Crafternoon: Summer Sketchbooks (Collins)
Get creative after school! Decorate a blank notebook to use as your summer sketchbook, junk journal or reading log. Supplies may be limited.
Recommended for children ages 6-12 and their caregivers.
Memorial Day Weekend Grave Flag Decoration
The Cambridge community is invited to join Cambridge Little League, Scout members, and others in placing flags on veterans' graves on Saturday, May 23, at 10 a.m., at Cambridge Cemetery, 76 Coolidge Avenue.
Danehy Gateway Pavilion Project
The Danehy Gateway Pavilion project, a collaboration between the Department of Public Works and the Department of Human Service Programs Recreation Division, is the construction of a new sports pavilion (5,800 sq. ft.) and other improvements to Danehy Park. Located at 100 New Street, the pavilion will serve sports teams from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) and the community. The facility will provide female athletes with more equitable access to amenities, including new restrooms, changing and locker rooms, an athletic trainer’s room, a coach’s office, storage for athletic equipment, and multi-purpose space. The pavilion will also provide public restrooms for park visitors.
Additionally, the project scope includes lighting improvements to Danehy Dog Park, the provision of fiber optic to enable public internet access in the park, landscape improvements, and renovation of the existing New Street Parking Lot.
The project will be net‐zero emissions (all electric) and will target LEED Gold new construction and Passive House Certification. It will include a solar photovoltaic array and provisions for future electric vehicle charging stations.
The project is currently in the design phase.
Kick Back & Watch a Movie (Central Square)
Join us the last Friday of every month to watch Lord of Rings:The Fellowship of the Ring ( PG-13) on Central Square Library’s big screen and eat free popcorn! No registration required.
Install Safe Disposal Boxes for Sharp Items
Install boxes for safe disposal of needles, lancets, or other sharp medical tools. These boxes would be located in high-need areas to provide more safe, convenient disposal options for sharps in the city.
Members Sought for New Open Data Review Board
The city’s Open Data Program makes government data easily available in useful formats, and is intended to increase transparency, foster engagement among residents, and create new opportunities for collaboration between Cambridge and the public.
Cambridge Youth Programs Summer 2023 Highlights
This summer, 276 Cambridge pre-teens and middle schoolers participated in Cambridge Youth Programs’ (CYP) summer programs at Youth Centers. CYP also offered a variety of teen programming and internship opportunities to Cambridge teens.
Great Books Book Group (Main/Virtual)
This week's selection: Shakespeare, King Lear
Reading Interests: We concentrate on Great Books in the following areas: a long novel over the summer, two sections of poetry and short stories, a book of the Bible, a Shakespeare play, an ancient and modern drama, a work of science, a smaller work of fiction, an even smaller work of fiction, and a rotating mix of politics, philosophy, and religion. Authors read in the past five years include Dickens, Keats and Yeats, O'Connor and Munro, Ecclesiastes, Sophocles and August Wilson, Darwin, Austen, Duras, The Federalist Papers, and Arendt.
How to get the print book: Copies of the reading are set aside at the Main Library. Visit the Main Library at 449 Broadway during current service hours and a staff member can help you get a copy.
How to register: Registration is required. Click the registration link below to register.
This is a hybrid event. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants 1 hour before the event.
For more information, contact Drew Griffin (dgriffin@cambridgema.gov)
Great Books Book Group (Main/Virtual)
This week's selection: Norman MacLean, A River Runs Through It
Reading Interests: We concentrate on Great Books in the following areas: a long novel over the summer, two sections of poetry and short stories, a book of the Bible, a Shakespeare play, an ancient and modern drama, a work of science, a smaller work of fiction, an even smaller work of fiction, and a rotating mix of politics, philosophy, and religion. Authors read in the past five years include Dickens, Keats and Yeats, O'Connor and Munro, Ecclesiastes, Sophocles and August Wilson, Darwin, Austen, Duras, The Federalist Papers, and Arendt.
How to get the print book: Copies of the reading are set aside at the Main Library. Visit the Main Library at 449 Broadway during current service hours and a staff member can help you get a copy.
How to register: Registration is required. Click the registration link below to register.
This is a hybrid event. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants 1 hour before the event.
For more information, contact Drew Griffin (dgriffin@cambridgema.gov)