Movies
How appropriate: While the 1939 film classic “The Wizard of Oz” celebrates its 50th year, the man who wrote the book on which it’s based is about to get his due.
Nov. 5, 1989
Books
David Beckham, Dakota Fanning, Eddie Redmayne and “Harry Potter” himself, Daniel Radcliffe, have all signed on to read chapters of “The Sorcerer’s Stone.”
May 5, 2020
Travel & Experiences
A sign that the times are changing: Reading the article about the gay group that wants to adopt a highway in South Dakota, I had to laugh when the imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan said, “They [gays] have the same rights we do” (Aug. 15).
Aug. 20, 2001
Born Lyman Frank Baum (no wonder he went by Frank) near Oneida, N.Y., in 1856, the author of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” and the books that followed started out infatuated by the theater.
March 8, 2013
Entertainment & Arts
L. Frank Baum’s magical land was located at the end of a long road of hard knocks and lessons.
Aug. 23, 2009
‘The Real Wizard of Oz’ by Rebecca Loncraine
Federal authorities say they have recovered a pair of sequined ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” that were stolen from a museum in her northern Minnesota hometown 13 years ago.
Sept. 4, 2018
A federal grand jury has indicted a man on suspicion of stealing a pair of ruby-red slippers worn by Judy Garland’s Dorothy in ‘The Wizard of Oz.’
May 17, 2023
California
10 named in alleged point-fixing scheme at University of San Diego and UC Riverside
April 12, 2011
The creator of ‘Oz’ books gave us a window on ourselves
Dec. 25, 2003