Post Tagged with: "The Lord of the Rings"

The City of Minas Tirith Built With 420,000 Matchsticks

I’m always fascinated by the amount of Tolkien-inspired fan art I find on the internet, but I had never seen an entire city built completely out of matchsticks, let alone thousands of matchsticks! The Iowa […]

Middle-earth Dance Party Playlist

Break out Gandalf’s fireworks and ale, it’s time for a Middle-earth dance party! Do you ever want to gather up all of your fellow Tolkien fans and have a party? Imagine it, enough food to […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

Check out this fantastic cosplay of Ori by frauleinninja! She had been dreaming about getting winter snow pictures with her costume, saying “Outside in the snow is the perfect place for Ori to read her […]

Celebrate Tolkien Reading Day: Giveaways, Contests, and Prizes!

It’s officially March, which means Tolkien Reading Day (TRD) is not far away. For those of you unfamiliar with TRD, it is celebrated every March 25, the day Sauron was defeated and The One Ring destroyed,  ushering […]

This Week in Middle-earth

Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings February 25 The Company pass the Argonath and camp at Parth Galen First Battle of the Fords of Isen; Theodred son of Theoden slain February 26 Breaking […]

Vanguard Award for Andy Serkis

Congratulations to Andy Serkis! Andy is to receive this year’s Vanguard Award in recognition of his work in performance capture. The award will be presented at CinemaCon in March. Andy is, of course, famous for […]

Happy Birthday To Sean Astin!

It was a good year, 1971, with all kinds of things happening. Things like an 85-meter-high tornado rising over the Ryukyu Islands in Japan, and, just shortly after The Beatles broke up, another bomb (this time […]

Howard Shore: The Man and his Music, Live in Dublin

The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit composer Howard Shore will visit Dublin, Ireland, for a concert of his own music in April. “Howard Shore in Dublin” will be introduced by the Academy Award-winning […]

Book Recommendations: For Those Interested in Artwork

In my last article of book recommendations I focused on hobbits. This time around I decided to look at books all about the art of Middle-earth. There are many talented artists who have brought this mythical world […]

This Week in Middle-earth

Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings February 17 Gwaihir bears Gandalf to Lorien February 23 The boats are attacked at night near Sarn Gebir At that moment there was a twang of bowstrings: […]