From left, Mason Myslinski, Loyola University student Parker Harris and Natalie Grover run around the field on brooms on Sept. 29, during Quidditch outside of the North Riverside Village Commons on Des Plaines Avenue. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Samira Giron throws a ball through the ring on Sept. 29, during Quidditch outside of the North Riverside Village Commons on Des Plaines Avenue. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Participants hold up their brooms as they prepare to run around on Sept. 29, during Quidditch outside of the North Riverside Village Commons on Des Plaines Avenue. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Jenna Tucker, from Loyola University, teaches the kids the basic rules of the game on Sept. 29, during Quidditch outside of the North Riverside Village Commons on Des Plaines Avenue. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
John Vandonsel, of North Riverside, throws the ball to get someone out on Sept. 29, during Quidditch outside of the North Riverside Village Commons on Des Plaines Avenue. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
From left, Samira Giron, Sophia Singh and Natalie Grover listen to the rules on Sept. 29, during Quidditch outside of the North Riverside Village Commons on Des Plaines Avenue. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Students from the Loyola University Quidditch team team participants the rules of the game. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Parker Harris (left) plays the Snitch and is chased by Natalie Grover and John Vandonsel. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Participants hang onto their broomsticks during a break in play. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Mason Myslinski flings the quaffle toward one of the three goals. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Sophia Sing throws the quaffle toward a ring. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Natalie Grover of Forest Park practices throwing a ball – known in the game as the quaffle — through one of the hoops. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
North Riverside Public Library invited devotees of Harry Potter to try their hand – or broom – at the game Quidditch, which the fictional budding sorcerers at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft play in several of the Harry Potter books on Sept. 29 at the Village Commons.
