Ravaged by June flooding, Oklahoma City’s Stage Center will close for at least a year as the Arts Council of Oklahoma City figures out a long-term plan for moving forward. The multi-use arts complex at 400 W. Sheridan was decimated by flooding on June 14, a torrential “500-year rainfall event” that brought 9 inches of […]
Joe Wertz
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The Kids Are All Right
Nic and Jules are a lesbian couple making a go of their version of the modern family, in “The Kids Are All Right.” The somewhat stern Nic (Annette Bening, “The Women”) is most gainfully employed as a doctor and is the de facto household leader, while Jules (Julianne Moore, “Chloe”) is a bit more featherlight, […]
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Jazz singer Champian Fulton blows back into the metro with a new album
Champian Fulton 9:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday Maker’s Cigar & Piano Lounge 25 S. Oklahoma www.makerscigarlounge.com 606-9000 Free Champian Fulton’s pilgrimage to Maker’s Cigar Bar & Lounge is fast becoming an annual affair. A New Yorker by way of Norman, Fulton has been in the big city since 2003, where she’s kept busy with […]
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FreeTulsa! takes spotlight from on-hiatus DFest
FreeTulsa! around Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main, Tulsa Two-day passes are $15 in advance, $20 door www.freetulsa.com With a national spotlight shining on the state ” thanks to performers like Cake, The Black Crowes and The Roots ” and a homegrown love born from tens of thousands of fans and hundreds of local musicians, Dfest […]
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Rock N America unloads a three-day package of hard rock on Zoo Ampitheatre
Rock N America Featuring Scorpions, Warrant, Twisted Sister, Ratt and moreThursday-SundayZoo Amphitheatre2101 N.E. 50thwww.zooamp.com800-511-1552$49.50-$125 one-day pass$125-$350 three-day pass The most amazing thing about the bands booked for Rock N America isn’t the collective history of packed stadiums, platinum albums and complete airwave ownership; it’s that so many managed to survive. Those that made it out […]
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Damaged by flooding, the lights dim at Stage Center, home to a half-dozen community arts nonprofits
If a playwright were to pen a stage drama inspired by Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park’s history, the technical crew’s cue sheet might have more ink than the script. Stagehands would have to prepare several scene changes and cue multiple volleys of pyrotechnics. And now, at least one act would require a water tank. “With […]
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Diaz and Cruise trade toothy smiles in ‘Knight and Day,’ a boring chase movie that’s short on smirk
June Havens is typical in every way. A smoking-hot, blond car mechanic from Boston who’s returning home with a suitcase filled with car parts, she finds herself ” literally! ” bumping in the same guy over and over, in “Knight and Day.” There’s little time in the Wichita, Kan. airport for Havens (Cameron Diaz, “Shrek […]
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OKC Pride weekend starts with a party, ends with a parade, all with edgy entertainment and activism
OKC PrideBlock Party7-11 p.m. Friday“The Strip,” N.W. 39th Street and N. Pennsylvania Avenue Festival 10 a.m. Saturday-SundayMemorial ParkN.W. 36th Street and N. Classen Boulevard Street Dance and Show4 p.m. Sunday “The Strip” Pride Parade 6 p.m. Sunday From Memorial Park to “The Strip” Ginger Lamar was there when the first Oklahoma City Pride parade stepped […]
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Cinema connoisseur and marijuana aficionado Doug Benson hits Oklahoma City with a stand-up set
Doug Benson with Graham Elwood, Leah Kayajanian and Cameron Buchholtz7:30 p.m. MondayCity Arts Center3000 General Pershing951-0000www.cityartscenter.org$20 advance, $25 door Comedian Doug Benson loves movies and marijuana. He combined the two on screen in 2008 for “Super High Me,” a documentary riff on Morgan Spurlock’s “Super Size Me,” wherein Benson tested the physical and mental effects […]
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Junebug Spade makes solid music with little flair
Junebug Spade ” “Fashion & Fame” Oklahoma City quartet Junebug Spade has made a second album offering to follow last year’s self-titled release. The two have many similarities: Both are EPs recorded with Trent Bell at his Norman studio, and both blend straight-ahead rock ‘n’ roll with a bit of odd arrangement and light experimentation. […]