Arts and Culture, Cooking and Gardening

Curator Horace D. Ballard closely examines a work of art that speaks to the shifting contexts of American art.

Join your host Mayor Siddiqui for Cambridge-centered trivia with a feminist touch! Free snacks and non-alcoholic drinks! Adults 21+ are welcome to attend.

Learn about and remake the first synthetic blue pigment in history with art conservators Lisa Barro and Carolyn Riccardelli.

Learn how to upcycle clothing over four sessions!

Welcome springtime's longer daylight hours by decorating a paper stained glass suncatcher.

Our monthly "Graphics Are Great!" book group is for kids aged 8-12.

People of all ages who enjoy children's books can read and discuss together.

This week's selection: Montaigne, selected essays

Delve deeper into ancient sculpture, from a time when Celtic and Classical cultures clashed, with art historian Kimberly Cassibry.

Recitals are performed on Harvard’s famous 1958 D. A. Flentrop organ, at Adolphus Busch Hall.

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Kids in 6th, 7th and 8th grade can come to the Library to make designs with fuse beads! Snacks provided. No registration necessary.

We invite children and their caregivers for 20-25 minutes of stories and songs.

Join us for music, movement and stories. For children of all ages and their caregivers. Registration is not required.

 

Bounces and rhymes for our youngest library patrons. Recommended for babies 0-18 months and their caregivers.

Join us for songs, rhymes, and fingerplays. For children of all ages. 

Children and their grown-ups are invited to this special kid-centered cookbook club!

We invite children and their caregivers for 20-25 minutes of stories and songs.

Join staff as they discuss and activate this experimental device from 1930 by László Moholy-Nagy, a Bauhaus pioneer.

We’re keeping our doors open late for an evening of art, fun, food, and more!

Flamenco Dance class teaches the various rhythms of different Palos (genre) of flamenco. Learn coordination of footwork, body, arms, and fingers movements. Welcome and enjoy the flamenco experience.

Come to the Library for games and a different activity each week! Kids of all ages can hang out and do crafts or STEAM activities. No registration required. 

Ricardo Fernandes Garcia will explore how representations of innocence have enabled painters to address conflict and war.

Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters

Just for you and the baby!

It's a Library dance party!

Join the Watercolor Painting Workshop