Hello, everyone. I apologize for the blog being down for so long. There has been a lot going on, but one of the main reasons for the lack of updates is that I finally came out to my father a couple months ago. I don’t have much to say on that topic yet. In a …read more!

face=”Verdana”> So, here is what happened on the night I went to see a Harry Potter movie on the big screen for the first time! I didn’t get my robes made in time, but I didn’t really care at this point. I went to a theater that had 17 theaters all showing Harry Potter and …read more!

Attention music fans! The Chicago Symphony Orchestra will be hosting a special music event this Thanksgiving weekend as they present a John Williams Movie Music Spectacular. The legendary composer will be leading the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as they perform a grand suite of some of his wonderful music heard in the Harry Potter films. An …read more!

The high res photos from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix continue to trickle out, as there are more online today. We love the Weasleys, especially this photo of the delightful Julie Walters and Mark Williams as Molly and Arthur Weasley. Also notable is this of rehearsals for the aftermath of the lightening …read more!

Amazon.com now has this new video online advertising the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Blu-ray DVD in a spot called “Unlock the Secrets.” Of note are new quick looks at cast members such as Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley, our King) in his harness to film for the Quidditch scenes, Matt Lewis (Neville) and Alfie …read more!

UPDATE: As just announced, unfortunately John Green is unable to attend as he is a bit under the weather. Today will see the Harry Potter Alliance in action as they host a Wizards Wrock for Equality day. As noted previously, this event centers around Maine’s Nov. 3 marriage ballot initiative (more on that here) and …read more!

It’s all aboard the Hogwarts Express this week as the Ace of Cakes returns with a new program on their special cake created for the New York premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Readers will recall that back in July, master baker Duff and his crew at Charm City Cakes created another fantastic …read more!

An update today from Infinitus, the Harry Potter symposium being held next year in Orlando, Florida. There is now a call for proposals for the convention, seeking “presentations, papers, moderated panels, and workshops on any topic relating to the Harry Potter novels and/or the fan community.” The HPEF also points out the conference theme is …read more!

Earlier this month, we told you that the third annual intercollegiate Quidditch World Cup would be taking place this weekend at Middlebury College in Vermont. There is exciting news for fans all over the world as word is the event will now be livestreamed on the net via this link on Sunday, October 25th from …read more!

Several times now we’ve reported on the new comic book (unauthorized) regarding the biography of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling that is due later this year or in early January. Thanks to MTV we can now see six pages of the “Female Force” comic, including pages and illustrations such as this of Jo first creating …read more!