The fifth Animal Conference will be bookended by two notable speakers, both of whom have dedicated their lives to the protection of animals: biologist Jeff Corwin, whose shows have appeared on Disney, ABC, and Animal Planet, and Dr. Temple Grandin, professor, activist, advisor to the ranching industry, and subject of the eponymous film starring Claire […]
Arts & Culture
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Tap Takes OKC
The OKC Tap Dance Festival returns Sept. 18-20, bringing more than 150 dancers and nationally recognized tap artists to Oklahoma City for three days of classes, performances and events. Hosted by the Metropolitan School of Dance, the festival includes 42 classes for beginning through advanced dancers at The Douglass at Page Woodson. Featured artists include […]
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RestoreOKC celebrates 10 years with free neighborhood festival Oct. 3
RestoreOKC will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a free neighborhood festival Saturday, Oct. 3, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at its headquarters, 2222 NE 27th St. in northeast Oklahoma City. Called TEN(d), the celebration will feature food, vendors, interactive art and mural projects, a kids zone, farm tours and opportunities to learn more about […]
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Bella Burns to headline Plaza District Festival Sept. 26
Oklahoma City singer-songwriter Bella Burns will headline the 27th annual Plaza District Festival on Saturday, Sept. 26, capping a day of live music, local art, food and family activities in the Plaza District. The free, all-ages festival runs from noon to 11 p.m. around 1745 NW 16th St. Burns is scheduled to take the Main […]
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Bandwagon: Bricktown Music Festival to debut Sept. 12
More than 45 artists will perform across more than 20 venues and two outdoor stages when the inaugural Bandwagon: Bricktown Music Fest takes over Bricktown from 1 to 10 p.m. Sept. 12. The free, district-wide festival will feature country, hip-hop, Americana, rock, Latin, reggae, jazz, R&B and more, with attendees encouraged to move between stages […]
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90 Years of Zoo Amp
If you haven’t been to the Zoo Amphitheatre in a while, you may not recognize everything.The terraced lawn can now accommodate thousands of additional reserved seats. There are new concessions, paved walkways, improved lighting and climate-controlled restrooms. Backstage, artists now have renovated green rooms, production offices, a new catering kitchen and even a basketball court. […]
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Screen Time
Never Stop Chasing If there’s one thing synonymous with Oklahoma, it’s earth-shattering tornadoes. The extreme phobia for most became a lifelong passion for another man: Reed Timmer. Timmer is a world-renowned storm chaser, a former OU graduate and the primary subject of Director Ken Cole’s pulse-pounding documentary. Cole (also an OU alum) and Timmer are […]
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Spin, Wheel!
Step right up and take a spin of the amazing zoetrope that simulates actual human and animal locomotion. That was a huge deal in 1834 and set pulses racing. Without these novel spinning wheels filled with small sequential images (think galloping horse), our species wouldn’t have invented animation or the movies. Unthinkable. Here we are, […]
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OG Picks – September
Here are our September picks! There’s plenty to choose from.
