Just For Laughs
While the pandemic took the steam out of the local live comedy scene, it’s come roaring back as a more inclusive space.
Serious business
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A deadly, global pandemic sweeps in and threatens to punish anyone that gathers together with friends or crowds. All the thoughtful, responsible people worry about losing everything, so they stay home to try to protect their scene and their community. All the, let’s say, “not” thoughtful or responsible…
Good for Oklahoma, good for the industry
At Yes Trees, we grow great cannabis. We are proud of it. Our products, which are sold on the medical market in Oklahoma, help people. We love the opportunity Oklahoma provided us to pursue our passion when it chose to legalize medicinal cannabis. Now it is time to take the next step and pass State…
Gazedibles: Flip flip, hooray!
Whether you like your hot cakes with or without syrup, early in the morning or late at night, there’s surely a flapjack for you. Celebrate National Pancake Day on Feb. 28 by indulging in a breakfast delicacy on this sweet day. Cafe Kacao (405) 602-2883 • 3325 N. Classen Blvd. cafekacao.com Perhaps Oklahoma’s best Latin…
I alone will indoctrinate your kids.
Oklahoma’s new state schools superintendent is about to take a desperate situation and make it awful. His plans for stamping out “wokeness,” critical race theory, and boys using the girl’s bathrooms sounds nothing like a plan to advance education, and more like a platform to become Ron DeSantis Jr. The irony of this culture war…
Crossing the Rio Grande
A popular fixture in the music scene since the late 1980s, Ian Moore is known for his hard driving, bluesy, Jimi Hendrix-style of shredding. Moore, with Jeff Plankenhorn sharing the stage, will play Auditorium at The Douglass March 10, and at the T-Town Git Down & Midnite Choogle at the Tulsa VFW Post 577 March…
Drinking Anthems
Flogging Molly are celebrating their first quarter century as a band by heading out on a headlining tour to support their new album, Anthem. Singer/guitarist Dave King and fiddle player (and future wife) Bridget Regan formed the band and, 25 years later, having survived the pandemic, these veteran Irish rockers are ready to roll into…
Soundcheck: Limp Wizurdz – Vile
One oft-cited crumb of advice to remedy powerlessness is to focus not on outward change but on inner attitude. When a person cannot affect progress in people or systems, the person can at least decide how such forces affect them. This fortune cookie wisdom may have some merit, but it is easier said than done.…
Strain Review: Cap Junky
Strain name: Cap Junky Grown by: Dazed Acquired from: Dazed on Route 66 Date acquired: Feb. 18 Physical traits: frosted green with wiry orange stigmas Bouquet: sweet and earthy Review: Signs reporting that a dispensary is under new management/ownership can be a blessing or a curse or sometimes just business as usual. Thankfully, the Route…
Treasure keepers
Impeccably dressed, knowledgeable, patient—the docent guiding the group of curious school children through a museum gallery for their field trip is a well known sight and experience. Docents provide crucial services guiding tours, explaining exhibits and helping protect and preserve the museum’s legacies. “A purist in the volunteer world would say that a docent is…
The problem with fact checks is that nobody cares about the facts now so long as their team wins.
The problem with fact checks is that nobody cares about the facts now so long as their team wins. That being said, here’s a retort to the report from Kevin. “We made smart decisions instead of going on a spending spree.” Oh yeah? Is that why your state’s new attorney general has at least two…
The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office’s recent social media post about cannabis is an eye-opener, not about the dangers of legalized cannabis but about how backwards thinking still is in Oklahoma.
The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office’s recent social media post about cannabis is an eye-opener, not about the dangers of legalized cannabis but about how backwards thinking still is in Oklahoma. Earlier this month, the sheriff’s office opened with this: “Nothing to see here in Oklahoma, just another group of illegal aliens. Ten illegals in this…
Strain Review: Papaya
Strain name: Papaya Grown by: Vyce Cannabis Co. Acquired from: Puff The Dragon Date acquired: Feb. 13 Physical traits: shades of bright green Bouquet: sweet, fruity and earthy Review: You might not expect to find a sleek and stylish dispensary within the walls of a renovated Taco Mayo, but a visit to Puff The Dragon…
