Adèle Wolf’s Burlesque & Variety Show is coming to Oklahoma City for Valentine’s Day this year. The award-winning cast from around the country — which features internationally published cover model Angela Ryan and award-winning Charlie Chaplin impersonator Damian Blake — will perform burlesque, vaudeville, belly dancing and cabaret acts. Attendees are encouraged to get dolled […]
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Oklahoma City’s Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library will hold History Resources at Your Fingertips about the available resources for researching the history of commercial districts and specific buildings. It will be taught by Debra Spindle, librarian at the Oklahoma History Center, and Larry Johnson, librarian at the Downtown Library for the Oklahoma Room. The class […]
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Tim Tharp, award-winning author and Oklahoma native, will introduce the University of Central Oklahoma’s screening of the film The Spectacular Now, based on Tharp’s 2008 novel. The screening is part of the university’s Literature in Performance series. The film stars Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley and premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The screening […]
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LIFE FOOD & DRINK The 12th Annual Snowflake Gala will celebrate the United Way of Central Oklahoma’s 2013 fundraising efforts. The event will honor the most outstanding volunteers in the community and will provide dinner, award presentations and entertainment. The gala takes place 6:30-9 p.m. Friday at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 […]
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But ultimately, none worked. “I didn’t lose any significant weight,” he said. Healthcare professionals regularly tout the same method for weight loss: balanced meals and exercise. But this advice is often ignored when fad diet advertising floods media, particularly in the new year. Oklahoma dietician Lacey Bixler considers these plans short-term solutions that typically fail […]
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State Sen. David Holt will be the inaugural guest of a new children’s reading program, Bringing Books to Life, made possible by a grant from Junior League of Oklahoma City. The weekly readings are nature-themed and intented for children ages 2 to 5. “Showing children that reading is a joy is very important to me […]
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Life food & drink The next in a long line of headliners at St. Anthony’s annual Celebrity Chef series is one who, if you call yourself a foodie, will have you salivating in no time. Food Network star and New York Times best-selling author Anne Burrell is renowned for her easy-to-master home cooking techniques. Burrell […]
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An award-winning poet and professor at East Central University, Dr. Ken Hada, will present his works at the Performing Arts Studio’s Second Sunday Poetry Reading. The Ada-based Hada directs the annual Scissortail Creative Writing Festival, and his poems have been featured in numerous media outlets, including the poetry blog All Roads Will Lead You Home. […]
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You may have noticed a recent influx of ducks and geese in American restaurants, but you don’t have to go to a fancy establishment to enjoy this uniquely flavorful cuisine. Award-winning chef and food writer David Shaw tells you everything there is to know about preparing waterfowl in his new book, Duck, Duck, Goose: Recipes […]
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life In 1994, Rwanda was the site of a devastating genocide stemming from tribal disputes and political upheaval following the death of the president. In a little over a week, nearly 1 million people were killed. Sweet Dreams revisits Rwanda and follows a group of remarkable women from both sides of the genocide as they […]