Community investments
After living in Oklahoma City’s sixth ward for about 20 years, Jim Holman said his name is a familiar one among neighbors. He hopes it carries a good reputation, and if the past few months have been any indication, he believes it does. “Asking for help is not the easiest thing to do,” Holman said.…
Famous ideas
Why Aren’t You Famous?6 p.m. Saturday Joe’s Addiction 1806 SE 59th St. whyarentyoufamous.org Free (donations accepted) Why aren’t you famous? It’s a good question. Perhaps you’ve been asked before, or maybe you’ve asked another. It’s possible you’ve even asked yourself. In reality, few will attain such recognition. The elusive nature of fame is what defines…
Protesting climate
Earth Strike Rally/March 2-3 p.m. Jan. 15 400 E. Reno Ave. facebook.com/rscdsa Free According to the Fifth Assessment Report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration is rising at an unprecedented rate, resulting in an onslaught of detrimental changes across the planet. Despite decades of smear campaigns and bunk…
Legal marijuana
Christmas came a few days early for me this year. After 11 days of waiting — or 18 years, depending on how you look at it — it was official. As of Dec. 22, I can now legally possess and consume cannabis in my home state. The critics were partially correct — the license was…
Chicken-Fried News: 2018 takeout
Fallin away The queen is dead; long live the king. Mary Fallin’s eight-year reign of terror over the state is over, and her successor Kevin Stitt is a political outsider who campaigned on his version of “drain the swamp” but has surrounded himself with insiders during his transition to the Governor’s Mansion. Oh, Gov. Fallin,…
Declining health
A damning statistic has been making headlines across the nation since its release in November. According to a nearly decade-long study conducted by researchers at Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, for the first time since 2008, the number of uninsured children across the United States has increased. “The nation’s many years of progress…
Gazedibles: Resolute eating
Calorie counts go out the window over the holidays, but now that we’ve turned the calendar over to 2019, it’s time to start making those New Year’s resolutions come to fruition. These seven restaurants allow you to eat out while staying true to your goals. By Jacob Threadgill with Gazette / file and provided photos…
New Union
Over the past 18 months, the restaurant at 2920 NW 63rd St. has gone from Meat Market Refectory to MMR Prime Steakhouse and finally Union Wood Fired Grill. As executive chef Jonas Favela was promoted to co-owner by principal owners Lance and Cindy Ruffel, he wanted to put his own stamp while building on extensive…
OKG Shop: Fresh face
Chelsey Cobbs began developing a passion for clean cosmetics after she decided, almost by accident, to become a makeup artist. She has now established herself as an experienced artist and a local expert on clean beauty products and unique self-care items through her recently opened shop, Salt & Water Co., at its temporary location at…
Center staged
A long-delayed museum will resume construction this year. The American Indian Cultural Center and Museum (AICCM) is accepting bids through Jan. 7 to complete the facility, 659 American Indian Blvd., near the Boathouse District. “There is one portion of the structure that has not been enclosed yet. That was bid on recently, and we’re about…
Romance language
Russian Romantics 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15 St. Paul’s Cathedral 127 NW Seventh St. brightmusic.org Free-$20 In its two previous concerts this season, Oklahoma City’s Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble paid tribute to the underappreciated viola and gave listeners a tour of Beethoven’s Vienna. For its third concert of the season and first of 2019, Brightmusic is highlighting…
Welcoming reality
Given the unreal state of reality in 2018, perhaps it’s unsurprising that movies largely gave up on escapism. In this up-is-down environment, documentaries thrived, with a handful — Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, about Mr. Rogers; the too-bizarre-to-believe, Three Identical Strangers; and Free Solo, which chronicles the only person to free solo climb Yosemite’s El…
Period piece
Menstruation Art Show II 6:30-9 p.m. Jan. 12 BlackMint Collective 800 W. Sheridan Ave. facebook.com/blackmintcollective 405-767-8900 Free Oklahoma City artists are gathering paintings, prints, sculptures and more for the second-ever Menstruation Art Show Jan. 12 at BlackMint Collective, 800 W. Sheridan Ave. All of the art in the show will be available for purchase via…
Gourmet diner
Polk’s House2319 N. Lottie Ave. polkshouse.net 405-887-0539 Free What works:The price point and comfort classics like neck bones, greens and yams are great. What needs work:The meatloaf needed more moisture. Tip:Follow the restaurant on Facebook for specials like Cornish game hen and prime rib. The white building at the corner of 23rd Street and Lottie…
Invasion history
Peter Asher: A Musical Memoir of the ’60s and Beyond8 p.m. Jan. 9-10 The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave bluedoorokc.com 405-524-0738 $40 Interviewing breakout pop stars in the 1960s, music journalists all seemed to want to know one thing. “If you look at any old Beatle interviews or our interviews, or anybody’s interviews,” said…
CBD rising
With President Donald Trump’s signature on the 2018 farm bill last month, industrial hemp became an ordinary agricultural commodity, and CBD Plus USA sees it as bringing the company one step closer to getting its products into all 50 states. “Very few people want to get in our space — CBD only,” president Matt Baker…
Commentary: Fighting hate
In November 2018, former Oklahoma Gazette reporter Ben Luschen found one while hiking near Cushing and took a photo on his cellphone. Then, shortly before Christmas, the sticker for the white identitarian/hate group Identity Evropa began appearing in prominent locations throughout the Oklahoma City metro area, showing up in Midtown, Nichols Hills, downtown Edmond and…
