Features
Kathy Wheeler
“Beach reads” is a catchy little term, isn’t it? But how would one go about finding out what a beach read is? Or what actually might constitute a beach read?
Tuesday 21 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: reading
Beach reads
Whether it’s the beach, the public pool or your own tub, we’ve got a cool summer reading list for these hot days. And don’t dismiss ‘beach reads’ as mere fluff.
Features
Kathy Wheeler
“Beach reads” is a catchy little term, isn’t it? But how would one go about finding out what a beach read is? Or what actually might constitute a beach read?
Freedom rings
Who said school isn’t fun? A nonprofit education program gets kids into learning.
Features
Emily Summars
Based at Wildewood Baptist Church, local nonprofit Freedom School helps underserved children and families by providing a summer-long integrated reading curriculum and field lessons.
Fighting words
Combining writing with a lifelong obsession with professional wrestling, Rob Sturma hopes to inject new life into the state’s slam scene.
Performing Arts
Charles Martin
Extreme Championship Poetry
8 p.m. Friday
Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery
706 W. Sheridan
iaogallery.org
232-6060
Free
'Time' bandit
Fantasy novelist Sherrilyn Kenyon sets OKC visit to sign her latest surefire best-seller.
Read it
OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Apparently, people love reading about vampires. That’s good news for bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon, who specializes in urban fantasy with hits like The Dream-Hunter and Bad Moon Rising. She’ll read from and sign copies of her brand-new, 22nd novel, Time Untime, 7 p.m. tonight at Barnes & Noble, 6100 N. May. She also promises “plenty of prizes.” Call 843- 9300 or visit bn.com, and read our interview with Kenyon at okgazette.com.
Wednesday
Hey! Read This:
• Sherrilyn Kenyon interview
Prop 8 gets dramatic
A play about marriage equality for all comes to Oklahoma for a one-night-only reading.
Performing Arts
Eric Webb
8
7 p.m. Sunday
Oklahoma Theatre Guild
Freede Theatre, Civic Center Music Hall
201 N. Walker Ave.
8inok.org
397-7689
Free
Crossing over
Local author Kent Anderson releases another Oklahoma-centric thriller in Silver Cross.
Features
Sarah Lobban
B. Kent Anderson
6:30 p.m. Thursday
Full Circle Bookstore
1900 Northwest Expressway
fullcirclebooks.com
842-2900
Free
Lend a little
A unique book-sharing program for neighborhoods is on its way to OKC.
Features
Patrick Crain
Technology has grown so that the entertainment-delivery systems of past decades seem wholly antiquated.
Read instrument
Features
Alyssa Grimley
Five years ago, retired schoolteacher Mary Surbeck saw the need to further literacy.
