Arts and Culture

Emily Feng will invite you to search for images of birds in the museums’ galleries.

Isabelle Halsey ’25 will discuss a variety of works that shed light on the ongoing history of what constitutes “good taste.”

In this hands-on workshop inspired by the work of Joana Choumali, learn how to enhance, alter, and transform photographs through needlework.

Jieyan Wang ’25 will explore representations of flowers in the history of art and related issues of symbolism, materiality, and abstraction.

Join us for Second Saturdays Story Time, where local librarians read stories in the galleries!

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.

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!

What's a zine?

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

Join Atim Mackin to learn more about the photographic tapestries of Ivorian artist Joana Choumali, in this talk given in French.

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.

Jade Xiao will explore how art exists both within reality and makes its own realities.

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

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.

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 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.

Mark your calendars for our third annual Festival! Immerse yourself in a week of free Arts and STEM programming!

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.