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MIT's Architecture School Moves Into Renovated Met Warehouse

MIT announced on Aug. 12 that the newly renovated Metropolitan Storage Warehouse has opened. The century-old Cambridge landmark now serves as a hub for the university's School of Architecture and Planning.

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MIT Museum's "After Dark: Gardens" Event Tonight

MIT Museum hosts its adults-only "After Dark: Gardens" program tonight, Aug. 13, 6-9 p.m., featuring an urban gardening talk by Professor Kate Brown, seed bomb crafting, science demonstrations, and tastings from Nashoba Valley Winery.

MIT Museum

Cambridge WINS Youth Sports Field Day Friday at Sennott Park

The Cambridge Community Foundation hosts an end-of-summer field day for Cambridge WINS youth sports groups Friday, Aug. 14, 3-5 p.m., at Sennott Park in The Port.

Cambridge Community Foundation

Open House Monday on 359 Broadway Play Space Upgrades

The City of Cambridge holds a drop-in open house Monday, Aug. 17, 2-7 p.m., at 359 Broadway for feedback on planned 2027 renovations to the building's outdoor play spaces.

City of Cambridge

License Commission Reviews Daily Provisions, Pebbles Studio, Tap 151 Requests

The Aug. 13 License Commission agenda includes a closing-hour change for Daily Provisions, a new common victualler license for Pebbles Studio, and Tap 151 Bar and Grill's request to add live music, dancing, and a DJ.

City of Cambridge License Commission

Center Mid Plays The Sinclair Tonight

Center Mid performs with Jonny Tex at The Sinclair, 52 Church St., tonight; doors open at 7 p.m. for the all-ages show starting at 8 p.m.

Sinclair Cambridge

Summer Reading Program Wraps Up Friday

Cambridge Public Library's 2026 Summer Reading program ends bingo and events Friday, Aug. 14; prize collection continues through Aug. 31.

Cambridge Public Library

Pileated Woodpeckers Rebound in Cambridge, Cambridge Day Reports

A Cambridge Day report published Aug. 7 details the resurgence of the once-endangered pileated woodpecker, North America's largest woodpecker, in local ecosystems.

Cambridge Day

East End House launches annual backpack drive

East End House's annual backpack drive runs through Aug. 19, collecting new backpacks and school supplies at its Spring Street headquarters and the CambridgeSide CVS.

East End House

City seeks volunteers for parking, immigrant rights, police boards

Cambridge is accepting applications through Aug. 21 for vacancies on the Commercial Parking Control Committee, the Commission on Immigrant Rights and Citizenship, and the Police Review & Advisory Board.

City of Cambridge

Darby Vassal Sixth-Grader Named 3M Young Scientist Finalist

Ahmed Abdelsalam, a sixth-grader at Darby Vassal Upper School, was named one of ten national finalists in the 3M Young Scientist Challenge for his self-charging green energy prototype, VERDA.

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