Loco over local
The results are in!
BEST OF OKC: Services
The best places in OKC to get stuff done in 2011!
Women want him, and men want to be him: Meet Thunder star Serge Ibaka
BEST OF OKC: People & Media
Here come your champions for 2011!
‘Glory’ in Indian Territory
Black Union soldiers fought for their freedom in the Civil War Battle of Honey Springs.
Pawing at profits
Lawmakers seek to euthanize a state law designed to make it harder for puppy mills to operate.
Herbal remedy
Will legislation that legalizes marijuana usage with a doctor’s recommendation go up in smoke?
Geronimo’s bones
Is the famed Apache warrior still buried at Fort Sill, or were his remains stolen?
Mod-ified
Mid-century modern architecture enthusiasts can’t get enough of its sleek design and creativity around the state.
Potter hater
Millions of people love the books and movies … but not this guy.
Tuesday 22 May
OKG Newsletter
Features
Rest of the Best of OKC
Another year, another Best of OKC contest behind us here at Oklahoma Gazette. Well, almost.
Features
Rod Lott
See, you people love your lists and clamor for more. Shockingly, we didn’t quite cover it all last week, despite running the gamut from Best Coffee Shop to Best Person or Business to Follow on Social Media, so for the third year in a row, we’ve assembled some extras — the rest of the Best of OKC, if you will.
Loco over local
The results are in!
Best in class
Green Bambino stocks an assortment of reusable lunch containers to take back to school.
Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
Somehow, it’s already back-to-school time for kids. (That’s otherwise known as continue-to-work time for us sad, vacation-less adults.)
Art celebration
Jerrod Smith calls The Society “a community-driven, creative environment ... in the most progressive arts district in OKC.”
Film schooled
A new book covers the story of the historic Film Row district being saved from slipping into obscurity.
BEST OF OKC: Entertainment
The absolute best stuff to do in OKC in 2011!
BEST OF OKC: Shopping
2011's absolute best shopping in OKC!
BEST OF OKC: Services
The best places in OKC to get stuff done in 2011!
BEST OF OKC: People & Media
Here come your champions for 2011!
Summer harvest
A camp just for foster kids gives neglected and abused children the chance to have a normal summer.
Features
Emily Summars
It’s your first birthday party, right along with 54 others. Complete with cake and presents, today is your day. At Harvest Foster Kids Camp, kids get parties, they get makeovers, they get knighted: They get to live the normal life of a kid.
Limitless movement
A dance class teaches technique to blind students of all ages.
Features
Heide Brandes
In Tanya Chianese’s youth ballet class, students listen more than watch. She describes movements using imagery, using words instead of steps to show her class where a foot is placed, how high a chin is lifted or how low a plié should be.
Mod-ified
Mid-century modern architecture enthusiasts can’t get enough of its sleek design and creativity around the state.
Features
Malena Lott
"Despite what many Americans might perceive as an oxymoron, there actually is a Modern Oklahoma,” wrote Rex and Jackie Brown at oklahomamodern.us, where they bring awareness to midcentury architectural marvels around the Sooner State by documenting their finds.
‘Curse’ words
A local amateur game designer debuts a retro-style game for Xbox Live.
Features
Stephen Carradini
Every kid who has played a Nintendo gaming system knows about that part in that level where you have to make the character jump from single block to single block across lava/water/space/ nothingness. That section is universally reviled, due to the amount of time sunk into dying over and over.
Be-jeweled
The french Cowgirl’s Jennifer Marcum models feather earrings.
Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
I was determined to find gold jewelry when I was in Florence. (Yes, still bringing up Italy. I promise to stop. Besides, I’m already itching to plan a trip to India and/or South Africa, so you have that to look forward to.)
‘Off’ still on
Let’s twist again like we did last summer! Although its longtime venue is dead, Okie Twist-Off is very much alive.
