Fresh off a morning of knocking on voter doors, Madison Horn took a sip of water as she looked out the window of her campaign’s “war room.” Located 24 floors above downtown Oklahoma City, the room included a large wall-mounted calendar with upcoming events, and precinct maps were strewn across a desk. But the view […]
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Monumental seats
In 2011, Erin Brewer’s son returned home from his Edmond school with a request for each family to donate two reams of paper. Budget cuts had left the affluent school district without enough funds to keep the printers full and issue student worksheets. It was a moment of frustration that launched Brewer into a more […]
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Fall and folly of Ryan Walters
Ryan Walters was appointed Secretary of Education for the State of Oklahoma by Governor Kevin Stitt in September 2020, less than 1,500 days ago. However, the four-year saga of Ryan Walters seems to have generated headlines and controversy that outweighs all his predecessors in that position and the position he now holds as Oklahoma State […]
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Free Will Astrology: Week of October 24
Homework: Is there any joy or pleasure you deny yourself for no good reason?Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com ARIES (March 21-April 19) Secrets and hidden agendas have been preventing you from getting an accurate picture of what’s actually happening. But you now have the power to uncover them. I hope you will also consider the following bold moves: 1. […]
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Horror movies
For cinephiles, especially those with a masochistic desire to be scared, October is about more than fall foliage, college football and pumpkin-spiced fill-in-the-blank. The leadup to Halloween is a great excuse to immerse yourself in horror films. But why settle for the same ol’, same ol’? Chances are you know the go-to fright franchises: Scream, […]
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World travelers
Cold War Kids w/ Husbands 6:30 p.m. Nov. 13 The Jones Assembly 901 W. Sheridan Ave. thejonesassembly.com 405-212-2378 $32-$75 Yukon native Danny Davis, frontman and songwriter for Husbands, spoke to Oklahoma Gazette about tour, life as a full-time musician in Oklahoma City and what’s next for the band. The interview for this story was conducted […]
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Out on the town
There are only a handful of thriving, open LGBTQIA+ districts in America, and even in the face of the state’s regressive legislation and reductive attacks on our queer community, Oklahoma City still has one of the best. The 39th Street District (lovingly nicknamed “The Gayborhood”) has been going strong for decades, helping to establish Pride […]
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Black Sky Affair
Anticipation is riding high as Saturday’s annular solar eclipse approaches, with millions across North America looking forward to the second to last such event for the next two decades in our part of the world. Ideal viewing conditions are forecast by the National Weather Service for the duration of the eclipse, with clear and sunny […]
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Infinite surprise
Having just returned from a tour of the United Kingdom and Europe, Nels Cline was preparing for an unusual undertaking for his band, Wilco, when he called for a mid-September interview. “We are actually going to do something very uncharacteristic, which is we’re going to rehearse for the tour,” the guitarist revealed. […]
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Free Will Astrology: Week of September 21
Homework: Spend 10 minutes showering yourself with praise. Speak your accolades out loud. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com ARIES (March 21-April 19) So it begins: the Building and Nurturing Togetherness phase of your astrological cycle. The next eight weeks will bring excellent opportunities to shed bad relationship habits and grow good new ones. Let’s get you in the mood […]