Archive for June 1st, 2004

Tickets on Sale for Shore at Hartford Symphony

Tuesday, June 1st, 2004 Posted in Old Main News

Ringer ismisebainrion wrote to tell us that tickets are on sale now for the Hartford Symphony's Lord of the Rings with Howard Shore. Sunday, September 19 at 3 pm. ... Read more..

Boston Museum LOTR Exhibit Special Promotion

Tuesday, June 1st, 2004 Posted in Old Main News

The Boston Museum of Science is doing a special promotion, Ringer Anduinite writes: Sunday, August 1, from 12:01 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.: A Lord of the Rings ticket ... Read more..

More LOTR Pinball Info

Tuesday, June 1st, 2004 Posted in Old Main News

Ringer Bryan (corroborated by Ringer azLaura) writes: Readers interested in the LOTR pinball should avoid Sharper Image go to an actual pinball machine retailer - they will save several hundred ... Read more..

New Zealand as Middle-Earth at RBHS

Tuesday, June 1st, 2004 Posted in Old Main News

Regina G writes: On Friday, May 28th, Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego, California, hosted their annual Multi-Cultural Faire. Our group decided to do New Zealand as Middle-Earth, serving ... Read more..

The master of special effects

Tuesday, June 1st, 2004 Posted in Old Main News

(CNN) -- The next time you settle in for a summer blockbuster movie and prepare to be dazzled by the wizardry of modern cinematic special effects, remember one name: Ray ... Read more..

Universities look to Middle Earth for academic inspiration

Tuesday, June 1st, 2004 Posted in Old Main News

There's a flurry of activity in the academic shires in response to the 50th anniversary of the Lord of the Rings. While the giants - or should that be orcs ... Read more..

‘Dead Ringers’ For Rings

Tuesday, June 1st, 2004 Posted in Old Main News

Greenwood Hobbit writes: Popular BBC2 programme 'Dead Ringers' has committed what to some would seem the ultimate insult - a spoof of ROTK's Grey Havens sequence. But I have ... Read more..

‘Gnomish Lexicon’ to be Reprinted

Tuesday, June 1st, 2004 Posted in Old Main News

Ostadan writes: Elvish linguists may be glad to learn that JRRT's very early "Gnomish Lexicon", which was published a few years ago in Parma Eldalamberon #11, but has been unavailable ... Read more..