The Tolkien Society of Kansas City

At the recent October meeting, we discussed the last four chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two Chapters VII - X.  We had what may have been our biggest crowd ever, at least since the start of the pandemic! We'll be holding our next meeting on Wednesday, November 19, at 6:30, at Cardboard Corner Cafe, at 9240 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS.  PLEASE NOTE - This will be the THIRD Wednesday of the month, we've rescheduled to avoid Thanksgiving week.  We'll be in the Fantasy Room this time. We'll be discussing the first three chapters of The Two Towers, chapters I - III. For December, we're looking at having a Christmas Hangout/Party some time early in the month, location TBD.  If you have thoughts on what that can look like, feel free to discuss on Discord or the Google Group email list!

At the recent September meeting, we discussed The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two Chapters III - VI.  One of our main topics of discussion was the evil agency of Caradhras, and The Misty Mountains in general.  Since the mountains were raised up by Morgoth himself, we agreed that it wasn't surprising that they would work against the Fellowship.  Also, we noticed that Frodo seemed to have some heightened senses, in his noticing the footsteps of, presumably, Gollum following them through Moria. We'll be holding our next meeting on Wednesday, October 22 6:30, at Cardboard Corner Cafe, at 9240 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS.  We'll be in the Sci-Fi Room this time. We'll be discussing the final four chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two Chapters VII - X. Please note, we've made some schedule adjustments for our last two meetings of the year, in order to work around the holidays.  We'll be meeting on the third Wednesdays of the month in both November and De...

At the recent August meeting, we discussed The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One Chapters XI and XII, and Book Two Chapters I and II. Please Note! There were no available rooms for our usual meeting night this month, so we've had to shift our meeting to Thursday ! We'll be holding our next meeting on Thursday, September 25 6:30, at Cardboard Corner Cafe, at 9240 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS.  We'll be in the Sci-Fi Room this time. We'll be discussing the next four chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two Chapters III - VI.

At the recent July meeting, we discussed chapters VII-X of The Fellowship of the Ring.   We had 14 people there, probably the biggest crowd we've had post-lockdown!  Several new people were in attendance. We'll be holding our next meeting on Wednesday, August 27, at 6:30, at Cardboard Corner Cafe, at 9240 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS.  We'll be in the Fantasy Room this time. We'll be discussing the next four chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One Chapters XI and XII, and Book Two Chapters I and II.

At the recent June meeting, we discussed chapters 4-6 of The Fellowship of the Ring.   We had a full house, with ten people in attendance. We'll be holding our next meeting on Wednesday, July 23, at 6:30, at Cardboard Corner Cafe, at 9240 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS.  We'll be in the Sci-Fi Room this time, as the Fantasy Room was not available.  And we're upping our reading game, we'll be discussing the next four chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring, chapters 7-10.  

by Elizabeth Perico So, it begins A little over a year ago, I met with what was to become the ‘Council of the West’, as we began discussing and planning the first ever Tolkien Society event in the USA, which became Westmoot. Today, it is already more than a month since the event took place, and I can truly say it met, and even exceeded all our hopes! What goes into holding a moot? When you attend one, especially the more established ones such as Oxonmoot or Mythmoot, they typically run like clockwork, and rarely do attendees see the rudders spinning furiously under the water. (Or at least you hope they don’t!) The more established events will normally have a regular venue, and vendors, and equipment that they are used to working with. For Westmoot, EVERYTHING was new! We did not have the budget to purchase A/V equipment, so the good Professor Olsen brought his own gear he used for Signum moots, and did much of the set up for recording presentations, showing slides, and making sure micr...