Many may consider “The Grapes of Wrath” the quintessential novel about Oklahoma. Novelist Rilla Askew does not. “People think they know the story of Oklahoma during the Thirties because Steinbeck’s book has become iconic,” said Askew. “The image of Oklahoma is of the Joads heading west on the Mother Road. The state gets summed up […]
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Festival of the Arts featuring 144 artists this year
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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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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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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The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril by Paul Malmont
Fiction Of the more than 100 novels I read in 2006, none gave me more pleasure than this summer’s debut from Paul Malmont, “The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril.” A serious book with a funny name, Malmont’s what-if adventure features two real-life writers as its protagonists: Lester Dent and William Gibson. Dent and Gibson serve […]