Arts and Culture

We offer nature-based games and activities, art, live music, food, and lots of other programs and activities for all ages, year-round.

The Longfellow Summer Arts Festival brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public.

Our sewing studio and stitch lounge will host a sewing opportunities this summer for kids ages 9 - 14.

In our two-week summer program, youth work with our theater artists and science experts from Lemelson-MIT to adapt a story for the stage and design a new invention inspired by the tale.

Learn to play the Steel Pan, basic music, and leadership development.

Join us at local parks for free, family-friendly activities, performers, and entertainment this summer!

Join us at local parks for free, family-friendly activities, performers, and entertainment this summer!

We have over 200 collections and nearly 2,700 books, spanning the 17th - 21st Centuries, featuring the political and social history of Cambridge.

We offer lots of free events throughout the year for people of all ages with a love of learning!

The Cambridge Public Library offers free computer classes, book groups, English classes, makerspace workshops, and lots more upcoming opportunities to learn.

We partner with local businesses and organizations to sponsor free events in parks across the city.

Our youth and teen summer classes include in-person and virtual dance classes for ages 4 and up!

This is our state-of-the-art makerspace at the Main Library. It is a hub for learning, creativity, and collaboration filled with beginner to professional-level workshops and equipment

We run classes in Soca dance and choreography for people of all ages and levels.

We provide music lessons for children, families, and adults.

Quality musical instruction for students of all ages & levels. Study with highly trained & experienced professional pianists. Curriculum designed to suit you and your individual learning style.

We offer high quality, humanistic ballet education and training for children of all levels age 3 and up.

NSM's choral program offers vocal music programming for children ages 5-17.

We offer a play-based program for -5th grade students; as well arts programs for 1st-5th and 6th-8th grade students with our partner, Maud Morgan Arts.

We offer weekly arts education classes for youth (5th-7th grade) that include dancing, acting, and other movement-based arts.

We provide an engaging and empowering dance classes for children and teens throughout the school year.