Park Slope Library

Teen Time: Dungeons and Dragons Session 0 TEENS Ages 12 & up
Tomorrow 3:30-5pm

Park Slope Library is forming our own Dungeons and Dragons group for ages 12-18! Come to Session 0 where we will establish the basics and set up our characters. No experience necessary!

This group will meet twice/month on Friday. The next session is Friday, March 20th. Based on the group the time could be shifted.

Snacks and materials provided!!!

40th Annual New York Sword Dance Festival
Tomorrow 1:30-2:30pm AND 3:00-4:00pm

Bring the family for an exciting mid-winter celebration all the way from the heart of England! The 40th Annual New York Sword Dance Festival features dances based on customs from the farming and coal-mining regions of northern England, where the annual visit of the local sword dancers to the village homes was thought to guarantee good luck for the year.

The Festival will feature both mystical, stately long sword and vigorous rapper sword dancing, with live music on fiddle, accordion, and other instruments. In both types of sword dance, the dancers are linked in a ring by the “swords” they hold in their hands while they work as a team to weave intricate figures and patterns without breaking the circle. The dances are thought to have roots in ancient rituals, traces of which can still be seen in these present-day displays of skill.