Bricktown laughs
A Washington-based entertainment company will open a comedy club and arcade bar downtown by the end of the year. BARK Entertainment, which opened its first comedy club almost a decade ago, expands its portfolio with Bricktown Comedy Club. Located at 409 E. California Ave., the club will have its first show Dec. 27 and continue…
Cover: Thundering on
When Chris Paul arrived in Oklahoma City as a 20-year-old rookie member of the Hornets, refuged from New Orleans following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, he moved into a house in Edmond with his brother C.J. They would drive out to Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, where the waylaid team held practice and facilities, and…
Bloody Dead
Evil Dead: The Musical Friday-Nov. 2 The Pollard Theatre 120 W. Harrison Ave., Guthrie
Spreading Sunshine
More than expanding on its mission to “spread sunshine” with delectable sweet and savory treats, Sunshine Baking Company wants to create a happy working environment for its employees from the special needs community. Owner and head baker Savannah Tillman is a Georgia native and culinary school graduate who spent three years as the lead baker…
Herbal engineering
When the season changes, so does the flavor of Mary Mechanix’s seasonal cartridges. Its spiced apple cider cartridge debuted on the autumnal equinox, the same day the company retired its popular Bomb Pop for the year. To Mary Mechanix, having a unique brand with distinctive offerings is as important as quality products. “We’ve been kind…
Quality Dolly!
Hello, Dolly! Oct. 15-20 Thelma Gaylord Performing Arts Theatre Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave.
Impact strength
Impact Oklahoma distributed almost $250,000 this year to five local organizations. Impact Oklahoma is a network of women who strive for the betterment of Oklahoma and work for the goal through annual grants to local nonprofits. OKC Metro Alliance and Sooner Theatre were awarded grants of $100,000 each. Putnam City Schools Foundation, Variety Care and…
Equal-opportunity nourisher
Throughout her more than three-decade career in the food industry, Alicia Gomez-Grayson has literally worked with food from seed to table. It wasn’t until the domino effect after an accident led her to open a restaurant that provides both healthy and indulgent choices in downtown Oklahoma City. Cafe 110, located at 110 N. Robinson Ave.…
Stage warning
Before you can watch Tenacious D’s 2018 sort-of animated sci-fi rock opera Post-Apocalypto on YouTube, you must click through a screen warning: “This video may be inappropriate for some viewers.” Go ahead and apply that same warning to the text beyond this sentence. In anticipation of the D’s Oct. 20 show at The Criterion, 500…
Gazedibles: Cajun favorites
Oklahoma City has received a handful of new Cajun and Creole-style restaurants in recent years that complement the likes of longtime favorite Cajun King. Here are seven new and old Cajun concepts. By Jacob Threadgill with Gazette / file and provided photos Pearl’s Oyster Bar 5641 N. Classen Blvd. pearlsokc.com | 405-848-8008 From the top…
Chicken-Fried News: Nobamacare
State Question 802 would allow voters to decide whether Oklahoma will finally accept the Medicaid expansion authorized by the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, but in order to get it on the ballot in 2020, organizers have until 5 p.m. Oct. 28 to collect 177,958 signatures from registered Oklahoma voters. If a number close to…
Freedom fighters
Freedom Oklahoma aims to build off a successful year for Oklahoma’s LGBTQ+ community by focusing more on diverse sects of the community and advocating for more issues. With October being LGBT History Month, Allie Shinn, Freedom Oklahoma executive director, said the organization is reflecting on recent history to inform what is next to come. The…
Sunshine songs
EmiSunshine and The Rain 7 p.m. Oct. 19 Rodeo Opry 2221 Exchange Ave. ohfo.org 405-297-9773 $7.50-$15 The girl was 9 years old, but the song she sang was 75 years older. A YouTube video of young EmiSunshine singing Jimmie Rodgers’ “Blue Yodel No. 6” in a flea market in Sweetwater, Tennessee, became popular enough to…
Soul expansion
The journey from food truck to brick-and-mortar restaurant was already a successful one for Taste of Soul owners Cerese and Ricki Bly, but it has only gotten stronger as the brand opened a new storefront in Del City and expanded its chicken and waffles concept into Kansas. Taste of Soul opened a new venue for…
Chicken-Fried News: Dr. Roboto
A new high-tech way to go to the dentist is here, and it will either terrify you or encourage you to finally visit your dentist. Oral Surgery Specialists of Oklahoma has one of the country’s first “robotic dentists” for dental implant surgery. “[Yomi Robotic Dental System] delivers critical insight on patient anatomy to aid with…
Flower Review: Cookie Monster Fire
Strain name: Cookie Monster Fire Grown by: Green Rush Processing Acquired from: Eden Rose Dispensary Date acquired: Oct. 2 THC/CBD percentages: no testing available Physical traits: bright green with numerous wiry stigmas and light purpling inside Bouquet: sweet and gassy Review: Eden Rose Dispensary just opened a few blocks from my house, and I had…
Chicken-Fried News: Bittersweet release
The sweet taste of freedom quickly soured like an unripe cherry for an Oklahoma City man last week after he led police on a high-speed chase just hours after being released from prison. According to KFOR, Jonathan Tecumseh fled a routine traffic stop around SE 29th Street, taking the vehicle north on Interstate 35, and…
Rolling stoned
Oklahoma cannabis patients currently have no exceptions to the state’s laws pertaining to driving under the influence. The applicable statute reads in part, “It is unlawful and punishable as provided in this section for any person to drive, operate, or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within this state, whether upon public…
