This Week at a Glance (February 2-6)

Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC

Programming Updates:

• The Zoo will be closed to the public on Monday, February 2 and Tuesday, February 3 for scheduled construction work.

• The United States Botanic Garden will be closed through February 6 to allow for repairs to be made to the Conservatory following damage from the winter storm.

• Petworth Library is closed for renovations until further notice

  
  

MONDAY (February 2)

• 8:30am: The 15th Annual Groundhog Day in Dupont Circle Park

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Family Play Time

• 11:00am - 11:45am: Woodridge Library Baby Story Time

• 11:00am - 12:00pm: Francis A. Gregory Library Strong Start Playgroups

• 11:30am - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery Kids Arts & Crafts and Play Time

• 2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum Baby Jam Music Time  (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)

• 3:00pm - 4:45pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Coloring Time

• 3:30pm - 5:00pm: Capitol View Library Library Coloring Time

TUESDAY (February 3)

• 9:15am - 9:45am: Northeast Library Baby and Toddler Story Time

• 10:00am - 11:00am: Woodridge Library Toddler Story Time

• 10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center

• 10:30am: Smithsonian American Art Museum Art in the AM

• 10:30am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Anacostia Library Family Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Bellevue Library Preschool Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Deanwood Library Preschool Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Family Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Family Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Duplo Lego Play Time

• 11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Toddler Story Time

• 11:00am - 11:30am: Palisades Library Baby and Toddler Story Time

• 1:00pm - 1:30pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Baby Story Time

  
  

WEDNESDAY (February 4)

• 10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (ticket required, register online here)

• 10:00am - 10:30am: Shaw Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)

• 10:00am - 10:30am: Takoma Park Library Family Story Time

• 10:00am - 10:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)

• 10:00am - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Storytime Studio (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis, two time slots: 10am or 11am)

• 10:00am - 12:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Toddler Legos 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: Capitol View Library Family Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Mt. Pleasant Library Baby and Toddler Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Shaw Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)

• 10:30am - 11:00am: West End Library Family Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Baby and Toddler Play Time (0-24 months)

• 10:30am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Family Story and Play Time

• 10:45am - 11:15am: Northwest One Library Toddler Story Time

• 10:45am - 11:15am: Takoma Park Library Family 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 Baby and Toddler Story Time (ticket required, register online here)

• 2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum STEAM Story Time (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)

• 4:00pm - 6:00pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Children's Movie

• 4:30pm - 5:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Special Olympics Young Athletes Playgroup (Register)

• 5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time

• 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library A Fun Pajama Storytime with Mychal Threets - Books from Birth 10th Anniversary Special Event

THURSDAY (February 5)

• 9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)

• 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: Rocknoceros Music at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)

• 10:30am - 11:00am: DC Public Library Story Time at La Cosecha

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Solid State Books H Street Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:15am: National Building Museum Story Time (free; register for museum admission)

• 10:30am - 10:55am: DC Air and Space Museum One World, Big Sky: Big Bird's Adventure (Short Film in Planetarium)

• 11:00am - 12:00pm: DC Air and Space Museum Story Time (timed ticket required)

• 11:30am: East City Bookshop Story Time

• 12:00pm - 1:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Performance Lab: Chamber Music at Noon

• 1:00pm - 1:30pm: Cleveland Park Library Baby Story Time

• 1:00pm - 1:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby Story Time

• 1:00pm - 2:00pm: Southwest Library Baby Story Time

• 1:30pm - 2:00pm: Takoma Park Library Baby Story Time

• 2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum Toddler Play Time: Tinker Tots  (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)

• 4:00pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Arts and Crafts

• 4:00pm - 5:00pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Baby and Toddler Play Time

• 6:00pm - 6:45pm: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time

FRIDAY (February 6)

• 9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time

• 10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Books and Beyond with a Ranger at Nature Center

• 10:00am - 11:00am: National Gallery of Art First Friday Story Time: Love You, Baby

• 10:00am - 11:30am: Postal Museum Story and Play Time (meet in the historic lobby)

• 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: Zinnia Silver Spring Lunch Bunch Kids Music

• 10:30am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Shaw Library Heure Du Conte - Bilingual fun in French and English

• 10:30am - 11:15am: National Building Museum Story Time (free; register for museum admission)

• 10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Baby and Toddler Play Time

• 2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum Baby and Toddler Play Time: Fine Art (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)

• 5:00pm - 5:30pm: Woodridge Library Captain Cookie & The Milk Man Story Time

• 6:30pm - 9:00pm: National Building Museum Great Movies in the Great Hall: Cinderella (2015)