Arts and Culture

We use history to catalyze the connections that make Cambridge more vibrant and cohesive.

Fresh Pond Reservation is managed by the Cambridge Water Department. The Cambridge Water Department (CWD) is a municipally owned and operated water utility serving over 119,000 permanent residents.

We present feature films, documentaries, animation, and shorts from around the world for both adults and children to capture the mind and stimulate discussion!

We are an award­-winning professional theater company with a Resident Artist Company and extensive education, youth, and community programs.

We are an award­-winning professional theater company with a Resident Artist Company and extensive education, youth, and community programs.

We strive to cultivate an engaged community of youth whose powerful artistic voices transform their lives, their neighborhoods, and their worlds.

A friendly & inclusive community music school offering private lessons, group classes, and ensembles for all ages.

Onsite & online interactive classes, workshops, and cultural events in dance, fitness, martial arts, music, theater, and more, for all ages and abilities, by our talented and diverse faculty members!

NuVu is a project-based high school serving the greater Boston area. Our students focus deeply on one studio at a time—setting aside textbooks and rote learning for a distinctive hands-on learning experience.

We are a daycare center and preschool program for ages 0-5 with an after school program for ages 5-12.

A unified system with a strong main library and six active branch libraries each tailored to the unique needs of its neighborhood.

Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that produces professional ballet performances and offers ballet classes for children and adults of all ages and levels.

Cambridge Science Festival is a week-long celebration of science in all its forms. This year’s festival comprises more than 275 free events & activities from Monday September 23 to Sunday September 29

We provide vibrant and active, open spaces in Kendall Square at MIT where people can meet, bump into each other, and connect using outdoor movies, pedestrian pathways, a stage, programming, and more!

We offer afterschool, art classes, and summer opportunities for children and youth.

We are theatrical art facility located in Central Square with two award-winning professional companies - The Nora Theatre Company and the Underground Railway Theater.

We produce the Summer Stars Camp for the Performing Arts each Summer where counselors encourage hard work, risk taking, and the joy of performing through intensive workshops.

We engage and empower communities by providing affordable access to dance experiences and training.

We are responsible for a wide range of activities designed to meet the City's need for a diversified and thriving economic base.

We run colorful and festive celebrations rooted in African traditions.

Where Technology Meets Community! We recognize the power of technology to connect children to each other and not just their devices. Offering summer camps, after school program, parties, and events.

Children, teens, adults and artists of all ages and all levels can choose from a wide range of innovative and imaginative visual art classes and programs.