Samantha Crain 8 p.m. May 10 Resonant Head 400 SW 25th St., Suite A Phone Number resonanthead.com $22 Like hard-boiled detectives in black-and-white movies, singer-songwriters stereotypically work alone. Arriving on the scene Friday, May 2, Samantha Crain’s seventh full-length album, Gumshoe, finds a new formula, musically and lyrically. The sweet and poppy title track is […]
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Love, Antigua
Café Antigua 1903 N. Classen Blvd. cafeantiguaok.com 405-602-8984 What works:Breakfast is always absolutely on point. What needs work:The coffee bar can get very behind on orders, meaning sometimes you are well into your meal before your drink arrives. Tip: Use Yelp’s Waitlist feature to snag a place in the line; no physical waiting required. Drive […]
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Reservations recommended
Kitchen No. 324 is more than a pancake. I know that’s true, yet after a recent visit, the pancake takes up so much space in my brain — much as it does a dinner plate. It’s hard not to think of this perfect pancake as an edible mission statement: “Do one thing. Do it exceptionally […]
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Political pulse
If you didn’t already know, you’d probably never guess that our very red state is home to a left-leaning podcast that has surged in popularity during Donald Trump’s second term as president. Co-hosts Angie Sullivan and Jennifer Welch launched the I’ve Had It podcast in 2022 as a place to humorously vent about their petty […]
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Oklahoma Trailblazers: AJ Griffin
AJ Griffin served six years in the Oklahoma Senate, including two terms as vice chair for the Republican caucus. Two years ago, Griffin became the CEO of Potts Family Foundation, an Oklahoma City nonprofit focused on improving early childhood conditions in the state. The nonprofit also helps organize the Early Childhood Legislative Caucus, a bipartisan […]
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Church of Oklahoma
Okies may be acclimated to bad weather, but when it rains, it pours. Ushering in the new month, Gov. Kevin Stitt issued a groundbreaking executive order in support of “religious freedom.” Oklahoma.gov proclaimed it’s going to “make Oklahoma the strongest defender of religious liberty in the nation,” but Executive Order 2025-08 shakes the very foundation […]
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Top billing
Norman Music Festival April 24-26 Downtown Norman normanmusicfestival.com free Readers of 2024 album-of-the-year lists and Oklahoma Gazette will find several familiar names in this year’s lineup for Norman Music Festival. La Luz (laluzband.com) — scheduled to take the festival’s main stage at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, April 26 — made multiple year-end lists for its […]
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Dancing psychedelia
Shorts 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 9 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10 2 p.m. Sunday, May 11 Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. 405-594-8300 okcciviccenter.com/ $20-$103 Oklahoma City Ballet’s upcoming production, Shorts, brings together three distinct works that showcase different facets of contemporary dance in a single evening. While each piece stands on its […]
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Following the light
The blast from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing found Polly Nichols in a northwest corner office on the third floor of the Journal Record building, where she worked as the executive director of a nonprofit. The office was just across the street from the federal building, so the blast was devastating, collapsing the […]
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Breakfast and brunch
Hatch Early Mood Food multiple locations hatchearlymoodfood.com Get your Hatch fix at one of six locations across Oklahoma, including the Will Rogers International Airport. Hatch offers familiar breakfast and brunch dishes from steak and eggs to strawberry arugula salad, omelettes and sandwiches. Its full-service bar options include coffee cocktails, mimosas for the table, mocktails and […]