There’s something undeniably magical about this time of year. It’s wintry and festive, inviting friends and family to gleefully sing holiday songs, gather for decadent feasts, revel in the enjoyment of hot beverages, observe long-held and deeply cherished traditions–and even start new ones. It’s a wonderful season, and we can’t help feeling there’s no time …read more!

With all the coverage leading up to the worldwide released of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald today, it would be easy to forget that the theater world also continues to make magic on a daily basis. But look no further than the following recap for confirmation that it does, indeed, march on with a …read more!

Just in time for the holidays, Christmas in the Wizarding World has returned for a second year to Utah and a Harry Potter favorite will be there to ring in the season. A Harry Potter-themed shopping and interactive experience, presented by Warner Bros Consumer Products, opened at The Shops at South Town in Sandy, Utah earlier this …read more!

Every year, notoriously expensive department store Neiman-Marcus releases a catalogue of fantasy holiday gifts for the person who, quite literally, has it all.  1%ers may actually shop from this catalogue but the rest of us, the other 99% of us, peruse each year’s excessive offerings with a bitter mixture of scorn, derision, and jealousy.  But this …read more!

This week’s theater news features interviews with Daniel Radcliffe, currently starring in The Lifespan of a Fact, Ralph Fiennes, appearing in Antony and Cleopatra, and James Phelps, soon to be seen in The Greater Game. The round-up also includes first-look images of Jack Thorne’s King Kong, as well as a behind-the-scenes video chat with star …read more!

Reflecting its success last year, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London is again offering an evening of Halloween-themed events on the set of the Hogwarts Great Hall. The event begins with smoking dry ice cocktails and canapés before you proceed into a Great Hall magically decorated for Halloween with floating pumpkins and tables groaning with sweets reminiscent of …read more!

Typically, I would set to indirectly honoring mothers of the fandom through a tribute to the remarkable qualities of resilience, generosity, determination and love found in the mothers of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. As a mother herself, Rowling understood intimately the daily sacrifice and the fierce hearts of her invented characters, and she wrote …read more!

Is it ever too early to start planning for Christmas? We think not, especially when it involves a visit to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter–because what better way could there be to celebrate the wintry holiday than in a place of light and wonder and magic! If the prospect appeals to you, Universal Orlando …read more!

Throughout the Harry Potter series we see our share of sweets, often in the form of wizard candy Chocolate Frogs, and the Easter holidays are mentioned during each spring at Hogwarts. We’ve even spent much of one installment pondering a Golden Egg, but not until this year do the three converge into one delectable magic …read more!

Most readers can easily recount their childhood favorites, many of which are widely viewed as classics within the vast body of literature we are privileged to enjoy. Some of these page-turners came to eager hands gift-wrapped, slender tell-tale packages under the tree. They beckoned us to new worlds and introduced us to life-long friends. For …read more!