Comedy
Rod Lott
Remember in the days after 9/11 when media reports and overly sensitive people asked/moaned, “Will we ever be able to laugh again?”
Tuesday 21 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: 9/11
Four Lions
An uproarious, actual terrorist comedy
Emmanuel forever
Tommy Emmanuel has picked his way from Australia to the realm of guitar greats, one finger at a time.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Tommy Emmanuel
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14
Nancy O’Brian Center for the Performing Art
1809 Stubbeman, Norman
366-1063
$24-$40
Peace train
Religious leaders gather to track down peaceful resolutions.
News
Greg Horton
Representatives of the world’s three Abrahamic faiths will hold a commemorative service and panel discussion in Norman for the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
The post-9/11 Muslim experience
Commentary
Sheryl Siddiqui
For the last 10 years, Oklahoma Muslims have been stating and reinforcing with fatwas and statements from around the world that:
‘Counterstrike’
A book co-written by an OKC native explores how the intelligence community has changed since 9/11.
News
Clifton Adcock
In the years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the United States’ intelligence, investigative and military communities have evolved in a number of ways, according to a new book by New York Times reporters Thom Shanker and Eric Schmitt.
Rep. Paul Wesselhöft questions Islamophobia
Letters to the Editor
Paul Wesselhöft
Sheryl Siddiqui’s Commentary (“The post-9/11 Muslim experience,” Sept. 21, Oklahoma Gazette) is certainly helpful in some respects, but it is disingenuous in others.
Political reflection
Letters to the Editor
Dave Butler
Rep. Paul Wesselhöft’s letter of Oct. 5 (“Rep. Paul Wesselhöft questions Islamophobia,” Oklahoma Gazette) was both refreshing for its level of honesty coming from an elected official, and surprising for the arguments chosen to advocate his position.
‘No excuse to cheer destruction’
Letters to the Editor
Michael Barlow
The letter by Chris Reiger (“A response to Paul Wesselhoft,” Nov. 9, Gazette) attempts to justify Arab anger against the United States, even to the extreme of cheering while America was attacked on 9/11, by blaming America’s support of Israel.
Travelin’ man
Rick Steves comes to OKC with a simple message: See the world.
Features
Phil Bacharach
Rick Steves
7 p.m. Saturday
Hardemann Auditorium, Oklahoma Christian University
2501 E. Memorial Rd.
oc.edu/events
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely long and incredibly cloying.
Drama
Rod Lott
How? Of all the films that could have filled that ninth Best Picture slot at this year's Academy Awards, how did Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close get there? Manipulation is one thing; manipulation soaked in implausibility is another entirely: Oscar bait of the worst, most despicable order.
