Self-Guided Orienteering Activities: Neighborhood Map Courses
Navigation Games
To help with your cabin fever, we've created orienteering courses throughout the city of Cambridge to get you and your family outside and moving around. Check out our map courses on our website!
Series: Collage Studio (Valente)
Cambridge Public Library
Friday, May 3 4pm – 5:30pm
Also: Friday, May 10 4pm – 5:30pm and Friday, May 17 4pm – 5:30pm
Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.
Sewing 101 (Main)
Cambridge Public Library
Wednesday, May 1 1pm – 2:30pm
Also: Saturday, May 11 2:30pm – 4pm; Monday, May 13 3pm – 4:30pm; and Tuesday, May 14 1pm – 2:30pm
In this 90-minute workshop, you'll learn the basics of sewing machine operation and safety.
Sewing 101 two-week series (O'Neill)
Cambridge Public Library
Wednesday, May 1 5pm – 7pm
Learn to use a sewing machine at the O'Neill Branch!
Sing-Along (O'Neill)
Cambridge Public Library
Monday, May 6 10:30am – 10:50am
Also: Monday, May 13 10:30am – 10:50am; Monday, May 20 10:30am – 10:50am; and Monday, June 3 10:30am – 10:50am
Sing and dance to your favorite songs! For children of all ages and their caregivers. No registration required.
Sing-Along (O'Neill)
Cambridge Public Library
Monday, April 29 10:30am – 10:50am
Sing and dance to your favorite songs! For children of all ages and their caregivers. No registration required.
Sing-Along (Valente)
Cambridge Public Library
Tuesday, April 30 11am – 11:25am
Also: Tuesday, May 7 11am – 11:25am; Tuesday, May 14 11am – 11:25am; and Tuesday, May 21 11am – 11:25am
Put on your dancing shoes and head over for a morning of singing and dancing!
SOAR - Sustainable Opportunities for Accessing Respite
Riverside Community Care
Continuous Support for Family Well-Being
Songs and Stories (Boudreau)
Cambridge Public Library
Thursday, May 2 10:30am – 10:50am
Also: Thursday, May 9 10:30am – 10:50am; Thursday, May 16 10:30am – 10:50am; and Thursday, May 23 10:30am – 10:50am
Put on your dancing shoes and head over for a morning of singing and dancing!
Spring Linocut Workshop (Collins)
Cambridge Public Library
Thursday, May 9 5pm – 7pm
Create beautiful linocut prints at the Collins Branch!
Story Time (Central Square)
Cambridge Public Library
Wednesday, May 1 10:30am – 11am
Also: Wednesday, May 8 10:30am – 11am; Wednesday, May 15 10:30am – 11am; and Wednesday, May 22 10:30am – 11am
Join us for a half-hour of stories in the Children's Room.
Story Time (Central Square)
Cambridge Public Library
Thursday, May 2 10:30am – 11am
Also: Thursday, May 9 10:30am – 11am; Thursday, May 16 10:30am – 11am; and Thursday, May 23 10:30am – 11am
Join us for a half-hour of stories in the Children's Room.
Story Time (Collins)
Cambridge Public Library
Tuesday, April 30 10:30am – 11am
Also: Tuesday, May 7 10:30am – 11am; Tuesday, May 14 10:30am – 11am; and Tuesday, May 21 10:30am – 11am
We invite young children and their grown-ups to join us for half an hour of stories, songs and rhymes. Please call 617-349-4021 for more information.
Story Time (O'Neill)
Cambridge Public Library
Thursday, May 2 11am – 11:30am
Join us for a half hour of stories for children of all ages and their caregivers.
Story Time (Valente)
Cambridge Public Library
Thursday, May 2 11am – 11:25am
Also: Thursday, May 9 11am – 11:25am; Thursday, May 16 11am – 11:25am; and Thursday, May 23 11am – 11:25am
Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.
Studio Recording 101 (Main)
Cambridge Public Library
Saturday, April 27 11:30am – 12:30pm
Are you interested in podcasting, audio production, or video production?
Studio Recording 101 (Main)
Cambridge Public Library
Saturday, May 11 11:30am – 12:30pm
Also: Thursday, May 23 10am – 11am and Saturday, May 25 11:30am – 12:30pm
Are you interested in podcasting, audio production, or video production?
Summer Solstice
MIT Open Space Programming
Thursday, June 20 11am – 2pm
☀️ Celebrate the start of summer and the longest day of the year!
The Call Is Coming from Inside the House: A Personal Essay Workshop with Alysia Abbott
Cambridge Public Library
Monday, May 6 6pm – 8pm
Also: Monday, May 13 6pm – 8pm and Monday, May 20 6pm – 8pm
Do you suspect the most urgent story you have to tell is your own but fear being self-indulgent or upsetting family members?
Toddler Story Time (Main)
Cambridge Public Library
Thursday, May 2 11am – 11:25am
Also: Thursday, May 9 11am – 11:25am; Thursday, May 16 11am – 11:25am; and Thursday, May 23 11am – 11:25am
We invite children and their caregivers for 20-25 minutes of stories and songs.
Toddler Story Time (Main)
Cambridge Public Library
Tuesday, April 30 11am – 11:25am
Also: Tuesday, May 7 11am – 11:25am; Tuesday, May 14 11am – 11:25am; and Tuesday, May 21 11am – 11:25am
We invite children and their caregivers for 20-25 minutes of stories and songs.
Twilight Stories and Songs (Central Square)
Cambridge Public Library
Thursday, May 2 5:30pm – 6pm
Also: Thursday, May 9 5:30pm – 6pm; Thursday, May 16 5:30pm – 6pm; and Thursday, May 23 5:30pm – 6pm
Join us in the Children's Room for some fun stories and songs to help wind down your day.
Videography 101 (Main)
Cambridge Public Library
Friday, May 10 9:30am – 10:30am
Also: Saturday, May 25 9:30am – 10:30am
Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.
Vinyl Cutting 101 (Main)
Cambridge Public Library
Thursday, May 2 10am – 11am
Also: Thursday, May 16 10am – 11am and Saturday, May 18 9:30am – 10:30am
Would you like to make your own vinyl signs, stickers, or images to transfer to T-shirts and other textiles?
Virtual Activities: At-Home Orienteering Games
Navigation Games
Games that build orienteering skills at home: finding objects with clues; making maps; and creating indoor courses.