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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.

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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.

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• Beauty Is Embarrassing film 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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“I can has high-five?” this bear seems to ask. Can he? Dunno, but the photo is part of Expanding Our Horizons, a mixed-media exhibit spotlighting the work of 10 Cotton County Art Council members. It opens with a reception Friday from 6 to 10 p.m., with artist demos from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, all at Adelante! Gallery, 3003 Paseo. Admission is free. Call 214-587-7686 or visit adelantegallery.com.

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Without argument, the best movie from this summer’s deadCENTER Film Festival whose poster featured a hand flipping the bird was Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry. Missed it? Catch up with the critically acclaimed documentary about the Chinese artist and activist when Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch, brings it back at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $5-$8. Call 236-3100 or visit okcmoa.com.

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This is no bull: The nation’s top 35 bull riders face the fiercest bucking bulls — be careful saying that phrase quickly — on the planet at the WinStar World Casino Invitational, at 8 p.m. Friday and 7 p.m. Saturday in Thackerville, featuring performances by Randy Rogers Band and Kevin Fowler. Tickets are $15-$45. Call 800-745-3000 or visit winstarworldcasino.com.

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Twenty-five years in business makes for a lot of flowers. To celebrate, New Leaf Florist owner Greg Davis hosts an anniversary art show at the Midtown location, 2500 N. May. Running through Sept. 30, the exhibition features local artists Ron Ferrell, Lynn Mallett, Brian Palmer and Susanne Mears. Admission is free. Call 842-2444 or visit newleafokc.com.

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It likely has nothing on The Price Is Right’s Plinko, but no game turns 20 years old without being fun. With the educational Brain Quest series hitting that anniversary, it’s set to make a 5 p.m. Tuesday stop at Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, to stage a quiz show. Whether you want to play or watch, admission is free. Call 842-2900 or visit fullcirclebooks.com.

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Lita Ford knows what she likes, and she knows she likes dancin’ with you. The ’80s big-hair guitar goddess is back with a new album, Living Like a Runaway, and a 5:30 p.m. Friday date to rock the Zoo Amphitheatre, 2011 N.E. 50th. Also on the bill: Poison and Def Leppard. Tickets are $49.50-$125; it ain’t no big thing. Call 364-3700 or visit zooamp.com.

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