“It really is tricky,” said Jerome Stevenson, artistic director for The Pollard Theatre. “At times, it can be really easy to cast a show, and at other times, it can be excruciating. “In my case, there are a few middle-aged men of color who sing and move, myself included. But there are not as many […]
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People have time for Sweet Brown
Since becoming an Internet sensation overnight (not to toot our own horn, but we’d like to think part of it had to do with her coverage in our publication), she has made dozens of TV appearances and has even started her own line of barbecue sauce. With a name like Sweet Brown, it was a […]
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Anglers
Weather permitting, city workers plan to re-stripe the street over one weekend this month, adding at least 20 new parking spaces along N. Broadway Avenue between NW Fifth and 10th streets. A second phase will add angled parking to NW Seventh, Eighth and Ninth streets that jut off of Broadway Avenue. Business owners and others […]
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We’re no. 2!
Oklahoma City ranked No. 2 because of a low cost of living at 14.5 percent, which is lower than the U.S. average, and a low rate of unemployment at 5.7 percent with the U.S. average at 8.6 percent Fifty of the most populous cities in the U.S. were ranked based on cost of living, rank […]
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Local radio celeb Ferris O’Brien has a name and party disposition that is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. This year, he shared with the Gazette his take on the season.
Local radio celeb Ferris O’Brien has a name and party disposition that is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. This year, he shared with the Gazette his take on the season.
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Smart start
There are more than 12,000 abandoned properties throughout the city, according to a 2013 study conducted by GSBS Richman Consulting. The report’s authors say vacant and abandoned properties can reduce real estate values by 12 to 29 percent, or an estimated $2.7 billion total loss to Oklahoma City. City Planner Matt Gabrielson said he and […]
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Up and away
The announcement came in a March 4 media release from Will Rogers World Airport. Airport officials, however, said it won’t be too many more years before the airport cannot add new flights or handle larger aircraft or even international flights with the airport’s current configuration and capacity. But airport officials have a plan. Mark Kranenburg […]
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Nice curves
Glimcher Realty Trust reported the $51.8 million buy of Classen Curve, The Triangle at Classen Curve and Nichols Hills Plaza on March 3. The purchase plan first was announced in Glimcher’s fourth quarter and fiscal year 2013 results released in February. The sale is the latest move in an effort by the energy company to […]
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Mayor candidate Shadid concedes with message of hope and change
Hundreds of supporters gathered at the watch party, held at Oklahoma City Public Farmer’s Market. “You can win, even in loss,” the Ward 2 Councilman said. “You can lose the battle and win the war, and that’s what’s happening. There is a movement growing in Oklahoma City. There is questioning and a dialogue and […]
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FILM
Everyone’s Going To Die, (U.K., 2013, dir. Jones) a modern British story about coming home, getting by and the redemptive power of feeling you’re not alone, 7:30 p.m., Mar. 6. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 236-3100, okcmoa.com. THU Incendies, (Canada, 2010, dir. Denis Villeneuve) a mother’s dying wish creates a painful puzzle […]