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Discover, create, and play! Unleash your creativity and dive into a new adventure each week with activities inspired by STEM, arts and crafts, gaming, and more.

Discover, create, and play! Unleash your creativity and dive into a new adventure each week with activities inspired by STEM, arts and crafts, gaming, and more.
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Weekly Maker Lab at Parklands‑Turner Neighborhood Library offers STEM‑inspired projects, arts and crafts, and gaming activities for ages 5–12.
Weekly Maker Lab at Parklands‑Turner Neighborhood Library offers STEM‑inspired projects, arts and crafts, and gaming activities for ages 5–12.
Weekly Maker Lab at Parklands‑Turner Neighborhood Library offers STEM‑inspired projects, arts and crafts, and gaming activities for ages 5–12.
Weekly Maker Lab at Parklands‑Turner Neighborhood Library offers STEM‑inspired projects, arts and crafts, and gaming activities for ages 5–12.
Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library hosts 30‑minute Baby Lap Time story sessions with books, songs, rhymes, tickles and bounces for infants and their caregivers, ages 5 and under.
Hands‑on activities, story time and play explore houseplants while the Growing Tomorrow exhibition, Reimagining Houseplants, displays in room 3035 at the S. Dillon Ripley Center, ages 2 and up.
Magnetic Tile Monday at Northwest One Neighborhood Library offers open play with colorful Magna‑Tiles for ages 0–12, providing all materials for building and creativity.
Teen STEAM Club at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library lets participants explore the Fab‑in‑a‑Box unit’s 3D printer, laser cutter, vinyl cutter and software. Ages 13–19.
Live video visitation with DC Jail inmates available at Anacostia Neighborhood Library Thursdays and Fridays 2‑4 pm, for ages 18 and up.
Obsession, a socially awkward music store employee’s cursed‑toy romance, screens at Southwest Neighborhood Library, Washington, for ages 18 and up.
Stitching group meets in Meeting Room #1 for knitting, crochet, embroidery, cross‑stitch and conversation, open to ages 13–19 and 55 and up.
Family Story Time (Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library) — 30‑40‑minute sessions featuring books, songs, rhymes and movement to promote early literacy, for ages 5 and under, large crowd.
Portrait Gallery Kids (Portrait Gallery Education Center, E151) — Hands‑on art activities, music and story times with educators each Monday, for ages 3–13.
Creative drop-in play explores outdoor wonders in the Bird House Classroom at the National Zoo, with nature‑themed activities for toddlers and caregivers, for all ages.
Playtime (East Building, Ground Level, Atrium, National Gallery of Art) — Hands‑On Activities.
Make zombie‑themed Barbie dolls with paint and fabric, then showcase them in a runway walk at Parklands‑Turner Neighborhood Library, ages 13–19.