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EDMOND — Romance novelist Jordan Dane to discuss writing thrillers at library
Who doesn’t enjoy a fast-paced thriller on a cold winter evening?
Anyone interested in learning the tricks of the thriller writer’s trade will want to hear award-winning romance novelist Jordan Dane when she reveals “Author Confidential: The Craft of Writing Thrillers” at the Edmond Library, 10 S. Boulevard, from 7-8:30 p.m. on Nov. 12.
“Jordan is one of the library’s most popular thriller writers,” said librarian Ronna Davis, “and we’re really excited about this opportunity for her to meet her readers at the Edmond Library.”
Dane’s novels consistently receive four-star reviews from Amazon.com readers, and she is famous for her ability to produce realistic and suspenseful knuckle-biters.
“Author Confidential: The Craft of Writing Thrillers” is free and open to the public, although the talk is designed for an adult audience. Aspiring authors as well as avid readers of the genre are invited. Call 341-9282 for more information, or visit the Metropolitan Library System’s Web site at www.metrolibrary.org.
Edmond fiddler places
in Grand Master Fiddler Championship
Fiddler Ellie Goodman of Edmond placed 13th in the Grand Master Fiddler Championship in Nashville, winning $100 and a certificate.
The Grand Master Fiddler Champion for 2009 is Alex Hargreaves of Corvallis, Ore. The two-day 38th annual Grand Master Fiddler Championship is the nation’s championship event held at the International Bluegrass Music Association Fan Fest in Nashville in early October.
“This year’s event brought together some of the most talented fiddlers we have ever seen,” said Howard Harris, GMFC president. “Fiddlers came from across the U.S., Canada, the Czech Republic and Japan.”
Fiddlers competed for more than $14,000 in prizes.
For more information, visit www.grandmaster
fiddler.com.
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‘She’s Out of My League’ a mild charmer
Boy-meets-girl films released in recent years have fallen into two wildly diverse categories: raunchy tales of lust, as seen in “American Pie,” or painfully bland stories (“I Love You Beth Cooper”).
“Pie” provided plenty of laughs but little romance. “Cooper” was heavy on romance but lacked humor. “She’s Out of My League” is the perfect hybrid that manages to pull at your heart and funny bone with equal force. -
UCO dancers spring onto center stage
The University of Central Oklahoma’s Kaleidoscope Dance Company will spring into a variety of dances, including a critically acclaimed and challenging contemporary ballet, at its spring concert 7:30 p.m. March 25-27 at Mitchell Hall Theater.
The spring concert includes jazz, hip-hop, modern, African and Flamenco dances, as well as the contemporary ballet “Solemn Opus: The Journey of Lost and Found.” -
‘Our Family Wedding’ induces stupor
Here’s all you need to know about “Our Family Wedding": It thinks that feeding a goat an entire bottle of Viagra is the height of hilarity.
New Yorkers Lucia and Marcus (“Ugly Betty’s” America Ferrera, Lance Gross) return to their native L.A.to announce their engagement. Slight problem: She’s Mexican-American, he’s African-American.
And their fathers — Miguel and Brad (Carlos Mencia, Forest Whitaker) — hate each other at first sight. -
‘Remember Me’ ineffective
“Remember Me” could have been called “The Many Moods of Robert Pattinson’s Hair.”
Scruffy, coiffed, combed, exploding like an M-80 in a haystack, flattened by sleep, wet from having a pot of spaghetti water dumped on him ... this young actor’s follicles are the star of the show.
Pattinson (of the “Twilight” saga, naturally) plays Tyler Hawkins, estranged from his rich, powerful and remote lawyer father (Pierce Brosnan) and living in abject squalor in a Soho apartment. He’s angry and sullen and rudely smokes in inappropriate situations. He audits classes at New York University but apparently has no ambition or goals. -
‘Green Zone’ misguided
The case has been made that the Bush Administration railroaded America into invading Iraq by ignoring evidence, facts and logic, and never considering the consequences.
With “Green Zone,” “Bourne” and “Bloody Sunday” filmmaker Paul Greengrass commits a similar sin with his film about that invasion and the search for phantom weapons of mass destruction. He has ignored inconvenient facts — and indeed the very book that the script (by Brian Helgeland) is based on — to conjure up an entertaining if sometimes risible ticking-clock thriller about what “they” didn’t want you to know in the run-up to war. -
Oklahoma History Center presents ‘Time Changes Everything’
The play “Time Changes Everything” makes its Oklahoma City debut at the Oklahoma History Center, 2401 North Laird Avenue, at 7 p.m. March 20. The two-act play features the music of Woody Guthrie, Bob Wills and the Red Dirt Rangers. The play will be performed in the Devon Energy Great Hall.
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Local actors evoke magic in Willy Wonka tale
Edmond Fine Art Institute’s annual spring children’s play, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” featured a cast of talented young thespians, many of whom appeared in the recent FAI productions “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood” and “The Bremen Town Musicians.”
Directed by Peggy Hoshall with costume design and construction by FAI Junior Theatre Company director Susan Scott, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is a story written by Roald Dahl and dramatized by Richard R. George. Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp starred in the 1971 and 2005 film versions. -
Memorial’s ‘How to Succeed’ offers Broadway finesse
Rivaling the the charm of some Broadway tour offerings at the Civic Center, Edmond Memorial High School’s musical, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” offered a comical glimpse at corporate culture in the days of three-piece suits and steno pools.
Based on the 1952 book by Shepherd Mead, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows of “Guys and Dolls” fame, the show boasts seven Tony Awards and a 1962 Pulitzer Prize. It was released on film in 1967 and revived on Broadway in 1995 with Matthew Broderick and Megan Mullaly. - Sit, stay, teleport: Teach physics to your dog
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3-9 Good Reads: books
‘LUNCH LADY AND THE AUTHOR VISIT VENDETTA’
BY JARRETT J. KROSOCZKA
The Breakfast Bunch is back in book three of the Lunch Lady graphic novel series, which chronicles the adventures of a school lunch lady who fights crime when she’s not serving sloppy joes.
In “Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta,” Dee, Terrence and Hector are very excited about Author Visit Day. But something is not right about their special guest, Lewis Scribson, author of the famous Flippy Bunny books. - More Arts & Entertainment Headlines
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