Music
Chris Parker
Tom Russell
8 p.m. Thursday
The Blue Door, 2805 N. McKinley
BlueDoorOKC.com, 524-0738 |
$25 advance, $30 door
Wednesday 22 May
OKG Newsletter
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Russell’s brand
Tom Russell forces his way out of the constricting Americana box, preferring to let his songs speak for themselves.
Music
Chris Parker
‘Strong’ songstress
While most college students are concentrating on passing classes, Brittany Davis scored a win in a national country music contest.
Music
Emily Hopkins
Oklahoma City University junior Brittany Davis used her powerful vocals and country charm to wow Nashville — and voters across the nation — in a recent singing challenge co-sponsored by cable channel CMT and the Gwyneth Paltrow film “Country Strong."
Get the green
Jewel Box closes out its season with the entertaining romp ‘Money Matters.’
Performing Arts
Eric Webb
Money Matters
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday Through May 8
Jewel Box Theatre, 3700 N. Walker
www.jewelboxtheatre.org, 521-1786
$10-$15
OKC taxpayers handing out corporate welfare
Letters to the Editor
Richard Hicks
To paraphrase Ross Perot, “That great sipping sound you hear is coming from the Oklahoma City Hall.”
We Meat again
The Meatmen may have been around for more than three decades, but they’re nowhere near an expiration date. Punk never dies, fools.
Music
Joshua Boydston
The Meatmen with Against the Grain, They Stay Dead and Big Whiskey Blackout
7:30 p.m. Monday The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805 $10
Wheeeee!
Oh, that big yellow X. I see it now.
CFN
Gazette staff
We here at CFN like our news fried, like chicken, and our conspiracy theories wacky.
Wedding-ready
New dresses! Free booze!
Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
Weddings, weddings everywhere, nor any drop to drink. (Yeah, I just dropped a “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” bastardization on you.)
Better red than dead
Sometimes time off is a good thing, as the Arizona-based outfits proves.
Music
Chris Parker
The Bled with Pay at the Pump, Facing Giants and A Heart’s Polyphony
6 p.m. Tuesday
The Conservatory, 8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com, 607-4805
$10 advance, $12 door
Birds of summer
Figure out who’s flocking together with our handy guide to Oklahoma’s feathered friends.
Features
Malena Lott
If you’re like me and you don’t know your warbler from your wren, it’s time to get schooled in ornithology, the study of birds.
