Underway at the Tulsa Expo Center in the heart of Tulsa, OK, was the 2023 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals. The event includes the racing of “micro cars” on a freshly laid dirt track which began in the year 1987. The stands of the Tulsa Expo were filled with the thrill of attendees who came…
Review: “Bones and All” is a cinematic feast With 2017’s “Call Me by Your Name”, director Luca Guadagnino achieved the level of American attention that his films had enjoyed internationally since the start of his “Desire Trilogy”—beginning with the Tilda Swinton-starring “I Am Love” (2009) and which continued with the underseen (by me, at least),…
Review: The Sundance Film Festival visits Tulsa’s favorite theater, Circle Cinema, for the Indigenous Shorts Tour. The 91-minute theatrical program featured six short films directed by Indigenous filmmakers. These films were selected from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival shorts program as well as by Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program alumni. The shorts captured aspects of identity…
On Nov. 9-13, Twisted Arts held its second annual film festival, celebrating LGBTQ2+ cinema, at the Circle Cinema (10 S. Lewis Ave, Tulsa, OK). The festival featured 10 films as well as live appearances, panels, and performances from Honey Mahogany, Mink Stole, Peaches Christ, and Sara Cunningham. One of the most popular live appearances was…
“The Fabelmans” is a window into the life of a legendary filmmaker “The Fabelmans,” director Steven Spielberg’s memoir and nostalgic origin story, is perhaps his most personal work. A chronicle of his relationship with movies, his family, and his complicated (sometimes discomfited) experience being a Jewish fish out of water. His avatar here is Sam…
As the fall semester comes to a close and the holidays approach, music classes and ensembles are holding concerts to display their musical talents. The first of these was the Tulsa Community College’s Chamber Orchestra and Concert Choir performance, which was held on Oct. 13. The orchestra and choir held a rehearsal right before the…
See A Classic Reborn on Halloween at the Circle Cinema As one of the most well-known silent films (of which only 25% still exist), and the first vampire film ever made, F.W. Marnau’s “Nosferatu” remains a cornerstone of horror cinema. People were shocked. It proved to be an inspiration for the burgeoning German Expressionist era,…
If you are a college student, you might think going to the symphony is not for you. But that could not be farther from the truth. The members of Tulsa Community College’s Signature Symphony excel at playing both instrumental orchestral music and contemporary, well-known songs. Their new season began Oct. 1 with the concert “Rachmaninoff…
Tulsa Community College Theatre Department presents Vampires of the Wild West (a Parody) by Mark Frank. The production will be presented at the Southeast Campus Pace Studio Theatre at 8pm October 6-8 and 2pm on October 9th. For tickets go to: https://pacetickets.tulsacc.edu/events or call 918-595-7777. Vampires of the Wild West welcomes us to Empire Valley in 1865 where a rogue vampire…
“Hip-Hop 918: Kickin’ It Old School” held the second year of the festival following the inaugural event in 2019. The musical celebration, originally held in the spring, was moved to Sept. 18, also known as “918 Day” in Tulsa. This year’s performances included Steph Simon (World Culture Music Fest), Monie Love, The Sugarhill Gang, and…
