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HPA FTW!
Dear friends, Five years ago a sweaty dude named Andrew Slack came to one of our shows with an idea would profoundly change the way Harry Potter fans could interact with the magical world created by JK Rowling. No, he wasn’t proposing a theme park. Instead, he wanted to take a cue from the books and [...]
Continue reading...Question Tuesday
22. June 2010
The HPA is participating in the Chase Challenge on Facebook for a chance to win $250,000. (Details on how to vote are below.) What causes would you like this money to help, if (when?) the HPA wins? I know we all have causes near to our heart, but I also believe in timeliness. At the moment, I [...]
Continue reading...Live Potterwatch Broadcast Today with DatM and Other Rad People!
19. March 2010
What: Live Potterwatch broadcast for Accio Books! When: Today, March 19 at 4pm EST Where: SayAHA! Livestream Channel Who: Brian Malfoy, Maureen Johnson, Charlie is Cool Like, and more! We’re nearly three weeks into the second annual Accio Books! campaign, and we are PUMPED! The books just keep coming in. And guess what? This week’s House Livestream is with [...]
Continue reading...Helping Haiti Heal! Wow!
24. January 2010
Okay, I’d like to start this with one big fat WOW! For those of you who weren’t privy to the onslaught of tweeting yesterday or who were unable to make it to the Helping Haiti Heal event organized by the HP Alliance, you missed out! But you don’t have to stay out of the loop! [...]
Continue reading...Light Through Darkness
13. January 2010
Live episode of Potterwatch tonight (Wed, January 13) at 8:30 pm EST with the theme of light through darkness!! In these dark January days where the winter blues can make us feel as though we’ve suffered a dementor attack, it is as they say, far, far better to light even the smallest candle than it is [...]
Continue reading...Keeping the Spirit Alive
23. December 2009
Plenty of people take this time of year to do good. Call it the Christmas spirit, benevolence, magnanimity, kindness, whatever. Regardless, it’s a lovely thing to witness. I was thinking about how I would use these adjectives to describe our community throughout the year. At any given time, there is someone out there planning, working toward, [...]
Continue reading...Wrock 4 Equality!
16. October 2009
One of the greatest things about Wizard Rock, in my opinion, is how often it is used as a rallying point for some good cause or other. One of my favorite examples to cite to outsiders is Wizard Rock the Vote, a Harry Potter Alliance campaign to sign up new voters and encourage everyone to [...]
Continue reading...The Dumbledore Challenge Calls to Wizard Rockers
14. July 2009
If you are a member of the Harry Potter fandom and are on Twitter, chances are you’ve noticed everyone using the #Dumbledore hashtag in order to try and make it a trending topic. This is part of the #Dumbledore Twitter Challenge and I’ve already noticed the Wrock community joining in whole-heartedly! So if you haven’t [...]
Continue reading...What Would Dumbledore Do?
24. June 2009
Many times in the past, the Wizard Rock community (and the Wizrocklopedia specifically) have worked in coordination with the Harry Potter Alliance to spread awareness, raise money, or just have a good time for a good cause! Freya and I are extremely excited to continue this working relationship with the HP Alliance and have jumped on [...]
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10. July 2010
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