Visual Arts
Mia Cantu
Breaking the Rules: Religion, Politics and Art (in Polite Conversation, of Course)
5:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesday
Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery
706 W. Sheridan
oksponsoring.org/artshow
$20 advance, $25 door
Friday 24 May
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Broken arts
Because divisive issues don’t sell art, artists shy away from making waves. For ‘Breaking the Rules,’ however, that’s all the art does.
Visual Arts
Mia Cantu
Breaking the Rules: Religion, Politics and Art (in Polite Conversation, of Course)
5:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesday
Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery
706 W. Sheridan
oksponsoring.org/artshow
$20 advance, $25 door
Walk this way
An online survey aims to help OKC officials determine where to put up to 70 miles of sidewalks.
News
Mia Cantu
Oklahoma City officials are hoping additional sidewalks will make the metro more pedestrian-friendly, but determining where to build them isn’t so easy. Among the goals of MAPS 3, the latest chapter of the Metropolitan Area Projects aimed at improving quality of life in the city, is the addition of 50 to 70 miles of new sidewalks.
Young at art
The annual Momentum gains speed as it salutes 30-and-under artists from across the state.
Visual Arts
Mia Cantu
Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still
8 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday
Farmers Public Market
311 S. Klein
ovac-ok.org
$10-$15
Travel with a twist
Imagine martinis neither shaken nor stirred, but snapped. That’s the recipe for an exhibit dedicated to the tipsy traveler.
Visual Arts
Mia Cantu
Martini Travels
6-8 p.m. Friday
through April 30
50 Penn Place Gallery
1900 Northwest Expressway
848-5567
free
Creative dissent
Opposition came in various forms at last week’s rally against the Personhood Act.
News
Mia Cantu
“Get the U.S. out of my uterus,” is just one of nearly 40 handwritten signs held by stern-faced activists in Grace Fallen’s photography portraits. The black-and-white collection displayed on Facebook imparts an equally stark message of opposition to state Senate Bill 1433. Known as the Personhood Act, the measure asserts that life begins at conception.
State of play
These toys aren’t for tots, and these toys Rn’t us. They’re works of art at one unique exhibit.
Visual Arts
Mia Cantu
Custom Toy Show
7-11 p.m. Thursday
DNA Galleries
1705-B N.W. 16th
dnagalleries.com
371-2460
Free
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.
For women
OKC native Kristin Davis returns to the state to head the Oklahoma Women’s Coalition.
News
Mia Cantu
In 2004, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research ranked Oklahoma fourth among the worst states for women. That statistic motivates members of the Oklahoma Women’s Coalition (OWC), which since its 2007 inception has advocated for policies that improve women’s lives. To further its efforts, the nonprofit last month hired its first executive director, Kristin Davis.
