Oklahoma Gazette: How did you meet, and when did you start making music together? Jim Hanft and Samantha Yonack: We met at a friend’s comedy show and a week later wrote our first song together. OKG: What’s the story of After So Many Days? What made you decide to play a show every day for […]
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deadCenter Film Festival: Q&A with documentary director Cheryl Horner McDonough
Oklahoma Gazette: When did you decide to make a documentary about the survivors of the Parkland shooting? How did you go about getting in touch with them and actually making the documentary? Cheryl Horner McDonough: I was inspired to make this film in the immediate aftermath of the tragic Valentine’s Day school shooting in Parkland, […]
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deadCenter 2020: OKG talks with the creators of Shifter
Brittany Pickering: We’re here talking with Jacob Burns and Zachary Burns about their film Shifter, which is in deadCenter Film Festival this year. Hi, guys. How are you? Jacob Leighton Burns: Doing good. How are you doing? Zachary Burns: Doing great! Brittany Pickering: Good! Can you guys give a short description of the film so that […]
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deadCenter 2020: Q&A with director and screenwriter Ella Janes
Oklahoma Gazette: At 13 years old, you’re the youngest filmmaker accepted to deadCenter Film Festival. How did you become interested in filmmaking? Ella Janes: I became interested in filmmaking because I grew up around it. My parents both are in the film industry, and so I always knew what to do and always had access […]
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deadCenter 2020: OKG talks with Lance McDaniel about this year’s festival
Brittany Pickering, editor-in-chief of Oklahoma Gazette: I’m here with Lance McDaniel, executive director of deadCenter Film Festival, and he’s going to talk to us about this year’s festival. Lance McDaniel, executive director of deadCenter Film Festival: Yes. Thank you, Brittany, for having me, and thank you to the Gazette because you guys have been a […]
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Black Lives Matter OKC protest slideshow and call for cleanup
May 31st, Black Lives Matter OKC held a peaceful protest at the Oklahoma State Capitol. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities across the country put their lives at risk in many ways and gathered to protest violence against black people after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while in police custody. An […]
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#WeRemember
It has been 25 years since Oklahoma City’s worst day, and though we have forged onward into the future, it has left a lasting mark. That mark could have made us afraid and suspicious of change; instead, we look forward to progress and hold the courage of so many that day as a standard to […]
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Children’s authors read their books online
We’ve been self-isolating for weeks now, and we’re all starting to get stir-crazy, but we have to admit that parents and caretakers of small children have most likely been feeling that way since day three. Luckily, children’s authors understand and have taken to the internet to distract your little monsters so you can get a […]
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Paseo’s First Friday art walk goes virtual
Artists in The Paseo Arts District haven’t given up on First Friday just because COVID-19 has forced us all to stay home and avoid contagion. Little D Gallery owner Denise Duong and artist and builder Gabriel Friedman’s Just in Quarantime: A Group Art Show Live Stream show features T.O. Bowman on display for the first […]
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Take a virtual tour of Henry Overholser Mansion
If you’ve ever wondered what Henry Overholser Mansion looks like on the inside, wonder no more. Today at 2 p.m., mansion coordinator Lisa Escalon is giving a virtual guided tour. Overholser Mansion, located at 405 NW 15th St., was built in 1903 by Henry and Anna Overholser and was technically outside “town,” over a mile away from […]