News - International Wizard of Oz Club
Getting crafty at TeslaCon
One TeslaCon tradition, a Makers Room, has built a tradition of demonstrating and leading all kinds of hands-on constructions. The Oz Club wanted to contribute, so we’ve developed a few Oz proje...
Optional Saturday night dinner; reserve a seat now
TeslaCon offers one seated meal to attendees in the Grand Emerald City Bistro Room. This festive Saturday dinner will precede a fun evening of Jitterbug Lessons. The only way to have a seat and a plat...
Music Milestones in Oz
T. Craft and Ryan Bunch are teaming up at TeslaCon with their own unique look at songs from Oz musicals. From the memorable to the forgotten, you are sure to be intrigued by the sheer variety of songs...
Toto of Oz 20th anniversary edition now available
First published in 2006, Gina Wickwar’s delightful second Oz novel, Toto of Oz, is now available in two new print-on-demand editions. Order yours here in our online shop. Both hardback and paper...
Oz Club offers silent auction at TeslaCon
The Oz Club auction has a long and storied history. Since our first conventions in the 1960s, simply offering an auction drew members to attend; most of us are avid collectors. Word of mouth spread an...
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...