‘Slow’ your roll

Life imitates art at The Conservatory, where a documentary about Southern metal will screen before a concert.

Features
Matt Carney

Slow Southern Steel
8 p.m. Tuesday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805
$10 advance, $12 door

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

‘Family’ matters

That ol’ human condition goes under the spotlight in a photography exhibition spanning more than a century.

Visual Arts
Charles Martin
Reconsidering the Family of Man
through May 25
[Artspace] at Untitled
1 N.E. Third
artspaceatuntitled.org
815-9995
free

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

‘Pride’ and joy

OCU and the Oklahoma Children’s Theatre take on a Jane Austen classic.

Performing Arts
Mia Cantu
Pride and Prejudice
11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m Saturday,
2 p.m. Sunday
Oklahoma City University’s
Burg Theatre
2501 N. Blackwelder
oklahomachildrenstheatre.org
208-5227
$8-$12

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Seeking subversion

In his latest book, Oklahoma City pastor Robin Meyers proposes a religious equivalent of the ‘common good.’

Nonfiction
Greg Horton
Robin Meyers
6:30 p.m. Thursday
Full Circle Bookstore
1900 Northwest Expressway
fullcirclebooks.com
842-2900

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Let it Wride

From Iran to Oklahoma, The Wriders spout hip-hop that’s not only positive, but Persian.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Nima Tajbakhsh and Arash Motian didn’t have a particular American dream in mind when they made the move from Tehran, Iran, to Oklahoma City as teenagers in 2001.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Home sweet ’homa

Despite once proclaiming, ‘I Ain't Got No Home,’ Woody Guthrie will be feted with an all-star centennial concert from just that.

Music
Ryan LaCroix
This Land Is Your Land Tribute Concert
7:30 p.m. Saturday
Brady Theater
105 W. Brady, Tulsa
woody100.com
$53.50-$273.50

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Rock solid

Chevelle likes it hard. Rock, that is. Staying true to that ideal has kept the band at the top.

Music
Joshua Boydston

Chevelle with Middle Class Rut and Janus
7 p.m. Friday

Diamond Ballroom

8001 S. Eastern

diamondballroom.net

677-9169

$24 advance, $29 door

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Peep show

The third time’s the charm for this behind-the-scenes comedy.

Mia Cantu
Drama Queens
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, through March
The Boom
2218 N.W. 39th
601-7200
$15

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Randy melodies

If a song a day keeps the doctor away, Randy Montgomery may be immortal. He’s on his way to 200 consecutive tunes.

Music
Mia Cantu
Folk and blues artist Randy Montgomery started making music when he was 14 years old. As a self-taught guitar player, he would mimic the ways of his musical idols, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

The truth hurts.

Documentary
Rod Lott
I can't believe — just. cannot. believe. — that Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory lost the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature this past spring. And to a football movie, no less! It's another case of the jocks running ragged over the outcasts, except these outcasts were able to effect something few docs achieve: change.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012