Wednesday 19 Jun
OKG Newsletter
THIS WEEK´S GAZETTE
OKG7 things to do
Anime it
Past films of Hayao Miyazaki have featured a goldfish princess, forest spirits and a giant rabbit. From Up on Poppy Hill, however,
features the strangest creatures of all: teenagers! The family-friendly
drama from Studio Ghibli screens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 5:30 and 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Oklahoma City Museum of
Art, 415 Couch. Tickets are $5-$8. Call 236-3100 or visit okcmoa.com.
06/19/2013 | Comments 0Thursday-Sunday
Hey! Read This:
• Castle in the Sky/Kiki's Delivery Service/My Neighbor Totoro DVD reviews
• Ponyo film review
Believe it
Hidden the corpse of a secret lover you killed? If so, do not attend An Enchanted Evening, 8
p.m. Friday (and again June 28) at La Baguette, Bakery & Café, 1130
Rambling Oaks Drive in Norman! Magician and mentalist William Rader
will probe personal thoughts for the entertainment of all. Impossible,
you say? Don’t say we didn’t warn you, soon-to-be convicted felon.
Tickets are $25, which includes desert and wine. Visit williamrader.net.
06/19/2013 | Comments 0Friday, ongoing
Roll it
If anyone can beat ovarian cancer, our money’s on the Oklahoma Victory Dolls. The team hosts a double header of roller derby to benefit the nonprofit organization Heels for Hope at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Centennial Building of State Fair Park, 3001 General Pershing. Doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets are $10-$15; kids 12 and under get in free. Visit oklahomavictorydolls.com.
Saturday
Swing it
That lord of the jungle, Tarzan, swings into Civic Center Music Hall,
201 N. Walker, for six performances of Lyric Theatre’s production of the
Disney/Phil Collins Broadway musical. One of Lyric’s 50th-anniversary
shows, Tarzan begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and ends its run June 29. Tickets are
$35-$68. Call 524-9312 or visit lyrictheatreokc.com.
06/19/2013 | Comments 0Tuesday-Wednesday, June 26; ongoing
Hey! Read This:
• The Tarzan Collection Starring Jock Mahoney and Mike Henry DVD review
Fit it
Celebrity fitness expert Basheerah Ahmad headlines UCO Health and
Fitness Day, from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the University of Central
Oklahoma Wellness Center, 100 N. University Drive in Edmond. The event
features kickboxing, boot camp, Zumba classes and other things that are
not watching Game of Thrones. Registration is $50. Call 974-2320 or visit ucowellnesscenter.com.
06/19/2013 | Comments 0Saturday
Hear it
Look, Vince Gill isn’t going to appear on just anyone’s album, so Shannon McNally must be doing something right. Fresh from Small Town Talk, a disc co-recorded with Dr. John, the singer-songwriter has an 8 p.m Sunday appointment to knock on The Blue Door, 2805 N. McKinley. Tickets are $20. Call 524-0738 or visit bluedoorokc.com.
Sunday
Crow it
If all you wanna do is have some fun, I got the feeling you’re not the
only one. A change would do you good, so go see Sheryl Crow! If it makes
you happy, the chart-topping Grammy winner plays at 8 p.m. Saturday at
WinStar World Casino at 777 Casino Ave. in Thackerville. Tickets are
$45- $75. Call 800-745-3000 or visit winstarworldcasino.com.
06/19/2013 | Comments 0Saturday
Latest News
Bricktown living
Living in downtown Oklahoma City is expensive by anyone’s definition,
but developers Gary Brooks and Andy Burnett aim to change that with a
new project in east Bricktown.
06/19/2013 | Comments 0Be reasonable
Oklahoma FreeOK Convention
9 a.m. Saturday
Cox Convention Center
1 Myriad Gardens
freeok.org
$25
06/19/2013 | Comments 19 a.m. Saturday
Cox Convention Center
1 Myriad Gardens
freeok.org
$25
Weighing what’s important downtown
Financing a convention center hotel in downtown Oklahoma City isn’t as
important as discovering if one is actually needed. That was the
consensus of the city council June 11 when it rejected a proposal to pay
a financial management company an extra $100,000 on delivering
financing options for a would-be convention center hotel. That firm,
Chicago-based Public Financial Management, is under contract for other
city projects.
06/19/2013 | Comments 0Trashed
It’s the 21st-century equivalent of picket lines, letter-writing campaigns and a full-page ad in The New York Times. But
the power of social media, as wielded by an ordinary citizen with a
cell phone, can have a greater coordinated impact than all of them put
together.
06/19/2013 | Comments 0This is 40
When Oklahoma City Police Chief Bill Citty requested 40 more police
officers as part of his department’s proposed budget, he pointed to
alarming crime statistics.
06/19/2013 | Comments 0Pet project
Dogs and cats displaced because of the May 20 tornado need a good,
loving home. As a result, an adoption event is scheduled 1-6 p.m. Sunday
at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds, 615 E. Robinson in Norman.
06/17/2013 | Comments 0Chicken Fried News
Hard rain’s a-gonna fall
Does it just set your teeth on edge that your license plate bears the
image of a sculpture of a Native American performing an ancient
religious ceremony? If so, worry not, weary motorist and teeth-gnasher.
Oklahoma City pastor Keith Cressman has got your back.
06/18/2013 | Comments 1Judging the judges
They say revenge is a dish best served cold. But try telling that to
Oklahoma’s supporters of tort reform. That crowd wants its retribution
piping-hot and fresh from the microwave. At least that’s how it looked
after the state Supreme Court ruled June 4 that 2009’s landmark
tort-reform law was unconstitutional.
06/19/2013 | Comments 1PR BS
Lots of press releases cross our desk. Recently, these titles least screamed, “Stop the presses!”
06/19/2013 | Comments 0CFN Quote (and Possibly Advertisement) of the Week
“Thank you to the engineers who developed the safety features of my
F-150 that allowed us to walk away from [the May 31 tornado]. I’ll be
getting another F-150 as soon as I can!”
06/19/2013 | Comments 0KD to the Izzo
Jay-Z has a lot of things: like, you know, 17 Grammys, Beyoncé and a Forbes-estimated $500 million.
06/19/2013 | Comments 0Latest Comments
3 hours ago
As
feared, the Zoo Amphitheatre does not have a Summer/Fall lineup as of
June 12. In past years, under the Zoo Amp’s previous management, I
already could have planned what concerts I would attend over the next
four to five months at the Zoo. Now the
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3 hours ago
From
the early 1920s until the mid- 1950s, my grandmother made her home at
the intersection of N.W. 11th Street and Shartel Avenue. In the
mid-1950s, she bought a new home in the 400 block of N.W. 43rd. As a
child, I sometimes spent the night at her h
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9 hours ago
Unlike many moviegoers, 17-year-old farm girl Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell, The Day) has no memory of the events of
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10 hours ago
Suspense novelist Jeffery Deaver once praised the short-story format,
writing that the minimal time investment on the part of the reader
allows the writer to get away with endings he or she cannot in the long
form. In other words, the writer can be mea
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12 hours ago
The next couple of months might mean vacations near bodies of water and/or pool time.
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