Oklahoma Briefs

Museum is free Nov. 14

Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum will offer free admission from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 14 to recognize Oklahoma’s 102nd birthday. The museum will offer dress-up stations for children, refreshments from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., arts and crafts stations and a screening of the movie "Oklahoma!” The museum is at 1400 Classen Drive. For more information, go to www.oklahomaheritage.com or call 235-4458.

Students in Oklahoma raised more than $138,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through the Olive Garden Pasta for Pennies fundraising drive, the society announced recently. Nearly 75,000 elementary, middle and high school students in Oklahoma collected change to support the drive. The state’s top fundraising schools were Brink Junior High School and Wayland Bonds Elementary School in Oklahoma City and Clyde Boyd Middle School in Sand Springs.

A groundbreaking ceremony is at 11 a.m. Thursday for the fourth annual St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway. The ceremony will be in the Iron Horse Ranch Development, near Sooner Road and Coffee Creek Road. For more information, call Mandy Ward at 217-9200.

Trinity School will host its annual A Novel Feast fundraiser at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The fundraiser, which features discussions with notable authors and dinner and wine from several Oklahoma City restaurants, will be at the Crown Heights home of Dr. Susan Chambers and Dr. Kyle Toal. For more information, call 525-5600 or go to www.trinityschoolokc.org.

City Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing Blvd., will host a reception and film screening Friday. The reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. The film, "My Architect: A Son’s Journey,” by Nathaniel Kahn, will begin at 7:15 p.m. The film will be followed by a panel discussion. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by calling 951-0000 or e-mailing info@cityartscenter.org.

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