Native Americans stormed the beaches of Alcatraz Island in 1969 to claim the notorious prison for the “Indians of all tribes.” For nineteen months, the shuttered federal facilities were reopened by the activists and turned into homes. They hoped to force the U.S. government to make good on the Treaty of Ft. Laramie that promised […]
Charles Martin
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Suited for leadership
A business suit cannot stop a bullet, it will not make you invisible to racial profiling and it will not grant you mystical superpowers to overcome institutional racism. Korey Eakers did not co-found the lifestyle brand and mentorship program Grand Gentlemen because he believed that fashion could extinguish centuries of institutional racism, but he hoped […]
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Cover: Mega pumped
Mega Ran 10 p.m. Friday Norman Music Festival Winston West Stage Main Street, Norman normanmusicfestival.com Free Performers should not be judged by easy gigs, when concert halls are packed and abuzz with fan enthusiasm. They should be judged by shows when there are more names on the guest list than tickets sold, when the venue […]
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Individually artistic
Daring ideas don’t generally have a long shelf life in the arts, so maintaining a gallery and organization based around avant garde poetry, visual art and performance seems unlikely to last beyond the gestation phase. Yet Individual Artists Of Oklahoma (IAO) has endured for 40 years by pulling in new and innovative talents from a […]
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ALCOHOLMANAC Palate and palette
As old adages go, “Everyone has an artist in them” is a harmless gem wielded liberally by every art teacher in the world trying to inspire students. Even if the adage is true and there is a tiny artist dwelling within us all, they don’t all have easy access to the control panels. Maybe Malcolm […]
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Historic engagement
Ain’t I a Woman 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Southern Nazarene University 6729 NW 39th Expressway, Bethany snu.edu/aint-i-a-woman 405-789-6400 Every suburban university worth its salt has at least one firebrand professor pushing big ideas to rattle the norms of its sleepy campuses. Pam Bracken is that firebrand for Southern Nazarene University (SNU), and she is reveling in […]
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Care and feeding
Chef’s Feast 2019 6:30 p.m. Friday National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1700 NE 63rd St. chefsfeast.org 405-600-3193 $175 Federal employees just withstood the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. For 35 days stretching through the holidays and into 2019, Oklahomans who never considered themselves vulnerable to hunger suddenly faced empty pantries and depleted bank […]
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Handel intrigue
Rodelinda Wednesday-Sunday Weitzenhoffer Theatre University of Oklahoma 563 Elm Ave., Norman ou.edu 405-325-4101 $10-$20 Winter is coming, but not fast enough. The final season of Game of Thrones will not start until April, so for those jonesing for some brutal power grabs and complex political intrigue, George Frideric Handel has your hook-up with his soaring […]
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Chill science
Tinker ‘Bout It6-10 p.m. Tuesday Science Museum Oklahoma 2020 Remington Place sciencemuseumok.org 405-602-6664 $20 Walking through Science Museum Oklahoma (SMO) with a child with Asperger’s Syndrome is a different experience, a much more cautious experience. Thousands of people are bouncing around the exhibits like hyper-heated particles in a boiling cauldron of water, lights and sounds […]
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Chocolate city
22nd annual Chocolate Decadence 6:30 p.m. Thursday Volvo Annex 33 Broadway Circle automobilealley.org 405-706-7484 $65-$100 Roughly nine years ago, a small crew of artists climbed rickety scaffolding, stood up on their tiptoes and hefted circular saws above their heads to cut down the sagging ceiling of the top floor of the Magnolia Building in Automobile […]