Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
Events & things to do in Harvard Square, Cambridge
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Get the morning briefSeraphim Singers perform 'Animal Requiem' at First Church today
Oct 18 · The Boston Calendar →
Thoreau lecture and guided walk at Mount Auburn today
Oct 18 · Cambridge Day →
Last day for Pınar Öğrenci exhibition at Harvard Art Museums
Oct 18 · Harvard Art Museums →
Original Starship Enterprise model goes on display at MIT Museum
Oct 18 · Cambridge Day →
Sat 10/24: Day of the Dead celebration at the Peabody Museum
Oct 18 · Cambridge Office for Tourism →
Lou's 'HALLOQUEEN' drag brunch and costume contest today
Sat 10/24: Bonnie Garmus at First Parish
Free family activities and story time at Harvard ancient Near East museum
'Sunday Best' comedy showcase tonight at The Comedy Studio
Longy faculty recital of improvised 17th-century music tonight
Head of the Charles Regatta wraps up today on the Charles
Oct 18 · WCVB →
Public Health Department Invites Residents to Take Health Equity Survey
Oct 17 · Cambridge Public Health Department →
Arts in the Park Brings Live Art and Music to Sennott Park Today
Oct 17 · City of Cambridge →
Drawing Shells Workshop at Harvard Museum of Natural History
Wolf Alice Signs Albums at Newbury Comics in Harvard Square Today
Oct 17 · Newbury Comics →
Boston Chamber Symphony Performs at First Church Cambridge Tonight
Oct 17 · Cambridge Office for Tourism →
Yacht House Brunch With DJ Mitchy at Lou's Today
Fall Party With Live Music and Art at Kendall/MIT Open Space
Oct 17 · MIT Open Space Programming →
First Street Market Hosts Annual Pumpkin Festival Today
Oct 17 · First Street Market →
Miles Davis Centennial Concert Tonight at Regattabar
Oct 16 · Regattabar →
"Measurement on the Color Line" Exhibit Opens Today at 1 Oxford Street
Zumba Gold Class for Seniors Today at Main Library
Oct 16 · City of Cambridge →
Songs, Stories and Play for Kids at Main Library Today
Oct 16 · Cambridge Public Library →
Houghton Library Offers Public Tour Today
Oct 16 · Harvard Library →
Liza Black Discusses Indigenous Women's History at Harvard Book Store Tonight
Oct 16 · Harvard Kennedy School →
Danielle Allen Talks Elite Colleges' Obligations at Harvard-Epworth Church Today
Oct 16 · Harvard Gazette →
SNAP and MassHealth Help Offered at Flu Clinic Today
Oct 15 · City of Cambridge →
Harvard Hosts Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Tonight
Oct 15 · Harvard SEAS →
Longfellow House Offers Victorian Science Evening Tours
Oct 15 · National Park Service →
Sharon Weinberger Discusses Big Tech and the Future of War
Oct 15 · City of Cambridge →
O'Connell Branch Presents Gothic Stories, Puppetry and Live Music
Oct 15 · City of Cambridge →
Ellen Warner Discusses Aging at Harvard Book Store
Poets Yaryna Chornohuz and Amira El-Zein Launch New Books at Grolier
Wayman Chin Gives Free Faculty Piano Recital at Longy
Live Music on the Patio at Noir Bar Tonight
Jake Blount Band plays Club Passim tonight
Oct 14 · Club Passim →
Ayad Akhtar discusses The Radiance at the Brattle tonight
Oct 14 · Harvard Book Store →
Free collage session at the Harvard Square KiOSK
Oct 14 · City of Cambridge →
CultureHouse Plans 10-Week Artist Residencies for Harvard Square KiOSK
Oct 13 · Cambridge Day →
Bandits on the Run Plays Club Passim Tonight
Oct 13 · Club Passim →
Online 'Making Shapes' Workshop at Harvard Museum of Natural History Today
Oct 13 · Harvard Museum of Natural History →
Beginner Improv Class for Adults at Main Library Today
Oct 13 · City of Cambridge →
O'Neill Library Book Group Reads 'Because of Winn-Dixie' Tonight
Oct 13 · City of Cambridge →
Pınar Öğrenci Discusses Her Film at Harvard Art Museums Tonight
Peabody Museum Lecture on Puritan-Era Tobacco Use Tonight
Anand Giridharadas and Junot Díaz Talk at the Brattle Tonight
Oct 13 · Harvard Book Store →
Paul Lewis Discusses “The Raven” at Longfellow House Tonight
Oct 13 · Patch →
AJJ and Greet Death Play the Sinclair Tonight
Oct 13 · The Sinclair →
Passim Discovery Series features Melanie MacLaren and Abigail Rose tonight
Oct 12 · Club Passim →
Brattle screens Indigenous documentary “Powwow People” twice today
Oct 12 · The Brattle →
Brattle pairs “Knives Out” screening with a craft-along tonight
Oct 12 · The Brattle →
Brattle screens Māori horror film “Mārama” at 9 p.m. tonight
Oct 12 · The Brattle →
MIT lists writing, tea and tango programs today
Oct 12 · MIT Events Calendar →
Cambridge Reports Five Free Vaccine Clinic Dates for October
Oct 12 · Cambridge | Somerville Independent →
HONK! Brass Bands Perform at Five Harvard Square Stages Today
More than 30 activist brass bands play across five staging areas in Harvard Square from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, October 11, following the parade.
Oct 11 · HONK! Festival →
Mon. 10/12: Drop-in office hours with city leaders
City leaders hold drop-in office hours Monday, October 12, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Community Room at Fresh Pond Apartments, 362 Rindge Avenue.
Oct 11 · City of Cambridge →
Make a HONK! Button at Cambridge KiOSK; Idea Call Closes Tonight
Drop in from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, October 11, at the Cambridge KiOSK in Harvard Square to make a free button; no registration is required. Winter 2026–27 programming ideas are due by 11:59 p.m. tonight.
Oct 11 · City of Cambridge →
Laura Veirs Plays Club Passim Tonight
Doors open at 6 p.m. for Laura Veirs' 7 p.m. show at Club Passim in Harvard Square on Sunday, October 11. Karl Blau opens.
Oct 11 · Club Passim →
Tue. 10/13: Baldwin Neighborhood Council monthly meeting
The Baldwin Neighborhood Council meets Tuesday, October 13, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. at the Maria L. Baldwin Community Center, 20 Sacramento St.
Oct 11 · Maria L. Baldwin Community Center →
Tia Fuller Plays Regattabar Tonight
The Grammy-nominated saxophonist performs at 6 p.m. Sunday, October 11, at Regattabar, with doors at 5:30 p.m. The Zeb Jewell-Alibhai Quartet opens.
Oct 11 · Regattabar →
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