{"id":34798,"date":"2010-01-02T10:48:38","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T15:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=34798"},"modified":"2010-01-02T10:48:38","modified_gmt":"2010-01-02T15:48:38","slug":"tolkien-in-the-wagner-ring-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/01\/02\/34798-tolkien-in-the-wagner-ring-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolkien in the Wagner Ring Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><strong>Nancy<\/strong> writes: Just wanted to let you (and TORN) know that there will be several talks about Richard Wagner and JRR Tolkien in connection with Los Angeles&#8217; Ring Festival.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Opera will produce 3 complete cycles of Wagner&#8217;s Ring operas in May and June. In connection with this will be Ring Festival LA, consisting of numerous events, lectures, exhibits, and performances running from January through August. (Information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.RingFestivalLA.com\">www.RingFestivalLA.com<\/a>) <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Three of interest to the Tolkien lover are:<\/p>\n<p>Seminar: &#8220;Two Rings: Wagner and Tolkien&#8221;, June 11-12, Mt St Mary&#8217;s College Doheny Campus, 10 Chester Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90007. Speakers: Profs. Michael Heim, Kristen Grimstad, Brenda Lynch, more. Cost: Jan-Feb, $75; Mar-Apr $100, May-June $125. Information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msmc.la.edu\/ringseminars\">http:\/\/www.msmc.la.edu\/ringseminars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lecture: &#8220;Wagner vs. Tolkien: Who&#8217;s the Real Lord of the Rings?&#8221; by John Spear, Speakers Bureau Library Talks. Free. Three locations:<br \/>\nApr 20, 6:30-7:30, La Verne Library, 3640 D St, La Verne, CA 91750.<br \/>\nMay 10, 7:00-8:00, Burbank Public Library, 110 N Glenoaks Blvd, Burbank, CA 91502.<br \/>\nMay 11, 7:00-8:00, Redondo Beach Library, 303 N Pacific Coast Highway, Redondo Beach, CA 90277.<\/p>\n<p>Lecture: &#8220;My Precious Illusion &#8211; Rings of Power in Wagner and Tolkien&#8221;, by Dr David Werner. Free. March 29, 7:00, Campus Center, University of La Verne, 1950 3rd St, La Verne, CA 91750.   <\/p>\n<p>For more information, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.RingFestivalLA.com\">www.RingFestivalLA.com<\/a>; click on Partners, click on Conversations &#038; Symposia, search &#8220;Tolkien&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nancy writes: Just wanted to let you (and TORN) know that there will be several talks about Richard&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,153,192,152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-tolkien-life","category-events-lectures","category-tolkien"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-93g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}