Festivals abound throughout the fall season. Some of the many out-of-town events are quirky enough to justify a car trip.
Food and Drink Features Charles Martin
Rural Oklahomans must harbor a love of the eccentric, as some of the
most unusual events on fall’s calendar are in small towns across the
state.
OKG7 things to do Gazette staff
Laurence Olivier, Ian McKellen and Al Pacino all have played the title role in Bill Shakespeare’s Richard III, but
only Rex Daugherty gets to do so in a unique musical version for
Reduxion Theatre, 1613 N. Broadway. Set in a 1920s-era cabaret, this Richard begins
a run through Nov. 25 at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Tickets are
$10-$18. Call 651-3191 or visit reduxiontheatre.com.
Comedy Rod Lott
If movies could be drug-tested, The Phynx would be in big
trouble. The 1970 comedy is not just an obscurity, but an oddity, like a
hallucinogenic brew mixed by Peter Max and Hanna-Barbera. Newly rescued
from Nowheresville by Warner Archive, the film is a spy spoof on the goofball level of Get Smart — in spirit, that is, not creatively.
Horror Rod Lott Rudyard Kipling's Mark of the Beast
is unlike any film I’ve ever seen. Before that works you into frenzied
anticipation, please note that’s only because it has the most convoluted
DVD menu in history.
Oklahoma singer-songwriter Luke Dick explores new ground and assembles a new album in New York City.
Music Louis Fowler
While Oklahoma-born singer-songwriter Luke Dick’s base of operations is
currently New York City, it doesn’t mean he’s completely left his Okie
roots behind.
Features Rod Lott
In 1931, Pawnee-born Chester Gould created "Dick Tracy," a comic strip
which not only changed the face of the funny papers, but law enforcement
as well.