Dee Nash Book Signing, local resident and gardening expert introducing her first book, 20-30 Something Garden Guide: A No Fuss, Down and Dirty Gardening 101 for Anyone Who Wants to Grow Stuff, 1-3 p.m., Mar. 8. Best of Books, 1313 E. Danforth Rd., Edmond, 340-9202, bestofbooksedmond.com. SAT Let’s Talk About It: Muslim Journeys, American Stories, […]
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Family ties
Blake Bailey can’t look at one distinct Oklahoma City high-rise without thinking about his brother, Scott. As a young man, Scott was arrested for disturbing the peace after he was caught dangling from a horizontal flagpole at the top of the office tower. “That is precisely and invariably what I associate with 50 Penn Place,” […]
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Ghosts, busted
Are those bumps in the night, creaky floors or demonic eyes staring through the windows random acts of coincidental nature, easily explained through logic and reason? Or could they be something more, something from, perhaps, beyond our realm of scientific knowledge? Chances are the plumbing is just bad. But, still, Oklahoma is one of the […]
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BOOKS
The Minimalists, Joshua Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus bring their 100-city tour to OKC, 7 p.m., Feb. 26. Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 842- 2900, fullcirclebooks.com. WED Wonna Cornelson Book Signing, author to sign copies of Echoes of Reality: Poems about the Drama of Life, 1-3 p.m., Mar. 1. Hastings, 1105 Garth Brooks, Yukon, 350-1803. […]
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Polar Express Storytime, a reading of The Polar Express as well as fun activities and holiday treats, 7 p.m., Dec. 6. Barnes & Noble Quail Springs, 13800 N. May Ave., 755-1155, barnesandnoble.com. FRI Carolyn Macy Book Signing, author will be in the store to talk about and sign her book The Oklahoma Night Before Christmas, […]
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War wounds
The series is based on her book, Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury after War, co-authored with Gabriella Lettini, dean at Graduate Theological Union. The concept of moral injury is a fairly new one, and Brock has pioneered methods to help churches and other communities support veterans through the transition from war to civilian life, […]
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Breaking ‘Glass’
In the series debut, Alice in Zombieland, Ali was forced to replace the world she thought she knew with one much more extraordinary and deadly. Just when you thought Wonderland couldn’t get any weirder, the zombies are back. In September, Ali returned in Through the Zombie Glass, the next installment in the White Rabbit Chronicles. […]
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Reading Rambo
David Morell There are few American icons as beloved as John Rambo, the PTSD-affected Vietnam vet who returns to America to take on the system in a one-man war. Created by author David Morrell in his 1972 novel First Blood, the character has become a true symbol of America. But when he created Rambo, Morrell […]
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Moore help
Dav Pilkey Jeff Kinney, the cartoonist-author behind the hugely successful Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise, was strongly affected by the news of the May tornadoes in Oklahoma. He was traveling that night and caught the news coverage while waiting on a delayed flight. “I felt devastated by what was happening,” he said. He was […]
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Read it
For over 30 years, musical satirist Weird Al Yankovic has entertained generations of goofy teenagers and dorky adults with accordion-driven song parodies such as “Eat It,” “Smells Like Nirvana” and “My Bologna.” However, with the release of his second children’s book, My New Teacher and Me!, he has started a second career pursuing a completely […]