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Sunday Oct. 13, 2024

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10 am – 5 pm

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Books & Readings
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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11 am – noon

1 – 2 pm

Story Time with NYPL in the Gallery

The Whitney Museum of American ArtMeatpacking

George Psomas 1019

11:30 am – 12:15 pm

Saturday Storytime: MANOLI THE GREEK MOUSE read by author George Psomas

Ages: 8 and under
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Gloria Dei Old Swedes Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphia

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1 – 2:30 pm

Call Me Roberto! Children’s Story Time and Art Workshop

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Books & Readings
Family

Jackie Robinson MuseumTribeca

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5 – 9:30 pm

2nd Annual LEGENDS: A Spoken Word Affair

Jamaica Performing Arts CenterJamaica

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7 – 8 pm

Poets of Queens at QED

Books & Readings

QEDAstoria

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