“Another Hot Oklahoma Night” opens today at the Oklahoma History Center
James Petree, Oklahoma City, gets on his knees to get a photo of the Collins Kids display at the opening of Another Hot Oklahoma Night rock ‘n’ roll history exhibit at the Oklahoma History Center today. (Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman)
While I was checking out an early screening of “Star Trek” and collecting comic books at Free Comic Book Day, my colleague George Lang was covering the grand opening of the huge exhibit “Another Hot Oklahoma Night,” which pays homage to our state’s rich rock ‘n’ roll heritage.
Local bands Mike Black and the Stingrays, The City Lives, Unmarked Cars and more performed at today’s grand opening, according to George’s Staticblog.
In addition, a VIP event on Friday night brought out Oklahoma music stars such as Wanda Jackson, The Flaming Lips, Steve Ripley and more. George and the Tulsa World’s Jennifer Chancellor covered that VIP event while I was at the Paseo Gallery Walk.
From the looks of their stories, it seems that most musicians and visitors have been raving about this exhibit, which I personally can’t wait to see.
“All of this looks like something you’d see in the Smithsonian,” said Flaming Lips manager Scott Booker at the VIP event at the center on Friday. “I was in Washington D.C. recently, and this rivals anything you’d see there.”
Click here to read what head Lip Wayne Coyne and others had to tell George about the exhibit. You can read quotes from Jackson, Ripley and more by clicking here.
And for more on the exhibit and the opening festivities, go to George’s Staticblog at blog.newsok.com/staticblog.
-BAM
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