Limited lives
Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through June 30 When Breath Becomes Air: 7 p.m. Tuesday Slaughterhouse-Five: 7 p.m. Sept. 18 Gilead: 7 p.m. Oct. 9 Jump and Other Stories: 7 p.m. Oct. 23 The Underground Railroad: 7 p.m. Nov. 6 Walker Center, Room 151 Petree College of Arts and…
Laugh hard
Hannibal Buress 10 p.m. Sept. 12 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com $35 To preview his Sept. 12 appearance at Tower Theatre, we conducted a phone interview with Hannibal Buress — we think. In addition to his work on 30 Rock, Broad City and The Eric Andre Show, the stand-up comic, actor and podcast…
Commentary: Raising voices
On Aug. 11, 2017, hundreds of protestors representing various neo-Nazi, white nationalist, neo-Confederate and alt-right groups descended on the city of Charlottesville, Virginia. Carrying torches and shouting slogans like “Jews will not replace us!” and “Our blood, our soil,” they clashed with student activists and counterprotesters in a series of violent skirmishes that culminated in…
Holistic approach
“Handle with care” is a three-letter phrase that could change the life of a child going to school in Oklahoma City. At the beginning of the 2018 school year, Oklahoma City Police Department (OKPD) partnered with Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS) to launch the Handle With Care program, one that is simple by design but…
Cover: Thunderous decade
By April of 2008, Oklahoma City’s fully fledged dreams for a National Basketball Association (NBA) team became a reality as the league’s board of governors approved the relocation of the Seattle SuperSonics to Oklahoma, but its exact arrival time was unclear, as Key Arena’s lease called for the NBA to remain in Seattle through 2010.…
Veg out
VegFest OKC 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 8 Myriad Botanical Gardens 301 W. Reno Ave. vegfestokc.com Free Signs of the increasing support of vegan and vegetarian lifestyles were highlighted in a report from market research firm Mintel earlier this year that showed non-dairy milk sales in the United States increased by 61 percent between 2012 and…
Lids off
Bad Bad Hats 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through June 30 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9 89th Street — OKC 8911 N. Western Ave. 89thstreetokc.com $10 If Kerry Alexander had gotten her first choice, there might not be any Bad Bad Hats. The band, which plays Sept. 9 at 89th Street — OKC, 8911 N.…
Chicken-Fried News: Ables’ commission
If any Chicken-Fried News team members imbibe on a few hard drinks of brown liquor and we’re not at our respective manors or in the bunkroom at CFN World Headquarters, then we call a cab or a rideshare or get one of the sobriety enthusiasts on our team to take us home. It’s not just…
Gazedibles: Big game-watching
Let’s face it: finding a true sports bar where it’s possible to get good food and watch your game of choice this fall can be difficult in Oklahoma City. The upcoming Chalk luxury sports bar near Memorial and Western avenues strives to be the answer we’re looking for, but it won’t be ready for this…
Riding home
It’s hard for Sheena Grayson to recount the night her children were taken away from her. Grayson’s boyfriend was drinking and driving while she sat in the passenger’s side of the car that moments later collided with traffic. Grayson’s 2-year-old son and 1-year-old daughter were in the backseat. Both adults were arrested. Grayson’s daughter was…
Croc pot
It’s 1 a.m. on a Tuesday morning. You’re in Taos, New Mexico. Ethereal music drifts from the radio speakers until an electronically altered bass voice says this: “Did you hear that change in tempo? You must’ve heard it. It slid right in there. What’s going on around here? You probably fell asleep with your radio…
Love inception
Ever After is the brainchild of Cyndy Hoenig and Dave Dumay, two industry admirers and lovers of love who opened their doors in February of this year. At Oklahoma City’s only micro wedding studio, couples get the opportunity to customize the first day of the rest of their lives together with only a fraction of…
Bistro comfort
As the restaurant space at the Ambassador hotel went through a three-week renovation to convert Viceroy Grille into Café Cuvée — which opened its seven-day breakfast, lunch and dinner service last week — the space was deliberately brightened with new paint and the introduction of natural light. The hotel’s new chef de cuisine Taylor Desjarlais…
Moving forward
With the May opening of Herman Meinders Center for Movement Disorders at Mercy NeuroScience Institute, thousands of patients across the state and region have access to one of the most comprehensive facilities of its kind. Treating a myriad of diseases ranging from common tremors to Parkinson’s disease and dystonia, the center promises to be a…
Motel tales
The Gorges Motel Sept 7-29 Carpenter Square Theatre 806 W. Main St. carpentersquare.com 405-232-6500 $5-$25 Seven tales unfold at Carpenter Square Theatre this September in The Gorges Motel. A comedy and drama written by six playwrights, the work follows several members of a wedding and the challenges and resolve they experience during their stay at…
Aesthetic passion
Debby Kaspari, Don Holladay and Christopher Ryan Mackie 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday through Sept. 14 Mainsite Contemporary Art 122 E. Main St., Norman mainsitecontemporaryart.com 405-360-1162 Free Mainsite Contemporary Art is currently showcasing the work of Debby Kaspari, Don Holladay and Christopher Ryan Mackie, three local artists who differ significantly in their creative approaches. The exhibit…
Sensational strings
Banjo Fest 7 p.m., Sept. 8 Rose State College Hudiburg Chevrolet Center 6000 S. Trosper Place, Midwest City okcciviccenter.com 405-297-2264 $20-$35 The sounds of the banjo reverberate through centuries of musical history, but the instrument is no mere artifact. Presented by American Banjo Museum, Banjo Fest 2018 celebrates the joyful immediacy of live performance. “If…
Ride along
A new rideshare program is taking to the streets of Oklahoma City. ThatWay is a startup created by two Oklahoma State University graduates, Sammiyah Abdullah and Ashané Woody, and aims to provide students with a safer and more cost-efficient means of transportation. The idea originated as a social media platform designed for students to interact…
Recycling woes
The empty recycling bins that are on display in the fitness center at the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club in Nichols Hills are indicative, residents said, of the city’s past reluctance to establish a recycling program due to cost concerns and the national pause placed on recycling due to China’s recent ban on recyclable…
Chicken-Fried News: Milking it
A company based out of Luther is selling raw milk and products made from donkeys after the company’s owners said that it helped treat their daughter’s rare autoimmune disease. A feature promoting Dulce de Donke arrived in email in-boxes from the taxpayer-supported Made in Oklahoma program in early August, according to The Oklahoman. The feature…
Chicken-Fried News: Lucky No. 7
Oklahoma City Council is rich in diversity and proudly mirrors the community it represents, more or less. James Greiner, representing Ward 1, is a conservative voice on the council whose appreciation for the arts is evident by his time spent as a graphic designer for Hobby Lobby. Arab-American doctor Ed Shadid represents Ward 2, while Larry…
GOP burger
Little Mike’s 6724 Northwest Expressway littlemikeshamburgers.com 405-773-9997 What works: Fresh, hand-cut french fries and battered onion rings rival some of the best in the city. What needs work:The burger is lacking onion flavor. Tip:The political cartoons lining the walls change quite frequently. With endorsements from U.S. Rep. Steve Russell (R-Oklahoma City), Tulsa businessman and Republican…
Operation politician
This past spring, applied linguistic scientist Daniela Busciglio was offered a tenured teaching position at University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island. She was a non-tenured linguistics professor at University of Oklahoma at the time. A true academic who had spent the past decade immersed in the trenches of research while earning her master’s…
