It all started as an experiment. “It was born out of a terrible faith crisis that my husband and I were going through,” Jamie West-Zumwalt said. “I grew up as a pastor’s kid and he grew up as a missionary kid, both in very conservative evangelical Christianity. Then we married and because it’s just the […]
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In living memory
To donate to Clayton Bahr’s medical bills and end of life care, please visit his GoFundMe page. The heat clung to the final summer Sunday of the year as dozen after dozen poured into the Tower Theatre to mourn a man still amongst them. Those hundreds gathered for “A Toast to the Good Life — […]
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Community centers
With a Starbucks or a Scooter’s on every corner these days, coffee culture is characterized by the on-the-go mentality, but the local coffee shop is the closest thing to an indoor public space apart from a library (there’s a reason so many roasters are paired with bookstores, after all). If you’re looking for a place […]
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Citizen Spotlight: Tim Herbel
Tim Herbel is a man who keeps his promises, and making good on one led him on a path he could never have imagined. “I’ve had three chapters of life. Chapter one, I had it all planned out, went through a divorce. Closed that chapter and did financial services. And at the end of that, […]
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Progressive perk
When Brittani Hunter started a campus coffee cart at Oklahoma State University in 2015, she didn’t know it would plant a seed that would blossom into one of Oklahoma City’s most community-focused establishments a half decade later. At the time, it was simply a project for a business course toward her marketing degree. Today, however, […]
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Something jolly this way comes
There’s a new holiday tradition in Oklahoma City. 3rd Act Theatre Company’s bi-annual tour, Drunk Classics, combines Shakespeare, improv, and alcohol for an entertaining evening at local watering holes. This season’s Christmas offering is A Very Merry Macbeth. A Very Merry Macbeth is at its core the traditional story of Macbeth, and will be presented, […]
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Gazedibles: Fall Flavors
Whether you prefer the pumpkin spice or a splash of peppermint, ’tis the season for coffee in all the festive flavors. Our fair city has no shortage of incredible coffee shops with menus packed to the brim with delicious offerings, but here are seven spots where you can find a warm drink this holiday season. […]
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Christmas corral
Downtown in December Nov. 3 – Jan. 29 Downtown OKC Various Locations downtownindecember.com | 405-235-3500 Celebrate the holiday season in Downtown OKC with an assortment of events and attractions from the annual Tree Lighting Festival to the Devon Ice Rink, holiday pop-up shops to snow tubing at the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, Lights on Broadway and […]
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Buckle up
Cannabis competitions have come and gone, but The Cowboy Cup gains horsepower each year. Before medical cannabis was legal here, Daniel Lewis had a vision for a competition in his home state. He traveled the country to see how other medical and recreational states handled their festivals and competitions, handpicking some best practices and trimming […]
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Bustling market
If you’ve lived in Oklahoma long, you have at least one memory of the OKC Farmers Public Market. A wedding. A concert. A sporting event. A first date over drinks or dinner. Or even just some weekend shopping. As the district’s current incarnation closes in on a century in operation, entrepreneurs are looking to the […]