Kinky Friedman 8 p.m. Tuesday The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave. bluedoorokc.com 405-524-0738 $35-$40 There is no question that viewing great art has the potential to inspire an individual’s own great works. The Parthenon and ancient Greece had a lasting impact on architecture. Great African art helped inspire Pablo Picasso’s Cubism. Citizen Kane went […]
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Forgiven Skate Church ministers to young skaters
A typical service involves a four-hour open skate and a brief devotional.
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Carpenter Square Theatre’s Creating Claire humorously explores the conflict between science and religion
The play is directed by former Classen School of Advanced Studies theater teacher Terry Veal.
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The Non-Prophet Book of Common Prayer offers secular blessings for the hurting
The book from Literati Press opens with a release show and art exhibition Friday at Paseo Plunge.
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Oklahoma City Museum of Art exhibit showcases The Saint John’s Bible and the beauty of illumination
The exhibit also includes illuminated texts from Judaism and Islam.
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Pulitzer Prize winners don’t lie. Fact-check them.
Pulitzer Prize winners don’t lie. Fact-check them.
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First Pastafarian Church preaches a do-it-yourself art ethic
First Pastafarian Church is located at the former site of Norman’s Dope Chapel.
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Commentary: Sidewalks for a sense of community
He put down his cup of coffee, looked me in the eye, and asked, “Wait. Do you mean literal sidewalks?” I did mean literal sidewalks. It was the Thursday of Holy Week, so I wore my pastor’s collar, something not ordinarily required by our Presbyterian tradition. This group gathered for coffee and to discuss race-related […]
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Letters to the Editor: Dec. 31, 2014
The Oct. 8 article “Faith and fear” (News, Ben Felder, Oklahoma Gazette) at first struck me as more Islamic faith propaganda, but as I read, I realized that some of it might be true, or at least honest.
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If only I was a corporation
I should have expected the Hobby Lobby decision, given the record of the Roberts court, but it still made we wonder, yet again, if people are paying attention to what we are becoming — or more accurately, what we have become. Because Oklahoma’s Green family, which owns the company, objects on religious grounds to the […]