The Peras Tour 7 p.m. Sunday, July 27 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com $47-$60 We resisted the urge to use the most common headline for a story like this, but Joe Pera talked with us. The standup comic and namesake star of Adult Swim’s delightfully low-key series Joe Pera Talks With You is […]
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Cold War caper
The Prodigy, a new novel by Oklahoma City attorney Dee A. Replogle, Jr., begins in a unified Berlin at the end of the millennium, but the bulk of the international thriller is set in various cities with the collapse of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) as the backdrop. Replogle has long been a fan […]
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Kitty lit
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof July 18-Aug. 3 Jewel Box Theatre 321 NW 36th St. jewelboxokc.com $20-$25 Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for drama, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof features nine principal human cast members — all humans. No cats. Oklahoma City’s Jewel Box Theatre, 321 NW 36th St., will stage the […]
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Nature, nurtured
Discovering Ansel Adams Tuesdays-Sundays through Sept. 28 Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch Drive 405-236-3100 okcmoa.com Free-$19.95 Born in San Francisco in 1902, pioneering photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams remains one of the most important artists of our time. The groundbreaking exhibition Discovering Ansel Adams, at Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, […]
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Pride on 9th
Celebrate Pride on one of OKC’s most colorful streets! Factory Obscura and its Ninth Street neighbors invite you for Pride-themed dancing, art, music and more! All are welcome. Events include a Pride Artist Market featuring more than 25 local artist vendors (7-10 p.m.), and Ninth Street turns into a dance club with outdoor performances by […]
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Studio Hamed Ouattara at Paseo Arts Festival
Later this month, The Paseo Arts District hosts its 48th annual arts festival, and artists from all over the world will gather to connect with each other and display their best works to the Oklahoma City public. Among the roughly 85 jury-selected artists, multidisciplinary visual artist and designer Hamed Ouattara’s work is sure to stand […]
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Neuf territory
Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds: Honor Song through Oct. 20 Oklahoma Contemporary 11 NW 11th St. 405-951-0000 oklahomacontemporary.org Free On one of the city’s few recent sunny afternoons, I drove past Oklahoma Contemporary and spotted two kids playing basketball in Campbell Art Park, 11 NW 11th St. The courts had recently been […]
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Art POP
There’s something electric stirring in the heart of the Tulsa Arts District. It’s not just the pulse of downtown revitalization; it’s the rhythm of creativity, culture and community converging in the form of OKPOP. Dedicated to the creative spirit of Oklahoma’s people and the influence of Oklahoma artists on popular culture around the world, the […]
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Political pulse
If you didn’t already know, you’d probably never guess that our very red state is home to a left-leaning podcast that has surged in popularity during Donald Trump’s second term as president. Co-hosts Angie Sullivan and Jennifer Welch launched the I’ve Had It podcast in 2022 as a place to humorously vent about their petty […]
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Killer instinct
The Psychology of a Murderer 8 p.m. Saturday, April 26 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com $29.50-$164.50 Even before witnessing the death of a young girl at the age of 5, licensed clinical and forensic psychologist Rachel Toles was captivated by the darker side of human behavior. “I’ve always been drawn to the macabre […]