Who: Everyone What: wizard of oz Portal When: March 12-18 Where: The Book Place Rating: low
Come to Oz! The Book Place will turn into the portal to Oz. For the most part, the portal is reminiscent of the Judy Garland Wizard of Oz. It’s mostly idyllic, though if you want to have something exciting happen to your character(s), there’s plenty of choice.
Places Emerald City - For our purposes, this is a for reals green-everything city (not the ‘wear glasses’ rendition). There are shops where you can buy green food and drink from, hairdressers, and more. There will be several events going on here during the portal.
Munchkin Country - Farms and towns, the Munchkins are in celebration! The Wicked Witch of the East is dead and there’s a week long party to celebrate this! The Munchkins will be very welcoming and probably ask you if you know or are related to Dorothy Gale.
Poppy Field where you will fall asleep. So if you want some drama, feel free to have someone succumb to them. If you can hold your breathe/don’t breathe or you want to have it snow as a way to solve things, go ahead.
Wicked Witch of the West’s Castle - if you want to go steal something from the Wicked Witch, now’s your chance, though unfortunately anything magically will only be magical in the portal. If you steal a wand or something, it will just be a ‘prop’ when you leave the portal.
Note: Should you want to go to other places in Oz, you definitely can.
Events Emerald City Mar 13 - Potions seller is claiming to have a ‘cure all’. He’s a smooth talker. This will turn your skin green for 24 hours if you consume one of these potions. Mar 15 - Fashion Show. You can see the latest fashion on display. If you saw the signs previous to today, you can also sign up a design of your own. Hopefully you made it green. Mar 18 - A large gala event with lots of fancy green dresses, green food, and great music with names related to green. All the green.
Munchkin Town Mar 13 & 14 - Farmers market with so much fresh fruit (some you know and some you have never seen before). You can also do a few fair-like events like bob-for-apples and see livestock. Mar 16 - The Wicked Witch of the West is threatening to cause havoc for the town. It’s a very dramatic arrival, announcement, and then she’ll poof away leaving many Munchkins worried Mar 17 - Flying monkeys show up and mostly just cause a lot of chaos. Nothing deadly, but they like stealing article of clothes and picking people up and depositing them elsewhere Mar 18 - An outdoor festival celebrating those who helped shoo the monkeys away