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**[http://www.ozconinternational.com/our-next-convention.html The next convention] | **[http://www.ozconinternational.com/our-next-convention.html The next convention] | ||
**[http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/travel/us/20140703-san-diego-areas-link-to-emerald-city-is-clear-when-oz-fans-convene.ece San Diego, Oz, and the Winkie Convention] | **[http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/travel/us/20140703-san-diego-areas-link-to-emerald-city-is-clear-when-oz-fans-convene.ece San Diego, Oz, and the Winkie Convention] | ||
**Special events for the 50th — [[http://www.nbcsandiego.com/entertainment/the-scene/Wizard-of-Oz-Convention-Hotel-Del-Coronado-269576791.html A]] [[http://www.coronadonewsca.com/news/coronado_island_news/showing-of-the-wizard-of-oz-in--d-to/article_0ca520ca-18f1-11e4-a8e2-001a4bcf887a.html B]] | **Special events for the 50th — [[http://www.nbcsandiego.com/entertainment/the-scene/Wizard-of-Oz-Convention-Hotel-Del-Coronado-269576791.html A]] [[http://www.coronadonewsca.com/news/coronado_island_news/showing-of-the-wizard-of-oz-in--d-to/article_0ca520ca-18f1-11e4-a8e2-001a4bcf887a.html B]] [[http://www.coronadonewsca.com/news/coronado_island_news/coronado-playhouse-to-host-oz-special-aug/article_23b460d2-1842-11e4-9144-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=story C]] [[http://www.coronadonewsca.com/news/coronado_island_news/coronado-library-to-host-special-exhibition-and-oz-con-opening/article_0e27eb58-1842-11e4-9440-0019bb2963f4.html D]] | ||
*[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oz-Club-Convention/190570977682557 The International Wizard of Oz Club's National Convention] | *[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oz-Club-Convention/190570977682557 The International Wizard of Oz Club's National Convention] |
Revision as of 14:39, 3 August 2014
- The Winkie Convention in California — [Facebook] [History] [Newsletter]
- A change of location
- The next convention
- San Diego, Oz, and the Winkie Convention
- Special events for the 50th — [A] [B] [C] [D]
- The Chesterton, Indiana, Oz Festival (currently on hiatus)
- OzFest in Chittenango, New York: L. Frank Baum's hometown throws a party for their native son — [A] [B] [C] [D (2014)] [E (2014)]
- The plaque on the only house still standing that L. Frank Baum lived in (in Coronado, California)
- Oz-toberfest, an autumn Oz event in Kansas
- The Oogaboo Rendezvous, a group of local Oz fans in the Pacific Northwest
- The (now closed) Wizard of Oz Park in Banner Elk, North Carolina — [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F][G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N]
- Autumn at Oz, an annual festival that revisits the Wizard of Oz Park
- The National Oz Museum in Camden, Maine
- The Wizard of Oz touring museum exhibit (based on the book)
- The Wizard of Oz Festival in Oz — Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia, that is
- LEGOLAND Discovery Center Kansas City, which includes several Wizard of Oz exhibits in its Miniland
- The Wizard of Oz story garden in Butler Hayned Park in Mapleton, Illinois
- Munchkinland Playground and Fitness Trail in Washington, Kansas
- The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation — they sponsor an annual Weekend in Oz, since Gage was L. Frank Baum's mother-in-law
- Wizard of Oz Meetup Groups — meet local Oz fans in your area
- Sunday River Ski Resort, Maine — one of their mountains is called Oz, with appropriately named runs
- Sluggers & Putters, an Ohio amusement center that has Oz-themed areas, including miniature golf
- The Museum of the Moving Image, Queens, New York — You can put your own voice into scenes from The Wizard of Oz!
- Fairytale Town in Sacramento is adding a Yellow Brick Road
- Public children's literature statues in the United States, including two entries from The Wizard of Oz
- Wizard of Oz Funland, and it's actually in Oz (Australia, that is)
- The Emerald Lounge at the Revere Hotel in Boston
- Wizard of Oz slot machine (you'll have to find a place that has this, however)