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always tell people: ‘Get ready to fall in love with José.’” That’s the first line of this issue’s powerful cover story by Alicia Chesser (p. 20). It’s spoken by Mary Woolslayer, a retired kindergarten teacher who took in a paroled asylum seeker after his release from ICE detention at the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center in Tulsa. Mary is participating in a sponsorship program initiated by the New Sanctuary Network, which places migrants apprehended at the southern border with local host families who open their homes and hearts to those desperate for a better life. People like Mary offer “a soft place to land” for people like José. It’s a welcome contrast to the immigration headlines we see every
day: traumatized children, shattered families, and whole communities shaken to their core by mass deportation and detention. Reading the news in 2018 can feel like a gauntlet of despair. It can feel like we’ve lost touch with what makes us human, as if the ethereal thread connecting us to our most vulnerable neighbors has been snipped overnight, but the story of José and Mary shows us another way. José is a 36-year-old surgeon from Venezuela. Fearing deadly violence in his home country, he sought political asylum in the U.S. after his brother was assassinated by the government. José did everything by the book: he researched the asylum process, got his papers in order, and presented himself at the border for protection—but
he didn’t get it. Instead, José was shackled and jailed, bussed nearly 700 miles with 91 other detainees to an ICE detention cell in Tulsa, where he spent 70 days in confinement. He broke down, as so many of us would, under the weight of this harrowing experience. “If I would have known what I had to go through, I would not have sought asylum in this country,” José said. “The reason why I did come was because friends told me that in the U.S. they respect human rights, liberties, freedoms. I knew those were beautiful values. I thought, ‘I want that.’ That’s what I was told I would find here.” José didn’t find those ideals in our institutions, but he found them in the home of a stranger. Alicia writes so movingly about the special relationship between
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his year already showed signs of being a landmark year in Oklahoma politics, based on the unusually high numbers of open seats, candidates filing for office, and challenges to incumbents. Now following eventful June primaries, we know for certain that this is one of Oklahoma’s most interesting election years in a long time. As we approach runoff elections on Aug. 28, here are some trends to watch. We’re seeing a big surge in electoral participation. Concerns over underfunding of public education and other core services, the drama of two special sessions, and this spring’s teacher walkout helped shake up longstanding patterns of electoral indifference. There were 442 legislative candidates on the ballot this year—a 24 percent increase from 2016 and a massive 67 percent increase from 2014. More candidates and more contested elections, combined with widespread interest in the medical marijuana state question, contributed to historic June primary turnout—surpassing both the 2014 general election and the 2016 Presidential primary. There is no doubt that turnout for August’s runoff elections will fall compared to June. In the past two election cycles, turnout for the runoffs was down over 30 percent from the initial primary. To the extent that June turnout was boosted by strong interest in State Question 788, this year’s runoff drop-off could be even greater. On the other hand, with an unprecedented number of runoffs this year, and with so many more Oklahomans focused on state politics, we will hopefully avoid a repeat of past elections where fewer than 20 percent of registered voters showed up. Either way, there will be many new faces in office after November. The Legislature was already assured 33 new members due to incumbents hitting term limits or choosing not to run. In the primaries, five incumbent representatives and one incumbent senator were defeated outright, which means at least 39 new faces next
session. If the anti-incumbent wave continues, that number could easily exceed 50. Republican incumbents are facing the strongest challenges. The six Republican incumbents who were defeated on primary night is equal to the total number of incumbents of both parties who were defeated in all primaries in the previous 11 elections from 1994 to 2016. By contrast, Democratic incumbents are facing little opposition this year. Only two Democratic lawmakers faced primary challenges, and both won handily. Thirteen Democratic legislators were reelected without an opponent, compared to just seven Republicans. Republican incumbents who voted against tax increases are in the biggest danger. There were 16 members who voted no on all three major revenue bills this year. Of the 12 seeking re-election, two were defeated outright in June and seven were forced into a runoff. As it stands, at most six of the 34 Republican incumbents who supported tax increases could be defeated in the primaries, compared to nine of 12 who voted against tax increases. Democrats have reasons to hope that their party will make gains in the Legislature, as well as possibly picking up one or more statewide offices. However, registration trends in Oklahoma increasingly favor Republicans —since 2010, Democratic registration has fallen by some 240,000 people, while Republicans have seen registration grow by 130,000. For Democrats to make large gains in November, their partisans will have to come out in force, while Republicans either have to stay home or cross party lines. While Democrats are still likely to gain some seats, November may produce more of a ripple than a wave for Oklahoma Democrats. a
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A pox on all their houses The University of Oklahoma’s terrible, awful, really bad week by BARRY FRIEDMAN No winners here. A few weeks back, Jabar Shumate, OU vice president for the university community, resigned his position (rather than be fired) and wrapped himself in hyperbole and obfuscation. “The nature of these allegations are not only slanderous, but from my perspective, constitute a high-tech lynching,” Shumate said.1 A high-tech what? Where have we heard that before? And from my standpoint as a black American, as far as I’m concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to think for themsel ves, to do for themselves, to have different ideas, and it is a message that unless you kowtow to an old order, this is what will happen to you. 2
For the love of Anita Hill: Clarence Thomas is Shumate’s go-to muse? He should have been fired for that alone. I haven’t been a fan of Shumate’s since he left the Oklahoma state legislature in 2015 to take a job with the American Federation for Children (AFC)—a conservative, dark money group hell-bent on privatizing public schools. It is financed by such beauties as Secretary of Education Betsy Devos and her brother Erik Prince, founder of the private mercenary company Blackwater USA, which tells you everything you need to know about the organization for whom Shumate planned to abandon his constituents and his soul. Shumate said at the time he found politics dirty. 3 Sure. Politics are dirty, and the people associated with Amway, Blackwater, and ALEC are the disinfectant. 10 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
Which brings us to July 25, when Shumate held a press conference announcing his resignation, saying he was told he’d be fired if he didn’t.6 The story would have ended there, but Shumate then alleged that university officials told him SAE was not only coming back to campus but also being given back its former digs—a move so potentially insulting and stupid, it’s astonishing school officials had so much trouble refuting it.7 We’ll get to that in a moment. First to the firing:
The story would have ended there, but Shumate then alleged that university officials told him SAE was not only coming back to campus but also being given back its former digs—a move so potentially insulting and stupid, it’s astonishing school officials had so much trouble refuting it. Oklahoma Memorial Student Union at the University of Oklahoma Norman campus | GAU MEO
Oy. “At this time,” Shumate said in his resignation announcement, “I have to think about my family.” Hold the meringue. I’m getting diabetes. Before Shumate got his AFC parking space, though, he accepted an offer from then-president of OU David Boren to run the school’s diversity office—a department Boren first had to create, which he did after unceremoniously tossing Sigma Alpha Epsilon from campus when some of its members were seen performing a racist musical number on a party bus.4 Boren placed Shumate and the new department in SAE’s old, university-owned frat house near campus—a deft touch. I asked Boren at the time about Shumate’s plans to join AFC. Boren laughed and said, “Yeah, I don’t know what was going on with that.”
Fast-forward to Boren’s retirement on June 30 and the naming of his successor, James L. Gallogly, a former oil executive who donated millions to the university and whose selection seemed inspired by the Vatican. Gallogly’s selection is the result of a months’ long presidential search process conducted largely in secret by OU’s Board of Regents, a representative search committee and an outside professional search firm. 5
All that was missing was a puff of white smoke. If it wasn’t obvious that Boren was Clarence Odbody to Shumate’s George Bailey, it became clear after Gallogly took over and decided Shumate would no longer report directly to him but rather to the school’s provost.
The audit includes GPS data that shows Shumate’s university-owned 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe parked overnight at his residence hundreds of times. It also shows Shumate took the vehicle to Tulsa over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, including stops at his mother’s home. 8
The University of Oklahoma canned Shumate for gassing up the Tahoe to go see his mom for the holidays? Shumate responded: “My duties required me to drive between all three of the University of Oklahoma campuses (Norman, OU Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, and OU Tulsa campus). My duties also required me to frequently attend events, meetings and recruitment efforts in the evenings and early in the mornings. The university was well aware of my vehicle usage and therefore sanctioned it.”
Unless there are some noxious offenses committed by Shumate that the university doesn’t want to divulge, this is some rickety stuff—so rickety, in fact, there
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were reports OU wasn’t even going to release this report in hopes Shumate would go away quietly.9 When he didn’t and then alleged SAE was coming back, OU officials decided to release the travel audit and then tried stringing words together. This is Ani V. Gollahalli, the vice president and general counsel to the presidents and board of regents at OU: “I think there are always probably ongoing discussions with alumni about when that might be appropriate, if it would be appropriate,” Gollahalli said. “I’m not aware of any formal discussion that would set a date certain or that would have even said that they will be allowed back on campus, but I know President Boren has said . . . in the past that there may come a time, but that would have to be evaluated in the future. And I think that’s still the University’s position.” 10
You could pull a hamstring trying to get through that. For its part, Sigma Alpha Epsilon was also as firm as Jell-O about a potential return. I contacted Johnny Sao, director of communications for SAE, and he wrote back the following: The Oklahoma Kappa Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon remains closed and its charter remains suspended. At this time, there is no timeline for the Chapter to return to the University of Oklahoma
campus. Any reports to the contrary are inaccurate.
“At this time, there is no timeline . . . .” Considering the obfuscation, double talk, and posturing of all the participants, you kind of wish they’d all stop talking at this point. Let’s remember that SAE infractions at OU weren’t isolated to a few rogue racists singing on a bus trip. SAE is the Harvey Weinstein of fraternities. At Northwestern11: SAE’s public controversy began in February, after Northwestern sent out an all-campus alert that four women allegedly were drugged and, of those, two possibly sexually assaulted at a Jan. 21 gathering at the SAE and another fraternity house. The allegations prompted protests and rallies around campus. Nevertheless, the IFC statement blasted the fraternity for ‘continuing to wear letters with pride instead of showing humility in the face of scandal [which] made it clear that there was no introspective analysis of the culture which fostered such vitriolic responses to the allegations.’
At Yale12: A brother at Yale’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon allegedl y told a group of women at the fraternity-house door, ‘No, we’re onl y looking for white girls,’ a student who claims to have witnessed
the interaction told The Washington Post. The student said that the brother, who is white, repeated ‘white girls onl y’ while plucking blonde girls from the line outside the house to enter the party.
Stanford: In May, SAE’s Stanford chapter was kicked out of its on-campus house indefinitely and put on probation after a university investigation found three separate incidences of misconduct.
Mickey Mouse travel infractions, James L. Gallogly embarrassed the university. And by alleging the university was considering reinstating SAE— but alleging it only after being forced out of his job, all while channeling the martyrdom of Clarence Thomas, Jabar Shumate embarrassed himself. a 1)
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With all that is known about SAE, by not unequivocally stating he would not allow the fraternity back on campus under any timetable and trotting out these
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newsok.com: University of Oklahoma’s former diversity officer says he was forced to resign over ‘false accusation’ americanrhetoric.com: Clarence Thomas: Statement Before the Senate Judiciary Committee thetulsavoice.com: Profits and losses huffingtonpost.com: Oklahoma Frat Boys Caught Singing ‘There Will Never Be A N***** In SAE’ oudaily.com: OU names former oil executive, ma jor university donor James Gallogly next president tulsaworld.com: Jabar Shumate statement tulsaworld.com: Jabar Shumate says he was blindsided by audit, bullied into quitting over ‘OU’s operations of secrecy’ regarding SAE fraternity houstonchronicle.com: OU audit shows improper use of state vehicle led to firing newsok.com: University of Oklahoma releases audit after former executive threatens legal action oudaily.com: OU general counsel, national chapter dispute Jabar Shumate’s claim of Sigma Alpha Epsilon returning to campus chicagotribune.com: Embattled Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Northwestern facing more sanctions vanityfair.com: WHY IS SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON AT THE CENTER OF SO MANY FRATERNITY SCANDALS?
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‘A whole new world’
Kai Burmese Cuisine brings a taste of Myanmar to Tulsa by HOLLY WALL
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new cuisine was quietly introduced to Tulsa last year. Kai Burmese Cuisine opened in January 2017, mostly to serve the large population of Zomi refugees from Myanmar who have been emigrating to Tulsa over the past decades. The Zomi people hail mostly from the Chin State in northwestern Myanmar. The mostly-Buddhist country has made headlines in recent years for its violent mistreatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority and has exerted the same atrocities upon the Zomi, a Christian ethnic minority. When the Zomi people began coming to the U.S., as early as the 1970s, some began to settle in Tulsa to attend Oral Roberts University. In the last 15 to 20 years, the population has grown, earning our city the moniker “Zomi, USA.” It is now estimated that upwards of 7,000 Zomi refugees reside in Tulsa, mostly in the southwest part of the city and Jenks. The area near 71st Street and Lewis Avenue, where Kai Burmese Cuisine sits tucked in the corner of a nondescript strip mall, is where many Zomi businesses have begun to crop up. Kai’s owners, husband-andwife team Nang Khai and Vung Cing—a welder and Bama Pie worker, respectively, before opening Kai—have been in Tulsa about 10 years. The couple noticed the Burmese community growing and thought they needed a restaurant that would offer familiar flavors from back home. And to the city’s non-Burmese population, it’s an introduction to a cuisine Tulsa has never tasted before. The food borrows flavors from Myanmar’s neighboring countries—like India, Thailand, China, and Vietnam—and blends them together to create something truly unique. I dined at Kai
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twice recently, once for dinner and once for lunch, leaving each time satisfied and eager to return to try something else. On my first visit, I chose La Phe Tot for my appetizer, a slawlike salad of “seasonal tea leaves,” cabbage, tomatoes, garlic, sesame seeds, peanuts, and fried broad beans. The cabbage was crisp, and the peanuts and broad beans added extra crunch. The dish tasted strongly of basil and garlic, but those flavors didn’t overwhelm the nuance of its other ingredients. It was very tasty, and the generous portion could easily suffice as a full meal. I went with Kyi Oo for my entrée, since it’s one of two dishes “recommended” on the menu. It’s a soup featuring a generous helping of pork meatballs, sliced pork, fish, quail eggs, mustard greens, green onions, and thin rice noodles. The mild-but-flavorful broth is given a deeper, spicier taste when you pour in the accompanying sauce made of soy, garlic, and red chili peppers. Vietnamese pho might be the closest comparison,
but the combination of ingredients and flavors make it something all its own. For lunch the next day, I chose milk tea—a warm green tea with sweet milk—and the A Kyaw Sone appetizer: tempura fried tofu, rice cake with black beans, and rice cake with sweet peas. Khai and Cing make their tofu fresh in-house, and it has a firm, yet silky texture. The rice cakes seem to consist of mashed rice worked into patties and fried. The black beans and green peas add earthy and bright flavors, respectively. The sauce accompanying the dish—a mixture of soy, vinegar, cilantro, mint, and chilies—is tasty enough to drink. For lunch, Cing recommended the Chicken Rice, a special that’s only available on Tuesdays. It consists of thigh meat that has been lightly breaded and fried, served with aromatic basmati rice and a peppery homemade chicken broth. The surprising star of the dish was the rice; seasoned with cardamom, it reminded me of some of my favorite Indian dishes.
The menu at Kai is varied and extensive, including several daily and weekend specials as well as a couple of breakfast options. Cing said most of the dishes are similar to what one might find in a restaurant in Myanmar, although a couple—like the Pork, Beef, and Chicken Curry (three separate options)—are similar to what she and her husband cook at home. The prices range from $1.99 for breakfast dishes to $5.99 for appetizers and $7.29 for most entrees. The most expensive item on the menu is $8.50. Both times I dined, Cing was working the front of house, with her husband and other family members in the kitchen cooking. Children, including Khai and Cing’s three-year-old son Joseph Kai, the restaurant’s namesake, toddled around the dining room and kitchen. I only saw two nonZomi diners while I was there; everyone else seemed to know Cing, and each other, very well. Cing says more non-Zomi Tulsans are learning about her restaurant, but she still primarily caters to people from her home country. She also offers discounts to area ministers. Cing says she’s “blessed” to be in Tulsa, but she still worries about friends and family back in Myanmar. The violence being committed against the Zomi there continues, and there are many people who would like to come— who need to come—to the U.S. “We’re praying,” she said. “We are so glad to be here. We have a better life. We feel safe here.” a
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A conspiracy of ketones Eating Keto on the cheap in bizarro Tulsa by MITCH GILLIAM
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e have slipped into a better timeline. The world is still on the brink of nuclear winter, but weed is (kind of) legal in Oklahoma, and people everywhere are losing weight by eating bacon on the Keto diet. I’m convinced CERN knocked us into the Heavy Cream-iverse about a month ago, but—just like it was always “Berenstain,” and Sinbad never made a genie move in the 90s—people have actually been slimming down on “fat bombs” and actual butter in their coffee for decades. Whatever explains this shift in perception, one thing is clear: Keto works. I’ve lost 15 pounds in less than a month. I shouldn’t have to explain Keto to you (since everyone in this timeline is on it already) but for the sake of journalism, here’s a quickie: You can’t eat carbs or sugar. Or you can eat very little, at 20 grams a day. Your body burns its glucose stores in about two days, and once they’re depleted, bam— you’re in ketosis, baby. That means your body starts running on ketones, which are produced by fat. Your body switches from burning starch, to literally running on fat. So you eat fat. You can pee on a stick to see if you’re doing it right. An added bonus of the Keto diet: there are plenty of nerds, like physicians and nutritionists, who hate it. It’s sort of a “stick it to the man” diet, because you literally turn the food pyramid on its head. Fats form the base, and grains are revealed as the all-seeing eye of the Starch Illuminati on the capstone. I’ve had a very easy go at Keto. I’m a rare breed who can literally eat the same thing every single day 14 // FOOD & DRINK
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and not get sick of it, provided I dig it. Bacon and eggs? Duh. I’ve had about 300 pounds of that shit in the last month. Add an avocado? I’ve put away at least two thousand. If you like seafood, you’re in luck. The diet emphasizes high fat and medium protein, and fish is a great way to accomplish that. Of course, salmon—even when it’s farm-raised and spray-painted high visibility orange—is very expensive, but sardines are a buck a can at Reasor’s. But if the idea of cheap canned fish and bok choy disgusts you—or as my Keto Komrade, Josh Merrick says, “your mouth gets bored”—here are some tips for eating K in T-Town. For starters, type my name into the search bar on The Tulsa Voice website and read my food articles. Not only can you see why I had to go on a diet, but every-
thing on there (minus a bun or tortilla) is Keto! Lot-A-Double bacon cheeseburgers, El Burrito fish soups, that eight-pound sandwich from Tortas Del Rey: they’re all Keto compliant without the starch. If you’re on the go and not sick of bacon and eggs, QuikTrip breakfast bowls are a fast fix. The Made in the USA breakfast bowl at Chimera is an upscale, locally-sourced version of this. Lone Wolf can turn any Bahn Mi or rice bowl into a salad. The Brook has a low carb buffalo chicken wrap which can be served with steamed vegetables. (Surprisingly, Mazzio’s ranch is Keto, so do what thou wilt.) For less charted territory, you can head to Shuffles Board Game Café, where chef Matt Shipley is already working on a Keto menu. “I’m reading more and talking with friends about the diet,” he
said. “I'll make tenders with no breading, burgers with no buns, grilled or blackened chicken topped with house cheese and bacon over sautéed spinach.” Shipley says servers can modify most things at Shuffles to match dietary restrictions, and the fall menu will feature multiple Keto items. If they’re anything like the secret plates he’s whipped up for me, they’ll be worth the wait. Lots of dishes can be modified to Keto compliance in Tulsa, but Flo’s Burger Diner has something special ready to order. The Flo’s Keto Burger is revelatory: two patties, bacon, avocado, cheese, spicy cream cheese, jalapeños, and a fried egg. The clerk at the counter told me they’re working on Keto sides but haven’t gotten the recipes just right yet. There's no Keto bun substitute on Flo’s burger now, but here’s an alternate route: go to Braum’s, order a burger at the drive thru, ask the attendant to unwrap some low-carb bread from the market, piss them off, and remind yourself you should be cooking at home. While eating out is fun—and our advertising department would encourage you to visit any of the fine restaurants featured in our pages—the universal key to Keto is meal prep. That’s easy to do in Tulsa. You can get some cheap meat at Sav-A-Lot. You can buy some steaks from that one dude’s trunk that my friend told me about. You can steal a gallon Ziploc bag of cooked bacon from your family reunion—sorry, Gran Gran—and you should absolutely buy your avocados from Las Americas. Eating Keto on the cheap here is a breeze, but if you’re ever in a bind, remember: Hot dogs are free during Soundpony happy hour. a
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SANCTUARY FAMILIES GIVE ASYLUM SEEKERS AN OVERDUE WELCOME
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Carol Johnson (left) and Mary Coleman Woolslayer have opened their homes to asylum seekers arrested at the border after the Trump administrations zero-tolerance policy took effect.
“I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE: ‘Get ready to fall in love with José,’” said Mary Coleman Woolslayer, looking expectantly down a hallway in her elegant midtown home. “He’s just the kindest, most gentle, most loving man. He’s family.” In a black T-shirt and jeans, with carefully-groomed hair framing a handsome face, 36-year-old José walked into the living room and sat down among the plush sofas and polished wood. Flanked by Woolslayer and the project manager of the New Sanctuary Network (NSN), Linda Allegro, he darted quick glances from his hands to the ceiling and back again as our interview began. Woolslayer held him gently in her peripheral vision, like a mother tracking the emotional temperature of her child. These women are and aren’t José’s family. This is and is not his home. For the time being, it’s liminal space. One of thousands caught up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the chaos of the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance border policy, José—a surgeon who was under threat from political violence in his home country, Venezuela—was seized in
Laredo, Texas, on May 11 while presenting himself to authorities for asylum. He was bussed across the country in shackles, then detained in an ICE facility at David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center in Tulsa for 70 days. Thanks to a sponsorship program NSN launched this summer, José was rescued from detention and has spent the last six weeks being fed, clothed, and loved in the Tulsa home of a retired kindergarten teacher who happens to be a regular protestor at the jail. His life is and is not his own. But for today, José is safe and cared for, receiving a welcome from his sanctuary family that’s the opposite of the one he got at the border. “I’ve actually tried to forget the name of that place,” José said through Allegro’s translation as he pieced together the story of what happened to him between May 11 and May 21 in Laredo, Texas. He sometimes broke into a laugh as he spoke— not from delight, he explained, but from nervousness. Two years ago in Venezuela, José’s oldest brother, a lawyer, was assassinated by
the government. Despite the country’s brutal political unrest, José had been doing well, working in emergency surgery in hospitals in his hometown. But in December, he began to receive threats against his life and was severely beaten. “I’d never planned to live in the U.S.,” he said. “If I would have, I’d have studied English, or come in my twenties. But this happened, and I had to make a quick decision.” His dream, to go to Spain to study, would have cost €4,000. He could make it to the U.S. for around $200. He Googled instructions on how to seek political asylum in America. He learned what steps to take, what papers you need, how to do it just exactly as you’re supposed to. A long journey brought him to the border crossing in Monterey, Mexico. Passport in hand, instructions memorized, he walked over the bridge and presented himself to the U.S. authorities on the other side. He was immediately seized and taken to a room full of families with children. It was called “the freezer.” Another nearby room was boiling hot. People stayed in that initial detention for up to seven days, FEATURED // 21
“I WAS LOSING THE WILL TO LIVE. I HAD NEVER BEEN ARRESTED BEFORE, NEVER BEEN IN ANY TYPE OF CRIMINAL ENVIRONMENT. THEY DIDN’T HAVE MIRRORS BUT I COULD SEE MY REFLECTION SOMETIMES, AND I LOOKED SO GAUNT.” 22 // FEATURED
he said, during which they were fed once a day. José was there for 36 hours, handcuffed to his seat. Conditions were so unbearable that he actually asked to be deported. Instead, he was taken from among the 3,000 detainees in that facility, loaded on to a bus with 91 other men, and shipped to Tulsa. Bound at the wrists and ankles, the men stomped their feet and sang at the top of their lungs to keep the drowsy bus driver from falling asleep on the dangerous roads. If the bus overturned, they knew they were dead. After an 18-hour trip, the men were unloaded at David L. Moss. No visits were allowed for José and the other men shipped from Laredo that night. Phone calls home were exorbitantly expensive. Meals were Cream of Wheat with jelly on top, cabbage, liver, and beans. NSN volunteers kept putting money in the men’s commissary kiosks, but for every five dollars they put in, Woolslayer said, three were taken out by the authorities for “fees.” “When I got to Moss, I felt more lost than ever,” José said. “I was losing the will to live. I had never been arrested before, never been in any type of criminal environment. They didn’t have mirrors but I could see my reflection sometimes, and I looked so gaunt.” For José—who had no family in America, who could not contact his own family in Venezuela, who had been seeking a productive life free from the fear of being gunned down like his brother, who had survived trauma and had still done everything right in his attempt to obtain asylum—detention was worse than an inconvenience or an insult. It was killing him.
It was local activists who first noticed something was up. One day over the summer, as immigration activist Chris Shoaf was combing through the dockets (something he regularly does), his attention spiked at a larger-than-usual number of Hispanic names. “Usually it’s like, someone was apprehended in Owasso, someone got put on an ICE hold in East Tulsa. Sheriffs will bring in people piecemeal,” Allegro explained. “This was a whole list. We ended up finding out that 91 asylum seekers had been brought up here from the border.” There was no public announcement of the delivery. Most people, Allegro said, don't even know that the jail keeps 250 beds just for immigration detainees. But processing a busload of asylum seekers was something new even for the ICE officials. One of these men caught the attention of Professor Mimi Marton of the University of Tulsa’s Immigrant Resource Network, and she contacted Allegro. “She said, ‘There’s this one guy, José, who is just an exemplary person, a doctor in his country, and he’s really going through this mental breakdown. He’s been in detention for a long time. It’s just too much.’”
Confirmation came from a source at the jail, who expressed concern for the physical and mental well-being of many of the asylum seekers. “The men were melting down. They were losing a lot of weight. Most people in jail have a relative who puts money in the kiosk for them to eat,” Allegro said. “If you don’t have any family you’re just getting boiled cabbage and potatoes. These are the kinds of things we were hearing about.” Marton’s recommendation? “A sponsor.” For the past year, NSN has held weekly protests against detention and deportation at David L. Moss. The Network also provides accompaniment services, where free people can use their relative privilege to stand with undocumented people who are terrified to appear before an immigration judge on their own. NSN’s efforts to coordinate sanctuary programs in local churches had stalled out due in part to white churches’ lack of organic connection to the immigrant community. Though the heart to help was there, Allegro said, getting temporary sponsorship through churches proved unworkable. But these reports about the detainees called for immediate action, so she tried a more direct approach. Allegro called Woolslayer, who’d been protesting with NSN since its beginnings. “I said, ‘Wouldn’t it be amazing, Mary? You have a place where people could actually heal.’ She’s like, ‘I’ll do this. I can open my home.’” The process, it turns out, was relatively straightforward. José had received a positive finding in his screening interview, which determined that he had a credible fear of returning to his country. He wasn’t a danger to the community or a flight risk. TU legal experts would continue to shepherd his case. A few phone calls and a notarized letter later, ICE agreed to release him into Woolslayer’s care. José’s first request, as they drove away from the parking lot downtown, was to be taken to a church, so he could give thanks to God for his freedom.
José’s composure as he spoke was obviously hard-won. “When you’re going through it,” he said, “you feel that you are nobody, nothing—that you have no worth. When I first came out, I wouldn’t have been able to tell this story. It’s been a month now and I feel like I can talk. I’m able to control the way I tell it without breaking down. I’m focusing on my mental well-being, because the mind controls the body. I think it’s going to take a long time for me to become emotionally stable again.” “I’ve seen him suffer,” Woolslayer said. “I’ve had coffee with him some mornings when he’s been up all night with nightmares of people chasing him with guns, holding a gun up to his head. It’s been very emotional for me, as a mother. When you first get them, they’re so damned scared. I can’t take away all the pain. But as long as
he needs me and as long as he wants to be here, I am very happy for him to be here.” For Carol Johnson, who teaches English and creative writing at Tulsa Community College, the chance to be a temporary sponsor was just what she’d been waiting for. Two weeks after José’s release, Johnson’s pastor at Fellowship Congregational Church, Chris Moore, heard about a man named Moises, another detainee who was suffering horribly in the jail. Could anyone host him, Moore asked his congregation, until he could return to the border, where he’d been separated from his wife and child? “I always wanted to do something,” Johnson said. “I never went to the protests, but I’d sit in my church and listen to everything the pastor said. I knew it was the right thing to do, but it was never the right time for me. But this time it was.” Through her church, Johnson got connected to NSN and ICE. She downloaded a translation app and waited for the call. She learned to say one thing: “I’ll be right there, Moises.” “I went to Moss the next day at 10 p.m.,” she said. “They let out 10 people at a time. It’s night, it’s downtown, and I thought: If he’s out here, he’s prey. He’s out here alone. I kept calling out, ‘Moises?’ Finally this guy comes out and he’s got a huge grin and nothing with him but this manila envelope. I got out of the car and he said, ‘I so happy.’ And he hugged me.” Moises, who like José had to make a quick decision under duress to seek asylum, stayed with Johnson and her husband for a week. Like Woolslayer, she bought him T-shirts and underwear and watched him stare in awe at the cornucopia at Reasor’s. He washed his own dishes, even after she told him many times they had a dishwasher. He went to church with her, called his wife every day, and got in touch with José, who had been at David L. Moss with him. “We both cried when he left,” Johnson said. “My church got him a bus ticket because he wasn’t allowed to fly. My husband gave him the cowboy boots that he never wanted, that I made him buy to go dancing—and [Moises] loved those boots.” Moises was happy, but anxious to get back to his family. When it was time to go, Johnson packed food for him to take on the journey, tucked into a backpack along with a gift that Robin Sherman at TU Law had given him: a card with his constitutional rights on it. “When he left, he said: ‘You are my beloved friend, and I will never forget you.’ “You know, I came from nothing,” Johnson continued. “Now I’m a professor and I make some money. My son’s grown. I live with my husband and four cats. How can you not do something, if you came from nothing and there were people there to love you and get you through that? I got to do something that I think changed my life. Because I became less of a wannabe and more a doer.” August 15 – September 4, 2018 // THE TULSA VOICE
José lays on his bed in prayer. After spending months in ICE detention centers in Texas and Oklahoma he was sponsored by Mary Coleman Woolslayer, who offered him a place to live in her home while he awaits judgement on whether his request for political asylum will be accepted or not.
Moises and José are success stories for NSN’s nascent sponsorship program. There may be more busloads of asylum seekers coming, though, and despite their preference for more permanent situations for those who get released, ICE officials here are listening as Allegro and Marton’s team at TU argue for humane treatment of these innocent men. “The main discussion we had recently with ICE was not just about us managing the legal piece until the men were settled. It was really about the humanity of keeping torture survivors in a jail,” Marton said. “It’s a problem when you’re incarcerating trauma survivors and asylum seekers in the general population of people accused and convicted of some pretty serious crimes. The consequences for their mental health are severe. It disturbed everybody.” Marton commended the ICE officials at Moss for their accessibility. “We have some good conversations,” she said. “And we work hard to maintain those relationships. We may have really different political perspectives, but it seems like the organizations (ICE, TU Law, and NSN) have all understood that we’re working with human beings. That’s really heartening.” THE TULSA VOICE // August 15 – September 4, 2018
In her 38 years teaching kindergarten at Monte Cassino, Woolslayer saw countless children come through her classroom doors frightened at being away from their families for the first time. She saw the same fear in José’s eyes. “Here was a man who basically didn’t know where he was,” she said. “I knew that my job was to be calm, to make him feel secure and show him his room and ask if he was hungry. “After protesting at Moss for a year and reading those names, I knew in my gut what he had been through. I wanted to show him respect, that there are good and loving Americans—people who want him to do well.” For Woolslayer, who said that she very much wants people to know who she is and what she’s doing, it’s a simple matter of humanity. “Isn’t that the first thing we learn in church? That we’re all brothers and sisters? And then come to find out some people don’t think we are and treat other people as though they’re not. “He can’t go back to his country,” she said. “But he will be an asset to this country. I want to help him however I can.” Despite his release from detention, José said he is in some ways more fright-
ened now than ever, as he waits for an immigration judge in Dallas to decide his fate next month. “If I would have known what I had to go through, I would not have sought asylum in this country,” he said. “The reason why I did come was because friends told me that in the U.S. they respect human rights, liberties, freedoms. I knew those were beautiful values. I thought, ‘I want that.’ That’s what I was told I would find here.” For the first time in a long time, thanks to the care of Woolslayer, Allegro, and everyone involved in his sponsorship, José is beginning to feel something other than terror. “I’ve really felt loved,” he said. “The people who have crossed my path recently have just been so loving to me.” José is taking English lessons now. He wants to go into communications, to make good on the promise he made to God to help others if he got released. And he’s studying the life of Abraham Lincoln. “He’s a very fascinating man, driven by God,” he said. “He’d launch into one candidacy and lose, then launch into another. There’s a lot to learn from his story. He represents America to me.” a
“WHEN HE LEFT, HE SAID: ‘YOU ARE MY BELOVED FRIEND, AND I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.’” FEATURED // 23
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OKLAHOMA STATE FIDDLERS CONVENTION 8/16–19 | Sequoyah State Park, Hulbert | facebook.com/ oklahomastatefiddlers Oklahoma State Fiddlers come together for a weekend of traditional country and western swing.
fity-two fall festivals
OKLAHOMA FESTIVAL OF BALLOONING 8/17–18 | Hatbox Field, Muskogee | Free admission, $10 parking | visitmuskogee.com At this inaugural festival, ballooners will compete for the Oklahoma Hot Air Balloon Championship Governor’s Trophy. MAKER FAIRE TULSA 8/25 | Central Park Hall, Expo Square | Free admission | tulsa.makerfaire.com This sixth-annual celebration of technology, education, science, and art is now one of just 30 Featured Maker Faires in the world. RIVER RUMBA REGATTA 8/25 | Three Forks Harbor, Muskogee | Free to spectate | xcmuskogee.com The Exchange Club of Muskogee holds their annual cardboard boat races. UTSAV – DISCOVER INDIA 8/25 | River Spirit Expo Center, Expo Square | Free admission | iagtok.com Celebrate Indian culture at this event, which showcases, artifacts, music and dance, food, and activities for the whole family.
YOUR GUIDE TO AUTUMN AMUSEMENT BY TTV STAFF With the summer heat (almost) behind us, it’s time to look forward to the sublime joy of fall festival season. In these pages you’ll find time-honored Tulsa traditions and brand new experiences alike. The music, art, food, and communities we celebrate at these events are indicative of the rich culture we’re lucky to have. By Nov. 22, we’ll all have plenty of reasons to be thankful. THE TULSA VOICE // August 15 – September 4, 2018
WILDBREW 8/25 | Cox Business Center | $65–$165 | wildbrew.org It’s the 20th anniversary of this beer-lover’s dream. WildBrew 2018 will feature more than 100 beers, food from more than 30 local restaurants, and music by The Fabulous Mid-Life Crisis Band, Shelby Eicher, and Mark Bruner, and it benefits the Sutton Avian Research Center’s education and conservation programs. LET IT BE ARTS FESTIVAL 8/25–26 | Kiefer Municipal Park | facebook.com/groups/letitbefestival Celebrate art and nature at this fest, which features local artists and live performances. FEATURED // 25
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TULSA GREEK FESTIVAL
BLUE WHALE COMEDY FESTIVAL 8/31–9/1 | Cain’s Ballroom, Soundpony, Inner Circle Vodka Bar, Guthrie Green | $10–$150 | bluewhalecomedyfestival.com Festival headliners Tig Notaro and Maria Bamford will be joined by Flula Borg, Shen Wang, Open Mic Eagle, Baron Vaughn, Jackie Kashian, Marcella Arguallo, Janelle James, Steven Castillo, and more. Read an interview with Bamford on pg. 22. DUSK TIL DAWN BLUES FESTIVAL 8/31–9/2 | Rentiesville | $18/day | dcminnerblues.com True to its name, blues bands play at this festival from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. over three nights. Thirty bands will play on three stages in the historically allblack town of Rentiesville, including Johnny Rawls, the Oakland Blues Divas, and Akeem Kemp. POSTOAK WINE & JAZZ FESTIVAL 8/31–2 | POSTOAK Lodge & Retreat | $10–$500 | postoaklodge.com Sip Oklahoma wines while listening to music from Grady Nichols, Leigh Nash, Starr Fisher, The Free Samples, Multiphonic Funk, and more.
GATHERING PLACE GRAND OPENING 9/8–9 | Gathering Place | Free admission | gatheringplace.org It’s what we’ve all been waiting for. Tulsa’s new park opens with performances by The Roots, Hot 8 Brass Band, The Swon Brothers, and Pedrito Martinez, and demos by BMX pros Ty Morrow, Augie Simoncini, and Andrew Casteneda. OKLAHOMA SCOTFEST 9/14–16 | Broken Arrow Events Park | $5–$275 | okscotfest.com ScotFest will feature 20 bands between their traditional Celtic and Celtic rock stages, Highland Games competitions, Scottish and Irish beers, crafts, and food, whiskey tastings, and workshops. STONE RIVER MUSIC FESTIVAL 9/14–16 | Chandler | $25–$55 | stonerivermusicfestival.com This intimate camping festival is like going on a road trip with Tulsa’s roots-rock scene. Performers include Dustin Pittsley, Pilgrilm, Paul Benjaman, Wink Burcham, Brad James, Levi Parham, Seth Lee, Jones, Travis Fite, and John Fullbright.
FESTIVAL AMERICAS
TULSA’S GREAT RAFT RACE 9/3 | Arkansas River, River West Festival Park | Free for spectators, $70 to race | tulsaraftrace.com Brave souls take to handmade, non-motorized crafts to race down the Arkansas River from Sand Springs’ River City Park to Tulsa’s River West Festival Park.
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BLUEGRASS & CHILI FESTIVAL 9/7–8 | Downtown Wagoner | Free admission | bluegrasschilifest.com The 39-year tradition will take place in Wagoner for the first time with (but of course) a chili cook-off and music from The Cleverlys, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and many more. WIZARDWORLD COMIC CON 9/7–9 | Cox Business Center | $40–$475 | wizardworld.com Comic Con returns to Tulsa with appearances by Hellboy (Ron Pearlman), The Fonz (Henry Winkler), and the “Rookie of the Year” (Thomas Ian Nicholas), among many others.
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BIG OM AT HOME YOGA FESTIVAL 9/15 | Centennial Park | $10–$150 | bigomyogaretreat.com Big Om Yoga Retreat comes home with a day of yoga classes and workshops, vendors, and live music. TULSA PEARL FEST 9/15 | The Pearl District | Free admission | facebook.com/ tulsapearlfest Pearl District businesses come together for this block party, which will include art, music, food and drink, and will culminate with Neon Dreams: an immersive ultraviolet and electronic experience. MEDICINE STONE 9/20–22 | Diamondhead Resort, Tahlequah | $50–$2450 | medicinestoneok.com This Red Dirt festival will feature performances by Turnpike Troubadours, Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Randy Rogers Band, The Toadies, and many more.
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TULSA GREEK FESTIVAL 9/20–23 | Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church | $5 | tulsagreekfestival.com Celebrate Greek culture with a wide variety of food, traditional dancing, games and contests, and shopping.
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FESTIVAL AMERICAS 9/22 | Guthrie Green | Free admission | guthriegreen.com This multi-cultural festival will feature an outdoor art gallery and market, tequila garden, dance performances, and live music from Grammy-winners Flor de Toloache and more. TINY PORCH FESTIVAL 9/22 | Owen Park | Free admission Porches on homes near Owen Park will become stages for local bands at this inaugural event.
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WOOFSTOCK 9/22 | Jenks Riverwalk | Free admission | animalallianceok.org Oklahoma’s largest (and grooviest) pet adoption event. Find a new friend or bring one for pet contests, microchipping, vendors and services, and live music. HIGHER PLAINS JAZZ AND HIP HOP FESTIVAL 9/14–15 | The Vanguard | Prices TBA | thevanguardtulsa.com The third iteration of this groove-fest will feature performances by Mark Letter of Snarky Puppy, Dynamo, Steph Simon, Combsy, iamDES, Henna Roso, Sativa Prophets, Oilhouse, and more.
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TULSA STATE FAIR 9/27–10/7 | Expo Square | $6–$10 | tulsastatefair.com Go for the rides, the fried foods, and the Red Dirt Rodeo, stay to see Everclear on the Oklahoma stage.
TULSA’S SOUL FESTIVAL 9/27–28 | Guthrie Green | Free admission | guthriegreen.com This second-annual tribute to the late Wayman Tisdale will feature performances by Musiq Soulchild, Lakeside, Ready for the World, Faye Moffett, Ms. Val, and Charlie Redd and the Full Flava Kings. HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL Fridays and Saturdays, 9/28–10/27 | The Castle of Muskogee | Free admission, attraction prices vary | okcastle.com Things get spooky at The Castle where around a dozen haunted attractions will send shivers down your spine. BRICKUNIVERSE 9/29–30 | Cox Business Center | $15 | brickuniverse.com The ultimate LEGO fan experience returns to Tulsa with unbelievable displays and interactive building opportunities. OKLAHOMA INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL 10/4–6 | Cottonwood Flats, Guthrie | $37–$86 | oibf.com OIBF will feature performances by Tommy Emmanuel, The Kruger Brothers, April Verch Band, The Blueside of Lonesome, and more. GLO ODYSSEY 10/5 | Location TBA | Prices TBA | gloodyssey.com This electronic music and art festival will be entirely immersed in ultraviolet light and will feature DJs on three stages. WINE, JAZZ & WORLD FÊTE 10/5–6 | Guthrie Green & Duet | Free admission | tulsarootsmusic.org This inaugural event will feature fine wines and performances by Delfeayo Marsalis Quartet, Yemen Blues, Rio Mira, Mike Cameron Collective, Combsy, Booker T. Washington High School’s Jazz Band, and more.
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ART ON MAIN 10/6 | Main Street, Jenks | Free admission | jenkschamber.com For the first time in its 16-year history, this juried art show opened its applications to artists from outside Oklahoma.
ART OFF THE HILL 10/12–13 | Ne-Mar Center, Claremore | facebook.com/artoffthehill The RSU art festival formerly known as Art on the Hill has been revised and given a new preposition.
ILLINOIS RIVER JAM 10/12–13 | Peyton’s Place, Tahlequah | $45–$60 | illinoisriverjam.com This Okie-centric music and camping festival will feature performances by Samantha Crain, Travis Linville, Mike Hosty, Tequila Songbirds, Carter Sampson, Lauren Barth, and more.
BRUSH CREEK BAZAAR 10/12–14 | The Barn | $3–$5 | brushcreekbazaar.org Brush Creek features a market with more than 80 craft vendors, as well as live music and dancing, and a kid zone.
BASECAMP 10/6 | Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area | $55–$300 | turkeymtn.com Turkey Mountain allows camping just one night a year, and they sweeten the deal with glow hikes and performances by local musicians. GREEN COUNTRY ROOTS FESTIVAL 10/6 | NSU Event Center, Tahlequah | Free admission, VIP – $10 | gcrfestival.com GCR Festival features performances by Green Country comedians, poets, dancers, and musicians, including Ahna Jennings Band, Cactus Jones Band, Dirty Mugs, and Doc Fell & Co. NATIONAL INDIAN TACO CHAMPIONSHIP 10/6 | Pawhuska | Free Admission | facebook.com/NITCpawhuska Head to Downtown Pawhuska to see whose version of this regional delicacy shines above the rest. TULSA PAGAN PRIDE FESTIVAL 10/6 | Veterans Park | Free admission | tulsapaganpride.com Celebrate and learn about Tulsa’s Pagan community and shop unique vendors.
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PELICAN FESTIVAL 10/10–13 | Wolf Creek Park, Grove | Free admission | pelicanfestok.com Grand Lake celebrates the return of the migrating American White Pelican with a carnival and art fair. TULSA AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL 10/10–13 | Circle Cinema, Gilcrease Museum, Woody Guthrie Center | Admission prices vary per screening | tulsaamericanfilmfest.com TAFF returns for its fourth annual showcase of American features and shorts, with a special focus on Native American, Latinx, Oklahoma-based and student filmmakers. THE TULSA VOICE // August 15 – September 4, 2018
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MCNELLIE’S HARVEST BEER FESTIVAL 10/13 | 1st Street & Elgin Avenue | $50 | mcnellies.com Enjoy more than 70 beers under the Tulsa skyline. CHEROKEE ART MARKET 10/13–14 | Hard Rock Hotel & Casino | $5 | cherokeeartmarket.com Featuring 150 Native American artists representing 50 tribes from across the country, Cherokee Art Market is one of the largest Native American art shows in the region. TOM SKINNER’S SKYLINE MUSIC FESTIVAL 10/14 | Venue TBA | Prices TBA | reddirtrelieffund.org Named for the late, great Tulsa musician and Red Dirt pioneer, Skyline benefits the Red Dirt Relief Fund, which provides financial relief for Oklahoma musicians.
OKTOBERFEST 10/17–21 | River West Festival Park | $7–$120 | tulsaoktoberfest Zicke zacke zicke zacke hoi hoi hoi! It’s dozens of German and local bands. It’s more schnitzel, strudel, and ‘wursts than you could eat in a lifetime. It’s around 80 beers pouring from 300 taps. It’s a 40-year Tulsa tradition. It’s Oktoberfest. OKLAHOMA JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 10/20–25 | Circle Cinema | Prices TBA | facebook.com/ OklahomaJewishFilmFestival The Jewish Federation of Tulsa and The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art present this week of film screenings across a wide variety of genres.
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TULSA POP CULTURE EXPO 11/2–4 | Renaissance Hotel & Convention Center | $20–$199 | tulsapopkids.org This convention celebrates pop culture in all forms, with appearances by celebrities from the worlds of movies, gaming, comic books, and more.
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS FESTIVAL DE ARTE 11/1 | Living Arts | $5 | livingarts.org Celebrate Mexican heritage and honor loved ones at this annual festival, which features dozens of altars, live music and dancing, food, and children’s activities.
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A WORD KEPT COMING UP DURING MY conversation with Maria Bamford. That word is grateful. Her 20-plus years in comedy have brought her to a more mainstream level of success through recurring appearances on “Arrested Development” and her loosely autobiographical Netflix show, “Lady Dynamite.” She’s made two recent well-reviewed comedy specials, also on Netflix. She’s in a happy marriage and finding a healthier balance in her day-today life. It would appear that there’s a lot to be grateful for. The seasoned stand-up comedian is known for being open about her personal struggles with mental illness. “Lady Dynamite” follows Bamford’s attempts to restart her career and life in Hollywood after being institutionalized for bipolar disorder. However, she doesn’t just shine a light on her own personal struggles through her comedy. She also brings to light the insecurities and faults that are in all of us through her own style of surrealist vocal impressions. That co-worker that takes their job responsibilities too seriously. The family member that means well when they’re giving you terrible advice. She offers critiques on the flawed individuals we all are without being conceited or antagonistic. I talked to Bamford about her recent body of work, what comedy she’s enjoyed watching recently, and destinations to take in while she’s in Tulsa to headline Blue Whale Comedy Festival on Sept. 1 at Cain’s Ballroom. (Co-headliner Tig Notaro will perform the night before on Aug. 31.) You can find more info and purchase tickets at bluewhalecomedyfestival.com.
Andrew Deacon: Are you enjoying your vacation right now? Maria Bamford: Yes! I’m having a wonderful vacation. It’s a lovely day. It’s not a total vacation. I’m still doing some shows but it’s nice to be away from the internet. That’s a great freedom that all of us have but is very hard to exercise. Deacon: Have you ever been to Tulsa before? Bamford: I haven’t. I’ve been to Oklahoma City a few times. I’m excited to visit your city. What do you recommend one sees when they’re in Tulsa? Deacon: There’s an incredible Woody Guthrie museum I tell everyone who visits Tulsa to check out. Bamford: That’s great! Despite the fact that under Woody Guthrie rules, I have completely sold out, making the kind of songs that no one should sing. He had high standards for his art. I’m a great admirer of his work, so that’s wonderful! Deacon: I always recommend hanging out downtown. There’s a great park right 32 // FEATURED
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across the street from the museum and a bunch of locally owned restaurants and boutiques. Bamford: I am pumped. Now I’m totally excited. Not that I wasn’t before, but now you have little bits of gravy and a cookie to follow and it sounds even more exciting. As long as I can find a nice cold brew, which seems to be an addictive problem I have. Deacon: We have cold brew. Bamford: OK. All these things will be happening. Deacon: I’ve followed your stand up career for a while now. One thing I’ve noticed is your stand up has transitioned from being centrally based around your struggles with
mental health to other topics such as your marriage and your career. How does it feel to be creating material that comes from a more positive place now? Bamford: I always like to talk about what’s going on, and I’m super grateful that I’ve had very happy things to talk about. Life can be a series of ups and downs, and I just try to talk about it as I go along. I try to absorb whatever is in front of me, so I’m grateful that I’m creating any new material. I’m happy with what is coming out, I think—and, if not, more stuff will come out in a few years I hope, and then I’ll do that. If the stuff I’m doing now isn’t any good… Deacon: Just wait as-is around half a decade?
Bamford: Right! Deacon: When did you start experimenting with the sound of your voice? Was it something you were doing when you started doing comedy? Bamford: I started doing it because it gets people’s attention. The sound of my own voice has been described as irritating, so when you hear that more than once you think, ‘Maybe I should try and do some characters.’ So I started doing other characters like my parents or my sister or even the type of people that I’m not, someone that’s overly confident. I don’t have many of them. I’m not a genius. It’s a great way to illustrate an idea without having to explain it. It came from other comics saying that I needed to explain my bits more. The
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thing is, that’s exactly what I don’t want to do. To me, the fun thing is not explaining where these ideas come from. All the characters are a part of myself in some way. I am that pretentious white lady. Deacon: We’ve all been the pretentious white lady at one point. Bamford: Yeah, everybody has it within them. I hope. Deacon: Your most recent specials “Old Baby” and “The Special Special Special!” have a different format from the traditional comedy special. Was this something you always wanted to do with your specials? Bamford: No. With “The Special Special Special!” I did it out of my house as a necessity. I was just recently starting to feel better after some psychiatric issues. I thought, ‘let’s make it the easiest thing possible.’ I can roll out of bed and perform to the easiest possible audience in the world: my parents. They can’t hear very well. I paid them and bribed them with beer. It came from a position of sloth. With “Old Baby,” I liked the idea that you’re so dependent on the context for comedy. I don’t know if you’ve ever had this experience before where, depending on where people see something, it really makes a difference in their reaction to what it is. I have this one dear friend and I will always remember this story. She said: “When I met you, and you said you were a comedian, I said, ‘OK, well good luck with that.’ And then, I saw you at a show in a tiny used bookstore and I was like, ‘Well, good for you,’ you know? ‘Good for you.’ And then I saw you at this other show and there were more people, and I was like, ‘Huh?’ And then I saw you at this big show and I thought you’ve got something. And then I saw you on TV and I thought, ‘You’re a star!’” I like the idea of how that context can snowball. I’m so grateful for the illusion of stand up, where you’re lit and amplified in front of a group of people as if you’re in control of something, but that’s a gift from the audience that they could take away if they wanted to. When you’re taping a special, where the audience has been warmed up and told what to do, you’re set up to do well. So I like the idea where it’s just me and four people on a bench who are thinking, “Well, I don’t know about this.” I’m sure it was uncomfortable to watch. It was a funny idea to me. I’m not sure how it was perceived. Deacon: As someone who performs comedy, I’ve had that experience before. I remember running into someone I recognized when I started doing comedy. That night I was performing at a laundromat in Dallas, Texas. Bamford: Of course. Deacon: After my set, a person I know from some chamber of commerce meeting I had attended for my day job came up to me and
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said, “Hey there. I’m not sure what you’re getting paid to do this, but if times are this tough I’m sure I could talk to my boss about getting you some part time work.” I told him, “Thanks, but this is what I want to be doing,” and he left without saying another word. Bamford: Little do they know that was your second laundromat show of the night. That’s the good laundromat gig that’s really hard to get booked on. Deacon: With the popularity of your Netflix show “Lady Dynamite,” have you been getting new fans coming to your stand up shows or is it a blend of new and old fans? Bamford: It’s a blend of the two. I’m so grateful to have been doing some theater shows now. Because of the wonderful gift of the internet, people that are coming know what they’re getting into. I appreciate that so much. I went to an improv show once and with that kind of show you never know what you’re getting into. It can be jarringly disappointing depending on what your idea of being entertained is. I understand it can be a real bummer when you’ve paid forty bucks and bought drinks coming out to see somebody and the show starts and you’re thinking, “Boo!” It’s less likely to happen now and I think that’s good for everyone. At least that’s my opinion. There’s another school of thought that is like, “You’ve got to toughen yourself up! What you should do is go to Saudi Arabia where women are considered second class citizen. You take off your hijab and if you can win over a crowd of extremely Muslim clerics, then you know you’ve got good shit.”
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Deacon: It’s that philosophy of “speaking your truth” that can be misused by some people in comedy. Bamford: I was watching this TED Talk where the presenter was talking about how it is easy to preach to the choir. If I’m just performing to the people that have the same opinion I do, how useless is that? Which I think is a fair point. I think about that. The presenter said that sometimes what he does is he will interact with the people who have written mean things about him on the internet. He’ll enter into a dialogue with them and ask them why they wrote those things. I think that it would take an enormous period of personal growth for me to be able to do that. Deacon: That is making my skin crawl thinking about it. Bamford: It seems so scary. Deacon: Jackie Kashian will also be on your show here in Tulsa. How did you two start working together? Bamford: Jackie is an extremely generous person, and I was not a very strong headliner when I started. I was getting jobs because of TV credits but I was absolutely terrified because I hadn’t done a 45 minute set at that point. She would agree to come out on the road with me and was very supportive. We’ve known each other for 25 years. She had done a ton of road work, and I hadn’t. She has always been extremely supportive and continues to be as it turns out. She’s super funny and is a great cheerleader of the comedic arts. She has a great podcast called “The Jackie
and Laurie Show,” where her and Laurie Kilmartin, who is a writer for Conan, talk about comedy and the business of it. It’s a very fun podcast if you’re a comedian. Deacon: How much stand up do you still watch at this point in your career? Who do you enjoy watching on stage? Bamford: Most recently, I watched Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette.” It was mind blowing. It’s something that is very challenging. It makes you wonder what comedy is for. I can totally relate to her talking about quitting. That’s very close to my heart. I also watched “Act Happy” which is Todd Glass’ comedy special with the band in the background. I also loved Todd Barry’s “The Crowd Work Tour.” I know I should be watching more but there’s just so many things to watch. I was in Montreal for the Just for Laughs comedy festival and we saw all the New Faces shows. I thought how great it was that there’s hundreds of talented young men and women who are coming up. We made sure to exchange emails with a lot of them and told them if they ever need a meal of frozen pizza they can come over to our house. We have a lot of frozen pizza on deck. There’s so many great comics. I just did a show in LA and met a wonderful new comic from Austin, Texas. Her name was Natalie Holmes. She just moved from Austin. She did all these singing impressions and she had great, well-written jokes. Deacon: Thank you so much for talking to me. We’re excited to have you in Tulsa for Blue Whale Comedy Festival. Bamford: I’m so excited! I’ll see you all soon. a FEATURED // 33
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‘Blake Little: Photographs from the Gay Rodeo’ challenges Western status-quo by JERRY WOFFORD
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cowboy holding on for dear life to the back of a bucking bronco is a classic image of the American West. You’ll find dozens of examples of such iconic scenes on the walls of the Gilcrease Museum, but a new exhibit aims to widen the frame and show that there’s room in those vast Western landscapes for everyone. “Blake Little: Photographs from the Gay Rodeo” brings visitors into the gay rodeo community with sharp, intimate portraits and breathtaking rodeo action. “It’s so closely tied to some of the historic material we have here at Gilcrease, but it shows this broad view of the West … not just this narrow Hollywood definition of masculinity, of gender, of Western culture that gets shoehorned into this very specific idea,” said Laura Fry, senior curator and curator of art at Gilcrease Museum. The 41 black and white images capture a community of gay men and women who thrive in their Western ranching traditions—a community that defies broad stereotypes, with men who look great in a mustache. Shot between 1988 and 1992, the images show a world unknown to many yet familiar in its action and setting. Fry said that relationship is what makes this exhibit stand out. “I’m hoping that this idea of the American West as this static place stuck in history has changed,” Fry said. “The concept of the American West can be much bigger than what pop culture tells us it is.” Gay rodeos aren’t new. Little photographed and participated in rodeos across the West under the International Gay Rodeo Asso34 // ARTS & CULTURE
Brian Cornell, Hayward, California, 1989; archival pigment printed on Epson exhibition fiber paper, 15 x 15 inches | BLAKE LITTLE
ciation (IGRA), which has roots going back to the late 1970s and often included straight participants and onlookers. Since then, local gay rodeo associations have sprung up across the country including events in Oklahoma, whose own gay rodeo association helped form the IGRA in 1985. Little, a gay photographer with extensive editorial portrait work that continues to this day, discovered the rodeo and wanted to join in, though he wasn’t sure how. As a city boy, it was intimidating, but Little said it was a community that he wanted to join, and bull riding was just a part of that.
That close perspective as a participant adds an intimacy to the photos. “We were hooked immediately by the whole scene: watching it, imagining that these guys were really doing this, and they were gay,” Little is quoted in one of the exhibit panels. The exhibit captures a pivotal and terrifying time in the gay community as well: Little’s photos were shot during the height of the AIDS epidemic. When the sense of family among gay men was needed most, Little captured those faces and those people who were part of that family.
In some photos, that struggle is clear. “Many of the individuals shown here died, and they were very young,” Fry said. “As you take the time to read some of these quotes, you get that gut punch and realize what some of this community was going through as these action and community events were being taken.” The exhibit was curated by Johanna Blume, assistant curator of Western art at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis. It has traveled the country since 2014, making its way to Gilcrease thanks to Fry and other museum leaders who see their role as educators. And in order to fully educate people about Western culture and American culture, it takes a full view. Little’s exhibition is currently down the hallway in Gilcrease from a collection of striking and powerful works by T.C. Cannon, a member of the Kiowa tribe and Oklahoma-born artist and musician. With these exhibits, Gilcrease takes the initiative to include marginalized communities in their stories about the West. Without those stories, according to Fry, we only know part of the history. “A lot of artists in our collection from the late 19th and early 20th century were part of defining this pop culture of the West in this really specific way. It’s important to present that part of this mythic story in a specific point in time. I think it’s important to show that and show where it comes from, but also it’s not the whole story,” Fry said. “It’s good to reevaluate some of those ideas and broaden the tent.” a
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PALETTE OPENER Nouveau Cru brings local art and performance to the party by BRADY WHISENHUNT ERIC DEAN BELIEVES IN THE CREATIVE energy of Tulsa. “We are this shining little star of culture and talent that more people need to know about,” he said. “So many great artists not only come from Tulsa but are in Tulsa right now that nobody knows about. It’s a community. Let’s know each other.” Dean is the founder and host of Nouveau Cru, a new group seeking to heighten local artists’ exposure to help them sell more work. Dean is joined in this mission by Vanessa Herron (social media, artist recruitment) and Vanguard owner Simon Aleman (ticket sales, artist deposits, venue logistics). Nouveau Cru is all about bringing a different type of foot traffic to artists. If an artist buys a booth at an outdoor arts festival, they may be at their booth for three days, six hours a day. They’ll see a lot of people walking by their booths during that time. “[But] most of those people will be walking past you,” Dean said. “They’ll walk past you once, and they may not walk past a second time.” “What we do is essentially create a party in the middle of all of our artists, so if someone gets there at 8 and stays till the end of the show, they’re going to be at your booth 10, 12 times before the end of the night.”
At a Nouveau Cru event, the crowd will be surrounded by art while dancing and partying. They’ll have a high likelihood of conversing with the artist and getting to know their work better. Hopefully, this will translate to higher sales for the artists. Nouveau Cru’s first art party will take place, Sept. 7 at the Vanguard. Approximately 20 vendor booths—offering paintings, photography, sculpture, jewelry, and more—will be set up around the edge of the room. From 8 p.m. to midnight, a string of performances—bands, comedians, and dancers—will entertain onstage. DJ Kylie will spin between acts. “It’s a 21-and-up event, so there’s also a bar. Everyone’s got a good buzz. It’s just a real good mix,” said Dean, who hit on this formula about four years ago when he started putting on art shows at the now-defunct Creative Room, where artists could sell their goods while bands played. “We learned that the two things mixed really well.” After the stage acts end at midnight, booths will remain open and the DJ will continue playing until the bar closes at 2 a.m. “Classy casual” attire is encouraged. a
NOUVEAU CRU Friday, Sept. 7, 8:00 p.m.–2:00 a.m. The Vanguard, 222 N. Main St. | $10
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Art Directors Club of Tulsa celebrates a half-century of creative collaboration by ZACK REEVES
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foreboding thunderstorm was brewing last week on the way to interview two key players in the Art Directors Club of Tulsa (ADCT), which turns 50 years old this year. Crystal Walters and Hershel Self—the chair of the Board and treasurer, respectively—arrived at Elgin Park right as the outrageous afternoon storm began to let loose. Then, for a moment, it was calm. The break in the storm juxtaposed the chaos—a contrast that aligns with Walters, Self, and the Club as a whole: They’re in between seasons right now. Walters and Self run seasons of the Tulsa Art Directors Club from September to May. Every month they bring in a noted speaker from the design field or a design-adjacent field for a lecture event. “We try to bring in speakers of all backgrounds. Maybe it’s a book illustrator, or a set designer, or a toy designer,” Walters said. “We’ve had sculptors, photographers, animators, videographers, so it’s not just design specific or art-direction specific,” Self added. “We’re trying to encompass anyone in the creative community that’s doing something, doing it well, and enjoying it.” “After our big event, Graphex, we kind of just disappear for a week,” Self said. “Then it’s back to planning for the next year.” ADCT is just what it professes to be: a club of art directors consisting of corporate and freelance designers that work in advertising and design firms. But Self wants to make sure everyone understands that the club is open to anyone, including—and especially—students. “Our theme last year was ‘All Types,’” Self said. “We realized last year that with the name of the group, and these speaking events, you can get the idea that this is
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Past posters of ADCT speakers (Mary Kate McDewitt, Aaron Draplin, Robynne Raye, Kim Knoll) | COURTESY
just for art directors. But we’re trying to invite everyone involved in the creative world here in Tulsa. Come out, meet other creatives, hear speakers, and learn more about the industry.” It all focuses on inspiration, according to Walters. “[The presenters] speak to us about their creative journey—where they went to school, what they hated or liked about it, where they are today, and how they got to where they are today.” Walters thinks ADCT is the longest-running independent art
directors club in America. (It’s a hard fact to verify, though.) “A lot of [art directors clubs] are part of a bigger network; they get funding through that. We fund ourselves. We’re a non-profit, so we pay for everything through membership,” she said. “We have sponsors who pay for printing and paper—basically, they allow us to advertise and market the Club.” (The Tulsa Voice is one of ADCT’s sponsors.) They also hold fundraising events each year to sustain the Club. “This year, our fundraising
theme is ‘Kern to Burn,’” Walters said. “It’s gonna be a timed design competition where people sign up as teams, and that’ll be in November.” That’s a design pun. “Kern” refers to kerning, the spacing between letters in a font. They’re also nailing down the upcoming season’s speakers. Their October speaker will be Tate Steinsiek, a make-up effects artist known for his work on film and television projects such as “Law & Order,” “Clash of the Gods,” and “The Amazing Spider-Man.” Along with Steinsiek’s keynote event, the club will host a Halloween party and a costume contest. The event will be a collaboration with the Tulsa Film Collective. Collaboration is something Walters is trying to get the ADCT to do more of. She said in the past they’ve done a social hour, during which people come and network. She wants the Club’s events to involve more interactive components, with the costume contest being one example. They also plan to partner with Shuffles Board Game Cafe and bring in a board game designer as one of their keynote speakers. To celebrate the 50th birthday of the organization, ADCT is creating an exhibition of 50 years of posters from the events they’ve held in the past. “We’ve got 50 years’ worth of posters,” Walters said. “We also want to do a history book: 50 years of the Club’s history. It’ll have poster examples, bios of all the past presidents, major milestones.” That book will be released at their end-of-the-season event, Graphex, a yearly design competition in May that includes students and professionals. “That’ll be our big celebration.” For more information, visit adctulsa.com. a
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‘We’ve suffered enough’ Roughnecks look for a new start with head coach Michael Nsien by JOHN TRANCHINA
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t hasn’t been as dramatic a turnaround as they would like, but the Tulsa Roughnecks FC have seen a marked improvement since bringing in Michael Nsien to replace former head coach David Vaudreuil on June 25. After an exciting, come-frombehind 1-1 tie July 28 with Fresno FC, the Roughnecks lost to the OKC Energy but won their most recent game against the Colorado Springs Switchbacks. That brings the team to a 2-2-3 record since Nsien took over. That may not sound all that impressive, and it may not be enough to salvage a disastrous start in which the Roughnecks went winless in 15 games under Vaudreuil (0-8-7), but the overall mood surrounding the team is vastly different now and much more optimistic. The tie with Fresno illustrates why. Tulsa was trailing 1-0 in the waning minutes of the contest, and it looked like a promising performance was going to slip away into another defeat, but the Roughnecks simply would not give in. They continued to attack during the last 10 minutes, generating several scoring opportunities before new addition Isaac Díaz—playing just his second game with Tulsa since he signed on July 21—drilled a 15-foot shot low to the left side of the net past diving Fresno goalkeeper Kyle Reynish. “You go down or you face some adversity and then you don’t stop,” Nsien said. “I mentioned to them before the game: As a team, we’ve suffered adversity, and I just want us to enjoy it now. We’ve suffered enough. We want to go and dish out some punishment now. We just want to get back to enjoying playing.”
Coach Michael Nsien | BROOKE CARROLL
Nsien wanted to establish that resilience as soon as he took over. There was an immediate payoff: The Roughnecks earned a victory in his pro coaching debut on June 27 (2-0 over the L.A. Galaxy II at home). It was their first win in 2018. “I think we just got into a habit of feeling like it was over already, so we wanted to change that,” said Nsien, 37, who played at Booker T. Washington High School, the University of Dayton, and even spent some time with the L.A. Galaxy of Major League Soccer. “Players should understand: In a 90-minute game, it takes just seconds for games to change, for momentum to change,” Nsien said. “So we just want to be conscious that anything can
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happen, and to continue to play as hard as we can.” Tulsa was outscored 12-1 in Vaudreuil’s last three games—all losses—and things spiraled out of control during a 6-1 defeat to Orange County SC on June 23, right before the coaching change. Players have definitely noticed the culture shift since then, and they like the direction the team is headed. “I think, first and foremost, people’s attitudes [have changed],” said midfielder Joaquin Rivas, who leads the Roughnecks with nine goals (out of just 21 total for the team on the whole season). “I feel like it’s a whole 360 with [Nsien]. Everybody’s working harder and actually wants to play. I think with David (Vaudreuil)—I
don’t know—I think a lot of guys lost confidence; and then, with Mike coming in, it’s a boost of confidence for everybody. It’s just a new mentality. He brings a new spark to us, so hopefully we can keep that going.” Nsien comes from the local youth soccer program, the TSC (Tulsa Soccer Club) Hurricane, where he still serves as the Director of Coaching. He is also the founder/director of the Tulsa Soccer Academy, a full-time school for elite players. Nsien believes he has paid his dues and is ready for the pro game. “I’ve felt like the last four or five years, I’ve been preparing myself for the jump,” said Nsien, who had some prior involvement with the Roughnecks, since the TSC Hurricane has been one of the club’s sponsors. “Obviously, you never know when the opportunity comes. Me being a Tulsa guy, I’ve been fortunate to be in the system, just to be involved and to gain experience from being around the team. I feel like I’ve been ready for two or three years.” There likely isn’t enough time for the 2-10-10 Roughnecks to climb back into the United Soccer League’s playoff chase, as the points they gained against Fresno and Colorado Springs boosted their total to 16, putting the club in the 17th place (dead last) in the Western Conference. Tulsa is 18 points behind San Antonio FC in the eighth and final post-season spot. But with three points for each victory, if Tulsa can reel off a big winning streak following the Aug. 11 victory against the Switchbacks, there’s still an outside chance to make a run. “We just got to stay positive and keep going,” Rivas said. a ARTS & CULTURE // 37
Rena Detrixhe’s “Red Dirt Rug” at Philbrook Downtown | COURTESY
ALL ACCESS: RED DIRT RUG SWEEP Sunday, August 26, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Philbrook Downtown, philbrook.org
Over three weeks in April, Rena Detrixhe created “Red Dirt Rug,” a massive installation composed of intricate patterns stamped into a thin layer of hand-dug Oklahoma soil on the floor of Philbrook Downtown. The piece has been on display at the gallery through the summer, but like all good things, the installation must now end. In this intimate, hands-on experience, attendees are invited to take part in the piece by assisting Detrixhe in sweeping up the “Red Dirt Rug.” RE-ENACTMENT
MUSIC HISTORY
Historians in period-appropriate dress will offer a glimpse of life on a submarine during WWII at USS Batfish Living History Day. Aug. 18, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., $4–$7, Muskogee War Memorial Park, warmemorialpark.org
The third and final installment of Tarantula On Film—a celebration of Bob Dylan’s only published book of poetry—will include a rare screening of Dylan’s 1972 directorial debut, “Eat the Document.” Aug. 26, 2 p.m., Woody Guthrie Center, woodyguthriecenter.org
BREWERY
CEREMONY
Celebrate American Solera’s Terrible Twos at an anniversary event featuring brewery tours. 8/18, 12–6 p.m., American Solera, americansolera.com
John Mellencamp will receive the Woody Guthrie Prize at an intimate program at FlyLoft. Aug. 30, 8 p.m., $100–$150, woodyguthriecenter.org
CRAFTS
PHOTOGRAPHY
The sixth-annual Maker Faire Tulsa is a celebration of technology, education, science, and art, and is now one of 30 Feature Maker Faires in the world. 8/25, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., tulsa.makerfaire.com
Gilcrease celebrates Blake Little’s exhibition “Photographs from the Gay Rodeo”. Renowned historian Gregory Hinton will also present a lecture on LGBTQ+ history and culture in the American West. Aug. 31, 7 p.m.–10 p.m., Gilcrease Museum, gilcrease.org
CHARITY
Get your fill (and then some) of local beers and eats at the 20th anniversary of Wild Brew, which benefits the Sutton Avian Research Center. Aug. 25, 4–8 p.m., $65–$165, Cox Business Center, wildbrew.org 38 // ARTS & CULTURE
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COMEDY
FOOD MARKET
Blue Whale Comedy Festival returns to the Tulsa Arts District with headliners Tig Notaro and Maria Bamford. See pg. 32 for more. Aug. 31–Sept. 1, $10–$150, bluewhalecomedyfestival.com
Shop for locally grown produce and more at Greenwood Farmers Market, every Saturday in September from 9 a.m. to noon at Greenwood Cultural Center. Sept. 1, greenwoodculturalcenter.com
FESTIVAL
RACING
True to its name, Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival will feature 30 bands playing from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. over three nights. Aug. 31–Sept. 2, $18 per day, Rentiesville, dcminnerblues.com
Hundreds of brave sailors will pilot unique, nonmotorized watercraft down the Arkansas River in Tulsa’s Great Raft Race. Sept. 3, tulsaraftrace.com
BEST OF THE REST EVENTS Book Bash with J. Courtney Sullivan // 8/15, Magic City Books, magiccitybooks.com Paige Davis - Here We Grow: Mindfulness Through Cancer and Beyond // 8/16, Magic City Books, magiccitybooks.com Food Truck Frenzy // 8/18, Oklahoma Aquarium, okaquarium.org Become a 60 Minute Wine Expert // 8/24, Magic City Books, magiccitybooks.com Summer Salty on the Green: An Evening of Gospel Music and Poetry // 8/24, Guthrie Green, guthriegreen.com BBQLA: The Fool’s Journey // 8/24– 8/25, Living Arts, livingarts.org Film on the Lawn: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off + Panic (Smiths tribute band) // 8/24, Philbrook Museum of Art, philbrook.org
Tulsa Drillers vs Corpus Christi Hooks // 8/16, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com
Tulsa Drillers vs Springfield Cardinals // 8/26, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com
Tulsa Drillers vs San Antonio Missions // 8/17, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com
Tulsa Drillers vs Springfield Cardinals // 8/27, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com
Alex Ortiz // 8/15–8/18, The Loony Bin, tulsa.loonybincomedy.com
TU Men’s Soccer vs John Brown // 8/18, Hurricane Stadium, tulsahurricane.com
Tulsa Drillers vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals // 8/28, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com
Niccolo Birkitt, Sondra Slade, Cam Porter, Laura Cook, Hilton Price // 8/17, The Starlite, thestarlite.net
TU Men’s Soccer vs Central Arkansas // 8/18, Hurricane Stadium, tulsahurricane.com
Tulsa Drillers vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals // 8/29, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com
Open Mic Comedy // 8/20, The Fur Shop, facebook.com/TheFurShopTulsa
Tulsa Drillers vs San Antonio Missions // 8/18, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com
VFW Comedy Open Mic // 8/21, Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577, facebook.com/vfwcomedyopenmic
Tulsa Drillers vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals // 8/30, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com
Roughneck Roller Derby vs Northwest Arkansas Natural Disasters // 8/18, Rhema Ninowski Rec Center, roughneckrollerderby.com
ORU Women’s Soccer vs Sam Houston State // 8/31, Case Soccer Complex, oruathletics.com
TU Women’s Soccer vs Missouri State // 8/19, Hurricane Stadium, tulsahurricane.com
TU Women’s Soccer vs Arkansas State // 8/31, Hurricane Stadium, tulsahurricane.com
Tulsa Drillers vs San Antonio Missions // 8/19, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com
TU Men’s Soccer vs UNLV // 8/31, Hurricane Stadium, tulsahurricane.com
TU Women’s Soccer vs Oklahoma Baptist // 8/23, Hurricane Stadium, tulsahurricane.com
Tulsa Drillers vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals // 8/31, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com
ORU Women’s Soccer vs UTSA // 8/24, Case Soccer Complex, oruathletics.com
TU Football vs Central Arkansas // 9/1, H.A. Chapman Stadium, tulsahurricane.com
Tulsa Drillers vs Springfield Cardinals // 8/25 ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com
ORU Women’s Soccer vs Arkansas State // 9/2, Case Soccer Complex, oruathletics.com
Mochas with the Musicologist // 8/25, Magic City Books, chambermusictulsa.org
COMEDY
John Evans // 8/22–8/25, The Loony Bin, tulsa.loonybincomedy.com Andrew Dice Clay // 8/25, Brady Theater, bradytheater.com Open Mic Comedy // 8/27, The Fur Shop, facebook.com/TheFurShopTulsa
MUSED Poetry Karaoke // 8/26, Magic City Books, magiccitybooks.com
VFW Comedy Open Mic // 8/28, Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577, facebook.com/vfwcomedyopenmic
Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City // 8/27, Magic City Books, magiccitybooks.com
Ralphie Roberts // 8/29–9/1, The Loony Bin, tulsa.loonybincomedy.com
Found in Translation: Jennifer Croft // 8/28, Magic City Books, magiccitybooks.com
PERFORMING ARTS Music is Better Than Words // 8/16, Dennis R. Neill Equality Center, okeq.org The Wizard of Oz // 8/17–8/25, Tulsa PAC - Liddy Doenges Theatre, tulsapac.com
Open Mic Comedy // 9/3, The Fur Shop, facebook.com/TheFurShopTulsa VFW Comedy Open Mic // 9/4, Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577, facebook.com/vfwcomedyopenmic
SPORTS Tulsa Drillers vs Corpus Christi Hooks // 8/15, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com TU Women’s Soccer vs Oklahoma State // 8/16, Hurricane Stadium, tulsahurricane.com
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Conquer the Gauntlet // 8/25, POSTOAK Lodge & Retreat, conquerthegauntlet.com
ORU Men’s Soccer vs UNLV // 9/2, Case Soccer Complex, oruathletics.com
ORU Women’s Soccer vs Lamar // 8/26, Case Soccer Complex, oruathletics.com
TU Women’s Soccer vs Sam Houston State // 9/2, Hurricane Stadium, tulsahurricane.com
TU Women’s Soccer vs Illinois State // 8/26, Hurricane Stadium, tulsahurricane.com
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Cuttin’ up and makin’ waves Keeng Cut plays a pivotal role in the resurgence of Black Wall Street by MARY NOBLE
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eenan Lane—a.k.a. Keeng Cut—has been rapping since elementary school. He remembers because it coincided with the release of the Sega Genesis gaming system. “On the Sega you used to have an option where you could go to the video game beat,” Lane said. “I would freestyle over that and I figured out a way to record that while it was playing off the TV.” Lane grew up listening to everything from purist East Coast rap to the R&B classics of Al Green. At Central High School, he rubbed shoulders with prominent Tulsa rappers like Steph Simon, Verse, and Pade. Today, their shared passion for creating music is stronger than ever, and they’re all contributors to the hip-hop collective World Culture Music, inspired by the legacy of Black Wall Street. “North Tulsa is the biggest influence on everything in my life: How I carry myself, how I represent myself—everything that I do is to represent North Tulsa, because I know I have the spirit of Black Wall Street in me,” Lane said. Not only does Keeng Cut represent North Tulsa musically, but he also embodies the legacy of Black Wall Street as a young black business owner and entrepreneur. Keeng Cut is part-owner of the booming food truck, TNT Wangs, often found parked outside Soundpony with a line down the street. “TNT is a light for the resurgence of Black Wall Street, because it’s showing not only black people, but young black people that you can start a successful business. It is a part of the new Black Wall Street,” he said. 40 // MUSIC
Keeng Cut | COURTESY
Lane attributes much of his success to being unapologetically himself, and he encourages his fans to do the same. “I didn’t get here from being the clean version of me,” he said. “I got here by being nothing else but me.” Part of being himself includes not getting caught up in image or labels. Lane isn’t preoccupied with any of that. “I don’t want to be labeled as a gangster rapper or a southern rapper. I don’t even want to be labeled as a rapper,” he said.
“I want to be labeled as an artist. Fuck the politics. Fuck the diss. I just want to make good music, man. Feel-good music.” While the focus and quality of Keeng Cut’s music has evolved over the years, one thing that hasn’t changed is Lane’s fearlessness in flexing his pipes. “Whether I was tone-deaf or not, I always liked singing—even in high school,” he said. “When I do the singing shit, I don’t really care if you like it, because somebody is
going to like it.” Keeng Cut sings on most of his tracks, which he attributes to the fervent love of R&B music instilled in him at a young age. “The evolution of Keeng Cut is way bigger than just music,” said Steph Simon. “He’s just a timeless individual.” Keenan’s latest single, “Cuttin’ Up” has made waves around the U.S. and even across the pond in England, France, New Zealand, and Japan. This boost in streaming came after independent record labels True Panther Sounds and XL Recordings added the track to their playlists. The song opens with Keeng Cut’s trademark phrase “oops,” rhythmically repeated nine times before delving into his feel-good lyrics, melodically sung and rapped over a simple beat scheme—artfully balanced so as not to detract from his strong vocal presence. The self-deprecating hook, “I might not be the brightest / Or have a clue, not even the slightest / Never asking questions why is,” reminds listeners that rap doesn’t have to be about creating a braggadocious persona. It can be honest and relatable. “He’s the most positive person I know,” said local rapper Dialtone. “He already living where we trying to get to, and it shows in his music.” Keeng Cut has plans to release an album later this year and hopes to take World Culture Music overseas to the areas of England where it has gained the most recognition. You can catch Keeng Cut on Aug. 31 at Blackbird on Pearl for the Megalodon Virgo Bash. Entry is $5 in advance or $10 at the door. a
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musiclistings Wed // Aug 15 41 Brookside – Chris Blevins Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577 – Dave Les Smith and Friends Cimarron Bar – Steve & Sheldon Hard Rock Casino - The Joint – Shenandoah – (Free) Los Cabos - BA – The Fabulous Two Man Band Los Cabos - Jenks – Caleb Fellenstein Mercury Lounge – Jared Tyler Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Shelby and Nathan Eicher – ($10) River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Weston Horn Soul City – Don & Stephen White Soundpony – Tripsitters The Cellar Dweller – Grazz Trio The Colony – Tom Skinner Science Project Wyld Hawgz – Open Mic
Thurs // Aug 16 Crystal Skull – Open Jam Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Travis Kidd, Jump Suit Love Los Cabos - BA – Local Spin Trio Los Cabos - Jenks – Charlie Redd Duo Los Cabos - Owasso – Jacob Dement Mercury Lounge – Paul Benjaman Mulligan’s Sports & Spirits – DJ MO River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – DJ 2Legit River Spirit Casino - Paradise Cove – Vince Gill – ($65-$75) Soul City – The Begonias The Colony – Jacob Tovar’s Western Night The Colony – Chris Lee Becker - Happy Hour The Fur Shop – Jay Martin Duo The Run – The Zinners Jam The Starlite – Tulsa Vinyl Society - Hops Session Utica Square – Chris Hyde Band Wyld Hawgz – Hawgz Starz
Fri // Aug 17 41 Brookside – Brad Pilgrim American Legion Post 308 – Double “00” Buck Blackbird on Pearl – The Answer to Everything Cabin Boys Brewery – Mike Herndon Band Cain’s Ballroom – Randy Rogers Band, Jake Flint – ($22-$37) Crystal Skull – David Dover Band Dead Armadillo Brewery – Dan Martin Band Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Empire, Another Alibi IDL Ballroom – The Gathering w/ Bricksquash, Could-D, Resonant Language, Rhizomorphic, Psyonix Los Cabos - BA – Echelon Los Cabos - Jenks – Recommended Dose Los Cabos - Owasso – Ronnie Pyle Trio Mercury Lounge – Billy Joe Winghead, The Bobby Lees Mix Co – Mezclave Osage Casino Tulsa – Weekend All Stars Pit Stop – DJ MO River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Jason Young Band River Spirit Casino - LandShark Pool Bar – DJ Drop Ded River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Ayngel & John Soul City – Mark Gibson Band – ($10) Soul City – Susan Herndon - Happy Hour Soundpony – Afistaface The Boxyard – Dancers Rooftop Party The Colony – Chris Lee Becker’s Imaginary Friends – ($5) The Colony – David Hernandez - Happy Hour 42 // MUSIC
The Run – The Downbeat The Vanguard – Greenhouse Vol 2 w/ Rose Gold, When the Clock Strikes, Downward, Lilac Kings, Undervalued – ($10) The Venue Shrine – Mr. Burns, Dismondj, TFM – ($5) Westbound Club – Livin Country Band Wyld Hawgz – Str8ght Shot
Sat // Aug 18 41 Brookside – Jake Dement Bad Ass Renee’s – Solidify, Mississippi Dirt, Aruna Blackbird on Pearl – The Electric Billy Club Cabin Boys Brewery – Roger Jaeger Cain’s Ballroom – Blues Challenge 2018 w/ Dylan Whitney Band, Ronnie Pyle & The Drivers, Sunday Moan, MOJO Big Band, The Vox Squadron, Avery Drive Band Crystal Skull – Hurricane Mason Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Double Barrel, Time Machine IDL Ballroom – Faster Pussycat, Don Jamieson, Dead Metal Society – ($25-$30) Los Cabos - BA – Aviators Los Cabos - Jenks – Brandi Reloaded Los Cabos - Owasso – The Fabulous Two Man Band Mercury Lounge – Jack Waters and the Unemployed Mulligan’s Sports & Spirits – DJ MO Osage Casino Tulsa – VIBE River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Zodiac River Spirit Casino - LandShark Pool Bar – Afistaface, Jake Flint River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Anna Massey Soul City – Paul Benjaman Band – ($10) Soundpony – DJ Mooneyham Bronzai The Colony – Kalyn Fay – ($5) The Run – Audio Crush The Vanguard – Less than Human, Reliance Code, Alterblood, Signs of Lies – ($10) The Venue Shrine – Headbangerz Benediction w/ Oldman, Pittersplatter, Jesse Strange, Skvlls – ($10-$20) Westbound Club – Livin Country Band Woody Guthrie Center – Annie Oakley album release w/ Rachel La Vonne and Seth Lee Jones Wyld Hawgz – Mind Plays
Sun // Aug 19 Bad Ass Renee’s – Gator Strong w/ Chuk Cooley & more Crystal Skull – The Sixth Jam East Village Bohemian Pizzeria – Mike Cameron Collective Fassler Hall – Funky Brunch Back 2 School Supply Drive Four Aces Tavern – Jam Session Guthrie Green – Alaska & Madi, Ryan McLoughlin Los Cabos - BA – Rockwell Los Cabos - Jenks – The Fabulous Two Man Band Mercury Lounge – Brandon Clark River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Brent Giddens Soul City – Bruner & Eicher Soundpony – Jody Seabody and the Whirls The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing The Colony – Singer Songwriter Open Mic Matinee The Starlite – The Fvr Coats, Düclaü, Spacehell The Vanguard – Certainty – $10) The Venue Shrine – Songs for Sawyer Benefit w/ Chris Combs, Levi Parham, John Fullbright, Paul Benjaman, Kalyn Fay, Don White, Rachel LaVonne, Jesse Aycock, Seth Lee Jones, Wink Burcham, Beau Roberson – ($20) Wyld Hawgz – Exposure Rock Jam Soul City – Gospel Blues Brunch w/ Dustin Pittsley
Mon // Aug 20 Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective Mercury Lounge – Chris Blevins River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Marriotts Soundpony – Neiv Neiv The Beehive Lounge – Jonathan Foster The Colony – Seth Lee Jones The Colony – Ryan Browning - Happy Hour The Vanguard – Blue Heaven, Salt Creek, Host of Hosts, Spotless Mind – ($10) The Venue Shrine – The Situation – ($5)
Tues // Aug 21 Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham and Jacob Tovar Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Jacob Dement Smitty’s 118 Tavern – Scott Ellison Band The Colony – Dane Arnold & The Soup The Colony – Deerpaw - Happy Hour
Wed // Aug 22 41 Brookside – Chris Blevins Cimarron Bar – Steve & Sheldon Colorfeed A/V – The Fibs, Tom Boil, Planet What – ($5) Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Asphalt Cowboys Los Cabos - BA – Chris Clark Los Cabos - Jenks – Scott Pendergrass Mercury Lounge – Jared Tyler Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Shelby and Nathan Eicher – ($10) River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Weston Horn Soul City – Don & Stephen White Soundpony – Honyock The Cellar Dweller – Grazz Trio The Colony – Tom Skinner Science Project The Fur Shop – Dezorah, New Time Zones, Oceanaut Wyld Hawgz – Open Mic
Thurs // Aug 23 Cain’s Ballroom – Chase Rice, Abby Anderson – ($30-$45) Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Alice April, The Get Down Los Cabos - BA – The Hi-Fidelics Los Cabos - Jenks – The Duo Los Cabos - Owasso – Laron Simpson Mercury Lounge – Charley Crockett, Vincent Neil Emerson Mulligan’s Sports & Spirits – DJ MO River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – DJ 2Legit Safari Joe’s H2O – 5th Element Soul City – The Begonias Soundpony – Ringdown, Okipa, Dopamine Dreams The Colony – Jacob Tovar’s Western Night The Colony – Chris Lee Becker - Happy Hour The Run – The Zinners Jam The Vanguard – No Convictions, Two-Piece, Obscure Sanity, Fester – ($10) The Venue Shrine – Afton Music Series – ($12-$15) Utica Square – Denise Hoey & The Boulevard Wyld Hawgz – Hawgz Starz
Philbrook Museum of Art – Panic - Smiths tribute band Pit Stop – DJ MO River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Tiptons River Spirit Casino - LandShark Pool Bar – DJ M.I.B. River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Jacob Dement & Co. Soul City – Scott Musick & Friends Soul City – Susan Herndon - Happy Hour Soundpony – Soft Leather Strictly Ballroom – Rendevoux The Colony – Joshua Yarbrough Band – ($5) The Colony – David Hernandez - Happy Hour The Fur Shop – Eclectic Disposition – ($5) The Run – Stars Westbound Club – Johnny Duke & Shootout Wyld Hawgz – Imzadi
Sat // Aug 25 41 Brookside – Cale Lester Blackbird on Pearl – The Curtis Roper Band – ($5) Cimarron Bar – Imzadi Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Barrett Lewis Los Cabos - BA – Radio Nation Los Cabos - Jenks – Scott Pendergrass Band Los Cabos - Owasso – Steve Liddell Mercury Lounge – BC and the Big Rig Mulligan’s Sports & Spirits – DJ MO Osage Casino Tulsa – Jesse Joice River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Starr Fisher River Spirit Casino - LandShark Pool Bar – DJ Bananas, Harley Hamm Duo River Spirit Casino - Paradise Cove – Candlebox – ($20-$35) River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Jessie Alan Soundpony – Pleasuredome The Colony – Gypsy Twang – ($5) The Run – Stars The Vanguard – My So Called Band – ($10) The Venue Shrine – Styles & Complete, Jesse Strange, Noizmekka, King Coopa – $10-$15) Westbound Club – Johnny Duke & Shootout Wyld Hawgz – Rocket Science
Sun // Aug 26 East Village Bohemian Pizzeria – Mike Cameron Collective Four Aces Tavern – Jam Session Los Cabos - BA – Zene Smith Los Cabos - Jenks – The Fabulous Two Man Band Mercury Lounge – Brandon Clark Mix Co – Hip Hop Brunch Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Madeline Kassen with Frank Brown – ($5-$20) River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Brent Giddens Soul City – Gospel Blues Brunch w/ Dustin Pittsley Soul City – Bruner & Eicher Soundpony – The Kru Presents: Before the Fall Show The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing The Colony – Singer Songwriter Open Mic Matinee The Starlite – The Secret Post, Autumn The Vanguard – Night Demon, Blood Star, Gravehuffer, Blind Oath – ($10) Vox Pop – Zach Winters, Cassie Latshaw – ($15-$20)
Mon // Aug 27
Fri // Aug 24 41 Brookside – Jerry Pringle American Legion Post 308 – American Strings Crystal Skull – Sitting Ducks Dead Armadillo Brewery – The Casual Six Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Weston Horn, Push the Limit Los Cabos - BA – The Agenda Los Cabos - Jenks – Stix N Stones Los Cabos - Owasso – Bria & Joey Mercury Lounge – The Stylees Osage Casino Tulsa – The Hi-Fidelics
Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective Mercury Lounge – Chris Blevins River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Marriotts Soundpony – Gunsafe The Colony – Seth Lee Jones The Colony – Ryan Browning - Happy Hour The Venue Shrine – The Situation – ($5)
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Sat // Sept 1
Duet – Nolatet Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham and Jacob Tovar Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Jacob Dement The Colony – Dane Arnold & The Soup The Colony – Deerpaw - Happy Hour
Chimera – Momma’s Boy, Sylvia Wrath, Planet What Cox Business Center – Southern Soul Classic with Calvin Richardson, Bigg Robb, Veronica Ra’elle, Coldrank, Big Pokey Bear – ($30-$50) Hard Rock Casino - The Joint – Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band – ($89-$109) Los Cabos - BA – Travis Kidd Band Los Cabos - Jenks – Midas 13 Los Cabos - Owasso – Lost on Acoustica Mercury Lounge – Vintage Pistol Mulligan’s Sports & Spirits – DJ MO Osage Casino Tulsa – Str8ght Shot Soundpony – Bacon Beats n Buttcheeks The Beehive Lounge – Horned Wolf, Grass Giant, Death Mountain, Traveler The Colony – Isayah’s All Stars – ($5)
Wed // Aug 29 41 Brookside – Chris Blevins Cimarron Bar – Steve & Sheldon Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Trett Charles Band Los Cabos - BA – Scott Pendergrass Los Cabos - Jenks – Acoustique By Franklin Mercury Lounge – Jared Tyler Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Shelby and Nathan Eicher – ($10) River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Weston Horn Soul City – Don & Stephen White The Cellar Dweller – Grazz Trio The Colony – Tom Skinner Science Project The Venue Shrine – Agent Orange – ($10-$15) Wyld Hawgz – Open Mic
The Vanguard – Spank, Oldman, Machine in the Mountain, Billy Joe Winghead – ($5) Westbound Club – Jeff Tatum Band
Sun // Sept 2 East Village Bohemian Pizzeria – Mike Cameron Collective Mercury Lounge – Brandon Clark River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Brent Giddens Soul City – Gospel Blues Brunch w/ Dustin Pittsley Soul City – Bruner & Eicher The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing The Colony – Singer Songwriter Open Mic Matinee
Mon // Sept 3 Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective Mercury Lounge – Chris Blevins River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Marriotts The Colony – Seth Lee Jones The Colony – Ryan Browning - Happy Hour
Tues // Sept 4 Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham and Jacob Tovar Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Jacob Dement The Colony – Dane Arnold & The Soup The Colony – Deerpaw - Happy Hour
Thurs // Aug 30 Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Jesse Joice, About Last Night Los Cabos - BA – Local Spin Trio Los Cabos - Jenks – Brent Giddens Duo Los Cabos - Owasso – Daniel Jordan Mercury Lounge – Paul Benjaman Mulligan’s Sports & Spirits – DJ MO River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – DJ 2Legit Safari Joe’s H2O – Thomas Martinez Soul City – The Begonias Soundpony – Scutches The Colony – Jacob Tovar’s Western Night The Colony – Chris Lee Becker - Happy Hour The Fur Shop – Maddy O’Neal, Ryan Viser, Linear Symmetry, Milkywaymaps, Kudos – ($15) The Run – The Zinners Jam The Vanguard – Adventurer, All for More, Out of Sink, øver Cast Utica Square – Grady Nichols Wyld Hawgz – Hawgz Starz
Fri // Aug 31 American Legion Post 308 – The Birdsongs Blackbird on Pearl – Megalodon Virgo Bash w/ CO2 Da Great, Crit Da Grit, King Nip, Keeng Cut, Keezy, Hakeem Eli’Juwon, and more – ($5-$10) Crystal Skull – Mvskoke Sunrise Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Scott Ellison, Stars IDL Ballroom – Panda Eyes Los Cabos - BA – DJ & The Band Los Cabos - Jenks – The Agenda Los Cabos - Owasso – Scott Pendergrass Duo Mercury Lounge – Redwitch Johnny, Acid Queen Osage Casino Tulsa – The Rumor Pit Stop – DJ MO Retro Grill & Bar – J’Parlé Reloaded River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Brent Giddens River Spirit Casino - LandShark Pool Bar – DJ Demko River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Ayngel & John Smitty’s 118 Tavern – Tyler Brant Soul City – Pete & Jennifer Marriott – ($10) Soul City – Susan Herndon - Happy Hour The Beehive Lounge – Ryan McLoughlin The Colony – Echoes & Copycats, Strothers, Mu, Evan Hughes – ($5) The Colony – David Hernandez - Happy Hour The Run – EverFade The Vanguard – Modernmyth album release w/ Redefine, Caterpillars, Cliffdiver – ($10) The Venue Shrine – Hed PE – ($15-$18) Westbound Club – Jeff Tatum Band Wyld Hawgz – Circle THE TULSA VOICE // August 15 – September 4, 2018
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‘MASTER OF PUPPETS’
FIGHT THE POWER Adam Driver and John David Washington in “BlacKkKlansman” | COURTESY
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Murderous toys from a cult-classic are back for blood THESE DAYS, HORROR FILMS CAN OFTEN be best enjoyed from the comfort of your favorite streaming site. And while “Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich,” the latest reimagining of the Charles Band classic, may end up on services like Shudder and others, it is a film best experienced in the theater with as many people as possible. PM:TLR finds the possessed and murderous puppets under the clarion call of the mysterious Euro-creep Andre Toulon, portrayed by the always-unsettling Udo Kier. Toulon happens to have a hatred for much the same things that got Der Fuhrer all hot and bothered: any one who isn’t of pure “Aryan” heritage. Thomas Lennon plays Edgar, recently divorced and forced to move home with the ‘rents. He soon finds an ominous, fedora-sporting puppet and decides to make some quick cash by selling it at an auction in a nearby town. What Edgar soon learns is that this puppet was part of the Toulon collection, and that there is a whole con-
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vention surrounding the mystery of this evil man and his puppets. What appears to be a random assemblage of like-minded collectors soon turns into a hunting ground for the bloodthirsty puppets. If, by the end of the cold open—with the grisly yet devilishly comical dispatching of a young lesbian couple at the hands of the bewitched puppets—hasn’t gotten you hooked, then quite frankly, PM:TLR ain’t your bag. But if it is, then you’re in for a real treat. What follows is a bloody hoot of a film that will satisfy any fans of the genre. PM:TLR is born from the brutal mind of S. Craig Zahler (“Bone Tomahawk,” “Brawl in Cellblock 99”) who has delivered some of the best pulp cinema in recent past, and ably directed by Swedish horror duo Tommy Wiklund and Sonny Laguna. But it’s the bloody-disgusting, practical effects by Tulsa native Tate Steinsick that make PM:TLR worth the ticket price. Steinsiek and his team relish in raising the bloody stakes with each graphic, deliriously-unhinged kill crammed into the brisk 84-minute runtime. (Disclosure: I worked on the film briefly as a camera operator.) Zahler and Steinsiek go to great lengths to make this film’s bloodbath—filled with outrageous, borderline-comical violence—so entertaining that it begs to be experienced with an audience that’s game. While the film’s content may not be for the faint of heart, it’s a delightful exercise in re-igniting a long dormant genre property. PM:TLR will kick off the ninth installment of Circle Cinema’s Slumber Party, its annual movie marathon of themed kitsch and horror classics, on Saturday Aug. 18 with a special Q&A featuring Steinsiek and Preston Fassel (author of the first upcoming Fangoria Presents novel, “Our Lady of the Inferno.”) —CHARLES ELMORE
A great American director returns to incendiary form in ‘BlacKkKlansman’ LIKE THE PROTAGONIST OF HIS 1989 masterpiece, “Do the Right Thing,” Spike Lee just shattered the storefront windows of America’s multiplexes in a show of righteous outrage. Exactly one year after the neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Va., where white supremacist demonstrations against the removal of confederate monuments exploded in deadly violence against counter-protestors, the politically outspoken auteur has delivered his cinematic response. It’s one of the best films of the year, and of his iconic career. Lee is a provocateur with a sincere moral vision. At his best, he wields satire and rage with equal force. In that same spirit, “BlacKkKlansman” is an impassioned commentary on the current state of America, refracted through the prism of a true story from forty years ago. In 1978, rookie cop Ron Stallworth became the first African-American officer on the Colorado Springs police force. His race quickly became a coveted undercover asset. His ambition, however, led to a bizarre twist: Stallworth became a card-carrying member of the Ku Klux Klan. Starting with a phone call in response to a KKK recruitment ad, Stallworth— played here by John David Washington, son of past Spike Lee collaborator Denzel Washington—quickly ingratiated himself to the local neo-Nazi chapter by pretending to be a white supremacist. When they extended a formal invite to join, Stallworth partnered with a fellow white detective who posed as Ron in the face-to-face subterfuge. (The real identity of the white cop was never revealed; he’s fictionalized here as Flip Zimmerman, a Jew passing as a WASP, played by Adam Driver.) Complicating these efforts, both logistically and personally, is the fact that Stallworth has infiltrated a group of young black radicals. He even begins dating the
group’s president, Patrice (Laura Harrier), a cop-hating student activist. Lee uses that relationship to weave in passionate yet considered debates about police, government, and society that the black community has been having for more than 50 years. As the Klan’s actions escalate, including a visit from the new Grand Wizard David Duke (Topher Grace), tensions explode. It peaks in a sequence that intercuts between the perversity of a KKK initiation and the lament of an aging civil rights warrior (in an inspired, surprise cameo from a living legend) who describes the horrors of a mob lynching to a room of young black activists. Reminiscent of the climactic Baptism of Fire from “The Godfather,” the jarring dissonance between the two left this reviewer shaken. John David Washington makes an auspicious breakthrough as Stallworth. Laura Harrier exerts a commanding strength as Patrice—and, as Flip, Adam Driver continues his unassuming ascent as one of the best actors of his generation. Then there’s Topher Grace as David Duke, the man who tried to take white nationalism mainstream. Could there be a less threatening personification of whiteness than Grace? Never sinking to easy caricature, he infuses Duke with an insidiously earnest conviction. Each of these four central performances are remarkable and award-worthy, and Lee attacks this story, its relevance, and its troubling implications with a scorching, prophetic vitality that his films haven’t boasted in more than 20 years. A few recent ones have tried, admirably, but they’ve felt like a filmmaker struggling, even straining, to say something. Here, there is no struggle. Lee clearly has something to say, latent yet boiling, from a place that has been shut up deep within his bones. It’s shut no more. —JEFF HUSTON
August 15 – September 4, 2018 // THE TULSA VOICE
A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE CIRCLE CINEMA
‘BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME’ OPENING AUGUST 17 THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST Winner of the 2018 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, this 1990s set drama stars Chloë Grace Moretz as a lesbian teenager who’s forced to attend a Christian conservative gay conversion therapy camp. Not Rated. (Strong sexual content advisory) NICO, 1998 A road movie biopic about Christa Päffgen, a.k.a. “Nico”, best known for her vocal work with the Velvet Underground. This soul-bearing expose follows Nico on her last tour with the iconic band. Rated R.
Bob Dylan | COURTESY
‘Tarantula: On Film’ series wraps up with a rare public screening THE “TARANTULA: ON FILM” SERIES, AND the greater goal of the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, is to give viewers a better picture of Dylan—not only as an artist, but as he’s situated among American art and culture. Bob Dylan’s poetry in “Tarantula” (1971), and his albums, offers a limited picture of the man. While one sees the poet and musician, his persona hides behind myriad characters and images. The third and final installment of the film series at the Woody Guthrie Center deals directly with the question of Dylan’s identity. “Eat the Document” (1972), the only feature film directed by Dylan, will be shown in a newly-remastered transfer from the archives. Composed of D.A. Pennebaker’s 1966 concert footage and casually “scripted” scenes, Dylan co-edited the film with Howard Alk into something worlds apart from Pennebaker’s “Dont Look Back” (1967). “Eat the Document” functions like Dylan’s “Ballad of a Thin Man” (1965): though one supposedly sees Dylan’s reality, they still cannot understand its truth. Like his music, Dylan controls this image, meaning that audiences see and hear what he wants them to. The film is a subtly satirical take on Dylan’s role as an artist, performer, and ever-evasive “activist.” “Don’t you ever come off stage?” a reporter asks. “Are you ever yourself at any time?” Dylan merely shrugs, and the film cuts to him onstage, mid-performance during “Ballad of a Thin Man.” “Why are you here?” another reporter asks several scenes later.
“I just go where I’m supposed to go, that’s all,” Dylan responds. “I take orders from someone who calls me on the telephone, I never see ‘em. The phone rings, I pick up the phone. He says, ‘do this, do that,’ and I do it.” Cut to Dylan on the telephone with Albert Grossman, his manager. Grossman hangs up the phone, and the camera pans to reveal that the two have been sitting in the same room. How much is staged? How much is an act? “Eat the Document” opens with Dylan hunched over a piano laughing hysterically, and ends with him looking into the camera and asking: “Why don’t you move around, man, unless you’re comfortable in that chair?” Dylan is taunting his audience, and though this obscures his identity, the Bob Dylan Center aims to elucidate him. Two other films that deal with the concept of identity will be shown during part three. Ken Jacobs’ “Blonde Cobra” (1959–63), a half-hour counterculture freakout featuring performance artist Jack Smith, and Bruce Conner’s “Permian Strata” (1969), an irreverent music video which juxtaposes Dylan’s “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” with the film “The Life of Paul: On the Road to Damascus” (1949). Catch these three films, along with 1966 archival footage of a full Dylan performance, at the Woody Guthrie Center on Aug. 26, 2–4 p.m. Check facebook.com/ bobdylancenter for more info and future events. —MASON WHITEHORN POWELL
THE TULSA VOICE // August 15 – September 4, 2018
OPENING AUGUST 24 PUZZLE Breaking free from her husband’s controlling passive-aggression, a put-upon housewife finds new life and love when she pursues her jigsaw puzzle hobby in a competitive national tournament. Starring Kelly Macdonald and Irrfan Khan. Rated R. SKATE KITCHEN A lonely suburban teenager goes on a journey of self-discovery when she befriends a group of girl skateboarders, diving deep into their New York City subculture. Rated R. NEVER GOIN’ BACK A provocative, crass, and raunchy comic tale of two teenage girls from suburban Dallas who take daring, rebellious risks to escape the banality of their waitressing jobs. Rated R. OPENING AUGUST 31 JULIET, NAKED Tiring of her relationship, a woman strikes up an unlikely
romance with her boyfriend’s favorite singer, a once famous but now fading artist. Starring Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, and Chris O’Dowd. Rated PG-13. SPECIAL EVENTS SLUMBER PARTY 9: SMALLS TO THE WALL” (1968) This popular all-night annual event returns with a B-movie horror marathon of “Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich” (2018), “The Gate” (1987), “Night of the Creeps” (1986), “Ticks” (1993), and a surprise movie. Admission $30; $25 for Circle members. (Sat. August 18, 9:30 p.m.) NT LIVE: JULIE From the London stage, Vanessa Kirby (“The Crown,” “Mission: Impossible – Fallout”) stars in this acclaimed contemporary adaptation of August Strinberg’s classic play, “Miss Julie,” about a party that descends into a fight for survival. Admission $17; Seniors $16; Circle members $15. (Thurs., September 6, 5:45 p.m. pre-show; 6:00 p.m. start) GET MY GUN Special event screening of the new indie horror film about a pregnant woman whose unborn baby is the target of a psychotic stalker. Video introduction by director Brian Darwas. (Thurs., September 6, 7:00 p.m.) THE MYSTERIOUS LADY (1928) Second Saturday Silents presents this spy thriller starring screen icon Greta Garbo and Conrad Nagel. Accompaniment by Bill Rowland on the Circle’s original 90-year-old theatre pipe organ. Tickets $5; 16 and under $2. (Sat., September 8, 11:00 a.m.)
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free will astrology by ROB BREZSNY
LEO
(JULY 23-AUG. 22):
“Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant,” wrote French author Honoré de Balzac. I think that’s an exaggeration, but it does trigger a worthwhile meditation. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’re in a phase of your cycle when you have maximum power to raise your appreciation of elegance, understand how it could beautify your soul, and add more of it to your repertoire. So here are your homework meditations: What does elegance mean to you? Why might it be valuable to cultivate elegance, not just to enhance your self-presentation, but also to upgrade your relationship with your deep self? (P.S.: Fashion designer Christian Dior said, “Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care, and simplicity.”)
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Many of us imagine medieval Europe to have been drab and dreary. But historian Jacques Le Goff tells us that the people of that age adored luminous hues: “big jewels inserted into book-bindings, glowing gold objects, brightly painted sculpture, paintings covering the walls of churches, and the colored magic of stained glass.” Maybe you’ll be inspired by this revelation, Virgo. I hope so. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you can activate sleeping wisdom and awaken dormant energy by treating your eyes to lots of vivid reds, greens, yellows, blues, browns, oranges, purples, golds, blacks, coppers, and pinks. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): An astrologer on Tumblr named Sebastian says this about your sign: “Libras can be boring people when they don’t trust you enough to fully reveal themselves. But they can be just as exciting as any fire sign and just as weird as any Aquarius and just as talkative as a Gemini and just as empathetic as a Pisces. Really, Librans are some of the most eccentric people you’ll ever meet, but you might not know it unless they trust you enough to take their masks off around you.” Spurred by Sebastian’s analysis, here’s my advice to you: I hope you’ll spend a lot of time with people you trust in the coming weeks, because for the sake of your mental and physical and spiritual health, you’ll need to express your full eccentricity. (Sebastian’s at http://venuspapi.tumblr.com.) SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A blogger who calls herself Wistful Giselle has named the phenomena that make her “believe in magic.” They include the following: “illuminated dust in the air; the moments when a seedling sprouts; the intelligence gazing back at me from a crow’s eyes; being awaken by the early morning sun; the energy of storms; old buildings overgrown with plants; the ever-changing grey green blue moods of the sea; the shimmering moon on a cool, clear night.” I invite you to compile your own list, Scorpio. You’re entering a time when you will be the beneficiary of magic in direct proportion to how much you believe in and are alert for magic. Why not go for the maximum? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Since 1969, eight-foot-two-inch-tall Big Bird has been the star of the kids’ TV show Sesame Street. He’s a yellow bird puppet who can talk, write poetry, dance, and roller skate. In the early years of the show, our hero had a good friend who no one else saw or believed in: Mr. Snuffleupagus. After 17 years, there came a happy day when everyone else in the Sesame Street neighborhood realized that Snuffy was indeed real, not just a figment of Big Bird’s imagination. I’m foreseeing a comparable event in your life sometime soon, Sagittarius. You’ll finally be able to share a secret truth or private pleasure or unappreciated asset. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Activist and author Simone de Beauvoir was one of those Capricorns whose lust for life was both lush and intricate. “I am awfully greedy,” she wrote. “I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to be unselfish.” Even if your longings are not always as lavish and ravenous as hers, Capricorn, you now have license to explore the mysterious state she described. I dare you to find out how voracious you can be if you grant yourself permission. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): According to my reading of the astrological omens, the coming
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weeks will be prime time to vividly express your appreciation for and understanding of the people you care about most. I urge you to show them why you love them. Reveal the depths of your insights about their true beauty. Make it clear how their presence in your life has had a beneficent or healing influence on you. And if you really want to get dramatic, you could take them to an inspiring outdoor spot and sing them a tender song or two. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In her book Yarn: Remembering the Way Home, Piscean knitter Kyoko Mori writes, “The folklore among knitters is that everything handmade should have at least one mistake so an evil sprit will not become trapped in the maze of perfect stitches.” The idea is that the mistake “is a crack left open to let in the light.” Mori goes on to testify about the evil spirit she wants to be free of. “It’s that little voice in my head that says, ‘I won’t even try this because it doesn’t come naturally to me and I won’t be very good at it.’” I’ve quoted Mori at length, Pisces, because I think her insights are the exact tonic you need right now. ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The prettier the garden, the dirtier the hands of the gardener,” writes aphorist B. E. Barnes. That’ll be especially applicable to you in the coming weeks. You’ll have extra potential to create and foster beauty, and any beauty you produce will generate practical benefits for you and those you care about. But for best results, you’ll have to expend more effort than maybe you thought you should. It might feel more like work than play — even though it will ultimately enhance your ability to play. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author and theologian Thomas Merton thought that the most debilitating human temptation is to settle for too little; to live a comfortable life rather than an interesting one. I wouldn’t say that’s always true about you, Taurus. But I do suspect that in the coming weeks, a tendency to settle for less could be the single most devitalizing temptation you’ll be susceptible to. That’s why I encourage you to resist the appeal to accept a smaller blessing or punier adventure than you deserve. Hold out for the best and brightest.
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “I’ve learned quite a lot, over the years, by avoiding what I was supposed to be learning.” So says the wise and well-educated novelist Margaret Atwood. Judging by your current astrological omens, I think this is an excellent clue for you to contemplate right now. What do you think? Have you been half-avoiding any teaching that you or someone else thinks you’re “supposed” to be learning? If so, I suggest you avoid it even stronger. Avoid it with cheerful rebelliousness. Doing so may lead you to what you really need to learn about next. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Sometimes you make it difficult for me to reach you. You act like you’re listening but you’re not really listening. You semi-consciously decide that you don’t want to be influenced by anyone except yourself. When you lock me out like that, I become a bit dumb. My advice isn’t as good or helpful. The magic between us languishes. Please don’t do that to me now. And don’t do it to anyone who cares about you. I realize that you may need to protect yourself from people who aren’t sufficiently careful with you. But your true allies have important influences to offer, and I think you’ll be wise to open yourself to them.
Make a boast about how you’ll pull off a feat you’ve previously lacked the chutzpah to attempt. t h i s w e e k ’ s h o m e w o r k // T E S T I F Y AT F R E E W I L L A S T R O L O G Y. C O M . 46 // ETC.
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Nice to meet you, my name is DANNI. I am an 11-monthold female Tortie Lynx Point mix. I’m a little shy at first, but I warm up fast. If you ever want to just stay home and watch movies, I’ll lounge on the couch with you. Will you adopt me?
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Find the answers to this issue’s crossword puzzle at thetulsavoice.com/puzzle-solutions. THE TULSA VOICE // August 15 – September 4, 2018
The Tulsa SPCA has been helping animals in our area since 1913. The shelter never euthanizes for space and happily rescues animals from high-kill shelters. They also accept owner surrenders, rescues from cruelty investigations, hoarding, and puppy mill situations. Animals live on-site or with foster parents until they’re adopted. All SPCA animals are micro-chipped, vaccinated, spayed/neutered, and treated with preventatives. Learn about volunteering, fostering, upcoming events, adoptions, and their low-cost vaccination clinic at tulsaspca.org.
Hi, my name is PRESLEY. I am a 2-year-old male Foxhound mix. I weigh approximately 62 pounds. I hope your kids like to play tag and go for long walks. I could really use a swimming partner too. Please give me a forever home.
Hello, my name is WILEY. I am a 3-year-old female Belgian Malanois mix. I weigh approximately 43 pounds. I’ll really talk your ears off! If you’re scared of the dark, I’ll definitely sleep next to you at night. Adopt me and you’ll have a friend for life.
UNIVERSAL SUNDAY CROSSWORD SOME PEOPLE By Timothy E. Parker
© 2018 Andrews McMeel Syndication
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