Sparkle + Stroll
Dec 10, 2025 - Dec 10, 2025
Get Ready to Sparkle & Celebrate!
Time: 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Location: Porter Square Shopping Center
Event Highlights
- Dazzling LED Light Performer – Watch the night come alive with glowing artistry!
- LED Light Juggler – Prepare to be amazed by jaw-dropping juggling tricks!
- DIY Holiday Wine Charm Station – Craft your own festive charm to take home!
- Complimentary Treats & Drinks – Sip, snack, and savor the season!
- Holiday Card Making for Charity – Spread joy by creating cards for Community Servings clients. (We’ll provide all supplies—just bring your creativity! Porter Square Shopping Center will donate to Community Servings as part of this initiative.)
Check off your holiday shopping list at our amazing restaurants and retailers while enjoying the festivities!
Don’t miss this merry & bright celebration
Cafe Zing Mahjong Night!
Dec 03, 2025 - Dec 03, 2025
Come over and play Mahjong with friends and strangers! Beginners and seasoned players are equally welcome. We’ll have a friend providing two Mahjong sets and instruction in Hong Kong style mahjong for those who have never played.
RSVP here! RSVPs are optional but they help us get a sense of how much space to reserve.
This is a free event, but we’d love if you grabbed a little drink or treat from the cafe!
Cafe Zing: Live Music with Better Late
Dec 05, 2025 5:30 pm - Dec 06, 2025 6:30 pm
Live Music: Better Late!
Better Late is a Boston-based band that performs an eclectic mix of folk/rock/country/blues and original music
You can check them out on insta or facebook or youtube!
Come enjoy some sweet tunes and be sure to grab a drink or treat from cafe zing 🙂
Cafe Zing: Long Now Boston
Dec 07, 2025 - Dec 07, 2025
Long Now Boston is an organization about deep time – the far distant past and the deep future. We’re interested in what might happen beyond the horizons of reasonable prediction and what might have happened in unrecorded pasts. We’ll be getting together to talk about books, articles, podcasts, and other sorts of consumable media relating to these sorts of ideas.
You can learn more about Long Now Boston HERE
Cafe Zing: Live Music Marni and Yitzi
Dec 08, 2025 5:30 pm - Dec 08, 2025 6:30 pm
Marni and Yitzi are a down-to-earth folk duo singing in sweet harmony. Join for an evening of live acoustic music written by, for, and from the water.
Cafe Zing: BYO Craft Night
Dec 09, 2025 - Dec 09, 2025
our monthly bring your own craft night at cafe zing!
Come draw, sew, knit, sculpt, collage, or even do some metalwork with friends! And enjoy some snacks from Cambridge Naturals while doing it!
PS cafe zing! has a 1 drink (or treat) minimum 🙂
Cafe Zing! Chess Night
Dec 10, 2025 - Dec 10, 2025
Chess Night is officially every 2nd Wednesday of the month at Zing! (not a tournament, just a chess night)
bring your friends, and bring your own chess set & clock if you have one 🙂
p.s. Be sure to get yourself a drink or a tasty treat from Cafe Zing!
Cafe Zing: Pottery Workshop
Dec 12, 2025 - Dec 12, 2025
Hosted by Pottery with a Purpose
Love coffee? Love getting creative? This beginner-friendly pottery workshop blends both. Dive into hand-building pottery your own one-of-a-kind ceramic coffee mugs, tea cups, or espresso cups. With step-by-step guidance from an expert Pottery with a Purpose host, you’ll learn pottery basics, how to create and decorate ceramic mugs, and how to add handles and surface designs that make each piece uniquely yours.
You’ll make 1–2 mugs, tea cups or espresso cups that we’ll professionally fire and glaze so they’re food-safe and waterproof — perfect for your favorite cozy-weather drink. Plus, enjoy a complimentary drink from Cafe Zing!’s beverage menu to sip on while you sculpt!
Cafe Zing! Banners Project!
Dec 16, 2025 - Dec 16, 2025
Come join the Banners Project from 5-7pm! Just show up and help sew a part of a banner with fellow community members. No expertise required!
Cambridge Wildlife Arts launched the Banners Project in April 2025. They’re bring sewing circles to libraries, parks, and neighborhoods, where anyone, even beginners, can cut, embroider, or sew to contribute to this collaborative art project.
ps: grab a drink or treat from Zing to give you the focus and energy you need to get crafty 😉
Live Music: Ruth Rappaport
Dec 17, 2025 5:30 pm - Dec 17, 2025 6:30 pm
Folk music at Cafe Zing! with guitarist and vocalist Ruth Rappaport!
Come enjoy some sweet tunes and be sure to grab a drink or treat from cafe zing 🙂
Live Music: Blue Clouds
Dec 18, 2025 5:30 pm - Dec 18, 2025 6:30 pm
LIVE MUSIC at cafe zing! come listen to @bluecloudsboston
contemporary folk & indie with rich harmonies
ps. cafe zing! has a 1-drink minimum 😛
Michaels – in store event
Dec 06, 2025 - Dec 20, 2025
Ornament Painting – Saturday, Dec. 6th, 13th and 20th
Join us in store for a fun painting event! Take a step back from your holiday chaos and come relax with us and paint a wooden ornament. We will also have some sweet treats for you to enjoy. This free event will take place in the Porter Square store from 1-3pm every Saturday in December!
Michaels
Dec 07, 2025 - Dec 07, 2025
Sunday Makebreak: Gnome Jars
Buy the base and make the project!
Join us in-store to make the wintery Gnome Jar to add to your holiday decor. All you need to do is purchase the Mason Jar and Michaels will provide the rest.
Michaels Sunday Kids Club
Dec 14, 2025 - Dec 14, 2025
Sunday Kids Club: Clay Trinket Tray – Join us in-store for this Winter Workshop project where we’ll be making a Trinket Tray out of Air Dry Clay.
Cambridge Naturals
Jan 27, 2026 7:00 pm - Jan 27, 2026 9:00 pm
Your Circle of Life – Finding Balance and Clarity with Danajean
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 | 7-8 pm
Happy New Year! This is the perfect time to pause, reflect, and set intentions for the year ahead. During this workshop, we’ll explore 12 key areas of your life to assess where you currently stand and identify where you’d like to create more balance. You’ll have the opportunity to reflect on the areas that feel aligned and those that may need more attention.
Together, we’ll begin the workshop with a few grounding exercises you can apply to your daily life, and you’ll be given space to reflect through journaling to deepen your thoughts and insights.
