The Tolkien Society of Kansas City

The December party was a great success, with a White Oliphant exchange, and plenty of po-ta-toes and other appropriate delicacies.  Many thanks to Steve and Cindy for hosting! We took a break from our reading in TLOTR for the month of December, to discuss Letters to Father Christmas , so for January we're back on track, reading chapters IV - VI of the first half of The Two Towers .  We'll be meeting at Cardboard Corner once again, at 6:30 on January 28.  The address is 9240 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS We're currently researching a new venue, since we've outgrown the 12-person limit for the Cardboard Corner rooms.  We've got some ideas that we'll be investigating this month.

At the recent November meeting, we discussed the first three chapters of The Two Towers, chapters I - III.  Once again, we had a large crowd!  We're going to be looking for a bigger space to meet, since we've outgrown the rooms at Cardboard Corner. For December, we're having a party, on Friday, December 19, starting at 6:00 PM.  We'll be having Tolkien-themed food, things like lembas bread, taters, anything else that you can think of.  We'll also have a White Oliphant gift exchange, so please bring a wrapped gift if you'd like to participate in that (Tolkien-themed gifts are recommended), and we'll discuss Letters to Father Christmas, so read that ahead of time if you're interested; also, we may watch the animated Hobbit movie, if time permits! Please email us at tolkiensocietykc@gmail.com to let us know you're coming, and we'll send you the address. And please post what food you're planning to bring, to the Discord and/or the email list, so ...

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.