Mono Deux premiere 9:30 p.m. Saturday The Banquet Cinema Pub 800 NW Fourth St. banquetcinema.com $10 Mono Deux is only a sequel in the loosest sense of the word. With completely different characters and storyline, a (mostly) different cast and — perhaps most importantly — a different team of filmmakers from its predecessor, the new […]
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Cultural fabric
Erica Bonavida brings color and texture to Oklahoma City Hall. The artist was hired in February to serve as City Hall’s first artist-in-residence. Bonavida finds art fulfilling, but there was a time when she avoided the subject altogether. An admitted perfectionist, she said she struggled when she was younger to understand why she would create […]
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Urine test
Urinetown: The Musical May 3-5 Lyric at the Plaza 1727 NW 16th St. lyrictheatreokc.com 405-524-9312 $15 A local theater school is staging a production of dark satire Urinetown: The Musical with teenage actors, but don’t call Department of Human Services just yet. “Surprisingly, there’s a lot less mature content to Urinetown than people think,” said […]
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Art cause
Oklahoma Artists Invitational May 3-5 Shoppes at Northpark 12100 N. May Ave. oaiartshow.com/ Free With its 14th showcase, Oklahoma Artists Invitational (OAI) is becoming one of Oklahoma City’s best bets for finding eclectic juried artwork with sales that go to a good cause. The three-day event May 3-5 is held in the north end of […]
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Bison rising
Ancient. Massive. Wild. — The Bison Exhibit through May 12 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1700 NE 63rd St. nationalcowboymuseum.org 405-478-2250 Free-$12.50 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s Ancient. Massive. Wild. — The Bison Exhibit tells the story of the bison in a 7,000 square-foot exhibit that chronicles both the animal’s near-extinction and its […]
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Triple crown
Visionaries: A Triple Bill April 19-20 Thelma Gaylord Performing Arts Theatre 201 N. Walker Ave. okcballet.org 405-848-8637 $15-$65 A 19th-century lithograph and an ancient theory about bodily fluids inspired two of the three works included in Oklahoma City Ballet’s latest triple bill. The third has never been performed publicly. Running April 19-20 in Civic Center […]
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‘Mostly Mozart’
Deciding to build a concert program with the work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is easy enough; determining which of the composer’s hundreds of compositions to play is not. “Mozart is, without question, one of the biggest names in music, classical music or otherwise,” said Chad Burrow, clarinetist and co-artistic director of Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble. “He’s […]
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Persistent women
Karin Walkingstick has been making art for as long as she can remember, but she was only able to begin making it a career in her 40s, after she reclaimed a precious resource. “Time,” Walkingstick said. “I had my son pretty young, when I was 20, and work, you know, I got him through. A […]
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Greatest hits
Mix-Tape 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays The Womb 25 NW Ninth St factoryobscura.com Free Neil Diamond’s “Song Sung Blue” reminds Tammy Greenman of a Volkswagen. “I have a very strong visceral memory of my mom driving around England in a yellow VW bug, listening to that song,” Greenman said. “I associate […]
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Ax grinding
6 Guitars 7:30 p.m. April 9 Visual and Performing Arts Center Theater Oklahoma City Community College 7777 S. May Ave. tickets.occc.edu 405-682-7579 $10-$15 Chase Padgett will let you know right up front that his one-man show 6 Guitars might not meet your expectations. “I start the show off with this explanation,” Padgett said. “I’m like, […]