Wednesday 22 May
OKG Newsletter
Emily Summars
Best Betz
UCO’s new president is no stranger to higher education in Oklahoma.
Features
Emily Summars
Don Betz isn’t the restoring-sailboats-playing-17-rounds-of-golf kind of guy.
Art festivals
Life’s more fun in the sun, according to organizers of Bricktown Art Festival.
Features
Emily Summars
“Art Your World” at this weekend’s Bricktown Art Festival
Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m, and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
montagefestivals.com, 596-1687
Free
Book learning
A local father-daughter duo penned a book together. It was a learning experience, but they’re already working on the sequel.
Features
Emily Summars
Book signings, public appearances and sales — not exactly the life of a 12-year-old. That is, unless you’re Anna McKinley, whose days are filled with science camps, catapults and “The Pirate Bride.”
Art prints
Cynthia Marcoux’s “Illustration of the Infinite Monkey Theorem” can be seen in “24 Works on Paper.”
Art glass
Local artist Nicki Albright serves up fanciful and functional art with kiln-formed glass in her new solo show.
Chamber Chief
A Oklahoma City Community College student preps to direct a Holocaust-based film funded entirely by private donations.
Features
Emily Summars
Shawn Barfield hopes his film — currently in pre-production and originally his capstone project at Oklahoma City Community College — is more than a mere hit.
Edmond's 'Big Wish' fulfilled
Installed in April at Hafer Park, “Big Wish” officially was dedicated in June.
Visual Arts
Emily Summars
Edmond got a “Big Wish” for Hafer Park: a bronze sculpture Colorado artist Linda Prokop made to complement recent renovations.
Filling a niche
LGBT community news returns, this time with a shorter name and wider coverage area.
News
Emily Summars
The Gayly, a newspaper focusing on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender topics and events, is filling the void left by its predecessor, The Gayly Oklahoman, which closed in 2006 after covering the beat for more than two decades.
Disney channel
Roger Disney’s “5th & Main” is among the paintings of “Cityscapes” now on display at the state Capitol.
Visual Arts
Emily Summars
Roger Disney’s new exhibition of paintings, “Cityscapes,” portrays the hustle and bustle of city life and downtown centers, using new perspectives thriving with vibrant yellows, blues and reds.
