tree Project. Entries are due April 30. For rules and submission information, click here.

Secret Gardens Tour 2014

Sunday, June 1, 10 AM-4 PM

Save the date for our annual tour of Cambridge's most beautiful private gardens. Tickets are available May 1 at all Library locations as well as at Bonny’s Garden Center, Brattle Florist, Dickson Bros Hardware, Mahoney’s Brighton, Nomad, Pemberton Farms, Rodney’s Books,and Porter Square Books. Presented by the Friends of the Cambridge Public Library