A few months ago, I visited The Herbfarm, a restaurant and inn in Woodinville, Wash., where they grow all of the produce used in the restaurant. Watching the chefs create dishes with herbs and vegetables they had just picked, I wondered if there were any such restaurants in Oklahoma, especially those that utilized space for […]
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Nice glass
A waist-high tympani drum. Instead of hitting the drum, you hit a foot pedal that will make sound and illuminate the instrument with light. Blue, red and yellow are a few of the colors dancing on the beautiful surface of this glass drum. Yes, glass. With an opening reception from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, […]
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Limitless movement
For many, the passion to learn dance comes from seeing dance. When ballet dancers float upon their toes as their arms sway through the air, their fluidity can seem magical. But the children, teens and adults at City Arts Center’s Movement Without Limitations ballet classes have never really seen dancing at all. Many have seen […]
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Summer harvest
Harvest Foster Kids Camp is a free, four-day camp for children aged 7 to 11 who are in foster care. Some children attending the camp have been in as many as 11 foster homes. Of the 8,605 cases of child abuse and neglect in the state, more than 2,000 of those cases were reported in […]
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Red Rhone rising
Grenache Noir (there is also a Blanc) accounts for more than 70 percent of plantings in the region, and the fame of the wines made it likely that other countries would try to duplicate their success. Tim Fish, an associate editor at Wine Spectator, recently wrote about the reasons Americans failed to produce good Grenache. […]
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HP: More than a stodgy computer
And you may be unaware that HP stands for “historic preservation” and refers to OKC historic districts such as Heritage Hills, Mesta Park, Edgemere Park, Crown Heights, Putnam Heights and Shepherd. Designed and built in the early 20th century, these neighborhoods are charming, but living there comes with certain responsibilities. Namely, one must maintain the […]
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Student body
Few Oklahoma City bands were more prolific than The Fellowship Students through the ’00s, but only a select few songs ever made it onto recordings. There was their debut EP, “The Youth Want Distortion,” and the full-length “Rainbow Around the Sun” (which was really more the work of guitarist/ vocalist Matthew Alvin Brown and spawned […]
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Best Betz
He takes pleasure in the little things in life, because he doesn’t have time for much else; Betz (pictured right) officially takes office Monday as the 20th president of the University of Central Oklahoma. “When you are selected and choose to follow a pathway like this, you realize that there’s no downtime,” Betz said. “It’s […]
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Captain America: The First Avenger
That would be bad, however, because Marvel has saved the best for last. It’s miles better than that Norse god with the magic hammer, and just a hair below the greatness of Robert Downey Jr.’s first go-round in his iron armor, both of whom will team with Cap in next summer’s guaranteed nerdgasm, “The Avengers.” […]
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Yes men
As the godfathers of the progressive-rock movement, it’s easy to imagine the pair of Styx and Yes as Statler and Waldorf from “The Muppet Show,” hanging out in the balcony, ragging on the young guns offering their new takes on prog rock (or music in general). That’s hardly the case. “There are bands that have […]