Brandy Mayes discovered podcasts three years ago, and he was immediately impressed. “I just started listening and I just took a liking to it,” Mayes said. “The radio plays the same songs all day, so it’s kind of refreshing to drive around and just learn some stuff.” On July 24, 2017, Mayes released the first […]
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Food Issue: Tasty licks
In last year’s Food Issue, we highlighted several concert venues — Chesapeake Energy Arena, The Jones Assembly, Opolis — where you can see a nationally touring act and also eat a better than decent meal. This year, we’d like to offer a variation on the theme and serve up a menu of restaurants where, in […]
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Food Issue: Soul food
First We Dance, Then We Greet, Then We Eat 2-4:30 p.m. Feb. 15, March 21 and April 18 SixTwelve 612 NW 29th St. sixtwelve.org 405-208-8291 $20-$75 Growing up in New York City suburb Rockland County, Marie Casimir belonged to a community of open doors. “I had access to lots of different cultures, but within that […]
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Sweet sorrow
Romeo & Juliet 1Feb. 13-March 1 Oklahoma Shakespeare 2920 Paseo St. okshakes.org 405-235-3700 $16-$30 For approximately the 10th time in Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park’s nearly 35-year history, a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life. Romeo & Juliet runs Feb. 13-March 1 at Oklahoma Shakespeare, 2920 Paseo St. William Shakespeare’s tragic romance, in which […]
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Harmonic convergence
Pitch HER Perfect presents Rhythm and Flow 9 p.m. Feb. 21 The Paramount Room 701 W. Sheridan Ave. theparamountroom.com 405-532-6376 $10-$15 Annisia Anderson and Vada Patrice met singing backup for other artists, but as the duo Pitch HER Perfect, they’ve taken center stage. “We’ve been in music all of our lives, starting out in church, […]
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Reasonable doubt
aporia – noun 1. An irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a text, argument, or theory 2. The expression of doubt “Anybody that’s out here working, trying to pursue your goals or chasing after success, sometimes you don’t know what comes with that until you get there, and then once you get there, you […]
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Wolf mentality
Wolf Parade 8 p.m. Feb. 5 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $22-$32 True to its name, Wolf Parade is not standing still. “If your job is to output art and creative content, and if you’re not constantly re-interrogating your process and what you want to say, unless you’re just working in a […]
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Golden thread
Tiny Little Fables: The Enchanted Feb. 7-May 18 The Art Hall 519 NW 23rd St. arthallokc.com Free Helen Opper hadn’t seen anything like Nonney Oddlokken’s artwork. “I saw it very up close, in person in a gallery environment,” said Opper, curator of The Art Hall. “I was able to get so close to it. Its […]
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Hello kitty
The Cat in the Hat Through Feb. 9 Lyric Theatre 1727 NW 16th St. lyrictheatreokc.com 405-524-9312 $20-$25 When Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, introduced The Cat in the Hat in 1957, he might have committed a double homicide. “It may be hard for us to appreciate what a giddy shock The Cat in the Hat […]
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Raw power
Norman’s Psychotic Reaction recorded Messiahs of Voltage over two days in 2015, and more than four years later, the band was ready to release it. “It’s been a long time coming,” guitarist and vocalist Robert Layton III said of the album that was released online Jan. 21. “I finally had the time off from work […]