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Thursday June 5, 2025

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Family
Free

Dongan Hills Library

Thursday June 12, 2025

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Family
Free

Dongan Hills Library

Thursday June 19, 2025

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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 York

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Family
Free

Dongan Hills Library

Friday June 20, 2025

4 – 5 pm

Button and Jewelry Making Workshop

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Family
Free

Dongan Hills Library

5 – 10 pm

FREE FRIDAY NIGHTS

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American Art

Thursday June 26, 2025

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Family
Free

Dongan Hills Library

Friday June 27, 2025

5 – 10 pm

FREE FRIDAY NIGHTS

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American Art

Thursday July 3, 2025

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Family
Free

Dongan Hills Library

Friday July 4, 2025

5 – 10 pm

FREE FRIDAY NIGHTS

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American Art

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