Taddy Porter – “Taddy Porter” Taddy Porter has transported back in time. Classic rock sounds of decades ago are ever-present in the Stillwater quartet’s self-titled debut. As lead guitarist, Joe Selby strums the intro riff on the album opener, “Whatever Haunts You,” which imagines a dirty Western bar where you and your buddies might go […]
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Learn bicycling basics at an ongoing class that uses trails around the Oklahoma River
Riversport Ride6 p.m. Wednesdays Chesapeake Boathouse, 725 S. Lincoln 6:30 p.m. www.riversportokc.org/cycle On the Oklahoma River, nobody gets left behind. Riversport OKC has teamed up with Schlegel Bicycles and Wheeler Dealer to create the Riversport Ride, a cycling exploration on the Oklahoma River for all skill levels. Director of development for Riversport, Kyle Millar, said […]
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Keep these flicks on your radar at the 10th deadCENTER Film Festival, since you can’t see everything
deadCENTER has been building momentum for a decade, and organizers expect more than 10,000 film fans to help celebrate the event’s 10th year. There’s more than 100 movies screening today through Sunday at seven spots spread throughout downtown. The Gazette film crew knows there’s no way to watch it all, so we watched everything we […]
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After years putting criminals behind bars, Herman Kirkwood searches for graves of Oklahoma outlaws
OKOLHA Rendezvous9 a.m. SaturdayFraternal Order of Police Building1624 S. Agnewwww.okolha.net Herman Kirkwood chased Oklahoma outlaws for most of his life. Joining the Oklahoma City police force in 1968, Kirkwood said he made a career out of getting the bad guys behind bars. “I was always looking for somebody who was wanted,” he said. “I put […]
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Oklahoma cartoonists will be honored as superheroes in a new exhibit at the Oklahoma History Center
“The Uncanny Adventures of Okie Cartoonists”Oklahoma History Center2401 N. Laird10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday $5, free in costume 522-0765, www.okiecartoonists.org Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. They come from other planets, big cities and small towns alike. But what about the creators of such characters? For Chester Gould, the father of everyone’s favorite […]
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Sewer Chewer and eight other campy horror films screen this weekend at Reel Renegades Horrorfest
Reel Renegades Horrorfest4:30 Friday-SaturdayThe Hidden Castle1309 24th S.W., Norman$10 on Friday, $5 on Saturday. 701-0870, http://bit.ly/bwrrff He’s known as Zakk Flash, and he can’t wait to see his girlfriend decapitated. After all, she is one of the stars of “Sewer Chewer,” James Hawley’s campy, locally filmed B horror movie that’s screening this weekend at the […]
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The Windy 100 includes a 100K race, a 35-mile off-road race, biking tours and more
The Windy 100 bike racesWoodwardFriday-Sundaywww.windy100.org Woodward might be home to the premiere bicycle event in Oklahoma. But for Loggan Smith, Woodward is just home. Smith and Woodward are both set to play host to the Windy 100, a Memorial Day weekend series of bike races set with the Oklahoma wind farms as a backdrop. Smith, […]
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Sarah Atlee conjures up patron saints in her exhibit “Heavens to Betsy”
“Heavens to Betsy and Other Saints for Everyday Living”a.k.a. Gallery3001 Paseocloses Thursday606-2522, www.akagallery.net While most kids conjured imaginary friends when they were growing up, Sarah Atlee fabricated religious deities. She said while growing up in New Mexico, she was influenced by the Catholic visuals that were ever present in the Land of Enchantment, and that […]
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Dfest postponed due to money woes
Due to hard economic times and high production costs, Dfest co-founders Tom and Angie Green announced the festival is being postponed. A press release Friday morning from the Greens addressed the difficulties they have had getting the Tulsa annual music festival off the ground for its 2010 incarnation. “We have to make the difficult decision […]
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Oklahoma City Barons hockey team officially unveiled to metro
Hockey is returning to Oklahoma City once again, this time in the form of the Oklahoma City Barons. As Prodigal LLC owner Robert Funk Jr. addressed the standing-room-only crowd at the official unveiling of the Barons, he said the search for a new team name from 20,000 submissions from hockey fans was long and strenuous, […]