The International Conference on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Invented Languages
The conference will be held at Marquette University in Milwaukee. It will open at 12 noon on Thursday 30 July and end at 3 p.m. on Sunday 2 August.
We will use three locations on campus: by and large we will spend days in the Raynor Library (numbered 20 on the map below), evenings in the Alumni Memorial Union across the street (61 on the map), and nights in Humphrey Hall a short walk to the west (44 on the map).
(A full map of the campus can be found here.)
If you fly in, there are coaches from Milwaukee's Mitchell Airport and also from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago (schedules and tickets here). They will take you to the Milwaukee Intermodal/Amtrak Station on 433 West St. Paul Avenue, a few blocks east beyond the edge of the map above, a 0,9 mile walk to the Raynor Library. That is also where you will arrive if you come by train.
Of course you can also use Uber or Lyft or a taxi service to get from the airport or the station. (At Mitchell Airport follow the signs near Carousel 3 for Uber and Lyft, while for taxis pickup is outside Baggage Claim 3: cross the Baggage Claim roadway and follow the signs to the taxi lane behind the rental car area.)
From Mitchell Airport, a cheaper alternative is to go by local bus: board the MCTS GreenLine toward Bayshore at the Airport Baggage Claim stop and transfer downtown to a westbound CONNECT 1 bus along Wisconsin Avenue. The Raynor Library is between 12th and 16th street (either will do). A bus ride costs $2.75 (ยง1.25 for seniors 65+ and cildren) If you use the Umo app or WisGo system the transfer is free if you do it within an hour and a half. If you pay cash no change is given so you may want to bring exact fare, and transfer is not free. More details are on the website of MCTS.
If you come with a car, visitor parking on the campus is marked on the map, and described here. In short, parking is $10 per day; if you leave and come back it will be another $10.
Omentielva Minquea opens at 12 noon on Thursday 30 July, so be at the Raynor Library (20 on the map) before then. Near the entrance there will be an Omentielva table to report at. You will get a name badge that you will need to get into the library and also the residence hall. Once inside take the elevator down to the basement. We will gather in room Beaumier C, which is off to the right as you leave the elevator. There will be a place to store your luggage until we can check into the residence hall at the end of the day. If you arrive early and have nothing else to do you may stay there and wait (others will be turning up by and by), or you can go for a stroll, provided you have your name badge with you to allow you back in.
If you arrive after Omentielva has opened, ask for your name badge at the Visitor counter, then come down and join us.
Your room will have XL twin beds; dressers; closet space; and desks and chairs. Rooms are paired in suites. Each suite can be locked and contains a bathroom.
You will be provided with one pillow and pillowcase; both flat and fitted sheets; and one bath towel and one washcloth. You will be able to get a new towel/washcloth at the front desk if you need to. You will need to bring your own toiletries (soap, shampoo).
Wifi will be complementary. The building will be air conditioned and secured (24 hour staff at front desk), will have washers and dryers, irons and ironing boards, and laundry rooms and vending machines.
If you have practical enquiries, write to: the Chairman.