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The Final Week
It’s the final week for two different art exhibits, so I’m featuring both of them. At the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art is the Weapons and Warriors: The Art of Armaments exhibit that runs until August 15, 2010. Thanks to some donations, the museum is waiving the admission fees for the exhibit.
Weapons and Warriors exhibition includes arms and armor from several different cultures and time periods including 16th century Japanese armor, African swords and spears, and a medieval crossbow. This exhibition also includes a segment on World War I featuring a WWI French machine gun and two portraits of Choctaw code talkers that Fr. Gerrer painted.
The Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art is located on the campus of St. Gregory’s University, 1900 W. MacArthur St. in Shawnee. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 4 p.m. on Sundays.
In Oklahoma City we have the Sketch to Screen: The Art of Hollywood Costume Design organized by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. I went and saw this last Thursday and it’s worth checking out. Sketch to Screen explores the vital artistic contribution of costume design throughout the history of the American motion picture industry. It consists of more than 85 original garments and accessories worn in films by some of Hollywood’s brightest stars, including Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis, Charlton Heston and John Wayne. Film costumes worn by contemporary stars George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Russell Crowe, Kate Winslet, Robert DeNiro, Renee Zellweger and Johnny Depp are also represented in the exhibit.
Hours and admission fees can be found here on their web site. This exhibit also ends on August 15.
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Something Sunday’s Silver Seas!
For this week, I’m highlighting some attractions at Science Museum Oklahoma (2100 N.E. 52nd St. in Oklahoma City).
The Satellite Galleries at Science Museum Oklahoma are taking people under the sea for its newest exhibit entitled Silver Seas. The gallery, which focuses primarily on undersea life and environments, gives guests an intimate view of thriving ocean life – a sight that may seem rare to people following the gulf oil spill situation.
“In a time when people are seeing image after image of the gulf oil spill on television this exhibit couldn’t be timelier,” said Rick Sinnet, artist / idealist for the Satellite Galleries at Science Museum Oklahoma. “This exhibit offers a really great example of why the preservation of ocean life is vital to both the survival of human beings and the survival of the large number of species around the planet that depend on the ocean.”
The current gallery was published in “Silver Seas a Retrospective,” by Ernest H. Brooks II. Further underlining the importance of photography to ongoing ocean preservation is the following in the introduction by explorer, environmentalist, educator and film producer Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of world renowned ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau.
The collection is on loan from the International Photography Hall of Fame. At this time they don’t have a specific date end date, so check it out when you get a chance.
This Thursday, August 5, prosthetics researchers from Scott Sabolich Prosthetics and Research will appear at the museum to explain the science and technology behind, you guessed it, prosthetics. Guests to the museum on the fifth from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. can interact with researchers to ask them questions and get a hands-on look at how prosthetics work and are used in people’s everyday lives.
Go Science!
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Tonight at Maker’s!
For this week’s Something Sundays, the Kabaret Falschtanz is putting on a free show at 8 pm at Maker’s Straight Up. The show is on the second floor of Maker’s Piano Bar & Cigar Lounge at 25 S. Oklahoma in Oklahoma City’s Bricktown district. The show was featured on our latest video segment if you want to know more about the group. The show is open to 21 and up.
If you can’t make it tonight, Kabaret Falschtanz at the Ghostlight Theatre Club (3110 N. Walker, Oklahoma City, 73118) this Friday. Tickets are $10 and the show is open to ages 18 and up. Shows begin at 8pm and 10 pm. Seating is limited so make your reservations now! The Ghostlight is NON-SMOKING venue. Events details can be found here on Facebook.
On the subject of Ghostlight, the last OKC Improv of this run is this Saturday. The 8pm show will feature bits from the Level 1 Improv Class, The MiDolls, and Villain: The Musical, which is sure to sale out. Then the 10 pm has Crayons from Tulsa along with a new Twinprov: String Theory show.
Still speaking of Ghostlight, they are hosting an Elliptical Acting Class. Just check out this link for event details.
That’s it! Go have some fun and frivolity this week.
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Date Ideas, Improv, and Candy
Time for a mid-week update with some ideas for some fun stuff to do. For starters, the the main Date Guide page has been updated to include general date ideas.
Tomorrow, July 9, OKC Improv will bring a free show at The Boom! with two of the city’s best troupes, The MiDolls and Villain: The Musical. The MiDolls will be performing a Goddess-themes long-form set followed by the nefarious improv stylings of Villain: The Musical in which five skilled improvisers create a 45-minute musical right in front of your eyes where the villain is the hero. The show starts at 8 pm. The Boom is located at 2218 NW 39th St in Oklahoma City. If you need more details, hit up the Facebook event page.
The show from the improv troupe, The Ones Your Mother Warned You About, from June 26, 2010 Show at OKC Improv has been published, so watch the 32 minute show here. Great comedy to keep you busy until the next show.
This Saturday, July 10, is the Candy Basket’s 21st Birthday and they’re having a party with 21% off everything in the store. We featured this Norman candy shop in our fourth episode, so I highly recommend you visit them Saturday. Also Saturday night OKC Improv has two shows at Ghostlight Theatre Club featuring some troupes from out of state.
I will see you guys at The Boom! for the free show tomorrow.
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Thanks Villain!
Thanks to Villain: The Musical for the plug on The Spy! If you’re coming from there, welcome to Uncovering Oklahoma! In our Talent archive you’ll find our Improv page with full videos of not only Villain: The Musical, but other improv troupes as well including the MiDolls.
Here’s the Full Length Villain: The Musical Show The Lab on May 1, 2010 Show (one of their best) and their Full Length Show on April 3, 2010 Show Part 1 and Part 2.
We hope those new to the site stick around as we have much more coming! We’ll be at OKC Improv tomorrow to give away some cool prizes.
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Something Sundays: Paseo Arts Festival, Kabaret Falschtanz, and [Title of Show]
For this week’s Something Sunday I’m highlighting a few events.
For starters, we have the 2010 Paseo Arts Festival where all types of art and all mediums are represented. You can expect booths and galleries selling ceramic dishes, hand-made jewelry, art-you-can-wear, sculpturals, and paintings and photography of every style. The festival will hold two stages showcasing musicians and entertainers. The Paseo Restaurants and galleries on the street will be open during festival hours.
The festival takes place on Memorial Day Weekend, May 29, 30, and 31. The festival hours will be Saturday & Sunday from 10am to 8:00pm, with music until 11pm and Monday from 10am to 6pm, with music until 7:00pm. The Paseo is located between NW 30th and Dewey and N.W. 28th and Walker in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
However, if you want something to do TONIGHT then check out Kabaret Falschtanz featuring The MiDolls and Scott Hynes at Maker’s Piano Bar & Cigar Lounge in Bricktown. The pre-show is at 7:45 and the main show starts at 8:00. It’s sure to be an amazing night of dance and improv! There’s no cover charge, but you’ll need to be 21+ to enter.
On the performing arts stage, I recommend watching Ghostlight Theatre Club present [title of show]. Described by Charles Isherwood of the NY Times as “a zesty, sweet, Broadway-trivia-riddled musical about the anxiety and excitement of creating a zesty, sweet, Broadway-trivia-riddled musical about the anxiety and excitement of creating a…”, [title of show] is a musical about two nobodies in New York named Hunter and Jeff who decide to write a completely original musical. The play follows Hunter, Jeff, and their friends Susan and Heidi, as they struggle through edits, rewrites, rehearsals, and ultimately submitting their show to the New York Musical Theatre Festival. “A postmodern homage to the grand tradition of backstage musicals like Babes in Arms, Kiss Me, Kate and A Chorus Line”, [title of show] is an insider’s look at modern musical theatre, the creation of art, and the struggles faced by artists in releasing their creation to the world.
The show runs from May 28-29 and June 3-5 and 10-12. To get tickets, visit ghostlighttheatreclub.com
As a reminder, our contest is still open. Your chances of winning something are pretty good, so give us some suggestions. I realize that might be a bit hard seeing that many of you come here for suggestions, so just tell us some places you like around Oklahoma.
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