Family Activities, Visual Arts and Crafts

Children and families can join us for an outdoor story time and short walk at Alewife Brook Reservation to look for signs of spring.

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

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

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!

Join us for stories, songs and rhymes in the evening!

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Join us for stories, songs and rhymes! Recommended for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers.

No registration is required. Please call 617-349-4019 for more information. 

What's a zine?

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

Join us for songs, stories and rhymes followed by open play.

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

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

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

Discover unique, eco-friendly treasures from local vendors, a clothing swap and visible mending, and free bike repair at this outdoor market.

Come explore the nature in our urban backyard!

Get creative after school!

A Force for Good is the biography of the remarkable life of Gisela Warburg Wyzanski.

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. 

Make trees, animals, rockets, castles, or anything you want from cardboard tubes. Recommended for children ages 6-12 and their caregivers.

In this class you will be introduced to painting with watercolor, including techniques in color mixing, observational painting, and composition.

It's a Library dance party!

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

Join us for stories, songs and rhymes! Recommended for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers.

No registration is required. Please call 617-349-4019 for more information. 

Learn to fix your broken household items, such as electronics, appliances, clothing, and toys etc.

Come to the Library to create something special!