News
Clifton Adcock
Although he’s for public transit, one City Council member is railing against the method and cost of the fixed downtown streetcar concept.
Wednesday 22 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: people
Bumper cars
News
Clifton Adcock
Although he’s for public transit, one City Council member is railing against the method and cost of the fixed downtown streetcar concept.
Better off Fred
Music
Stephen Carradini
Call it jazz if you want. Or don’t. Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey doesn’t care, so long as you listen with an open mind.
Rogers’ will
Music
Joshua Boydston
It took blood, sweat, tears and years for Randy Rogers Band to become a red-dirt favorite ... and it’s not resting on those laurels.
Campaign contributions
Music
Joshua Boydston
Local bands ranging from post-punk to indie folk will kick out the jams during two nights in Norman.
Stutter steps
Letters to the Editor
Craig Dawkins
As support group leader for “Speak Out!,” Oklahoma City’s National Stuttering Association (NSA) adult support group, I was touched personally by “The King’s Speech” movie. The movie captures very well the feelings and emotions that people with disfluency struggle with daily.
Just Joshin’
No joke: One of regional rap’s brightest stars is a white kid from suburban Tulsa, fresh out of college. Meet Josh Sallee.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Josh Sallee is a 2010 graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma, facing the same frightening job market as fellow grads across the country. Luckily, he doesn’t have to worry about it — at least for now — because he’s got another gig lined up that’s been serving him pretty well.
Leggo my emo
Jimmy Eat World is the reluctant luminary of emo, stuck in ‘The Middle’ of the genre, but paying it no mind
Music
Phil Bacharach
Jimmy Eat World with David Bazan & Band
7 p.m. Saturday
Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S. Eastern
www.diamondballroom.net
677-9169
$22 advance, $24 door
Victims of the same disease
Letters to the Editor
Roy Neher
I will always remember one young man who won the trivia game we were playing one night, and the next time I saw him, he was chewing on the trivia game cards and talking about the FBI watching him and sending in people who looked like his family members, but who were actually secret agents, out to get him.
’Ham it up
As DJ Bronzai, Jon Mooneyham isn’t your typical record-spinner. He’s on a mission to save the state from bad music. That means you, Ke$ha.
Music
Joshua Boydston
DJ Bronzai
9 p.m. Thursday
VZD’s Restaurant and Club
4200 N. Western
www.vzds.com, 524-4203
GourmetGirl
ShopGirl has a cheese addiction
Food and Drink Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
Some people have a drinking habit. I have a cheese habit — make that an artisan cheese habit.
