Published in April 1939 and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1940, The Grapes of Wrath continues to resonate today.
Angela Botzer
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Body slam!
BLOW wrestlers Photo by Mark Hancock When Delicious Diva (Eboni Adams), Texas Chainsaw Mascara (Chase Vegas) and Psychotic Slayer (Amy Halasa) enter the ring, look out for wrestling flips, somersaults, tosses and holds — with makeup and costumes. It’s Balthazar’s Ladies of Wrestling (BLOW) at its finest, and they’re getting ready for an epic upcoming […]
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OMG!
Owner Bang Bui and his fiancée Quyen Le, both originally from Vietnam, opened the restaurant just over a month ago, and the secret word is out — this is a great fusion find. The previous owners of Foodies Asian-American Diner in Midtown, they closed that restaurant and moved to a more affordable space in south […]
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Beacon on the hill
David Sellers Photo by Mark Hancock The Capitol Hill Beacon was established in 1905 as the Capitol Hill News, and David Sellers became a publishing partner in 1967 after learning printing and presswork and earning his journalism degree. He is also known as a leader in the Capitol Hill and south side area of OKC, with […]
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Strings attached
Arsenios Corbishley Photo by Shannon Cornman It’s a delight to watch luthier Arsenios Corbishley in action at his shop, Corbishley Violins, in the Skirvin Hilton Hotel, 1 Park Ave. Corbishley is an artist-in-residence in the Skirvin’s yearlong program, and you can visit his shop at the Skirvin and have a chat while he works. “I […]
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Bloody Mary crawl
Aaron Kaub at The Boom Photo by Mark Hancock When the increasingly sinister character Jack Torrance (played by Jack Nicholson) walks in to a ghostly 1920s bar in the classic horror movie The Shining, the “hair of the dog that bit me” is his drink of choice. While there are numerous drinks that fit in […]
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Tapping tradition
Wayne Cantwell Photo: Mark Hancock An Irish jam session, known as a seisiún in Irish Gaelic, includes an array of musical instruments. Most often, one would find a combination of fiddle; button accordion; flute; tin whistle; guitar; tenor banjo; piano; uilleann (elbow) pipes; and a bodhrán, a goatskin Irish drum. The bouzouki, a Greek stringed […]
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Spice it up
Rane Peterson with Maple Pepper seasoning at Olive and Co. Photo: Shannon Cornman I have a chemistry lab full of herbs, spices, vinegars and oils in my kitchen spice cabinet, but not green and pink peppercorns. So, channeling my inner Sherlock Holmes, the search in Oklahoma City began. Where do cooks go for the more […]
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Devoted to dumplings
Dumplings at Dot Wo Garden Photo: Mark Hancock Chinese dumplings are often sold as street food and are a part of the food family of dim sum, small snacks to accompany tea. Perfect Chinese dumplings are waiting for you at Dot Wo Garden, 6161 N. May Ave. Pot stickers, named because they can stick to […]
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Hot and cool
The ancient method of tandoori baking and cooking can be traced back to India’s nomadic tribes, where ovens or pits were dug into the ground to cook food. The tandoor is also affectionately known as a sanjha choolha, which means “a common cooking place, a community oven.” In India, as the sun set and temperatures […]