The Oklahoma book holiday gift guide

Here’s a novel idea: Give the pleasure of state-related reading this holiday season.

Features
Rod Lott
As Full Circle Bookstore owner Jim Tolbert told me last year, “At Christmas, people come back to books. A book is a gift.”

 

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of The Toynbee Tiles

An urban mystery is paved with mad intentions in the marvelous documentary ‘Resurrect Dead.’

Documentary
Rod Lott
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of The Toynbee Tiles
7:30 p.m. Wednesday
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch
okcmoa.com
236-3100
$5-$8

 

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Film this

OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Twenty-five years ago, Emilio Estevez was a bigger box-office draw than Robert Downey Jr.

 

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Thrills are muted but chilling in the espionage tale of ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.’

Thriller
Phil Bacharach
For a guy named Smiley, the central character of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” doesn’t do a lot of smiling.

 

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Doc this

OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Not to be confused with the 1981 Walt Disney fantasy of the same name, the documentary “Dragonslayer” follows not fictional creatures, but a SoCal skate legend who doesn’t wanna grow up.

 

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

In the Land of Blood and Honey

Drama
Phil Bacharach
“In the Land of Blood and Honey” doesn’t skimp on wartime atrocities.

 

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Glass plus

Illuminate your day with the return of Dale Chihuly’s world-renowned glasswork, accompanied by a new exhibit.

Visual Arts
Jenn Scott
"Illuminations: Rediscovering the Art of Dale Chihuly"
Daily, through April 8
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch
okcmoa.com
236-3100
$10-$12

 

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Film this

OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch, will screen “Louder Than a Bomb,” a moving, inspiring documentary about the world’s largest youth poetry slam, held annually in Chicago.

 

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Brief encounters

In honor of this year’s batch of Oscar-nominated shorts showing at Oklahoma City Museum of Art, we bring you short reviews of each.

Features
Rod Lott
Academy Award-Nominated Animated Short Films
5:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday

Academy Award-Nominated Live-Action Short Films
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch
okcmoa.com
236-3100
$5-$8

 

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

A Cat in Paris

Children's
Rod Lott
A Cat in Paris
12:30 p.m. Sunday
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch
okcmoa.com
236-3100
$5-$8

 

Wednesday, February 22, 2012