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Friday Aug. 15, 2025

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7 – 9:30 pm

Summer Nights A Spoken Word Poetry Open Mic

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uproseBrooklyn

Saturday Aug. 16

11 am

Sensory Saturday Storytime!

  • Ages: 12 and under
  • Books & Readings
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Stapleton LibraryStaten Island
11 am

Saturday Family Storytime: Summer at the Library

  • Ages: 12 and under
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Yorkville Library
Noon – 1:30 pm

Paley Family | From Storytime to Screentime in New York | Harold & the Purple Crayon Episode 1

  • Ages: 3 – 8
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The Paley Center for MediaManhattan
Noon – 4 pm

2nd Annual Bronx Bookworm Book Festival

  • Ages: 8 and under
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Morrison PlazaBronx
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1 – 9 pm

BOMB Small Press Flea 2025

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2 – 5 pm

Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl

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The Four Faced LiarGreenwich Village

Sunday Aug. 17

11 am

日本語ストーリータイム Family Storytime in Japanese

  • Ages: 12 and under
  • Books & Readings
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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)
Noon – 1:30 pm

Paley Family | From Storytime to Screentime in New York | Harold & the Purple Crayon Episode 1

  • Ages: 3 – 8
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The Paley Center for MediaManhattan
2:30 pm

Sunday Family Storytime

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Grand Concourse LibraryBronx
3:30 pm

Sunday Story Time

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Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island
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