Arts and Culture

Let's talk about your favorite comics!

We’re keeping our doors open late for an evening of art, fun, food, and more!

This year’s lecture will trace the iconographic development of Celtic coinages, exploring their visual language and sociopolitical role.

Discover unique, eco-friendly treasures from local vendors, a clothing swap and visible mending, and free bike repair at this outdoor market.

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Get creative after school!

A Force for Good is the biography of the remarkable life of Gisela Warburg Wyzanski.

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

Is it true the book is always better?

This week's selection: Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters

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. 

Make trees, animals, rockets, castles, or anything you want from cardboard tubes. Recommended for children ages 6-12 and their caregivers.

In this class you will be introduced to painting with watercolor, including techniques in color mixing, observational painting, and composition.

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

"If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our fr

Come to the Library to create something special!

Join us for live Folk Music with award-winning singer, songwriter, and guitarist Kim Moberg and enjoy classic folk songs, treasured favorites, and original music!

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Hosting each session will be Cambridge native and saxophonist Bobby Tynes and his amazing all star rhythm section.

Join the MIT Outing Club for the 11th annual No Man's Land Film Festival!

Join us at the Central Square Branch Library, or Virtually, for a midday-lunch break book group discussion.

The Worcester Chorus Women’s Ensemble joins Cantilena to perform a collaborative concert in Worcester & Arlington featuring "I Rise: Women in Song" by acclaimed cross-cultural composer Reena Esmail.

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

Join us for a lunchtime concert with Jazz World Trio, featuring Guillermo Nojechowicz and Ron Mahdi.