Cambridge Center for Adult Education

Featured Events

Together, Of Course!

October 22 | 5:30pm – 7:00pm

Our 2020 fundraiser has moved online! Featuring local restaurants and chefs, beer and chocolate tasting, and more - all to support and celebrate the CCAE community.

Upcoming Events

Conversations on the Edge: Policing in Cambridge: The Issues, The Future, The Budget

September 24 | 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Join us for the first conversation in CCAE’s fourth year of the Conversations on the Edge series to talk with a distinguished panel about Cambridge policing and the issues the CPD and we, as a community, face at this crucial juncture, when policing is under scrutiny as never before.

Unique Needs Of Solo Agers: Building Health, Community, and Emotional Support - Gonson Daytime Lecture & Discussion

September 30 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Whether you are a ‘solo’ ager (an adult who, because of choice or circumstance, is without the “traditional” family support structure of adult children or close family members) now or may be in the future or simply know others who are, this program is for you.

School Policing: An American Function - Gonson Daytime Lecture & Discussion

October 7 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Rising evidence of abuse by police officers in U.S. schools and new data analyses of school arrests indicate disparities across racist and ableist lines. Tracing the development of these officers’ roles in policy, law, and practice will reveal a microcosm of federal systems, anti-Blackness, and American blame and punishment.

Civil War Monuments of Augustus Saint-Gaudens - Gonson Daytime Lecture & Discussion

October 14 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm

This survey of the life and work of the influential sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens focuses on his heroic yet compassionate "Abe Lincoln: The Man," the General Sherman monument and "The Shaw Memorial/54th Massachusetts Regiment" on the Boston Common.

Blacksmith House Poetry Series - Gail Mazur and Major Jackson

October 19 | 7:00pm – 8:00pm

Gail Mazur reads from her new collection, Land’s End, New & Selected Poems, with Major Jackson, whose latest book is The Absurd Man

Together, Of Course!

October 22 | 5:30pm – 7:00pm

Our 2020 fundraiser has moved online! Featuring local restaurants and chefs, beer and chocolate tasting, and more - all to support and celebrate the CCAE community.

Blacksmith House Poetry Series - Steven Cramer and Joyce Peseroff

October 26 | 7:00pm – 8:00pm

Steven Cramer reads from his new book, Listen, with Joyce Peseroff, author most recently of Petition.

Blacksmith House Poetry Series - Jeffrey Harrison and Nathalie Handal

November 2 | 7:00pm – 8:00pm

Jeffrey Harrison reads from a new collection, Between Lakes, with Nathalie Handal, author of Life in a Country Album.

The Importance of Civics and History with Jill Lepore In Conversation with Robin Young: A Discussion of These Truths and This America

November 12 | 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Acclaimed writer, thinker and historian, Professor Jill Lepore, will be in conversation with Robin Young co-host of NPR’s Here & Now about Lepore’s These Truths and This America, with the intention of sparking a community-wide discussion of why history matters and why we need to bring civics back to life

Blacksmith House Poetry Series - David Barber and David Blair

November 16 | 7:00pm – 8:00pm

David Barber reads from his new book, Secret History, with David Blair, whose new book is Barbarian Seasons.

Blacksmith House Poetry Series - Jorie Graham

November 23 | 7:00pm – 8:00pm

Jorie Graham reads from her new poetry collection, Runaway.

Blacksmith House Poetry Series - Rosanna Warren and Henri Cole

December 14 | 7:00pm – 8:00pm

Rosanna Warren reads from her new collection, So Forth, with Henri Cole, whose new book is Blizzard.