Archive for January 2011
January 31st, 2011 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Flatfoot 56
Today’s featured event:
Hear Chicago-based Celtic/punk band Flatfoot 56 with Violent Affair, Self Minority and Sunny Side Up at 7 tonight at The Conservatory, 8911 N Western. Information: www.conservatoryokc.com.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
-BAM
January 30th, 2011 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Sports, Wimgo | 0 Comments
OKC Thunder star Kevin Durant (Associated Press photo)
Today’s featured event:
Cheer the Oklahoma City Thunder to victory over the Miami Heat at noon today at the Oklahoma City Arena, 100 W Reno. The game will be televised on ABC.
For more information, go to www.nba.com/thunder.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
-BAM
January 29th, 2011 | Arts, Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Cherryholmes
Today’s featured event:
Listen to bluegrass band Cherryholmes jam with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic at 8 tonight at the Civic Center, 201 N Walker. Information: 842-5387 or www.okcphilharmonic.org.
To read Rick Rogers’ recent interview with Sandy Cherryholmes, click here.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
-BAM
January 28th, 2011 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments

For more than three decades, Pat Benatar and husband Neil Giraldo have been entertaining audiences worldwide. On March 2, they will rock The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.
Tickets start at $50 and are now on sale.
Since breaking through in 1979, Pat Benatar has released 11 studio albums and charted 19 singles in the Top 40. Benatar’s career began with a stretch of six albums being certified platinum, including 1980’s “Crimes of Passion” (which went five-times multi-platinum) and “Precious Time” (two-times multi-platinum).
Benatar has been…
January 28th, 2011 | Arts, Bams Blog, CDs, Comedy, Entertainment, Music, Theater, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Jimmy Eat World
Here is a list of events happening in Oklahoma this weekend. For more options, go to www.wimgo.com:
1. Hear Oklahoma’s own Queen of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson play a free album release show at 8 tonight at the Academy of Contemporary Music at University of Central Oklahoma’s Performance Lab, 323 E Sheridan. The show, which will celebrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s new record “The Party Ain’t Over,” also will feature Weatherford band Green Corn Revival. Doors will open at…
January 28th, 2011 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Movies, Wimgo | 0 Comments

From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Award-winning Oklahoma City-based Toy Gun Films has finished shooting its sophomore short film in Tokyo titled “Paper Flower.”
The Oklahoma City premiere of “Paper Flower” is set for 5 p.m. Saturday at Harkins Bricktown 16, 150 E Reno Ave. Doors will open at 4:15 p.m.
Brent Green and Jeff Goldberg co-founded Toy Gun Films in 2009. Six months later, they were on location in Colombia producing “En Tus Manos,” which has been screened by about 3 million young people throughout…
January 28th, 2011 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Movies, Wimgo | 0 Comments


DUNCAN — The Fifth Annual Trail Dance Film Festival will take place today-Sunday at the Simmons Center, 800 Chisholm Parkway, and the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center, 1000 Chisholm Trail Parkway.
The Trail Dance Film Festival introduces up-and-coming filmmakers from around the globe to Oklahoma’s emergent film industry, and provides a welcoming forum to showcase films. Established in 2007, its mission is to encourage originality and creativity among filmmakers while promoting the overall film industry in the state.
In 2007, the festival received the “Outstanding New Event” RedBud Award…
January 28th, 2011 | Arts, Bams Blog, Entertainment, Wimgo | 0 Comments
This image of Oklahoma City band The Flaming Lips taken by local photographer J. Michelle Martin-Coyne will be sold tonight as part of Cafe City Arts, the 18th annual celebration, fundraiser and art sale benefiting City Arts Center.
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The…
January 28th, 2011 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
The late D.C. Minner (Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman Archives)
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
New exhibit “From Black Towns to Blues Festivals” pays tribute to bluesman D.C. Minner
MUSKOGEE — The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame is paying tribute to the…
January 28th, 2011 | Bams Blog, CDs, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Wanda Jackson
Green Corn Revival
Today’s featured event:
Hear Oklahoma’s own Queen of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson play a free album release show at 8 tonight at the Academy of Contemporary Music at University of Central Oklahoma’s Performance Lab, 323 E Sheridan.
The show, which will celebrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s…