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2019-2020 Programs
October 21, 2019 - Sheraton Commander
Robert Simha
A Reasoned Discussion about Housing
Facts and perspectives about affordable housing in Cambridge and the metro area
November 19, 2019 - Sheraton Commander
Rick Dimino, President & CEO of A Better City
A 21st Century Transportation System
February 3, 2020 – Harvard Faculty Club
Branville Bard Jr., Cambridge Police Commisioner
The Meaning of ‘Community Policing' in Cambridge, Mass
March 23, 2020 - Sheraton Commander - POSTPONED
Eric Lander, Professor of Biology at MIT; Professor of Systems
Biology at Harvard Medical School
April 20, 2020, - Harvard Faculty Club- POSTPONED
Gerry Sussman, Professor of Engineering and Artificial Intelligence at MIT
May 15, 2020 - Annual Meeting
Virtual meeting via ZOOM
2018-2019 Programs
October 22, 2018 - Harvard Faculty Club
Jessica Taubner, Executive Director, Financial Independence Initiative:
A Revolutionary Approach for Families in Lifting Themselves out of Poverty
November 27, 2018 - Harvard Faculty Club
David Bornstein, journalist and author who writes about social innovation and has written some of the most prominent “go to” books on social entrepreneurship. He writes for the Fixes blog on the New York Times website and is a co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network.
February 4, 2019 - Sheraton Commander
W. Easley Hamner, FAIA and Cambridge Club member, Dr. Philip Sharp, Nobel Prize-wining Geneticist:
The Why of Kendall Square, architecture and the Square’s role in recombinant DNA
March 18, 2019 - Sheraton Commander
Renata Von Tscharner, Founder of The Charles River Conservancy (est. year 2000) and Cambridge Club member:
The Charles River - A History and the Future of our beloved “ Muddy Water”
April 16, 2019 - Harvard Faculty Club
Derrick Jackson, Union of Concerned Scientists Fellow, co-author and photographer for the 2015 book, Project Puffin: the Improbable Quest to Bring Back a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock which chronicles the 33 year effort to re-establish an extinct bird to the shores of Maine, former Boston Globe reporter:
The Puffin, the New Canary in the Mine of Climate Change
May 10, 2019 - Annual Meeting - Cambridge Public Library
Reverend John L. Walton, Plummer professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, Harvard University:
The Role of Religion for Young Adults
2016-2017 Programs
May 2017
Congressman Michel Capuano
Recent events in Washington.
April 2017
José Mateo
The long history and universal attraction of dances, and a demonstration in a concluding video about how dance can bring Cambridge residents together across social, ethnic, economic, and geographic boundaries. Internet links to that video, and to information about Cambridge's José Mateo Ballet Theater: Strengthening Communities Through Dance.docx
March 2017
Lisa Peterson, Cambridge Deputy City Manager
The goals and accomplishments of the Community Preservation Act in Cambridge. She has made her entire PowerPoint presentation available to interested club members Lisa Peterson CPA presentation 2017-03-07.ppt
February 2017
Arch Horst
Specialized measures that help Alzheimer's Disease victims and their families.
November 2016
Bob Neer
The Birth and Growth of New Drugs.
He suggests two Nobel prize lectures and one recent scientific review article on building bones, rebuilding bones naturally.pdf Nobel prize lecture-beta-blockers.pdf
Nobel prize lecture-penicilllin.pdf
October 2016
Thomas Kelly
The Origins of Western Musical Notation. His recent book is 'Capturing Music, The Story of Notation' (Norton, Inc.), which is available at the Cambridge Public Library, local book stores, and on-line. http://harvardmagazine.com/2014/11/music-noted
2014-2015 Programs
Monday, October 6, 2014
Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard College and staff writer for The New Yorker where she writes about American history, politics and culture.
“Book for the Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin.”
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Rich Rossi, Cambridge City Manager
Lisa Peterson, Deputy City Manager,
Louis DePasquale, Assistant City Manager of Fiscal Affairs,
The details of the City, including finances, taxes, infrastructure, development.
Monday February 9, 2015
Owen O’Riordan, Cambridge Commissioner of Public Works
Climate Change—the City’s vulnerability and response as well as what is being done to reduce our impact on climate change.
Monday March 16, 2015
Members of the Board of The Cambridge Community Foundation will lead a discussion of issues that should be addressed in the City and ask our opinion regarding funding priorities. The CCF will have completed its strategic plan and this discussion will be shaped by the results.
Tuesday April 21, 2015
Dr. Phillip Sharp, 1993 Nobel laureate, co-founder of Biogen , and professor of molecular biology at MIT
Kendall Square and the innovation culture
Tuesday May 19, 2015
Marty Blatt, President of the Board of the Central Square Theater,
A discussion with the artistic director and private performance of a selected scene from the current production. This innovative theater is home to two companies: the Nora Theater Company and the Underground Railway Theater. http://www.centralsquaretheater.org
