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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Parks and Recreation: Season Two
zon.com/e/cm?t=oklahgazet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B002N5N5PM&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr” style=”width: 120px; height: 240px;” marginwidth=”0″ marginheight=”0″> Universal Studios Home Entertainment has the audacity to slap the quote “This is the funniest show on television” on the back of the box of “Parks and Recreation.” So good thing it really is! While I’m still an unapologetic fan of the series’ abbreviated, foot-finding first season, “Parks […]
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Tuna, Texas is back on stage with ‘A Tuna Christmas’
A Tuna Christmas 8 p.m. Friday, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Through Dec. 12 Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker www.cityrep.com 297-2264 $25-$30, $15 groups, $8 student rush When Jonathan Beck Reed plays a role, it stays played. And in Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre’s production of “A […]
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The Sooner Theatre gets into the holiday spirit with “Scrooge”
Scrooge: The Musical 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Through Dec. 12 The Sooner Theatre 101 E. Main, Norman www.soonertheatre.org 321-9600 $15-$28 The Sooner Theatre gets into the holiday spirit with “Scrooge,” musical version of the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol.” As in Dickens’ original novella, “Scrooge” tells the story of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge, […]
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Certifiably Jonathan
Getting older may mean getting wiser, but that doesn’t preclude enjoying a good fart joke now and then. Or, if you’re Jonathan Winters, several times a day. The venerable comedian, now 85, is the star and subject of “Certifiably Jonathan,” a cute documentary/mockumentary showing Friday through Sunday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Shot […]