Creation and destruction go hand in hand, not so much two sides of the same coin as essential stages of an unending cycle. In artistic terms, the idea finds expression in recently opened Chaos Studio, 1322 NW Sixth St. The experience available to customers can be broadly divided into two forms of activity. On tables […]
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Neighborhood legacy
Ray’s Café 2727 NW 50th St. 405-942-4100 What works: Thursday’s Persian night is a chance to explore cuisine not found much in the metro area. What needs work: The hash browns needed to be more crisp. Tip: Check out Indian taco (Tuesday and Wednesdays) and catfish (Fridays) specials. As Shermin Khazaeli and Reza “Ray” Moeeni […]
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Slay farewell
Slayer 4:30 p.m. Aug. 16 The Zoo Amphitheatre 2101 NE 50th St. thezooamphitheatre.com 800-514-3849 $42-$195 Released in October 1986, Reign in Blood was Slayer’s third full-length studio album, but for many soon-to-be-converted metalheads in the decades since, it remains their first exposure to a lifelong obsession. “Slayer’s like the gateway drug into metal for a […]
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Subversive stories
Bad in Bed Live! 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through June 30 8 p.m. Aug. 16, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Aug. 17-18, 11 a.m. Aug. 19 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $35-$38 21+ Shelby Simpson didn’t want to read her own book. The Enid-born author didn’t think the subject matter […]
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Truth and Soulmatic
Soulmatic vinyl release party 9:30 p.m. Friday 51st Street Speakeasy 1114 NW 51st St. 51stspeakeasy.com 405-643-0470 $5 Carrying amplifiers for a Ben Kweller show got The Nghiems booked on their first gig in 2007, and getting the attention of Broncho’s Ben King at that gig resulted in an invite to record at a storied local […]
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Still proud
Registered members of the OKC Pride organization gathered for an emergency meeting on the evening of July 26. A crowd of around 100 people packed into Expressions Church in 39th Street District to vote on a sole agenda item: the dissolution of the entire organization. After nearly two hours of debate and discussion over the […]
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Broiler expansion
With the recent opening of a Moore location, Johnnie’s Charcoal Broiler is undergoing an expansion and renovation phase that ownership hopes to finish by the Oklahoma City institution’s golden anniversary in 2021. The new full-sized Johnnie’s location at 2305 S. Telephone Road in Moore is modeled after the layout and updated design of its Yukon […]
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Up to speed
In the quarter century since the internet first became available for most Americans and the two decades since average citizens started carrying cellphones, most users have learned to take the good with the bad. Even in its early stages, the internet gave its users entry to knowledge that was equivalent to gaining full access to […]
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Taking charge
Like any student who just moved into town, new Oklahoma City Public Schools Superintendent Sean McDaniel is starting this school year as the new kid in class. Though he won’t have to worry about earning good marks in math or science, there are plenty of other ways McDaniel will be tested in his first year […]
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New growth
Tim Kenney: A Burst of Color Through Sept. 1 The Depot 200 S. Jones Ave., Norman normandepot.org 405-307-9380 Free A chance call from his nephew in Santa Fe, New Mexico, led Norman resident Tim Kenney into an unusual career path at age 52: abstract impressionist painter. 10 years later, Kenney has painted in every state […]