To the ballot Oklahomans have filed four statewide initiative petitions and one referendum in 2019. The referendum, filed in August, was to let voters decide whether or not they wanted “permitless carry,” the first bill signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt to go into effect. The referendum did not gain enough signatures. Ultimately, the law, which […]
Jeremy Martin
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Cover: New Year’s glee
We’re miles away from the hustle and bustle (and record-breaking crowds of revelers) of Times Square, but from food halls to runways, listening rooms and barcades, the Oklahoma City metro has the perfect spot for everyone to ring in 2020. Cheers! The Fashion Art & Beauty Gala 8 p.m. Tuesday to 1:30 a.m. Wednesday Castle […]
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Abundant life
Renewing the American Spirit: The Art of the Great Depression through April 26 Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch Drive okcmoa.com 405-236-3100 Free-$12 Oklahoma City Museum of Art recently acquired an artwork so big there was basically no choice but to create an exhibition around it. Gardner Hale’s mural “Triumph of Washington” — nearly […]
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Double feature
Two Grits – A Peek Behind the Eyepatch through May 10 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1700 NE 63rd St. nationalcowboymuseum.org 405-478-2250 Free-$12.50 Rooster Cogburn said, “Looking back is a bad habit,” but the 50th anniversary of True Grit has inspired a retrospective exhibit. On display through May 10 at National Cowboy & Western Heritage […]
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Cover: Beyond preservation
Before Michael Schwarz could even fully process the orange flames jumping on the television screen, he jumped in his car and made his fastest-ever drive on a familiar trek down to Spencer where the historic Dunjee School — a place he had visited 20 to 30 times after getting involved with the group Abandoned Oklahoma […]
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Body art
I, Doppelgänger and Fem Form Through Jan. 10 Mainsite Contemporary Art 122 E. Main St., Norman mainsitecontemporaryart.com 405-360-1162 Free I, Doppelgänger — on display through Jan. 10 at Mainsite Contemporary Art, 122 E Main St., in Norman — features paintings by Mary James Ketch and Alexis Austin. Fem Form, an exhibition of photographer Greer Inez’s […]
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Dirty Santa
Red Dirt Rangers’ Kids Christmas Show has been an annual holiday tradition for, well, a The Red Dirt Rangers’ Kids Christmas Show 2-3 p.m. Sunday The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave. facebook.com/reddirtrangers 405-524-0738 $5 while. “I’m not exactly sure when the first one was,” said Rangers vocalist and mandolin player John Cooper, “but it’s […]
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Christmas heart
Opolis Holiday Program 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Friday Opolis 113 N. Crawford Ave., Norman opolis.org 405-230-0311 $7 For Bing Crosby, Mariah Carey and Wham, Christmas songs have meant major holiday bonus checks, but Beau Jennings’ The Christmas Light might be too dark to make his pockets jingle with silver and gold. “I’m not going to say […]
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New Moon
LoneMoon 11 p.m. Dec. 20 The Forge 11609 N. Blackwelder Ave. facebook.com/officiallonemoon $5 LoneMoon estimates her 2018 single “Naw Naw” has been streamed about 3 million times — as she described it, an “uncomfortable amount of attention.” “All of a sudden last year, it went from my normal amount of views to, like, ‘Oh wow! […]
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Continuing Tales
Season two of Scandalous Tales might have taken longer than fans wanted, but creator Alexandria Carr said it almost didn’t happen at all. “I know that people have been waiting for two years, and so I got to the point where I felt like I was rushing it,” said Carr, who writes, directs and plays […]