Arts and Culture

Join us for an afternoon of creative community sketching in one of Harvard’s most inspiring spaces. Sign up for one or three sessions!

Come get creative at Collins!

Join us for this free annual celebration of the season, featuring festive period decorations, music, treats, and more.

Join us for our Kazakhstan Independence Day celebration on December 14

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

December Selection: In the midst of winter by Isabel Allende

The climate is changing, and we're all here on the planet together.

This month's book: 

This week's selection: The Bible, Numbers

November selection: Erasure by Percival Everett

Join the Collins Branch Library in collaboration with the Cambridge Climate Leaders Initiative for a monthly discussion of a climate-related topic.

Join the Central Square Book Group!

This Month's Read: Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson

Back by popular demand!

Family Friendly event Celebrating the Winter Solstice with Crafts and Cocoa.

Celebrate the shortest day of the year and the beginning of the winter season! Join us for a seasonal story, a winter nature craft and a cozy treat.

December Selection: The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger.

Join us to watch a movie on Central Square Library's big screen and eat free popcorn! Past screenings have included popular action and comedy movies. No registration required.

Come to the Library to create something special!

Join us for a cozy craft at the O'Connell Branch!

Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters

Join us at the Central Square Branch Library, or Virtually, for a midday-lunch break book group discussion.

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

January selection: Sandwich by Catherine Newman.

Join Central Square's new Horror Book Club.

You're invited to our January Brewery Book Club, where Lamplighter and the Cambridge Public Library team up to highlight contemporary works from marginalized voices while having a beer.

Learn to 3D-print and create your own custom jewelry in this three-part workshop series!