This Week at a Glance (September 7 - 11)
Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Programming Updates:
DC libraries are closed on Monday in observance of Labor Day
The National Children's Museum is closed September 8-11
Southeast Library is closed and will reopen on September 10; Shaw Library is closed for renovations until 2027
Rock Creek Park's Nature Center and Planetarium are closed until further notice. Programs will take place outside when scheduled at the Nature Center
MONDAY (September 7) Labor Day
DC Public Libraries closed
10:00am - 6:00pm: Arts and Industries Building Circus Performances
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Woodrow Wilson Plaza Live Concert Series on the Plaza 2026
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)
TUESDAY (September 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 - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am: Rockoceros Show at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)
10:30am - 11:00am: American Indian Museum Baby Story Time Cradleboards and Crawlers
10:30am - 11:00am: Anacostia Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Bellevue Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: DC Public Library Family Story Time at Goethe-Institut (space is limited; admission is first-come, first-served)
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: Southwest Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Lego Play Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH
10:30am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Baby Story 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
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Woodrow Wilson Plaza Live Concert Series on the Plaza 2026
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Baby Story Time
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Family Play Time
WEDNESDAY (September 9)
10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (no walk-ins, online pre-registration required)
10:00am - 10:30am: Takoma Park Library Family Story Time
10:00am - 10:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Lego 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
10:15am - 11:00am: Tudor Place Tudor Tots: O is for Okra (Member Child: $5 | Non-Member Child: $10 | Accompanying Adult: Free)
10:30am - 11:00am: American Indian Museum Baby Story Time Cradleboards and Crawlers
10:30am - 11:00am: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Mt. Pleasant Library Bilingual (Spanish and English) Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Baby and Toddler Play Time (register)
10:30am - 11:15am: West End Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Family Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Northwest One Library Toddler Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Takoma Park Library Family Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (no walk-ins, online pre-registration required)
11:30am - 12:00pm: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time
11:30am - 12:30pm: Meet the Birds at Oxon Run Park James E. Bunn Amphitheater
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Woodrow Wilson Plaza Live Concert Series on the Plaza 2026
12:00pm - 2:30pm: Live Music in Farragut Square
12:00pm - 6:00pm: Bellevue Library Bellevue Gives: Clothing Drive (ticketed system)
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Because Science Craft: Rockets ($9)
3:30pm - 5:30pm: Merry Pin Open Crafting Studio for kids and families
5:30pm - 8:00pm: Hillwood Estate Jazz in the Gardens ($0-$30)
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time
THURSDAY (September 10)
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
9:45am - 10:15am: Miss Amy's Music Music Together Free Demo Class at St. Margaret's Episcopal
10:00am - 11:00am: Capital Jewish Museum Story 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 - 10:55am: DC Air and Space Museum One World, Big Sky: Big Bird's Adventure (Short Film in Planetarium) (timed ticket required)
10:30am - 11:00am: Solid State Books H Street Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Toddler Story Time
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 - 1:00pm: Woodrow Wilson Plaza Live Concert Series on the Plaza 2026
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Cleveland Park Library Baby Story Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Baby Story Time
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
2:45pm - 5:00pm: Palisades Library Arts and Crafts: Lanyards
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Arts and Crafts
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Sensory Play Time
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Capitol View Library Family Story Time
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Shepherd Library Arts and Crafts
5:00pm - 7:00pm: Celebrate the Reopening of the Southeast Library
5:30pm - 7:00pm: Child's Play DC Game Night
6:00pm - 10:00pm: Labyrinth Board Game Night
FRIDAY (September 11)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Performance: Butterfly Wonder Puppet Show at Peirce Mill
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
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: Mt. Pleasant Library Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Petworth Library Bilingual Spanish and English Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Anacostia Community Museum Big Moments, Little Stories
11:00am - 12:00pm: Georgetown Library Baby Play Time
11:00am - 1:00pm: Smithsonian Gardens Nature Journaling
11:00am - 3:00pm: The Phillips Collection at the ARC (in SE DC) Art-Play-Practice
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Woodrow Wilson Plaza Live Concert Series on the Plaza 2026
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Northeast Library Baby Story Time
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Because Science Science Fair Fridays: Space
4:00pm - 7:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities
4:30pm: La Coop Coffee Kids Music Performance: Mama Elena (English and Spanish)
5:00pm - 11:55pm: Art All Night 2026
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