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Board Game Bliss

2024-08-04 13:30:00 2024-08-04 16:30:00 America/New_York Board Game Bliss Let's celebrate the joy of playing games! Play a wide variety of games, the classics and the new. Bring a friend or make new friends. Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room

Sunday, August 04
1:30pm - 4:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-08-04 13:30:00 2024-08-04 16:30:00 America/New_York Board Game Bliss Let's celebrate the joy of playing games! Play a wide variety of games, the classics and the new. Bring a friend or make new friends. Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room

Let's celebrate the joy of playing games! Play a wide variety of games, the classics and the new. Bring a friend or make new friends.

Open to ages 13 and up.

This event is presented in partnership with The Parlor Games, an Alexandria-based gaming pop-up business, specializing in tabletop games including board games, card games and RPGs (role playing games).

Check out The Parlor Games' collection of board games.

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Special Event |

TAGS: | gaming | games | Board Games | #Summer Quest | #adultsummerquest |

Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library

jlambert@alexlibraryva.org
Phone: 703.746.1704
Fax: 703.746.1775
Branch manager
Jherusha Lambert

Hours
We're closed Monday May 26 due to Memorial Day
Mon, May 26 Closed
(Memorial Day)
Tue, May 27 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, May 28 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, May 29 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, May 30 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, May 31 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jun 01 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

Parking:
There is a library parking lot available.

Public Transit:

  • Metrorail: King Street Station
  • Metrobus: 28A
  • DASH Bus: 36A, 36B, 102

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