Four professional storytellers will perform worldly folklore, ghost stories and original compositions starting Thursday for an annual festival celebrating the art of spoken word. For Oklahoma City’s 33rd festival, Patrick Ball, Judith Black, Alton Chung and Barbara McBride-Smith not only will pull from their near-bursting repertoire of stories but also will hold weekend workshops for […]
Molly Evans
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Reel change
Brian Hearn Photo: Heather Brown The upgrades were made in order to remain in the “mix of contemporary, global art cinema,” said Brian Hearn, OKCMOA film curator. Hearn said he and the museum’s film program team began funding for the upgrades in 2011 with a “Projection Perfection” campaign. Donations from private family foundations and everyday […]
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Ready or not
The Ready Set Photo: Jared Thomas A 20-something singer-songwriter from the Midwest readies to play a few tunes Thursday night from his ever-growing repertoire of chart-topping singles, acoustic endeavors and previews from his upcoming third full-length album. As The Ready Set, Indiana native Jordan Witzigreuter has charmed national audiences — particularly the teen, female demographic […]
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Hoofers helping
Ten metro celebrities and their professional partners will cut a rug for children who can’t in a Saturday charity dance competition. Now in its sixth year, the Dancing for a Miracle Gala takes the lead as the Children’s Miracle Network’s largest donation event, said Evelyn Bollenbach, communications director for Children’s Hospital Foundation. Last year’s event […]
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Do it yourself
In the metro, current projects on Kickstarter and Indiegogo include post-tornado documentaries, a web series produced in the comfort of a traveling RV, EPs galore, a beef jerky food truck and a silo-sized mural. Local synthpop band Kite Flying Robot set up its Kickstarter campaign June 4 to fund its new, full-length album. The $3,500 […]
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Ghost writer
A local author will detail mysterious graves, ransacking outlaws and a religious cult in his latest nonfiction work, disclosing the little-known history of two Oklahoma towns. David A. Farris, resident of Oklahoma City, reached back as far as 127 years in the state’s history to write Edmond and Guthrie, a Little Off the Tracks, his […]
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‘Paper’ chase
You and Me by Marilyn Artus A joint exhibition featuring two dozen pieces of paper-based art soon will begin touring throughout Oklahoma for more than a year. Currently, 24 Works on Paper can be seen at the Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, where an opening reception is scheduled for Friday. IAO and the Oklahoma Visual […]
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Battle royale
Photo: Heather Brown Through battleground memorabilia and personal mementos, the summer exhibition at Edmond Historical Society & Museum localizes a Civil War battle’s overwhelming death and destruction. The Legacy of Gettysburg coincides with the historic battle’s 150th anniversary. A museum patron’s private collection supplied approximately 110 pieces from the Battle of Gettysburg, including rifles, swords, […]
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It’s a gas
A journey of an oppressed young wife’s liberation and self-discovery begins with a job at a nail salon in Carpenter Square Theatre’s latest live production. Out of Sterno presents the story of Dotty, played by A’Mari Jo Rocheleau, who transforms from an innocent spouse to an independent and adventurous woman. Married since she was 16 […]
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Booking it
The seniors — some of them retired teachers, grandparents and great-grandparents — were especially concerned about the students of Plaza Towers and Briarwood, the two elementary schools demolished by that EF5 twister. So the 175 residents of Buckner Westminster Place in Longview, Texas, did something about it. On July 1, two administrators from the facility […]