Wednesday Video Spotlight: “Duck Dynasty” Season 3 premieres tonight
The third season of the popular reality TV show “Duck Dynasty” premieres tonight with back-to-back new episodes at 9 and 9:30 p.m. on A&E.
Below, check out the video of Willie, Jase, Phil and Si Robertson’s appearance on Tuesday night’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
As previously reported, Jase and Missy Robertson of the hit A&E reality series “Duck Dynasty” will visit Oklahoma next month as part of Piedmont Schools’ annual charity event, DUCK Week.
The couple will appear at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 10 at the Yukon High School Gymnasium. Tickets are $25, according to the DUCK Week website.
The final ticket sale date for the Robertsons’ appearance is set for 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Piedmont High School. There are no online ticket sales, and buyers must pay by cash or check. Stadium seats and bleacher seats are available; VIP seats are sold out.
For more information on ticket sales, email Alissa.antwine@piedmontschools.org
DUCK Week (Doing Unselfish Charities for Kids Week) is a charity week in which the students of Piedmont Schools lead their community in an effort to raise funds for people in their community with great medical need. Along the way, the students will learn what real-life generosity looks like and how to impact someone’s life in a way that they never thought was possible. It teaches them the selfless act of sacrificing a bit of themselves for the sake of others, according to the website.
The theme of this year’s charity week is DUCK Week Dynasty, in honor of the popular reality show.
For more information, visit www.duckweek.org.
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Wednesday Video Spotlight: Three Oklahoma artists step into “Momentum” Spotlight
Art lovers can get on the move with Oklahoma’s young artistic talent at the 12th annual “Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still,” Friday and Saturday at 50 Penn Place, 1900 Northwest Expressway.
Presented by the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, “Momentum” offers Oklahoma artists ages 30 and younger an opportunity to exhibit their work in a venue created specifically for them. The interactive event presents a diversified look at Oklahoma’s young artistic talent. Each year, hundreds of young artists submit their work to be considered for the exhibition. Guest curators narrow submissions to the best-of-the-best for the two-night event.
Erin Latham of Norman is one of the three 2013 “Momentum” Spotlight artists.
“It’s the only program that we have that is specifically for young artists and that was created out of a need that we saw for young artists to gain some experience showing their work,” speaking to the public about their work, entering and going through the process of a juried exhibition,” OVAC Associate Director Kelsey Karper told me in an interview. “These are all things that artists need to have experience doing in order to move their career forward, so ‘Momentum’ was created to help them kind of get their foot in the door.”The multimedia exhibit launches Friday and Saturday with a two-night celebration at 50 Penn Place. Friday night’s “Momentum: Downtempo” will have a mellower vibe and feature live music from local bands Fifth Fret, Erik the Viking, and R.e.A.L. On Saturday, “Momentum: Full Speed” will offer a louder, faster-paced experience with music from Em and the Mother Superiors, Wurly Birds and Kali Ra.“Momentum” continues with free gallery hours from 5 to 7 p.m. March 5-7.
In addition to the 57 artists selected for the exhibition, three more artists were chosen to receive “Momentum” Spotlight commissions of $2,000 and three months of guidance from the curators. The Spotlight artists – Matthew Kaney of Norman, Erin Latham of Norman, and Zachary Presley of Durant – have created new artwork just for Momentum. Curators PLUG Projects and Taryn Chubb will work with the three Spotlight artists to refine their projects for Momentum. PLUG Projects is a curatorial collaborative made up of five artists from Kansas City, MO. Chubb, selected as Momentum Emerging Curator, is Assistant Professor and Gallery Director in the Art Department at East Central University in Ada.
Latham’s immersive installation will take viewers to a new environment, creating a sea kelp forest from printed and meticulously hand-cut recycled paper. Presley, a Chickasaw artist, is planning a performance that takes on stereotypes associated with Native Americans.
Kaney’s project invites attendees to play arcade-style video games rich in social commentary.
“It can get you playing as this rich person or this drone pilot in a flippant or kind of trivial way. I think it makes you perform this action … because it’s a game and, you know, you gotta get the most points. But then hopefully at some point you’re thinking ‘What is the ethics of what I’m actually performing here?’ That, I think, is how a lot of satire functions,” Kaney told me in a recent interview.
To read more of my “Momentum” preview feature, click here, and in this Wednesday Video Spotlight, Kaney, Latham and Presley talk about their “Momentum” Spotlight projects.
GOING ON
“Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still”
Opening event: 8 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday.
Where: Ground floor, 50 Penn Place, 1900 Northwest Expressway.
Tickets: $10 in advance or $15 at the door.
Ticket outlets: Blue 7, Full Circle Bookstore, Guestroom Records (Oklahoma City and Norman), Café Evoke (Edmond) and Sips (Shawnee).
Free gallery hours: 5 to 7 p.m. March 5-7.
Information: 879-2400 or www.momentumoklahoma.org.
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“Momentum” exhibit showcases young Oklahoma artists
Matthew Kaney, 23, of Norman, works on his “Momentum” Spotlight project.
A version of this story appears in Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.
“Momentum” showcases young Oklahoma artists
The 12th annual exhibition, organized by the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, opens Friday and Saturday and features 76 diverse artworks by 57 artists ages 30 and younger.
The University of Oklahoma senior also considers them a prime medium for artistic expression.
“I think video games work well for satire — or can work well — first all, because they’re so appealing. It’s sort of a nice way to package up one of these ideas that’s otherwise complex or hard or depressing or kind of frustrating to think about,” he said.
“It can get you playing as this rich person or this drone pilot in a flippant or kind of trivial way. I think it makes you perform this action … because it’s a game and, you know, you gotta get the most points. But then hopefully at some point you’re thinking ‘What is the ethics of what I’m actually performing here?’ That, I think, is how a lot of satire functions.”
One of the three Spotlight artists at this year’s “Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still,” Kaney, 23, of Norman has created three arcade-style games with pointed social messages: “Trickle Down,” in which wealthy executives try to stay rich by catching falling bags of money; “Drone Strike,” a “scrolling shooter” game in which users pilot an unmanned military drone but the instructions are on a different screen from the action; and “Made in China,” an “exercise in monotony” in which players portray a young assembly line worker and repeat the same button presses to manufacture consumer electronics.
“I think that artists are really only now kind of figuring out some of the potential here,” said the Tahlequah native. “I’m dealing with all the same considerations as a big video game studio: I am interested in how the graphics look, I’m interested in the game play and all of that. But my motives are definitely different and I think that bears out in the final piece.”
Tulsa artist Tommy Ball’s “Moody’s Neon,” a watercolor painting on paper, is featured in the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition’s 2013 “Momentum” exhibition.
Youth showcase
In its 12th year, “Momentum” features works by Oklahoma artists 30 and younger. It is one of the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition’s biggest events of the year.
“It’s the only program that we have that is specifically for young artists and that was created out of a need that we saw for young artists to gain some experience showing their work,” speaking to the public about their work, entering and going through the process of a juried exhibition,” said OVAC Associate Director Kelsey Karper. “These are all things that artists need to have experience doing in order to move their career forward, so ‘Momentum’ was created to help them kind of get their foot in the door.”
The multimedia exhibit launches Friday and Saturday with a two-night celebration at 50 Penn Place. Friday night’s “Momentum: Downtempo” will have a mellower vibe and feature live music from local bands Fifth Fret, Erik the Viking, and R.e.A.L. On Saturday, “Momentum: Full Speed” will offer a louder, faster-paced experience with music from Em and the Mother Superiors, Wurly Birds and Kali Ra.
“Momentum” continues with free gallery hours from 5 to 7 p.m. March 5-7.
More than 200 artists submitted in excess of 500 works of art for this year’s exhibition. The curators selected 57 artists and 76 pieces, Karper said.
“As always, it’s a wide variety of media. We have sculpture and painting and photography. We do have a performance piece that’s interactive,” she said. “There’s some jewelry and some printmaking. Just a little bit of everything.”
In addition, three artists — Kaney, Erin Latham of Norman and Zachary Presley of Durant — received “Momentum” Spotlight commissions of $2,000 and three months of guidance from the show’s curators to create works specifically for the exhibit.
Zachary Presley of Durant is one of the three 2013 “Momentum” Spotlight artists.
Spotlight trio
Latham’s immersive installation will transport viewers far from Oklahoma City; she is creating an underwater sea kelp forest from printed and meticulously hand-cut recycled paper. In contrast, Presley, who is of Chickasaw heritage, is planning a performance piece that deals with an issue very present in Oklahoma: how toys and consumer goods marketed as “authentic cultural relics” actually bolster stereotypes associated with American Indians.
“One of the things that I love the most about ‘Momentum’ is that you just never really know what to expect because young artists are doing a lot of experimenting and taking a lot of risks,” Karper said.
For Kaney, who is a fine art major and computer science minor, his “Momentum” Spotlight project is his by far his most ambitious artistic endeavor to date.
“There’s nothing fundamentally different about deciding to work with computers vs. working with paint. Just with both cases, you really need to sort of fall in love with your medium. You need to really understand it and know what it can do and be willing to sort of push it in directions that you think maybe it can be experimented with,” he said.
“It feels really substantial. It feels like, OK, I’ve done something kind of important here.”
Oklahoma City artist Amanda Bradway’s “Homo Sacrious, The Last Stand,” made from a plastic skull with metallic gold spray paint and glitter card stock, is featured in the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition’s 2013 “Momentum” exhibition.
GOING ON
“Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still”
Opening event: 8 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday.
Where: Ground floor, 50 Penn Place, 1900 Northwest Expressway.
Tickets: $10 in advance or $15 at the door.
Ticket outlets: Blue 7, Full Circle Bookstore, Guestroom Records (Oklahoma City and Norman), Café Evoke (Edmond) and Sips (Shawnee).
Free gallery hours: 5 to 7 p.m. March 5-7.
Information: 879-2400 or www.momentumoklahoma.org.
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What to do in Oklahoma on Feb. 27, 2013: Hear a lecture on art collection by Desmond Shawe-Taylor and Anna Somers Cocks
Desmond Shawe-Taylor
Today’s featured event:
Hear a lecture on trends in art collecting with Desmond Shawe-Taylor and Anna Somers Cocks at 6 tonight at the Chesapeake Energy Blue Room. The talk is sponsored by Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, formerly City Arts Center.
Shawe-Taylor manages one of the world’s most prestigious and important art collections, that of H M Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. It reveals fashions and taste in art from the 16th century to the present day. Somers Cocks, as founder-editor and CEO of the globally influential publication The Art Newspaper, has an astonishing knowledge and overview of how public and private collections are developing in the modern era.
These two distinguished individuals will describe trends both specific and general in a spirited and lively conversation with each other. Later, the conversation will open up
Anna Somers Cocks
to include the audience.
The event will begin with a 5:30 p.m. reception including complimentary hors d’oeuvres and cash bar. The lecture begins at 6 p.m.
Admission is free, but RSVP is required. RSVP by email to brooke@cityartscenter.org or call 951-0000.
The lecture will be presented in Partnership with Chesapeake Energy
The Chesapeake Energy Blue Room is located in Building 7, off Western between NW 63 Street and Classen Boulevard. Parking is available in the underground parking structure “Central Park” just West of Building 7. When you arrive at Building 7, please take the elevator or stairs to the basement where the lecture will be in the Blue Room.
For more information, go to www.oklahomacontemporary.org.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
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Blake Shelton’s upcoming album “Based on a True Story …” now available for pre-order
Oklahoma country music superstar Blake Shelton’s forthcoming album “Based On A True Story…” is available for pre-order today on iTunes. Click here to pre-order.
The highly anticipated album was first made available for pre-order Feb. 19 in the official Blake Shelton store at BlakeShelton.com. The iTunes package lets fans choose between the standard album digital download, or the “Based On A True Story… Deluxe Digital Edition,” which features the album’s digital download with three bonus tracks, the “Sure Be Cool If You Did” music video, and an exclusive instant gratification track of “Ten Times Crazier.”
Blake’s first single off the album, “Sure Be Cool If You Did,” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Tracks chart in its first week of release and has been called “ludicrously catchy” by Entertainment Weekly giving it an A-. “Based On A True Story…,” also featuring tracks with the Pistol Annies and Gwen Sebastian, will be available everywhere on March 26.
“Based On A True Story…” Track Listing
Boys ‘Round Here
Sure Be Cool If You Did
Do You Remember
Small Town Big Time
Country On The Radio
My Eyes
Doin’ What She Likes
I Still Got A Finger
Mine Would Be You
Lay Low
Ten Times Crazier
Grandaddy’s Gun
Academy of Country Music Awards co-host, Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year and three-peat Male Vocalist of the Year, the Tishomingo resident is one of the “most versatile of contemporary country singers” (The New York Times). With seven consecutive No. 1 singles (twelve overall), Blake’s infectious multi-week No.1 hit, “Honey Bee” holds the record for the fastest-selling digital Platinum single for a male country solo artist.
The Ada native’s current hit, “Sure Be Cool If You Did,” is off his 10th studio recording available everywhere March 26. Shelton’s passion for country music and his commitment to mentoring his teammates from “The Voice” make him an incredible ambassador for country music.
Starting July 19 in Virginia Beach, Va., you can catch Blake live on his “Ten Times Crazier Tour.” Shelton will bring his tour to Tulsa’s BOK Center on Oct 4. For more information, go to www.bokcenter.com.
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New releases for Feb. 26, 2013: Taddy Porter, Luke Dick and Johnny Polygon release new albums
Taddy Porter
Stillwater-based rock band Taddy Porter released today its sophomore album “Stay Golden,” via Primary Wave Records. The album is available via iTunes, Amazon and Best Buy.
As previously reported, Taddy Porter will play Oklahoma’s official showcase, The Buffalo Lounge, at the South by Southwest next month in Austin, Texas. The band’s CD release party Friday night at the Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E Sheridan, will double as an Official SXSW Kickoff Event. For more information, go to www.wormydog.com.
Plus, Taddy Porter will play an album release show Friday at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa. For more information, go to www.cainsballroom.com.
Musician/storyteller Luke Dick, a Yukon native who now lives in New York, New York, released today his new album “Abraço.” As previously reported, he premiered last week the heartwarming short film “Bread for Boppa,” which features the song “Everywhere” from the new album. To buy the album, click here.
And hip-hop artist Johnny Polygon, who hails from Tulsa, is dropping his new album Wednesday. But he’s offering a chance to stream it now on his Facebook page.
Here is a list of other new albums, as well as DVD/Blu-ray and book releases, due out this week, from Amazon.com and VideoETA.com:
CDs
Taddy Porter, “Stay Golden.”
Luke Dick, “Abraço.”
Johnny Polygon, “The Nothing.” (Wednesday)
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, “Old Yellow Moon.”
The Mavericks, “In Time.”
Atoms For Peace, “Amok.”
Justin Hayward, “Spirits of the Western Sky.”
Steve Wilson, “Raven That Refused to Sing.”
Michael Bolton, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: A Tribute to Hitsville U.S.A.”
Plumb, “Need You Now.”
Civil Wars & T-Bone Burnett, “A Place at the Table.”
Bret Michaels, “Good Songs & Great Friends.”
Jeff Healey, “House on Fire: Demos & Rarities.”
Great White, “30 Years: Live From Sunset Strip.”
Hillsong, “Zion (Deluxe Edition).”
Johnny Marr, “The Messenger.”
DVD/Blu-ray
Chasing Mavericks
Company of Heroes
Freaky Deaky
Girls Against Boys
Holy Motors
How to Survive a Plague
Law & Order: The Twelfth Year
The Loneliest Planet
The Master
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (Extended Edition) (Saturday)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (Saturday)
Books
Calculated in Death by J. D. Robb
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss
The Blood Sugar Solution Cookbook: More than 175 Ultra-Tasty Recipes for Total Health and Weight Loss by Mark Hyman
Rich Food Poor Food: The Ultimate Grocery Purchasing System (GPS) by Mira Calton, Jayson Calton, William Davis, Mark Sisson
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ACM@UCO master class with Guns N’ Roses guitarist Richard Fortus postponed to Wednesday
Hopefully for the last time, the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma (ACM@UCO) has rescheduled its free, public master class with guitarist Richard Fortus.
The master class has been postponed to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the ACM@UCO Performance Lab, 329 E Sheridan in Oklahoma City’s Bricktown district.
The master class was originally scheduled for Feb. 21 and then moved to Monday because of inclement weather. On Monday, UCO closed its campuses early and canceled all evening events because of the threat of more wintry weather.
“The Richard Fortus Masterclass has been rescheduled for Wednesday, February 27th, barring any further antics from the Oklahoma weather system,” according to the ACM@UCO Facebook page. The master class is free and open to the public.
Fortus joined legendary rock band Guns N’ Roses in 2001 and recorded on the band’s “Chinese Democracy” album. He regularly collaborates with other artists, performing or recording, including Rihanna, Enrique Iglesias, Thin Lizzy, The Psychedelic Furs, Fiona Apple, The Crystal Method, Jesse Malin, ‘N Sync and many more.
He’s also collaborated extensively with electronic artist and composer BT on various scoring projects for TV commercials, movie trailers, and video games.
Fortus is the latest in an impressive list of musicians and industry leaders who have visited the ACM@UCO. Past guests include Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jackson Browne; Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who; singer-songwriter Ben Folds; Warner Bros. Records President Livia Tortella; Grammy-nominated producer Greg Kurstin; singer-songwriter Simon Townshend; blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa; and Flaming Lips’ Steven Drozd.
Based on the successful model from the original ACM in Guilford, England, the ACM@UCO is an innovative music program unlike any other in the U.S., offering an industry-based, “real world” educational experience for those interested in a career in contemporary music.
From its location in downtown Oklahoma City’s Bricktown district, the ACM@UCO offers two-year associate degree programs in bass, drums, guitar, keyboard, music business, music production and vocals, with the option to pursue a Bachelor of Applied Technology degree.
To learn more about the ACM@UCO, go to www.acm-uco.com or www.facebook.com/ACM.UCO.
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“Trading Places” screenwriter Herschel Weingrod’s OU speech postponed to March 5
NORMAN – Due to the storm and closing of the University of Oklahoma campus on Monday, screenwriter Herschel Weingrod’s presentation and screening of his hit 1983 comedy “Trading Places” has been moved to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5 in the Kerr Auditorium of the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History at the University of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Ave.
Weingrod also has worked as the screenwriter for other comedy hits such as “Twins,” “Kindergarten Cop” and “Space Jam.” He will be talking about the importance of laughter along with the presentation and discussion of his film, according to a news release.
His appearance is part of the ongoing Nature of Laughter Presidential Dream Course hosted by Professors Andrew Horton and Joanna E. Rapf.
The presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, click here or email Karl Schmidt at karl.schmidt@ou.edu.
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Jase and Missy Robertson of “Duck Dynasty” visiting Oklahoma for Piedmont Schools’ DUCK Week charity event
Missy and Jase Robertson
Jase and Missy Robertson of the hit A&E reality series “Duck Dynasty” will visit Oklahoma next month as part of Piedmont Schools’ annual charity event, DUCK Week.
The couple will appear at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 10 at the Yukon High School Gymnasium. Tickets are $25, according to the DUCK Week website.
The final ticket sale date for the Robertsons’ appearance is set for 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Piedmont High School. There are no online ticket sales, and buyers must pay by cash or check. Stadium seats and bleacher seats are available; VIP seats are sold out.
For more information on ticket sales, email Alissa.antwine@piedmontschools.org
DUCK Week (Doing Unselfish Charities for Kids Week) is a charity week in which the students of Piedmont Schools lead their community in an effort to raise funds for people in their community with great medical need. Along the way, the students will learn what real-life generosity looks like and how to impact someone’s life in a way that they never thought was possible. It teaches them the selfless act of sacrificing a bit of themselves for the sake of others, according to the website.
The theme of this year’s charity week is DUCK Week Dynasty, in honor of the popular reality show.
For more information, visit www.duckweek.org.
The third season of “Duck Dynasty” premieres at 9 p.m. Wednesday on A&E. Members of the “Duck Dynasty” family will appear tonight on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” which airs at 10:35 p.m. weekdays on ABC, to talk about the new season of the show.
English singer-songwriter Morrissey, who is known for his outspoken animal rights stance, was originally set to perform on Kimmel tonight, but according to the Associated Press, he canceled after learning the Robertsons were set to appear. Denver, Colo.-based folk-rock band Churchill will perform on the show instead.
Here is a preview of “Duck Dynasty” Season 3:
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Garth Brooks, Kid Rock, Shelby Lynne and more added to George Jones’ final concert
Garth Brooks
The mega-stars continue to lineup for George Jones’ final concert, which is set for Friday, Nov. 22, at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Oklahoma country superstar Garth Brooks, Kid Rock, Shelby Lynne, The Oak Ridge Boys and Sam Moore are the latest acts announced for the historic event, according to a news release.
The celebrity packed lineup also includes Dierks Bentley, Charlie Daniels, Jamey Johnson, Montgomery Gentry, Lorrie Morgan, Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis, Tanya Tucker, Josh Turner and Gene Watson. More stars are expected to be announced as performers gear up to pay tribute to one of the world’s most accomplished recording artists.
George Jones (AP file)
“Being joined by so many incredible singers while doing what I love will be truly heartwarming,” Jones says in the release.
“It’s shaping up to be more than I expected or could have ever imagined,” he adds.
Tickets for the Nashville finale are available at all Ticketmaster locations.
Jones, often referred to as the “the greatest living country singer” will mark the end of an era with 2013’s farewell tour titled “The Grand Tour.” The tour is expected to make about 44 stops this year. The icon’s hits, “I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair”, “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes”, “White Lightning” and “He Stopped Loving Her Today” will surely be part of each night’s set list, along with plenty of guests and surprises.
About George Jones
George Jones is the No. 2 best-charting country artist of all time, with a staggering list of hit singles since the 1950s. The Beaumont, Texas, native also has 143 top 40 hits to his name, has received two Grammy Awards, was a 2008 Kennedy Center Honor recipient, is a Country Music Hall of Fame member, was presented with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 and holds a National Medal of Arts medallion.
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