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Oz art exhibit covered by Aberdeen Insider

The Eclectic Oz exhibit was reported in Aberdeen’s local news last week. Click this link to read it. The reporter pulled it out from behind a paywall today so I could share it. Enjoy!  Jane PS Y...

Cara Perrion and Sue Boland strengthen our program

Cara Perrion serves the K.O. Lee Aberdeen Public Library as  Assistant Director and Community Services Librarian. She will be sharing a look at the library’s remarkable L. Frank Baum Collection with u...

Otis Frampton brings The Patchwork Girl of Oz to Aberdeen

Otis Frampton is a writer and artist who works in comics, books, and animation. While best known in comic’s circles for Oddly Normal, (Image Comics), he debuted issue #1 of his newly written &am...

Across the Shifting Sands: Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner

As news of our friend Sally’s death spreads across the Oz community, we share the collective sorrow at our great loss. Just Monday Sally sent us her academic credentials in the hope that her par...

Collectible convention souvenirs 

By Jane Albright One advantage for Oz collectors of having a collector chair an Oz Club convention, is that you won’t leave empty handed. And I’m a collector. “Yes” to the usual sticker-and-butt...

Additional Aberdeen speakers keep Baum coming

Of course we have more presenters!  Here are three, starting with our Oz Club President, Ryan Bunch. Ryan Bunch takes the podium Friday afternoon to share his understanding of the controversial Saturd...

2024 Ryan Bunch

Ryan Bunch, President of The International Wizard of Oz Club at the time of this presentation, received the L. Frank Baum Memorial Award during the Oz: the National Convention 2024 in Charlotte, North...

Lights! Camera! Oz!!!

While by there very nature Oz conventions are experienced as live events and destination settings to explore, we will take the opportunity to watch three films together in Aberdeen.  We’ll start Sunda...

Saturday night: Emerald City Masquerade

We’ve put the fun into fundraising for an interactive Saturday evening program July 19. Our Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center ballroom will be decorated to an Emerald City theme; everyone is enc...

Oz Club awards will be announced July 19

One highlight of the Oz Club’s annual convention is the announcement of that year’s award winners. Three annual contests solicit entries for original Oz fiction, research, and artwork. The Club’s L.Fr...