CD review: 3 Doors Down
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Rock
3 Doors Down “3 Doors Down” (Universal Republic Records)
Like many rock bands to emerge in the 1990s, 3 Doors Down has modified its sound since the nu-metal scene has gone out of fashion.
The Mississippi band’s self-titled fourth album doesn’t boast a rousing rocker like the hit “Kryptonite,” and it comes across as overly safe and bland. But the group avoids the homogenized sound many of its modern rock counterparts have adopted.
The disc starts strong with the grinding, Southern-tinged “Train” and the stirring but not schmaltzy National Guard tribute “Citizen/Soldier.”
Brad Arnold’s vocals are plaintive without becoming whiny, and his voice is showcased on the earnest ballad “Your Arms Feel Like Home” and the heartbreaker “She Don’t Want the World.”
The first single, “It’s Not My Time,” has enough interesting guitar changeups to qualify as a solid rock anthem.
But the band’s trademark brooding sound proves too gloomy and oppressive for empowerment songs “It’s the Only One You Got” and “Let Me Be Myself.”
As for the rest of the 12-song disc, too many of the tracks just blur together, with no distinctive features.
- BAM
DVD review: “National Treasure 2″
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
“National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets”
“Treasure protector” Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) and his cohorts return for another far-fetched but enjoyable adventure through history in “National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets.”
The Walt Disney picture resembles a souped-up version of the family-friendly yarns the studio cranked out back in the day. The sequel finds Ben and archivist girlfriend Abigail (Diane Kruger) estranged and computer-geek crony Riley (Justin Bartha) in tax trouble.
Matters get worse when antiquities collector Mitch Wilkinson (Ed Harris) unveils a page from John Wilkes Booth’s diary fingering Ben’s ancestor, Thomas Gates, for planning the Lincoln assassination. Ben, his dad Patrick (Jon Voight) and friends set out to clear the Gates name, a mission that has them jetting from Paris to London to Washington, D.C., scoping out clues.
Eventually, the search points to clues hidden in the legendary Book of Secrets passed from one U.S. president to the next, forcing Ben to kidnap the current president (Bruce Greenwood) from a party at Mount Vernon.
After recruiting his linguistics-expert mom (Helen Mirren) for a translation, Ben realizes the quest points toward Mount Rushmore – and perhaps an ancient city of gold.
The sequel offers enough interesting puzzles and likable characters for an entertaining popcorn flick.
DVD extras: Commentary, deleted scenes, making-of featurettes and blooper reel.
- BAM
Movie review: “The Fall”
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Solid performances, complex theme help ‘The Fall’ stand tall
The magic of storytelling forms the bond between a depressed man and a precocious child in the disturbing and bizarrely beautiful adult fairy tale “The Fall.”
Set in a Los Angeles hospital in 1915, the film centers on Alexandria (untrained newcomer Catinca Untaru), 5, an Eastern European immigrant recovering after breaking her arm working in an orange grove. Otherwise healthy, the curious child spends her days roaming the hospital.
While trying to deliver a note to her favorite nurse, Evelyn (Justine Waddell), Alexandria meets Roy Walker (Chickasha native Lee Pace), an early-day movie stuntman convalescing after breaking his back in a fall.
The fall took place during a stunt on a silent Western and may have been as much a suicide attempt as an accident. Roy has been depressed since his girlfriend left him for the film’s leading man (Daniel Caltagirone).
Roy regales Alexandria with an elaborate yarn of love and revenge based on the Western he was working on, his personal heartbreak and classic epic archetypes.
His engaging story follows the masked Black Bandit (mostly Pace), an Indian warrior (Jeetu Verma), an escaped slave (Marcus Wesley), an Italian explosives expert (Robin Smith), a dreadlocked mystic (Julian Bleach) and naturalist Charles Darwin (Leo Bill) as they embark on a worldwide quest to take vengeance on the wicked Gov. Odious (Caltagirone again).
The tale casts orderlies, patients and other people at the hospital in the various roles, and Roy keeps the colorful epic open to Alexandria’s whims. Nurse Evelyn appears as Odious’ fiancee, and Alexandria takes on the role of the Black Bandit’s long-lost daughter.
But Roy’s fairy tale isn’t just a kindly effort to entertain a restless child. He uses it to manipulate her into gathering morphine tablets for another suicide attempt. Alexandria is unaware of her pal’s ulterior motive; she only knows he will tell more of the story if she delivers the pills.
As the tall tale unfolds, the line between reality and fantasy becomes increasingly blurred, and Roy’s fable reflects his darkening mental landscape.
Writer-director Tarsem Singh, known for music videos such as R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion” and the 2000 film “The Cell,” based “The Fall” on the 1981 Bulgarian film “Yo Ho Ho.”
Making “The Fall” took 11 years of location scouting and four years of filming in 18 countries, and it showcases Singh’s singular visual style while bringing to mind the art of M.C. Escher, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali. One scary animated sequence resembles the work of the Quay Brothers.
Dressed in ornate costumes, the fantasy heroes traverse stark steppes, unforgiving desert and opulent palaces presented in hypersaturated colors.
Singh’s film is sometimes confusing and fractured, but strong performances, unusual visuals and the story’s resonance make “The Fall” worth taking.
-BAM
Podcast: summer movies
Chief nerd Matt Price and I break down the highlights of the summer movie season in this NewsOK podcast.
The season looks very geek-friendly with all the superhero films. But there’s plenty of other types of movies on the slate, as you can see from the extensive summer movie list in the previous post.
-BAM
Summer movies look super
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Flawed superheroes spice blockbusters
Amid the usual array of big-name sequels, star-studded comedies and high-tech animated features, flawed superheroes are emerging as the potential stars of the blockbuster summer movie season.
Will Smith again stakes his claim on the July 4 box office as a hard-living hero in need of an image makeover in “Hancock.” Ron Perlman reprises his role as a demon on the side of the angels in the sequel “Hellboy II: The Golden Army.” Stars Edward Norton, Liv Tyler and Tim Roth are bulking up the latest movie incarnation of “The Incredible Hulk.”
Of course, “The Dark Knight,” featuring the late Heath Ledger in one of his final roles as premier Batman foe The Joker, ranks among the season’s most anticipated and notorious blockbusters.
A stoner comedy from golden-touch producer Judd Apatow, a futuristic robot epic from Pixar and an animated take on “Star Wars” also are on this summer’s slate.
Since movie studios often move around release dates, especially for smaller films, check local listings before heading to the cinema.
Today
Set four years after the end of the popular HBO series, the film version of “Sex and the City” reunites pals Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) as Carrie prepares to marry Mr. Big (Chris Noth).
A vacationing couple (Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman) are tormented by unknown attackers in “The Strangers.”
Set in a hospital in 1915, “The Fall” centers on an immigrant girl (Catinca Untaru) recovering from a fall who is enraptured by the fantastical stories an injured stuntman (Chickasha native Lee Pace) tells her.
A woman (Helen Hunt) goes through a midlife crisis in “Then She Found Me.”
June 6
In the animated animal yarn “Kung Fu Panda,” a lazy panda (voice of Jack Black) is the unlikely chosen one entrusted with defending the Valley of Peace from a wicked snow leopard (Ian McShane).
Adam Sandler stars as an Israeli secret agent who fakes his death, moves to New York and reinvents himself as a hair stylist in “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan.” Judd Apatow co-wrote the film with Sandler and Robert Smigel.
Set in England in the early 1980s, “Son of Rambow” centers on two disparate boys (Bill Milner and Will Poulter) who set out to make their own sequel to “Rambo: First Blood.”
June 13
The Marvel comic “The Incredible Hulk” gets another movie treatment, with Edward Norton as the superhero, Liv Tyler as his lady love and Tim Roth as his foe The Abomination.
Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel and John Leguizamo star in M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Happening,” about a family fleeing an apocalyptic natural disaster.
In “The Promotion,” two mid-level supermarket employees (John C. Reilly and Seann William Scott) compete for the managerial post at a new store.
June 20
Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway and Dwayne Johnson star in the film adaptation of the 1960s TV series “Get Smart.”
In “The Love Guru,” Pitka (Mike Myers), an American raised by gurus in India, is hired to help a star hockey player (Romany Malco) whose game has suffered since his wife left him for another man (Justin Timberlake).
Filmmaker Errol Morris (”The Thin Blue Line”) examines the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in the documentary “Standard Operating Procedure.”
June 27
Set in the future on an abandoned Earth, Pixar’s latest animated film, “WALL-E,” focuses on a trash-compacting robot that discovers the way for humans to return to the planet.
James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman star in “Wanted,” about a slacker (McAvoy) who learns his murdered father was an assassin and is recruited into the same secret society.
“Mongol,” a nominee for the best foreign-language film Oscar, chronicles the early years of Genghis Khan.
July 2
In “Hancock,” an alcoholic, apathetic superhero (Will Smith) is approached by a public relations consultant (Jason Bateman) who wants to help repair his public image.
Based on the popular American Girl doll and book series, “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl” tells the Depression-era tale of clever Kit (Abigail Breslin), who must solve a mystery to save her family’s home.
July 11
In “Hellboy II: The Golden Army,” a mythical army of creatures tries to overthrow humanity, and good-hearted demon Hellboy (Ron Perlman), his pyro-kinetic sweetheart Liz (Selma Blair) and their aquatic ally Abe (Doug Jones) are called to save the world.
A scientist (Brendan Fraser), his nephew (Josh Hutcherson) and their guide (Anita Briem) stumble upon a fantastical world in “Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D.”
Miniscule aliens on a planet-saving mission pilot an Eddie Murphy-shaped spacecraft in the sci-fi comedy “Meet Dave.”
July 18
Christopher Nolan again occupies in the director’s chair for “The Dark Knight,” the sequel to 2005’s “Batman Begins.” The Caped Crusader (Christian Bale), police Lt. Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) team to bring down Gotham’s newest villain: The Joker (the late Heath Ledger).
Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth star in the movie version of the ABBA stage musical “Mamma Mia!”
In the animated “Space Chimps,” Ham III (voice of Andy Samberg), the grandson of the first chimpanzee in space, must lead two of his simian cohorts on a dangerous mission.
July 25
Director Chris Carter and stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reunite for “The X Files: I Want to Believe,” the second movie based on the paranormal TV series.
Two spoiled adult children develop an intense sibling rivalry after their single parents get married in “Step Brothers.”
Limp Bizkit front man Fred Durst directs and rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube stars in “The Longshots,” based on the true story of the first girl (Keke Palmer) to play in a Pop Warner football tournament.
Aug. 1
In the sequel “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,” father-and-son explorers (Brendan Fraser and Luke Ford) disturb the mummy of a supernaturally powerful Chinese ruler (Jet Li).
A failed drummer (Rainn Wilson) gets a second chance at stardom when he joins his nephew’s (Josh Gad) garage band in “The Rocker.”
In the comedy “Swing Vote,” an unusual turn of events puts the outcome of the presidential election in the hands of a lovable slacker (Kevin Costner).
A photographer (Bradley Cooper) tracks a serial killer (Vinnie Jones) who finds his victims on New York City subways in “The Midnight Meat Train.”
Aug. 8
A stoner (Seth Rogan) and his dealer (James Franco) go on the run after the dopehead sees a cop (Rosie Perez) and a drug lord (Gary Cole) commit murder in the Judd Apatow-produced comedy “Pineapple Express.”
Four best friends (America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel, Amber Tamblyn and Blake Lively) come together to find their missing pair of magical jeans in “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.”
In the 3-D animated “Fly Me to the Moon,” three houseflies stow away aboard the Apollo 11 moon mission.
The sports drama “The Perfect Game” is based on the true story of a group of Mexican boys who in 1957 became the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.
Emma Thompson and Michael Gambon star in the period drama “Brideshead Revisited.”
Aug. 15
Some actors (Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.) shooting a big-budget war movie get caught up in real-life combat in “Tropic Thunder,” which Stiller also directed.
The animated “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” shows the intergalactic warfare in between the live-action “Star Wars” movies “Attack of the Clones” and “Revenge of the Sith.”
An Interpol agent (Clive Owen) tries to break an arms- dealing ring backed by a powerful bank in “The International.”
After a bad health diagnosis, a disillusioned man (Luke Wilson) tries to hide in suburbia, but his neighbors won’t leave him alone in the modern-day fable “Henry Poole Is Here.”
Kiefer Sutherland stars in the horror film “Mirrors.”
The documentary “American Teen” chronicles the lives and cliques of a diverse group of Indiana high school seniors.
Aug. 22
A Playboy Bunny who is kicked out of the mansion (Anna Faris) becomes the house mother for a group of sorority girls in “The House Bunny.”
In “Hamlet 2,” a high school drama teacher (Steve Coogan) creates a musical sequel to Shakespeare’s famed drama.
The action-thriller “Death Race” stars Jason Statham, Joan Allen and Ian McShane.
A radio talk show host (Uma Thurman) recommends that a listener (Justina Machado) break up with her boyfriend (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), prompting the angry ex to seek revenge in “The Accidental Husband.”
Aug. 29
Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh and Gerard Depardieu star in the post-apocalyptic thriller “Babylon A.D.”
Three high school seniors (Drake Bell, Kevin Covais, Andrew Caldwell) experience a wild weekend during a campus visit in “College.”
In “Traitor,” a by-the-book FBI agent (Guy Pearce) investigates a mysterious operative (Don Cheadle) suspected of playing a part in a deadly international conspiracy.
-BAM
What to do in Oklahoma on May 30
Today’s featured event:
Oklahoma City-based musician Brandon Herrera will give a free concert incorporating the didgeridoo from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at Untitled Artspace, 1 NE Third.
The didgeridoo, which originated with the indigenous Australians of northern Australia, is commonly thought to be the world’s oldest wind instrument. It is known for its low, droning sounds.
The performance will be accompanied by bongo drums.
For more information, go to www.1ne3.org.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
-BAM
RIP Harvey Korman
Comic actor Harvey Korman, famed for his roles in the Mel Brooks film “Blazing Saddles” and TV’s “The Carol Burnett Show,” died today. He was 81.
Korman died after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago, according to the Associated Press obituary.
From 1967-77, he was an integral and hilarious part of the cast of “The Carol Burnett Show,” along with Burnett, Vicki Lawrence and Tim Conway. He also was in his own short-lived TV show.
On the big screen his most famous part was as the conniving Hedley (”It’s not ‘Hedy,’ it’s ‘Hedley!’”) Lamar in the 1974 Western parody “Blazing Saddles.”
He also appeared in the Brooks movies “High Anxiety,” “The History of the World Part I” and “Dracula: Dead and Loving It,” along with two installments in the ”Pink Panther” franchise, 1982’s “Trail of the Pink Panther” and 1983’s “Curse of the Pink Panther.”
He is survived by his wife, Deborah Fritz; their daughters, Katherine and Laura; and two children from his previous marriage to Donna Ehlert, Maria and Christopher. Our thoughts are with them.
It’s the second obit I’ve had to post here this week – the other was Sydney Pollack’s – so it’s been a sad few days for movie fans.
To read Korman’s AP obit, click here.
To read his IMDB obit, click here.
-BAM
Cook’s scores a hit and helps Fuller set a record
Tulsa rocker David Cook has barely been an “American Idol” for a week, but he’s already reaping the benefits.
The Associated Pressreports that Cook, 25, notched 942,000 digital downloads in a week, according to numbers released today by Nielsen SoundScan. The numbers are from the week ending Sunday. That bodes well for his plans to release an album in the fall.
“Idol” runner-up David Archuleta marked 323,000 downloads in that timeframe, according to the AP story.
But the reality show’s competitors weren’t the only ones to get a boost from the show. Oklahoma’s previous “Idol” winner Carrie Underwood, George Michael and ZZ Top all performed on last week’s “Idol” seventh season finale and experienced big jumps in their download figures, according to the AP.
Another beneficiary: The show’s creator, Simon Fuller.
PR Newswire is reporting that Fuller, who recently was named the top British manager of all time by Billboard, has scored a record 17 songs on the trade magazine’s Top 100. All 17 songs are by artists whose careers were launched on “Idol.”
Perhaps even more impressive: 14 of those 17 songs debuted on the chart this week.
With his artists filling 17 spots on the Hot 100, Fuller beats Brian Epstein’s long-standing record; Epstein’s Beatles had 14 singles hit the charts in one week in 1964.
Cook, who is managed by Fuller and signed to the mogul’s 19 Recordings, set a new record for the most new chart entries by a single artist in the Hot 100’s 50-year history, according to PR Newsire. Cook had 11 songs enter the list dated June 7, shattering Miley Cyrus’ previous record of six new entries in one week.
Of course, the leader among Cook’s 11 songs is “The Time of My Life,” which debuted at No. 3 on the chart, the highest debut of the year.
The piano ballad may not be my favorite in Cook’s repertoire, but it bowed at No. 1 on the Hot Digital Songs and Hot Digital Tracks charts. That brings the total of No. 1 hits spawned by “Idol” to 179, dating back to Kelly Clarkson’s first No. 1, “A Moment Like This,” in October 2002, according to PR Newswire
Archuleta, another of Fuller’s clients, had three songs enter the Hot 100 this week, including his cover of John Lennon’s “Imagine” at No. 36.
Rounding out Fuller’s 17 Hot 100 songs: Jordin Spark’s duet with Chris Brown of “No Air,” holding at No. 5; Underwood’s “Last Name, which made a big jump from No. 37 to No. 19; and Daughtry’s “Feels Like Tonight.”
One more record for Fuller: 17 songs by Fuller-managed artists debuted this week on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart. Fourteen of those songs are by Cook; the remaining three are by Archuleta.
All of this hitmaking and record-setting should at least put a damper on the idea that “Idol” is losing its magic touch, or at least its influence on the charts.
-BAM
The Davids on the morning shows
“American Idol” winner David Cook and runner-up David Archuleta performed and were interviewed this morning on NBC’s “Today” show. Check out the videos from the “Today” show Web site.
Meredith Vieira interviews the Davids:
David Archuleta sings “Think of Me”:
David Cook performs “Time of My Life”:
Personally, I’ll be glad when Cook, 25, of Tulsa by way of Blue Springs, Mo., is past his apparent contractual obligation to perform the “Idol” piano ballad “Time of My Life.” Cook rocks, but the song, alas, does not – even if it is the most popular download on the Internet right now, as Vieira said this morning. I’m ready to hear him play something harder hitting, or at least more interesting, like he did during the “Idol” competition.
By the way, Vieira pointed out that there is a “cougars for Cook” movement of older women who swoon over the rocker. But his sex symbol status among the ladies seems to run the gamut of ages; one young thing brought a sign to the plaza that read “I’ve never been Cooked, but I’d like to be.”
Archuleta, 17, of Murray, Utah, also appeared on CBS’ “Early Show” this morning. Check out this story from the show’s Web site; in it, Archie defends his father, who developed a “crazy stage dad” reputation during the seventh season of “Idol.”
Here’s the video of Archuleta performing on the “Early Show,” from the CBS Web site:
The “Early Show” also will air a performance by Cookie on Friday morning, according to the show’s site.
-BAM
Weekend Warmup
A preview of the activities and events for the weekend of May 30-June 1:
Arts
- Drop-in Art: Guest artists in the Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s Education Center will be helping children and parents make art from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. This week, wire sculptures will be the art project. For more information, go to www.okcmoa.com.
Family
- Mark Harmon “Pitch in for Kids” Celebrity Baseball Game: Cheer on the Mark Harmon Bombers and OSSO Outlaws in the seventh annual Mark Harmon “Pitch in for Kids” Celebrity Baseball Game. The game, which benefits The Children’s Center nonprofit hospital, will start at 3 p.m. Saturday in AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, 2 S Mickey Mantle Drive. Pre-game events start at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call 218-1000 or go online to www.oklahomaredhawks.com.
- “The Science of SuperCroc featuring Nigersaurus”: The exhibit features a full-scale replica of a huge crocodile, Sarcosuchus imperator, and the unusual sauropod Nigersaurus. It starts Saturday at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in Norman. For more information, go to www.snomnh.ou.edu.
Miscellaneous
- “Garden Tour for Connoisseurs”: View seven of the metro area’s most beautiful gardens at the ninth annual “Garden Tour for Connoisseurs” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The event is organized by and raises funds for the Oklahoma Horticulture Society. For more information, call 721-7423 or go online to www.okhort.org.
- Jeff Dunham: The funny ventriloquist/puppeteer/stand-up comic is performing a pair of sold-out shows Saturday at Firelake Grand Casino in Shawnee. For more information, go to www.firelakegrand.com.
Music
- Patti LaBelle: Listen to “soul sister” Patti LaBelle belt out her hits at 8 p.m. Friday at Riverwind Casino, Interstate 35 and State Highway 9 south of Norman. For more information, call 322-6000 or go online to www.riverwind.com.
- KC and the Sunshine Band: Do a little dance when KC and the Sunshine Band play their songs of the ‘70s Saturday night at Frontier City, 11501 N Interstate 35 Service Road. Concert gates open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 8. For more information, call 478-2140 or go online to www.frontiercity.com.
- Karla Bonoff:Hear singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Andrews Park Amphitheater, 201 W Daws St. in Norman. Kenny Edwards, Bonoff’s longtime friend, will open the show, which is part of the Summer Breeze Concert Series. For more information, call 307-9320 or go online to www.thepas.org.
- Tim McGraw:The country megastar, with special guests Halfway to Hazard and Jason Aldean, will play at 8 p.m. Friday at Ford Center, 100 W Reno. For more information, www.okfordcenter.com.
- Didgeridoo concert:Oklahoma City-based musician Brandon Herrera will give a free concert on the didgeriddo from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at Untitled Artspace, 1 NE Third. The ancient wind instrument, which originated with aboriginal Australians, is known for its low, droning sounds. Herrera’s performance will be accompanied by bongo drums. For more information, go to http://www.1ne3.org/.
Movies
- “Sex in the City”: Set four years after the end of the popular HBO series, the film version of “Sex in the City” reunites pals Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) as Carrie prepares to marry Mr. Big (Chris Noth).
- “The Strangers”: A vacationing couple (Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman) are tormented by unknown attackers.
- “The Fall”: Set in a Los Angeles hospital in 1915, “The Fall” centers on an immigrant girl (Catinca Untaru) recovering from a fall who is enraptured by the fantastical stories an injured stuntman (Chickasha native Lee Pace) tells her.
- “Then She Found Me”: A woman (Helen Hunt) goes through a midlife crisis.
Statewide
- Brooks & Dunn, Miami: Hear the venerable country duo, which includes Tulsan Ronnie Dunn, along with special guests Kellie Pickler and Rodney Adkins. The show stars at 8 p.m. Friday at Buffalo Run Casino, 1000 Buffalo Run Blvd. For more information, call (918) 542-7140 or go to www.buffalorun.com.
- 23rd Annual Bartlett Regatta, Grove: Watch sailboat races beginning at 4 p.m. Saturday at Grand Lake. The event raises money for The Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges. For more information, go to www.tulsacenter.org.
- Magnolia Festival, Durant: The festival includes arts and crafts, carnival rides, children’s events, a parade and American Indian dancers. The festival is from 8 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday. For more information, go to www.magnoliafestival.com.
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