Features
Alyssa Grimley
University of Central Oklahoma students, faculty and staff will flood the streets Saturday in search of good deeds that need doing, for what’s being labeled the annual Big Event.
Friday 24 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: UCO
‘Hazzard’ warning
Just a good ol’ boy, never meanin’ no harm, actor Tom Wopat crashes the UCO Jazz Lab.
Fresh from his “hey, isn’t that Tom Wopat?” appearance in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, actor Tom Wopat will perform two concerts Saturday at the UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth in Edmond.
Although he’s promoting his brand-new CD, I’ve Got Your Number, and is a two-time Tony nominee for his Broadway pursuits, Wopat is perhaps best-known for playing Luke Duke on the early ’80s TV hit The Dukes of Hazzard.
But don’t just take my word for it.
“Audiences will definitely remember Tom Wopat as one of the rowdy Dukes of Hazzard boys, but he is so much more than that,” said Greg White, director and producer of UCO’s Broadway Tonight series.
The shows are scheduled for 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $40. For more information, call 974-3375 or visit uco.edu/cfad/events. —Rod Lott
Hey! Read This:
• Django Unchained film review
• The Dukes: The Complete Series DVD review
Big help
UCO volunteers reach out to the metro with the aptly named Big Event.
Features
Alyssa Grimley
University of Central Oklahoma students, faculty and staff will flood the streets Saturday in search of good deeds that need doing, for what’s being labeled the annual Big Event.
Tweet heat
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Music
Louis Fowler
Aidan Carroll Quartet
7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29
University of Central Oklahoma Jazz Lab
100 E. Fifth, Edmond
ucojazzlab.com
359-7989
$5-$7
