Arts

Want all the thrills and soaring vocals of music theater without the cumbersome story lines? Oklahoma City University and Kamp’s Market & Deli have the answer with a weekly musical showcase, Kamp’s Kabaret. The performance premiered last week and continues Saturday with a cabaret show featuring an array of musical styles, from pop, Broadway to […]

exhibit of Dick West’s art and sculpture through Nov. 16 at the Jacobson House, 609 Chautauqua in Norman. Tickets are $150 and can be purchased by calling 366-1667. “?Natalie Burkey

ust be less than 12 inches by 12 inches if 2-D, or 12 inches cubed if 3-D. This year’s show will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday inside the Fred Jones Industries Building, 900 W. Main. The event is a major fund-raiser for the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition. “More than any other event, it’s a […]

There is a changing of the guard at Lyric Theatre, or rather, a changing of the Nicks. After nine seasons as Lyric’s artistic director, Nick Demos will be leaving the theater company after the October production of “The Rocky Horror Show” for Broadway. Replacing Demos is Nick Corley, who joins Lyric as the new artistic […]

Seeing pictures that marry photography and art is a snap, thanks to a current exhibit showing through Sept. 27 at JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N. Walker.  “PhotoFest” showcases 15 artists whose pictures have garnered acclaim locally and internationally. “Photography has been witness to the most rapid changes of our industrialized world,” said Sean […]

Nothing stirs the interest of art patrons like free wine. An emerging urban enclave, Oklahoma City’s Plaza District recently instituted “LIVE on the Plaza: An Evening with the District” as a way to woo area art lovers and local creatives with food, drink, live music and street performances. The festival vibe has attracted a number […]

Whereas artists of previous centuries would have used religious or mythological symbols to suggest broad cultural ideas, 21st-century artists often turn to corporate labels and logos to represent themes of modern society. WOODBLOCKSDEEPLY DETAILED “Corporatocracy,” showing through Friday at the Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, includes the work of three invited artists “? Marwin Begaye, […]

To open its silver anniversary season, Carpenter Square Theatre is going back to it roots and reviving one of its first plays ever produced: Ed Graczyk’s west Texas comedy-drama “Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.” This is CST’s third production of “Jimmy Dean,” and, as was the 1988 edition, it […]

Only seven more months until Festival of the Arts! So how’s about getting a one-stop fix for arts and eats at the 5th Annual Appetite for the Arts Festival, scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday in El Reno? A mere 20 miles west of the metro on Interstate 40, the town’s historic district will […]

It was a chilly night in January 1985, in the drafty Carpenter Paper Co. warehouse on Robert S. Kerr Avenue, near where the Oklahoma County jail now stands. Some people came out of morbid curiosity, but many sensed the excitement of something new. The event was the opening of Carpenter Square Theatre’s first production, “The […]