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My love affair with thefolk music festival

•2nd Friday to showcase

filmmakers•

‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ soars

•SyFy mini-series unravels mystery

andartfully altered furniture

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COVER ART: The Future ofMusic Symposium, scheduled

for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Saturday at 225 E. Gray St.,

will focus on the future ofmusic composition.

(photo illustration by AaronWright Gray)

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• Date Night: Steve Carelland Tina Fey star in thecomedy about a couple that ismistaken for a pair of thievesthat a number of people wantout of the picture. PG-13.

• Get Him to the Greek:Aaron Greenberg just has onesmall task: Bring a rock starfrom London to the CaliforniaGreek Theatre for his concert.Greenberg realizes the task mayprove to be a difficult one. R.

• How to Train YourDragon: A young Viking whogrows up in a society that huntsdragons happens to become theowner of one. PG.

• Just Wright: Leslie Wrightfalls for a NBA basketballplayer whom she is helpingwith physical therapy.Unfortunately, the NBA starhas his eyes set on Wright’schildhood friend. PG.

• Marmaduke: Everybody’sfavorite Great Dane pushes hisway to the big screen, wreakinghavoc in Orange County. PG.

• Robin Hood: RussellCrow stars as the expert archerwho preys on the rich to aid thepoor.This movie gives the backstory. PG-13.

• Splice: Two scientists pushboundaries when they crosshuman and animal DNA toform a new organism. R.

New Releases:• Despicable Me: Steve

Carell is the voice Gru, anevil world dominator withplans to steal the moon. Hisplans are foiled when hemeets three orphaned girls.PG.

• Predators: An alien racecalled Predators terrifies agroup of elite warriors. AdrienBrody and Topher Grace starin this sci-fi action movie. R.

Now Playing:• Grown Ups: Adam

Sandler, Kevin James, ChrisRock, David Spade and RobSchneider play five grown-upfriends who reunite after theirhigh school basketball coachdies. PG-13.

• Knight and Day: Is hecrazy or is he safe? That’swhat June Havens (CameronDiaz) must find out after herlife gets tangled with that of asecret agent (Tom Cruise).PG-13.

• Shrek Forever After 3D:A tamer, married Shrek longsfor the days when he felt likea ‘real ogre.’ Seeking thethrill, he makes a deal withRumpelstiltskin, whichlaunches him into analternate version of Far FarAway. PG.

• The Karate Kid: JadenSmith, son of movie iconWill Smith, stars as anupdated karate kid who learnshow to stand up for himselfwhile taking lessons from Mr.

Han ( Jackie Chan) inBeijing, China. PG.

• The Last Airbender: ThisM. Night Shyamalan filmfollows Aang, an Avatar whomust stop the Fire Nationfrom enslaving the Water,Earth and Air nations. PG.

• The Twilight Saga:Eclipse: An army of newbornvampires is created to destroyBella. But that’s not her onlyworry. She is also tornbetween her feelings forEdward and her friendshipwith Jacob. PG-13.

• Toy Story 3: The toy boxheroes are back, this timetaking on a local daycarecenter where they are donatedwhen Andy, their owner,heads to college. PG.

New Releases:• Despicable Me: Steve

Carell is the voice Gru, anevil world dominator withplans to steal the moon. Hisplans are foiled when hemeets three orphaned girls.PG.

• Predators: An alien racecalled Predators terrifies agroup of elite warriors.Adrien Brody and TopherGrace star in this sci-fi actionmovie. R.

Now Playing:• Grown Ups: Adam

Sandler, Kevin James, ChrisRock, David Spade and RobSchneider play five grown-upfriends who reunite after their

high school basketball coachdies. PG-13.

• Knight and Day: Is hecrazy or is he safe? That’swhat June Havens (CameronDiaz) must find out after herlife gets tangled with that ofa secret agent (Tom Cruise).PG-13.

• The A-Team: A groupof Iraq veterans are framedfor a crime and seek to cleartheir names. PG-13.

• The Karate Kid: JadenSmith, son of movie iconWill Smith, stars as anupdated karate kid wholearns how to stand up forhimself while taking lessonsfrom Mr. Han ( Jackie Chan)in Beijing, China. PG.

• The Last Airbender:This M. Night Shyamalanfilm follows Aang, an Avatarwho must stop the FireNation from enslaving theWater, Earth and Airnations. PG.

• The Twilight Saga:Eclipse- An army of newbornvampires is created to destroyBella. But that’s not her onlyworry. She is also tornbetween her feelings forEdward and her friendshipwith Jacob. PG-13.

• Toy Story 3: The toy boxheroes are back, this timetaking on a local daycarecenter where they are donatedwhen Andy, their owner,heads to college. PG.

Although the SyFy Channel isn’tknown for the high quality of its originalmovies, every once in awhile they up theante and come out with something asfun, well-acted and downright entertain-ing as “The Triangle,” a 2005 mini-seriesabout the infamous Bermuda Triangle.

Our story opens in 1492, as Christo-pher Columbus and his crew sail acrossthe Atlantic to what they hope is theNew World.They’re closer than theythink — only one day away, in fact. Butit’s so dark and the weather is so foulthey can’t see a thing until lightningreveals an unusual object in the middleof the ocean.The dazed sailors don’trealize it, but they’ve just had a verystrange experience in what would cometo be known as The Bermuda Triangle.

Fast-forward 563 years into theMiami of the future, when we discoverthat Columbus’ encounter in theTriangle was definitely not the last.Hundreds of planes and ships havevanished in the half-million stretch ofocean since then with no explanation, nowreckage and no survivors.There aredozens of theories as to why, butbillionaire shipping magnate EricBenerall (Sam Neill) doesn’t care abouttheories. He just wants his cargo shipsback.

Nine of Benerall’s ships havedisappeared in the Triangle. It’s a

substantial loss even for a billionaire.Benerall is prepared to pull out all thestops to find out what’s going on in thismuch-disputed global mystery spot andput a stop to it.There are very fewproblems money won’t solve andBenerall definitely has enough of that.

The problem is with the assignmentitself. Despite the fact that Benerall isoffering $5 million to each teammember for evidence of what is goingon, he can’t find anyone who takes himseriously. Everyone knows the BermudaTriangle is a joke, a myth.There’snothing to be explained. After offeringthe job to dozens of people, Benerallfinally puts together a crew that’s as oddas the Triangle itself.

Howard Thomas (Eric Stoltz), atalented writer reduced to working for atabloid that specializes in alien tales, willserve as Benerall’s “skeptic” to keep thegroup from jumping to conclusions.Australian Bruce Geller (Scottish actorMichael E. Rodgers) is a super-cutemeteorologist. Emily Patterson(Catherine Bell) is a tough-chick oceangeologist. And Stan Lathem (BruceDavison) is a fading psychic whose

predictions are rarely right.By themselves, they haven’t been very

successful in their professional lives. Butas a team, they find a strength they didn’tknow they had and eventually solve theage-old question of what’s really goingon in The Bermuda Triangle, with somesurprising aftershocks.

“The Triangle” is a great way to spenda long rainy day, and unlike somemystery TV shows of late, this Emmy-winning mini-series (for Special Effects)actually attempts to answer some of thequestions it poses.

“It’s not fair to take the viewers on asix-hour journey without a fulfillingconclusion,” co-producer Dean Devlinsaid.

We couldn’t agree more. CharlesMartin Smith has a great bit as renegadesubmarine captain and Lou DiamondPhillips is superb as the tight-lippedMeeno Paloma, a Greenpeace activistwho undergoes a frightening reality tripafter a deadly encounter in the Triangle.

The 1492 scene is an elaboration ofan entry from Christopher Columbus’log, where he noted strange blinkinglights on the horizon one night in theTriangle. Could they possibly have beenlights from a future ship? “The Triangle”says they were, and who can prove themwrong? You can find “The Triangle” atHastings. Check it out.

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By Aaron Wright Graypop editor

“Music is music,” said LaurenSonder of Sonder Music, Danceand Art in the midst of aconversation about the univer-sality of music.

This is the point she hopespresenters will drive homeduring the Oklahoma Com-posers Association Symposiumon the Future of Music, whichtakes place Saturday.The freesymposium is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.at Sonder’s studio, 225 E. GraySt.

It’s pegged as a discussion-based conference by composersfor composers, dealing specifi-cally with the world of musicalcomposition.

“The landscape is changingon what it means to be aworking composer,” Sonder said.

Instead of just composing for

orchestral groups, the composersalso create the sounds for filmscores and even video games.However, the basic concepts arethe same, Sonder said.

Another focus of thesymposium will be breakingdown the barriers betweencontemporary and classic musicand discussing commonmisconceptions about the twogenres.

“Pockets in each genre aredifferent, but so much more isuniversal,” she said.

Topics to be discussed touchon career opportunities andtechnicalities of music making.

Presenters include Marc Jensen,a composer, performer andscholar with a certificate inDeep Listening; SamuelMagrill, a professor of music andcomposer-in-residence at theUniversity of Central Okla-homa; Joseph Rivers, a concertand film composer and professorof music and film studies at theUniversity of Tulsa; and RicardoA. Coelho de Souza, a visitinginstructor in world music andpercussion at the University ofOklahoma.

The partnership between theOCA and Sonder Music, Danceand Art for the symposiumstems from a two-year longrelationship that has included acomposers salon concert seriesonce a month.

These concerts, as well as thesymposium and the composersassociation, all have the samegoal in mind.

“The whole idea is to keepcomposers in the state,” Sondersaid.

The OCA was formed in2008. Originally, the associationwas focused more on Norman,launching programs like“Composers in the Schools,”where composers work withNorman high school ensembles.

Looking to branch out andinclude composers across thestate, OCA will launch theprogram in Tulsa for the comingschool year.

If the symposium proves to besuccessful, Sonder said shewould like to see it become anannual event.

For more information on theOCA and the symposium, visitoklahomacomposers.org.

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Focusing on composition’s futureEvent schedule• 10 a.m. Presentation: “Deep ListeningStudy Groups” by Marc Jensen

• 10:45 a.m. Presentation: “Future Stylesand Trends in Percussion Music” byRicardo Souza

• 11:30 a.m. Group Discussion Topic:TBA

• 12 p.m. Lunch Break

• 1 p.m. Presentation: “FutureOpportunities for Composers” by SamuelMagrill

• 1:45 p.m. Presentation: “Directions andIssues in Film Scoring and the Educationof Film Music Composition Students” byJoseph Rivers

• 2:30 p.m. Group Discussion Topic:TBA

• 3 p.m. Composer Salon Concert fea-turing Marc Jensen, Sam Magrill andRicardo Souza

By Josh LunsfordSpecial to pop

NORMAN — Cinemat-ic Artists of Norman willunveil their films at NormanArts Council’s 2nd FridayCircuit of Art 8:30-9:30p.m. July 9 at DreamerConcepts Studio andFoundation.

The exciting addition ofthe CAN outdoor screeningwill offer a unique opportu-nity for CAN and NormanArts Council members toshowcase their work to theNorman filmmakingcommunity and 2nd FridayCircuit of Art goers.

Of course, this is just oneof the exciting events takingplace during the 2nd FridayCircuit of Art from 6-10p.m. Other free activities andopenings are scheduled bymembers of the NormanGallery Association and itssupporting organizations

throughout the night.Also happening at

Dreamer Concepts Studio& Foundation is Dreamer27: “Jamie McCarty:Ideation to Realization,Dissecting the Design ofFashion.”This exhibit is anin-depth look at the processof creating a fashioncollection, from inspiration,initial sketches and pattern-making to the finishedproduct by McCarty, agraduate from Parsons, theNew School for Design inNew York City.

Enjoy the Firehouse ArtsCenter’s MidsummerNights’ Fair 2nd Friday as

well Saturday night.The event will take place

at Lions Park from 6-11p.m.This arts festival willfeature unique, high-qualityartist booths.

Artworks of painting,drawing, pottery, jewelry,glass, woodworking andmore will be on display forviewing and purchasing.

Local artists, as well asartists from across Okla-homa and Texas, arerepresented. Live musicfeaturing local artists willalso be featured throughoutthe two-night event.

Fred Jones Jr. Museum ofArt will host Art "a la

CART" featuring the exhibit“Wanderlust: Travel andAmerican Photography.”

While there, make “sun”prints, enjoy live music bySonder Music, Dance & Artand watch the Best ofdeadCENTER 2010 shortfilms.

MAINSITE Art Gallerywill be hosting the closingreception to the TomToperzer and Paul MedinaExhibit from 7-9 p.m.

Be sure to check out themany other 2nd Fridayparticipants, including Tribes131, Sooner Theatre,Jacobson House, Gallery123, Gray Owl Coffee,Othello’s and many more.

For more information on2nd Friday Circuit of Art orother Norman Arts Councilevents, visit www.Norma-nArts.org, www.2ndfri-daynorman.com, or call theNAC office at 405-360-1162.

2nd Friday to showcase filmmakersBy Doug Hillpop reviewer

Yellowfever,Bermuda Triangle,Self-Released

Yellow Fever, the malady,is an acute, destructiveinfectious disease. Yel-lowfever, the band, makesthe kind of music you mighthallucinate in fever dreams.

Their tunes have aninfectious quality you won’twant an inoculation against.

Anthrax is an infectiousdisease with a band namedafter it, too, but they soundnothing alike.

Yellowfever is the Austin-based duo Jennifer Moore(vocals, guitar and keys) andAdam Jones (vocals, drumsand bass synthesizer).

This summer they’re onthe road playing dates fromBrooklyn to Olympia, Wa.,

traveling in a camper,cooking veggies and beanson a propane stove.

There’s simplicity toYellowfever’s music. Itsounds like it’s made bypeople who value essentials.Moore’s vocals have asoprano deliciousness thatshe uses as a magical effectin songs “Bermuda” and“Coleman.”

Her accent is infuriatinglydifficult to decipher. Shecould be one of theseSwedish girls with no traceof Stockholm in her voicebut all indications areMoore’s a Tejas hippie.

The guitar solo on Horseand Donkey cover “If INever Find My Way” recallsDick Dale jumping from aDiamond Ballroom stageand surprise soul kissing arandom female fan. CatchYellowfever and you’ll be ina happy coma all summer.

Yellowfever cure difficultCD review

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My loveaffair withthe folkmusic festival

By Everett MillerSpecial to pop

On a balmy, drizzlyafternoon in July of 2005,my sister and I decided on awhim to drive to a town wehad never visited to what weassumed to be a small musicfestival of which we hadnever heard.

It was called the WoodyGuthrie Folk Music Festivaland little did we know it hadbeen taking place inOkemah, Guthrie’schildhood hometown, since1998. As we pulled intoOkemah, we were amazedby the number of cars liningthe streets.

We parked several blocksaway and waded throughthe puddles to the CrystalTheater, an old Vaudevilletheater in downtownOkemah. After severalminutes of searching, wefinally found two vacantseats together.

A band called Steppin’ InIt from Lansing, Mich.,took the stage, and as theybegan to play, our heartbeatsquickened and we knew oursummers would be differentfrom that moment forward— we would be back inOkemah every July.

Since our first“Woodyfest,” we have beenback all but one year, thesummer my wife and I

welcomed our first child andmoved to a new town.

Even I knew better thanto ask my wife if I could gothat year. But we have notmissed any other, becausewe have collected so manylasting, and often humorous,memories from every visit.

There was the nightwhen a gust front camethrough, picking up our tentas we slept and collapsing itdown on us. Rain pouredinto our sleeping bags beforewe could run screaming tothe car where we spent therest of the night.

The next morning wewere offered cans of guavanectar by a man who haddriven all the way fromTaos, N.M., for his firstWoodyfest.There was theall-night jam session goingon into the early hours of themorning a few tents over,during which the tipsysinger kept trying over andover to get the words right toJanis Joplin’s “MercedesBenz.”

There was the camping inthe pecan grove at GrapeRanch when we went tointroduce ourselves to theperson in the next tent overonly to find out it was ourold friend from the yearbefore, who we have come tocall “Guava Gary.”

And there is always, ofcourse, the music, the kindof music that is not meant tosell a million records but that

is meant to tell the kind ofstories that matter.

Another product of thatfirst visit to Okemah wasthat I have been inspired toresearch the life of WoodyGuthrie, to get beneath theglossy veneer presented bymy high school Oklahomahistory textbook.

I have found that he liveda tragic life, haunted by thedeath of his sister by fire, byhis mother’s committal tothe mental ward at GriffinMemorial in Norman, by hisown alcoholism, by brokenrelationships and wander-lust, by the death of hisdaughter by fire, and, finally,by the painful loss of hisphysical and mental abilitiesto Huntington’s Disease,which confined him to ahospital for more than adecade before killing him.

But, in the midst of allthat, he managed not only toproduce greatness, but to begreat.

He fought for righteouscauses, for fair treatment offactory workers andmigrants, for conservation ofthe land, and, most of all, forthe power of music toinfluence our society for thebetter.

And that, in addition tothe yearly comedy of events,is what I celebrate nowwhen I make that drive easton I-40 every July.

This year, I am taking myfour-year-old son to thechildren’s festival, andhopefully, we will have timeto stick our heads into theCrystal Theater or theBrickstreet Café for some ofthat great music. Andmaybe, just maybe, I canintroduce him to GuavaGary.

That weekend in JulyIf you goThe Woody Guthrie Folk

Music Festival will take

place July 14-18 in

downtown Okemah.

Trusted. Tested. Timeless.

By Johnnie- MargaretMcConnellPop reviewer

Lyric’s “Chitty ChittyBang Bang” is magical for allages, thanks to national tourdirector Ray Roderick at thehelm, who employs originalBroadway staging andchoreography along with theuse of sets and costumes.

Amidst gasps, ooos, ahs,cheers and finally applause,the once junkyard racecartakes flight among the starsat the end of act one.TheOklahoma City Civic Centeris suddenly full of child-likeamazement. “Chitty ChittyBang Bang” is the story ofthe eccentric inventorCaractacus Potts and his twochildren Jeremy and Jemima.

Matthew Alvin Brownreturns to play the lovingfather Potts. You mayremember him as the voiceof Seymour in Lyric’sproduction of “Little Shop ofHorrors” last summer.

Stepping out to centerstage, Brown’s portrayal ofthe kind and honest fathercomes across genuine,straight down to his “we cando it” right arm swing.

Connor Frank and LaurenKleiwer play Potts’ adoringchildren. Frank and Kleiwer

are featured throughout theplay, often carrying thevarious tunes. They onlygain strength as the 2 and a-half hour show progresses.The family’s naivety makesthem easy targets of theVulagrian Baroness.

Molly Tynes plays theconniving vixen.TheBaroness’ child-like husband,played by Vince Leseney,wants more than another toyfor his birthday.

Hearing of Potts inven-tions, the Baroness sends outher trusted villains to kidnaphim to build a flying car forher husband. Antics andmisunderstanding ensue, asBoris and Goran accidentallysteel Potts’ father. Potts andhis children head with thehelp of their new friend TrulyScrumptious to the child-hating country of Vulgaria tosave Grandpa.

Dirk Lumbard and ScottCote reprise their nationaltouring roles of the Vulgarianvillains Boris and Goran,respectively.They suddenlyappear to open act II with ashort comedy routine.

Fish jokes to a rousingrendition of the VulgariaNational Anthem, sung tothe melody of Rogers andHammerstein’s “Oklahoma!”with a “Lake Woebegone”

twist, these two comics catchall laughing before the nightis over.

Seventy-two additionalcast members round out theshow, among them 42 youngactors and actresses fromLyric’s Camp Phantas-magorical. Coached by SusanRiley, they have rolesthroughout the show addingto the authenticity ofLondon area streets andVulgaria.

“Chitty Chitty BangBang” runs Wednesday,Thursday, Friday andSaturday nights at 8 andSaturday afternoon at 2 atthe Civic Center Music Hall,201 N. Walker Ave.,Oklahoma City. Singletickets for “Chitty ChittyBang Bang” start at $29.

To purchase tickets, go towww.lyrictheatreokc.com,call (405) 524-9312, come byLyric Theatre’s ticket officelocated on 1727 NW 16 St.,Oklahoma City, or call theCivic Center Box office at(405) 297-2264 or 1-800-364-7111.

Lyric continues thesummer season at the CivicCenter Music Hall indowntown Oklahoma Citywith “42nd Street” and“Buddy-The Buddy Story”in August.

‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ soars

By Andrew W. GriffinPop writer

Wade Bowen – Liveat Billy Bob’s Texas(Smith Music) 2010

Recorded live last Novem-ber at the world-famous BillyBob’s Texas,Wade Bowen

joined the ranks of Texas/RedDirt music pals CrossCanadian Ragweed, PatGreen and Randy RogersBand, who have recorded livealbums at the Fort Worthhonky tonk.

Included are two CDs andone DVD, featuring thestellar performance by Bowen

and his group.We have heard Bowen,

back when he had the bandWest 84 backing him, on alive album called “The BlueLight Live.”That was a rawand energetic performance.This time, a more mature andthoughtful singer-songwriteris featured.

Bowen’s record a productof Billly Bob’s Texas

CD review

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Get Him To The Greek R12:45 2:50 5:00 7:15 9:20How To Train Your Dragon PG 12:15 12:55 2:15 2:55 4:50 6:50 9:10Robin Hood PG131:00 4:00 6:55 9:30

Marmaduke PG12:20 2:20 4:20 7:20 9:25Splice R 4:15 9:35Date Night PG1312:30 4:55 9:15Just Wright PG 2:45 7:00

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PREDATORS (R)1:05 3:55 7:05 9:45

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Bowen:More mature

Bowen has crafted a nicecollection of songs,most ofwhich are performed here,from “One Step Closer,”onehe co-wrote with BrandonRhyder, to “Lay It All OnYou,”which he co-wrote withRandy Rogers.Bowen’s biggesthit,“God Bless This Town,” isintroduced by the singer asbeing about “rumors and howmuch I can’t stand them.”

The spooky folk-rock of“Daddy and the Devil,” a songon his album “If We EverMake It Home,” featuringhelp from Chris Knight, isoffered, as is “Nobody’s Fool,”a song that features guitarwork from Gary Wooten.

An often-overlooked song,“Walkin’ Along the Fence-line,” which appeared on hisalbum “Lost Hotel,” is aheartfelt ballad, complete withpiano-like keyboard work.

Two new songs are tackedon the end of the album.“Bottle Into Gold” is a slowerslice of acoustic-orientedcountry-rock, while “Matches”is the more interesting studiotrack.

Nice use of the pedal steel.No wonder it’s in the top fiveon the Texas Music chart.

Grade - B

• Continued from page 5

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Carrie Webber and Charlie Rayl, singer/songwriter, 7 p.m.,

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Outlaw Poets,Hidden Castle,

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Cookbook Swap and Shop,10 a.m.-1 p.m., Norman Public Library,

225 N. Webster, 701-2600.

First Annual OCA Symposium on the Future of Music, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,

Sonder Music, Dance and Art,225 E. Gray St., free

Blackwatch Studios Presents, 10:30 p.m., The Deli

The Stumbles, blues rock,9 p.m., $5, The Brewhouse

Maggie McClure and Shane Henry, singer/songwriter, 8 p.m., Othello’s

Dancing with the Stars, a family dance event, 7 p.m., free, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1506 W.

Imhoff Road.

Ned Cooper Duo and Rick Jawnson, The Hilltop Hideaway,

1105 N. Main in Noble, 7:10 p.m.

Second Sunday Poetry Reading, Nathan

Brown, 2 p.m., free, Santa Fe Depot

Summer Breeze Concert, John

McEuen, 7:30 p.m., free, Andrews Park

Amphitheatre

Mike Hosty Solo,10:30 p.m., The Deli

Karaoke,The Hilltop Hideaway,

1105 N. Main in Noble, 7 p.m.

Travis Linville,7 p.m., The Deli

Buffalo Family,10:30 p.m., The Deli

Spacedog’s Electric Atomic Jam,

10:30 p.m., The Deli

“Evening with a Curator” lecture series, Edith Marsh-Matthews, fi sh invaders, 7 p.m.,

free, Sam Noble Museum

SongWriter Association Norman

Songwriter Open Mic night, 7-9 p.m.,

Michelangelos,207 E. Main St.

“Instrumental Art” exhibit, Dixie Erickson, free;

exhibition runs through July 29, Santa Fe Depot,

200 S. Jones

Woody Guthrie Folk Music Festival begins, downtown

Okemah, Okla.

Open mic night with Billy Hartless Band,

The Hilltop Hideaway, 1105 N. Main in Noble

Spoken Word with Lauren Zuniga, 7:30 p.m., Dreamer Concept Studio

Foundation,324 E. Main St., $5

Emit, rock, 9 p.m., $5, The Brewhouse

Brian Pounds, singer/songwriter, 7 p.m.,

Othello’s

Karaoke, 7 p.m.,The Hilltop Hideaway, 1105 N. Main in Noble