Learn to play chess or improve your skills with a chess instructor from the U.S. Chess Center. For children in grades 2 - 6 interested in learning and playing chess. Players are grouped by ability, not age. Chess Club is offered through our partnership with the U.S. Chess Center and sponsored by the Friends of the Cleveland Park Library. If you would like to request an accommodation, please contact dcplaccess@dc.gov at least one week prior to the program.
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Chess instructor from the U.S. Chess Center teaches children grades 2‑6 to learn or improve chess, grouping players by ability, at Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library, ages 5–12.
Chess instructor from the U.S. Chess Center teaches children grades 2‑6 to learn or improve chess, grouping players by ability, at Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library, ages 5–12.
Chess instructor from the U.S. Chess Center teaches children grades 2‑6 to learn or improve chess, grouping players by ability, at Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library, ages 5–12.
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.
Catch Pokémon hidden in the library’s children’s room and get a Pokédex stamp for ages 12 and under.
Portrait Gallery Kids (Portrait Gallery Education Center, E151) — Hands‑on art activities, music and story times with educators each Monday, for ages 3–13.
Dora and the Lost City of Gold screening (Woodridge Neighborhood Library) — Adventure where teenage explorer Dora searches for a lost city to rescue her parents, ages 5–19. Legend of Sarilla special showing (Woodridge Neighborhood Library) — Animated tale of three young Inuits seeking a promised land to save their clan from starvation, ages 5–19. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse screening (Woodridge Neighborhood Library) — Teen Miles Morales joins five spider-powered heroes from other dimensions to stop a multiversal threat, ages 5–19. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse screening (Woodridge Neighborhood Library) — Miles Morales meets new multiverse Spider-People, faces internal clash over a new threat, ages 5–19.
Zoom session teaches Canva basics, exploring fonts, images, graphics for flyers, projects, and social media posts, ages 18 and up.
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.
Guided tours explore Impressionism and 19‑Century France in the West Building’s Rotunda at the National Gallery of Art.
Fall-themed crafts offered in the Children’s Room, with limited supplies on a first‑come, first‑served basis, for ages 5–12.
Creative drop-in play exploring garden plants year‑round in the Bird House Classroom, all ages.
Bessie Coleman’s journey is narrated, then participants make banners celebrating hopes, at the Steven F. Udvar‑Hazy Center.
Obsession, a socially awkward music store employee’s cursed‑toy romance, screens at Southwest Neighborhood Library, Washington, for ages 18 and up.
