Archive for January, 2011

Signed JKR Books Raffle Livestream – starting soon!

Jan 15, 2011

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

Charity

Today at 2pm eastern, join PotterCast and the Harry Potter Alliance for the live charity event benefitting the of the complete set of signed Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling. Starting at 2pm EST, the LiveStream event via this link will feature our own PotterCasters, the HPA’s Andrew Slack, musical performances by Alex Carpenter, …read more!

Fun Friday: Harry Potter or a Beatle?

Jan 14, 2011

Posted by: EdwardTLC

Humor

We all know the Harry Potter series is loved by all ages, but, sometimes, the generations still may tend to be gravitate towards what we recognize from our own childhoods. Example below: This is the latest installment of Fun Fridays where we will highlight a new, cool, funny, or interesting thing created created by the …read more!

PotterCast 232: A Little Bit Smaller Than the Other One

Jan 14, 2011

Posted by: John Admin

PotterCast

PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, returns with the latest Harry Potter news and an extended e-Mailbag segment! Willy the Wizard gets tossed out of court and is there a new attraction at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter? Join Melissa John and Frak for PotterCast 232. To listen, you can use iTunes or direct download …read more!

Winner of Crochet vs. Knitting War Announced and January Craft-Along Launched

Jan 14, 2011

Posted by: John Admin

Leaky

Firstly, the winner of the November/December 2010 Knitting and Crocheting Contest has been announced, with the crocheters beating the knitters 189 to 15! You can see some of the entries that were submitted here and view pictures of all of the entries at this link. Secondly, the January Craft-Along has been launched and will run …read more!

Signed Harry Potter Books Charity Raffle LiveStream Event Tomorrow at 2pm EST

Jan 14, 2011

Posted by: EdwardTLC

Charity

Tomorrow, Saturday, January 15th, join PotterCast and the Harry Potter Alliance for the live charity event for the raffle of the complete set of signed Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling. Starting at 2pm EST, the LiveStream event via this link will feature our own PotterCasters, the HPA’s Andrew Slack; and more surprise guests …read more!

What Was I Thinking Of?!?

Jan 13, 2011

Posted by: SuperJenn

Bloggers - tlccraftywitches

As you may have seen (and if you haven’t, well now you know!) this month’s craft-along is about Taking Crafty ResolutionsĀ¦ And Keeping Them! It should be fun to see what people have resolved to doing in 2011, and encourage them to keep those resolutions although the year! That isĀ¦ it will be fun for …read more!

It’s for a good cause – Leakypedia Page of the Day

Jan 13, 2011

Posted by: John Admin

J.K. Rowling

The Lumos organization, featured in the previous post about the London Marathon, is a children’s charity founded by J.K. Rowling. Some of you may not have been familiar with this charity or its connection to Jo. In fact, J.K. Rowling is involved with several charity causes, and the Leakypedia has a draft page of about …read more!

Kylie Peterson and Marshall Griffin Selected to Run for Lumos in 2011 London Marathon

Jan 12, 2011

Posted by: John Admin

Charity

We let you know at the end of October that Lumos, the children’s charity founded by J.K. Rowling, was looking for committed fundraisers to take one of its two Gold Bond places in the 2011 Virgin London Marathon. Leaky reader Kylie Peterson emailed in to let us know that she has been selected to run …read more!

Cho Chang Y’all – Leakypedia Page of the Day

Jan 12, 2011

Posted by: John Admin

Books

Cho Chang, just the sound of her name, had me clicking her page on the Leakypedia earlier today. Unfortunately there was not much there to see. If you want 75 more MyLeaky points or perhaps to go to the ball with Cho Chang, contribute something nice to her Leakypedia page.

Actors in the News Weekly Roundup

Jan 11, 2011

Posted by: John Admin

HP Cast

Actor news is still light on the ground. Firstly, the chaps behind the Facebook page for the musical “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”, in which Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) will star this Spring, have added new photos of the Al Hirschfeld theatre marquee. The marquee features never-before-seen promotional photos of Radcliffe and …read more!



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