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Join Tracy K. Smith on January 24 for a poetry reading and Q&A

State health officials reported on July 9 that a mosquito sample in Cambridge had tested positive for West Nile virus. The virus is usually transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. The risk of West Nile virus infection in Cambridge remains “low,” according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Low risk means an infection of West Nile virus is unlikely.

Join the Council on Aging, the Cambridge Health Alliance, and the Cambridge Commission on the Status of Women for an insightful and in depth conversation on sexual health.

Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Amitav Ghosh—author of the bestselling Ibis Trilogy and the first English-language writer to win the Jnanpith Award, India’s highest literary honor—for a discussion of his highly anticipated new novel, Ghost Eye. He will be joined in conversation by Garnette Cadogan—Tunney Lee Distinguished Lecturer in Urbanism at the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT, and editor-at-large for Nonstop Metropolis. Registration is required.

An abatement is a reduction in the tax assessed on your property for the fiscal year

The Cambridge Community Foundation and the City of Cambridge have awarded a total of $257,500 in grants to 25 Cambridge-based arts and cultural organizations through the Cultural Capital Fund. Created in late October with a founding $500,000 gift from the Mayor’s Disaster Relief Fund and a $100,000 investment from the Wagner Foundation, the fund was established to address urgent needs in the sector due to COVID-19 and to protect the city’s cultural richness over the long term.

Dumpster Licenses are required in the City of Cambridge and are issued by the Inspectional Services Department.

Monthly online-only meeting of the Peace Commission for June 2025.

The Spring Classic 5K road race will take place on Sunday, April 23, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Our River and Canal Ice is Never Safe