photo, the parselmouths [flickr]

Because no one (including most of the other metbloggers. silent tear.) read to the end of my post gushing over the thrills of wizard week [mb], a friendly reminder that The University Bookstore is deep in the throes of WizRockStock. The culmination is a massive party tomorrow, when the store will be transformed into Diagon Alley, wonderful wizards will play music, activities abound, and fans will finally be able to get their hands on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at the stroke of midnight.

Until then, there are plenty of ways to avoid spoilers from evil Death Eater-affiliated book reviewers breaking embargoes, nasty filesharers passing around photos of the final volume, and heartless blog posters discussing the former. Join the Dumbledore Lives! protest today at the store and get a limited edition button. Throughout the week, the store also is collecting predictions about what will happen to Harry Potter, whether Snape is good or evil, and who survives Rowling’s final pages. Make your guesses official and the favorites will be read at the release party. Kids can also get their Horcrux Passports stamped for a chance to win great prizes. Finally, for those times that you can’t be in line waiting for a book, there are also a few podcasts featuring the Parselmouths (local snobby, but not evil, Slytherin purveyors of bouncy electro-rock!).

Here’s the massive lineup for Friday night:

Friday • July 20 • 6pm HP7 Release Party

Board the Hogwarts Express at platform 9 3/4 (in front of the U District Store). Pick up your Marauder’s Map at the front door and navigate your way through Diagon Alley, complete with Honeydukes, Ollivanders, Flourish & Blotts, Gringotts, Quality Quidditch Supplies, Gambol and Japes, Madam Malkin’s Robes for All Occasions, and The Leaky Cauldron.

There are plenty of activities to keep you occupied until midnight:

Play Quidditch.

Rock out with The Parselmouths, Catchlove, Alas Earwax!, Firenze and the Centaurs of the Forbidden Forest, and the The Weird Sisters.

Hone your potion-making skills.

Have your picture taken as a Harry Potter character.

Craft your own wand. (Does yours have a phoenix feather at its core?) Design an HP7 book cover.

Screen scenes from The Wizard Rockumentary: A Movie About Rocking and Rowling and participate in a Q & A with one of the creators.

Restore your energy with a couple of Dante’s Inferno Dogs, and try Butterbeer and Pumpkin Juice at our Honeydukes café.

Keep the comments spoiler-free, but feel free to discuss whether revealing plot points is more or less forgivable than using one of the Unforgivable Curses.