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Cleveland, OH family weekend: Friday, December 4 – Sunday, December 6

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Big outings

Nov 19 – Dec 30 · 5pm–9pm

Wild Winter Lights

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo — Cleveland · Cuyahoga Co. · Cleveland

1.5 million lights; walk-through nights Nov 19–22 & 27–29 (drive-through on other nights).

  • Ages 0-2
  • Ages 3-5
  • Ages 6-10
  • 11+
  • Big outing
  • Paid
Details at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo ↗

Library storytimes & programs (43, free)

From Cleveland Public Library and Cuyahoga County Public Library. Some need registration; check the library page.

Friday, Dec 4

10:30amPlaytime Party · Fairview Park Branch (Cuyahoga County Public Library), Fairview Park 6-10 · Free
11:30amGamers Society · Brooklyn (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · 11+ · Free
3pmGame Central · Harvard-Lee (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 6-10 · 11+ · Free
3:30pmSlime Time · Rice (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · 11+ · Free
4pmBoku No Anime Club · Garden Valley (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 6-10 · 11+ · Free
4:15pmArtful Impact · Parma-Powers Branch (Cuyahoga County Public Library), Parma-Powers 6-10 · 11+ · Free
4:30pmAfterschool Arcade · Collinwood (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 6-10 · 11+ · Free

Saturday, Dec 5

10:30amCozy Cookies & Cocoa 10:30 AM · Middleburg Heights Branch (Cuyahoga County Public Library), Middleburg Heights 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · 11+ · Free
10:30amGame Morning · Rice (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · 11+ · Free
10:30amPreschool Storytime · Memorial Nottingham (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · Free
11amButton Making · South Brooklyn (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · 11+ · Free
11amChess and Checkers Club · Mount Pleasant (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · 11+ · Free
11amFamily Fun Storytime · Fulton (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · Free
11amOnce Upon a Cuento! · South (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · Free
11amOnce Upon a Story · Jefferson (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · 11+ · Free
11amSaturday Stories · Hough (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · Free
12pmA Book and a Craft · Eastman (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · Free
12pmMatinee! at MLK · Martin Luther King, Jr. (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · 11+ · Free
1pmCozy Cookies & Cocoa 1:00PM · Middleburg Heights Branch (Cuyahoga County Public Library), Middleburg Heights 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · 11+ · Free
1pmFamily Story Hour · Mount Pleasant (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · 11+ · Free
2pmCooking Club · Mayfield Branch (Cuyahoga County Public Library), Mayfield 6-10 · Free
2pmMessy Art · Parma-Powers Branch (Cuyahoga County Public Library), Parma-Powers 6-10 · Free
3pmCozy Cookies & Cocoa 3:00PM · Middleburg Heights Branch (Cuyahoga County Public Library), Middleburg Heights 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · 11+ · Free
3pmJourney Through Asia · Martin Luther King, Jr. (Cleveland Public Library), Cleveland 0-2 · 3-5 · 6-10 · 11+ · Free

Sunday, Dec 6

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48 events for the weekend of Dec 4–6, with 45 free and 47 indoors.

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