On Sept. 22, Tolkien fans around the world will raise a mug of ale, cut into some seed cake or at the very least brew an extra pot of tea. Why? The day marks the shared birthday of Bilbo and Frodo ...

In J.R.R. Tolkien's appendices of The Lord of the Rings, we learn that Sept. 22 is the birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. Fans around the world have thus declared this day "Hobbit Day" and celebrate ...

September 22 is a very special day in Middle-earth history. It is the shared birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, and the day is celebrated on the internet as Hobbit Day. Peter Jackson's The ...

Sep. 9—East Hills Library will host a daylong celebration on Sunday, Sept. 22, for National Hobbit Day. The event celebrates the birthday of the famous Hobbits, Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, both created ...

The Hobbit released in 1937, while Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers debuted in 1954. The JRR Tolkien fantasy world of Middle-Earth was never unpopular, but it peaked with Jackson’s trilogy’s ...

Sept. 22 marks the birthday of both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, the two main characters of Tolkien’s books. This is not just a throwaway date. It’s Bilbo’s 111th birthday that kicks off The Fellowship of ...

On Sept. 22, 1401, by the Shire-Reckoning, Bilbo Baggins celebrated his 111th birthday and his nephew, Frodo Baggins, celebrated his 33rd with the biggest party the Shire had ever seen. That same ...

Last season it was organ duets with hairless honchos from outer space. This season's Out of this world morality play, ladies and gentlemen, is Lord of the Rings, and tonight it opened at the Sax ...

Put aside the lembas bread and start roasting some taters. Today marks International Hobbit Day, celebrated on the birthday of legendary “Lord of the Rings” character Bilbo Baggins. Born on Sept. 22 ...