This Week at a Glance (April 21 - April 25)
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- Apr 20
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Updated: Apr 20
Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Program Updates:
Rock Creek Park Nature Center has reopened. Little Tyke Hikes and Books and Beyond programs will take place alternating at the Nature Center AND Peirce Barn
Mt. Pleasant Library is temporarily CLOSED for renovations; scheduled to reopen in late June 2025. During this time, baby lap time and toddler story time will take place at Rita Bright Family & Youth Center on 14th and Chapin
MONDAY (April 21)
9:30am - 10:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Smithsonian Zoo Easter Egg Hunt
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Lincoln’s Cottage (Robert H. Smith Visitor Education Center) Monday Funday Concert OR Puppet Show with Kidsinger Jim
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Baby Story Time
11:30am - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery Kids Baby and Toddler Arts & Crafts, Play Time
12:00pm - 1:00pm: DC Public Library Virtual Parent Workshops with Early Stages - Why do Children do what they do? Behavior & Household Rules (registration required)
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Afterschool Coloring
TUESDAY (April 22)
9:15am - 9:45am: Northeast Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
10:00am - 12:00pm: West End Library Toddler Play Time
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am - 11:00am: Anacostia Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Parklands-Turner Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Petworth Library Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Hillwood Estates Preschool Program Tree-mendous Trees
10:30am - 11:15am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Duplo Lego Play Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH
11:00am - 11:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Baby Lap Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Toddler Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:00am - 11:30am: Palisades Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
12:30pm - 2:00pm: Rita Bright Family & Youth Center on 14th and Chapin (Mt. Pleasant Library Stand-in) Baby Lap Time
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Takoma Park Library Earth Day Crafts
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Earth Day Garden Time
WEDNESDAY (April 23)
10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:00am - 10:30am: Shaw Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:00am - 10:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:00am - 11:00am: Tudor Place Tudor Tots (Member Child: $5 | Non-Member Child: $10 | Accompanying Adult: Free)
10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Story and Craft Time
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Spark!Lab
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Wegmans Wonderplace
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:15am - 11:00am: Smithsonian Associates Performance: Beautiful Day the Neighborhood ($7/child, $8/adult, $3/child under 2)
10:30am - 11:00am: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:30am - 11:00am: Shaw Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:30am - 11:00am: Shepherd Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Takoma Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: West End Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (registration required)
10:30am - 11:15am: Kidsinger Jim Boogie Wednesday
10:45am - 11:15am: Northwest One Library Toddler Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:00am - 11:30am: Georgetown Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:15am - 12:15pm: Shepherd Park Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:30am - 12:15pm: Smithsonian Associates Performance: Beautiful Day the Neighborhood ($7/child, $8/adult, $3/child under 2)
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Family Story Time
THURSDAY (April 24)
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
9:45am - 10:15am: DCPL Baby Lap Time at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Spark!Lab
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Wegmans Wonderplace
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:15am - 11:00am: Smithsonian Associates Performance: Beautiful Day the Neighborhood ($7/child, $8/adult, $3/child under 2)
10:30am - 11:00am: Solid State Books H Street Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: DC Air and Space Museum One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure (timed ticket required)
10:30am - 11:15am: National Building Museum Story Time (free; register for museum admission)
10:30am - 1:00pm: Rita Bright Family & Youth Center on 14th and Chapin (Mt. Pleasant Library Stand-in) Toddler Story Time and Play Time
10:45am - 11:15am: DCPL Toddler Story Time at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE
11:00am - 12:00pm: DC Air and Space Museum Story Time (timed ticket required)
11:00am - 11:30am: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
11:30am: East City Bookshop Story Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
11:30am - 12:15pm: Smithsonian Associates Performance: Beautiful Day the Neighborhood ($7/child, $8/adult, $3/child under 2)
12:00pm: American History Museum U.S. Army Jazz String Trio Performances
1:00pm: American History Museum U.S. Army Jazz String Trio Performances
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby Lap Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Southwest Library Baby Lap Time
1:30pm - 2:00pm: Takoma Park Library Baby Lap Time
2:00pm - 2:30pm: Georgetown Library Baby Lap Time
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Crafternoon
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Pajama Story Time
6:00pm - 6:30pm: Capitol View Library Pajama Story Time
FRIDAY (April 25)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Little Tyke Hike with a Ranger (at the Nature Center!)
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Spark!Lab
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Wegmans Wonderplace
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:15am - 11:00am: Smithsonian Associates Performance: Beautiful Day the Neighborhood ($7/child, $8/adult, $3/child under 2)
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Sensory Play Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Kidsinger Jim Concert Friday (Rocknoceros)
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby and Toddler Music and Movement
11:00am - 12:00pm: Woodridge Library Strong Start Play Ground (ages 12-24 months)
11:30am - 12:15pm: Smithsonian Associates Performance: Beautiful Day the Neighborhood ($7/child, $8/adult, $3/child under 2)
1:00pm - 4:00pm: Portrait Gallery Art Studio
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Takoma Park Lego Duplo Play Time
4:00pm - 5:30pm: Bellevue Library Movie Matinee: The Super Mario Bros
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Georgetown Library Arts and Crafts Time
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