The Loneliest Planet
Forty-nine minutes pass before an act of what passes for conflict occurs. Ironically, doing so further slows a glacial pace. The existential Western Meek’s Cutoff looks like Run Lola Run by comparison. Written and directed by junior filmmaker Julia Loktev, The Loneliest Planet divided critics wildly in its brief theatrical release; viewers can decide on…
OKG7 smooth[ie] operators
Nutrition Revolution9101 S. Western214-478-2247 “Tastes like you are cheating” is the aptly worded slogan for this smoothie and tea bar. Not only does it offer $1 off its menu during happy hour, but you can take part in the Fit Club, which hosts various activities throughout the week to help get those calories burning. Tao…
Look who’s cooking
Credit: Shannon Cornman Chef Jonathan Groth cooks all day long. As an instructor at Platt College, he prepares duck breast, lamb chops and rabbit. And then when he gets home … “Chicken breasts three or four times a week,” Groth said. “When you get home and you’re tired, you want to make interesting, healthy food,…
Secret menus
The Sentio Club is the creation of public relations professional Chris Forza and James Frazier, creator of OKC Happy Hour. They are joined in the endeavor by executive chef and partner Beau Stephenson, co-owner of wine bar Bin 73. “We are a hybrid city club and social club,” Forza said. “The primary difference between Sentio…
Joke-lahoma
Since 1928, the Oklahoma City Gridiron Club annually has roasted newsmakers, both local and national, and this year’s satirical show is no exception. Audiences of More Obama Drama or Oklahoma is Well Red can expect only the most outlandish from the volunteer troupe of media professionals, said Andrew Harris, chief executive of advertising agency Liquid…
Tattitude
Credit: Shannon Cornman Like Prohibition, which the state did not repeal until 1959, the issue long had been framed as one of moral responsibility. In America, tattoos were associated with the criminal fringe, even as soldiers returned home from wars with tattoos acquired while overseas. Oklahoma and other states responded by banning the practice, fearing…
‘Muff’ ’s the word
Bryna Shackelford Women take the local stand-up comedy spotlight tonight for an allfemale showcase — estrogen-challenged host James Curtis excepted. Muff Madness will feature headliner Jenny Godwin, with Bryna Shackelford, Jessica Kyle, Heather King and Melissa McGinnis as openers. While Godwin has performed comedy locally for almost two years, Madness marks her first time in…
Young at art
Photo: Carl Shortt Oklahoma is filled with young, talented artists, yet many of them will never be recognized because they simply don’t know who to talk to or where to go to get their works displayed for the public. Since 2002, the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition’s annual Momentum show has worked to remedy such circumstances.…
The local bug
To be fair, since Mother Nature can’t decide whether it’s winter or early spring, I’ve been considerably drugged on over-the-counter allergy meds. The adage is true: Misery loves company. Which leads me to our regularly scheduled bit in which I make a case for you to shop local. It’s not hard at all, given the…
From the heart
She has a personal reason for caring about heart health. In 2010, Ella lost her 2-year-old sister, Colby, to a heart condition called geleophysic dysplasia. A year later, when Ella was in kindergarten, she got an idea. “One day, they showed us a video about kids with sick hearts,” she said. After seeing the video…
I dream of Gabriella’s
Credit: Shannon Cornman Psst. Hey. Hey, you. C’mere Hey, man. You like Italian food? Yeah, I’ll bet you do. Everybody does. You like big portions? You like tasty sauces? Did you like the old County Line building, with the stables and the high ceilings? Then let me introduce you to Gabriella’s Italian Grill & Pizzeria.…
Yay or neigh?
Credit: Brad Gregg But legislation recently passed in our House and Senate has some wondering if Oklahoma might also become the “dead horse capital of the world.” Senate Bill 375 would revoke the 1963 law banning the sale of horse meat while House Bill 1999 seeks to legalize horse slaughterhouses. “We have an overpopulation of…
Smoke up
Credit: Brad Gregg Current statute pre-empts municipalities from enacting smoking ordinances stricter than what state law has enacted. The measure to repeal that preemption was strongly backed by Gov. Mary Fallin, who had made it a key part of her legislative agenda. Sen. Rob Johnson, R-Kingfisher, headed much of the committee debate against the measure.…
Living with AIDS
Whitney Karby and her youngest daughter, Rianna Whitney Karby, a 39-year-old mother of six and grandmother of three, learned she had HIV in spring 2008. That’s when the Oklahoma City- County Health Department notified her that she had been exposed to a sexually transmitted disease. “I was pregnant with my youngest daughter at the time,”…
Vertical limit
Credit: Brad Gregg But when the film section gets going next week, Wayne Coyne is scheduled to premiere a movie he’s directed. No, it’s not Christmas on Mars 2: The More, the Merrier (thankfully), but A Year in the Life of Wayne’s Phone. Because, hey, why not? Compiled from more than 28 hours of video…
Fair-y tale romance
Credit: Brad Gregg According to a Psychology Today story detailing Craigslist’s most popular “missed connections,” the mullets have it — at least in the Sooner State. Where do most missed connections occur in the great state of Oklahoma? Why, at the great State Fair of Oklahoma, of course. Really? Who knew that so much would-be…
Pants on fire?
Credit: Brad Gregg Sequoyah County Sheriff Ron Lockhart believes 65-year-old Danny Vanzandt might be a victim of this strange phenomenon. Vanzandt’s charred remains were found in his kitchen, but there appeared to be no structural damage to the house and no evidence of accelerants. Lockhart, a onetime arson investigator, said he’s never encountered a case…
Du-real estate
Credit: Brad Gregg The 5,910-square-foot home boasts five bedrooms, a wine cellar, a high-tech home theater and, we presume, really high ceilings. We couldn’t help but notice that SeattlePI.com, in reporting the transaction, identified KD as “the superstar of the former Seattle SuperSonics” and managed to avoid referencing the Thunder altogether, although the online news…
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…
Improving mental health in Oklahoma
A report on mental health care by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, gave the state a grade of B, citing innovations such as mental health and drug courts, collaboration with the state Departments of Corrections and Health and peer recovery support specialist certification. Oklahoma is making progress. Much more needs to be…
Holy Motors
Now that the French film is out on DVD and Blu-ray, it’s the next best thing to the theatrical experience we were denied. Love it or hate it, Holy Motors is nothing if not an experience. Carax regular Denis Lavant (The Lovers on the Bridge) is front and center of this weird, wonderful ride as…
Fashion statement
The issue arose last August when Cooper Barton, then a kindergartner at Wilson Elementary, wore a University of Michigan T-shirt to school. The 5-year-old Wolverine fan was told to turn his shirt inside out since it violated the district’s dress code policy. Wearing clothing that depicts athletic teams, except for Oklahoma colleges and universities, is…
Seven up
Kelly, an attorney, drew fire last year after being charged with driving under the influence, his second DUI charge since 2009. A felony conviction — the case is still pending — would require him to step down. His challengers include John E. Bilbury III, Lillie R. Buckner, Randon Gibson, John A. Pettis Jr., Ben T.…
Compliance
In a role that should have earned her an Academy Award nomination (but I suspect the old-fart contingent couldn’t make it through the film, if it tried at all), Ann Dowd (Side Effects) gets the role of her long character-actress career as Sandra, manager of a fictional fast-food restaurant. Her shift at ChickWich starts as…
Big time
Dominic Lalli and Jeremy Salken — the two minds behind electronic duo Big Gigantic — met while playing in various jazz and funk bands around the greater Boulder, Colo., area before rooming together and deciding to collaborate. Old habits die hard. “[Lalli] said, ‘I’m making these beats, and I want to play sax over it.’…
ADD it up
ADDverse Effects, a new collective based out of Norman, offers something fresh to the growing hip-hop scene in Oklahoma. Drummer Boyd Littel came up with the idea after a last-second gig he played with vocalist Joshua “Fiji” Rehanek and a couple other musicians. With that show’s success, he recruited the current lineup, and the band…
The Grown Ups — Dark Hearts
Take “Catalina,” for example: the consummate portrayal of the group’s strengths. The song’s first half consists of a hushed guitar strum, sparkling piano and a steady, mid-tempo rhythm to guide them. It’s morose and contemplative in a way that’s almost reminiscent of the dampened grandeur Modest Mouse perfected on The Moon & Antarctica. Yet at…
CFN Quote of the Week
Chenoweth: “We have a little rivalry between us. You know, I’m from Oklahoma and you are—” Zellweger: “That’s right, I’m from Texas.” Chenoweth: “And … we kick your ass in football.”
CFN Quote of the Week
Chenoweth: “We have a little rivalry between us. You know, I’m from Oklahoma and you are—” Zellweger: “That’s right, I’m from Texas.” Chenoweth: “And … we kick your ass in football.”
Tulsa time
The terms of the deal, expected to close next month, were not disclosed. The World is the state’s second-largest newspaper, with a daily circulation of 95,000 and a Sunday circulation of 133,000. Eugene Lorton purchased the paper in 1911, later becoming its editor, as well. The World has remained in the Lorton family since that…
The Master
Up for three Academy Awards on Sunday, all for its main performances, the inspired-by-Scientology-but-not-really drama follows Navy vet Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line) as he returns home post-WWII to find he never really had a home to begin with. He doesn’t “fit” anywhere; his string of tenuous relationships — with women, with jobs…
The Frankenstein Theory
Wait, wait! Don’t run off! This one’s better than the average entry, even if it’s not so revolutionary to change the minds of those who despise the delivery system. It opens Friday at AMC Quail Springs Mall, 2501 W. Memorial — one of about 15 theaters nationwide to get it. The picture’s snowy setting is reason…
Argo
It’s a testament to the skills of the filmmakers that Argo delivers a deluge of suspense even when its ending is never in doubt. Up for seven Oscars on Sunday, it was released earlier this week on Blu-ray and DVD. There’s no way the movie industry could have resisted this stranger-than-fiction yarn. The film chronicles…
The Bay
Inspired by an actual event in which fish and birds inexplicably turned up dead in mass quantities, the movie takes place in Claridge, Md., as the Chesapeake Bay celebrates Independence Day in 2009. Much of the footage we see comes courtesy of TV news intern Donna Thompson (Kether Donohue, Pitch Perfect) via a WikiLeaks-esque site,…
