rindhouse-style: back-to-back and bookended with trailers for other Corman fare and vintage concession ads. It’s the best way to watch. “?Rod Lott
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Reduxion Theatre’s visually stunning ‘Macbeth’ is worthwhile, despite performance issues
Macbeth 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday Reduxion Theatre City Arts Center 3000 General Pershing www.reduxiontheatre.com 651-3191 $12-$15 Reduxion Theatre kicks off its third season with another high-concept adaptation, this time of William Shakespeare’s supernatural tale of murderous ambition, “Macbeth.” After winning a major victory for the King of Scotland, Macbeth and happens upon three witches who prophesize […]
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Eric Wright’s “Manifestations” portray the struggles of the office drone in sculpture
“Manifestations” Opens Friday, ongoing a.k.a. Gallery, 3001 Paseo 6 to 10 p.m. For more information, call 606-2522 or visit www.akagallery.net. For 18 years, an artist bound to the corporate world sat confined to an office cubicle that would come to represent so much more than just another day on the job. Local sculptor Eric Wright, […]
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Conviction
“Conviction” is the sort of nightmare scenario that can only be conjured up by reality: A man is wrongly convicted for a crime he did not commit. His sister, convinced of his innocence and unable to pay for better legal representation, resolves to transform herself into a lawyer in a Hail Mary effort to free […]
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Here’s hoping Kevin Durant is more humble than LeBron James
As a heterosexual father of two, I have to make a confession: I have a fiery man crush on Kevin Durant. This is primarily due to the amazing skills Durant brings to the floor. He scores, and he scores in every imaginable way possible. Then, he scores in ways never imagined. And while that’s an […]
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Women want him, and men want to be him: Meet Thunder star Serge Ibaka
The National Basketball Association is a league of superhumans. Let’s face it. To us regular folks, NBA players are all mutants in long shorts and expensive shoes. Too tall not to notice. Too big for your hand not to meet the side of your face: “Did you see that guy?” NEW KID ON THE BLOCKS […]
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American Indian Cinema Showcase
American Indian Cinema Showcase 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Sunday Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and children, per film 236-3100, www.okcmoa.com Oklahoma boasts a roster of 39 tribal nation headquarters, affording the state a colorful history and cultural database. That makes the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch, the […]
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For six consecutive years, Harper’s Bazaar tags Oklahoma retailer Balliets as a style leader
Like many Oklahomans, Bob Benham can recall Gov. Brad Henry’s election into office in 2002. Benham’s recollection is unique, however, because by the Thursday of that fateful week, the new first lady, Kim Henry, was in his store looking for something she couldn’t quite put her finger on. “I walked over to her said, ‘Congratulations,’ […]
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Extreme
Showing this month at Science Museum Oklahoma, “Extreme” is not so much about extreme sports as it is a quick introduction to the type of person who participates in them. It’s not that they can’t play well with others “? it’s that they don’t want to. Yes, rock climbers Lynn Hill and Nancy Feagin talk […]
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You auto make a truck stop, as Oklahoma City Museum of Art serves as a vehicle for Jonathan Hils’ sculptures of wheel merit
Jonathan Hils: Intersection daily through Jan. 3, 2011 Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch www.okcmoa.com 236-3100 $10-$12 In general, a truck in the air or on its end signifies something bad is about to happen. Unless it’s art. For “Intersection,” Jonathan Hils’ five-piece exhibit at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, the all-American pickup […]