nze pouring will be featured. Clint Howard, owner of the Deep in the Heart Foundry near Bastrop, Texas, will coordinate the nightly pours. FOOD AND MUSIC More than two dozen food vendors will be at the festival, Baker said, mostly located south of the Festival Plaza. The Arts After School gallery on the east side […]
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The Ten-Minute Sexual Solution: A Busy Couple’s Guide to Having More Fun, Intimacy, and Sex
Dr. Darcy Luadzers Hatherleigh Press Hard to believe, but some couples forget to spend time with each other. Lack of intimacy can drive a wedge into any relationship, and our state has a divorce rate to prove it. Sex therapist Darcy Luadzers is here to help, with tips on reigniting romance for those who […]
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Oklahoma novelist offers view of state different from Steinbeck
Many may consider “The Grapes of Wrath” the quintessential novel about Oklahoma. Novelist Rilla Askew does not. “People think they know the story of Oklahoma during the Thirties because Steinbeck’s book has become iconic,” said Askew. “The image of Oklahoma is of the Joads heading west on the Mother Road. The state gets summed up […]
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CityRep stages ‘Our Town’ with top-notch cast
Encompassing 12 years at Grover’s Corners, N.H., Thornton Wilder’s Pultizer Prize-winning “Our Town” “? put on by Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre with Oklahoma City University Department of Theatre “? focuses on the effects of industrialization on America, love, marriage and death. Most productions of “Our Town” are done on big, bare stages, so director Michael […]
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Comedian Brian Regan continually updates jokes for a fresh take on the world around him
Brian Regan 7:30 p.m. Thursday Rose State College Performing Arts Theater 6420 S.E. 15th, Midwest City www.brianregan.com 297-2264 $39.50 When Brian Regan found that people knew him as the stand-up comedian who always hunched over and paced around the stage, he decided to stand up straight. When he heard that people knew him as the […]
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Joan Matzdorf’s landscape paintings and more are on display at the state Capitol
“Landscapes and More” Governor’s Gallery, state Capitol 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday through Dec. 26 free 521-2931, www.arts.ok.gov Born to a mother and father who were both avid painters, Joan Matzdorf knew art was in her blood, and has found joy in it throughout her life. The Tulsa native travels extensively, taking her paints with her […]
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Surrealist art inspired by lowbrow culture on display in OKC
Artists inspired by underground comics, hot rods, street culture and commercial art currently have their eclectic pieces showcased at “Pop Surrealism,” showing through April 21 at City Arts Center at Fair Park. Pop surrealists use the “lowbrow” art of cartoons and graphic design to create art that critiques war, American commercialism and popular culture. “It […]
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T.I. – T.I. vs. T.I.P.
Atlanta rapper’ and self-touted King of the South’ T.I.‘s new album “T.I. vs T.I.P.” doesn’t steal the throne from his Grammy-nominated 2006 album “King,” though it manages to rule over most other commercial hip-hop on the charts right now. The record is billed as the two personalities of T.I.’ one representing a laid-back businessman and […]
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Capitol gallery will feature Tulsa photographer’s work
/Fine%20Art/mcentirephotoshow.jpg” width=150 align=right vspace=10 border=0>A Tulsa photographer’s work will go on display at the state capitol’s North Gallery Everyone knows that a picture is worth a thousand words, but after taking a look at a few pieces of Paul McEntire’s work, one could easily come up with a few thousand more. From a simple close-up […]
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The Octopus Project returns to extend its sonic tentacles around your indietronica-loving hearts and souls
The Octopus Project with Yellow Fever 8 p.m. Wednesday Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union University of Oklahoma 900 Asp, Norman www.opolis.org $10 Usually, a band writes songs before thinking of performing them live. But The Octopus Project hasn’t ever prescribed to the normal formulas associated with being a band. Breaking another one only felt natural, […]