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Join Central Square's cookbook club! This month, we're cooking from The Cuban Table: A Celebration of Food, Flavors, and History by Ana Sofia Peláez. Bring a dish to share or just come to talk about your experience with this cookbook. Copies are available for pickup at the Branch. For questions, email Ruby (rvail@cambridgema.gov)

Join us outdoors at the O'Neill Branch to celebrate the end of the school year and the start of the summer! Pick up a "blossom kit" (small growing kit with seeds) while supplies last. We will also have food, games and art. No registration is required. All ages are welcome! In case of rain or bad weather this event will be inside the O'Neill Branch.

Join us at the Central Square Branch Library, or Virtually, for a midday-lunch break book group discussion. This book group will be rotating Mystery/Thriller and Science Fiction works. Feel free to bring your lunch, but, most importantly, bring yourself! July Selection: Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich. Copies are available for pick-up at the Branch (45 Pearl Street . Questions? Contact Daryl (dcabrol@cambridgema.gov).

Join us for a resource fair followed by a screening of a powerful documentary exploring how immigration enforcement impacts communities across the US. The film will be followed by a presentation from LUCE and a reflection.     12:00 p.m. - Community Resource Fair and Refreshments     1:00 p.m. - Welcome & Film Screening (approx. 105 mins.)     2:45 p.m. - Post-Film Reflection presentation by LUCE     3:00 p.m. - Event Concludes

Join the Shadow, Sound, Spectacle ensemble for an evening of original live music, shadow puppetry, video projection, and gothic storytelling inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Washington Irving, Emily Dickinson, Bram Stoker, Anne Rice and more. This imaginative multimedia performance reimagines iconic gothic figures—Frankenstein’s creature, Poe’s raven, the Headless Horseman—as symbols of resistance, transformation, and queer identity. Recommended for teens and adults. Shadow, Sound, Spectacle: Literary Monsters is a collaborative performance project led by Northampton-based singer-songwriter Jess Martin (Tiny Desk Contest 2025 entrant), Boston puppeteer Amy West, and musician/visual artist Abby Hanna (Northampton-based).

In this class, Cambridge Public Library staff will teach you how to look for books, films, and other resources available in the catalog. We will review how to perform basic and advanced searches, learn how to log in to your account with your library card, and better understand all of the formats and locations available in the catalog. Attendees should be comfortable using the computer and navigating the Internet independently, but no prior knowledge of the catalog is needed. Registration is required.

Spanish for Beginners class will focus on basic vocabulary, greetings, and phrases for everyday interactions.

Spanish for Beginners class will focus on basic vocabulary, greetings, and phrases for everyday interactions.

Spanish for Beginners class will focus on basic vocabulary, greetings, and phrases for everyday interactions.

Spanish for Beginners class will focus on basic vocabulary, greetings, and phrases for everyday interactions.