Calendar of Cambridge Candidate Forums and Events - 2019
Note: There is a strict non-discrimination policy. Only events open to the general public (with or without RSVP) will be listed.
[Official Municipal Election Calendar] [2017 Calendar - for reference and comparison]
updated January 17, 2020 9:48 AM
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
| JUNE | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 3 [City Council meeting] | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 [City Council meeting] | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 [City Council meeting] | 18 | 19 McGovern Kickoff, 6pm |
20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 Carlone Kickoff |
24 [City Council meeting] | 25 | 26 | 27 Burhan Azeem Kickoff, 6pm |
28 | 29 |
| 30 | ||||||
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
| JULY | 1 Municipal Election Nomination Papers available at Election Commission office Patty Nolan Kickoff, 5:30-7pm |
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 Zondervan Kickoff, 6-8pm |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 Pitkin Kickoff, 7-8:30pm |
25 | 26 Pitkin @Darwin's on Mt. Auburn St., 11am-1pm | 27 Pitkin @Barismo, 364 Broadway, 8am-10am Pitkin @Cafe Andala, corner of River and Franklin Sts , 2pm-4pm |
| 28 | 29 [City Council meeting] Pitkin @Porter Square Bookstore, 8am-10am |
30 Pitkin @S&S Restaurant, 8am-10am | 31 5:00pm deadline to submit nomination papers & statements of financial interest for candidates | |||
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
| AUGUST | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 5 Pitkin @Mariposa Café on Mass. Ave., Central Sq., 9am-11am | 6 [School Comm. meeting] Pitkin @Darwin’s on Cambridge St., 9am-11am | 7 | 8 Pitkin @Porter Square Bookstore Café, 8am-10am | 9 | 10 Pitkin @Barismo, 364 Broadway, 8am-10am |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 5:00pm deadline for Election Commission to certify signatures on nomination papers | 15 | 16 5:00pm deadline for municipal candidates to file withdrawal of nomination | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 [Oldtime Baseball Game at St. Peter's Field] | 23 Ruth Ryan Allen kickoff, 6:30-8:30pm at Paddy's Lunch, Walden St. | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 [Cambridge Democratic City Committee fundraiser, 7pm, Location TBD] | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
| SEPTEMBER | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Pitkin @1369 Café, Mass. Ave. in Central Square, 8am-9:30am "Our Revolution" City Council candidate panel (10 participants), 6:30pm (University Hall Amphitheater, Lesley University, 1815 Mass Ave, doors open at 6pm) Kadete Kickoff, 6-8pm, Riverside Pizza, 305 River Street |
6 Pitkin @Bourbon Café in Porter Square, 8am-9:15am | 7 Pitkin @Barismo, 364 Broadway, 8:30am-10am Bowman Kickoff, 2:30-4:00pm (La Fabrica, 450 Mass. Ave.) |
| 8 | 9 [City Council meeting and Public Hearing on First Street Garage] | 10 | 11 ABC candidate forum, 6-8pm, Main Library | 12 Bernette Dawson Campaign Launch, 5pm-7pm, (Hi-Rise Bread Company, 208 Concord Ave.) Craig Kelley campaign kickoff, 7pm-9pm (Joe Sent Me, 2388 Mass. Ave.) |
13 | 14 Danehy Park Family Day, 11am-4pm |
| 15 | 16 [City Council meeting] | 17 [6pm School Committee meeting] Ward 6 City Council Candidates Forum, two panels - 5:00pm and 7:00pm (Main Library Lecture Hall) |
18 [3pm City Council hearing (First Street Garage)] Rachel Weinstein event, 5:30pm-7:30pm (Gran Gusto, 90 Sherman St.) |
19 Central Square House Party for Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, 632 Mass. Ave. | 20 | 21 "Our Revolution" School Committee candidate panel (6 participants), 12:30-2:40pm followed by "mix & mingle" (The Democracy Center, 45 Mount Auburn St., partially accessible) |
| 22 Cambridge Bow Tie Ride!, 9:30am-noon | 23 [City Council meeting] | 24 Pitkin @ Loyal 9, 660 Cambridge St., East Cambridge, 1:00-2:30pm | 25 Climate Action Coalition Candidates Forum hosted by Mothers Out Front, 350 and Green Cambridge, 7:00pm-9pm, doors open at 6:45pm (Central Square Senior Center) | 26 Pitkin @ Lamplighter Brewing, 284 Broadway, 660 Cambridge St., East Cambridge, 1:00-2:30pm [Ordinance Committee hearing (Karp), 5:30pm] |
27 Ayesha Wilson Fall Campaign Kickoff, 6-8pm (Summer Shack, 149 Alewife Brook Pkwy) | 28 Pitkin Campaign Headquarters Grand Opening, 10:00am (1414 Cambridge St., next to Inman Sq. Pharmacy) |
| 29 | 30 | |||||
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
| OCTOBER | 1 | 2 Ward 6 School Committee Candidates Forum, 6:30pm (Main Library Lecture Hall) | 3 School Committee Candidates Forum sponsored by Cambridge Education Association, 6:30-8:30pm (Central Sq. Library, 45 Pearl St.) [Candidate Responses] | 4 | 5 | |
| 6 Cambridge Citizens Coalition (CCC) Candidate Forum, 5pm-7pm (Lesley University, Washburn Auditorium, 6 Phillips Place) | 7 [City Council meeting and Tax Rate hearing] | 8 Toomey for City Council Fundraiser and Election Rally, 5:30pm (Frank's Steak House) | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 8:00pm deadline to register to vote in municipal election. In person registration hours are 8:30am to 8pm. Election Commission office only. (Mail-in registration must be postmarked by October 16th). MCNA City Council Candidates Night, 7pm-9pm, CRLS Main Cafeteria |
17 PSNA/ANC City Council Candidates Forum, doors open 6pm, University Hall, Lesley University, 1815 Massachusetts Ave in Porter Sq. (sponsored by Porter Sq. Nbhd. Assn. and Agassiz Nbhd. Council) 6:30pm: McNary, Carlone, Azeem, Nolan, Kopon, Pitkin, Simmons, Moree, Zondervan, Williams, Kelley 7:45pm: Siddiqui, Simon, Toomey, Akiba, McGovern, Franklin, Musgrave, Sobrinho-Wheeler, Mednick, Levy |
18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 Ward 9 Democratic Committee City Council Candidate Forum, 7:00pm (West Cambridge Youth Center, 680 Huron Ave.) | 23 | 24 Cambridgeport Neighborhood Association Candidate Night, LBJ Apartments (150 Erie St.) - mingle (6:30-7:00pm), City Council intros (7:00-8:20pm), School Committee intros (8:20-9:00pm) | 25 Chris Lim, School Committee Candidate Meet & Greet, 6:00pm | 26 |
| 27 School Committee Candidates’ Forum sponsored by East Cambridge Planning Team and the East End House, 4-6pm (East End House, 105 Spring Street) | 28 8:00pm deadline for School Committee candidates and Political Committees to file Municipal Campaign & Political Finance Reports | 29 City Council Candidates' Forum sponsored by CEOC and Cambridge YWCA, 6:00pm-8:30pm (Central Square Senior Center, 806 Mass. Ave.) School Committee Candidate Forum sponsored by CRLS Black Student Union, 6:30-8:00pm (Main Cafeteria, CRLS) |
30 Small Property Owners Association (SPOA) Candidate Forum, 6:00-8:00pm (Main Library Lecture Hall) | 31 | ||
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
| NOVEMBER | 1 Election Commission office will be open 8:30am to 5:00pm for over-the-counter absentee voting | 2 Election Commission office will be open 9:00am to 5:00pm for over-the-counter absentee voting | ||||
| 3 | 4 Noontime (12:00pm) deadline to apply for absentee ballot, either for mail-in or over-the-counter voting | 5 ELECTION DAY Polls are open 7:00am until 8:00pm. Ballot count begins at Senior Center, 806 Mass. Ave. Central Square after the polls close. - PRELIMINARY results |
6 9:00am-5:00pm. Ballot count resumes at Senior Center - UNOFFICIAL results | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 Overseas Absentee Ballots and Provisional Ballots will be counted at 5:00pm - FINAL results | 16 |
Find out about all the candidates at the Cambridge Candidate Pages.