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ast week, an Oklahoma judge ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay the state $572 million for its role in the deadly opioid crisis. The pharmaceutical giant was found to have engaged in “false, misleading, and dangerous marketing campaigns … [causing] exponentially increasing rates of addiction [and] overdose deaths,” including babies born with opioid exposure.

According to data from The Washington Post, more than 1.4 billion pain pills moved throughout Oklahoma between 2006 and 2012. That shakes out to about 54 pills per resident.

The numbers are breathtaking, but this kind of “public nuisance” is the inevitable outcome of a forprofit healthcare scheme. When there’s money to be made on our vulnerable human bodies, corporations like Johnson & Johnson,

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Teva and Duke Pharmaceuticals will be there to take it with both hands. That’s nothing new in this country—but suits like the one brought by the Oklahoma attorney general are.

The $572 million price tag is insultingly low compared to the damage done to our communities, the cost ahead for addiction treatment and the obscene profits made by companies like J&J whose net worth tops a repugnant $360 billion. Still, I’m proud to be a resident of the first state that punched back against this cabal of billionaires building fortunes on our misery. May it be the first of many.

We’ve got the reaction to the J&J verdict from Barry Friedman (pg. 8). Then we hear from Fraser Kastner, who just passed the distinctly American rite of passage by getting kicked off his parents’

health insurance on his 26th birthday. Tag along with our resident weed columnist as he navigates the bureaucratic nightmare of an industry that “prioritizes the flow of capital over human health and wellbeing” (pg. 12). Happy birthday, Fraser!

You’ll find another public health story in these pages, as Cydney Baron takes us through the final days in the push to repeal permitless carry in Oklahoma.

The last-ditch petition effort was a referendum on HB 2597, which would allow most people to openly carry a firearm without any training, licensure or background check. Volunteers needed to collect nearly 60,000 signatures in two weeks to pause the new measure, set to go into effect Nov. 1, and put it to a vote of the people. Cydney talked to former state Rep. Karen Gaddis, who

voted against permitless carry during her time in the legislature, about the far-reaching effects of the bill and the danger it poses to our communities (pg. 10).

Also inside—a stunning photo essay from Boley, one of Oklahoma’s last historically black frontier towns (pg. 30); a look ahead at the annual Philbrook MIX cocktail competition, including bartender portraits and a Q&A with New York Times cocktail writer, Robert Simonson (pg. 28); plus our usual fare of local music, art, food and more. a

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s the state works to lessen the impact of the opioid crisis through the work of the Commission on Opioid Abuse, people struggling with opioid addiction are making the switch to the cheaper, more potent effects of methamphetamine. In 2017, methamphetamine (also known as speed or ice) was one of the main contributors to Oklahoma’s overdose deaths. It’s difficult to recover from methamphetamine addiction—most individuals relapse within their first year of treatment. Medicaid expansion would allow the state to serve lower-income populations that are affected by meth use by making addiction treatment available to a greater portion of the state.

THE METH CRISIS IS COSTING OKLAHOMA COMMUNITIES

COVER ME Medicaid expansion could help address Oklahoma’s surging meth crisis

by JENSEN ARMSTRONG for OKPOLICY.ORG THE TULSA VOICE // September 4 – 17, 2019

Meth has been labelled Oklahoma’s “No. 1 killer” by police, its body count surpassing opioids’.

The number of meth-related admissions to alcohol and drug certified treatment providers in Oklahoma doubled between 2012 and 2018, making meth a factor in half of all substance abuse admissions. Because meth is funneled into the U.S. across the southern border, the nation’s meth crisis is hitting Oklahoma hard. The stimulant’s low cost makes it more accessible to rural, low-income communities, and its addictive nature makes it very difficult to quit. Extreme economic stress often contributes to experimentation with the stimulant, especially in rural or urban blue-collar communities where working multiple physically taxing jobs to make ends meet is the norm.

Addiction can also have harsh consequences in Oklahoma’s justice system: One-third of all incarcerated Oklahomans were in prison for drug-related offenses in 2018. Treating addiction as an issue of public health rather than a one of criminality could decrease the number of people in prisons and jails for drug-related offenses.

Medicaid expansion would have a two-pronged impact on the criminal justice system, helping people exiting prisons and jails seek treatment so they don’t reenter the criminal justice system, and providing treatment options that help people avoid a scrape with the law in the first place.

MEDICAID EXPANSION WOULD ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO SEEK TREATMENT FOR ADDICTION Using federal funds to expand Medicaid coverage is the best option we have to fight Oklahoma’s meth problem. The loss of life to drug overdoses incurred by failing to expand health coverage has been staggering: A study conducted between 2009 and 2015 found that the lives of roughly 2,300 to 5,500 people struggling with substance use disorders in the U.S. may have been saved by the treatment afforded to them by the expansion of Medicaid eligibility.

Many Oklahomans with a high risk of drug-related hospitalization or overdose would be eligible for Medicaid if the state expanded coverage. States that rejected Medicaid expansion have been more likely to see hospital closures in rural areas due to financial bankruptcy. Six rural Oklahoma hospitals have shut down in the last nine years, devastating their local economies, and many more are at risk. Patients in areas far from hospitals have fewer opportunities for substance abuse treatment and face significantly longer wait times for the emergency services they would need in the case of an overdose. Accepting federal health care funding could make necessary treatment more accessible to these underfunded and uninsured communities.

THE STATE BALLOT INITIATIVE FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION COULD HELP OKLAHOMA ADDRESS THE METH CRISIS Expanding Medicaid would enable existing preventive services and educational initiatives that are overwhelmed, underfunded and understaffed to better serve Oklahoma communities.

The 2020 Oklahoma Medicaid Expansion Initiative is an ongoing petition for a state constitutional amendment that would allow the state to accept federal health care funding. Our communities are suffering from the rippling effects of addiction; Oklahoma has the opportunity and the responsibility to enact life-saving change by expanding Medicaid. a Jensen Armstrong was a summer intern with Open Justice Oklahoma, a project of Oklahoma Policy Institute. okpolicy.org NEWS & COMMENTARY // 7

Judging the judgment Johnson & Johnson wins by losing

by BARRY FRIEDMAN

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he recent decision by a state judge to hit Johnson & Johnson with more than a half-billion dollar fine for its part in Oklahoma’s opioid epidemic had something in it for everyone … not to like.

Judge Thad Balkman ruled Monday that J&J created a “temporary” public nuisance by duping doctors into overprescribing its opioid-based medications, and ordered the company to pay $572 million to the state. Oklahoma had sought as much as $17.5 billion in reimbursements for tax dollars spent dealing with an epidemic of addiction and overdoses. (Time)

To put this in perspective, the award is about 3 percent of what the state was demanding—or, considering the more than 6,000 Oklahomans who have died from opioid use since 2000, not to mention the thousands more with horrid, addicted lives because of such drugs, it’s a slap in the face.

Unless it wasn’t.

We’ll get back to that.

Moments after the award was announced, Johnson & Johnson shares rose as much as 5.4 percent, proving that America is still the land of the free and the home of the rapacious.

Read that again. Its shares went up.

In corporate terms, especially for a company like J&J, the penalty was the equivalent of you or me finding two dimes, a penny and some stale Cheetos between the sofa cushions.

Mitigating factors notwithstanding—doctors handing opioids out like candy, patients legitimately needing them for pain—J&J was part of an obscene deluge.

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“WE SHOULD TREAT BIG PHARMA OFFICIALS WHO PUSHED OPIOIDS ON AN UNSUSPECTING, IF WILLING, PUBLIC AS HARSHLY AS WE DO THE GUY ARRESTED BEHIND THE BOK FOR SELLING THREE GRAMS OF COKE.”

In 2016, enough opioids were prescribed in Oklahoma for every adult in the state to have more than 100 pills. (Integris)

There are about 4 million people in Oklahoma—that’s 400 million pills.

How did all those pills get here?

According to Johnson & Johnson, it was just good, standard marketing.

Mike Hunter, Oklahoma’s attorney general who brought the suit against J&J (and should be commended for doing so), wasn’t buying it. He believes the company sent an army of sales agents to flood the state to tout not only hyperbolic and false claims about opioids, but also to minimize the risks and convince doctors to over-prescribe them.

Of course, J&J, like every other company involved with the making, distribution and marketing of such drugs, denied doing anything wrong; nevertheless, two other companies, Purdue and Teva, unlike J&J, offered to settle with the state.

Since that state settlement, Purdue—which should have changed its logo to a skull and

crossbones—has apparently come to the conclusion its reign of opioid terror is about to end and is trying to find a way out nationally.

The Sackler family would give up ownership of Purdue Pharma, the company blamed for much of the opioid epidemic, and pay $3 billion of their own money under terms of a settlement proposal to resolve thousands of federal and state lawsuits, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. (New York Times)

Why would the Sacklers agree to pay between $10-12 billion (the company would kick in the remaining money) while still maintaining their innocence?

Maybe this is why.

Purdue Pharma has earned more than $35 billion from the sale of OxyContin. (CNBC)

The crisis, nationwide, has cost the United States half a trillion dollars, about 2.8 percent of GDP. More than 33,000 Americans have died due to opioids since 2015, alone—400,000 since 1999—so

$12 billion is quite a bargain from that perspective, especially if you get to keep the majority of your wealth and don’t have to spend any time cracking boulders in a hoosegow.

In March of this year, as mentioned, Purdue settled with Oklahoma for $270 million, which seems paltry now, especially when there’s good evidence it pushed its OxyContin brand, the mother of all opioids, with all the subtlety of a carnival barker hawking corn dogs at the state fair.

One could argue—and it’s not a bad argument—it makes little sense Purdue was allowed to settle for a fi ne half as large as Johnson & Johnson’s, especially considering J&J’s actual footprint in the state and Purdue’s decadeslong lies about what a beast OxyContin is. So horrendous, in fact, was its sleight of corporate hand that more than a decade ago, justice department officials recommended the company not only pay a hefty fi ne but that its executives spend time in the slammer.

Based on their findings after a four-year investigation, the prosecutors recommended that three top Purdue Pharma executives be indicted on felony charges, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, that could have sent the men to prison if convicted.

(New York Times)

Officials in the Bush administration decided not to pursue criminal charges and, instead, settled the case.

In the world of pharmaceutical campaign contributions—and it wasn’t just to Republicans these millions went—money talks and benzodiazepines walk.

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Overall, the family has favored Republican and conservative causes which have received 52 percent of the family’s total contributions. Some family members mostly favor Republicans, while others support Democrats. The overall top recipient of the 12 family members’ contributions was the Republican National Committee (RNC) with $252,700.

(OpenSecrets.org)

How unconscionable was Purdue?

“We have in fact picked up references to abuse of our opioid products on the internet,” Purdue Pharma’s general counsel, Howard R. Udell, wrote in early 1999 to another company official. That same year, prosecutors said, company officials learned of a call to a pharmacy describing “OxyContin as the hottest thing on the street — forget Vicodin.”

(New York Times)

Another pharmaceutical company, Teva, also settled with Oklahoma—for $85 million— just hours before going to trial.

Hunter said Teva created a “public nuisance” through its production and marketing of generic opioids—the same charge was also levied against J&J. Teva, by the way, is the largest generic opioid manufacturer in the world, so it agreeing to pay $85 million to avoid trial and a possible larger judgement was a particular no-brainer.

It took Teva officials, though, about 14 milliseconds to deny it had done anything wrong.

In a statement announcing the settlement, Teva said the agreement “does not establish any wrongdoing on the part of the company.” Teva also said it “has not contributed to the abuse of opioids in Oklahoma in any way.” (NPR)

Of course it hasn’t.

Considering, then, that Hunter got Oklahoma almost $600 million from Johnson & Johnson is one reason to cheer this settlement.

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pain patch and Nucynta opioid painkiller through its subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals—to doctors in the state.

Balkman, in his decision, wrote the company downplayed the risks of opioid addiction, and “the state met its burden that the defendants Janssen and Johnson & Johnson’s misleading marketing and promotion of opioids created a nuisance as defi ned by [the law].”

This was the real kicker: “Specifically, defendants caused an opioid crisis that’s evidenced by increased rates of addiction, overdose deaths and neonatal abstinence syndrome.”

He ruled against the state, however, in its claim that J&J should pay, and how much, to offset future costs related to treatment and education.

“The state did not present sufficient evidence of the amount of time and costs necessary, beyond year one, to abate the opioid crisis,” the ruling says.

(CNBC)

Part of that was perhaps because J&J accounted for less than 1 percent of the painkillers consumed in Oklahoma. The state responded that while that may have been technically true, the company provided 60 percent of the ingredients in the painkillers it sold to others—like Purdue and Teva.

Unlike those companies, J&J decided not to settle in advance. (One imagines it would have gotten a better deal if it had.) After the verdict was announced, in a surprise to nobody, the company, like Teva, let its dickitude fly.

“We have sympathy for those who suffer from opioid use disorder,” Strong added. “But Johnson & Johnson did not cause the opioid abuse crisis here in Oklahoma or anywhere in this country.”

(Washington Post)

Its concern is touching, don’t you think?

We should treat Purdue, Teva and J&J officials who pushed

these drugs on an unsuspecting, if willing, public as harshly as we do the guy arrested behind the BOK for selling three grams of coke. Having said that, what’s up with the physicians who were so ignorant, lazy, and/or seduced by pharmaceutical swag they couldn’t throw the slick-talking, mendacious opioid salesmen out of their clinics for the past decade?

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In 2017, Oklahoma providers wrote 88.1 opioid prescriptions for every 100 persons. (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

That’s not the worst part. This is: That figure is an improvement. [ That’s] a 30 percent decline since 2012, when the rate was 127 opioid prescriptions per 100 persons (CDC).

You can’t blame all of that on the spinelessness of doctors and the slick advertising campaigns that featured women in sweatpants looking to rejoin their families again on the beach, if only they could do something about their pain.

As for the Johnson & Johnson settlement, depending on your level of cynicism, the vial is either half full or half empty. The $17 billion dollars sought by Hunter was always a bit fanciful—even though he’s right about the scope of the future problem—meaning the half-billion dollar judgment he got, if it holds up, is not a bad haul. The second view, much more troubling, is that these awards, especially since they’re not accompanied by criminal prosecution, will be viewed simply as the cost of doing business. American pharmaceutical executives, minus the buried hydrocarbons, often exhibit the moral compass of OPEC oil ministers.

For them, the value of a life—your life—is pennies on the dollar.

And there was this. Of course there was this.

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The final days in the push to repeal permitless carry in Oklahoma

by CYDNEY BARON additional reporting by JEZY J. GRAY

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ith only days left, public safety advocates across the Tulsa metro were mobilized. Volunteers were on foot, setting up tables at hot spots across town to encourage voters to sign the petition to support State Question 803 before time ran out.

The last-ditch effort was a referendum on House Bill 2597, vetoed by former Gov. Mary Fallin and signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt, which would allow most people over the age of 21 to openly carry a firearm in Oklahoma without any training, licensure or background check. The referendum would pause the controversial new measure, set to go into effect Nov. 1, and put it to a vote of the people on the 2020 ballot.

Spearheaded by state Rep. Jason Lowe and Moms Demand Action OK, the petition effort kicked into gear after more than 30 people were killed over a single weekend in high-profi le mass shootings in Texas and Ohio— leaving Oklahoma activists with little more than two weeks to collect the nearly 60,000 signatures needed by Aug. 29.

Saturday, in the final push for signatures, former state Rep. Karen Gaddis and concerned citizen Wes Robinson shared a petition drive table inside Boston Avenue Methodist Church. As they waited for signees, Gaddis explained their efforts.

“What we’re concerned about is repealing that part of the law that allows anybody without training or licensure or anything to openly carry a gun,” Gaddis said.

HB 2597 was the first bill Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law, and one he stands by, saying it “reflects the will of the people.”

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Foot traffic through the lobby had slowed, but Gaddis said she was optimistic about the petition.

“I think it will probably get on the ballot. I think we’ll get enough signatures,” Gaddis said, eyeing the clipboard in front of her. “How it plays out in November of next year, I don’t know. The gun lobby will certainly come out in full force … I guess we’ll see.”

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the issue to a vote is the fairest way to determine whether or not Oklahomans truly want permitless carry in their state.

Gaddis, who voted against HB 2597 during her time in the legislature, got involved in the repeal effort because she’s worried what the law will do to the state.

She said response to the petition from the voting public had been positive, but opportunities for education had come up.

“There are people who think this will prevent them from carrying their guns,” she said. “The answer to that is, ‘No, it won’t.’ …

If you require licensure for your car, which is a deadly instrument in itself, why wouldn’t you require licensure or registration or training to carry a firearm?”

Seated next to her at the folding table, Wes Robinson agreed.

“I think we can all agree that we all know somebody in our life [who] does not need to be carrying a gun at all times,” he said.

“We had a lady just this morning [who] said, ‘Well, it’s my right to

carry a gun.’ Well, it’s your right but … do you not know anybody that shouldn’t be packing a gun around? I do. I’ve got a safe full of guns at home, but I don’t think I need to strap them on and carry them into the Starbucks.”

The duo agreed: “It’s just common sense.”

Failure to repeal the existing law would have a far-reaching effect, touching law enforcement, tourism, industry and more, they said.

“Here’s my fear: If we don’t repeal this, is that not going to make other people decide, ‘Well, wait a minute. If everybody’s carrying a gun out here now, do I need to start carrying one for my own protection?’ I think if we don’t repeal this, we’re going to add to the problem, not take away from it,” Robinson said.

“I think [it] is going to kill our tourism industry,” Gaddis added. “How many industries are going to want to move to Oklahoma if they think it’s the Wild West?”

The following Thursday, Oklahoma organizer Aaron Wilder was among the volunteers notarizing and delivering boxes full of signatures in support of SQ 803 at the State Attorney General’s Office during the final moments before the 5 p.m. deadline.

“There were volunteers on the outside, collecting last-minute signatures from people walking in and out of the building, and people just driving up off the street to hand over fistfuls of petitions they’d gathered themselves,” he said.

Hours earlier, Rep. Jason Lowe said petition numbers “were really close” to the nearly 60,000 needed to trigger a referendum.

Ballots won’t be counted in an official capacity until the Oklahoma Supreme Court weighs in on a challenge fi led by Oklahoma Second Amendment Association (OK2A).

Regardless of the outcome, Wilder applauds the energy of work of fellow volunteers like Gaddis and Robinson. “This was a completely volunteer-run thing, and the other side just can’t do that,” he said. “They rely on big gun manufacturer checks and other money from industry. They don’t have the kind of people power we do.” a September 4 – 17, 2019 // THE TULSA VOICE

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You’re on your own, kid Navigating the American healthcare system at age 26

by FRASER KASTNER

R.I.P.

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ike all cultures, we in the United States must pass a series of milestones as we grow older. These coming-of-age rituals produce some of our most meaningful experiences. Learning to drive, participating in democracy as a voter, graduating from school, and drinking legally are some of the experiential stars in the firmament of modern American maturity. But young Americans face a milestone that’s unique in most of the developed world: getting booted from your parents’ insurance at 26.

I felt the coming of my 26th birthday with a sense of dread. My mother’s job at TU had afforded our family a fairly cushy plan through Blue Cross Blue Shield.

As my birthday approached, I realized that the real source of my anxiety was a sense of helplessness. I was about to be cast adrift in a bureaucratic ocean that I was totally unprepared to navigate.

Blue Cross Blue Shield offered an early lead. A friend directed me to them, saying they had a program for people in my position. I visited the BCBS website, which informed me that I qualified for special enrollment because of my “qualifying life event,” turning 26.

Insurance plans are labyrinthine, bordering on nonsensical.

Included with the overviews I looked at were lists of things not covered. I suspect this is done so

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coverage can be stratified to an ever greater degree and offered at a wider range of prices. One recommended plan charges $500 for an emergency room visit, but only if the patient is not admitted to the hospital from the ER. Among things explicitly not covered by the plan: any injury or illness eligible for worker’s compensation, reverse sterilization, unprescribed female contraceptives, any male contraceptive, giving birth anywhere except a hospital, fertility treatment, infertility treatment, treatment for sexual dysfunction not caused by organic disease, treatment for obesity, horse-assisted therapy, elective abortion unless the patient’s life is in danger, drug and alcohol rehab, and anything else not specifically named a “Covered Service.”

I was going to need some help.

My parents did what they could, but wanted to talk to an expert. I tried to call the BCBS office here in Tulsa, but that just patched me through to the national hotline.

I tried the sales department, who referred me to customer service, which referred me back to sales.

The sales associate gave me a local number to call, which turned out to be the number I was already calling. I called back and got a different local number, only to get the same national hotline.

My mother had more luck. She spoke with an actual insurance

agent, albeit one out of state.

He even called me to get permission to speak to her. In the end, he gave her his personal phone number, but when I called that number the next day it went to the main Illinois office.

It might be cliché to invoke Kafka when faced with a monstrous bureaucratic edifice, but Kafkaesque is the only sufficient descriptor of my experience with BCBS. I would rather wake up as a giant insect than talk to Nathan from sales again.

What’s most striking about our healthcare system is its fundamental unfairness. The most egregious examples are world-famous. The average price of insulin increased 197 percent between 2002 and 2013, and is continuing to rise.

“Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli raised the price of lifesaving medication by 5,000 percent, and it was totally legal. The major outrages cover a fundamental, underlying atrocity: Our country has prioritized the flow of capital over human health and wellbeing.

Healthcare is treated as a human right in every developed nation except ours. People in these countries don’t have to contend with private insurance companies and typically do not die of curable diseases because they cannot pay.

The Affordable Care Act required plans and issuers to

cover adult dependents until age 26, among a suite of regulations designed to bring us closer to universal healthcare coverage. But some states, including Oklahoma, have fought back. Oklahoma is one of 19 states refusing federal dollars to expand Medicaid programs, despite the fact that 14.2 percent of Oklahomans are uninsured, more than five points above the national average and the second highest rate in the country. As a result, Oklahoma has turned away roughly $3.6 billion in federal revenue over the seven years, tax money that has already been paid by Oklahomans. Perversely, many uninsured Oklahomans are already paying for healthcare they will never get.

Despite promises to the contrary, the Trump administration’s 2020 budget aims to cut Medicaid spending by $1.5 trillion, Medicare by $845 billion and Social Security by $25 billion.

I am lucky to be single, childless and gainfully employed. I have a family that is willing and able to help me, and I was fortunate enough to spend the first 26 years of my life with insurance.

Although I will be uninsured as of Sept. 1, there is very little real chance of me being uninsured for very long. Nearly 600,000 Oklahomans do not share this privilege, and this number is poised to increase if the administration gets its way. a September 4 – 17, 2019 // THE TULSA VOICE

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f you need proof of alcohol’s abundance in our culture, look no further than the ubiquity of booze-related hashtags on social media. As I write this, there are 1.1 million public Instagram posts featuring the hashtag #winewednesday; 1.3 million with #daydrinking; 3.2 million tagged #thirstythursday (though this category flaunts a few photos depicting a different kind of “thirsty”). More striking: there are 18.5 million tagged #drunk and only 2.4 million tagged #sober.

There’s reason to believe social media tends toward drinkiness or general intoxication.

Craft cocktails have caught the attention of hordes of foodies, party people, classy folk and wealthy “influencers.” But alcohol is everywhere. Intoxicants abound. And this isn’t at all a new issue, but it does necessitate the creation of and access to more and more recovery programs and sober-friendly alternatives for those who can’t drink in moderation, are just tired of the hangovers, or simply can’t afford to spend another whole damn paycheck “going out.”

Cathy Hodges, reentry director for Resonance Center for Women, works with non-violent offenders recovering from substance abuse as they reenter society following incarceration. “It’s a focus on socialization without substances,” she says, that benefits people in recovery. “We try to help them build organic networks through different opportunities here.” She recommends events and spaces that are both community-centric and free for Tulsans who’ve recently battled addiction or substance abuse.

So here I’ll recommend a variety of things to do and see in Tulsa while sober, though it’s important to note, as Hodges points out, that “you never know what might trigger someone.”

Triggers don’t simply just go away, so it’s important to pay attention to yours if you’re struggling to recover. In the list you’ll see 14 // FOOD & DRINK

• Admiral Twin Drive-In for weekend double-features • SKATES: Roller Skating Entertainment Center (Sand Springs) for Adult Night on Thursdays • Gilcrease Museum for the North American art (and the gardens and park on the grounds are beautiful) • Philbrook Museum of Art (free admission every second Saturday of the month!)

• Tulsa Botanic Garden for special events and family programming • Woody Guthrie Center for the Guthrie archives, traveling exhibits and world-class shows in an intimate listening room • Shuffles: Board Game Cafe for trivia (Tuesdays), karaoke (Thursdays), and a seemingly-endless board game library (note: there is a full bar here) • MOjō Movement Studio for yoga and dance classes • Climb Tulsa for classes in bouldering, top rope climbing and yoga

An herb spritzer at Chimera is a refreshing and non-alcoholic way to beat the late-summer heat.

GREG BOLLINGER

TEETOTALER’S TOWN A guide to hanging out while sober in Tulsa

by CASSIDY MCCANTS options that should be totally substance-free, as well as some places where alcohol is served but not the central focus.

NO-COST/CHEAP OPTIONS • Tulsa City-County Library (particularly the newly renovated and spacious Central Library downtown) for programming of all kinds for people of all ages • Magic City Books for events celebrating books and literature • Whitty Books for literary events, live music, book clubs • Coffee House on Cherry Street for open mic on Wednesdays • Tulsa Artist Fellowship’s Lewis Project Space for arts events in a funky, cozy atmosphere • Ahha’s open studio full of art supplies to create beyond your wildest dreams

• Gathering Place for family-fun play, sports courts, live shows and people-watching • Guthrie Green for all kinds of entertainment, including movie screenings, live music and cultural festivals • Redbud Valley Nature Preserve for rugged hiking • Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area for mountain biking and hiking • Woodward Park for the Tulsa Rose Garden and other flora • River Parks Trail for urban cycling, skating and running • Local farmers’ markets: Cherry Street; Greenwood; The Farm Shopping Center; Broken Arrow’s Rose District; Brookside SPACES AND HAPPENINGS WORTH PAYING FOR IF YOU CAN • Circle Cinema for indie/art house films and special screenings/events

If you’re avoiding alcohol but craving the nuance and artistry of a craft cocktail, both Chimera Café and Oren Restaurant offer tempting artisan mocktails. Try one of Chimera’s herb spritzers for a bright and refreshing concoction, or Oren’s Here Today Tarragon Tomorrow for a complex and aromatic “soft cocktail” with notes of cinnamon, honey, grapefruit and lime.

The above list is, of course, no where near exhaustive. Tulsa is full of inviting green spaces, perfect patios, distinct yoga studios, trendy coffee shops, and locally-owned shops and restaurants. You can find arts and music festivals year-round, and there’s always something new to explore.

The bar and brewery scenes are exploding here, and I do partake and am grateful for the plethora of options. But I know we could be doing more for our sober community—so what’s next, Tulsa? Recent national trends include bars with alcohol-free nights, substance-free dance clubs and sober-friendly spaces at music venues. A night at St. Vitus with no alcohol might sound scary to some, but maybe it’s options like this that we—and our livers— need most right now. a September 4 – 17, 2019 // THE TULSA VOICE

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TULSA RESTAURANT WEEK RETURNS

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It’s almost time for every local food freak’s favorite holiday: Tulsa Restaurant Week.

Each September, our sister publication TulsaPeople sponsors the city’s annual 10-day blowout featuring special prix fixe (fixed price) menus and signature cocktails designed to give folks a taste of Tulsa’s finest cuisine without breaking the bank. As always, proceeds will include an automatic donation to the Community Food Bank of Northeastern Oklahoma’s Food for Kids programs, which will be matched up to $25,000 by the George Kaiser Family Foundation. We’ve got the rundown on this year’s event, which takes place Sept. 6-15.

SAVE THE DATES SEPT. 6 MOTHER ROAD MARKET KICK-OFF CELEBRATION

Drop by Tulsa’s first food hall to kick off Restaurant Week in style. Ten percent of all proceeds during the Mother Road Market Kick-off Celebration will be donated to the Food Bank. The Market will also be collecting non-perishable food items at the front and back entrances throughout the month of September, so you can keep that giving spirit up all month.

SEPT. 13 BBQ FRIDAY AT ALBERT G’S

What’s better than a big ol’ plate of smoked brisket and pulled pork? Helping out your community—duh! The good folks at Albert G’s Bar-B-Q will be pitching in Sept. 13, when 10 percent of sales will be donated to the Food Bank. So swing by for some true Okie delicacies and give back at the same time. a

For more information, including full menus from participating restaurants, visit tulsapeople.com/restaurantweek.

Restaurant Week fare at Elote | GREG BOLLINGER

PA R T I C I PAT I N G R E S TAU R A N T S Amelia’s • Antoinette Baking Co. • Baxter’s Interurban Grill • Biga Italian Restaurant • Bin 35 Bistro • Bird and Bottle The Bistro at Seville • Bluestone Steakhouse and Seafood • Bonefish Grill • Bramble Breakfast and Bar Downtown Bramble Breakfast and Bar Riverwalk • The Chalkboard • Daily Grill • Dilly Diner • Duet Restaurant and Jazz El Guapo’s Downtown • El Guapo’s South • Elgin Park • Elote • Fassler Hall • Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar In the Raw Brookside • In the Raw on the Hill • Jane’s Delicatessen • Juniper • Kitchen 27 • Maryn’s Taphouse and Raw Bar McNellie’s Downtown • McNellie’s South • The Melting Pot • Michael V’s Restaurant and Bar Naples Flatbread Kitchen and Bar • Neighborhood JAM • Oren • Palace Cafe • Peacemaker Lobster and Crab Co. Prairie Fire Pie • Queenies Cafe • Roka Bar and Asian Flavors • Roppongi • Sisserou’s • SMOKE. Owasso • SMOKE. Cherry Street The Tavern • Tavolo • Taziki’s Cherry Street • Taziki’s South • Texas de Brazil • Ti Amo Ristorante Italiano Downtown Ti Amo Ristorante Italiano South • The Vault • Villa Ravenna • Yokozuna Downtown • Yokozuna on Yale 20 // FEATURED

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Henna Roso performs at Cain’s Ballroom | PHIL CLARKIN

Henna Roso’s debut album fights hunger with music

by DAMION SHADE

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any Americans think of hunger as an issue that mostly impacts families in developing countries—but as of 2018, 1 in 4 Oklahoma children is at risk of not having enough to eat.

Fifty-four of Oklahoma’s 77 counties contain areas designated as food deserts, according to a 2017 report by the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.

Enter Henna Roso, a musical collective trafficking in elaborate, virtuosic, jazz, funk and soul songs that sound improvised and deliberate all at once. Beyond the music, this crowd-pleasing and eclectic funk band has aspirations of starting a movement—to end hunger. In the past three years, the band has helped provide more than 65,000 meals across the nation.

Oklahoma, like many other parts of the U.S., has been experiencing a crisis of food insecurity for decades. Henna Roso is dedicated to drawing attention and resources to this crisis, and with the release of their first album, aptly titled Feed the Hungry, the band is prepared to take their message to a much wider audience. Their stunner of a debut will drop during a special release show at Cain’s Ballroom on Sept. 6. Proceeds from each ticket sale will provide 40 meals from the THE TULSA VOICE // September 4-17, 2019

Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.

“I always wanted to be able to combine some kind of community service outreach with music,” said bassist Taylor Graham. He co-founded the band with Justin Dupuis in their house in Norman in 2016, but his spirit for volunteerism goes back further.

“It started when I did a little stint in Colorado. I started volunteering at the food bank in Fort Collins. Then I learned more about hunger and just how widespread the issue was,” Graham said. “It just kind of made sense at one point to try and do food drives every show and dedicate a portion of every show to food banks.

When I came back to Oklahoma, I got in touch with Justin and we started writing songs. That’s how it started.”

The two had vastly different musical backgrounds, but they found these differences only strengthened their collaboration. “Justin is very technical and deliberate,” Graham said. “His compositions are intentional. My songs are more rough, funky and raw, and I think that’s where our sound hits—in the middle of the two styles. He has a jazz degree and understands melody and chord structure in a way that my little mortal mind can’t always follow, but I appreciate that differ-

ence more now. I think it’s helped us both grow.”

Feed the Hungry, Henna Roso’s debut album, sounds like a tour of 20th century American music blended in a way that feels both counterintuitive and purposeful.

Dupuis’ luminous guitar tone kicks things off on the opening track “Dsus Walks.” His heady guitar phrases are the musical equivalent of a boxer’s rope-a-dope, and soon Bobby Moffett’s warbly West Coast synthesizer leads the rest of the band into a nod inducing-groove that seemed impossible only seconds earlier.

This album is a study in dynamics and contrast. Nicholas Foster’s drum lines are at times straight and minimalistic, at times vertiginous and dense. Kristin Ruyle adds lively percussion to the chunky groove centered rhythm section underpinning these songs, and Andy McCormick’s alto sax inhabits a wide melodic space with the warmth, power and emotion of a human voice.

Feed the Hungry also features a pair of compelling guest vocals from R&B singer and solo artist Faye Moffett as well as Anthony Ferrell of the Greyhounds. Both of these numbers point back to the musical heroes who largely inspired the project. Graham describes the late ‘60s and ‘70s as the best period of music ever made.

“When I think of all of my favorite artists that’s when they were kind of all coming to maturity,” he said. “When you have the Beach Boys and you have the Beatles and Stevie Wonder, just what it takes to be heard and be relevant, I just think the bar was set incredibly high. A lot of the artists rose to the occasion and made their own sounds.”

Beyond these musical ambitions, Henna Roso wants Oklahomans to understand how much power we have to end food insecurity in our communities. “I want people to recognize how incredibly widespread this problem is … I want people to understand how incredible food banks are. A dollar can go so far. A lot of them are doing four meals per dollar, and sometimes they’re being matched by donors. So just understanding that financial power and how far it can go if you put it in the right hands.” a

Feed the Hungry Album Release & Food Drive Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St. Sept. 6, 7 p.m., $10–15 Henna Rosom, Branjae, Dane Arnold & The Soup, Roots of Thought FEATURED // 21

2-course Lunch for $15 (includes $2 donation to the Food Bank which will provide 8 meals)

3-course Dinner for $20 (includes $3 donation to the Food Bank, which will provide 12 meals)

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DINNER

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2-course Lunch for $15 (includes $2 donation to the Food Bank which will provide 8 meals)

3-course Dinner for $20 (includes $3 donation to the Food Bank, which will provide 12 meals)

LUNCH Appetizers Edamame

Spring Rolls Daikon Salad

Entrées

Ramen Burger Free-Range Chicken, Steak or Tofu Street Noodles Pork Belly, Free-Range Chicken or Tofu Banh Mi

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Spring Rolls Daikon Salad

Entrées

Ramen Burger Free-Range Chicken, Steak or Tofu Street Noodles Pork Belly, Free-Range Chicken or Tofu Banh Mi

(includes $2 donation to the Food Bank which will provide 8 meals)

3-course Dinner for $35 (includes $5 donation to the Food Bank, which will provide 20 meals)

LUNCH Entrées

Appetizers

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Grilled Cheese and Tomato Bisque

Mini Fresh Fruit Pico Bites Flour tortilla crisp, sweet jalapeno mousse, strawberry pico de gallo

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Grilled Romaine with Chicken

White Queso and Chips

Black Bean Hummus and Carrots *Vegan

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Salmon Tacos Two corn tortillas filled with pan seared salmon, romaine lettuce, tomato onion relish and queso fresco, served with two sides and avocado-tomatillo salsa Pork Burrito House-made pork chile verde, black bean corn relish and polenta wrapped in a flour tortilla and topped with tomatillo salsa and cilantro lime cream fresca, served with two sides

Smoke Burger

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French Toast

Buttermilk Panna Cotta

Silver Dollar Pancakes *Vegan

Ganache Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwich

Biscuits and Gravy

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DINNER Appetizers

Breakfast Burrito

Kale and Brussels Sprouts Salad

Vegan Scramble

Fire Roasted Tomato Bisque

Breakfast Cuban

House Salad with Sherry Vinaigrette

DINNER Appetizers

Entrées

Cajun Shrimp Pasta

Tomato Bisque

Bone-In Pork Loin Chop

Spinach and Apples Salad

Six Ounce Beef Tenderloin

Jackfruit Tacos Two corn tortillas filled with jackfruit, kale and black bean corn relish, served with barbecue sauce and two sides *Vegan

Small Cauliflower Wings *Vegan

Goat Cheese Gnocchi

Puffy Tacos Choose free-range chicken, beef, pork or sweet potato and black beans in our puffy taco shells, topped with romaine lettuce, cheese, tomato onion relish and crema fresca, served with two sides

FDIC Flank Steak

Desserts

Bavarian Cream Filled Churro

Entrées

Potato Crusted Salmon

Desserts Buttermilk Panna Cotta Flourless Chocolate Torte

Vegan Red Lentil Burger Clipper Ship Chicken

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Key Lime Pie Vegan Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Smoke.

Cherry Street

House-made Boba Tea

Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Squares

Roppongi

Elote

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3-course Dinner for $35 (includes $5 donation to the Food Bank, which will provide 20 meals)

LUNCH 1st Course

Two Deviled Eggs GF choice: fried oysters, spicy remoulade or fried chicken, bacon jam The Wedge GF Sherry Dill Tomato Bisque GF

2nd Course

3 Piece Fried Chicken GF Grilled Atlantic Salmon * GF Short Rib Sandwich *

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Two Deviled Eggs GF choice: fried oysters, spicy remoulade or fried chicken, bacon jam Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes * Pomme Frites GF

(includes $5 donation to the Food Bank, which will provide 20 meals)

DINNER

DINNER

Entrée

Featured Entrée Coconut curry chicken breast, Memphisstyle barbecue pork medallion, teriyakimarinated sirloin, roasted garlic shrimp, chicken potstickers, includes seasonal vegetables and signature dipping sauces

Dessert

3rd Course

Grilled Atlantic Salmon * GF

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Brandy Rumbler — $9 Spiced rum, brandy, cointreau, pineapple juice, lemon juice, simple syrup, garnished with a Bordeaux cherry GF Made with Gluten Free Flour *Consumption of raw or undercooked meats, poultry, shellfish & eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness

Hot Items Garlic mashed potatoes, moqueca, feijoada, jasmine rice, sweet fried bananas, Brazilian cheese bread, sautéed mushrooms with wine, potatoes au gratin

Entrées

(various cuts of expertly seasoned and grilled meats and continuous service) Filet Mignon Filet Mignon Wrapped in Bacon Lamb Chops Barbecue Pork Ribs Braised Beef Ribs

Chocolate Fondue – Dark and Dulce A classic flavor combination featuring our bittersweet dark chocolate and sweet, thick dulce de leche accented with coarse ground sea salt

Herb-Marinated Pork Loin Picanha Brazilian Sausage Leg of Lamb Chicken Breast Wrapped in Bacon

SIGNATURE COCKTAIL

Parmesan-Crusted Pork Loin Garlic Picanha

(includes $1 donation to the Food Bank, which will provide 4 meals)

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Sangria — $6.95 Your choice of red or white wine mixed with fruit and spices

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Chef-Crafted Gourmet Salad Area Spring mix, romaine lettuce, in-house dressings, shrimp salad, sliced tomatoes, prosciutto, goat cheese terrine, cherry tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, capers, steamed asparagus with orange vinaigrette, potato salad, couscous salad, onion ceviche, malagueta peppers, olive medley, giardiniera, cornichons, hearts of palm, tabbouleh, roasted red and yellow peppers, marinated artichoke hearts, artisanal cheeses, charcuterie, sushi, smoked salmon, pineapple carpaccio, cucumber salad, ciabatta and homemade crostini, farofa, chimichurri and mint sauce

Salad

Grilled Pork Chop* GF

The Wedge GF Little Gem Caesar *

Lobster Bisque

Strawberry Pecan Fresh spinach, strawberries and feta cheese tossed with a lemon poppy seed dressing and topped with candy-coated pecans

Fried Chicken GF

Sherry Dill Tomato Bisque GF

Appetizers

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Cheese Fondue – Loaded Baked Potato Cheddar Cheddar cheese blend, our Green Goddess, garlic and wine seasoning, potatoes, bacon and scallions, comes with artisan breads and seasonal vegetables for dipping

Choice of Cooking Styles for Entrée Mojo – Caribbean-inspired, garlic, cilantro, citrus Coq au Vin – burgundy wine, mushrooms, scallions, garlic Cast Iron Grill – tabletop grilling Bourguignonne – canola oil, panko, sesame, tempura batter

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Glass Act Inside Philbrook MIX 2019

BY TTV STAFF // ARTWORK BY CHRISTINE ARIA A great cocktail is a work of art. It’s a science, too, but anyone who’s had their hair blown back by the complexity of a perfect craft concoction knows mixology is about more than getting hammered: It’s a delicate dance requiring the touch of a thoughtful creative. That’s why, each year, we partner with our friends at Philbrook Museum during their annual MIX competition to celebrate the art of the cocktail during one of the most anticipated booze blowouts of the year.

In keeping with tradition, we’re debuting portraits of this year’s competitors before they battle for glory to benefit Philbrook’s educational programming on Sept. 21. You’ll also hear from Philbrook director Scott Stulen about the changes ahead, along with MIX guest judge, New York Times drink columnist Robert Simonson, who offers simple advice for competitors: “If you’re reaching for your eighth ingredient, start over.”

Tickets and more information can be found at mix.philbrook.org.

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Q&A with Philbrook director Scott Stulen

BY TTV STAFF TTV: Can you walk us through the changes in store for MIX this year?

STULEN: The biggest difference, the really big one, is we’re changing locations.

MIX has been [at Cain’s Ballroom] since its beginnings—except for the first year, which was in a parking garage. [Laughs.] Cain’s is super cool and a lot of fun, but we thought it might be interesting to actually bring it back here to Philbrook’s main campus. We’re going to kind of riff on the history of the Museum [with] a speakeasy theme. We’ll have MIX spread out throughout a lot of locations here throughout the campus—both indoor and a couple outdoor as well. We’re going to kind of play off the whole Great Gatsby vibe. It’s going to be exciting.

TTV: Can you talk more about that history?

STULEN: Well, Philbrook was built in 1927-28, and the Phillips family lived here until 1938, when it became a museum. The era people always kind of harken back to here is when the Phillips were here—and that’s kind of that Roaring ‘20s into the ‘30s … that kind of speakeasy era. And we’re going to go with that. There’s a lot of little hidden parts of the museum—the villa itself, and also different parts of the campus here that I know people don’t even know exist. So we’re going to have these surprises hidden throughout little areas and alcoves that people probably didn’t even know were there. And a lot of things people normally don’t have access to.

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TTV: What can people who’ve never been to MIX expect from the festivities?

STULEN: It’s a really casual event. A lot of fun. People get into the spirit of it. The core of it is having bartenders create a unique craft cocktail for this, an original creation. They’re given a base spirit and they riff off that. We have eight of the top bartenders in town as part of this event. People are encouraged to go around and try all the drinks, if they’re up for that. [Laughs.] And then they vote on it. So we have a people’s choice vote and we also have an expert judge … We’ll have music here. I’m going to be DJing a portion of it at some point in the night. It’s really just a fun [way] to come hang out and support the education programming at the Museum, which is super important, but also be able to come and be with your friends in this fun and festive way. We’ve never done it here at the Philbrook, so we’re excited. It’s going to be an adventure for our staff, too.

TTV: What kind of impact does MIX have on your educational programming?

STULEN: It’s significant. This raises over $100,000 for us, that goes into our education programming and helps us reach a lot of people who can’t come to the Museum—so everything from tours here to different types of education programming and lectures … also bringing music here, and programs for little kids up to retirees. It really is a wide-spanning [benefit] because the type of education programming we do is so diverse.

TTV: Anything else readers should know about MIX 2019?

STULEN: Tickets are selling really quickly this year, because of the new venue.

People are excited to check it out. So don’t wait ‘til the last minute and expect to walk up and buy them. [Laughs.] But really, it’s a great time to support all the work we’re doing at the Museum. The big focus, since I’ve been here for three years now, is trying to make Philbrook welcoming, inclusive, and really fun for everyone coming here to engage with the art and the gardens. This event is that, squarely. a 26 // FEATURED

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THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM’S 8TH ANNUAL MIX cocktail competition is on the books for Saturday, Sept. 21, with a few exciting changes in store. This year’s competition will be held at Philbrook and will feature eight of Tulsa’s top bartenders who made it through the rigorous application process.

The guest judge for this year’s MIX is acclaimed cocktail writer, Robert Simonson. Simonson has authored four cocktail books and regularly writes for The New York Times, PUNCH and Imbibe. His fourth book, The Martini Cocktail: A Meditation on the World’s Greatest Drink, with Recipes, will be released Sept. 17. I recently had the privilege to speak with Simonson about his new book, current cocktail culture and MIX.

At the same time, I kind of struggle with the whole genre of drink because I wonder if it’s something I’m supposed to be writing about. I mean, I write about spirits and cocktails, and these things are traditionally alcoholic, but these are different kinds of drinks. I mean, it seems like a different category altogether that we should put over there with lemonade and iced tea and what have you. I’m fine with these drinks existing, but they don’t necessarily provoke my curiosity.

SALIGA: Is it because there’s no history behind them?

SIMONSON: I guess there’s the lack of history. I do find the drinks, even the ones that are very well-crafted, less compelling than a well-crafted alcoholic cocktail.

It’s sort of like, you know, you’re a vegan but you still want to eat burgers, and so you come up with the best vegan burger ever. Why don’t you just eat vegetables? Vegetables are delicious. You don’t have to have a fake burger.

So, if you don’t want to drink alcohol, don’t drink alcohol, that’s great. But I don’t know why you have to have a mock cocktail. I mean, when I don’t want to drink alcohol, I have an Arnold Palmer, and I’m completely happy.

ANDREW SALIGA: First off, I just wanted to say congrats on winning the 2019 Best Cocktail and Spirits Writer at Tales of the Cocktail. That was a long time coming.

ROBERT SIMONSON: Thank you. Yes, 11 nominations and I finally received it.

SALIGA: I’m curious about your path to becoming a cocktail and spirits writer. You previously wrote about theater, correct?

SIMONSON: Yes, I wrote about theater for a good 15 years.

SALIGA: When did the transition happen from theater to cocktails?

SIMONSON: It was 2006, and totally by accident. I was invited to Tales of the Cocktail, and I had never been to New Orleans. I was bewitched by the whole cocktail culture that I did not know existed up until that point. I had been growing tired of writing about theater and was experiencing a little bit of burnout. Nobody was writing about cocktails at that point, so there was an opening.

SALIGA: I read that it was specifically a Sazerac at the Carousel Bar which you consider a mile marker for your transition.

Tell me more about that experience.

SIMONSON: You have to remember, back in 2006 you couldn’t get a Sazerac anywhere but New Orleans. You couldn’t get absinthe anymore. Rye whiskey was hard to come by.

Peychaud’s Bitters was only made in New Orleans. So, you know, there was a real mystery to it.

SALIGA: In your writing, you cover the history of both cocktail culture and specific drinks as well as bartenders and establishments. Do you prefer one subject over the other?

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by ANDREW SALIGA places. I also like writing about particular cocktails. I like getting into the nitty-gritty of why one cocktail works the way it does, why it’s popular, what you have to do to make a good one. It’s usually a lot more complex story than you would expect. You know, like what goes into a good daiquiri. It seems simple because it’s only three ingredients, but it never is.

SALIGA: You also wrote an entire book titled 3-Ingredient Cocktails. Do you feel like after years of increasing complexity in cocktails that the pendulum has swung towards simplicity?

SIMONSON: I think it’s sort of dangerous to say the cocktail community is trending in one way or another at any given time because it’s going in many directions at once. There are people and bars out there

who are trying to get back to something more simple. There are still bars out there who are making drinks as complicated as ever. I’m sure that’s the case in Tulsa too, that you have different cocktail bars for different drinks.

SALIGA: Speaking of going different directions, do you have any thoughts on zeroproof cocktails?

SIMONSON: [Chuckles] SALIGA: Would you rather not comment?

SIMONSON: It’s a welcomed new aspect to drinking because there are people who want to experience the bar atmosphere with their friends, but maybe they don’t want to drink, or maybe they can’t drink.

It’s nice to have those options.

SALIGA: What are your opinions on draft cocktails?

SIMONSON: It’s another tool in the bartender’s arsenal. I don’t mind batched cocktails. Some people want their cocktail to be made specifically for them, in front of them when they order it. And I understand that’s because the interaction with the bartender is part of the fun.

But other people want their cocktail as fast as possible, and when bars are busy, draft cocktails or bottled cocktails certainly facilitate that speed. I think you must approach it on a case-by-case basis because certain cocktails lend themselves to batching and certain ones don’t. I think Manhattan is a fine example. You can batch these and it’s still going to taste pretty good. So, I have no real objections to it.

SALIGA: Circling back to your upcoming book, The Martini. Tell me more about it.

SIMONSON: The first half of it is the history of the martini, and the second half is recipes.

I tried to be rather strict and narrow with the recipes. There are no quote-unquote ‘tinis in this book—no espresso martinis, no chocolate martinis. They’re all drinks with gin and vermouth or vodka and vermouth or some variation. Sometimes there are additional ingredients, but I stick to that model that we recognize as a martini.

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nected to specific bartenders that are known for their skill with the drink. And some are modern, like versions of the martini from the last 10 years. There are about 60 recipes, and the history goes over some well-trod ground.

Part of the challenge of writing the book about the martini is that, unlike the old-fashioned, there have been books about the martini before. There have been about 10 over the last 40 or 50 years and so it was a challenge to uncover new information. But I do think that I found some things that have not been covered in previous books. Most of them from the past 25 years.

named Philip Greene who wrote a whole book about the Manhattan three years ago. So the Manhattan’s been done. And there has been a book about the Negroni.

There’s been a book about the Bloody Mary.

So we’re kind of running out of drinks that deserve that kind of treatment.

cocktail competitions are sponsored by liquor brands, and the whole purpose of the competition is to bring attention to that liquor brand. MIX is a very different kind of competition with a different kind of mission, one that I like a lot more. I’m looking forward to the new locale. I love the Philbrook. It’s such a beautiful place.

SALIGA: You last judged MIX in 2015. Do you think your approach to judging a cocktail competition has changed in the past four years?

SALIGA: If you had to give the competing bartenders one piece of advice, what would it be?

SIMONSON: I don’t think so. Most craft

SIMONSON: Keep it as simple as humanly

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This year’s MIX is sure to be an incredible night of sipping cocktails while raising money for one of the community’s most loved museums. Simonson will also be hosting a martini hour at Magic City Books that afternoon (Sept. 21) from 2-3 p.m. to celebrate the release of his new book. General admission tickets to MIX are $100 for Philbrook members and $125 for non-members.

SALIGA: What is your preferred gin (or vodka) to vermouth ratio?

SIMONSON: The last chapter in the book is entitled “My Martini,” and I talk about that whole struggle. I knew I would have to publish a recipe that was my preferred recipe, and I was trying to figure out what that was. In the end, I decided that it was kind of foolish to just get myself down to one recipe and say, “This is my only favorite martini,” because there are many different kinds of martinis that I like. I ended up publishing one particular recipe that I always enjoy, but it’s not the only kind of martini that I like.

There’s a particular gin out of Austria called Blue Gin. You ever tried it?

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SALIGA: I’ve not.

SIMONSON: It’s a wonderfully elegant, refined gin made by this guy who typically makes eau de vie, but he makes gin on the side. I think it’s got about 17 botanicals. I pair it with Dolin Dry Vermouth, at a proportion of three to one, and with a couple of dashes of orange bitters and a lemon twist.

I always prefer a lemon twist over an olive.

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SALIGA: That sounds delicious. In your book, The Old-Fashioned, there was a section where you referred to the martini, the old-fashioned, and the Manhattan as the trinity of cocktails…

SIMONSON: Exactly. I mean, I think it’s the martini, the old-fashioned, the Manhattan, and the daiquiri. Those are the four king cocktails.

SALIGA: Is it safe to assume that there will be another single-drink focused book in the works after The Martini?

SIMONSON: There are very few cocktails that are important enough that they can bear the load of an entire book written about them. My old-fashioned book sort of created a sub-genre of cocktail book, the single-subject cocktail books.

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I SEE YOU BOLEY

Photographs from one of Oklahoma’s last historic all-black towns

by SEPTEMBER DAWN BOTTOMS

“Welcome to Boley. We don’t got a grocery store. We don’t got a school. But we got a prison.”

About an hour’s drive southwest of Tulsa, Boley is one of the last remaining, predominantly black pioneer towns in Oklahoma. Once one of the wealthiest all-black towns in America, it’s been on a steady decline since losing its school and nearly all of its businesses. Now Boley is in danger of disappearing like the other 37 out of the more than 50 all-black towns that once thrived in Oklahoma.

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Acer takes center stage in The Cat Who Got Framed by Katie Turner. | COURTESY

INDOOR CAT Philbrook felines star in new illustrated children’s book

by BLAYKLEE FREED REGULARS AT THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM are familiar with the estate’s three resident garden cats: Acer, Perilla and Cleome.

Appropriately named after plants, the trio has become a mainstay on Philbrook’s Instagram feed, blessing lucky visitors by emerging from the garden brush to say hello.

Acer is the most social of the three Tulsa-famous felines. And his clout is about to get even bigger when he takes center stage as the main character in a new children’s book, The Cat Who Got Framed.

Though Perilla and Cleome make appearances in the book, it’s Acer’s story.

The tuxedo cat likes his life in the garden but longs to be a museum cat. The book follows his adventures as he strives to live in the big house among the art.

Illustrator and author Katie Turner doesn’t have any cats at home. “I always wanted a cat but my parents are both allergic and, now, my husband is allergic—so sadly I don’t think I’ll ever get to have one,” the Tulsa native said.

Instead, she writes about them.

Recently Turner has been working on children’s books, adding The Cat Who Got Framed to her vast portfolio of work— from illustrative components to articles in national publications like The New York Times to merch design for Nashville bands.

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estly this Philbrook project is probably my favorite thing I’ve done so far,” Turner said.

“I’ve written a few books myself, but this will be the first book I’ve written and illustrated myself, so that’s really exciting in and of itself.”

Turner graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and went to New York for design school before moving to Nashville, where she and her husband live today.

“I went to [Philbrook] so many times as a child. It’s just really cool getting to work with a great place in my hometown,” Turner said. “The people who work there … gave me a lot of freedom to do what I wanted with the book, so it’s been a great experience overall.”

That experience started with Turner visiting Philbrook in springtime this year. “I got … to walk around the gardens and take some photos for my book, and I got to meet all the cats,” she said.

The Cat Who Got Framed comes out Sept. 13. Turner will be signing books at the release before the Internet Cat Video Festival on Philbrook’s garden lawn that evening. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the video festival, and the videos begin at dusk around 8 p.m. Concessions will be available, including burgers from Kitchen 27, and festival goers are encouraged to bring picnics. a

JUNE 21-OCT. 13 Experience contemporary art from Tulsa Artist Fellows inspired by the Gilcrease collection and grounds, and by Oklahoma’s distinct history.

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North (Our Sacred Ancestors), 2019. | EDGAR FABIÁN FRÍAS

Movement and color

Tulsa Artist Fellows discuss how migration shapes their work

by KRISTI EATON

C

an art help us understand experiences that aren’t our own? Five artists will tackle this question during an upcoming panel discussion examining how immigration informs their art practices.

Tulsa Artist Fellows Sarah Ahmad, Rafael Corzo, Edgar Fabián Frías, Moheb Soliman and Dallas-based artist Simeen Farhat will take part in the hour-long panel, running from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17. The free event is designed to encourage dialogue around the movement of bodies and the making of art.

Ahmad grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, and moved to the U.S. in 1995 when she was in her 20s.

She lived in Tennessee for 21 years, earning a master’s degree in education and teaching K-12 visual art. A divorce led her to a newfound passion for art, earning her MFA in 2013 before receiving a Tulsa Artist Fellowship in January 2019.

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all these experiences and multiple identities. So I think my sense of belonging took on a different meaning as it evolved.”

Corzo, meanwhile, comes from Mexico. He moved to New York to study ceramics, and started with the Tulsa Artist Fellowship in 2018. In addition to ceramics, he also draws, paints and uses metal casting and light in his art.

He hopes the upcoming panel will underscore the humanity and diversity of immigrant experiences. Corzo believes each artist should be recognized within their own history, stressing they are not all on the same path despite their shared experiences of migration.

Frías was born to undocumented parents in Southern California who moved to the U.S. due to great economic need, Frías said. The rural area where they lived was, in many ways, not kind to Latinx people.

“I grew up in a predominantly Latinx community where most individuals were immigrants,” they said. “I always grew up knowing that I needed to assimilate and to ‘pass’ within this context and that our family was always in danger of being separated by immigration

officials. My parents were constantly worried about their immigration status, and we often heard stories of relatives and friends being deported or arrested.”

Frías said their immigration story has given them a feeling of being in a liminal space. “I am a hybridized being and a interstitial explorer not only when it comes to my immigration status but also when it comes to the academic disciplines I engage, the mediums I chose to work with, and the communities I connect through my praxes,” Frías said.

“It has also given me a very unique window into the lives of undocumented and immigrant folks in this country and has allowed me to be a bridge and conduit for these communities within my work,” they said. “It is the reason why I have chosen to highlight and weave in narratives and issues that belong to folks from within my communities and why much of my work is about destabilizing these problematic regimentations.”

Soliman, who joined the Tulsa Artist Fellowship in 2018, is a poet from Egypt who moved to Stillwater at age 6. He has lived

across the Midwest, and his work deals with nature, modernity, identity and belonging through writing, performance and installation projects. Soliman said his work examines the Midwest from an immigrant perspective.

“I wanted to come back and be in this place that I came to as an Egyptian kid and think about it from a perspective of 30-plus years later. From a perspective of a thoroughly Americanized person,” he said.

He often thinks about being from Oklahoma but not really being from Oklahoma at all.

Farhat, meanwhile, is a Dallas-based artist originally from Pakistan. Farhat’s work has been collected and exhibited in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East.

The artists will discuss their personal stories and viewpoints through three discussion questions on Sept. 17 at the Tulsa Artist Fellowship Lewis Project Space, known as The Lodge, 20 S. Lewis Ave., in the Kendall Whittier neighborhood. a Editor’s note: Kristi Eaton is a 2019 Tulsa Artist Fellow.

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HENNA ROSO ALBUM RELEASE AND COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVE Friday, Sept. 6, 7 p.m., $15 Cain’s Ballroom

Henna Roso release their album Feed the Hungry with a name-appropriate community food drive and a great show. $10 from every ticket sale goes directly to the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, which then turns those $10 into 40 meals! Henna Roso will be joined by: Branjae, Dane Arnold & The Soup, and Roots of Thought for this charitable celebration. Read more on pg. 21. cainsballroom.com

DRAWING

WHO RUNS THE WORLD?

Tulsa Artist Fellow Cynthia Brown leads Life Drawing at The Lodge on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 2 p.m. All skill levels are welcome and materials will be provided at the Tulsa Artist Fellowship’s Lewis Project Space, “The Lodge of Saint Reborlaro.” tulsaartistfellowship.org

MisFEST returns for its third year with a venue change to Guthrie Green on Saturday, Sept. 14 starting at 4 p.m. Seven bands will tear up the stage, all in the name of female empowerment! Read more about the event and hear from headliner KT Tunstall on pg. 39.

ART + MUSIC

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Infantation: Interactive Art & Music Show lands at The Vanguard Friday, Sept. 6 at 5 p.m. Music provided

by Zunis, Candy Fly, Girls Club, Tizzi, Savvy Kray, Dylvn Howell & Rayburnz, Latrotoxxin, and The Blakstar Experience. Full freak fantasy dress code! Learn more on pg. 40.

Our sister publication, Tulsa People, is back with its 13th annual Restaurant week! From Sept. 6–15 enjoy prix fixe (fixed price) menus from over 45 local restaurants.

All prix fixe meals include an automatic donation to the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma’s Food for Kids program. tulsapeople.com/restaurantweek

NONPROFIT

LOVE, GRUMPY CAT

Whitty Books will host We Dream of Deserts: a Fundraiser & Protest Reading on Wednesday, Sept. 4 at 7 p.m.

This event free, however, donations are encouraged.

Donations go towards New Sanctuary Network, a local nonprofit whose mission is to end wholesale deportation and ties between ICE and local law enforcement agencies.

Internet Cat Video Festival. Yes, you read that correctly! Philbrook will host a cat video marathon on Friday, Sept. 13 starting at 6 p.m. From 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. there will be a picnic, burgers and several other special activities and the cat videos start at 8 p.m. Read more about Philbrook and their cats on pg. 33.

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EVENTS

SuiceideGirls: Blackheart Burlesque // 9/17, 9 p.m., Cain’s Ballroom, cainsballroom.com

Movie in the Park: The Secret Life of Pets 2 // 9/5, 7:30 p.m., Guthrie Green, guthriegreen.com

Fairytale Misfits // 9/6, 9/8, 9/13, 9/15, Spotlight Children’s Theatre, spotlighttheatre.org

Local Food and Wellness Fair // 9/5, 6 p.m., Mother Road Market, facebook.com Kizomba Social // 9/6, 7 p.m., Chimera, facebook.com David Crosby Film Event & Trivia // 9/6, 7:30 p.m., Circle Cinema, facebook.com Garden Workshop: Simple Syrup // 9/6, 5:30 p.m., Philbrook, philbrook.org Star Party // 9/6, 6 p.m., Tulsa Botanic Garden, facebook.com Labapalooza // 9/7, 11 a.m., Guthrie Green, guthriegreen.com Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns // 9/7, 7 p.m., John H. Williams Theatre, tulsapac.com Writers, learn about screenwriting // 9/7, 1 p.m., Whitty Books, facebook.com Honeyland Event // 9/8, 2 p.m., Circle Cinema, circlecinema.org

UP WITH PEOPLE LIVE ON TOUR Saturday, Sept. 7, 7 p.m., $15 Kirkland Theatre

Up With People brings their performance to Tulsa. They focus on “our shared hopes for a better tomorrow” through dancing, singing, performing and connecting with each other and the audience. Audience members can expect to see international song and dance, pop medleys and original songs designed to encourage the audience to keep hope alive in their communities. upwithpeople.org

LET’S DANCE

Wallows will bring their indie rock tunes to Cain’s Ballroom on Thursday, Sept. 12 at 6:30 p.m. with support from Remo Drive. Read more about the band and the Nothing Happens Tour on pg. 38. cainsballroom.com

Container Plantings and Gardening Class with Marcus // 9/9, 6 p.m., Heirloom Rustic Ales, heirloomrusticales.com Seriously Funny Fiction: Binnie Kirshenbaum with Juliana Goodman // 9/9, 7 p.m., Magic City Books, facebook.com

CINEPHILIA

DOG DAY

The Tulsa Symphony will descend on Guthrie Green on Friday, Sept. 6 at 7:30 p.m. for Symphony in the Park. Bring a blanket and your best friend to enjoy the sounds of the symphony and some magnificent firework displays. guthriegreen.com

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THE TULSA VOICE // September 4 – 17, 2019

Proviso: America, Family Class & Queer Immigration // 9/6, 7 p.m., TAF Cameron Studios, facebook.com The Sunflower Bazaar // 9/6, 5:30 p.m., The Hunt Club, facebook.com Film Photography 101 // 9/14, noon, Ahha Tulsa, ahhatulsa.org Garden & Gallery Tour: Plant Power in Native Art // 9/5, 9/8, 1:30 p.m., Philbrook, philbrook.org

COMEDY Claude Stuart // 9/4–9/7, 8 p.m., Loony Bin Comedy Club, tulsa.loonybincomedy.com Comedy Open Mic Night // 9/4, 7:30 p.m., VFW Centennial Lounge, facebook.com Open Improv Jam // 9/5, 8 p.m., Rabbit Hole Improv Comedy, rabbitholeimprov.com Insult Attack // 9/5, 8 p.m., Renaissance Brewing Company, facebook.com Whose Line Rip Off Show // 9/6, 8 p.m., Rabbit Hole Improv Comedy, rabbitholeimprov.com

Developmental Disibilities Awarness Rally // 9/10, 7:30 p.m., Guthrie Green, guthriegreen.com

Lady Imrov // 9/7, 8 p.m., Rabbit Hole Improv Comedy, rabbitholeimprov.com

Food Truck Wednesday // 9/11, 11 a.m., Guthrie Green, guthriegreen.com

Quinn Patterson // 9/11–9/14, 8 p.m., Loony Bin Comedy Club, tulsa.loonybincomedy.com

Books, Brews, & BBQ Trivia Night // 9/12, 6 p.m., Cabin Boys Brewery, facebook.com

OK, So Story Slam - Theme: Karma // 9/12, 7:30 p.m., IDL Ballroom, idlballroom.com

Think & Drink // 9/12, 6:30 p.m., Heirloom Rustic Ales, heirloomrusticales.com

Sebastian Maniscalco // 9/12, 8 p.m., Paradise Cove at River Spirit, riverspirittulsa.com

Kendall Whittier After Five: Salsa Night // 9/12, 5:30 p.m., Kendal Whittier Main Street, facebook.com

Whose Line Rip Off Show // 9/13, 8 p.m., Rabbit Hole Improv Comedy, rabbitholeimprov.com

Big Om Yoga Festival // 9/13–9/15, 2 p.m., Central Center in Centennial Park, bigomyogaretreat.com

The Brewery Comedy Tour // 9/14, 8 p.m., New Era: Fine Fermentations, neffbrewing.com

The Rickey Smiley Morning Show LIVE // 9/13, 5 a.m., Gathering Place - ONEOK Boathouse, gatheringplace.org

Tulsa Night Live // 9/14, 8 p.m., Rabbit Hole Improv Comedy, rabbitholeimprov.com

Trop Rock River Phlock // 9/13–9/15, noon, River Spirit Casino Resort, facebook.com

Super Fiesta De La Independencia // 9/14–9/15, 4 p.m., River West Festival Park, facebook.com Art Practices & Immigrant Narratives // 9/17, 6:30 p.m., TAF Lewis Project Space, facebook.com

PERFORMING ARTS She Likes Girls // 9/5–9/8, Tulsa PAC - Liddy Doenges Theatre, tulsapac.com Wonderful Music of Oz // 9/6–9/7, VanTrease PACE, signaturesymphony.org I Love the ‘80s // 9/7, 10:30 p.m., The ReVue, facebook.com Second Sunday Series // 9/8, 3 p.m., Studio 308, studio308tulsa.com Creations in Studio K // 9/12–9/18, Tulsa Ballet Studio K Theater, tulsaballet.com

Lizzie of Lizzie DiSilvestro Art will come to the Ahha Tulsa studios to teach a Modern Macrame Workshop Saturday, Sept. 14 at 1 p.m. Lizzie will teach attendees three or four essential knots that establish the foundation of macramé which they will use to make their own wall hanging!

Conciliation Series Art Show // 9/6, 6 p.m., New Era: Fine Fermentations, facebook.com

Teacher Appreciation Night // 9/10, 6 p.m., Gathering Place, gatheringplace.org

Friday the 13th Special // 9/13, 10 a.m., Toxic Monkey Tattoo, facebook.com

Cinetelechy, a Film Series will take over the Admiral Twin Drive-In to show a feature length film accompanied by film trailers, shorts and video art highlighting indigenous, local, and emerging filmmakers. This event is put on by the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Atomic Culture, and Blackhorse Lowe on Thursday, Sept. 5 at 8 p.m.

VISUAL ART

Picasso at the Lapin Agile // 9/13–9/18, Tulsa PAC - Liddy Doenges Theatre, tulsapac.com Classics I: Opening Night Gala Concert with Rachel Barton Pine // 9/14, 8 p.m., Tulsa PAC, tulsapac.com Opening Night Gala Concert // 9/14, 8 p.m., Tulsa PAC - Chapman Music Hall, tulsapac.com

The Rubber Chicken Factory Improv Show // 9/16, 8 p.m., Studio Theatre at VanTrease PACE, facebook.com

SPORTS ORU Women’s Soccer vs Saint Louis // 9/6, 7 p.m., Case Soccer Complex, oruathletics.com Tulsa Hurricane Women’s Soccer vs Grambling State // 9/6, 7:30 p.m., Hurricane Stadium, tulsahurricane.com Tulsa Drillers vs Arkansas // 9/6, 7:05 p.m., ONEOK Field, milb.com Tulsa Drillers vs Arkansas // 9/7, 7:05 p.m., ONEOK Field, milb.com ORU Women’s Soccer vs Grambling St. // 9/8, 1 p.m., Case Soccer Complex, oruathletics.com Tulsa Hurricane Women’s Soccer vs Lamar // 9/8, 1 p.m., Hurricane Stadium, tulsahurricane.com Drillers Playoff vs Arkansas // 9/8, 7:05 p.m., ONEOK Field, milb.com Tulsa Hurricane Volleyball at Oral Roberts // 9/11, 7 p.m., ORU, tulsahurricane.com Extreme Fight Night // 9/13, 8 p.m., Paradise Cove at River Spirit, riverspirittulsa.com Drillers Championship Game 4 // 9/14, 7:05 p.m., ONEOK Field, milb.com Drillers Championship Game 5 // 9/15, 1:05 p.m., ONEOK Field, milb.com ARTS & CULTURE // 37

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IT’S ALL HAPPENING

Los Angeles rock band Wallows’ debut record was worth the wait

by BECKY CARMAN

Wallows plays Cain’s Ballroom on Sept. 12. | ALEXIS JADE GROSS

B

illie Eilish has never bought a CD. The 17-yearold platinum-selling musician revealed this about herself in an early 2019 interview with NME to much online disbelief— presumably from people older than her, who couldn’t fathom a music fandom scenario without physical media.

This bit of modern music trivia sparked disbelief from 23-year-old Braeden Lemasters and 22-yearold Cole Preston, both of Los Angeles pop rock band Wallows, which also features 22-year-old Dylan Minnette. They have been playing music together since their early teens, and their debut album Nothing Happens was released earlier this year on Atlantic Records.

You can buy a copy of it if you’re old. You can stream it if you’re young. You can stumble onto it accidentally if it exists anywhere in the same orbit as something else you consumed online.

Lemasters called Spotify’s algorithmic recommendations “a wormhole.” Preston, seated among boxes of CDs he’d packed up during a move, called streaming music a “schizophrenic” endeavor, touting its convenience, knocking its low artist pay and launching into a sharp critique of the medium affecting the message.

“For us, it was like, ‘Oh, you need to write your name on your album cover, and it should be at least this big, otherwise people won’t be able to read it on their phone,’” Preston said. “The packaging, the whole tangible

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element of it is totally lost. Big art in general is considered to be sort of highbrow. I think the big art involved with music is just kind of gone away because of how tiny our devices are.”

Lemasters chimed in, stifl ing a laugh. “I heard the Mona Lisa is considered lowbrow. Because it’s so small.”

Art historians estimate it took Da Vinci at least four years to paint his biggest work of art, which is in reality very small. Wallows has been even more patient.

Though the members are young, the band itself is not: Minnette and Lemasters became friends at nine and have been writing songs together since they were 11. They met Preston shortly afterward and went through a handful of iterations and regrettable band names before the official “debut” of Wallows in 2017.

Wallows released a few singles that year, an EP in 2018, and then Nothing Happens, a John Congleton-produced full-length record chock full of beachy, Strokes-inspired pop rock tracks.

After a lot of waiting, things are fi nally happening for Wallows.

So why call the record Nothing Happens? And why are things fi nally happening now?

“When we were kids and really trying to do it, we would always be like, ‘Man, nothing’s happening.

Nothing happens for us ever no matter how much we work,’” Preston said. “When we were probably 15, we joked that whenever our first album gets created—whatever

happens, however it happens, it’s going to be called Nothing Happens.

When we had the lyrics and had the whole theme of the record, I think that the title just made sense in a totally different way. You can go through all these things in your youth that feel so heavy and serious and like the end of the world and all that. But at the end of the day, once you power through it all, it sort of feels like nothing really happened.”

When it seemed like nothing was happening for Wallows, plenty was happening professionally for Lemasters and Minnette, who have both been actors since they were very young. This other career at least partially answers the question of “Why now?” for Wallows. The band’s majorlabel debut comes in the wake of Minnette’s lead role as Clay Jensen in the controversial Netfl ix series 13 Reasons Why. And though Minnette’s newfound notoriety is inextricable from the sudden escalation of Wallows’ profi le, it is certainly not its only cause.

“Dylan and I ... wanted to be actors when we were very, very, very young, but I think it was always in our DNA to be musicians, that was what our main thing would be when we got older,” Lemasters said. “It’s not like we’re actors [who said] ‘Hey, let’s capitalize and be musicians because I can play a G chord!’ We’re actually passionate. I spend my free time trying to perfect this, and I’m constantly listening to music and trying to broaden my stuff.”

Nothing Happens melds a variety of influences, including apparent heavy inspiration from the early-2000s garage rock revival.

The songs are as guitar-driven as they are synth pop, and the lyrics exhibit both youthful hubris and earned enlightenment.

“I say the wrong shit at the right times,” Minnette sings in the earworm single “Scrawny.” He goes on, “I can still have wisdom and look like a child.”

Wallows is a study in diametrics: throwback rock ‘n’ roll and laptop pop, showbiz veterans and industry newcomers, the kind of dudes who stream every day but would love it if you bought the largest of all the media they offer: a vinyl LP. They’re awash with obsessive fans on their social accounts yet seem to be living, all things considered, pretty normal lives.

“When we get old, will we regret this?” Minnette croaks on another Wallows single, “Are You Bored Yet?” “Too young to think about all that shit / And stalling only goes so far when you’ve got a head start.”

Now, finally, Wallows has gotten its decade-in-the-making head start and is finding out what happens when Nothing Happens finally happens. a

WALLOWS WITH REMO DRIVE Thursday, Sept. 12, 8 p.m.

Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St. $25-$99 September 4 – 17, 2019 // THE TULSA VOICE

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Headliner KT Tunstall said she’s honored to play this year’s MisFEST because the message hits so close to home.

“When you play a show that has a cause behind it, you find that you will feel it running through the whole experience.

Lyrics in your own songs can take on slightly different meanings, and you notice certain lines hitting home more because everyone is thinking about the underlying reason why you are all there together,” Tunstall said.

The cause is especially important to Tunstall, who makes a point to perform with an all-woman band. “The reaction across

the board was so powerful, from all ages.

People loved seeing five ‘chicks’ on stage rocking the hell out of it,” Tunstall said.

Al-Jiboori said MisFEST will be around for as long as it is still a “thing” to be a woman musician.

“There’s already an implication that it’s not normal for a woman to be a part of music … even by someone saying, ‘Oh, how cool—there’s a chick percussionist up there!’ If you’re saying that, there’s this implication that it’s not normal, and if it’s not normal then maybe girls don’t look to that as a possible profession for them-

selves,” Al-Jiboori said. “As long as it’s a thing to have a ‘chick drummer’ or be a ‘girl band,’ there’s obviously a need for something like this. We would love for there to be no need, but there still is right now.” a

MISFEST 2019 Guthrie Green, 111 E. M.B. Brady St. Sept. 14, 3 p.m., free Shoulda Been Blonde, Yardbone, Smoochie Wallus, Bambi feat. Tea Rush, Tea Rush, Good Villains, KT Tunstall

The Golden Ones at MisFEST 2018 | EMILY STEWARD

GIRLS TO THE FRONT MisFEST returns for its third year

by KYRA BRUCE BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY AS A WOMAN in the music industry can seem like an impossible task. Men try to explain things you’ve known for years, critics comment on how you look more than how you sound, and you’re left pigeonholed into the nebulous “female-fronted” genre, competing against other women for limited token spots on a bill.

Amira Al-Jiboori and Casii Stephan saw these issues firsthand while playing shows around town. The two noticed all the talented women performing in Oklahoma hardly ever got to play on the same bill.

They decided to change that by launching MisFEST, a music festival dedicated to showcasing talented women musicians and bringing them all together on one stage.

“Our mission was kind of two fold: One was to shine a larger spotlight on women in Oklahoma [who] are doing music and doing it well ... and to provide more community and collaboration among female musicians,” Al-Jiboori said.

Now in its third year, MisFEST has grown to be a huge celebration of women and their music. This year’s fest includes food trucks, art installations, an interactive watercolor painting, vendors and, of course, plenty of live music. Because the fest is free and in the heart of downtown Tulsa at Guthrie Green, Al-Jiboori has high hopes people walking by will be pulled into the festivities and be introduced to their new favorite artist.

“I’m excited because this year we will have a larger turn out, which means more women being supported, more women celebrating together and more men and women recognizing great new artists,” Al-Jiboori said.

THE TULSA VOICE // September 4 – 17, 2019

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Theatre Tulsa presents Picasso at the Lapine Agile

9/14 8:00pm • 9/15 2:00pm • 9/20 8:00pm 9/21 8:00pm • 9/22 2:00pm Tulsa Performing Arts Center • Liddy Doenges Theatre Tickets available at www.tulsapac.com at 918-596-7111

Interactive art piece from Infantation | PORTAL BAZAAR

‘FULL FREAK FANTASY’ Infantation brings interactive art and music to The Vanguard

by KYRA BRUCE “IT’S LIKE IF DAVID LYNCH HAD A BABY shower … an elaborate, abstract, surreal baby shower.”

That’s how co-organizer and performer, Kota Harrington explains Infantation—an interactive art and music show coming to The Vanguard on Sept. 6.

Infantation is a portmanteau of infant and incantation, honoring birth, life and all the magic therein. “[It’s] like the ethereal process of becoming a person and being shot out into life,” co-organizer Logan Little said.

Infantation will bring the metaphor home by transforming The Vanguard into a “birthing experience from the mouth of the venue all the way into where the music will be happening,” Little said. The immersion will include a womb created by the Portal Bazaar art collective, entrancing soundscapes, projections, murals, elaborate papier-mâché creations, a garden, a “full freak fantasy” dress code and genre-spanning live music.

“We wanted to make shows more inclusive to each and every music scene in town.

We’re gonna have genres ranging from experimental ambient music to indie, hardcore, metal and rap. So it’s gonna reach a lot of different crowds,” Little said.

Those genres will be represented by all

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kinds of local acts, including Zunis, Tizzi, Girls Club, Candy Fly, Harrington’s own The Blakstar Experience (TBSE) and others. Infantation will be a fitting farewell performance for TBSE, as Harrington and his partner are expecting a baby boy in October.

Stepping back from music to focus on fatherhood is something like a spiritual transition for Harrington. “It’s like being reincarnated, like this life is ending and I’m about to start another one. It’s a very intense feeling,” he said. “It’s kind of bitter sweet … I’m really excited to play and give it my all and push myself. Especially with all the amazing people around me.”

Harrington and his bandmates are excited to make their last performance one of their most memorable and boundary pushing, bringing their heavy ambient sound into new sonic territories in a surreal, one-of-akind environment. “I hope it makes people do weirder shit,” Harrington said. “I hope people just break their cookie cutters.” a

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musiclistings Wed // Sept 4 5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar – Jacob Dement – 9 p.m.

Bad Ass Renee’s – Your Last Chance, Seasonal, Dark Matter – 9 p.m. – ($5) Cellar Dweller – Desi & Cody – 8:30 p.m.

The Colony – Tom Skinner Science Project – 8 p.m.

Duet Jazz – Collective Improv with Olivia McGraw – 9 p.m.

Los Cabos - Broken Arrow – Myron Oliver – 6 p.m.

Mother Road Market – Live on the Patio: Kinda Collective – 6 p.m.

Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Eicher Wednesday – 7 p.m.

Soul City – The Marriotts – 5 p.m.

Soul City – Jared Tyler Band – 8 p.m. – ($5) Track 5. – DJ Mib – 5 p.m.

Tulsa PAC – Brown Bag It: Branjae – 12 p.m.

The Tulsan Bar – Tom & Bryan Unplugged – 7 p.m.

Thurs // Sept 5 5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar – Noche De Fiesta – 9 p.m.

Blackbird on Pearl – Groovement – 8 p.m. – ($10) The Colony – David Hernandez Happy Hour Show – 6 p.m.

The Colony – Seth Lee Jones – 9 p.m.

Dead Armadillo Brewery – Desi & Cody Happy Hour – 7 p.m.

Duet Jazz – Jack Wolfe Quartet – 8 p.m. – ($5) Four Aces Tavern – Swan Roach – 7:30 p.m.

Los Cabos - Broken Arrow – Local Spin Duo – 6 p.m.

Osage Casino & Hotel - Thunder Bar & Grill – Maverican Goose – 6 p.m.

Paradise Cove at River Spirit – Pepe Aguilar – 8 p.m.

Riffs – Jesse Joice – 4 p.m.

Riffs – DJ Mib – 5 p.m.

Riffs – Hypnotic – 9 p.m.

The Shrine – The Neighbor$ – 8 p.m. – ($5) Soul City – Don White Trio – 8 p.m. – ($5) Soundpony – Bodeen – 10 p.m.

Swamp House – Mary Cogan & Pat Savage – 7 p.m.

Track 5. – DJ Demko – 5 p.m.

Track 5. – Red Dirt Rangers – 7 p.m.

Vintage Wine Bar – Grammy Nominated ft. Mason Remel and Malachi Burgess – 8 p.m.

Fri // Sept 6 5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar – After Party – 9 p.m.

Blackbird on Pearl – Thomas Ian Nicholas – 8 p.m. – ($10) Cabin Boys Brewery – Dane Arnold Duo – 7 p.m.

Cain’s Ballroom – Henna Roso Album Release and Community Food Drive with: Branjae, Dane Arnold & The Soup, Roots of Thought – 7 p.m. – ($15 - $20) Central Library – At the End of the Night 2 – 8 p.m.

Cimarron Bar – Deuces Wild – 9:30 p.m.

The Colony – Vinyl Happy Hour – 4 p.m.

The Colony – Bradford Loomis, The Imaginaries – 10 p.m. – ($5) Duet Jazz – Jeff Shadley’s Tribute to Frank Sinatra – 8 p.m. – ($12) Dusty Dog Pub – September Kick Off – 8:30 p.m.

Ed’s Hurricane Lounge – Chuk Cooley’s Good Time Believers – 8 p.m.

Fur Shop – The Taylor Machine, Johnny Badseed and the Rotten Apples – 9:30 p.m.

Guthrie Green – Symphony in the Park – 7:30 p.m.

Gypsy Coffee House – Colleen Beauchamp Stiles and Ace Stiles – 6 p.m.

The Hunt Club – Jesse Joice – 8 p.m.

The Joint – Cody Jinks – 8 p.m.

Los Cabos - Broken Arrow – Midas 13 – 7 p.m.

Louie’s Grill & Bar – Michael Vines – 7 p.m.

Margaritaville – Jake Flint – 10 p.m.

Max Retropub – DJ Jeffee Fresh Mercury Lounge – Steelwind – 10 p.m. – ($5) Osage Casino & Hotel - Thunder Bar & Grill – Scott Pendergrass – 8 p.m.

Paradise Cove at River Spirit – Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo – 8 p.m.

The ReVue – A Little Bit Country – 9 p.m.

Riffs – Barrett Lewis – 5:30 p.m.

Riffs – DJ 2 Legit – 6:30 p.m.

Riffs – Accidental Moguls – 9 p.m.

RSVP on Facebook for address – Cavina – 7 p.m.

Soul City – Susan Herndon – 5:30 p.m.

Soul City – Jackie Venson – 9 p.m. – ($20) 42 // MUSIC

Soundpony – DJ Why Not – 10 p.m.

Spinster Records – Lunicy, Crazy Flow, Benzo – 9 p.m.

Swamp House – Zac Wentzel – 7 p.m.

The Shrine – Banditos, Redwitch Johnny, Soapbox Okies – 8 p.m. – ($12) The Stumbling Monkey – Bad Decisions – 8 p.m.

The Summit – Ayngel & John – 9 p.m.

The Taproom at Marshall Brewing – Rusty Ferrell – 12 p.m.

Track 5. – DJ Demko – 6 p.m.

Track 5. – Shotgun Billy – 8 p.m.

The Tulsan Bar – DJ Good Ground – 10 p.m.

The Unicorn Club – DJ Uber – 9 p.m.

Vanguard – Infantation: Interactive Art & Music Show with TBSE, Latrotoxxin, Kray, Tizzi, Girls Club, Candy Fly, Zunis, Dylvn, Howell & Rayburnz – 6 p.m. – ($10)

Sat // Sept 7 5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar – Fuzed Band – 9 p.m.

Bad Ass Renee’s – Cashroh – 9 p.m.

Blackbird on Pearl – Whirligig – 8 p.m. – ($5) Brady Theater – Skillet & Sevendust – 7 p.m. – ($35) Cain’s Ballroom – An Open Book: An Evening With Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October – 8 p.m. – ($30) The Colony – Justin Bloss – 10 p.m. – ($5) Duet Jazz – Garrett Jacobson – 8 p.m. – ($10) The Hunt Club – Sovereign Dame – 8 p.m.

The Joint – Cody Jinks – 8 p.m.

Kirkland Theatre – Up With People – 7 p.m.

Knuckleheads Bar – Cody Jinks After Party with Billy Don Burns, Casper McWade – 9:30 p.m.

Margaritaville – Brent Giddens Duo – 10 p.m.

Mass Movement Community Arts – Ursula, Stay Wild, Tell Lies, WOE – 7 p.m. – ($5) Max Retropub – DJ Ali Shaw Mercury Lounge – Alien Space Kitchen – 10 p.m. – ($5) Mercury Lounge – Alien Space Kitchen, Black River Pearl, Hey Judy, Dull Drums – 8 p.m.

Riffs – Blake Turner – 5:30 p.m.

Riffs – DJ Mib – 6:30 p.m.

Riffs – Jumpsuit Love – 9 p.m.

Soundpony – Steph Simon – 10 p.m.

Swamp House – Round Up Boys – 7 p.m.

The Shrine – We Are Tulsa Tribute – 1 p.m. – ($15) Track 5. – DJ Demko – 6 p.m.

Track 5. – Travis Marvin – 8 p.m.

The Tulsan Bar – DJ Skibblez – 10 p.m.

The Unicorn Club – DJ Uber – 9 p.m.

Vanguard – Dead Metal Society – 9 p.m. – ($10 - $20) Whitty Books – Madeline, Men of Action, Celebrity Sex Tape, Joey Duffy – 8 p.m.

Sun // Sept 8 5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar – Brent Giddens – 9 p.m.

The Chalkboard – Steve Liddell – 11 a.m.

The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing – 10 p.m.

The Hunt Club – Randy Crouch – 8 p.m.

Los Cabos - Broken Arrow – Chris Clark – 5 p.m.

Los Cabos - Jenks – The Fabulous Two Man Band – 6 p.m.

Soul City – Dustin Pittsley Blues Brunch – 1:30 p.m.

Soul City – Soulful Sundays: Melissa Hembree – 7 p.m. – ($7) Soundpony – Young DV – 10 p.m.

Vanguard – Lobby Boxer – 8 p.m. – ($10)

Mon // Sept 9 5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar – Andrew Harmon – 9 p.m.

The Colony – Jared Tyler Presents: Saugeye – 9 p.m.

Blackbird on Pearl – Open Mic – 7 p.m.

Tues // Sept 10 473 – Singer Songwriter Night – 8 p.m.

5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar – Greg Dragoo – 9 p.m.

Blackbird on Pearl – Open Jam aka Community Sound – 8 p.m.

The Colony – Chris Lee Becker – 6 p.m.

The Colony – Chris Combs Trio with Special Guests – 9 p.m.

The Shrine – Bravo Delta – 7 p.m.

Soul City – Dillocoustic Duo – 6 p.m.

Soul City – Tuesday Bluesday: Wink Burcham – 8 p.m.

– ($5)

Swamp House – Jacob Dement – 7 p.m.

The Taproom at Marshall Brewing – TuesJay Night: Dayden Shea – 6 p.m.

Whittier Bar – Tuesday Bluesday – 7 p.m.

Wed // Sept 11 Soul City – Jared Tyler Band – 8 p.m. – ($5) Cellar Dweller – Desi & Cody – 8:30 p.m.

The Colony – Tom Skinner Science Project – 8 p.m.

Duet Jazz – David Horne’s Really Good and Fun Show – 8 p.m. – ($5) Fur Shop – Andrew Live – 9 p.m.

Los Cabos - Broken Arrow – Dave Kay – 5 p.m.

Louie’s Grill & Bar – Jake Karlik – 7 p.m.

Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Eicher Wednesday – 7 p.m.

Riffs – DJ Mib – 5 p.m.

Soul City – The Marriotts – 5 p.m.

Track 5. – New Faces – 8 p.m.

The Tulsan Bar – Tom & Bryan Unplugged – 7 p.m.

Thurs // Sept 12 5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar – Travis Kidd Band – 9 p.m.

Blackbird on Pearl – Midday Static, Soulrstar – 8 p.m.

Cain’s Ballroom – Wallows, Remo Drive – 8 p.m. – ($25 - $100) The Colony – David Hernandez Happy Hour Show – 6 p.m.

The Colony – Seth Lee Jones – 9 p.m.

Dead Armadillo Brewery – Robert Hoefling & Friends – 6:30 p.m.

Duet Jazz – Generations Quartet – 8 p.m. – ($8) Los Cabos - Broken Arrow – Hi-Fidelics – 6 p.m.

Osage Casino & Hotel - Thunder Bar & Grill – Jacob Tobey – 6 p.m.

Riffs – Jacob Dement – 4 p.m.

Riffs – DJ Mib – 5 p.m.

Riffs – Continuum – 7 p.m.

Sisserou’s – The Olivia Duhon Trio – 6:30 p.m.

Soul City – The Begonias – 8 p.m. – ($5) Soundpony – Matthew and the Arrogant Sea – 10 p.m.

Track 5. – DJ Demko – 5 p.m.

Track 5. – Rose Leach Band – 7 p.m.

Union Performing Arts Center – Big Daddy Weave, Becca Bradley – 7 p.m.

Vanguard – The Motet: Speed of Light Tour – 8 p.m. – ($25 - $60) Vintage Wine Bar – Grammy Nominated ft. Mason Remel and Malachi Burgess – 8 p.m.

Fri // Sept 13 473 – The David Horne Fun Fun Fun Time Show – 9 p.m.

5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar – Jason Young Band – 9 p.m.

Blackbird on Pearl – Monster Mash-Up – 8 p.m. – ($5) Cabin Boys Brewery – Mrs. Holliday and the So-N-Sos – 7 p.m.

Cain’s Ballroom – Shane Smith & The Saints, Wynn Williams – 8:30 p.m. – ($17 - $32) The Colony – Vinyl Happy Hour – 4 p.m.

The Colony – Tanner Miller & The Contraband with Love Gone Cold – 10 p.m. – ($5) Duet Jazz – Elizabeth Speegle Band – 8 p.m. – ($10) The Hunt Club – The Agenda – 8 p.m.

IDL Ballroom – LA Guns – 6 p.m. – ($25) Lefty’s on Greenwood – Ayngel & John – 9 p.m.

Los Cabos - Broken Arrow – Doctors of Replay – 7 p.m.

Margaritaville – The Marriotts Duo – 10 p.m.

Max Retropub – DJ Kylie Osage Casino & Hotel - Thunder Bar & Grill – Jesse Joice – 8 p.m.

Riffs – Dante Schmitz – 5:30 p.m.

Riffs – DJ 2 Legit – 6:30 p.m.

Riffs – Squadlive – 9 p.m.

She Theatre and Lounge – DJ Jankink & Lippy – 9 p.m.

The Shrine – Shamarr Allen, Count TuTu – 8 p.m. – ($15) Soul City – Susan Herndon – 5:30 p.m.

Soul City – Terry Quiett Band – 9 p.m. – ($10) Soundpony – Afistaface – 10 p.m.

The Stumbling Monkey – RB – 8 p.m.

Swamp House – Bryce Dicus – 7 p.m.

Track 5. – DJ Demko – 6 p.m.

Track 5. – Brandon Butler – 8 p.m.

The Tulsan Bar – DJ Oreo – 10 p.m.

The Wine Loft Bar – Michel Warren, Soupbone – 8 p.m.

Sat // Sept 14 5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar – Hi-Fidelics – 9 p.m.

918 Coffee – Brin Lassiter – 7 p.m.

Bad Ass Renee’s – Blind Spot – 9 p.m.

Blackbird on Pearl – Summer Wave with: Keezy Kutz, Ha$h, Jay Mizz – 8 p.m.

Cain’s Ballroom – Ragland, DocFell & Co, Osage County, Katelyn Myers, Free Kennedy – 7 p.m. – ($15) The Colony – Brad James Band – 10 p.m. – ($5) Crow Creek Tavern – Vintage Five – 9 p.m.

Dead Armadillo Brewery – The Fabulous Minx – 8 p.m.

Dixie Tavern – Ragdoll – 9:30 p.m.

Duet Jazz – Steve Wilkerson & Andrea Baker – 8 p.m.

– ($10) Fur Shop – Super Hits in Tulsa with ADDIX, Harakiri, Chaotic Front, Spook – 8 p.m.

Guthrie Green – MisFEST – 4 p.m.

The Hunt Club – Larkin – 9 p.m.

Inner Circle Vodka Bar – Tulsa Little Jam Season 3 Premiere with The Annie Oakley, The AVOS Band – 2 p.m.

Legends Bar – Heezy Made Yungin Album Release Party – 9 p.m. – ($10) Los Cabos - Broken Arrow – Brandi Reloaded – 7 p.m.

Margaritaville – Travis Kidd – 10 p.m.

Max Retropub – DJ AB Mercury Lounge – James Steinle – 10 p.m.

Osage Casino & Hotel - Thunder Bar & Grill – Rose Leach – 8 p.m.

Riffs – Scott Ellison – 5:30 p.m.

Riffs – DJ Mib – 6:30 p.m.

Riffs – Midnight Release – 9 p.m.

Soul City – Mark Gibson Band – 9 p.m. – ($10) Soundpony – Soul Night – 10 p.m.

Swamp House – Randy Brumley – 7 p.m.

The Shrine – Redwitch Johnny – 8 p.m. – ($7) Track 5. – DJ Demko – 6 p.m.

Track 5. – Rusty Meyers – 8 p.m.

Tulsa PAC – Classics I: Opening Night Gala Concert with Rachel Barton Pine – 8 p.m.

The Tulsan Bar – DJ Skibblez – 10 p.m.

The Unicorn Club – DJ Uber – 9 p.m.

Vanguard – Through Being Cool: Emo & Pop Punk Live Band Karaoke – 8 p.m.

Whittier Bar – Stays in Vegas – 8 p.m.

The Wine Loft Bar – Grady Nichols, David John – 8:30 p.m.

Sun // Sept 15 The Chalkboard – Steve Liddell – 11 a.m.

The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing – 10 p.m.

The Hunt Club – Preslar Monthly Music Showcase – 8 p.m.

IDL Ballroom – Loud Luxury, Meduza – 9 p.m. – ($25) Los Cabos - Broken Arrow – Barrett Lewis – 5 p.m.

Los Cabos - Jenks – The Fabulous Two Man Band – 6 p.m.

Vanguard – Past Comfort, Tulsa Vice – 8 p.m. – ($10)

Mon // Sept 16 Blackbird on Pearl – Open Mic – 8 p.m.

The Colony – Jared Tyler Presents: Saugeye – 9 p.m.

The Shrine – Papa Chubby – 5:30 p.m. – ($15) TAF Cameron Studios – Satan’s God, Gooogolplexia, Campbell & Gardner, Gospel, Improvise Life – 7 p.m.

Tues // Sept 17 473 – Singer Songwriter Night – 8 p.m.

Blackbird on Pearl – Open Jam aka Community Sound – 9 p.m.

The Colony – Chris Lee Becker – 6 p.m.

The Colony – Chris Combs Trio with Special Guests – 9 p.m.

Gilcrease Museum – Jazz Night – 5:30 p.m.

Louie’s Grill & Bar – Chris Hyde – 7 p.m.

Starlite – Wingtips, The Secret Post – 7 p.m.

Swamp House – Jacob Dement – 7 p.m.

The Taproom at Marshall Brewing – TuesJay Night: Dennis Roper – 6 p.m.

Whittier Bar – Tuesday Bluesday – 7 p.m.

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Spirit…gives me

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WATCHING THE NIGHTINGALE IS AN ACT of endurance. Set against the backdrop of the “Black War,” a period of violent conflict between the colonial British forces and Indigenous Aboriginal Australians circa 1800, the film is a tough sit but an absolutely necessary watch. It’s not dissimilar to the anguished journey of Clare (Aisling Franciosi), the young mother at the center of this period-set revenge western written and directed by Jennifer Kent.

The film centers around Clare, an Irish convict hoping to receive her papers of freedom so she and her husband can raise their daughter free from the oppressive thumb of the British. Soon she is brutally raped, her family murdered in front of her at the hands of the boorish British colonial soldiers lead by Lieutenant Hawkins (Sam Claflin). Left for dead, Clare awakens to find Hawkins has set out across the Tasmanian bush to take a promotion at a military encampment. Clare finds no sympathy from local officials, due largely to her convict status on the island. Who would believe the word of a scurrilous criminal anyway?

Determined to take her revenge, Clare employs the aid of a reluctant scout named Billy (Baykali Ganambarr), an Aboriginal Australian who has seen his own people slaughtered at the hands of the British. Together they embark on a perilous journey through the Tasmanian bush, but it isn’t the native inhabitants or the inhospitable terrain posing the greatest threat; rather it’s those wearing the banner of the imperialist ruling class.

While Clare and Billy form an unlikely alliance, it isn’t without its own complications. Even the Irish aren’t absolved of their virulent and inherent racism toward the native inhabitants of the island. Clare

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eventually comes to see the horrific treatment of Billy and his people, but her mission of vengeance never quite transcends her own self-righteousness. She simply wants to see the men who murdered her infant son and husband pay for their horrific acts—yet, when given the chance, she opts for a mere display of defiance, telling off newly promoted Hawkins in front of his superiors. No one so much as blinks an eye before she storms off, satisfied in her vengeance. But Billy finds no satisfaction in Clare’s act. The last of his race, he has nothing left—no family, no home. The only move he has left is avenging the horrors enacted upon his people.

Kent follows up her breakout domestic horror film The Babadook with a full on indictment on colonialism in all its violent imperialistic brutality—a revenge film seething with centuries of trauma. There is no turning away from the brutality of The Nightingale as Kent doesn’t seem to mince in her depiction of the horrific atrocities committed upon the indigenous inhabitants of the island as well as those who were forced into indentured servitude by the British army.

While the film takes place circa 1800 in a land far away from our own North American shores, one can’t escape the parallels to the exact same atrocities occurring to America’s own Indigenous civilizations at the hands of a different band of colonial soldiers and hostile settlers.

The Nightingale may refer to Clare, whose mournful songs punctuate the film throughout, but it’s Billy, who’s Aboriginal name is Mangala, the blackbird who’s bleating song of survival and vengeance is what we all should be listening to.

— CHARLES ELMORE September 4 – 17, 2019 // THE TULSA VOICE

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A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE CIRCLE CINEMA

OPENING SEPTEMBER 6 DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME Singer-songwriter David Crosby shares the challenges of his journey through music and life with unexpected candor in this critically-acclaimed documentary. Kicks off with opening night “Trivia & Vinyl” event. Rated R. American Factory | COURTESY

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Chinese and American cultures clash in Obama-produced Netflix doc NO WE CAN’T. That’s the takeaway from watching American Factory, the new documentary marking the first collaboration of a high-profile partnership between Netflix and Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions. It examines what happens when a Chinese company tries to resurrect a manufacturing plant in the American heartland, and the irreconcilable differences between what the two cultures value.

In 2008, fresh in the wake of The Great Recession, a once-successful General Motors plant in Dayton, Ohio was forced to shut down. Two years later, Chinese billionaire Cao Dewang brought his international powerhouse Fuyao Glass to the abandoned industrial community. For those who’d been struggling to find work for years, it felt like a godsend.

It was also the last happy moment.

Despite initial promises the Chinese corporation would embrace American practices and promote local leadership within the factory’s ranks—Dewang uses the term “When in Rome…”—those disingenuous intentions fall by the wayside as the plant can’t match the company’s outrageous output demands set by native China’s cheap labor, excessive work hours, and a mindset to never question authority.

In America, the customer is always right; in China, the company is. Ironically, Fuyao’s specialty (car windows) serves as a perfect metaphor of the error in that thinking: seemingly transparent, but ultimately fragile. As these two conflicting ethos come to a head, Fuyao’s American employees begin to revolt by bringing a union groundswell movement to the non-union factory.

It’s fascinating to watch that clash unfold. At first, Fuyao’s response is comical, but it evolves into something strange and, eventually, ruthless. You think U.S. THE TULSA VOICE // September 4 – 17, 2019

corporate fat cats are heartless? Well, here comes a titan of Chinese industry to say, “Hold my Tsingtao.”

The more employees feel their Chinese superiors need to relax the harsh and, at times, inhumane requirements, the more Dewang feels the solution is to double-down. Don’t coddle the weak; weed them out.

The Dayton workforce also includes Chinese transplants, and some even live with co-worker host families. The bonds of friendship and respect that form are genuine, but beautiful expressions of common humanity are not enough to change authoritarian tenets.

“The point of living is to work,” Dewang says at one point. When such a mutation of hardline 20th Century Communist ideals remains a bedrock ideological foundation, there is no compromise.

Insightful but not polemical, American Factory avoids commentary. Filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar document the process free of any contextualizing (or biased) narration and simply allow both sides to speak for themselves.

The degree of access feels surprising, particularly when it becomes so damning of Fuyao, but then you begin to realize that they believe it will exonerate them. That’s how wide the cultural gulf is. To Reichert’s and Bognar’s journalistic credit, it’s likely that many Chinese viewers could watch this same movie and completely side with Fuyao.

The former President and First Lady are strictly off-screen producers here, but their debut film is thoughtful, not partisan, and even opens criticism to failures of the Obama administration. It’s a timely statement about the complexities of the global market and how American workers are caught in the crosshairs. — JEFF HUSTON

HONEYLAND In the mountains of Macedonia, a woman whose beekeeping practices follow ancient traditions is upset when neighboring beekeepers move in, disregard her advice, and put the environmental balance at stake. The Sept. 8, 2 p.m. show has pre-and-post screening insights from Dane Strickland, Pres. Of Northeast Oklahoma Beekeepers Assc. Not Rated.

THE CAT RESCUERS A documentary about volunteer activists in New York City who save and rescue abandoned cats off the street. Not Rated.

OPENING SEPTEMBER 13 BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON In an effort to improve her health and her life, a young woman makes a commitment to lose weight and run the New York City marathon.

One of the feel-good movies of the Sundance Film Festival, it’s a breakout star performance for rising actress Jillian Bell. Rated R. LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE Before her career was cut short by Parkinson’s disease, Linda Ronstadt was one of the most popular singer-songwriters of the 70s, and 80s. She recounts her journey from folk singer to rock queen in this documentary. Fellow singing legends like Bonnie Raitt, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Jackson Browne also contribute.

Rated PG-13.

SPECIAL EVENTS TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM A new documentary about the “Beloved” author, who recently

passed away, is screened, along with local writers and artists of Tulsa’s literary community who will gather for readings from Morrison’s works. (Thur. Sept. 5, 7 p.m.)

SPEED (1994) Graveyard Shift presents hops on the Keanussance bus with two 25th Anniversary screenings of this action movie classic starring Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, and Dennis Hopper.

(Fri. & Sat., Sept. 6 & 7, 10 p.m.)

MIDSOMMAR: DIRECTOR’S CUT Circle presents two special screenings of Ari Aster’s three-hour director’s cut for this summer’s art house horror sensation. (Fri. & Sat. Sept. 6 & 7, 10 p.m.)

FLEABAG: NT LIVE London’s National Theatre presents Phoebe Waller-Bridge in her one-woman show that inspired the hit TV series Fleabag. (Thurs. Sept. 12, 7 p.m.)

ROBIN HOOD (1922) Second Saturday Silents presents Douglas Fairbanks in this early screen adaptation of the heroic legend, in one of the biggest productions of its time.

Live accompaniment provided by Bill Rowland on Circle Cinema’s original 1928 pipe organ. Adults $5, Children $2. (Sat. Sept. 14, 11 a.m.)

ALMOST GHOSTS Three men who fight to maintain the spirit of Route 66 in this documentary. Panel follows with Michael Wallis (author, “Route 66: The Mother Road”), Ken Busby (Exec. Dir., Route 66 Alliance), and Rhys Martin (Pres., Oklahoma Route 66 Assc.). Tickets $10. (Sun. Sept. 15, 2 p.m.)

IN FABRIC Circle celebrates Art House Theatre Day with this new nightmarish thriller from horror director Peter Strickland. A London divorcee’s search for a red dress leads her to a dark evil. Circle Cinema Members attend FREE. Pre-show “Fears & Beers” trivia with Jack Wood starts at 5:30 p.m.

(Wed. Sept. 18, 7 p.m.)

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free will astrology

by ROB BREZSNY

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): I don’t know if the coming weeks will be an Anais Nin phase for you. But they could be if you want them to. It’s up to you whether you’ll dare to be as lyrical, sensual, deep, expressive, and emotionally rich as she was. In case you decide that YES, you will, here are quotes from Nin that might serve you well. 1. It is easy to love and there are so many ways to do it. 2. My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. 3. I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go. 4. Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. 5. It was while helping others to be free that I gained my own freedom.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “When you’re nailing a custard pie to the wall, and it starts to wilt, it doesn’t do any good to hammer in more nails.”

So advised novelist Wallace Stegner. I hope I’m delivering his counsel in time to dissuade you from even trying to nail a custard pie to the wall—or an omelet or potato chip or taco, for that matter. What might be a better use of your energy? You could use the nails to build something that will actually be useful to you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them,” wrote author Amy Tan. My Scorpio friend Audrey once made a similar confession: “I buried my secrets so completely from the prying curiosity of other people that I lost track of them myself.” If either of those descriptions apply to you, Scorpio, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to secure a remedy. You’ll have extra power and luck if you commune with and celebrate your hidden feelings and buried secrets.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “No Eden valid without serpent.” Novelist Wallace Stegner wrote that pithy riff. I think it’s a good motto for you to use in the immediate future. How do you interpret it? Here’s what I think. As you nourish your robust vision of paradise-on-earth, and as you carry out the practical actions that enable you to manifest that vision, it’s wise to have some creative irritant in the midst of it. That bug, that question, that tantalizing mystery is the key to keeping you honest and discerning.

It gives credibility and gravitas to your idealistic striving.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The coco de mer is a palm tree that grows in the Seychelles. Its seed is huge, weighing as much as forty pounds and having a diameter of nineteen inches. The seed takes seven years to grow into its mature form, then takes an additional two years to germinate. Everything I just said about the coco de mer seed reminds me of you, Capricorn.

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’ve been working on ripening an awesome seed for a long time, and are now in the final phase before it sprouts. The Majestic Budding may not fully kick in until 2020, but I bet you’re already feeling the enjoyable, mysterious pressure.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you throw a pool ball or a bronze Buddha statue at a window, the glass will break. In fact, the speed at which it fractures could reach 3,000 miles per hour.

Metaphorically speaking, your mental blocks and emotional obstacles are typically not as crackable. You may smack them with your angry probes and bash them with your desperate pleas, yet have little or no effect. But I suspect that in the coming weeks, you’ll have much more power than usual to shatter those vexations. So I hereby invite you to hurl your strongest blasts at your mental blocks and emotional obstacles.

Don’t be surprised if they collapse at unexpectedly rapid speeds.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the thirteenth century, the Italian city of Bologna was serious about guarding the integrity of its cuisine. In 1250, the cheese guild issued a decree proclaiming, “If you make fake mortadella . . . your body will be stretched on the rack three times, you will be fined 200 gold coins, and all the food you make will be destroyed.” I appreciate such devotion to purity and authenticity and factualness.

And I recommend that in the coming weeks, you commit to comparable standards in your own sphere. Don’t let your own offerings be compro-

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mised or corrupted. The same with the offerings you receive from other people. Be impeccable.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): John Muir (1838–1914) was skilled at creating and using machinery. In his twenties, he diligently expressed those aptitudes. But at age 27, while working in a carriage parts factory, he suffered an accident that blinded him. For several months, he lay in bed, hoping to recuperate. During that time, Muir decided that if his sight returned, he would thereafter devote it to exploring the beauty of the natural world. The miracle came to pass, and for the rest of his life he traveled and explored the wilds of North America, becoming an influential naturalist, author, and early environmentalist. I’d love to see you respond to one of your smaller setbacks—much less dramatic than Muir’s!—with comparable panache, Aries.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Of all the children on the planet, three percent live in the U.S. And yet American children are in possession of forty percent of the world’s toys. In accordance with astrological omens, I hereby invite you to be like an extravagant American child in the coming weeks. You have cosmic permission to seek maximum fun and treat yourself to zesty entertainment and lose yourself in uninhibited laughter and wow yourself with beguiling games and delightful gizmos. It’s playtime!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The ama are Japanese women whose job it is to dive to the sea bottom and fetch oysters bearing pearls. The water is usually cold, and the workers use no breathing apparatus, depending instead on specialized techniques to hold their breath. I propose we make them your inspirational role models. The next few weeks will be a favorable time, metaphorically speaking, for you to descend into the depths in quest of valuables and inspirations.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Renowned Cancerian neurologist Oliver Sacks believed that music and gardens could be vital curative agents, as therapeutic as pharmaceuticals. My personal view is that walking in nature can be as medicinal as working and lolling in a garden. As for music, I would extend his prescription to include singing and dancing as well as listening. I’m also surprised that Sacks didn’t give equal recognition to the healing power of touch, which can be wondrously rejuvenating, either in its erotic or non-erotic forms. I bring these thoughts to your attention because I suspect the coming weeks will be a Golden Age of non-pharmaceutical healing for you. I’m not suggesting that you stop taking the drugs you need to stay healthy; I simply mean that music, nature, and touch will have an extra-sublime impact on your well-being.

MASTER

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you visualize what ancient Rome looked like, it’s possible you draw on memories of scenes you’ve seen portrayed in movies. The blockbuster film Gladiator, starring Russell Crowe and directed by Ridley Scott, may be one of those templates. The weird thing is that Gladiator, as well as many other such movies, were inspired by the grandiose paintings of the ancient world done by Dutch artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912). And in many ways, his depictions were not at all factual. I bring this to your attention, Leo, in the hope that it will prod you to question the accuracy and authenticity of your mental pictures. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to get fuzzy and incorrect memories into closer alignment with the truth, and to shed any illusions that might be distorting your understanding of reality.

Saul Bellow wrote, “Imagination is a force of nature. Is this not enough to make a person full of ecstasy?” Do you agree? 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 .

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THE FUZZ THE TULSA VOICE SPOTLIGHTS: TULSA SPCA

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SAFFRON is the last of her litter in need of a home!

Saffron was brought in with several of her brothers and sisters—all named after spices. Saffron loves cuddles and is super affectionate.

She is 5 months old and loving life, just looking for her forever home.

ACROSS 1 Actress Hayworth 5 Genesis singer Collins 9 Door parts 14 Full of chutzpah 19 Shrinking Asian sea 20 Like many 19th-century coins, today 21 Common typeface 22 Sporty Chevy 23 “Some Like It Hot” actor’s used car salesperson character?

25 “Chicago” actor’s mechanic character?

27 Doesn’t go 28 Tiny criticism 30 Words to Brutus 31 “Othello” plotter 32 Swae ___ (rapper featured on “Sunflower”) 33 Savage 36 Like some rivers 38 “Batman Begins” actor’s criminal defense lawyer character?

43 Went like the dickens 44 Pork cut 45 Old PC monitor 46 Naturally carbonated brew 48 Driver’s licenses, e.g.

51 One of the original Mouseketeers 54 “Charlie’s Angels” actress’ plumber character?

56 Shipwreck signal 57 Rob 60 Wrapped garment 61 Theater award 62 Victimize 64 “Nuts!”

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Sweet DOTTY is currently the only adult cat we have available at the Tulsa SPCA. She wants all the head scratches and rolls on her back when you give her love.

Dotty is 2 years old, litterbox-trained, and is available as a name-your-donation adoption fee through the end of August.

69 “Cleopatra” actress’ garment-maker character?

73 Has faith in 76 Bog fuel 77 Shortening brand 81 Datebook abbr.

82 Linguist Chomsky 85 ’70s tennis star Tanner 87 Fun-sounding game console 88 “Dr. Strangelove” actor’s sommelier character?

92 “The Odd Couple” co-star 94 Peace activist Yoko 95 Nazareth native 96 Sharp-tack connector 98 Toledo’s lake 99 O.R. workers 100 “Frasier” actor’s editor character?

104 Geological layers 107 Chicago tower, formerly 108 Swelled head 109 Tennessee’s state flower 110 Vault 114 Youngster 115 Gets ready to travel 118 “The Quiet American” actor’s sugar farmer character?

122 “10” actress’ oil tycoon character?

125 Survey choice 126 “Olympia” painter 127 Zip 128 Balm ingredient 129 Requires 130 Safari destinations?

131 Dispatched 132 Kind of hall or square DOWN 1 Rule opposed

by Gandhi

2 Roth and SEP plans 3 Savoir faire 4 Like some batteries 5 Car radio button 6 Western omelet meat 7 Jail cell part 8 Soft on punishment 9 Cookie container 10 Vincent’s agent in “Entourage” 11 Squeakers 12 Thai money 13 Thin strip 14 Brief letters?

15 Government in power 16 Starting players 17 Rocket section 18 New Testament king 24 Strong cleaners 26 Ballet legend Nureyev 29 Caps Lock neighbor 34 First name in cakes 35 Levels 37 Academic specialty 38 Manila envelope feature 39 Pay tribute to 40 Washing machine cycle 41 Patisserie employee 42 Zhivago’s love 43 Baba ghanouj ingredient 47 Rodeo ropes 48 Religious figure 49 Rooms with comfy furniture, often 50 Eyelid problem 52 Letter-shaped fastener 53 North African capital 54 Lavish party

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.

LUCKY is aptly named.

Rescued from abandonment, he’s come a long way. Lucky is friendly with all strangers and expects you to be the best of friends! He loves to be pet and he will rub up against you. Lucky is about 3 years old and has been fully vetted.

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Wombs Chewy kind of bar Test site “Fiddler on the Roof” buttinsky Indy letters Kitchen foil maker Theologian Kierkegaard City planners That doe’s Eastern way Guitar accessory Welcoming Till Group of gnats Paramecium propellers Tanker Fashion model Wek Rams and bucks Rugged rock Really funny person A major one has no sharps or flats Tick off Kamala Harris or Pete Buttigieg Oxygen users Part of a heartbeat Extinguished, as hopes Was inactive Feel remorse for Thickening agent Playwright Neil Tired Nouveau ___ Stately trees Antioxidant berry Huff and puff Narc’s unit Flat-bottomed boat ___ gratia artis (MGM motto) Originally named Space invaders, for short Former Vice President Quayle Barbie’s beau

Sweet little DINO is a Hound mix who almost looks like a Beagle. He loves to be in contact with humans and will help himself up into your lap. He is a good boy, even for baths! Dino is about 5 years old and weighs 29 lbs.

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By Gary Larson, edited by David Steinberg

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Plucked from the flood waters in June, PHELPS found himself with a foster family willing to put in some extra work nursing him back to health. He is used to life indoors and lots of love! He is happy, affectionate little guy, and is available as a nameyour-donation adoption fee.

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