The Best Author Readings and Open Mics in NYC

Book events & readings in NYC

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Saturday April 5, 2025

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Blooming Tie Dyes

10:30 am

R.E.A.D. to a Therapy Dog

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings

Webster Library

10:30 am

Family Storytime: Stories, Songs and Rhymes for Little Ones

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

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11 am – noon

Family First Saturdays | Exhibition Tour and Storytime at the Morgan

Ages: 3 – 8
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Books & Readings

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

11 am

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Throg’s Neck LibraryThroggs Neck

11 am

Saturday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Riverdale LibraryBronx

11 am

Family Read Aloud

Ages: 12 and under
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Van Cortlandt LibraryBronx

11 am

Saturday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Ottendorfer Library

11 am

R.E.A.D. to a Therapy Dog

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings

Yorkville Library

11 am

Family Story Time: Stories for a Saturday Morning

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

11:15 am

Saturday Family Storytime at Seward Park Library

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Seward Park Library

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11:30 am – 1 pm

Harlem Honey by Tamron Hall

Sylvia’s AlsoHarlem

11:30 am

SATURDAY MORNING Family Storytime: Stories, Songs and Rhymes

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library

2 – 5 pm

Sari-Sari Storytime

Philippine CenterMidtown

Sunday April 6

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Blooming Tie Dyes

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Noon – 2 pm

Reading into History

Ages: 5 and up
Art
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The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

2 pm

Sunday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Bronx Library CenterFordham Manor

3:30 pm

Sunday Story Time

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

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