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Well-known illustrator, Mike Wimmer, introduces his latest book - GEORGE_ GEORGE WASHINGTON, OUR FOUNDING FATHER, at Best of Books, 1313 NE Danforth, Kickingbird Square, Edmond - Saturday Feb. 11 from 1:00 until 2:30pm.

Live jazz music.

Ages 8 to Adults

Members of the Youth Council of the NAACP and Clara Luper sat down at Katz Drug Store on August 19, 1958 and ordered a Coke®. This was one of many sit-in protests in Oklahoma City which resulted in the Integration of Katz Drug Store, Split-T Drive-in, the Skirvin Hotel and hundreds of other businesses. "I'm gonna sit in with Clara 'cause I can't stand for this anymore"..

Co-Sponsor: Friends of the Metropolitan Library System, Oklahoma Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts

Ages 8 to Adults

Members of the Youth Council of the NAACP and Clara Luper sat down at Katz Drug Store on August 19, 1958 and ordered a Coke®. This was one of many sit-in protests in Oklahoma City which resulted in the Integration of Katz Drug Store, Split-T Drive-in, the Skirvin Hotel and hundreds of other businesses. "I'm gonna sit in with Clara 'cause I can't stand for this anymore".

Co-Sponsor: Friends of the Metropolitan Library System, Oklahoma Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts

Ed Engle, fly fishing guide and author of several books, will speak Saturday, February 11 at Sportsman Country Club.

Event is sponsored by the 89er Chapter of Trout Unlimited and is free and open to the public.

Engle will be giving a fly tying demonstration and then speaking on offbeat tactics that catch trout.

For more information, call Greg Mann at 405-401-3784 or Chuck Kaminski at 405-973-4571.

Chamber Music in Oklahoma presents the Stradivari Quartet, playing works of Puccini, Boccherini, Wettstein and Verdi. Reception with the musicians follows immediately after the concert.

Adults

Free individualized instruction in Microsoft Excel. Learn to create workbooks and spreadsheets, use formulas and functions, format data, create charts, and more. Evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Scheduled in 30 minute to one hour sessions per individual. Come in or call to make an appointment for your instruction time. Village Library (405) 755-0710.

Live blues music.

Ages: 6 Yrs. to 17 Yrs.

Fees:
- $10 Rec Course Fee $10.00

Description:
You will have lots of fun learning how to sew, thread, operate a sewing machine, cut patterns, and more! You will get to take home a finished product made by you. There will be a new project each session.

Spots Available: 8

Registration Date: 11-15-2011 12:00AM

Member Registration Date:

Non-Resident Registration Date:

Registration End Date: 02-06-2012

Ages: 2 Yrs. and over

Fees:
- $20 Rec Course Fee $20.00

Description:
Come paint bisque pieces and make them original works of art. Choose from our stock of plates, mugs, garden critters, bowls and more. Finished pieces will be glazed and picked up at a later date. Price includes 2 bisque pieces. This class is for ages 2 & Up (2-5 must have a parent). This class is come and go.

Spots Available: 15

Registration Date: 11-15-2011 12:00AM

Member Registration Date:

Non-Resident Registration Date:

Registration End Date: 02-10-2012

This presentation will occur at the Februay meeting of CHADD of Central Oklahoma. All interested persons are welcome to attend. It is not necessary to be a member of CHADD.

Because the restaurant is booked solid Saturday and Tuesday (Valentine’s Day), chef/owner Kurt Fleischfresser is opening The Coach House, 6437 Avondale Drive, Oklahoma City, from 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday.

The restaurant will offer its regular dinner menu for the special service.

Reservations are likely to go fast. Call 842-1000 or go to thecoachhouseokc.com for reservations.

The Metro Wine Bar and Bistro, 6418 N Western Ave., Oklahoma City, will host its fifth annual Wine & Chocolate tasting from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Chef Rolyn Soberanis will offer an assortment of handmade chocolates paired with 20 new wines by the glass.

Cost is $25 per person.

For more information or reservations, call 840-9463.

Come see man and machine put to the ultimate test of endurance, speed, balance and skill on a dirt bike at the Indoor Enduro X. A full gate of the top pros and amateurs will sprint over obstacles in a mix of supercross and enduro format.

The course which will include over 20 6ft loader tires, 2 cars, a truck load of basketball sized rock, loads of telephone poles and logs all inside the arena will be built to challenging for the Pros while doable for the Amateurs.

Call your friends and family because we can promise this is one of the most unique and exciting motorsports events ever to come to Guthrie, Oklahoma.

For more information, call 282-7433 or visit lazye.com.

On Feb. 11 the Edmond Running Club will host its 17th annual Frigid Five 5-mile run and 1-mile fun run to benefit Allied Arts, Edmond Parks and Recreation and cross country teams from area high schools.

The event will be at Edmond’s Mitch Park, and consists of a 5-mile run at 9 a.m., a 1-mile fun run at 9:15 a.m. and the McMurtrie Children’s 1-mile run at 8:30 a.m., which will count as an official mile in the OKC Memorial Children’s Marathon. There will also be awards, door prizes and food and drinks.

Participants can register online at www.signmeup.com or www.edmondrunningclub.com, and packets will be available for pick-up from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Feb. 10 at Elite Feet at 1237 E. Danforth or on the morning of the event starting at 7 a.m. at the Mitch Park MAC.

Registration for the 5-mile race is $25 including an event shirt, or $20 without one; $20 for the 1-mile adult fun run with a shirt, or $10 without one; and participation in the children’s run is free for children 11 years old or younger. Registration will be available on the day of the event, but the entry fee will be $28 and there is no guarantee that shirts will be available.