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Sunday Sep. 14, 2025

FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

Noon – 1:30 pm

Paley Family | From Storytime to Screentime in New York | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax

The Paley Center for MediaManhattan

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1 – 3 pm

Power Hour at the Backyard at Hudson Yards: Reading Rhythms

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensNYC

Walking Tour: All-of-a-Kind Family

1:30 – 2:30 pm

Walking Tour: “All-of-a-Kind Family”

Museum at Eldridge StreetLower East Side

2 pm

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Mott Haven Library

2:30 pm

Sunday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

Poets of Queens

3 – 5 pm

Poets of Queens

Books & Readings

QED AstoriaAstoria

MadameMorbid2

4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

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