Bring Adventure Play to Cambridge
Bring adventure play to Cambridge kids! Physical adventure play promotes supervised risk-taking and fun. Ongoing events and training would help community partners to facilitate a new type of play that helps foster kids’ imagination.
Learn to Sew! A Workshop for Teens, Taught by Teens (Main)
Don’t think you have what it takes to use a sewing machine? Think again! In this FREE workshop, teens from the Cambridge Community Art Center will teach you how to properly thread a machine, sew a straight stitch, hem and unfinished edge, and secure your stitches. Practice by sewing colorful shapes onto small flags. Following the workshop, the flags will be made into a banner and displayed at the Library. No experience necessary. Sign up for your 30-minute slot now!
The Past is Now: An Intertribal Panel on King Philip's War, Past and Present (Main/Virtual)
Is King Philip’s War really part of the past? Four Indigenous speakers tell us that it’s still deeply present.
People who are not Indigenous often think of Metacom’s Resistance – more commonly known as King Philip’s War – if they know of it - as part of a distant past. If we have read children’s stories of an idealized colonial life, or educated with traditional textbooks, we might think of the war as a single violent chapter in an otherwise quaint, albeit colorful, history, with colonial heroes bravely conquering their enemies.
Historical markers dotting the New England countryside, especially in Massachusetts, reinforce this idea: it was brutal, but the colonists emerged victorious, and in any event it was long ago – nothing to do with life today. For Indigenous communities, the past is not so easily left behind – and nor should it be for non-Indigenous people. We all live today with its aftermath. King Philip’s War continues to shape daily life, experience, and memory.
Panelists include:
Hartman Deetz, Mashpee Wampanoag
Brad Lopes, Aquinnah Wampanoag
Brittney Walley, Hassanamisco Nipmuc
Elizabeth Solomon, Massachusett at Ponkapoag, moderator
On the eve of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, this panel invites audiences to grapple with a foundational war of Indigenous resistance on its 350th anniversary - and to see that it is not past, but deeply present, for us all.
Get to Know Liz Mengers
Get to Know Liz Mengers, Planning and Development Manager at the Department of Human Service Programs, who works behind the scenes to expand resources for Cambridge's unhoused residents. She leads grant support, coordination, and collaboration with community partners to improve outcomes for those experiencing homelessness.
Get to Know Susanne Rasmussen
Get to Know Susanne Rasmussen, Deputy Climate Chief at the Office of Sustainability, who sees public service as work to improve the lives of everyone in the community. For her, this especially means engaging with those who are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
Cambridge Willing to go Extra Mile to Help Get Residents Vaccinated
More than 1,800 residents have already taken advantage of the Cambridge Public Health Department's free flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinics this fall, but there was one recent vaccination that reflects just how far City staff will go to ensure the health of its residents.