This year, the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma celebrates its 10th anniversary. Built originally on a partnership with Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, England, the institution opened its Bricktown doors in 2009 to 160 students, a figure that would grow exponentially throughout the next decade. Curating a curriculum of […]
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Radical art
Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts and Crafts Movement Saturday-Jan. 6 Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch Drive okcmoa.com 405-236-3100 Free-$12 On Saturday, Oklahoma City Museum of Art opens Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts and Crafts Movement, its latest display featuring works from as early as the mid-1800s. The […]
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Cover Story: SOLE PASSION: Gayle Curry steps into Science Museum Oklahoma’s latest exhibit
“I let the painting lead me,” Curry said. “I used to always try to direct my paintings, but with the wax, I find it kind of has a life of its own.”
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Letters to the Editor: April 26, 2017
Something’s rotten Last month, in the midst of all the events within our country and around the world, an event occurred that received little attention. During the March 22 terrorist attack in London, President Donald Trump Jr. tweeted a message to Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London. This tweet was sent as the terrorist attack unfolded, […]
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Samantha Crain cuts loose while keeping focused on new album You Had Me At Goodbye
Crain has an album release show with Husbands 8 p.m. March 24 at Opolis in Norman.
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The Toasters brings its fiercely independent ska back to Oklahoma City
The band keeps a connection to Oklahoma through Norman-based Megalith Records.
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Elvis Costello remembers country music legend Merle Haggard ahead of return to Oklahoma City
Costello lists Merle Haggard as an early influence in the world of country music. Costello has covered Haggard several times.
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Chicken-Fried News: Gooooooaaaal!
Oklahoma City Energy Football Club Assistant Coach Christopher Spendlove will return to his post after being cleared of murder and manslaughter in Liverpool, England.
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Back to the future
Fallin offends everyone,straight and gayOklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin put the state in the national spotlight in 2013, but not in a positive way. Fallin, in her infinite wisdom, decided unilaterally that a federal mandate directing spousal benefits to same-sex couples in the military would not take place in Oklahoma. As a result, Fallin pulled spousal […]
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:1″><span style=" Times New Roman”,”serif”;mso-fareast-Times New Roman”; mso-font-kerning:18.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ES-BO”> Compelling explanations The Bank of England, arguing before the U.K.’s Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards in October, warned against limiting the bonuses that bankers have come to expect from their lucrative deals — because that might encroach on their “human rights.” The bank suggested […]