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Art holiday

Paseo Arts Festival May 25-27 The Paseo Arts District Paseo Street between NW 30th Street and Walker Avenue thepaseo.org 405-525-2688 Free From an artist’s perspective, the difference between a good arts festival and a bad one sometimes comes down to the bathrooms. Fort Worth, Texas-based mixed-media artist Laurie Aurand, for example, remembers having an uncomfortable […]

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Open book

E. Scott Jones book signing 7-10 p.m. Friday The Paseo Plunge 3010 Paseo St. escottjones.com Free Sept. 4, Literati Press released the memoir of Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones, an openly gay pastor serving as senior minister of First Central Congregational Church in Omaha, Nebraska. Open: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Sexuality in the […]

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Shine through

Shameless opening reception 6-10 p.m. Friday The Paseo Plunge 3010 Paseo St. paseoplunge.com 405-315-6224 Free In a literal sense, poetry can be seen as just another way to organize words on a page. It is usually tidier and more concise than an essay and more formal than a text message.  Poetry, and really any intimate […]

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Open opportunity

Public Access open mic 7 p.m. Sundays The Paseo Plunge 3010 Paseo St. paseoplunge.com 405-315-6224 Free Every healthy, vibrant creative community needs its ground level — a gateway into live performance with little to no entry threshold where musicians, comedians and artists of all levels of experience can practice their craft and express themselves. In […]

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Hidden identity

Artist Ebony Iman Dallas has made it her life’s mission to learn as much about her birth father and his story as possible. She never had the chance to meet him in person, as he was killed by police before she was even born.      There are many bits of information she has been […]

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