Saturday 25 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: arts
On Broadway
The Go! Team
Photographer Benjy Russell is among the 36 artists showing at City Arts Center’s 'Café City Arts.'
Visual Arts
Courtney Silva
On Friday, go! To “Cafe Go,” that is — City Arts Center’s 18th annual installment of “Cafe City Arts,” which allows the gallery to offer free admission to its year-round exhibits.
Seriously funny
Ernst Lubitsch’s 1942 movie “To Be or Not to Be” will be discussed at the inaugural Film Comedy Conference.
Features
Courtney Silva
Professionals from around the globe will be speaking about the comedic arts in every culture, from American Indian to Greek. Also on the agenda for discussion are the films of Jacques Tati and Woody Allen, and David O. Russell’s "Flirting with Disaster."
Forward march
‘Momentum’ reaches its 10th incarnation of powering the local art scene via the boundless energy of budding career artists.
Visual Arts
Charles Martin
Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still
8 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday
Farmers Public Market, 311 S. Klein
$10 advance, $15 door
ovac-ok.org, 879-2400
Green fests are best
Local festivals go green with recycling initiatives and more.
Features
Courtney Silva
Spring in Oklahoma City means an endless number of festivals. With vendor food in one hand, a cold drink in the other, and your eyes on a fascinating piece of art or a cool new band, festivals are a great way to support the local community.
Mason-ic art
Sales of Desmond Mason’s paintings will raise funds for Oklahoma City Community College’s new performing arts theater.
Visual Arts
Courtney Silva
Former Thunder player turned artist Desmond Mason partners with Women of the South on Saturday for an art show to raise money for Oklahoma City Community College’s new performing arts theater.
From the ground up
Crews race to finish the Myriad Botanical Gardens in time for the Festival of the Arts.
News
Kelley Chambers
Most everyone who walks or drives near the intersection of Sheridan and Hudson avenues can’t help but look up, and keep looking up.
'Carnal' knowledge
Billing itself as Oklahoma’s most ambitious erotic arts event, the Carnality Ball aims to blend performance, art and fetish culture.
Performing Arts
Courtney Silva
On Friday, explore your uninhibited side at the Carnality Ball. Themed “No Taboo,” this year’s installment runs from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Club Raw, 3034 N. Portland.
For art’s sake
A new nonprofit seeks to educate Oklahomans on the importance of art.
News
Ryan Querbach
Amid proposed budget cuts to state art funding, three arts leaders have established the first nonprofit to formally advocate for public funding of the arts.
