As Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park moves to its new home, the choreographers face new challenges. Broken fingers, scratched eyelids, a broadsword to the head ” such is life in the realm of stage fighting. Creating the illusion of violence requires carefully choreographed routines in which actors portray vicious brawls and deadly duels without actually […]
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Oklahoma offers several getaways at fuel-efficient distances
Oklahoma residents can make summer travel plans while keeping an eye on gasoline efficiency. Record oil prices are going to make the summer’s vacation season costly, as the American Automobile Association estimates a passenger vehicle costs 54.1 cents per mile to drive in 2008, up 1.9 cents from last year. HIKERS But what if drivers […]
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Ghosts of Monkshood plan CD release party
Muchos Backflip will join Ghost of Monkshood for a 10 p.m. Friday CD release show at VZD’s, 4200 N. Western. Meandering, disconnected imagery from Michel Gondry movies drift through the mind while listening to Ghost of Monkshood’s dreamy new album, “Lift.” The 12 tracks of ethereal melodies, subtly complex harmonies and waves of haunting soundscapes […]
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Oklahoma boasts summer festival bonanza
Summer festival season is packed to the brim with happenings all across the Sooner State. Some festivals focus on food, some on art, while others key in on niche cultures and pastimes. deadCENTER Film FestivalJune 11-15Downtown Oklahoma CitySite Oklahoma’s biggest film festival turns eight this year, with more than 100 films hitting big screens across […]
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OKC rugby club closes season with Saturday match
Horse-collar tackles, harsh language and copious amounts of bone-rattling collisions are core elements of one of the roughest sports imports: rugby. The Oklahoma Crusaders debuted this year in the Texas Rugby Union, scraping and clawing their way to a berth in the Division III playoffs held last weekend in Austin, Texas. They lost, but will […]
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Diverse musicians to cater to Festival of the Arts crowd
Performance artists of just about every hue will flock to four stages for this year’s Festival of the Arts in downtown Oklahoma City. Nearly 300 performers will command the spotlight throughout the six-day festival, which begins Tuesday. The diverse lineup includes: local blues mainstays like The Snakeshakers and Shortt Dogg, modern-pop piano duo Simple Tree, […]
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Canoe, kayak Olympic trials held on Oklahoma River
For the U.S. canoe and kayak sprint teams, all roads to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing lead through Oklahoma City. The Chesapeake Boathouse’s status as a world-class facility will get a major boost this weekend when it hosts the Olympic trials for flat water canoe and kayak on the Oklahoma River. The three-day event will […]
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Disabled rowers train Boathouse for Paralympic Games at Chesapeake
Angela Madsen’s passion for the ocean cannot be easily quelled. A botched back surgery in 1993 robbed the surfer of her ability to walk and, presumably, her avid connection with the water. Despite her disability, she took to a new sport called adaptive rowing, which is a category of rowing specifically designed for the physically […]
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Fight nights are back as boxing returns to Remington Park
Lightweight division newcomer Noah Zuhdi has history on his side. The Norman law student and boxing hopeful boasts strong family ties to the sport of pugilism, starting out his career with former World Boxing Association lightweight champion Sean O’Grady in his camp. Zuhdi’s second professional fight will be part of the newest incarnation of “Tuesday […]
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Log throwing among events at Scottish Highland Games
Barrel-chested men don kilts every week in an open field behind a metro YMCA. Joggers gawk as the men toss logs into the air, heave stones and fling bundles of straw over a baseball backstop in preparation for the second annual Iron Thistle Scottish Heritage Festival and Highland Games, set to command the Kirkpatrick Park […]