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Pillows and, yes, despite requests from organizers, feathers flew on Saturday as Newmindspace attracted several hundred people to Yonge-Dundas Square for their annual pillow fight. The good-natured battle started with an intensity and energy that only abated when the first feathered pillow burst, an eruption that was met with a sigh that rose quickly to a cheer. At the end of the event, the square's security personnel fretted about the amount of down covering the concrete, but plenty of volunteers stayed behind to help clean up.

FUN: Newmindspace is hosting another edition of their popular urban pillow fights this afternoon in Dundas Square. Participants are asked to arrive at 3 p.m. with a soft pillow in tow; feathers are no longer "green." The free, all-ages event will take place rain or shine, and will run until the sun sets. For rules and more information, check out the Facebook event. Dundas Square (40 Dundas Street West), 3 p.m., FREE.

THWMP. You’ve been hit. You dodged, but the pillow still caught you square between the shoulders. THWMPTHWMPTHWMMMMP. More dodging, more ducking, but you somehow found yourself sandwiched between a man wearing a bunny costume and your flatmate—who’s still mad at you for burning the rest of the Wheat Thins in the toaster oven. Game over. An explosion of white. Feathers flying, Bunny Man running, flatmate forgiving you with each downy friend you pluck from the corner of your mouth. PFFFFTTHHHHPP. Feathers. Everywhere.

A few months ago, over thirty cities participated in the inaugural International Pillow Fight Day, the first coordinated event by the decentralized network known as "the urban playground movement." The March 22 date, however, left out some of the world's colder cities.

Earlier this afternoon, an army of pillow-wielders (and camera-wielders) descended on Nathan Phillips Square to take part in Newmindspace's hopefully-annual pillow fight.