Safety, Privacy, & Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence (Main)
Learn about the privacy limitations for Artificial Intelligence (AI) use, misinformation/scams that use AI, and the social and ethical challenges presented by the introduction of this technology. This class will be delivered by a DOORS program instructor. To learn more about the DOORS program please go to: https://www.digitalpsych.org/doors-program.html
To view and register for other Basic Tech Classes at the Library, please go to tinyurl.com/basictechclass.
Registration is encouraged, but not required.
Safety, Privacy, & Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence (Main)
Learn about the privacy limitations of Artificial Intelligence (AI), misinformation and scams that use AI, and the social and ethical challenges presented by the introduction of this technology. This class will be delivered by a DOORS program instructor. To learn more about the DOORS program please go to: https://www.digitalpsych.org/doors-program.html
To view and register for other Basic Tech Classes at the Library, please go to tinyurl.com/basictechclass.
Registration is encouraged, but not required.
Watercolor Adventures for Kids (Valente)
Children ages 5 and up are invited to join us to play with watercolor and experiment with texture. Each child will have the chance to make several abstract paintings to test out this art form! Children under the age of 7 must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.
Watch 22CityView Programs
22-CityView broadcasts all regular meetings of the Cambridge City Council and certain City Council Committee meetings, in addition to showing both original and acquired programming.
Human Services Commission Vacancy
The Human Services Commission advises the City Manager and the Assistant City Manager for Human Services on human services policy issues, needs assessments, and funding allocations.
Richard Russo presents: Under the Falls (Main)
Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Richard Russo—acclaimed author of ten novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Empire Falls—for a discussion of his new novel, Under the Falls. He will be joined in conversation by Tom Perrotta—New York Times bestselling author of eleven works of fiction, including Election, Little Children, Mrs. Fletcher, The Leftovers, and Ghost Town. Registration is required.
Ellen Pinsky and Michael Slevin present: Driven to Write (Main)
Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Ellen Pinsky and Michael Slevin, co-editors of the highly praised essay collection Driven to Write: 45 Writers on the Motives and Mysteries of their Craft. They will be joined for a panel discussion with several of the book's contributors including, Robert Pinsky, award-winning author of over twenty volumes of poetry, Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard professor and author of Dark Renaissance, Ha Jin, the William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor in English and Creative Writing at Boston University, and Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend. This panel will be moderated by Rachel Dillon, poet and the managing editor of Ploughshares.
Registration is required.
Summer Reading: Reading with Animals from Land's Sake Farm (Central Square)
Join us for a story time where we learn about the animals that live at Land’s Sake Farm! Recommended for children of all ages and their caregivers. Registration is recommended. Space may be limited.
Funding for Summer Reading has been generously provided by the City of Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library Foundation and Friends of the Cambridge Public Library.