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Saturday May 3, 2025

Tanu Family Day

11 am – noon

Family First Saturdays: Exhibition Tour and Storytime at the Morgan

Ages: 5 – 8
Books & Readings
Family

The Morgan Library & MuseumManhattan

Sunday May 4

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Leafy Scrapbook

Saturday May 10

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Flowers for Mother’s Day

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7 – 8:30 pm

Allison Raskin and Ella Dawson: Save The Date

Books & Readings

Strand Book StoreManhattan

Sunday May 11

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Flowers for Mother’s Day

Thursday May 15

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10:30 – 11 am

Storytime for Tots

Ages: 2 and under
Art
Books & Readings
Family

Museum of the City of New YorkManhattan

Saturday May 17

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Painting to Migratory Birdsongs

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10:30 – 11:15 am

K–5 Poetry Workshop

Church of the IncarnationBoreum Hill

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1 – 4 pm

Storytelling and Sea Adventures

The Morgan Library & MuseumQueens

Sunday May 18

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Painting to Migratory Birdsongs

Friday May 30

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5 – 8 pm

Family Pajama Story Time at the Queens Zoo

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Books & Readings
Family

Queens ZooCorona

Saturday June 7

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10:30 – 11:15 am

K–5 Poetry Workshop

Church of the IncarnationBoreum Hill

Thursday June 19

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10:30 – 11 am

Storytime for Tots

Ages: 2 and under
Art
Books & Readings
Family

Museum of the City of New YorkManhattan

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