Michael Dean book signing 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday Full Circle Bookstore 1900 Northwest Expressway, Suite 135 fullcirclebooks.com 405-842-2900 Free In Ardmore in 1953, Michael Dean saw a television for the first time. He was not impressed. “The couple that lived on the end of the block bought a TV, and they had to put a tower […]
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Moving Mavericks
When guitarist Eddie Perez joined The Mavericks in 2003, the hard-to-classify band was more than a decade old and had recorded multiple Grammy-nominated hit songs and albums. It broke up the following year. “I think the first time around, I felt a little bit like, ‘Man, we just got this thing started, and now, it’s […]
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Summer sounds
To completely misquote Alice Cooper, school’s in. Summer Daze 2.0 7 p.m. Aug. 30-31 Opolis 113 N. Crawford Ave., Norman
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Our time
For actress and producer Michaelene Stephenson, being a filmmaker is exactly what it sounds like. “My main goal would be to help movies get made, and if that means I’m the right person for a role and I need to act in the film, awesome. I really love doing that,” said Stephenson. “But if that […]
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Box-office poison
Arsenic and Old Lace Aug. 22-Sept. 15 Jewel Box Theatre 3700 N. Walker Ave. fccokc.org/jewel-box-theatre 405-521-1786 $20-$30 When she first saw the film version of Arsenic and Old Lace, Denise Hughes did not expect a movie about insanity and murder to be funny — mostly because it was released in 1944. “As a general rule, […]
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Reggae royalty
Bob Marley, in a 1975 interview, said he did not necessarily play reggae music. “When people say reggae them expect a type of music,” he said. “As far as me is concerned, I never give it a name. Just play music. Once you put it in a bag and call it reggae and then maybe […]
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Apocalyptic touch
Eliza Gilkyson’s Secularia is the sound of her singing in full voice, something she once wanted to keep secret. Eliza Gilkyson 8 p.m. Aug. 21 The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave.
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Untapped talent
YesLove OKC co-founder and executive director Albert Rios said he used to be “terrified of drag queens.” “I’m very introverted, and I was like, ‘Don’t pick on me,’” Rios said. “I’d go to The Boom, and they’d ask me questions, and I shut down immediately. I think that I didn’t understand drag.” Sponsored by YesLove, […]
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Witnessing women
All My Sisters through Aug. 31 JRB Art at the Elms 2810 N. Walker Ave. jrbartgallery.com 405-528-6336 Free Some of the most memorable meals from Janice Mathews-Gordon’s childhood are the ones her mother refused to make. “My mother, I remember her going on strike when we were young,” Mathews-Gordon said. “She quit cooking. She quit […]
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Music, man
Woodstock 50th Anniversary Celebration Aug. 15-17 Myriad Botanical Gardens 301 W. Reno Ave. myriadgardens.org 405-445-7080 Free-$5 In August 1969, New York hosted an event called Woodstock, promising three days of peace and love; Oklahoma City, meanwhile, did not. Fifty years later, the opposite might be true. While Woodstock 50 — which boasted a lineup featuring […]