Commentary: Ogle, lost
On July 16, as a nation processed what it meant to have a president who explicitly engaged in what the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission calls “potentially unlawful conduct including insults, taunting, or ethnic epithets, such as making fun of a person’s foreign accent or comments like, ‘Go back to where you came from,’ whether made…
Chief enforcer
Oklahoma City Police Department’s (OKCPD) new police chief is a 30-year police veteran. Wade Gourley is the 50th police chief, succeeding former chief Bill Citty, who retired May 2 after 15 years on the job. City manager Craig Freeman announced the selection of Gourley at a July 8 press conference. He thanked Ward 7 councilwoman…
Making adjustments
Westering started out as an instrumental math-rock band, but adding vocals balanced the equation. The Oklahoma City five-piece featuring vocalist Jamie Bramble, drummer Andrew Dolman, bassist Dalton Farr and guitarists Bryan English and Stephen Brand celebrates the release of its self-titled debut EP 8 p.m. July 27 at The Paramount Room, 701 W. Sheridan Ave. …
Cover: Home and abroad
Inspiration for the art included in National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s latest exhibit comes from every direction. Passport opens Friday and will remain on view through March 2020 at the museum, 1700 NE 63rd St. “The thing that will surprise people or maybe capture their attention is just the variety on display in Passport,”…
Surprise tacos
Perez Truck Mexican Restaurant 2416 NW 23rd St. facebook.com/pereztruckmexicanrestaurant1 405-889-1314 What works: The verde sauce for enchiladas packs a punch, and the al pastor is flavorful and spit-roasted. What needs work: The choriqueso became a solidified mass. Tip: Find parking behind the building. For Oklahoma Gazette’s annual summer guide, I set out on the delicious…
Sweet Leaf
A shoebox-sized dispensary in Oklahoma City is quickly growing with a flagship facility under construction in Edmond. ElectraLeaf, 25 N. Oklahoma Ave., is a business with only 250 square feet of floor space, but it also just opened its second location in Chickasha, 1625 S. Fourth St., Suite B, co-owner Pedro Sotomayor said. “We worked…
Project proposals
Members of Oklahoma City Council spent more than 10 hours hearing presentations on MAPS 4 proposals last week. On Tuesday, council heard presentations on Palomar Family Justice Center; parks; sidewalks, bike lanes, trails and streetlights; and Freedom Center. On Thursday, presentations were on youth centers, beautification, State Fair coliseum, senior wellness centers and an animal…
All scream
There’s really never a bad time to have ice cream. It can be comforting even when there’s snow on the ground, but there’s nothing like a scoop or two or three when the temperatures are approaching triple digits. By Jacob Threadgill with photos Gazette / file and provided Roxy’s Ice Cream Social 1732 NW 16th…
Chicken-Fried News: Fish fry
According to the Oklahoma Game Wardens Facebook page, a phrase that is a can’t miss conversation starter at any party, three game wardens spotted illegal electrofishing along the Kiamichi River in southeast Oklahoma on July 6. “After making the observations, wardens raced to a nearby boat landing and waited for the fishing crew,” wrote whoever…
OKG Lifestyle: Tahira Taqi
Around OKC EAT: Cafe Antigua WATCH: The Innocent Man (Netflix) LISTEN: Lights’ Little Machines READ: Oklahoma Policy Institute’s In the Know newsletter LOVE: Grind Espresso Shot liqueur EXPERIENCE: Sunday Gospel Brunch at The Boom! Outside OKC EAT: Steel City Pops in Dallas WATCH: The Try Guys (YouTube) LISTEN: Directionally Challenged podcast READ: An American Marriage…
Parlor beauty
Seven microkitchens and two full-service bars will open at Parlor later this year, which will mark Oklahoma City’s second food hall concept. Parlor is the second concept of its kind operated by Meriwether Companies, which launched its first Parlor in Kansas City, Missouri. The Oklahoma City location is a 13,000 square-foot space, once home to…
Iceberg cometh
Released in 1997, director James Cameron’s Titanic won 11 Oscars and made box-office history as the first film to make more than $1 billion worldwide, and its soundtrack featuring the international No. 1 hit “My Heart Will Go On” went platinum 11 times, selling more than 10 million copies. Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma’s production of…
Kiki’s grow
When Hugh Musser says that his company GrOKC is in the medical cannabis industry, he means it. Musser first cut his teeth years ago on cannabis cultivation after a back surgery for issues that arose from his service in the U.S. Marine Corps. “I was on painkillers, nerve blockers, muscle relaxers for quite a while…
Immigration rally
Immigration activists will meet in Lawton on Saturday to demand closures of camps where immigrant children and families are detained. Dream Action Oklahoma (DAOK) is hosting the event in conjunction with organizations such as Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice (OCRJ), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oklahoma and Black Lives Matter Oklahoma. “The overall purpose…
Clockwork life
Life Imagined: The Art and Science of Automata Through Sept. 29 Science Museum Oklahoma 2020 Remington Place sciencemuseumok.org 405-602-6664 Free-$15.95 A clown figurine dressed in a colorful silk shirt stands next to a small table. His head gives a teasing wiggle just as he raises a feathered fan to his face. When the fan comes…
Uptown Creole
Even after training under some of New Orleans’ most renowned chefs, Reuben Carey’s biggest culinary influence remains his paternal grandmother, Jonamae. Carey started Rew Orleans Catering after moving to Oklahoma City four years ago and has a permanent home at Alley Café, 447 NW 23rd St., where he is able to showcase his cooking style…
Super-sized
Mike Odd is not necessarily scared of all clowns, just one in particular. As manager and media representative for the fast food-themed Black Sabbath cover band Mac Sabbath, Odd said he only ever sees frontman Ronald Osbourne in full costume and makeup. “I’m afraid of that clown,” said Odd, who many speculate is actually Osbourne.…
Chicken-Fried News: Rolling thunder
While most of Oklahoma City was sleeping, the shocking news that changed the course of beloved National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise Oklahoma City Thunder blared across notification screens. Not only was reigning NBA finals MVP Kawhi Leonard spurning the team with whom he won a title, he was signing with the Los Angeles Clippers and…
Chicken-Fried News: Oklahoma’s rebrand-around
Say goodbye to Oklahoma’s scissor-Twitter flycatcher plates! Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell wants to ditch Mary Fallin’s infamous 2016 license plate design and replace it with something that is “better than OK,” which is not nearly as inspirational as the Gov. Kevin Stitt cabinet thinks it is. Not only that, but Pinnell wants Oklahoma to get…
Flower review: Tire Fire
Strain name: Tire Fire Grown by: BCC Collective Acquired from: BCC Collective Date acquired: July 4 THC/CBD percentages: No testing available Physical traits: Airy, light green buds with a small number of orange stigmas and glittering trichomes Bouquet: Rubbery and earthy Review: Unlike last week’s strain (which was coincidentally a cross between two strains genetically engineered…
