This Week at a Glance (April 28 - May 2)
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- Apr 27
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Updated: Apr 29
Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Program Updates:
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 28)
9:30am - 10:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
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
10:30am - 12:00pm: Capitol View Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
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
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Afterschool Coloring
TUESDAY (April 29)
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 - 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: 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
WEDNESDAY (April 30)
10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Family Story Time (ticket required, register online)
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 - 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
10:30am - 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: Día Fiesta with Mr. Lilo
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, register online)
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)
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Cleveland Park Library El día de los niños/El día de los libros
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Story Time: African Storytelling Reimagined
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Family Story Time
THURSDAY (May 1)
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
10:30am - 11:00am: DCPL Story Time at La Cosecha
10:30am - 11:00am: Northeast Library Toddler Story Time
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
12:00pm: American History Museum U.S. Navy Commodore Septet presenting New Orleans Traditional Jazz U.S. Navy Commodore Septet presenting New Orleans Traditional Jazz
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Performance Lab - Chamber Music at Noon
1:00pm: American History Museum U.S. Navy Commodore Septet presenting New Orleans Traditional Jazz U.S. Navy Commodore Septet presenting New Orleans Traditional Jazz
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
3:30pm - 4:45pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Outdoor Play Time
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Crafternoon
6:00pm - 6:30pm: Capitol View Library Pajama Story Time
FRIDAY (May 2)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Books and Beyond with a Ranger (at the Nature Center!)
10:00am - 11:00am: National Gallery of Art First Friday Story and Play 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
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Shaw Library Baby and Toddler Story Time: Heure Du Conte - Bilingual fun in French and English
10:30am - 11:15am: Chevy Chase Library Family Play Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Kidsinger Jim Concert Friday (Rocknoceros)
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Sensory Play Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby and Toddler Music and Movement
1:00pm - 4:00pm: Portrait Gallery Art Studio
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Takoma Park Lego Duplo Play Time
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Ukulele Sing-Along
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