Visual Arts
Charles Martin
Steven Poster
6-10 p.m. Friday, Opening reception
through April 2
Mainsite Contemporary Art
122 E. Main, Norman
Mainsite-art.com, 292-8095
Thursday 20 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Topic: had
Poster art
Hollywood cinematographer Steven Poster showcases his first love, still photography, for an exhibition of street scenes captured around the world.
Visual Arts
Charles Martin
Ground floor
Going up? The Burning Hotels were when they changed their sex-punk sound. Now dancier, the act aims straight for the penthouse suite.
Music
Joshua Boydston
The Burning Hotels with the Pretty Black Chains
7 p.m. Friday
Warpaint Clothing Co., 1710 N.w. 16th
www.warpaintstore.com, 602-1581
free
Divine Grace
Don’t hate Grace Potter because she’s beautiful. Love her because she and her band have broken through with old-school rock.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals with Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights
7 p.m. Sunday
Coca-Cola Bricktown Events Center, 425 E. California
ticketstorm.com, 866-966-1777
$17.50 advance, $20 door
Hop, skip and a jump
Nobunny lured to OKC in an unusual way
Music
Rod Lott
Local Nobunny fan Clint McEwen noticed something wasn’t right when the Oakland, Calif.-based act’s winter tour dates were posted on Twitter recently: no Oklahoma City stop. This irked him, because he had seen Nobunny play an “incredible” show at The Conservatory, 8911 N.
Space invaders
With a name like Aliens Vs. Robots, you’d expect these Oklahoma City indie rockers to be interstellar. They are.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Aliens Vs. Robots with Hundredsomethings
9 p.m. Friday
VZD’s Restaurant and Club, 4200 N. Western
vzds.com, 524-4203
$5
Oh (big) brother
Letters to the Editor
Joyce A. Braunscheidel
Where did our democracy go? With 9/11 came fingerprinting, radio-frequency identification, body scanners, microchips and cameras, just to name a few.
Three’s company
From the ashes of The Rounders rises Oil Boom, a trio bursting with blues-based rock.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Oil Boom with The Orbans
9 p.m. Friday
VZD’s Restaurant and Club, 4200 N. Western
VZDs.com, 524-4203
Bear necessities
Mayola bassist Antonio Laster felt the need to rock electronically. Letting ideas hibernate eventually birthed Brother Bear.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Brother Bear with Binary Sunrise
9 P.m. Saturday
Opolis, 113 N. Crawford, Norman
Opolis.org, 820-0951
$7
Thoughts on ‘boombastic’ Thunder trades
A step or two in the right direction.
