Book it Author Laura Moriarty has written four novels, and she was recently awarded the George Bennett Fellowship for Creative Writing at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. In other words, she’s good. Moriarty and Oklahoma author Joy Harjo will present a reading of their works along with a book signing at 6:30 p.m. Saturday […]
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All that
She’ll perform four nights to celebrate the grown-ups-only fourth birthday (Dec. 11-14) of Little Darlings club, 1500 SE 59th St. She has a few things to celebrate and share during her stage shows, too. For starters, she has a new movie, Lollipop, on Digital Playground; second, she wants to share her own line of […]
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Big hurt
Photo by Mark Hancock The husband and father (pictured) also never anticipated he’d be at the center of a constitutional fight over free speech and a potentially unconstitutional city ordinance. Martin, considered a big man by any standard at 6 feet 2 inches tall and 485 pounds, arranged for a security team to work a […]
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The Four
It takes a good half-hour before we begin to comprehend who’s who and who’s aligned with whom. Even then, the story — based on a presumably popular novel — is plotted with spying and more than one alliance switcheroo. Everyone seems concerned about locating a stolen coin cast, yet the object is almost a MacGuffin; […]
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With Great Power …: The Stan Lee Story
But no household name has led a life devoid of conflict and drama, and the three-director doc skirts over those portions, because I assume this project was made with the subject’s full approval. It is — pardon my French — one ass-kisser of a career retrospective. To give credit where credit is due, Lee truly […]
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Dodging bullets
Shadid, who was rescued and survived the sniper’s gunshot, said he remembers the feeling of resignation that washed over him that day as he stared up at the unforgiving gray sky, accepting what he thought was his fate. Nine years later, that same feeling returned like an unwelcome visitor as Shadid and three other New […]
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Dead alive
The Dead Armadillos with Green Corn Revival 10 p.m. Wednesday Belle Isle Restaurant & Brewing Company50 Penn Place www.belleislerestaurant.com 840-1911 The Dead Armadillos began as a simple enough folk-rock outfit, but has gained all sorts of flavor with each move that it makes. It’s gone from stew to goulash, and is nothing if not unique. […]