Full cup
Both High Times and Lost Lakes Entertainment Complex chalk up Saturday’s missteps to the same factor: The first Oklahoma Cannabis Cup was more successful than anyone imagined it would be. High Times does not release attendance numbers for its Cannabis Cups, vice president of content Jon Cappetta said. But Lost Lakes managing partner Brad White…
Feeding Oklahomans
Northeast Oklahoma City has dealt with food insecurity for years, but a new grocery store and a potential rezoning could significantly improve access to fresh, quality food. Since 1993, Ward 7 council representatives have tried to bring a full-service grocery store to northeast Oklahoma City. Those efforts, started by Willa Johnson and now primarily carried…
COVER Review culture
Whether the platform is Google, Yelp, Facebook or Travel Advisor, the public-facing digital billboard for businesses is now its rating out of five stars. The influence of online reviews is growing. Yelp, which was founded in 2004, crossed its 100 millionth review in 2016 and is already currently over 190 million reviews, according to Julie…
Mental leap
After premiering in Indonesia in June, a film shot in the Oklahoma City metro in 2016 will have its first public showing in Oklahoma. Lord Finn — which won awards for best actor, director, screenplay, music and ensemble at the Asia Pacific International Filmmaker Festival & Awards in Jakarta — screens 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14…
OKG Shop: Furniture family
The Henry Home Interiors showroom is a big, bright space filled with plush sofas upholstered in customizable fabrics, trendy side tables, marble lamps with clean lines, patterned rugs and more. The Norman showroom, 3720 W. Robinson St., Suite 112, opened in November 2018, but the family behind Henry Home Interiors has been in the furniture…
Tap tunes
Several local musicians are celebrating their new releases with beers, and you can join them. Local Tap, 2 p.m.-2 a.m. Sept. 14 at The Jones Assembly, 901 W. Sheridan Ave., pairs eight local bands with eight local breweries to create custom small-batch beers for a tasting and concert event. Cody Anderson, head brewer at Vanessa…
Edmond’s yard
The first restaurant in Edmond Railyard opened last week, and five more are expected to open throughout the fall, along with a craft bar and office spaces. A year and a half ago, Grant Group Commercial Real Estate Services bought the building, one of the town’s oldest and one that had served as a lumberyard…
Werq space
Promoted as “the largest drag show in the world,” Werq the World has its sights set even higher. The tour, featuring performers from RuPaul’s Drag Race, lands in the metro 8 p.m. Sept. 12 at Rose State College Hudiburg Chevrolet Center, 6000 S. Trosper Place, in Midwest City. RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq the World 8…
Rice revelry
September is National Rice Month in the U.S. Rice is not native to this country, so why not celebrate it with food from countries that do it the best? By Jacob Threadgill with photo provided and Gazette / file Sheesh Mahal 4621 N. May Ave. 405-778-8469 The rice options are plentiful at Sheesh Mahal, and…
Chicken-Fried News: Bad look
A KOCO anchor compared her black co-anchor to a baby gorilla, and she got to keep her job. But it’s 2019 and a white supremacist-enabling narcissist is running the country, so we can’t be too surprised. Despite being one of the more diverse news stations in Oklahoma City (which really isn’t saying much at all),…
City investments
Sixteen projects are in the MAPS 4 package that was unanimously approved by Oklahoma City Council last week. Allocations are based on an estimated $978 million revenue from a one-cent sales tax set to last eight years. During the Aug. 27 meeting in which the package was voted on, many councilmembers said they did not…
Masa momentum
When Masa Ramen & Sushi co-owner Leo Chen told the other owners his idea for a grand opening would be four days of free-food giveaways, it took some convincing that it would be a good idea. “I wanted to make a big splash,” Chen said. “It was like an advertisement so that more people would…
Harmonious Rebirth
Rebirth Brass Band 8 p.m. Monday Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St.
Flower Review: Banana Kush
Strain name: Banana Kush Grown by: Greener Pastures Acquired from: Planet Hollyweed Date acquired: Aug. 20 THC/CBD percentages: 17.2 percent/0 percent (per 405 Analytical LLC) Physical traits: Light green with long, dull orange stigmas and fuzzy with trichomes Bouquet: Earthy and sweet Review: This is one of those buds that appears out of focus when you look at it due…
Chicken-Fried News: Job fulfillment?
Sorry we’re late, but a happy belated Amazon OKC1 Fulfillment Center Day to you and yours. In case you missed it, Gov. Kevin Stitt proclaimed Aug. 25 as a day celebrating the official launch of Amazon’s first Oklahoma fulfillment center. According to a press release faithfully regurgitated by too many local media outlets to name…
Chicken-Fried News: Didgeridon’t
The didgeridoo is the instrument most associated with aboriginal Australian culture, predating the arrival of British colonialists by centuries. The instrument’s unique drone is immediately recognizable, but apparently the instrument by itself isn’t quite so easy to pick out. A man in Tulsa was shot by a security guard stationed at a QuikTrip after waving…
Cup holders
The first High Times Oklahoma Cannabis Cup is now in the books, with a new class of ganjapreneur who can lay claim to the mantle of cannabis champion. Jon Cappetta, High Times vice president of content, said Oklahoma submitted a record-breaking number of entries for a Cannabis Cup event. Fire Leaf was the major winner…
