Arts and Culture

People of all ages who enjoy children's books can read and discuss together.

Wood working demo, apple themed cooking demo, printing with paper, and mushroom inoculation demo.

Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters

Did you know you can vote for a winner in the Massachusetts Children's Book Award each year?

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

This event series challenges your perception of design as a process of enhancing aesthetics, usability, or marketability, moving you to deeper understanding of its power as a tool for change.

Design Redefined is a series of events seeking to challenge our perception of design as a process of enhancing aesthetics, usability, or marketability and moving towards a deeper understanding of it.

Join us for a half hour of stories for children of all ages and their caregivers.

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes.

No registration is required. Please call (617) 349-4019 for details.

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 15-20 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes. 

No registration is required. Please call 617-349-4019 for details.

Our monthly Middle Grade Mystery book group is for kids aged 10-14.

Join us at Valente once a month for Creativity Club, where we will learn or practice an arts & crafts activity. 

Join us for an artistic exploration of Indian classical dance with the Anubhava Dance Company.

Come to the library in your pajamas to listen to stories, read with your children, and enjoy a snack before bed!

This month's book: Infamous by Lex Croucher

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November Selection: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See.

Pumpkins anyone?

N Ap Boule is an award-winning short film that tells the heartbreaking story of a pregnant Haitian couple during the "peyilòk", a socio-political movement in Haiti.

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes.

No registration is required. Please call (617) 349-4019 for details.

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 15-20 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes. 

No registration is required. Please call 617-349-4019 for details.

What's a zine?

Join José Mateo Ballet Nutcracker cast members for a fun story time reading of The Nutcracker coupled with live ballet dancing.

Come to the Library to create something special!

Back by popular demand!

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes.

No registration is required. Please call (617) 349-4019 for details.

Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters