Nonfiction This literary anthology encompasses 50 years of Playboy magazine content, much of it fiction, with authors as varied as Arthur C. Clarke, Jay McInerney, Ray Bradbury, Donald E. Westlake and Ian Fleming. On the commentary side of things, there’s Norman Mailer, Scott Turow and Daves Barry and Mamet. Iconic features of Hef’s influential revolutionary […]
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Lola Ray – Liars
Lola Ray‘s debut album, 2004’s “I Don’t Know You,” proved the musicians weren’t content to be another pop-punk act. With hints of Eighties new-wave woven throughout their songs, the bandmates showed they know how to play melodic leads as well as bang out the power chords. “Liars” is further proof that Lola Ray wants […]
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Happy Birthday Oklahoma!
Only one official Oklahoma centennial projects is experienced through the perspective of a bird named Boomer Scissortail: “Happy Birthday Oklahoma!,” an illustrated children’s book written by local man John Morrow. The full-color, 56-page hardback follows Boomer as he learns about significant events in state history, starting with Oklahoma’s 1907 statehood and ending with a centennial […]
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Get Published!: Professionally, Affordably, Fast
Not everybody who wants to write a book should, but the advent of print-on-demand technology has anybody to become a published author. Companies like iUniverse will print anybody’s not-so-great American novel (or anything else) for a fee or a huge cut of the profits, if any. “Get Published!: Professionally, Affordably, Fast ” is a how-to […]
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Childhood nostalgia evident in OKC artist’s paintings
Oklahoma City illustrator Christopher Nick likes to paint things that “remind me of my childhood.” State Capitol visitors can see the childlike optimism in his exhibit, “Capturing the Heart,” which will be featured through June 3 in the East Gallery. COMMISSIONSThe vast majority of Nick’s paintings are commissions for various magazines and businesses. Nick’s piece […]
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Turkish ceramics get rare stateside showing
Works of art rarely seen on American soil are now on exhibit in Oklahoma City University’s Wanda L. Bass Music Center Atrium. Turkish ceramists Ibrahim Erdeyer and Mehmet G
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The Pollard in Guthrie succeeds at ambitious adaptation of ‘Ragtime’
The sprawling canvas of E.L. Doctorow’s novel “Ragtime” would appear too complex and enormous to translate to the musical stage, yet the Pollard Theatre in Guthrie has proven itself up to the challenge. In its thrilling opening, three different societal elements of America’s 1902 melting pot square off, while real-life characters like J.P. Morgan, Henry […]
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CityRep stages ‘Our Town’ with top-notch cast
Encompassing 12 years at Grover’s Corners, N.H., Thornton Wilder’s Pultizer Prize-winning “Our Town” “? put on by Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre with Oklahoma City University Department of Theatre “? focuses on the effects of industrialization on America, love, marriage and death. Most productions of “Our Town” are done on big, bare stages, so director Michael […]
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Head Game by Tim Downs
Tim Downs is a novelist whose thrillers get lumped the “Christian fiction” genre. This does not mean a pious lecture, but a story free of profanity and sex. You won’t miss their absence, because the page-turning thrills are there. Two Gulf War vets find their past catching up with them with a vengeance, courtesy of […]
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Parks and Recreation: Season Two
zon.com/e/cm?t=oklahgazet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B002N5N5PM&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr” style=”width: 120px; height: 240px;” marginwidth=”0″ marginheight=”0″> Universal Studios Home Entertainment has the audacity to slap the quote “This is the funniest show on television” on the back of the box of “Parks and Recreation.” So good thing it really is! While I’m still an unapologetic fan of the series’ abbreviated, foot-finding first season, “Parks […]