Music Made Me: Tallows frontman Josh Hogsett
The vocalist and multi-instrumentalist offers a glimpse of the sounds that make Tallows tick.
The group’s eponymous record bears some of its most compelling songwriting to date.
The group’s eponymous record bears some of its most compelling songwriting to date.
Honesty is the name of the game for Nashville-based trio Wild Ponies
It took a little distance for Doug and Telisha Williams — the husband-wife duo behind Wild Ponies — to properly address the skeletons sitting in their closet.
At last, Copperheads are making a rare appearance in Norman next week, and they’re playing for a good cause.
At last, Copperheads are making a rare appearance in Norman next week, and they’re playing for a good cause.
Local youth provide on-stage version of Shrek
The Sooner Theatre Summer Program has given hundreds of kids of the opportunity to enjoy musical theater, but its existence was not always certain.
C.J. Bradford brings his thought-provoking works to town
Renowned Oklahoma-born artist CJ Bradford brings his thought-provoking pen and ink works to Oklahoma City’s Summer Wine Art Gallery for an August show and demonstration.
Those two mediums are rarely mixed, and the way each artist’s work complements the other is quite unique, as is the concept.
Those two mediums are rarely mixed, and the way each artist’s work complements the other is quite unique, as is the concept.
OKG Eat: Late-night bites
We’ve rounded up a smattering of places that make real, good food later than 10 p.m., and don’t serve it to you in a bag. No ketchup packets here!
Food briefs: Nuggets of OKC food news
Sand Stone Springs Vineyard in Mustang offers visitors the chance to pick their own grapes, Reduxion Theatre Company is the first in the city to have a full bar, there’s a new dog in town, and one Edmond family would like to share the flavor of Argentina with you.
Marathon charity set for non-runners
Zero K marathon event allows ‘Netflix bingers’ to give to a worthwhile cause.
Thunder off-season action answers questions, creates new ones
With a series of off-season transactions, the Thunder answers questions heading into next season.
Charity provides food for pets of city’s impoverished
Local animal companions eat for free with the Pet Food Pantry of OKC.
Andy Alligator’s recently announced a $1.3 million expansion to its Fun Park.
Andy Alligator’s recently announced a $1.3 million expansion to its Fun Park.
Local author named Grand Master
Carolyn Hart, an OKC author, earned the title of Grand Master, a prize tantamount to the Nobel Prize for mystery fiction.
Chicken-Fried News: Fundamental flashback
A small, remote town in the Oklahoma panhandle seems to be experiencing a social upheaval reminiscent of past witch hunts and race relations issues. July 1, residents of Boise City held a public meeting to discuss a group of religious fundamentalists who have settled there. Those hosting the meeting even felt it necessary to post…
Chicken-Fried News: It’s just brunch
Are you guys ready for some basketball news or what? Yeah, we know it has been an excruciatingly slow offseason. But things got hot and heavy in a hurry … if you follow Justin Bieber on Instagram. That’s because between his duties masquerading as a pop star and campaigning for World’s Biggest Bro, Bieber found…
Chicken-Fried News: God bless the Greens
God bless the Green family as they part their hair to the right, put on ties and prepare to fight for America’s soul. When they aren’t avoiding playing their fair part in the capitalist regulatory system by (now legally) denying relevant health care for female employees (but, really, why participate fully when you can simply…
Chicken-Fried News: Competent criminals
We all do it: make a last-minute mental checklist to remember our keys and wallet and — oh — our gun. That’s something April Giddens-King forgot to do as she fled the Oklahoma City home she was attempting to break into. The neighbors noticed something amiss and called the police. The suspect, in her haste,…
Chicken-Fried News: We’re No. — Oh, we’re just bad
Teen drivers in Oklahoma are bad, and we’re not just saying that because we like to act crotchety and shake our fists in the air as cars race past our offices. (Though some of us might thoroughly enjoy such things.) We have proof. A study released by WalletHub ranked Oklahoma No. 47 in the nation…
Chicken-Fried News: What can’t Google do?
Siri, do a Google search for “burglars 2011.” You really can find anything on the Internet. Just ask the Oklahoma City woman who recently found the two robbers who broke into her house and threatened her three years ago. A neighbor was scrolling a Google Street View map of her street when she saw what…
Chicken-Fried News: She’s in a big meth now!
Officer, I think there’s something in my meth. According to a NewsOK.com report, a woman called the Enid Police to report that there was something just not right with the meth she was smoking — she was convinced it was laced with something other than the toxic chemicals she was used to. So, like any…
Letters to the Editor: Aug. 7, 2014
Who’s to blame? Donald Smith (Commentary, Letters, “No war,” July 16, Oklahoma Gazette) wishes to remind those of us with “short memories” that the United States sent troops into Iraq at the order of George W. Bush. I wish to refresh his memory and ask him if he remembers 9/11. Does he remember which Middle…
Commentary: Schools getting it radically wrong
A film shown in an Oklahoma history classroom at Jenks Freshman Academy incorrectly links Muslims to the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
Edgemere hopes to change urban education
An education reform plan at Edgemere Elementary School aims deal with poverty and social needs as it moves power back into the hands of the community.
Greenwell embraces aspects of urban life
An embrace of public transit gives Councilman David Greenwell a first-hand look at a department the city has said it wants to grow.
Have you met? E. Blake Jackson
E. Blake Jackson uses what comes second nature to him to tackle the expanding universe of communications for Saxum.
Michael Jackson’s career gets royal Cirque de Soleil treatment
Cirque de Soleil‘s Michael Jackson Immortal World Tour brought dream-like depth to its recent Oklahoma City tour stop.
Gaza Strip over Oklahoma City
What would the Gaza Strip look like over Oklahoma City?
Joe Dorman’s statement following the release of a gubernatorial poll had a bit of “I told you so” in it.
Joe Dorman’s statement following the release of a gubernatorial poll had a bit of “I told you so” in it.
Located in the city’s oldest commercial district, Hasslers has been in business more than 60 years. Nobody was looking at a phone — they were talking to each other.
Located in the city’s oldest commercial district, Hasslers has been in business more than 60 years. Nobody was looking at a phone — they were talking to each other.
Alcohol tax lawsuit takes hundreds of restaurants to court
Hundreds of restaurants have been sued over the advertisement of alcoholic drinks without the inclusion of the state’s mixed-use tax.
City Council approves more adult patient beds for an eastside facility
Oklahoma City Police Chief Bill Citty not only argued in favor of the facility but said more mental health treatment beds are needed across the city.
Film review: Sex Tape
Its shortcomings and general lack of conviction are tantamount to a 90-minute head-scratcher.
Film review: Life Itself
Roger Ebert had a wonderful life, as Frank Capra might have put it, and one that is beautifully recounted in Life Itself.
Song review: TJ Mayes – “When Love Comes Down”
The lead single from TJ Mayes’ upcoming debut is so authentic it might as well come with a pack of cigarettes and jar of hair grease.
Song review: Boare – “playdatshit”
The world is in the midst of an electronic music renaissance, and you find most of this boon of producers laying claim to the club-friendly, bass-dropping variety.
Song review: Broncho – “Class Historian”
Addictive hooks come about as easy as breathing for frontman Ryan Lindsey.
Student expelled from SCU for gay wedding enrolls at UCO
Christian Minard married the love of her life with a semester left at SCU. Then, she was expelled because same-sex marriage violates school code.
