First We Dance, Then We Greet, Then We Eat 2-4:30 p.m. Feb. 15, March 21 and April 18 SixTwelve 612 NW 29th St. sixtwelve.org 405-208-8291 $20-$75 Growing up in New York City suburb Rockland County, Marie Casimir belonged to a community of open doors. “I had access to lots of different cultures, but within that […]
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Act of hate
Around 6 a.m. Thursday, former governor and first lady David and Rhonda Walters received text messages from their maintenance director, who oversees the Walters’ commercial real estate. The building they own at 3700 N. Classen Blvd., which houses Oklahoma Democratic Party, Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County and other organizations, had been hit with […]
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Cover Story: Oklahoma Contemporary brings street art indoors with Not For Sale: Graffiti Culture in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Contemporary will host an opening night reception Oct. 5 and a hip-hop jam Nov. 4.
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Food briefs: Maples Barbecue, Current Studio dinner, Stone Sisters Pizza Bar and more
Todd Woodruff opens Austin-style barbecue restaurant Maples Barbecue; Current Studio pairs its Embrace exhibit with a dinner by Patrick Clark II; and Sheli Reynolds, Tami Lake and Traci Stone team up with Cally Johnson to open Stone Sisters Pizza Bar.
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Oklahoma Hip-Hop Festival returns to celebrate Oklahoma City’s first observance of Hip-Hop History Month
The festival premiered last year on Film Row but makes its new home this year at The Criterion.
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Chicken-Fried News: Back to black
Two OKC high schools started the school year with spray-painted graffiti on their walls.
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Gimme the Loot
Equally affable as they are gruff, Sophie and Malcolm hustle the streets by day. By night, they’re a relentless tag-teaming duo. Literally, they tag the streets of New York, leaving their mark as would-be graffiti masterminds. When some Mets fans start spray-painting over their turf, Sophie and Malcolm come up with the idea to break […]
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Skate, create, repeat
Once just an arrestable offense, graffiti has become an accepted art form. Because of the CRE8nSK8 (Create and Skate) Project of the Norman Public Arts Board, the Blake Baldwin Skate Park in Norman will be turned into a spray-paint mural. On Sunday, artists and volunteers will cover its outside walls and skate ramps, located at […]