1978/2008 It’s hard to believe the same Sidney Lumet who delivered the blistering, brutal “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” this past year is the same director who gave us the safe, sanitary musical “The Wiz” three decades ago. But here, in a two-disc edition, is a high-tech reminder of a lo-fi film. Adapted from […]
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Why?: The War Years by Tomie dePaola
Fiction Intended for ages 7 and up, this chapter book is told from the point of view of little Tomie, who greets New Year’s Day of 1942 with typical childhood naïveté. While family members are off fighting the war, Tomie worries about little more than losing teeth. Until the last three pages, which offer something […]
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Local act Emelo purposely measures out its indie pop in short, sweet dollops
Emelo with Ben Kilgore and Daniel Walcher 9 p.m. Friday VZD’s Restaurant and Club 4200 N. Western www.vzds.com 524-4203 $5 The guys of Oklahoma City indie-pop act Emelo might be megastars if they weren’t so damned practical. “We love making music and playing shows, but a national tour is not even a possibility at this […]
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Sandor family exhibit features photography collection
“Gifts from the Ellen and Richard L. Sandor Family Collection” is an exhibit of the many photos Ellen Sandor and her husband have compiled over the years, on display through May 20 at the University of Oklahoma’s Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm in Norman. When Ellen was a graduate student at The […]
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My So-Called Band celebrates the 1990s with covers of songs you still can’t get out of your head
My So-Called Band 9:30 p.m. Friday The Blue Note 2408 N. Robinson 600-1166 $5 Only one local bar band offers an invitation to shamelessly celebrate the dark secret suppressed by most 20- and 30-somethings in the metro area: We love the ’90s. My So-Called Band ” a tongue-in-cheek nod to the television series “My So-Called […]
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Carpenter Square’s ‘Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some)’ struggles to be anything but messy
Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some) 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday Carpenter Square Theatre The Boom 2218 NW 39th Through Dec. 18 at the Bricktown Hotel & Convention Center 2001 E. Reno $15-$18, $5 Student Rush 232-6500 At the beginning of “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some)” on opening night, the stage lights […]
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For the second year, the Gold Dome hosts a holiday music concert of classic proportions
Holiday Concert Under the Dome 3 p.m. Sunday Gold Dome 1112 N.W. 23rd www.usao.edu/dome 574-1355 $15 Once sentenced to death by demolition, the Gold Dome building at 1112 N.W. 23rd is now revered as a cultural landmark across the metro area and the state. World-renowned violinist Yuval Waldman of New York City envisioned yet another […]
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Trio of established artists with ties to Oklahoma open a new exhibit examining their works
“Natural Selection” opens New Year’s Day at JRB Art at The Elms, 2810N. Walker, featuring pieces by Shelley Horton-Trippe, Joe Andoe and MarkoKratohvil. An Oklahoma City native with a master’s in fine arts from the University ofOklahoma, Horton-Trippe has lived and worked in Santa Fe, N.M. for the last30 years, said gallery owner Joy Reed […]
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The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril by Paul Malmont
Fiction Of the more than 100 novels I read in 2006, none gave me more pleasure than this summer’s debut from Paul Malmont, “The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril.” A serious book with a funny name, Malmont’s what-if adventure features two real-life writers as its protagonists: Lester Dent and William Gibson. Dent and Gibson serve […]
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Lola Ray – Liars
Lola Ray‘s debut album, 2004’s “I Don’t Know You,” proved the musicians weren’t content to be another pop-punk act. With hints of Eighties new-wave woven throughout their songs, the bandmates showed they know how to play melodic leads as well as bang out the power chords. “Liars” is further proof that Lola Ray wants […]