A funny thing happened on Douglas Preston’s way to his Oklahoma City book signing last summer: He missed his flight. In July 2006, the New York Times best-selling author was promoting “The Book of the Dead,” his then-new thriller with writing partner Lincoln Child (visit their site), and had his first-ever Oklahoma City event scheduled at […]
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New metro literacy coalition faced challenge of distributing 50,000 kids’ books
Last month, the good news was that Oklahoma won 50,000 new children’s books in a national contest. The bad news was that Oklahoma won 50,000 new children’s books in a national contest. The gift from First Book ” a national nonprofit group for children’s literacy ” immediately raised dilemmas for the Oklahoma City Metro Literacy […]
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Vacancy
2007 As seen in “Vacancy” and a hundred other movies before it, small, rural, old, out-of-the-way motels in the middle of nowhere don’t enjoy much repeat business, mostly because visitors likely don’t survive the night. Bickering soon-to-be-divorced spouses Luke Wilson (“Old School”) and Kate Beckinsale (“Underworld”) find this out the hard way when middle-of-the-night car […]
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Colin Powell to address OU campus
Having served as an Army general, the United States secretary of state, the national security adviser and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, one would expect Colin Powell to know a little something about “The Challenges Facing America.” Powell will share his thoughts on that topic in a 4 p.m. address today at the […]
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Local events on deck for Talk Like a Pirate Day
When locals start freely using “ahoy,” “avast” and “arrrr” in casual conversation on Wednesday, Sept. 19, remember: It’s only International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Invented in 1995, the unofficial holiday began as an inside joke, yet in recent years has gained in popularity. In Oklahoma City, the day does not go unnoticed. EDUCATIONFor the […]
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Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965/2007 Doing the monster mash in this fondly remembered Toho film are Frankenstein’s monster — or at least Japan’s idea of such — and Baragon, the giant horned creature later to appear alongside Godzilla in “Destroy All Monsters.” As with most films in this genre and of the swingin’ Sixties period, radiation figures heavily into […]
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Dashing Diamond Dick and Other Classic Dime Novels – J. Randolph Cox, editor
Hey, remember in the late 19th century when we’d all go spend a few pennies each week to buy a novel? Wasn’t that e’er so keen? No? Then, barring a time machine, your best bet at replicating those early days of pulp literature is this welcome anthology, collecting five short novels from way back when. […]
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Are giant octopi eating swimmers of Oklahoma lakes?
Lake Thunderbird offers 6,000 acres of water just perfect for boating, skiing, fishing, swimming and a horrific death at the tentacles of the giant, man-eating octopus. Well, at least according to some “¦ without hard evidence. A new book, “Monster Spotter’s Guide to North America,” claims that several Oklahoma lakes are inhabited by carnivorous freshwater […]
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Downtown meeting to bring together housing developers, potential residents
Housing options for downtown Oklahoma City will be discussed at the Thursday night meeting for Urban Neighbors, downtown’s housing association, to be held 5-7 p.m. at Brew Ha-Ha, 222 E. Main in Bricktown. A number of residential developers and leasing agents have been invited to attend the meeting to answer questions and discuss options with […]
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OKC woman shoots to top of figure modeling world
A year ago, Melissa Pearo didn’t even know what a figure model competition was. Recently, she turned pro. “It’s never happened. I’ve been doing it for 25 years and I’ve turned seven of them pro, but I’ve never seen it in 10 months,” said her trainer, Howard Huddleston. “That’s nuts.” Ironically, all Pearo wanted to […]