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Tulsa native in "Breaking Pointe" TV series

5/30/2012 12:55 PM

Tulsa native Ronnie Underwood is one of the dancers who will be featured in the new CW documentary series “Breaking Pointe,” which premieres Thursday.

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Doc Watson dies

5/30/2012 7:52 AM

One of the true greats of American music, Arthell 'Doc' Watson, died Tuesday at age 89.

A full biography is here .

I grew up listening to Doc Watson and always ... 

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On finding love at the library

5/27/2012 9:05 AM


So what if you weren’t able to engineer that romantic getaway to experience “April in Paris.” One can still indulge in a few flights of romantic fancy simply by trekking ... 

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Most DIY authors make less than $500 a year

5/25/2012 3:00 PM


E.L. James’ “Fifty Shades of Grey” has done more than raise the temperatures of its readers – it’s also bolstered the hopes of the thousands of writers.

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Romance? There's an app for that...

5/24/2012 4:39 PM


One of the books that landed in my mailbox this morning was 'Coming Up for Air,' by Patti Callahan Henry. It is a novel about a woman in a loveless marriage, who rediscovers ... 

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Paris When It Fizzles....

5/21/2012 1:31 PM

Rosecrans Baldwin, who co-founded and edited the online magazine The Morning News, decided a few years ago that -- like any number of American literary types before him ... 

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REVIEW: "Shooting Star" by Heller Theatre

5/18/2012 1:24 PM

The modern-day equivalent of “ships passing in the night” might well be “old flames meeting in an airport.”
At least, that’s the case with the characters in Steven ... 

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A sweet (or savory) way to help the Tulsa Symphony

5/17/2012 10:30 AM


Mod's Coffee and Crepes, in the Philcade Building at Fifth Street and Boston Avenue downtown, will devote 25 percent of its sales made between 4 and 10 p.m. Thursday ... 

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Freshly made theatre just across the border.

5/16/2012 12:40 PM

Theatre Squared, the professional theater company in Fayetteville, Ark., is hosting its fourth annual Arkansas New Play Festival this weekend.

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Whoops! Wrong planet!

5/14/2012 9:13 AM


Even the Library of Congress makes a mistake now and then.

Last week, while driving home from a show, I happened to hear a radio spot for the Library of Congress ... 

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REVIEW: "The Unmentionables" by Playhouse Tulsa

5/11/2012 12:30 PM

One of the most famous lines from the film “The Rules of the Game” could easily apply to what goes on in Bruce Norris’ play in “The Unmentionables” — “The awful thing ... 

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Amy ain’t coming, so Philbrook got ‘Mad’

5/9/2012 1:46 PM


Writer and comedian Amy Sedaris, who was scheduled to appear at Philbrook for its “Third Thursday” event May 17, has canceled.

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James D. Watts Jr. has lived in Oklahoma for most his life, even though he still has people saying to him, "Don't sound like you're from around these parts." A University of Oklahoma Phi Beta Kappa graduate, Watts has received the Governor Arts Award, Harwelden Award and the National Conference of Christians and Jews Beth Macklin Award for his writing. Before coming to the Tulsa World, Watts worked for the Tulsa Tribune.

Contact him at (918) 581-8478.


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