Friday Night Cooking Series
Broaden your cooking skills, meet new people, and feast on delicious meals.
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Looking for the Huron Ave. Studio classes?
The Huron Studio is now Village Fitness!
CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICA: PRESSING CHALLENGES
Gain understanding of some of the challenges in Southern Africa, on such topics as disease, education, and economy.
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GREAT JAZZ IN HARVARD SQUARE
Learn about Ahmad Jamal’s influential artistry as a pianist, composer and bandleader. Afterwards attend Jamal’s show at the nationally renowned Regattabar.
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LEARNING FROM STONEWORK: CONTAINING FIRE
Artist Mark Mendel, an innovator in stonework for over 20 years, will discuss and show examples of the earthy splendor of great stonework.
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A VISIT WITH LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Join us for a captivating living history experience with Jan Turnquist, Executive Director of Orchard House, the Alcott family home, and Louisa May Alcott impersonator.
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SAME SEX PARENTING
Join us for reflection and conversation with a panel of same–sex parents of children ranging from toddlers to high school students.
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Did You Know?
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Since 1938, The Cambridge Center has consistently offered the most diverse menu of courses to adults in Cambridge and surrounding areas.
First incorporated as the Cambridge Social Union in April 1876, then in 1938, we officially became the Cambridge Center for Adult Education. In 1889 the Social Union purchased and moved into the House of William Brattle at 42 Brattle Street, which was built in 1727. In late 1972 the Cambridge Center acquired the Blacksmith House (the former Window Shop) property. Blacksmith House includes the Dexter Pratt House, built in 1811, where Longfellow observed the famous Village Blacksmith at work under the Spreading Chestnut Tree in 1839. Both houses are being preserved by the Center as living museums and are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The Cambridge Center programs are funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency that supports public programs in the arts, humanities, and sciences.
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