These 30-40 minute evening programs are designed to delight children of all ages and their grown-ups. Filled with stories, songs, and fun activities, these programs promote language skills, imagination, and a love of reading and learning. Pajamas are encouraged but not required!
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Creative drop-in play exploring garden plants year‑round in the Bird House Classroom, all ages.
Flights of Fancy Story Time features Bessie Coleman’s story and banner‑making at the National Air and Space Museum.
Story times with books, songs, rhymes, tickles, and bounces for infants on caregivers' laps at Southwest Neighborhood Library for ages 5 and under.
Story time with books, songs, rhymes, tickles and bounces for pre‑walking babies and their caregivers at Takoma Park Neighborhood Library, for ages 5 and under.
30‑minute story time with books, songs, rhymes and movement encourages early literacy; families participate together at Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library, ages 5 and under.
Preschool Story Time (Georgetown Neighborhood Library) — Storytelling and interactive activities encourage language, listening, imagination, and curiosity, for ages 5 and under.
Two-hour Excel class at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library teaches loan and mortgage calculations with the PMT formula, limited to 16 participants, for ages 18 and up.
Zoom session teaches Canva basics, exploring fonts, images, graphics for flyers, projects, and social media posts, ages 18 and up.
Little Tyke Hike at Rock Creek Park Nature Center — books, animal puppets, magnifying glasses and a walk where kids spot shapes, colors and sense, ages 6 and under.
Story Time (Postal Museum lobby) — Fresh story, museum stroll, hands‑on postal play exploring mail’s connections to people, places and ideas.
Karaoke at Northeast Neighborhood Library during lunch lets singers belt out tunes with Peer Specialist Patrice, showcasing the We Care Team, for ages 18 and up.
Live video visitation with DC Jail inmates available at Anacostia Neighborhood Library Thursdays and Fridays 2‑4 pm, for ages 18 and up.
