Nick writes: In today’s Times there is an enthusiastic review of the LOTR musical, plus a profile of the musical team, plus a free download of one of the songs (Lothlorien). [More]
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Nancy writes: I just wanted to let you know that CinemaWorld, in Lincoln, Rhode Island is showing the LotR films individually for the next few weeks, and will have a TRILOGY screening starting at noon on April 15th. [More]
Ian Collier from The Tolkien Society writes: There are two articles one pro one anti (and the anti is quite anti) and a brief mention of reading day. [More]
But the funniest thing is that the Times’ fiction specialist can’t spell Tolkien’s name right, should the defenders of Tolkein, a Birmingham based childrens’ author, raise an objection? [tolkeinsociety.org]
Garfeimao writes: The Los Angeles Chapter of the JRR Tolkien Society and California State University at Long Beach Proudly Present: Tolkien Reading Day! Featuring: Tolkien Stories, arts and crafts, and free giveaways. [More]

Our good friend and staff member Balin will be laid to rest today – we will greatly miss him. We continue to get photos from friends all over the world! If you have any photos with Balin, please send them in (spymaster@theonering.net) and we’ll add them to the gallery. [Gallery]
From MSN: Have you seen every “Lord of the Rings” episode ten times? Were you in line at midnight to go see “King KongR21;? What would you do to win a phone call from Academy Award winning director, Peter Jackson? To celebrate the release of the King Kong DVD, one lucky fan will win a 15 minute phone call with Peter Jackson! [More]