In early March 2015, a YouTube video emerged featuring members of the University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity singing a racist chant on a charter bus ride to Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club. The Lost Ogle jumped on the story and then local and national news outlets followed suit. Oklahoma’s “Obscure Local Social […]
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Concentrated effort
Third Thursday: My Life/My Movie 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through June 30 5-9 p.m. Thursday Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch Drive 405-236-3100 Free-$5 There are few better places to be on a warm summer evening than perched atop the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, taking in picturesque aerial views of the […]
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Integrity principle
Hip-hop emcees wrote rap songs about all kinds of things in the 1980s, but one subject they rarely broached was their parents’ medicine cabinets. Today, however, the most pervasive (or at least the most infamous) subsect of the youngest generation’s rap movement seems obsessed with bragging about opioid and prescription drug abuse. Andre Stubbs, also […]
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Solid slice
Falcone’s Pizzeria 6705 N. May Ave. 405-242-2222 bestpizzaokc.com What works: The chocolate waffle and French Bomber are irresistible. What needs work: The chicken in the chicken Parmesan sandwich is dry and didn’t soak up the sauce. Tip: Call ahead to pick up from the drive-thru window. Falcone’s Pizzeria is a case study in the pitfalls […]
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Gazedibles: Meat-free
It’s starting to heat up, and we’ve got a long summer around grills ahead of us. Before stuffing our bodies with charcoal-kissed meats, check out a few of the best plant-based dishes in the city. by Jacob Threadgill | Photos Gazette / file and provided The Red Cup 3122 N. Classen Blvd. theredcupokc.com | 405-525-3430 […]
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Roamin’ holiday
John Calvin Abney album release show 8 p.m. Saturday The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave. bluedoorokc.com 405-524-0738 $20 Whenever John Calvin Abney needed to step away from life and think, he would cross the street from his old house on Tulsa’s S. Yale Avenue and visit the historic Route 66 diner Tally’s Good Food […]
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Rolling nourishment
Chef Beth Ann Lyon walked out of her front door one morning, and the bright yellow food truck sitting in her neighbor’s front yard called to her. Lyon has shaped menus across the city (Provision Kitchen, The Mule, Anchor Down, The Press) since establishing an eponymous LLC two years ago, but life as a consultant […]
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Paseo party
Paseo Arts Festival 10 a.m. Saturday-5 p.m. Monday The Paseo Arts District 3022 Paseo St. thepaseo.orgthepaseo.org| 405-525-2688 Free There wasn’t much Amanda Bleakley could do in 2014 when she took over as executive director of The Paseo Arts Association, at least not right then. The Paseo Arts Festival, the association’s largest annual fundraising event, was […]
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Stemming the tide
In April 2017, as the opioid crisis continued to ravage Oklahoma, the state’s Attorney General Mike Hunter stood beside two state lawmakers — Sen. AJ Griffin and Rep. Tim Downing — to announce formation of the Oklahoma Commission on Opioid Abuse. Three months later, a federal report issued by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental […]
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Brutal acts
The Lonesome West 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m. May 24, 8 p.m. May 25-26, 2 p.m. May 27, 7:30 p.m. May 31 and 8 p.m. June 1-2 Carpenter Square Theatre 800 W. Main St. carpentersquare.com 405-232-6500 $5-$25 Other than the town priest, practically no one in Leenane believes that Coleman Connor shot his father on […]