Skating Polly with Yellow Fever and Luna Moth8 p.m. MondayOpolis113 N. Crawford, Normanwww.opolis.org447-3417$7 door$9 under 21 A lot of people tout Nirvana and Neutral Milk Hotel as their favorite bands, but not many of those people are 10-year-old girls. Nirvana, The White Stripes, Regina Spektor and Hole were the names Kelli Mayo rattled off. Her […]
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Locally designed playhouses to be raffled off at a benefit for abused and neglected children
Playhouse ParadeMacy’s Wing of Penn Square Mall1901 Northwest ExpresswayMonday-Wednesday, ongoing713-6456, www.okcountycasa.org Nothing evokes the feelings of childhood comfort and security quite like the playhouse. Unfortunately, many young Oklahomans have lost this simple pleasure, or never known it at all. That’s why the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Oklahoma County and Chesapeake Energy have teamed […]
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Japanese Game Show’s strangest element isn’t zaniness, but unexpected, mathematic indie rock
Japanese Game Show with Glister and Kite Flying Robot 10 p.m. TuesdayHi-Lo Club1221 N.W. 50thwww.myspace.com/hiloclub843-1722$4 Japanese game shows are beloved throughout the world for their hodgepodge of violence, color, noise, embarrassment, confusing objectives and the overpowering sense of craziness that combining it all entails. Naturally, the term could be used as a band name ” […]
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As the one castaway remaining on Islands, leader Nicholas Thorburn has a constant companion: change
Islands with Active Child and Steel Phantoms9 p.m. ThursdayOpoliswww.opolis.org113 N. Crawford, Norman447-3417$10 advance, $12 door$12 advance, $14 door under 21 Soft-spoken and assured, Islands’ frontman Nicholas Thorburn, who intermittently goes by the stage name Nick Diamonds, shared why all his hard work with the band is worth it. “I feel so blessed that I get […]
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Local singer/songwriter John Calvin adresses world problems, sees unifying power in music
It took a little time for singer/songwriter John Calvin to fall in love with music, but when he did, he fell hard. “It was about five years after I got my guitar that I felt that life-changing, earth-shattering effect that music can manifest,” he said. “I felt something for music. I was channeling myself through […]
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Bubbles & Beauty exhibit tracks techniques and technology used by housewives throughout history
“Bubbles and Beauty: The History of Housewives”Edmond Historical Society & Museum431 S. Boulevard, Edmond10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 1-4 p.m. Saturdays 340-0078, www.edmondhistory.orgDaily, ongoing As long as there have been homes, there have been housewives. Their role in the home has progressed as the years have gone by, and this evolution is […]
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Cincinnati sextet 500 Miles to Memphis bring a stampede and redefine cowpunk’s resurgence
500 Miles to Memphis8 p.m. MondayThe Blue Note2408 N. Robinson524-5678 What do Johnny Cash and The Ramones have in common? According to Ryan Malott, lead singer for 500 Miles to Memphis, more than you may think. “Country and punk are both just about being honest, about expressing what you feel in an open and honest […]
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Shane Henry brings his blues back to Oklahoma, adding pop and soul to ‘Beauty in the Struggle’
Shane Henry and Marcy Priest 7:30 p.m. Saturdaythe Blue Door2805 N. McKinleywww.bluedoorokc.com524-0738$10 Shane Henry has been playing music professionally for a decade now ” a fact made all the more impressive by the fact that he’s only 26. “I feel lucky to have been introduced to music so young,” he said. “Music has been at […]
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Feel Spectres — Feel Spectres
And that seems to be where Oklahoma City’s Feel Spectres is getting its cues. The quartet’s self-titled debut, courtesy of local label Nice People, is 37 minutes of purist indie-rock goodness, the sort of music you heard the cool college kids in mid- to late-’90s sitcoms listening to. Even better, the album follows a sort […]
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OKC’s Metro Link service to continue with realigned routes
With looming budget cuts for the city’s public transportation and parking department and the proposed elimination of the Metro Link service, many citizens took to the Oklahoma City Council meeting June 8 to protest the pending changes to the city’s public transportation service. And it appears their voices were heard as evidenced by the City […]