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Dreaming of a White Christmas? Just like the ones you used to know? You’re in luck! Based on the beloved 1954 movie, the Irving Berlin musical begins a run at Sooner Theatre, 101 E. Main in Norman, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, through Dec. 9. Tickets are $15- $23. Call 321-9600 or visit soonertheatre.org.

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For the 11th year, the Norman Ballet Company presents The Oklahoma Nutcracker, which sets the Tchaikovsky classic in the Overholser Mansion. Featuring guest dancers from the Tulsa Ballet, the production is set for 3 p.m. Sunday at the Nancy O’Brian Center for the Performing Arts, 1809 Stubbeman in Norman. Tickets are $20. Call 866-966-1777 or visit ticketstorm.com.

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Grammy-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one cool MF. To support its current album, Four MFs Playin’ Tunes, his quartet appears Thursday on the stage of Armstrong Auditorium, 14400 S. Bryant in Edmond. Beginning at 7:30 p.m., the MFs (sorry, we love that) will play a mix of jazz classics and original compositions. Tickets are $42-$94. Call 285-1010 or visit armstrongauditorium.org.

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Don’t you wish dreams could be recorded? Alexis Gideon arguably comes closest with his stop-motion animation video opera series, Video Musics III: Floating Oceans. The visionary artist will perform live music as his images unfold at 7 p.m. Thursday at Mainsite Contemporary Art, 122 E. Main in Norman. A reception and Q-and-A follow, so prepare to ask, “WTF?” Admission is $5. Call 360-1162 or visit mainsite-art.com.

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With work ranging from the vampiric 30 Days of Night to the award-winning Sweets: A New Orleans Crime Story, comics scribe and artist Kody Chamberlain will sign copies of his floppies and graphic novels from 2:30 to 4 p.m. today at New World Comics, 6219 N. Meridian. Call 721-7634 or visit newworldcomics.net.

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How bad do you need your Edward? Twi-hards can prove their mettle at Thursday’s Ultimate Twilight Marathon. Beginning at 10:45 a.m., Harkins Bricktown 16, 150 E. Reno, will show all four previous films in The Twilight Saga, leading up to the 10 p.m. premiere of Breaking Dawn — Part 2. Admission is $30, which gets you popcorn, soda and other goodies. Visit harkinstheatres.com.

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Guys, at 6 p.m. Thursday, you have a good excuse to stare: The Oklahoma Showgirls will strut their considerable stuff in a revue to benefit the Wounded Warriors Project, a nonprofit aiding severely injured service members of our military. Bonus: Hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar are also on the program at Twin Hills Golf and Country Club, 3401 N.E. 36th. Admission is $100. Call 427-2431 or visit ticketstorm.com.

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All-you-can-eat chili! And now that we have your attention, here are the deets for the fifth annual Chili Bowl fundraiser: from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at the University of Oklahoma’s Lightwell Gallery, 520 Parrington Oval in Norman. The chili is $8, unless you want to keep the studentmade ceramic bowl, in which case your total is $15. Call 325-2691 or visit art.ou.edu.

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Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa brings his Taylor Gang to town for a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W. Reno. Known for the tracks “Black and Yellow” and “Young, Wild & Free,” Khalifa just may bust out some new rhymes from next month’s album, O.N.I.F.C. (You Google it.) Tickets are $32.50-$48. Call 602-8700 or visit chesapeakearena.com.

Monday

Hey! Read This:
• The Man with the Iron Fists Original Motion Picture Soundtrack album review    

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Happy birthday, Istvan Gallery! To celebrate turning 6, the venue at 1218 N. Western hosts an exhibition including the art of local glass masters Rick and Tracey Bewley. It opens with a free reception from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, and continues through Jan. 27, 2013. Admission is free. Call 831-2874 or visit istvangallery.com.

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The rock legends known as Aerosmith will let the music do the talking at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Chesapeake Arena, 100 W. Reno. Appearing with Cheap Trick (the band that wants you to want it), Steven Tyler and company are pimping Music from Another Dimension!, their first studio album in 11 years. Tickets are $49.50- $149.50. Call 800-745-3000 or visit chesapeakearena.com.

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Mickey Reece’s locally shot sci-fi sports drama, Walrus, screens Tuesday night at The Paramount, 701 W. Sheridan. That’s directly following Reece’s participation in the Oklahoma Writers Forum at 6 p.m., across the street at Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, 706 W. Sheridan, where local playwrights and filmmakers will talk writing for the stage and screen. Admission to both is free. Call 517-0787 or 232-6060, respectively, or visit theparamountokc.com or iaogallery.org.

Tuesday

Hey! Read This:
• Walrus film review  

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The story may come from the French Revolution, but Dialogues of the Carmelites will be performed in English at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday, at Oklahoma City University’s Kirkpatrick Auditorium, 2501 N. Blackwelder. Francis Poulenc’s historical opera features a 50-piece orchestra and a cast of 40. Tickets are $12-$25. Call 208-5227 or visit okcu.edu/tickets.

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Said Josh Lunsford, “For me, furniture and lighting design, much like product design, is truly art.” And how! For proof, join the closing reception for the all-local exhibition he curated, Bespoke 2012, from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at Mainsite Contemporary Art, 122 E. Main in Norman, as part of the monthly 2nd Friday Circuit of Art. Admission is free. Call 360-1162 or visit mainsite-art.com.

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What are six unemployed steelworkers to do for money? Take it off — take it all off. That’s the setup for the 1997 Oscar-winning film The Full Monty, now a musical to be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, at the University of Central Oklahoma’s Mitchell Hall Theater, 100 N. University in Edmond. Tickets are $10-$14 — a bargain for that much skin! Call 974-3375 or visit click4tix.com/uco.

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