MOMENTUM 7-10 p.m. April 4 and 1-4 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. April 5 Yale Theater 227 SW 25th St. ovac-ok.org/MOMENTUM $15-$50 It’s tough out there for artists. As if producing art wasn’t hard enough, it’s an entirely different challenge to effectively show it, let alone make a living producing it. But if you’re among us […]
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Remembering the bombing
Odds are that most Oklahomans over the age of 40 can tell you where they were when they heard that the Oklahoma City federal building had been bombed. It is also fair to presume that anyone under 40 has no recollection of it whatsoever, provided they were even born before April 19, 1995. As someone […]
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Rep. Tom Cole Says DOGE Is ‘Pretty Responsive’ to His Concerns
Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole told constituents with concerns about government-slashing efforts at the Department of Government Efficiency that he’d been able to get it to change course when it set its sights on projects related to his district. He said he’d been able to get results by flagging issues to DOGE like any other agency, […]
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Eagles and The Sphere: A match made in Vegas
Eagles’ residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas offers a once-in-a-lifetime concert experience. Las Vegas, a glittering oasis in the heart of Nevada’s Mojave Desert, is synonymous with high-stakes gambling, neon lights and an endless array of entertainment. The city’s allure has long drawn people from all over the world seeking to test their luck […]
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Weather report
Dark Mode: Meteorology album release 7 p.m. Saturday, April 12 Mycelium Gallery 2816 N. Pennsylvania Ave. myceliumgallery.com $10 Named in honor of his “crippling storm anxiety,” Brett Fieldcamp’s “guitar and loop-y kind of experimental stuff” project Meteorology had a gig booked before he had any songs to play. Seeing a social media post seeking experimental […]
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Honor code
405 A Day for the City featuring Jaw/Line, Money, Lust Online, Heavytrip, Honor Choir, So Much Heaven 7 p.m. Saturday, April 5 Resonant Head 400 SW 25th St. resonanthead.com $12-$15 By the time you read this, the band might have changed the description again, but at the time of this interview, OKC/Norman band Jaw/Line’s Instagram […]
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OG PICK: Fae
Aptly named 2023 EP Take Cover features San Antonio punk band Fea’s engagingly aggro interpretations of songs by Iggy Pop (“Isolation”), Los Saicos (“Demolición”), X-Ray Spex (“I Am a Cliche”), and The Runaways en español (“I Wanna Be Where the Boys Are”). When Fea isn’t covering legends, they’re working with them: Alice Bag, Against Me!’s […]
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Poetic devices
Damn! Is that a poetry book? The eye-catching and pearl-clutch-inducing title of Red Dirt Poetry’s first anthology comes from a familiar refrain at its Wednesday Open Mic Night. Audience members are encouraged, if the words they hear move them to do so, to release a loud and uproarious, “Damn!” The collection of poems from 31 […]
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Grand achievement
If you’ve lived in Oklahoma long enough, especially if you grew up here, you can pinpoint a few experiences where you just really didn’t feel like you were in Oklahoma anymore. Your first Thunder home game, you probably had to remind yourself once or twice, “Yes, I’m still in Oklahoma.” The first few times you […]
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City cocktails
Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you survived February’s frozen hellscape, and with any luck, March will be politely temperate. It’s unclear what else 2025 will throw at us, but just three incredibly long months in, at least one thing’s for certain: You deserve a drink. In a city like ours, you’ve got your pick of […]