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Monday July 28, 2025

10:30 am

Lapsit Storytime: Baby and Me

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

11:30 am

Lapsit Storytime: Books and Babies!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

Noon

Family Storytime: Fairytale Tea Party

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Francis Martin LibraryBronx

Reel Talks

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Bryant Park Reel Talks: We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine

Bryant ParkManhattan

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