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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BOOKS
Polar Express Storytime, a reading of The Polar Express as well as fun activities and holiday treats, 7 p.m., Dec. 6. Barnes & Noble Quail Springs, 13800 N. May Ave., 755-1155, barnesandnoble.com. FRI Carolyn Macy Book Signing, author will be in the store to talk about and sign her book The Oklahoma Night Before Christmas, […]
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Banned, but not in Oklahoma
The novel is told from the perspective of an African American man who opens the story by explaining that he is invisible “simply because people refuse to see [him].” It also contains commentary on social, intellectual and identity issues of African Americans in the twentieth century and explores contrasts in regional racism. It won the […]
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Read instrument
She founded the Oklahoma City Metro Literacy Coalition, which helps adults and children alike improve their reading skills. Its participants vary wildly in age. “I had a 69-year-old grandma call me last week, looking for help on statistics,” Surbeck said. She said the coalition’s purpose is getting people aid they need through their database of […]
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Lend a little
No matter how high-tech some become, however, pockets exist that opt for a more analog approach. Maybe it’s a hole-in-the-wall diner or a record store stocked with vinyl. Or maybe it’s the Little Free Library. Looking like something Laura Ingalls Wilder would have dreamed up as a prairie precursor to Redbox instead of writing the […]
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Crossing over
Oklahoma is known for being a dry, flat land where tornados cause most of the excitement. With his new novel, Silver Cross, B. Kent Anderson brings spy-thriller action to the state scene. Silver Cross is his sixth novel, and the second to follow the adventures of small-town Oklahoman college professor Nick Journey and federal agent […]
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Prop 8 gets dramatic
The Oklahoma Theatre Guild is taking part in a series of nationwide productions of the landmark marriage equality play, 8. In cooperation with the Cimarron Alliance, OTG presents a one-night-only reading of 8, the 2011 play by Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Milk. The work chronicles the historic trial that successfully challenged California’s […]
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‘Time’ bandit
Avid readers keeping up with the current paranormal-fantasy scene will recognize Sherrilyn Kenyon’s name. With 60 published books across multiple series — and more than 50 of those titles landing on the New York Times best-seller list — the popularity of her work is undeniable. But Kenyon is not one to rest on her laurels, […]
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Freedom rings
The nationwide Children’s Defense Fund is the parent organization and chooses 80 to 90 book titles that are taught to the children, based around themed weeks. Working on basic skills like comprehension and recognition, executive director Amy Brooks-Young said each class has about 10 scholars with one leader, aka a college intern. “Everything is introduced […]
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Fighting words
Elaborate belts, ridiculous costumes, fabricated rivalries, convoluted story lines. They’re all part of Rob Sturma’s vision for Extreme Championship Poetry, staged the fourth Friday of each month at the IAO Gallery. Tired of stale readings rife with petty politics, he created ECP as a way to present the earnest soul of slam poetry through the […]