Banned?
White asked Municipal Counselor Ken Jordan at a city council meeting to prepare a report about the possibility of outlawing the devices, which reportedly help people quit using tobacco products. White doesn’t believe the hype that e-cigarettes will eliminate the desire to smoke. “It’s a tobacco product and another path to addiction,” he said. “The…
FILM
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie, (U.S., 2012, dir. Daniel A. Miller, Seth Kramer and Jeremy Newberger) dissecting the mind and motivation behind television’s most notorious agitator, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 21. Museum of Art, 415 Couch, 236-3100, okcmoa.com. THU Fading West, (U.S., 2013, dir. Matt Kasolis) follows Grammywinning band Switchfoot as they travel the globe…
Board again
For children of the ’80s or earlier, it likely involved a board game like Wahoo, whose origins date back to the Depression era, when a 15-by-15-inch piece of scrap wood could be transformed into the strategy game played with marbles and dice. While Wahoo (also called Aggravation) went commercial with plastic and paper versions in…
Nothing to blow up about
But one can’t be too careful. The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department was called to the scene along SE 59th Street near Eastern. They found nothing. No boom, no bang. Typically, the only banging in Valley Brook comes from inside the strip clubs. The driver of the car was detained but later released. It’s unclear if…
We win! Sort of.
Oklahoma City ranked seventh on Forbes Magazine’s Top 10 Best Cities for Good Jobs. The magazine reported that gains in energy employment, financial services, utilities, hospitality and transportation sectors contributed to the city’s success. According to Forbes, OKC’s unemployment rate is 4.8 percent, and per capita income is $36,915. However, our neighbors to the south,…
Jesse Jane swims with the fishes, er, a tiger
The adult film star and Oklahoma City resident has starred in countless productions, including our personal favorite … wait, never mind. Being one of the most successful pornographic actresses in the world carries with it some perks (bad word choice?), including, if you are so inclined, swimming with a tiger in your own swimming pool.…
‘Bumper’ had prior history
At the time of his arrest, News9 reported that The Oklahoman knew about Campfield’s previous misconduct — he also was accused of taking pictures up girls’ skirts at the Oklahoma State Fair in 2012 — and also that his editor said he was not on assignment at the graduation ceremony, though the FBI and those…
Third time’s a charm?
The Flaming Lips frontman has, from time to time, posted some rather evocative photos from the popular mobile app, which was why ’Gram gave him the boot in the first place. But it didn’t take long for Coyne to resurface that first time around, registering under a new handle (@wayneflaminglip) faster than you can say,…
Short Term 12
Although she has been acting since the age of 8, Brie Larson only started to become “a thing” in 2009, as the daughter of Toni Collette’s dissociative-identity housewife on the Showtime series United States of Tara. For all three seasons, the 20-something Larson stood out by playing sassy, brassy and smug. She was so good…
Dallas Buyers Club
With Dallas Buyers Club, director Jean-Marc Vallée (The Young Victoria) takes the cinematic liberty to tell Woodroof’s story, revisiting the 1980s during the early years of the AIDS epidemic, when rampant conservatism, Reagan’s War on Drugs and the Christian right dominated American culture. In what appears to be the role of his career, an overwhelmingly…
Poolboy — Soda Kids
Guitarist Michael Loveland, bassist Sean Barker and drummer John Calvin are no strangers to the local scene, nor are they, apparently, strangers to good, old-fashioned rock ’n’ roll. The band’s debut EP, Soda Kids, clocks in at less than six minutes, with four capricious and impassioned tracks that mimic a bygone golden era of punk…
Batteries plus
If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. That’s the belief punk rock band Alkaline Trio has held steadfast in since forming in the mid-1990s, and nearly two decades later, it’s one that has paid dividends. While most of the outfit’s contemporaries have long since burnt out, Alkaline Trio is playing to the same devout fans…
Que sera, Sera
Photo: Hilary Harris Famed label Sub Pop is best known for its roster of alternative rock acts, ranging from classic grunge acts like Nirvana, Soundgarden and Mudhoney to new hipster favorites like Obits, Mogwai and Dum Dum Girls, so it’s strange to see a folk/country act in their roster. Sera Cahoone takes total pride in…
Hear him roar
Photo: Cary Anne Tyson Meade has shied away from the spotlight for some time. It has been over a decade since his beloved alternative outfit Chainsaw Kittens went on hiatus, and Meade has mostly been living in Shanghai since, devoting his time to teaching English, guiding children and mentoring young musicians, with only the occasional…
Bacon-Wrapped Cajun Jalapeños
Pick up the Taste of Home: Recipes Across America cookbook at your local bookstore or order online at tasteofhome.com. Taste-test a recipe at home, taken from Recipes Across America: Bacon-Wrapped Cajun Jalapeños by Linda Foreman (field editor), Locust Grove Preparation time: 20 minutes Bake times: 25 minutes 8 large jalapeño peppers 1 package (3 ounces)…
’Tend to their business
Donny Sizemore Donny Not only does Donny Sizemore have the gift of gab, but he can turn that gab into a drink. “I’m a ‘bespoke bartender,’” he said. “You speak what you want; I find out your palate, and I make that. I love the challenge.” With 27 years’ experience under his belt, he is…
PERFORMING ARTS
Alcoholidays, premiering at the Boom, this comedy follows Meg and Jacob as they make their way through the holiday, 6:30 p.m., Nov. 22-23. The Boom, 2218 NW 39th, 601-7200, theboomokc.com. FRI–SAT Coram Boy, the tale of two orphans at the Coram Hospital for Deserted Children., 8 p.m., Nov. 22-23; 3 p.m., Nov. 24. University of…
Taste Oklahoma
But if a national road trip isn’t on your to-do list, Taste of Home’s Recipes Across America provides the next best thing: A way to experience local flavors from every state right in your own kitchen. While that does mean some home cooking, it’s a nice way to spice up the routine and provide a…
Redux, resized
Only three years after opening the doors of its own venue at NW 16th Street and Broadway Avenue, Reduxion Theatre, one of the metro’s youngest companies, has outgrown the intimate in-the-round setting that has played host to a series of acclaimed shows. To accommodate its expanding audiences and artistic ambitions, early next year, Reduxion’s new…
OKG7 chilly dogs
Mutt’s Amazing Hot Dogs 1400 NW 23rd St. mutts-hot-dogs.com 702-5000 Mutt’s makes hot dogs an art form with its homemade buns and all-beef kosher franks. The best-sellers are The Boardwalk, with mustard, chili, cheddar-jack cheese and onions. In a close second is the S’noran Dog wrapped in bacon and slathered with chipotle ketchup, pico de…
FOOD
Old-World Pumpernickel Bread, at the conclusion of this class, you will have a starter and bread dough ready for baking this heavy and dense bread, 6:30- 9:30 p.m., Nov. 20. Francis Tuttle Technology Center- Rockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell, 717-4900, francistuttle.edu. WED Paint N’ Cheers, creative social art classes, 6:30 p.m., Nov. 20-23; 2 p.m.,…
Tripping out
Arizona artists Oliver and Spencer Hibert bring their uniquely psychedelic paintings to the Womb. BY BECKY CARMAN During the summer of 2011, the landscape of downtown OKC changed forever when a humble building on Ninth Street transformed into a brilliantly colored and vaguely offensive landmark. For the common commuter, the swath of rainbows and pink…
LIFE FOOD & DRINK
LIFE FOOD & DRINK Turkey and Thanksgiving are one in the same, right? It doesn’t matter what part of the turkey; it’s all delicious: breast, wing, thigh, testicle. No, really. Fried turkey testicles are a thing, and Henry Hudson’s Pub has them. The 4th annual Turkey Testical Festival features the aforementioned goodies, plus beer and…
Wine and dine
However, the side dishes have interesting challenges, so while Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir are certainly excellent choices, a couple variations in wine selection can make for a far better Thanksgiving dinner. South African wine is appearing more often in the state, and the Neil Ellis Sincerely Sauvignon Blanc is an excellent introduction to this…
LIFE
The University of Oklahoma presents Coram Boy, a play adapted by Helen Edmundson from the award-winning children’s novel. The production follows two orphans: Toby, saved from an African slave ship, and Aaron, the abandoned son of an heir to a great estate. The cast includes 50 students from the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts.…
Parrott talk
That kid is now popular Oklahoma City chef and restaurant consultant Ryan Parrott, who, at age 19, became the kitchen manager at Tommy’s Italian-American Grill in Northpark Mall and went on to create concepts and revitalize menus all over town. You know him but might not know you know him. You read about the restaurants…
Menu metamorphosis
But autumn is also a special time for devourers of food because chefs across the metro release new menus full of seasonally appropriate dishes meant to delight taste buds and warm bellies. At The Metro Wine Bar & Bistro, 6418 N. Western Ave., executive chef Jonas Favela is excited about his slate. “It’s a year-round…
Spirited away
A float, also known as an ice cream soda, usually includes ice cream, a carbonated beverage and flavored syrup. However, when beer or spirits are added, it’s no longer for kids. Where can one go to sample some of these spiked milkshakes and floats in the Oklahoma City area? The first stop, S&B’s Burger Joint,…
Permanent culture
A gentle buzz of activity starts this crisp morning at CommonWealth Urban Farms, beginning with a list of priorities for the volunteers. There’s a compost pile to work on, followed by planting garlic and shallots and then digging up sweet potatoes. One young volunteer finds a garter snake, and after the workers finish their digging,…
Unique party fare fills local boutiques
Courtney Ramos, a florist at Dutch Floral & Home Dutch Floral & Home (dutchfloralandhome.com; 401 NW 23rd St.; 609-2809) offers an array of classy gifts and flowers so you can add a personal touch. Pick up cocktail shakers and mixers and a book of drink recipes or some coffee and a nice mug. Grab some…
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
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School values don’t fit into a single score
Scholars at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University, in Oklahoma School Grades: Hiding “Poor” Achievement, anticipated the mess. They concluded, “a primary assumption of the A-F accountability system, that student test scores can be dissected and manipulated into valid indicators of school performance, is simply false.” The bubbling-in of three questions out of…
Our taxes are better than yours
The best-ranked component for the state was property taxes. Oklahoma has the 4th lowest state and local collections average, at $642 per person. Among states with an individual income tax, Oklahoma was the 22nd lowest. The state’s corporate income tax ranked 17th lowest, down from 9th lowest in 2010. We also ranked 36th for 2013.…
LETTERS
I’ve got a few suggestions for him: 1. There are probably a lot more things, as a House representative, that he needs to be concerned about. This isn’t one of them. 2. If he has a problem with the play, then don’t go see it. 3. Someone might let him know that OKC Ballet is…
Coburn battles a cancer that isn’t liberal
Coburn, 65, is undergoing evaluation and treatment for a recurrence of prostate cancer that required surgery in 2011. As a threetime cancer survivor and a licensed physician, Coburn knows the drill. Taking time off from work might seem logical, but after his 2011 surgery, Coburn was back in Washington, D.C., a few days later to…
Not in my backyard
The nonprofit agency is building a $15 million, 50,000-square-foot, multipurpose facility that includes an overnight shelter, a feeding site, administrative offices, a chapel and social services offices. The new building replaces the abandoned flea market that was housed there for decades. Marilyn Blackburn, who lives north of the facility at 1101 N. Barnes Ave., complained…
Identity crisis
Change, however, has been slow. For 50 years, the living conditions have been part of the history connected to the area generally bounded by NE 23rd Street to NE Fourth Street and from Lottie Avenue/Stonewall Avenue to Interstate 35 and long known as the John F. Kennedy district. In the 1960s, the Oklahoma City Council…
Failing forethought
Researchers contend that crushing poverty is more significant than failing public schools or bad teachers. Two years ago, a Stanford University study documented the new “income achievement gap.” The report showed family income is the “biggest determining factor in a student’s academic achievement.” The same year, writer Joanna Barkan published a report in Dissent Magazine…
Clear History
Clear History sure is, if more amusing than actually funny. Its intermittent focus is by nature of a purposely skeletal script to allow a wide berth for Curb-style improv; the feature length just magnifies those inherent faults. In 2003, marketing exec Nathan Flomm (David, sporting a downright biblical beard) gives up his 10-percent stake in…
Body Bags / Assault on Precinct 13
The opener is the best of the bunch, documenting the first — and quite possibly the last — night shift worked by a pretty young college student (Alex Datcher, Passenger 57) at a gas station. She sits locked in the cashier’s booth as a serial killer lurks close. The suspense gets to her as much as…
Samson & Delilah
Not much happens in the movie, at least initially, which I suppose is entirely the point. When he’s not huffing gasoline, teenage Samson (Rowan McNamara) ambles about his surroundings — empty fridge, dirty water, hard floors, merciless sun — and listens to music and screws around in a wheelchair. Meanwhile, his sorta-kinda girlfriend, Delilah (Marissa…
Breaking the Girls
Also drawing upon Single White Female and director Jamie Babbit’s own The Quiet, this frigid thriller stars Agnes Bruckner (now the poor man’s Abbie Cornish, after starring in Lifetime’s recent Anna Nicole Smith biopic) as Sara, a struggling college student by day and bartender by night. When she loses the gig of the latter, it…
Grabbers
On an Irish island, the whales and villagers alike are being attacked by an alien creature that thrives on blood and water alone. Looked like Lisa Nolan (Ruth Bradley, Alarm, In Her Skin) picked the wrong two weeks to sub as an officer there. Her jaded partner, the functioning alcoholic O’Shea (Richard Coyle, Prince of Persia:…
The Eyes of Charles Sand
Why not both? As his aunt (Joan Bennett, TV’s Dark Shadows) informs Charles, now that he is the sole surviving son of the Sands, he and he only possesses powers of ESP, and with great power comes great responsibility — not to mention pesky, spooky visions of milky-eyed, heavily wrinkled corpses appearing wherever he goes. …
SEE IT: Wayne Coyne interviews Oliver Hibert for OKG
Bad Trip launches 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at Coyne’s Oklahoma City artspace, The Womb Gallery, 25 NW Ninth St. Admission is free. Tripping out During the summer of 2011, the landscape of downtown OKC changed forever when a humble building on Ninth Street transformed into a brilliantly colored and vaguely offensive landmark. For the common…
A “Phresh” performance
Although apparently meeting expectations with crowd-pleasing hits like “Duffle Bag Boy,” “Birthday Song” and “I’m Different,” his set was little more than him shouting lyrics into the mic; yelling, “Say what?!” for no apparent reason; taking gratuitous bows; and occasionally delivering a few lines of actual rap that made the listener wonder if maybe he…
Shelter battle
A lawsuit filed at the Oklahoma Supreme Court alleges Pruitt accepted donations from political action committees and influential businessmen connected to the State Chamber of Commerce, which formally opposes the state’s franchise tax and wants it abolished. The franchise tax would be used to repay $500 million in state bonds if the petition drive is…
