🗓️ Cambridge Events: July 11–17, 2025

Friday, July 11

• Gallery Talk: Print Perfect – Harvard Art Museums — Explore Dutch printmaking in the 1590s in this gallery talk led by a museum educator.
• Somerville Film Festival – Somerville — Independent cinema and global storytelling across multiple days of screenings and filmmaker talks.
• MIT Pridefest – Kresge Oval, MIT Campus — LGBTQ+ pride celebration with performances, drag, food vendors, and community tables.
• Animal & Ice Cream Social – Magazine Beach Park — Meet live animal ambassadors and cool off with frozen treats.
• Outdoor Movie: Rear Window – MIT Open Space — Hitchcock’s voyeuristic thriller under the stars.
• Optiker Gallery Talk – MIT Museum — Tour the Stephen Benton holography exhibit with curator Seth Riskin.
• Special Talk with Dr. Rózsa Balázs – MIT Building 46 — A cutting-edge tool for imaging brains in motion.
• Charles River Farmers Market – Harvard Square

Saturday, July 12

• Somerville Film Festival – Somerville — Independent cinema and global storytelling across multiple days of screenings and filmmaker talks.
• Summer Movie Night – Urban Park, Kendall Square — Outdoor cinema at the green continues.
• Meet the Beekeeper – Magazine Beach Park — Get up close with a working hive and honeybee naturalist.
• Union Square Farmers Market – Somerville
• Charles River Farmers Market – Morse School, Cambridgeport

Sunday, July 13

• Somerville Film Festival – Somerville — Independent cinema and global storytelling across multiple days of screenings and filmmaker talks.
• Bastille Day Celebration – Harvard Square — Celebrate French culture with music, food, and festivities in the heart of Harvard Square.
• Family Movie Night – Cambridge Parks — Free community screening with kid-friendly films.
• Nature Poetry Readings – Magazine Beach Park — Mass Audubon hosts a riverside gathering of poems and pollinators.
• Charles River Farmers Market – Harvard Square

Monday, July 14

• David Thesmar presents The Price of Our Values: The Economic Limits of Moral Life – Harvard Book Store — A thought-provoking exploration of the tension between market efficiency and moral values, from an MIT Sloan economist.
• Somerville Film Festival – Somerville — Independent cinema and global storytelling across multiple days of screenings and filmmaker talks.
• Zach Adams presents Birds of New England: A Timber Press Field Guide – Cambridge Public Library — A new field guide for birders, with region-specific illustrations and naturalist insight.
• A Wider Horizon Exhibit – Hayden Library, MIT — Last full week to explore McCormick’s MIT legacy.
• Yoga in the Park – Magazine Beach Park — Gentle evening flow under the trees, open to all levels.
• Central Square Farmers Market

Tuesday, July 15

• Somerville Film Festival – Somerville — Independent cinema and global storytelling across multiple days of screenings and filmmaker talks.
• Alan Weisman presents Hope Dies Last – Porter Square Books — Acclaimed author of The World Without Us returns with a powerful meditation on ecological survival and collective action.
• Summer Nights Paddling – Magazine Beach Park — Join Mass Audubon for an evening kayak tour on the Charles.

Wednesday, July 16

• Somerville Film Festival – Somerville — Independent cinema and global storytelling across multiple days of screenings and filmmaker talks.
• Screen on the Green: Despicable Me 4 – Timothy J. Toomey Jr. Park — Family-friendly outdoor movie night with snacks and minions.
• Yoga in the Park – Magazine Beach Park — Midweek movement and mindfulness at Magazine Beach.
• Arlington Farmers Market
• Davis Square Farmers Market

Thursday, July 17

• Somerville Film Festival – Somerville — Independent cinema and global storytelling across multiple days of screenings and filmmaker talks.

• MIT Sloan System Dynamics Student Lab – MIT Sloan + Zoom — Dive into real-world complexity with two EMBA students using system dynamics to unpack Brazil’s civil court backlog and energy grid fragility. RSVP and join the conversation in person or on Zoom—because spreadsheets can’t solve everything.

• Introduction to Nature Monitoring in the City – Magazine Beach Park — Learn how to observe and track urban biodiversity with tools like iNaturalist and Mass Audubon educators.
• Laura Poppick presents Strata: Stories from Deep Time – Harvard Book Store — A deep dive into the layers of Earth’s history, told through vivid storytelling that connects geology, time, and the human experience.
• Preschool Nature Detectives – Magazine Beach Park — Little ones explore, observe, and get muddy with Mass Audubon educators.
• Urban Park Movie Night – Kendall Square — Outdoor movie night continues with free films and cozy vibes.
• MIT Museum Quiet Hours – MIT Museum — Sensory-friendly access to the museum, with low noise and optional drop-in activities.
• Kendall Square Farmers Market
• Belmont Farmers Market
• Medford Farmers Market