The Rocky Horror Show Oct. 9-Nov. 2 Lyric at the Plaza 1727 NW 16th St. lyrictheatreokc.com 405-524-9312 $25-$63 Now best known as a cult-classic midnight movie during which viewers throw toast and yell “asshole” and “slut” at the screen, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show first came to life as an experimental musical theater production […]
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OKG Lifestyle: James Nghiem
Around OKC EAT: veggie burger at The Press WATCH: Big Mouth (Netflix) LISTEN: Harold Storey’s Tunes/Toons podcast READ: Blankets by Craig Thompson LOVE: The Pump Bar EXPERIENCE: Red Dirt Poetry at Sauced on Paseo Outside OKC EAT: fresh salmon from Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle WATCH: Gentleman Jack (HBO) LISTEN: Bubble podcast READ: I-D Magazine LOVE: vinho […]
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British heavy metal powerhouse Iron Maiden lands in Oklahoma City June 19
The band’s latest album, The Book of Souls, earned the group some of its strongest accolades since the 1980s.
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Letters to the Editor: April 26, 2017
Something’s rotten Last month, in the midst of all the events within our country and around the world, an event occurred that received little attention. During the March 22 terrorist attack in London, President Donald Trump Jr. tweeted a message to Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London. This tweet was sent as the terrorist attack unfolded, […]
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Elvis Costello remembers country music legend Merle Haggard ahead of return to Oklahoma City
Costello lists Merle Haggard as an early influence in the world of country music. Costello has covered Haggard several times.
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London Has Fallen is more testosterone than substance
London Has Fallen is poorly made and unnecessarily savage.
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:1″><span style=" Times New Roman”,”serif”;mso-fareast-Times New Roman”; mso-font-kerning:18.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ES-BO”> Worth the commute Downtown London residences are known to be staggeringly expensive, but media blogger Sam Cookney calculated in October just how much. Cookney said he can live in an upscale apartment in Barcelona, Spain, and commute almost every workday to London (700 miles […]
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The Frozen Dead
Said scientist is Dr. Norberg (Dana Andrews, Airport 1975), who lives in London, even if his heart belongs to Germany — Nazi Germany, in fact: “I’m as good a Nazi as I was 25 years ago.” So dedicated to his party is he that Norberg thirsts to bring deceased members of the Third Reich back […]
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Comes a Bright Day
The story surrounds a hostage situation during the attempted theft of a diamond butterfly broach commissioned by Napoleon and valued at some $1 million and change, and the efforts of a mild-mannered errand runner (Craig Roberts, Jane Eyre) to become a hero in the face of danger. So what if it mostly to impress the […]
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Torch slinger
Robert Block “This all came about by being president of the academy,” he said. “Hopefully this will become a tradition of the president traveling to the Olympics each year.” Before Block could make his trip, however, he had to train. “I started out doing a rapid run,” he said. “Now I can jog about half […]