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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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. 

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 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.

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

For children of all ages and their grown-ups. 

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.

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

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

Join us to craft homemade gifts this holiday season.

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.