Take a step inside Balliets, 5801 N.W. Grand, and the apparel choice is simple. Owner DeDe Benham said it’s all about dresses with a splash of color. “Short- and long-sleeve dresses are just as important as the gowns,” she said. “Colored sparkles and sequins are all over the dresses.” To complete the look, she recommended […]
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Sparkle motion
Take a step inside Balliets, 5801 N.W. Grand, and the apparel choice is simple. Owner DeDe Benham said it’s all about dresses with a splash of color. “Short- and long-sleeve dresses are just as important as the gowns,” she said. “Colored sparkles and sequins are all over the dresses.” To complete the look, she recommended […]
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Sparkle motion
Take a step inside Balliets, 5801 N.W. Grand, and the apparel choice is simple. Owner DeDe Benham said it’s all about dresses with a splash of color. “Short- and long-sleeve dresses are just as important as the gowns,” she said. “Colored sparkles and sequins are all over the dresses.” To complete the look, she recommended […]
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Emmanuel forever
Almost 10 years to the day, Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel still remembers almost every detail of a show he played in Oklahoma City. “Right after 9/11, I came through, and it was one of my first shows of the tour. Everyone was still pretty numb,” Emmanuel said. “I found some poetry about America, and I […]
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‘Rum’ punch
Screw the Eggnog, Pass the Rum: Eggnog 2: Electric Boogaloo8 p.m. Friday-Saturday Ghostlight Theatre Club 3110 N. Walker 286-9412 $30 Any theater company not presenting a variation of “A Christmas Carol” this time of year garners extra gold stars. Seeking something different last season, Ghostlight Theatre Club came up with an original variety show called […]
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Fa-la-la-la femme
December Divas7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday Lyric Plaza Theatre 1725 N.W. 16th www.lyrictheatreOKC.com 524-9312 $25-$30 The brainchild of Lyric’s artistic director Michael Baron, “December Divas” is a unique holiday show meant to provide a showcase for Lyric talent and an alternative to traditional Christmas shows. Having successfully programmed and […]
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‘Leverage’ steals an election
Leverage Sunday, 8 p.m. (TNT) TNT’s “Leverage” is a funnier “Mission: Impossible,” in which Timothy Hutton’s merry band of thieves, con artists and hackers set up elaborate stings to thwart that week’s bad guy. The series makes expert use of cheesy accents, stagy disguises and unlikely gizmos, not to mention wisecracks at the tensest moments. […]
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HEY! DO THIS
Rock this Follow the vibrations of a bass, the windy urgency of the kazoo, and the rhythmic thump of a two-piece drummer, and eventually, you’ll find the Hosty Duo. Together, Mike Hosty and Mike Byars comprise the Americana act, using their musical prowess to charm crowds statewide. Catch the two performing at 9 p.m. Christmas […]
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Remain calm
Children coerced into good behavior by threats of a dark, meaningless Christmas in which one of God’s very own saints skips their house because he, like their parents, has had it up to here with their acting out. This season’s hottest toy squirreled away in some out-of-reach and never-seen corner of the house, possibly acquired […]
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Do you hear what we hear?
“Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album”WHAT’D’YA BRING ME?: Sick of those “Glee” kids yet? Don’t answer yet! Let them present their peculiarly popular brand of glossy karaoke on holiday classics first, with the strangely titled “Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album,” because “Glee: The Christmas Album” just wasn’t descriptive enough. CANDY CANES: A stomp-rap version […]