First Look: OSO brings forward-thinking taqueria concept to Paseo in late October
The newest restaurant addition to Paseo Arts District comes from the neighborhood’s most prominent restaurateurs, owner Shaun Fiaccone and chef Ryan Parrott (Picasso Café, The Other Room and upcoming Frida), who will introduce OSO at the end of October. Located at 603 NW 28th Street on the lower level of the new Pueblo development, OSO will…
Top job
The veteran Drew Edmondson is a happy man. He has the kind of genuine happiness, it seems, that comes from being comfortable in one’s own skin and basking in the blissful state where age meets peace of mind. His years of making thought-out and difficult but morally sound decisions have resulted in what appears to…
Striking film
Strike, Dear Mistress, and Cure His Heart 8 p.m. Oct. 18 Rodeo Cinema 2221 Exchange Ave. rodeocinema.org 405-815-3275 $10 Online movie database IMDB credits Mickey Reece as writer and director on 30 films. The Oklahoma-based filmmaker — whose Strike, Dear Mistress, and Cure His Heart screens at Rodeo Cinema, 2221 Exchange Ave., on Oct. 18…
Curious Jad
Curiosity Fest 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Oct. 20 Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. okhumanities.org/curiosityfest 405-235-0280 $20-$100 Not knowing can make you feel sick, but maybe that isn’t a bad thing. Jad Abumrad, creator and cohost of award-winning National Public Radio program and podcast Radiolab, is scheduled to make that argument when he delivers…
Fast pasta
With extensive experience in fast food and fast-casual concepts both here in the United States and the Middle East, entrepreneur Bassam Saleh moved to Oklahoma City about a year ago and immediately began surveying the city to look for a void in the restaurant market. While going through school in the U.S., Saleh started out…
Loose in OKC
Kyle Kinane’s Shooting for Third tour 8 p.m. Sunday The Paramount OKC 11 N. Lee Ave. facebook.com/okccomedy $25-$30 “I’m 41, and my name is Kyle, which means I’m on borrowed time, man,” comedian Kyle Kinane told Conan O’Brien earlier this year. “Look, there’s no such thing as an old Kyle. … My name’s not in…
Radical art
Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts and Crafts Movement Saturday-Jan. 6 Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch Drive okcmoa.com 405-236-3100 Free-$12 On Saturday, Oklahoma City Museum of Art opens Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts and Crafts Movement, its latest display featuring works from as early as the mid-1800s. The…
Class clown
Puddles Pity Party 8 p.m. Sunday Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com $35-$105 There are some moments of reality TV that become iconic and help launch entire careers. Puddles Pity Party’s first appearance on America’s Got Talent in 2017 is one such moment. On this particular episode, the nearly 7-foot-tall clown in a billowing…
Strong foundation
Mary Golda Ross Elementary School bilingual assistant Elizabeth Claudio, 26, had never met the president of The Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools when she received an email from her a few years ago. But the email, she said, led her to believe that the woman must be an angel. It basically asked Oklahoma City…
Chicken-Fried News: The thin wooden line
Oklahoma is one of 19 states in the country that still allows corporal punishment to be used to discipline school students, but when does a paddling become full-on child abuse? We at Chicken-Fried News — call us hippies if you want — think it’s as soon as the paddle comes off the wall, but an…
New beginnings
After Chae Modern Korean surprisingly closed its highly successful 23rd Street location in April, fans were excited to see the restaurant’s popular oxtail soup and bibimbap appear on the menu at Ur/bun, also opened by Daniel Chae. Now, Chae is bringing the rest of Chae Modern Korean’s menu to newly independent Chae Café, 7300 Western…
OKC rearview
Mick Cornett beams amiability. In press conferences, in official city functions or while puttering around The Paseo Arts District, he projects likability. Within the bubble of Oklahoma City, many from both sides of the political divide viewed his ascension from mayor to governor as guaranteed, even destined. Cornett’s new book, The Next American City: The…
Gazedibles: Gluten mindfulness
Although full-on celiac disease affects about 200,000 new cases every year in the country, there are many more that are gluten-insensitive. These seven restaurants not only make gluten-free substitutions on the menu, they have more than one option. By Jacob Threadgill with photos by Alexa Ace and provided Elemental Coffee Roasters 815 N. Hudson…
Indigenous voices
In 2010, Oklahoma City Theatre Company launched the Native American New Play Festival to showcase the creative talents of indigenous playwrights. In June, the festival staged Round Dance by Arigon Starr, and the production was the company’s most financially successful in five years, according to a press release from the festival’s directors, and State Representative David…
Funny books
Jerry Bennett’s boisterous and bellowing laugh is a whale song within the region’s comic book community, guiding fans through perilous mobs of cosplayers and pop culture completionists packed into sprawling convention spaces. Armed with a print wall of whimsical, referential mashups from movies, comics and cartoons as well as a silver, bushy beard of local…
Honduran flavor
Mi Tierra Restaurant Sabor Catracho 3043 NW 16th St. 405-839-8051 What works: Fried green plantains are like a cross between potato chip and french fry. What needs work: The chicken was slightly overcooked. Tip: Get traditional seafood stew on the weekends. As I’m driving around Oklahoma City, I’m always looking for small and unassuming restaurants…
Off book
The Literati Variety Show 7 p.m. Friday The Paseo Plunge 3010 Paseo St. literatipressok.com 405-882-7032 Free The Paseo Arts District has long been a hub of art and creativity in Oklahoma City, and now a group of writers and performers are setting out on a new entertainment venture to showcase local talent. The Literati Variety…
Up “Elevator”
The New Tribe 9 p.m. Friday The Root 3012 N. Walker Ave. facebook.com/therootokc 405-697-0718 $5 Meet the new The New Tribe, (mostly) the same as the old The New Tribe. Drummer Adam Sarmiento said the band started in Norman “like 25 years ago,” played for “three or four years,” then “called it quits” until a…
Chicken-Fried News: Wild showdown
A showdown of sorts took place recently within the parameters of Oklahoma City Zoo. Lions, tigers and bears were not involved. Instead, a Second Amendment advocate challenged the zoo’s no-gun policy by bringing his gun in and openly carrying. Zoo officials said they believe that their policy does not violate any laws, but Don Spencer,…
Chicken-Fried News: Handmaid University
Intolerance doesn’t always march on Southern cities bearing tiki torches while chanting, “You will not replace us.” Sometimes it toils quietly, seemingly benign, in quiet places of authority and trust. And in a recent story broken by OU Daily, sometimes it is responsible for shaping tomorrow’s legal minds. On Sept. 30, OU Daily reported that…
Victims unite
When 45-year-old Oklahoma City mortgage loan officer Lauren Layman finally laid eyes on the man who raped and murdered her great-grandmother 35 years ago, she felt a little sorry for him. Lester Blackbear was 27 years old when he allegedly broke into 77-year-old Ola Kirk’s apartment one summer night in 1983. He was accused of…
Soulful vegan
Oklahoma City chef Nicole Asali is fully aware of the preconceived notions surrounding a plant-based diet. Asali, a culinary arts graduate from Francis Tuttle Technology Center and chef at Oak Tree National, founded the vegan soul food meal planning company Health Koncious about two years ago. “I wanted to see if it was possible to…
