Tag: Cambridge Public Library

  • Nation & World

    Virtues of doom

    Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt addressed the comforts of tragedy at the Cambridge Public Library.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Fresh storytelling

    While Harvard’s Farmers’ Market is known for transforming the Science Center Plaza into a farm fresh mecca, it also hosts a weekly read-aloud where children of all ages can enjoy stories read by a Cambridge Public Library staff member.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Into local libraries, and into lives

    The John Harvard Book Celebration program included the donation of more than 400 books to libraries, 17 lectures by Harvard faculty and members of Harvard’s Board of Overseers at local libraries, and 18 programs for children and youth. The programming reached more than 200 children and youth in the Greater Boston area this spring, concluding…

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Love beyond words

    Anne Fadiman, a Harvard Overseer and author of “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,” explored the many varieties of book lover with a Cambridge Public Library audience on April 1.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Dean fetes King’s ‘beloved community’

    Delivering the keynote address Jan. 29 at the Cambridge Public Library’s 37th annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds called for educators to help students “make explicit their own values and build their own ‘beloved communities.’ ”

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The Civil War’s allures, and horrors

    People are “powerfully attracted to war,” Harvard President Drew Faust told a crowd at the Cambridge Public Library on Jan. 10, and no conflict draws as much continuing interest and controversy in America as its own Civil War. The historian’s job is to balance that allure with a search for the truth, Faust said.

    5 minutes