Glowforge 101: Creative Laser Cutting, Pt.1 (Main)
Cambridge Public Library
Thursday, July 7 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Also: Monday, July 25 3:30pm – 4:30pm and Tuesday, July 26 7pm – 8pm
Learn how to cut, engrave, and shape designs from a variety of materials using the Glowforge Pro laser cutter in this 2-day workshop.
Outdoor Story Time (O'Connell)
Cambridge Public Library
Thursday, July 7 3:30pm – 4pm
We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes, with a craft to take and make at home, while supplies last.
Outdoor Story Time (Main)
Cambridge Public Library
Thursday, July 7 4pm – 4:20pm
Also: Thursday, July 14 4pm – 4:20pm; Thursday, July 21 4pm – 4:20pm; and Thursday, July 28 4pm – 4:20pm
Join us for 20 minutes of stories, songs and rhymes.
Cookbook Book Group (Collins)
Cambridge Public Library
Thursday, July 7 6pm – 7pm
Join friends and neighbors for a potluck!
Outdoor Story Time (O'Connell)
Cambridge Public Library
Friday, July 8 11am – 11:30am
We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 15-20 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes.
Glowforge 101: Creative Laser Cutting, Pt.2 (Main)
Cambridge Public Library
Friday, July 8 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Also: Tuesday, July 26 3:30pm – 4:30pm and Wednesday, July 27 7pm – 8pm
Learn how to cut, engrave, and shape designs from a variety of materials using the Glowforge Pro laser cutter in this 2-day workshop.
Vinyl Cutting 101 (Main)
Cambridge Public Library
Saturday, July 9 10am – 11am
Also: Thursday, July 14 3:30pm – 4:30pm and Tuesday, July 19 3pm – 4pm
Would you like to make your own vinyl signs, stickers, or images to transfer to T-shirts and other textiles?
Summer Reading: Get Curious Story Time (Main)
Cambridge Public Library
Saturday, July 9 11am – 11:30am
Explore your surroundings with stories and drawings.
Summer Reading: North Cambridge Trees and Their Stories (O'Neill)
Cambridge Public Library
Saturday, July 9 2pm – 3pm
Children ages 7 and up and their caregivers will team up to "meet" one of several trees near the O'Neill Branch Library.
Exhibition Tour: Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives: Creative Communities
Harvard Art Museums
Sunday, July 10 12pm – 1pm
Join exhibition curator Elizabeth Rudy for an in-depth tour of Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives.
Summer Launch Party
Cambridge Public Library
Sunday, July 10 2pm – 4pm
Help us kick off Valente Summer Sundays with refreshments, bubbles and chalk art! The Valente Branch Library is located at 826 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA.
STEAM Academy: Innovators for Purpose Summer Studio
Cambridge Public Library
Monday, July 11 9am – 4pm
Innovators for Purpose (iFp) Studio is a teen-powered design and innovation program where teens channel their energy and creative vision to imagine and build a better world.
Outdoor Baby Lapsit (Main)
Cambridge Public Library
Monday, July 11 10am – 10:20am
Also: Monday, July 18 10am – 10:20am and Monday, July 25 10am – 10:20am
Just for you and the baby!
Outdoor Sing-Along (O'Neill)
Cambridge Public Library
Monday, July 11 10:30am – 10:50am
Also: Monday, July 18 10:30am – 10:50am; Monday, July 25 10:30am – 10:50am; and Monday, August 1 10:30am – 10:50am
Put on your dancing shoes and head over for a morning of singing and dancing!
Summer Playgroups in the Park
Agenda for Children Literacy Initiative and Center for Families
Monday, July 11 10:30am – 11:30am
Join us in the parks to meet other families, learn songs and activities to support your child's development, and have fun!
Bridge to College Information Sessions
DHSP Community Learning Center
Monday, July 11 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Learn about a free program that helps adults go to college.
Creative Aging: Poetry Writing
Cambridge Public Library
Monday, July 11 2pm – 4pm
In this Creative Aging Poetry class, participants will have the opportunity to put their poetry muscle to work in a safe, creative, and supportive community.
Creative Aging: Poetry Writing (Main)
Cambridge Public Library
Monday, July 11 2pm – 4pm
In this Creative Aging Poetry class, participants will have the opportunity to put their poetry muscle to work in a safe, creative, and supportive community.
Summer Reading: Playful Engineers Outdoor Traveling MakerSpace (Valente)
Cambridge Public Library
Monday, July 11 2pm – 3pm
In a hands-on, STEM focused workshop, participants design, build, test, and play with Rube Goldberg Machines, paper constructions, domino towers and more!
Hive Safety Training (Virtual)
Cambridge Public Library
Monday, July 11 4pm – 4:30pm
Also: Tuesday, July 19 1:30pm – 2pm
In this workshop, you will learn about our makerspace, how to use our resources, and how to keep safe in The Hive. Registrati
Summer ESOL Class (Valente)
Cambridge Public Library
Monday, July 11 6pm – 7:30pm
Also: Monday, July 18 6pm – 7:30pm; Monday, July 25 6pm – 7:30pm; and Monday, August 1 6pm – 7:30pm
Join us for an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) class this summer!
Lamp x the CPL Present: A Book Club Walks Into a Bar (Lamplighter)
Cambridge Public Library
Monday, July 11 7pm – 8:30pm
You're invited to our July brewery book club, where Lamplighter and the Cambridge Public Library team up to highlight contemporary works from marginalized voices while having a beer.
Outdoor Story Time (Collins)
Cambridge Public Library
Tuesday, July 12 10:30am – 11am
We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes.
Gallery Talk: Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives: Creative Communities
Harvard Art Museums
Tuesday, July 12 12pm – 12:30pm
Join us for an introduction and guided look at the exhibition Prints from Brandywine Workshop and Archives, with Elisa Germán.
Summer Reading: STEAM Discovery: Will It Fly? (O'Connell)
Cambridge Public Library
Tuesday, July 12 3pm – 4pm
Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.