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Games for Friends
Have you ever wanted to try an antique Oz board game, but you don’t want to potentially damage your valuable collectible? Now, you don’t have to run the risk! Over the past year, our Baum...
Winners Announced
Each year, the International Wizard of Oz Club presents the L. Frank Baum Memorial Award to a person (or persons) who has made significant contributions to the work and purposes of the Club. That gene...
A Musical Oz Oddity
Collector Bill Campbell shares Oz music box discs from the early years of Oz. Listen along as Bill plays music from the 1903 Wizard of Oz Broadway musical on his antique music box. His collection of r...
The Music of The Wiz
Oz Club Vice President Ryan Bunch discusses tunes that won the Tonys. The Wiz swept the 1975 awards winning seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. In this presentation, Ryan Bunch talks about how...
Collecting International Oz
Oz friends Mikey Dee (DeJesus) and Jane Albright are enthusiastic collectors of Oz material produced around the world. They shared some favorites in an interview one afternoon and share a recording of...
Editing The Baum Bugle
Four editors of the Oz Club journal share their memories and milestones. Our current editor-in-chief Sarah Crotzer talks with past editors Michael Gessel, Atticus Gannaway, and Scott Cummings about th...
The Yellow Brick Road
Where can you find a Yellow Brick Road? An Oz museum? Oz historic sites? Webmaster Dan Olsofka created a website to show you. He’s recorded a tour of the site to help you navigate it and find yo...
Meet 5 Non-Fiction Writers
From a Munchkin’s autobiography to a book of Oz art, these are authors who tackle the facts. Oz Club President Jane Albright interviews five writers working in the non-fiction Oz genre. Betty Ann B...
Playing Oz: Family Game Night
Looking for an evening of Oz family fun? Check out these traditional Oz board games, all of which are “new” enough to be readily available: Emerald City Opoly and Oz Monopoly The Wizard of...
Old Friends, Old Books, New Media
Such fun to join Cindy Ragni and Bill Thompson in the Rare Book Cafe to discuss collecting Baum and Oz! Our friend Sophia Bogle of saveyourbooks.com recruited us for this streaming event hosted by Ed...