When Oklahoma Gazette declares that this is the Best of OKC, we do it with confidence because we’ve got the statistics to prove it. Over 1 million votes get cast in this annual celebration of what makes our city amazing, inventive, adventurous or delicious, and it takes some powerful computing and tolerance of paper cuts […]
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Suited for leadership
A business suit cannot stop a bullet, it will not make you invisible to racial profiling and it will not grant you mystical superpowers to overcome institutional racism. Korey Eakers did not co-found the lifestyle brand and mentorship program Grand Gentlemen because he believed that fashion could extinguish centuries of institutional racism, but he hoped […]
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Full palette
¡Viva Sabor! 6-10 p.m. June 15 Exhibit C Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. okchispanicchamber.org 405-616-5031 $45-$100 After a brief period of relative inactivity, Inclusion in Art reemerged earlier this year with CHROMA: Artists of Color, an art exhibition exclusively featuring local artists of color. Narciso Argüelles, executive director of the nonprofit that advocates for […]
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Austin’s The Black Angels launch their latest tour run at Tower Theatre
The show, which also features Atlanta’s Black Lips, begins 8:30 p.m. March 20.
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Shawnee’s Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art remains open despite the closing of St. Gregory’s University
The museum officially opened in 1919 as an extension of founder Gregory Gerrer’s interest in collecting cultural artifacts.
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Red Dirt Gallery and Studio brightens up Plaza Mayor at the Crossroads
Muralist Bob Palmer began assembling the Red Dirt co-op team in early 2016.
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“It’s become a real community effort for the entire Farmers Market District,” Coleman said. “It’s like its own little compound, which makes it kind of like its own universe — our little Tatooine.”
“It’s become a real community effort for the entire Farmers Market District,” Coleman said. “It’s like its own little compound, which makes it kind of like its own universe — our little Tatooine.”
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Children’s writer Mariana Llanos opens students up to language through books and classroom visits
The Peruvian-born author moved with her husband to Oklahoma 15 years ago.
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Far Western shows Japan’s country music and bluegrass scenes at deadCenter Film Festival
The documentary screens 7 p.m. Saturday and 12:30 Sunday at Harkins Theatres Bricktown 16.
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Serving peace: Raindrop Foundation hosts Ramadan dinner to promote understanding and harmony
“Most people may not know that, besides fasting, Ramadan is a month of sharing and generosity. It is our obligation,” Akkus said.