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Learn to Code at Microsoft’s Harry Potter Workshops for Kids!

Apr 11, 2019

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Education, Events, Fans, Fun, Interactive, News, Products

Beginning in May, Microsoft stores will be offering Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit workshops for children, and we can’t think of a more magical way to have fun and exceed educational expectations for the summer! According to Romper, Microsoft will offer two camps geared toward varying interest and skill levels. The first workshop is for …read more!

Special Astronomy class to be held February 23 & 24, sign up now

Jan 07, 2019

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Education, Events, Fun

Need a little extra OWL or NEWT prep in Astronomy?  If you can make it to the Robert J. Novins Planetarian at Ocean County College in New Jersey, you can learn about The Astronomical World of Harry Potter and ace those exams. “Learn about all the ways the characters and events in Harry Potter take …read more!

Weekly Round-up: Alfonso Cuarón At Venice Film Festival, Imelda Staunton Joins ‘Downton Abbey’ Movie & More!

Sep 02, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Alfonso Cuaron, Broadbent, Education, Events, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Films, Films - Trailers, Gambon, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter Round-Up, Herdman, Honors/Awards, Interviews, Lynch, McCrory, Miller, Movies, Music, News, Phelps, Round-Up, Spall, Television Programmes, Thompson, Thompson Interviews

The week doesn’t get much bigger than when the we all go Back to Hogwarts! Wizards and Muggles alike celebrated September 1 sharing their Hogwarts Journeys and re-immersing themselves in the magical world we have all come to love. Leading up to that special day, we learned that Crimes of Grindelwald is the most anticipated …read more!

New York Historical Society announces events to accompany “Harry Potter: A History of Magic” exhibition

Aug 02, 2018

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Education, Events, News

As Leaky has reported previously, the exhibition Harry Potter: A History of Magic that premiered last year at the British Library to mark the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in the UK, will travel to the New York Historical Society in the fall to commemorate the 20th anniversary of …read more!

Accio JavaScript! New Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit available for pre-order

Jul 24, 2018

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Education, Fun, Interactive, News, Products, Science, Tech, Warner Bros.

Educational tech company Kano is combining Muggle technology and magic in unprecedented fashion. Kano has created an app and software to enable you to learn coding magically, using your wand.  Actually, you have to use their wand, but it IS a wand, and it creates code when you wave it at your computer screen.  Yes, we were told that …read more!

Which castle would you most like to visit?

Jul 05, 2018

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Education, Events, Fan Events, Films, Fun, HP References, Info, News, Props-Sets

Easy question, right?  Bet you didn’t hesitate a second before answering.  Neither did the 1,000 kids aged 6-16 who answered this question in a recent survey conducted by English Heritage.  Hogwarts easily topped the list, followed by Cinderella’s Castle and Elsa’s Ice Palace from Frozen.  See the top ten castles from the survey results below: …read more!

Teacher Appreciation Week: Gryffindor House

May 12, 2018

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Education, Fun

As we wind up Teacher Appreciation Week with a tip of a pointed witch’s hat to Professor Minerva McGonagall, head of Gryffindor House, we should remind ourselves that every week should be teacher appreciation week.  Without great teachers, you could not read this post, nor acquire basic knowledge in maths, the sciences, languages, history, charms, …read more!

Students: Join the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge

May 09, 2018

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Books, Companion Books, Contests, Education, Jim Kay, News, Scholastic

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!

Theater Round-Up: Oliver Phelps’s Stage Debut, A Meet and Greet with Noma Dumezweni, Anthony Boyle’s Upcoming BBC Programs and More

Mar 26, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Anthony Boyle, Broadway, Coulson, Directors, Education, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Honors/Awards, John Tiffany, Misc, News, Noma Dumezweni, Phelps, Round-Up, Shaw, Television Programmes, Theater, Theater Round-Up

It’s been a memorable couple of weeks in the world of Harry Potter theater with Cursed Child’s first full week of previews on Broadway. The cast welcomed fans to the newly renovated Lyric Theater for a chance to be the first to see the play on the Great White Way and sat for a stunning …read more!

Google’s Portkey to A History of Magic Exhibition

Mar 01, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Art, Education, Fun, Galleries, Interactive, J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay, News, Tech

After over four spellbindingly successful months at the British Library, Harry Potter: A History of Magic Exhibition came to a close this week. For fans who didn’t get the opportunity to see the Wizarding World brought to life through this historical perspective, now you’ll have the chance from the comfort of your own Burrow. The …read more!



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