Uptown Outside
If you’re driving down NW 23rd Street on Oct. 18, you might have to take a detour to avoid a bunch of free fun, but you could just park and join the party. Returning for its fourth year, Uptown Outside is a free street festival featuring skating, local food and art, and best of all,…
Startup sound
Computer Girl with BaileyBoy and Monte 9 p.m. Saturday Oct. 11 51st St. Speakeasy 1114 NW 51st St. 51stspeakeasy.com $5 OKC electronic rock band Computer Girl’s new full-length debut Screech is the follow-up to 2021’s self-titled EP. So what’s changed in three years? “Everything,” said drummer Jenna Bennett. Computer Girl the EP, which began as…
Happy haunting
Remember being scared of vampires and werewolves and, like, Freddy Krueger and other cool monsters instead of pretty much every facet of daily life? Nowadays, Halloween is perhaps the most relaxing time of the year, so let’s pumpkin spice it up. Here’s a lucky 13 or so fun-sounding goings-on going on in the metro this…
Good bones
Dead as a Dodo Oct. 23-25 Te Ata Theatre Oklahoma Contemporary 11 NW 11th St. oklahomacontemporary.org$45-$50 On a freezing January night in New York City, Jackson Gifford planned on staying home. “My roommate’s grandmother had just passed away a night or two before, so she was feeling very somber,” Gifford said. “We were just having…
Radioactive dreams
Chat Pile 8 p.m. Thursday Oct. 16 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheater.com$40.92-53.79 When we spoke to guitarist Hayden Pedigo about his excellent album I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away back in June, he seemed at least as excited about his upcoming collaboration with Chat Pile, In the Earth Again. “I think we…
Italian revival
Built in 1925, the Packard building at the corner of NW 10th Street and N. Robinson Avenue was reimagined in 2013. For over a decade, it was home to Packard’s New American Kitchen. For a long time, Packard’s was packed: a popular lunch spot for downtowners, a happy hour hub and a favorite with the…
Flavor, ladled
Bar Sen1630 N. Blackwelder Ave.barsenokc.com405-702-1500 Highlights at Bar Sen include Khao Piek Sen, a Lao noodle soup made with house chicken stock seasoned with fish sauce, handmade rice noodles, chicken breast, quail eggs, herbs, garlic oil, fried shallots, cracked pepper and lime. Another standout is the Suki Yaki, featuring pork broth with bean thread noodles,…
Creativity blooms
A devoted mom to two young children, Adaeze Elijah, founder of Bloomfield Kids Arts & Crafts Studio, 610 S. Kelley Ave., Suite Y, in Edmond, knows that art and creative activities boost academic performance and support mental health. A 2019 report by Houston’s Arts Access Initiative stated, “Students with access to arts programs report lower…
