Dream Big: Democracy Matters

Join Timothy Snyder, Levin Professor of History, Yale University and author of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century and Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. Callie Crossley, Host/Executive Editor of WGBH Radio’s “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley Show,” will guide the community discussion following Professor Snyder’s remarks.

For more information and to pre-register for this event click here.

Nutrition Series

Please join Cambridge at Home, the nation’s 2nd aging in place community, and nutrition researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on
Aging at Tufts University, for a program series on the relationship between nutrition and age-related diseases.

Nutrition and Bone Health
with Dr. Kyla Shea
Thursday, October 19, 11 AM
Main Library, Lecture Hall

Find more information here.

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Boston Teen Author Festival

Saturday, September 23, 9:00 AM
Main Library, Teen Room and Cambridge Rindge and Latin

BTAF's sixth festival celebrates 40 authors of young adult literature to participate in panel discussions and a massive book signing. Books by each author will be sold onsite by Porter Square Books, and lunch will be available for purchase from a local food truck.

Today

Baby Lapsit
10:00 AM, September 25
O'Neill Toddler Time
10:30 AM, September 25
Boudreau Preschool Story Time
10:30 AM, September 25
Sing Along
11:00 AM, September 25
Central Square English (Beginner I)
11:00 AM, September 25

Event Calendar

What's Happening

Girls Who Code registration opens September 20
This hands-on program is open to anyone who identifies as a girl! It is a teen program, for participants aged 13-18.
All Library Locations will be closed
Monday, October 9 for Indigenous People's Day
Kindergarten Library Card Partnership
Director of Libraries, Maria McCauley; Superintendent, Kenneth Salim; and Mayor, Denise E. Simmons led the charge on this important partnership between the City, schools and the Library.
CPL now offers Trustees of Reservations GO Pass
Reserve at the Main Library for free or reduced admission to many Massachusetts sites.
Cambridge Public Library launches Creative Aging
The program offers a series of art workshops for adults 55 and older. Courses start September 20th and registration will begin on September 5th.

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