Cover Teaser: Oklahoma City Restaurant Week runs June 6-12
Join Oklahoma Gazette June 6-12 as it presents Oklahoma City Restaurant Week. The citywide event features dozens of mouthwatering, specially priced menus from almost 50 participating metro restaurants. Learn more about original, chef-created prix fixe Restaurant Week selections on P.15 and how dining out helps Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma on P.17. See our guide…
Foxburrows’ first release, Tame, is one worth contemplating
Tame is Foxburrows’ first release since its Woodland Creatures EP in 2014.
Summer Cannibals is the newest band to pick up the Kill Rock Stars torch
Summer Cannibals signed with the Kill Rock Stars label in February and plays at Opolis June 9.
OK Kids Korral gets a boost from the Toby Keith & Friends Golf Classic
Toby Keith is just one of the celebrity players in the Toby Keith & Friends Golf Classic June 4.
Lanthimos requires viewers to buy into The Lobster’s internal logic – if not, they will be as adrift as some of the loners who live in the nearby forest, running from tranquilizer darts and immediate transformation.
Lanthimos requires viewers to buy into The Lobster’s internal logic – if not, they will be as adrift as some of the loners who live in the nearby forest, running from tranquilizer darts and immediate transformation.
Cover Story: Professional cycling race morphs into mammoth three-day, family-friendly festival
“Not only are we attracting local and regional teams, but we will attract the best riders in the nation,” said Chad Hodges, OKC Pro-Am Classic founder and race director. “They want to be here.”
Gazedibles: burger time
Every day can be National Burger Day in the OKC metro.
Ultimate Frisbee is alive in OKC
Oklahoma City’s Ultimate Frisbee summer leagues start June 16.
Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival celebrates 30 years
Red Earth Festival returns to Cox Convention Center June 10-12.
Restaurateur Lawan Rattana opens new concept in Edmond
Lawan Rattana hopes to introduce customers to Thailand’s regional cuisine at Gin Thai Fusion.
Star-studded superhero movie X-Men: Apocalypse hits theaters
X-Men: Apocalypse fails to use its female characters well but takes an intelligent look at death and violence.
Key and Peele’s feature film is a skit stretched too thin
Key and Peele finally expanded their hilarious buddy comedy sketches for the silver screen.
Hunter Hayes challenges the status quo album format
Hunter Hayes performs June 3 at Frontier City.
The Nice Guys is a harmlessly good time built on co-star chemistry
Shane Black’s The Nice Guys takes great pains to show it is set in the 1970s.
Michaelene Stephenson stars in new Mickey Reece film Broadcast
Broadcast premiers June 4 at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center.
Paula Stover wins Urban Pioneer Award
This year’s Urban Pioneer Award honors years of work by Lyric Theatre’s managing director Paula Stover.
Chicken-Fried News: Letter generator
In his latest epistolary masterpiece, Attorney General Scott Pruitt addressed the U.S. departments of education and justice and took a stand against measures to protect transgender students.
New restaurant will concentrate on Korean-style fried chicken
Uptown 23rd’s newest addition, Chick N Beer, is set to open this summer.
Diners get a real taste of Italy at Patrono Italian Restaurant
Patrono Italian Restaurant in the Arts District features authentic Italian wine and food.
Chicken-Fried News: Sick-and-tired days
Former superintendent Rob Neu’s attendance records — obtained through a freedom of information request — showed he was absent 125.5 days.
Chicken-Fried News: Rotten eggs
Two more workers at the Oklahoma County Jail have been accused of smuggling things in to prisoners.
NAMI Oklahoma hosts walk to raise funds and awareness for mental illness
NAMIWalks organizers hope to raise $100,000 for mental illness this year.
Mitsuno Reedy’s Dances with Brushes show runs through June 30.
Mitsuno Reedy’s Dances with Brushes show runs through June 30.
RED Rooftop party raises funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS outreach
A Moroccan-themed cocktail and dance party benefitting AIDS Walk Oklahoma City is June 2 on the roof of Cardinal Engineering.
Oklahoma City Museum of Art opens Roof Terrace for summer and fall nights
A full cash bar and a wide variety of musical acts will grace Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s Roof Terrace on seasonal Thursday nights.
Charlie Christian International Music Festival celebrates music pioneer’s 100th birthday
A local music festival celebrates Oklahoma musician Charlie Christian, widely regarded as the first major soloist on the electric guitar.
Letters to the Editor: May 25, 2016
You said toll roads would become free roads when paid for, but Oklahomans will always pay.
Richard Ray Whitman’s pursuit of art led him to activism
“We were always the subject matter,” Whitman said, “but never behind the camera. That’s where the artist has control; a more self-determined image can be created when you are behind the lens.”
KIPP leaders reveal charter proposal for Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, Douglass High School
“Our kids need us,” McDaniel said. “We owe it to our kids to give them a quality education.”
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“Treatment saves lives,” Murthy said. “Sometimes people say, ‘We can’t afford to build [treatment] centers.’ I say, ‘We can’t afford not to have treatment.’ “
“Treatment saves lives,” Murthy said. “Sometimes people say, ‘We can’t afford to build [treatment] centers.’ I say, ‘We can’t afford not to have treatment.’ “
Carpenter Square Theatre presents play about intergenerational relationships
A young man visits his activist grandmother in the West Village during a cross-country bike trip in 4000 Miles at Carpenter Square Theatre.
Chicken-Fried News: Timeless ads
A local ad campaign featuring Bart Brewer of The Floor Trader mimicking George Costanza from Seinfeld went viral recently.
Food Briefs: whiskey tasting, edible portraits class, Chuck Wagon Festival and more
Whiskey Cake Kitchen & Bar holds whiskey classes, Myriad Botanical Gardens makes edible portraits, Chuck Wagon Festival is back, St. Anthony Hospital hosts Saintoberfest Beer Tasting and Hideaway Pizza is named one of the best.
Chicken-Fried News: Sexy science?
A professor at OU found a correlation between prayer and church attendance and increased levels of pornography use.
Chicken-Fried News: Speed trap
An ESPN host fielded thousands of responses — including one from a player and one from OKCPS’ Twitter account — to a tweet he made about the Oklahoma City Thunder.
