Visual, Performing, and Media Arts, Food Resources

Our guide is a great way to learn about and connect to free and low-cost foods in Cambridge.

We offer in-person and online classes for adults in a variety of subjects and specialties each season.

We are distributing free bags of fresh vegetables, bread, and other food items every Saturday morning.

Since 1999, we've been offering community meals that are open to all (twice per month from September to June).

We operate a community supper each Thursday evening at Christ Church Cambridge.

We distribute free, prepared to-go meals twice each month on the second and last Tuesday evenings.

The Winter Warming Center is a welcoming and safe drop-in center where unsheltered adults can spend the night and be safe from the environmental hazards of the street during the winter months.

SCES and Cambridge Senior Centers offering lunches Monday through Thursday.

Our Food Pantry offers fresh vegetables, fruits, cereals, canned goods, eggs and frozen meats for Cambridge families and individuals who need support.

Quality musical instruction for students of all ages & levels. Study with highly trained & experienced professional pianists. Curriculum designed to suit you and your individual learning style.

Council on Aging offers a wide range of social services and is committed to meeting the needs of seniors. We can connect people to services or even meet them where they live to help them connect.

On The Rise is a daytime, drop-in program for unhoused women, trans, and non-binary people providing the relationships, safety and resources they need to move out of homelessness.

The Harvard Film Archive screens films Friday through Monday at our cinematheque located in the historic Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts right in Harvard Square. Click on links for details!

We offer help in applying for SNAP/Food Stamps or completing annual recertifications and interim reports. We can also help you resolve problems that may lead to loss or reduction of benefits.

As part of our program, we hand out various combinations of sandwiches or bagged lunches, juice boxes, snacks, socks, some seasonal items, toiletry kits, and more to the community.

Restaurant prepared hot meals served primarily to unhoused persons.

Our program offers meals to homeless and the community.

Project Manna Epic Program operates a food pantry to provide assistance, aimed at increasing the nutritional competency of needy families in our community.

We partner with local businesses and organizations to sponsor free events in parks across the city.

We offer lots of free events throughout the year for people of all ages with a love of learning!

We have over 200 collections and nearly 2,700 books, spanning the 17th - 21st Centuries, featuring the political and social history of Cambridge.

The Cambridge Public Library offers free computer classes, book groups, English classes, makerspace workshops, and lots more upcoming opportunities to learn.

We screen international feature films, documentaries, animation, and shorts from traditional film presentations. Our calendar reflects all of our upcoming events.

Commemorating the 400th anniversary of Cambridge with inclusive programs to inspire residents to think critically about our past and apply lessons learned for our future.