Confronting relocation temptation, fighting the magnetic pull of higher foot-traffic and big-city positioning, the Toy & Action Figure Museum has unveiled its superpower: not moving. Despite Magneto-like efforts by the Bricktown Association to pull the museum from Pauls Valley to Oklahoma City, the fortress of figurines will stay put ” permanently. In a statement, curator […]
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The City Lives concentrates three years and a string of bad luck into an EP of aching energy
The City Lives 9 p.m. Friday VZD’s Restaurant & Club 4200 N. Western www.vzds.com 524-4203 $8 The murmur could be heard from blocks away, a low rumble underlining an otherwise calm, tree-lined neighborhood just west of the Gold Dome. A bench seat from the van lined the entryway, and stacks of road cases and tour-marred […]
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Local live music pillar Scott Keeton sounds off on the blues, Bo Diddley and ‘suck-ass’ six-strings
Scott Keeton 9 p.m. Saturday Oklahoma City Limits 4801 S. Eastern www.oclimits.com 619-3939 Oklahoma Gazette: What was the first blues record that hooked you? Scott Keeton: There are way too many to list but “The Best of Muddy Waters” and The Fabulous Thunderbirds’ first record were huge. OKG: What about the most recent blues album? […]
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Instrumental five-piece Balmorhea escapes Earth’s blue skies and reaches for classically inspired ‘Constellations’
Balmorhea with The Non, Dignan and Farewell Flight 7 p.m. Friday Opolis 113 N. Crawford, norman 447-3417 www.opolis.org $10, $12 under 21 Space is a cold, empty place, and Balmorhea’s latest, February’s “Constellations,” is similarly sparse. The Austin, Texas-born quintet formed in 2006, released four full-length albums in as many years, and has accrued a […]
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Alt-rock’s Ben Kweller returns to town for a sweet solo gig at OU
Ben Kweller 8 p.m. tonight East Lawn, Oklahoma Memorial Union University of Oklahoma 900 Asp, Norman Free The last time Ben Kweller came through the Oklahoma City metro, he went on a walk with his then-4-year-old son, Dorian, who delighted at the discovery of sprinklers, water and gushing fun at Bricktown’s outdoor sprayground. Then, along […]
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After a month of sweltering shoots and perspiring celebs, filming for ‘Bringing Up Bobby’ wraps in Oklahoma City
Umbrellas and frequent shade breaks offered temporary relief to a busy crew and celebrity cast during the final day of filming on “Bringing Up Bobby.” The shoot wrapped on Aug. 13 in Oklahoma City, said Sofia Sondervan-Bild (“Cadillac Records”), one of the film’s producers. Many of the movie’s stars had scenes during the final day […]
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Paul Skinner shakes up his pop-country sound for a grimier approach
He tried, but Paul Skinner “just isn’t pop-country.” The Edmond musician’s 2006 debut, “Gettin’ With It,” was a great album, and has probably sold close to 10,000 copies, Skinner said. While writing, recording and promoting the 13-song release was a “great learning experience,” it wasn’t a sound or style he felt like sticking with. “I […]
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Staten Island’s 10-piece afrobeat brigade The Budos Band is all-instrumental, impossibly cool and more soulful than ever
The Budos Band with DJ Bronzai 9 p.m. Tuesday The Conservatory 8911 N. Western www.conservatoryokc.com 607-4805 $12 If Blood Sweat & Tears stole The Doors’ electric organ, raided a university percussion closet and grabbed anything that would fit in a hand or under an arm, local cops would be justified in calling up their New […]
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Ravaged by flooding, Stage Center will close for at least a year as the Arts Council of Oklahoma City figures out a long-term plan
The lights are out at Stage Center, but arts organizers are optimistic that the curtain hasn’t dropped permanently on the downtown community arts hub. The multiuse arts complex at 400 W. Sheridan was decimated by flooding on June 14, a torrential “500-year rainfall event” that brought 9 inches of rain in hours and left many […]
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On the set: Final day of filming for ‘Bringing Up Bobby’
Umbrellas and frequent shade-breaks offered temporary relief to a busy crew and celebrity cast during the final day of filming on “Bringing Up Bobby.” The film shoot wraps Friday night in Oklahoma City, said Sofia Sondervan-Bild, one of the film’s producers. Many of the movie’s stars had scenes during the final day of filming, including […]