Community & Lifestyle

The inaugural Athena Girls’ Camp for girls ages 6-12 aims to: ” encourage knowledge, ” emphasize communication and confidence, and ” inspire girls to make a difference in their communities. The four-day camp will run 8:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday through Friday, June 15, at Junior Achievement’s Omniplex headquarters, 2100 N.E. 52nd. THEMES The camp’s day themes […]

Harkins Bricktown Cinemas is giving kids the chance to see 10 movies this summer for only 50 cents each. The theater’s “Summer Movie Fun” begins this week with “Curious George.” With the purchase of a season pass for $5, kids can see a movie per week at 9:45 a.m. on whichever weekday they choose. “The […]

City Arts Center at Fair Park’s “Summer Camp 2007” kicks off Tuesday and will continue on through the middle of August. This year’s theme is about art and culture from around the world. “We’re offering everything from puppetry, to film, to pottery, to natural dyes and fiber,” said education director Jackie Mania. TOPICS Located at […]

Lauren St. JohnDial Her father had just asserted that things happen for a reason when a house fire kills 11-year-old Martine’s parents. Shipped to a South African game preserve, Martine moves in with an unknown grandmother who reluctantly welcomes her. In this strange, new world, Martine is cut off “? from her grandmother, the cliquish […]

Gary D. Rhodes with Richard SheffieldCollectables Press Gary D. Rhodes, the premier Bela Lugosi scholar, already has published two books on the world’s most popular Dracula. This new biography concentrates on the last period of Lugosi’s life, the “Ed Wood years.” After his identification with the horror genre became set in stone, Lugosi’s film career […]

Brad MeltzerWarner Vision Warning: One of the worst books of 2006 is now out in paperback. It’s Brad Meltzer’s “The Book of Fate,” a “Da Vinci Code” wannabe involving a facially disfigured presidential aide, a presidential assassin and a presidential crossword puzzle. Lapses of logic are the least of its problems; an utterly unlikable protagonist, […]

Reviewer’s grade: C   Once upon a time, there was an ogre named Shrek. He was big, green and lovable “? and DreamWorks loved the big-time greenbacks he brought them in two box-office hits. That probably should have been the end of the fairy tale, but some storytellers don’t know when to leave well enough […]

Patricia CarlinQuirk Books So, your boyfriend speaks Klingon? Has demonic red-eye episodes? Thinks you do look fat in your jeans? Believe me, girl, it’s not you, it’s him, according to the handy guide “How to Tell If Your Boyfriend Is the Antichrist.” Illustrations and bulleted clues in this slim, purse-fitting red book (perfect for mid-date […]

If radioactive costumed heroes and obese green ogres can get kids into movie theaters, maybe they can get kids into books, as well. That’s the hope, anyway, as Borders at 3209 Northwest Expressway hosts “Storytime Goes to the Movies” 2 p.m. Saturday. According to Borders bookseller George Niestempski, this Borders location holds “storytime” sessions for […]

of “bananas” and one woman’s scrawled warning of “if you buy more rice “? i’ll punch you.” Chapters are devoted to old people’s lists (they really do have the worst penmanship, not to mention a predisposition to pills), doodles on lists and party lists. One chapter features a list from each of our 50 states, […]