Oklahoma City’s Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library will hold History Resources at Your Fingertips about the available resources for researching the history of commercial districts and specific buildings. It will be taught by Debra Spindle, librarian at the Oklahoma History Center, and Larry Johnson, librarian at the Downtown Library for the Oklahoma Room. The class […]
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Skin-deep
As John Lennon so perfectly put it, life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. Oklahoma singer-songwriter Sherree Chamberlain knows this all too well. Back in late 2011, she successfully ran a Kickstarter campaign to fund what would be her second full-length album, released in the first half of 2012. Two […]
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Drum right
No one is disputing that Eischen’s Bar has good fried chicken. Some people love driving out to Okarche, fighting for a table and trying to get a waitress’ attention. But in Oklahoma City, just a short drive from Interstate 44, you can find The Drum Room, 4309 N. Western Ave., a rock ’n’ roll fried […]
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Room 237
Only the first of these is true. Just don’t tell the unseen interviewees of Room 237, Rodney Ascher’s extraordinary documentary about all the crazy conspiracy theories surrounding Kubrick’s 1980 horror classic, The Shining. You’ve heard about The Shining, right? It’s the film that Kubrick loaded with subliminal messages and made synchronic when simultaneously played forward […]
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CONCERTS
Ill Nino, The Chameleon Room. Oct. 2 chris tomlin, Chesapeake Energy Arena. Oct. 3 Jimmy Eat World, Diamond Ballroom. Oct. 3 the Lumineers/Dr. Dog/Nathaniel Radcliff, OKC Downtown Airpark. Oct. 3 Blake Shelton, BOK Center, Tulsa. Oct. 4 Martina McBride, Lucky Star Casino, Concho. Oct. 4 D’Angelo, WinStar World Casino, Thackerville. Oct. 4 Vampire Weekend, Brady […]
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CONCERTS
Ill Nino, The Chameleon Room. Oct. 2 chris tomlin, Chesapeake Energy Arena. Oct. 3 Jimmy Eat World, Diamond Ballroom. Oct. 3 the Lumineers/Dr. Dog/Nathaniel Radcliff, OKC Downtown Airpark. Oct. 3 Blake Shelton, BOK Center, Tulsa. Oct. 4 Martina McBride, Lucky Star Casino, Concho. Oct. 4 D’Angelo, WinStar World Casino, Thackerville. Oct. 4 Vampire Weekend, Brady […]
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Berberian Sound Studio
Berberian Sound Studio isn’t directed by Italian horror maestro Dario Argento, but it may as well be. His influence is draped lovingly all over the British film: • A projectionist seen only by his hands dons black gloves — the requisite accessory for many a murderer in the director’s giallo efforts. • The movie within […]
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Tusk’s task
Photo: Geoff L. Johnson Savannah, Ga., has proven to be something of a breeding ground for metal bands, giving rise to Kylesa, Baroness, Black Tusk and others in the past decade or so. You might think something is in the water. It’s actually in the air. “It’s just hot — really, really hot,” guitarist Andrew […]
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Cowpoke paradise
Hearing that, we hauled ass to the one of four Swadley’s locations nearest our ranch. What other restaurant has its own song? Swadley’s freestanding building is easy to spot in front of a strip mall on the corner of the busy intersection at S.W. 89th and Western. Once an A&W Root Beer stand, it still […]
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Mystery meat
Whodunit Dining RoomStarting Tuesday www.whodunit.net 420-3222 The Whodunit Dining Room, a mystery dinner theater troupe, is not for passive audiences wanting to sit quietly in the darkness and admire a cast while trying to power through clinking glasses and scraping forks. The company appeals to more raucous crowds comfortable with characters breaking the fourth wall […]