The Edmond Sun - Arts & Entertainment

11-28 Out & About: entertainment news
Pollard Theatre’s Territorial Christmas begins Friday
An Oklahoma tradition for more than two decades, “A Territorial Christmas Carol: An Oklahoma Tradition” begins Friday at the Pollard Theatre in historic downtown Guthrie.
'Ninja Assassin' dead on arrival
You don’t go into a movie called “Ninja Assassin” expecting a hell of a lot, but this shockingly disjointed and relentlessly dull picture can’t even deliver the martial-arts kick its title so plainly promises.
These 'Dogs' won’t hunt
Technically there is only one old dog in “Old Dogs” — a 15-year-old Great Pyrenees-Shepherd mix — but even though director Walt Becker frequently cuts to close-ups of the canine grunting with befuddlement for reaction shots, the movie isn’t really about him.
New book shows lavish Shakespeare illustrations
There’s no play attributed to Shakespeare about a Puritan woman who whipped her cat for catching mice on Sunday.
The lack doesn’t prevent Bill Bryson’s biography of the poet from including a picture of the legendary scene.
11-25 Good Reads: books
‘THE INDIGO NOTEBOOK’
BY LAURA RESAU
Fifteen-year-old Zeeta lives in a different country every year with her flighty English-teaching mom, Layla. The wandering suits Layla, who lives in the moment, quotes mystical poetry, and hangs out with penniless artists and scraggly-haired clowns.
Hall Duncan considers himself a modern Walter Mitty.
Much like James Thurber’s character, Duncan, or “Dr. D,” as he is known to his students, slips into a private world that is so exciting he often loses the line between his dream world and reality. Using humor, he slips into the world of his imagination.
11-24 Out & About: entertainment news
Fat Dixie to perform alternative country music
Fat Dixie will perform songs from their alternative country album, “Speakeasy,” at two upcoming events. With roots in the south, Fat Dixie has taken their love for bands such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson and Tom Petty to cultivate their sound.
Michael Jackson wins 4 at AMAs; Swift top artist
The King of Pop is still winning awards and setting records doing it.
Animals come to life in FAI musical
An old donkey, a toothless dog, a mouse-loving cat and a rooster who has lost his “doodle-do” come to life in Edmond Fine Arts Institute’s Junior Theatre Company presentation of “The Bremen Town Musicians.”

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