Arts and Culture, Older Adult Activities

Join us for a workshop to make a small quilted potholder or trivet. Using the ‘assembly line” quilting method, you will plan, cut, and sew a quilt using our sewing machines.

Join Jennifer Jonassaint from Homeowners Rehab for a Senior Home Owner Education mini-series. Each session will run 60 minutes on the first and fourth Thursday of the month.

This is a low impact, easy to follow, 45-minute Latin-inspired dance class. This class is appropriate for adults of all fitness levels and participants can go at their own pace.

What might be learned about a work of art by looking at its verso, or reverse side?

Grab your sketchbook and pencil to join an instructor to draw a live model! Advanced-level artists will be more comfortable in this program.

Join curator Lynette Roth to look closely at a recent gift to the Busch-Reisinger Museum by ZERO group co-founder Heinz Mack.

Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition, on view from September 12, 2025 through January 18, 2026.

Looking for an hour of self-renewal? Mat Yoga includes 30 minutes of floor postures which allow the spine to be relaxed and non-weight bearing.

Make your holiday season more festive at the Harvard Art Museums! Join us for an evening of art, fun, food, prizes, and more.

This class teaches Tai Chi arm and leg movements of the yang style long form. There is a strong emphasis on Tai Chi walking, which has been known to improve balance.

Students will learn how to approach a human portrait drawing from start to finish.

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Join the Central Square Branch Library for a screening of Jeanie Finlay's documentary Your Fat Friend. 

December selection: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo.

Enjoy time together with other parents, caregivers and babies to learn, play and develop language and motor skills. Recommended for children from birth to 18 months with their caregivers. 

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 15-20 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes. 

No registration is required. Please call 617-349-4019 for details.

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes.

No registration is required. Please call (617) 349-4019 for details.

This class provides opportunities to improve balance standing and seated on mats or chairs. The objective is to increase our self-confidence and joy standing and moving.

If you are interested in learning how to play Ping Pong or enjoy playing, join one of the workshops. A volunteer will be available to play with you and demonstrate the elements and rules of the game.

Join us for stories, songs, and rhymes. For children of all ages and their grown-ups. 

Our Magic Tree House book group for kids ages 5-10 meets the first Friday of the month.

Our Merlin Missions book group is for Magic Tree House fans ages 5-10 who are ready for these longer adventures about Jack and Annie!

Introduction to Theatre is an interactive class where we will read from plays, act out scenes, analyze characters and the plots. No prior theatre experience necessary.

Creative Colorful Creations on Fabric with Phyllis Wadlington.
Discover your creative side, working with different fabrics. Explore the possibilities of what can be painted on fabric.

This class teaches Tai Chi arm and leg movements of the yang style long form. There is a strong emphasis on Tai Chi walking, which has been known to improve balance.

Unlock your creative potential with our Documentary Photography Class! Every Friday afternoon, we'll dive into taking the best possible image you can take with your Smartphone.

Spanish for Beginners class will focus on basic vocabulary, greetings, and phrases for everyday interactions.