Visual Arts and Crafts, Behavioral and Mental Health

Join the Watercolor Painting Workshop

Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters

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.

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Join us at the Valente Branch for a simple craft. This month we will be making beaded earrings.

Supplies are limited. Registration is 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.

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

In this workshop, you’ll learn about scent as a sensory medium in Japanese Buddhist funerary and memorial rituals and craft your own incense.

Join Leigh Raiford and Teju Cole to examine photography’s role in social justice movements and national memory

A fun, dynamic, and ultimately blissful class.

Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters

Join local artist Brooke Lambert for an introduction to the printmaking process of linocut.

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.

Join us every first and third Monday of the month to learn and practice Zen meditation with our neighbors at the Cambridge Zen Center!

Put on your dancing shoes to improve flexibility and balance, strengthen muscles and have fun!

Try out 2D animation with Gif-O-grafs!

Adults 18+ are invited to tell a story using 2D animation.

Registration Required.

It's fun, it's easy... it's exercise?

National Library Week is April 6-12.

Join us for a beginner-friendly counted cross stitch class at O'Neill!

What's a zine?

Join instructor Darren Hairston for Zumba Gold – the fun and energizing dance fitness class tailored for active older adults and beginners!

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

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.

Have clothes to mend or craft projects to work on?

In honor of Earth Day, spend your afternoon at the Library creating your own terrarium.

Create your own scratch art tiles. Begin with a black square and scratch a design to reveal the magical colors hidden beneath.

Recommended for children ages 6-12 and their caregivers.