The historic Skirvin Hilton BY: Mark Hancock From the tales of the Native Americans who once roamed the barren plains to the modern-day memories of the Murrah Building bombing, the Sooner State carries a precious past that the words in history books can’t always adequately cover. It’s for this reason Clifford Kuhn, executive director of […]
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD
More bang American exceptionalism: Which is more characteristically American — that a Texas company could invent an ordinary rifle that mimics a machine gun or that America’s incomparable legal minds could find a loophole in existing anti-machine-gun laws to permit it to be manufactured and sold? The Slide Fire company’s weapon can spray bullets “like […]
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TELEVISION
The Goldbergs wallows in a decade’s worth of shame and guilt. BY DEAN ROBBINS The 1980s take a beating in The Goldbergs (8 p.m. Tuesday, ABC). An adult narrator looks back on his childhood in the days when REO Speedwagon seemed profound and even middle-aged moms wore a Madonna hairdo. The Goldbergs are a hostile-yet-loving […]
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‘Rest of OKC’
As always, parental guidance is suggested. 5 Best Write-In Comments from the “Best of OKC” Votes 1. “His voice is like silken butter and he talks about real news.” 2. “The chef looks like Japanese Mr. Rodgers.” 3. “Don’t follow social media… it turns people into scary evil zombies who text and drive.” 4. “I’ve […]
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OKG7 sunny stops
Cafe do Brasil/Bossa Nova at the Top440 N.W. 11thcafedobrazilokc.com525-9779 Even if it’s still warm out, the rooftop terrace, Bossa Nova at the Top, catches all the cool breezes before they flutter down to the rest of the city. Here, you’ll find authentic Brazilian cocktails, delicious snacks and usually a live music performance. Flip’s Wine Bar […]
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News of the weird
Roach motel — At age 20, Kyle Kandilian of Dearborn, Mich., has created a start-up business to fund his college expenses, but it involves a roomful (in the family home) of nearly 200,000 cockroaches. The environmental science major at University of Michigan-Dearborn breeds species ranging from the familiar household pests, which he sells on the […]
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Letters
Oklahoma Gazette provides an open forum for the discussion of all points of view in its Letters to the Editor section. The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity. Letters can be mailed, faxed, emailed to jchancellor@okgazette. com or sent online at okgazette.com, but include a city of residence and contact […]
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Shades of cinema
Matt Barse’s I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again Promoting minority filmmakers and artists, Saturday’s In Color Film Festival showcases features, shorts and documentaries that convey Oklahoma’s multicultural landscape. In partnership with the Inclusion in Art project and the Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, In Color began in 2008 to encourage diversity while […]
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A court in their court
Recent lawsuit reform legislation was struck down 7-2 by the Oklahoma Supreme Court on a constitutional technicality unrelated to partisan politics. Morgan condemned the seven who “legislated” from the bench and called for action from the Oklahoma Civil Justice Council (OCJC), a right-wing group organized to “evaluate” those running for judicial office. Whatever happened to […]
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LETTERS
Oklahoma Gazette provides an open forum for the discussion of all points of view in its Letters to the Editor section. The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity. Letters can be mailed, faxed, emailed to pbacharach@okgazette.com or sent online at okgazette.com, but include a city of residence and contact number […]