Brittany Pickering, editor-in-chief of Oklahoma Gazette: I’m here with Lance McDaniel, executive director of deadCenter Film Festival, and he’s going to talk to us about this year’s festival. Lance McDaniel, executive director of deadCenter Film Festival: Yes. Thank you, Brittany, for having me, and thank you to the Gazette because you guys have been a […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Matt Lowery
“This deeply unsettling time has influenced the process I use to write music in ways I couldn’t have predicted,” Matt Lowery said. “I find myself exploring familiar textures in unfamiliar ways; taking pianos, guitars, and synths and processing them until they feel like new timbres altogether. I’ve been trying to release long-form music that helps […]
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Cover: Shadow of doubt
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) opened doors for me that had been locked for a long time. It gave me and 800,000 other Dreamers a two-year work permit, a social security number, relief from the threat of deportation and the opportunity to get a driver’s license. With all that, it also opened the door […]
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Effective advertising
Millions tuned in for the Super Bowl, but what viewers did not see was an ad featuring a former Choctaw family who left home to treat their son with medical cannabis. Amy Bourlon-Hilterbran moved with her family to Florence, Colorado, in 2014. “My husband Jason and I are from Oklahoma, born and raised. Choctaw,” Bourlon-Hilterbran […]
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Carly Gwin and the Sin, “You Can Feel Sad” (video premiere)
Directed by Dylan Johnson, Carly Gwin and the Sin’s “You Can Feel Sad” puts the Norman-based band in gauzy, space cowgirl environments that perfectly suit the song’s wistful melody. The band performs 9 p.m. Saturday with Applied Music Program and Lacey Elaine at 51st Street Speakeasy, 1114 NW 51st St. Visit 51stspeakeasy.com.
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DDD effect
It’s been nearly a decade since the Mayor of Flavortown himself, Guy Fieri, has appeared in Oklahoma City for his flagship program Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, which includes more than 260 episodes over 26 seasons since its premiere in 2007. Recently, many Oklahoma City chefs including Beth Ann Lyon (Beth Ann’s Black Cat), Shelby Sieg […]
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Cover story video: Guy Fieri should eat at Jimmy’s Round-Up Cafe & Fried Pies
The familiar voice of Jimmy Collins bellowing, “Welcome to Jimmy’s! How are you doing?” is part of the reason Jimmy’s Round-Up Cafe & Fried Pies has become a southside institution while attracting customers across the region for giant yeast rolls and fresh country cooking. Every customer who walks through the door at 1301 SW 59th […]
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FIRST LOOK: Ludivine to relocate to high-profile NW 10th Street address
Work has started to relocate the ever-popular Ludivine restaurant a few blocks away, from its current location at 805 N Hudson Ave. to a more visible location on NW 10th Street which will directly front the new streetcar route when it starts to roll later this year. Proprietor Russ Johnson, who also operates R&J Supper […]
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You In Me isn’t just any Neil Diamond tribute act. It makes heartlights shine
“He’s going to fall in love with us,” Novey blurted. “He’s going to call and he’s going to want to fly us out to his ranch or wherever he lives.”
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Sing fails to reach that perfect note that makes animated movies box office successes
In Sing, a theater lover inherits a theater and decides to host a singing competition to boost business.