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Modern opera

Trouble in Tahiti Jan. 25-27 CitySpace Theatre Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. paintedskyopera.org 405-594-8300 $30-$45 Richard Wagner’s opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen begins when an enraged dwarf steals magical gold from three water nymphs, setting the stage for a 15-hour epic drawing gods and monsters into a war for the fate […]

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Curious Jad

Curiosity Fest 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Oct. 20 Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. okhumanities.org/curiosityfest 405-235-0280 $20-$100 Not knowing can make you feel sick, but maybe that isn’t a bad thing. Jad Abumrad, creator and cohost of award-winning National Public Radio program and podcast Radiolab, is scheduled to make that argument when he delivers […]

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Melancholia

If you want to watch a painting full of sad people and pretty images, controversial director Lars von Trier (“Antichrist”) has your film. Playing Thursday through Sunday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, “Melancholia” opens with a collection of frightfully slow-moving, albeit captivating images that highlight some of the film’s key events before the […]

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Melancholia

If you want to watch a painting full of sad people and pretty images, controversial director Lars von Trier (“Antichrist”) has your film. Playing Thursday through Sunday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, “Melancholia” opens with a collection of frightfully slow-moving, albeit captivating images that highlight some of the film’s key events before the […]

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