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Q&A We sat down with musician Parker Millsap

“Seussical�

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Interruptions The new exhibition by Matt Boonstra

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Book & Music Reviews

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8 Django Reinhardt plays the guitar as the Ivan Peña Ensemble plays a show. photo by Kyle Phillips

Ginna Dowling at the Capitol

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With summer now blooming in Norman, his head leaning backwards, eyes shut, lips the city is flush with opportunities of memories curved in a satisfied smile as he soaked in the just waiting to be made. Get a start sweet melody. Often his hand this month by walking tonight’s 2nd would extend as he invited me Friday Circuit of Art and enjoying to a dance around the living room.

I reveled in the the plethora of arts Norman has to offer.

Other memories find me in Other options this month include Disneyland on a sunny day: My gifts of summer, father is at the helm of a teacup, greedily bottling Jazz in June, Performing Arts Studio’s Summer Breeze, several performances pulling on the gear as fast as he my experiences at Sooner Theatre or the University can to make our portion of the of Oklahoma and various art exhibits ride spin more quickly. Colors in snapshots throughout town. begin to blur together, my of warmth and No matter your interest, your age stomach flipping with each turn or what your favorite month might be, we take. I throw my head back laughter to the coming summer beckons each of in laughter only to discover the cherish in the us to enjoy experiences that will linger cup’s centrifugal force won’t minds as eternal summers. allow me to bring my head depths of coming in our For up-to-date information on back in. I spent the rest of the winter.

N-town, like us on Facebook or follow ride laughing and laughing, us on Twitter and Instagram. listening to the sounds of my Have any suggestions for us? own father’s glee and Alice in Comments? Praises? Give me a shout Wonderland music echoing in out at hcruz@normantranscript.com. I’d love to the background. hear from you.

Birthday candles of Junes past glimmer in my memory as mementos of well wishes and nd slumber parties. Most distinct though, is the frequency with which I shared a cake with my m mother, whose birthday is just two days before fo ore mine. Now, I have a third person to share a cake with — my husband’s birthday followss just s two days after my own.

And as a June bride, I can’t forget the sense en nse of giddy anticipation a hot, windy Sacramento nto o June morning brought me three years ago as I donned my wedding gown.

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Move over February!

In my heart, June is the most romantic month of all.

June, the king of summer, marks the beginning of the most royal season: The sun beats hotter, days stretch longer and hemlines get shorter as summer romances begin budding, children’s backyard adventures take flight and family vacations begin. June is the stuff school daydreams are made of — freedom, spontaneity and all things beautiful and nostalgic.

As a baby born on the summer solstice, frequently falling on June 21, I’ve long considered myself the Queen of Summer. I was in love with June and all things seasonal.

Starry nights, warm breezes, cool pools, sandy beaches, baseball games, ice cream treats — it all felt like the royal court’s gift to me.

I reveled in the gifts of summer, greedily bottling my experiences in snapshots of warmth and laughter to cherish in the depths of coming winter.

Among them, trips to my grandparents’ house. After playing in their garden, elbow deep in dirt with a pile of fresh carrots to show for it, I’d run inside to witness my grandfather snapping his arthritis-ridden fingers to the sounds of jazz. The silky music slipped out of the sound system as Grandad’s body swayed,

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Ginna Dowling, a Norman artist, exhibits decades worth of work at state capitol.

by Hannah Cruz

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Ginna Dowling hasn’t always been a professional artist, but when her life turned upside down she turned to creativity to provide her solace.

Now the Norman resident and former communications professional turned printmaker is exhibiting her work at the Oklahoma State Capitol East Gallery through June 23.

“I was so fortunate I had doovers, I could reinvent myself and had the support of friends and family,” she said about becoming a professional artist.

Dowling grew up in a creative household and was continually surrounded by the arts, including works by her mother Polly Hammet and aunt Virginia Cobb, both nationally recognized artists.

When Dowling left home, she felt a need to define herself outside of art and received a bachelor’s in journalism and a master’s in public relations and professional writing.

A change in her family life prompted Dowling back to

on display at the Capitol, titled art, where she rediscovered “A Printmaker’s Perspective: A printmaking. She described Life Told in Layers,” represents the process as a release and a decade of Dowling’s work spontaneous. including monotypes and “It just happened and woodcuts. everything was very Dowling hopes biographical,” she viewers of her said. “It was so capitol exhibit learn powerful that I just to appreciate did my art for printmaking a me for awhile.” little more from At this viewing her work. point in her “They are one of life, Dowling decided it a kinds and it is a Dowling’s work is form of art that’s would be on display at the as exciting for “criminal” for even non-artists her to not Oklahoma State as something pursue her Capitol, 2300 N. like painting,” artistic talents.

Lincoln Blvd., in the she said. “And She returned to school at East Gallery, located anybody can do you really don’t the University on the Capitol’s first it, have to have a of Oklahoma floor, through June press.” where she Oklahoma Arts recently 23. The exhibit is Council Curator received a open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Master of Fine of Education and weekdays and 9 a.m.

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Capitol Galleries The work to 4 p.m. weekends. Alyson Atchison

said it’s Dowling’s emphasis on arts education that makes her work so strong.

“She takes risks with her media and stretches boundaries for printmaking. Most of all, she presents her work in an educational way,” Atchison said.

“Here, she has included the carved wood blocks from which she printed some of the works in the show. The audience is getting to see the process of printmaking and the steps involved. I know many have learned something new about printmaking from this show.”

With this idea in mind, Dowling is currently working on developing art classes for adults and children at her private studio, Ink Drop Press. In the future, she hopes to be able to create an arts recreational center where youth can participate in a variety of afterschool arts activities.

For more information on Dowling visit ginnadowling.com.

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Music has always been a part of Parker Millsap’s life. And for this 20-year-old Purcell native, he wouldn’t have it any other way.

With original songwriting and a voice that can be described as earthy and raw, this Americana rising star is making a name for himself in the local music scene.

Millsap recently returned from a tour with John Fullbright, fellow Oklahoma Americana musician recently nominated for a Grammy.

Upcoming gigs include his weekly free show at The Deli, 309 White St., 7 p.m. Tuesdays, as well as his free-admission performances during the Summer Breeze Concert Series 7:30 p.m. June 16 at Lions Park, 450 S. Flood Ave., and Jazz in June 7 p.m. June 20 at Brookhaven Village, 3700 W. Robinson St. For more on Millsap visit parkermillsap.com.

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What inspires your work?

It depends. I write songs in batches, it seems like. There will be this batch of songs that has a theme and then another batch of songs that has a different theme.

For “Palisade,” the record that we put out almost a year ago — a lot of guilt.

Growing up around here it’s a pretty common thing to grow up in a conservative house, deal with lots of, “No, don’t do that,”

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and stuff like that. That fueled a lot of songwriting for a while. My parents were the types of parents that weren’t always on my back and the people at my church weren’t that way either. I was just a guilty kid. I just felt guilty.

I am a pretty driven person and I have pretty high expectations for myself. When you have really high expectations for yourself and a really rigid set of rules that are kind of unrealistic, it doesn’t always necessarily mix very well.

That was a lot of it for a while, but lately it’s just been stories. My girlfriend is a big fan of these huge story arcs. She reads these fantasy novels where there’s 14 books in the series and they’re all a 1,000 pages. And then I like “Of Mice and Men.” I like this itty bitty story and there is a climax but at the end of it it’s just “some people did some things.” To me that’s real.

That’s the kind of thing I like.

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What is your creative process like?

It’s different every time. A lot of times for me it starts with a little idea and I’ll jot down a phrase on a piece of paper. Then I’ll think about if for a while, and when the idea gets big enough that it won’t just fit in my head, I start writing.

I read this book called “On Writing” by Stephen King, it’s Stephen King writing about

writing. He said you have to make a job of it because after a certain point it’s not just some magical thing, it’s like a job after a certain point. So lately, when I’m home, I try to write a little bit each day.

Sometimes it produces songs that aren’t really worth anything but when a song comes along that is worth something I sit down and work it out.

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Where do you see yourself in the future?

What’s your goal?

sports. (laughing) When you grow up in Purcell and you’re not very good at sports, there’s only so many options, I guess.

I pretty much just dedicated myself to it. I’m not really driven by grand visions of being rich and famous. I just want to write a good song. I want to move people. I think that is the driving factor for anybody who’s really in it is just to move people or make people really think.

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My goal is to move out of my parent’s garage. (laughing) That’s really my only goal right now. I just want to be able to keep doing music and move out of my parent’s garage.

We’re releasing a record in hopefully September, and it will be distributed by Thirty Tigers, which are the people that did John Fullbright’s record and the Turnpike Troubadours. We should be done mixing in June and then we’ll start figuring out the rest from there. But it should be out in September, hopefully.

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What was your goal when you started?

What was my goal when I started playing music? To meet girls. No, I wasn’t very good at

Why do you think that element of music is important? Or is it important?

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When you grow up in church — and especially around a lot of music — it’s a spiritual thing.

I’m not particularly spiritual, I’m pretty much a skeptic, and I’m not really religious but that’s the one thing that feels very real to me.

I don’t cry very often but within the past year the few times that I have cried have been because of music. So it’s like maybe I can do that to someone else. I think there’s a Kurt Vonnegut quote and he said something like music is the only proof of existence of a god I’ve ever found. And Kurt Vonnegut is a big skeptic and he’s grumpy but even he found in the music — if there is a god, that’s where he is, he’s somewhere in that. I feel the same way about it.

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Is there anything else about being a performer that you don’t enjoy?

The performing is fine. I don’t like waiting for the gig to start, like I get anxious but not nervous. I’ve got to have something to do in that period We don’t make a lot of money. between setting up and playing. (laughing) No, I feel like I’m built for it. We’d never really been on tour for any extended period of time besides What do you do to fill your maybe for two days before we went time now? out with Fullbright a few weeks ago and it didn’t phase me. It felt like I was doing what I was supposed to be Well, Frisbee now. We figured doing. out that a Frisbee is probably one of the more important things to have on

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Parker Millsap, center, with bandmates, Michael Rose, left, and Daniel Foulks, right.

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Do you have a band that travels with you?

Yeah, for the Fullbright tour it was just me and my base player, Michael Rose, but we’ve also been playing with a fiddle player named Daniel Foulks, and he hopefully will get to go on the road with us more as money allows.

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What kind of advice would you give to someone who’s interested in being a musician?

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Don’t do it. (laughing) No, it’s

extremely fulfilling, it’s just a lot of work. You’ve got to be committed to it. It has to be the only thing you want to do. Just like any job, any job that requires a whole lot of work I think your heart has to be in it or it has to require a really big dollar sign. There’s a chance, like a one in a million chance, that you could make a lot of money but you can’t be in it for that, you can’t be in it for anything except for you have to do it.

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How would you feel if you were one in a million though?

I wouldn’t complain.

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Does performing make you nervous? How do you feel about performing?

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by Holly Jones

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The fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza of “Seussical the Musical” is kicking off the Sooner Theatre’s summer theater series this month with eight performances.

A cast of 63 third to seventh grade students are taking on the shortened TYA edition of this colorfully imaginative tale to bring to life favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination — Jojo.

“We want the audience to feel the energy the students bring, to enjoy the fun songs of the beloved tales that we have all grown up with,” Co-Camp Director Melany Pattison said. “The students get to be a character that is totally unusual and quirky. The music is challenging and

catchy and at times funky. It is a are primarily from the south non-stop show with metro, including Performances of “Seussical the basically all singing Musical” are 7:30 June 26, 2 and Oklahoma City, and dancing and Moore and Norman.

7:30 p.m. June 27-29 and 2 p.m. very little dialogue.” June 30. “‘Seussical the The story Musical,’ was a Tickets are $10. Group rates centers around great choice for us. are available for 10 or more to any one performance. Tickets can be Horton the Children rarely do Elephant, who finds purchased online at soonertheatre. the show because com, by phone at 405-321-9600 or himself faced with it is a challenge, a double challenge at the Sooner Theatre box office, but we have such 101 E. Main St., 10 a.m. to noon and talented students — not only must 2-5 p.m. Tuesday–Friday. he protect his tiny that are involved Of special note: The Sooner friend Jojo (and with our studio Theatre is holding a book drive all the invisible program, we knew during the shows that will support Whos) from a we had all of the Moore Books for Moore Kids. All world of naysayers attendees are encouraged to bring characters covered,” and dangers, but Pattison said. any new or gently used books to the show to be donated to Moore Public he must guard an Sooner Theatre Schools to help teachers replenish abandoned egg, Executive Director classroom libraries. left to his care by Jennifer Baker the irresponsible agreed.

Mayzie La Bird.

“The pacing Although Horton faces is fast and these campers are ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a being troupers about tackling the trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz advanced material,” Baker said. never loses faith in him, the only “And, because it is the familiar one who recognizes “his kind and and quirky works of Dr. Seuss, his powerful heart.” Ultimately, they are having a blast and so will the powers of friendship, our audiences.” loyalty, family and community Jacob Livesay, Moore seventh are challenged and emerge grader performing as the Cat in triumphant, in a story that the Hat, said kids of any age will makes you laugh and cry. enjoy seeing these classic Dr. All cast members Seuss stories played out on stage. auditioned for and were selected For more information about to perform in the theater’s summer Sooner Theatre visit production camp. Cast members soonertheatre.com.

The cast of “Seussical” rehearses for the upcoming show. photo by Jay Chilton

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Who’s Who in the Cast?

The Cat in the Hat: Jacob Livesay+, Alex Irwin* Horton The Elephant: Jack Adams JoJo/The Boy (or Girl): Nathan King+, Avery Robertson* Gertrude McFuzz: Ashlea Stewart+, Addison Baker* Mr. Mayor: Saif Salim Mrs. Mayor: Emma Adams+, Caytie Ross* Mayzie La Bird: Abby Hesselroth+, Kaylee Boyer* Sour Kangaroo: Bailey Churchill+, Claire LaReau*

The Bird Girls: Isabella Arrowood, Hannah Beeson, Mollie Benn, Katie Coggins, Addison Horn, Reagan Massay, Halle McCormick, Sarah Munsell, Isabelle Pence, Caeli Rice

The Wickershams: Aubrey Baker, Lola Bruner, Maddie McKown, Molly Moore, Rachel Tipton, Corban Vincent, Connor Willis Who Dancers: Lauren Bell, London Classen, Carsen Coggins, Kaitlyn Davis, Kate Wenger Whos: Reece Carmen, Carys Crawford, Abby Frakes, Rachael Jewell, Zoe Porch, Bella Sanders, Andrew Schoelen, Cooper Soto, Maddie Southern, Jordan Whitmer

Jungle Citizens: Brooke Bauman, Brooks Carmen, Raegan Cole, Addyson Fox, Mia Frisby, Jennie Higdon, Alyssa Killingsworth, MaKenna Langdon, Logan Longacre, Addlynn Maack, Dylan Mattingly, Shelby Pippins, Harrison Roth, Jackson Roth, Hayley Steele, Eleanor Totten +Opening Cast: Performs 7:30 p.m. June 26, 2 p.m. June 27, 7:30 p.m. June 28 and 2 p.m. June 29.

*Closing Cast: Performs 7:30 p.m. June 27, 2 p.m. June 28, 7:30 p.m. June 29 and 2 p.m. June 30.

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reviews books

by Amber Hodge

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Book: Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls (2013, Little, Brown & Company) Author: David Sedaris Why you should read: With an attention-getting title like “Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls,” one might think author David Sedaris’ newest non-fiction collection of essays was mad. Well, mad it may be at times, but there is no link between the book’s title and its content.

Sedaris’ non-fiction has been on the NY Times Best Seller list for more than six weeks, and is currently sitting at No. 4. In an unordinary beginning, the author opens with visits to his French dentist, and goes on about gum disease. Though that certainly wasn’t the glue holding readers to this book, it does give readers insight to his mindset and bold manner of writing.

In the “Author’s Note,” Sedaris explains that several of the passages in this work are short monologues meant for kids participating in speech contests. In large part, this book contains a curious mixture of his oddball family, politics and travel, along with his health, childhood and longtime partner.

Of course, there are bits that drag here and there, such as his lengthy retelling of losing a passport and picking up trash on the roadside. But there’s no denying this author, 56, has a certain flair and wit that tags along with each line. Sly humor is a saving grace for these rather slow sections.

“Fly enough, and you learn to go brain-dead when you have to. It’s sort of like time travel. One minute you’re bending to unlace your shoes, and the next thing you know you’re paying fourteen dollars for a fruit cup wondering, ‘How did I get here?’”

His followers will be pleased with “Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls,” and those who haven’t read a word by Sedaris will enjoy this engaging collection of essays.

music

by Doug Hill

Album name: Ride (2013, Bloodshot Records) Musician: Wayne Hancock Why you should listen: At age 48 Wayne Hancock has a terrific new album. Known as a hard-working journeyman singer and rhythm guitarist, this is an exciting 11th addition to his discography.

Hancock doesn’t have the prettiest vocals in Austin, but these latest original tracks place him among the most soulful singers in roots rock and Americana today. He’s a true stylist in the sense that no one else sounds anything like him. Hancock’s voice is a bit high and rolls out with a smooth Texas drawl. It’s a soothing sound that becomes magical when the songs are about being lonesome or blue. “Best to Be Alone (than to be in love)” has the painful ring of true life that’s sad as a crying rodeo clown. “We both got married not so long ago/ But my drinking got in the way/ And so she left me a year ago today,” sounds like 1953 country — not 2013.

In the same set of song lyrics Hancock refers to God as “The man up yonder” and a police officer as “Johnny Law” then pens one titled “Cappuccino Boogie.” It’s a highly successful straddling of old and new that comes from collaboration with Producer Lloyd Maines. “Ride” has the attractive aspect of being not just a country album: It combines bowling alley boogie, train whistle blues and union hall rockabilly into a long satisfying road trip. “Ride” is worth taking for a spin.

by Holly Jones

Book: Eternity (2013, Beachhouse Books) Author: Sandra McMahan Why you should read: “Eternity” has everything readers want in a summer novel: mystery, romance, conflict and obsession.

Set in Oklahoma City, Marty Scott is a local reporter who encounters Eternity, a church remodeled into a dance club that is much more than it seems. Marty becomes overwhelmed with fear, obsession, guilt and love as she learns about the mysterious family who owns it.

Marty’s naturally inquisitive nature to find out more takes her inside the cult-like family wanting the scoop on a major sex trafficking ring. Instead, she finds herself marrying into the family and raising one of their own. Much of the novel alludes to religious wars between the “Eternalists” and those who value immortality through Christianity; no mention is made of other religious beliefs.

Those who want eternal life are brought into the family through referrals and allowed to stay in as long as the timeless drugs flow. Marty’s fixation on her new family continues and the novel follows the upbringing of a child who will become the family’s next god. The novel spans more than 20 years as these religious wars unfold and Marty’s son learns the ways of his grandfather.

The novel only briefly highlights Oklahoma City’s neighborhoods and communities, making it difficult for the reader to get a sense of place and time. Other shortcomings of this novel are the obvious grammatical errors. There is also a lack of character development.

“Eternity” is a short, easy read and would be great to take while traveling.

This is the debut fictional novel for Sandra McMahan, an Oklahoma writer, who has written several short stories and is currently working on her second novel, a semi-autobiographical book titled, “Home.”

by Doug Hill

Album name: Cannery Row (2013, Bloodshot Records) Musician: Deadstring Brothers Why you should listen: John Steinbeck’s 1945 novel “Cannery Row” is about a scruffy community of friends in Monterey, Calif., during the Great Depression. Deadstring Brothers’ fifth studio album with the same title is about America during the early 21st century depression. Guitarist and vocalist Kurt Marschke founded the band in 2003. He has taken a sharp turn onto country gravel roads since 2009’s Rolling Stones-inflected “São Paulo” record.

Resonator guitar, pedal steel, dobro, banjo and harmonica give “Cannery Row” the flavor of a hayseed hipster’s Grand Ole Opry pipe dream. It was recorded at Nashville’s The Reel and mixed at Welcome to 1979. Marschke tapped a half dozen other musicians along with Motor City homeboy JD Mack on bass for the project. The title track is a piano ballad expressing the hopes, dreams and disappointments of “…life’s cruel show.” In its fleeting moments the song deftly blends poetic vignettes of Army widows, working men with lunch pails in hand and the gritty neighborhoods we call home. “I see the brakeman on a diesel power train/ stop a hundred tons of steel in the pouring rain…,” recalls the finest of any American lyrical imagery in any age.

For all the obvious delightful reasons Deadstring Brothers are compared to the Stones’ “Exiles on Main Street.” But the truer and more complimentary match is with Little Feat and particularly their masterpiece “Sailing Shoes” (1972) album. Marschke’s original songs have flawless, sometimes endearingly scuffed style. His ear for America is a satisfying and soulful thing.

Kids’ Corner, located at the parking lot adjacent to LWPB Architects & Planners, or inside in case of inclement weather, is back with activities sponsored by Rose Rock School and performances by Hill Irish Dance

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KIDS CORNER

If you don’t have kids, start your evening at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave. The museum is having a live performance

by OU School of Music’s Eric Walshap along with deadCENTER short films “Teached Vol. 1” and “The Orderly,”

6:30 p.m.

Jacobson House, 609 Chautauqua Ave., welcomes visitors to view its collection of art and get a famous Indian taco before heading to Main Street.

Plan your perfect Art Walk with us. Find a complete list of events at 2ndfridaynorman.com.

7:30 p.m.

Written Words Oklahoma City, corner of Main Street and Peters Avenue, is hosting a community art project encouraging participants to share what matters most in life by filling in the blanks on a chalkboard.

Studio 360, 109 N. Crawford Ave., comes alive with Rock the Art Walk, featuring performances by McMichael Music Rock Clinic Bands.

8 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

Opolis, 113 N. Crawford Ave., hosts a free show presented by Dual Tone featuring Denton goth pop act Vulgar Fashion along with Norman’s own post-punk outfit Depth & Current and one-man-bandstand Quilted Cherry Podium.

10 p.m.

The Social Club, 106 S. Crawford Ave., features artist and printmaker Nathan Strayhorn, along with drinks from Mariposa Coffee Roastery.

9:00 p.m.

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Matthew Boonstra’s MAINSITE exhibit “Interruptions” explores human interaction with industry.

by Doug Hill

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“Have You Tried Walking” by Matthew Boonstra photo provided

After the U.S. auto industry took a serious financial hit in 2008, artist Matthew Boonstra began developing sculptures reflecting human dependency on machines.

Boonstra’s sculptures express a dichotomy of sympathy for the human pain involved, concern about past business models and the negative impact internal combustion transportation has on the environment.

“They stem from living in the Detroit area of southeast Michigan,” he said about his sculptures.

“There’s over 200 years of automotive industry experience among my extended family.”

Boonstra’s figurative and object-based sculptures made during the last three years will be on display at MAINSITE Contemporary Art, 122 E. Main St., June 14 to July 13.

The public is invited to an opening reception 6-10 p.m. today in conjunction with June’s 2nd Friday Circuit of Art. A closing reception is scheduled for 6-10 p.m. July 12.

Since this body of work was somewhat autobiographical for Boonstra, he got out of the art studio to do

some external research in vehicle factories. Boonstra interviewed several generations of industrial workers, and sculpture ideas quickly began to form.

The works are not blatant political statements.

“They became inquiries about where we go and how we think about these things,” Boonstra said.

“The title of the show ‘Interruptions’ goes to these sculptures being reflective points about our socioeconomic circumstances and how we participate in that.”

One sculpture, titled “Have You Tried Walking?”

(2011), is a fuel filler neck mounted atop a set of plaster cast human legs. The message couldn’t be clearer: You have become your car.

The artist recognizes the importance of petroleum production to his host state in terms of employment and that it’s presently a key component of the world economy.

“Finding a balance between being good stewards of the environment and seeking sustainability are the points of reflection that I hope to offer in my work,” he said.

Much of Boonstra’s sculptural work is with steel. He has developed an intimate relationship

with the substance during welding and fastening manipulations. Boonstra has successfully externalized his artistic feelings in much the same deft way that his relatives have turned materials into automobiles over the years. His assemblage titled “Human, Human, Human” (2011) is an oversized steel form in the shape of a car key. A plaster human torso and head emerge from the shank of the key and a foot with ankle is linked to the key’s ring. The viewer has morphed into the device that controls the vehicle that many of us are totally dependent on for all our transportation needs.

“One side of the MAINSITE show will be my largest work yet,” Boonstra said. “It’s an installation piece that works with the architecture of the building.”

Miniature concrete houses in the middle of the gallery will be attached by string to positions on the walls that follow the up and down points of the Dow Jones industrial average for the last century in three dimensional graph form.

It’s Boonstra’s take on the housing market bubble that burst in 2008.

“I’m excited to increase the scale of my work that

MAINSITE is giving me the opportunity to do as well as staying with my conceptual interests,” he said.

Boonstra graduated with an Master of Fine Arts from Michigan State University in 2009 and has been a visiting assistant professor of art at Oklahoma State University since 2010. This is his first solo exhibition in Oklahoma.

Last year he was awarded the prestigious Oklahoma Visual Arts Fellowship by the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition.

Other works on display concurrently include Norman Arts Council Individual Artist Award winner and printmaker Michael Joy Wilson, exhibited in The Library gallery.

The Water Closet Gallery will house Discernible Discourse, a micro-exhibit curated by Krystle Brewer, a graduate student at Oklahoma State University. It features the work of Amanda Christine, Sarah Morgan, John Steen, Ashley Sword-Buster and Liz Wilson. All the artists’ pieces showcase a use of language — be it poetry, lyrics, quotes or scripture — in combination with visual art.

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The trumpet player of the Ivan Peña Ensemble plays his instrument during Jazz in June 2012 photo by Kyle Phillips

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Blues, funk, zydeco, Dixieland, bebop, Latin and big band are all a part of the brassy, swinging sound filling up summer nights during the 30th annual Jazz in June.

Scheduled for June 20-22, the free festival began as a single concert in 1984 that drew a crowd of 300. Now this year’s Norman tradition is expected to attract 50,000 people.

Norman Hammon, Jazz in June director of development, said Jazz in June’s goal is to put on a festival that educates the public about jazz.

“We try to show people that all of this is jazz,” Hammon said. “It all has a relationship to that one root thing and jazz is uniquely

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Blues, funk, zydeco, Dixieland, bebop, Latin and big band are all a part of the brassy, swinging sound filling up summer nights during the 30th annual Jazz in June.

Scheduled for June 20-22, the free festival began as a single concert in 1984 that drew a crowd of 300. Now this year’s Norman tradition is expected to attract 50,000 people.

Norman Hammon, Jazz in June director of development, said Jazz in June’s goal is to put on a festival that educates the public about jazz.

“We try to show people that all of this is jazz,” Hammon said. “It all has a relationship to that one root thing and jazz is uniquely

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American. It’s not something we borrowed from “It’s going to be lively, it’s going to be different another country. It has a lot of influences from and I think the young crowd might really be perked other countries, but it’s American and that’s really up and freaked out,” Johnson said on the group. “I what we’re pushing.” know a lot of people will be shocked I’m sure.”

A total of 10 groups will be performing during Other artists slated to perform at this year’s the festival, representing a wide range of genres festival include Parker Millsap, A Taste of Herb, that all fall under the jazz umbrella. Jim Johnson, Justin Echols Jazz Trio, The Paseo Street Walkers Jazz in June program chair, said there is and the Norman High School Jazz Combo. something for every musical taste.

Karen Holp, Jazz in June board “It’s a tradition we try to keep alive. vice president, said all artists are paid for I think the their work — something I think the sound is infectious and we the board takes sound is great pride in. love it and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere and that’s great, as far as I’m “We think that’s important, if we’re infectious supporting concerned,” Johnson said. “It doesn’t seem the arts in that way we want to be any less influential than it ever has and we the artists paid. We’re happy that we can been.” that but on the other hand you have love it and do This year’s headliner is The Dirty to live within a budget, too,” Holp said.

Dozen Brass Band. The band’s latest it doesn’t “That’s one of the things that I think has CD, “Twenty Dozen,” features seamless made Jazz in June, maybe in the music seem to circles and among certain music agents, blending of genres like R&B, jazz and funk, plus Afro-Latino grooves, some be going a place to be considered seriously when Caribbean flavor and even a Rihanna they’re thinking about where they’re going anywhere to go because they know that we do a cover.

Johnson said the group’s Norman job. We do a good job in actually and that’s good performance gives audience members offering money to the artists.” great. the opportunity to see a band that Hammon said Jazz in June revolutionized the sound of traditional organizers hope to double their budget in New Orleans jazz. the near future as a way to both guarantee - Jim Johnson financial stability and continue to invite the “They’re really a part of New Orleans jazz history,” Johnson said. “They’re a band that best of talent. many people in New Orleans credit to taking the Jazz in June was founded by the Norman Arts street parade, kind of the second line tradition, and Humanities Council and Cimarron Opera in and crossing over and blending it with some of 1984 to bring high-quality blues and jazz acts to the other sounds that are certainly familiar in New Norman. Since then, the community’s enthusiasm Orleans — Dixieland jazz and second line but also has been the driving force behind Jazz in June’s funk.” growth, Hammon said. With any luck, that trend Guitar great Duke Robillard is scheduled to will continue. headline “Blues Under the Stars” on June 20 at “We’re planning on being here in another 30 Brookhaven Village. Called “one of the great years,” Hammon said. “We won’t be the same (guitar) players” by BB King, Robillard has played people but it’ll be the same Jazz in June. We have alongside such other music legends as Bob Dylan, every intention of keeping this a free festival and Tom Waits and Jimmy Witherspoon. every intention of it growing. We hope to be able Robillard balances blues tradition with fresh to weather out the storms like we did the first 30.” creativity to create a truly unique listening Doug Stiehler, Jazz in June treasurer, credits the experience, Johnson said. festival’s success to the community. Norman has Fareed Haque and MathGames! are bringing latched on to Jazz in June over the years and works their innovative sound and style to headline “Jazz hard to support the event with donations of time Under the Stars” at Brookhaven Village on June 21. and money.

Haque, a renowned jazz guitarist and instructor, “This is like Norman’s gift to not only Norman, combines his many influences and technology to but the state,” Stiehler said. craft a sound he calls “jazztronica,” with the help of For more information visit jazzinjune.org. his band.

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Leslie and Redon Perry cheer as they listen to Steve Coleman and the OBS All-Stars at Jazz in June 2012. photo by Kyle Phillips

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Blues Under the Stars, June 20 • 7 p.m.

Parker Millsap, Brookhaven Village • 9 p.m.

Duke Robillard, Brookhaven Village • 11 p.m.

Blues Jam hosted by Nina Medley and Weather Permitting, Joy’s Palace Jazz Under the Stars, June 21 • 7:15 p.m.

A Taste of Herb, Brookhaven Village • 9:15 p.m.

Fareed Haque & Math Games!, Brookhaven Village Jazz in the Park, June 22 • 6:45 p.m.

The Paseo Street Walkers, Andrews Park • 7:10 p.m.

Justin Echols Jazz Trio, Andrews Park • 9 p.m.

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Andrews Park • 11 p.m.

Jazz Jam hosted by The Justin Echols Jazz Trio, Norman Depot * Norman High School Jazz Combo is performing during intermissions 6-9 p.m.

Locations: Brookhaven Village is located at 3700 W. Robinson St. Andrews Park is located at 201 W. Daws St. Joy’s Palace is located at 300 E. Main St. Norman Depot is located at 200 S. Jones Ave.

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Get the chance to be up close and personal with Jazz in June performers Fareed Haque, Justin Echols and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band during the festival’s free, three clinics June 22 at the Norman Depot, 200 S. Jones Ave. “There’s always something to be learned and appreciated during the clinics,” Jazz in June Program Chair Jim Johnson said.“It’s a participatory thing and a very intimate opportunity for people to get advice.”

The one-hour clinics allow musicians to give presentations on a variety of topics, as well as leave time for fans to ask questions, Johnson said.

“There’s the opportunity as well to really learn and have a face-to-face experience or chat with some of your musical heroes or people who play instruments that maybe you’re into or the style of music that you’re into,” he said.“In the clinics there’s always some little surprise.”

The clinics are first come, first serve at the Norman Depot. Outdoor space is available as overflow to ensure latecomers still have a place to listen in.

Clinics: • 11 a.m. — Clinic 1 with Fareed Haque,“The Math of Moog Guitar and 21st Century Guitar” Noted jazz guitarist and instructor Fareed Haque will explore some of the latest technology and possibilities available to jazz guitarists. By breaking down music to rearrange it, Haque blends funky jazz and modern instrumentation into something never defined before.

• 12:30 p.m. — Clinic 2 with Justin Echols, “A Standard Approach:The Crooner’s Guide to the American Songbook” Mastering musical standards is fundamental for becoming a quality musician. For vocalists that means getting the so-called “American Songbook” under their belt. But for Justin Echols, knowing the basics is just the beginning. In this clinic Echols offers insight on how to make this familiar material unique.

• 2 p.m. — Clinic 3 with The Dirty Dozen Brass Band,“The First Thing About Second Line” The tradition of street parades with brass bands and “second line” dancing is one of New Orleans’ many unique musical traditions, along with genres like funk, blues, zydeco, hip-hop and more.The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is sharing how they combined influences from their home city to create an inventive sound that is one of a kind.

meet the bands

by Hannah Cruz

Band name: A Taste of Herb When they perform: 7:15 p.m. June 21 in Brookhaven Village, 3700 W. Robinson St. Why you should listen: A Taste of Herb harkens back Herb Alert and the Tijuana Brass, a popular group in the ‘60s, bringing a selfprofessed sound that is “quirky, retro, hip, sometimes cheesy, but always groovy.”

Jim Johnson, Jazz in June program chair, said the group from North Texas is sure to delight audiences with their throwback sound.

For more on the band visit atasteofherb.com.

Thursday, June 20

Blues Under the Stars Brookhaven Village, 3700 W. Robinson St. Parker Millsap, 7 - 8:30 p.m.

The Duke Robillard Band, 9 - 10:45 p.m.

Friday, June 21

Jazz Under the Stars Brookhaven Village, 3700 W. Robinson St. A Taste of Herb, 7:15 - 8:45 p.m.

Fareed Haque & MathGames!, 9:15 - 10:45 p.m.

Saturday, June 22

Band name: Justin Echols When they perform: 12:30 p.m. June 22 the Norman Depot, 200 S. Jones Ave. and 7:10 p.m.

June 22 in Andrews Park, 201 W. Daws St. Why you should listen: This former Oklahoma City police officer honed his pipes after enduring a catastrophic car accident.

Echols turned in his public service hat and now focuses on sharing his music, including four days a week at Oklahoma City’s Hefner Grill.

Johnson describes Echols as “a good jazz keyboardist with great, smooth delivery and voice.”

Learn more about Echols at justinechols.com.

Band name: The Paseo Street Walkers When they perform: 6:45 p.m. June 22 in Andrews Park, 201 W. Daws St. Why you should listen: This group brings a rock ‘n’ roll mentality to their funky, jazzy sound.The Oklahoma City natives draw their inspiration from the people of the Oklahoma City Paseo Arts District.

For more, find the group on Facebook.

Jazz in the Park Andrews Park, 201 W. Daws St. The Paseo Street Walkers, 6:45 - 7 p.m.

The Justin Echols Jazz Trio, 7:10 - 8:35 p.m.

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, 9 - 10:45 p.m.

Norman High School Jazz Combo, intermissions between 6 and 9 p.m.

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Festival Underwriters: Oklahoma Arts Council Organizational Support Program (with the assistance of the National Endowment for the Arts) Festival Funders: Norman Arts Council Hotel Tax Grant Program, The Friends of Jazz in June, Republic Bank & Trust, Brookhaven Village, Kirkpatrick Family Fund, Hudiburg Subaru Major Funders: KGOU Public Radio, Tyler Media, The Norman Transcript, The Oklahoman, Transcript Press, Oklahoma Gazette, Embassy Suites of Norman, S&S Promotions Inc. Day Funders: Target Stores (jazz clinics), Jaci McAfee Williams, Massive Graphics, Oklahoma City Community Foundation, MidFirst Bank, Stan Koop – Attorney-at-Law, Mister Harris, Chuck and Gina Thompson, E. Frank Gilson, Shevaun Williams & Associates Additional Funders: Farrel and Julie Droke, Glen Brown, Joan Goth, Café Plaid, Nancy McClellan, Charles and Linda Nicholson, Susan Connors, Mike and Robyn Tower, Gail T. and Berrien Moore III, Anne Roberts, Mark and Camille Camp, Susan and Floyd Bergen, Fowler Auto Group Legacy Founders/Donors: The Original Jazz in June Legacy Founders, Kirkpatrick Family Fund, Ron Arvine – Arvine Pipe & Supply Co., Chuck and Gina Thompson, Greg Heiple, Joan Goth, Ken Lowery, Karen McIntosh – Don Cies Real Estate

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The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art spirits, and the upcoming exhibit is providing visitors a special, in-depth seeks to examine six Katsinas which look at the ancient art, craftsmanship summarize the broad range of and culture surrounding the Hopi aesthetics and roles of these spirits. tradition of katsina (kachina) carvings “Because the Katsinas are with “Hopituy (Hoe-pih-TOOso crucial to Hopi survival, they ee): Kachinas from the Permanent carved effigies of these spirits so Collections,” opening June 18. that children can — from birth — Commonly referred to as “kachina become familiar with the pantheon dolls”, the figures are called tihu (TEE- of Katsinas. In a traditional hoo) in Hopi, and will be displayed environment, katsinas are gifts to with other ornamented baskets and children — particularly girls — and pottery, totaling 170 pieces. also brides. During milestones in a “In order to do something child’s life, especially a woman’s life, respectful and genuinely useful for these are appropriate gifts,” Ahtone the community, I wanted to just take said. a group According of katsina to Hopi figures tradition, and try to the actual understand Katsina just that spirits visit group,” the Hopi said Bialac people from Assistant January to Curator July each of Native year, and American their visits and Nonare marked Western with special Art Heather ceremonies Ahtone. and worship.

Tihu are Since the Hopi’s the tihu artistic themselves renderings are not of Katsinas used in this — spirit worship, crafting and beings selling tihu who have taught the Rick James (U.S., Hopi; b. 1962) • Crow Mother, 2001 • Mixed media, 18 x 15 to nonHopi how 1⁄4 in. • James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection, 2010 • Fred Jones Jr. Hopi art Museum of Art; The University of Oklahoma, Norman to cultivate collectors is not a disrespect to the Hopi religion crops in their desert homeland.

— though tihu made to be sold likely The Hopi pantheon of Katsinas is somewhere between 250-300 won’t be entirely traditional.

“The Hopi are actually very happy they have community members who can make a living off of traditional arts, so inaccuracy is not a sacrilege.

Tihu are all hand-carved, it’s not ‘commercial,’ but if an artist hasn’t been initiated into a particular society, they may not know exactly how a tihu figure should look,” Ahtone said.

“Selling tihu is an opportunity for community members to learn and there’s no disservice to the religious practices, especially if the income from selling artworks enables artists to provide for their family and travel to participate in the Hopi ceremonies.”

Visitors to the Hopituy exhibit will see that the shapes, colors and patterns of the tihu deal largely with rain, and though at first glance the tihu are strange and perhaps unsettling, those who examine them carefully and read museum materials will discover some imaginative symbolism showing a society’s deep reverance for their surroundings.

Examples of the unique visual symbols are long hair representing rainfall, feathers representing the soft edges of a cumulonimbus cloud (the type containing rain), curved shapes representing corn and dots representing raindrops.

“The dolls are difficult to understand for many people and they are kind of scary, and many of them are supposed to be scary — but even the scary ones are necessary,” Ahtone said. “My hope was to put the dolls in context, we’re not teaching the ceremony but we want to promote the objects and display them in a way that makes Hopi culture and this practice more understandable.”

What does that say?

Pronunciations of the six Katsinas on display with rough translations • Angwusnasomtaqa: (Ahng-WOOS-nah-sohm-ta-kaw) Crow Mother • Soyokokatsina: (Soy-YO-co-cat-SEE-na) Ogres • Koyemsi: (COY-yehm-see) Mudheads • Palhikmana: (Paw-LEEK-mah-nah) Dew-drinking Maiden • Angaktsina: (Ahn-gawkt-SEE-nah) Long Hairs • Nimankatsina: (NEE-mahn-cat-SEE-nah) Home Dancers

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Bob Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct at Sam Noble Museum Some of the world’s most magnificent creatures will be on display this summer during “Bob Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct” at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave. The selection of stunning masterpieces and sketches by the late great wildlife artist Bob Kuhn will be on view in the museum’s Brown Gallery through Sept. 8.

This retrospective exhibit, organized by the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyo., and curated by Adam Harris, focuses on a selection of masterpieces from Kuhn’s work, displaying the relationship between predator and prey.

The museum’s collection displays 155 sketches and paintings, selected from more than 5,000 studies, and exhibits a compilation of Kuhn’s artwork until his death in 2007.

Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors 65 and up, and $3 for youth ages 6 to 17. Children ages 5 and under are admitted free. Discounts are available for military personnel and their immediate families. For more information or accommodations on the basis of disability, call 405-325-4712 or visit snomnh.ou.edu.

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Ave., and represents a variety of mediums taught at the Firehouse.

An additional reception is scheduled 6-9 p.m. July 12.

For more information visit normanfirehouse.com.

SummerDance at Reynolds at OU Take a break from the summer heat with a refreshing evening of ballet and modern dance with choreography by University of Oklahoma faculty, performed by OU dance majors.

For more information on the June 28-30 performances at Reynolds Performing Arts Center, 560 Parrington Oval, visit ou.edu/finearts/dance.

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For more information visit normanok.gov.

Dian Church exhibit at Norman Depot Improv Festival at Sooner Theatre View artist Dian Church’s watercolor, acrylic and clay works during an exhibit opening reception 6-9 p.m. July 12 at the Norman Depot, 200 S. Jones Ave. Church will give

a live demonstration during the reception. Her work will be on display through Aug. 31. For more information visit pasnorman.org. For more on Church visit dianchurch.com.

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Tickle your funny bone during the Fifth Annual Improv Festival Oklahoma July 12-14 at the Sooner Theatre, 101 E. Main St. Improv troupes from around the country are

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“Ruddigore” by Cimarron Opera Watch Norman’s very own Cimarron Opera perform “Ruddigore,” a melodrama about a witch’s curse, July 12-14 at the Nancy O’Brian Center for the Performing Arts, 1809 Stubbeman Ave. Performance times are 8 p.m.

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Tickets, $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors, can be purchased online at cimarronopera.org. Call 405-364-8962 for more information.

Master Police Officer Teddy Wilson approves of his burgers at the third annual Battle of the Burger.

Radio personalities Lisa and Kent of KOMA prepare last year’s winning burger

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Gary Cole’s 1955 Chevy Belair stands out in bright red at the first Classic Car and Hot Rod Show.

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