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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.

Thursday

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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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Laurence Olivier, Ian McKellen and Al Pacino all have played the title role in Bill Shakespeare’s Richard III, but only Rex Daugherty gets to do so in a unique musical version for Reduxion Theatre, 1613 N. Broadway. Set in a 1920s-era cabaret, this Richard begins a run through Nov. 25 at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Tickets are $10-$18. Call 651-3191 or visit reduxiontheatre.com.

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Kicking off Armstrong Auditorium’s third season at 7:30 p.m. Thursday is Nathan Gunn. On the stage at 14400 S. Bryant in Edmond, the Grammy-winning baritone will perform songs of Gustav Mahler and Samuel Barber, as well as American standards like “Over the Rainbow.” Tickets are $28-$68. Call 285-1010 or visit armstrongauditorium.org.

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It’s all about chemistry as Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 N.E. 52nd, salutes that one high school class that totally wrecked your GPA, bro. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, it’s Chemistry Day with special activities like “Playing with Polymers,” “Reaction Rockets” and “Guess the Gas” (a big hit at our Thanksgiving table). Admission is $9.95-$11.95. Call 602-3760 or visit sciencemuseumok.org.

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Born in Texas, raised in Louisiana, nominated for a Grammy, renowned pianist and vocalist Marcia Ball brings her groove-laden rhythm and blues to Sooner Theatre, 101 E. Main in Norman, for one night only. She’ll perform at 8 p.m. Friday, with songs from her latest album, Roadside Attractions. Tickets are $40- $50. Call 321-9600 or visit soonertheatre.org.

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Did you think I’d crumble? Did you think I’d lay down and die? If those defiant lyrics get your feet a-tapping, cruise on down to the Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker, for the Oklahoma City Philharmonic’s Disco Days and Boogie Nights. At 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jack Everly will conduct such ’70s smashes as “I Will Survive,” “American Pie” and “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Tickets are $25- $52. Call 842-5387 or visit okcphilharmonic.org.

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Let your ears take a stab at a kick-ass resurgence of classic rock when The Sword returns to town. The band will unsheathe tracks from its brand-new disc, Apocryphon, at ACM Performance Lab, 329 E. Sheridan. Doors open at 8 p.m. tonight, with Eagle Claw and Gypsyhawk also on the bill. Tickets are $15-$18. Visit ticketstorm.com.

Wednesday

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For the eighth year, the Red Feather Gala will be held to celebrate Native culture. From 7 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday at the Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens, the charity event features dinner, drinks, live paintings, auctions, a friendship dance led by a ceremonial drum, a salute to former Lt. Gov. Jari Askins and more. Tickets are $125. Call 948- 4900 or visit okcic.com.

Saturday

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When the board game Clue became a movie in 1985, it hit theaters with one of three endings. With its musical adaptation, The Stage Door, 601 Oak in Yukon, puts that to shame with 216 possible solutions! Audience members will be given cards repping the game’s characters, weapons and rooms. Get a Clue at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, through Nov. 11. Tickets are $9-$12. Call 265-1590 or visit stagedooryukon.com.

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