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Monster Mash Puzzle Challenge

Can you build a 500 piece puzzle in 2 hours?

2023-10-27 14:00:00 2023-10-27 16:30:00 America/New_York Monster Mash Puzzle Challenge Something wicked this way comes... or maybe just a puzzle challenge to complete a 500-piece puzzle with your friends! It will be a graveyard smash! 🎃 👻 🔮 🧛 💀 adults/teens/tweens James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library - Beth Patridge Meeting Room

Friday, October 27
2:00pm - 4:30pm

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James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library

Beth Patridge Meeting Room

Something wicked this way comes... or maybe just a puzzle challenge to complete a 500-piece puzzle with your friends! It will be a graveyard smash! 🎃 👻 🔮 🧛 💀 adults/teens/tweens

Join us for another Duncan Library puzzle challenge where this round's theme will be Halloween! Ghosts and goblins, witches and vampires, mummies and zombies, oh my! Bring a fellow puzzle-enthusiast and see if you can build a Monster Mash image within two hours all while enjoying some treats... and maybe a few tricks... 

ADULTS/TEENS/TWEENS

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AGE GROUP: | Teens | Seniors | Ages 6-12 | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | Maker | Holiday |

TAGS: | Puzzle Challenge | Puzzle | Monster Mash | Halloween |

James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library
kpayne@alexlibraryva.org
Phone: 703.746.1705
Fax: 703.746.1785
Branch manager
Kayla Selsky
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Mon, Aug 10 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Aug 11 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Aug 12 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Aug 13 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Aug 14 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Aug 15 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Aug 16 1:00PM to 5:00PM
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Parking: There is a small lot with 9 spaces.  On street parking is available.

Public Transit:

  • Metrorail: Yellow and Blue lines at Braddock Road (1.3 miles) and King Street Stations (1.5 miles)
  • Metrobus: A11, A12
  • DASH Bus: 33

For reasonable disability accommodation, contact jgregorio@alexlibraryva.org or call 703.746.1701 or TTY 703.746.1790.

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