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Fall Guide: Colorful Chorophyll
Oklahoma isn’t exactly known for its autumnal weather. Okies aren’t usually donning puffy vests or boots until mid-November. But even though its fall season is short, often lasting only a few weeks, the leaves on its trees still break down their chlorophyll, which causes the changes in color, before falling off for winter. The best…
Perfect partnership
The musicians playing on it never broke up or really even formed a band, exactly, but Years to Burn is basically a reunion album. The follow-up to 2005’s In the Reins, Years to Burn, released in June, is the second collaborative album released by Iron & Wine and Calexico. Calexico and Iron & Wine 8…
Higher abdication
A group of Oklahomans demand sweeping reform at a local university. On Our Campus, a podcast co-hosted by former university dean Suzette Grillot and independent journalist Marty Peercy, was created to achieve that goal by shining light on corruption and misconduct at University of Oklahoma (OU). Its inaugural episode Sept. 7 featured calls recorded by…
Northpark speakeasy
Entrance to The Hamilton Supperette & Lounge doesn’t require a password, but the new restaurant and bar from the owners of Café 7 does feel like a speakeasy with its secluded location on the back side of Shoppes at Northpark. Located at 12232 N. May Ave., on the eastern end of the mall, The Hamilton…
Fall Guide: Collective tones
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Rising comic
After two national tours, a Netflix special and seven seasons on one of the 21st century’s best-loved sitcoms, Nick Offerman is ready to consider himself a comedian. Nick Offerman 7 p.m. Sept. 29 The Criterion 500 E. Sheridan Drive criterionokc.com 405-840-5500 $45-$650 “I’m not one to toot my own horn, and especially in the realm…
Youth voters
Several local civic groups teamed up to register voters at every Oklahoma City public high school next week. Part of a larger partnership between Generation Citizen and Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS), the effort aims to empower young people to advocate for change. “We’re a national civics education organization,” said Amy Curran, executive director of…
Fall Guide: Active public
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Fall Guide: Seasonal spirits
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Fall Guide: Autumnal indicas
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Gazedibles: Fall favorites
Fall is just around the corner, which means that it will actually start to cool down. By embracing seasonal ingredients like squash and heavier items, we can all enjoy watching the leaves change with full stomachs. By Jacob Threadgill with provided photos Kitchen No. 324324 N. Robinson Ave. kitchen324.com | 405-763-5911 The poached pear salad…
Chicken-Fried News: Wing stop?
A continuing city council squabble over a planned public art installation in Enid might mean the work remains incomplete after more than two years of construction. Oklahoma artist Romy Owens asked Enid city council for a deadline extension for “Under Her Wing was the Universe” — a 25-foot-high, 130-foot-long walkthrough sculpture she designed with artist…
Chicken-Fried News: Convenient narrative
If you, an average person, decided to leave your job without providing two weeks notice, which would give the former employer the ability to adequately find a replacement, would you expect them to roll out the red carpet if you returned on a business meeting as a member of your former company’s biggest competitor? That’s…
Tribute hotel
The Ellison Hotel, set to open in 2021, will stand in The Triangle at Classen Curve and work in partnership with Ralph Ellison Foundation. It will mark Marriott International’s first foray into Oklahoma under its Tribute Portfolio brand, which focuses on independent boutique hotels “rooted in their local community.” The 75,000 square-foot hotel will house…
Flower Review: XJ-13
Strain name: XJ-13 Grown by: Heartland Farms Acquired from: Get Bak’d Date acquired: Sept. 11 THC/CBD percentages: (No testing available) Physical traits: Light green with a moderate number of orange stigmas and rich in trichomes that are denser closer to the bud’s core Bouquet: Very deep, strong citrus Review: This was one of those strains…
Tropical leaves
With the summer now behind us, if you missed a tropical vacation this year, you might at least get a glimpse of one by visiting some local tropical-themed dispensaries. On the eastside of Oklahoma City is Toucannabis Wellness Co. & Dispensary, 3037 NE 23rd St. It opened as a CBD store well before carrying THC…
Okie fringe
Promising a “fresh out of the ground, unrefined” experience, the inaugural Theatre Crude Fringe Festival offers 10 experimental stage shows Sept. 25-Oct. 6 at Capitol View Event Center, 5201 N. Lincoln Blvd., and The Venue at Plenty Mercantile, 807 N. Broadway Ave. Theatre Crude Fringe Festival Sept. 25-Oct. 6 Capitol View Event Center 5201 N.…
Chicken-Fried News: Okie stooges
Oklahoma’s very own three stooges already forgot Mexico was supposed to pay for president Donald Trump’s border wall. But who can blame them? It’s not like Trump tweets about the southern border all the time or anything. In a press release, Sens. James Lankford and Jim Inhofe, along with congressman Kevin Hern, said it was…
