Midtown Walkabout is back! Downtown Oklahoma City Partnership and the Midtown Association are excited to introduce a modified version of the event that will allow the community to support their favorite Midtown businesses all month long. Midtown Walkabout Month will take place all day on Saturdays in July and will feature summertime promotions and activities […]
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OKG Lifestyle: Allie Shinn
Around OKC EAT: sushi burrito at Poké Loco WATCH: Making It (NBC) LISTEN: Okie Geek Podcast READ: The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty LOVE: Word Cookies! app EXPERIENCE: Angry Scotsman Brewing’s patio Outside OKC EAT: Cazadorez Restaurant & Grill in Seminole WATCH: Killing Eve (BBC America) LISTEN: Ologies with Alie Ward (podcast) READ: Good Omens: The […]
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Cover: Open books
Book Drive 6-9 p.m. Saturday Commonplace Books 1325 N. Walker Ave., Suite 138 facebook.com/chasekerbymusic 580-534-4540 Free One evening, at a bar on 23rd Street, local musician Chase Kerby is bent over his laptop, scrutinizing a series of his recent photographs. He’s trying to figure out which pieces would be appropriate for a silent art auction. […]
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Gazedibles: Gluten mindfulness
Although full-on celiac disease affects about 200,000 new cases every year in the country, there are many more that are gluten-insensitive. These seven restaurants not only make gluten-free substitutions on the menu, they have more than one option. By Jacob Threadgill with photos by Alexa Ace and provided Elemental Coffee Roasters 815 N. Hudson […]
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Midtown addition
Between bites of a meal, a person gets up from a seat at a kitchen counter and flips the Black Keys album Attack & Release on the nearby record turntable. It’s a scene that could easily describe any home kitchen, but it takes place in the recently opened Kitchen at Commonplace Books, 1325 N. Walker […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Off script
OK, readers; it’s Chicken-Fried joke time! Get ready for a real knee-slapper! Ahem ahem. Why didn’t the SUV know not to drive into the bookstore? We’ll wait … Are you ready for this answer? You’re not ready for this answer; you can’t be. Oh, so you really want the answer, huh? Well, here goes. Because […]
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In its 40th year, Full Circle Bookstore is thriving in the ever-changing book industry
In its 40th year, Full Circle Bookstore is thriving in the ever-changing book industry.
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Okie Comics Magazine launches as a free illustrated periodical with a strong local bent
Okie Comics Magazine hosts a free in-store signing event 3 p.m. Saturday at All-Star Comics.
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OKG Shop: Dad’s Day
Chances are your dad does not need a frame made with macaroni again this year. Where did you even get that many? As Father’s Day approaches, it’s high time you find your dad a gift. Whether he’s a fashionable man about town or a reliable dude about the couch, he deserves something wonderful. If you’re […]