Arts

Bobby Entaker is a plumber by day and an artist by night. After a long day at work, he trades in his toolbox for spray paint and sits in front of a blank canvas. He shakes the can, the metal ball inside slamming from top to bottom, while his mind fills with ideas. His finger […]

For nearly eight decades, Norman’s nonprofit Sooner Theatre has set the stage for community entertainment. During the Great Depression, a movie theater in Norman opened and whisked patrons away from their woes. Sooner Theatre, 101 E. Main, opened in 1929 and was the first theater in the region to show talking pictures. It even had […]

With something to suit everyone’s artistic tastes, JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N. Walker, has a triple-bill exhibit this month that includes still-life paintings, layered sculptures and whimsical mixed-media paintings. Featuring Dorothy Norris Moses, Bill Rabon and Barbara Broadwell, JRB Art’s gallery is filled with a diverse collection of works. With Moses’ art being […]

“Why not?” said director Nick Demos. “First of all, it’s a show that Lyric has never done. It’s a fairly new piece and I think it’s even more timely now than when it came out in 2001. I think that the last seven or eight years, we’ve gone to a place politically that is even […]

uto 0in”>”We bounced ideas off of each other and really tried to get this concept to work,” he said. MODERN-LIVING ISSUES More than 300 artists from 11 countries submitted works for Neuberger’s “Multiplicity” exhibit, which was pared down to 22 selections. Like other prototypes in the show, “Drumstick Dinette” tackles modern living issues and offers […]

When Little Boy, the first atomic bomb used as a weapon, was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, the world was mesmerized by the power symbolized by a towering mushroom cloud. Fat Man fell on Nagasaki three days later. The horror of these bombings ended World War II, but now, 63 years after […]

href=”#exhibit”>EXHIBIT OPENING UP Studio owner Larry Pickering is a local designer and metal artist whose most recent work includes a commission to create the trophies for the 2008 PLUG Independent Music Awards. He has hosted exhibits at 31 Deuce since opening the site four years ago. “It’s a totally alternative space that’s just a blank […]

As part of a unique youth program, the beloved musical “Fiddler on the Roof” strikes a chord at Norman’s Sooner Theatre, from Thursday to Saturday.   “Fiddler” tells the story of Tevye, a Jewish milkman, and his struggle to maintain and preserve his family and religious practices in the face of a changing and hostile world […]

e with these characters, so they feel for them and appreciate the journey they’re on,” said Sorensen. Also still present are the high-energy dance numbers that have become synonymous with the production.  “?Eric Webb

Right now may be the best time to be a local theater hound. To be held Thursday through Sunday, the Oklahoma Community Theatre Association’s biennial OCTAFest is a gold mine of 10 performances from all around the state, ranging from clever and humorous musicals to award-winning, darker-themed dramas. Workshops and post-show receptions round out the […]