Saturday 25 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: oklahoma gazette
Just like a wavin' flag
Andrea Jarman’s “Waving Flags” (pictured) is one of 34 works in “Can You See Me Now: Photos Made on Phones.”
Best Betz
UCO’s new president is no stranger to higher education in Oklahoma.
Features
Emily Summars
Don Betz isn’t the restoring-sailboats-playing-17-rounds-of-golf kind of guy.
Badd company
Reunited stars Color Me Badd resurrect their old-school moves in OKC for the first time in more than 15 years.
Music
Rob Collins
Color Me Badd
9 p.m. Saturday
Casablanca Lounge
13801 Quail Pointe Drive
$20 advance, $55 VIP
Dragon riders
To the beat of a big drum, rowers are propelling traditional dragon boats down the Oklahoma River.
Yeah, mon
Rain or shine, the Bricktown Reggae Festival draws crowds eager to hear some of the genre’s best acts.
Music
Ryan Querbach
Hey, mon! The 2011 Bricktown Reggae Festival takes place Friday and Saturday night in the heart of Bricktown, on the corner of Sheridan and Oklahoma avenues, rain or shine.
Streetcar system
Actors shine in Oklahoma City Theatre Company’s last production of the season.
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
A Streetcar Named Desire
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday
Civic Center Music Hall
201 N. Walker
297-2264
$19, $16 students/seniors
Student body
The Fellowship Students never officially broke up, and the city-based band prepares to school listeners in power pop once again.
Music
Joshua Boydston
The Fellowship Students with Little League Hero
9 p.m. Friday
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com, 524-4203
$5
Bitter pills
As police investigate Austin Box’s accidental death from drug toxicity, a nonprofit calls the tragedy ‘a teachable moment.’
News
Rob Collins
The El Reno Police Department’s investigation into Austin Box’s accidental death continues after last week’s release of the Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s toxicology report.
The Death of Andy Kaufman
In search of ... the man on the moon.
Documentary
Rod Lott
Even as big a fan of Andy Kaufman as I am, one can’t help but be disappointed by “The Death of Andy Kaufman.”
VOTD: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. cover Pavement
‘Everytime, everytime, everytime, everytime …’
What’s a more perfect song for the A.V. Club’s “Summer Break” series than a gentler, more melodic and acoustic version of Pavement’s classic “Summer Babe,” I ask? Well, certainly not the winter version.
Note: ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.’ might just be one my all-time favorite non-metal band name.
