The use of virtual school during the pandemic brought an end to snow days, as schools quickly realized they could close their buildings during inclement weather while still counting it as a school day if students logged on to their laptops at home. That won’t be as much of an option moving forward. Beginning in […]
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Tuition hike
Tuition at the University of Oklahoma (OU) is going up. Hey, university president salaries don’t pay for themselves. The OU Board of Regents has voted to raise tuition for the fifth consecutive year. It’s practically a tradition now, like tailgating before a Sooners football game. Most undergrads and grad students will see a 3% increase. […]
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Cold War caper
The Prodigy, a new novel by Oklahoma City attorney Dee A. Replogle, Jr., begins in a unified Berlin at the end of the millennium, but the bulk of the international thriller is set in various cities with the collapse of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) as the backdrop. Replogle has long been a fan […]
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Misfit miracle
Longtime Oklahoma City Thunder fans can certainly understand the inclination to root for the underdog, cheer on the outlier or bet it all on an unlikely hero. Local nonprofit Mutt Misfits Animal Rescue Society has been doing the same thing since 2017, saving the dogs and cats that have been deemed “unsaveable” by other organizations. […]
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Pups welcome
There’s a saying about why dogs love their owners so completely. It’s something along the lines of, “They’re just a part of your world, but to them, you’re the whole world.” That feels a little manipulative, since I’m pretty sure my dog mostly lives for her sixteen comatose couch hours every day. But it is […]
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Possible musics
Santiago Ramones’ album release show 8 p.m. Thursday, July 17 Resonant Head 400 SW 25th St. resonanthead.com $12 Spoiler alert: Clicking around on Santiago Ramones’ website, you might find an obituary for Rebecca Michelle Woodward (1992-2016). But don’t worry; she didn’t really die because she never really lived. Like many musicians’ sites, santiagoramones.com/hypothetical features links […]
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powdr play
powdr album release show 7 p.m. Saturday, July 26 Chateau Casa Message @powder.band on Instagram for the address $5 After many lineup, name and style changes, powdr, aka the band formerly known as several other things, is ready to make its debut. Released through Oklahoma label Mystery Class Records, Settle Pain will be available on […]
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Kitty lit
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof July 18-Aug. 3 Jewel Box Theatre 321 NW 36th St. jewelboxokc.com $20-$25 Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for drama, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof features nine principal human cast members — all humans. No cats. Oklahoma City’s Jewel Box Theatre, 321 NW 36th St., will stage the […]
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Mild side
The Peras Tour 7 p.m. Sunday, July 27 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com $47-$60 We resisted the urge to use the most common headline for a story like this, but Joe Pera talked with us. The standup comic and namesake star of Adult Swim’s delightfully low-key series Joe Pera Talks With You is […]
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Soul sisters
Note: This show has been cancelled. Saxophonist and lifelong Blues Brothers fan Adam Ray wanted to produce a tribute show featuring songs from the 1980 film when, like the sunglasses-sporting siblings, he saw a glimmer of divine inspiration. “I realized, ‘Wait. This would be a lot cooler with two awesome female singers,’” Ray said. Enter […]