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Anime it

Past films of Hayao Miyazaki have featured a goldfish princess, forest spirits and a giant rabbit. From Up on Poppy Hill, however, features the strangest creatures of all: teenagers! The family-friendly drama from Studio Ghibli screens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch. Tickets are $5-$8. Call 236-3100 or visit okcmoa.com.

Thursday-Sunday

Hey! Read This:
Castle in the Sky/Kiki's Delivery Service/My Neighbor Totoro DVD reviews   
Ponyo film review    

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Believe it

Hidden the corpse of a secret lover you killed? If so, do not attend An Enchanted Evening, 8 p.m. Friday (and again June 28) at La Baguette, Bakery & Café, 1130 Rambling Oaks Drive in Norman! Magician and mentalist William Rader will probe personal thoughts for the entertainment of all. Impossible, you say? Don’t say we didn’t warn you, soon-to-be convicted felon. Tickets are $25, which includes desert and wine. Visit williamrader.net.

Friday, ongoing

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Roll it

If anyone can beat ovarian cancer, our money’s on the Oklahoma Victory Dolls. The team hosts a double header of roller derby to benefit the nonprofit organization Heels for Hope at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Centennial Building of State Fair Park, 3001 General Pershing. Doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets are $10-$15; kids 12 and under get in free. Visit oklahomavictorydolls.com.

Saturday

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Swing it

That lord of the jungle, Tarzan, swings into Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker, for six performances of Lyric Theatre’s production of the Disney/Phil Collins Broadway musical. One of Lyric’s 50th-anniversary shows, Tarzan begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and ends its run June 29. Tickets are $35-$68. Call 524-9312 or visit lyrictheatreokc.com.

Tuesday-Wednesday, June 26; ongoing

Hey! Read This:
The Tarzan Collection Starring Jock Mahoney and Mike Henry DVD review    

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Fit it

Celebrity fitness expert Basheerah Ahmad headlines UCO Health and Fitness Day, from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the University of Central Oklahoma Wellness Center, 100 N. University Drive in Edmond. The event features kickboxing, boot camp, Zumba classes and other things that are not watching Game of Thrones. Registration is $50. Call 974-2320 or visit ucowellnesscenter.com.

Saturday

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Hear it

Look, Vince Gill isn’t going to appear on just anyone’s album, so Shannon McNally must be doing something right. Fresh from Small Town Talk, a disc co-recorded with Dr. John, the singer-songwriter has an 8 p.m Sunday appointment to knock on The Blue Door, 2805 N. McKinley. Tickets are $20. Call 524-0738 or visit bluedoorokc.com.

Sunday

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Crow it

If all you wanna do is have some fun, I got the feeling you’re not the only one. A change would do you good, so go see Sheryl Crow! If it makes you happy, the chart-topping Grammy winner plays at 8 p.m. Saturday at WinStar World Casino at 777 Casino Ave. in Thackerville. Tickets are $45- $75. Call 800-745-3000 or visit winstarworldcasino.com.

Saturday

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Latest News

Bricktown living

Living in downtown Oklahoma City is expensive by anyone’s definition, but developers Gary Brooks and Andy Burnett aim to change that with a new project in east Bricktown.
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Be reasonable

Oklahoma FreeOK Convention
9 a.m. Saturday
Cox Convention Center
1 Myriad Gardens
freeok.org
$25
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Weighing what’s important downtown

Financing a convention center hotel in downtown Oklahoma City isn’t as important as discovering if one is actually needed. That was the consensus of the city council June 11 when it rejected a proposal to pay a financial management company an extra $100,000 on delivering financing options for a would-be convention center hotel. That firm, Chicago-based Public Financial Management, is under contract for other city projects.
06/19/2013 | Comments 0

Trashed

It’s the 21st-century equivalent of picket lines, letter-writing campaigns and a full-page ad in The New York Times. But the power of social media, as wielded by an ordinary citizen with a cell phone, can have a greater coordinated impact than all of them put together.
06/19/2013 | Comments 0

This is 40

When Oklahoma City Police Chief Bill Citty requested 40 more police officers as part of his department’s proposed budget, he pointed to alarming crime statistics.
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Pet project

Dogs and cats displaced because of the May 20 tornado need a good, loving home. As a result, an adoption event is scheduled 1-6 p.m. Sunday at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds, 615 E. Robinson in Norman.
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Chicken Fried News

Hard rain’s a-gonna fall

Does it just set your teeth on edge that your license plate bears the image of a sculpture of a Native American performing an ancient religious ceremony? If so, worry not, weary motorist and teeth-gnasher. Oklahoma City pastor Keith Cressman has got your back.
06/18/2013 | Comments 1

Judging the judges

They say revenge is a dish best served cold. But try telling that to Oklahoma’s supporters of tort reform. That crowd wants its retribution piping-hot and fresh from the microwave. At least that’s how it looked after the state Supreme Court ruled June 4 that 2009’s landmark tort-reform law was unconstitutional.
06/19/2013 | Comments 1

PR BS

Lots of press releases cross our desk. Recently, these titles least screamed, “Stop the presses!”
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CFN Quote (and Possibly Advertisement) of the Week

“Thank you to the engineers who developed the safety features of my F-150 that allowed us to walk away from [the May 31 tornado]. I’ll be getting another F-150 as soon as I can!”
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KD to the Izzo

Jay-Z has a lot of things: like, you know, 17 Grammys, Beyoncé and a Forbes-estimated $500 million.
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As feared, the Zoo Amphitheatre does not have a Summer/Fall lineup as of June 12. In past years, under the Zoo Amp’s previous management, I already could have planned what concerts I would attend over the next four to five months at the Zoo. Now the
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3 hours ago
From the early 1920s until the mid- 1950s, my grandmother made her home at the intersection of N.W. 11th Street and Shartel Avenue. In the mid-1950s, she bought a new home in the 400 block of N.W. 43rd. As a child, I sometimes spent the night at her h
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9 hours ago
Unlike many moviegoers, 17-year-old farm girl Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell, The Day) has no memory of the events of
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10 hours ago
Suspense novelist Jeffery Deaver once praised the short-story format, writing that the minimal time investment on the part of the reader allows the writer to get away with endings he or she cannot in the long form. In other words, the writer can be mea
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12 hours ago
The next couple of months might mean vacations near bodies of water and/or pool time.
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