The Newseum — a shrine to the power of the First Amendment and the history of journalism — closed the doors at its seven-story, 250,000 square-foot downtown Washington D.C. building last week, and its future is uncertain. Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell has an offer for the museum’s founders: Have you considered Guthrie, Oklahoma? Specifically […]
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Friendship foundation
The Hive Eatery in Edmond, 1141 E. Second Street, was born out of the bond between friendship and the desire to provide a dining destination that will make guests happy if they’re searching for indulgent comfort food or if they need organic, allergen-free clean eating. Ailene Siharath met Stephanie Ward-Armstrong during one of the most […]
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Halloween Guide: Invisible guests
Dennis Spielman and Jeff Provine play fictional ghost hunters on their podcast Tales Unveiled, but the people who share their ghost stories are (mostly) real. Now in its second season, the podcast follows reporter Sam Saxton (voiced by Uncovering Oklahoma producer Spielman) and professor Geoff DeRoot (Haunted Oklahoma City author Provine) as they interview Oklahomans […]
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Halloween Guide: Haunted haunts
From Edmond down to Norman, the metro area is full of opportunities to simultaneously get into the spooky holiday spirit and learn some history during various ghost tours. Author Jeff Provine has been helping lead ghost tours around Norman for a decade, but as his historical expertise has expanded after writing four books for Haunted […]
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Bloody Dead
Evil Dead: The Musical Friday-Nov. 2 The Pollard Theatre 120 W. Harrison Ave., Guthrie
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Chicken-Fried News: Asp clowns
OK, we are getting ready to head out on the town. Let us go over the checklist: Did you pack the bourbon? Check! What about the rattlesnake? You know it! Uranium? Radioactive as ever! A couple in Guthrie made national headlines when a routine traffic stop yielded all three unusual items, plus possession of a […]
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Musical threats
Disaster! June 7-29 Pollard Theatre 120 W. Harrison Ave., Guthrie thepollard.org 405-282-2800 $15-$30 Guthrie’s Pollard Theatre Company is following its production of Beehive: The ’60s Musical by leaping ahead a decade to ensure the 2018-2019 season ends in Disaster! While both productions are called “jukebox musicals” because their scores consist of popular songs, Disaster!, written […]
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Artistic Almosts
Almost, Maine Friday-March 2 Pollard Theatre 120 W. Harrison Ave., Guthrie thepollard.org 405-282-2800 $15-$25 According to urban legend, “almost” only counts with horseshoes and hand grenades, but it also figures pretty largely in John Cariani’s 2004 play Almost, Maine, coming to Pollard Theatre, 120 W. Harrison Ave., in Guthrie Friday–March 2. Tickets are $15-$25. Almost, […]
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Holidays: Radio life
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play Nov. 23-Dec. 23 The Pollard Theatre 120 W. Harrison Ave., Guthrie thepollard.org 405-282-2800 $15-$30 Guthrie’s Pollard Theatre Company has been staging A Territorial Christmas Carol for 30 years, but this year, artistic director W. Jerome Stevenson said the company just couldn’t do it. There was what Stevenson described […]
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Narrative novelty
The Little Mermaid 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, April 26-28 and May 3-5; 2 p.m. Sunday and April 29 Pollard Theatre 120 W. Harrison Ave. thepollard.org 405-282-2800 $15-$30 Fantasy and realism — in theory, they’re worlds apart, as different as sea and earth. But Pollard Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid presents a kid-friendly […]