Only one official Oklahoma centennial projects is experienced through the perspective of a bird named Boomer Scissortail: “Happy Birthday Oklahoma!,” an illustrated children’s book written by local man John Morrow. The full-color, 56-page hardback follows Boomer as he learns about significant events in state history, starting with Oklahoma’s 1907 statehood and ending with a centennial […]
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High school students to sing with Foreigner
For the students of Mount St. Mary’s Catholic High School, Thursday may feel like the first time for onstage jitters. The private school’s choir will join Foreigner onstage at the rock band’s 8 p.m. concert at Riverwind Casino to sing “I Want to Know What Love Is.” The unique collaboration is made possible through the […]
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Head Game by Tim Downs
Tim Downs is a novelist whose thrillers get lumped the “Christian fiction” genre. This does not mean a pious lecture, but a story free of profanity and sex. You won’t miss their absence, because the page-turning thrills are there. Two Gulf War vets find their past catching up with them with a vengeance, courtesy of […]
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Carpenter Square treats Pulitzer-winning ‘Picnic’ with reverence
William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play, “Picnic,” revolves around the people in a tiny Kansas town getting together for a Labor Day celebration. But what rides beneath the action is not fellowship so much as loneliness “? a gnawing ache to escape the boredom of their existence. Handsome drifter Hal blows into town, catching the […]
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Historic Guthrie specializes in nostalgia during its annual, month-long holiday celebration
Now that the last remnants of the turkey and dressing are gone, it’s time to get your Christmas spirit into high gear. There may be no better place to do it than Guthrie, which turns into a colorful Christmas Past each December. The official kick-off for the season takes place at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. According […]
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The Wiz: 30th Anniversary Edition
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 […]