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- Sooner Theatre’s ‘Secret Garden’ - David Berkeley’s ‘Some Kind of Cure’ - Q&A with Jake Morisse

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THE DISH

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P IZZA Hideaway vs. Pizza Shuttle

by Kendall Brown

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How the gallery works

By Kendall Brown POP Editor

This past Friday, during the 2nd Friday Circuit of Art, I had the incredible honor of participating in a show at the Firehouse Art Center along with six other amazingly talented artists.

This experience, both the night of the show, as well as the months leading up to it in preparation has taught me one thing: Being a working artist is hard work.

If you are a working artist, you probably want to slap me with a big ol’ ‘OBVIOUSLY.’ But for the majority of you out there, the ones that are patrons of art, the ones that get to just simply show up at the shows and enjoy yourself, I can now enlighten you, as I was myself enlightened.

It is insanely hard, back-breaking, stressinducing, sleep-deprevating hard work. And it’s worth it.

First, there’s the process of securing a show. Anyone who has ever received a rejection letter for anything knows

Photo illustration, featuring Lindsey Vandaventer, Hannah Ditzer, Katie Knutter and Laurel Cunningham, by Kyle Phillips.

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the heartbreak and frustration that can stem from that process.

After the show is planned, the real work

“It is insanely hard, back-breaking, stress-inducing, sleep-deprevating hard work. And it’s worth it,” Kendall Brown, POP Editor kicks in.

There’s the printing (or sculpting or painting...you get the idea) and the matting and framing. All of this so far I knew.

What I didn’t think about was the priming of the actual gallery that happens before every 2nd Friday. Filling in old nail holes, repainting walls and pedestals, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning — the list is long.

Then, gallery prepped, there is the measuring and the hanging followed by another round of cleaning, just for good measure.

Once the show is hung and ready for public consumption, that’s when gallery directors and

artists alike change out of their work hats and overalls and have to don their business caps.

A gallery opening for gallery staff and exhibiting artists is not just wine and cheese fueled evening. They’re long evenings of shaking hands, trying to impress and (for the females and the occasional male) standing for hours in high heels. As a reporter, I spend hours of my day meeting and talking to people, and even I was a little overwhelmed by the sheer quantitiy of conversations had on Friday.

Not that it isn’t worth it. Because it is, hands down. During the show opening at the Firehouse Art Center, I had incredible conversations, made incredible connections and generally just had an incredible time.

But I will never again approach a gallery opening with blind eyes to the amount of work that has gone into making that show simply happen.

So hats off to all of the working artists in Norman — you’re improving our lives one 2nd Friday at a time, and for that, we say thank you.

The debate over the best pizza in town was a hot one this week, with two contenders emerging neck and neck as tied for most nominations.

They are:

Hideaway Pizza: Located at 577 Buchanan Ave., Hideaway Pizza has been a Campus Corner staple and Oklahoma tradition for decades.

Nominators for Hideaway Pizza this week included Stephen Tyler Holman, Missy Webb and Hal Belknap.

Hideaway Pizzas range in price from $6.99 for a small cheese pizza to $20.19 for a large specialty pizza. Hideaway Pizza specialty pizzas include The ATW (red sauce, mozzerella, pepperoni, sausage, diced green bell peppers, diced red onions, black olives and fresh mushrooms) and the Paradise Pie (alfredo sauce, mozzarella and smoked provolone cheese, garlic chicken, smoked bacon, fresh sliced mushrooms, fresh spinach and diced Roma tomatoes.)

VS Pizza Shuttle: With three locations in Norman, 1506 W. Lindsey, 1000 E. Alameda and 3205 W. Robinson, Pizza Shuttle has been a long standing Norman favorite. Several people nominated Pizza Shuttle this week as their favorite place in Norman to grab a slice, including Maria Engles, Danna Grumbles and Anne Barajas Harp. Pizza Shuttle’s pizzas range in price from $7.40 for a small 10” cheese pizza to $12.70 for a large 13” speciality pizzas. Pizza Shuttle speciality pizzas include the Super Shuttle (pepperoni, pork sausage, seasoned ground beef, onions, mushrooms, black olives and extra cheese) and the Chicken Alfredo (alfredo sauce, chicken, onions and mushrooms.)

The Dish is a weekly feature dedicated to reader suggestions on Norman’s culinary highlights. Next week’s category: dessert — who makes your favorite? To nominate, email pop@normantranscript.com.

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America’s gritty heart and land Bottle Rockets are an American rock band based in St. Louis. This is their 11th LP and it’s called an “acoustic evening” recorded live in a listening room similar to OKC’s Blue Door. Bottle Rockets’ lyrics have a working man’s sensibility that can’t be faked.

tain rural routes from eastern Oklahoma to southern Missouri.

Lonesome harmonica is the featured solo on “1000 Dollar Car” blues.

“A thousand dollar car’s life was through/ about fifty thousand miles before it got to you,” is a life lesson not taught at

Issue of holes “The laws of physics break down inside the singularity of a black hole.

Maybe if you get close enough, some of that lawlessness rubs off...”

“Time Hole” is the new science fiction fantasy from author John Nielsen. It follows the time-hopping exploits of Stacy Carver, who, upon hacking into the guidance

there in her very bedroom.

Now Stacy must battle evils past and present, keep her family safe from the evil corporation known as Shadotek, and make sure no more book reports get sucked across the event horizon of any errant black holes that happen to open in her house.

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After many recordings over the past 30 years, 24 to date, this Hawkeye State troubadour, Greg Brown, has released some top-notch Americana albums. The magic of Brown’s acousticbased music, delivered in that distinct, coarse-n-raspy way, is that he captured the sound and feel of the rural Midwest, or his “Hacklebarney” corner of

“Well look around, it’s so hard to see / what’s happening to our big family / I’m an American, I’m gonna let my freak flag fly.”

Bringing to mind Bob Dylan’s “Forever Young” is Brown’s spare-and-bittersweet “Tenderhearted Child.” A lovely song and among Brown’s best.

He does have his finger on the pulse of American cul-

Greg Brown “Freak Flag” Yep Roc Records (2011)

Bottle Rockets “Not So Loud” Bloodshot Records (2011) “Lucky Break” is about being injured on the job at the right time because if it had happened same day a month earlier he wouldn’t be eligible for workmen’s comp.

“Kerosene” memorializes an impoverished family burned to death in a trailer house because someone substituted gasoline for proper lamp fuel.

It’s tender-hearted albeit brutally frank. This album would be perfect driving music for a trip on winding Ozark moun-

Freak Flag captures America

art school.

One aspect of this recording that gets annoying after a few listens are a couple of numbers with long spoken introductions.

Those are just minor distractions from a mighty powerful combination of guitar and banjo virtuosity in unblinking songs inspired

by America’s gritty heartland.

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system of the space satellite CHRONOS, accidentally sends it off course and causes it to crash near her suburban home.

At the crash site, Stacy finds a strange glowing liquid dripping out of the damaged craft. Curious, she takes a sample and takes it home for further examination.

She didn't count on her cat, however, knocking the jar off of its shelf and to the floor. She certainly didn't count on the jar breaking, the glowing liquid exploding, and a wormhole opening right

“Time Hole” is basically a young adult version of “Sliders.” While the scientific concepts within are certainly stretched to the precipice of believability, they never really effect the enjoyment.

There really is a lot here for both adults and children to enjoy.

“Time Hole” is an adventurous read for anyone, and it’s highly recommended for all you youngsters out there, or Jerry O'Connell wannabes as well.

— Levi Lee

Iowa.

With the newly-released, Bo Ramsey-produced “Freak Flag,” Brown returns with a heartfelt collection of songs that don’t always soar but shows an artist doing his best to make sure of the world around him.

Brown and guitarist Bo Ramsey take a bluesy path on “Mercy Mercy Mercy” and covers his daughter Pieta Brown’s song “Remember The Sun.” This folk-rock gem really soars and shows Brown at his most inspired.

Over a gentle, brushes-onsnare beat, Brown sings to his fellow bohemian baby boomers (and the rest of us):

ture and current events, as we hear on “I Don’t Know Anyone In This Town,” a song that Moore’s favorite son, Toby “Big Dog Daddy” Keith should pay attention to: “Now the USA is out of touch / Looks like the big dog ate too much.” Brown indicates that after 10 years of war following 9/11, this “big dog” has some serious indigestion.

“Freak Flag” isn’t an essential disc in Greg Brown’s extensive repertoire, but it does capture the murky zeitgeist currently taking hold in America. It reflects it well.

— Andrew W. Griffin

SECRET GARDEN

A secret unveiled

By Johnnie-Margaret McConnell For POP

Addison Baker (left) and Thomas Cunninghamr appear in the Sooner Theatre production of Secret Garden.

Photo by Jerry Laizure

Sooner Theatre’s season begins with the 1991 Tony Award winning adaptation of Frances Burnett’s 1911 novel, “A Secret Garden.”

Secret Garden is the tale of 11-year-old Mary Lennox. Orphaned in India during her parent’s deployment from Yorkshire, Mary is suddenly returned to live back in England with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald. Her welcome is anything but warm. With a veil of secrecy hanging in the air, Mary is determined to solve the mystery of her uncle’s absence and the faint crying she often hears in the night.

Eventually, the estate’s jovial staff introduce her to the magic garden where spirits from Mary’s past live that help guide her into a new life for all.

Director Lyn Cramer proves she is more than the fast-footed choreographer we see in OU productions such as “A Chorus Line,” “Company” and Lyric’s summer production of “Hairspray.”

Cramer is entering her 30th year as a theater professional. Secret Garden’s emphasis is on vocals and theatrical effects, not choreography.

Cramer’s sensitivity to song was apparent last Friday night during my early viewing. Cramer busily took notes as she openly reacted to the cast while musical director Jason Grife, of OKC’s Canterbury Choral Society, was obviously left to lead all numbers with pianist Les Downs. A man of few words, Grife’s conducting became more exaggerated when the pace became uneven receding to barely a tick as the actors closely followed his direction.

The first act’s trio between Mary, Archibald and Achibald’s wife Lily “I Heard You Crying” is a perfect example of their direction fusing. Three independent musical lines blend and separate with ease as two staircases are wheeled on to stage for the three to position themselves at different elevations and in front. The same intensity is again felt in Act II’ “Where in the World” as Archibald heavily walks up and down the two staircases now circling back and forth into different positions with the aid of eight cast members.

A Secret Garden is a result of Cramer’s long-standing desire to direct in collaboration with fellow area thespians if their schedules ever allowed. The stars finally aligned for Cramer and fellow OU musical theatre faculty Mandy Jiran as Lily Craven, Vince Leseney as Dr. Neville Craven, Univ. of Central Oklahoma theatre faculty Dalycia Rich Phipps as Mrs.

Medlock, and Equity Actor Thomas E. Cunningham as Archibald Craven. Their professional experience alone represents almost 130-years.

Ten year-old Addison Baker plays the strong willed Mary Lennox. The Cleveland elementary student may be in one of her first leading roles, but she is no stranger to the stage. Performing numerous times at the Sooner and OU basketball games, Baker was cast this past summer as Flounder in Disney’s regional Wichita Theatre production of “A Little Mermaid.”

Baker’s confidence makes you want to follow Mary on this uneasy adventure to find the unknown crying source. Not to mention Baker’s incredible vocal projection.

Baker plays opposite another Sooner Theatre product, Mr. Alex Irwin. A fifth grader at All Saints Catholic School, Irwin plays the young, forgotten invalid Colin Craven. You would think these two were actually siblings by the way they carry on with each other in scene after scene, from arguing to moments of clear exuberating Irwin and Baker are a darling pairing.

OU musical theatre junior Cory Lingner plays the upbeat, animal charming Dickon. He is the link to the spiritual world.

Cramer’s 20-member cast all deserves mention. From NHS recent graduate Collen McLaughlin’s role as a servant to Michael Hardwick’s return as the elder Ben Weatherstaff, all embody their roles and blend in clear harmony.

A Secret Garden is a wonderful family show. But do remember, it is built around adult themes of death and longing.

The Secret Garden runs Sept. 16, 17, 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. with Sunday matinees Sept.18 and 25 at 2 p.m.

Performances will be held at The Sooner Theatre, 101 E. Main Street in downtown Norman. Tickets start at $25 and can be purchased through The Sooner Theatre in person or by phone at 3219600 during regular business hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 5 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.soonertheatre.org.

Sooner Stage present discounts for Seniors (65+), children (12 & under) and groups of 10 or more receive $5 off the regular ticket price. Discounts cannot be combined.

College and high school students who show their valid school ID at the box office within one hour of show time can purchase tickets at 50% of the regular price for that evening's performance.

Student Rush tickets cannot be purchased in advance.

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Voluptuous

By Kendall Brown POP Editor

Over the past week, national media has been exploding over a recent American Apparel campaign directed at plus sized women. In the campaign, titled ‘The Next BIG Thing,’ the clothing company announced that “around 10” of their styles would become available in size XL, “for those of us who need a little extra wiggle room where it counts.”

The company went on to announce that not only were these styles available to plus sized women (which, for their intents and purposes meant sizes 12 and 14) but that they were looking for “XLent” “booty-ful” models to help sell them. Women were encouraged to submit two photos of themselves, one displaying their face and one their body, which would then go through both a period of review by American Apparel staff as well as voting by the public.

After the voting, a clear victor emerged. But the sized 12 woman wasn’t quite what American Apparel was expecting.

Nancy Upton, a 24-year-old from Dallas, was so enraged when she first saw the contest that she submitted a parody entry featuring high fashion portraits of herself. One where

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she was eating a whole chicken while floating in a pool, another while knoshing on a cherry pie, it’s filling smeared across her face and down her chest. She also made one where she is laying in a bathtub filled with ranch dressing.

Upton presented the photos to American Apparel along with the caption: “My name is Nancy Upton. I'm a size 12 and wanted to show American Apparel my fresh face (and full figure). My good friend Shannon Skloss came over to take some ‘Booty-ful’ photos of me... But I just couldn't stop eating.”

On Tuesday, despite Upton’s

If You Go Voluptuously Vogue! A Live Art + Social Event will run from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon at MerryBelle’s Gifts, Art & Tea. The event is open to the public, with a suggested $5 to $10 donation at the door. For more information, email Femmeplosive@gmail.com

clear public victory with her satirical images, American Apparel Creative Director Iris Alonzo sent Upton (along with several media outlets) a long letter in which she both extolled the virtues of American Apparel as well as rejected Upton as a model for the company. It was a decision, however enraging, that even Upton seemed to anticipate.

On her blog, while voting was still going on, she wrote: “I most certainly would not model for American Apparel, because (pretty obviously) I don’t agree with their business practices. I also would not expect to be asked to do so, even if I receive a majority of the votes (something I never planned on).”

Anticipated response or not, plus sized advocates are up in arms. But plus sized acceptance isn’t a new issue. In Norman, well before Upton’s chocolate sauce-covered curves called American Apparel to the carpet, a movement had begun.

The movement is called Fat Positive Norman. And on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at MerryBelle’s Gifts, Art & Tea, 230 E. Main St., they’ll be hosting their first of a series of public statements, aptly titled ‘Voluptuously Vogue! A Live Art + Social Event.”

sly Vogue “I think it’s important for people to realize that this is an empowering activity not only for the people that are participating but for the community as a whole,” event organizer Lindsey Vandeventer said. “So while this seems like a small community thing to do, it’s also a political one. If little things were to happen like this en masse all over the place, we would see a shift in how, for example, clothing is marketed to people of different sizes and in society as a whole. This kind of event helps foster and expand a feeling of progressive inclusion in our community.”

An event such as Voluptuously Vogue allows Norman to stretch and test its boundaries, much like a larger city, according to Vandaventer.

“I don’t know of any other event like this that has happened in Oklahoma,” Vandaventer said. “You see events like this in larger, metropolitan cities. I think it’s great that we’ve had so much interest and support from the community, both from people that consider themselves fat and people that don’t - people of all different varieties and different bodies.”

For Voluptuously Vogue, MerryBelle’s owner J.J. Bradford has agreed to open her doors to artists and models

of all shapes and sizes from even reference books that show 1:30 until 4:30 p.m. Sunday anything other than young, afternoon. Bradford said that female, very thin bodies,” hosting the event at Vandeventer said.

MerryBelle’s was a no-brainer, According to Bradford and as it was so rooted in communi- Vandeventer, artists ranging ty, an important aspect of the from painters to photographers store’s business model. to tattoo artists have expressed “Because MerryBelle’s is interest in participating in the such a community space, it was event. a perfect fit,” And while these Bradford said. “I feel artists are being prelike Norman is such a sented with an oppor“This is liberal, accepting tunity to expand their about town already. This is portfolios and hone overall about overall acceptacceptance their skills, the models ance — for anybody, are being presented — for whoever they are, an opportunity for anybody, whatever their preferacceptance, an ences, whatever they whoever they opportunity for their are, whatever look like.” community to at last their The event will feaacknowledge their ture four clothed sit- preferences, beauty.

It’s a win-win, whatever ting areas for models according to they look in the front room and Vandeventer. like,” J.J. three sitting areas in “What an empowBradford, the back, more ering experience, to secluded room for MerryBelle’s see yourself through models that wish to owner an artist’s eyes,” pose nude or semiVandeventer said. nude.

“Most fat people, and Multiple models I use the word ‘fat’ will be in attendance, with love of course, never get many of whom would be conthat opportunity, and that’s so sidered outside the mainstream. messed up. What a beautiful, This is an important aspect to transformative experience that Voluptuously Vogue, according is for people and the communito Vandeventer. ty.”

“As a visual artist, if you are trying to hone your studio drawing or painting skills, there are very few live references or

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This week POP sat down with Oklahoma musician Jake Morisse, who has been stirring up the indie and country scenes with his boot stompin’, hand clappin’, moonshine brewin’ tunes for the past year and a half. Morrise has one last show in Norman before heading out, so POP had to catch him.

Q: Can you describe your music for us?

A: That's always a hard question, I get asked that a lot but and I always use the word "Southern" or "Abrasive Country" but I guess it really depends on when you see me live. I sometimes play with a band which is definitely loud and abrasive but I also play a lot of solo shows which most people describe as alternative country. I believe that the sound comes from the emotion, which is usually intense in some fashion or another. I just like being loud all the time time i guess.

Q: What drives you to create your music?

A: Lately it has been honesty. I have been trying to write songs that are as honest as possible.

Whether it be about my "excessive" drinking or my drug use, my insecurities about woman or my religious upbringing that I struggle with alot. Or my issues I have with my siblings and how we don't talk. I just have to talk about these things which in turn makes me want to create. I also think its just something that’s in you. It’s with any form of art, you just have to. I just know that I am a songwriter and thats what I have to do or I will completely lose my mind.

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Jake Morisse sits with his bango.

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Q: Why did you begin writing music?

A: Girls? Listening to my dads southern rock vinyl or my moms beatles records, maybe? I got my first guitar and learned a few chords and started writing these really awful songs about being sad over girls. I mean they were really really bad (laughs). I guess it just goes back to just having something inside me that says, ‘This is what I am going to do’ and knowing that it was good for my sanity to do. I am also a puck rock kid. I heard those songs

knew that I would be in a band and make loud music. I just didn't expect it to be country based.

Q: What’s your process like, from songs to guitar?

A: I have been asked this before and I am never sure how to answer it but really all it is, is me picking up my guitar and starting to play. I will find something I like and just start singing what’s going on in my head. With the "Battlefield Darlins" I knew I wanted to write this story I had in my head so I listed it out on this dry erase board and wrote what part of the story each song would tell and started pieceing together slowly each song.

Q: Talk about “Battlefield

artist?

A: I do have one main goal and thats to get rid of this stupid idea that being in a band makes you better or cooler. Music used to be something that everyone sat around in circles and just enjoyed the stomped and clapped. There was no "I'm the band and you’re the crowd." We are all there to enjoy ourselves so let's not take ourselves so seriously. But on that same note I believe that is happening in Oklahoma. There are so many collaborations happening and such amazing things going on in our music scene and I have not been to one local show lately that I haven't had a blast at.

I love this state

Q: What’s next for you?

A: Touring and when my

Darilns.” What made you decide drummer gets back from tour to write a concept album? with his other band hopefully we A: I was tired of writing about are going to start tracking a new women. I love history based songs record. I have a lot of songs that and one day I startaren't about a war ed writing about this themed love story Jake’s Favorites (laughs) and I am civil war battle scene Before the show: excited to get those and about the ghost The venue bar, every of a young soldier out to people. time. coming to visit his new wife one last Eat at: The Abner time before he Q: Tell us about Shop here: Good passed over to the your upcoming tour.

Question afterlife and then I A: It is going to be Play at: The Blue a week through the just decided, "Screw Bonnet, The Deli Midwest. Kan., Mo., it, I am going to give Late night: The Ark. and Texas. And myself a project to Blue Bonnet every time. then I will touring to set myself to.” It was Cheap beer and aweCalif. They will be the most stressful some people. solo tours to start grueling 7 months of with and then hopemy life, writing that fully as it builds to have a full thing. There are actually two difband on the road. ferent versions with different songs. But I can say its one of my Q: Where can people go to happiest accomplishments hear you? because there were many times I A: My last Oklahoma show thought about giving up on it. before tour will be at the Deli in Needless to say I am glad I didn't. Norman on Sept. 21st but you can also find me on facebook and Q: Did you always want to be at blackcanyon.bandcamp.com an musician?

A: Yep. I started playing bariQ: If you weren’t an artist, tone in the school band in the 5th what would you be? grade and ever since I just wantA: Car salesman, totally seried to play music. I at one point ous. I sold cars for a while and I thought about going in to being a would like to say, hopefully withband director but realized I am out sounding egotistical, I am too loud and crass to work in the damn good at it. You just can't be school system, And no way I in that industry and have a full could have made it all the way time band. There are just a lot of through college. I never liked hours put into it. You better school. Loved learning but just believe that Jonathan Fowler will hated tests and sitting still. be the first person getting a call if this me being a musician doesn't Q: What are your goals as an work out.

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New Releases • Drive — A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong. R. (Warren Theatres, Hollywood Spotlight 14)

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• I Don’t Know How She Does It — A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids..

PG-13. (Warren Theatres, Hollywood Spotlight 14) • Lion King — Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King. G. (Warren Theatres, Hollywood Spotlight 14)

STRAW DOGS Starring: James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard, James Woods Rated: R What Jeff says: Mayhem, guns, drugs and murder? Sounds like a good time.

Coming soon 50/50 Sept. 30: Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick Rated: R

• Straw Dogs — L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South.

There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both. R. (Warren Theatres, Hollywood Spotlight 14)

Also Showing • Bad Teacher — A comedy centered around a foulmouthed, junior high teacher who, after being dumped by her sugar daddy, begins to woo a colleague -- a move that pits her against a wellloved teacher. R. (Robinson Crossing) • Bucky Larson — Born to be a Star - A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps -and become a porn star. R. (Warren Theatre, Holloywood Spotlight 14) • The Change-Up — A comedy in which a married father accidentally switches bodies with his best friend, leading to a series of wildly

complex difficulties. R. (Robinson Crossing) • Contagion — An actionthriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak. PG-13. (Warren Theatres, Hollywood Spotlight 14) • Cowboys and Aliens — A spaceship arrives in Arizona, 1873, to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. A posse of cowboys are all that stand in their way.

PG-13 (Robinson Crossing, Warren Theatre) • Crazy, Stupid, Love — A father's life unravels while he deals with a marital crisis and tries to manage his relationship with his children. PG-13 (Warren Theatre) • The Debt — The espionage thriller begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel. R. (Warren Theatre, Hollywood Spotlight 14) • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 — The final chapter begins as Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest of finding and destroying the Dark Lord’s three remaining Horcruxes, the magical items responsible for his immortality. But as the mystical Deathly Hallows are uncovered, and Voldemort finds out about their mission, the biggest battle begins and life as they know it will never be the same again. PG-13.

(Hollywood Spotlight 14) • The Help — A look at what happens when a southern town's unspoken code of rules and behavior is shattered by three courageous women who strike up an unlikely friendship. PG-13 (Warren Theatre, Hollywood Spotlight 14) • Horrible Bosses — Three friends conspire to murder

their awful bosses when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness. R. (Robinson Crossing) • Our Idiot Brother — A comedy centered on an idealist who barges into the lives of his three sisters. R. (Warren Theatre) • Rise of the Planet of the Apes — An origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy.

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NINE NIGHTS IN NORMAN 17 SAT

MUSIC

16 FRI 8 p.m. — Love Feast - Festival of Avant-Garde Music, Free 9 p.m. — Syloken, The Great American Jug Band and John Breakfield, Opolis, $5/$7 TBA — Rainbows Are Free with Scabby Itchins, The Deli pop pick

FILM & LIT, PERFORMING ARTS V I S U A L A R T S

8 p.m. — Dustin Prinz, Othello’s, Free

OFF BEAT

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8 p.m. — Love Feast - Festival of Avant-Garde Music, Free

3 p.m. — Accademica Filarmonica and OU Chorale, Sharp Concert Hall 8 p.m. — Love Feast - Festival of Avant-Garde Music, Free TBA — Mike Hosty Solo, The Deli

19 MON 7 p.m. — Travis Linville, The Deli, Free 9 p.m. — The Sideshow Tramps, The Deli

4 p.m. — Philip Durham: Urban Transformation in St. Louis, College of Architecture Joe & Jane Buskuhl Gallery, Free

OKC: 8 p.m. — Peter Pan, OKC Civic Center Music Hall OKC: 7:30 p.m.

— The Last Night of Ballyhoo, OKC Civic Center CitySpace Theatre OKC: 8 p.m. — “Superior Donuts”, Carpenter Square Theatre pop pick

8 p.m. — Secret Garden, Sooner Theatre

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7 p.m. — David Leach Jazz Trio, Othello’s, Free TBA — Ben Irwin, The Brewhouse, Free TBA — Galapaghost with Kevi Watson, The Deli

18 SUN

9 p.m. — Zanzibar! Records September Showcase, The Opolis, $5

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8 p.m. — Secret Garden, Sooner Theatre OKC: 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. — Peter Pan, OKC Civic Center Music Hall OKC: 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. — The Last Night of Ballyhoo, OKC Civic Center CitySpace Theatre OKC: 8 p.m. — “Superior Donuts”, Carpenter Square Theatre

8 a.m. — Farmers Market, Cleveland County Fair Grounds, Free 2 p.m. — Discovery Days, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Free with paid museum admission

2 p.m. — Secret Garden, Sooner Theatre, Ticket Prices Vary OKC: 2 p.m. — “Superior Donuts”, Carpenter Square Theatre OKC: 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. — Peter Pan, OKC Civic Center Music Hall OKC: 1:30 p.m. — The Last Night of Ballyhoo, OKC Civic Center CitySpace Theatre 12:30 p.m. — Talk Like a Pirate Day, West Wind Unitarian Universalist Congregation, $5 donation

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20 TUE pop pick

12 p.m. — Tuesday Noon Concert Series: Bill Neill Voice Studio, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Free

21 WED

22 THU

9 p.m. — OK Sweetheart and Brine Webb, Opolis, $8/$10

7 p.m. — Camille Harp, The Deli, Free 10 p.m. — Emmett Bower Band, The Brewhouse, $5 10 p.m. — The Sideshow Tramps, The Deli OKC: 7 p.m. — Maroon 5 and Train, OKC Zoo Amphitheater

8 p.m. — Himalaya Naad: Mountain Music of North India, Sharp Concert Hall 10 p.m. — The Del Toros, The Brewhouse, $5 TBA — Hosty Duo, The Deli

8 a.m. — Jacobson House Powwow Singers, OU Pittman Hall TBA — Jared Valouch, The Brewhouse, Free TBA — Saucy Gentlemen’s Club, The Deli OKC: 8 p.m. — Grand Opening Night feat. James Ehnes, OKC Civic Center Music Hall

OKC: 7:30 p.m. — “Superior Donuts”, Carpenter Square Theatre

7 p.m. — “Open Score by Robert Rauschenberg”, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Free 8 p.m. — Secret Garden, Sooner Theatre OKC: 7:30 p.m. — The Last Night of Ballyhoo, OKC Civic Center CitySpace Theatre

7 p.m. — Indie Movie Night, Michelangelo’s, Free 8 p.m. — Secret Garden, Sooner Theatre 11 p.m. — Dracula, Rupel J. Jones Theatre OKC: 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. — The Last Night of Ballyhoo, OKC Civic Center CitySpace Theatre

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TBA — Black Canyon, Antler Thief and Barling, The Deli

23 FRI

24 SAT

10 a.m. — Free Admission Tuesdays, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Free

EVENT SUBMISSIONS To get your show or event in POP’s Nine Nights calendar, send the event name, time, date, location and admission price to pop@normantranscript.com.

Weekly deadline is noon Tuesdays. pop pick

11 a.m. — Indian Taco Tuesday, Jacobson House

8 a.m. — Farmers Market, Cleveland County Fair Grounds, Free

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8 p.m. — Dracula, Rupel J. Jones Theatre

8 a.m. — Farmers Market, Cleveland County Fair Grounds, Free

AVID BERKELEY

Photo provided /Matthew Washburn

Some Kind of Cure

Harvard-educated musician David Berkeley will be visiting Oklahoma this weekend for a show Saturday night at the Blue Door, 2805 N. McKinley in Oklahoma City. I had the chance to catch up with Berkeley via phone earlier this week while he was in Texas, during which we chatted about living abroad, missing family and singing Titanic door-to-door.

The remarkable thing about Berkeley, in a music scene inundated with indie boys and their guitars, is his talent as a lyricist.

Berkeley’s newest album, “Some Kind of Cure” was written primarily when Berkeley was living abroad in Corsica with his wife and oldest son, then only oneyear-old. Berkeley speaks about his year there with good-humored fondness,

even when recounting how difficult it could be at times.

“My wife and my son and I lived in the mountains in a village of about 40 people,” Berkeley said. “I didn’t speak any French, so at times it was rough. My son was just learning to walk — while on the mountain. We were constantly afraid he was going to fall off.”

Through Berkeley’s love and penchant for poetic lyrics, he’s able to transport listeners back in time to that small mountaintop village.

Through carefully laid word and layered sound, Berkeley builds the mountain stone by stone. The album even features some sounds mixed in that he recorded while in Corsica, such as the chiming of a church bell. It makes for a charming listen.

Charming may be the

keyword with Berkeley all around. A family man, he spoke at length about missing his wife and two sons while on tour. In fact, his family very much plays a role in Berkeley’s decision to limit his tour length.

“I try to limit the length of my tours,” Berkeley said.

“This one is only two weeks, and even then, that’s hard.

The second week I’m talking to them constantly. I pretty much get off the stage and immediately open a chat window with them.

The upside is, when I’m home, I get to be a very present dad.”

One has to wonder, even as young as Berkeley’s two sons are, whether their father has begun to introduce them to the world of music. After all, Berkeley got his start as barely more than a toddler, when his

babysitter, an Avon saleslady by trade, would take him along for her door-to-door sales.

It was during those sales that Berkeley first began singing, performing renditions of popular songs in exchange for treats.

“I like to think that led to me thinking people enjoyed hearing me sing because I was constantly stuffed with cookies and happy,” Berkeley laughed. “You grow up thinking you’re singing voice is a part of who you are that way, as natural as your talking voice.”

Berkeley and his singing voice will be at the Blue Door at 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 17.

For more information, visit www.davidberkeley.com.

— Kendall Brown

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