It’s every artist’s dream: Finish a set, and an impressed stranger walks up and offers a record deal. Any number of bands will tell you it doesn’t happen that way, but Oklahoma City singer/songwriter Ashley Windham won’t. That’s how she ended up signed to Tate Music Group. “I was playing a gig at The Mantel,” […]
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Maggie McClure and Shane Henry team up for Christmas show
Home for the holidays? So are metro musicians Maggie McClure and Shane Henry, who’ll join forces for a special “Home for the Holidays” concert, 8 p.m. Saturday at The Blue Door, 2805 N. McKinley. The all-ages show will feature a festive mix of their favorite Christmas classics and their own originals. “It always is refreshing […]
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TheatreOCU’s annual staging of ‘A Christmas Carol’ is a bit lackluster, but competent
A Christmas Carol 11 a.m. Thursday-Friday, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday TheatreOCU and Oklahoma Children’s Theatre Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center, Oklahoma City University 2501 N. Blackwelder 951-0011 $7-$10 This is my third time reviewing the annual co-production of “A Christmas Carol,” mounted by Oklahoma City University’s TheatreOCU and Oklahoma Children’s Theatre. It’s been interesting […]
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Norman Rockwell meets ‘The Far Side’ in Nick Hermes’ pop surrealist paintings
br /> “I can’t tell stories and I can’t act,” he said. “I tried my hand at comic strips, but you have to really be funny every day, but this way, I only have to be funny about once every month and a half.” “?Charles Martin top “Hard Candy” bottom “The Lost Toy”
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OU’s ‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’ serves up a helping of holiday hilarity
a great match for Whitmire. The second act introduces Beverly Carlton, based on famous English Renaissance man Noel Coward, played with ridiculous zeal and silky-smooth perfection by Colin Welch. Kevin Percival joins the action in Act 3 as Whiteside’s friend Banjo, based on Harpo Marx, in a turn that is mad and wonderful. Percival’s is […]
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Greg Burns’ interpretations of Oklahoma landmarks go on display
“Visions of Reality” Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, 1400 Classen Drive Through March 12, 2011 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays 235-2714, www.oklahomaheritage.com $7 adults, $5 seniors and students Greg Burns is known for capturing Oklahoma landmarks and buildings on canvas, incorporating his interpretation of real life in his pieces. Burns’ career-spanning exhibit, “Visions […]
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The good, the bad and the most improved
One (calendar) month down for the Thunder. More than 20 games finished up. A quarter of the season is history. If you’re looking for a word to sum it up, I think “weird” might be a good one. The Thunder has won more than it has lost, is in the middle of the Western playoff […]
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Oklahoma City Theatre Company’s staging of ‘Oliver!’ hits a snag
Oliver! 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Through Dec. 19 Oklahoma City Theatre Company Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker 297-2264 $22 Oklahoma City Theatre Company’s production of “Oliver!” is the most misguided show seen on city stages in years. It shouldn’t be. It has some great show tunes “? which aren’t listed in […]
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Elvis lives in a lecture about his indian roles and heritage
“Elvis as Indian in Film and Life” 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday College Union, Room CU1 Oklahoma City Community College, 7777 S. May free It’s one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, as Michael Snyder, English professor at Oklahoma City Community College, 7777 S. May, addresses royalty in a Thursday […]
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Celebrating 30 years in 50 Penn Place, the independent Full Circle Bookstore keeps writing its own chapters
Through challenges posed by chain stores, Amazon.com and now the one-two punch of e-publishing and the recession, Full Circle Bookstore has weathered many a storm over a few decades. Outside of Best of Books in Edmond, Full Circle is the last remaining independent bookstore in the metro, said owner Jim Tolbert. On Nov. 26, it […]