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When temperatures top 85 degrees, the flowers of “Heat BLOOMS”—a new art installation in Cambridge’s Harvard Square—bloom, like a visual thermometer warning of extreme heat. Three consecutive 85-degree days or hotter are considered a high alert danger by the Cambridge Public Health Department.

Numerous toys were dropped off at neighborhood fire houses as well as a very large donation from the people at Draper Lab and the Harvard Square Business Association

On Wednesday, January 29 at 6 p.m., the Cambridge Public Library will welcome Nina MacLaughlin, Joan Wickersham, and Lucy Ives for a reading and Q&A.

Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome John Cassidy—staff writer at The New Yorker and author of the books Dot.con: The Greatest Story Ever Sold and How Markets Fail, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction—for a discussion of his new book Capitalism and Its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI. Registration is required.

Currently, there are several locations where eligible people can receive a a Pfizer booster in Cambridge and neighboring communities.

This in-person event will highlight the numerous services and programs offered in Cambridge that address a range of housing needs.

The next Cambridge Police Cadet Exam will be held on November 15th. Learn more about the program and the hiring process during an information session on October 7th.

This public health and public safety event will once again provide residents with an opportunity to anonymously and safely dispose of their unwanted firearms and, in turn, reduce the risk of suicide, potential for an accidental discharge, or wrongdoing in a home or on our city streets.

Hear about the Black Patriots of the Revolution and the lives of free Black community in Cambridge in the early part of the Nineteenth Century. Featuring Leslie Brunetta of the Cambridge Black History Project.

Parents and caregivers interested in applying to to the DHSP Afterschool Lottery can get in-person help completing their online application. No appointment needed.