News
Clifton Adcock
After rejecting two proposals to put downtown’s Stage Center to use, the nonprofit organization that owns the unique building has decided to put it up for sale.
Sunday 19 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: history
Exit Stage?
It might be curtains for the Stage Center, now that the iconic building goes up for sale.
News
Clifton Adcock
After rejecting two proposals to put downtown’s Stage Center to use, the nonprofit organization that owns the unique building has decided to put it up for sale.
The Spy returns to radio
Partnership with KOSU brings beloved alt format back from the dead.
News
Gazette staff
After an abrupt jump from the airwaves to an online-only model, the locally loved The Spy is returning to terrestrial radio. Beginning Aug. 20, The Spy will live from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. on KOSU, the NPR station that serves the Oklahoma City metro at 91.7 on the FM dial.
Blast from the past
Retro Metro OKC is preserving the city's history, one artifact at a time.
News
Carmel Perez Snyder
The Rock Island-Frisco Railroad heralds were displayed on Oklahoma City’s S. Robinson Street train underpass for nearly 80 years. Chances are most Oklahoma City residents drove by without ever noticing the two symbols of the city’s past.
Digging deep
Students from an Edmond college are digging up history on an archaeological trip in Israel.
News
Greg Horton
Students from Edmond’s Herbert W. Armstrong College recently traveled to Israel to work on an archaeological dig site possibly linked to King Solomon.
Groove for good
More than just a free festival of live music, Norman’s Groovefest turns the spotlight on human rights issues.
Lincoln
Daniel Day-Lewis embodies America's arguably greatest president.
Drama
Phil Bacharach
Lincoln practically shouts “prestige production” before you’ve even had a chance to buy your popcorn. A costume drama about one of this nation’s most revered historical figures, this is the kind of film irresistible to awards groups.
Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel: So
The whole story behind the music, now ‘In Your Eyes.’
Documentary
Rod Lott
Peter Gabriel’s 1986 album, So, found the former Genesis vocalist at his commercial and critical peak. Now, to celebrate its 25th anniversary, it’s not only been reissued in a three-disc box set, but is the subject of the Classic Albums documentary series.
The write stuff
A new exhibit celebrates all things Oklahoma and literary.
Visual Arts
Louis Fowler
Oklahoma Writers: A Literary Tableau
ongoing
Oklahoma History Center
800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive
okhistory.org
522-6676
$4-$18
