News - International Wizard of Oz Club
The Dark Side of Oz; Modern Adaptations Take a Turn
In dark Oz stories, the hedonistic “sex, drugs and rock and roll” of the 1960s and 70s morph into sex, drugs and especially violence. The steampunk esthetic is not the essence of dark Oz, but lends de...
Start Your TeslaCon with an Introduction to Oz
New to Oz? Jane Albright, Oz enthusiast, collector, and long-time member of the International Wizard of Oz Club will start Thursday morning’s TeslaCon programming in the Oz Club’s breakout room with a...
H.M. Wooglebug T.E., the Pedantic Pest of Oz
Inventor, genealogist, prosecutor, fashionista, (confusing) cartographer, editor, composer, poet, punster, and professor. Highly Magnified and Thoroughly Educated, the Woggle-Bug seems to do it all in...
Return to Oz with Ryan Jay
Ryan Jay is a nationally syndicated entertainment journalist and Wizard of Oz historian. He can be seen Fridays on NBC-Milwaukee’s “The Morning Blend” and on Saturday morning newscasts, reviewing what...
Cindy Ragni receives the 2026 L. Frank Baum Memorial Award
Oz Club Vice President Cindy Ragni received the L. Frank Memorial Award July 25. Cindy, who has been a devoted Oz reader since childhood, joined the Club two decades ago. Since then she has written fo...
Enter the Oz Club annual contests; winners announced at TeslaCon
The Oz Club has sponsored a fiction writing contest especially for TelsaCon, but our three annual contests will also be a part of our weekend. We traditionally display entries at our annual convention...
Balloons, Airships, and Ozoplanes: Fanciful Flights Above and Around Oz
L. Frank Baum launched his most famous heroine into the air in the first chapter of the first Oz book. Since then, a fantastic array of characters and vehicles has populated the Ozian skies. Please en...
Copper and Tin: The Life and Adventures of Two Metal Men
Judy Bieber is a Professor of History at the University of New Mexico. Her day job consists of teaching and research about the history of Spanish America and Brazil. In her free time, she enjoys explo...
Jay Thomas performs at TeslaCon
Jay Thomas writes sensual music with beats and string arrangements that evoke fantasy and escapism, while addressing grief, trauma, and human rights. His androgynous voice travels from gentle and soot...
Above the White City: An Aerial View of the 1893 World’s Fair
Join aeronaut O. Z. Diggs for a sky-high tour of the wondrous World’s Fair of 1893. We’ll take a bird’s eye view of the fairgrounds and swoop down into the White City (have your colored spectacles rea...