By “they,” we mean the faculty and students of Oklahoma City University’s School of Theatre, who will put on a production like no other in Saturday’s Gazette’s Halloween Parade. And by “spirits,” we mean the following, to name a few: > one giant squid; > a giant spider with undulating legs; > roughly two dozen […]
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Cuban crisis
Of the 29 shots that comprise Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s new exhibition of photography by the internationally renowned Michael Eastman, visitors will notice two things: 1. They are stunning. 2. They are stunning. That’s because the photos are both beautiful and big — 7 and half feet tall, to be exact, said Alison Amick, […]
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Tower of power
On April 24, two men were arrested on trespassing complaints after climbing to the top of the unfinished building, jumping off and parachuting to the bottom, a practice known as base-jumping, according to The Oke. Around 2:40 a.m., security guards at the tower called police to tell them that a couple of guys with parachuting […]
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Bill Cunningham New York
Some stories can only be told in the Big Apple, and the documentary on New York Times fashion photographer Bill Cunningham is one of them. Anywhere else, an old man riding his bike up and down city blocks, stopping to take pictures of passing strangers — mostly women — would be badgered by police. But […]
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Oh, brother
Twinprov’s Clint and Buck Vrazel are used to audience members calling shenanigans on their freestyle rap-meets-improv comedy show. Theories abound that parts are written beforehand. But for improv performers, suspicion is the sincerest form of flattery. “The worst thing you can ever hear is, ‘I can do that,’” Clint Vrazel said. “But if you have […]
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Dodging bullets
Shadid, who was rescued and survived the sniper’s gunshot, said he remembers the feeling of resignation that washed over him that day as he stared up at the unforgiving gray sky, accepting what he thought was his fate. Nine years later, that same feeling returned like an unwelcome visitor as Shadid and three other New […]
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Counting on Fingers
Fingers, the Oklahoma City power-pop act that was a staple of metro venues in the early 1980s, return for a semi-reunion concert at 9 p.m. Saturday at Coach’s Brewhouse, 110 W. Main in Norman — “semi” because the original lineup, sadly, is not intact. Alan Roach said the recent death of Fingers member David Medford […]
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Insidious
What little optimist left in me thinks it could have been worse; at least our son wasn’t sent into a coma by a malevolent demon he encountered in the attic. That’s the situation facing the Lambert family in “Insidious,” opening Friday. From the creative talents behind the “Saw” and “Paranormal Activity” franchises, this welcome twist […]
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Seeking shelter
For the last 30 days, the car has served as 23-year-old Antwone Taulton’s home. But Taulton is not one of the hundreds of homeless people in downtown Oklahoma City. He is a man on a mission. In February, Taulton, a student at Baylor University working on his master’s of divinity, took the semester off and […]
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This magic ‘Moment’
Shortt, along with potter Michelle Phillip Junkin and sculptor Dan Garrett, currently is displaying his work in the exhibit “Living in the Moment,” at In Your Eye Studio & Gallery, 3005-A Paseo. Each artist’s work is a reflection of moments in time, something that Shortt said he has enjoyed capturing since an early age. “I’ve […]