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Cambridge Public Library to Host Jerry Craft, Author of New Kid, for the 7th Annual Curious George Lecture
3/6/2025
The Cambridge Public Library will host the 7th annual Margret and H.A. Rey Curious George Lecture on Wednesday, March 19.
Cambridge Public Library to Exhibit “Still Marching 1970-2017” by Award-Winning Photographer Liane Brandon
2/24/2025
The Cambridge Public Library will display “Still Marching 1970-2017" by award-winning filmmaker and photographer, Liane Brandon.
Cambridge Public Library to Host Valeria Luiselli for Our Path Forward Lecture on Immigration
2/12/2025
On Wednesday, February 26, the Cambridge Public Library will welcome Valeria Luiselli for a talk on immigration.
Cambridge Public Library to Host Special Vacation Week Programming: Live at the Library
1/21/2025
The Cambridge Public Library will host special programming for youth during Cambridge Public Schools’ vacation week.
Cambridge Public Library to Host a Midwinter Reading with Three Award-Winning Local Authors
1/16/2025
On Wednesday, January 29 at 6 p.m., the Cambridge Public Library will welcome Nina MacLaughlin, Joan Wickersham, and Lucy Ives for a reading and Q&A.
Cambridge Public Library to Celebrate the Launch of Omo Moses’ Memoir, The White Peril
1/14/2025
Omo Moses will read from and discuss his new memoir on January 21 at the Main Library.

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125 Years of Simmons (April 2025, Simmons Magazine)
Hiring Librarians Podcast S02 E02: Maria McCauley (February 25, 2025, Hiring Librarians)
Autora mexicana dará charla sobre la inmigración en el Cambridge Public Library (February 24, 2025, El Planeta)
Quick Guide: How to conduct an oral history interview with a family member (February 18, 2025, WCVB 5)
Poet and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy (January 16, Harvard Magazine)
Camberville Romance (January 2, 2025, Camberville and Beyond)
Checking out what’s been checked out in 2024 (December 30, 2025, Boston Globe)
The remarkable, resilient public library (December 13, 2024, The Boston Globe)
In 1973 a library book was checked out. 51 years later it’s finally been returned. (November 11, 2024, CNN)
Boston-area libraries are employing social workers . Here’s why. (November 11, 2024, Boston.com)
51 years later, overdue book is finally returned to Worcester Public Library (November 7, 2024, GBH)
These are Cambridge librarians’ all-time favorite books (August 18, 2024, Cambridge Day)
Drag storytime kicks off Pride Month at Cambridge Public Library (June 1, 2024, The Boston Globe)
Massachusetts libraries are boosting their mission with new hires: Social workers (May 22, 2024, GBH)
After initial outcry, neighbors say overflow shelters housing migrants hardly affect community life (March 23, 2024, The Boston Globe)
Writing the book she ‘didn’t want to write,’ Amanda Peters tells ‘a story for the collective history of Indigenous people’ (November 30, 2023, The Boston Globe)
Literary Undoing' author has literary happening: Monday panel on Cambridge with fellow writers (November 5, 2023, Cambridge Day)
The Impact of Banning Books (October 24, 2023, NBC 10 Boston)
Librarians facing more staffing challenges, threats and even violence amid book bans – WFTV (August 31, 2023, Cox Media)

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Latest Press Releases

Cambridge Public Library to Host Jerry Craft, Author of New Kid, for the 7th Annual Curious George Lecture

Cambridge Public Library to Exhibit “Still Marching 1970-2017” by Award-Winning Photographer Liane Brandon

Cambridge Public Library to Host Valeria Luiselli for Our Path Forward Lecture on Immigration

Cambridge Public Library to Host Special Vacation Week Programming: Live at the Library

Cambridge Public Library to Host a Midwinter Reading with Three Award-Winning Local Authors

Cambridge Public Library to Celebrate the Launch of Omo Moses’ Memoir, The White Peril

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Latest Press Releases

Cambridge Public Library to Host Jerry Craft, Author of New Kid, for the 7th Annual Curious George Lecture

Cambridge Public Library to Exhibit “Still Marching 1970-2017” by Award-Winning Photographer Liane Brandon

Cambridge Public Library to Host Valeria Luiselli for Our Path Forward Lecture on Immigration

Cambridge Public Library to Host Special Vacation Week Programming: Live at the Library

Cambridge Public Library to Host a Midwinter Reading with Three Award-Winning Local Authors

Cambridge Public Library to Celebrate the Launch of Omo Moses’ Memoir, The White Peril

CPL In the News

Press FAQs

How do I obtain images of the Main Library, branch libraries or displays and exhibitions at the Cambridge Public Library?

I work for an established media outlet, how do I join the Cambridge Public Library's media distribution list?

Does the CPL provide parking to reporters or media organizations?

Am I allowed to take photographs at a Library event?

How do I schedule an interview for an article or general story?

I work for the a college newspaper, can my newspaper get on the CPL's media distribution list?

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