Music
Charles Martin
In a world full of jaded, egocentric guitar heroes, local musician Gary “Speedy” West Jr. was a generous soul whose genuine love for people was as impactful as his sharp, soulful skills on the pedal steel guitar.
Friday 24 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: Oklahoma City
Local musicians remember Speedy West
Local guitar legend helped many musicians' careers
Music
Charles Martin
In a world full of jaded, egocentric guitar heroes, local musician Gary “Speedy” West Jr. was a generous soul whose genuine love for people was as impactful as his sharp, soulful skills on the pedal steel guitar.
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OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Tulsa-based rapper Johnny Polygon plays his first-ever Oklahoma City show at 9 p.m. Friday at XIII X Lounge, 1310 N.W. 25th.
Kill the Reflection — 3EP
Post-punk with promise and room to grow
Rock
Stephen Carradini
At its best, Kill the Reflection’s dark, fast music leans toward Joy Division-esque post-punk.
Devon debris
Geronimo!
CFN
Gazette staff
First it was skydivers, now metal is falling off the yet-to-be-completed Devon tower in downtown Oklahoma City.
Extra Cheeze
Shea Weaver’s varied monikers — like Cheezecoat — correspond to where music has taken him.
Music
Stephen Carradini
Shea Weaver
9-10 p.m. Friday
JJ’s Alley
212 E. Sheridan 605-4543
Cheezecoat
Saturday
Midsummer Nights’ Fair
Lions Park 450 S. Flood, Norman
normanfirehouse.com 329-4523
Art glass
Local artist Nicki Albright serves up fanciful and functional art with kiln-formed glass in her new solo show.
Adult ice cream
Ice cream cocktails sound brilliant, but it takes skill to keep a delicacy from turning into a sludge of cream and alcohol.
Food and Drink Features
Charles Martin
Ice cream plus alcohol should equate a simple and sinfully indulgent dessert cocktail, but the frozen cocktails are rare delicacies in bars across the metro because they are trickier to concoct than one might assume.
Salad supreme
Long live lettuce! During the long, hot days of summer, salad satisfies.
Food and Drink Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
Summer means salad. It’s light and easy — a perfect contrast to unbearably hot summer afternoons.
'The new normal'
With an ongoing budget shortfall, the state Department of Education zeroed out funding for National Board Certified Teachers
News
Clifton Adcock
It took dozens of hours of videotaping class sessions, more than 60 pages worth of writing and more than two years for Meredith Wronowski, a science teacher at Oklahoma City’s Capitol Hill High School, to become a National Board Certified Teacher.
Oklahoma City implements mandatory watering program
Thirteen additional communities affected, effective immediately
News
Gazette staff
Due to poor water pressure, the City of Oklahoma City has declared a mandatory odd/even water rotation program, effective immediately.
