This Week at a Glance (May 18-22)

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

Programming Updates:

• Rock Creek Park's Nature Center and Planetarium are closed until further notice. Programs will take place outside when scheduled at the Nature Center

• American History Spark!Lab closed on Wednesday, May 20

• Petworth Library is closed for renovations until further notice

  
  

MONDAY (May 18)

• 10:00am - 11:00am: Smithsonian Gardens Garden Play: Seeds! (east side of the National Museum of American History)

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

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

• 11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time

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

• 12:30pm - 4:30pm: National Children’s Museum Kids Shadow Playtime  (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)

• 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 Coloring Time

• 4:00pm - 4:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Story Time for the Spectrum (Register)

• 5:45pm - 6:30pm: BloomBars Kids Circle Jam Session and Musical Instrument Exposure Session (Ages 1-5, first class free)

TUESDAY (May 19)

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

• 10:00am - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Estudio de Cuentos: Colores de la Ciudad (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis, two time slots: 10am or 11am)

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

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

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Parklands-Turner Library Preschool STEM Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Family Music and Movement Time

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

• 10:30am - 11:30am: Deanwood Library Preschool Play Time

• 10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH

• 11:00am - 11:25am: Northeast Library ASL Story Time

• 11:00am - 12:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby and Toddler Play Time 

• 12:00pm - 2:00pm: The Stage at Union Station Performance: District Strings

WEDNESDAY (May 20)

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

• 10:00am - 11:00am: Takoma Park Library Toddler Play Time

• 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 - 2:00pm: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Capital Harvest Market

• 10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Wegmans Wonderplace

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

• 10:30am - 11:00am: American Indian Museum Baby Story Time Cradleboards and Crawlers

• 10:30am - 11:30am: West End Library The National Theatre Live at the Library

• 11:00am - 11:30am: American History Museum Musical Performance: SHOUT  

• 11:00am - 11:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (pre-register online, ticket required)

• 1:00pm - 1:30pm: American History Museum Musical Performance: SHOUT  

• 1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place

• 2:00pm - 2:30pm: American History Museum Musical Performance: SHOUT  

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

• 2:30pm - 4:30pm: National Children’s Museum Kids Shadow Playtime  (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)

• 3:30pm - 5:00pm: Northwest One Library Arts and Crafts

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

• 4:00pm - 6:00pm: The Stage at Union Station Performance: Miles Sam Trio

• 5:00pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library The National Theatre Live at the Library

• 5:45pm: BloomBars Pirate Adventures With Captain Sage! Sing, Dance, and Explore! (ages 2-6, recommended $15 per child)

THURSDAY (May 21)

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

• 9:45am - 10:15am: DC Public Library Baby and Toddler Story Time at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE - 7th Floor

• 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: 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) (timed ticket required)

• 10:45am - 11:15am: DC Public Library Baby and Toddler Story Time at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE - 7th Floor

• 11:00am: BloomBars HARAMBEE Experience: Kid-Friendly Music with Baba Ras D. ($15 per person on EventBright, $20 (suggested donation) at the door.)

• 11:00am - 12:00pm: DC Air and Space Museum Story Time (timed ticket required; note new area: 2nd floor, Pioneers of Flight section)

• 11:30am: East City Bookshop Story Time

• 12:00pm - 2:00pm: The Stage at Union Station Performance: Randolph Strings

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

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

• 2:00pm - 2:30pm: Georgetown 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)

• 2:30pm - 4:30pm: National Children’s Museum Kids Shadow Playtime  (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)

• 4:00pm - 5:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Children's Paint and Sip

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

• 5:00pm - 6:00pm: Rosedale Library Kids Arts and Crafts

• 5:00pm - 7:00pm: Smithsonian American Art Museum Take 5: Jazz at SAAM with Clara Campbell

• 5:30pm - 7:00pm: Child's Play DC Game Night

• 6:00pm - 8:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Jazz Series with The Parks Main Street

  
  

FRIDAY (May 22)

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

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

• 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 - 11:00am: Tudor Place Tutor Tots: E is for Earth (Member Child: $5 | Non-Member Child: $10 | Accompanying Adult: Free)

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

• 12:30pm - 4:30pm: National Children’s Museum Kids Shadow Playtime  (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)

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

• 4:00pm - 7:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities

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

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

• 11:00am - 12:00pm: Woodridge Library Strong Start Play Group

• 2:00pm - 2:30pm: American History Museum Musical Performance: SHOUT