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If there’s one thing we love, it’s Mates of State.

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Now 44 years old, one of the city’s biggest and best festivals, the Festival of the Arts, opens 11 a.m. Tuesday in downtown at Festival Plaza, Stage Center and Myriad Botanical Gardens.

Letters to the Editor
Ted Rider
Kevin Connolly’s letter in the April 4 Gazette (“Accept food stamps”) illustrates a different assertion than he intended. He apparently finds himself working his ass off for 60-plus hours a week.

CFN
Gazette staff
While there are quite a few things the CFN crew will do for money, jumping off the top of Devon tower in the dead of night is not one of them.

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Oklahoma fiddle virtuoso Kyle Dillingham and his band, Horseshoe Road, bring their signature “heartland acoustic” sound to the stage 8 p.m. Thursday at the Sooner Theatre, 101 W. Main in Norman.

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Get a double dose of Southern rock at 7 p.m. Saturday as legends ZZ Top (of the beards) and Lynyrd Skynyrd (of the bird that is free and that you cannot change) bring their “Rebels and Bandoleros” tour to the OKC Zoo Amphitheatre, 2011 N.E. 50th, with special guest Drake White.

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Celebrate Asian culture and traditions at the 25th annual Asian Festival, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Sheraton Oklahoma City Hotel, 1 N. Broadway.

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The music of renowned American and British composers will ring throughout the Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker, as the Canterbury Choral Society presents the last concert of its season with “Music from Two Shores.”

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The Oak Ridge Boys, world-famous for the No. 1 single “Elvira,” will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Choctaw High School Performing Center, 14300 N.E. 10th.

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Watch Oklahoma City’s very own indoor arena football team, the Bricktown Brawlers, as they take on the West Texas Roughnecks in their final home game of the season, 7:05 p.m. Saturday at the Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens.