The Festival of the Arts has been a spring mainstay for Oklahoma City since 1967, and this year’s event will be bigger than it’s ever been. Literally. After its cancellation last year for only the second time in its history (the 1995 festival was scheduled to be held just days after the Alfred P. Murrah […]
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Buy deadCenter a drink this summer because it’s finally of legal age.
For its 21st year, a hybrid deadCenter Film Festival will begin June 10 and run through June 20 at various Oklahoma City locations with many screenings available online. “We did the virtual festival last year and that really gave us a great groundwork for what we wanted to do this year. So we knew at […]
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OKG deadCenter Reviews
Alien on Stage Dir. Danielle Kummer and Lucy Harvey This oddball documentary captures an amateur British stage production of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi masterpiece “Alien” which makes it from their small community theater to Leicester Square Theatre in London. Yes, you read that correctly. To make things weirder, the director, the writer, the actress playing Ellen […]
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Painful desires
Heather Levy knew she was courting controversy with her debut novel, but the praise is likely more to sell copies. Here’s what her publisher, Polis Books, says about “Walking Through Needles:” “When Sam Mayfair was sixteen, her life was shattered by an abuser close to her. News of her abuser’s murder fifteen years later should […]
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Plaza Walls
Within days of being named the city with the best public art by readers, Plaza Walls hosted the fifth Milk Crate Jam. Celebrating the four elements of hip-hop (DJing, graffiti, rapping and breakdancing), the event brought hundreds through the alley where murals were being continuously painted throughout the day while local mainstays like Jabee, Sativa […]
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Year in Review: Lindsay Harkness
OKG: Tell Us a little bit about yourself and your year in review? Lindsay Harkness: My name is Lindsay Harkness and I am the owner of DNA Galleries in the magical Plaza District. At this very moment, I am not sure that I have digested everything that has happened this year. My mom passed away […]
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Year in Review: Amy Potter
OKG: Tell Us a little bit about yourself and your year in review? Amy Potter: I am from Roanoke Virginia and moved away from home at the age of 15 to pursue ballet. I continued my education online and trained at a conservatory called Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts in Torrington Connecticut. From there, I […]
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Year in Review: Jabee Williams
OKG: Tell Us a little bit about yourself and your year in review? (Have you gotten covid or anyone near you been affected?) Jabee Williams: No, I haven’t had covid. Despite Covid and so many deaths, 2020 was good for me. Blessed. OKG: You had your new album come out in the middle of the […]
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Year in Review: Carlos Barboza
OKG: Tell Us a little bit about yourself? Carlos Barboza: My name is Carlos Barboza. I’m a muralist, a painter, and a 2020 survivor. OKG: You have been busy painting large murals across the city. What has been your favorite project this year? Carlos Barboza: The Stonecloud Brewing mural. It is easily my favorite project […]
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Year in Review: Shaun Murray
OKG: Tell us a little bit about yourself and your year compared to normal years? Shaun Murray: I grew up in NE OKC and have lived in OKC for most all of my life. I own a consulting business and I’m married to Kris Balaban who owns A Date with Iris floral studio at 4201 […]