Hair 1Feb. 6-10 Mitchell Hall Theatre University of Central Oklahoma 100 N. University Drive, Edmond cityrep.com 405-848-3761 $8-$30 Billed as The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, Hair opened in 1968 on Broadway, where it ran 1,742 performances, earned a Tony nomination and topped the Billboard charts. That wasn’t supposed to happen. “It was not at all […]
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Survey: OKC is the 10th best city in which to start a business
Oklahoma City was recently named the 10th best city to start a small business by a San Francisco based professional services website.
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Well done, Jack
Master cutter Jake Phelps saw a unique opportunity to provide something different, so he approached artist and creative director Jerrod Smith of The Society, a community art space founded in 2011, to see how they could combine talents. Smith had spent two years developing the brand for The Society but was intrigued by the idea […]
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Oh, hair, no!
Credit: Brad Gregg In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Major- ity Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Coburn called for curtailing transportation perks for lawmakers and their staff as well as various programs offered by the Senate and House learning centers. A number of those classes, he contends, range from spring cleaning […]
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Old gray Mitt
If you had my trained eye, you would recognize that the gray has been combed in and then given a smooth brush to make the temples just perfect. Now, when old Mitt puts on a sport coat with a white shirt and a tie and denims, he’s sure he’s the sexiest 65-year-old in America. How […]
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Hair’s the deal
When it comes to empowering Oklahoma women, Terrainia Harris and Shekeeta Taylor put their passion to work. In 2010, they founded Resilient Soul, which aims to empower the health and culture of women. Friday through Sunday, Resilient Soul hosts its second annual Oklahoma Naturals expo, promoting organic health and beauty products and service that celebrate […]
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Locks and loaded
While Oklahoma’s windy clime can leave a girl to think, “Why bother?” it’s helpful to have our hair IQ in order before we succumb to a life of ponytails and knit caps. Is the reason so many folks keep the hairstyle they wore in high school because they are trying to recapture their youth, or […]
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Beautiful, long ‘Hair’
Developed in 1967, “Hair” is more experience than narrative, immersing the audience in the culture and conflicts of the 1960s through mostly great songs and loosely connected scenes. It bravely tackled taboo issues of the time, including the hippie lifestyle, civil rights, drug use, the sexual revolution and the antiwar movement. What story there is […]