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Family Board Game Day
2022-12-28 10:30:00 2022-12-28 16:30:00 America/New_York Family Board Game Day IN PERSON DROP-IN Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium

Wednesday, December 28
10:30am - 4:30pm

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Main Library

James J. Brown Auditorium

IN PERSON DROP-IN

A fun-filled day of board games and giant games in the Children's Department! Play away the winter blues as you have fun with your family.  Everyone welcome.

Programmer: Ikhlas

AGE GROUP: | Families | Everyone Welcome |

EVENT TYPE: | |

TAGS: | Other Children's Programming |

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Phone: 519-886-1310
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Fri, Aug 07 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Aug 08 9:30AM to 5:30PM
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Located in the heart of Uptown Waterloo, the two-storey building features a separate children’s area, ample study space, the Ellis Little Local History Room and WPL’s largest collection of browsable materials.

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