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Friday Jan. 27, 2023

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10 am

Grab and Go

Ages: 5 – 12
Family

Flatlands LibraryFlatlands

10 am

Kids Coloring

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free

Flatlands LibraryFlatlands

10:45 am

Preschool Story Time

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Pacific LibraryPark Slope

2:30 pm

Library Lab: Roller Coasters

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Crown Heights LibraryCrown Heights

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3 pm

Grab & Go Activity

Ages: 5 – 12
Family

Gerritsen Beach LibraryGerritsen Beach

3 pm

Kids Create: Arts and Crafts

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Mapleton LibraryBensonhurst

3 pm

Grab and Go

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Eastern Parkway LibraryCrown Heights

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3:30 pm

Kids Create

Ages: 5 – 12
Family

Brownsville LibraryBrownsville

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3:30 pm

Grab and Go Friday

Ages: 5 – 12
Family

Paerdegat LibraryCanarsie

3:30 pm

Game On! / ¡A jugar!

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free
Games

Arlington LibraryCypress Hills

3:30 pm

Build with LEGO

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free

Windsor Terrace LibraryWindsor Terrace

3:30 pm

Kids Create

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

New Utrecht LibraryBensonhurst

3:30 pm

Kids Create: Build with Lego & Duplo

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Brooklyn Heights LibraryBrooklyn Heights

Ice rink

4 – 8 pm

Industry City Ice Rink

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Outdoors
Sports

Industry City Courtyard 5/6Brooklyn

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4 pm

Book Adventures: Travel Through Stories- Cleopatra In Space

Ages: 5 – 12
Family

Park Slope LibraryPark Slope

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4 pm

Chess with Vladimir Mazo

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Games

Brighton Beach Library

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4 pm

Pajama Storytime

Ages: 5 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Music

Sheepshead Bay LibrarySheepshead Bay

4 pm

Game On! Board Games

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free
Games

Homecrest LibraryHomecrest

4 pm

Kids Tech Time

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Games

Coney Island LibraryConey Island

Saturday Jan. 28

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All day

Lunar New Year at City Point

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
Holiday

City PointDowntown Brooklyn

Ice rink

10 am – 8 pm

Industry City Ice Rink

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Outdoors
Sports

Industry City Courtyard 5/6Brooklyn

10 am

Kids Coloring

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free

Flatlands LibraryFlatlands

10:30 am

Saturday Storytime

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Sunset Park LibrarySunset Park

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11 am

Open Playroom: Sensory Exploration

Ages: 5 – 12
Family

Paerdegat LibraryCanarsie

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11 am

Movies @ the Library Pinocchio

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Film

Brownsville LibraryBrownsville

11 am

Saturday Storytime

Ages: 5 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Highlawn LibraryGravesend

11 am

Homework Help

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Clinton Hill LibraryClinton Hill

11 am

Lunar New Year Celebration for Families

Ages: All
Family
Holiday

Downtown Brooklyn

11:30 am

The Rhythms of our Roots

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free
Music

Macon LibraryBedford-Stuyvesant

11:30 am

Chess Workshop

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Games

Fort Hamilton LibraryBay Ridge

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Noon

Saturday Storytime

Ages: 5 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Music

Sheepshead Bay LibrarySheepshead Bay

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Noon

East New York Reads Homework Help

Ages: 5 – 12
Family

Arlington LibraryCypress Hills

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