The Tolkien Society of Kansas City

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...

At the recent May meeting, we discussed the first three chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring.   We had a full house, with ten people in attendance, including some first-timers.  We had a great discussion. We'll be holding our next meeting on Wednesday, June 25, at 6:30, at Cardboard Corner Cafe, at 9240 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS.  We'll be in the Fantasy room.  We'll be discussing the next three chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring, chapters 4-6. 

By Chase Spears What do you mean the barrel scene from Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Hobbit isn’t anything li ke what’s portrayed in the book? This was one of many points of entertaining co nversation between me and Lori during our evening walks as I read through Tolkien’s 1937 adventure , along with the Kansas City Tolkien Society over the last few months. Though a longtime fan of Tolkien’s works conveyed through film, I’m still cutting my teeth as a newbie when it comes to ta king in his actual writing . I’m learning much about middle earth, now in my middle age. But th e thing stands out in grandest fashion is the development of Bilbo Baggins as a strategic character in the plot . If put into a lineup with those who more looked the part of soldier , few would likely pick him to fill the role of stealthy warrior on a quest with infinitesimal odds of success or even survivability. Yet he was the essential man for the task . In my office hang s a painting by John Paul...