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Thursday May 29, 2025

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Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

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All day

South Shore Mall Carnival

South Shore MallBay Shore

10 am

Little Movers: Toddler Time

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

10:30 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Mulberry Street Library

Release the Kraken Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Release the Kraken! Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11:30 am

Toddler Time: Little Movers

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

53rd Street Library

11:30 am

Little Movers Storytime: Toddlers and Tales

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

11:30 am

FAMILY Storytime: Stories, Songs and Rhymes

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library

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3:30 – 5 pm

Cross Stitch Circle

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

3:30 pm

DIY Paper Spinners

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY

West New Brighton LibraryStaten Island

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4 – 5 pm

Graphic Novel Club

Ages: 5 – 12

John Jermain Memorial LibrarySag Harbor

4 pm

Paint a Ceramic Bug!

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Allerton LibraryBronx

4 pm

Kid Flicks: Dog Man

Ages: 3 – 12
Film

Webster Library

4 pm

Kid Flicks

Ages: 3 – 12
Film

Yorkville Library

4 pm

Karaoke Afternoon at West Farms!

Ages: 5 – 12
Music

West Farms LibraryBronx

4 pm

A is for Artist: Special Edition with BPCA!

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Battery Park City Library

4:30 pm

Pippi at 80: Paper Dolls

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY

Parkchester LibraryBronx

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5 – 6 pm

Child’s Play NY Presents: Frozen Kids

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

First Unitarian Congregational Society in BrooklynBrooklyn, NY

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5 – 6:30 pm

Nuasin Next Generation Charter School Presents: Nuasin Squeeze

Ages: 5 and up
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Community

Bronx

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5 – 6 pm

Child’s Play NY Presents: Alliance Academy

Ages: 3 – 8
Caribbean
Theater

First Unitarian Congregational Society in BrooklynBrooklyn, NY

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