Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor Hal Holbrook brings his critically acclaimed one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight!, back to Oklahoma this Friday as part of The University of Central Oklahoma’s Broadway Tonight series. Mark Twain Tonight! grew out of a college project in which Holbrook and his first wife, Ruby, interviewed each other playing notable literary characters, including […]
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Should a former sundown town apologize?
The Thirteenth Amendment made slavery illegal, and the Civil Rights Act ended legal segregation. But these laws did not come with acknowledgments that the country erred in allowing those practices and hurting its own people. The city of Edmond prohibited African-Americans by ordinance from the city limits for generations. Royce Adamson’s 1940 postcard for his […]
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LIFE FOOD & DRINK
LIFE FOOD & DRINK What is brown, square-shaped and tastes delicious? (Hint: look right.) The Edmond Historical Society presents their fifth annual Gingerbread House Contest for children 5 and older. Bring your house to the Edmond Historical Society & Museum between the dates of December 10-13 to be eligible for a chance to win prizes. […]
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School values don’t fit into a single score
Scholars at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University, in Oklahoma School Grades: Hiding “Poor” Achievement, anticipated the mess. They concluded, “a primary assumption of the A-F accountability system, that student test scores can be dissected and manipulated into valid indicators of school performance, is simply false.” The bubbling-in of three questions out of […]
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Designer genes
James Bidlack Photo: Shannon Cornman Two Edmond men recently created The Genome Registry, and people now can do just that. It launched in September with the work of a University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) professor and a local entrepreneur. Oklahoma City businessman Hal Stevens came up with the naming concept way back in 2001, but […]
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LIFE FOOD & DRINK The Edmond Historical Society & Museum celebrates its 30th anniversary with Wine through Time, a fundraiser featuring silent and live auctions, 16 wines to sample and gourmet tastings from area restaurants. Proceeds benefit the museum’s educational programs. The program is 6-8:30 p.m. at the Edmond Historical Society & Museum, 431 S. […]
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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 […]
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Cast Iron Skillet Cornbread, evening cooking class, Sept. 25. Francis Tuttle Technology Center-Rockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell, 717-4900. WED Noodles, evening cooking class, Sept. 25. Francis Tuttle Technology Center-Rockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell, 717-4900. WED Mid-Week Market, fresh, delectable local fruits, vegetables and other goods, 4-8 p.m., Sept. 25, Oct. 2. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 […]
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Cast Iron Skillet Cornbread, evening cooking class, Sept. 25. Francis Tuttle Technology Center-Rockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell, 717-4900. WED Noodles, evening cooking class, Sept. 25. Francis Tuttle Technology Center-Rockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell, 717-4900. WED Mid-Week Market, fresh, delectable local fruits, vegetables and other goods, 4-8 p.m., Sept. 25, Oct. 2. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 […]
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The Ultimate Life
“I’ve been a moviegoer since I was three years old,” Shillingburg said. “I come from a very movie-crazed family, so to actually be able to go the movie theater and watch actors speak lines that I’ve written and scenes that I’ve created, it’s very exciting.” The sequel to the 2007 faith-based hit The Ultimate Gift […]