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Oziana 2019 Now Available
Those of us who can’t get enough Oz fiction, look forward to Oziana, the Club’s annual magazine of creative writing written and illustrated by Club members. First introduced in 1971, Ozian...
Walk-Through a Kansas Oz Exhibit
Expanding Oz, an exhibit that used material from my collection, recently closed here in Overland Park, Kansas. On the last day I walked through the exhibit and talked about it as a live video feed on ...
Contest: Newsweek Oz Anniversary Issue
Enter and Win! Thanks to Newsweek, four of our US/Canadian 2019 Club members can win the 80th anniversary Wizard of Oz issue. To enter the contest, send a photo of yourself celebrating the 80th anniv...
The Ruby Slippers, at Last, at Last!
The Oz Club has published three Baum Bugles every year since 1957. That’s more than 180 issues. Until now, the most popular icon of Oz, the Ruby Slippers, has never appeared on our cover. The ...
Ryan Jay Day
I’ve been hearing about Ryan Jay’s condo in Milwaukee for a bit more than a year. He’d describe the Oz colors going on the walls, or the arrangement of Oz art. It all sounded like a magical must-stop...
Oconomowoc or Bust!
Road trip Day 3 started with a detour. Garry Parrett had encouraged me to see the antique mall in Appleton where there was a Glinda figurine I’d likely want. He started listing other things he’d just ...
The Land of Oz Museum
The Land of Oz Museum in Wausaukee, Wisconsin, is jaw-dropping fun. Garry Parrett started his collection with a single collector’s plate and in 30 years it’s easily grown to be one of the largest Oz c...
More Oz Than a Car Can Hold
Day Two: I’m off to Appleton, Wisconsin. Although the Oz Club pulled loads of material out of Fred Meyer’s storage decades ago, he had wanted some publications on hand to send to his correspon...
Road Trip to Oz
Plane time is great time for blogging. Particularly when you’re off on an Oz adventure and haven’t even blogged about the last one yet. That trip took me to the homes of Oz friends in the Chicago/Wisc...
Oz, the National Convention 2019 Photo Gallery
Instead of words about the Oz Club’s convention, held just outside New Orleans in June, I’m opting to serve up a photo gallery. Thanks to Mike Gessel, who takes MUCH better photos than I d...