Love it or hate it, local hardcore act Our Sky Is Falling finds that if it bleeds, it leads. BY JOSHUA BOYDSTON The guys behind Oklahoma City post-hardcore outfit Our Sky Is Falling bring more to shows than instruments and amps. They also bring Band-Aids. “We are huge fans of visual bands who go onstage […]
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Star search
Kick up your heels at a performing arts studio that aims to prepare its students for the big time. BY SARAH LOBBAN Oklahoma City’s Northpark Mall is getting a new addition: Starbound Productions Academy for Performing Arts. The full-service academy, which has by-audition enrollment, opens its doors Aug. 1 to students of all ages and […]
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Uncork that canvas
A little vino may unleash your inner van Gogh at classes taught by The Tipsy Artist. BY MALENA LOTT The Tipsy Artist 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday Gallery Grazioso 301 W. Oklahoma, Guthrie tipsyartist.COm 822-0481 In an age when even doodling gets an app, art the old-fashioned way — easel, paint, brush — feels both nostalgic and […]
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:1″><span style=" Times New Roman”,”serif”;mso-fareast-Times New Roman”; mso-font-kerning:18.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ES”> Oops! Andrea Amanatides suffered a booboo in May while being booked to begin a six-month jail sentence in Albany, N.Y., for a probation violation. As she was being placed in a holding cell, a cache of drugs fell onto the floor. Deputies soon figured […]
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CFN NSFW Quote of the Week
“Look at Captain Long Dick out there. This guy like to fuck or what?” —Broken Arrow native Kristin Chenoweth, in the trailer for the film Hit & Run
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Some Hearts
lack compassion Executives at Arista Nashville, the record label of country cutie Carrie Underwood, might be biting their nails after the Oklahoma native expressed an opinion at odds with many in her conservative fan base. Touring to support her new album, Blown Away, Underwood told British newspaper The Independent that she supports gay marriage. “I […]
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Exchanging control
In the wake of the federal health care law being upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, Oklahoma must ensure a health care exchange. BY CLIFTON ADCOCK The U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week upholding the federal Affordable Care Act prompted no small amount of frustration from Oklahoma government and business leaders opposed to President Barack […]
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Shedding tiers
Some city officials caution that the MAPS 3 convention center may need to be built with expansion in mind. BY CLIFTON ADCOCK Members of a group overseeing progress of the future MAPS 3 convention center have expressed concern that budget constraints could cause the city to miss the mark on a key goal for the […]
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LETTERS
Oklahoma Gazette provides an open forum for the discussion of all points of view in its Letters to the Editor section. The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity. Letters can be mailed, faxed, emailed to pbacharach@okgazette. com or sent online at okgazette.com, but include a city of residence and contact […]
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LETTERS
Oklahoma Gazette provides an open forum for the discussion of all points of view in its Letters to the Editor section. The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity. Letters can be mailed, faxed, emailed to pbacharach@okgazette. com or sent online at okgazette.com, but include a city of residence and contact […]