Innovation Lab
At the Innovation Lab, you’ll be working side-by-side with other residents, city staff, and community partners to test fresh ideas and build tools that promote true health equity. Two topics we will focus on will be Social Isolation and Healthcare Access & Navigation.
Summer Reading: Hooping Program with Wildkat Hoops (Main)
Put on your dancing shoes for an unforgettable workshop of hula hoop magic with Kat Suwalski! You will learn basic hooping moves while increasing hand-eye coordination, strength, balance, and agility. No prior hooping experience is required. Hoops are provided. Recommended for children ages 5 and up and their caregivers.
Funding for Summer Reading has been generously provided by the City of Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library Foundation and Friends of the Cambridge Public Library.
Alphabet Craft Time (O'Connell)
Come hear stories and songs about things that start with the letter E, and make an elephant craft. We will be using scissors and glue. Recommended for ages 4-6 with a caregiver.
No registration is required. Please call (617) 349-4019 for details.
Alphabet Craft Time (O'Connell)
Come hear stories and songs about things that start with the letter C, and make a cookie cutter craft. We will be using scissors and glue. Recommended for ages 4-6 with a caregiver.
No registration is required. Please call (617) 349-4019 for details.
Alphabet Craft Time (O'Connell)
Come hear stories and songs about things that start with the letter D, and make a dinosaur craft. We will be using scissors and glue. Recommended for ages 4-6 with a caregiver.
No registration is required. Please call (617) 349-4019 for details.
Five Water Bottle Refill Stations
At a water bottle refill station you get a healthy drink for free! The Cambridge Public Health Department recommends drinking more water and less sugary drinks.
Short Story Reading Group (Central Square)
Every month we will read and discuss a short story as a group. For July we will be reading "Fern" by Jean Toomer. Copies of the story will be available for pick up at the Central Square Branch.
Registration is helpful but not required!
After Story Time Caregiver Social (Valente)
Connect with other caregivers after story time! We will provide coffee for caregivers, and toys for children.
This month we will have a brief presentation by Baby University, an intensive family support program that serves Cambridge families who have children three years old and younger.
Speaking Requests
If you would like to request that Mayor Siddiqui speak at your event, please fill out the following fields, and someone from our office will be back in touch with you shortly.
Choose Love, Move Love
Join the Public Health Department, the Cambridge Public Schools Family and Community Engagement, and talented performance artists from the World of Chibuzo for Choose Love, Move Love.