Austin has Richard Linklater. Baltimore has John Waters and Oklahoma City has Mickey Reece (if we can keep him). Having completed somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 features in the last decade, his most recent offerings have elevated him from guerilla filmmaker to an auteur whose latest flick, Agnes (2021), received a Tribeca Film Festival […]
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Cinema Scene
Movie theaters were among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and with viral numbers bouncing back with the delta variant, even Hollywood blockbusters still aren’t bringing in the numbers they otherwise would have. Competing also with a steadily growing list of streaming services, many of which are offering simultaneous releases either included with a […]
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High Sea
While vacationing in Panama, Jarrod Friedel was directed to a restaurant that served a traditional Indian meal, tikka masala, with seafood. The meal there was terrible, Friedel said, but it gave him an idea. Each month, Guyutes chefs Friedel and Matt Pryor team up with Oklahoma Gazette to offer cannabis-infused dishes that go beyond brownies […]
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Strain Review: Kish Mintz
Strain name: Kish Mintz Grown by: Dream Leaf Farms Acquired from: The Lettuce Bar Date acquired: Oct. 12 Physical traits: light green with purple Bouquet: sweet and spicy Review: Normally, the premier shelf (whether it’s called “top,” “platinum,” “exotic” or so on) is where the strains for these reviews are culled, but upon a first […]
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Strain Review: Fish Scale
Strain name: Fish Scale Grown by: Cookies Acquired from: Cookies Date acquired: Oct. 12 Physical traits: frosted purple with hints of light green Bouquet: gassy and sweet Review: While there’s definitely a lot of Oklahoma pride in the state’s cannabis industry, there are also a large number of Cookies fans, and for good reason. The […]
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Halloween Kills Review
If you’re in the mood to watch Michael Myers graphically and gruesomely slaughter people for 100 minutes, then Halloween Kills is the movie for you. But if you’re looking for plot development, characterization or anything but a three-ring circus of tired horror tropes, you’re out of luck. The second installment of the latest reboot series […]
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High Standards
There’s no dispute that BCC Collective has the most eye-catching of public Oklahoma dispensary art, with its massive JEKS murals covering both the southern and eastern exposures of the building providing photorealistic portraits of Albert Einstein, Willy Wonka and Darth Vader, among others. But across the city and state, the burgeoning cannabis industry has provided […]
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Strain Review: Killer Cupcake
Strain name: Killer Cupcake Grown by: Honey Creek Acquired from: Paseo Cannabis Collective Date acquired: Oct. 4 Physical traits: purple and light green with frosted trichomes Bouquet: gassy and earthy Review: Many times, if in a hurry or feeling adventurous, the inclination is to just ask a budtender (one who smokes, that is — it’s […]
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Strain Review: Eastside MAC
Strain name: Eastside MAC Grown by: Spring Farms Acquired from: Midwest Cures Date acquired: Oct. 4 Physical traits: purple and light green Bouquet: earthy and sweet Review: A cross between two potent strains, Eastside OG and Miracle Alien Cookies AKA MAC, this one is no joke. As best anyone can tell, Eastside is a combination […]
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Let the streets sing
The story of contemporary street art probably starts with illegal graffiti in the 1960s, but the Oklahoma chapter is still writing itself across blank walls and empty canvases. We all remember the “Killroy Was Here” WWII-era drawings from the history books, have seen the early graffiti styles in footage of subways in the 60s and […]