Harry Potter fans have been waiting for the upcoming release of Hogwarts Legacy. After first getting unveiled during a PlayStation 5 event in September of 2020, it was stated that the game would hit the marketplace later that year. However, that didn’t happen, as a delayed announcement showcased that the Hogwarts Legacy title wouldn’t be available until sometime in 2022. Since then, we haven’t seen much about the game.
Hogwarts Legacy doesn’t have much in terms of marketing material. However, a new teaser reel for PlayStation came out online this past Friday. It wasn’t much, so don’t get too excited. Posted on the official PlayStation Twitter account, Sony uploaded a video showcasing several PlayStation video game titles. But among the list, there were several instances that we saw Hogwarts Legacy. That doesn’t mean that this game is exclusive to PlayStation. We know that the game is slated to hit Xbox consoles along with the PC platforms.
Still, this is something to remind some PlayStation fans that there is Hogwarts Legacy coming out next year. Perhaps this is a game we’ll see again this year despite missing at E3 and Gamescom. There’s always the chance we’ll get a new game trailer in some capacity. Hopefully, we’ll receive some gameplay footage along with a release date soon.
As mentioned, the game was only slated to launch in 2022. We haven’t seen any details about when the game would hit the marketplace outside of just that launch window. For now, we know that when the game does launch, we’ll see it for the PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S platforms. It looks like fans will have to continue dissecting the game marketing materials released so far, along with speculating about who the antagonist might be.
ONEIDA – As if they were in a “Harry Potter” film, antique portraits will come to life, talking to each other and to visitors in an upcoming exhibit on the Oneida Reservation.
The portraits feature tribal citizens acting in roles of their individual ancestors who played important parts in the two-century history of the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin.
The panels will be displayed as part of a cultural and tourism exhibit on the reservation later this year.
Oneida officials came up with the idea of the digital portraits during the pandemic as a way to promote virtual tourism.
“We had to think about how to make tourism more accessible and exciting,” said Michelle Danforth-Anderson, Oneida Nation director of tourism and marketing.
The pandemic shut down virtually everything on the reservation, including the casinos, which have since reopened with partial crowd capacity.
Oneida officials are looking to welcome back a limited number of visitors safely this year as the pandemic wanes, but with cases still rising in some parts of the country and uncertainty about the COVID-19 variants, they are still looking for ways to limit close contact among people.
The digital portraits are a fun and safe way for the tribe to tell its story to visitors, Danforth-Anderson said.
“We don’t have to be face-to-face giving a tour,” she said. “People can self-tour.”
The digital portraits will be inside 1800s-themed log cabin exhibits at the Amelia Cornelius Culture Park named after the prominent Oneida official, artist and historian who died in 2016.
The park on the corner of Brown County FF and Wisconsin 54 was dedicated months before the pandemic started.
Telling the Oneida story is even more important this year because this is the 200th anniversary of the tribe establishing itself as an Indigenous nation in Wisconsin.
In one digital portrait, tribal citizen Christopher Powless portrays his three-times great-grandfather, Daniel Bread, who was one of the tribe’s leaders during the move to Wisconsin in 1821.
After bantering with a character in another portrait, Bread (portrayed by Powless) explains how tribal leaders fought against forced relocation and pleaded with the New York governor to be allowed to stay.
“Deep down I had this feeling we were going to move, anyway,” he says.
Powless explained how people could take only one trunk of belongings and had to leave the rest behind for their move to Menominee and Ho-Chunk land that had been set aside for them in northeast Wisconsin.
“This was a new frontier,” he said. “Our people did not want to go.”
Another portrait talks about how Oneida men would serve in another man’s place during the Civil War for $300, and explains that many residents lost their property through allotment to non-tribal people.
The three panels were made by Digital Designs of Green Bay and paid for with $23,000 from the federal coronavirus economic relief package.
Three more digital portraits are being made and will include stories of the infamous boarding schools, which are blamed for forced assimilation and loss of language and culture for most Indigenous people in the U.S.
“Some elders didn’t mind (the boarding school) because they had food, shelter and clothing,” Danforth-Anderson said. “Others have horror stories.”
She said the digital portraits will be ready for display and the park opened likely by the Nation’s Fall Fest during the first weekend of October.
The Oneida Nation Pow-Wow also is being tentatively planned for Aug. 28 and 29 with a 9,000-visitor capacity each day as tribal officials are focusing on holding more outdoor events.
“We’re slowly rebuilding tourism,” she said.
Frank Vaisvilas is a Report For America corps member based at the Green Bay Press-Gazette covering Native American issues in Wisconsin. He can be reached at 920-228-0437 or fvaisvilas@gannett.com, or on Twitter at @vaisvilas_frank. Please consider supporting journalism that informs our democracy with a tax-deductible gift to this reporting effort at GreenBayPressGazette.com/RFA.
What spookier way can there be to celebrate Halloween than a walk through a Forbidden Forest? Harry Potter fans the United Kingdom will get that chance this October, with an all-new, outdoor, nighttime attraction.
“Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience” opens October 16 and will run nightly through the woods on the grounds of Arley Hall Gardens in Cheshire, between Liverpool and Manchester. Visitors will walk from their cars into the woods for a 45-minute journey through a recreated Forbidden Forest, followed by a visit to the Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience village, which will offer food, beverages, and retail.
The walk-through will offer more than 20 engagement moments, including encounters with magical creatures such as nifflers, centaurs, unicorns, and a hippogriff. Visitors will learn to cast spells with their wands along the way, including casting a Patronus.
Image courtesy Thinkwell Group
Los Angeles-based Thinkwell Group is developing the attraction with Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment, extending a relationship that began on the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London, where guests can visit the sets where the Harry Potter series was filmed.
“The Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience offers fans a new way to enjoy some of the most iconic and magical wizarding world moments,” Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment Senior Vice President Peter van Roden said. “We’re thrilled to be working alongside Thinkwell to bring this incredible light trail to life at Arley Hall Gardens, a perfect location where the natural beauty of the forest trail and illuminated sets filled with familiar creatures from the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts series, will make for a magical experience for fans of all ages.”
Tickets start at £19 and will go on sale July 29. Fans can sign up for the ticket sale on the event website.
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This is really cool! Do you think something like this could be considered for Epic Universe? Maybe as an entry into to a new Harry Potter themed area – where you “teleport” to the Americas leading to a Fantastic Beasts theme area.
Also will be allowing virtual tours for those who can’t physically go to see it in other parts of the world?
July 23, 2021 at 3:45 PM
There will be a Fantastic Beasts area in Epic Universe. But the Forbidden Forest at Universal likely will continue to be an IOA thing with the Hagrid’s ride.
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A new event is now available Harry Potter: Puzzles Spells, the popular match-3 title from Zynga. It’s called Magical Mischief and looks to lean into the idea of friendly competition as well as camaraderie. It will be a recurring limited-time event that in-game Clubs will be able to regularly participate in.
The event is hosted by the prank-loving Weasley twins, Fred and George, meaning you’ll have to solemnly swear that you’re up to no good before taking part. The aim of the event is to complete puzzles on either the first or second try to earn Mischief Points.
Once you’ve accumulated enough Mischief Points, you will be able to exchange them for a Prank Box. This can then be sent to one of the other Clubs on your leaderboard. The Prank Box will then spring open on that club’s board, releasing Chattering Teeth, Fanged Flyers and other wizarding prank-based items to disrupt their game.
Then, at the end of the event, the player who has earned the most Mischief Points and sent the most Prank Boxes will be given the title Mischief-Maker-in-Chief! You can check out the embedded video above for a closer look at the mechanics this event offers.
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And it is because we are all awake, responding to the world and others around us, that a show is never exactly the same. An actor’s performance can differ depending on their mood that day or that of the audience. In a show as long-running as this one, significant life experiences – such as living through a pandemic – have changed how the themes of our story resonate.
During one of our first post-lockdown rehearsals, when the actor playing Scorpius delivered their line – “I mean, normally, being in lockdown, being in constant detention, it’d break me, but now – what’s the worse they can do? Bring back Moldy Voldy and have him torture me?” – there was a collective cringe. Elsewhere, in scenes that ruminate on loneliness and isolation, there was a slower, sadder delivery of lines. And, of course, the experience of gathering in crowds will never be the same. It’s likely that all audience members now arrive at the theatre with some anxiety.
I spent most of the months out of work in 2020 working on edits of my debut novel, Small Joys of Real Life. While I was missing my workplace, I drew on my skills of rewatching in order to see my words afresh with every reading. If a character is inserted or taken out of a scene, how does that effect the rest of the work? What happens if you switch around a sentence? I applied the same close reading to a stack of novels I reread – works by Sigrid Nunez, Sally Rooney, Elena Ferrante and Peggy Frew – novels I remembered reading in large gulps, almost without looking up. Already knowing their endings, I wasn’t wondering what would happen, but trying to figure out how. Mostly, I tried to replicate the experience of seeing a show. Remove any distractions and pay attention. What’s happening and how does it make me feel today?
Much like seeing the same show on repeat, lockdown forced this narrowing of focus on all aspects of my life. Without weddings, concerts or holidays to look forward to, I had to learn to appreciate the joy of the changing colours of foliage in my neighbours’ yards, my local restaurant’s weekend dinner special, the sponginess of a fresh loaf of sourdough.
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The season may be winding down, but there are still opportunities to make summer memories in Franklin County. Here are five activities it would be worth making time for around your last visits to the pool or your beach trip.
Waynesboro Wizarding Festival
If you’re a Potterhead, you need to jump on your broom, apparate or even steal your dad’s enchanted Ford Anglia to get to Waynesboro for the upcoming Wizarding Weekend.
Businesses and organizations around town will host Harry Potter-themed activities Aug. 6 and 7. Visit Borogon Alley at Main Street Park to buy and browse “magical supplies” from local vendors; make a craft at the Care for Magical Creatures Class on the grass behind Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library; participate in a wand workshop; meet your favorite Harry Potter characters; show off your best Wizarding World costume, and check out several other magical activities.
Some activities require reservations.
When: Friday, Aug. 6 and Saturday, Aug. 7
Where: Various locations in downtown Waynesboro
Cost: Some activities require admission or tickets
If you’ve never been to Renfrew Museum and Park in Waynesboro, Aug. 7 is a good day to check out everything the historic German homestead has to offer. Guests at Farmstead Day can get a glimpse at what life was like for the centuries of farmers who once lived on the 107-acre property. Tour the multiple 19th-century homes and buildings, interact with historic interpreters and browse the vendors and displays. Horse-drawn wagon rides will be available all day.
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7
Where: Renfrew Museum and Park, 1010 E. Main St., Waynesboro
Cost: $10 for adults, $5 for ages 7-18, free for ages 6 and under; free for members of Friends of Renfrew
Summer fun needn’t end just because the kids are heading back to school. The Mercersburg Lion’s Club will host its 46th annual carnival the third week of August, the same week when that local school district and a few others in the county begin the school year. Rides, from Snyder’s Attractions, will be open from 6 to 10 p.m. from Monday on, and each night will feature live entertainment. Check out the car show starting at 4 p.m. on Saturday, the last day of the fair.
When: Sunday, Aug. 15 (no rides, limited food) through Saturday, Aug. 21
Where: 405 S. Park St., Mercersburg
Cost: Free parking and admission. Wristbands cost $22; discount pre-sale dates to be posted on Facebook.
Rising jazz star Benny Benack III, a trumpet player and singer, and his band will headline The Institute’s Jazz Festival on the evening of Aug. 29. Celebrating its 30th anniversary and marking the first one since The Institute’s split from Renfrew Museum and Park, this concert will take place at a new location, at a lush, green property just outside Waynesboro. Bring some drinks, a picnic dinner or some cash for the food truck, and some chairs or a blanket to keep comfortable while enjoying the show.
You probably know that Caledonia State Park is home to a theater and a golf course, but did you know that a century ago it was an enclave for city people who wanted to live close to nature? Weekly, three-mile hikes in August showcase the cabins they built
When: 4-5:30 p.m. Saturdays in August (and July 31 and Sept. 4)
Where: Caledonia State Park, 101 Pine Grove Road, Fayetteville (meet at the Blacksmith Shop)
Bonus: Arrive two hours early any of these Saturdays for a program where you can learn about abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens and his role in creating Caledonia.
Getting lost in fiction is easy at the Abilene Public Library.
But this summer, the downtown branch has featured a way to dive deeper than ever into the wizarding world of Harry Potter.
Wednesdays have featured movie afternoon, showing in succession the eight Potter films. The final installment, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2,” shows at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the downtown branch, 202 Cedar St.
Accompanying the film is a craft opportunity, organized by Susannah Barrington. Past crafts included creating a chocolate frogs box, making a Weasley family clock and making a Monster Book of Monsters notepad.
The final craft Wednesday is making wands.
Beyond the craft and movie, what’s special in Abilene is the library’s room devoted to all things Potter.
Set off to the side of the second floor’s auditorium, several pieces of clothing representing the four houses — Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor — of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry can be found inside. It’s lit by light strands, giving mood lighting and offers a glimpse at some of the very potions brewed in Severus Snape’s many potion lessons.
“We’ve had a lot of children go through where they just say, ‘Aww,'” said Janet Bailey, technical services manager for the library. Others, she said, go through and wonder what the items on display truly are.
It sparks their imagination, in other words, she said.
The plan, Bailey said, is to leave the room decorated through Halloween, which would include the delayed — and drastically downscaled — Lib-Con event. Though the library is only set to offer a costume contest Oct. 9 at the Mall of Abilene, the hope is to attract folks to see the room on their next visit downtown.
This summer’s celebration of Harry Potter completes just days before the birthday of the hero. He shares one, July 31, with the author of his books, J.K. Rowling.
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For Ricki Spencer, a trans woman from Melbourne’s western suburbs, Melbourne University was always a sanctuary where they could watch the diverse world pass by.
“I didn’t have to worry about being sneered at, spat on, called a poofter, tranny, freak or fag or being punched, all of which had happened to me regularly in the west,” says Spencer, who is now the LGBTIQ officer at Melbourne University’s Graduate Student Association.
Transgender woman Ricki Spencer says Melbourne Uni is no longer the welcoming space it was.Credit:Paul Jeffers
But Spencer no longer feels welcome at the university.
“This academic [Lawford-Smith] has used her privileged space and place to weaponise trans and gender-diverse students on our university spaces and make them people to be ‘feared’ and be ‘reported’.”
But for Lawford-Smith and others on the gender-critical side of the debate, the key issue is the threat allegedly posed to cis-women by some trans women (who in their eyes remain men, regardless of how they identify). That threat needn’t amount to actual harm, she says; it’s enough that women should feel uncomfortable in spaces whose primary purpose is to make them feel safe.
“Women grow up in a culture saturated in male violence, harassment and sexual objectification, and this severely impacts on their use of public space,” she says.
“Women are taught how to keep themselves safe, and then activists take away their ability to do that by saying any man who wants to include himself in any women-only space is allowed to. There don’t have to be rapes or assaults for there to be a conflict of interests.”
Associate Professor Holly Lawford-Smith launched a website in February inviting cis-women to share stories of times they had felt threatened by transgender women.
Yet there is substantial evidence that trans people, and especially trans women, are far more likely to experience violence, including sexual violence, than to threaten it, being subject to assaults, sexual and otherwise, far more than any other group in society.
The 2015 US Transgender Survey – the largest of its kind ever conducted anywhere in the world – found 47 per cent of its more than 27,000 respondents had been sexually assaulted at some point in their lives. One in 10 said they had been sexually assaulted in the year prior to the survey, and more than three-quarters of those (roughly one in 12 of the entire sample population) said the incident took place in a public bathroom.
In Australia, a 2014 study found 65 per cent of young trans and gender-diverse people avoided using public toilets. The 2017 Pathways survey of trans youth found almost one-quarter had been sexually abused by someone outside the family (and more than 7 per cent by someone within it).
Evidence of harm in the other direction is, by contrast, relatively scant.
The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission says it is not aware of any evidence of attacks by trans women on cis-women in toilets having occurred in Australia.
“Continued questioning of trans people’s right to access bathrooms that align with their gender is fuelled in large part by transphobia and sensationalised media coverage,” says the commission’s head of strategic communications, Aram Hosie.
Hosie says education has a key role to play in defusing a debate that is often toxic. “First, to disprove the myth that trans or gender-diverse people present any kind of risk to other users of public bathrooms. But also to educate businesses about their obligations under the Equal Opportunity Act not to discriminate against trans and gender-diverse people.”
Mama Alto, CEO of Transgender Victoria, cites as best practice the facilities at the recently opened Victorian Pride Centre: lockable single rooms with a toilet, mirror, sink, hand dryer, menstrual hygiene disposal bin, plus a number of toilets with hoists and other aids for the disabled.
“These inclusive measures enable all people to use the bathroom comfortably and safely, with dignity and privacy,” says Alto. “No matter who they are.”
