Street performances on the rise in OKC
Street performers provide more entertainment along city streets.
The vote is nigh. Here are three metro races to watch.
Half of the state senate and house races facing a primary runoff next week are located in the Oklahoma City area.
Oklahoma student gets all access at NASCAR
OSU student spends summer behind-the-scenes at NASCAR.
Nuggets food briefs: Urban Ag Coalition teaches agriculture basics
This month, Oklahoma City Urban Ag Coalition is hosting a series of films that deal with modern agriculture.
Album review: Cosmostanza – College Dayze
If the light of youth is closing in on them, the OKC garage rockers are prepared to fight tooth and nail for every last second in the sun.
Film review: Borgman
Some of the best films use ambiguity to their advantage, leaving an open-endedness that lingers upon their conclusion. Borgman certainly meets this criteria.
Best of OKC 2014
For the 30th consecutive year, Oklahoma Gazette readers went ape for all things local. After more than two months of voting, the winners are made in the shade.
Micah Andrews is all about cooperation. He’s working with several local businesses to make his restaurant a funky, local hangout.
Micah Andrews is all about cooperation. He’s working with several local businesses to make his restaurant a funky, local hangout.
There’s something about food from a truck that makes it more delicious. Maybe the tiny kitchen space compresses the flavor.
There’s something about food from a truck that makes it more delicious. Maybe the tiny kitchen space compresses the flavor.
Saturday’s Skyline Fest to benefit Red Dirt Relief Fund
Steve Stein is pretty up front about his reason for the Skyline Food Truck Festival.
Letters to the Editor: Aug. 20, 2014
Scott Esk, Muslim extremists, Nazis and professional sports owners still have a lot to learn.
Torres is district’s first Latina board member
Gloria Torres is the newest member of the Oklahoma City Public School board, the only current Hispanic member and the first Latina on the board.
Commentary: Refugee youth would be great citizens
“Suffer the little children to come unto me,” Jesus said, but not to Oklahoma or elsewhere in America.
Get hot and slurpy with Asian noodles
Asian-style noodles have captured our hearts since time immemorial.
Oklahoma City might be more than a decade away from having a truly regional public transportation system, but it’s also already well down the road toward creating one.
Oklahoma City might be more than a decade away from having a truly regional public transportation system, but it’s also already well down the road toward creating one.
BLOG: Pettis believes relationship with police has improved locally
With law enforcement and African Americans clashing in Ferguson, Missouri, Councilman Pettis believes that situation would play out differently in OKC.
New downtown school embraces community education
John Rex Charter Elementary school builds neighborhood spirit in the heart of downtown.
From cheeseburgers to fresh tortilla chips, it’s all So Fine
Why can some restaurants truck in frozen entrees and get lines out the door while those who do the damned hard work of really cooking are overlooked?
Best of OKC 2014: Food and Drink
Best of OKC 2014 list of the Best Food and Drink
Best of OKC 2014: People
Best of OKC 2014 list of the Best People
Best of OKC 2014: Places
Best of OKC 2014 list of the Best Places
CC PODCAST: Episode 2
In this week’s episode of Capital City we discuss what makes Oklahoma City an attractive place for young adults.
Free lunch for every child targets marginal students
Most Oklahoma City public schools will now offer completely free lunches to every student.
Council will be asked to approve over budget whitewater bid
Bids for a proposed whitewater facility on the Oklahoma River came in more than $13 million over budget.
The zoo’s brightest creatures go into the Wild
The Oklahoma City Zoo launched its fifth annual Art Gone Wild animal art show earlier this month, with a.k.a. Gallery hosting for the first time.
Fallin backs marijuana oil in limited medical use
Gov. Mary Fallin announced support for a study into whether CBD oil should be legalized for medical use in Oklahoma.
Drink these summer beers. Now (or soon).
Summer beers are usually hoppy, light, wheaty and often a bit fruity, but other varieties of brewskies are also suitable for summer.
Chicken-Fried News: Standard (influential) deviation
Gov. Mary Fallin was recently named the 15th most influential woman in the GOP by a right-leaning media outlet. Among the other “winners” were Sarah Palin and some chick from Fox News. This might be something that Fallin could hang her bonnet on, but, unfortunately, Fallin placed 15th out of three women. So, it isn’t…
Chicken-Fried News: Stop the “violence”
Residents of Edmond have thrown open their windows and are hollering, “We’re as mad as hell, and we’re not going to take this anymore!” out of them. Unlike the classic film Network, in which lead character Howard Beale gets wound up (and melts down) during a news broadcast, Edmondites are furious after a rash of…
Chicken-Fried News: Pyrotechnic retaliation
Rejection is hard. Most people don’t take it well. But most wouldn’t even think of setting a fire because of it. However, Leonard Johnson IV is not most people. Johnson wanted to renew the sexual spark in his relationship with a lady when he went to her home and demanded entry about 11 p.m. July…
It’s difficult to be a successful comedian, but Drake doesn’t let that hold him back, making a huge impact on OKC’s rapidly growing comedy scene.
It’s difficult to be a successful comedian, but Drake doesn’t let that hold him back, making a huge impact on OKC’s rapidly growing comedy scene.
Artist Kelli Folsom painted the Oklahoma sunrise for 30 straight days
The sky was cut in half, Oklahoma City artist Kelli Folsom remembers. One half was a brilliant hot pink, and the other was the dark blue-gray hue of an approaching thunderstorm.
Chicken-Fried News: I hate this law; enforce it
Republicans claimed President Barack Obama’s healthcare law created a burden on business owners. Obama responded by delaying mandates on business owners, essentially doing what Republicans in Washington D.C. had been clamoring for. Those same Republicans then sued him for not following the laws of Obamacare. Obama just can’t win. Rep. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, voted with…
Chicken-Fried News: Give me a problem and, yo, I’ll solve it
… with a machete. A young man in Owasso was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after attempting to solve an argument with a friend with a sharpened blade. According to KJRH.com in Tulsa, 19-year-old Devin Buck attacked his friend after an altercation turned heated. The police found Buck at his home. He was…
With D’Angelo, Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill in the wings, the sultry singer helped pioneer the neo soul movement in the late ’90s.
With D’Angelo, Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill in the wings, the sultry singer helped pioneer the neo soul movement in the late ’90s.
Chicken-Fried News: Pants-off dance off
The first day of school is rough on everybody, no one more than teachers. In a report from KFOR.com, Lorie Ann Hill, 49, a teacher in Wagoner, was caught blowing off some steam in her classroom in a big way. Officials claimed she seemed out of sorts when she showed up for the first day…
It takes a while for the audience and characters to reach a state of arousal in Reduxion Theatre Company’s Lysistrata.
It takes a while for the audience and characters to reach a state of arousal in Reduxion Theatre Company’s Lysistrata.
As a 17-piece pop collective, more is more for The Polyphonic Spree
The band attacks on three aural fronts: symphonic, choral and psychedelic, and the triune nature of its sound has been its stamp since day one.
Chicken-Fried News: Boomer! Macarooner!
This year’s OU football team has wheels, and we’re not talking about speed. In an unprecedentedly trendy maneuver, the OU athletics department has employed a food truck — you know, a restaurant for hipsters — to serve its athletes with choice cuisine. The new dining option comes as a result of a new NCAA rule…
