Crime time

Private eyes, policemen and public citizens navigate the shadow of film noir in a festival of the hardest boiled in Hollywood history.

Features
Phil Bacharach
Film Preservation Festival
Thursday-Sunday
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch
okcmoa.com
236-3100
$5-$8

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Why so serious?

American Indian artists poke fun at issues and themselves in the annual 'Humor Without Reservations' exhibition.

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

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Saucedfest scheduled

Now Sauced doesn't just taste good, but sounds good.

Music
Gazette staff
As if pizza alone weren’t tasty enough, Sauced on Paseo stages Saucedfest, a three-night, 15-act festival of free live music. It begins 6 p.m. Friday at the 2912 Paseo eatery, and continues at 5 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Feminine frames

The female experience is featured at Lunafest, a film festival by, for and about women.

Features
Christina Nihira
Lunafest
6 p.m. Friday
Lyric Theatre
1727 N.W. 16th
lunafest.org
$15-$35

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Cake boss

In ditching its record label to start its own, Cake gets to have its cake and eat it, too.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Cake
8 p.m. Saturday
Diamond Ballroom
8001 S. Eastern
diamondballroom.net
677-9169
$29-$34

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Puff piece

Big Okie Doom helps fire up a hard-hitting lineup at 420 Fest. Rock ’em if you’ve got ’em!

Music
Joshua Boydston
420 Fest with Big Okie Doom, Texas Hippie Coalition and more
7:30 p.m. Friday
Oklahoma City Limits
4801 S. Eastern
oclimits.com
619-3939
$13-$15

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Prehistoric powerhouse

Metal overlords Mastodon make ‘out there’ music about delving into the dark recesses of the human heart.

Music
Matt Carney
Mastodon with Opeth and Ghost
6:30 p.m. Wednesday
Diamond Ballroom
8001 S. Eastern
diamondballroom.net
677-9169
$27-$31

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Beat it

No doubt you have The English Beat to thank for ska. Repay the pioneers by watching them rock Bricktown along with 80 student bands.

Music
Joshua Boydston
ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown with The English Beat, Colour Revolt, Horse Thief and more
5 p.m. Thursday-2 a.m. Friday
across Bricktown
acm-uco.com
974-4700
free

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

You say Hello

Power pop powers up the Norman outdoors with a free concert from Hellogoodbye.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Hellogoodbye with Big Jug Doug
8 p.m. Friday
Oklahoma Memorial Union
900 Asp, Norman
ou.edu/upb
free

Friday, April 20, 2012