Gift Raps 6 8:30 p.m. Dec. 12 Ponyboy 1 423 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-896-2037 Free (with donation) 21+ For households already struggling to make it month to month, the holiday season can bring more anxiety than merriment.“I remember my mom stressing out during Christmastime,” said local hip-hop artist Jabee. “A lot of people come […]
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Fiction Issue: The Pink Elephant
By Daniel Scott Bokemper With a final heave, Skye let go of the covered mass he dragged from the hood of his black sedan and onto its roof. He rolled off the back windshield and onto the pavement. His head rested for a few seconds on a Minnesota license plate two years expired. Several pained […]
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No allegiance
Along Walnut Avenue in Deep Deuce, chef Andrew Black is asking diners to trust in his and his staff’s expertise to take a leap of faith for a unique dining experience at Grey Sweater—the third restaurant concept Black co-owns and oversees, all three connected to The Maywood apartments. Grey Sweater, 100 NE Fourth St., is […]
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Ganja grudges
Imagine this: a circus tent on rural private property; inside, a professional boxing ring filled with both trained fighters and folks from the cannabis industry going at it with boxing gloves, surrounded by hundreds of medical cannabis patients. That is exactly what the first Stand Up & Fight/Canna-Grudge Showdown hopes to bring Sunday. The event […]
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Cover: Laboratory, tested
Testing is now required for all cannabis products in Oklahoma. Meanwhile, all laboratories currently operating in the state are being tested by growers and processors and will soon be tested by the state. Several labs in the Oklahoma City metro have been operating since well before sample testing became a requirement, and savvy cannabis consumers […]
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Intimate Archive
Maddie Razook 8-10:30 p.m. Dec. 5 The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave. bluedoorokc.com 405-524-0738 $10 (cash only) You might have heard her in Pigments or Lust, but Maddie Razook’s Archive is the sound of the singer-songwriter going solo in the truest sense. “I decided that it was really important to me that every single […]
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Silver celebration
Gopuram: Taste of India wasn’t the first Indian restaurant in Oklahoma City, but it is the longest serving, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year at its new location at 412 S. Meridian Ave. Isaac Samuel founded the restaurant in 1994 at 23rd Street and Meridian Avenue at a time when the Oklahoma City market was […]
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Suit settlement
A land swap could settle a seven-year lawsuit with the city. The suit involves Hilltop Plaza LLC, which owned two properties that the city acquired through eminent domain for Scissortail Park’s construction. Despite the city’s acquisition, Hilltop officials challenged the amount they received and called for a jury trial to determine just compensation. Hilltop Plaza’s […]
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‘Friendly meetings’
Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker Dec. 5-21 Shakespeare on the Paseo 2920 Paseo St. okshakes.org 405-235-3700 $10-$30 Combining jokes, treats, decorations and a small explosion, Christmas crackers are an only partially edible English yuletide tradition. According to BBC America, “a cracker is a three-chambered cardboard tube wrapped in brightly colored paper that is twisted to connect […]
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Gone Hollywood
Casting notices for Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Jesse Eisenberg watching a Thunder home game with Mayor David Holt seem to indicate Oklahoma’s status in the film world has noticeably improved from the days when the state served as the launchpad for Twister’s flying cow. Earlier this month, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department’s […]