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Rainbow Festival

2024-06-22 11:00:00 2024-06-22 15:00:00 America/New_York Rainbow Festival Celebrate Pride month while getting to know local LGBTQ+ organizations and community members. Join us for storytime, crafts, music, special guests, and more for all ages. Festive dress and costumes are encouraged! Hyattsville -

Saturday, June 22
11:00am - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-06-22 11:00:00 2024-06-22 15:00:00 America/New_York Rainbow Festival Celebrate Pride month while getting to know local LGBTQ+ organizations and community members. Join us for storytime, crafts, music, special guests, and more for all ages. Festive dress and costumes are encouraged! Hyattsville -

Celebrate Pride month while getting to know local LGBTQ+ organizations and community members. Join us for storytime, crafts, music, special guests, and more for all ages. Festive dress and costumes are encouraged!

Activity Line Up:

11:00  Doors open

11:30 Ready 2 Read Storytime (Art Room)

11:30-12:30 Balloon Twister (Meeting Room 2)

12:00  Bibliobop: toddler/preschool dance party (Terrace, weather permitting)

12:30-2:30 Face Painting (Meeting Room 2)

12:30 Author interviews: children’s authors (Learning Lab)
Catie Greene: "Everyone's included at the Animal Party" series
Ivy Hilay Wilcher: "My Rainbow Dads"

1:30 Author interviews: teen authors (Learning Lab)
Tony Keith Jr.: "How the Boogeyman Became a Poet"
Aliza Layne: "Beetle & the Hollowbones"

2:00 Author interviews: adult authors (Learning Lab)
Vishwas Pethe: "Gay Crow: a memoir"

2:30  Drag Show and Parade
Performance by Ricky Rosé!
After performance, guests are invited to join Ricky for a march around the building.

AGE GROUP: | Young Children (0-5 yrs) | Teen (13-18 yrs) | Elementary (5-12 yrs) | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | LGBTQ+ |

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Phone: 301-985-4690
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Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 0–2 - Held in the Storytime Room
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Mon, Apr 13, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
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Chess Club
Mon, Apr 13, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Independent Film Series: "Whose Water" (2024)
Mon, Apr 13, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Meeting Room 2
Needlework Social
Tue, Apr 14, 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Learning Lab
Coffee and A Classic: ""A Star is Born" (1937)
Wed, Apr 15, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 2
Kids Achieve Club - Ayuda con la Tarea
Wed, Apr 15, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Art Room
Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 2–3 - Held in the Storytime Room
Thu, Apr 16, 10:30am - 11:00am
Teen Action Group (TAG)
Thu, Apr 16, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Meeting Room 2
Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3–5
Sat, Apr 18, 10:30am - 11:00am
Beginning Guitar - Presented by the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation
Sat, Apr 18, 10:30am - 11:30am
Art Room
Beginning Ukulele - Presented by the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation
Sat, Apr 18, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Art Room
Book Discussion: "The Briar Club" by Kate Quinn
Sat, Apr 18, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Conference Room 1
Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 0–2 - Held in the Storytime Room
Mon, Apr 20, 10:30am - 11:00am
Positively Moving - Presented by ArtStream, Held in Meeting Room 2 - A class for adults 18+ with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs), including autism
Mon, Apr 20, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Meeting Room 2
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Chess Club
Mon, Apr 20, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Needlework Social
Tue, Apr 21, 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Learning Lab
Craft and Create: Earth Day Oil Pastels
Wed, Apr 22, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Conference Room 1
Early Connections Resource Fair - Presented by County Executive Aisha Braveboy and County Council Chair Krystal Oriadha
Wed, Apr 22, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Kids and Teens STEM - Presented by University of Maryland Nearspace Balloon Payload Program
Wed, Apr 22, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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Kids Achieve Club - Ayuda con la Tarea
Wed, Apr 22, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Art Room
Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 2–3 - Held in the Storytime Room
Thu, Apr 23, 10:30am - 11:00am
Teen Action Group (TAG)
Thu, Apr 23, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Meeting Room 2
Beginning Blues Harmonica - Presented by the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation
Sat, Apr 25, 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room 2
Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3–5
Sat, Apr 25, 10:30am - 11:00am
Beginning Voice: Singing the Blues - Presented by the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation
Sat, Apr 25, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Meeting Room 2
Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 0–2 - Held in the Storytime Room
Mon, Apr 27, 10:30am - 11:00am
Chess Club
Mon, Apr 27, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Needlework Social
Tue, Apr 28, 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Meeting Room 2
Story Explorers
Tue, Apr 28, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Art Room
Job Seekers: Building Resumes and Cover Letters Using A.I
Tue, Apr 28, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Learning Lab
Career Connector with the Library2Go Staff
Wed, Apr 29, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Kids Achieve Club - Ayuda con la Tarea
Wed, Apr 29, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 2–3 - Held in the Storytime Room
Thu, Apr 30, 10:30am - 11:00am
Teen Action Group (TAG)
Thu, Apr 30, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Meeting Room 2
Beginning Guitar - Presented by the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation
Sat, May 02, 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room 2
Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3-5 - Held in the Storytime Room
Sat, May 02, 10:30am - 11:00am
Beginning Ukulele - Presented by the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation
Sat, May 02, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Meeting Room 2
Book to Movie: "Crazy Rich Asians"
Sat, May 02, 1:30pm - 4:00pm
Art Room
Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 0-2 - Held in the Storytime Room
Mon, May 04, 10:30am - 11:00am
AyudaTech - Inteligencia Artificial: Nivel 1 // Learning Lab
Mon, May 04, 4:00pm - 5:45pm
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Legos
Tue, May 05, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Needlework Social
Tue, May 05, 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Learning Lab
Cenaes: Spanish Literacy
Tue, May 05, 5:45pm - 7:45pm
Conference Room 2
Lawyer in the Library: Tenant’s Rights and Housing Clinic - Presented by Maryland Legal Aid and CASA de Maryland
Wed, May 06, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Learning Lab
Pins and Needles: Darning 101
Wed, May 06, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Conference Room 1
Kids and Teens STEM - Presented by University of Maryland Nearspace Balloon Payload Program
Wed, May 06, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Learning Lab
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Kids Achieve Club - Ayuda con la Tarea
Wed, May 06, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Art Room
AyudaTech - Inteligencia Artificial: Nivel 1 // Learning Lab
Thu, May 07, 10:15am - 12:00pm
Learning Lab
Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 2-3 - Held in the Storytime Room
Thu, May 07, 10:30am - 11:00am
Teen Action Group (TAG)
Thu, May 07, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Meeting Room 2
Beginning Blues Harmonica - Presented by the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation
Sat, May 09, 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room 2
Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3-5 - Held in the Storytime Room
Sat, May 09, 10:30am - 11:00am
Beginning Voice: Singing the Blues - Presented by the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation
Sat, May 09, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Meeting Room 2
Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 0-2 - Held in the Storytime Room
Mon, May 11, 10:30am - 11:00am
AyudaTech - Inteligencia Artificial: Nivel 1 // Learning Lab
Mon, May 11, 4:00pm - 5:45pm
Learning Lab
Game On: FIFA Trivia
Mon, May 11, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Meeting Room 2
Independent Film Series: “Seize the Summit”
Mon, May 11, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Meeting Room 2
Needlework Social
Tue, May 12, 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Learning Lab
Legos
Tue, May 12, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Art Room
Cenaes: Spanish Literacy
Tue, May 12, 5:45pm - 7:45pm
Conference Room 2
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