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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.

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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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The Oklahoma Legislature has been lobbied by some pretty tough customers over the decades, but perhaps none tougher than Duane Lee Chapman, better known as Dog the Bounty Hunter.

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Popping the question can be a daunting task for any would-be spouse, especially in the wake of unreasonably high expectations set by romantic comedies and those goofballs who propose on the Jumbotron at sporting events. But David Tester, a 28-year-old OKC videographer, was up to the challenge, and even went a tad further than your run-of-the-mill proposal via flash mob.

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If Terrence Malick’s movies are anything, they’re an absolute pleasure to look at. In such films as Badlands, The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life, the acclaimed director, who was raised in northern Oklahoma, has demonstrated a gift for extracting beauty from the most unexpected places (i.e. cornfields, combat zones, um ... dinosaurs).

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It took nearly five months, scads of editorials and a fair amount of prodding from journalists (and if you’ve ever been prodded by a journalist, you know how painful that can be), but on March 29, Gov. Mary Fallin's office finally released those pesky emails involving her April 2011 about-face decision to forgo a $54 million federal grant for an Oklahoma health insurance exchange.

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If there’s one area in which Oklahoma excels at inclusiveness, it’s natural disaster. Tornadoes, blizzards, drought — hell, why not earthquakes, too? Bill Haley and His Comets didn’t have Oklahoma in mind when they recorded “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” but that ’50s hit certainly has applied to the Sooner State in recent years.

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“Wow, what a deal!” wisecracked Jay Leno during a March 25 “Small Town News” segment on The Tonight Show. The object of The Chin’s snark? None other than a coupon from Oklahoma City’s Paseo Grill advertising “a fried green bean” with the purchase of two entrees.

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Oklahomans don’t like going to the dentist. We hate it so much that, according to the United Health Foundation, the state ranks dead last in the percentage of adults who visit one at least once a year.

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Oklahoma is a conservative state. Just how conservative? Well, so much so that a little more than half of the population was unwilling in 2012 to progress up from their couch and to their voter precincts.

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State Attorney General Scott Pruitt doesn’t like taking “no” for an answer, at least not when it’s coming from the state Supreme Court striking down abortion restrictions. He filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court last week after the state court struck down a 2010 law requiring women seeking an abortion to first undergo an ultrasound and hear a detailed explanation of the procedure.

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Oklahomans love ’em some country music! Come Sunday night, the 48th annual Academy of Country Music Awards will illustrate that fact perfectly, with Okies well represented, from presenters and performers to nominees.

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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.

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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.

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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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