Crafternoon: Paper Lanterns and Sun Catchers
Celebrate the coming Lunar New Year and bring some light to the dark winter by learning the art of tissue paper collage! Make a paper lantern or sun catcher to bring home. All materials are provided. Recommended for ages 5 and up. Registration is not required for this event.
Forever Darkness: Twisted Horror Short Stories and Poems for Young Adults (O'Neill)
Step into the Darkness… if you dare.
Come to the writing in the darkness workshop and meet the creative mind behind the madness: teen horror author of Forever Darkness; Twisted Horror Short Stories and Poems for Young Adults, Ma'ayan Harel-Sibelman. Try your hand at terror, pick up the pen, twist the tale and write the story.
This workshop is presented as part of the Cambridge Young Authors' Squad (CYAS). Young people ages 10 to 14 who love to write are welcome to share their ideas and writing. There will be time for share-outs/workshopping, as well as group or solo writing. Snacks are provided!
Registration is helpful, but not required.
Message from the City Manager
Hear from City Manager Yi-An Huang on his thoughts on the latest infrastructure projects in Cambridge and how we are creating a stronger foundation for our shared future.
FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Third COVID-19 Vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the third vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The EUA allows the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine to be distributed in the U.S for use in individuals 18 years of age and older.
Ben Wikler presents: This Is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy (Main)
Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Ben Wikler—political organizer and strategist who served as the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from July 2019 to July 2025—for a discussion of his new book, This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy. He will be joined in conversation by Danielle Allen—James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, acclaimed author of Our Declaration, and the forthcoming book Radical Duke, releasing June 2026. Registration is required.
Members Sought for Cambridge Public Art Commission
The Cambridge Public Art Commission helps guide the implementation of the Public Art Ordinance and the Art Gifts and Donation Policy, and advises on the overall direction of the City of Cambridge’s Public Art Program.