Truth in advertising

Visual Arts
Courtney Silva
Instead of waiting for inspiration to come to him, artist Thomas Stotts decided to find inspiration himself. And find it he did.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

A rollback to racial integration

Letters to the Editor
Tamya Cox
At the American Civil Liberties Union, we aren’t sure if Sen. Rob Johnson’s attempt to end affirmative action in Oklahoma is a joke, or if he is truly naïve enough to believe that Senate Joint Resolution 15 will end discrimination and increase diversity in Oklahoma.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

I've got a company car

Sales of company-issued vehicles on the rise

Features
Gazette staff
Another sign of an improving economy: an uptick in use of company cars.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The other white

Americans buy more Sauvignon Blanc than any white besides Chardonnay, and this old favorite is undergoing a transformation.

Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Sauvignon Blanc is second only to Chardonnay in acres of white grapes planted in California, but the Golden State hasn’t determined the style of this American favorite in the last few years.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Within / The Dead and the Damned

‘Damned’ if you do.

Horror
Rod Lott
I love horror films far more than most people, but I do not, as some accuse, love them all blindly. In fact, two new to DVD are among the worst I’ve seen in the year thus far.

Friday, July 15, 2011

Red Rhone rising

As Grenache planting in the U.S. improves, wine lovers in the metro reap the benefits of French tradition.

Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Grenache long has been the dominant grape of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the region in southern France known for producing some of the world’s most complex and subtle wines.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Bam!

Maria Bamford brings her self-deprecating humor to City Arts Center.

Performing Arts
Joshua Boydston
Maria Bamford with Jackie Kashian, James Draper and Zach Smith
7 p.m. Friday City Arts Center
3000 General Pershing
cityartscenter.org
951-0000
$22 Advance, $25 Door

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Nine is enough?

CFN
Gazette staff
California, here we don’t come. Right back where we started from … in the old, reliable Big 12.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

But do they have a library card?

CFN
Gazette staff

The bookworm’s sleazier, country cousin came for a visit to its Norman Public Library home recently. That’s right: bedbugs. In the library. Is this the part where we learn the “library” is just a front for an underground mattress dealer?

Wednesday, October 5, 2011