Born at a picnic table, the biannual magazine will showcase regional artists on an international stage, said Louisa McCune-Elmore, editor and Kirkpatrick Foundation executive director. “The magazine, at its core, is devoted to the contemporary arts and bringing those arts and the attitude that’s inherent to that world to new and developed audiences in Oklahoma, […]
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The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
Two more ingenious shorts have followed, and now, finally, Gudiño’s first stab at a feature with The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh. The budget remains small, while the creeps have increased exponentially. Do not watch it while alone and in the dark. Narrated by grand ol’ Vanessa Redgrave (Atonement), the newly departed woman […]
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The sounds of Science
Jerrod Smith and Phil Danner’s Contextual Relations As director of Science Museum Oklahoma’s Satellite Galleries, Scott Henderson wants to take art in Oklahoma City into a whole new dimension. Eschewing the typical “pictures on the wall” or “sculpture on the floor” style of exhibition, he wanted to create something that would be a total sensory […]
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The Lowbrow Reader Reader
Thirteen years later, my zine became the victim of its own success: The process simply ceased to be fun for me, so after 37 issues — or was it 38? — an exhausted one-man publisher called it quits. I only tell you this because as I was wrapping up, a New York-based zine called The Lowbrow […]
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Take this job and love it?
If so, consider this: A trio of OKC-based companies made this year’s Fortune list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For.” Chesapeake Energy Corp. ranked No. 18, with the magazine crediting the company for its 63,000-square-foot childcare center for employees. Devon Energy ranked No. 28 for its soon-to-be Devon tower boasting such perks as […]
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Best of Business 2012 finalists announced
The Best of Business program honors local favorites in 12 different industries as chosen by readers of okcBIZ magazine. Readers, peers and customers voted throughout 2011 at okc.biz to choose the best among their vendors, suppliers and business partners. At the luncheon, okcBIZ will recognize all top five finalists and will announce the Best of […]
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Blog up
His first post focused less on how he keeps Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard from getting too low in the post, and more about the actual profession of a workhorse-type mid-level NBA player. Included were some of the basic mechanics of his financial preparation for the recent NBA lockout and some ruminations on the “should-I-stay-or-should-I-go?” conflict […]
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Just another Link in the chain
The site boasts more than 80 million users, more than 60 percent of whom are key decision makers or influences in their companies. The magazine offered five secrets to using LinkedIn successfully: 1. Approach others; don’t wait for them to approach you. 2. Actively engage with other users. 3. Join and use LinkedIn groups. 4. […]
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Munn ho!: Second in a series
We didn’t think we’d be reporting on the goings-on of former Oklahoman turned actress/model/geek icon Olivia Munn so quickly after debuting this nugget in last week’s Chicken-Fried News, but damn, the girl gets around! And maybe in the sneaky ways, too, as Miami Herald and several outlets reported that Munn may be the object of […]
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Munn ho!: First in a series
Former Oklahoman turned actress/model/ geek icon Olivia Munn won’t return our Twitter DMs. We assume she’s too busy being a “Daily Show” correspondent and all, so throughout 2011, Chicken-Fried News will attempt to keep tabs with her semi-tabloid life. First of all, the NBC sitcom “Perfect Couples,” which gives Munn her first starring role in […]