My Brilliant Divorce 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and July 6-7, 7:30 p.m. July 12, 8 p.m. July 13-14, 2 p.m. July 15, 7:30 p.m. July 19 and 8 p.m. July 20-21 Carpenter Square Theatre 800 W. Main St. carpentersquare.com 405-232-6500 $5-$25 Angela calls a Suicide Helpline just for someone to visit with. She’s not suicidal, just […]
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Slice of life
All of the furniture in artist Jessica Petrus’ house — save for a small couch — has wheels on it. She never knows when everything will have to be moved to make room to work on a giant collage that has become a trademark at many of the 18 Hideaway Pizza locations across Oklahoma and […]
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Little fire
El Fogoncito 3020 N. Walker Ave. 405-225-1583 What works: Pork belly, barbacoa and fish tacos are finished with interesting and tasty toppings. What needs work: Queso fundido becomes a rock-hard mass of grease and cheese within minutes. Tip: Check the menu for good lunch and daily weekday specials. In the discussion of factors that influence […]
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PRIDE March on
Last year, OKC Pride celebrated the 30th anniversary of its yearly parade and LGBTQ pride month celebration. The event has grown a large local following through the years. Some in the city’s younger generations probably could not imagine a year without the observance, but as recently as February, it appeared to some within the community […]
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Primary preview
It is not difficult to find something to get excited about this primary season in Oklahoma. With a major state question in play, a logjam of candidates in the gubernatorial primaries, numerous state House and Senate seat openings and remnants of political tension from the April teacher walkout underscoring it all, intrigue is not lacking […]
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PRIDE Pride groundwork
The birth of the national gay liberation movement is often credited to the 1969 protests led by patrons of Stonewall Inn to police harassment in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. Oklahoma City’s formation for gay rights as a political force didn’t begin until 1978 — not because the city didn’t have a large LGBTQ community — according […]
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PRIDE Perennial parade
OKC Pride Parade 6 p.m. Sunday 39th District NW 39th Street between Classen and Youngs boulevards facebook.com/okcpridefan 405-652-9561 Free As its name suggests, the plot for J. J. Austrian’s children’s book Worm Loves Worm is pretty straightforward. “You don’t know if they’re both boys or both girls, but they’re in love with each other, and […]
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Helpful bounty
Four years ago, gardener Jenn Mabry looked at the vast array of gardening plots near the Chesapeake Energy Corporation campus off 63rd Street and Shartel Avenue and thought, “There is no way I can do this.” After sitting neglected for a year and a half, the garden that employees once used to grow produce was […]
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PRIDE Civic union
On one hand, Freedom Oklahoma and Women Lead Oklahoma advocate for two distinct constituencies — the former promotes civil engagement in the LGBTQ community while the latter concentrates on those who identify as women. But the two groups have more in common than they have separate — a shared board of directors and office space, […]
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PRIDE King of drag
At age 17, Damian Matrix-Gritte became a king. But when he first began performing at drag shows in Oklahoma City, Matrix-Gritte, now 34, had very few people to pattern his monarchy after. “It was interesting,” Matrix-Gritte said. “There weren’t really drag kings, so I didn’t really have anything to go off of. I’m sure there […]