Blood feuds
Hundreds of people descended upon Newcastle Sunday night for the first Canna Grudge Showdown, and all the fighters left intact, save for one lost tooth. When Michael “Medic Mike” Sutterfield announced the matches last month on Facebook, the card quickly filled up. By the time the smoke cleared, 11 fights had been fought, a couple…
Luxury lanes
Vonlane, a Dallas-based luxury motor coach company, is expanding outside its home state and launching a bus route between Oklahoma City and Dallas. Service begins Jan. 6, the same date Southwest Airlines will stop nonstop flights between the two cities. Vonlane is known for its complimentary Wi-Fi, leather seats and spacious interior, as each motor…
Christmas rappin’
Gift Raps 6 8:30 p.m. Dec. 12 Ponyboy 1 423 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-896-2037 Free (with donation) 21+ For households already struggling to make it month to month, the holiday season can bring more anxiety than merriment.“I remember my mom stressing out during Christmastime,” said local hip-hop artist Jabee. “A lot of people come…
Fiction Issue: The Pink Elephant
By Daniel Scott Bokemper With a final heave, Skye let go of the covered mass he dragged from the hood of his black sedan and onto its roof. He rolled off the back windshield and onto the pavement. His head rested for a few seconds on a Minnesota license plate two years expired. Several pained…
Fiction Issue: Obligatory Apologies of the Nonsensical Kind
By Elizabeth Noel I’m sorry. I’m sorry I don’t know if fight or flight should be my response. I’m sorry Arizona fits my taste, instead of Daniel, which others prefer. I’m sorry for acknowledging you when others drew shades across their face. I’m sorry for the compliment when an insult was warranted. I’m sorry for…
Fiction Issue: Streetlight Buoys
By Ryan Schwimmer I went for a run before the sun came up this morning, and I saw a shadow chasing my shadow. That is, I saw a shadow created by a light I had just passed being chased by a shadow created by a light in front of me, and as the cold air…
Juice and eat
For years, Organic Squeeze and Provision Kitchen operated as friendly businesses separated by the parking lot at Nichols Hills Plaza. Now, with the help of Hal Smith Restaurants (HSR), the three Oklahoma-based businesses are combining forces to make Organic Squeeze a one-stop shop for healthy options in their home state. Provision Kitchen founder Whitney McClendon…
Cannabis cowboys
This month, Oklahoma sees its first homegrown cannabis championship. The inaugural Cowboy Cup is held at Tumbleweed Dance Hall, Lakeview and N. Country Club Road, in Stillwater, and organizers pledge it will be “Oklahoma’s premier cannabis championship, expo and harvest festival.” More than a dozen local musical acts, including Watermelon Slim, Taddy Porter, The Brothers…
Yesterday road
The Yellow House Revisited 8 p.m. Dec. 13 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $30-40 If, as the Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department’s Travel Promotion Division tells us, famous Stillwater musicians’ hangout The Farm is “the undisputed birthplace of Red Dirt music,” in the 1980s and early ’90s, The Yellow House is where…
Fiction Issue: Ambidorksterous
By Jeremy “Will Wizard” Williams My friends, there is a war for your fandom, For we all have something we delight in. They say you have to choose a side In the ongoing battle of entertainment. They say that you are either An Imperialist or a Trekkie, You can only indulge in Loony Tune antics…
Fiction Issue: Your Hand
By M.S. Patton A movie theater has 25 rows of seats with 20 seats in each row. If a movie is 121 minutes long and that guy just dodged the bullets of 20 bad guys why are your hands on my chest and that guy is gonna die oh he survived and your hands are…
Gazedibles: Cookie jar
Keep your cookie jar well-stocked this holiday season in advance of Santa’s arrival with inventive and comforting selections from these seven establishments. By Jacob Threadgill with provided and Gazette / file photos Nashbird 1 NW Ninth St. nashbirdchicken.com | 405-600-9718 Nashbird has certainly found success since opening in Automobile Alley, as locations in Edmond and…
Chicken-Fried News: Bedbug battle
Several statewide agencies, including Oklahoma Department of Education, are struggling with unwanted visitors. This time, however, instead of teachers or parents asking for better funding and support, it’s those pests nobody seems to know if you spell as one word or two: bedbugs. (AP style rules. Sorry.) Oliver Hodge Memorial Education Building is a five-story…
Cities’ equality
Norman earned Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s distinction as an “All Star” city for advancing LGBTQ+ equality without relying on state law. Human Rights Campaign (HRC) annually ranks cities across the country in various categories from 0 to 100 through its Municipal Equality Index. Norman more than doubled its ranking from 41 in 2018 to 92…
Fiction Issue: Franz’ Cure
By Jeremy Lowe Little count Drac Would lay on his back Counting the minutes away The sun had to set Or he could forget About going out to play For a vampire’s skin However long it had been Would violently burst aflame So until twilight he stays Till the sun’s gone away The next night…
Flower Review: Forbidden Fruit
Strain name: Forbidden Fruit Grown by: Stability Growth Acquired from: Strainwise Date acquired: Nov. 22 THC/CBD percentages: 13.76 percent/0 percent (per The Highgrade Testing Lab) Physical traits: mid-tone green with few dull orange stigmas and a smattering of purple with dense trichomes Bouquet: fruity and musky Review: Forbidden Fruit was the first strain I chased…
Fiction Issue: The Book Collector
By Betsy Randolph Blacked-out windows stared at me while I hiked through the dead jungle, fists clenched. Dried grass slapped at my knees. Snaking its way into my shoes, the red Oklahoma dust caked between my bare toes. I cursed aloud for having to be there. When I reached the porch, I brushed grass from…
No allegiance
Along Walnut Avenue in Deep Deuce, chef Andrew Black is asking diners to trust in his and his staff’s expertise to take a leap of faith for a unique dining experience at Grey Sweater—the third restaurant concept Black co-owns and oversees, all three connected to The Maywood apartments. Grey Sweater, 100 NE Fourth St., is…
Chicken-Fried News: No sale
Gov. Kevin “Coffee Is for Closers” Stitt has repeatedly said he wants to run Oklahoma like a business — without specifying exactly what kind of business he’s running. Following stalled negotiations over tribal casino gaming compacts, Choctaw Chief Gary Batton seems to have a guess. “It felt like a used car salesman thing, telling me…
Chicken-Fried News: Extradition escapade
In the most famous scene in the movie version of The Fugitive, Harrison Ford’s Dr. Richard Kimble escapes Tommy Lee Jones’s Samuel Gerard by taking a death-defying plunge off the side of a dam. One difference between that cinematic scene and a real fugitive case that played out at Will Rogers World Airport is that…
Ganja grudges
Imagine this: a circus tent on rural private property; inside, a professional boxing ring filled with both trained fighters and folks from the cannabis industry going at it with boxing gloves, surrounded by hundreds of medical cannabis patients. That is exactly what the first Stand Up & Fight/Canna-Grudge Showdown hopes to bring Sunday. The event…
