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Here in the Heartland — or the buckle of the Bible Belt, depending on your cliché of choice — it’s difficult to fathom that there could be other states more conservative than Oklahoma.

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On Jan. 18, the rest of the nation learned something the 405 already knew: You should familiarize your ears with this Jabee guy.

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Pop quiz: Did the authors of a study finding significant flaws in Oklahoma’s A-F grading system for schools renounce their findings?

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Speaking of the Bible Belt — just go with us here — it appears that sometimes those belts are unbuckled hurriedly so that pants can slide off and wind up in a crumpled heap with a bra and panties on the stained carpet of a room at Motel 6.

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Sometime in October 2012, a local pop-culture savant began to stave off the workday doldrums with Internet funny. While his real identity is a mystery, he calls himself Dale Rancho. (Get it? “On the go? Try Del Rancho.”) His OKCOMG website at okcomg.tumblr.com, a mecca of iconic and satirical Oklahoma-centric imagery.

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Until your home requires more square footage, one never can own too many books or videos. So buy some more from among more than 600,000 items available at the 34th annual Friends of the Metropolitan Library System Booksale! It’s open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at State Fair Park’s Oklahoma Expo Hall, 3001 General Pershing. Admission is free. Visit mlsfriends.org.

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Feel the need for knead? okcBIZ magazine’s Free Fitness Fair features free chair massages as part of its inaugural lineup, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday on the second floor of the Skirvin Hilton, 1 Park Ave. Also on tap are free spine assessments and products and information from more than a dozen vendors. Admission is, duh, free. Call 528-6000 or visit okc.biz.

Thursday

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“Let’s Do It,” and by “it,” we mean join the Oklahoma City Philharmonic for Cole Porter Songbook: Anything Goes! At 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, the iconic American composer of such standards as “Night and Day” and “I Get a Kick Out of You” gets his due in a Broadway-style revue. Tickets are $15-$65. Call 842-5387 or visit okcphilharmonic.org.

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Irish eyes are smiling on Wandering Boundaries, an art exhibition inspired by a recent trip to Ireland by Fulbright Scholars Joan Phillips and Erin Treacy. On display weekdays through March 7, it debuts with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the University of Oklahoma School of Art & Art History’s Lightwell Gallery, 520 Parrington Oval in Norman. Admission is free. Call 325-7370 or visit art.ou.edu.

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Not your average 5K, Saturday’s Fight for Air Climb is all vertical, as participants traverse the 34 floors of Cotter Ranch Tower, 100 N. Broadway, to reach the finish line at the top! Scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to noon, the event benefits the American Lung Association. Call 748-4674 ext. 206 or visit fightforairclimb.org.

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George Bernard Shaw’s classic Pygmalion gets a groovy update as The Stage Door, 601 Oak in Yukon, transplants the time period from 1912 to 1969. Witness all the flower-girl power as the rom-com concludes its run at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $9-$12. Call 265-1590 or visit stagedooryukon.com.

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Despite working in polar-opposite genres, Oklahoma musicians John Fullbright pictured and Jabee are the subjects of the documentary short Skywriters. Directed by Danny Marroquin, the film debuts with showings at 6:30 and 7:15 p.m. Friday at The Paramount OKC, 701 W. Sheridan. Jabee takes part in a Q-and-A with Marroquin at 8 p.m. before performing at 9 p.m. Admission is free. Call 517-0787 or visit theparamountokc.com.

Friday

Hey! Read This:
• Chicken-Fried News: Jabee   
• John Fullbright interview   

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The late comedian Bill Hicks once called people in advertising “Satan’s little helpers.” While that catchy phrase isn’t explicitly noted in a Feb. 13 Washington Post story about Oklahoma City-based Ackerman McQueen, it does sort of loom over the article’s examination of how the high-profile firm has shaped some bizarre ad campaigns for the National Rifle Association.

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The Oklahoma City Zoo has seen the Circle of Life in recent days, with its gorilla population experiencing a joyful arrival and a sad departure.

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It is hard to imagine electropop party girl Ke$ha taking time out of her busy days to tune into the NBA. This is, after all, the woman who begins the morning by brushing her teeth “with a bottle of Jack,” if her 2009 No. 1 hit “Tik Tok” is to be believed. If that is truly the start of her schedule, it might be a struggle for her to make the evening tip-off.