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August 2016
“Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma!” book discussion, Pioneer Woman Museum
The Pioneer Woman Museum (PWM) in Ponca City is pleased to host the "Let's Talk About It, Oklahoma!" book discussion series. This monthly book group is a project of the Oklahoma Humanities Council. "Let's Talk About It, Oklahoma!" is designed to encourage adults to read and discuss literature based around a central theme. The theme for this cycle at PWM is "The Cowboy." It is free to participate, and the book discussion group begins at 10 a.m. The books can…
Find out more »September 2016
“Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma!” book discussion, Pioneer Woman Museum
The Pioneer Woman Museum (PWM) in Ponca City is pleased to host the "Let's Talk About It, Oklahoma!" book discussion series. This monthly book group is a project of the Oklahoma Humanities Council. "Let's Talk About It, Oklahoma!" is designed to encourage adults to read and discuss literature based around a central theme. The theme for this cycle at PWM is "The Cowboy." It is free to participate, and the book discussion group begins at 10 a.m. The books can…
Find out more »Cherokee Outlet Cowboy Talk, Sod House Museum
Jana Brown will present an overview of the life of a cowboy in the Cherokee Outlet at the Sod House Museum on Saturday, September 17, at 10 am. Her program will feature a review of the book Cherokee Outlet Cowboy. Brown will discuss cattle ranching in the Cherokee Outlet prior to land openings and white settlement. In addition to a history of cattle ranching during this era, Brown will review the book Cherokee Outlet Cowboy written by Laban Samuel Records…
Find out more »October 2016
“Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma!” book discussion, Pioneer Woman Museum
The Pioneer Woman Museum (PWM) in Ponca City is pleased to host the "Let's Talk About It, Oklahoma!" book discussion series. This monthly book group is a project of the Oklahoma Humanities Council. "Let's Talk About It, Oklahoma!" is designed to encourage adults to read and discuss literature based around a central theme. The theme for this cycle at PWM is "The Cowboy." It is free to participate, and the book discussion group begins at 10 a.m. The books can…
Find out more »“Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma!” book discussion, Pioneer Woman Museum
The Pioneer Woman Museum (PWM) in Ponca City is pleased to host the "Let's Talk About It, Oklahoma!" book discussion series. This monthly book group is a project of the Oklahoma Humanities Council. "Let's Talk About It, Oklahoma!" is designed to encourage adults to read and discuss literature based around a central theme. The theme for this cycle at PWM is "The Cowboy." It is free to participate, and the book discussion group begins at 10 a.m. The books can…
Find out more »November 2016
“Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma!” book discussion, Pioneer Woman Museum
The Pioneer Woman Museum (PWM) in Ponca City is pleased to host the "Let's Talk About It, Oklahoma!" book discussion series. This monthly book group is a project of the Oklahoma Humanities Council. "Let's Talk About It, Oklahoma!" is designed to encourage adults to read and discuss literature based around a central theme. The theme for this cycle at PWM is "The Cowboy." It is free to participate, and the book discussion group begins at 10 a.m. The books can…
Find out more »December 2017
Program and book signing with speaker Bob Ford, Oklahoma History Center
The Oklahoma History Center will host a program and book signing with speaker Captain Bob Ford (US Army-Ret.) on Saturday, December 2, 2017, from 11 am to 1 pm. Captain Ford will discuss his tour of duty in Vietnam as a Huey helicopter pilot and his recently released book Black Cat 2-1: The True Story of a Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and His Crew. The book signing will immediately follow his presentation.
Find out more »August 2018
Interview and book signing with Boom Town author Sam Anderson, Oklahoma History Center
The Oklahoma History Center is proud to present Sam Anderson, author of Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, its Chaotic Founding, its Apocalyptic Weather, its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis. Anderson will participate in a question and answer session with moderator Steve Lackmeyer. Lackmeyer, an award-winning author, columnist, and reporter in his own right, will ask Anderson about what inspired him to write the book, the steps he took to research the…
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Poke a Stick at It: Unexpected True Stories presentation with author Connie Cronley, Museum of the Western Prairie
Author Connie Cronley will discuss her book Poke a Stick at It: Unexpected True Stories at the Museum of the Western Prairie on Tuesday, September 4, at 7 pm. This program is free and open to the public. In this collection of true stories, Connie Cronley pokes fun at everything—including herself—as she delights in the world around her. With her trademark down-home humor, Cronley takes on a range of subjects as broad as the Oklahoma prairies. No subject is off-limits as…
Find out more »October 2018
Bound in Twine presentation with author Dr. Sterling D. Evans, Museum of the Western Prairie
Dr. Sterling D. Evans will give a presentation at the Museum of the Western Prairie on Tuesday, October 2, at 7 pm. This program is free and open to the public. Drawing on his book Bound in Twine: The History and Ecology of the Henequen-Wheat Complex for Mexico and the American and Canadian Plains, 1880–1950, Dr. Sterling D. Evans from the Department of History at the University of Oklahoma will speak about the many facets and aspects of wheat harvesting,…
Find out more »April 2019
November Road and The Long and Faraway Gone presentation by author Lou Berney
The Museum of the Western Prairie will host a presentation by Oklahoma author Lou Berny on Tuesday, April 30, at 7 p.m. Berney is a two-time Edgar Award-nominated author who teaches in the Red Earth Master of Fine Arts program at Oklahoma City University. Berney’s book November Road is a poignant and evocative crime novel that centers on a desperate cat-and-mouse chase across 1960s America set against the backdrop of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It is a story…
Find out more »July 2021
“Let’s Talk About It” Book Discussion Series
Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum in Pawnee has partnered with Oklahoma Humanities (OH) to host OH’s Book Discussion Series called “Let’s Talk About It.” The book club meetings will take place as monthly in-person gatherings at the museum on Blue Hawk Peak, and will feature a different book title each month from July to November. All five of the books in the program have the overarching theme of “Many Trails, Many Tribes: American Indians in Fiction.” The intention of the…
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