nze pouring will be featured. Clint Howard, owner of the Deep in the Heart Foundry near Bastrop, Texas, will coordinate the nightly pours. FOOD AND MUSIC More than two dozen food vendors will be at the festival, Baker said, mostly located south of the Festival Plaza. The Arts After School gallery on the east side […]
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The Wiz: 30th Anniversary Edition
1978/2008 It’s hard to believe the same Sidney Lumet who delivered the blistering, brutal “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” this past year is the same director who gave us the safe, sanitary musical “The Wiz” three decades ago. But here, in a two-disc edition, is a high-tech reminder of a lo-fi film. Adapted from […]
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Riding with the Blue Moth by Bill Hancock
Nonfiction On Jan. 27, 2001, an Oklahoma State University plane crashed in Colorado; 10 people died in the crash, including Will Hancock, 31, the basketball team’s coordinator of media relations. “Riding with the Blue Moth,” a memoir by Will’s father, Bill Hancock, gives you a glimpse into his pain, but mostly sets the example of […]
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Various Artists – The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson
cover of “Darby’s Castle,” are unsettling in their mainstream approaches. Overall, “The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson” is a worthwhile, surprisingly low-key, listening experience with lots of hits and very few misses.”?Tracy M. Rogers
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Strong performances and production values drive Jewel Box’s highly entertaining ‘I Hate Hamlet’
aturing well-drawn characters and still-apt observations about the nature of acting for the stage versus screen. The material is well-served by both the fine cast and longtime Jewel Box costumer Charlotte Rose, making a strong directorial debut here. As the frustrated Andrew, Jared Blount starts off a little low-key surrounded by more strongly defined characters, […]
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Joan Matzdorf’s landscape paintings and more are on display at the state Capitol
“Landscapes and More” Governor’s Gallery, state Capitol 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday through Dec. 26 free 521-2931, www.arts.ok.gov Born to a mother and father who were both avid painters, Joan Matzdorf knew art was in her blood, and has found joy in it throughout her life. The Tulsa native travels extensively, taking her paints with her […]
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Comedian Brian Regan continually updates jokes for a fresh take on the world around him
Brian Regan 7:30 p.m. Thursday Rose State College Performing Arts Theater 6420 S.E. 15th, Midwest City www.brianregan.com 297-2264 $39.50 When Brian Regan found that people knew him as the stand-up comedian who always hunched over and paced around the stage, he decided to stand up straight. When he heard that people knew him as the […]
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Surrealist art inspired by lowbrow culture on display in OKC
Artists inspired by underground comics, hot rods, street culture and commercial art currently have their eclectic pieces showcased at “Pop Surrealism,” showing through April 21 at City Arts Center at Fair Park. Pop surrealists use the “lowbrow” art of cartoons and graphic design to create art that critiques war, American commercialism and popular culture. “It […]
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The Ten-Minute Sexual Solution: A Busy Couple’s Guide to Having More Fun, Intimacy, and Sex
Dr. Darcy Luadzers Hatherleigh Press Hard to believe, but some couples forget to spend time with each other. Lack of intimacy can drive a wedge into any relationship, and our state has a divorce rate to prove it. Sex therapist Darcy Luadzers is here to help, with tips on reigniting romance for those who […]
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Carpenter Square treats Pulitzer-winning ‘Picnic’ with reverence
William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play, “Picnic,” revolves around the people in a tiny Kansas town getting together for a Labor Day celebration. But what rides beneath the action is not fellowship so much as loneliness “? a gnawing ache to escape the boredom of their existence. Handsome drifter Hal blows into town, catching the […]