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Center for Families' Newsletter
The Center for Families shares our most up to date information for Cambridge families with children birth-age 8 years on programming, resources, and supports in our monthly newsletter!
DHSP Fall on the Fields Program
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Neighborhood 9 and North Cambridge Riverside Wellington Harrington Mid Cambridge and The PortThis fall the fields will be open for FREE outdoor experiences, we designed around the interests of Cambridge JK-8th graders!
Vampire-O @ Danehy Park
6:30pm – 9pm
North CambridgeJoin us at Danehy Park for a night of Halloween fun! Teams will travel the park after dark, looking for checkpoints & avoiding the vampire curse.
Resources and Virtual Business Services
We've created a list of local businesses offering services online, including restaurant take-out, online shopping, and classes taught by local professionals!
Virtual Senior Activities: Council on Aging
We are offering many of our regular programs for seniors online, such as yoga, painting, Spanish, Zumba, book club, and more!
Participatory Budgeting
Help the City decide how to spend part of a our public budget.
Events at the Cambridge Commission on the Status of Women
The Cambridge Commission on the Status of Women hosts many events through out the year in collaboration with community partnerships.
Innovative Learning Spaces
Creating new opportunities “to learn everywhere” and creating innovative learning experiences that foster curiosity, creativity, and connection...
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Group
6pm – 7pm
Also: 6pm – 7pm, 6pm – 7pm, and 6pm – 7pm
October Book Selection: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Contemporary Reading Group
6pm – 7pm
Also: 6pm – 7pm, 6pm – 7pm, and 6pm – 7pm
October Book Selection: Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi
O'Neill Branch Book Group
6:30pm – 8pm
Also: 6:30pm – 8pm, 6:30pm – 8pm, and 6:30pm – 8pm
North Cambridge
A book discussion group for adults at the O'Neill Branch Library. We read a mixture of fiction and nonfiction. Registration is required.
Virtual Family Story Time
11पूर्वान्ह – 11:30पूर्वान्ह
We invite children and their grownups to join us from home for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes.
Virtual Family Story Time
11पूर्वान्ह – 11:30पूर्वान्ह
We invite children and their grownups to join us from home for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes.
Virtual Pajama Story Time Series
6:45pm – 7:15pm
Also: 6:45pm – 7:15pm and 6:45pm – 7:15pm
The Center for Families and the Cambridge Public Library invite children and their grownups to join us from home for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes to wind down the day.
Kids Books to Go (O'Connell)
2pm – 5pm
East CambridgeBorrow a bag of pre-selected library books for your kids and teens!
Kids Books to Go (Collins)
2pm – 5pm
Strawberry HillBorrow a bag of pre-selected library books for your kids and teens!
Gut reactions: Using chemistry to decipher the human microbiome
5pm – 6pm
Join us for the kickoff lecture in the Broad Institute's Science for All Seasons series.
Online Exhibit- Listening to Wampanoag Voices: Beyond 1620
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Listen as they share memories, thoughts, and reflections about collection items made by their ancestors and relatives and learn how Wampanoag life and culture continues to flourish today.
Collins Branch Virtual Book Group
6pm – 7pm
All You Can Ever Know, by Nicole Chung.
Day of the Dead Celebration 2020
3pm – 5pm
Join us online for an afternoon of community and joyful remembrance. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture and the Consulate General of Mexico.
Boudreau Branch Virtual Book Group
12pm – 1pm
This month's selection is The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers.
O'Connell Branch Virtual Book Group
6:30pm – 7:30pm
October Book Selection: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Area 2
We help understand and treat human diseases using the power of research.
Many Helping Hands 365
We provide an opportunity for people of all ages to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King through personal volunteerism.
Community Development Department
Mid Cambridge