The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy – The Exhibition is coming to the Indiana State Museum. The exhibition will open on 6th October and run until 31st December 2005. There are further details at indystar.com. Tickets will be on sale from mid 2005. You can sign up at the museum website here to receive e-mail notification of advance ticket sales.
The Lord of the Rings – and particularly the character of Legolas – has helped the sport of archery to soar in popularity over the past year or two. An article at This is Guernsey about an archery competition in the Channel Islands discusses how this year’s competition has experienced an influx of competitors, largely due to juniors wanting to emulate Legolas.
If you don’t have a copy of ‘The Silmarillion’ yet, Tolkien’s work about the history of the Elves from the creation of the world up to the Battle of the Last Alliance, now is a good time to ask your parents for an advanced birthday present, become a member of the nearest library or harass your son into lending you his copy, because on October 4th, the Book Club will start reading ‘The Silmarillion’.
There is a new Battle for Middle-earth video at IGN.com, and Gamespot.com has posted a short summary about the upcoming game.
New Line Cinema have confirmed that the RotK EE DVD and the collector’s giftset are to be released on 14th December. There are further details at dvdanswers.com.
Go to IGN.com to view two new The Lord of the Rings : The Third Age videos. They are entitled, “Turn-Based Battle” and “Goin’ Green”.
On 21st October, an exhibition entitled, “The Invented Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien, Drawings and Original Manuscripts from the Marquette University Collection” will open at The Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee. Entrance to the exhibition is free. There’s further information at the Museum of Art website here.
In this interview at homelanfed.com EA executive producer Steve Gray talks about the forthcoming game. He reveals that, “The Third Age is very near completion and will be released in November of this year.”
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Tickets are on sale now for the Return of the Convention in Bristol, UK. This event opens on Tolkien Reading Day, March 25th, with a gala dinner and runs through the Easter weekend until the 28th. The schedule will include workshops, talks, competitions and two parties including Bilbo’s Birthday Party on the Sunday night. All profits will go to charity. There’s further information at nadobra.com.
