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The Oklahoma City Thunder are bringing their Western Conference Finals series with the San Antonio Spurs home tonight for Game 3. The game tips off at 8 p.m. at Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Like the rest of the series, the game will air on TNT. That means former pro basketball star Charles Barkley is finally visiting OKC as one of the network’s analysts.

Barkley has spoken quite disparagingly about OKC even before the NBA came to town and hasn’t had many kind words for …

Tulsa saxophonist Eldredge Jackson and his band Listening Pleasure will perform this weekend in Louisville, Ky., at a festival produced by a Midwest City-based organization.

The Soul Food Festival is set for Saturday at Louisville’s Waterfront Park. It is one of 14 similar events being staged this summer by the Oklahoma charity, according to a news release. Along with the New Orleans-born Jackson, the lineup for the show includes Jeffrey Osborne, Chrisette Michele, Ginuwine, Angela Winbush, Tevin Campbell and Sugarfoot’s Ohio Players.

The series of Soul Food Festival concerts are …

Margot & the Nuclear So and So's

Today’s featured event:

NORMAN – Hear Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s with Dinosaur Feathers and Whispertown at 9 tonight at The Opolis, 113 N Crawford.

For more information, go to www.starlightmints.com/opolis.html.

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Tulsa saxophonist Grady Nichols will be among the performers this week at the 27^th Annual Charlie Christian International Music Festival in Oklahoma City. Along with jazz, blues, soul and hip-hop artists playing outdoor concerts Friday and Saturday, the festival features two historical exhibits, two jam sessions and a gospel show Sunday to close the event.

Nichols will perform Saturday at the festival, which he has played every years since at least 2004.

“I’ve got great memories of playing at Charlie Christian. I remember playing with Tom Braxton and then …

Saxophonist Grady Nichols is going places and exploring a variety of sounds on his new album, appropriately titled “Destinations.”

“I believe the saxophone is the most relevant instrument we have. You can put it in every genre of music and it works. And not every instrument can do that,” Nichols said in a phone interview …

Today’s featured event:

TULSA – Hear Primus at 9 tonight at the Brady Theater, 105 W Brady Street.

Doors open at 8 p.m. For more information, go to www.bradytheater.com.

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Whatever you do today, fellow Oklahomans, be weather aware because the meteorologists here are predicting another stormy day.

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Oklahoma-based singer-songwriter JD McPherson released his Rounder Records debut “Signs and Signifiers” today on vinyl.

As previously reported, McPherson will make his national television debut June 6 on the TBS late-night show “Conan.”

“Signs and Signifiers” recently hit No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart and entered the Billboard rock charts and cross-genre Billboard 200 list, according to a news release.

With more than 550,000 YouTube views for his self-directed video for his single “North Side Gal,” which the Riverfront Times hails as “a hit waiting for a chart, …

Desmond Mason (Photo by Travis Clancy)

Before they Thunder up tonight, Oklahoma professional basketball fans have the opportunity to culture up at the Oklahoma Capitol.

Former Thunder and Oklahoma State University basketball player Desmond Mason is exhibiting a collection of his paintings in the East Gallery of the Capitol through July 1.   Located on the first floor of the Capitol, the East Gallery features paintings and mixed media works by current Oklahoma artists. The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. …

Mark Sultan

Today’s featured event:

Hear Mark Sultan (AKA BBQ) and special guests The Copperheads at 8 tonight at The Blue Note Lounge, 2408 N Robinson Ave.

For more information, call 600-1166 or click here.

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Event-goers look at art and performers at the 2010 Paseo Arts Festival in Oklahoma City. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman Archives

Today’s featured event:

Check out 88 artist booths, two live entertainment stages, three children’s areas and more from on the final day of the 36th Annual Paseo Arts Festival in the historic Paseo Arts District, between NW 28 and Walker and NW 30 and Dewey. Hours for the free festival are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with music until 7 p.m.

To read my feature on this year’s …