Crowds swelled at the OKC Farmers Public Market, waiting to enter the 2010 Carnality Ball when a handful of Bible-thumping protesters with bullhorns set up shop across the street. Hellfire-and-brimstone Scripture was volleyed at scantily clad women and drag queens, but members of the avant-garde band Of the Tower stormed out in costume, banging drums […]
Charles Martin
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Shimmy show
When Soraya Al Musri turned her back on the Royal Ballet School in London to begin a family in America, she knew she wouldn’t be able to return. “I knew I wanted to dance still, since I’d always danced, but you can’t go to a ballet company at 30 years old. It just doesn’t happen,” […]
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Fighting words
Elaborate belts, ridiculous costumes, fabricated rivalries, convoluted story lines. They’re all part of Rob Sturma’s vision for Extreme Championship Poetry, staged the fourth Friday of each month at the IAO Gallery. Tired of stale readings rife with petty politics, he created ECP as a way to present the earnest soul of slam poetry through the […]
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War games
“Yeah, those little BBs can really hurt,” Marine Corps veteran Carl Lostracco said as he watched the teenager wipe the blood away. Seconds later, Lostracco caught a small, plastic BB in the cheek and winced back into cover as his men continued to defend their position during an AirWolf E.A.S. simulation mission. The teams used […]
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Prost!
Mike Turek, the owner of Old Germany, 15920 S.E. 29th in Choctaw, will talk as long as you’ll sit and listen about the history of Oktoberfest and the beers that were inspired by the annual event. His family took the chance of a lifetime by packing up and leaving the old country behind to set […]
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Film schooled
Once upon a time, the road to Tinseltown wound through a humble little metropolis, still in its infancy, known as Oklahoma City. Studios built offices downtown where thousands of rolls of film were stashed safely in fireproof vaults that, only occasionally, would explode. The rise and fall of the district is recounted in historian Bradley […]
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Whiskey business
Bartenders a bit more bold might instead reach for a whiskey to get a taste from which to build. Some local bartenders are on the forefront of exploring the boundaries of whiskey, including James Etzler (pictured right) of The Office Drinks and Nosh, 5929 N. May. He’s concocted several drinks using different types of whiskeys, […]
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Mud bath
The Dirty 30 is almost upon us. Organizers of the inaugural mud-running event will take over five kilometers of ranch land in Mulhall to set up an obstacle course. With seven tons of mud and 15 obstacles, competitors will need more than grit and determination — they’ll need a change of clothes. Organizer Vince Parker […]
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Big ‘Bang’ theory
The Bang Bang collective’s recent performance of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” was a thing to behold. What little shred of gender identity in the original script was expunged as nearly every role had some element of male/female impersonation, including creative director Cassidy Warner as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a girl performing as a guy dressed up […]
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Oklahoma’s own globe-trotting rocker-cum-professor returns home from China with a renewed vigor
Tyson Meade with Seth McCarroll and Mickey Reece8 p.m. FridayThe Chouse717 W. Boyd, Normanwww.tysonmeade.com447-9805$10 When Tyson Meade fans line up Friday at The Chouse in Norman during his annual pilgrimage of solo shows, it won’t be the primal howl from his days with Chainsaw Kittens and Defenstration they’ll hear, but more of the eternally youthful […]