April 2024:

Updates from the Smial of the Withywindle


J. R. R. Tolkien, c. 1925


At our meeting on Wednesday, we had a smaller-than-usual group, because several folks had other commitments or emergencies.  But we had a couple of first-time attendees.  And we picked our next reading!  Details below.
    Bob Clark, chief newsletter Hobbit

Announcements

Save the date for MiddleMoot, returning to Kansas City this year, at the WWI Museum!  October 26.  See below for more details.

The Next Meeting of the Tolkien Society: Wednesday, May 22, 6:30 PM

We'll be meeting at our usual location, ReRoll Tavern.

This month, we'll be discussing Tolkien's short story "Leaf by Niggle".  If you haven't read it lately and you'd like to read it ahead of time, the story is available in the book The Tolkien Reader, as well as in a stand-alone volume.



Middlemoot!

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

We can now announce that Middlemoot will be held at the WWI Museum.  More details on theme, times, calls for presentations, etc. as information becomes available.

This will be a great location for Middlemoot, as Tolkien fought in, and was greatly influenced by WWI, and at least one exhibit at the museum mentions him.  Also, one of our members is a volunteer there.

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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