Cover Teaser: Get ready for Oklahoma City Restaurant Week!
Get ready to experience the best in local cuisine from outstanding metro restaurants June 9-18 during Oklahoma Gazette’s 2017 OKC Restaurant Week. On the cover: Harissa blackened salmon with a side of carrots, orange yogurt and chimichurri is just one of Vast’s OKC Restaurant Week prix fixe menu options. Cover photo by Garett Fisbeck. Stories by…
Modern arts
“It’s a good environment for the whole family. It’s a good place for a date night. It’s nice just to relax, get away and enjoy the beauty of art in whatever form or fashion it appeals to you,” Traci Shelton said.
June Bug Jam promotes mental health awareness through music
The event begins 7 p.m. June 3 at Norman’s Sooner Theatre.
Siblings Julianne and Derek Hough bring their “rock concert for dance” to Civic Center Music Hall
The Hough siblings are known for their roles on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars.
Charlie Christian International Music Festival returns with an emphasis on the soloist’s breadth of influence
Famous Oklahoman Charlie Christian is considered a great pioneering soloist on the electric guitar.
Children’s Garden Festival brings The Very Hungry Caterpillar to life
The event at Myriad Botanical Gardens celebrates the book first published in 1969.
Oklahoma Songwriter’s Festival returns for year two after a successful debut
The 2017 festival includes Nashville songwriters Zac Maloy, Clint Lagerberg and Marcus and Levi Hummon.
Todd Stone joins OKC Council, weighs in on bonds, MAPS, other city initiatives
“I am really interested in seeing streets get a shot in the arm,” Stone told Oklahoma Gazette during a recent interview in his office at City Hall.
Gazedibles: Guthrie greats
The former capitol of Oklahoma is becoming a haven for artists, families and foodies. Land-run up there and check it out.
The Feminine Face of God highlights divine femininity at OCU’s Hulsey Gallery
Artist Connie Seabourn’s exhibition runs through July 28.
Trailblazers
“In the beginning, we didn’t call it 16th Street because 20 years ago, no one wanted to go south of 63rd Street,” Hogan said. “We just talked about the Plaza District. … A lot of things have changed.”
Katt Williams speaks on Oklahoma, Russell Westbrook and celebrity in politics ahead of three shows in Norman
Williams performs Friday-Saturday at Riverwind Casino.
NAMIWalks helps lift stigmas against mental illness
The walk and family event begins 8 a.m. June 3 at Myriad Botanical Gardens.
On the Lawn brings summer fun to the northern edge of the Western Avenue district
The event features face-painting, inflatables, yard games and food trucks.
Burgers are the star, but Nic’s Place has much more to offer diners
But Nic’s Place does so much more than burgers. That’s why I’d point you toward the chicken-fried steak dinner ($14.25 with salad and side).
Local nonprofit and libraries work to improve adult literacy
“Once they figure out that those things aren’t going to happen, that people aren’t going to make fun of them, that the people in their class are there to support them, it’s amazing how well they will do and how they can learn,” O’Dell said.
Pitchfork in the Park makes the most of its Myriad Botanical Gardens location
“We built the truck with the idea of catering events at weddings, but we became a Made-in-Oklahoma, everyday food truck,” he said.
Brewing a great cup of java at home isn’t rocket science, but it is science
“Coffee machines are, ironically, not the best at making coffee. … They just dump the water on the coffee so you don’t get a consistent flow rate,” Worley said of drip-brew machines.
“The inside is so colorful and bright, and that was the mission; we didn’t want a place where you walk in and it’s kind of sad and stark and cold-feeling,” she said.
“The inside is so colorful and bright, and that was the mission; we didn’t want a place where you walk in and it’s kind of sad and stark and cold-feeling,” she said.
Chicken-Fried News: Chicago curb appeal
According to Chicago Tribune, Stoops and his wife Carol recently paid $2.25 million for a four-bedroom vintage row home, which is next door to another home they purchased last year for $2.25 million.
Chicken-Fried News: Drone drama
“We can study and we can present it in the courtroom in a 3-D manner,” Neuman said. “It puts the jury right at the crime scene.”
A local author chronicles the lives of 10 African-American women
Ordinary Extraordinary African American Woman: The Elder was recently published by Jewell Jordan Publishing.
A new exhibit at UCO’s Melton Gallery takes viewers behind the scenes of the gay rodeo
Blake Little: Photographs from the Gay Rodeo runs through June 20 in Edmond.
Synth-pop project Trishes makes its OKC debut June 1 at Tower Theatre
Trishes, a musical project by songwriter Trish Hosein, is one of the first national acts to be featured in Tower Theatre’s studio series.
Letters to the Editor: May 24, 2017
The city has really grown over the last decade, especially with the revamping of Midtown and Bricktown.
All in
“No matter what the economic situation is for a student’s family, they don’t have to worry,” Ponce said last week as he visited the Eugene Field cafeteria. “It’s an unbelievable program.”
Wine for the People introduces wine lovers to great, affordable bottles
“The initial reason was because I wanted wine that everybody could afford,” Stith said. “These are geared to feature wines that are $25 or less.”
Food Briefs: Ciao Wagon and Prairie Wolf Spirits up for sale
“Whoever buys it is going to have orders coming in within days of taking over,” Merritt told Oklahoma Gazette.
Chicken-Fried News: Summer numbers
They have put away those stuffy coats and stocked up on sunblock because it is time to plan that dream vacation getaway.
Chicken-Fried News: Stark structures
They often attract vandals and partiers and are seen as eyesores that are detrimental to neighborhoods.
