Early Childhood Opportunities, Visual Arts and Crafts

Bring your project and come join other fiber crafters in your community!

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

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

Enjoy time together with other caregivers and babies to learn, play and develop language and motor skills. Recommended for children from birth to 18 months with their caregivers. 

Join us for a new hour-long program, featuring thirty minutes of songs and stories and thirty minutes of open play!

If you're looking to shake your sillies out before bed, join us for thirty minutes of music and movement!

Express your gratitude for special people in your life with handmade Valentines!

Come join us at the Boudreau branch for a chess challenge.

Treat yourself to an afternoon of fun, creativity, and community while a local artist guides us step-by-step through the process of creating a beautiful acrylic painting.

Work with Perler Beads to follow a pattern or create your own unique design.

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

The Harvard School of Dental Medicine's Students for Smiles Club and the Cambridge Public Library are hosting a free community event on oral health.

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

Join us for a relaxing walk of Fresh Pond with Park Ranger Amanda Garms!

Join us for a dance party to get your wiggles out!

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. 

Engage with school staff and leaders, learn more about our vibrant, welcoming school community, and ask any questions you might have.

Mark your calendars for our fourth annual Festival! Immerse yourself in a week of free Arts and STEM programming!

Come to the Library to create something special!

Join us at Valente for an afternoon of board games and fun!

Join artist Alie Reilinger, printer at Cambridge-based Albertine Press and owner of Yellow Leg Studios, for an afternoon of Valentine’s Day printmaking.

Sing and dance to your favorite songs! For children of all ages and their caregivers. No registration required.

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. 

This school vacation week, join musician Evan Haller of Music at the Blissful for an interactive music class.

Become an interstellar pilot by folding the ultimate paper airplane: a spaceship!

An afternoon of arts and crafts with artist, Alexandra Adamo!

Come get creative at Collins!