A Not So Spooky Storytime

Wed · Oct 28·10 AM · 10:45 AM·Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library · Washington

Family Story Time (Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library) — Books, songs, rhymes, and movement promote early literacy; tickets at the Children’s Desk, first‑come, first‑served, ages 5 and under.

Wed · Oct 28·10 AM – 10:30 AM·Southeast Neighborhood Library · Washington

Stories, songs, rhymes and fingerplays fill the Children’s Floor at Southeast Neighborhood Library in 20‑30‑minute sessions for birth‑to‑two children and caregivers, participation expected, for ages 5 and under.

Wed · Oct 28·10 AM·Ronald Reagan Building & ITC Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20004

Fall Festival on Woodrow Wilson Plaza (Ronald Reagan Building) — pumpkin decorating, hay bale maze, face painting, balloon twisting, stilt walkers, live DJ music, complimentary cider, all ages, free.

Wed · Oct 28·10 AM – 4 PM·American History Museum, Spark!Lab, First Floor, West Wing · Washington

Inventors workshop at the American History Museum’s Spark!Lab invites ages 6–12 to create, collaborate, test, and experiment using STEM, art, and history.

Fri · Oct 30·10:30 AM – 12 PM·Air and Space Museum, First Floor · Washington

Astronaut Karen Nyberg and co‑author Ann McCallum Staats present a story time with interactive reading and star‑making, followed by a book signing at the museum store.

Sat · Oct 31·12 PM – 1 PM·Air and Space Museum, First Floor · Washington

Story time with spacesuit technician and author Sharon McDougle at the Air and Space Museum includes a spacesuit craft activity and a book signing.

Tue · Oct 27·2 PM – 3 PM·Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library · Washington

Tech Help Tuesdays (Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library) — One‑hour drop‑in session where staff assist with computer, laptop, phone, or tablet questions. Ages 18+.

Tue · Oct 27·2 PM – 4:15 PM·Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library · Washington

Terrific Movie Tuesday (Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library) — Screening the 2024 film September 5, a 1‑hour‑31‑minute drama about the 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis, with closed captions, for ages 18 and up.