Career and College, Visual Arts and Crafts

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.

Looking for some basic computer or mobile device guidance?

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!

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.

Meet employers who are hiring in health and human services and learn about jobs that help individuals, families, and communities.

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

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.

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 access YouTube on your smartphone (iPhone or Android) to expand your knowledge.

Learn how to upcycle clothing over four sessions!

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

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

Looking for some basic computer or mobile device guidance?

Looking for some basic computer or mobile device guidance?

Learn how to safely use artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and how to identify AI content.

Looking for some basic computer or mobile device guidance?

Looking for some basic computer or mobile device guidance?

Looking for some basic computer or mobile device guidance?