Coffee Cold
As we oscillate between temperate and frigid, Oklahoma Gazette puts a focus on local spots to drop in and get a hot cup.
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Community centers
With a Starbucks or a Scooter’s on every corner these days, coffee culture is characterized by the on-the-go mentality, but the local coffee shop is the closest thing to an indoor public space apart from a library (there’s a reason so many roasters are paired with bookstores, after all). If you’re looking for a place…
Citizen Spotlight: Tim Herbel
Tim Herbel is a man who keeps his promises, and making good on one led him on a path he could never have imagined. “I’ve had three chapters of life. Chapter one, I had it all planned out, went through a divorce. Closed that chapter and did financial services. And at the end of that,…
Progressive perk
When Brittani Hunter started a campus coffee cart at Oklahoma State University in 2015, she didn’t know it would plant a seed that would blossom into one of Oklahoma City’s most community-focused establishments a half decade later. At the time, it was simply a project for a business course toward her marketing degree. Today, however,…
Something jolly this way comes
There’s a new holiday tradition in Oklahoma City. 3rd Act Theatre Company’s bi-annual tour, Drunk Classics, combines Shakespeare, improv, and alcohol for an entertaining evening at local watering holes. This season’s Christmas offering is A Very Merry Macbeth. A Very Merry Macbeth is at its core the traditional story of Macbeth, and will be presented,…
Gazedibles: Fall Flavors
Whether you prefer the pumpkin spice or a splash of peppermint, ’tis the season for coffee in all the festive flavors. Our fair city has no shortage of incredible coffee shops with menus packed to the brim with delicious offerings, but here are seven spots where you can find a warm drink this holiday season.…
Countdown to 2023
Ringing in the second quarter-century of the annual event, fireworks will bring 2023 in with a blast at Arts Council OKC’s Opening Night New Year’s Eve event, alongside live performances, food trucks and a bustling crowd. Organized by a team of two volunteer co-chairs each year, the planning process begins months in advance for the…
The elements are unkind to the Oklahoma City unhoused in winter, but not nearly as unkind as City Councillor and Vice Mayor Mark Stonecipher.
The elements are unkind to the Oklahoma City unhoused in winter, but not nearly as unkind as City Councillor and Vice Mayor Mark Stonecipher. The long and short of it is that he sought to make encampments illegal and greatly broaden what constitutes the crime of trespassing in the city. In other words, if getting…
Help at hand
Late nights saturated in sadness, struggling through the first holiday season after the loss of a family member, frozen by unnamed fears—mental health doesn’t have to reach a crisis point before it receives proper care and support. “Whether it be, you know, two o’clock in the morning and you’re sad and blue, or you’re in…
Strange days
“There are times when I’m just like ‘Oklahoma, I love you,’” Bartees Strange said from Washington D.C. He’s been reminiscing about cheap Norman apartment complexes, sadly departed OKC indie venues and the surprising wealth of musical styles and identities in the local scenes, but it was a mention of Oklahoma’s pink evening skies that got…
Strain Review: Dave Diaz
Strain name: Dave Diaz Grown by: Noble Cannabis Co. Acquired from: Blue Collar Criminals Date acquired: Nov. 17 Physical traits: frosted purple and green Bouquet: earthy, fruity Review: Blue Collar Criminals has carried their own flower since opening the dispensary doors in 2019, but after reopening them earlier this summer, they soon expanded their menu…
Ornamental orchestration
Last year’s version of Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s annual holiday tour was an outing unlike any other for everyone involved in bringing the visually spectacular concerts to audiences across the United States. On the one hand, coming off of 2020, a year in which the TSO tour could not happen because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was…
If you’re going to be drunk in public underage in possession of firearms, a word to the wise: be the governor’s son. Or don’t.
If you’re going to be drunk in public underage in possession of firearms, a word to the wise: be the governor’s son. Or don’t. On Halloween night, Drew Stitt was forthright with Logan County deputies, informing him that he was intoxicated when they came to investigate a gun case taken from his vehicle while he…
Strain Review: Watermelon ZooZoos
Strain name: Watermelon ZooZoos Grown by: Creature Flora Acquired from: Apothecary Farms (Broadway) Date acquired: Nov. 20 Physical traits: frosted light green and orange Bouquet: earthy, sweet Review: Apothecary Farms opened earlier this year in the former Living Leaf space in Automobile Alley. Foremost an extracts company, Apothecary Farms specializes in its concentrates and edibles…
Surprise landing
When Jess Haney was asked to join Rainbow Kitten Surprise while the band members were in college at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, he certainly wasn’t thinking it would be a long-term commitment. In fact, as commitments go, it was as minimal as it gets. “I got into the band through Ethan,” Haney said,…
