Summer Reading: D&D Character Creator Workshop with Guild Hall Learning (Boudreau)
Participants will explore how to build and develop a D&D character, gaining the skills to recreate or expand their own characters in the future.
Capacity for this event is limited, and participants will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis. This event is recommended for children ages 8 and up.
Funding for Summer Reading has been generously provided by the City of Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library Foundation, Friends of the Cambridge Public Library and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Bike FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about Biking in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Central Square Zoning Guide
1989 guide setting out criteria for the review of proposed development projects within the Central Square area. Used with the Central Square Action Plan and referenced in Zoning Ordinance, Article 20.300.
CPL Presents: Warren Milteer Jr., author of Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom (Main/Virtual)
Join the Cambridge Black History Project and the Cambridge Public Library in welcoming Warren Eugene Milteer Jr. for a reading and discussion of his new book, Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom: Free People of Color and the Fight for Equal Rights in the Civil War Era. The recipient of the Southern Historical Association’s Charles S. Sydnor Award for the best book in Southern history in 2022, Milteer will be joined in conversation by Susan Tomlinson, an associate professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Registration is required.
March 2026 Civil Service Police Exam
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hosting a Civil Service Police Exam in March of 2026. This exam is the first step in applying for a career with the CPD and many other civil service police departments.
CPL Nature Club: Fairy Walk at Bergin Park (O'Neill)
We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for a magical walk through nature. We will look for signs of fairies and build fairy houses.
We will meet at Gerard Bergin Park (Haskell & Pemberton Streets), a short walk from the O'Neill Branch.
In case of bad weather, this program will happen indoors at the O'Neill Branch.