Glenn Miller Orchestra 7:30 p.m. May 10 Armstrong Auditorium 14400 S. Bryant Road, Edmond exhibitcgallery.com $31-$71 They scored 11 Top 10 hits and starred in a feature film that year, but Glenn Miller disbanded his chart-topping orchestra in 1942 to enlist in the Army. As head of the Army Air Force Band, Miller modernized military […]
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Ryan revisited
In the Principal’s Office: Tom Ryan the Art Student 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and noon-5 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 11 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1 E. Sheridan Ave., Suite 100 exhibitcgallery.com 405-767-8900 Free It’s no great surprise that education is often the catalyst for great artistic production, whether it means following in the […]
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Nuclear option
He is often called the godfather of alternative rock music, but if a few things go in his favor this year, Tyson Meade could soon be called something very different: United States Congressman. In April, Meade — most known as frontman of the late-1980s and ’90s bands Defenestration and Chainsaw Kittens, which have been cited […]
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Fresh start
The disappointment that came with the January announcement of the closing of Guernsey Park didn’t last long as owner Truong Le quickly converted the building into two concepts: Okie Pokie, which opened in late March, and Noodee, which held its soft opening April 16. Okie Pokie became the first of three high-profile poke restaurants — […]
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Dos celebraciones
Cinco de Mayo en Calle Dos Cinco 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday Calle Dos Cinco in Historic Capitol Hill 319 SW 25th St. historiccapitolhill.com Free OKC Cinco de Mayo 2018 1-10 p.m. Sunday Wiley Post Park 2021 S.Robinson Ave. facebook.com/scissortailcdc Free On May 5, 1862, an army of about 2,000 volunteers successfully defended the besieged Mexican […]
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Think Bethany
For much of the past few decades, Bethany’s NW 23rd Street corridor has been a place where only the locals go, with grocery stores, open-air shopping malls, gas stations, medical offices and a school. There’s little to brag about with vacant commercial buildings falling into disrepair and a lack of upkeep and appearance. The number […]
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Making moves
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center got a lot out of its State Fair Park headquarters since it moved in nearly 30 years ago as the first-year organization City Arts Center. But wear and tear — along with growing community usage — necessitated a move. “We’ve loved this place into disrepair,” said artistic director Jeremiah Matthew Davis. […]
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Static sensation
Parker Millsap 8-10 p.m. May 4-5 Sooner Theatre 101 E. Main St., Norman soonertheatre.org 405-321-9600 $20-$25 There is an anxious limbo period many artists go through between recording an album and releasing it to the public months or even more than a year after the fact. It’s more than adequate time for the mind to […]
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CBD 101
Editor’s note: This article is part of a series examining cannabis and cannabinoids in Oklahoma leading up to the June 26 medical marijuana referendum. Three years ago, when House Bill 2154, a piece of legislation known as “Katie and Cayman’s Law” allowing children with severe epilepsy to take cannabinoids as treatment through a medical trial, […]
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Teacher hospitality
Throughout the nine days of demonstrations at the Capitol during the Oklahoma teacher walkout, local businesses poured onto Lincoln Boulevard to offer free food and drinks to teachers and protesters in need. Other businesses followed suit, offering educators and public employees discounts. 84 Hospitality Group (Empire Slice House, Gorō Ramen, ¡Revolución!, Easy E Slice Shop […]