Arts and Culture

Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition, on view from September 12, 2025 through January 18, 2026.

Grab your sketchbook and pencil to join an instructor to draw a live model! Advanced-level artists will be more comfortable in this program.

Creative Colorful Creations on Fabric with Phyllis Wadlington.
Discover your creative side, working with different fabrics. Explore the possibilities of what can be painted on fabric.

Join Nature Linc Staff Member Lily Gordon to learn how to design, carve, and print your design onto cards using soft, easy to cut linoleum blocks.

Please join the Cambridge Public Library and the American Repertory Theater for an afternoon of Wonder!

Join us for stories, songs, and rhymes. For children of all ages and their grown-ups. 

An exhibition curator will lead this talk exploring how and why artists choose specific materials to express their ideas.

Our Merlin Missions book group is for Magic Tree House fans ages 5-10 who are ready for these longer adventures about Jack and Annie!

Our Magic Tree House book group for kids ages 5-10 meets the first Friday of the month.

Join us for a relaxing afternoon of cozy card making! All supplies included (except stamps) – but feel free to bring materials of your own to add to the fun.

Susan Anderson will look at how artists working at the turn of the 20th century used dry media as a means towards abstraction.

Join us at the MIT Museum for a special film series exploring time travel through the lens of science fiction cinema.

Teens, don't let the cold weather get you down. Come to the Teen Room for pizza, snacks and crafts and relax. Bring your friends. And it's FREE. 

In this class you will be introduced to painting with watercolor, including techniques in

Join us for a workshop to make a small quilted potholder or trivet. Using the ‘assembly line” quilting method, you will plan, cut, and sew a quilt using our sewing machines.

Creative Colorful Creations on Fabric with Phyllis Wadlington.

Discover your creative side, working with different fabrics. Explore the possibilities of what can be painted on fabric.

Explore ancient coins and learn how a team of museum staff and students is trying to harness the power of AI to recover stolen coins.

Join us for stories and a craft project! This month we will make paper dolls. 

For children of all ages and their grown-ups. 

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Join us to craft homemade gifts this holiday season.

Sing and dance to your favorite songs! For children of all ages and their caregivers. No registration required.

Join us for songs, rhymes, and fingerplays. For children of all ages. 

Join us for a lively discussion of a great book in person at the Main Library!

Join the Acrylic Painting Workshop at our North Cambridge location and unleash your artistic talents with the guidance of a skilled instructor. You'll also get to take home your very own masterpiece!

This month's book: A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

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

It's a Library dance party!