Full of ‘Heart’
The Tempest 1. The theatrical event of the year was hardly a play and barely was produced. Nevertheless, Dustin Lance Black’s 8 boasted wonderful acting and able staging (by Stephen Hilton) at the Freede Little Theatre under the auspices of the Oklahoma Theatre Guild, a loosely formed coalition of state theater companies and individuals. The…
Boulevard of broken dreams?
Their rationale is that our vibrant arts community has limited area for expansion; making it unlikely that it could develop in Bricktown or the much-beloved Paseo District. The center of interest for a “new Santa Fe” is in the Market District with the Farmers Public Market as the hub. There is ample room for art…
LETTERS
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LETTERS
Oklahoma Gazette provides an open forum for the discussion of all points of view in its Letters to the Editor section. The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity. Letters can be mailed, faxed, emailed to pbacharach@okgazette. com or sent online at okgazette.com, but include a city of residence and contact…
Under-handed
Credit: Brad Gregg But guilty of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn.? Say it ain’t so! Unfortunately for Underwood (and for the principle of common decency), a leader of the Westboro Baptist Church named Margie Phelps did say it. Referencing Underwood’s recent vocal problems, Phelps took to Twitter to write (using both opposable thumbs, one assumes),…
Finding common ground
Jack McMahan addresses the city’s Parks and Recreation Committee Credit: Mark Hancock Jack McMahan, Wilderness Matters’ executive director, made an hour-long presentation at the Dec. 19 commission meeting, trying to ease fears voiced by groups such as the Sierra Club and Friends of Martin Park Nature Center. An outdoorsman who has used a wheelchair since…
Off-court courting
Credit: Brad Gregg But drama and rivalry appear to surround the minxy R&B songstress. In fact, hoopsvibe.com goes as far as to call her the Yoko Ono of the NBA, obliquely suggesting that James Harden’s departure from the Thunder prior to the season had something to do with a love triangle between him, Ibaka and…
Bridge over clean water
Without it, crops would shrivel, disease would spread and everything would die. For people in many parts of the world, that scenario is closer to reality than many realize. The Water4 Foundation, an Oklahoma City-based charity organization, is trying to change that. “Every 22 seconds, a child in the world dies because of unsanitary water,”…
Faking it
S&B Bloody Mary mocktail Credit: Shannon Cornman But what about for those who don’t drink? And those who refrain for the night so as to provide transportation for the imbibers? Bartenders have begun to offer intriguing selections that go beyond soda and humdrum H2O. Designated drivers, those dutiful DDs, deserve frou-frou beverages, too. While Opus…
The Mayans were wrong!
Club One15 shrimp cocktail Credit: Shannon Cornman Blu Fine Wine & Food, 201 S. Crawford in Norman, would like to celebrate with you. It’s hosting a dinner for two, which features a four-course meal and bottle of red or white bubbles. It’ll cost you $125 per couple. For more information, call 360-4258. Maybe you’d like…
Courts of appeal
It’s been a lifelong dream for Austin Brown to reside in New York City, where he now lives, but he’s glad he grew up in Texas. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have met his partner-in-crime, Andrew Savage. “Whatever I wanted to do with my life, I wanted to do it here,” Brown said. “I’d always had that…
Their lips were sealed
Credit: Brad Gregg Former OSU student Nathan Cochran was arrested Dec. 12 after being charged with three charges of sexual battery for allegedly groping and performing sex acts on other male students as they slept. One of the victims reported an incident to OSU officials Nov. 12. After a total of five victims came forward,…
Happenings the week of Dec. 26, 2012
A Day on the Farm, featuring artist Cheri Wollenberg. Gallery Grazioso, 301 W. Oklahoma, 282-6467, gallerygrazioso.com. A.R.T. Show: Art in Recycled Trash, featuring art made with recycled and upcycled items, Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 N.E. 52nd, 602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org. Color Exploration, featuring artist Joy Richardson. Gallery Grazioso, 301 W. Oklahoma, 282-6467, gallerygrazioso.com. Color My Way, artist…
Happenings the week of Dec. 26, 2012
A Day on the Farm, featuring artist Cheri Wollenberg. Gallery Grazioso, 301 W. Oklahoma, 282-6467, gallerygrazioso.com. A.R.T. Show: Art in Recycled Trash, featuring art made with recycled and upcycled items, Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 N.E. 52nd, 602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org. Color Exploration, featuring artist Joy Richardson. Gallery Grazioso, 301 W. Oklahoma, 282-6467, gallerygrazioso.com. Color My Way, artist…
Guns, guns, guns!
Credit: Brad Gregg Classes already have plenty of books and backpacks. What schools really need are more guns. McCullough’s resolution: Strap teachers and principals with firepower. After all, this is Oklahoma, where no politician has ever been hurt by making sweet, sweet love to the Second Amendment. Three days after the Dec. 14 tragedy, McCullough…
Ann can
Credit: Mark Hancock For about 10 years, up until last Aug., I lived in Fort Collins, Colo. From the start, the two things I wished for most were Tex-Mex and Southern cooking. Restaurants in the Fort did neither of them, and when they attempted it, it was almost like watching a particularly stomach-churning episode of…
Deck those halls
Stephanie Humes at A Date with Iris Credit: Mark Hancock Warm-drink sipping, cold-weather loving, holiday music-listening into them. Probably my favorite part, if I were forced to list only one thing other than cooler temps, would be the decorating. Transforming living spaces that are normally calm and serene into fantastical displays of pine-cone-scented garland, complete…
Pedal up
Credit: Shannon Cornman Last month, Edmond City Council approved a master plan to create more than 140 miles of bike lanes in and around Edmond. City planners said the need for safer bike lanes stemmed from public interest in both the fitness aspects of bike riding and, with gas prices, the need for alternative modes…
More to build
Eric Wenger Credit: Mark Hancock Much of Project 180 is to be paid for by tax increment financing (TIF) district 8, which surrounds the new Devon World Headquarters. A TIF caps property tax revenue and diverts property tax values above that cap to other projects. As part of its agreement with the city, Devon loaned…
‘A precious gift’
Rusty and Marilyn Yeakley The Yeakleys adopted Maegan in August 2002. Months later, a routine medical checkup revealed that she had hydrocephalus and a rare developmental condition known as schizencephaly, which caused some of her cerebral lobes to deform. A shunt was placed in Maegan’s brain and she began developmental therapy. By November of 2003,…
Le Freak
Credit: Brad Gregg Of course, he also tweeted “!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” on Dec. 19, so the concert video may be getting shorted on the exclamation points. No official release date has been announced, so we’ll just trust Coyne’s word that it will be sometime soon. A preview of Freak Night (catchphrase: “!!!Party!!!Death!!!Love!!!” — no, really) on…
The second time around
Michael Dover credit: Clifton Adcock A new request for proposal (RFP) document, which seeks organizations to run the wellness centers, was passed last week by both the MAPS 3 Senior Wellness Center Subcommittee and the MAPS 3 Citizens Advisory Board. The City Council will likely consider the item on Jan. 8. This is the city’s…
OKG7 more Gazette staff faves
Paseo Grill2909 Paseopaseogrill.com601-1079 Our editor-in-chief, Phil Bacharach, is particular about more than punctuation. “I love the Paseo Grill. For one, it’s cozy and intimate without being creepy. More important, the food is excellent — a middle ground between gourmet and comfort fare. I’m partial to the salmon and steaks, but the fried green bean appetizer…
Heaven and earth
Blue Nile Keep on truckin’Pioneers like Big Truck Tacos and Wild Al’s cleared the road, and now mobile food has blossomed in Oklahoma City. Taste of Soul Egg Roll, Grouchy Sam’s, Roxy’s Ice Cream, Heo’s Kitchen — whatever you want, you can find it on wheels. And business for Waffle Champion was so good, a…
