Celebrate Pride on one of OKC’s most colorful streets! Factory Obscura and its Ninth Street neighbors invite you for Pride-themed dancing, art, music and more! All are welcome. Events include a Pride Artist Market featuring more than 25 local artist vendors (7-10 p.m.), and Ninth Street turns into a dance club with outdoor performances by […]
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Joyful chorus
Mama Pearl’s Special Edition Pride Show Sun., June 15, 7 p.m. Mycelium Gallery 2816 N. Penn Ave. www.myceliumgallery.com $10 Sing along if you know this one, or even if you don’t. Mama Pearl’s Sing-Along Drag Show returns to Mycelium Gallery, 2816 N. Pennsylvania Ave., 7 p.m. Sunday June 15 for a Special Edition Pride Show. […]
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Crushing it
David Archuleta at Oklahoma Pridefest Fri., June 27, 7 p.m. Scissortail Park 300 SW Seventh St. okpridealliance.org/pridefest Free Last year, David Archuleta returned to the American Idol stage to perform “Hell Together,” a song inspired by his mother’s response to his coming out as queer. “You said, ‘If I have to live without you, I […]
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Summer Breeze
Summer Breeze Every other Sunday June 15 – August 24, 7:30 p.m. Lions Park 1800 Northcliff Ave normandepot.com/summer-breeze Free Except for the random days when a wrathful god seems to be dispensing storm-based-justice on our state for any number of justifiable reasons, summer evenings are an ideal time for outdoor music, and The Depot’s Summer […]
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Proudly owned
Elemental Coffee 815 N. Hudson Ave. elementalcoffee.com 405-633-1703 Elemental Coffee first began roasting coffee in OKC in 2008, and its Midtown cafe started serving breakfast, lunch and pastries in 2011. Satisfy your brunch craving with chilaquiles: house-made corn tortilla chips cooked in red chili sauce, fried egg, sour cream, onions, queso fresco and cilantro. A […]
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Reel PRIDE
Oklahoma is for everyone. And so is its largest film festival. For 25 years, deadCenter has exposed attendees to thousands of organic, touching stories that the average filmgoer may rarely — if ever — encounter. These movies often have the power to shape us, widen our lens and meaningfully consider the people who surround us. […]
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Proud city
By the time you read this, Pride will have been going strong in OKC for nigh on a fortnight and in the metro for more than a month thanks to Norman Pride in May. But whether you’re just getting started or getting your second (or third) wind, there are still plenty of loud and proud […]
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Still free
Juneteenth on the East Thursday, June 19-Saturday, June 21 NE 23rd St. between N. Hood Street and N. Kelham Avenue https://www.withloveokc.org/juneteenth Free Issued by President Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation freed people enslaved in the Confederate States — on paper at least. In reality, news of emancipation only traveled as fast as […]
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Train derailed?
The Heartland Flyer, Oklahoma’s only passenger train service, is chugging toward its final stop, thanks to budget cuts in Texas. While the train, which connects Oklahoma City and Fort Worth, averages just a couple hundred passengers a day, ending the route will be a blow for a city that has been trying to increase rail […]
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Care crisis
Congress is eyeing over $880 billion in Medicaid budget cuts as part of President Trump’s grand budget and tax plan. Apparently, making America great again includes making rural hospitals poor again. The loss of these funds could be devastating for some rural hospitals in Oklahoma, where roughly 1 million Oklahomans rely on Medicaid (SoonerCare). “For […]