
Storytime: My Heart Fills with Happiness/Mi corazón se llena de alegría
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Storytime with bilingual reading and hands‑on activities in the National Gallery’s East Building atrium.
Story Time (Postal Museum lobby) — Fresh story, museum stroll, hands‑on postal play exploring mail’s connections to people, places and ideas.
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.
A DC‑themed Pokémon Scavenger Hunt at Anacostia Neighborhood Library lets participants collect Ward 8 gym badge stickers on a card and earn a special prize, for all ages.
Exposure (Encinitas, CA) — Festival, fundraiser, competition and skate clinic featuring world‑renowned skateboarding legends, rising stars and aspiring athletes, championing women’s skateboarding.
Bessie Coleman’s journey is narrated, then participants make banners celebrating hopes, at the Steven F. Udvar‑Hazy Center.
Interactive story time at the American Indian Museum’s imagiNATIONS Activity Center features a Native‑authored picture book, museum objects, and a related craft, for ages 3–9.
Guided tours explore the Back and Forth exhibition featuring works by Rozeal, Titian, and Cezanne in the West Building Rotunda.
Guided tours of the Sculpture Garden at the National Gallery of Art showcase the outdoor collection.
Guided tours explore modern and contemporary art in the East Building atrium at the National Gallery of Art.
Books, songs, rhymes and finger play fill Capitol View Neighborhood Library, introducing language and early literacy skills, for ages 5 and under.
Baby & Toddler Story Time (Northeast Neighborhood Library) — 20‑30‑minute sessions of books, songs, rhymes and fingerplays for children birth to three, for ages 5 and under.
Guided tours explore Impressionism and 19‑Century France in the West Building’s Rotunda at the National Gallery of Art.