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Come to a family STEAM night for fun STEAM activities and learning together!

The City of Cambridge will celebrate the opening of the newly reconstructed Carl Barron Plaza, a vibrant and welcoming public space in the heart of Central Square, with a ribbon cutting celebration on Friday, October 2, 2026 from 2 to 4 p.m.

The City of Cambridge continues to observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day on October 10, 2022

Governor Baker announced that he will institute a statewide rollback to Phase III, Step 1 of the Commonwealth’s Reopening Plan on Sunday, December 13. Cambridge has remained at Step 1 of Phase III since the summer.

Booster shots increase your protection against COVID-19, including variants. During the Omicron surge, receipt of a third (booster) dose has been highly effective at preventing COVID-19–associated hospitalizations, the need for mechanical ventilation, and death. These findings underscore the importance of receiving a booster dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to prevent both moderately severe and severe COVID-19, especially while the Omicron variant is the predominant circulating variant.

Harvard Commencement will be taking place in and around Harvard Square on Thursday, May 25

In addition to hosting a World Cup quarterfinal watch party at Lechmere Square / Cambridge Crossing on July 9 at 4 p.m., the City will be partnering with the Office of Tourism and CambridgeSide to host a free watch party for the World Cup final around Lechmere Square at CambridgeSide on Sunday, July 19.

The City of Cambridge today amended its emergency order requiring that face masks or coverings be worn in indoor public places to include common areas of residential buildings with at least four units as well as common areas of office and laboratory buildings. The order applies to everyone over the age of two years old, with exceptions in alignment with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health guidelines. This amended order takes effect on Friday, January 7, 2022 at 12:01 a.m.

The Cambridge Police Department (CPD) in conjunction with Civil Service will be hosting an information session for those taking the 2025 Civil Service Police Exam

Yiyun Li will read from her 2026 Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, Things in Nature Merely Grow