“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 […]
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Bright Eyes – Cassadaga
Saddle Creek Get your diaries, plastic framed glasses and ratty Converse sneakers ready, kids’ it’s time for a new Bright Eyes album. A few tracks on “Cassadaga” are fresh and fun. “Four Winds” is upbeat and twangy, contrasting nicely with front man/loner icon Conor Oberst’s shaky and often feminine voice. “Soul Singer in a […]
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Next
Reviewers’ grade: B- “Next” is not technically a time-travel flick, but it’s close enough to be susceptible both to the genre’s kaleidoscopic joys and its lapses in logic. Loosely based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, the movie is a frothy blast of hokum that’s clever as long as you don’t scrutinize it […]
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OKC Zoo holding birthday party for planet Earth
When kids celebrate a birthday, there’s cake and ice cream, but hardly ever a gorilla. But from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Oklahoma City Zoo, children of all ages are invited to a birthday party for Earth that will include just that and much more. Candice Rennels, public relations technician for the […]
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OKC Theatre Co. does classic ‘Cat’ right
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 of Oklahoma City Theatre Company. […]