Expressive Arts for Older Adults: Open Studio (Main)
Looking for a space to unleash your creativity? Join instructor Marguerite White, Wednesday afternoons March 5 through April 30 (No group on April 2), for two hours each week to work on a drawing or watercolor project of your choice. A still-life arrangement and basic supplies will be provided. If you have any questions, please reach out to Brynne Quinlan at bquinlan@cambridgema.gov or (617)349-4041.
Registration required for each session.
Expressive Arts for Older Adults: Open Studio (Main)
Looking for a space to unleash your creativity? Join instructor Marguerite White, Wednesday afternoons March 5 through April 30 (No group on April 2), for two hours each week to work on a drawing or watercolor project of your choice. A still-life arrangement and basic supplies will be provided. If you have any questions, please reach out to Brynne Quinlan at bquinlan@cambridgema.gov or (617)349-4041.
Registration required for each session.
POSTPONED Outdoor Concert with Albino Mbie (Valente)
This event has been postponed. Please stay tuned for a rescheduled date.
Albino Mbie is an award winning Musician, Guitarist, Singer, Composer, Sound and mixing engineer born in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, a country in southern Africa known for its rich musical and cultural heritage. This event is generously sponsored by The Manuel Rogers, Sr. & Mary R. Rogers Endowment Fund. In the event of rain or extreme heat, this event will be moved inside the Valente Community Room. All ages welcome. No registration is required.
Kindergarten Party (O'Neill)
Party like you just got your first library card! All Kindergartners, along with their families and friends, are welcome to attend. We will have activities, crafts and snacks.
Resume and Job Hunting Drop-in
Get help writing or updating a resume, searching for a job, or preparing for an interview.
For more information please call Maria Balestrieri at 617-349-4013.
Resume and Job Hunting Drop-in
Get help writing or updating a resume, searching for a job, or preparing for an interview.
For more information please call Maria Balestrieri at 617-349-4013.
Artful Mechanisms with Playful Engineers (Boudreau)
Join us to celebrate Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story, which tells the story of a rover's journey to Mars and the challenges it faces there. We will celebrate by building some artful mechanisms with Playful Engineers! Use simple machines to create mechanical automata and solve problems similar to those faced by rovers on Mars - using materials you could find around your own home. Registration is required.
This event is part of a special series promoting our 2026 Curious George Lecture (CGL) with Jasmine Warga, award-winning author of A Rover's Story, Other Words for Home, and many other popular children's books. Save the Date: the Lecture will take place on Wednesday, April 15, 6 p.m. at the Main Library.
Funding is generously provided by the Cambridge Public Library Foundation.
Felice Frankel presents: Phenomenal Moments: Revealing the Hidden Science Around Us (Main)
Harvard Book Store, the Harvard University Division of Science, the Harvard Library, and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Felice Frankel—award-winning science photographer and research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the department of Chemical Engineering—for a discussion of her first book for young adults, Phenomenal Moments: Revealing the Hidden Science Around Us. She will be joined in conversation by Melissa Franklin—the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Director of Graduate Studies at Harvard University.
Registration is required.
Internet Basics (Valente)
Learn how to navigate internet browsers, search engines and websites. We will provide online search tips and tricks.
To view and register for other Basic Tech Classes at the Library, please go to tinyurl.com/basictechclass.
Registration is encouraged, but not required.