OKG Picks EAT Coolgreens’ Harvest Salad WATCH The Good Place (Hulu and Netflix) LISTEN Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast READ Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Teacher Got Wrong by James W. Loewen LOVE Bon Appétit’s Gourmet Makes (YouTube) EXPERIENCE Stockyards City Donalds Jordan’s Picks EAT beef tenderloin salad at Iron Star WATCH […]
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OKG Lifestyle: Trent Ratterree
Around OKC EAT: The Drake Seafood & Oysterette WATCH: Special (Netflix) LISTEN: Father of the Bride by Vampire Weekend READ: Angels of the Dark series by Gena Showalter LOVE: Green tea latte from All About Cha EXPERIENCE: First Friday Gallery Walk on Paseo Outside OKC EAT: Clam chowder at Bob Morris’ Paradise Cove Beach Cafe in Malibu, California WATCH: […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Striped heroes
Not all heroes wear capes, and one in particular in Tulsa is wearing a striped uniform and carrying a whistle. If you have attended a youth sporting event over the last 20 years, you’ve no doubt seen it: an irate parent berating a volunteer or underpaid referee because they blame the ref for their child’s […]
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New documentary Obit. takes viewers behind the scenes at The New York Times
The film screens May 19-21 and May 25 at Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
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The Blue Door’s annual tribute to Woody Guthrie confronts perceived fascism
Blue Door owner Greg Johnson has been organizing a Woody Guthrie tribute every year since 1991.
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Storied speaker
A stranger is watching. Where are the children? A cry in the night. Suspense killing you yet? Those phrases also are titles of novels written by The New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark, the “queen of suspense.” The esteemed crime writer will speak Tuesday at Literary Voices, annual fundraising dinner to benefit the […]
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Page One: Inside the New York Times
Startling admission: As a career-long journalist in one form or another, it is difficult for me to be truly objective about the documentary “Page One: Inside The New York Times.” No such problem exists with the Times’ own Michael Kinsley, who panned it as “a mess,” but don’t listen to him — I’m guessing most […]
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Frackin’ PR
The New York Times, which buys lots o’ ink, published a lengthy story titled “Insiders Sound an Alarm Amid a Natural Gas Rush” on June 25. Therein, Ian Urbina reported that natural gas companies were gambling enormously on wells, promising huge profits and new energy resources, but suggested that the gas may not be as […]
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How’s it hangin’?
“This, I thought, was eating,” Bourdain wrote, describing the onglet, better known as hanger steak. When a cow is processed, there is this mysterious, little-known piece of meat, which some people (including me) find good. Others, however, stay far away. There is nothing modern about the no-waste hanger steak; it’s been a cut known for […]
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It’s a puzzle
Over the course of his career as a constructor of crosswords, the Ponca City native has seen his work appear in such publications as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Newsday. But he didn’t always know it was something out of which he could make a career. “I first discovered my liking for […]