Culture
Booze: Coming soon to a theater near you?
A recent commentary from contributor James Cooper pointed out the dearth of cinematic venues in which to view more artistic films in Oklahoma City.
In doing...
Artists seeing red: Western Avenue mural painted over
A local advertising and printing company's decision to paint over a mural on Western Avenue has caught district leaders by surprise and has spurred a...
Sundaze: The Trump Bunch
This is the story of a man named Donald, or so it will be written over the next four years.
I haven't a clue what...
The dancing shadows: ‘All we hear is … silence’
The Dancing Shadows
by Nelson Vincent
It's the party of spirits
Where I see
One foot; Another foot
the one complementing another
Left, Right,
Forward, Backward
Rhythmical...
These shadows are dancing
The drums reel...
‘I no longer have time to shuck and jive around white fragility’
There is something about buying a pregnancy test from Dollar Tree that makes you value life a little differently. Only a few days prior,...
ArtNow 2017 show features diverse Oklahoma artists
Co-curators Kelsey Karper and Jennifer Scanlan considered dozens of artists for ArtNow 2017. They queried colleagues, reviewed websites and spent months making studio visits...
Sundaze: Highs and lows of frozen custard
I was driving by a frozen custard restaurant Friday and wondered aloud, "Why are they even open?"
Instantly, I remembered that, just two days prior, it...
Albums turning 20: Daft Punk, Built to Spill & Pat Boone
Wanna feel old?
Well you're in luck! Because there's practically no better way to age yourself than by counting the years between the release of...
‘A broken spirit refuses to see the lifting of the sun’
Reverie of Light
by James Coburn
Trickling down eyes
of Parisian gargoyles protecting mirth,
tears are caught by swallows
lifted by storms crossing to Bangladesh
in search of peace.
Stars fall...
Celebrate MLK Jr. with OKC group’s King Holiday Parade
Since 1983, the OKC Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Coalition has sought to host events that celebrate the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King,...