Mind Games6 p.m. Thursday Science Museum Oklahoma 2100 N.E. 52nd www.sciencemuseumok.org 602-6664 Brains are amazing and beautiful machines, able to translate massive amounts of information pouring in from the human senses to decipher the world around us. That’s why tricking them is so much fun in Science Museum Oklahoma’s brand-new permanent exhibit, “Mind Games,” opening […]
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Bones about it
Museum of Osteology 10301 S. Sunnylane www.museumofosteology.org 841-0006 $5 Families hungry for a fun, brainy afternoon outing now have a new option with the opening of the Museum of Osteology in southeastern Oklahoma City. Featuring an impressive educational return on a measly $5 admission fee, the 7,000-square-foot site bursts with an exotic menagerie of skeletons […]
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The art of crunch
Late-season scrambling is a Christmas tradition — almost a rite of passage as desperate customers rush to complete their shopping lists. Since not everyone can stomach the dense mobs packed into shopping malls, look for more unique finds at local-focused galleries and shops across the metro. “Everything you find in here is either from a […]
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Alt lang syne
For sprawling, family-friendly New Year’s Eve celebrations, it really is hard to beat Opening Night downtown, but many of-age revelers opt out of the massive event and instead head to less congested commercial districts across the city offering a relaxed environment to ring in 2011. The gay district is a long-standing hotspot for festive drinking, […]
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‘Bi’ the way
2010 Creativity World Biennale 11 a.M. aND 3 p.M. fRiDaY-SatURDaY thROUGh JaN. 8 [aRtSpaCE] at UNtitlED 1 N.E. thiRD WWW.aRtSpaCEatUNtitlED.ORG 815-9995 fREE City leaders rolled out the red carpet for innovators worldwide as hosts of November’s Creativity World Forum, which garnered more attention in the business, education and cultural sectors than it did in the […]
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Soul music
Soul on Fire2 and 7 p.m. Thursday Douglass Theatre 900 N. Martin Luther King 517-4176 $20 Musical theater is often seen as a monolithic world of jazz hands and non-threatening gangsters in flamboyant zoot suits. But there are musicals that use the genre to tackle more substantial themes, whether it’s sexual identity in “Hedwig and […]
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Mystery meat
Whodunit Dining RoomStarting Tuesday www.whodunit.net 420-3222 The Whodunit Dining Room, a mystery dinner theater troupe, is not for passive audiences wanting to sit quietly in the darkness and admire a cast while trying to power through clinking glasses and scraping forks. The company appeals to more raucous crowds comfortable with characters breaking the fourth wall […]
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Art is dead
Skullmaster6 p.m. FridayHall of Tattoos328 E. Main, Norman 364-7335 With a nickname like SkullMaster, metro artist Joey Williams would be expected to have a rather morbid taste in decor. His walls are filled with skulls from antelope, rhinoceros, hippopotamuses and other fallen members of the animal kingdom. But the result is not grim and […]
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Powerhouse rockers Emit issue intelligent anthems as they hone their skills through higher education
Emit with The RocketTops, Wunderjazz and Tree Farmer 7 p.m. Friday ACM@UCO Performance Lab 323 E. Sheridan www.emitrock.com $5 OK, yes, a mature understanding of the value of a college degree isn’t exactly in lockstep with the rock-‘n’-roll lifestyle, but like any career, knowledge is power. Members of Emit, Oklahoma City’s emerging powerhouse rock band, […]
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Musicians emerge from an artists’ collective to form psych-rock outfit Conspiracy of Angels
Conspiracy of Angels with Bridgewater Band and Aliens Vs. Robots 8 p.m. Saturday The Blue Note 2408 N. Robinson www.myspace.com/conspiracyofangels 600-1166 Conspiracy of Angels is not so much a band, as it is the arrowhead for an artist collective its Oklahoma City founders have fostered for three years. On Saturday, the experimental rock group at […]