Older Adult Activities, Visual Arts and Crafts

Sachi Laumas will explore how three works of art engage with illness and the healing process.

Priya Allen will explore the design and politics of historical drinking vessels and containers.

Join us for a free hands-on STEAM Community Drop-In at NuVu on Saturday, April 4 from 1–3 PM!

Jade Xiao will explore how art captures the fleeting nature of time.

This is a tour in praise of love, exploring what it means to love and how love transforms us.

Join assistant curator Yan Yang for a talk about the myriad uses of negative space in works on display in the East Asian art galleries.

Put on your dancing shoes to improve flexibility and balance, strengthen muscles and have fun!

Join graduate student Saffron Hooper Sener for a talk on the role of colonial portraiture in North American international diplomacy.

Introduction to Theatre is an interactive class where we will read from plays, act out scenes, analyze characters and the plots. No prior theatre experience necessary.

This class is designed for people of all levels to strengthen the muscles, the heart and the brain--all while having fun and moving to great music!

We invite older adults to participate in a series of three creative dance community workshops, where you will use the body as a tool of self-expressive communication.

Poetry lovers and skeptics alike are invited to this weekly workshop where we'll read poems that nourish the mind and spirit.

This program, led by Zeenat Potia, will introduce and utilize mindfulness techniques to help us examine and regulate everyday life changes with a focus on aging.

It's fun, it's easy... it's exercise?

Try out 2D animation with Gif-O-grafs!

Adults 18+ are invited to tell a story using 2D animation.

Registration Required.

National Library Week is April 6-12.

Every other Tuesday Yemi Kibret of CEOC will lead the Ethiopian Elders Group. This group provides support and resources for fellow Ethiopians in our community.

Join a discussion about 18 design drawings created in 1876 by John La Farge for Boston’s Trinity Church, which recently entered the collections.

Movie and Popcorn in North Cambridge Movie: “Thelma”

Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters

Join us for a beginner-friendly counted cross stitch class at O'Neill!

Come to the Library for games and a different activity each week! Kids of all ages can hang out and do crafts or STEAM activities. No registration required.

Come to the Library for games and a different activity each week! Kids of all ages can hang out and do crafts or STEAM activities. No registration required. 

We live in an age where we carry our smartphones everywhere we go.

Join us for a day of presentations by guest speakers exploring Celtic art.

Join the Watercolor Painting Workshop