Entertainment
A R O U N D T H E S TAT E
ANNE-MARIE MCDERMOTT
CATHERINE RUSSELL
DEADCENTER FILM FESTIVAL June 8-12 VARIOUS VENUES deadCenter provides an amazing weekend of film and parties for festival veterans or first-time visitors alike. Last year alone, it had 30,000 attendees and an economic impact of $4.5 million. deadcenterfilm.org RED EARTH FESTIVAL June 10-12 COX CONVENTION CENTER This awardwinning festival features American Indian artists and dancers from throughout North America who celebrate the richness and diversity of their heritage with the world. During the Red Earth Festival, Oklahoma City is the center of Native American art and culture in America. - redearth.org WIDESPREAD PANIC June 19 THE CRITERION Formed in the tradition of the great southern guitar blues bands with an improvisatory ethos, Widespread Panic continue to explore a sound all its own on the band’s 12th album, Street Dogs, their first studio effort since 2010’s Dirty Side Down. ELECTRIC SIX June 21 OPOLIS, NORMAN Electric Six is a six-piece band from Detroit that fuses multiple styles of rock music, including garage, disco and punk rock. The band, which has recorded eleven full-length albums, will bring their distinctive style to Norman. DREAMGIRLS June 28-July 2 CIVIC CENTER MUSIC HALL Follow the Supremes-inspired girl group as they make their way from the Apollo Theatre to the top of the pop and R&B charts. Join Lyric for “one night only” with The Dreams as they search for love and find success during the height of the Motown sound in one of the most exciting shows ever created. - okcciviccenter.com
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OK Mozart International Festival June 11-18 BARTLESVILLE Oklahomans attending the OK Mozart International Festival in Bartlesville this month may find a few surprises in the festival’s 32nd season. While the festival still focuses on Mozart, the theme has expanded to fit in other works as well. “We have a broad new theme called called ‘Mozart and His Musical Heirs,’ and that’s how we’re deciding what music to play,” says OK Mozart Executive Director Randy Thompson. “We’re including Mozart on every program, but we’re also juxtaposing his music with music he has influenced. The change has allowed the festival to expand and present a variety of different music. Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott will be performing with the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra for the grand finale concert, which includes music from Europe and the Americas. Other performers include jazz and blues
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vocalist Catherine Russell and Simply Three, a trio that plays everything from Puccini to Michael Jackson. The festival is using many Oklahoma artists in the festival, including the Tulsa Symphony, the Oklahoma Philharmonic and the Signature Symphony, Tulsa Community College’s professional orchestra in residence. “We are really becoming a festival not only for Oklahomans, but by Oklahomans,” Thompson says. “We’ve put a new level of meaning into the OK in OK Mozart.” The festival will draw 15,000 people to Bartlesville and includes 117 separate events, including seven main concert events and 10 chamber music concerts. The rest are events in every area of humanities people can imagine, Thompson says. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit okmozart.com.
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AROUND THE STATE
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