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To mark the 250th anniversaries of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States, a coalition of local non-profits and government agencies will present Washington in American Memory, a seven-part speaker series. Consider how Americans understand the material culture of Washington and the Revolution, including art and clothing, featuring: Zara Anishanslin, author of The Painter’s Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution and Associate Professor of History and Art History at the University of Delaware Horace Ballard, author of Superfine: George Washington and the Free and Enslaved Men Who Dressed Him (forthcoming) and the Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. Curator of American Art at the Harvard Art Museums

Calling all bakers for a cake potluck! Make a cake and come bring it to share with others. Everyone will go home with slices of different cakes to sample. Various baking and cake cookbooks are available for pickup at the Branch.

Work with Perler Beads to follow a pattern or create your own unique design. We'll fuse the finished product into place for you to take home and share with your valentine. Recommended for children ages 6-12 and their caregivers.

For those times when you need to drive, think about carpooling and carsharing. And always keep an eye out for walkers and cyclists.

View meeting notices for our commissions. Meeting notices include upcoming public hearing cases. For a more detailed agenda, go to our Agendas page.

Residents are encouraged to organize gatherings that bring their neighbors together on Sunday, Sept. 18. Ideas include an open house, neighborhood party, potluck, service project, neighborhood clean-up.

Cancelled: Fresh Pond Day -- the Cambridge Water Department's annual festival-style celebration of water, community, and sustainability -- has unfortunately been cancelled due to the weather forecast.

Instructions and supplies will be provided for an afternoon activity. Learn to fold paper airplanes inspired by flying dinosaurs. We'll follow complex instructions and share flying tips to make these Jurassic models. Recommended for ages 6-12 with a caregiver.

The Family Policy Council has recommended many policy and program recommendations that have greatly influenced the City’s ability to equitably and meaningfully serve Cambridge children, youth, and families.

The Baker-Polito Administration outlined plans to vaccinate the Commonwealth’s first responders, the next priority group within Phase One of the Commonwealth’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan.