Staff reportsThe 37th Annual Omelette Party benefiting the Oklahoma City Museum of Art will look a little different this year.
While the in-person party has been canceled, the fan-favorite art raffle will feature over 50 local artists viewable both online and in-person at the museum.Read more on NewsOK.com
By Nolan ClayStaff writernclay@oklahoman.comA death row inmate who says he was framed for murder has formally asked the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board to consider new information supporting his claim.The parole board is expected to hear Julius Jones' highly publicized commutation request Monday morning at a meeting in Oklahoma City accessible to the public only via Zoom.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA spectacular, yet clean and understated array of some 74 works by a Los Angeles artist (born in 1937) who grew up in Oklahoma City is on display in "Ed Ruscha: Okla.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy Brandy McDonnellJesse Aycock is 'Under the Gun' in first single from forthcoming album
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareAfter a long hiatus, a slightly smaller and socially distanced OKC Philharmonic, led by Alexander Mickelthwate, returned to the Civic Center stage recently for their Classics concert “A Burst of Energy.” The program featured three lively neoclassical works, all composed in 1917, during the height of the first World War, and at the onset of the Russian Revolution.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy Brandy McDonnellNew Julius Jones documentary to premiere Friday in OKC
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy Brandy McDonnellTulsan Joy Harjo — the first Native American named Poet Laureate of the United States — digs deep into the indigenous red earth in her first new recording in a decade, "I Pray for My Enemies," to be released March 5 on Sunyata Records/Sony Orchard Distribution.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy Brandy McDonnellOKC and L.A. mayors to talk Ed Ruscha's legacy in virtual panel discussion
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy Brandy McDonnellThe Oklahoma-made movie "Minari's" surging Oscar hopes got a big boost Sunday night as the affecting family drama won best foreign language film at the Golden Globes.
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1. “A Court of Silver Flames” by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury Publishing)
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By Brandy McDonnellOKC rapper J French releases Notorious B.I.G. remix in time for anniversary of icon's deathOn March 9, 1997, Christopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls, aka the Notorious B.I.G., was shot to death at a stoplight in Los Angeles.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareJuly 28, 1999: Edmond insurance executive Paul Scott Howell, 45, is fatally shot outside his parents' home in front of his sister and his daughters, ages 7 and 9.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy Nolan ClayStaff writer nclay@oklahoman.comIn a CNN interview airing Sunday, reality TV star Duane Lee "Dog" Chapman talks about being fooled by his friend, Ralph Shortey, a former state senator now in prison for child sex trafficking.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy Brandy McDonnellA version of this story appears in Friday's Weekend Life section of The Oklahoman. 'And All That Jazz': OKC Philharmonic collaborates with Black performers to share ragtime historyW.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
By Brandy McDonnell Features writer bmcdonnell@oklahoman.comW. Jerome Stevenson believes that America is at its best when its people come together.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy Brandy McDonnell Features writer bmcdonnell@oklahoman.comAt least two drive-in concerts will pull into Oklahoma City this spring as the live music industry continues to navigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Grammy-winning contemporary Christian hitmakers Casting Crowns and TobyMac are steering toward OKC with their drive-in tours, in which fans can sit in their vehicles — or at least remain in their parking spaces — to maintain social distancing.
Staff reportsARCADIA — Singer-songwriter Andy Adams will present a live-streamed concert at 8 p.m. Thursday as a benefit for the Arcadia Round Barn.
The concert can be found on the Arcadia Round Barn Facebook page and is part of the Virtual Barn series of live-streamed concerts, which continue every Thursday night through April 22.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
By Brandy McDonnellA version of this story appears in the Sunday Life section of The Oklahoman.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy Pam OlsonFor The OklahomanNearly 20 years ago, Edmond's Crystal Perkins set out to publish her first novel, but she never sought out an East Coast publisher.
An academic adviser at Langston University, she was trying to generate cash to help several students pay their tuition bills.
Staff reportsEDMOND, OK― Best of Books has announced the upcoming author events:
• A free virtual event with author and illustrator duo P.G. Bell and Matt Sharrack at 2 p.m.Read more on NewsOK.com
Staff reportsARCADIA — Oklahoma City singer-songwriter Rachel Lynch will present a virtual concert at 8 p.m. Thursday to benefit the Arcadia Round Barn.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy Brandy McDonnellFeatures writer bmcdonnell@oklahoman.comBen Hall’s recent cinematic adventures have ranged from embodying a suspected vampire in a remote cabin near Tahlequah for a film festival favorite to playing a folksy water witcher in a
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy Brandy McDonnell Features writer bmcdonnell@oklahoman.comAlmost 250 years before Amanda Gorman galvanized viewers of President Biden's inauguration and Super Bowl LV with her uplifting verse, Phillis Wheatley Peters became the first African American author of a published book of poetry.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy Brandy McDonnellA version of this story appears in Friday's Weekend Life section of The Oklahoman
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe story of a magic-wielding superhero and her robotic husband has become the top-rated streaming show.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy Becky Carman, for The OklahomanDINOMITE
Museum of the Red River, 812 E Lincoln Road in Idabel, presents Acrofest 2021 from 10 a.m.Read more on NewsOK.com
By Mark PrattThe Associated PressBOSTON — Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author’s legacy said Tuesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy Carla HintonFaith editorchinton@oklahoman.comFans of Sacha Baron Cohen's "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" may have recognized one of the movie's breakout stars on Sunday on the televised Golden Globes award show.Jeanise Jones of Oklahoma City, the "church lady" who unwittingly landed a role in the hit satirical comedy, was shown in a brief segment that she filmed at her Oklahoma City church especially for the awards show.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy Brandy McDonnellA version of this story appears in the Sunday Life section of The Oklahoman.Taking it outside Lyric Theatre is exploring the great outdoors with its 2021 shows Lyric Theatre is taking its entire 2021 season outside due to the lingering COVID-19 pandemic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy Brandy McDonnell, Features writer, bmcdonnell@oklahoman.comLyric Theatre is taking its entire 2021 season outside due to the lingering COVID-19 pandemic.
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