The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, scheduled to open in Orlando in the spring of 2010, is just the latest example of Pottermania. "I have to say that I am really surprised and confused by all of this," writes Revathi Maturi. "It's one thing to love a book and be a fan, but it's another to spend time on sites where you pretend that you actually go to Hogwarts."

After being disappointed by the fifth movie in the Harry Potter series, Revathi Maturi was cautious about the latest installment, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." Nevertheless, on her third day in India this summer, she paid her 200 rupees and took a seat in the theater. Did she get her money's worth?

Elaine Gu doesn't consider herself a huge Harry Potter fan, but the more she learned about a curious musical movement inspired by J.K. Rowling's novels, the more she wanted to see the genre in action. So when two of the movement's leading bands performed at the Champaign Public Library's Wizard Rock show on March 14, Elaine was there.

Warner Bros. Pictures confirmed today that "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh of the popular Harry Potter series, will officially be made into not one but two films. Lauren Piester is more excited than you even know, and she tells why she thinks this is such excellent news.

What do rock music and Harry Potter have in common? The answer: They will both be at the Champaign Public Library on Friday as a part of the Get Inspired! literacy program. Two "wizard rock" bands — Ginny and the HeartBreakers from Oklahoma and The Remus Lupins from Los Angeles — will perform original songs about Harry Potter characters.