This Weekend's Upcoming Cambridge Area Events

Cambridge MA

16 September, 2021

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CAMBRIDGE, MA — Wondering what there is to do in the Cambridge area this weekend? Below, we've included some of this week's top events from around the Cambridge area. Check out what's happening and what might interest you before you make plans. Hot tip: If you want to see your event in the next roundup, you can add it to the calendar using this form. You can also spread the word in nearby communities by promoting your event. The cost is $1 per day per community. Here are all of this weekend's events in and around Cambridge: Testosterone: The Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us When: Thursday, September 16th at 6:00 p.m. Where: Virtual What: Carole Hooven, Lecturer and Codirector of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University In conversation with Daniel Gilbert, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, Harvard University While most people agree that sex differences in human beh... Learn More Autumn Yoga (September 16) - All Bright Community Center When: Thursday, September 16th at 6:00 p.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Thursday, September 16 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PMQuiet your mind, have more energy, and relax with yoga! Each class will have flow, stretches, and and breathing to help you relax and focus. We can modify every pose for students of all l... Learn More Matt & Shannon Heaton When: Thursday, September 16th at 8:00 p.m. Where: Club Passim What: With engaging stage presence and masterfully-crafted music, Boston-based Matt & Shannon Heaton offer well-travelled Irish music from the heart. Steeped in sessions in County Clare and brewed in the acoustic music scenes of Chicago & Boston, and their flute/guitar/bouzouki... Learn More No School - Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School When: Friday, September 17th at 12:00 a.m. Where: Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School What: Event listing from Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School: Friday, September 17 (all day) Learn More 3D Printing 101 (Main) - Cambridge Public Library When: Friday, September 17th at 3:30 p.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Friday, September 17 from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PMLearn how to use our Sindoh 3D printers and customize a design for your first 3D print in The Hive. Completing Hive Safety & Glowforge 101 is a prerequisite to registering for this wor... Learn More How We Survived Our Mental Illness - Fierce Urgency of Now! When: Friday, September 17th at 4:00 p.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Friday, September 17 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM This event will serve to educate and inspire others around what it means to be a black person/woman living with a mental illness. About this event Often when we... Learn More Heather Maloney When: Friday, September 17th at 8:00 p.m. Where: Club Passim What: On Heather's newest record Soil In The Sky, her "ability to channel emotion is radical" (PopMatters). Her 4th full-length album released on the celebrated indie label Signature Sounds, "SITS" is stacked with special guests who help her deliver an immense range of sound and sen... Learn More Featured Event: MA Wills & Living Trusts: 5-Day Free Email Course When: Saturday, September 18th at 12:30 p.m. Where: Lexington, MA - on web What: Estate Planning Law Office of Joel Bernstein MA Wills & Trusts: The only law we practice. Emphasis on plain English29 years of sole focusPast ABA Technology columnistNational lecturer on Income Tax of Trusts and EstatesListed in 120 year old treatise for work in field Regi... Learn More Featured Event: MA Wills & Living Trusts: 5-Day Free Email Course (Joel Bernstein) Featured Event: MA Wills & Living Trusts: 5-Day Free Email Course When: Saturday, September 18th at 12:30 p.m. Where: Lexington, MA - on web What: Estate Planning Law Office of Joel Bernstein MA Wills & Trusts: The only law we practice. Emphasis on plain English29 years of sole focusPast ABA Technology columnistNational lecturer on Income Tax of Trusts and EstatesListed in 120 year old treatise for work in field Regi... Learn More Featured Event: MA Wills & Living Trusts: 5-Day Free Email Course (Joel Bernstein) Featured Event: An Outdoors Afternoon Concert of different, contemplative-improvisational music When: Saturday, September 18th at 4:00 p.m. Where: Assembly Row What: The Creative Music Series Presents The JMDE Quartet A unique ensemble of diverse instruments and instrumentalists, each player hails from a different background with the singular goal of creating emotive compositions, spontaneously. Important musicians and concepts contribut... Learn More Featured Event: An Outdoors Afternoon Concert of different, contemplative-improvisational music(Alex Lemski) Abs + Body with Becca Checca and DJ Wyatt When: Saturday, September 18th at 10:00 a.m. Where: 222 Jacobs St What: Join Cambridge Crossing for our CX Fit series of fitness classes, featuring instructors from all over the city bringing different experiences every week, with DJs spinning every weekend, and giveaways every month. Classes are Wednesdays at 6 pm & Saturdays at 10 am and wi... Learn More Outdoor Story Time with Kaija Langley (Main) When: Saturday, September 18th at 11:00 a.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Saturday, September 18 from 11:00 AM to 11:30 AMJoin author Kaija Langley and the Cambridge Public Library for a story time outside the Main Library in Joan Lorentz Park. Kaija will read her new book When Langston Dances (Denene Mil... Learn More Community Bike Celebration with Commonwheels When: Saturday, September 18th at 1:00 p.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Saturday, September 18 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PMLocation: Corner of Greenough Blvd and North Beacon St. Watertown Learn More Free Covid19 Vaccine Clinic - All Bright Community Center When: Saturday, September 18th at 2:00 p.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Saturday, September 18 from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM Vaccine Clinic Location and Time:     Saturday, September 18th 2021 @2:00PM-6:00PM West End House  105 Allston St Allston, MA 02134   For more information on th... Learn More Lloyd Thayer When: Saturday, September 18th at 7:00 p.m. Where: Club Passim What: Lloyd Thayer puts the 'multi' in multi-instrumentalist, playing a mind boggling assortment of stringed instruments including but not limited to: Dobro and Weissenborn lap steel guitars, Turkish Oud, Saz and Cumbus, Indian Chaturangui and Mohan Veena, Ragmakamtar, Ukulele and m... Learn More Points of Transition When: Saturday, September 18th at 7:30 p.m. Where: Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church What: Travelling through the many points of transition in music, featuring the transformative energy of Arvo Pärt, Boccherini, and Beethoven. Christina Day Martinson, Jesse Irons, violins, Jessica Troy, Jenny Stirling violas, Timothy Merton, Jennifer Morsches, cellos Arvo Pärt Sum... Learn More Featured Event: Experiencing Jewish Life (EJL): 2021-22 Session begins! When: Sunday, September 19th at 9:45 a.m. Where: Temple Shir Tikvah What: Experiencing Jewish Life (we call it EJL for short) is a monthly co-learning program for families with two and a half to five-year-olds. Everyone begins the morning with foot-tapping songs and music with Beth Levin, our cantor. Then children go off to a pre-school or kinderga... Learn More Featured Event: Experiencing Jewish Life (EJL): 2021-22 Session begins! (Temple Shir Tikvah) Central Square Dumpling Festival - Central Square Business Improvement District When: Sunday, September 19th at 8:00 a.m. Where: Central Square Business Improvement District What: Event listing from Central Square Business Improvement District: Sunday, September 19 from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PMDetails *** OCTOBER EVENT CANCELLED *** Due to Covid 19 and Massachusetts state restrictions The Dumpling Festival has been rescheduled to Sunday,… More https://www.fa... Learn More 3rd Annual BAKED Festival - Central Square Business Improvement District When: Sunday, September 19th at 8:00 a.m. Where: Central Square Business Improvement District What: Event listing from Central Square Business Improvement District: Sunday, September 19 from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PMDetails ** EVENT POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 19** Due to Covid 19 and Massachusetts state restrictions Baked has been postponed to Sunday, September 19,… More https://www.f... Learn More Alcoholics Anonymous (for men) - All Bright Community Center When: Sunday, September 19th at 8:00 a.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Sunday, September 19 from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AMLocation: Josephine A. Fiorentino Community Center at Charlesview 123 Antwerp St. Ext. Brighton Learn More 11th Annual Boston Local Food Festival When: Sunday, September 19th at 11:00 a.m. Where: Rose Kennedy Greenway What: The Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts (SBN) is thrilled to announce that the 11th Annual Boston Local Food Festival will be held on Sunday, September 19th, 2021 at the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway. Bring your family and friends to eat, shop and discover local food from... Learn More The Fossils Are Talking! When: Sunday, September 19th at 11:00 a.m. Where: Virtual Event What: Are you curious about what fossils tell us about life on Earth—and how dinosaurs and other ancient animals, in turn, awaken our imaginations to create true and imagined tales? Come along on a journey to find out! The adventure will kick off with children's book author Elizabet... Learn More Archery Sunday! When: Sunday, September 19th at 11:00 a.m. Where: Gore Place What: Experience something unique this weekend at Waltham's historic Gore Place Estate with your family and friends learning the sport of TRADITIONAL recurve archery! This Zen-like martial art requires only patience, focus and determination to succeed, but don't let that fool you in... Learn More Fancy Women Bike Ride - Cambridge When: Sunday, September 19th at 2:00 p.m. Where: Cambridge Common What: Join us on Sunday, September 19 for the Cambridge celebration of Fancy Women Bike Ride, a global unity ride to bring visibility to women riders on our roads. This event is open to all women-identifying pedalers to come flaunt their fanciest attire and ride in style! We will m... Learn More Outdoor Baby Lapsit (Main) - Cambridge Public Library When: Monday, September 20th at 10:00 a.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Monday, September 20 from 10:00 AM to 10:20 AMJust for you and the baby! Enjoy time together with other parents, caregivers and babies to learn, play, and develop language and motor skills. Come prepared to sit outside on the ground... Learn More Outdoor Sing-Along (O'Neill) - Cambridge Public Library When: Monday, September 20th at 10:30 a.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Monday, September 20 from 10:30 AM to 10:50 AMPut on your dancing shoes and head over for a morning of singing and dancing! For children of all ages and their grown-ups. This program will be held outside of the O'Neill Branch Librar... Learn More CambridgeSide Hosts September American Red Cross Blood Drive When: Monday, September 20th at 11:00 a.m. Where: CambridgeSide What: Giving blood makes a big difference in the lives of others and presently there is a severe blood shortage. Please consider making an appointment to donate at an American Red Cross blood drive on Monday, September 20, 2021 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at CambridgeSide. Donors are ask... Learn More STEAM Academy: Innovators for Purpose (Main) When: Monday, September 20th at 3:30 p.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Monday, September 20 from 3:30 PM to 6:30 PMInnovators for Purpose (iFp) Studio is a teen-powered design and innovation program where teens channel their energy and creative vision to imagine and build a better world. Blending art, ... Learn More Outdoor Story Time (Valente) - Cambridge Public Library When: Monday, September 20th at 4:00 p.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Monday, September 20 from 4:00 PM to 4:30 PMWe invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories and rhymes. This program will be held in the Reading Garden on Berkshire Street. In the event of incle... Learn More Joy Walk - All Bright Community Center When: Monday, September 20th at 5:30 p.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Monday, September 20 at 5:30 PM BCYF/Jackson Mann Community Center is in partnership with the Age Strong Commission and will be hosting weekly "Joy Walks" through the Allston and Brighton Neighborhoods beginning Monday, September... Learn More Professor Lawrence Blum Presents: Integrations: The Struggle for Racial Equality and Civic Renewal i... When: Monday, September 20th at 6:30 p.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Monday, September 20 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PMThe promise of a free, high-quality public education is supposed to guarantee every child a shot at the American dream. But our widely segregated schools mean that many children of color d... Learn More O'Neill Branch Book Group (O'Neill/Virtual) When: Monday, September 20th at 6:30 p.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Monday, September 20 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PMSeptember selection: Afterlife by Julia Alvarez.A book discussion group for adults at the O'Neill Branch Library, reading a mixture of fiction and nonfiction. Past titles include Gathering... Learn More COVID-19 and Kids: What's a Parent to Do? When: Monday, September 20th at 6:30 p.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Monday, September 20 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM Click here to join the town hall!   This event is FREE and... Learn More Featured Event: Last Sip of Summer: A Terra Cocktail Dinner at Eataly Boston When: Tuesday, September 21st at 5:00 p.m. Where: Eataly What: Note Bene: The timing for this event will be based on your convenience, and the cocktail dinner menu will be available anytime between 5 – 10 p.m. Once you purchase your tickets, a member of our restaurant team will reach out to reserve a time slot that works for you on the ev... Learn More Featured Event: Last Sip of Summer: A Terra Cocktail Dinner at Eataly Boston (Eataly Boston) School Committee Regular Meeting - Cambridge Public Schools When: Tuesday, September 21st at 12:00 a.m. Where: Cambridge Public Schools What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Schools: Tuesday, September 21 (all day) Learn More Boston University Community Office Hours When: Tuesday, September 21st at 9:00 a.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Tuesday, September 21 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM   Boston University Community Office Hours Government & Community Affairs at Boston University 9-10am, the third Tuesday of the month    Community Office Hours are an o... Learn More Story Time at Old West Church - West End Branch Library When: Tuesday, September 21st at 10:30 a.m. Where: West End Branch Library What: Event listing from West End Branch Library: Tuesday, September 21 from 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM Join us for an outdoor story time at Old West Church. We'll be reading books and singing songs about Autumn! You are welcome to explore Old West Church's Food Forest after the program. ... Learn More Intermediate ESOL Class (Central Square) When: Tuesday, September 21st at 11:00 a.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Tuesday, September 21 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PMJoin us for an English for Speakers of Other Languages Class. This class will be taught at an intermediate level. No testing is needed, but registration is required.The is an in-person ... Learn More Vinyl Cutting 101 (Main) - Cambridge Public Library When: Tuesday, September 21st at 3:30 p.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Tuesday, September 21 from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PMInterested in making your own vinyl stickers, signs, or images for transfer to tshirts and other textiles? In this workshop you will learn how to use our Roland Camm-1 GS-24 vinyl cutter ... Learn More Outdoor Story Time (Main) - Cambridge Public Library When: Tuesday, September 21st at 4:00 p.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Tuesday, September 21 from 4:00 PM to 4:20 PMWe invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories and rhymes. This program will be held in Joan Lorentz Park on the lawn outside the Main Library. In t... Learn More Central Square Branch Book Group (Virtual) When: Tuesday, September 21st at 6:00 p.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Tuesday, September 21 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PMSeptember book selection: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat. Reading interests: This group enjoys popular cookbooks. We will talk about what we... Learn More Contemporary Book Group (Main) - Cambridge Public Library When: Tuesday, September 21st at 6:00 p.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Tuesday, September 21 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PMNOTE: This month's meeting will take place in the outdoor patio (accessed via the 1st floor hallway). We will move to the Rossi Room in the case of inclement weather.September read: Red I... Learn More Harvard-Allston Task Force Enterprise Research Campus VirtualPublicMeeting When: Tuesday, September 21st at 6:00 p.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Tuesday, September 21 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Harvard-Allston Task Force Enterprise Research Campus Virtual Public Meeting Tuesday, September 21, 2021 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM   This invitation has been resent due to a broken... Learn More Featured Event: Last Sip of Summer: A Terra Cocktail Dinner at Eataly Boston When: Wednesday, September 22nd at 9:00 a.m. Where: Eataly What: Note Bene: The timing for this event will be based on your convenience, and the cocktail dinner menu will be available anytime between 5 – 10 p.m. Once you purchase your tickets, a member of our restaurant team will reach out to reserve a time slot that works for you on the ev... Learn More Featured Event: Last Sip of Summer: A Terra Cocktail Dinner at Eataly Boston (Eataly Boston) What the Fluff? Festival: Sweet 16: Onward & Fluffward! When: Wednesday, September 22nd at 8:00 a.m. Where: Union Square What: What the Fluff? A Tribute to Innovation is a multi-day madcap festival from September 22-26, honoring the invention of Marshmallow Fluff in Union Square. This festival celebrates Somerville's proud tradition of innovation with live music, fluffalicious feasts, games, zany happ... Learn More Early Release Day - Tobin Montessori School When: Wednesday, September 22nd at 12:00 a.m. Where: Tobin Montessori School What: Event listing from Tobin Montessori School: Wednesday, September 22 (all day) Learn More Early Release Day: Grades JK-8 - Cambridge Public Schools When: Wednesday, September 22nd at 12:00 a.m. Where: Cambridge Public Schools What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Schools: Wednesday, September 22 (all day) Learn More Outdoor Story Time (Central Square) - Cambridge Public Library When: Wednesday, September 22nd at 10:30 a.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Wednesday, September 22 from 10:30 AM to 11:00 AMJoin us for a half-hour of stories in the plaza outside the Central Square Branch Library, Franklin Street side, weather permitting. For ages birth-5 with caregivers. For more informa... Learn More Intro ESOL Class (Central Square) - Cambridge Public Library When: Wednesday, September 22nd at 10:30 a.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Wednesday, September 22 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PMJoin us for an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Class. This class will be taught at an introductory level. No testing is needed, but registration is required.This will b... Learn More Impact of COVID on Children's Mental and Behavioral Health When: Wednesday, September 22nd at 11:00 a.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Wednesday, September 22 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Join us for a webinar on September 22, 2021 from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. to learn about how COVID has exacerbated mental and behavioral health access and concerns for children in Boston... Learn More Outdoor Sing-Along (Main) - Cambridge Public Library When: Wednesday, September 22nd at 11:00 a.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Wednesday, September 22 from 11:00 AM to 11:20 AMPut on your dancing shoes and head over for a morning of singing and dancing! Children of all ages and their grown-ups. This program will be held in Joan Lorentz Park on the lawn outs... Learn More Check out more local events posted by your neighbors, or add your own, on the Cambridge Patch community calendar. Editor's note: This article was automatically generated based on event information mainly provided by community members. Patch has not independently verified most of this information, always check with organizers to confirm posted events are proceeding as planned. Click on any event in the list for more details. You can also reach out to [email protected] with any questions or other feedback about this article.