Arts and Culture, Afterschool Activities

Read to Dante, our local cuddly therapy dog!

Join us for stories, songs and rhymes followed by a craft. Recommended for children ages 3-7 and their caregivers.

This interactive 45-minute children's show is designed to engage young audiences through music, movement, and play.

Meet a cast of larger-than-life, hand-crafted puppet characters in this funny and interactive variety show.

Join us for Brazilian-inspired music and dance! 

Recommended for children of all ages and their caregivers.

No registration required.

Come watch a movie on Central Square Library's big screen and eat free popcorn! 

The Library is pleased to be working with dedicated community members to offer a special story time in Arabic!

Come to the Library to create something special!

This year’s lecture will trace the iconographic development of Celtic coinages, exploring their visual language and sociopolitical role.

Bounces and rhymes for caregivers and babies to learn, play and develop language and motor skills.

Join us for a book discussion and hangout each month as we read books that celebrate the LGBTQIA+ experience.

Join the MIT Outing Club for the 11th annual No Man's Land Film Festival!

Join us for a lunchtime concert with Jazz World Trio, featuring Guillermo Nojechowicz and Ron Mahdi.

Join us at the Central Square Branch Library, or Virtually, for a midday-lunch break book group discussion.

The Worcester Chorus Women’s Ensemble joins Cantilena to perform a collaborative concert in Worcester & Arlington featuring "I Rise: Women in Song" by acclaimed cross-cultural composer Reena Esmail.

Embrace springtime with a plant, seed, and planting-related supplies swap!

Did you know you can vote for a winner in the Massachusetts Children's Book Award each year?

Join us for a lunchtime concert with Jazz World Trio, featuring Guillermo Nojechowicz and Ron Mahdi

Spend your lunch break with Sol y Canto!

Celebrate Juneteenth (a day early!) with live music, delicious food truck options, lawn games, and more.

Celebrate the start of summer with friends (new and old), classmates, neighbors, colleagues, and family from the Cambridge, Kendall, and MIT communities!