Small Business Compost Program Expansion
Beginning November 1, 2022, commercial generators that produce more than 1,000 lbs of food waste per week will be required to reduce or divert their food waste going into the trash. To assist small businesses in Cambridge with this state regulation, the service and carts will be provided by the city at no cost to the participating businesses. Weekly collection is anticipated to start on October 24, 2022.
Walking Group for Older Adults
Join the Council on Aging and the Department of Transportation for weekly walks designed to encourage movement, connection, and exploration. Open to Cambridge residents ages 60 and older.
Walking Group for Older Adults
Join the Council on Aging and the Department of Transportation for weekly walks designed to encourage movement, connection, and exploration. Open to Cambridge residents ages 60 and older.
Walking Group for Older Adults
Join the Council on Aging and the Department of Transportation for weekly walks designed to encourage movement, connection, and exploration. Open to Cambridge residents ages 60 and older.
The Port Park Party
Join us to see and share ideas that will enhance Clement Morgan Park and Paolillo Tot Lot as part of The Port Infrastructure Improvements Project. All Port neighbors are especially encouraged to attend. We want to hear from you! There will be ice cream, kids' activities, and more!
Land/Mark: Enslavement, Resistance and Revolution (Main)
Join the Cambridge Public Library for a symposium exploring themes of the Revolution and the history of Mark, Phillis and Phoebe. Mark and Phillis were two enslaved people who were publicly executed in Cambridge in 1755 after being found guilty of fatally poisoning John Codman, the man who enslaved them. After the execution, Mark's body was gibbeted, displayed publicly in chains on Charlestown Common, for many years.
Symposium participants will include Kyera Singleton, Executive Director of the Royall House and Slave Quarters and Postdoctoral Fellow at Tufts University's Slavery, Colonialism, and their Legacies at Tufts Initiative, as well as Brandeis University legal historian Dan Breen and others. The keynote speaker for the event will be Kellie Carter Jackson, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and the Chair of the Africana Studies Department Wellesley College. Registration is required.