The Best Author Readings and Open Mics in Philadelphia

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Friday Aug. 15, 2025

10 – 10:30 am

How Does Your Heart Work? Art & Read Aloud

Westchester Children’s MuseumRye

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
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The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Westchester Park & Read with Rosie on the Boardwalk

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Park & Read with Rosie on the Boardwalk

Westchester Children’s MuseumRye

5 – 6:30 pm

Fridays at Five ~ Tim Weiner

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

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6 – 7:30 pm

Stories. Noisemaking. Laughter: A Portrait of Lorne Michaels and SNL with Susan Morrison, Mary Ellen Matthews, Jim Downey, and Sarah Paley

The ChurchSag Harbor

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7 – 9:30 pm

Summer Nights A Spoken Word Poetry Open Mic

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