Music
Chris Parker
The Bled with Pay at the Pump, Facing Giants and A Heart’s Polyphony
6 p.m. Tuesday
The Conservatory, 8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com, 607-4805
$10 advance, $12 door
Wednesday 19 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Topic: had
Better red than dead
Sometimes time off is a good thing, as the Arizona-based outfits proves.
Music
Chris Parker
‘Mars’ attacks!
As part of Lyric’s ‘Rokademy’ class, nine students have created an original rock musical, ‘Teenagers on Mars.’
Performing Arts
Richard York
Teenagers on Mars
2 and 7 p.m. Saturday
Lyric at the Plaza, 1727 N.W. 16th
lyrictheatreokc.com, 524-9312
$7 advance, $10 door
Pay it forward
A challenging adolescence gave a local professor the ability to inspire students, which he has been doing for four decades.
News
Emily Jerman
Professor Henry Kirkland Jr.’s eyes twinkle as he settles into a story of pranks pulled on his classes. The tall man with salt-and-pepper hair has been known to write across the board and right onto the wall.
Wine words
Terry Theise has spent much of his life singing the praises of Riesling in a language we can all appreciate.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Terry Theise makes wine nerds gush. Jane Black, writing for The Washington Post, introduced him thus: “If you like wine and don’t mind name-dropping, here’s the name to know: Terry Theise.”
‘A great Oklahoman’
CFN
Gazette staff
Flags in Oklahoma City flew at half-staff this week in honor of Clara Luper. The civil rights icon died June 8 at age 88.
Potter hater
Millions of people love the books and movies … but not this guy.
Features
Rod Lott
When I was in grade school, I had an allergy test at Oklahoma Allergy Clinic, in which a nurse wrote rows of numbers up and down both forearms with a ballpoint pen, and then injected me next to every scribble. Each syringe contained something different, so if the injection point grew red and puffy, they were able to tell exactly what my system couldn’t stand.
