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Virtuosi. No, not that stupid sci-fi movie with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. We mean the latest Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble concert with Tchaikovsky and Kodály, at 7:30 p.m. Monday at All Souls’ Episcopal Church, 6400 N. Pennsylvania, and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 127 N.W. Seventh. Admission is $10. Visit brightmusic.org.

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Skewering the mommy-porn “literary” sensation known as Fifty Shades of Grey is Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody. The comedy promises to whip audiences into a laugh-filled frenzy at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, April 24 at Rose State Performing Arts Theatre, 6420 S.E. 15th in Midwest City. Tickets are $38.50. Call 297-2264 or visit okcciviccenter.com.

Tuesday-Wednesday, April 24

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If you prefer storms on canvas rather than hovering over your roof, head to the inaugural and international National Weather Center Biennale, opening Monday at the National Weather Center, 120 David L. Boren in Norman. On display through June 2, the 100 pieces depict weather’s impact on daily life. Admission is free. Call 325- 3095 or visit nwcnorman.org.

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What will college students do for Lollapalooza tickets? About 4.2 miles of humiliation! At Saturday’s Red Bull Land Rush along the Oklahoma River, participating teams will wear bonnets made of the state veggie, try their hands at lassoing, do the Harlem Shake, don 1800s-inspired mustaches and more, from noon to 4 p.m. Visit redbulllandrush.com.

Saturday

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And we’ll all float on OK, when 10 a.m. marks the beginning of the 2013 89er Day Parade in Norman. With the theme of “Workin’ Up a Storm,” this year’s procession travels down Main Street, from Pickard Avenue to Crawford Avenue. Admission is free. Call 677-8711 or visit norman89er.com.

Saturday

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Kevin Mitnick should know something about being conned; after all, Skeet Ulrich played him in a movie. (Zing!) Once the world’s most wanted hacker, the computer consultant addresses “The Art of Deception: Are You in Danger of Being Conned?” in a 3 p.m. Friday lecture at Rose State College’s Tom Steed Community Learning Center, 6191 Tinker Diagonal in Midwest City. Admission is free. Call 733- 7458 or visit rose.edu/rslive.

Friday

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Two years ago, controversial comedian Bill Maher told Oklahoma Gazette, “I have more fun in the red states than anywhere,” and he wasn’t kidding. At 7 p.m. Sunday, the host of HBO’s Real Time returns to Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker, with more political satire than you can shake a phony birth certificate at. Tickets are $55-$75. Call 297-2264 or visit okcciviccenter.com.

Sunday

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• Bill Maher interview   

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How Chic! Nile Rodgers’ 1970s pioneering disco band, Chic (y’know, “Awww, freak out!”), headlines ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown festival. Also performing: Steven Drozd’s Mutating Cell Ensemble and more than 60 ACM@UCO artists. All this goes down Saturday across 13 stages, from 4 p.m. until 2 a.m. Admission is free. Visit acm.uco.com.

Saturday

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Metal madness strikes Firehouse Art Center, 444 S. Flood in Norman, with a new exhibition of metalwork and jewelry by master goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain and metalsmith Charleen Weidell. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday; the pieces remain on display through May 31. Admission is free. Call 329-4523 or visit normanfirehouse.com.

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Broadway’s longest-running comedy-thriller, Deathtrap, concludes its run at The Stage Door, 601 Oak in Yukon, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Twists abound in Ira Levin’s classic tale of literary theft and cold-blooded murder. Tickets are $9-$12. Call 265-1590 or visit stagedooryukon.com.

Friday-Sunday

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• Deathtrap Blu-ray review  

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Commissioned by none other than former FLOTUS Jacqueline Kennedy, Leonard Bernstein’s Mass makes its Oklahoma premiere at 8 p.m. Saturday at Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker. The musical-theater work combines dancers, a 180-voice choir, a stained-glass set and the legendary Bernstein’s epic sound. Tickets are $30- $55. Call 232-7464 or visit canterburyokc.com.

Saturday

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Based on Chaim Potok’s 1972 novel, My Name Is Asher Lev is the latest production of Carpenter Square Theatre, 800 W. Main. The drama of a Jewish painter forced to make a choice between his art and his faith stages at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, and 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The show ends its run on April 27. Tickets are $16- $21. Call 232-6500 or visit carpentersquare.com.

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Two things, Downton Abbey fans: 1) He wasn’t real; you’ll get over it. 2) Tonight at 6:30 p.m., you should be present at Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch, as Jennifer Klos presents The English Country House: Power, Taste and Culture. The associate curator shares insights and photos from her three-week tour of British countryside estates. Admission is free. Call 236-3100 or visit okcmoa.com.

Wednesday

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• Downton Abbey: Seasons One & Two Limited Edition DVD review

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Experience Russian Enchantment — no worries, it’s legal — when Russian pianist Olga Kern joins the Oklahoma City Philharmonic at 8 p.m. Saturday. Works by Stravinsky (also Russian) and Rachmaninoff (yep, Russian) will fill the Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker. For ticketholders (Russian, Prussian or whathaveyou), a free concert preview will be held at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15-$52. Call 232-7575 or visit okcphilharmonic.org.

Saturday

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Yes, yes, you should see No, No, Nanette when the 1920s musical comedy tapdances its way into University of Central Oklahoma’s Mitchell Theater, 100 N. University in Edmond. Despite the photo, it is not about a Super Glue mishap. It is, however, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $4-$14. Call 974- 3375 or visit uco.edu.

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