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The City of Cambridge today announced that, beginning September 8, 2021, the City will expand its free COVID-19 testing program to four days per week with walk-in sites on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

Join Nancy Porter, Director of Resilience and Emergency Preparedness with the Cambridge Public Health Department, for a discussion on how to keep yourselves and others safe in hotter temperatures. Older adults are more vulnerable in periods of high temperatures because the body cools itself down less effectively - especially if you have medical conditions or take certain medications. Registration requested but not required.

This event has been canceled. Check with the Valente Branch next week to see if it will be rescheduled. Learn about poetry forms from Asia and the Pacific Islands, and write some yourself! No registration required, drop-in between 3:30-4:30pm. 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.

Want to join a book club, but don't have much time to read? Join the Short Books for Busy People Book Club at Valente! All book selections will be fewer than 250 pages, and will encompass a wide range of fiction and nonfiction selections. Print copies are available for pickup at the Valente Branch Library. Ebook and eaudio copies are available through https://minuteman.overdrive.com The book club selection for December will be Audition by Katie Kitamura.

Want to join a book club, but don't have much time to read? Join the Short Books for Busy People Book Club at Valente! All book selections will be fewer than 250 pages, and will encompass a wide range of fiction and nonfiction selections. Print copies are available for pickup at the Valente Branch Library. Ebook and eaudio copies are available through https://minuteman.overdrive.com The book club selection for November will be: The Vegetarian by Han Kang

Come get creative at Collins! Join your neighbors at this casual, drop-in afternoon craft session for adults. Bring your own work-in-progress or join us for recycled paper crafting. No expertise required. Registration encouraged.

Make a beaded bracelet or keychain to help keep track of your Summer Reading in a fun and creative way! This program is open to people of all ages. No registration is required.

Benches and picnic tables bring our community together. Installing new benches and picnic tables in up to 10 of our Cambridge parks will allow people of all ages and abilities to enjoy them for resting, talking, reading, people watching and being outdoors.

Cambridge hosts many outdoor events each year. Accessible mats can lay over unpaved terrain to ensure that more people can enjoy the beautiful green space of these events. These mats support families with strollers, wheelchairs, and other mobility aids.

Install a digital sign to help with public navigation. This project will provide a street map, list public transportation routes and community landmarks (libraries, parks, schools, etc.), and include information about upcoming events and important announcements.