Oklahoma Regional FIRST Robotics Competition Thursday-Saturday Cox Convention Center 1 Myriad Gardens oklahomafirst.org Featuring four basketball goals at each end of the court and seesawing ramps in the middle, the event pits statewide high schools’ hand-built robots against one another, capable of picking up foam basketballs and delivering them to a firing system that will […]
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Breaking fast
Rather than slurping down soggy cereal or a heavily processed food-type product, metro eateries offer nourishing options for your morning meal. The Diner, 213 Main in Norman, has become a tradition among the go-to stops for breakfast munchies. Packed with classic American fare, the menu even attracted Guy Fieri of Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-ins and […]
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Jackpot jukebox
“It amazes me just how many people are still into Elvis,” said Mike Black, an Elvis Presley impersonator. Black has donned the ’70s-era Elvis wardrobe for years, crooning for poker players as a side gig to his band, Mike Black and the Stingrays. “It’s not just the old people, but also the younger people,” he […]
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JV’s Fillin’ Station
“Punk rockers like three chords and the truth: That’s country music all over,” said Jay Vick, front man of JV’s Fillin’ Station. Vick cut his teeth in punk and metal bands, but a 1999 chance encounter with alt-country act Split Lip Rayfield tweaked his interest in exploring more traditional music forms. “It lit a fire […]
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JV’s Fillin’ Station
“Punk rockers like three chords and the truth: That’s country music all over,” said Jay Vick, front man of JV’s Fillin’ Station. Vick cut his teeth in punk and metal bands, but a 1999 chance encounter with alt-country act Split Lip Rayfield tweaked his interest in exploring more traditional music forms. “It lit a fire […]
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Wanton ‘West’
Sahlah Tepes hoped Le Tepes Rouge’s “Naughty Nutcracker” would warm the hearts of Christmas curmudgeons this year. Unfortunately, a ballerina’s broken foot forced a revival of the variety troupe’s most popular production, “The Wild, Wild West.” Boasting more than 60 artists, Le Tepes Rouge includes belly dancers, trapeze artists, fabric dancers, clowns, burlesque comedians and […]
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Wanton ‘West’
Sahlah Tepes hoped Le Tepes Rouge’s “Naughty Nutcracker” would warm the hearts of Christmas curmudgeons this year. Unfortunately, a ballerina’s broken foot forced a revival of the variety troupe’s most popular production, “The Wild, Wild West.” Boasting more than 60 artists, Le Tepes Rouge includes belly dancers, trapeze artists, fabric dancers, clowns, burlesque comedians and […]
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Chill out
Oklahomans have a love/hate relationship with ice. On one hand, we have devastating storms. On the other, we have the Oklahoma City Barons hockey team and ice rinks dotting the map, including a brand-new outdoor rink debuting Friday at the Festival Marketplace in Edmond. Running from noon to 10 p.m. daily, the rink aims to […]
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Meyer on fire
Migratory indie songbird Meredith Meyer and her new band are about to release an EP that could mark the Oklahoma City native as the next hipster love affair. The 2012 release will be the first new material from Meyer since 2008’s “It’s Spooky to Be Young” seduced enough Los Angeles ears to land the track […]
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Meyer on fire
Migratory indie songbird Meredith Meyer and her new band are about to release an EP that could mark the Oklahoma City native as the next hipster love affair. The 2012 release will be the first new material from Meyer since 2008’s “It’s Spooky to Be Young” seduced enough Los Angeles ears to land the track […]