After two national tours, a Netflix special and seven seasons on one of the 21st century’s best-loved sitcoms, Nick Offerman is ready to consider himself a comedian. Nick Offerman 7 p.m. Sept. 29 The Criterion 500 E. Sheridan Drive criterionokc.com 405-840-5500 $45-$650 “I’m not one to toot my own horn, and especially in the realm […]
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Okie fringe
Promising a “fresh out of the ground, unrefined” experience, the inaugural Theatre Crude Fringe Festival offers 10 experimental stage shows Sept. 25-Oct. 6 at Capitol View Event Center, 5201 N. Lincoln Blvd., and The Venue at Plenty Mercantile, 807 N. Broadway Ave. Theatre Crude Fringe Festival Sept. 25-Oct. 6 Capitol View Event Center 5201 N. […]
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Mental leap
After premiering in Indonesia in June, a film shot in the Oklahoma City metro in 2016 will have its first public showing in Oklahoma. Lord Finn — which won awards for best actor, director, screenplay, music and ensemble at the Asia Pacific International Filmmaker Festival & Awards in Jakarta — screens 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14 […]
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Werq space
Promoted as “the largest drag show in the world,” Werq the World has its sights set even higher. The tour, featuring performers from RuPaul’s Drag Race, lands in the metro 8 p.m. Sept. 12 at Rose State College Hudiburg Chevrolet Center, 6000 S. Trosper Place, in Midwest City. RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq the World 8 […]
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Genuine moment
Every Brilliant Thing Sept. 6-22 CitySpace Theatre Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. 405-297-2264 $40 The director and lead actor have already been chosen, but the rest of the cast for Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre’s (CityRep) latest production will be selected from whoever happens to show up. Every Brilliant Thing runs Sept. 6-22 […]
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Screen time
On May 4, 1977, millions of Americans witnessed Richard Nixon do something almost unthinkable. He admitted he had done something wrong. “I let down the country,” Nixon told interviewer David Frost. “I let down our system of government and the dreams of all those young people that ought to get into government but now think […]
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Radio Okie
Michael Dean book signing 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday Full Circle Bookstore 1900 Northwest Expressway, Suite 135 fullcirclebooks.com 405-842-2900 Free In Ardmore in 1953, Michael Dean saw a television for the first time. He was not impressed. “The couple that lived on the end of the block bought a TV, and they had to put a tower […]
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Global colors
Artist Brenda Kingery has captured a great deal in her complex paintings through the years, drawing upon worldwide travels and her Oklahoma heritage to create works of vivid color and emotion. Twenty-three of her works are currently on display in Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery inside Norick Art Center (NW 26th Street and Blackwelder Avenue) on […]
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Box-office poison
Arsenic and Old Lace Aug. 22-Sept. 15 Jewel Box Theatre 3700 N. Walker Ave. fccokc.org/jewel-box-theatre 405-521-1786 $20-$30 When she first saw the film version of Arsenic and Old Lace, Denise Hughes did not expect a movie about insanity and murder to be funny — mostly because it was released in 1944. “As a general rule, […]
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Untapped talent
YesLove OKC co-founder and executive director Albert Rios said he used to be “terrified of drag queens.” “I’m very introverted, and I was like, ‘Don’t pick on me,’” Rios said. “I’d go to The Boom, and they’d ask me questions, and I shut down immediately. I think that I didn’t understand drag.” Sponsored by YesLove, […]