Oklahoma Rainbow Collective Gay-La 16:30-11 p.m. Feb.20 Verbode 415 N. Broadway Ave., Suite 101 okrainbowcollective.com $15 A couple weeks after getting engaged, Irissa Baxter and her fiancée started looking for wedding venues. Their first serious inquiry was with a Stillwater venue that they liked and would have met their needs. But once the owners found […]
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Sexy time
Sex Snobs rose from the ashes of hardcore underground, yet they have proven to be a band worth getting to know — intimately. Formed by former members of punk band Chud, Sex Snobs emerged when Alex Barnard and James Hammontree reunited for another project. It’s difficult to place them into a single niche category, and […]
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Saloony tunes
Photo: Mark Hancock “It’s still one of the best rooms around to see a band because you have the balcony and the dance floor,” said Keeton, a veteran blues rocker who first played the music venue in the mid-1990s. “It’s a great bar. No place else combines that divey-ness with the ability to pull off […]
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Sour note
So, now, instead of our beloved Zoo, we are being offered the Downtown Airpark; what the heck is that? Maybe they will drag out their rickety, worn-out Ferris wheel to attract attendees. Shame on the zoo trustees for turning this over to casino promoters, who could not compete with the Zoo Amp, so they bought […]
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New Zoo revue
3Horse Productions’ Michelle Colbert and Zoo Amp manager Russ Garrett Photo: Mark Hancock Michelle Colbert, president of 3Horse Productions, the new leaseholders, not only wants to allay those fears, but tout all the work that’s been done to make the venue bigger and better than ever. “We’ve done all kinds of great things out here. […]
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Howard stern
OKC Downtown Airpark rendering He made a name for himself as a photographer for the likes of The Allman Brothers Band and Delaney & Bonnie. When the management of the latter refused to pay him, they instead offered him the opportunity to promote a concert for New Riders of the Purple Sage. Pollack accepted and, […]
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Fringe group
When you read, what do you see? It is inevitable that our brains are busy cooking up images to fit what we’re reading, be it a book, a poem or even a verse. In order to get a visual of these images, Fringe presents its debut exhibition, I See What You Are Saying, on Friday […]
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On Broadway
After two years without a home of its own, Reduxion Theatre has staked its claim on a brand-new performance space. The appropriately named Broadway Theater, 1613 N. Broadway, is a big step forward for one of Oklahoma City’s youngest and most ambitious theater companies. In its first two seasons, Reduxion primarily was based out of […]