Parker Goes Electric
Taking a detour from his folk roots, Parker Milsap makes ‘Other Arrangements.’ By Ben Luschen
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Teacher hospitality
Throughout the nine days of demonstrations at the Capitol during the Oklahoma teacher walkout, local businesses poured onto Lincoln Boulevard to offer free food and drinks to teachers and protesters in need. Other businesses followed suit, offering educators and public employees discounts. 84 Hospitality Group (Empire Slice House, Gorō Ramen, ¡Revolución!, Easy E Slice Shop…
Chicken-Fried News: Picking winners
Seven months ago, Baker Mayfield was brazenly planting a University of Oklahoma (OU) flag onto the Ohio State University football field, making himself an enemy of the Buckeye State. Now the OU Heisman Trophy winner is returning to Ohio as Cleveland’s next great hope. Mayfield was drafted No. 1 overall by the Cleveland Browns in…
Making moves
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center got a lot out of its State Fair Park headquarters since it moved in nearly 30 years ago as the first-year organization City Arts Center. But wear and tear — along with growing community usage — necessitated a move. “We’ve loved this place into disrepair,” said artistic director Jeremiah Matthew Davis.…
Static sensation
Parker Millsap 8-10 p.m. May 4-5 Sooner Theatre 101 E. Main St., Norman soonertheatre.org 405-321-9600 $20-$25 There is an anxious limbo period many artists go through between recording an album and releasing it to the public months or even more than a year after the fact. It’s more than adequate time for the mind to…
CBD 101
Editor’s note: This article is part of a series examining cannabis and cannabinoids in Oklahoma leading up to the June 26 medical marijuana referendum. Three years ago, when House Bill 2154, a piece of legislation known as “Katie and Cayman’s Law” allowing children with severe epilepsy to take cannabinoids as treatment through a medical trial,…
Gaining acceptance
PieceWalk 7:30 a.m. May 5 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark 2 S. Mickey Mantle Drive piecewalk.org 405-315-6337 Free-$40 When his son Max was diagnosed with autism in the first grade, Phil Inzinga didn’t know where to turn. Luckily, a friend told him about Autism Oklahoma and its parent support groups. After attending one meeting, Inzinga joined a…
Breaking spells
Editor’s note: Oklahoma Gazette is featuring Norman Music Festival performers each week leading up to its 2018 event Thursday-Saturday in Norman. Though much of Quit the Curse is built around the idea of incommunicative lovers and the dysfunction within modern dating dynamics, Michigan singer-songwriter Anna Burch now feels a little distant from the album’s subject…
Bittersweet closing
Oklahoma City residents were shocked in early April when Daniel Chae announced that his popular restaurant Chae Modern Korean would be closing its doors at the end of the month. It’s a decision that was put into new context on April 11 when Chae announced that he is running for Oklahoma County treasurer, which only…
True manhood
Brandon McDonald is motivated. The teenager who has his future mapped out with the hope of attending a welding trade school knows that he’s no longer the kid who grew up on the streets. “There are only two cards you are ever dealt,” said McDonald, whose cards are tied to his gender and his skin…
Gazedibles: Affordably tasty
Are you looking for a quality meal without breaking the bank? These seven restaurants offer good food at reasonable prices. You can go to any of them and get an entrée for $10 or less. Nic’s Grill 1201 N. Pennsylvania Ave. 405-524-0999 National audiences have been introduced to the burger that many Oklahoma City residents…
Swedish ARRIVAL
ARRIVAL from Sweden 8 p.m. May 4, 5 Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. okcphil.org 405-297-2264 $19-$73 With over 400 million albums sold and a bevy of Billboard Hot 100 hits, ABBA is quite often referenced as one of Sweden’s greatest exports, and it is a legacy that has aged finer than wine.…
Iron tradition
Iron Thistle Scottish Festival 7-10 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday Mollie Spencer Farm 1001 Garth Brooks Blvd., Yukon unitedscotsok.com Free-$15 Billed as “Family fun – Celtic style,” Iron Thistle Scottish Festival features enough events and activities to keep visitors occupied all weekend and the people running…
Chicken-Fried News: Fast one
Oklahoma Congressman Jim Bridenstine was not formally trained in science, is skeptical of climate change and has little large-scale administrative experience, but he gets excited when rockets go super-duper fast. Apparently, this was all President Donald Trump needed to choose the Republican and former U.S. Navy pilot to head the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…
Hall monitors
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics (OSSM) has held student art shows in the past, but always in the confines of the large, residential school campus. Though the fenced-in public high school grounds are open to visitation, there is not much reason for community members to go through the area without an existing connection to…
Back in black
Ben Folds w/ OKC Phil 7:30-10 p.m. Tuesday Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave.0 okcphil.org 405-842-5387 $29-$283 A sold-out concert nearly seven years ago with superbly talented pianist and suburban poet laureate Ben Folds proved an important moment for Oklahoma City Philharmonic, which gained citywide pop cred overnight through the collaboration. As Folds…
Season sampler
Broadway & Brew 7-11 p.m. May 4 McClendon Whitewater Center 800 Riversport Drive broadwayandbrew.com 405-524-9312 $75 Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma’s annual Broadway & Brew event is set to return for its sixth year with a format that will feel familiar for those who have been to past editions of the fundraiser aimed at young professionals.…
Rolling art
Steamroller Print Fest 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday [Artspace] at Untitled 1 NE Third Street 1ne3.org 405-815-9995 Free Soon, several local artists will get the chance to watch their work publicly run over by a steamroller. A free event Saturday, [Artspace] at Untitled’s Steamroller Print Fest will feature live music and dance performances, family-friendly…
Super-sized
Super Tortas El Chavo 721 SW 29th St. 405-631-0100 What works: The meat in the tortas and tacos is flavorful and tender. What needs work: The fries needed to be refried for crispiness. Tip: One torta is big enough for two people. For many Spanish speakers across the world, one of the most recognizable characters…
Walk, run
The moment Lauren Richter, a fifth-grade teacher in Shawnee, decided to run for office came during the fourth day of the statewide teacher walkout, when educators and their allies continued to demand additional funding for public schools. Educators filled the state Capitol to capacity. Thousands of teachers remained outside the building. “There was no one…
Chicken-Fried News: Weather jinx
So far this year, the only tornado siren that has been heard in Oklahoma City is during the weekly Saturday noon test. In fact, the entire state has yet to record a tornado this month, and The Weather Channel said it is unlikely one will develop this month for only the third time. According to…
Chicken-Fried News: The law won
Tulsa World and former World editor Ziva Branstetter fought the governor and a state agency and won. Now, readers are learning that no one is above the law, not even the governor. According to Oklahoma County District Judge Lisa Tipping Davis, Gov. Mary Fallin and the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) violated the state’s…
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Next Issue: Perpetual Motion Dance presents its first original narrative production Cora’s Door
P. 27 Perpetual Motion Dance presents its first original narrative production, the sumptuous fantasy Cora’s Door, at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center. By Jeremy Martin Cover photo Britt’s Eye View Photography / provided
