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Celebrate the beginning of the new year, 12 hours early! Families with children of all ages join us for crafts, activities, and a Noon Year's Eve countdown!

Join us over February vacation for a family movie at the Library! We will be screening Paddington in Peru - PG (Columbia Pictures, 2024). Snacks will be provided.

Join the Central Square Book Group! This month, we're reading Swimmers by Julie Otsuka. Copies are available for pickup at the Branch. Questions? Contact Ruby (rvail@cambridgema.gov).

Join the Central Square Book Group! This month, we're reading Passing by Nella Larsen. Copies are available for pickup at the Branch. Questions? Contact Theresa (tmitchell@cambridgema.gov).

Join the Central Square Book Group! This month, we're reading Milkman by Anna Burns. Copies are available for pickup at the Branch. Questions? Contact Ruby (rvail@cambridgema.gov).

Hear from City Manager Yi-An Huang on this year’s budgeting process, main priorities in this year’s budget, and the city’s goals for the coming year.

The City of Cambridge extends a warm welcome to returning university students and staff after a year and a half of interrupted academic life. COVID-19 vaccines and increased knowledge of measures that help control the spread of the virus will help students have a more traditional residential experience this fall. The City’s three largest academic institutions - Harvard, MIT, and Lesley - report high vaccination rates among their students and employees.

The Cambridge Police Department - Cyber Crime Unit is looking for assistance with the identification of an individual who was involved with a breaking and entering and subsequent larceny from the North Cambridge area on July 3 and July 4, 2025.

Join the DPW and the Storm Managment Program for a Street Design Open House Tuesday, October 25, 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at The Community Art Center | 119 Windsor St., Cambridge. Free pizza and kids activities will be provided.

Participants design, build, test, and play with chain reactions and creative contraptions, like Rube Goldberg Machines, paper constructions, domino towers, exploding popsicle-stick snakes, and other awesome engineering explorations. This event is recommended for children ages 4 and up. Funding for Summer Reading has been generously provided by the City of Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library Foundation, Friends of the Cambridge Public Library and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.