Arts and Culture

Join curatorial assistant and practicing artist Meghan Grady for a discussion about drawing light, in conjunction with our special exhibition.

Explore the diverse range of animal representations in a recent installation in our Islamic and South Asian art galleries.

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.

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for a special evening story time event.

Join the Central Square Book Group!

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.

Come to the Library for games and a different activity each week!

Join the Collins Branch Library in collaboration with the Cambridge Climate Leaders Initiative for a monthly discussion of a climate-related topic.

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

Join the Watercolor Painting Workshop

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. 

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.

Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters

This Month's Read: Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson

Join us for half an hour of songs, stories and rhymes. For children of all ages and their caregivers. Registration is not required.

Join us in the Children's Room for a fun craft and related stories. For more information, call 617-349-4010. This program is recommended for ages 5-10.

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.

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

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

Join us for a half-hour of stories and songs in the Children's Room. Recommended for children 0-5 and 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.

Join us for a half hour of stories for children of all ages and their caregivers.

Join us for stories and a craft to celebrate the shortest day of the year. Come read, sing, craft and welcome back the light! 

 

It's a Library dance party!

Just for you and the baby!

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

Put on your dancing shoes and head over for a morning of singing and dancing! We'll sing and move together, and share a story or two. For children of all ages and their grown-ups.