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About to celebrate its 40th anniversary, Mountain Smoke presents its new album, Roads Well Traveled, with two shows Sunday at UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth in Edmond. The acoustic newgrass band plays at 3 and 7 p.m.; tickets are $20 and $25, respectively, which includes the CD. Call 818-5591 or visit ucojazzlab.com.

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Armstrong Auditorium, 14400 S. Bryant in Edmond, has hosted several world-class performers, but never a musical composed in-house. That will change at 3 p.m. Sunday with the premiere of Jeremiah, a production featuring the art of step dancing and a 12-piece orchestra. Admission is free. Call 285-1010 or visit armstrongauditorium.org.

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Ever wanted to see Keira Knightley in shorts? What about Judi Dench? Colin Firth? Jason Alexander? They’re all part of Stars in Shorts, a feature-length collection of seven short films covering everything from funerals to sexting. Gotta catch ’em all at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Friday- Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch. Tickets are $5-$8. Call 236-3100 or visit okcmoa.com.

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It’s a New Age holiday as Mannheim Steamroller rolls back into town for two holiday music concerts Saturday. Making its 27th Christmas tour, the venerable “18th-century rock band” plays at 5 and 8 p.m. at Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker. Tickets are $25-$75. Call 800-869-1451 or visit celebrityattractions.com.

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Art moves with Art Moves, the continuing series of free performances and creative demonstrations during the noon hour throughout downtown OKC. Today, A Shade of Blue covers the jazz soundtrack of A Charlie Brown Christmas at Chase Tower, 100 N. Broadway. And next Wednesday, Dec. 26, the Mark Giammario Quartet brings the bebop to Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch. Call 270-4848 or visit artscouncilokc.com.

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Greg Jacobs, Travis Linville and Susan Herndon join forces to pay tribute to none other than folk legend Woody Guthrie at a tribute concert Friday at Midway Deli, 601 W. Eufaula in Norman. They’ll perform covers of songs made famous by the Oklahoma-born musician, as well as a few originals inspired by him. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the show, which runs from 7 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $10. Call 321-7004.

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If Dec. 21 indeed turns out to be the day that wipes humanity away, at least you can go out with culture first. From 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Maya Trading Company presents the 12.21.12: End of the World multimedia art exhibition at Istvan Gallery, 1218 N. Western, featuring hors d’oeuvres and a dance performance. Admission is free. Call 831-2874 or visit istvangallery.com.

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Stop worrying about what to do! And start making plans to see Stop Staring at My Prints!, an exhibition of prints created by students at the University of Oklahoma School of Art & Art History. Through Jan. 22, 2013, the work can be seen from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at the school’s Lightwell Gallery, 520 Parrington Oval in Norman. Admission is free. Call 325-2691 or visit art.ou.edu.

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If Dec. 21 indeed turns out to be the day that wipes humanity away, at least you can go out with ears ringing. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday, The Chameleon Room, 3034 N. Portland, presents an End of the World concert of local metal bands Anti-Mortem, Earth Shook Run, Killer Gandhi, Dark Ascent, Anialas, Area of Effect and pictured Everybody Panic! Admission is free. Call 537-8136.

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No longer “A Thousand Miles from Nowhere,” Dwight Yoakam gets pretty darn close to arm’s reach when he plays 8 p.m. Saturday at WinStar World Casino, 777 Casino Ave. in Thackerville. The country music artist is touring on the most critically acclaimed album of his long career, 3 Pears, which streeted in September. Tickets are $25- $45. Call 800-622-6317 or visit winstarworldcasino.com.

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Making downtown Edmond chillier for a second year, the Edmond Outdoor Ice Rink has returned! Located at Festival Market, 30 W. First, the rink is open daily through Jan. 6, 2013. Tickets are $5 for kids 5 and under, $5 for adults bringing their own skates, and $8 for those big people who don’t. Call 274-1638 or visit expressice.com.

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With Hitchcock hitting theaters Friday (read our review), see how another legendary director paid tribute to the master of suspense at Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch. At 5:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, it screens The Bride Wore Black, Francois Truffaut’s 1968 thriller about a wedding-day widow taking revenge on the five men who killed her hubby. Admission is $5-$8. Call 236-3100 or visit okcmoa.com.

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One of the more beloved loud-country acts of the aughts, Cooder Graw has re-formed for a reunion tour that will hit the Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E. Sheridan, at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. For fans, a special-edition compilation CD/DVD will be available. Casey Berry and the Live Texas Mosquitoes will get things started. Tickets are $15. Call 601-6276 or visit wormydog.com.

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Former Blazers enforcer Ron “The Ice Man” Aubrey ushers in his new nightclub, Gecko’s at 5810 S. Western, with a fight night at 6 p.m. Thursday. Twelve pro boxers will take the ring, including undefeated lightweight Herbert Acevedo and heavyweight Ty Cobb (not the baseball player, in case you were wondering). Tickets are $20-$25. Visit ticketstorm.com.

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Celebrating the Christmas season and the end of the world (so say those silly Mayans) is Navidad Espectacular!, an outstandingly outlandish art exhibit at Bomb Shelter, 1609 N. Blackwelder. With an opening reception from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, it runs through Dec. 31 ... er, unless those pesky Mayans prove correct, in which case, Dec. 21. Admission is free. Call 628-2689.

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