Early Childhood Opportunities, Visual, Performing, and Media Arts

Out with the old, in with the new! Join us for a clothing and toy exchange - for children’s items ages birth to 5 years old.

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

It's a Library dance party!

Join us for a new hour-long program, featuring thirty minutes of songs and stories and thirty minutes of open play!

Join Green Cambridge for a week of free educational outdoor programming to celebrate earth week and our local environment!

Join us at the Boudreau branch as we enjoy stories from around the world told by award-winning storyteller Len Cabral.

Join us every first and third Monday of the month to learn and practice Zen meditation with our neighbors at the Cambridge Zen Center!

Join us over April vacation for a family movie at the Library!

Learn about the rabbits raised at Land's Sake.

In honor of Earth Day, spend your afternoon at the Library creating your own terrarium.

Create your own scratch art tiles. Begin with a black square and scratch a design to reveal the magical colors hidden beneath.

Recommended for children ages 6-12 and their caregivers.

In honor of Earth Day, spend your afternoon at the Library creating your own terrarium.

Join us for a morning walk at one of the most renowned bird watching spots in Cambridge, Mount Auburn Cemetery!

Using embroidery hoops, participants will hand-stitch words of affirmation while learning basic sewing techniques.

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Join local artist, musician and educator Ben Cunningham for a transformative storytelling performance.

Join us for stories, songs and rhymes followed by a craft. Recommended for children ages 3-7 and their caregivers.

This interactive 45-minute children's show is designed to engage young audiences through music, movement, and play.

Meet a cast of larger-than-life, hand-crafted puppet characters in this funny and interactive variety show.

Join us for Brazilian-inspired music and dance! 

Recommended for children of all ages and their caregivers.

No registration required.

Come watch a movie on Central Square Library's big screen and eat free popcorn! 

The Library is pleased to be working with dedicated community members to offer a special story time in Arabic!

Come to the Library to create something special!

Come join us at the Boudreau branch for a chess challenge.

Bounces and rhymes for caregivers and babies to learn, play and develop language and motor skills.

Please stop by and pick up a variety of fresh produce and non-perishable items. This event is completely free and all are welcome!

Enjoy a live cooking show, packed with interactive experiments and demonstrations, about the science of marshmallow.