Final Word Friday - October 1, 2010

Bailey Gordon - Friday, October 01, 2010

Without music, life is a journey through a desert.

- Pat Conroy

Fill your life with music this Saturday with Canterbury Choral Society's performance of Elijah!
Visit http://canterburyokc.com for details.

Final Word Friday - September 24, 2010

Bailey Gordon - Friday, September 24, 2010

Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us.

- Roy Adzak

Check out Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition's 12X12 art show and sale tomorrow night and see if you can find a piece that moves you. I'm sure it won't be hard!



Final Word Friday - September 17, 2010

Bailey Gordon - Friday, September 17, 2010
In honor of the Philharmonic's Grand Opening Night on Saturday, a music quote for you!
 
Click here to buy your tickets to the performance.

Where words fail, music speaks.

- Hans Christian Anderson



I love this photo of Joel Levine. Just watching he and the strings players are two of my favorite things about Philharmonic performances!

Final Word Friday - September 10, 2010

Bailey Gordon - Friday, September 10, 2010

Storytelling is not what I do for a living - it is how I do all that I do while I am living.
- Donald Davis

Check out the Oklahoma City Storytelling Festival this weekend, brought to you by Arts Council of Oklahoma City.  You'll hear tales from nationally-acclaimed storytellers, practice your storytelling through workshops and take the kids along for the family matinee. 

Visit their web site for details: http://www.artscouncilokc.com/oklahoma-city-storytelling-festival.

Don't forget that you can use your OKCityCard to get 2-for-1 tickets! I hope each of you get to experience one of Oklahoma City's most unique festivals!


Final Word Friday - August 27, 2010

Bailey Gordon - Friday, August 27, 2010

The artist is not a special kind of man, but every man is a special kind of artist.

- A.K. Coomaraswamy

In light of tonight's Red Bull "Art of Can" festivities, it's nice to take a moment to remember that everyone is an artist. 

Come check out art made by professionals and amateurs alike tonight from 7 - 10 on the rooftop patio here at 1015 N Broadway!

Final Word Friday - August 20

Bailey Gordon - Friday, August 20, 2010
"What we play is life."
- Louis Armstrong



There's no doubt that what Louis and his boys played was life. Enjoy one of my personal favorites, "Hello Dolly," this Friday morning!

Final Word Friday

Bailey Gordon - Friday, August 13, 2010

Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.
 - Stephen Sondheim

This is a great thing to remember as the craziness of the start of the school year is upon us!  Take a break for art to slow down, rewind and get some order back into your life.  I know I plan to!

Final Word Friday

Bailey Gordon - Friday, August 06, 2010
The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.
- Hendrik Willem Van Loon

Final Word Friday

Lindsay McIntyre - Friday, July 30, 2010
YEAH for the weekend! It's so close we can almost touch it. Hope you enjoy this week's quote.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

- George Bernard Shaw

Final Word Friday

Bailey Gordon - Friday, July 23, 2010
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
- Pablo Picasso

Chihuly transforms the Oklahoma sunset into this amazing tower of glass.  You can find this stunning piece at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.



Everyone have a great, sunny weekend!

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