Inspiration for the art included in National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s latest exhibit comes from every direction. Passport opens Friday and will remain on view through March 2020 at the museum, 1700 NE 63rd St. “The thing that will surprise people or maybe capture their attention is just the variety on display in Passport,” […]
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Iceberg cometh
Released in 1997, director James Cameron’s Titanic won 11 Oscars and made box-office history as the first film to make more than $1 billion worldwide, and its soundtrack featuring the international No. 1 hit “My Heart Will Go On” went platinum 11 times, selling more than 10 million copies. Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma’s production of […]
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Kiki’s grow
When Hugh Musser says that his company GrOKC is in the medical cannabis industry, he means it. Musser first cut his teeth years ago on cannabis cultivation after a back surgery for issues that arose from his service in the U.S. Marine Corps. “I was on painkillers, nerve blockers, muscle relaxers for quite a while […]
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Uptown Creole
Even after training under some of New Orleans’ most renowned chefs, Reuben Carey’s biggest culinary influence remains his paternal grandmother, Jonamae. Carey started Rew Orleans Catering after moving to Oklahoma City four years ago and has a permanent home at Alley Café, 447 NW 23rd St., where he is able to showcase his cooking style […]
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Butterfly pattern
Regina J. Banks admitted she “didn’t think that through.” Banks, a business owner and mother of three teenage girls, founded The Vanguart theater company earlier this year — something the 2002 University of Oklahoma musical theater graduate said she had been planning for years — but she did not originally intend to also star in […]
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Witching herb
The dog days of Oklahoma summer are now upon us, but there are fortunately a few metro medical cannabis dispensaries that stay open through the dead of night to serve those hoping to beat the heat and helping those who work shifts beyond the standard 9 to 5. Project Releaf, 1218 N. Pennsylvania Ave., came […]
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Secret songs
Since she left St. Basic to go solo, Kat Lock’s songwriting has not evolved, not exactly. Lock — who celebrates the release of her new EP You Again 6 p.m. Friday at 89th Street – OKC, 8911 N. Western Ave. — estimated that the most recently written song on the album is from 2017. “A […]
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Longtime coming
After more than five years of setbacks and delays, Frida Southwest, 500 Paseo Drive, seated its first dining guests. In the modern space with huge windows and exterior lined with weathering steel, which is designed to be a fast-controlled rusting process, the more than 5,000 square-foot space looks well-established in The Paseo Arts District with […]
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Cover: Paper cuts
The sound of folded copies of The Oklahoman slapping concrete in the pre-dawn hours was once familiar, but repeated cuts to the size, coverage, advertising and distribution have left many wondering not only if they will receive their newspaper that day but whether there soon will no longer be a daily newspaper at all. Mary […]
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This machine
Woody Guthrie Folk Festival July 10-14 Okemah 1 E. Sheridan Ave., Suite 100 woodyfest.com $40-$120 Radoslav Lorković was first introduced to Woody Guthrie when the father of modern American folk music made him cry at a Minnesota summer camp. “It’s a common story,” Lorković said. “I’m learning how to speak French at a summer camp. […]