Music
Joshua Boydston
Vacationer with Tennis and Eureeka!
9 p.m. Thursday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$10-$12
Friday 24 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: concert
Rather chilling
While the temperature’s rising, Vacationer’s transporting your ears and mind to a cooler place. Bon voyage!
Music
Joshua Boydston
Vacationer with Tennis and Eureeka!
9 p.m. Thursday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$10-$12
Kindest cut
Oklahoma City band Paperscissor crafts a punk-rock sound as far away from stripped-down as it can get.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Paperscissor with Horse Thief and So Called Savages
8:30 p.m. Friday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805
$10
Key master
Eliza Rickman may tickle the ivories on a toy piano, but her sound is anything like child’s play.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Eliza Rickman
7 p.m. Saturday
Istvan Gallery
1218 N. Western
istvangallery.com
831-2874
free
District fine
The historic Paseo Arts District stages its Memorial Day weekend tradition with — what else? — an arts festival.
Visual Arts
Sarah Lobban
Paseo Arts Festival
10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday
10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday
The Paseo Arts District
3022 Paseo
thepaseo.com
525-2688
free
The SweetWater — Moonshine
Rock
Joshua Boydston
Oklahoma City rock act The SweetWater works for something wholly unique in its full-length debut, and while it’s a tall order to hone down influences as varied as Queens of the Stone Age, Black Crowes and Alice in Chains, the band does an admirable job of it with Moonshine.
Simply Red: Live at Montreux 2003
No longer holding back the years.
Documentary
Rod Lott
Don't tell anyone, but in my first year of high school, I owned a couple of Simply Red cassettes, purchased from Sound Warehouse. If you clicked on the link to read this review, it's likely you did, too.
The Moody muse
Critically acclaimed for her folk songs, Ruth Moody practically has music embedded in her DNA.
Music
Joshua Boydston
The Ruth Moody Band
7 p.m. Saturday
The Blue Door
2805 N. McKinley
bluedoorokc.com
524-0738
$15-$20
A crappy show
OMG, it's an OBN night!
Music
Joshua Boydston
OBN IIIs and Shitty/Awesome
10 p.m. Saturday
Blue Note Lounge
2408 N. Robinson
thebluenotelounge.com
600-1166
Evolution theory
Folksinger Sarah Jaffe ditched diary-style exposition for more purposeful songwriting, and the end result 'Wins.'
Music
Joshua Boydston
Sarah Jaffe with Secret Colours and Sherree Chamberlain
9 p.m. Thursday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$8-$10
Barry spritzer
As effervescent as ever, Barry Manilow — the man, the legend — enjoys his '15 Minutes' of everlasting fame.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Barry Manilow
7:30 p.m. Saturday
Chesapeake Energy Arena
100 W. Reno
chesapeakearena.com
602-8700
$9.99-$129.99
