Saturday 25 May
OKG Newsletter
Mia Cantu
Creative dissent
Opposition came in various forms at last week’s rally against the Personhood Act.
News
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“Get the U.S. out of my uterus,” is just one of nearly 40 handwritten signs held by stern-faced activists in Grace Fallen’s photography portraits. The black-and-white collection displayed on Facebook imparts an equally stark message of opposition to state Senate Bill 1433. Known as the Personhood Act, the measure asserts that life begins at conception.
Walk this way
An online survey aims to help OKC officials determine where to put up to 70 miles of sidewalks.
News
Mia Cantu
Oklahoma City officials are hoping additional sidewalks will make the metro more pedestrian-friendly, but determining where to build them isn’t so easy. Among the goals of MAPS 3, the latest chapter of the Metropolitan Area Projects aimed at improving quality of life in the city, is the addition of 50 to 70 miles of new sidewalks.
Young at art
The annual Momentum gains speed as it salutes 30-and-under artists from across the state.
Visual Arts
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Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still
8 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday
Farmers Public Market
311 S. Klein
ovac-ok.org
$10-$15
Travel with a twist
Imagine martinis neither shaken nor stirred, but snapped. That’s the recipe for an exhibit dedicated to the tipsy traveler.
Visual Arts
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Martini Travels
6-8 p.m. Friday
through April 30
50 Penn Place Gallery
1900 Northwest Expressway
848-5567
free
Song for Norman
Norman becomes the first city in the state to commission its own anthem.
News
Mia Cantu
The city of Norman has made history, of a sort, recently becoming the first municipality in Oklahoma — and possibly the U.S. — to have commissioned its own anthem. The idea to give the community its own theme song originated with two Norman residents: Chuck Thompson, president of Republic Bank & Trust; and Richard Zielinski, artistic and music director of the newly formed Norman Philharmonic.
Broken arts
Because divisive issues don’t sell art, artists shy away from making waves. For ‘Breaking the Rules,’ however, that’s all the art does.
Visual Arts
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Breaking the Rules: Religion, Politics and Art (in Polite Conversation, of Course)
5:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesday
Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery
706 W. Sheridan
oksponsoring.org/artshow
$20 advance, $25 door
In the Red
Saturday’s Red Tie Night marks 20 years of partying with a purpose.
Features
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Red Tie Night
6 p.m. Saturday
Cox Convention Center
1 Myriad Gardens
okaidscarefund.com
$500-$20,000
Budding industry
A new TV series explores the medical marijuana industry through the experiences of six Shawnee brothers.
Features
Mia Cantu
Prescription marijuana has become a legitimate business, at least in 16 states, where it is legal. Among those reaping profits are six brothers originally from Shawnee — Joel, Jesse, Jonathan, Jordan, Jared and Josh Stanley — who now reside in Colorado, where they grow and sell their harvest of medical cannabis.
Know ‘Doubt’
A traveling troupe is set to perform ‘Doubt’ for one night only at OCCC.
Performing Arts
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Doubt
Montana Repertory Theatre
7 P.M. Tuesday
Oklahoma City Community College’s Bruce Owen Theater
7777 S. May
682-7579
$10-$22
Friends of the Library sets book sale for Feb. 24-25
Annual event benefits the Metropolitan Library System.
Features
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Friends of the Metropolitan Library System Book Sale 2012
9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday
Oklahoma Expo Hall, State Fair Park
333 Gordon Cooper
supportmls.org
606-3763
free
Invention Convention set for Feb. 28
Annual event highlights students’ society-useful work.
Royal engagement
From the miniature to the monumental — not to mention a commode — ‘Princely Treasures’ are unveiled at Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
Visual Arts
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Princely Treasures: European Masterpieces 1600-1800 from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
Thursday-May 13
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch
okcmoa.com
236-3100
$10-$12
Go, Diego, go!
Diego Rivera and his fellow famed artists of Mexico are featured in ‘Miradas,’ a muy bueno exhibit well worth the look.
Visual Arts
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Miradas: Ancient Roots in Modern and Contemporary Mexican Art
through May 4
City Arts Center
3000 General Pershing
cityartscenter.org
951-0000
Free
‘Pride’ and joy
OCU and the Oklahoma Children’s Theatre take on a Jane Austen classic.
Performing Arts
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Pride and Prejudice
11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m Saturday,
2 p.m. Sunday
Oklahoma City University’s
Burg Theatre
2501 N. Blackwelder
oklahomachildrenstheatre.org
208-5227
$8-$12
