City Manager's Message
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.
Meeting the Moment: Immigrant Students and the Cambridge Public Schools (Main)
Join the Cambridge Public Library in welcoming the Superintendent of Cambridge Public Schools, Dave Murphy, for a discussion of immigrant students in today's political climate. Panelists will also include Jessica Lander, author of Making Americans, whose book provides historical and current context for the discussion, as well as Vice Mayor Burhan Azeem and Richard Harding, a School Committee member. This event will be moderated by Eugenia Schraa Huh.
Mass Ave at Albany
Massachusetts Avenue (Mass Ave.) at Albany St. is a four-way, signalized intersection between The Port and Cambridgeport. It is ranked #1 in CDOT’s 2025 analysis of higher crash locations and is scheduled for quick-build upgrades in Spring 2026 as part of the Intersection Safety Audit program.
The Port Street Design Open House Tuesday, October 25
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.
Summer Reading: Chain Reactions and Creative Contraptions with Playful Engineers (Central Square)
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.
May 31 Weekend Traffic Alert
The City of Cambridge is notifying residents, businesses, and visitors of multiple temporary street closures throughout the weekend due to scheduled community events on Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1. Events include the Attic Block Party (affecting Harvard Square) and the Cambridge 5K at CambridgeSide.
Grand Junction Connector Site Walk
Join us Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 5:30pm at Millers River Apartments at 15 Lambert Street in East Cambridge for a Community Meeting and public Site Walk.
O'Neill Branch Book Group (O'Neill)
September Selection: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
A book discussion group for adults at the O'Neill Branch Library, reading a mixture of fiction and nonfiction. Past titles include Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer and Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell.
Print copies are available for pickup at the O'Neill Branch Library.
This month's book selection is also available as an ebook and digital audiobook through Libby/OverDrive.