Community IRL (Valente)
Do you feel overcommitted but under connected? Over the course of this workshop we'll come together to learn, discuss, brainstorm, and provide blueprints for building deeper purpose and fostering belonging in our community. Whether you’re a student, organizer, young professional, or just someone who feels powerless, this is the place for you. We believe community is resistance. Come for conversation, snacks, and a sense of shared purpose irl.
Registration helpful.
Tween Book Group (Main)
Calling all middle grade readers! Meet up in the Curious George Room every third Thursday to eat pizza and talk about books with your friends. This month's book is Plain Jane and the Mermaid.
Snacks are provided. This group is for ages 10-12.
Participants should read the book ahead of this month’s meeting. Registration is required.
For questions about Tween Book Group, please email Ellen: ekaluza@cambridgema.gov
Short Story Reading Group
Every month we will read and discuss a short story as a group. This months story is "Uncle Robert Rides the Lightning" by Kate Hart, included in the anthology Never Whistle at Night. No preparation needed!
Copies of the story will be available for pick up at the Central Square Branch.
Registration is helpful but not required!
Kick Back & Watch a Movie! (Central Square)
Come watch a film on Central Square Library’s big screen and eat free popcorn!
No registration required.
The City of Cambridge does not discriminate, including on the basis of disability. We may provide auxiliary aids and services, written materials in alternative formats, and reasonable modifications in policies and procedures to people with disabilities. For more information contact us at library@cambridgema.gov, 617-349-4032 (voice), or via relay at 711.
Lunch at the Library for Teens (O'Connell)
Take a break from your studies and join us for lunch! Free pizza will be provided while supplies last and you will have the chance to share your ideas for future events at O’Connell! If you have any dietary restrictions, please call the branch by Monday, Nov 24, 2025 at (617) 349-4019. This is a drop-in event designed for patrons ages 12-18. No registration required.
Wild Things with Cambridge Society for Early Music (Valente)
It's time for a wild rumpus! Join in a game of musical charades featuring quirky 17th century chamber music mimicking members of the animal kingdom and other zaniness. Sandra Boynton's simple yet poignant counting book Hippos Go Berserk and Maurice Sendak's timeless classic Where the Wild Things Are may leave you hungry for a bedtime snack! Music of Heinrich Biber and Nicola Matteis performed on violin and theorbo/baroque guitar.
No registration required. Children under the age of 7 must be accompanied by an adult.
This program will replace Valente's weekly Sing-Along on Tuesday, June 9.