Calendar

Wednesday

July 24

• 9:00 AM

  STEAM Academy: Innovators for Purpose Summer Studio (Main)

  Main Library, Community Room, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

  Innovators for Purpose (iFp) Studio is a youth-powered design and innovation program where young creatives channel their energy and creative vision to imagine and build a better world. Blending art, design, science, technology and storytelling within a social justice framework, iFp creatives engage in real-world client-sponsored projects. July 8 - August 9, weekdays from 9:15am-3:30pm at the Main Library

• 3:30 PM

  Serger Training (Main)

  Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

  Are you an intermediate or advanced sewer? This workshop will cover serger machine setup, threading a serger, and identifying correct tension settings with different types of fabric. You will learn about ways to use our Elna Extend 864 Air serger to take your sewing skills to the next level by producing special finishing styles, hemming, trimming and assembling your garments. This workshop is designed for patrons who have prior experience using a sewing machine. If you are new to machine sewing, we recommend you take our Sewing 101 workshop before using our serger.

• 5:30 PM

  Sewing Circle

  Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

  Continue building your machine-sewing skills AND receive support as you work on your own sewing projects with our Library sewing community. Participants must register but may drop-in any time during the program. This program is designed for patrons who know the basics of how to use our Janome sewing machines.

• 5:30 PM

  Summer Art Tour: Central Square Edition

  Central Square Branch, 45 Pearl St., Cambridge, MA 02139

  Join Cambridge Arts and the Central Square Library for a tour of the public art in Central Square. Explore public artwork in Central Square and learn about how Cambridge Arts commissions and maintains art for public enjoyment. Meet outside the Central Square Branch in the Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza. This is part of the Library's Summer Art Walks series. We will be strolling on sidewalks within 3/4 miles of Central Square T station.