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Artists, cultural organizations, and community members are invited to apply for funding to support their creative work in the following areas: Art for Social Justice, Local Cultural Council, and Organizational Investment.

When temperatures top 85 degrees, the flowers of “Heat BLOOMS”—a new art installation in Cambridge’s Harvard Square—bloom, like a visual thermometer warning of extreme heat. Three consecutive 85-degree days or hotter are considered a high alert danger by the Cambridge Public Health Department.

Bread & Puppet Theater presents "Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress Circus" outdoors on Cambridge Common on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.

PorchFest is a free, walkable, musical, community event where Cambridge residents host talented local performers on their porches (or patios, or backyards, or whatever), and attendees enjoy the music and the neighborhood.

The first Cambridge Porchfest will be held July 19 and 20, 2025.

We’re looking for people to host trees as part of an innovative community art piece. Cambridge residents are invited to adopt a young apple tree as part of a project to give new life to a beloved apple tree that was removed as part of the reconstruction of the City of Cambridge's Tobin Montessori and Darby Vassall Upper Schools complex. 

Readings to celebrate National Poetry Month in a[ril.

Vendors wanted for 2025 Cambridge Arts River Festival

Showcase your nonprofit at Cambridge Arts River Festival's Community Tables

Overall Cambridge Arts and the City are distributing more than $300,000 to 60 artists, cultural organizations and grant reviewers via grants and stipends this year through three funding opportunities offered by Cambridge Arts: Organizational Investment Grants, Art for Social Justice Grants, and Local Cultural Council Project Grants.