Upcoming Contests and Giveaways

Every third Monday of the month, let your little scientists explore their senses! New activities have been designed to introduce children to chemistry, physics, and natural sciences, all while practicing fine and gross motor skills with a caregiver! This event is included with regular admission and there is no pre-registration required. Discovery Lab, 560 N. Maybelle Ave., 10:30am – 11am, discoverylab.org

41st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Parade

THEME: “20/20 Vision: The Dream Seen Clearly”

Monday, January 20, 2020– 11:00 A.M.

Detroit Ave. & John Hope Franklin Blvd.

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The intent of the MLK Day Parade is for participants of all ages to have fun, remember Dr. King’s legacy and how they can be a part of keeping his dream alive.  The floats and various entries should convey the theme and be appropriate for viewing by children and adults. Parade Marshals, Security Personnel and Super Volunteers will be posted along the parade route to ensure the safety of the parade participants and guests as well as ensure consistent spacing between units.

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Event Schedule

7:00 am to 10:00 am- Check-in/Pick-up Numbers (Command Tent – MLK & John Hope Franklin)

8:30 am – Parade Judging Begins

11:00 am – Parade Begins

Beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, NPR personality, and humorist Mo Rocca discusses his entertaining and rigorously researched book that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him.

In conversation. A book signing will follow.

Tickets on sale
Members: 12/20
Public: 12/23

Each ticket includes a copy of MOBITUARIES.

MEET MO:
Mo Rocca is a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning, host of The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation, and host and creator of the Cooking Channel’s My Grandmother’s Ravioli, in which he learned to cook from grandmothers and grandfathers across the country. He’s also a frequent panelist on NPR’s hit weekly quiz show Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! Rocca spent four seasons as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He began his career in TV as a writer and producer for the Emmy and Peabody Award–winning PBS children’s series Wishbone. As an actor, Mo starred on Broadway in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Rocca is the author of All the Presidents’ Pets, a historical novel about White House pets and their role in presidential decision-making.

FREE EVENT!

Presented by Sooner State Chapter of ATOS (American Theatre Organ Society).

Three Ages is the first full-length comedy produced by and starring legendary comic Buster Keaton. An obvious parody of D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance, Keaton and paramour Margaret Leahy are shown coping with the problems of the Stone Age, life in ancient Rome, and the Modern Age.