Oklahoma City Council will soon start hearing presentations and discussing MAPS 4 project ideas, which Oklahomans have been submitting since October. Mayor David Holt expects to lay out a schedule of public discussions happening throughout the summer by the end of May. While some ideas are buildings and facilities, some are more abstract and deal […]
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Salvadoran specialty
El Majahual 3301 SW 29th St. 405-602-2661 What works: Pupusasas and horchata are some of the best in the city.. What needs work: The carne asada is tasty but tough. Tip:Weekend soup sells out by 12:30 p.m. SW 29th Street has Oklahoma City’s highest concentration of taquerias, both of the brick-and-mortar and taco truck variety, […]
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Big picture
Visual artist Denise Duong compared painting a mural on the side of a parking garage to cliff diving. Before adorning two walls of the roughly 40-feet-tall West Village Parking Garage, 927 W. Sheridan Ave., with her vivid murals titled “Life in the Light,” Duong had never worked on a project of that scale, but she […]
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SUMMER GUIDE Destination meals
The summer doesn’t just mean planning trips to visit the great outdoors or family members; there are plenty of meals in small-town Oklahoma worth their own trip or to make a detour when headed out of state. North of Oklahoma City Ree Drummond of Pioneer Woman fame has helped transform the small town of Pawhuska […]
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Gerle talk
Gerle Haggard 10 p.m. Friday The Deli 309 White St., Norman thedeli.us 405-329-3534 $7 Billing itself as “all girl, all Merle,” Portland, Oregon-based Merle Haggard tribute band Gerle Haggard is literally a dream come true — just not the dream of anyone in the band. “Our drummer [Nikki Jardin], her friend had this dream, woke […]
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Cover: Planting prosperity
Medicinal cannabis has been legal in Oklahoma for just over half a year, and this train has no brakes. Based on computations stemming from the amount of gross state tax collections of 7 percent, the industry has raked in over $18.1 million in April alone. That means a total of more than $43 million since […]
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Rooted in love
Ramadan is considered the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, a month of high spirituality in which Muslim people fast and focus on reflection and growth. But following several hate crimes in Oklahoma City and violence in mosques and other places of worship around the world, some feel a bigger sense of uneasiness than they […]
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Nichols perspective
En Croûte 6460 Avondale Drive encrouteokc.com 405-607-6100 405-228-8386 What works: Omelets and seafood cioppino are great while beef bourguignon is the best deal. What needs work: The chicken is oversalted, which is better than the alternative. Tip: Check out half-priced cheese plates on Monday. The joint kitchen is where sister restaurants En Croûte and St. […]
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Art holiday
Paseo Arts Festival May 25-27 The Paseo Arts District Paseo Street between NW 30th Street and Walker Avenue thepaseo.org 405-525-2688 Free From an artist’s perspective, the difference between a good arts festival and a bad one sometimes comes down to the bathrooms. Fort Worth, Texas-based mixed-media artist Laurie Aurand, for example, remembers having an uncomfortable […]
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Cover: Shadow of doubt
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) opened doors for me that had been locked for a long time. It gave me and 800,000 other Dreamers a two-year work permit, a social security number, relief from the threat of deportation and the opportunity to get a driver’s license. With all that, it also opened the door […]