COMMUNITY Tuesday office hour in Central Square (Toscanini’s, 5:30-6:30 p.m.) May 5, 2026 Bring story ideas, questions, concerns or complaints to one of our convenient locations – or, even better, come with proposals to become part of a team.
DID YOU KNOW Reeling from a president’s assassination, we said political violence was not the answer to the country’s struggles by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge May 4, 2026 Cantabrigians channeled their anger over Lincoln's killing, many seeing it as a symbol of a larger struggle between the forces of good and evil.
COMMUNITY Tuesday office hour in Davis Square (Diesel, 5:30-6:30 p.m.) April 28, 2026 Bring story ideas, questions, concerns or complaints – or, even better, come with proposals about how you can become part of the team.
DID YOU KNOW Guess who was left out of the speeches in 1905 celebrating Cambridge’s 275th anniversary by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge April 27, 2026 “We cannot help but look forward with some anxiety to the future,” the president of Harvard said. “The Puritans no longer control Cambridge.”
COMMUNITY Tuesday office hour in Central Square (Toscanini’s, 5:30-6:30 p.m.) (corrected) April 21, 2026 We have Tuesday office hours to hear story ideas, questions, concerns or complaints, and tonight they’re in Central Square.
DID YOU KNOW Cambridge’s Humane Society changed its mission, then quit, as Cambridge changed by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge April 20, 2026 As the demographics of the poor community in Cambridge shifted, so too did the Cambridge Female Humane Society’s approach to meeting their needs.
DID YOU KNOW This spring, History Cambridge takes ‘History Hangs’ on the road by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge April 14, 2026 Walk, talk and learn more about West Cambridge, first the Brattle Street area and then Lowell Park and Mount Auburn Cemetery.
COMMUNITY Tuesday office hour in Central Square (Toscanini’s, 5:30-6:30 p.m.) April 7, 2026 We have Tuesday office hours to hear story ideas, questions, concerns or complaints, and tonight they’re in Central Square.
DID YOU KNOW Debate over Fugitive Slave Act raises questions of ‘lawful authority’ by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge April 6, 2026 The federal mandate for Northern states to enforce the proslavery agenda of Southern states fueled the fires of division before the Civil War.
COMMUNITY We have Tuesday office hours, and tonight they’re in Davis Square March 31, 2026 Bring story ideas, questions, concerns or complaints – or, even better, come with proposals about how you can become part of the team.