2024-2025 Programs

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Our Theme this Season is Art and Architecture in Cambridge

2024

September 25, 2024  5:30 - 7:30  (Rain date: October 3)

Wine and Cheese Garden Social

10 Craigie Street

October 9, 2024   5:30 - 7:30

Charles River Cruise

Meet at Lechmere Canal at 5:15

Charles Sullivan, Club member and tour Guide extraordinaire

November 20, 2024  5:30 - 8:00

Reveling in the Cambridge Revels

Gran Gusto Restaurant

Debra Wise, Interim Artistic Director

2025

February 26, 2025 6:00 to 7:00

POP UP on ZOOM!

We'll celebrate Cambridge's remarkable built environment with celebrity guides: Bruce Irving (author, former producer of This Old House, and longtime chair of the Cambridge Historical Commission), Tim Mansfield (architect and CEO of CambridgeSeven), and Maggie Booz (architect and Cambridge Club member). Each share three or four Cambridge buildings that they love and why. These will be short presentations, just a few minutes. Please RSVP! gwkleespies@gmail.com

Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82987309903?pwd=6UJsjuRta2p02gznCOMQmkhuzbkbov.1

March 12, 2025 5:30 - 8:00

Cambridge Architecture and Planning

Henrietta's Table

Tom Sieniewicz

April 1st week exact day/location TBD

Future of the American Repertory Theater

Diane Paulus, Artistic Director 

May 7, 2025

History of the Brattle Theater

Brattle Theater

Ned Hinkle, Artistic Director

June 4,2025  

Cambridge Public Arts Scene

Annual Meeting and Moot Awards

Harvard Faculty Club

Jason Weeks, Cambridge Arts Council 

Executive Director

September 28, 2023

Wine and cheese reception in the garden of Hilary Wodlinger

October 21, 2023 2:00 pm 

Misled: Historically Inaccurate or Misleading Markers

Speaker: Gavin KleespiesStart @ 33 Elmwood Avenue 

This is a fun walking tour in West Cambridge that delves into stories of Vikings on the Charles and other misconceptions. Free and open to the public 

November 14, 2023Exploring Plan E Government Speakers: Robert Winters, Charles Sullivan & Alyssa PacySummer Shack, 149 Alewife Brook Parkway Reception at 5:30, Dinner and program at 6:30
We explore the history and function of Cambridge’s unique Plan E system of government and city administration. 

February 29, 2024

Innovation Trail & innovation economy 

Speakers: Bob Krimm, Daniel Berger-Jones and Michael Kutcha

Cambridge Innovation Center, 245 Main Street

We will hear about Cambridge’s history of innovation as well as learning about the recently launched Innovation Trail.

March 13, 2024

Growing up in North Cambridge

Speaker: Steve Surette 

Gran Gusto, 90 Sherman Street

Steve is the longtime editor of the publication Growing Up In North Cambridge a retired teacher at CRLS
 

April 24, 2024    

All Things Red Sox, including Cambridge Connections

Speaker: Bill Nowlin 

Fenway Park; limited to 40 people, first come first served

Cambridge resident and historian Bill Nowlin will tell us about the Cambridge connections to the Boston Red Sox. Bill has written more books on the Red Sox than anyone else. He is also the co-founder of Rounder Records, one of the most important record labels for folk and traditional music.
 

May 20, 2024

Walking Tour of East Cambridge

Speaker: Eric Hill, Cambridge Historical Commission

Tour begins at Middlesex County Courthouse, 40 Thorndike Street

May 29,2024  

Annual meeting & Moot awardees 

Speaker: Cambridge Public School Superintendent Victoria Greer

Harvard Faculty Club

We will present the Cambridge Club Awards for Community Service, the Moot Awards