Family Activities, Visual Arts and Crafts

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

Learn how to upcycle clothing over four sessions!

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.

Children and their grown-ups are invited to this special kid-centered cookbook club!

Celebrate Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story with Mad Science's Radical Robots Workshop!

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Join staff as they discuss and activate this experimental device from 1930 by László Moholy-Nagy, a Bauhaus pioneer.

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

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

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. 

Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters

Ricardo Fernandes Garcia will explore how representations of innocence have enabled painters to address conflict and war.

Join the Watercolor Painting Workshop

Stop by the Boudreau Branch after school to create something using 3D pens! This drop-in event is intended for school aged children and their families.

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 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.

We will adapt the tale "The Tortoise and the Hare" and perform our masterpiece for family and friends.

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 to celebrate Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story, which tells the story of a rover's journey to Mars and the challenges it faces there.

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

Join us for a special performance exploring the rich musical dialogue between Turkish folk and classical traditions.

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 us for a morning walk at one of the most renowned bird watching spots in Cambridge, Mount Auburn Cemetery!

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

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.