It’s the beginning of Dan Wade’s first harvest, and you couldn’t chisel the smile off of his face. Well, his first legal harvest anyway. On a Saturday night in the back corner of a northwest Oklahoma City office park, the folks at Green Seed Farm were chopping the second plant from their first growing cycle, […]
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DDD effect
It’s been nearly a decade since the Mayor of Flavortown himself, Guy Fieri, has appeared in Oklahoma City for his flagship program Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, which includes more than 260 episodes over 26 seasons since its premiere in 2007. Recently, many Oklahoma City chefs including Beth Ann Lyon (Beth Ann’s Black Cat), Shelby Sieg […]
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Omni present
Oklahoma City and Omni Hotels & Resorts negotiated the convention hotel deal in 2017, though plans for the hotel stem back to 2008. Now the full-service, four-star hotel is just two years away. Omni Oklahoma City Hotel is currently under construction at 100 W. Oklahoma City Boulevard, between SW Fourth and SW Seventh streets and […]
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Gazedibles: Fry day
You might’ve seen the internet recently go crazy over a Harvard professor who said the perfect serving of french fries should only be six fries. We’re not cautioning that kind of scarcity with this list that highlights some of the best french fries in the city. By Jacob Threadgill with provided and file photos The […]
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Woods aesthetic
Justin Timberlake’s Man of the Woods Tour7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 Chesapeake Energy Arena 100 W. Reno Ave. chesapeakearena.com 800-745-3000 $49-$925 Ten-time Grammy winner Justin Timberlake brings his Man of the Woods Tour to Oklahoma City 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 at Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W. Reno Ave. The show comes just weeks after the release […]
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Wow factor
Amilia K Spicer8 p.m. Jan. 24 The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave. bluedoorokc.com 405-524-0738 $20 Asked how much time she spent on her last album, Amilia K Spicer wanted to avoid an exact number. “Oh, god! I don’t want to say,” Spicer said, laughing. “It was a long damn time. It was over many […]
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Isle of brew
Belle Isle Restaurant & Brewery1900 Northwest Expressway, Suite 44 belleislerestaurant.com 405-840-1991 What works:The Burgundy mushrooms on the burger are a standout. What needs work:Lingering cigarette smoke dampens taste buds. Tip:Brick oven pizzas average $10 and are big enough to serve multiple people. Long before the sleek streetcar was motoring around Midtown and downtown, Oklahoma City […]
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Wig unboxed
Hedwig and the Angry Inch 8 p.m. Jan. 25-March 2 The Boom! 2218 NW 39th St. theboomokc.com 405-601-7200 $25 Hedwig and the Angry Inch first pinged on Matthew Alvin Brown’s radar when the actor and Fellowship Students frontman was barely breaching his 20s. He had caught a performance in New York City of John Cameron […]
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Photo famous
Melissa Marshall liked her photography class so much she stopped going to school. “When I was growing up, I always loved photographs,” Marshall said. “My room was always covered in photos. I always loved the aspect of capturing moments because I have a terrible memory. I took one course my second year of college, an […]
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Commentary: Lankford logic
On Jan. 9, U.S. Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, established that he is willing to say just about anything to divert attention from the multiple investigations into possible Russian collusion with the Donald Trump campaign and that passing campaign data to alleged Russian agents is nothing to worry about. A slipshod redaction job on one of […]