News
Susannah Waite
Oklahoma City Zoo have announced the death of Bom Bom, a 36-year-old Western lowland gorilla. The male silverback died yesterday after going into cardiac arrest.
Sunday 19 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: Zoo
Goodnight, gorilla
The OKC Zoo says goodbye to one of its most beloved residents.
News
Susannah Waite
Oklahoma City Zoo have announced the death of Bom Bom, a 36-year-old Western lowland gorilla. The male silverback died yesterday after going into cardiac arrest.
News ease
Picture this: Huey Lewis and the News, once giants of 1980s radio, remain relevant simply by workin’ for a livin’.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Huey Lewis and the News with Joe Cocker
7:30 p.m. Thursday
OKC Zoo Amphitheatre
2011 N.E. 50th
zooamp.com
364-3700
$42-$125
Caged heat
Funding for the OKC Zoo draws scrutiny from a city councilman.
News
Clifton Adcock
When Ward 2 Councilman Ed Shadid began talking about a re-examination of the city’s dedicated sales taxes during a City Council meeting last month, little did he know he was grabbing a tiger by the tail.
Blondie has more fun
The tide's still high for Debbie Harry and her iconic '80s band.
Music
Phil Bacharach
Blondie and Devo
7 p.m. Thursday
Zoo Amphitheatre
2101 N.E. 50th
zooamp.com
364-3700
$42.75-$114.75
Still whipped
What decade is it again? When a band as good as Devo comes knocking and rocking, the answer matters not.
Music
Phil Bacharach
Blondie and Devo
7 p.m. Thursday
Zoo Amphitheatre
2101 N.E. 50th
zooamp.com
364-3700
$42.75-$114.75
Rock of ageless
That Aug. 31 show of Def Leppard, Poison and Lita Ford proved nothin’ but a good time.
Music
Louis Fowler
For one sweltering night, everyone at the Zoo Amphitheatre — young and old, black and white, old-school hesher and decked-out hipster — were 16 years old again, living in the much-missed year of 1987, all without a single hint of irony.
Autumn amusement
Fall means Halloween.
Features
Jenn Scott
Whether you’re craving creepy fun or carving pumpkins, you and the family won’t have to look far.
Freaky Friday
It’s the end of the Zoo Amp as we know it, and Oklahoma City’s own The Flaming Lips will send it out in style. And blood.
Music
Becky Carman
The Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs and New Fumes
5:30 p.m. Friday
OKC Zoo Amphitheatre
2011 N.E. 50th
zooamp.com
364-3700
free
