The Wonderful Weekend of Oz sponsored by The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation will be held Friday through Sunday Oct. 5 through 7. The following is a schedule of events:
Friday Oct. 5
Reception for Visitors
When: 1 to 4 p.m.
Where: Gage Foundation office, with tours of the Gage Home
Rehabilitation Tours of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Home
When: 1 to 4 p.m.
Where: Gage Home
Walking Tours of Baum's Fayetteville
When: 1 to 4 p.m.
Where: Leaving from the Gage Foundation office
Who:Sue Boland, senior guide at the Gage Foundation
Cost:$5 adults, $3 seniors and kids 12 and under
Special commemorative showing of the MGM 'Wizard of Oz'
When: Doors open at 6 p.m. Kids crafts, displays, and items for sale. Speakers and
movie at 7 p.m.
Where: The Palace Theater, 2384 James St., Syracuse
Who: Opening presentation by John Fricke, the leading expert on the popular
culture of Oz and descendants of L. Frank Baum
Cost:$10 adults, $5 kids 12 and under
Saturday Oct. 6
Rehabilitation Tours of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Home
When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where:Gage Home
Walking Tours of Baum's Fayetteville
When: 9 a.m., noon, 3 p.m.
Where: Leaving from the Gage Foundation office
Who:Sue Boland, senior guide at the Gage Foundation
Cost:$5 adults, $3 seniors and kids 12 and under
Panel No. 1 -- A New Look at Oz
When: 10:30 a.m.
Where: Fayetteville Free Library -- Community Room (300 Orchard St., Fayetteville, NY 13066)
Who:Panelists Michael Patrick Hearn; John Fricke; Ranjit Dighe, Ph.D.
Hearn is the leading authority on Oz author L. Frank Baum.
Fricke is the leading expert on the popular culture of Oz.
Dighe is an associate professor of economics who brings a fascinating professional eye to popular interpretations of Oz.
Oz is a feminist utopia, replete with barely concealed themes of peace, social justice, and social responsibility. How do these themes of the story account for its universality? And who didn't L. Frank Baum meet in the course of creating his classic?
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