Food and Drink Features
Charles Martin
Commercial districts across the metro will burst with revelers looking for alternatives to the packed-in crowds downtown.

Features
Rod Lott
Some suggestions before 7:30 p.m. Thursday, when the Oklahoma City Museum of Art screens this year’s five Oscar-nominated documentary short films, each roughly 40 minutes in length. Visit the restroom first. Get comfy. Have some Kleenex handy. And perhaps a handful of St. John’s wort.

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Gazette staff
Members of the Teen Advisory Council will show off a year’s worth of hard work when they open their own art show, “Reclaimed,” with a reception from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at Istvan Gallery, 1218 N. Western.

OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
We think this year’s Best of OKC winners deserve recognition beyond last week’s issue, so we decided to throw a party, and invite you, too! Come celebrate with Oklahoma Gazette from 6:45 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill in Lower Bricktown. We’ve roped in The Damn Quails to provide live music, with singer-songwriter Gabriel Kelley opening. Admission is free, because we love our readers!

Thursday

Hey! Read This:
• Best of OKC 2012 results  
• The Damn Quails interview   

OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Triple your reality as three of the year’s most acclaimed documentaries screen at Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch. On Thursday and Sunday, it’s the freshly Oscar-nominated Chasing Ice; and on Friday and Saturday, The Waiting Room and The House I Live In. The films respectively tackle climate change, public health and the war on drugs. Tickets are $5-$8. Call 236-3100 or visit okcmoa.com.

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