erforming%20Arts%20review%20thumbnails/hottinroof.jpg” width=”150″ align=”right” vspace=”10″ border=”0″ />Before women had found and owned their power, there was Tennessee Williams’ South. There, gentlemen still practiced a patriarchal dismissal of women, even as they regularly succumbed to their wily manipulation. Williams used this dynamic social contradiction to help weave “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” now a production […]
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Various artists – Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Death Proof’
0pt”> Warner Bros. “Grindhouse” bombed big to the surprise of all Hollywood, but if there’s one thing any Quentin Tarantino film can assure you, it’s a great sound track. And “Death Proof”‘ his half of “Grindhouse”‘ is no different. Like other QT discs, it’s a mix of old film themes, bona fide rock classics, […]
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Tattoo artists to show their stuff at OKC convention
More than a hundred artists will set up shop at the second annual OKC Tattoo Convention, held Friday through Sunday at the Farmers Public Market, 311 S. Klein. The convention will be the first of its kind in Oklahoma since tattooing became legal last year. “There were artists in Oklahoma that we’d look at […]
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Touch a Truck’ gives kids hands-on experience with big vehicles
More than 30 vehicles ranging from garbage trucks to fire engines to a hot air balloon will fall prey to the wandering hands of children 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. That’s when Mothers Offering Mothers Support hosts the third annual “Touch A Truck” event at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds, 615 E. Robinson in Norman. “Kids […]
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Cats’ celebrating 25th anniversary with OKC shows
“Cats” is about to pounce on Oklahoma City, bringing dozens of human-sized felines to the stage at Civic Center Music Hall. The award-winning musical first opened in 1981 in London, and came to American stages a year later for an 18-year run, making “Cats” the longest running musical in the history of British theater […]
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Kickin’ It Old Skool
Reviewers’ grade: D- At first I thought that “Skool” was spelled that way due to urban patois. Now I’ve seen the movie and I know that “skool” is misspelled because no one associated with this disaster is smart enough to spell it correctly. Yes, it’s that dumm. Jamie Kennedy plays “? I just can’t write […]
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Air – Pocket Symphony
with “Pocket Symphony.” Comprised of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Beno
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The Invisible
Reviewers’ grade: D “The Invisible” presents a gang of unappealing characters in an unbelievable situation. While the same might be said of Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed,” don’t confuse the two. David S. Goyer’s film follows the “Ghost”-ly antics of a teenager as he tries desperately to save his own life by getting those responsible for […]
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Norman museum holds Native American Youth Language Fair
A battle of wits and words will be waged Thursday and Friday at the fifth annual Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair. Held at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua in Norman, participants will demonstrate their knowledge of more than 18 different American Indian languages. Students compete in spoken […]
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Norman’s May Fair full of kids’ activities
A park is generally a place where kids can play. An art show is generally for adults looking to be inspired. But Friday through Sunday, art meets the park at Norman’s 33rd annual May Fair Arts Festival. May Fair’s 2007 Celebrated Artist, Bob Palmer, will let kids help him create three canvas murals honoring […]