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Saturday June 21, 2025

underwater pride

10 am – 4:30 pm

We are the Rainbow: Underwater and Dance

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Books & Readings

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Colorful Critters

10:30 am

Family Storytime: Stories, Songs and Rhymes for Little Ones

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

Laura and HCA Statue

11 am – noon

Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Series in Central Park

Central ParkManhattan

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am

Sensory Saturday Storytime!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Stapleton LibraryStaten Island

11 am – 2 pm

Community Day at Brooklyn Book Bodega Book Hub (Book Giveaway Ages 10+)

Ages: 13 and up
Books & Readings
Free

Brooklyn Book BodegaBrooklyn

11 am

Saturday Family Storytime: Pride Month

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Yorkville Library

3 – 4 pm

Lighthouse Ladie NY Launch at Book Of Wonder

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings
Free

Book of WonderUnion Square

4 pm

Family Storytime

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings

Wakefield LibraryWakefield

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