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Reflecting Poole

Sideshow spotlights O. Gail Poole’s multifaceted exploration of “absurdism and human folly.”

By Jeremy Martin Jan 17, 2020

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Garden variety

Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble features four distinct works in Rustic Gardens.

By Jeremy Martin Jan 16, 2020

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American dream

Controversial Tony Award-winning musical Miss Saigon brings a 42-person cast and a three-ton helicopter to OKC.

By Jeremy Martin Jan 9, 2020

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Proudly hailed

Her Flag 2020 commemorates the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage with a national collaborative art project.

By Jeremy Martin Jan 8, 2020

Oklahoma History Center Marilyn Artus Seneca Falls Convention Declaration of Sentiments Her Flag 2020 Her Flag women’s suffrage suffrage Sunu Kodumthara Carter Sampson Angie LaPaglia 19th Amendment Denise Duong

American variations

Oklahoma City Philharmonic’s Minimalism in a New World celebrates a tradition of independent individualism.

By Jeremy Martin Dec 30, 2019

Oklahoma City Philharmonic Alexander Mickelthwate Frank Zappa Philip Glass Antonín Dvořák Minimalism in a New World Civic Center Music Hall Thelma Gaylord Performing Theatre National Conservatory of Music of America Harry Burleigh Will Marion Cook Duke Ellington Jennifer Koh Einstein on the Beach

Cosmic scale

Tom Shannon: Universe in the Mind | Mind in the Universe inspires existential questions.

By Jeremy Martin Dec 25, 2019

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Cover: New Year’s glee

Oklahoma Gazette suggests 10 ways to welcome the new year.

We’re miles away from the hustle and bustle (and record-breaking crowds of revelers) of Times Square, but from food halls to runways, listening rooms and barcades, the Oklahoma City metro has the perfect spot for everyone to ring in 2020.

By Jeremy Martin, Brittany Pickering, Miguel Rios and Jacob Threadgill Dec 23, 2019

New Year’s Eve The Fashion Art & Beauty Gala The F.A.B. Fashion Art & Beauty Gala Blac Box Collective Nicole Moan Nicole Moan’s Misfit Toys Willa Williams Jim Thompson Tara McKinney Palm Tree Don Oklahoma City Ballet Amy Potter Rio Byerly R.A.C.E. Dance Company Castle Row Studios Party Like It’s 1999 — New Year’s Eve Bash FlashBack RetroPub DJ Reaper New Year’s Eve at Parlor Parlor Parlor OKC Deep Deuce Angles’ New Year’s Eve Party 2020 Angles New Tribe New Year: Dark Side of the Moon The Blue Door New Tribe Pink Floyd NYE with The Imaginaries The Imaginaries Social Capital Shane Henry Maggie McClure Brian Setzer Orchestra Scissortail Park Angry Scotsman Brewing’s New Year’s Eve Celebration Angry Scotsman Brewing The Bottom of the Barrel New Year’s Eve Masquerade Ball The Sanctuary Barsilica Speakeasy’s ’90s–’00s Dance Party 51st Street Speakeasy Groovy’s Roaring ’20s New Year’s Eve Party! Groovy’s

Abundant life

Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s Renewing the American Spirit: The Art of the Great Depression showcases the many meanings of art restoration.

By Jeremy Martin Dec 23, 2019

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Double feature

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum puts film history on display with Two Grits.

Rooster Cogburn said, “Looking back is a bad habit,” but the 50th anniversary of True Grit has inspired a retrospective exhibit.

By Jeremy Martin Dec 20, 2019

True Grit Rooster Cogburn National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Two Grits - A Peek Behind the Eyepatch John Wayne Joel Coen Ethan Coen Coen Brothers Henry Hathaway Michael Grauer Old West Charles Portis American West Marion Morrison Kim Darby Hailee Steinfeld Mattie Ross

Body art

Two exhibitions at Mainsite Contemporary Art draw inspiration from the female figure.

By Jeremy Martin Dec 19, 2019

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Her story

Until We Organize chronicles the ERA’s past and might offer guidance for its future.

By Jeremy Martin Dec 12, 2019

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Unwavering Wall Street

After 20 years of researching a massacre in Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Randy Krehbiel releases a book focused on the city’s coverage of the incident.

A strange whistle pierced the Tulsa night at 5 a.m.

By Charles Martin Dec 11, 2019

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Oklahoma rocks

The Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City artist-in-residence Jennifer Woods creates jewelry inspired by the state’s natural landscape.

Before Jennifer Woods became a jeweler, she was a child in rural Oklahoma, picking rocks and chicken eggs up off the ground.

By Jeremy Martin Nov 28, 2019

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‘Friendly meetings’

Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker encourages the audience to step into Austen’s world and celebrate the season with friends.

By Jeremy Martin Nov 27, 2019

Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker Shakespeare on the Paseo Jane Austen Tyler Woods Erin Woods Pride and Prejudice Emma Northanger Abbey Christmas

Show support

Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice presents local art exhibition Fighting for Abortion Access Is an Act of Love.

By Jeremy Martin Nov 15, 2019

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Seeing stars

Science Museum Oklahoma’s Cosmic Culture explores the intersection of artistic inspiration and scientific discovery.

By Jeremy Martin Nov 6, 2019

Culture entertainment A&C & Culture Cosmic Culture: Intersections of Art and Outer Space outer space Cosmic Culture Intersections of Art and Outer Space smART Space gallery art exhibit Science Museum Oklahoma Jacob Hashimoto The Other Sun Margaret Zuckerman Alyson Atchison Kysa Johnson The Long Goodbye Carrie Dickason Oklahoma Tulsa Chelsey Bonestell Citizen Kane International Space Hall of Fame New Mexico NASA Adler Planetarium Joseph Chamberlain National Aeronautics and Space Administration Coasmos Carl Sagan

Halloween Guide: Invisible guests

Locally produced podcast Tales Unveiled uses a fictional frame to share supernatural stories from real Oklahomans.

Dennis Spielman and Jeff Provine play fictional ghost hunters on their podcast Tales Unveiled, but the people who share their ghost stories are (mostly) real.

By Jeremy Martin Oct 25, 2019

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Global art

An exhibit at National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum highlights the similarities of ceramics from all over the world.

By Jeremy Martin Sep 26, 2019

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Rising comic

Nick Offerman embraces his status as a true comedian on his All Rise tour.

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.

By Jeremy Martin Sep 20, 2019

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Okie fringe

OKC’s latest fringe festival features a variety of theater and film experiences.

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.

By Jeremy Martin Sep 18, 2019

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