Plant Parents: Terrarium Workshop

Do you want to create your own terrarium of mini plants to green up your space? Join us in Joan Lorentz Park for a terrarium workshop! Learn the best methods from Emerald City Plant Shop to design and care for your new terrarium, and connect with other plant parents. We will provide the materials and plants. Registration is required.

CPL PARK SOUNDS: Grace Givertz and Naomi Westwater

Bring a blanket or a chair and join us outside of the Main Library at Joan Lorentz Park for Park Sounds featuring Grace Givertz and Naomi Westwater. Learn more. This program is supported by the Cambridge Public Library Foundation and is hosted in memory of Janet Axelrod. In the event of inclement weather, this program will be held in the Lecture Hall.

Wole Soyinka in Conversation with Henry Louis Gates.

Join Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka in conversation with Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. at the Main Library on Wednesday, September 7, from 6-7:30 p.m. Registration is required. This program is sponsored by the Cambridge Public Library Foundation.

Summer Reading Is For Everyone

Get curious, creative, cozy, and connected! The Cambridge Public Library’s annual Summer Reading program will kick off on July 1. The program, which will run through August 26, aims to promote reading and a love of books, while highlighting Library resources, services, spaces, and collections. Learn more.

Events

Outdoor Story Time (Collins)
10:30 AM, August 9
Outdoor Sing-Along (Valente)
11:00 AM, August 9
Outdoor Songs and Stories (Main)
11:00 AM, August 9
[Moved to Friday August 12th] Summer Reading: Outside Chalk Fun! (Boudreau)
1:00 PM, August 9
Outdoor Preschool Story-Time (Valente)
3:30 PM, August 9

Event Calendar

What's Happening

Director's Update, August 7, 2022
Draw in the Park, Park Sounds, AR Greeting Cards, Wee the People, and Much More!
Director's Update, July 31, 2022
Exploring China Through Music and Story, Imbolo Mbue, Terrarium Workshop, and Much More!
Director's Update, July 24, 2022
Meet the Library Social Worker, Design Squad Maker, Summer Reading, and Much More!
Director's Update, July 17, 2022
Patio Project, Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services, Pied Piper of Hamelin, Summer Reading, and Much More!
Director's Update, July 10, 2022
Summer Launch Party, City as Canvas, Park Sounds, Jukebox First 25, Collaborative Art, and Much More!

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Plant Parents: Terrarium Workshop

CPL PARK SOUNDS: Grace Givertz and Naomi Westwater

Wole Soyinka in Conversation with Henry Louis Gates.

Summer Reading Is For Everyone

Events

10:30 AM, August 9

11:00 AM, August 9

11:00 AM, August 9

1:00 PM, August 9

3:30 PM, August 9

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