The Urban Indian 5 (UI5) Association is a group of contemporary Native American artists who are seeking to help heal in nontraditional ways.
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LIFE FOOD & DRINK
LIFE FOOD & DRINK Allied Art’s young professionals group, Catalyst, will host ARTini, an Art Decothemed fundraiser to benefit Allied Arts and the nonprofit arts organizations it supports. Twelve participating central Oklahoma restaurants will serve approximately 800 guests original martinis and appetizers. Live entertainment will be provided by the band Grand Marquis, along with raffle […]
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Red Tie affair
Photo: Shannon Cornman This year marks the 22nd anniversary of Oklahoma AIDS Care Fund Inc.’s Red Tie Night to benefit Oklahomans with HIV/AIDS. March 1, Oklahoma City will come together again to rally a cause that has faded from headlines in the past decade, something that OACF wants to change. “It’s more serious today than […]
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Eat, sample, love
The xocolatl (Spanish, from Nahuatl Aztec xocolatl, meaning “bitter water”) was first reserved for priests, nobility and warriors before the popularity spread to the Spaniards and beyond. The world’s infatuation with chocolate continues in Norman at the annual Firehouse Art Center’s Chocolate Festival 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Feb. 1 at the National Center for Employee Development, […]
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Inch by inch
Suzanne Peck A decade ago, the Oklahoma City arts landscape resembled a blank white canvas, according to local artist Bryan Boone. “I don’t think there was much to it, but now I think we have a thriving arts scene,” Boone said. “It’s really taken off and kind of arrived.” Oklahoma City’s artistic success is due […]
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High Society
Greg Simkins When Jerrod Smith opened The Society’s doors two years ago, the Plaza District venue was meant to be a community-driven art space that would also function as a studio for himself and a couple of other artists. But, to be honest, he wasn’t sure it would last one year, let alone two. “I […]
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Google-eyed for Inhofe
Credit: Brad Gregg Protesters gathered at Google’s Mountain View, Calif., headquarters last week to present a 50,000-signature petition opposing the company’s cozy relationship with Inhofe, who calls manmade climate change “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.” (We think he’s letting Justin Bieber off the hook with that one, but whatev.) A Google […]
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Cooking for a cause
Jonathan Stranger, chef at Ludivine in Oklahoma City, wanted to help the tornado victims with his culinary talent, so he started phoning some of his colleagues Monday night. Within hours, the idea had mushroomed into a two-day, full-scale event, the OK Chefs Relief Pop-Up Restaurant. The fundraiser is set for 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. […]
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Young at art
Photo: Carl Shortt Oklahoma is filled with young, talented artists, yet many of them will never be recognized because they simply don’t know who to talk to or where to go to get their works displayed for the public. Since 2002, the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition’s annual Momentum show has worked to remedy such circumstances. […]
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Living with AIDS
Whitney Karby and her youngest daughter, Rianna Whitney Karby, a 39-year-old mother of six and grandmother of three, learned she had HIV in spring 2008. That’s when the Oklahoma City- County Health Department notified her that she had been exposed to a sexually transmitted disease. “I was pregnant with my youngest daughter at the time,” […]