Arts and Culture, Career Support

Learn about our Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Training Program for English Language Learners. Classes start in September!

Listen to lyrical medieval Welsh poetry, in both old Welsh and English, read by Harvard student Samuel Puopolo.

Join staff member Tayana Fincher for a talk focusing on healing through the creation of art and close looking.

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

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Join us for stories, songs and rhymes!

Join us to watch a movie on Central Square Library's big screen and eat popcorn! No registration required.

Join us on a journey of discovery; explore your creativity and hone your acting skills!
Registration is required for the 8-week series.

Calling all middle grade readers!

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.

Drop by to contribute to a collaborative mural in the south lobby.

Come to the Library to create something special!

Let's talk about your favorite comics!

Learn about our Reading/Writing and Math classes for adults and take a placement test. Students work towards their high school equivalency (GED/HiSET) or want to improve their skills.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Join the Acrylic Painting Workshop at our North Cambridge location and unleash your artistic talents with the guidance of a skilled instructor. You'll also get to take home your very own masterpiece!

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

Learn how to upcycle clothing over four sessions!

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

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

This week's selection: Montaigne, selected essays