Arts

Looking to the past, present and future is cause for change “? at least for one Scrooge. Pollard Theatre‘s most popular play, “A Territorial Christmas Carol,” returns for its 21st season and a series of performances that stage today through Sunday at the Guthrie venue. Ghosts of the past and present pay a visit to […]

It would be nice to report that if all the Christmas shows playing around town have you down, Oklahoma City Theatre Company is offering a respite in the jungles of India, which is about as far as you can get from the North Pole without being at the South Pole. Alas, OCTC’s production of Rudyard […]

Cutting-edge technology and scientific discoveries influence an Oklahoma City artist who creates artwork with a component of controlled chaos. Sarah Hearn’s “Connecting Constellations of an Intangible Universe,” on display at the North Gallery of the state Capitol, connects science and art to represent the natural relationship between science and photography. Hearn said her artwork “comments […]

If “The Nutcracker” is too creepy (all those mice) or “A Christmas Carol” is too depressing (Tiny Tim dies at the end, you know), you might try “A Tuna Christmas,” now being presented by Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre at the Civic Center’s CitySpace theater. You may rest assured that “A Tuna Christmas” is neither creepy […]

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the nation’s Federal Indian Policy centered around the concept of assimilation.  During this time, programs were set up to provide vocational training for Indians, said Steve Grafe, curator of American Indian Art at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Several Indian artists “? mostly Kiowa “? were […]

he Plaza, said events like Friday’s are part of an effort to “promote the local artists” and to make the public aware of the district’s new businesses. A diverse array of new businesses have opened in the district, Vails said, reflecting the owners’ common affection for community and creativity. Collected Thread sells handmade and vintage […]

Spread across Bolivia, 2,000 artisans knit and weave with alpaca wool, working with leather and wood to create products for an American market. Their link to the U.S. runs straight through Oklahoma. In 2005, Cara Barnes, of Oklahoma City, quit her full-time job in the marketing world to concentrate on volunteering. MICROFINANCINGDESIGN AND COLOR PALETTEPROARTESANIA […]

Probably one of the most overadapted pieces of literature in the English language, “A Christmas Carol” endures for a reason: It’s a light morality tale with a supernatural spin that encourages even the most miserly bastards to aspire to something better. Oh, and it’s also hard to screw up. More difficult, however, is bringing originality […]

Inspired by the urban fabric and colorful inhabitants of a fictional city, “Saltimbanco,” Cirque du Soleil’s newest spectacle, is a high-intensity acrobatic display of strength, agility and cultural diversity.   Saltimbanco “explores the urban experience in all its myriad forms: the people who live there, their idiosyncrasies and likenesses, families and groups, the hustle and bustle […]

Reduxion Theatre Company was founded by local actor and director Tyler Woods in 2000. After relocating to New York, he and his wife, Erin, decided to re-brand the company in a way that would stand out, even in the crowded New York scene. “Romeo and Juliet” is the first production mounted by Reduxion since the […]