Over 25,000 (and counting) items of clothing have been created for the Harry Potter films.  The Warner Bros. Studio Tour London has added a new exhibit, “The Making of Harry Potter: Behind the Seams“, that features a wealth of details about the costumes used in the films. Did you know that it took 38 costume changes …read more!

One of the aspects of the Harry Potter series that strikes a chord with so many fans is the reflection of the story on their own school experience. No, none of us, (as far as we know) has attended a school of Witchcraft and Wizardry; but the life of a student is certainly a common …read more!

Scholastic, publisher of the U.S. versions of the Harry Potter books, hosts an annual Summer Reading Challenge  as a way to encourage students to keep reading over the summer break.  Students who read when school is not in session are much more likely to retain learning—not that Harry Potter fans need an excuse to read …read more!

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week (and Teacher Appreciation Day!), so we’re marking the occasion by celebrating the careers of Hogwarts professors, focusing on each Head of House! Today’s spotlight shines on Head of Ravenclaw,  Filius Flitwick, who also served as Charms professor at Hogwarts during Harry and his parents’ time at the school, and is a truly remarkable and caring …read more!

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is dominating this season’s award news with nominations rolling in for the Drama Desk Awards, the NY Drama Critics Circle Awards, the Outer Critics Circle Awards and, of course, the Tony Awards–though perhaps the ones that should garner the most attention come not from the critics, but from the …read more!

As most Potter fans know, the mobile roleplay game Hogwarts Mystery was released late last month and reviews, as well as reader feedback, has been mixed. Many are as enthusiastic with the gameplay as they were going in, choosing their avatar, taking classes, completing tasks and working their way through their first spellbinding year at …read more!

The biggest theater news of the past week was the highly-anticipated announcement of the Tony Awards nominations on Tuesday, May 1–and, as expected, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child made a magical showing, bringing in 10 nominations after leaving audiences and critics alike spell-bound! Though it would be easy to hang on Tony Awards news …read more!

When thinking of Teacher Appreciation week, Slytherin House may not be what comes to mind when searching for examples of exemplary professors, either as instructors in the classroom or as mentors outside of it–especially since the most notable Slytherin teacher of recent memory is Head of House (well, pre-1997!) Severus Snape. Snape was unsentimental, unapproachable …read more!

Some momentous events were celebrated and memorialized in the Wizarding World during the past week. After a week of glowing reviews, the New York production of the award-winning stage phenomenon Harry Potter and the Cursed Child received ten Tony Award nominations including Best Actor for Jamie Parker as Harry Potter, Best Featured Actor for Anthony …read more!

The Battle of Hogwarts was a definable turning point in wizarding history as defenders of freedom and justice–ordinary students, teachers, parents, ministry employees–brought about the downfall of one of the greatest dark wizards of all time, toppling his despotic pureblood reign. It was a brief moment in the grander scheme of time which memorialized in …read more!