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Art News:
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This Week at the OKCMOA February 16, 2011
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WITTMAN LECTURE SOLD OUT!
The lecture featuring Robert Wittman, best-selling author of Priceless - How I Went Undercover to Rescue The World's Stolen Treasures and the former Senior Investigator and Founder of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Art Crime Team, IS SOLD OUT! Listen to Bob's interview with Brad Copeland, KATT-FM from this morning.
Before the 6:30 p.m. lecture, Mr. Wittman will be available in the Museum Store to sign copies of his book. Priceless, $25. |
ART AFTER 5PM - THURSDAY
Join us for the fun! - Galleries are open until 8pm
- $5 After 5PM, members get in free
- $1.50 Budweiser, Bud Light, Bud Select & Michelob Ultra
- $5 Museum Cafe appetizer menu
- Cash bar
- Film: Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Films 7:30pm
- GEORGE NELSON: The Architect gallery conversation with Christina Hoehn and Scott Williams from the University of Oklahoma's College of Architecture and Interiors, 6:30 p.m.
- Display of Oklahoma City architecture presented by OK Cityscape
- Interactive architectural Lego sets
- See the new exhibit Jill Downen: COUNTERPARTS, third floor.
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FILMS
2011 Academy Award Nominated
Documentary Short Films
Thursday, 7:30pm
- Killing in the Name
- Poster Girl
- Strangers No More
- Sun Come Up
- The Warriors of Qiugang
Descriptions online
OSCAR TUNE-UP: Waste Land Academy Award Nominee for Documentary Feature Friday & Saturday, 5:30pm; Sunday, 2pm Filmed over nearly three years, Waste Land follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores" - or ...more
OSCAR TUNE-UP: Dogtooth Academy Award Nominee for Foreign Language Film Friday & Saturday, 8pm Graceful, enigmatic, and often frightening, Dogtooth is an ingenious, dark comedy about three teenagers confined to their parents' isolated country estate and kept under strict rule and regimen - an inscrutable scenario that suggests a warped experiment in social conditioning and control. Terrorized into submission by their father, the children spend their days devising their own games ...more
Buy advanced tickets online! Dinner & A Movie is $28 per person and includes movie ticket. Reservations recommended. Call (405) 235-6262 Film Schedule - MARCH FILMS NOW POSTED!
Next week - Final week for Oscar Tune-Up! Animal Kingdom, Tues.-Thurs., 7:30p Academy Award Nominated Short Films-Animated, Fri. & Sat., 5:30p Academy Award Nominated Short Films-Live Action, Fri. & Sat., 8p Exit Through the Gift Shop, Sun., 2p |
SAVE THE DATE!!
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FILM EVENT ANNOUNCED!
The Harmony Game: The Making of Bridge Over Troubled Water One Night Only! Take a trip back to the creation of a musical masterpiece with Simon & Garfunkel. Wednesday, March 2, 7:30pm The Harmony Game tells the story behind Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water, an album shrouded in ro ck n' roll mythology with legendary tales of inspiration, innovation, and separation. This spectacular documentary combines rare archival footage and new interviews with Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel discussing the creation and reception of Bridge Over Troubled Water, along with several of the duo's collaborators from the period: Roy Halee (co-producer/engineer), Hal Blaine (drums), Joe Osborn (bass guitar), Jimmie Haskell (arranger), and Mort Lewis (manager). A unique time-capsule of Simon & Garfunkel's writing process and of the late-1960s, The Harmony Game will be included on the forthcoming Bridge Over Troubled Water: 40th Anniversary CD+DVD. Advanced copies of the 40th Anniversary CD+DVD will be given away at each screening. Director: Jennifer LeBeau USA 72min. digital HD Special event, all seats $10
Stella Artois Intermission in the theater lobby from 6:30pm - 7:30pm; free beer with film ticket!
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Heading downtown this week? Just take a deep breath to deal with the massive street construction. Here's the latest map PDF to help you.
Downtown
This Week
Wed., Feb. 16 Robert Wittman lecture, SOLD OUT, OKCMOA, 6:30pm
Beauty & The Beast, Celebrity Attractions, Civic Center, 7:30pm
Thurs., Feb. 17 ART AFTER 5PM, OKCMOA, 5pm
Acadamy Award Nominated Short Films: Documentaries, OKCMOA, 7:30pm
Beauty & The Beast, Celebrity Attractions, Civic Center, 8pm
OKC Theatre Company: Much Ado About Nothing, Freede Little Theatre, 8pm
Fri., Feb. 18 Waste Land, OKCMOA, 5:30pm
Dogtooth, OKCMOA, 8pm
Beauty & The Beast, Celebrity Attractions, Civic Center, 8pm
OKC Theatre Company: Much Ado About Nothing, Freede Little Theatre, 8pm
Sat., Feb. 19 Drop-In Art, Sumi-E Banners, OKCMOA, 1-4pm
Dave Ramsey-LIVE! Cox Convention Center, 1pm & 6pm
Monster Jam Freestyle Mania, OKC Arena, 2 & 7:30pm
Waste Land, OKCMOA, 5:30pm Dogtooth, OKCMOA, 8pm
Beauty & The Beast, Celebrity Attractions, Civic Center, 3 & 8pm
OKC Theatre Company: Much Ado About Nothing, Freede Little Theatre, 8pm
Sun., Feb. 20 Waste Land, OKCMOA, 2pm
Monster Jam Freestyle Mania, OKC Arena, 2 & 7:30pm
OKC Theatre Company: Much Ado About Nothing, Freede Little Theatre, 2pm
Beauty & The Beast, Celebrity Attractions, Civic Center, 2 & 7pm Mon., Feb. 21 open 11am-3pm. Lunch specials posted by Monday.
Museum Store open 10am-3pm
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TRAVEL TOUR TO THE DMA UPDATE: ONLY 4 SEATS LEFT for the Tuesday, March 1 travel tour to the Dallas Museum of Art to see the exhibition Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement. The trip, accompanied by OKCMOA staff, includes travel by luxury motor coach, lunch at the Zodiac restaurant downtown, shopping at Neiman Marcus, and admission to the museum. A continental breakfast, refreshments, wine, and a light supper will be served on the coach. Price per person is $150.00. Reserve your space today by contacting Brenda Kelly at Journey House Travel, (405) 463-5811 or
brenda@journeyhouse.com
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