Wednesday 19 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Phil Bacharach
Fact and fiction
Novelist Tracy Daugherty honed his nonfiction skills in the wake of the 1995 federal building bombing.
Features
Phil Bacharach
Tracy Daugherty
7 p.m. Tuesday
Pegasus Theatre, Liberal Arts Building
University of Central Oklahoma
100 N. University Dr., Edmond
uco.edu
Annie Hall
Love is too weak a word.
Comedy
Phil Bacharach
What’s there to say about Annie Hall? It’s an American classic, arguably Woody Allen’s finest film and perhaps one of the best romantic comedies of all time. The fact that it served as a turning point for Allen from full-bore comedies to more ambitious (if just as funny) stuff can make it easy to take for granted.
Honoring Shadid
A public memorial service will be held Saturday for foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid.
News
Phil Bacharach
The public is invited to a memorial service Saturday afternoon honoring the life of Anthony Shadid, an Oklahoma City native and Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent who died Feb. 16 while on assignment in Syria.
A Separation
The Oscar-winning film is a harrowing test in an exercise of how things can get worse.
Drama
Phil Bacharach
Most global news surrounding Iran concerns its nuclear capabilities and its nutjob leader, but fans of international cinema know there is much more to the Asian republic.
R.I.P. Dan Slocum
The former KFOR-TV news anchor died last weekend in Seattle.
News
Phil Bacharach
Former KFOR-TV Channel 4 news anchor Dan Slocum died Feb. 25 of an apparent heart attack. He was 54.
Building Liberia’s library
Nearly 24,000 books leave OKC for West Africa, where texts are nearly nonexistent.
News
Phil Bacharach
Thousands of books donated by Oklahoma City churches and organizations are on their way to students in Liberia. Volunteers at the Crown Heights United Methodist Church loaded more than 23,500 books on a Hobby Lobby truck this morning — a bounty headed to Indiana before its final destination in West Africa.
Protesters vs. ‘Personhood’
Opponents gather at the Capitol to voice concerns about SB 1433.
News
Phil Bacharach
More than 500 protesters gathered at the Oklahoma state Capitol today in protest of the “Personhood” bill, an anti-abortion measure proclaiming that life begins at conception, and guaranteeing full rights and privileges to fertilized human eggs.
Statuesque
Oklahomans in the movie biz share who they'll be rooting for during the Academy Awards on Sunday night.
Remembering Anthony Shadid
Commentary
Phil Bacharach
What I remember most about Anthony Shadid from high school was his laugh. It was disarmingly infectious. His eyes would crinkle and his head would tilt back, and he reminded me of a young Ringo Starr, all smiles and shy charm.
WTFunny
Comedian and ‘WTF’ podcast host Marc Maron brings his brutally honest humor to City Arts Center.
Performing Arts
Phil Bacharach
Marc Maron with BradChad Porter and Seth Joseph
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Saturday
City Arts Center
3000 General Pershing Boulevard
ticketstorm.com
866-966-1777
$25 in advance, $27 at door
The Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story of L.A. Woman
Love this music documentary madly.
Documentary
Phil Bacharach
If you like rock ’n’ roll or drugs — or, perish the thought, even both — chances are you've gone through a Doors phase. Most likely that presumed phase was back in high school, when your parents didn't understand you and disheveled self-destruction was the height of romanticism.
‘Live from ...’
As an intern for ‘Saturday Night Live,’ an OKC native gets a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic TV show.
Features
Phil Bacharach
For more than five decades, television’s “Saturday Night Live” has been a staple of pop culture (“Well, isn’t that special?”). For an Oklahoma City woman attending college in New York, however, it meant just another day in the office.
In the Land of Blood and Honey
The Man Nobody Knew
A son seeks to learn more about his CIA spymaster father in the documentary ‘The Man Nobody Knew.’
Documentary
Phil Bacharach
William Colby was the consummate CIA agent: stoic, steadfast and secretive. He rose through the ranks, from clandestine missions in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II to CIA director in the Nixon Administration.
Make like a tree and ...
As much as 10 percent of Oklahoma's tree population is likely lost due to drought.
News
Phil Bacharach
Oklahoma's drought has wreaked havoc on the state's tree population, with forestry officials estimating that as much as 10 percent of the tree population is likely dead.
