A new Innovation Trail highlights Cambridge’s groundbreaking accomplishments from candy to weaponry to the beginnings of the Internet.

If you travel regularly along Brattle Street west of Harvard Square, you may have asked yourself in recent weeks, “Where are the blue bottle trees?”

This multifunctional space might have a yoga class, talk or foraged banquet in addition to art, and its building has served a variety of purposes since the 1890s.

A free annual event gives Cantabrigians an opportunity to speak with archivists citywide and explore historic records housed in their own neighborhoods. 

The Boston brand of industrial hose saw a rebirth last summer, including its famous bulldog logo. This great corporate citizen of Cambridge has a legacy of industrial rubber products that has lasted more than 150 years. 

What was life like for Chinese Americans in Cambridge during the mid-20th century, before the near doubling in size among Asian ethnic groups over the past four decades? A recently started oral history project by History Cambridge seeks to provide some answers. 

It is not okay for Indigenous people not to be at MIT in important roles. It is not okay for faculty or students to be out of relationship with Indigenous peoples and communities. But as the teacher of “Indigenous History of MIT,” I can say that this is the situation.

A survey reveals that many of us were taught little about the experiences of the peoples who called this place home for centuries before Europeans arrived.

A broader history of Fort Washington Park in Cambridgeport will be explored in a virtual History Cafe on May 3 with local historians and artists.

A Cambridgeport Apple Festival on April 26 offers apple crafts, recipes and a hands-on exploration of the history of the city, its orchards and its people.