” not only proving that the Western has a lot of life left in it, but also that its true potential just now is being tapped. For those who see the cover image’s silhouette of a cowboy atop his horse and think the book is just another collection of “oaters,” the opening story will set […]
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Oklahoma folk culture celebrated at festival
Showing off the state’s diversity is the aim of Oklahoma Centennial Folklife Festival. Sponsored by the Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Folklife Council, the event will be held from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. Saturday at the Oklahoma History Center, 2401 N. Laird. “Folk life is an informal way of learning cultural traditions,” said […]
UCO drama camp teaches kids ins and outs of theater
This summer, the University of Central Oklahoma has a way for young kids to beat the heat, and still use their imagination, with its annual summer Drama Day Camp. Going on through the end of June, these camps offer children classes in:” acting, ” stage combat, ” theater craft building, and ” voice and movement. […]
Least Competent Criminals
Not Ready for Prime Time: Lolita Bullock turned herself in to sheriff’s deputies in Jacksonville, N.C., in May, confessing to robbing a Bank of America a week earlier. She then immediately requested the “crimestoppers” reward money, which (since she was then under arrest) she asked be given to her friend who accompanied her. Elevator vandals […]
People With Issues
Internationally known West Papuan freedom-fighter Jacob Rumbiak, 49, who was once locked up for 10 years by Indonesia as a political prisoner, was convicted in April of three separate incidents, on the same day in 2005, of masturbating in public on trains in Australia (where he is a research associate at RMIT University). According to […]
The Continuing Crisis
Stylin’ and Profilin’: For fashionable women this season, the area just above the breasts is the most important part of her chest, according to a May New York Times report. A protruding collarbone is said to suggest a taut, fit (even though covered up) body. Many young Sikhs in India are dispiriting their traditionalist parents […]
Defense Exhibit A
In a Palmerston, New Zealand, court in March, lawyer Janet Robertshawe was called as a witness on behalf of an “alternative health” practitioner who had been charged with taking indecent liberties with female clients, and Robertshawe (a long-time client) agreed to help demonstrate the man’s massage technique. Just feet from the jury, she removed her […]
Weird Update
The international movement to anoint apes with “human rights” suffered a slight setback in April when an Austrian judge refused to declare a chimpanzee a “person” (which, under Austrian law, would have entitled it to a legal guardian and allowed individuals to donate money to it). The chimp, Hiasl, and a companion are in limbo […]
Severance
Reviewer’s grade: B Ready for a little “Shaun of the Dead”-like black comedy to go with that helping of ghastly slice ‘n’ dice horror? From England comes this yummy tale of seven employees of a weapons manufacturing firm who travel to Hungary for a weekend team-building retreat. And wouldn’t you just know that the forested […]
Surf’s Up
Reviewer’s grade: B Let’s concede right off that the world didn’t exactly need another movie about cute ‘n’ cuddly penguins, but “Surf’s Up” is no knockoff. This computer-animated, family-friendly flick visits the world of penguins, but the resemblance to last year’s “Happy Feet” ends there. “Surf’s Up” is more charming and less bombastic. Consequently, […]
