Kamasi Washington/Jeremy Thomas Quartet 8 p.m. March 7 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $30-$45 On the short car ride home from his brother’s choir concert, Jeremy Thomas, 13 at the time, heard something that changed his life. “My dad turned on the radio, and he stopped at the jazz station,” Thomas said. […]
The Guardian
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Chicken-Fried News: Scotchgarding ‘The Guardian’
The 22-foot-tall, 6,000-pound bronze statue “The Guardian” was installed atop the Oklahoma state Capitol building in 2002, but for nearly two full decades, the depiction of a Native American warrior has been exposed to the elements without being cleaned. Talk about a perfect metaphor for the state and country’s treatment of its Native population. Six […]
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Standing tall
Standing Their Ground: Warrior Artists through Oct. 31 Exhibit C 1 E. Sheridan Ave., Suite 100 exhibitcgallery.com 405-767-8900 Free Charles Guerrier took his nephew to a bar in 1962 to show off the freshly minted Marine to the local cadre of combat veterans. Harvey Pratt had always looked up to his war hero uncle, a […]
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Beneath the Dark
From the first few scenes, it seems much of the same will be in store for our couple, stopping at a roadside motel in the desert to catch some badly needed winks after a near-wreck on their way to a wedding in Los Angeles. Thankfully, “Beneath” then veers off to forge its own path. Not […]