Maestro Joel Levine’s farewell concert8 p.m. Saturday Thelma Gaylord Performing Arts Theatre Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. okcphil.org 405-594-8300 $19-$73 There is no telling which direction fate might take us. The angst of uncertainty is palpable in the first movement of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, penned by the Russian composer […]
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Virtually flying
Editor’s note: Oklahoma Gazette reporter Ben Luschen was invited to sample iFly Oklahoma City Indoor Skydiving’s virtual reality flight option. The following is his report. “Where would you like to dive?” asked the instructor behind the counter at iFly Oklahoma City Indoor Skydiving. Waiting for my response, she fiddled with the dark helmet and video […]
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Youth movement
From 2011 to 2017, Tulsa native Katelynn Noel Knick called Norman home. Like a lot of people moving to Norman for the first time, her experience in the city began as a new University of Oklahoma (OU) student living in campus dorms. Eventually, she moved out into an apartment on Campus Corner and later into […]
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Everything nice
Rainbow Kitten Surprise w/ Wilderado 7 p.m. Aug. 21 The Jones Assembly 901 W. Sheridan Ave. thejonesassembly.com 405-212-2378 $22.50-$55 What is genre in the streaming age? Strict musical niches made sense in yesteryear. When physical distance and money are more of an obstacle, specialty is not only the most economic option, but the most practical. […]
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Vital disobedience
60th anniversary march and sit-in reenactment 9 a.m. Aug. 18 Midtown from Frontline Church to Kaiser’s Grateful Bean Cafe 1 E. Sheridan Ave., Suite 100 405-642-4486 Free The Oklahoma City sit-in movement of the late 1950s and ’60s is known for staying nonviolent as it pressed toward its civil rights goals. But while local protests […]
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Next episode
Zig-Zag is the brand name of a well-known line of rolling papers, but it is also a term that could describe the sharp twists and turns in the ever-evolving saga of medical marijuana rule implementation that has unfurled since voters approved State Question 788 in June. The Oklahoma State Board of Health met Aug. 1 […]
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Still proud
Registered members of the OKC Pride organization gathered for an emergency meeting on the evening of July 26. A crowd of around 100 people packed into Expressions Church in 39th Street District to vote on a sole agenda item: the dissolution of the entire organization. After nearly two hours of debate and discussion over the […]
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Up to speed
In the quarter century since the internet first became available for most Americans and the two decades since average citizens started carrying cellphones, most users have learned to take the good with the bad. Even in its early stages, the internet gave its users entry to knowledge that was equivalent to gaining full access to […]
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Taking charge
Like any student who just moved into town, new Oklahoma City Public Schools Superintendent Sean McDaniel is starting this school year as the new kid in class. Though he won’t have to worry about earning good marks in math or science, there are plenty of other ways McDaniel will be tested in his first year […]
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Shine through
Shameless opening reception 6-10 p.m. Friday The Paseo Plunge 3010 Paseo St. paseoplunge.com 405-315-6224 Free In a literal sense, poetry can be seen as just another way to organize words on a page. It is usually tidier and more concise than an essay and more formal than a text message. Poetry, and really any intimate […]