What to do in Oklahoma on April 20, 2012: Hear Adam Hood at the Wormy Dog
Today’s featured event:
Hear Alabama singer-songwriter Adam Hood at 9 tonight at the Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E Sheridan. Hood is touring in support of his new album “The Shape of Things.”
Doors open at 6 p.m.
For more information, go to www.wormydog.com.
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What to do in Oklahoma on April 19, 2012: Hear The English Beat and 70 student bands when ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown today
The English Beat
Today’s featured event:
Hear Birmingham, England’s venerable new wave/ska revivalists The English Beat, Mississippi indie band Colour Revolt and a veritable horde of local student bands when during the third annual ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown.
The Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma (ACM@UCO) will invade Oklahoma City’s Bricktown district with more than 70 student bands in 13 venues during ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown, featuring free music throughout the district from 5 p.m. today to 2 a.m. Friday.
The event is co-presented by the Oklahoma Chevy Team Dealers and Brewer Entertainment, and will feature headlining acts The English Beat, performing at 9:15 p.m. on the Oklahoma Chevy Team/Brewer Entertainment Main Stage outside at Oklahoma Avenue and Wanda Jackson Way, and Colour Revolt, performing at 11 p.m. at the ACM@UCO Performance Lab at 329 E Sheridan.
“This event gets bigger and better every year, and that’s a reflection of both the growth of our program and the growth of our relationship with the community,” said Scott Booker, ACM@UCO CEO in the event announcement.
“This event is a way to celebrate our students who are graduating in May and say ‘thanks’ to our supporters by showcasing the talent they’ve helped cultivate.”
The ACM@UCO opened its doors to its first class of students in August 2009 at its new facility on the fourth floor of the Oklahoma Hardware Building in Bricktown on Flaming Lips Alley. Since then, the program has grown to fill three floors of the building and the ACM@UCO Performance Lab, also in Bricktown.
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.
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.
Admission to all venues is free for the ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown event. Event sponsors include the Oklahoma Gazette, R.K. Black, Inc., and Integrity Promotions.
For more information, go to www.facebook.com/ACM.UCO. To learn more about the ACM@UCO, go to www.acm-uco.com.
See the full ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown lineup after the break.
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What to do in Oklahoma on April 18, 2012: Hear Parker Millsap at the Wormy Dog Saloon
Today’s featured event:
Hear talented young Oklahoma singer-songwriter Parker Millsap at 9 tonight at the Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E Sheridan. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Millsap and his musical pal Michael Rose released Tuesday their new album “Palisade.” Check out the video of them performing the title track:
For more information, go to www.wormydog.com.
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What to do in Oklahoma on April 17, 2012: Hear Blue October at the Diamond Ballroom
Blue October
Today’s featured event:
Hear Texas rockers Blue October, with special guests A Girl in a Coma and Justin Furstenfeld, at 7 tonight at the Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S Eastern Ave. For more information, go to www.diamondballroom.net.
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What to do in Oklahoma on April 16, 2012: Hear Sleigh Bells at the Diamond Ballroom
Sleigh Bells
Today’s featured event:
Hear musical duo Sleigh Bells with special guests Javelin and Elite Gymnastics at 8 tonight at the Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S Eastern Ave. Doors open at 7 p.m.
For more information, go to www.diamondballroom.net.
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What to do in Oklahoma on April 15, 2012: Hear Yolanda Kondonassis and Eugenia Zukerman at Armstrong Auditorium
EDMOND — Listen to Grammy-nominated, Norman-born harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and flutist Eugenia Zukerman 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Armstrong Auditorium, 14400 S Bryant. Information: 285-1010 or www.armstrongauditorium.org.
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What to do in Oklahoma on April 14, 2012: See the “Portrait of a Generation” exhibit before it closes at the Oklahoma Capitol
"Brenna Faire McDonnell" by M.J. Alexander
Today’s featured event:
See the exhibition “Portrait of a Generation,” by Oklahoma City photographer M.J. Alexander in the North Gallery on the first floor of the state Capitol before it closes Sunday.
Now at the beginning of its second century of statehood, Oklahoma is home to 3.7 million residents. Nearly 1 million of them are aged 18 or younger.
They are spread over 70,000 square miles, encompassing the wheat belt, the Bible belt, the Confederate South and the American West. Some are descended from Land Run homesteaders, pioneering ranchers and oilmen, survivors of the Trail of Tears. Others were born on the other side of the nation or across the globe.
Alexander’s latest project introduces the youngest generation of one of the most fascinating states in the union. From May through October 2010, Alexander drove more than 11,000 miles – from the Rita Blanca Grassland to the Tallgrass Prairie, from the Blue River to the Glass Mountains – to meet the children of the 46th state.
My daughter Brenna was among those she photographed. Brenna was only 100 hours old when Alexander photographed her being held aloft by her father in our yard in Del City. To read my feature about Brenna’s part in the exhibit, click here.
Alexander found Oklahoma children keeping traditions alive – through the rodeo circuit, harvest festivals, ranch barbeques, Vietnamese ceremonies, cowboy church services, Mexican folkloric dances, Czech parades, Indian language schools – and others being introduced to life in Oklahoma for the first time. She found children at food pantries, looking for their next meal; children rooted for seven generations to the same piece of land; children already on the road to national recognition; children looking to make a difference in ways big and small.
Some want to leave their hometown in the rearview mirror, to return later – or maybe never. Others hope to stay in Oklahoma forever, and can point to the plot where they plan to build, on family land near their parents and grandparents.
Each child is unique; a self-contained poem, arranged here into verses, stanzas, chapters. Their portrait distills something of their essence and of the story of Oklahoma in the 21st century. “Portrait of a Generation” is an ode to the land and its people, the sons and daughters of the red earth.
Alexander documents people and places of the American West, with an emphasis on the very young, the very old, and American Indian culture. The International Photography Hall of Fame describes her as “combining the vision of an artist with the skills of a storyteller.” Her work has been featured on national magazine covers and exhibited here and abroad.
Alexander spent her first 20 years in a town of 250 people on Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, attending a two-room schoolhouse and working as a park ranger and sportswriter before earning degrees from Vassar College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States and has reported from five continents. She is a veteran of The Associated Press in New York City and former head of the journalism department of St. Michael’s College in Vermont.
“Portrait of a Generation” will be on view at the state Capitol through April 15.
North Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends. “Portrait of a Generation” closes Sunday.
For more information, go to http://arts.ok.gov.
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What to do in Oklahoma on Feb. 13, 2012: Help Roy Clark celebrate his 79th birthday with a show at Hard Rock Tulsa
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TULSA – Help Tulsa country music legend Roy Clark celebrate his 79th birthday two days early with a show at 8 tonight at The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.
Doors open at 7 p.m.
A longtime Tulsa resident, Clark has released 34 studio albums and 68 singles since the 1962 debut release, “The Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark.” His work has earned him entertainer of the year awards from the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association, a Grammy, a membership in the Grand Ole Opry, and induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Throughout his career Clark has recorded numerous hits, including “Yesterday When I Was Young,” “Honeymoon Feeling,” “The Tips of My Fingers,” “Thank God and Greyhound You’re Gone” and “Come Live with Me.”
Clark’s career has taken him beyond the stage and into millions of households in numerous television roles. He served as the host of “Hee Haw” for 25 years, was a regular guest on “The Beverly Hillbillies” and became the first country music artist to guest host “The Tonight Show” for Johnny Carson.
Clark and his wife Barbara moved to Tulsa in 1974, and four years later Roy Clark Elementary School in the Union Public School District was named in his honor. Clark was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2011, the OMHOF named Clark Oklahoma’s Music Ambassador for Children.
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa is located off of Interstate 44 at exit 240. For more information, go to www.hardrockcasinotulsa.com.
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What to do in Oklahoma on April 11, 2012: Watch the Oklahoma City Thunder take on the L.A. Clippers at Chesapeake Energy Arena
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook, left, puts up a shot as Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace defends during the second half of their NBA basketball game, Thursday, March 29, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)
Today’s featured event:
Watch the Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Los Angeles Clippers, including Oklahoma native Blake Griffin, at 7 tonight at Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W Reno.
For more information, go to www.nba.com/thunder.
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What to do in Oklahoma on April 10, 2012: Hear Bela Fleck & The Flecktones at Rose State Performing Arts Theatre
Bela Fleck (AP file)
Today’s featured event:
MIDWEST CITY — Hear the original Grammy-winning lineup of Bela Fleck & The Flecktones at 8 p.m. today at Rose State College Performing Arts Theatre, 6420 SE 15. Information: 297-2264 or www.myticketoffice.com.
This afternoon, Fleck will visit the American Banjo Museum in Bricktown, where he will participate in a Q&A with fans and reporters. Look for my story Wednesday.
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