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Monday Jan. 19, 2026

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8 am – 3 pm

Craft & Story Time

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

10 am – noon

Brooklyn MLK Family Day of Service

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Books & Readings
Family

Hannah Senesh Community Day SchoolBrooklyn

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10 am – 5 pm

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Attractions
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Saturday Jan. 24

January Toddler Time

9:30 – 10:45 am

Toddler Time

Alley Pond Environmental CenterDouglaston

10 am – 1 pm

Tag it! Street Art & Storytelling with CG Esperanza

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Attractions
Family

Bronx Children’s MuseumBronx

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11 am – noon

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Music

Atlantic Stage 2Chelsea

2 – 5 pm

Tag it! Street Art & Storytelling with CG Esperanza

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Attractions
Family

Bronx Children’s MuseumBronx

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3 – 4 pm

Book Reading: Colombo: The Unsolved Murder

Italian American MuseumLittle Italy

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4 – 5 pm

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Music

Atlantic Stage 2Chelsea

Sunday Jan. 25

Elephant.0543.2

11 am – noon

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Music

Atlantic Stage 2Chelsea

Elephant.0543.2

4 – 5 pm

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Music

Atlantic Stage 2Chelsea

Wednesday Jan. 28

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7 – 9 pm

Selected Shorts: O. Henry Prize Stories with Edward P. Jones

Symphony SpaceUpper West Side

Thursday Jan. 29

7:30 – 9 pm

Author Talk with Queens Borough Historian Jason Antos: Flushing (Then and Now)

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

Saturday Jan. 31

January Toddler Time

9:30 – 10:45 am

Toddler Time

Alley Pond Environmental CenterDouglaston

Elephant.0543.2

11 am – noon

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Music

Atlantic Stage 2Chelsea

Elephant.0543.2

4 – 5 pm

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Music

Atlantic Stage 2Chelsea

Sunday Feb. 1

Elephant.0543.2

11 am – noon

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Music

Atlantic Stage 2Chelsea

Elephant.0543.2

4 – 5 pm

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Music

Atlantic Stage 2Chelsea

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