Minimalism in a New World 8 p.m. Jan. 11 Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. okcphil.org 405-594-8300 $19-$82 What do composers Frank Zappa, Philip Glass and Antonín Dvořák have in common? “First of all, I really love all of them,” said Oklahoma City Philharmonic musical director and conductor Alexander Mickelthwate. “I wanted to […]
Philip Glass
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Contemporary shift
Celebrating a decade of work with Oklahoma City Ballet, artistic director Robert Mills has seen the company’s abilities increasingly recognized on the national and world stage, but they’re still waiting for some people in their hometown to get with the program.Just securing permission to perform Petite Mort, the featured work on the triple bill opening […]
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Days of Lives
“Let’s just say we kept our shit together,” singer Jesse Tabish said of performing for Radiohead, in the very pub that hosted the Grammy-winning alt-rock giants’ first conventional performance in 1986. Added Jonathon Mooney, who plays piano, violin, guitar and a host of other instruments in Other Lives’ intricate, baroque arrangements, “Having them in the […]
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams
It’s your best bet to glimpse the off-limits, 1,300-feet Chauvet caves in Southern France, which Herzog explores with a small group of scientists, primarily to witness its walls’ drawings, more than twice as old as any painting in existence. As Herzog calls it, it’s “one of the greatest discoveries in the history of human culture,” […]
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams
It’s your best bet to glimpse the off-limits, 1,300-feet Chauvet caves in Southern France, which Herzog explores with a small group of scientists, primarily to witness its walls’ drawings, more than twice as old as any painting in existence. As Herzog calls it, it’s “one of the greatest discoveries in the history of human culture,” […]
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Mr. Nice
Here, the switch from mere Oxford student to corrupt bad boy is flipped with one look at the stunner Elsa Pataky (“Fast Five“) and a taste of cannabis. From there, the path of Marks (Rhys Ifans, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1”) is marked with marriage, divorce, the IRA, MI-6, LSD, hashish, arrests, […]
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Scratch that — here’s the alternately weird and wonderful “Cave of Forgotten Dreams,” now playing exclusively at AMC Quail Springs Mall Cinema 24. It’s your best bet to glimpse the off-limits, 1,300-feet Chauvet caves in Southern France, which Herzog explores with a small group of scientists, primarily to witness its walls’ drawings, more than twice […]