Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
I have a friend who chooses one resolution every year. Since I’ve known her, she’s gone 365 days without chocolate, cheese and soda (the latest). That is a steely resolve that I just don’t have.

Food and Drink Features
Malena Lott
They don’t call it “as American as apple pie” for nothing. Simple, cheap and quick have always been hallmarks of patriotic popularity (hot dogs and hamburgers, anyone?), and that goes double when it’s also piping hot and delicious. And popular.

Visual Arts
Charles Martin
Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still
8 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday
Farmers Public Market, 311 S. Klein
$10 advance, $15 door
ovac-ok.org, 879-2400

CFN
Gazette staff
Remember that state question banning Shariah law that Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly passed during the last election? Some called it fear mongering; the measure’s co-sponsor called it a preemptive strike.

OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Hey, how long has it been since you erupted more than 240 feet in the air? Well, pardner, that’s too long. You can do that on the Eruption, just one of the many fun rides at Frontier City, 11501 N. Interstate 35 Service Road. New this year is the Wild West Water Works, billed as the largest family aqua activity in the state, “with 198 ways to get wet.” Admission is $22.99- $26.99. Call 478-2140 or visit frontiercity.com.

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