For the third year running, Reduxion Theatre Company will take Shakespeare to the people. Through April 13, audiences can revisit one of the Bard’s original comedies, Love’s Labour’s Lost. Reduxion partnered with Metropolitan Library System to create an accessible, interactive theater-going experience. Shakespeare should be for everybody, according to Tyler Woods, Reduxion’s artistic director. He […]
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Oh, baby
Credit: Brad Gregg So why all the party poopers? Some suspect the group’s evident openness to sexual fetishes had something to do with it, since the party invite encouraged guests who enjoy “age play” to arrive costumed as babies, toddlers or juveniles. Pioneer spokesman Gary Kramer made it clear that, while anyone can reserve a […]
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A new chapter
Located at 2914 S.W. 59th, the site previously served as a temporary location last year while the Southern Oaks Library, 6900 S. Walker, was undergoing renovations. Books and furniture had been moved to a former department store location in the Almonte Shopping Center. But library officials soon noticed that patrons were flocking to the temporary […]
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A new book
A temporary library in southwest OKC becomes permanent after it draws scores of new users. BY CLIFTON ADCOCK Few cars are parked in the sprawling concrete prairie of a southwest Oklahoma City lot that once saw vehicles roaming like buffalo across its surface. Some parts of the Almonte Shopping Center still cling to life, but […]
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Sugar sugar
Few things can be more terrifying than an out-of-control mob at a rock concert — especially when that mob hasn’t had a nap. Chris Wiser of kiddie-rock duo the Sugar Free Allstars nearly shudders at the memory of one such show, when he and his fellow Allstar, Rob Martin, faced a crowd of unruly children […]
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Building Liberia’s library
Evelyn Phyffer, among the key organizers of the collection, said during a trip to Liberia, she saw firsthand the republic’s desperate need for books for children, medical students and seminary students. “Teachers in Liberia use the chalk-and-talk method,” she said. “They have to write all their lessons on a chalkboard because students do not have […]
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Not dead yet
I hope you were not suggesting that all these wonderful human beings are “zealots” who simply do not know the “truth.” I am sorry, sir, but you cannot speak for everyone. Unless you have had a class in which you sat down and were taught the scientific evidence that not only proves evolution to be […]
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Wizards rock
These and other performers can be seen at the Metropolitan Library System’s free Wizard Rock Show from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Midwest City Library, 8143 E. Reno in Midwest City, where fans can celebrate and mourn the end of “Harry Potter” series, whose final film opened last week. The fifth-annual concert features […]
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Candy Capitol
Rooftops drip with delicious frosting. Peppermint swirls bloom in gardens. All of this can be found in the gingerbread village fit for a gingerbread king, currently on exhibit at Capitol Hill Library, 334 S.W. 26th. This is not the library’s first year to build the miniature candied community; it has done so for several years, […]
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Why play? ‘Cos!
Saturday If you want to win this year’s Southern Oaks Library cosplay contest, do not come dressed as just some random ninja. No casual clothing will be accepted as a costume and you cannot come dressed as generic or background characters like a “Naruto” peasant or Hufflepuff student. Cosplay is the practice of dressing up […]