Help us ring in the New Year with local psych combo Sun Deep.
No cover charge. The show is the band’s gift to you! Come hang out, watch them jam the night away, and let loose some of the stress of the holidays.
BYOB if you like, all ages welcome.
Join award-winning performance artist Donna Oblongata for an evening you won’t forget
The Van Gogh Shogh is an evening-length, participatory clown/alt-comedy show that's one part deranged sip 'n paint, one part karaoke night and one part Sotheby's.
From the Plays Unpleasant substack:
“A romp through the trials of making art, Van Gogh Shogh makes only a little use of its meta-framing device, being set within a van Gogh “immersive experience,” but generates its own immersive qualities as a bizzaro sip and paint for a few audience members… Oblongata’s van Gogh alternates unpredictably between coy, shocked-and-thrilled to be so famous and successful, and a cynical, knowing artist. It’s a clever mix that makes for top notch clowning and a very enjoyable night at the theater.”
No cover. Pay what you can at the door.
Join us Art Walk as we present work by emerging artist Mia Vinson and her aunt, the amazing bead artist Shelly Dreadfulwater.
Mia’s work combines elements of her native upbringing with images evoking contemporary fantasy-based art to create narratives that call to mind both the traditional and the futuristic.
Shelly’s beadwork is immaculately hypnotic and speaks the eternal language of native hand-crafting.
The opening is from 6:00 - 9:00 on January 9 and will run until January 22.
Admission is free! Come support local art!
Join Resonator and registered Art Therapist Soni Parsons for free weekly Art Therapy classes.
You don’t have to be an artist to enjoy the benefits of art therapy. Therapeutic artwork doesn’t have to be beautiful. Express your feelings through art!
All supplies provided!
Judgement-free zone!
No sign up needed!
Groups are facilitated by professionals.
Questions, contact Soni Parsons: 405-364-2008
Join us for our last band show of the year!
Super excited to see Resonator regular Chris Alan Cox debut his new band The Chris Alan Cox Trio. They’ll be joined by OKC’s Caught Stealing and Dion Warlocke for what promised to be a spectacular night of local punk goodness.
Join us if you can and make your holidays a little merrier and brighter!
Doors at 7:00 : $10 cover
Join your host Maura McAndrew for the final Sunday Scaries of the year!
This month’s feature will be the 1953 Ida Lupino cult classic, The Hitch Hiker!
Based on the infamous spree killer Billy Cook, this edge-of-your-seat thriller is set in the lonely desert landscapes of Southern California. From Time Out: “Absolutely assured in her creation of the bleak, noir atmosphere— whether in the confines of the car, or lost in the arid expanses of the desert— Lupino never relaxes the tension for one moment. Yet her emotional sensitivity is also upfront… Taut, tough, and entirely without macho glorification, it’s a gem, with first-class performances from its three protagonists, deftly clarified without resort to cliché.”
100% Free! — BYO snacks and beverages if you like
Join us this Second Friday for the ceramics show of the season! We’ll be featuring amazing pieces by local ceramics masters Elizabeth Wise, Hollis Gilbert, Mariah Seedorf, and Ben Bernard.
Lots of amazing work, and lots of fantastic, thoughtful, affordable art for your holiday shopping needs.
See you at Art Walk!
Join us for a one-night-only pop up exhibition featuring the work of OU Printmaking students!
Prints, Installations, textile works… this show has a little something for everyone.
Featured artists include: Zabe Bader, Daisy Baker-Hull, Sarah Caldwell, Anna England, Abby Pirtle, Uriel Marin, and more!
Friday, December 5 at 6:00— 100% free!— Don’t miss it!
Join your host Maura McAndrew for a free screening of the 1965 Otto Preminger cult classic Bunny Lake is Missing. The film stars Carol Lynley as a mother who believes her daughter Bunny has been kidnapped… but can’t seem to prove to anyone she ever had a daughter.
Filmed in swinging ‘60s London, Bunny Lake features the music of the Zombies and performances by Laurence Olivier and a scenery-chewing Noel Coward. From the Chicago Reader: “This paranoid 1965 thriller by Otto Preminger is one of the most darkly poetic and wrenching films, a reflective mid-60’s return to the ghostly film noir style he developed at Fox in the 40s. . . . Preminger approaches the mystery of human irrationality and emotion through logic and detachment; the effect is stunningly poignant.”
Maura will provide production notes, cultural context, and back story before the screening.
100% free! — BYO snacks and beverage if you like
Join us on Saturday, November 22 at Resonator Institute for a hands-on scent-making workshop. Participants will explore the basics of perfumery and work with a variety of natural fragrance materials to craft a custom aromatic blend. No prior experience is necessary, just curiosity and a willingness to think creatively with scent. Each attendee will leave with their own unique olfactory artwork.
Taught by OU Professor of Art (Art, Technology and Culture) Cathleen Faubert.
All workshop materials are provided.
To register, sign up here
Calling all guitarists!
Join electronic builder David Poe for this fun, hands-on workshop in which you will learn to build your very own functional guitar pedal!
David will go over the basics of soldering and working with electronics as he guides you through the construction of a one knob fuzz pedal that will work great with your guitar and/or bass.. No experience necessary. Just show up ready to learn and have fun.
All materials and tools will be provided.
Workshop fee: $60 | Sign up here
Join Resonator in welcoming back The Amazing Hancock Brothers!
THE AMAZING HANCOCK BROTHERS : RETURN TO IGNORANT HILL
As we are ensconced in these dark, tragic and woe begotten times, we offer you The Amazing Hancock Brothers’ RETURN TO IGNORANT HILL— an exhibition of print-based art that runs the gamut from hideous to inept.
Uncle Chuck and Brother John are the Amazing Hancock Brothers— the self-proclaimed masters of the print arts and enfants terribles of the Central Texas art world. Excelling in woodcuts and silkscreen prints, or mixed-media variants of all. They also double-team on mixed-media prints, where genre and identity both blur. Of special note, they use exotic material but not exclusive to such things as mattress covers, plastic, metal flashing, little mermaid bed sheets, recycled materials, or even a good piece of rag paper–whatever is handy to print on.
Their art:
Awful is how it's described,
Ugly images equal beauty,
Always question aesthetics
Opening Reception: November 14 from 6:00 to 9:00 as part of Norman’s Second Friday Art Walk
Join us for an evening of local hip hop courtesy of OKC’s Malcolm Tree and a cadre of his cohorts.
Beats, rhymes… good times
Doors at 7:00 | $10 cover | all ages welcome
Join us for an evening of ear-popping live music care of three great local bands.
If you like guitar driven alternative rock, this show is for you!
is coming home to the Resonator Institute November 5 and 6!
After AWARD-WINNING engagements at Fringe Festivals around the country, The Co.Hort's new play/TED Talk/dream ballet/puppet show extravaganza is coming home to Norman for TWO DAYS ONLY!
Wednesday and Thursday, November 5 & 6 at 7:30 PM
Resonator
Get tickets here
Join your host Maura McAndrew for another installment of Sunday Scaries. This month we’ll be featuring the 1999 Mark Borchardt cult classic American Movie.
The film follows Mark Borchardt, a cinema-obsessed ne’er-do-well struggling to make his filmmaking dreams come true— with a little help from his best friend Mike, his eccentric Uncle Bill, and a community that wants to believe in him. From Reverse Shot: “American Movie is a tragicomic paean to perilously independent American cinema… it encapsulates the shaggy, aspirational optimism of a bygone filmmaking era, worthy of romantic remembrance”
Maura will start the evening with back story, production notes, and cultural context.
100% free! — BYO food and beverage if you like!
Join us for this one-night-only pop up exhibition featuring new large scale works by the one-and-only Chris Johnson.
Free show | Libations provided
Join us for some homegrown metal madness care of locals MetalTor, Too Burnt To Know, and Mute.
You’ll have so much fun your ears will ring for days afterward!
Doors at 7:00— $10 cover at the door— All ages welcome
Learn to make your very own "Dub Laser" in this fun and approachable workshop taught by OU Professor William Davis. All components will be provided and participants will learn the basics of soldering as they follow easy instructions to create their very own electronic musical instrument.
HUGE FUN!
$60 workshop and materials fee
Register here
Join visiting artist Dennis McNett for a celebration of life and humanity.
Reclamation of the Wolves will be a group performance spearheaded by McNett with the assistance of students from the OU School of Visual Arts. It will involve a long procession of masked rabble-rousers (all masks hand-made by the wearer), several 12 ft tall articulated puppets (made by Dennis), a live drummer, and a ceremony in which participants will voice their concerns for all to hear.
Don’t miss it!
You’ll never look at Art Walk the same!
Come out for an incredible evening of hip hop courtesy of King A Wall and his guests Nando, K4frmokc, SCHU, Royell, Robert Rodriguez, and Th3 Poetry Proj3ct.
Doors at 7:00, music at 7:30
$15 advance or $20 at the door
All ages welcome
Join your host Maura McAndrew for a free screening of John Sayles’s sci-fi cult classic The Brother from Another Planet (1984), a film about an alien, Harlem, and the immigrant experience in America. From the AV Club, “Sayles shapes a catchy premise into a subtler piece, using [lead actor Joe] Mortons ‘alien’ status as a way of asking who deserves to be called an outsider in a country born of outsiders.”
As always, Maura will provide background, production, and cultural notes to augment your viewing experience.
Sunday September 28 at 7:00
100% Free! | BYO snacks and beverage if you like
Join us as we host local jazz chanteuse Gala Brauer in celebration of the release of her new CD Galinopolis. Enjoy a live set by the artist and get a little gift bag when you pay your cover.
Doors at 6:00 | Music at 6:30 | $10 cover
Join us for a showcase of up-and-coming local metal.
Krypt of Kings
Carnage 405
Mystic Falls
Rin
Temenos
Bash
Curly
Doors at 6:30 | $10 cover | all ages welcome
Learn to make your very own custon ceramic pipe in this fun and relaxing workshop!
You’ll design, build, and glaze your unique creation in one easy class session, then you’re pipe will be fired and ready to pick up in two weeks.
Hosted and taught by the Norman-based queen of clay Anna McQuown! @sophisticatedmudceramics
All materials and tools will be provided.
Register here
Join us Second Friday for a remarkable group exhibition curated by Norman-based artist Emma Moorman.
“Make me a sandwich” is one of those phrases women have heard far too often: outdated, yet somehow still alive in the wilds of the world. This exhibition reclaims the phrase, turning it into both a refusal and an insistence. We refuse to quietly accept the cultural expectations placed on those assigned female at birth, and we insist on more not just for ourselves, but for all women.
The works on display embrace a wide range of media and approaches, reflecting the multiplicity of voices within the exhibition. Each piece becomes an act of resistance, reimagining inherited roles while opening space for transformation, self-definition, and solidarity. Together, the artists highlight the quiet strength and resilience woven into everyday life.
This fight is not for some, but for all. Womanhood is not a singular experience. Indigenous women, black women, queer and trans women, and others in marginalized communities carry unique burdens that must be recognized and addressed. The artists in this exhibition hope to stand in solidarity, creating space for a collective demand: equitable freedom for all.
This is not a manifesto. It is not a lecture. It is an exhibition made by women who have been told, explicitly or not, what they should be doing instead. As graduate students in the School of Visual Arts at the University of Oklahoma, we have grown together through shared struggles and individual journeys, choosing to prioritize our art and our voices over the limitations historically placed upon us.
So yes, we could have made you a sandwich, but instead, we made you something to chew on.
-Emma Moorman, 2025
Artists with work in the exhibition: Cierra Roberts, Lori Bacigalupi, Katherine Gaff, Haley Prestifilippo, Maddie McHugh-Gandy, Anna Beth Ferguson, Emma Moorman
Opening Friday, September 12 @ 6:00
Join us for an evening of down-home local goodness courtesy of Billy Bonnie, Honeycomb, and Tim Cowan.
If you’re a fan of rootsy music and good songwriting, this is the show for you!
$10 cover at the door | BYOB if you like
Join your host Maura McAndrew for the first Sunday Scaries of the season!
This month’s feature will be Ben Stiller’s 1994 directorial debut, Reality Bites, starring Wynona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Janeane Garofalo, and more.
Reality Bites is about a group of recent college grads navigating friendship, romance, underemployment, and artistic ambition in the post-grunge 90’s.
From Texas Monthly: “Revisiting Reality Bites now, it isn’t exactly dated, despite the time capsuloe-like quality of the film’s aesthetic. It’s more like watching a foreign film, the product of a culture with different values. The movie is deeply concerned with the concept of selling out, but doesn’t feel the need to define what it is, or even why it was bad— as a pure product of its time, it takes for granted that audiences in 1994 would understand that whether or not to take corporate jobs was a defining choice in the characters’ young lives.”
As always, Maura will provide production notes, back-stories, and cultural context before the screening.
7:00 | 100% free | BYO beverages and snacks if you like
Join us for an evening of fresh music courtesy of Pineapple Willows and newcomers Antideluvia, Acrylic Cure, and Moksha.
Doors at 6:00 | $10 cover | All ages welcome
Support Local Music!
Join us for an evening of sonic delight courtesy of locals Bathtub Fishing, Shanti, and Unit 14.
Doors at 7:00 | Music at 7:30 | $10 cover | All ages welcome
Resonator is excited to present the exhibition Altar / Alter by Savannah, GA based artist Andrea Durán-Cason.
Andrea Durán-Cason is an interdisciplinary artist who seamlessly merges traditional media with installation, performance, and relational aesthetics. Her current work investigates human-animal relationships and ethics within a framework of activism and ethical eating practices. She is a passionate advocate for animal rights and believes food is an effective art medium for social change. She is the author of “The Preachy Vegan Cookbook”; a recipe book, art book, and biography exploring multi-cultural identity and invisible ideologies. Andrea earned her BFA from The University of Oklahoma with a focus in painting and printmaking where she practiced and developed a strong foundation in figurative indirect oil painting techniques. In 2018 she received her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Andrea is a nationally exhibiting artist and currently a full-time professor of painting at Savannah College of Art and Design.
“ My work investigates the tension between compassion and complicity - what it means to act in accordance with our ethics. Centered around the dinner table—a space of comfort, ritual, and denial—this body of work asks what it means to act in alignment with our values in a world where cruelty is often normalized or obscured. I’m interested in how kindness and indifference coexist within us, and how the act of eating can become a mirror for those contradictions.
Through installation and painting, I reimagine the table as a modern altar. Corn stalks grow from its surface, recalling my Mesoamerican ancestry as cyclical symbol of life, death, and rebirth. In the paintings, a solitary figure sits uneasily, embodying both human and animal. She becomes a mirror to our fractured empathy and the difficulty of being an ethical consumer in a world where disconnection is routine. “
- Andrea Durán-Cason, 2025
Opening Reception is Art Walk- August 8 at 6:00 pm. Exhibition will remain up until August 20.
Join our friends at Co Arts Productions for an original theatrical presentation.
Grœnland was written by CoArts contributer, playwrite Chip Keebaugh.
Keebaugh, a climate activist, untangles the mysterious collapse of a Medieval Norse Colony. A wedding. A suicide. A witch-burning. These are the three extant records that reveal what might have happened in the final days on the harsh island. Directed by Lauren Linsey, the play represents a nearly decade-long collaboration with Chip, a fellow graduate from the OU School of Drama.
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Join our friends at CoArts for an evening of theater as you’ve never experienced it before.
Sleepover is an interactive theater event masquerading as party. There will be games, treats, craft activities, a movie, and karaoke!
$10 at the door | 18+ only
