New York Times crossword July 12
Answer guide for July 5 puzzle:
OKG Lifestyle: Krystal Yoseph
EAT Pork Belly Banh Mi from Livegrass Butcher + Bistro WATCH Insecure on HBO Max READ Kindred by Octavia E. Butler LOVE Black Lives Matter (BLM), Oklahoma City and world peace EXPERIENCE Drive-ins! Thanks to #dCFF20 getting it back on my radar, that’s my 2020 summer social preference. A close second goes to backyard projection…
Decades in the making, city set to realize Core to Shore vision
Almost a year after Oklahoma City formally opened sprawling Scissortail Park south of the central business district, three other big park projects that would fulfill the long-held vision of connecting downtown to the Oklahoma River and to the southside are in progress. When plans were drawn to relocate an obsolete and crumbling section of Interstate…
Free Will Astrology: week of July 9
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration,” said singer Laura Nyro. This is practical advice for you to heed in the coming weeks. According to my analysis, you’re scheduled to enjoy an extended engagement with rich, fertile complexity. The best teachings…
OKG Artists: Greg Pogue Jr.
Oklahoma Gazette: How did you get into making art? Greg Pogue Jr.: I started drawing at an early age. I use to draw Marvel comic characters and cartoons. I took a break so I could focus on playing sports during high school and college, and I didn’t start back drawing until I had a terrible…
OKC Zoo and OG&E launch statewide library program, Read for Adventure
Read for Adventure, the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden’s statewide literacy program, continues for its fourth year with an exciting change that will have participants all a flutter! Sponsored by OG&E, this year’s program features a new, original children’s book, Juniper’s Butterfly Garden–A Small Start for a Better World. Beginning Wednesday, July 8, Oklahoma…
New normal
It’s hard to believe the massive shift in daily life that Oklahoma City residents have experienced since March. For most of us, the turning point was March 11, when Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 just before a home Thunder game. I had just sent my Rose State students off on spring…
Local restaurant groups take different approaches to reopening
Cautious 84 Hospitality Group Empire Slice House, Revolución, Burger Punk, Gorō Ramen, Gun Izakaya, Little Market Taking one of the most cautious approaches among operators in Oklahoma City, 84 Hospitality has yet to reopen on-site dining to patrons at any of its locations; it closed all in mid-March. Founder and CEO Rachel Cope recently revealed…
New York Times crossword July 5
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Chicken-Fried News: Police “posse”
At a time when citizens are demanding more training and accountability from their law enforcement, Canadian County Sheriff Chris West announced open applications for his all-volunteer “sheriff’s posse.” Nothing could be more tone-deaf than calling for a return to Wild West tropes during a time when Black people are demanding that they stop being murdered…
PRESS RELEASE Midtown Walkabout expands to monthlong celebration, Midtown Walkabout Month
Midtown Walkabout is back! Downtown Oklahoma City Partnership and the Midtown Association are excited to introduce a modified version of the event that will allow the community to support their favorite Midtown businesses all month long. Midtown Walkabout Month will take place all day on Saturdays in July and will feature summertime promotions and activities…
Durable industry
For the Oklahoma cannabis industry, the months since the coronavirus pandemic hit the state have been both the best and worst of times. “Frankly, the last three months have been great from a business perspective. It’s reflected in the retail numbers, which have been record-setting. I don’t know that it’s all attributable to the pandemic,…
Free Will Astrology: Week of July 2
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries author Marge Piercy writes, “The people I love the best, jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows.” The Aries people I love best will do just that in the coming days. Now is not the right time to wait around passively, lazily hoping that something better will…
Chicken-Fried News: Empty circus
Tulsa mayor and wannabe Warby Parker model G.T. Bynum could barely contain his enthusiasm when Donald Trump announced his first rally in months for Tulsa. Trump voters, however, turned out to be less enthusiastic, filling only about a third of BOK Center, an arena successfully sold out previously by the likes of Nickelback and The…
Eliminate hate
As Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City enters its fifth year as an official chapter, there is still much work to be done. While the groundwork was laid in 2015, the Oklahoma City chapter became recognized officially the following year. Executive director Rev. T. Sheri Dickerson said she was approached by one of the founders, Patrisse…
