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New Play Alice Lost in Wonderland Premieres in Orlando

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tenniel cheshire catWe’re all mad here….

The pairing of our Alice with mental institutions is nothing new.  The latest entry in this dark and rather crowded category is a new play premiering in Orlando, Florida called Alice Lost in Wonderland.  It presents a character named Jane (as in Doe) whose search for sanity and her own identity is wrapped up in her search for Lewis Carroll’s character of Alice, whom she believes is real.

The play will be performed through November 3rd.  To read a review from the Orlando Sentinel, click me.

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Vintage Promo Clip for Children’s Fairyland Includes Alice as Narrator

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If you’re a fan of theme parks, you might enjoy this vintage promotional clip from the early ’60s for Children’s Fairyland in Oakland, CA.  Alice appears as tour guide at around 3:55, and at 9:20 she shows the little Wonderland Carousel.  Staff claim their park inspired Walt Disney to create his own. If nothing else, this clip makes for an interesting cultural time capsule!

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Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar Defies UK Smoking Ban

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From the “You can’t make this stuff up (unless maybe you’re Lewis Carroll)” Department comes this entertaining news item from the UK.  It seems a florist in Blackburn had a wooden figure of the Disney Caterpillar in her store’s window display, complete with a faux hookah.  A local protection officer was walking by the shop, and became concerned that the Caterpillar was breaking the local ordinance against smoking in the workplace.  No, really.  Or that the shopkeeper was actually running an illicit hookah den.  To read the whole silly story and see photos of the Caterpillar caught in the non-act, click me.

Thanks to one of our mimsiest minions for sharing this little gem of a story.  What would Lewis Carroll have said?

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Download the Alicewinks iBook FREE from October 14-18 Only!

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Attention iPad owners!   If you’re looking for an Alice book designed just for you, the creators of Alicewinks have taken a host of vintage illustrated versions of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and have cleverly merged and animated the images.  The result is a charming and slightly surreal illustrated version of the classic book.

Given the technical complexity of the project, and the large file size, Alicewinks is only available currently as in iBook, intended for enjoyment on the Apple iPad.  It is available for $9.99 in the iBooks store, but from October 14-18 ONLY, the Alicewinks edition will be available as a free download from iBooks (iPad) or iTunes (computer).  They are also running a competition for the best review of their edition; the winner will receive an iPad and $100 iTunes credit.

If you have any questions or download issues, please contact the folks at Alicewinks directly.  For more information, please visit the Alicewinks website.

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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Premieres Tonight on ABC

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In case you missed all the advertising online, on TV, on buses, on billboards, and even the occasional giant mushroom out on the streets of Manhattan, ABC’s spinoff series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland premieres tonight (October 10th) at 8pm EST.  To visit the web site, click me.

It appears that this Alice has much to learn–including the proper way to hold a rabbit!  If you watch the premiere, leave us all a comment to share what you thought of it!

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New Wonderland Game App From Disney

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Whatever you thought of Tim Burton and Linda Woolverton’s film, if you were a fan of the visuals, you might be interested to hear that Disney has a new game app out called Alice in Wonderland: A New Champion.  The app is available from the iTunes store, and you can watch the trailer right here:

If you’ve played this game, leave a comment to tell us all what you think of it!

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Simpsons Halloween Intro Includes Lisa as Alice

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For those of you out there who are not regular watchers of the long-running (and frequently brilliant) animated series The Simpsons, we have a treat (not a trick) for you.  This year, for the Simpson’s 24th annual Treehouse of Horror Halloween special, they’ve enlisted noted film director Guillermo Del Toro to put his own bizarre spin on the show’s ever-popular (and ever-changing) introductory sequence, also known to insiders as “the couch gag.”  The resulting clip is already being hailed as an instant classic.  And to make it even better, at one point Lisa Simpson finds herself becoming Alice!  You may need to watch it more than once to catch all the horror and sci-fi references jammed into this slice of silliness (including liberal helpings of images from Del Toro’s own oeuvre, including Pan’s Labrinth and HellBoy).  It’s also nice to see some authors of the genre  honored briefly, as well.

The full episode (three unrelated stories) will be aired tonight (10/6) at 8pm on the FOX network.  But the inspired intro has already been released and you can watch it right here, right now!

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New LCSNA Members-Only Book Bonus Is In The Mail!

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If you are a member of the LCSNA, any day now you should be receiving our latest free, members-only bonus treat: a lovely hardcover facsimile of the 1879 first Russian edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, titled Sonja in a Kingdom of Wonder.  This special edition includes a foreword by current LCSNA President Mark Burstein, and an introduction by Russian scholar Nina Demurova.  While we can’t promise to produce a members-only treat like this every year, we certainly try, and this year’s bonus, produced in collaboration with Evertype,  is a charming addition to any Carrollian’s collection.  In addition, prior to this publication, there were only two known copies in the world.

If you’re (gasp) not already a member of our society–now is the perfect time to join, and claim your own copy of this special treat.  Visit our Membership page for all the details and to sign up today!

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Free One-Hour Audio Adaptation of Alice in Wonderland

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One of our mimsy minions reports the release of a new (and free) 60-minute audio adaptation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by a Canadian collective known as Voices in the Wind.  After a quick listen to parts, I can tell you that the adaptation is quite loose (and Alice does not have a British accent).  There is also at least one Disney-esque musical number.

Click me to read an article about the recording.

Click me to go directly to Voices in the Wind’s web site.

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