Music
Joshua Boydston
Vacationer with Tennis and Eureeka!
9 p.m. Thursday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$10-$12
Thursday 23 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: norman
Rather chilling
While the temperature’s rising, Vacationer’s transporting your ears and mind to a cooler place. Bon voyage!
Music
Joshua Boydston
Vacationer with Tennis and Eureeka!
9 p.m. Thursday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$10-$12
Head of the class
A handful of OKC-area schools make Newsweek’s list of top high schools in the nation.
News
Gazette staff
Several Oklahoma City metro schools were named by Newsweek as among the 1,000 best high schools in the country.
So and so good
No need to go nuclear, now that Nuclear is coming to you — the uncompromising Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s, that is.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s with Dinosaur Feathers and Whispertown
9 p.m. Thursday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$12-$14
Andy hardy
Known for painting soup cans, Andy Warhol also shot photos, some of which feature famous faces and go on display in Norman.
Visual Arts
Susannah Waite
The Cult of Personality: Andy Warhol, Harold Stevenson and Portraiture
and
Vernet to Villon: Nineteenth-Century French Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Art
opening Friday, through Sept. 9
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
555 Elm, Norman
ou.edu/fjjma
325-3272
$3-$5
Evolution theory
Folksinger Sarah Jaffe ditched diary-style exposition for more purposeful songwriting, and the end result 'Wins.'
Music
Joshua Boydston
Sarah Jaffe with Secret Colours and Sherree Chamberlain
9 p.m. Thursday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$8-$10
Spook it
OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Local author David A. Farris will discuss deadly outlaw shootouts, strange creatures, unexplained flying objects and more, 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Norman Public Library, 225 N. Webster in Norman. It’s all from his latest book, Oklahoma Outlaws, Spooky Stories and All-Around Folklore. Admission is free, but registration is required. Call 701-2679 or visit justsoyouknow.us/norman.
Thursday
Hey! Read This:
• David A. Farris interview
Jazz hands
Pianist Bert Dalton brings the heat to the 29th incarnation of Norman’s Jazz in June with his Brazilian-flavored project.
Village people
Occupy’s protests have given way to communal advocacy.
Features
Greg Horton
The Occupy movement has all but disappeared from the news, but it is growing and refocusing in Oklahoma. Occupy Tulsa and Occupy Oklahoma City have added groups in Bartlesville, Lawton, Norman, Shawnee and Stillwater, among others.
Horse, of course
On the brink of breaking out, Oklahoma buzz band Horse Thief reins in its psychedelic folk to embark on a tour.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Horse Thief with The Gentle Art of Floating and The Samurai Conquistadors
9 p.m. Friday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$10
No place like home
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Sooner Theatre clicks its red heels three times for the beloved ‘Wizard of Oz.’
Performing Arts
Susannah Waite
The Wizard of Oz
7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday
The Sooner Theatre
101 E. Main, Norman
321-9600
$10
