The event will feature Tulsa chefs Tony Perez, Warren Duck Club; Tuck Curren, Biga and The Local Table; Sam Bracken, The Canebrake; Doug Atkinson, The Brasserie and Sonoma Wine Bar & Bistro; and Jakub Hartlieb, Elements of River Spirit Casino. They will prepare a six-course meal and an accompanying wine selection, as well as a […]
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Star bright
Many things have changed during Thirteen Stars’ nearly 13 years as a band: lineups, relationships, jobs and everything else under the sun. It’s come at a cost to its formerly rigorous touring and recording schedule, but with all these changes, its members have plenty to say on their upcoming album, “The Price of Progress.” “It’s […]
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Potter hater
It showed I was allergic to grass, pollen, cottonwood — things like that. It did not turn up positive for fantasy film franchises with deep mythology and invented languages, but only because such technology did not exist in the 1970s. Remember James Cameron’s “Avatar” from 2009? You know, the 3-D epic about the blue cat […]
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Shift happens
The council narrowly approved a recommended and somewhat controversial project timeline for the MAPS 3 projects, and later approved a recommended site just south of the Myriad Gardens for the MAPS 3 Convention Center. However, Ward 2 Councilman Ed Shadid, who was critical of the timeline when it was first brought up, was not in […]
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‘A great Oklahoman’
“Clara Luper was a great Oklahoman and a great American,” Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett said in a statement. “Her peaceful, resolute sit-in protest at the Katz Drug Store, where the owners at the time refused to serve African- Americans, paved the way for equal rights in Oklahoma City.” At Katz, “a center of activity” […]
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Wine words
Oklahoma has had a few of Theise’s wines for several years, but as of this summer, the availability expanded to about 30 wines. What marks Theise as special in an industry with so many names and personalities is both his ability to select outstanding wines and his commitment to a way of selecting those wines. […]
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Better red than dead
For a moment, it looked like The Bled had breathed its last. The Arizona-based outfit had put out three albums establishing it as one of the most exciting bands in the post-hard-core genre. But The Bled never enjoyed the success of similar acts like Atreyu or As I Lay Dying. After releasing a pair of […]
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‘Mars’ attacks!
Matthew Alvin Brown is no stranger to the rock musical. In fact, he’s this town’s greatest champion of it. A former guitarist/vocalist for the rock band The Fellowship Students, the local stage actor not only has the pedigree, but the passion. “I love rock musicals,” Brown said. “It goes back to when I was a […]
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‘Hurts’ so good
Now, living in Harlem, N.Y., the Oklahoma native has taken some major steps toward realizing those dreams: writing, producing and starring in her first short film, “Hurts Like Love.” She first moved to New York in 2007 after graduating from college to pursue her acting career — a transition she said would have been a […]
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Pay it forward
At Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, where he taught zoology and biology until retiring in 1996, he’d ask students to pull down a shade where there was no window. It’s all about helping students relax, he said. Today, Kirkland, 76, teaches animal biology as an adjunct for Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City. The classroom is […]