I’m writing on the day we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Many people observe the holiday by doing a service project, and I just returned from helping OCU students make a thousand sandwiches for the Homeless Alliance. We mostly remember the “I Have a Dream “ speech King and […]
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Gazedibles: Super supper
There is nary a tradition as American as Super Bowl Sunday, when friends, families and neighbors get together to watch two football teams battle one another for a ring. Along with watching what has arguably become America’s favorite pastime (here’s looking at you Major League Baseball), a concurring tradition is to feast on America’s iconic […]
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To legalize or not to legalize? That is State Question 820.
Oklahoma is just under six weeks away from voting on State Question 820, a citizen-led ballot initiative that could statutorily legalize cannabis for adults over 21 while placing a 15 percent excise tax on those sale and also provides expungement pathways for people with past legal entanglements from decades of what some would call over-criminalization […]
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Gazedibles: Hot Noodles
Though this season’s temperatures haven’t been frigid most days so far, you might still be experiencing the winter blues. Few things are as comforting as a nice, warm bowl of noodle soup. Thanks to OKC’s wide range of Asian restaurants with multiple styles of ramen and pho-filled menus, the options are bountiful. Here are seven […]
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Kevin recently replaced four of the six Oklahoma State Board of Education members with all the precision of a bazooka.
Kevin recently replaced four of the six Oklahoma State Board of Education members with all the precision of a bazooka. The new board members include an oil and gas CEO, a homeschool teacher, an accounting firm owner and a pharmacist, because who knows more about the future of public school education than that roster? They […]
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Of all the twists and turns the Republicans have taken in recent years, playing it soft with Vladimir Putin is one of the most bizarre.
Of all the twists and turns the Republicans have taken in recent years, playing it soft with Vladimir Putin is one of the most bizarre. Even more baffling is that many of the right wing’s major figures — like Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson — are seemingly proud of it. This isn’t the same party […]
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Handmade, not handmaid
“We need conversations,” Shauna Burke said. “It’s an interesting moment in history. With every step forward, there’s ten steps back.” Burke is a jewelry artist, curator, and organizer based in Brooklyn, where she works primarily with hardened and soft metals to interpret what she says is the simultaneous toughness and vulnerability of her native New […]
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Co-op makes the dream pop
“I don’t know that any one of us could be doing this ourselves,” Sarah Reid said. As a music scene mainstay, kitchen worker, and part-time venue booker, Reid knows as well as anyone about the behind-the-scenes hustle that goes into assuring that musicians have a stage and a community in Norman, and it’s only been […]
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Original recipe
Long before food trucks had dedicated parks and were seemingly on every street corner, the tales of Bobo’s were so widespread in Oklahoma City that the man became a living legend. Ozell Pope-Powell, affectionately known as “Bobo,” was born in Preston, Oklahoma in 1937. He spent his early childhood in Beggs before moving to California’s […]
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Nothing says Oklahoma City quite like a sculpture made by New York artists.
Nothing says Oklahoma City quite like a sculpture made by New York artists. “Light as a Feather” was recently installed at the northeast corner of Scissortail Park, located near Oklahoma City Boulevard and Robinson Avenue. The work by Jason Klimoski and Lesley Chang was commissioned by the city. Their studio is at the intersection of […]