ARTS: “Oklahoma Kid”
Fourth-generation Wild West showman Marty Tipton, aka “The Oklahoma Kid,” carries on the family business with style. The trick-roper and professional cowboy has performed thousands of shows across the nation, adding his own chapter to his storied pedigree with his sharp wit and a unique message. “It’s not always how fast you run in life,…
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ARTS: CELTIC PUNK
If you’ve hit any of the metro’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, you may have heard the Righs play. For those more hardcore into the local punk or Sca scene, you’ve definitely heard them at places like The Diamond Ballroom, the Opolis in Norman or The Conservatory. For the group of six, most hailing from Edmond,…
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ARTS: Adrenaline Rush
Getting married is difficult enough without fretting over minutia; that’s the territory of Justin Lawrence’s company, Adrenaline Entertainment. Lawrence wanted to offer brides a complete wedding solution so his company offers DJs, videographers and photographers. But this isn’t new territory for Lawrence. He started out as a DJ for fraternity and sorority date parties in…
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ARTS: Tough Act to Follow
Few people can say they have their dream job, but Erin Spencer is one of those people. She is an actress who has appeared on the hit show “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and played in several films and commercials. She has also been a magician’s assistant in Biloxi, Mississippi, a dancer in “Chicago the Musical”…
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ARTS: Magical Moments
Bobby Wheat stands in the dark, waiting for that moment when the sun slips into the sky. The black cloth from his 4×5 large-format camera covers his upper body, providing some warmth against the pre-dawn chill. A tripod supports the camera, which is super-glued in the middle and has holes in the bellows that stretch…
Read More >ARTS: Dr. Pants
It was a collision of technology, timing, and soda — or so Dr. Pants’ drummer Dustin Ragland explains one of the band’s many offbeat ambitions. The song was “Sarsaparilla Girl” and the video was hoped to be the first in the world shot entirely with the iPhone 4. Local filmmaker Kyle Roberts hatched the idea…
Read More >ARTS: Artful Healing
When Integris Health Edmond opened October 3, it opened not only its doors but its walls – walls adorned with more than 200 art pieces by Oklahoma City-based Kalida Art, a company that was founded on the idea of bringing together unique images to tell a story.“Our art pieces are all photographs,” said co-owner Randy…
Read More >Arts: She’s Funny
Misty Looman loves to make people laugh. In fact, that is her job. Looman is a professional stand-up comedian who grew up in Edmond and now lives in Los Angeles. “It’s an opportunity for me to share a part of who I am, the funny person I am, and just kind of make people happy,”…
Read More >Arts: Glasswork…By The Slice
Have you ever seen art created from the comfort of a pizzeria table? Most likely you haven’t. But that’s all about to change. Fifteen years ago, Chris McGahan and his wife, Linda, set out on a new adventure: opening a tiny pizza shop called Italian Jim’s. Before they knew it, repeat customers were driving dozens…
Read More >Arts: Character Tales
Planting Seeds of Character
Read More >A&E: The Dead Inside
Billed as a supernatural musical with zombies, “The Dead Inside” is the latest starring role for Edmond native Dustin Fasching. The feature-length, genre-bending crowd-pleaser is currently making the festival circuit, screening all over the U.S. and snowballing awards wherever it rolls. An Edmond Memorial High School graduate, Fasching moved to Hollywood with his comedy troupe…
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