Come and add memories to the Foundry Timeline. We are making an archive of the history of the building and would love community input.

In this workshop for students of all ages and levels, we use pencils, charcoal, crayon, scissors, and more to tap into our agile mind. Guided by words, phrases, poems, and prose drawn from multicultural sources, this class unfolds in a series of short prompted drawing sessions that encourage intuitive and improvisational mark making.

Wen-hao Tien, MPH, MFA is an artist and educator living in Cambridge, MA. Her studio practice is rooted in language and cross-cultural observations. She notices what many do not see, and her multi- disciplinary work, as well as her collaborative work, brings out narratives of our changing societies, and life-in-flux.

The New England Soul Line Dance Network believes Soul Line Dancing is empowering, evolving, and inspiring. With a mission to uplift the community by sharing the love of line dancing across the Greater Boston and New England area, the network hosts regular workshops, classes, and socials.

The New England Soul Line Dance Network believes Soul Line Dancing is empowering, evolving, and inspiring. With a mission to uplift the community by sharing the love of line dancing across the Greater Boston and New England area, the network hosts regular workshops, classes, and socials.

Chica Fuego and the Gringos features an irresistible eclectic mashup of American rock, folk and standards with an infusion of Latin influence and originals. Blending strong traditional Latin and American pop hits and string-laden central and south American themes, they cover diverse artists such as Madonna, Dusty Springfield and Van Morrison.

Join the Charles River Conservancy and build your own floating wetland structure from craft materials! Show off your engineering skills and test your wetland’s floating ability!

Jukebox is a permanent public art project located at The Foundry and commissioned by the City of Cambridge under its Percent-for-Art Ordinance. This participatory public art project is dedicated to creating a center point for gathering, listening, and sharing our stories. Join Jukebox Artist Creator Elisa Hamilton for a conversation about the project, and a shared listening session featuring selections from some of the Jukebox stories.

Compose fall-focused haikus to put together as leaves on a community tree.

The same great music and style as partnered blues dance, but working on your own moves!

Learn the basics of a variety of Latin dance styles with Lumyr!

In this workshop for students of all ages and levels, we use pencils, charcoal, crayon, scissors, and more to tap into our agile mind. Guided by words, phrases, poems, and prose drawn from multicultural sources, this class unfolds in a series of short prompted drawing sessions that encourage intuitive and improvisational mark making.

Wen-hao Tien, MPH, MFA is an artist and educator living in Cambridge, MA. Her studio practice is rooted in language and cross-cultural observations. She notices what many do not see, and her multi- disciplinary work, as well as her collaborative work, brings out narratives of our changing societies, and life-in-flux.

In this class you will explore the basic movements and rhythms of Vernacular Jazz, a collection of dances created in the African-American communities during the late 1800’s through mid 1900’s, to jazz and swing music. The term Vernacular Jazz or Authentic Jazz Dancing is used as a way to distinguish itself from the modern dancing and Ballet-connected “modern” jazz dance movement that started more and more to take over the term ‘jazz dance’.

You’ve probably heard of blues music, but have you heard of blues dancing? Going by names like slow drag, funky butt, and fishtail, there’s a whole family of blues dances that grew up alongside the music. Get a taste of the blues with this class open to all levels!

Chinese children’s books for free borrowing along with a Chinese story time hosted by the Chinese American Association of Cambridge.

This class presents a systematic introduction to the fundamentals of goofing off with a partner while enjoying swing music. 4-count, 6-count, and 8-count patterns will be yours to play with by the end of it.

Fusion is the blending of any dance styles. Come enjoy your own style mixing and evolving with the community - you can't go wrong.

Come and add memories to the Foundry Timeline. We are making an archive of the history of the building and would love community input.

Join Lemelson-MIT in a hands-on workshop to learn about biomimicry and the amazing technologies that result from looking, and learning, from the natural world. Conquer the biomimicry invention mastering challenge, test out different glider designs inspired by the wings of different animals, and explore the relationship between nature and technology.

Creative Dance for Kids introduces young children to the art of dance using patterns, movement words, music and storytelling. Haitian Folkloric rhythms and movements are woven into the class in a child-friendly fashion. During class, the students explore a different theme from social justice topics through age-appropriate literature, conversation, and movement. Past and future themes include kindness, acceptance, noticing and appreciating differences, identity, standing up against injustice, and love.

In this hour-long class, you will get a great cardio warm-up through African dance movements and be guided through a series of stretches and strength-building exercises. Class will finish with a combination for all to learn and dance together. Dancers of all backgrounds and experience levels are welcome!

The Queer Theatre Project brings you a day of community theatre! Together, we will cast and direct a series of short scenes where everyone can play a role. Come be an actor, a director, a prop maker, or anything else you can imagine; all hands on deck! Then, after a short bout of rehearsal, we will put on a show!

Gentle Community Flow: This vinyasa based yoga asana practice will offer each participant the opportunity to move to the gentle beat of their breath while they open, extend and release the mind, body and spirit. Led by Kristin Wagner of The Click, the class will have the fluid cadence of a dance and the gentle calm of a yoga class. Please bring a mat, a towel, and water.
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"Exhale with The Click” is a mindful movement series designed for all bodies and movers. Pulling from The Click's collective experiences as somatic practitioners and contemporary dancers, the class will offer rest for the mind, release for the body, and an opportunity to connect the two through a combination of guided improvisations, center technique combinations, and community-built micro-choreographies. It is recommended to go barefoot or wear cotton socks. Please bring water.

Join Lemelson-MIT in a hands-on workshop to learn about biomimicry and the amazing technologies that result from looking, and learning, from the natural world. Conquer the biomimicry invention mastering challenge, test out different glider designs inspired by the wings of different animals, and explore the relationship between nature and technology.

Come and add memories to the Foundry Timeline. We are making an archive of the history of the building and would love community input.

In this hour-long class, you will get a great cardio warm-up through African dance movements and be guided through a series of stretches and strength-building exercises. Class will finish with a combination for all to learn and dance together. Dancers of all backgrounds and experience levels are welcome!