Comedy
Rod Lott
Although the holidays are officially a month in the rearview mirror, the 19th greatest Christmas story ever told — according to co-star Thomas Lennon, at least — is brand-new to Blu: "A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas," the third chapter in the unlikely comedy franchise of two best-bud stoners.

Performing Arts
Eric Webb
Fresh Meet
Next Stage Theatre
8pm Friday & Saturday
The Boom
2218 NW 39th
whatisthenextstage.com
367-3774
$12

Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
Aliens with Extraordinary Skills
Carpenter Square Theatre
7:30 p.m. Thursday,
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday
800 W. Main
carpentersquare.com
232-6500
$15-$20

Visual Arts
Rod Lott
Humor Without Reservations
through May 1
Tribes 131
131 24th Ave. N.W., Norman
tribes131.com
329-4442
free

Music
Ryan Querbach
Blending music and comedy, one local artist is dead-serious about building a successful career. Born and raised in Oklahoma City, singer-songwriter Cameron J. Henderson has built an impressive following already, using YouTube as a medium for his genre-blending songs and comedy sketches.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Barry Manilow
7:30 p.m. Saturday
Chesapeake Energy Arena
100 W. Reno
chesapeakearena.com
602-8700
$9.99-$129.99

 

Nonfiction
Rod Lott
Zines were the blogs of their day, but you could read them in the bathroom. In the early 1990s, I was heavily plugged into the zine culture, sending stamps and dollar bills away in exchange for these indie pubs. Soon, during a short period of boredom and unemployment, I started one of my own.

Comedy
Rod Lott
Don't call them "zombies" — call them "dissidents." That's one of a few well-aimed bits of political satire that populate the Spanish-language romp Juan of the Dead, but worry not: They're used sparingly and none come heavy-handed — a Castro polemic, this isn't.

Comedy
Rod Lott
Japan's Karate-Robo Zaborgar is a movie that has everything: a female cyborg girl with a detachable head and with missiles hidden in her metal bra, a samurai robot with enormous lips, a floating castle, a lactating man, multiple exploding footballs, a flying wheelchair powered by flatulence, and, lest we forget, sex tentacles.