Washington Remembered, Washington Forgotten: Washington and Slavery (Main/Virtual)
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.
Explore how Americans have remembered and forgotten Washington’s involvement with slavery over the past 250 years. Three historians who work at the intersection of scholarship and public history will shed new light on our founding contradictions:
Kelli Racine Barnes, ACE Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow and historian of 18th- and 19th-century U.S. history
John Garrison Marks, author of Thy Will Be Done: George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory (forthcoming April 7, 2026) and Vice President of Research and Engagement at the American Association for State and Local History
Kyera Singleton, Executive Director of the Royall House & Slave Quarters and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Tufts University Center for the Humanities
This event will conclude with a book signing by John Garrison Marks. Copies of Thy Will Be Done: George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory will be available to purchase.
Cookbook Club (Boudreau)
April Selection: One Pot, Pan, Planet: A Greener Way to Cook for You and Your Family by Anna Jones.
Join friends and neighbors for a potluck! Try a recipe and bring your results or thoughts to share and discuss with other cooks. All experience levels welcome. No need to bring a dish to join.
Books will be available for pick up at the Boudreau and Collins Branches during library hours.
This event will take place indoors at the Boudreau Branch (245 Concord Ave).
For more information contact Jo at jpercell@cambridgema.gov or call the Boudreau Branch at 617-349-4017.
Let’s Rest Picnic Tables & Benches for Our Parks
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.
Adult Mental Health First Aid
Sign-up and joined an adult-focused Mental Health First Aid Training. Mental Health First Aid gives you the skills to recognize when someone is facing mental health or substance use challenges and the confidence to be their first source of support.
Celebrate New Stories On Foundry Jukebox: Release Party April 12
Elisa Hamilton's Jukebox restored a vintage jukebox and filled it with recordings of Cambridge people's stories. Join us to celebrate the release of 25 new Jukebox stories at Cambridge's Foundry, 101 Rogers St., on Wednesday, April 12, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Water Quality Testing
Cambridge Water Department offers free tap water testing for lead and copper to Cambridge residents.
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Sign-up and joined a youth-focused Mental Health First Aid Training. Mental Health First Aid gives you the skills to recognize when someone is facing mental health or substance use challenges and the confidence to be their first source of support.