BY DEAN ROBBINS In 16th century France, the virginal Mary, Queen of Scots (Adelaide Kane), is swept up in palace intrigue. Her fiancé (Toby Regbo) cares less for her than he does for France, nattering on about the political advantage of their union. An evil queen (Megan Follows) plots against her, while her ladies-in-waiting indulge […]
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Dating can get a little monotonous. You go out, eat, go home, then … who knows. But if you’re going to have a special night with that special person, why not prepare the food yourself with a Date Night Cooking Class? Petra Lusche from Happi Lives hosts the event that highlights fall flavors. The class […]
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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland is a hallucinogenic delight
BY DEAN ROBBINS A companion to Once Upon a Time, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (7 p.m. Thursday, ABC) reinterprets Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alice (Sophie Lowe) faces a panel of doctors in Victorian England who don’t believe her stories of an invisible cat and a hookahsmoking caterpillar. They consider her insane […]
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The deadCENTER Film Festival will host a series of seminars for high school students interested in filmmaking. Speakers include deadCENTER Executive Director Lance McDaniel and deadCENTER Director of Programming Kim Haywood. A variety of topics will include screenplay writing, acting, film production, equipment training and more. The seminars are 1-4 p.m. Oct. 10-11 and 17-18 […]
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Mid-Week Market, fresh, delectable local fruits, vegetables and other goods, 4-8 p.m., Oct. 9, 12. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno, 445-7080, myriadgardens.org. WED, WED Thai-licious II Cooking Class, Chef Koi Strickland of Thai Thai will teach how to create a several Thai delicacies, 5:30 p.m., Oct. 9. International Pantry, 1618 W. Lindsey St., Norman. […]
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LIFE FOOD & DRINK
LIFE FOOD & DRINK Who cut the cheese? Considering it’s the 37th annual celebration of cheese in Watonga, Okla., the answer is probably, “A lot of people.” Rebranded as the Watonga Cheese and Wine Festival (because who wants to eat cheese without sipping wine?), the event — 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Saturday — promises Swiss, cheddar […]
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD
More bang American exceptionalism: Which is more characteristically American — that a Texas company could invent an ordinary rifle that mimics a machine gun or that America’s incomparable legal minds could find a loophole in existing anti-machine-gun laws to permit it to be manufactured and sold? The Slide Fire company’s weapon can spray bullets “like […]
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Happenings the week of Oct. 1, 2013
2013 Student ADDY Winners Exhibit, showcasing thework of 38 UCO students whose work earned a total of 92 ADDY awards. University of Central Oklahoma, Donna Nigh Exhibit Hall, 100 N. University Dr., Edmond, uco.edu A Fresh Take: William S. and Ann Atherton Art of the American West Gallery, showcasing the Museum’s permanent art collection in […]
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LIFE DVD REVIEWS
V/H/S/2 (2013) If you liked V/H/S, just press play on V/H/S/2; if you didn’t, don’t even start. With one fewer segment than the original, this second stack of lo-fi tales of taped terror opens with no credits — just the wraparound story of two private investigators whose gig takes them to a house, where in […]
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Happenings the week of Oct. 1, 2013
FOOD Mid-Week Market, fresh, delectable local fruits, vegetables and other goods, 4-8 p.m., Oct. 2, 9. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno, 445-7080, myriadgardens.org. WED, WED Paint N’ Cheers, creative social art classes, 6:30 p.m., Oct. 2-5; 2 p.m., Oct. 6; 6:30 p.m., Oct.9. Paint N Cheers, 1614 N. Gatewood, 524-4155, paintncheers.com. WED–SUN, WED Pinot’s […]