October 26th through October 28th marked Harry Potter Weekend in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.
As part of the festivities 16 college quidditch teams competed in the 3rd Annual Philadelphia Brother Love Cup at Chestnut Hill College. In an initial match, it appeared that "The Hex" of the Ithaca Community team got trounced by "Those Guys" out of…where?
A young woman at one of the many tables on the college green sold muffins to support the Harry Potter Alliance, "an army of fans, activists, nerdfighters, teenagers, wizards and
muggles dedicated to fighting for social justice with the greatest
weapon we have– love." The poster at her table bears a quote from J.K. Rowling's commencement address at Harvard University on June 5, 2008: "We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we
need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better." Watch video here.