Sunday, July 1, 2007

Harvard Square to be Hogwarts Square

The Boston Globe:
Just when you thought you were safe from iPhone hysteria, a new hype hoo-ha about Harry Potter is heading your way, and helping to amp up the buzz is Harvard Square, which plans to briefly rename itself Hogwarts Square....

Some might think Harvard would be immune to a frenzy that has beguiled fourth graders and reportedly resulted in 1.4 million book 'preorders' at online book-seller Amazon.co.uk, but they'd be wrong.

Not to be outdone by London, where author J.K. Rowling plans a midnight reading for her book's release date, Harvard Summer School and the Harvard Square Business Association are organizing 'the most grand celebration of literature in Harvard history.'...

Plans call for a concert featuring such bands as Harry & the Potters, and there will be a scavenger hunt for owls, bats, and red stones at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, organizers said....

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