Jim Keffer’s Food for Thought Using sculpture, photography, painting and cardboard, four artists created works to portray their individual perspectives of the American Southwest for JRB Art at The Elms’ current exhibition. Joy Reed Belt, gallery owner and curator, selected artists Shirley Thomson-Smith, Jim Keffer, Jenny Gummersall and Jason Cytacki for the Art of the […]
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Good humor
Ty Tyler Credit: Mark Hancock “It’s great to be associated with some fun,” said Ty Tyler, president of Tyler Media, who oversaw the format change from Radio Disney to 24/7 Comedy. “It helps put people in a good mood, and there’s certainly nothing like it in Oklahoma City.” The brainchild of 24/7 Comedy is George […]
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KKNG of kings
Larru Sousa at KKNG radio Credit: Mark Hancock It’s not to be confused with the KKNG that became the current KJKE radio, 93.3. KJKE is the station with the big stick (industry jargon for a powerful signal); KKNG is so low-power, in fact, it has trouble covering the entire metro. Sousa, who spent 38 years […]
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Oklahoma Gazette, okc BIZ honored
okc BIZ won best magazine in the state, besting second-place Tulsa People and third-place Oklahoma Today. biz writer Kelley Chambers took third-place honors in magazine News Writing for a series on Oklahoma metro development. In Newspaper Division A, which encompasses publications with a circulation of more than 25,000, Oklahoma Gazette won third-best newspaper in the […]
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For sale: KFOR
KFOR and its sister station, KAUT Channel 43, are among 21 stations up on the block by Oak Hill Capital Partners, the parent company of Local TV LLC. “I can’t say anything about it. All I can tell you is we’re for sale,” said Joe Kozlowski, KFOR’s creative services director. A spokesman for Local TV, […]
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The Thief of Bagdad
The 1924 fantasy-adventure is considered widely as actor/writer/producer Douglas Fairbanks’ tour de force. Raoul Walsh (White Heat) may serve as director of the silent Arabian Nights adaptation, but the show is Fairbanks’ and the performer knows it, traipsing with abandon through the exquisite, no-expense-spared sets. (They come courtesy the mind and body of Oscar-winning production […]
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Joke-lahoma
Since 1928, the Oklahoma City Gridiron Club annually has roasted newsmakers, both local and national, and this year’s satirical show is no exception. Audiences of More Obama Drama or Oklahoma is Well Red can expect only the most outlandish from the volunteer troupe of media professionals, said Andrew Harris, chief executive of advertising agency Liquid […]
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Back from Hell
Presented as four days of a taped holiday — because apparently, that’s what young people do — the movie follows a handful of pals who vacay together, screw around with a Ouija board and eat shish kabob outdoors. In other words, not a Hell of a lot happens beyond the occasional person screaming from outside. […]
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The Crimson Petal and the White
Romola Garai (Atonement) plays Sugar, a 19-year-old prostitute pimped out by her own mother (The X-Files’ Gillian Anderson, almost unrecognizable) to the hoity-toity about town. One such uncool customer is William Rackham (O’Dowd), a soap titan married to a mentally ill woman (Amanda Hale, Bright Star). So taken is he by Sugar’s honeypot that he […]
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The Spy returns to radio
So long, Chopin and Mozart. Hello, Cut Copy and Morrissey. “The Spy has done a tremendous job of tapping into the pulse of the community to provide a vibrant venue for music genres that are completely underserved in our state,” said Kelly Burley, KOSU director. “Through our partnership, we look forward to amplifying what The […]