OKCMOA: THE MODERNIST
SPECTRUM: COLOR &
ABSTRACTION 

From staff sources VISIT  |  SEE  |  LEARN  |  CONNECT  |  SUPPORT  |  EAT  |  TICKETS  September 29, 2015 The Modernist Spectrum: Color and Abstraction Now on view! The Modernist Spectrum: Color and Abstraction joins the story of abstract art after World War II, at a time when it was not only ascendant, thanks to Jackson Pollock and the Abstract Expressionists, but also associated with America's global identity as a newly emergent geopolitical and cultural superpower. The works on view in The Modernist Spectrum explore the invigorating ways in which postwar American artists, especially those associated with the Washington Color School, made it new, producing novel work that sought to reinvent abstract art through an alternatively rigorous and playful manipulation of color, line, and shape.  This Week at OKCMOA Thursday, October 1 Art After 5 Galleries open | 5 to 9 p.m. Broke Brothers start at 6 p.m.  Roof Terrace open until 10 p.m. Free for Members | $5 for Non-Members Film Listen to Me Marlon, 5:30 p.m. & 8 p.m. Drop-in Yoga, 5:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Saturday, October 3 Drop-in Yoga, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.   Drop-in Art Masking Tape Self Portraits, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Film Listen to Me Marlon, 5:30 p.m. The Godfather, 8 p.m.   Sunday, October 4   Film Guys and Dolls, 2 p.m. Listen to Me Marlon, 5:30 p.m.   The Oklahoma City Museum of Art is a proud partner of Adventure Road! Plan your adventure at adventureroad.com. 415 Couch Drive | Oklahoma City, OK  73102 | (405) 236-3100 | www.okcmoa.com

CELEBRITY ATTRACTIONS
5 SHOW BROADWAY
SEASON PACKAGE


From staff sources

LAST CHANCE TO PURCHASE 5 SHOW BROADWAY SEASON PACKAGE! Hurry! There's still time to order NOW! 5 shows as low as $110 Order Your OKC Season Tickets Today! -or- Call (800) 869-1451Celebrity Attractions Box Office Hours are Mon-Fri 9am-4pm. Only Season Subscribers are FIRST in line to these four 2015-2016 Broadway SeasonAdd-On Productions coming to Oklahoma City!        CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZENovember 24, 2015 • 1 Show Only! Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEASTDecember 26-27, 2015 • 5 Shows Only! BLUE MAN GROUPApril 29-30, 2016 • 3 Shows Only! MAMMA MIA!June 7-10, 2016 • 4 Shows Only!    Special Thanks to our 2015-2016 Season Sponsors:     Celebrity Attractions | Tulsa | Oklahoma City | Little Rock | Springfield | Amarillo | Abilene | Lubbock | Main office located at 7506 E. 91st Street | Tulsa, OK 74133 | United States

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ARTS' COUNCIL'S
ARTS MOVES

From staff sources Wednesday, September 30 Dustbowl Gypsies, country/western swing Chase Tower, Noon-1 Get ready for a hootin' and hollerin' good time with the Dustbowl Gypsies! If you're a fan of the Texas Playboys, Carl Story or the Bluegrass Okies, you're in for a treat because one of these fellers played bass for 'em a while back! Thursday, October 1 Art Moves Anniversary The Oklahoman, Noon-1 Art Moves is turning four! Join us outside The Oklahoman building downtown for an exciting performance by local bluegrass outfit Bread & Butter Band and a special four-year anniversary mask being made by Patrick Riley! It's an Art Moves you won't soon forget! Friday, October 2 Tap Band, r&b/soul Myriad Gardens Great Lawn Band Shell, Noon-1 Tap brings that old-school soul we all love. From Al Green to more contemporary stylings, Tap Band's set will uplift your Noontime lunch.  maps & more details »  Check out our September schedule Quick Links More info on Art Moves Performer/Artist Application    Follow Art Moves @artscouncilokc #artmovesokc What's Art Moves? Art Moves is an Arts Council Oklahoma City initiative that provides free arts events in Downtown OKC each work day from Noon-1:00. Events may include artist demonstrations or musical performances and take place in various downtown locations. The daily line-up features a wide range of artistic mediums including musical and theater performances, live art demonstrations, short film selections, and more! View More Info 405-270-4848 | info@artscouncilokc.com | www.artscouncilokc.com 400 West California Oklahoma City, OK 73102

OCU BOOK DISCUSSIONS
START WITH A WONDER



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From staff sources


The Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma book discussion series at Oklahoma City University will continue with “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio at 7 p.m. Sept. 29 in Walker Center room 151.

The discussion series is titled “Hope Amidst Hardship.” It is made possible through a grant from the Oklahoma Humanities Council.

“Wonder” is about a boy who is born with a facial deformity and must attend public school for the first time after years of being homeschooled. At his new school he struggles with verbal and physical abuse from bullies.

At each session in the five-part series, a humanities scholar makes a presentation on the book in the context of the theme. Small group discussions follow with experienced discussion leaders. At the end, all participants come together for a brief wrap-up.

Those who are interested in participating are encouraged to preregister and borrow the reading selections and theme brochure by calling Harbour Winn at (405) 208-5472, e-mailing him at hwinn@okcu.edu or dropping by the Dulaney-Browne Library room 211 or 207.

Winn, director of the Center for Interpersonal Study through Film & Literature at OCU, hopes the series will help participants find a “commonality of hope and perseverance.”

“Recognizing ourselves in others, even as we read of hardship, is a major reason we find reading enjoyable,” Winn said.  “Hardship comes in many varieties, and the books in this series offer varied examples but present a common theme: there is hope along the way. Sometimes this hope comes from deep within ourselves. Sometimes it comes from others in unexpected ways.”

Remaining dates and books in the series include:

Oct. 13 — “Where the Heart Is” by Billie Letts

Oct. 27 — “The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd

Nov. 10 — “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom

HORSE THIEF PLAYS 
ARTS COUNCIL'S LAST
 OF SUMMER'S 
TWILIGHT CONCERTS

From staff sources

Join us for the summer's last Sunday Twilight Concert, presented by Devon Energy, featuring Horse Thief! This youthful band is a purveyor of a panoramic yet nuanced sound, flowing from intimate to anthemic, the mood from vibrant to contemplative, with frontman Cameron Neal's lyrics ranging from confessional to metaphorical. The result evokes the wide-open spaces of America's Midwest but infuses the sense of grit and wonderment with edgier emotions.   Horse Thief originally founded in Denton, TX, moved to Oklahoma City to attend the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma, from which they recently graduated. The band subsequently signed with the Flaming Lips' management and soon came to the attention of Bella Union. Though Fear In Bliss was conceived at Horse Thief's Oklahoma headquarters, the band decided to record the album in LA, "to leave our comfort zone of Oklahoma", and producer Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Vetiver) has helped the band fuse their renowned stage performance with studio quality. Horse Thief closes out the Sunday Twilight Concert Series, presented by Devon Energy! Thank you for all your wonderful support! Please give us your feedback here. The concerts take place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on the Great Lawn Stage at the Myriad Botanical Gardens. Bring a blanket, picnic, and the whole family!    The 35th annual Sunday Twilight Concert Series is presented by Devon Energy with additional support from Oklahoma Arts Council, Allied Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, and Magic 104.1 - KMGL.  For more information please visit www.artscouncilokc.com

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OCU TAKES FILM 
SERIES TO
"TIMBUKTU"



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From staff sources

 The Oklahoma City University Film Institute’s series will continue its 34^th year at 2 p.m. Oct. 4 with Abderrahmane Sissako’s “Timbuktu” in the Kerr McGee Auditorium of Meinders School of Business. The school is located at N.W. 27^th Street and McKinley Avenue.

Admission to all films in the series is free. The series is supported in part by the Thatcher Hoffman Smith Endowment Fund and endowments through OCU and the Oklahoma City Community Foundation.

Africa’s most illustrious living filmmaker, Sissako directed the Oscar-nominated “Timbuktu” to blend politics and poetry in a lyrical examination of the repercussions of the jihadists in northern Mali. In the film, Kidane lives peacefully with his family not far from fundamentalist leaders. Sissako uses meticulously composed imagery, imaginative metaphor and a measured, impressionistic narrative to render Kidane’s family life. The director never demonizes the zealots as monsters — they remain recognizably human, albeit profoundly and cruelly misguided.

The theme of this year’s season is based on Viktor Frankl’s classic book “Man’s Search for Meaning.” Harbour Winn, director of the series, said the theme is intended to help participants come to understand the purpose of suffering.

“The films in this series stress the importance of an individual’s attitude to existence,” Winn said. “Even when life seems restricted by external forces, we can choose the attitude with which we live and make meaning, to find value.”

A discussion session follows each film screening for those who wish to participate.  The remaining dates and films in the series are:

* Oct. 18, Kenji Mizoguchi’s “Ugetsu”

* Nov. 1, Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne’s “Two Days, One Night”

* Jan. 24, Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Blow-Up”

* Feb. 7, Ritesh Batra’s “The Lunchbox”

* Feb. 21, Asghar Farhadi’s “About Elly”

* March 6, Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Leviathan”

For more information about the series, call (405) 208-5472 or visit okcu.edu/film-lit.