February 2024:

Updates from the Smial of the Withywindle

We had a great discussion of Beren and Luthien at our February meeting.  I think everyone there had some unique insights on the book!
    Bob Clark, chief newsletter Hobbit

Announcements

Don't forget the library talk coming up in March!  Details below.

The topic of Tom Bombadil came up at one point during the last meeting, which inspired us to choose him for our March reading.

Save the date for MiddleMoot, returning to Kansas City this year!  October 26.

The Next Meeting of the Tolkien Society: Wednesday, March 27, 6:30 PM

We'll be meeting at our usual location, ReRoll Tavern.  This month, we'll be reading The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.  The text is available in several different volumes, any of which should be available at libraries and bookstores, hit us up on Discord or the Google Group if you have trouble finding it!

Rescheduled!  Library Talk: Monday, March 25, 6:00 PM

Elizabeth Perico of The Tolkien Society of Kansas City will be giving a library talk on Monday, March 25 at 6pm, at the South Branch of the Kansas City Kansas Public Library. The title of the talk is "Celebrating the Life of J.R.R. Tolkien".  Signup is not required, but helpful for planning at the library.




Middlemoot!

This year, Middlemoot is back in Kansas City, on Saturday, October 26, 2024.

We're currently looking for a venue to hold the event.  We require a room that will hold about 30 people, with wired internet access, a reasonably large screen for slides, in a central location at a reasonable cost.  If you know of a place, please let us know!

More details as information becomes available!

Online meetings

In addition to our meetings at ReRoll, we're looking into having some online Hobbit Happy Hour meetings, to give our remote members, and local members who can't make it to the IRL meetings, more chances to hang out.  Look for updates on this in our mailing list and Discord channel.

(if you'd like an invite to our Discord or our Google Group, please email tolkiensocietykc (at) gmail.com!)

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