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Camp a lot
King GuitArthur and The Drüggs 8 p.m. Friday-SaturdayThe Boom2218 N.W. 39th kgatd.com/tickets601-7200$10-$13 Lots and lots of glitter. Written by Nicholas Tankersley and Matthew Alvin Brown and featuring 14 songs written by Brown, GuitArthur focuses on an alien rock band that comes to Earth and gives one final show before they destroy the planet with their […]
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Purple prose
Regionally, the Poteet Theatre is the first community theater to perform The Color Purple, a stage adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning novel. Before director Jay Prock even received the script, he spent two years researching for the production. “We want to tell stories that bring hope to people’s lives,” he said, adding that he believes […]
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Gathering Mauss
Shane Mauss has a different way of looking at the world. The comedian is a native of Wisconsin, but found his way to the stage in Boston. His sarcastic, laconic style is reminiscent of late-night conversations with intelligent, mildly stoned friends. “People tell me I have a unique delivery, but I don’t really know what […]
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Artistic endeavors
The audience is both omniscient and clueless viewing Keith Bunin’s The Credeaux Canvas, a 2001 play now at Ghostlight Theatre Club, under the direction of Emily Etherton. One moment, we possess important information the characters don’t know, and the next moment, they’re springing something new on us. Set in the world of struggling artists in […]
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Funny farm
That’s when Oklahoma’s senior senator decided to clarify the issue of gays in the military by talking about bestiality. According to the Tulsa World, Inhofe assured the audience that lifting the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy did not, in fact, legalize bestiality in the military — just in case you were wondering. Riding the […]
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Funny farm
That’s when Oklahoma’s senior senator decided to clarify the issue of gays in the military by talking about bestiality. According to the Tulsa World, Inhofe assured the audience that lifting the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy did not, in fact, legalize bestiality in the military — just in case you were wondering. Riding the […]
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Creature of the note
Pipe dreams become nightmares on Friday night, when the University of Oklahoma School of Music and the American Organ Institute add live organ accompaniment to the 1922 classic “Nosferatu,” arguably the earliest vampire movie with any bite. “For 1922, it’s a fantastic horror film,” said John Schwandt, associate professor of organ and AOI director, who […]
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Auss-ome
After years of relentless touring and 13,000 records sold independently, self-made minstrels The Wishing Well show no signs of slowing. A festival fixture in Europe and its native Australia, the orchestral-rock act remains relatively unknown here, but the group hopes its maiden tour of the States will change that. Founding members, vocalist/guitarist Jai Larkin and […]
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Centennial highs
OKC’s grand dame of hotels re-opened in 2007 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. A week-long celebration is planned to commemorate 100 years (see sidebar Page 22). The Skirvin Hilton, located at 1 Park Ave., gets its character from a combination of the old and new: vintage woodwork in the lobby, intricate […]