Live and Let Love
The return of Pride celebrations to Oklahoma City are marked by a shift to Scissortail Park this spring while the 39th Street tradition will resume this fall.
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Pride Post-Pandemic
After a year of social distancing with no traditional Pride events, two of Oklahoma City’s LGBTQ+ organizations prepare to celebrate with in-person events. The Oklahoma City Pride Alliance hosts their official Pride festivities downtown the weekend of June 25-27. OKC Pride Inc. will host their events in September because of ongoing construction at the city’s…
Strain Review: Oreoz
Strain name: Oreoz Grown by: Phresh Harvest Acquired from: Tegridy Market Date acquired: June 8 Physical traits: dark purple with light green and moderate trichome frost Bouquet: sweet and earthy Review: Tegridy Market was a frequent haunt before COVID-19 shut down both Oklahoma Gazette and Extract, our monthly cannabis magazine. Tom Spanier became known as…
Gazedibles: Birria Buzz
No dish gained in popularity across the country over the 18 months like birria tacos. According to Eater New York, in 2018 the birria hashtag received only around 1,000 views on TikTok, the year of the social media platform’s entry to the U.S., to 3.2 million views by 2019, and 284 million in 2020. By…
Would you just relax?
While the official grand opening was June 12, the park has already hosted numerous cannabis events, from the Green Grow Fest launch party and CannaCon afterparties before they were officially open to, most recently, the Toke ‘N Drag show. Relax Park is nestled in a quiet area just southwest of downtown. Passing a number of…
America Whistles
Like nearly everything else on the planet, the opening of the new Oklahoma Contemporary building, 11 NW 11th St., was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. But you couldn’t tell it while paying a visit, with each floor of the building buzzing with sound and people endlessly entering and leaving the exhibits. Access to the exhibits…
Chicken-Fried News: Edmond may have just elected its first black mayor, but some residents are apparently still pining for the days when it was a sundown town.
A reading of the proclamation for the first recognized Pride month in the city by Mayor Darrell Davis was interrupted by Karen … errr … Cheryl Williams. “I am deeply offended because someone on this council felt like he could speak for all of you without your vote and most likely without your input and…
Beer me bro
The inaugural Oklahoma Brewer’s Fest will allow drinkers to sample from more than 100 beers, including many never before released from many of Oklahoma’s best breweries. The festival, held June 26 at the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark will feature more than 40 breweries, ranging from large-scale breweries to homebrewers just breaking into the industry. Two sessions…
Chicken-Fried News: Nothing induces a craving for a waffle cone from Braum’s like reading the alleged antics of Dippin’ Dots “C.E.O” Stephen S. Fischer towards his ex-girlfriend.
We put the title in quotation marks because it’s obvious from reading the civil petition filed against this silver-spooned fuckboi that he wouldn’t have made shift manager in one of his own ice cream shops without “an ownership group principally comprising his father” which “bought the company out of bankruptcy in and around 2012,” according…
Ok, so now what…
Editor’s note: When Rep. Garry Mize, R-Guthrie, learned that Oklahoma Gazette would resume printing, he extended an olive branch and offered to pen a semi-regular column in an attempt to bridge the ever-deepening political divide in our culture between the left and right. In the spirit of the true community paper we hope to morph…
Strain Review: Planet of the Cakes
Strain name: Planet of the Cakes Grown by: Concentrated Genetics Acquired from: Solace Meds Date acquired: June 13 Physical traits: light green with dull orange stigmas and blanketed lightly with trichomes Bouquet: dank and gassy Review: I’ve followed Concentrated Genetics for some time but hadn’t had a chance to sample any of their flower until…
