From Edmond down to Norman, the metro area is full of opportunities to simultaneously get into the spooky holiday spirit and learn some history during various ghost tours. Author Jeff Provine has been helping lead ghost tours around Norman for a decade, but as his historical expertise has expanded after writing four books for Haunted […]
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Impact strength
Impact Oklahoma distributed almost $250,000 this year to five local organizations. Impact Oklahoma is a network of women who strive for the betterment of Oklahoma and work for the goal through annual grants to local nonprofits. OKC Metro Alliance and Sooner Theatre were awarded grants of $100,000 each. Putnam City Schools Foundation, Variety Care and […]
Mental leap
After premiering in Indonesia in June, a film shot in the Oklahoma City metro in 2016 will have its first public showing in Oklahoma. Lord Finn — which won awards for best actor, director, screenplay, music and ensemble at the Asia Pacific International Filmmaker Festival & Awards in Jakarta — screens 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14 […]
High impact
Impact Oklahoma annual meeting April 25 Will Rogers Theatre 4322 N. Western Ave. impactok.org Free Impact Oklahoma has given more than 40 grants in 13 years, and the membership is now preparing to choose this year’s beneficiaries. The organization, a network of women who aim to make the “community stronger and better for everyone,” pools […]
Arts-focused
Opus X: Club Cabaret 6:30 p.m. Oct. 12 The Criterion 500 E. Sheridan Ave. alliedartsokc.com 405-278-8944 $250 If life is a cabaret, old chum, there might be less to love without the arts. “Without the arts,” said April Gonzalez, marketing and public relations manager at Allied Arts, “the community culture would be very dry and […]
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 […]
Norman Film Festival prepares to make its introduction to the city’s crowded art community
The inaugural festival runs noon-11 p.m. Saturday at several venues across downtown Norman.
June Bug Jam promotes mental health awareness through music
The event begins 7 p.m. June 3 at Norman’s Sooner Theatre.
Parker Millsap reflects on an eventful year as he prepares for his headlining show at Sooner Theatre
Since the release of The Very Last Day in March 2016, the Purcell-born musician has made appearances on Conan and Austin City Limits.
Sooner Theatre uses The Music Man to teach acting and show production
Sooner Theatre will host around 300 student campers this summer.
