One print of art on the second floor of the combination lounge and dining space of Bar Cicchetti — the former Urban Johnnie location in Deep Deuce — depicts a Victorian-era lord in fancy clothes, but it has a tiger for a head. The print next to it depicts a high-class lady with a dog […]
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Susan Herndon successfully maintains life as a working musician in an ever-changing world
Herndon plays in a song swap with Mike Hosty and Larry Spears Thursday at The Blue Door.
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Oklahoma City Museum of Art expands French Film Week into a monthlong event
OKCMOA’s French Film Month screenings are an ideal complement to the Matisse in His Time exhibition.
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Gingerbread house contest at Classen SAS builds love for German
Nancy Boudreau, a 30-year language teacher in Oklahoma City, uses gingerbread house contests, other means to recreate German childhoods.
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Wine and fine
Twenty-five years later, LaVeryl Lower, The Metro’s owner, finally owns the building. The sale of the 22,000-square-foot facility was completed in time for a New Year’s celebration. Lower partnered with Ken Howell, co-owner of the Howell Gallery in the same facility, to purchase the building. The Metro has always been located at 6418 N. Western […]
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Yes to de-stress
When she began the business in 2011, owner, creator and chief candle maker Hodgkinson set the warm wax into glass jars but has since moved to ceramics. “I wanted these to be more than just candles,” she said. “I wanted them to be art.” Art they are. Each is hand-poured into a ceramic jar that […]
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Gimme a break
The Oklahoma City area is home to a rich variety of ethnicities and cuisines, as well as a fair number of international grocery stores. Try some of these international breakfasts at home; incorporate them into your regular weekly menus; and escape the monotony of eggs, sausage and toast! Bon appétit, n ngon mi ng, guten […]
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Balls out
In fact, they couldn’t be further from the traditional french fry, yet Oklahoma loves them. Featured at Cattlemen’s Steakhouse, 1309 S. Agnew Ave. in historic Stockyards City, these jumbo egg-sized treats are a nationally recognized customer favorite. Guy Fieri from Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and Adam Richman with Man v. Food have both tried them. […]
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In the House
High school literature teacher Germain (Fabrice Luchini, Ozon’s Potiche) is fed up with the student body at large, but impressed with the quality of writing by 16-year-old Claude (Ernst Umhauer, The Monk). For an early assignment, the student turns in a rather voyeuristic, true story about visiting the home of his awkward classmate, Rapha (newcomer […]
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The Brontë Sisters
The film stars Franco-actress standouts Isabelle Adjani (Possession) and Isabelle Huppert (Amour) before they were household names in international cinema. Adjani is Emily, the most recognized of the Brontë sisters; Huppert is Ann, the youngest; and the moral realist in the family and the oldest and least-known, Charlotte, is played by the late Marie-France Pisier […]