The Lonesome West 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m. May 24, 8 p.m. May 25-26, 2 p.m. May 27, 7:30 p.m. May 31 and 8 p.m. June 1-2 Carpenter Square Theatre 800 W. Main St. carpentersquare.com 405-232-6500 $5-$25 Other than the town priest, practically no one in Leenane believes that Coleman Connor shot his father on […]
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Analytical art
JRB Art at the Elms’ May exhibition 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday JRB Art at the Elms 2810 N. Walker Ave. jrbartgallery.com 405-528-6336 Free One of the most immediately striking aspects of an ongoing local art exhibition wasn’t necessarily planned in advance. The latest exhibition at Oklahoma City’s JRB Art at the Elms […]
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COVER: Cora’s travels
Cora’s Door 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center 3000 General Pershing Blvd. perpetualmotiondance.org 405-951-0000 $10-$20 Dancing in a multiverse allowed Perpetual Motion Dance to discover a new dimension of possibilities. Completing a six-day residency in the surrealistic interactive art installation Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico, gave the performers in […]
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Playing on
Glenn Miller Orchestra 7:30 p.m. May 10 Armstrong Auditorium 14400 S. Bryant Road, Edmond exhibitcgallery.com $31-$71 They scored 11 Top 10 hits and starred in a feature film that year, but Glenn Miller disbanded his chart-topping orchestra in 1942 to enlist in the Army. As head of the Army Air Force Band, Miller modernized military […]
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Dos celebraciones
Cinco de Mayo en Calle Dos Cinco 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday Calle Dos Cinco in Historic Capitol Hill 319 SW 25th St. historiccapitolhill.com Free OKC Cinco de Mayo 2018 1-10 p.m. Sunday Wiley Post Park 2021 S.Robinson Ave. facebook.com/scissortailcdc Free On May 5, 1862, an army of about 2,000 volunteers successfully defended the besieged Mexican […]
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Iron tradition
Iron Thistle Scottish Festival 7-10 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday Mollie Spencer Farm 1001 Garth Brooks Blvd., Yukon unitedscotsok.com Free-$15 Billed as “Family fun – Celtic style,” Iron Thistle Scottish Festival features enough events and activities to keep visitors occupied all weekend and the people running […]
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Rolling art
Steamroller Print Fest 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday [Artspace] at Untitled 1 NE Third Street 1ne3.org 405-815-9995 Free Soon, several local artists will get the chance to watch their work publicly run over by a steamroller. A free event Saturday, [Artspace] at Untitled’s Steamroller Print Fest will feature live music and dance performances, family-friendly […]
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Transitional terrain
Transitions 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through June 30 Exhibit C 1 E. Sheridan Ave., Suite 100 exhibitcgallery.com 405-767-8900 Free Transitional periods for artists can be complicated. Changing styles or even mediums is difficult and sometimes even risky, but making a transition as an arts patron can be as simple as changing a frame […]
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Open house
In the 21st century, a few musicals revisiting the past might be the key to the art form’s future. Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma producing artistic director Michael Baron said Fun Home, which begins its Oklahoma debut at Lyric on April 11, is one of a few recent productions that reimagine the classic genre to give […]
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Contemporary shift
Celebrating a decade of work with Oklahoma City Ballet, artistic director Robert Mills has seen the company’s abilities increasingly recognized on the national and world stage, but they’re still waiting for some people in their hometown to get with the program.Just securing permission to perform Petite Mort, the featured work on the triple bill opening […]