Here she builds on the success of last year’s The Party Ain’t Over, her collaboration with Jack White, but unlike that effort, this album is raw, spare and constructed to showcase the Oklahoma-born-and-bred Jackson’s prodigious gifts. Ample credit goes to Justin Townes Earle, who produced this 10-song collection of blues, country, gospel and soul covers. […]
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Think small
The following Cyber Monday offers its own e-commerce steals. So, what to do on the Saturday in between? Celebrate a relatively new American shopping holiday, of course. Small Business Saturday, created by American Express in 2010, encouraged more than 100 million shoppers last year to shop at independently owned small businesses. Promoted through social media, […]
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CoCo closed
With a U.S. Fleet lawsuit looming, a coworking collaborative is forced to shut its doors. BY CLIFTON ADCOCK<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB” lang=”EN-GB”> The Oklahoma City Coworking Collaborative, aka OKCCoCo, announced its closure Oct. 1 as the result of having run out of money defending against a lawsuit. OKCCoCo officials said the membership-driven business had spent the […]
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Chamber of secrets
Credit: Brad Gregg From Kanye West’s sex tape with some Kim Kardashian doppelgänger to Mitt Romney’s “47 percent” tape, several such recordings surfaced last month — including one featuring leaders of the State Chamber of Oklahoma. In the recording, chamber President and CEO Fred Morgan and chamber COO Chad Warmington talk politics at a July […]
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CoCo closed
A gag order requested by U.S. Fleet Tracking was approved by a judge shortly after OKCCoCo issued a news release on the matter. Since its founding in 2009, OKCCoCo has provided a professional work environment for freelancers, students and telecommuters who do not have a conventional workplace but don’t want to work from home, while […]
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Rise up
Rendering of The Rise More specifically, a project called The Rise is set to move into the ailing building at the northwest corner of N.W. 23rd and Walker Avenue that has been home to the Hotel & Motel Liquidation store for more than two decades. Johnathan Russell, president of Land Run Commercial Real Estate, plans […]
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Nip and tuck
Cathy O’Connor Credit: Mark Hancock While few of the changes are major, they will update and better spell out what the city can do as part of its incentive program, said Cathy O’Connor, president of the nonprofit organization Alliance for Economic Development. The program funds come from the 2007 general obligation limited tax (GOLT) bond. […]
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Closing time
Photo: Mark Hancock The garden center has been hit hard by two years of extreme temperatures, drought, hail and — more recently — a July 15 fire in its warehouse that claimed about 80 percent of the company’s stock, along with all of its Christmas inventory. David and Beverly Shumake, Horn Seed’s fourth-generation owners, said […]
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Movin’ on up
Chesapeake Energy Arena Credit: Mark Hancock Just outside the new entrance, crews are chipping and chopping away to disassemble the old Interstate 40 bridges piece by piece. Inside, crews rush to complete the 86,241-square-foot addition that will include the mezzanine, a rooftop patio and expanded restaurant space — all before the Oklahoma City Thunder’s first […]
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Cowboy up
For a fashion show that boasts the latest trends and supports a good cause at the same time, prepare to saddle up. The third annual Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women fashion show, Cowboy & Couture, hosted by Eden Salon & Spa, will raise funds for the Peace Through Business program. Jan Hill, founder of […]