Jo Anne Kotlowski Credit: Taylor Bolding With chapters in more than 65 U.S. locations nationwide, the international, independent organization known as Raw hosts its first Oklahoma City show Thursday. The group was created in 2009 to increase visibility and resources for local, independent artists. According to Rachel Hernandez, co-director with Staci Campbell for Raw in […]
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Ellis county
As a tried and true blues guitarist, Tinsley Ellis holds no delusions of taking the world by storm. Besides, the workman musician — who just turned 55 — already gets to enjoy something just as good. A father figure of sorts in the genre, he helped spawn the career of a young Derek Trucks, who […]
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Flattered glass
Mark A. Reigelman II’s “Breaking the Bottle” Reflecting on a full decade at its downtown location, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art debuts Fusion: A New Century of Glass on Thursday. In 2002, renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly’s work was showcased at OKCMOA’s grand opening. Now coming full circle, Fusion showcases more than 20 contemporary […]
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A crappy show
Austin, Texas-based garage musician Orville Bateman Neely stays busy. He produces records for the likes of The Strange Boys, drums for A Giant Dog, co-fronts Bad Sports and runs sound at Austin venue Beerland. Oh, and currently on its first national tour, his own band, OBN IIIs, plays 10 p.m. Saturday at The Blue Note […]
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Breast intentions
It’s not unusual for pregnant women to feel less than beautiful, and Oklahoma City artist Kelly Brinkmeyer was no exception. During her pregnancy in 2007, she channeled this frustration and killed two birds with one stone: learning to love her body while creating art — some nudity required. It was a hot July day when […]
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Andy hardy
See through the eyes of Andy Warhol at The Cult of Personality, a new exhibit opening Friday at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Celebrity Polaroid portraits shot by the legendary pop artist will be on display, along with two Warhol paintings and portraits by Harold Stevenson, Warhol’s contemporary and colleague. Taken in preparation […]
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Fringe group
When you read, what do you see? It is inevitable that our brains are busy cooking up images to fit what we’re reading, be it a book, a poem or even a verse. In order to get a visual of these images, Fringe presents its debut exhibition, I See What You Are Saying, on Friday […]
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The Sooner seen
Oklahoma’s long and abiding love affair with the movies dates back nearly to the dawn of cinema itself. Will Rogers was the biggest movie star of his day, and fellow Oklahomans like Tom Mix and Gene Autry weren’t far behind. Cimarron, which depicted the 1889 Land Run, was one of the earliest Oscar winners for […]
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Hey! Do this
snap this We all know that caterpillars become butterflies, but what happens after that? Windle Turley, author of “The Amazing Monarch,” a photographic chronicle of the monarch butterfly’s migration patterns, answers that question with his new exhibit, now on display through March 18 at Oklahoma City University’s Norick Art Center, 2501 N. Blackwelder. Admission is […]