Come On Down

London's Trafalgar Square last year                                          Gonzales Photo/Michael Hornbogen

From Helsinki to Hong Kong, Tallahassee to Thessaloniki, and Washington to Wroclaw, the feathers will be flying on Saturday, April 4. (The organizers strongly recommend soft, feather-free pillows, but come on! ...) It's International Pillow Fight Day, part of the so-called urban playground movement. Those behind the movement describe its main goal as "to make these unique happenings in public space become a significant part of popular culture, partially replacing passive, non-social consumption experiences like watching television, and consciously celebrating public spaces in our cities as our 'urban living rooms.'" You have been warned (website): http://pillowfightday.com/