Since 1967, Cambridge Forum has invited guest speakers to inform, explore and challenge audience preconceptions on a range of current and timeless subjects, through salient civilized discussions.

The outcome is a community better equipped to understand and confront the issues we face today.

Next Event
November 17

THE ALCHEMY OF HOPE – and how to build resilience

At a time when the daily news can make the world feel relentless and hope futile, Paul Loeb, author and political organizer, argues the opposite in a newly updated edition of his book THE IMPOSSIBLE WILL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE

The Rush, by Nathaniel Philbrick

October 7

The California Gold Rush

National Book Award winner Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea and Mayflower, discusses his new book, The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World.

From Our Library

Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man

In this Cambridge Forum Classic, Paul Tucker, professor emeritus of art at UMass, offers a striking new view of Monet, the quintessential impressionist.