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Board Game Bliss
2025-02-09 13:30:00 2025-02-09 16:00:00 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, February 09
1:30pm - 4:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-02-09 13:30:00 2025-02-09 16:00:00 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 (www.theparlorgames.com), 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. www.theparlorgames.com/library

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Teens | Special Event | Gaming | Family |

TAGS: | gaming | games | Board Games |

Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library
jlambert@alexlibraryva.org
Phone: 703.746.1704
Fax: 703.746.1775
Branch manager
Jherusha Lambert
Hours
Mon, Jan 27 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Jan 28 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jan 29 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Jan 30 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Jan 31 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Feb 01 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Feb 02 1:00PM to 5:00PM
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There is a library parking lot available.

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  • Metrorail: King Street Station
  • Metrobus: 28A
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