Cover Teaser: PLAY BALL! Bricktown Ballpark launched a hitting streak for urban redevelopment
Twenty years ago, professional baseball did more than win hearts and minds as OKC’s team and community celebrated the first completed MAPS project. Bricktown Ballpark also spurred a hitting streak for downtown redevelopment. By Laura Eastes. Cover Christopher Street.
Cover Story: Historic howl: Miss Blues shouts her roots from the cotton fields to the history books
“Every generation has to change the music,” Minner said, “otherwise, your mom might come to the party.”
Norman Music Festival builds into its 10th year
Norman Music Festival started in its first year as a one-day event, but has since ballooned into a three-day affair.
“We try to use all the nooks and crannies to where, if you’re going around, there’s no one stage that’s so far from another one,” Booker said.
“We try to use all the nooks and crannies to where, if you’re going around, there’s no one stage that’s so far from another one,” Booker said.
Deep Deuce continues building an identity while keeping an eye on its historic past
Special Legends Night events have helped restore some of the area’s live jazz history.
Beauty and the Beast’s live-action remake is gorgeous, if unnecessary
The recent adaptation does little to deviate itself from the Disney’s classic 1991 telling.
Native American New Play Festival endeavors to tell cultural stories and bring history to life
The festival is April 8 and 15 and highlights Native works and creates community for playwrights.
Hold on tight, because Guernsey Park takes your taste buds for a wildly delicious ride
Another way the restaurant serves chicken is in five-spice fried chicken ($10), which is cooked once before being fried to create an exceedingly tender texture after diners crunch through the skin.
Adam & Kizzie revolutionize its sound with the addition of loop pedals
The husband-wife duo started using the pedals as a way to find more cost-effective ways of performing.
CASA’s An Evening to Remember helps support area foster children
There are around 2,000 children in foster care in Oklahoma County.
Music from country to hard rock and metal will be featured in upcoming Oklahoma festivals
Jason Boland & The Stragglers headline Calf Fry 2017 in Stillwater.
Guthrie serves as setting of small town in thriller about a sexting scandal
Overexposed stars actors Mary Katherine Duhon and Sam Chance.
“I’m a pop music junkie,” Carson said.
“I’m a pop music junkie,” Carson said.
Wheeler District development moves forward
District leaders prepare for phase one of the expansive development plans.
Chicken-Fried News: Free legal advice!
Gov. Mary Fallin’s former deputy general counsel, Jennifer Chance, could be in hot water after a possible ethics violation before she resigned.
Chicken-Fried News: Mall brawl
Shoppers at Penn Square Mall were recently evacuated when a fight broke out in the food court.
Skynyrd style
“We’re the real deal,” Van Zant about their appeal to fans. “What you see is what you get.”
Open Streets returns to Uptown 23rd and Paseo districts for spring event
The last Open Streets OKC spring event drew in around 35,000 people.
OKCMOA gives movie lovers levels of access with new film society
The $40 membership upgrade gives participants exclusive access to filmmaker lectures, special events, curator-led discussions and giveaways.
Gazedibles: Eat to the beat!
Diners can enjoy a glass of wine, tuck into a plate of ossobuco and watch the talented dancers move to the music.
“People don’t always need creativity, but they do need food,” he said. “Every day, three times a day.”
“People don’t always need creativity, but they do need food,” he said. “Every day, three times a day.”
Food Briefs: Roughtail Brewing Co. anniversary, Delmar Gardens and more
Roughtail Brewing Co. celebrates four years of making some of the best IPAs around with a party noon-9 p.m. Saturday at its Midwest City headquarters, 1279 N. Air Depot Blvd.
Tough decisions
“We are looking at more systemic changes because we’ve run out of easy things to cut,” Lora said last week. “Now, we have to look at changes in grade configurations and school closures for small schools.”
Crime victims, domestic violence groups, others advocate for Marsy’s Law
“Victims can be taken to court over and over, sometimes over a period of years,” Peery said. “The right to a speedy trial doesn’t happen for victims. … The process of the court just re-traumatizes victims.”
The U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors visit OKC on Saturday
The band plays everything from big band classics and bebop to Dixieland and Latin jazz.
Chicken-Fried News: Baffling brainwashing
Sen. James Inhofe believes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is brainwashing American children and budget cuts will stop it.
Chicken-Fried News: Most diseased?
Oklahoma ranked No. 8 most diseased state in the county for sexually transmitted diseases.
