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Sunday’s annual AIDS Walk of Oklahoma City gets a twist: the addition of a pooch parade! While the walk steps off at 2 p.m. (registration at 12:30 p.m.) at the Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno, costumed dogs will strut their stuff at a 1 p.m. fashion show for a chance at dragging home a fabulous trophy. Admission is free. Visit aidswalkokc.org.

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You know him as Rajesh Koothrappali on the CBS smash hit The Big Bang Theory, but Kunal Nayyar is not the awkward outcast he plays on TV. See for yourself when the actor shares his story of rising from a New Delhi youth to CBS sitcom star, 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 100 Campus Drive in Weatherford. Tickets are $10-$20. Call 580-774-3019 or visit swosu.edu.

Thursday

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• The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Third Season DVD review    

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I thought my ability to cut wrapping paper in a fairly straight line was brag-worthy. Nope! Not compared to “scissor artist” Karl Johnson, who can almost instantly turn anyone — live or photographic — into a paper silhouette suitable for framing. From noon to 6 p.m. Thursday, he returns to Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway. Admission is free, but reserve a five-minute appointment for a $25 custom silhouette. Call 842-2900 or visit fullcirclebooks.com.

Thursday

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Anyone who saw the Disney films Cinderella, Tangled and The Princess and the Frog, and thought, “Meh, could use some world-class ice skating,” boy, are you in luck! Disney on Ice presents just that in Dare to Dream, with 10 performances scheduled between Thursday and Tuesday at the Oklahoma State Fair, 3001 General Pershing. Tickets are $14-$40. Call 948-6800 or visit okstatefair.com.

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It’ll be easy to get a taste of The Big Easy when the legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band plays at 3 p.m. Sunday at Oklahoma City University’s Bass School of Music, 2501 N. Blackwelder. Dubbed “the past and promise of American music” by Rolling Stone magazine, the act is on its 50th-anniversary tour. Tickets are $10. Call 208-5227 or visit okcu.edu/tickets.

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Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the sixth annual Aviation Festival at Max Westheimer Airport, 1700 Lexington in Norman! From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the free event includes an open house, aircraft displays, control tower tours, children’s activities and more. Call 325-7233 or visit normanchamber.com.

Saturday

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Whether you’re walking or running, the 26th annual Renaissance Run begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the Midwest City Community Center, 200 N. Midwest Blvd. Too early for you? Perhaps this phrase will change your mind: “concludes with a pancake breakfast.” Thought so. Registration is $30. Call 739-1293 or visit signmeup. com/84804.

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Midnight. Not a sound from the pavement. Has the moon lost her memory? No. She is simply distracted by Cats. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “claw”-sic musical finishes its run with stagings at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, at Jewel Box Theatre, 3700 N. Walker. Tickets are $15- $20. Call 521-1786 or visit jewelboxtheatre.org.

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Reformed and rejuvenated in 2010, art rock’s ever-influential Swans swim in for an 8 p.m. Tuesday performance at the ACM@UCO Performance Lab, 323 E. Sheridan, supporting their new, two-hour double album, The Seer. Opening is another highly regarded group of avant-garde goodness: Xiu Xiu. Tickets are $22-$25. Visit ticketstorm.com.

Tuesday

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Praised in these very pages back in June as one of six flicks not to miss at deadCENTER, the documentary Beauty Is Embarrassing returns to town with four screenings between Thursday and Sunday at Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch. Directed by Okie-raised Neil Berkeley, it’s about Wayne White, the artist who designed most of the Pee-wee’s Playhouse puppets. And it’s awesome. Tickets are $5-$8. Call 236- 3100 or visit okcmoa.com.

Thursday-Sunday

Hey! Read This:
• Beauty Is Embarrassing film review 
• The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway Blu-ray review

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One-man band Keller Williams offers countless aural pleasures. Hear for yourself when the singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist performs an all-ages show at 9 p.m. Thursday at Campus Corner, 786 Asp in Norman. Doors open at 7 p.m.; jam band Bungalouski opens. Tickets are $18-$20. Visit oucampuscorner.com.

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Oculus Gallery, 518 N.W. 23rd, gets experimental in Multifarious, a new exhibit featuring the work of Nicole Moan, DJ Ostara, Albert Riddle and Deborah Eilers Riddle. Opening with a reception from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Friday and running through Oct. 2, Multifarious showcases everything from abstract paintings and ceramic corsets to electronic music. Admission is free. Call 524-4599.

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Fresh from their first full-length album, High, Wide & Handsome, The Trishas breeze into Norman for a free show at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Closing out the Performing Arts Studio’s Summer Breeze Concert Series for ’12, the gig has the rootsy foursome from Austin, Texas, playing at Lions Park, 450 S. Flood. Call 307-9320 or visit pasnorman.org.

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Beats Antique beats boredom. We’d expect nothing less from a band that bills itself as “live electro-acoustic, heavy bass, belly dancing and roots music.” In advance of its forthcoming album, the aptly titled Contraption Vol. 2, the group cranks up its Animale Mechanique Tour at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S. Eastern. Tickets are $17-$19. Call 677-9169 or visit diamondballroom.net.

Wednesday, Sept. 12

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September just got here, but Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre is on November. David Mamet’s recent Broadway hit takes a satiric stab at the Oval Office, so expect as many laughs as F-bombs. Running through Sept. 23 at Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker, November stages performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $30- $35. Call 848-3761 or visit cityrep.com.

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