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BOOKS Alice Schroeder, bestselling author and author of The Snowball will speak on How Buffet Invests and Market Survival, 10:30 a.m., Feb. 19. St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 222 N.W. 15th St., 232-1371, stlukesokc.org. THU 36th Annual Friends Booksale, one of the largest book sales in the nation with over 600,000 books at discounted prices, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Feb. 21-22. Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, 3001 General Pershing Blvd., 948-6700, okstatefair.com. SAT-SUN New Ink, discover newly released books and soon-to-be best sellers, 3-5 p.m., Feb. 21. Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 842-2900, fullcirclebooks. com. SAT Book Buzz with Dennis Spielman, Author Dennis Spielman will be at the Norman West Public Library to speak about Uncovering Oklahoma’s Date Idea Book series, Uncovering Oklahoma in general, and give a presentation on road trip idea along with a book signing, 6:30 p.m., Feb. 21. Norman West Public Library, 300 Norman Center Ct., Norman, 701-2600, pioneerlibrarysystem.org. SAT An Evening with Writer Allison Hedge Coke, Former Writer-in-Residence at UCO and current Distinguished Writer in Residence at the University of Hawaii will read from her new works, Streamers and Effigies II. 7:30 p.m., Feb. 23. Pegasus Theater- UCO Campus, 100 N. University Dr., Edmond, 974-2000, uco.edu. MON Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma, book discussion over the book My Last Days as Roy Rogers by Pat Cunningham Devoto which seems homage to Huck Finn and To Kill a Mockingbird, 7 p.m., Feb. 24. Oklahoma City University, 2501 N. Blackwelder Ave., 208-5000, okcu.edu. TUE
FILM Song of the Sea, (FR, 2014, dir. Tomm Moore) the story of the last seal-child, Saoirse, and her brother Ben who discover secrets of their past on a journey to save the world of magic, 5:30 & 8 p.m., Feb. 20; 3 p.m., Feb. 22. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 2363100, okcmoa.com. FRI/SUN The Story of Adele H., (FR, 1975, dir. Francois Truffaut) film based on the real-life diary of the daughter of Victor Hugo, Adele Hugo, and how she concealed her identity to seek out her fiance who in turn wants nothing to do with her, 2 p.m., Feb. 22. Oklahoma City University, 2501 N. Blackwelder Ave., 208-5000, okcu.edu. SUN The Princess Bride, (US, 1987, dir. Rob Reiner) the classic fairy tale is showing for Tuesday Night Classics, 7 p.m.,
Black American Athletes at the 1960 Olympics During the turmoil of the civil rights movement, black athletes such as Cassius Clay, Oscar Robertson and Wilma Rudolph represented their country and their communities in the 1960 Rome Olympics. To complement the Smithsonian Institution’s Museums on Mainstreet Hometown Teams exhibit, Dr. Amy Carreiro, a professor at Oklahoma State University, leads an open discussion of black athletes at the Rome Olympics and the context and conflict that surrounded them. The free event is 6:30 p.m. at the Ralph Ellison Library, 2000 NE 23rd St. Visit metrolibrary.org.
Monday Feb. 24. Harkins Theatre, 150 E. Reno Ave., 231-4747, harkinstheatres.com. TUE
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Awake: The Life of Yogananda, (US, 2014, dir. Paola di Florio, Lisa Leeman) biopic of the author of The Autobiography of a Yogi, Yogananda, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 2425 The Paramount OKC, 701 W. Sheridan Ave., 517-0787, theparamountokc.com. TUE-WED
Tool Care Workshop, introduction to the horticulture series; tips for caring for your tools and the best ones to use for your garden in the spring, noon-1 p.m., Feb. 19. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 445-7080, oklahomacitybotanicalgardens.com/events. THU
Rembrandt from the National Gallery London & Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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This film, documenting the last year of art great Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn’s (Rembrandt for short) life, will be shown Tuesday. Curated by London’s National Gallery and Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, the movie examines Rembrandt’s life with relevant materials from the institutions. The film will be shown at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Cinemark Tinseltown USA, 6001 N. Martin Luther King Ave. Tickets are $9.50-$12.50. Visit fathomevents.com.
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