Making the community more user-friendly is part of what Urban Land Institute Oklahoma is celebrating with its fifth annual Impact Awards. The Impact Awards honor projects that represent the best practices in land use and development. The awards are the headline event each year for ULI Oklahoma, which supports promoting and maintaining prospering communities through […]
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Euphonius food
Not long ago, concert venues mostly had the same menu as high school football game concession stands: canned-cheese nachos, maybe a pickle or a soft pretzel, if you were really lucky a hamburger heated who knows how. Recently, mercifully, more local music venues are offering food you might actually want to, you know, eat. Carefully […]
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Clear views
American Aquarium 8 p.m. Sunday Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $17-$33 Sometimes, the more things change, the more they keep on changing. Between recording 2015’s Wolves and this year’s aptly titled Things Change, hardly any aspect of American Aquarium frontman BJ Barham’s life has stayed the same. “Since the last record, I […]
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New Year’s Eve: Beats won
While many will gather this New Year’s Eve to watch a shiny ball drop, Darren King’s new tradition is to — à la Chevy Chase’s character in Caddyshack — be the ball. “I have this disco ball helmet that I created and wore the last time I was at the Tower Theatre,” said King, aka […]
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Color spectrum
Amy Helm 8 p.m. Dec. 2 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $24-$33 One thing musician Amy Helm learned from playing with her father, The Band’s Levon Helm, was how to fail. “There were a lot of lessons,” Amy Helm said. “One of the main ones I took away was to not be […]
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Class act
Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul7 p.m. Nov. 26 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $35-$285 Steven Van Zandt master class2 p.m. Nov. 26 Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma 25 S. Oklahoma Ave. acm.uco.edu 405-974-4700 Free Steven Van Zandt always has his eyes on the culture around […]
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Court jester
Why Not?? Comedy Show 8 p.m. Oct. 26 Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd St. layups2standup.com 405-708-6937 $40-$1,000 Why Not?? Comedy Show returns to Oklahoma City for the third consecutive year Oct. 26, bringing along with it a lineup of celebrities and comedians alike. Hosted by Demetrius “Juice” Deason and his longtime friend, Oklahoma City’s favorite […]
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Class clown
Puddles Pity Party 8 p.m. Sunday Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com $35-$105 There are some moments of reality TV that become iconic and help launch entire careers. Puddles Pity Party’s first appearance on America’s Got Talent in 2017 is one such moment. On this particular episode, the nearly 7-foot-tall clown in a billowing […]
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Queen Bishop
Bishop Briggs 8 p.m. Sunday Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $25-$75 Born in London and raised in Japan and Hong Kong, Sarah McLaughlin realized early on what she wanted to be when she grew up. She also realized she would need an alias. “Oh my gosh,” said McLaughlin, now better known as […]
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Are children electric?
Gary Numan 8 p.m. Monday Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $27-$30 Gary Numan’s at his best when he’s looking toward the future. Recording the self-titled 1978 debut for his punk band Tubeway Army, Numan became so fascinated with a synthesizer in the studio that he rewrote his guitar parts for it. The […]