Arts and Culture

Our Magic Tree House book group is for kids ages 5-10.

Our Merlin Missions book group is for Magic Tree House fans ages 5-10 who are ready for these longer adventures about Jack and Annie!

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?

Come to the O'Neill Branch to sew a fabric Valentine or a heart plushie! This project is open to children and families who have some experience hand sewing.

No registration required.

Join us for a night of humor, media literacy, and creative deception at our February After Dark.

Kids in 6th, 7th and 8th grade can come to the Library to decorate cookies! All supplies will be provided. No registration necessary.

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

February Selection: Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

Join us for a lively discussion of a great book in person at the Main Library!

This week's selection: Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, selections

This month's book: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

February Selection: Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir of Motherhood and Absence by Beth Nguyen.

Join us for a dance party to get your wiggles out!

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

We invite children and their caregivers to a 30-minute session of songs and stories in Mandarin Chinese with Mina (Yating) Fan, a local mother and educator.

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.

Come to the Library to create something special!

In honor of Black History Month, stop by for a free movie screening of the 2022 film Black Panther 2 directed by Ryan Coogler.    

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.

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

Enjoy a hot cup of soup alongside the sounds of South-African infused jazz by the Lumanyano Mzi Quartet!

Celebrating the year of the Snake. Singing and dancing performances.
Registration is Required.

Welcome the Year of the Snake with hands-on crafts, face painting, treats and hot drinks, and entertainment!

Presented in collaboration with our friends in MIT's Graduate Tower at Site 4.

Join artist Alie Reilinger for an afternoon of Valentine’s Day printmaking. Participants will create their own block printed valentines and learn how to carve stamps!

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.

This Month's Read: The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez