Deep Oceans
In a month known for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, Armstrong Auditorium in Edmond brings Irish culture to the forefront. The auditorium offers Oklahoma audiences a night of Celtic music, song and dance when it welcomes Celtic Nights to Edmond for the first time March 11. March is celebrated as Irish-American Heritage Month in the United…
Grand production
Artist-in-residence Adam Cooper said there’s one main difference between the version of the musical Grand Hotel he earned a Laurence Olivier Award for choreographing in 2005 and the version he’s directing for the theater department at the University of Oklahoma (OU): The new Norman production is much bigger. “I don’t know if you know the…
Fairy tale eggs
Humpty Dumpty, who often finds himself in precarious positions, will be in the spotlight in March when Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, holds its 35th annual Omelette Party with an enchanted theme. Art supporters can expect a storybook world at this year’s event, inspired by classic fairy tales. “The theme of An…
Floetry in motion
Marsha Ambrosius8 p.m. March 7 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $35-$45 She gave the King of Pop “Butterflies” in 2001, and Marsha Ambrosius has been recording among royalty ever since, but she has never felt like she didn’t belong. And she isn’t planning on going anywhere. “If there was a level of…
Processing death
Kim Ventrella book signings 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday Full Circle Bookstore 1900 Northwest Expressway fullcirclebooks.com 405-842-2900 1-2:30 p.m. March 9 Best of Books 1313 E. Danforth Road, Edmond bestofbooksok.com 405-340-9202 Working as a librarian, Oklahoma City author Kim Ventrella saw how often children want to be frightened. “I figured being a librarian would be a good…
Expressionist eggs
Eggtion Figures through March 22 Studio Six 3021 Paseo St. oryartstudio.com 405-831-0245 Free As a mold maker and fabricator, Norman-based artist Tomoaki Orikasa has helped sculptors craft large bronze works displayed in the Oklahoma State Capitol, Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City, Missouri, and the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York, but in his…
Cover: Music gamble
They were warned about the heat, but in the end, that wasn’t the problem. “I want to say it was about 107 [degrees Fahrenheit] all day long and super hot,” said David Fitzgerald, owner of DCF Concerts, recalling the 2011 Brady District Block Party The Flaming Lips were scheduled to headline. “The firemen came out…
Medicinal kitchen
Cooking with medical marijuana can be a preferred delivery system because it is easier on the lungs than smoking and the effects last longer, but it can be a difficult process to get started. Everyone is familiar with the trope of pot brownies, but cooking with marijuana can be much more refined than mixing ingredients…
Beyond fast
The trip through a fast-food drive-thru window doesn’t have to be an unhealthy indulgence. What happens when you’re trying to limit your meat intake, stay healthy on a road trip or are too busy to go to a sit-down restaurant or make a meal for yourself? The recent addition of the plant-based Beyond Meat burger…
Borough in
A Bronx Tale Tuesday-March 10 Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. okcbroadway.com 405-594-8300 $27.16-$91.47 With roles in the musical stage productions of Saturday Night Fever, The Wedding Singer, Legally Blonde and, most recently, A Bronx Tale, actor Richard H. Blake has played several parts other actors made famous on the big screen. Now…
Beyond February
After the abolition of slavery, black Oklahomans continued struggling in the fight for equality. They faced Jim Crow laws, which suppressed their voting rights and segregated the state, until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 gradually began to dismantle those laws. Though Jim Crow laws were overruled, years of court challenges continued to tackle institutional…
Care and feeding
Chef’s Feast 2019 6:30 p.m. Friday National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1700 NE 63rd St. chefsfeast.org 405-600-3193 $175 Federal employees just withstood the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. For 35 days stretching through the holidays and into 2019, Oklahomans who never considered themselves vulnerable to hunger suddenly faced empty pantries and depleted bank…
Gazedibles: Legacy-building
To honor the final week of Black History Month, we are highlighting seven black-owned restaurants in the metro that opened in the past few years. By Jacob Threadgill with photos by Alexa Ace, provided and Gazette / file Brielle’s Bistro 9205 NE 23rd St. | 405-259-8473 Brielle’s recently celebrated its one-year anniversary by adding a full…
Cajun taste
Sam’s Southern Eatery2366 NW 23rd St. samssoutherneatery-okc.com 405-605-5252 What works:The oysters and shrimp are seafood stars — they’re fresh and have plenty of flavor. What needs work:The gumbo was extra greasy and lukewarm. Tip:The fish is advertised as catfish, but it is Swai. When in doubt, follow the crowd of customers. I’ve driven past the…
Chicken-Fried News: Moat problems
Moats were regarded as one of the most important elements used to defend castles back in medieval times, but they don’t seem to be effective around modern homes. At the end of January, ex-convict Raymond Lane Jr. ran a car into a Coweta Police Department vehicle after a high-speed pursuit and left the scene. He…
Chicken-Fried News: Purloined playthings
Hustler Hollywood in Tulsa was victim of a heist last week when a car drove directly through its entry doors and the robber absconded with about $300-$400 worth of lingerie and sex toys. Police told KOTV that the suspect knew the store’s layout because he ran directly to the section to steal the items. It…
Chicken-Fried News: Ninjutsu politics
When NBC’s extreme obstacle course competition American Ninja Warrior returns to film at the state Capitol in April, may we suggest that the show’s producers consider upping the difficulty by requiring competitors to complete a site-specific challenge? Rather than merely having them run across a spinning log or scale the infamous warped wall, why not…
Sweet story
Girlfriend Wednesday-March 17 Lyric at the Plaza 1725 NW 16 St. lyrictheatreokc.com 405-524-9312 $25-$65 A power-pop album originally written about a musician’s divorce is the musical impetus behind a love story featuring two gay teens from flyover country in Girlfriend. The musical debuts Wednesday at Lyric at the Plaza. Matthew Sweet’s alternative-rock album Girlfriend has…
Growing industry
GreenGrow Expo Saturday-Sunday Oklahoma Expo Hall State Fair Park 3213 Wichita Walk greengrowevents.com 405-600-7837 $21-$169 The Oklahoma medical cannabis industry will see its first major trade show this week at State Fair Park. GreenGrow Expo is 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday in Oklahoma Expo Hall and open to the public, age…
New .WAV
.WAV FestivalSaturday-Sunday ACM@UCO 25 S. Oklahoma Ave., Suite 400 ACM@UCO Performance Lab 329 E. Sheridan Ave. acm.uco.edu 405-974-4700 Free-$25 Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma (ACM@UCO) hosts a diverse group of local and national artists in its female-centric .WAV Festival this weekend. The festival features performers at its main Bricktown campus,…
