This Week at a Glance (July 7 - July 11)
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- Jul 6
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Updated: Jul 7
Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Program Updates:
Mt. Pleasant Library is OPEN starting this week
MONDAY (July 7)
9:30am - 10:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:00am - 11:00pm: Smithsonian Gardens Enid A. Haupt Garden Garden Play: Plant Care!
10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Bellevue Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Family Story Time
11:00am - 11:45am: Woodridge Library Baby Lap Time
11:00am - 5:30pm: Smithsonian Folklife Festival: July 2–7, 2025
11:30am - 12:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Baby Story Time
11:30am - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery Kids Baby and Toddler Arts & Crafts, Play Time
1:00pm - 1:45pm: American Indian Museum Hula with Hālau I Ka Leo Ola O Nā Mamo
2:00pm - 4:00pm: Bellevue Library Matinee Movie
3:00pm - 3:45pm: American Indian Museum Kodiak Alutiiq Dancers
3:30pm - 4:30pm: Parklands-Turner Neighborhood Library Plant Seeds "Watch It GROW!"
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Cleveland Park Library Bubble Craft and Play Time
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Baby Lap Time
TUESDAY (July 8)
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 - 11:00am: Woodridge Library Toddler Story Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: West End Library Toddler Play Time
10:15am - 11:15am: Anacostia Community Museum Little Artists, Big Stories
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am - 11:00am: Anacostia Library Family 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: Parklands-Turner Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Petworth Library Toddler 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: Palisades Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Toddler Play Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Baby Lap Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
11:15am - 11:45am: American Indian Museum Story Time (ages 0-2, ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:45am - 12:15pm: Portrait Gallery Great Hall Story Time (free, registration encouraged.)
11:30am - 12:00pm: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Baby Lap Time
WEDNESDAY (July 9)
10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (ticket required, register online in advance)
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: Hirshhorn Museum Story and Craft Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:00am - 1:00pm: The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) Library Day at the National Museum of Women in the Arts - Discover Summer: Adventure Begins at Your Library!
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: Mt. Pleasant Library Bilingual 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: 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
10:45am - 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 in advance)
11:15am - 11:45am: American Indian Museum Story Time (ages 0-2, ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:15am - 12:00pm: 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)
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Parklands-Turner Library Art Contest
3:30pm - 4:30pm: Parklands-Turner Library Bingo!
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Takoma Park Library Lego Play Time
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time
THURSDAY (July 10)
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
10:15am - 11:15am: Anacostia Community Museum Little Artists, Big Stories
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)
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 - 1:00pm: American History Museum U.S. Navy Country Current performs Bluegrass music
12:00pm - 4:30pm: Bellevue Library Vision To Learn at DC Public Library - No Cost Eye Exams
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Baby Lap Time
1:00pm - 2:00pm: American History Museum U.S. Navy Country Current performs Bluegrass music
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
6:00pm - 6:30pm: Capitol View Library Pajama Story Time
FRIDAY (July 11)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Books and Beyond with a Ranger (at Peirce Barn)
10:00am - 4:00pm: Bellevue Library Vision To Learn at DC Public Library - No Cost Eye Exams
10:30am - 11:15am: Chevy Chase Library First Friday Fun
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:00am - 11:30am: Postal Museum Story 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
11:00am - 11:45am: American Indian Museum Children's Kapa Workshop with Page Chang
11:30am - 3:30pm: Union Station Farmers Market in the West Carriage Porch of Union Station.
12:00pm - 12:45pm: American Indian Museum Children's Kapa Workshop with Page Chang
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Petworth Library Baby Lap Time
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Afro-Cuban Dance Workshop for Kids (register here)
1:00pm - 4:00pm: Portrait Gallery Art Studio
1:30pm - 2:15pm: American Indian Museum Children's Kapa Workshop with Page Chang
2:30pm - 3:15pm: American Indian Museum Children's Kapa Workshop with Page Chang
5:00pm - 7:00pm: Hill Center Family Fun Concert: Mr. Gabe (adult ticket $7, child ticket $14)
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