Features
Charles Martin
Rob Vollmar and J. David Osborne
3-6 p.m. Saturday
Atomik Pop
918 W. Main, Norman
atomikpop.com, 329-9695
Sunday 19 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: set
Graphic substance
Norman author Rob Vollmar bypasses caped crusaders in favor of cerebral historical fiction set in ancient Sumer, in ‘Inanna’s Tears.’
Features
Charles Martin
Picture this
OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
For the last time, set your viewfinder on Andrew Stout’s exhibit, “Visions of Quiet Dignity: Photographs of South India.”
Hear this
OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
A combination of nature and music will set the stage for the Stone River Music Festival.
Purple prose
Alice Walker’s acclaimed novel is transformed for the stage.
Performing Arts
Mia Cantu
The Color Purple
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday,
3 p.m. Sunday, through April 1
Poteet Theatre
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church
222 N.W. 15th
stlukesokc.org
609-1023
$16-$20
Mimic 3 Film Set
A triumvirate of vermin.
Sci-Fi
Rod Lott
Assuming you’ve yet to acquire the director’s cut of Mimic that Lionsgate unleashed to Blu-ray last fall, I’d suggest opting for its new, franchise complete 3 Film Set. Only Guillermo del Toro’s 1997 original played theaters, while the two sequels went the direct-to-DVD route, on purpose.
David lean
To deliver his sparse songs, David Ramirez needs only a guitar, his voice and a place to play — preferably not at a hotel for dogs.
Music
Stephen Carradini
David Ramirez and Matthew Mayfield with Justin Joslin and Braylon Warr
8 p.m Wednesday, May 23
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
Dark Crimes
How to kill 3,640 minutes of time wisely.
Thriller
Rod Lott
Mill Creek Entertainment’s budget pack of noir, Dark Crimes, strongly goes against the notion that films in the public domain are there because they aren't any good. That’s nonsense.
Gander at Guthrie
The making of 'Woody at 100.'
With all the Woody Guthrie coverage in today’s Gazette to commemorate the Okie folkie’s centennial, you may wish to take a peek at the mini-documentary The Making of Woody at 100.
It details Smithsonian Folkways’ efforts at compiling the new, three-disc box set, Woody at 100, which:
• came out yesterday;
• features 57 songs in total, 21 of them previously unreleased performances and six never-before-heard; and
• includes a 154-page book with essays and art galore.
Take a gander at the label’s restoration process and behind-the-scenes work:
Hey! Read This:
• Know your Woody!
• Woody Guthrie's legacy
Above Suspicion: Set 1
It’s no mystery what makes this series great.
Television series
Rod Lott
As beloved as Lynda La Plante’s long-running crime series Prime Suspect is, her Above Suspicion deserves equal adoration. It’s another example of how the British leave viewers wanting more, rather than taking the American approach of burning them out, because the first two seasons — all seven episodes between them — come collected on Acorn Media’s two-disc Set 1. This leaves two more seasons as yet unreleased, so I pray we see a Set 2 soon down the pipe.
