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Shawnee Movie Listings This Week

Cinema Centre 8 is open for late afternoon matinees on Monday through Friday and matinees on Saturday and Sunday. Movies 6 at Shawnee Mall is open for late afternoon matinees on Friday, matinees on Saturday and Sunday and one evening show Monday through Thursday. Private theatre rentals are now

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May Happenings at the OKC Zoo

With warmer weather, many activities are available at the OKC Zoo in May and throughout the summer as well. TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR OKC ZOO’S NEW MUST-SEE, SEASONAL EXPERIENCE, BRICKLIVE™ ANIMAL PARADISE OPENING TO THE PUBLIC ON SATURDAY, MAY 7 Connect with wildlife through brickbuilt art as you experience the all new, seasonal BRICKLIVE™ Animal Paradise at the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden.

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Review: ‘Incomparable Grace’ succinct, absorbing look at JFK

Historian Mark K. Updegrove takes a look at key moments in John F. Kennedy’s life and presidency in “Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency.” The Associated Press’ Andrew DeMillo says Updegrove’s book offers a succinct but compelling look at Kennedy’s presidency, from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Civil Rights movement. DeMillo writes that the book isn’t as sweeping as some of the massive tomes on Kennedy, but it doesn’t feel like anything is given short shrift. DeMillo writes that the book demonstrates why Kennedy remains such an obsession for the public and historians alike.

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Review: Actor Viola Davis bares soul on way to ‘Finding Me’

Award-winning actor Viola Davis looks back on her fraught childhood in a new memoir titled “Finding Me.” In a review for The Associated Press, Douglass K. Daniel says Davis recalls her upbringing in poverty like the victim of a disaster still dazed by the experience but remembering every terrible moment. Her alcoholic father routinely beat and bloodied her mother, and young Viola and her five siblings lived in a rat-filled house with little to eat. Daniel says “Finding Me” is raw in its anger and shocking in its frankness. He also calls it wonderfully alive with Davis’ passion poured into every page.

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