Literary-art Events in Cambridge

Check out happening literary-art events all around Cambridge, MA

Elizabeth Strout at The Brattle Theatre

 Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm The Brattle Theatre USD 43

The Norton Lectures with Steve McQueen | Lecture Six

 Tue, 05 May at 06:00 pm Sanders Theatre Free

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw at The Brattle Theatre

 Tue, 12 May at 06:00 pm The Brattle Theatre USD 14 to 43

The Shippers Release Celebration With Katherine Center

 Fri, 29 May at 07:00 pm The First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist USD 39

Tom Perrotta at The Brattle Theatre

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:00 pm The Brattle Theatre USD 14 to 38

Maria Semple at The Brattle Theatre

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:00 pm The Brattle Theatre USD 43

Maggie O'Farrell at First Parish Church

 Sat, 27 Jun at 07:00 pm First Parish Church USD 45

The Daisy Chain Flower Shop Release Celebration with Laurie Gilmore

 Wed, 13 May at 07:00 pm The First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist USD 29

Douglas Stuart at The Brattle Theatre

 Thu, 14 May at 06:00 pm The Brattle Theatre USD 41

Our Perfect Storm Release Celebration with Carley Fortune

 Tue, 05 May at 07:00 pm Lovestruck Books & Cafe USD 39

Senator Chris Murphy at First Parish Church

 Sat, 30 May at 07:00 pm First Parish Church USD 22 to 48

Free ArtsThursdays: Botanical Wonders

 Thu, 30 Apr at 05:00 pm 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02138

Shattered Gods Release Bash with Katee Robert

 Wed, 03 Jun at 07:00 pm The First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist USD 34

Isaac Fitzgerald at The Brattle Theatre

 Wed, 13 May at 06:00 pm The Brattle Theatre USD 43

Poetry Jam-2026 Slam Team Final

 Sun, 26 Apr at 07:00 pm Lizard Lounge USD 13

Mike Schur and Joe Posnanski at The Brattle Theater

 Tue, 19 May at 06:00 pm The Brattle Theatre USD 51

A Night at the Disco Book Bash with Christian John Wikane

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm Lovestruck Books & Cafe USD 61

Walk for Children - 2026 Save Soil Walkathon in Cambridge

 Sat, 02 May at 02:00 pm Kendall Plaza Free

Joint Release Bash with Rachel Lynn Solomon and Chelsea Curto

 Wed, 22 Jul at 07:00 pm Lovestruck Books & Cafe USD 7 to 55

Queer Voices Festival: A Series of Short Plays

 Fri, 08 May at 07:00 pm Arrow Street Arts - Black Box Theater

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein at the Harvard Science Center

 Mon, 27 Apr at 06:00 pm Science Center USD 0 to 37

Independent Bookstore Celebrations at Lovestruck Books & Cafe

 Sat, 25 Apr at 10:00 am Lovestruck Books & Cafe Free

King of Gluttony Launch Day Soirée

 Tue, 28 Apr at 06:00 pm Lovestruck Books & Cafe USD 27

Toni Ballard Quartet

 Wed, 22 Apr at 07:00 pm The Mad Monkfish USD 13

The Undiscovered Country: Shakespeare & Mount Auburn Walking Tour

 Sun, 26 Apr at 01:00 pm Mount Auburn Cemetery USD 9 to 14

Steve Brusatte at the Harvard Science Center

 Fri, 01 May at 07:00 pm Science Center USD 0 to 40

Poetry Jam-Tarishi "M.I.D.N.I.G.H.T.” Shuler

 Sun, 17 May at 07:00 pm Lizard Lounge USD 13

Roxanne Khamsi at the Harvard Science Center

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm Science Center USD 0 to 34

Our Rogue Fates Release Bash with Sarah Glenn Marsh

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Lovestruck Books & Cafe USD 39

Lectures on Tap - John Milton: A Literary Analysis of Love & Compatibility

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:30 pm Cambridge USD 39

Book Launch: Priority Technologies

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm MIT Museum Free

Gaelynn Lea at the Cambridge Public Library

 Mon, 04 May at 06:00 pm Cambridge Public Library USD 0 to 34

Bill McKibben, Here Comes the Sun Book Talk

 Thu, 07 May at 05:00 pm Killian Hall, MIT Free

LEAP Lab: Get Your Spark

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am Kendall/MIT Open Space Free

Out of Her League Release Bash with Ava Rani

 Tue, 12 May at 07:00 pm Lovestruck Books & Cafe USD 7 to 48

The Last Page Book Bash with Katie Holt

 Sun, 31 May at 06:00 pm Lovestruck Books & Cafe USD 7 to 29

Barbara McQuade at The Brattle Theater

 Wed, 03 Jun at 06:00 pm The Brattle Theatre USD 14 to 45

The Summer Girlfriend Release Celebration with Kristina Forest

 Mon, 08 Jun at 07:00 pm Lovestruck Books & Cafe USD 7 to 29

Skills Live Show x Harvard, MA, USA

 Fri, 14 Aug at 08:00 am Harvard University GBP 43 to 374

Situaciones 2

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:30 pm Harvard University Graduate School Of Design Free

Holding Space: for Then and Now

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:00 pm The Dance Complex USD 18 to 39

The Quiet Magic of Friendship: In Conversation with Demond Martin

 Tue, 28 Apr at 06:00 pm Harvard Coop Free

The Gathering

 Sat, 07 Mar at 08:00 pm The Dance Complex USD 34

Poetry Jam- Rachael Dubinsky

 Sun, 07 Jun at 07:00 pm Lizard Lounge USD 13

Until Death Release Bash with Mary Berman

 Wed, 20 May at 07:00 pm Lovestruck Books & Cafe USD 7 to 27

Black Swan

 Sat, 06 Jun at 06:00 pm Loeb Drama Center at A.R.T.

May Brewery Book Club at Lamplighter

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Lamplighter Brewing Co. - Broadway Free

Villanelle at Sonia

 Sun, 07 Jun Sonia

What Monuments Remember — and What They Forget: A Juneteenth Walk

 Thu, 18 Jun at 06:00 pm Mount Auburn Cemetery USD 7 to 14

My Suitcase of Fragments

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:00 pm 3 Church St USD 25

Pearl Street Art Book Fair

 Sat, 23 May at 11:00 am Gallery 263 Free

FILM: BAD GUY, ROUGH WEEK; A Rather Dark Comedy

 Sat, 30 May at 07:00 pm The Foundry USD 18

April 22 + April 24 / "As I Was Moving Ahead..." Jonas Mekas Film Screening

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:30 pm Still Life Studios Free

Crime Fiction

 Fri, 08 May at 07:30 pm Arrow Street Arts

MIT Reads: "Everything I Never Told You" Small Group Discussion

 Wed, 29 Apr at 12:00 pm The Nexus in Hayden Library Free

Best selling author Chloe Dalton discusses her book "Raising Hare"

 Tue, 12 May at 06:30 pm Harvard Coop Free

Tell Her What She's Won, Johnny: A Staged Reading

 Thu, 07 May at 07:30 pm Arrow Street Arts

The Lumpen & the Miscreant: Mary Walling Blackburn presents Cream Psychosis

 Thu, 14 May at 06:00 pm 201 Amherst St Free

Mount Auburn Cemetery Book Club

 Wed, 06 May at 02:00 pm Mount Auburn Cemetery, Story Chapel Free

Book Talk: Georgia, 1918-21, The World's First Social Democratic State?

 Wed, 06 May at 04:30 pm S354, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street Free

T/HITHER / Christina Davis

 Fri, 01 May Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Free

2026 Amy and Marcus Garvey Lecture featuring Porsha Olayiwola

 Sun, 31 May at 04:00 pm Western Avenue Baptist Church

The Seventh Annual MIT Playwrights Lab

 Wed, 01 Apr at 08:00 pm 345 Vassar St Free

Powerful Voices Open Mic Show - Live Music, Comedy, Poetry+ More!

 Thu, 13 Nov at 08:00 pm Cambridge Free

Professional Report Writing Skills 1 Day Workshop | Cambridge, MA

 Fri, 09 Jan at 09:00 am For venue details reach us at [email protected] USD 519 to 1,453

The Literary Legacy of Julius Margolin, Gulag Veteran &Public Intellectual

 Wed, 22 Apr at 04:30 pm S354, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street Free

Book Club: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl

 Wed, 08 Jul at 02:00 pm Mount Auburn Cemetery, Story Chapel Free