Pollard Theatre Company has revived The Miracle Worker, William Gibson’s 1959 biographical drama about the meeting of young Helen Keller with her first teacher, Annie Sullivan, in a production that features a couple of affecting performances by actors in the principal roles. And what great leading roles they are. Set in the 1880s around the […]
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Their land
Late folk legend Pete Seeger influenced Woody Guthrie as much as Guthrie did him, and he will receive a posthumous award acknowledging just that. BY SHANNON HELTON “It’s because of Pete Seeger that I know the chorus of every folk song,” said Nora Guthrie, daughter of the late Woody Guthrie. Millions more exposed to his […]
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Art funding cuts proposed
House Bill 2850 is a measure to cut public funding for the Oklahoma Arts Council on what is phrased an “emergency basis.” The bill lays out a plan to defund the OAC and is cued for consideration when the Oklahoma Legislature convenes Feb. 3. Bill author Rep. Dan Fisher proposes that OAC funding be cut […]
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Stop on by
FRIDAY DOWNTOWN STAGEAshford 10 a.m. Porch Mice 11:30 a.m.Camile Harp 1 p.m.Erica James Band 2:30 p.m.Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors 3:30 p.m.Luke Dick 5:00 p.m.Horse Thief 6:30 p.m.South Side Cindy and the Slip-Tones 8:00 p.m.Jeff Austin the Here and the Now 9:30 p.m.Del McCoury Band 11 p.m. Nathaniel Rateliff and Night Sweats 1:00 a.m. FRIDAY […]
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Ghost writer
A local author will detail mysterious graves, ransacking outlaws and a religious cult in his latest nonfiction work, disclosing the little-known history of two Oklahoma towns. David A. Farris, resident of Oklahoma City, reached back as far as 127 years in the state’s history to write Edmond and Guthrie, a Little Off the Tracks, his […]
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Various artists — Woody Guthrie at 100!: Live at the Kennedy Center
One look at the artists featured on Woody Guthrie at 100!: Live at the Kennedy Center — a concert album/DVD recorded on what would have been his 100th birthday — and his far-reaching impact is clear. Who else could influence both Old Crow Medicine Show and Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello to the same […]
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Running for Chris
See Spot Run He was an avid athlete who excelled at wrestling. In fact, nearly everything Chris Cowden did was fitness-related. He loved to lift weights, snowboard, run — anything that involved pushing himself to be his best. Chris was one of those rare, charismatic people who made everyone feel as if they were his […]
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This museum kills fascists
But when she began to explore boxes and boxes of materials from the family’s home in Coney Island, N.Y., — writings, drawings and song compositions — she got a whole new picture of her dad and his lasting legacy. “The boxes were all over our house on bookshelves and desks, kitchen drawers, just everywhere,” she […]
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CFN Quote of the week
“Guthrie, specifically, is a town that lots of musicians rave about. They’re like, ‘It’s fucking awesome; it’s mental.’” —Mumford & Sons guitarist Winston Marshall, telling Oklahoma Gazette why the Logan County town was chosen as one of only three U.S. locations for a music festival in September
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Mumford’s the word!
Guthrie is one of only five cities in the world — three in the United States — that will host the tour. The mini-festival will span two nights, with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros performing Friday, Sept. 6. Other confirmed featured guests are Alabama Shakes, The Vaccines, Willy Mason, Bear’s Den and Half Moon […]