Youth movement
From 2011 to 2017, Tulsa native Katelynn Noel Knick called Norman home. Like a lot of people moving to Norman for the first time, her experience in the city began as a new University of Oklahoma (OU) student living in campus dorms. Eventually, she moved out into an apartment on Campus Corner and later into…
Bar work
As the craft cocktail scene has exploded over the last decade, it has become fashionable for all types of cocktail-themed bars across the country to add “speakeasy” to their names, harkening to a time when spirits had to be consumed in clandestine fashion. Eatery & Cocktail Office @ The Union, 616 NW Fifth St., not…
Vital disobedience
60th anniversary march and sit-in reenactment 9 a.m. Aug. 18 Midtown from Frontline Church to Kaiser’s Grateful Bean Cafe 1 E. Sheridan Ave., Suite 100 405-642-4486 Free The Oklahoma City sit-in movement of the late 1950s and ’60s is known for staying nonviolent as it pressed toward its civil rights goals. But while local protests…
Lo and behold
Walk into Lulu & Lo’s, the new clothing boutique and gift shop in downtown Edmond, and you’ll get a cheerful greeting. If owner Lauren Frazier doesn’t say hello first, her miniature longhaired dachshund Maggie will come trotting up instead, weaving around displays of home goods and slipping through the legs of rehabbed furniture. Opened on…
Everything nice
Rainbow Kitten Surprise w/ Wilderado 7 p.m. Aug. 21 The Jones Assembly 901 W. Sheridan Ave. thejonesassembly.com 405-212-2378 $22.50-$55 What is genre in the streaming age? Strict musical niches made sense in yesteryear. When physical distance and money are more of an obstacle, specialty is not only the most economic option, but the most practical.…
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Zig-Zag is the brand name of a well-known line of rolling papers, but it is also a term that could describe the sharp twists and turns in the ever-evolving saga of medical marijuana rule implementation that has unfurled since voters approved State Question 788 in June. The Oklahoma State Board of Health met Aug. 1…
Trendy hops
Oklahoma Craft Beer Summit 9 a.m-5 p.m. Saturday Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. oklahomacraftbeersummit.org 405-708-6937 $75 | 21+ When Oak & Ore owner Micah Andrews hosted the inaugural Oklahoma Craft Beer Summit at his Plaza District gastropub in 2016, the intention was to get the word out about the needs of Oklahoma’s nascent craft…
Hopeful Hotdogs
Since its inception in 2003, a local nonprofit organization has worked diligently to hand-deliver over 200,000 hotdogs to Oklahoma City’s homeless population. In a labor of love, the charity has managed to grow a coordinated network of volunteers committed to feeding hungry mouths in search of their next meal. It all started when Rick Swyden,…
Chicken-Fried News: Friends forever
Oh, to be friends with U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, a man who will stand by his buds through thick and thin, whether they’ve been fired by President Donald Trump or they are being screamed at on Twitter by that same globally powerful fulminator. Well, at least he’s kind of loyal. According to The Oklahoman, Inhofe…
Gazedibles: Decadent desserts
Restaurant desserts can be a tricky proposition. Often you can find the same flourless chocolate cake or Key lime pie across menus as restaurateurs place more emphasis on quickly turning tables than customers enjoying another item. These seven restaurants offer something special for an after-dinner treat. By Jacob Threadgill | Photos by Jacob Threadgill and…
Smashing success
Creation and destruction go hand in hand, not so much two sides of the same coin as essential stages of an unending cycle. In artistic terms, the idea finds expression in recently opened Chaos Studio, 1322 NW Sixth St. The experience available to customers can be broadly divided into two forms of activity. On tables…
Neighborhood legacy
Ray’s Café 2727 NW 50th St. 405-942-4100 What works: Thursday’s Persian night is a chance to explore cuisine not found much in the metro area. What needs work: The hash browns needed to be more crisp. Tip: Check out Indian taco (Tuesday and Wednesdays) and catfish (Fridays) specials. As Shermin Khazaeli and Reza “Ray” Moeeni…
Slay farewell
Slayer 4:30 p.m. Aug. 16 The Zoo Amphitheatre 2101 NE 50th St. thezooamphitheatre.com 800-514-3849 $42-$195 Released in October 1986, Reign in Blood was Slayer’s third full-length studio album, but for many soon-to-be-converted metalheads in the decades since, it remains their first exposure to a lifelong obsession. “Slayer’s like the gateway drug into metal for a…
Subversive stories
Bad in Bed Live! 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through June 30 8 p.m. Aug. 16, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Aug. 17-18, 11 a.m. Aug. 19 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $35-$38 21+ Shelby Simpson didn’t want to read her own book. The Enid-born author didn’t think the subject matter…
Chicken-Fried News: Scooter clutter
Since the construction of the streetcar began, drivers and pedestrians in Oklahoma City’s urban core have been dodging orange pylons and construction debris, but it’s all in the name of progress. Another sign in the march for public transportation evolution began popping up in and around downtown last week with the unveiling of 50 electric…
Chicken-Fried News: Clear the air
There’s something in the air. Oklahomans, like the Chicken-Fried News staff who pop Zyrtec on the regular to ward off allergies, are all too aware of this. On a national level, it seems the number of people who get sick from air pollutants is on the rise. A recent study published in the journal Nature…
Next Issue: Annie Oakley takes a great leap forward in style and substance
P. 27 With the forthcoming release of Words We Mean, the Oklahoma City-based Americana trio Annie Oakley takes a great leap forward in style and substance. By Jeremy Martin Cover photo by Madi Jones
