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ven by Oklahoma’s crazy standards, the litany of bigoted, intrusive, retrograde, goofy legislation—covering topics from sex education to abortion to the civil rights of LGBT individuals—on the table this legislative session is a wonder to behold. It’s almost funny, considering none of these bills are constitutional, until you remember we have a $1.2 billion budget shortfall and, should any of these bills pass, they’ll immediately invite expensive lawsuits that will be defended at the tax payers’ expense. Here are just a few of these bills: HB2516 would introduce ambiguity into the law by removing abortion from the definition of “not homicide.” HB3128 would prohibit abortions based on the fetus having
Down syndrome or a genetic abnormality. SB1118 would prohibit abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected. (Typically that heartbeat is detectable six to eight weeks in; women often do not become aware of their pregnancy until after this period.) SB1368 would ban abortion outright. SB1552 would revoke the license of any doctor who performs abortions. SB733 would require any couple applying for a marriage license to get tested for communicable diseases (i.e. STIs). If the test yields a positive result, the couple can be denied the right to marry. SB1014 would make it illegal to enter a restroom that does not match one’s biological born gender, meaning a transgender
woman would be forced to use the men’s room, and vice versa. HR1032 would void Obergefell v. Hodges and any other court decision “purporting to strike down natural marriage,” effectively rolling back the legalization of gay marriage. This issue of The Tulsa Voice hands the floor to a few of the people pushing against the tide and fighting for progress in our deeply red home. Liz Blood attended the recent Bernie Sanders rally at the Cox Business Center and offers thoughts on what it was like to stand in “the bluest room in the reddest state” (pg. 12). Claire Edwards talks with Spring Houghton, an educator, mother and activist, about her work with the Carrera Adolescent Sexuality and Pregnancy Program, which takes a holistic, scientifically-based, common sense approach
to sex education and pregnancy prevention (pg. 32). On page 8, Barry Friedman digs into House Bill 2797, which would require public schools to incorporate an anti-abortion message into their sex education curricula. Finally, Sarah Szabo graces our cover and shares a personal essay on her struggle to find acceptance as a trans woman living in Tulsa (pg. 26). While recounting the bigotry and othering she’s experienced throughout her life, Szabo observes the gradual cultural shift towards understanding, and ultimately finds hope in the future. a
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n his “To the Manor Boren,” Barry Friedman failed to mention that the gubernatorial wannabe, Dan Boren, has become a millionaire, thanks to his family’s natural gas bonanza. The New York Times reported that between 2005 and 2011, Boren’s family signed 325 oil and gas leases on thousands of acres of mineral rights and Boren shares in the proceeds. Boren’s father, University of Oklahoma president David Boren, sits on the board of OKC-based Continental Resources. The company explores for natural gas reserves nationwide and is headed by billionaire Harold Hamm. Last October, Dan Boren, Muskogee’s ex-Democratic congressman, sat in the gallery cheering when his hunting buddy, Republican Paul Ryan, was sworn in as U.S. House Speaker. Ryan’s wife, Janna Little Ryan, is from Madill and is Dan Boren’s first cousin. Any buddy of Ryan is a D.I.N.O., Democrat in name only, because Ryan wants to tamper with what we, Democrats, hold dear: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Obamacare. Love always, Virginia Blue Jeans Jenner THE TULSA VOICE // March 2 – 15, 2016
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Sex ed without the sex Politically motivated, biologically laughable by BARRY FRIEDMAN
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ast month, two bills were approved by House committees on education. The first, HB 29491, passed by the House Education Committee, would create the Oklahoma Education Savings Account and give actual cash money to parents who choose to send their kids to private instead of public schools. Hard to imagine how this legislation, which will siphon even more funds2 (and is probably unconditional to boot) from public education, wasn’t the worst of the two, but when it comes to the state GOP and bad legislation, it sets a high bar on awful. Meet your winner:3 Legisl ation that authorizes publicl y funded programs to instruct Okl ahoma high school students that life begins at conception has been approved by a state House committee. The powerful House Appropriations and Budget committee voted 17-2 for the measure on Tuesday and sent it to the full House for debate and a vote.
17-2! We weep. Authored by Ann Coody (R-Lawton), House Bill 2797, shamelessly named the “Humanity of the Unborn Child Act,” is designed to instruct teenagers that life begins at conception, abortion is the devil’s handiwork, and Planned Parenthood is staffed by infanticidal apologists who should be flogged and imprisoned. I kid. There’s no actual mention of flogging.4 Pursuant to the United States Supreme Cour t Case Maher v. Roe, which held that the U.S. Constitution imposes “no limitation on the author8 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
It’s not about sex education or contraception—it’s not even really about abortion. It’s about power, control, and morphing public schools into vessels and launchpads for the teaching of a Christian worldview.
ity of a state to make a value judgment favoring childbir th over abor tion, and to implement that judgment by the allocation of public funds”, 432 U.S. 464, 474 (1977), the Legisl ature hereby affirms that it is the public policy of the State of Okl ahoma to make a value judgment favoring childbir th over abor tion.
Used to be, you had to send your kids to religious school for this kind of in-your-face indoctrination, but Coody has now decided the state, too, needs a nun’s ruler to whap across the desk. The Supreme Court, she makes clear, is not going to tell us what we can and can’t be teaching the youngens.5 “ There is onl y one sure prevention of pregnancy, and that’s not to cause it in the first pl ace,” said Coody. “The killing of a human being is murder, pl ain and simple.”
For the love of joined gametes floating through the Fallopian tube looking for the uterine wall, lighten up on the imagery, would you? Nobody is being murdered.
Coody supports the death penalty, too, so there’s that, but let’s not quibble over timing. More troubling than her hyperbole and sanctimony—no small achievement — is the obviousness of her bait and switch.6 Opponents Emil y Virgin, D-Norman, and Jason Dunnington, D-Okl ahoma City, asked why the bill did not also include sex education. “If this is reall y to lower the number of abor tions, why would sex education and contraception not be p ar t of it?” Dunnington asked.
Why? Because it’s not about sex education or contraception—it’s not even really about abortion. It’s about power, control, and morphing public schools into vessels and launchpads for the teaching of a Christian worldview. And because nothing stops fornicating teens quite like a good :30 PSA and a take-home pamphlet, we bring you the following message:7 House Bill 2797 … would also authorize state-funded public service announcem ents “for the purpose of achieving
an abor tion-free society. Such materials shall b e developed from the most readil y avail abl e, accurate and up-to-date information and shall cl earl y and consistentl y teach that abor tion kills a li ving human b eing and is against public policy.”
Why not just give them placards and have them march in front of Reproductive Services for extra credit? Tony Lauinger, the director of Oklahomans for Life, would help lead the fight, said Coody, which is scary enough, but now we find out he has no idea how to do it.8 Lauinger said he didn’t know exactl y how the education component would be implemented or what the public ser vice announcements might look and sound like.
That’s encouraging. Good thing people involved in pushing the pro-life agenda would never cut corners or get all hinky with the production for political ends.9 A Houston grand jury investigating criminal allegations against Pl anned P arenthood stemming from a series of undercover videos on Monday instead indicted two of the anti-abor tion acti vists who shot the footage.
In any event, Lauinger said parents could “opt out” of the instruction for their children. You’re a prince, Tony, thanks. Please excuse Johnny from today’s gruesome— and probabl y doctored— abor ted fetus videos and l aughable abstinence discussions. March 2 – 15, 2016 // THE TULSA VOICE
Meanwhile, back on Planet Earth, the president was handling this issue like a grownup.10 President Barack Obama removes all government funding for abstinence-onl y sex education programs in public schools.
Consider:11 Over the p ast 25 years, Congress has spent over $1.5 billion on abstinence-onl y-until-marriage programs, yet no study in a professional peer-reviewed journal has found these programs to be broadl y effective.
That’s not good. Research on virginity pledges found that for a select group of young people, pledges did del ay the onset of sexual intercourse for an average of 18 months.
Wait. That is. The longer teens put off making babies, the better, right? Except ... Fur ther research found that, among those young people who have not had vaginal intercourse, pledgers were more likel y to have engaged in both oral and anal sex than their non-pledging peers. In fact, among virgins, male and female pledgers were six times more likel y to have had oral sex than non-pledgers, and male pledgers were four times more likel y to have had anal sex than those who had not pledged.
Alrighty then. Let’s move on.12 As a resul t of this meta-study, the researchers concluded that recent declines in the U.S. rate of teen pregnancy are most likel y the resul t of improved use of contraception rather than a decrease in sexual activity.
Meanwhile Oklahoma is one of 29 states that doesn’t require sex education13 and ranks 2nd in the nation in teen pregnancy.14 I’m sure there’s no connection. Oh, and for those scoring at home, how many times do the THE TULSA VOICE // March 2 – 15, 2016
words condom, contraception, pill, and IUD appear in HB 2797? How many times does the word sex appear in HB 2797? How many times does the word abortion appear in HB 2797? 0, 0, and 13. Look, if teenagers are going to have sex—and that’s the best bet in the house—shouldn’t we do more than shovel platitudes in their direction? We know what prevents pregnancy and the transmission of STDs—and it’s not shame, fear of God, or PSAs extolling the virtues of waiting to have sex until the honeymoon. It’s condoms, pills that inhibit the body’s natural cyclical hormones, diaphragms and sponges, intrauterine devices, spermicides and medically-accurate information. You want to make a PSA? Make one about that. You want to talk about the humanity of a zygote? Don’t. It’s not only politically motivated and biologically laughable, it’s bad public policy. 17-2? a
1) Websever1.lsb.state.ok.us: Bill Summary HB2949 2) Okpolicy.org: Oklahoma school funding cuts among worst in U.S. 3) news9.com: Oklahoma House panel approve school anti-abortion bill 4) Webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us: Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 2797 5) Tulsaworld.com: Bill that would require anti-abortion school curriculum advances in Oklahoma House 6) Ibid 7) Newsok.com: Bill that would require anti-abortion school curriculum advances in Oklahoma House 8) Tulsaworld.com: Bill that would require anti-abortion school curriculum advances in Oklahoma House 9) Foxnews.com: Grand jury in Texas indicts activists behind Planned Parenthood videos 10) Patheos.com: Obama Removes All Funding For ‘Abstinence-Only’ Sex Education 11) Siecus.com: What the Research Says… Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs 12) siecus.org: What the Research Says… Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs 13) Enidnews.com: Sex education varies among school districts across state 14) Tulsaworld.com: Oklahoma second-highest among states in teen birth rate
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3.2 beer continues to be a testament to Oklahoma’s strange history and gobsmacking capacity for hypocrisy—as Will Rogers once put it, “Oklahomans will vote dry as long as they can stagger to the polls.”
A requiem for three-two The decline of near beer by DENVER NICKS
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ne of the best things ever written about Oklahoma was penned by George Milburn in 1946, who wrote that “Oklahoma is to sociology what Australia is to zoology. It is a place where the trials and errors of men, instead of nature, have been made only yesterday, and the results are as egregious as a duckbill, or a kangaroo. Oklahoma is filled with man-made contradictions, perversities and monstrosities.” Those monstrosities can be tragic, like the Tulsa race massacre, or just blinkingly weird, like Sally Kern, but sometimes they become charming quirks. Such is the case with low-alcohol beer, known to many an Okie as, simply, “three-two.” With a raft of competing legislative proposals now on the table, some kind of reform to Oklahoma’s antiquated alcohol laws seems inevitable. What exactly change will look like remains unclear but odds are that before too long an adult in Oklahoma will be able to buy a cold, full-strength beer at a grocery store. Sales of 3.2 beer will plummet. Whether brewers stop making it altogether or not,
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3.2 will cease to be truly a part of Oklahoma’s culture and the beer many of us grew up on will effectively be no more. Without getting into the weeds on liquor law reform, let us take a moment to prepare for what will be lost. 3.2 was designed during the last months of prohibition to be a non-intoxicating beverage, but after rigorous, longitudinal field research I can assure you it is quite possible to get drunk on the stuff. Thanks to another idiosyncratic convention—brought to you the biggest country still courageously defending degrees Fahrenheit and the mile—3.2 beer is actually 3.2% alcohol by weight, making it roughly 4% alcohol by volume, not terribly lower than the Budweiser on offer south of the Red River. Still, it’s easier to drink a lot of it without getting blasted—perfect for boozing in the sun at the lake or shot-gunning beers at the park, if you’re the disreputable sort who goes in for that kind of thing. Four other states also have 3.2 beer laws—Utah, Minnesota, Kansas and Colorado—but most 3.2 beer is consumed in Oklahoma, which is why Anheuser-Busch is in
the fray on the reform debate with a doom-and-gloom ad campaign; if Oklahoma goes full-strength the remaining 3.2 states are likely to follow. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Belgium-based AB InBev, the largest brewer on earth, Anheuser-Busch is really a European company, so in a way the 3.2 Budweiser in QuikTrip refrigerators is a Belgian beer brewed especially for Oklahoma by the biggest beer maker in the world. I for one will mourn its passing. While it lives, 3.2 beer continues to be a testament to Oklahoma’s strange history and gobsmacking capacity for hypocrisy—as Will Rogers once put it, “Oklahomans will vote dry as long as they can stagger to the polls.” Poor old Rogers didn’t live to see Okies prove him wrong when, in 1959 by popular vote, Oklahoma became the last state to repeal prohibition. When 3.2 vanishes, so will a relic from the time when, in 1976, the U.S. Supreme Court valiantly advanced gender equality by striking down an Oklahoma law that allowed women 18 to 20 years old to drink 3.2 beer while their male peers could not (I’m
serious—the case was called Craig v. Boren, look it up). And we aren’t just losing our history, but our traditions. Forced to contend with warm fullstrength liquor store beer, Oklahomans are unusually adept at cooling down beverages. Whatever your method (I prefer the ice-spin, or the wet-paper-towel-wrap-infreezer), those skills, handed down generation to generation, will be lost. I can almost hear the plaintive cries of future generations helplessly apologizing to friends for leaving the beer in the sun. Incidentally, while 3.2 beer is on the wane in Oklahoma, super-low alcohol beer is on the upswing in another ultra-religious petrol state: Saudi Arabia, where clerics have issued a fatwa declaring beer permissible so long as getting drunk on it isn’t possible. Does Sally Kern like near beer? She might like it over there. a Denver Nicks is a Tulsa native and a reporter for TIME magazine. He’s the author of Private: Bradley Manning, Wikileaks and the Biggest Exposure of Official Secrets in American History. March 2 – 15, 2016 // THE TULSA VOICE
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s we waited inside the Cox Business Center’s exhibit hall to see Bernie Sanders speak, my friend Sam kept checking the event’s Facebook page. People had started uploading photos of Bernie at the Woody Guthrie center—Bernie in front of the “This Machine Kills Fascists” mural, Bernie inside the center looking at Woody’s guitar. The links between Sanders and Woody—who wrote, “I could hire out to the other side, the big money side, and get several dollars every week just to quit singing my own songs,” and “I’m a-lookin’ for a job at honest pay…an’ I ain’t a-gonna be treated this way”—are plainly obvious. Woody wrote songs of the working class, regular-living, average Americans. Sanders sings those songs, too. Inside the business center, the music was spot-on. Neil Young’s “Rockin in the Free World” played as we walked in. Songs that followed included “America” by Simon and Garfunkel, “Revolution” by Tracy Chapman, “Power to the People” by John Lennon, and “Disco Inferno” (with the famous lyrics, “burn, baby, burn”) by The Trammps. Muse’s “Victorious,” Bob Marley’s “Revolution,” and even The Supreme’s “Stop In the Name of Love,” kept the energy high. I danced a little. A hackie sack circle formed in a not-yet-full area of the exhibit hall. Five or six college guys in orange “Stillwater for Sanders” shirts came in and moved to-
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ward the general standing area. A teacher sat down on the linoleum floor and graded a stack of essays. Moms walked their young kids to the water stand or over to buy nachos from the concessions. Leaning on the metal barricades at the front of the press pit, an older man with a U.S. Navy Vietnam Veterans hat chatted with a friend. Next to him, a young Latino girl sat on the barricade, a cloth “Feel the Bern” banner pinned onto her shirt with campaign buttons. The demographic skewed younger, but there were plenty of Baby Boomers and Silent Generation folks in attendance—People who’d heard about Sanders in the 1980s, when he was saying many of the same things he still preaches today. My brother John missed out on a lot of this. He and his friends, who drove up from OSU, didn’t arrive to get in line until 5:30 p.m. and only got inside about 7:45 p.m., fifteen minutes before Sanders finished his speech. But
John told me he felt that same level of energy that I felt, that Sam felt, that everyone seemed to feel inside, sustained for the hours he waited in line. He and his friends, all college students, said they were just happy to be there, whatever the wait. “When I first heard Bernie was coming, I thought, ‘what’s he doing here?’” John said. “And then when I saw the line, I thought, ‘wait, what are all of these people doing here?’” What I suspect they were doing there, and what I was doing there, was insisting on relevance in a largely conservative state. As Sanders spoke, someone in the crowd suddenly needed medical attention. Sanders paused the speech for nearly two minutes while medics made their way to the person in need. He stood away from the microphone. He waited, patiently and in silence, hands
folded in front of him, until the situation was taken care of. I kept thinking would Trump have done that? Critics of this election cycle’s populist insurgency equate the two candidates so often; I couldn’t help but do it myself. Trump’s rally (held in January at the Mabee Center) was, at its core, a reality TV show. The Sanders rally had a different vibe. Even if I was a Trump supporter, I think I’d concede that Sanders’s rally was nicer. No one yelled “bomb the shit out of ISIS” over and over while hawking campaign buttons, and there were no protestors, or people getting bent out of shape about the t-shirts other attendees were wearing. During his speech, Sanders spoke of revolution, of taking on the establishment, of how real change starts from the bottom and moves up. He told the crowd that it takes millions of people fighting to bring about that change. He referenced the formation of unions and the abolishment of slavery as brought about by large groups of common people. A “Bern Down 4 What” sign was thrust into the air. Afterwards, Sam told me the rally was unlike anything he’d ever experienced. A friend who attended the Oklahoma City rally the following Sunday agreed, saying, “we felt relevant.” A man standing near me spoke on the phone. “This may be the reddest state in the country,” he said. “But I’m standing in the bluest building.” a March 2 – 15, 2016 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Soul City’s full menu service launches Friday, March 4th. The back patio will open to the public on April 29th with a bike-friendly Tulsa awareness event (rumor has it bike lanes and a new and improved 25mph are coming to 11th street), free music from Paul Benjaman and others all day long, food, booze, and a presentation from TYPros. Soul City stage | MEGAN SHEPHERD
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ooking around at the glitter-soled shoes lining the archways, the shiny framed records, the repurposed junk sculptures, and the Elvis Presley fan pieces crowding the walls of the Soul City gastropub, the glossy glint of a bar tile catches my eye as I sit down to order a drink. “It’d be, like, impossible to come here on acid,” a twentysomething said to the doorman earlier. Drunken or not, the girl’s diagnosis is spot on. To enter this place on psychedelics would be a mistake, if not superfluous. It’s stimulus overload—all of it sparkly and curated and beautiful, plenty trippy and mesmerizing on its own. Soul City is the newest addition to the Studio Soul art compound that sprawls across the north side of 11th Street between Utica and Lewis. Previously housed at the 3rd and Lansing spot East Village Bohemian now calls home, Soul City made its migration to the famed Route 66 plot a few years back. (The building was the first service station built in Tulsa.) It 14 // FOOD & DRINK
first gained popularity by being a relaxed, come-as-you-are venue for live music, art shows, even backyard yoga sessions complete with catered booze and food trucks. Now, it offers food and drink with bar hours, live music most nights of the week, and full restaurant service beginning March 4th. Old bikes, vintage oddities, sculptures, lamplights, and light installations line the walls from corner to corner; a larger than life mural of Tulsa Sound legend J.J. Cale welcomes visitors driving outside on Route 66, its layered colors lit up and grooving in the moonlight. Amy and Kevin Smith—two visual and graphic artists with a deep appreciation for live, local music—have curated the works displayed in Soul City. Pass through its doors and you’ll come face to face with all things music and art, with personal touches of the shop’s owners hiding around every corner. “It’s like Disneyland,” Kevin says. “You can spend a whole week in here and still not see all of it.”
Soul City will serve light breakfast options on the weekdays, including their well-known Big-Ass Muffins and Smoothie Bowls, along with a full coffee and espresso bar. Weekends will offer hangover cures to blearyeyed stragglers with mimosas and Bloody Marys, alongside specials like quiches, eggs benedict, and other dishes created by chef and “mad scientist” Cecilia Landeros, with food sourced from the Cherry Street Farmers Market and live music on Saturdays by local musician Mark Bruner. As for the lunch and dinner menu, expect to see a smattering of gastropub fare—like street tacos, healthy-ish sliders (bison, veggie, quinoa, or sweet potato), and chicken wings—with an emphasis on fun and farm-to-table, “so we can honor local farmers and locally-created products,” Amy explains. The bar menu is small but crafty, with generously-portioned dishes like the Hummus Among Us, featuring toasted pita and hummus with carrots and grapes; the Blues Wings, drizzled with
barbecue sauce and served with honey mustard, vine ripened tomatoes and pickled veggies; and the Sweetly Toasted, a selection of crackers with cream cheese, toasted wine spread and grapes. Taking its cues from classic grit-meets-cool blues venues that dot the landscape in places like New Orleans and Dallas’ Deep Ellum neighborhood, Soul City wants its guests to get comfortable, hang out and enjoy the music of local songsmiths like Dustin Pittsley, Paul Benjaman, and Steve Pryor. “We’re not about turning a table,” Amy insists. “We’re all about celebrating creativity. And to do that, you’ve got to be comfortable. We’ve cultivated a listening atmosphere. They aren’t just musicians in the corner… they’re people you can actually get to know.” a
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There’s no wrong way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day // BY JOHN LANGDON ABOUT 1600 YEARS AGO, ST. PATRICK DIED ON MARCH 17. IF THAT ISN’T A GOOD ENOUGH REASON TO TAKE TO THE STREETS AND PINCH PEOPLE FOR THEIR WARDROBE CHOICES, THEN, FRANKLY, WE’RE NOT SURE WHAT IS. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE IRISH OR CATHOLIC TO CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK’S DAY, YOU JUST HAVE TO WEAR GREEN AND BE READY FOR A GOOD TIME. Start celebrating on the right foot To pre-empt some of your less-healthy traditions, start the festivities early at the annual St. Patrick’s Day Run on Saturday morning, March 12 on Brookside. Each year, thousands of people participate in the 5K and Fun Run, which benefit Special Olympics Oklahoma. The accompanying costume contest is the place to see the latest trends in green before the big day. Seriously, wear green “You see, there’s one green line for every eight red and white lines in the plaid on my shirt, so you shouldn’t really have pinched me…” Don’t be this guy. St. Patrick didn’t drive all the snakes out of Ireland by pointing out weaving intricacies. He did so by wearing a green so bright the serpents were blinded into submission. I may have made that last part up, but the point is this tradition, like basically everything about this holiday, is fun. Nobody likes a stick in the mud. One of my most memorable St. Paddy’s celebrations was at a midday Snoop Dogg show in Dallas, and you can bet The Doggfather was wearing green. No one pinches Snoop. But even if there’s not one square inch of green cloth in your closet, chances are you’ll find pinch protection in the form of a plastic shamrock necklace or the green beer dribbling down your front.
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problem to have. And there’s no need to relegate yourself to one place. Just remember, party hoppers, Uber is your friend. Want to try something new and ridiculous this year? They’ll put Lucky Charms in your Guinness at Baker St. Pub. Breakfast of champions with live music by Imzadi. Are you a Corned Beef connoisseur? As part of its street party, McNellie’s is holding a corned beef contest from noon to 2 p.m., pitting chefs from SMOKE. On Cherry Street, R Bar & Grill, The Chalkboard, Fat Guy’s Burger Bar, The Tavern, Laffa, Fassler Hall, JTR Group, and more against each other to decide who cooks it best. For $1 ($12 not in advance) sample all of the competitors and vote for your favorite. 16 // FOOD & DRINK
Want to take part in a new tradition? Attend the inaugural family-friendly St. Patrick’s Day Parade, benefitting homeless veterans, in the Blue Dome District at 1 p.m. on 2nd Street, just west of Arnie’s street party. (More on that later.) Fancy perusing art with a green beer in hand? Local artists will be displaying and selling works at ShamROCK the Rose on March 12th in Broken Arrow starting at 4 p.m. The Rose District’s street party will have live music on an outdoor stage, a craft beer garden, and discounts in many of the district’s businesses. After their rockin’ Halloween, New Years, and Mardi Gras shows, do you now consider Count Tutu an integral part of holiday celebrations? They’ll be throwing down the groove you seek at The Venue Shrine.
Looking for the bass drop? DJ Kylie and Darku J will be at Electric Circus and Enso, respectively. Care to dance a jig? Finnegans Awake will play at the Fur Shop from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Arnie’s will host its 60th St. Patrick’s Day Celebration with Irish music all day, including Larkin and Cairde na Gael and more. They will also have giveaways every hour and some of the city’s best food trucks on site. Maybe you want to hear something with sounds a little closer to home. At McNellie’s from 5 to 10 p.m., catch Wink Burcham & Jacob Tovar, Stone Trio, Pilgrim and a family jam with Paul Benjaman Band on the Guinness Gig Rig. McNellie’s street party will also feature a pop-up sports bar with March Madness games showing on big screens, Hot Shot games, and new beers from Marshall Brewing.
Got work on Friday? Start early. McNellie’s opens at 10 a.m., Arnie’s street party starts at 11 a.m., both early enough to make it the happiest happy hour of the year. Don’t have work on Friday? You’ve got the pot of gold. Head to Kilkenny’s and nurse your hangover with a Breakfast Boxty. Finally, keep the party going. The best thing about a holiday landing on a weekday is that the party continues through the weekend. St. Pat’s - Round two is The Brady Arts District’s Shamrock Pub Crawl. Starting at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, find games, drink specials, food, and frivolity at Caz’s, Soundpony, Yeti, The Hunt Club, Bar 46, Inner Circle, Classic Cigars, and the Rusty Crane. It could be your last chance to drink green beer until next year. a March 2 – 15, 2016 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Big Al’s Health Foods Bill’s Jumbo Burgers Billy Ray’s BBQ Brothers Houligan Calaveras Mexican Grill Capp’s BBQ Corner Café Duffy’s Diner El Rio Verde Freddie’s Hamburgers Guang Zhou Dim Sum Jim’s Coney Island Las Americas Super Mercado & Restaurant
BBD II Baja Jack’s Burrito Shack Bamboo Thai Bistro Bellacino’s Pizza & Grinders Bodean’s Seafood Restaurant The Brook Camille’s Sidewalk Café Cardigan’s Charleston’s Cimarron Meat Company Dona Tina Cocina Mexicana El Guapo’s El Samborsito Elements Steakhouse & Grille The Fig Café and Bakery First Watch Five Guys French Hen Gencies Chicken Shack Gyros by Ali Hebert’s Specialty Meats Helen of Troy Hideaway Pizza India Palace
Lot a Burger Maxxwell’s Restaurant Mr. Taco Oklahoma Style BBQ Philly Alley Pie Hole Pizza Pollo al Carbon Rib Crib BBQ & Grill The Right Wing Route 66 Subs & Burgers Tacos Don Francisco Tally’s Good Food Cafe Umberto’s Pizza
PEARL DISTRICT El Rancho Grande The Phoenix Café Lola’s Caravan
Ike’s Chili Papa Ganouj JJ’s Hamburgers
BROOKSIDE Biga Billy Sims BBQ Blue Moon Bakery and Café The Brook Brookside By Day Café Ole Café Samana Charleston’s Claud’s Hamburgers Cosmo Café & Bar Crow Creek Tavern Doc’s Wine and Food Egg Roll Express Elmer’s BBQ Lokal The Hen Bistro HopBunz In the Raw Keo La Hacienda Lambrusco’Z To Go
Leon’s Brookside Mazzio’s Italian Eatery Ming’s Noodle Bar Mondo’s Ristorante Italiano Old School Bagel Café Pei Wei Asian Diner R Bar & Grill Rons Hamburgers & Chili Señor Tequila Shades of Brown Sonoma Bistro & Wine Bar Starbucks Sumatra Coffee Shop Super Wok SushiHana The Warehouse Bar & Grill Weber’s Root Beer Whole Foods Market Yolotti Frozen Yogurt Zoës Kitchen
UTICA SQUARE Brownies Gourmet Burgers Fleming’s Goldie’s Patio Grill McGill’s Olive Garden P.F. Chang’s China Bistro
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BLUE D OME The Krazy Olive La Crêpe Nanou La Flama Mahogany Prime Steakhouse McNellie’s South City Mr. Goodcents Subs & Pastas Napa Flats Wood Fired Kitchen Naples Flatbread & Wine Bar Nordaggio’s Coffee OK Country Donut Shoppe Pita Place Redrock Canyon Grill Ripe Tomato Ron’s Hamburgers and Chili Sushi Hana Japanese Fusion Thai Village Tres Amigos Mexican Grill & Cantina White Lion Whole Foods Yokozuna Zio’s Italian Kitchen
Pepper’s Grill Polo Grill Queenie’s Café and Bakery Starbucks Stonehorse Café Wild Fork
Albert G’s Bar & Q Bramble Dilly Diner El Guapo’s Cantina Fassler Hall Joe Bots Coffee Juniper
Lambrusco’z McNellie’s S&J Oyster Company STG Pizzeria & Gelateria Tallgrass Prairie Table White Flag Yokozuna
DECO DISTRICT Atlas Grill Billy’s on the Square Boston Avenue Grill Deco Deli
Elote Café & Catering Mod’s Coffee & Crepes Tavolo The Vault
DOWNTOWN 624 Kitchen and Catering All About Cha Stylish Coffee & Tea Baxter’s Interurban Grill Bohemian Pizzeria The Boiler Room The Boulder Grill Café 320 Casa Laredo Coney Island Daily Grill Foolish Things Coffee Grand Selections for Lunch The Greens on Boulder Lassalle’s New Orleans Deli
Lou’s Deli MADE Market in the DoubleTree by Hilton Mazzio’s Italian Eatery Naples Flatbread & Wine Bar Oneok Café Oklahoma Spud on the Mall Seven West Café Sheena’s Cookies & Deli Steakfinger House The Sushi Place Tabouli’s Ti Amo Topeca Coffee Williams Center Café
TERWILLEGER HEIGHTS Bill & Ruth’s Blue Rose Café Burn Co. BBQ The Chalkboard Dalesandro’s
Elwoods Mansion House Café Ron’s Hamburgers & Chili La Villa at Philbrook
GREENWOOD Abear’s Fat Guy’s
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MIDTOWN Albert G’s Bangkok Thai Super Buffet Bravo’s Mexican Grill Bros. Houligan Celebrity Restaurant Daylight Donuts Supershop Eddy’s Steakhouse Felini’s Cookies & Deli
Golden Gate Lambrusco’z Mary Jane’s Pizza My Thai Kitchen PJ’s Sandwich Shoppe Phill’s Diner Trenchers Delicatessen
I-44/BA INTERCHANGE Big Anthony’s BBQ Bill & Ruth’s Subs Billy Sims BBQ Binh-Le Vietnamese Chop House BBQ D’Oro Pizza Desi Wok Fiesta Cozumel Gogi Gui Growler’s Sandwich Grill Hideaway Pizza Himalayas – Aroma of India Ichiban Teriyaki Jumbo’s Burgers Las Bocas Las Tres Fronteras Le Bistro Sidewalk Cafe Mamasota’s Mexican Restaurant & Bar Mazzio’s Italian Eatery
Monterey’s Little Mexico Nelson’s Buffeteria Pho Da Cao Pickle’s Pub Rice Bowl Cafe Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Roo’s Sidewalk Café Royal Dragon Sezchuan Express Shawkat’s Deli & Grill Speedy Gonzalez Grill Spudder Steak Stuffers USA Tacos Don Francisco Thai Siam Tokyo Garden The Tropical Restaurant & Bar Viet Huong Villa Ravenna Watts Barbecue
NORTH TULSA Amsterdam Bar & Grill Admiral Grill Bill & Ruth’s Christy’s BBQ Evelyn’s Golden Saddle BBQ Steakhouse Hank’s Hamburgers
Harden’s Hamburgers Hero’s Subs & Burgers Los Primos Moonsky’s Cheesesteaks and Daylight Donuts The Restaurant at Gilcrease White River Fish Market
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Arnold’s Old-Fashioned Hamburgers Burger House Charlie’s Chicken Jumpin J’s Knotty Pine BBQ Hideaway Pizza Linda Mar
Lot a Burger Monterey’s Little Mexico Ollie’s Station Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Sandwiches & More Union Street Café Westside Grill & Delivery
Asahi Sushi Bar Baker Street Pub & Grill Billy Sims BBQ Bistro at Seville Bluestone Steahouse and Seafood Restaurant Brothers Houligan Brothers Pizza Bucket’s Sports Bar & Grill Charlie’s Chicken Chuy’s Chopsticks El Tequila Fat Daddy’s Pub & Grille Fat Guy’s Burger Bar Fish Daddy’s Seafood Grill Fuji FuWa Asian Kitchen Firehouse Subs The Gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse Haruno Hungry Howie’s Pizza In the Raw on the Hill Jameson’s Pub Jamil’s Jason’s Deli
Jay’s Original Hoagies Keo Kit’s Takee-Outee La Roma Lanna Thai Logan’s Road House Louie’s Mandarin Taste Marley’s Pizza Mekong River Mi Tierra Napoli’s Italian Restaurant Oliveto Italian Bistro Ri Le’s Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Ridge Grill Ron’s Hamburgers & Chili Savoy Shogun Steakhouse of Japan Siegi’s Sausage Factory & Deli Ti Amo Italian Ristorante Wrangler’s Bar-B-Q Yasaka Steakhouse of Japan Zio’s Italian Kitchen
BRADY ARTS DISTRICT Antoinette Baking Co. Caz’s Chowhouse Chimera Coney Island Draper’s Bar-B-Cue Gypsy Coffee House Hey Mambo The Hunt Club Laffa
Lucky’s on the Green Mexicali Border Café Oklahoma Joe’s Prhyme Downtown Steakhouse The Rusty Crane Sisserou’s Spaghetti Warehouse The Tavern
CHERRY STREET 15 Below Andolini’s Pizzeria Café Cubana Chimi’s Mexican Food Chipotle Mexican Grill Coffee House on Cherry Street Genghis Grill Heirloom Baking Co. Hideaway Pizza Jason’s Deli Kilkenny’s Irish Pub & Eatery La Madeleine Lucky’s Restaurant
Mary’s Italian Trattoria Mi Cocina Oklahoma Kolache Co. Palace Café Panera Bread Phat Philly’s The Pint Qdoba Mexican Grill SMOKE. Te Kei’s Tucci’s Café Italia Zanmai
EAST TULSA Al Sultan Grill & Bakery Big Daddy’s All American Bar-B-Q Birrieria Felipe Bogey’s Brothers Houligan Casa San Marcos Casanova’s Restaurant Charlie’s Chicken Cherokee Deli Darby’s Restaurant El Centenario El Gallo Loco El 7 Marez El Refugio Azteca Super Taqueria Fiesta Del Mar Flame Broiler Frank’s Café Fu-Thai Garibaldi’s The Gnarley Dawg Hatfield’s
Jay’s Coneys Josie’s Tamales Kimmy’s Diner Korean Garden Leon’s Smoke Shack Lot a Burger Maria’s Mexican Grill Mariscos Costa Azul Mariscos El Centenario Mekong Vietnamese Pizza Depot Pizza Express Porky’s Kitchen Ron’s Hamburgers & Chili RoseRock Cafe Señor Fajita Seoul Restaurant Shiloh’s of Tulsa Shish-Kabob & Grill Stone Mill BBQ & Steakhouse Tacos San Pedro Taqueria la Cabana Timmy’s Diner
ROSE DISTRICT Andolini’s Pizzeria Daylight Donuts Fiesta Mambo Franklin’s Pork & Barrel In The Raw Sushi Main Street Tavern
McHuston Booksellers & Irish Bistro Nouveau - Atelier de Chocolat Romeo’s Espresso Café The Rooftop Toast Breakfast and Brunch FOOD & DRINK // 19
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ou might not expect a bar to be busy at 4 p.m. on a Tuesday, but Hodges Bend is. The shotgun room with the tin-stamped ceiling offers few empty seats. Patrons converse or work on their laptops as four bartenders bustle about pouring water, mixing drinks, pulling espresso, wiping down tables, and taste-testing. Bartender Florian Dotti hammers a rectangular block of ice into cubes at the marble-top bar while Chet Baker trumpets away through the speakers. Jamie Jennings, the general manager, wraps up his appointment with Greek winemakers and joins me for a chat about one of his favorite subjects: session cocktails. The Tulsa Voice: So, what’s a session cocktail? Jamie Jennings: We focus on classic cocktails here, so the session cocktails we make are old drinks, old recipes. They’re fortified wine-based and lower in alcohol. Not booze-forward. Their complexity and balance comes from the wine, and the beautiful thing about them is that you can have a few and not be gone. TTV: If someone is out at a bar and wants a session cocktail, what main ingredients should they look for?
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JJ: The main ingredients should be fortified wines like Madeira, Port, sherry, or vermouth. Since wine is complex and balanced,
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using multiple balanced wines in a cocktail means a balanced drink. TTV: Pop quiz. How many classic session cocktails can you name right now? We both count on our fingers as Jennings quickly names twelve different drinks. Dotti mixes us three pre-prohibition session cocktails, each of which run about $9 and can be ordered at Hodges Bend any time of the year. cHRYsantHemum recipe from 1930 Dry vermouth, Benedictine, absinthe, orange twist Absinthe on the nose, floral, herbaceous, honey
aDOnis recipe from 1914 Sherry, sweet vermouth, orange bitters, twist of lemon Citric nose, almonds and green apple skin, tannin grip
c O R O n at i O n recipe from 1931 Sweet vermouth, dry vermouth, apply brandy, apricot liqueur Fruit-forward, herbaceous backbone, jammy
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TRANSITIONING IN TULSA BY SARAH SZABO
“THEY’RE GONNA LIKE YOU IN THERE.” Handcuffed and helpless, you stand still, and stay silent. There’s no need to ask what the officer means, and he doesn’t feel the need to explain. This is a familiar line from movies. This is something that sounds like it makes sense. Here’s what it feels like: tunnel vision. Time loses meaning. An earthquake in your chest and, just beneath it, your frozen heart. The skin goes cold, but your mind goes hot with alarm. The teeth grit, the jaw sets. This is a fear response—fear, and a sense of resignation. The officer asks you, “Is that your real hair?” You keep your mouth shut. Thankfully, he doesn’t try to find out. Of course it’s your real hair, long and slightly tangled at the night’s end, sprouting straight out from your scalp, the hair you’ve had since the day you were born. At the police station, two medical technicians take blood from your arm. Later you will see the paperwork where they crossed out their initial guess of “F” on the box beside “Gender” and specified that you are, in fact, a man. They don’t treat you like a man, though. They treat you like a liar. You said you were a woman, and you lied. Why would you do this, they wonder. Why on earth would you choose to do this? That’s a good question, but the wrong approach. Viewed another way, the answer is pretty simple—it was never a choice at all. I WAS BORN IN TULSA at Hillcrest Medical Center on July 16, 1990. But if you were to go looking, you would find no record of the birth of Sarah Szabo. There was no Sarah Szabo then—just a young, transgender baby, born a boy to loving parents. Transgender people are often met with the question of self-awareness—“when did you know?” And the answer tends to be, “I always knew.” It’s not that I knew that I was transgender, not necessarily. But I knew and could feel, from my earliest memories, that something was wrong. I grew from a young boy to a young man, all the while trying to learn the sorts of things that boys, men, are supposed to do, the kind of people they’re supposed to be. I learned from my mistakes. During a second grade discussion on fashion in history, I mentioned to the class that I’d always wanted to wear a tunic—you know, like Link, the Hero of Time from the Legend of Zelda. He’s a boy. He wears a tunic. And the class laughed at me. The realization stung acutely. Maybe boys don’t dress like that, so why did I want to?
“The culture has acknowledged we exist, but now we are finally being seen—not as villains, victims, or punchlines, but as people.” I moved through adolescence feeling very out-ofstep. My long hair, tight jeans, pink shoes. My fashion sense in old pictures is hopeless, stuck between worlds, fueled by a lack of commitment. I wanted it to go away, but by the time I reached high school, the truth grew clearer and clearer. By the time I got to college, the choice was undeniable—live as I really am, or die right now. I chose to live. It was the last week of December 2008 when I decided, terrified, to announce to my family that I was about to commit to the boldest New Year’s resolution. I told them one by one over the course of a daylong emotional ultramarathon. By the time the sun went down, I was out of tears to cry. I remember the tension in the laundry room, where I cornered my mother while she folded towels, wringing my hands, saying, “I have to tell you something,” and taking thirty seconds to speak again. Mom was so scared. “Please,” she said, “Spit it out.” So I did. I remember the way my little brother crumpled in the hall, unable to comprehend it all at once. The way my dad laughed as he heard the news, a gregarious guffaw, reveling in the novelty of the world, as far from mean-spirited as could be. My sister, 9 years old, had only one question, the first words out of her mouth: “So, I’m going to have a big sister?” Then she smiled the kind of smile that makes you feel like your heart is going to explode. The family followed her lead. They circled the wagons, drawing lines in the sand against extended family
that was sometimes less than kind. My grandpa’s first instinct was to protect me—“We don’t need to tell anyone this.” That was the most startling; the family patriarch had a vision of his whole family versus me—and he chose me. I am still repaying my debts to my family, who all deserve the world and more. But at the same time I am alone, trawling America, trying to figure out the world while avoiding the stares from people who are apprehensively trying to figure out me. “What is that?” they wonder. “Is that a man or a woman? Ma’am? Sir?” The scrutiny can take a lot of shapes, and change rapidly—confusion to amusement, antagonism, rudeness, wrath. How do I make the people in charge—the normal people—feel more comfortable with me? This is an ugly feeling, one that leaves me constantly experiencing the world with one eye turned slightly inward, perpetually lazy to the beauty of life, always busy battling fear. The fear is all encompassing, and not unfounded. Assault, rape, vicious murder. The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs has on record 18 homicides in 2013, 20 homicides in 2014, and according to the Human Rights Campaign, 21 last year, at least. Trans people are killed angrily; they’re often torn to pieces. Like Yaz’min Shancez, whose body was found smoldering, in pieces, set on fire, next to the trash. HONESTLY, YOU CAN’T REMEMBER which one of your captors implied to your face that you would be raped in the Osage County Jail. Even at the moment when he says it, you don’t really hear him—but for your captive body, you are somewhere far away, utterly dissociated. It’s the only way that you can bear the treatment, or the stares. You notice the uncomprehending silence from other inmates before you’re processed and locked into solitary confinement. On the door they write, “KEEP ISOLATED.” As your numbness begins to dissipate, you think to yourself with the darkest gallows humor that it’s kind of funny the only place here where you’re apparently safe from sexual assault is an isolation cell nicknamed “the hole.” All this for the contents of a pipe. You knew the law—that part’s your fault. But you only thought you knew the punishment. They forget to offer you a shower, but they do provide you with half-doses of your medication, the label of which they evidently didn’t correctly read. An officer whose face you cannot see walks by your cell and asks about the condition of “that thing in there,” and you know he’s talking about you.
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WHEN TRANS PEOPLE ARE DISCUSSED in the media, a lot of time is spent talking about the dead. We see smiling faces of the deceased and hear about their tragic ends. This is meant to lend a state of urgency to things—people are dying, they’re being killed, they’re killing themselves. It’s meant to move you into action. But without understanding, you cannot act with substance. Politicians often think trans people are perverts who upended their lives to switch bathrooms for a quick thrill. This has never been true. But the toxic things they said about gay people were never true either. For the more than 700,000 transgender Americans, and the millions of trans people worldwide, we need for you to understand that being transgender is not done to get a reaction from you. We do not claim gender identities contrary to our biological sex flippantly, or as a lark, a joke, a provocation. It’s not a trick or subterfuge. It’s not a choice. I was born with the brain of a girl that has now grown into the mind of a woman, all the while resting in a body that was born biologically male. I didn’t decide to adopt this lifestyle, no more than anyone’s cousin, sister, aunt, or son decided to be gay. Considering the treatment that gays have historically gotten and that trans people continue to get to this day, it doesn’t take an advanced mind to see that no rational person would choose a life like this, to be an object of mass hatred, disgust, a most quizzical thing. IN THE YEARS SINCE BIRTH I have managed, not without incredible help, to be recognized legally and medically as a woman. These hurdles, at least, I’ve cleared. In addition to the age at which I transitioned, the fact that my transition is complete puts me ahead of many trans people, who often suffer mightily at the hands of government as they fight for adequate healthcare and legal recognition. They lack the support of their families, they lack the foundation that allows a person in America to find housing, get a job, make money. Many are homeless. They die without us hearing about them, because when they die, they’re often buried as their legal name and gender. They didn’t have the money to legally claim their names, and no one who tends to their body knows who they were. Dionne is buried as DeMarcus—she lives and dies misunderstood. I need you to understand. When gay people started coming out of the closet more frequently, they often came out in the company of a homophobe. A family member, a confidante, someone in his or her trusted circle was inclined first to think, “gross.” But a funny thing happened over the years—people don’t want to hate their family, their friends, their trusted confidantes. They love them for the quality of person they are, not the categories they fit into or deny. It’s why Dick Cheney was on record in support of gay rights before Obama. It’s why gay people can now not only marry, but live prosperously under the full and equal protection of the law. This was the will of the people because the people, in majority numbers, finally understood that there was nothing to fight against, no one to be afraid of, no real reason to deny equal lives to different people. For the June 9, 2014 cover of TIME Magazine, the actress Laverne Cox posed, chin-out and head-on, looking resilient against the imagined eyes of skeptical readers. Beside her, a headline: “The Transgender Tipping Point.” Until recently, popular films with trans characters were almost always tragedies. Like “Boys Don’t Cry,” for which the actress Hillary Swank won an Oscar for her role as Brandon Teena, a transgender man who was murdered. Even the 1995 film “Stonewall”—a very gay film—featured its only transgender character blowing her brains out after the weight of the world’s judgment became too much for her. But we are slowly changing our collective mind as a society—indeed, we are reaching “the tipping point.” Caitlyn Jenner can be on the cover of Vanity Fair, Lana Wachowski can make millions of dollars directing Hollywood blockbusters, and films like last year’s “Tangerine” can be about two trans women, star two trans women, and win critical accolades. The culture has acknowledged we exist, but now we are finally being seen—not as villains, victims, or as punchlines, but as people. Locked in a cell and being thought of not as a person, but a thing, takes you to the very edge of your ability to cope. If there were just one person who understood, you think, who could see you—maybe you could handle it. But nobody does—you are utterly alone. And it’s in that solitude, that sense of otherness and unacceptance, where one finds the ingredients for suicide. Seeing people who look like you, in all their flaws and beauty—this big-shouldered woman, that small-statured man—does the opposite. And it’s important. Seeing your reflection in the culture gives you hope. You are, however marginally, accepted. That’s me up there. Do you understand? a March 2 – 15, 2016 // THE TULSA VOICE
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ith the recent growth it’s seen with new fellowships, funding, festivals, and the success of First Fridays, an overwhelming sense of positivity, excitement, and fun can be felt in Tulsa’s art scene. We are lucky to enjoy the talents of many artists who give rich, poignant performances on all of Tulsa’s stages, where most theater, music, and dance operate to a significant degree as feel-good enterprises. This has been good for our downtown, which has been depressed for so long. But, I do have a question. Where is the performing art that shakes us up, that makes us consider who we have been and who we want to be? Who we have been is, among many things both great and terrible, a community that for nearly a hundred years pretended nothing really happened down in Greenwood in 1921. As we slowly make space for that reality and other unpleasant facts about our city, we are going to need art to help us. Art that connects us to reality, not just gives us an escape from it. Performing art, through its inherent empathy-building genius, lets us look through various lenses of reality. Work that is uncomfortable, disruptive, and unexpected helps us see what we tolerate in our own selves and in our community. It gives us a glimpse of our willingness to engage with the other, expanding our imaginative and solution-finding capabilities. Tulsa mostly experiences this type of art through new work via the certifiably punk rock Nightingale Theater and Living Arts and its New Genre Festival. Original works by locals appear at Summer30 // ARTS & CULTURE
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stage and the Tulsa Fringe Festival. The University of Tulsa cultivates new talent with playwriting workshops and residencies. Challenging contemporary plays—“August: Osage County,” “Closer,” “Book of Mormon”—by celebrated artists pop up here and there. Still, when theater companies bring in even mildly controversial material, as with Heller Theatre’s production of Joshua Harmon’s “Bad Jews” last year, there’s often an embarrassing backlash. Why am I talking about this? Because of Tulsa Project Theatre’s upcoming production of “Rent,” and how the company is choosing to present it. When “Rent” premiered on Broadway in 1996, it addressed the devastation of AIDS, which was a visceral and immediate reality. “It was this incredible bolt of lightning,” TPT executive director Ron Spigelman says. “In terms of
musical theater and life coming together, [Rent] has become more than a cult; it’s a document of the time.” Director Matthew Brown noticed “Rent” getting “a little glossy” in the years since its premiere. For its current production in the 150-seat Norman Theatre at the Tulsa PAC, Brown aims to take the musical back to the East Village of 1991, finding clothes and decor from that time and emphasizing the struggles of the characters. But there’s more than set dressing and performance grit involved in what Spigelman calls “trying to bring the show back to what it’s really all about.” Yes, “Rent” is an iconic piece of entertainment, riffing on “La Boheme” amid the rampant poverty and sexuality politics of the era. “The show hasn’t ended,” Spigelman says. The issues it explores are even more rele-
vant now. “Politically, it’s become supercharged again.” Far from dodging or glossing over those issues, TPT is doing the opposite and digging in, effectively operating as a community service organization. “That’s what we want to be,” Spigelman says. “We want our production to be more in tune with our community and their struggles. We’re going to invite people who are coming to bring photos of loved ones who have died from AIDS and they will get to walk from their seats and put that photo on the set.” “We don’t want to just do a show to remember a time,” he explains. “AIDS is still with us, people are still dying from it. We want to do this so that people can actually feel the presence of the people they have lost as part of the experience. By the time the show ends the wall will be full of pictures.” Real people being addressed by and welcomed into a show and given space to enter the complexity of the experience? That’s performing art that matters. “Rent” broke ground by speaking fearlessly to its viewers about their own community, about those who were other and yet belonged. Who is other to us? How can we honor them? By making theater and music and dance that connects us and helps us to connect; that exposes our fault lines; that links us in living life out of the shadows. a
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‘It’s just science’ Spring Houghton takes a holistic approach to sex education by CLAIRE EDWARDS
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or educator and activist Spring Houghton, being pro-choice comes from “a moral, almost religious direction.” She recalls the first time she heard about abortion, on a standardized writing test. “The president at the time was George H.W. Bush…his position was something along the lines of no abortion except in the case of rape or incest.” Houghton approached her parents about it. Her father was a physician in her hometown of Holdenville, OK. “He kind of saw it as just a medical procedure. Which it is—it’s a legal medical procedure. And I didn’t get the sense that there was a whole lot of political weight or controversy attached to it.” Her mother gave a more personal story. Following the birth of her first two children, Houghton’s mother found herself pregnant again. “It wasn’t going to be viable, so she had an abortion. For her it was a matter of life and death, but to me it was always one of those things you have to do sometimes.” At 19, Houghton herself became pregnant and carried her
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pregnancy to term. “Knowing at 19 how much it costs to be pregnant, to have a baby, I just couldn’t imagine anything more immoral than to force that on somebody…it’s kind of beyond your imagination to take medically necessary procedures away from people.” To Houghton, it became abundantly clear that Oklahoma politicians used anti-choice rhetoric to gain political capital with the electorate, using women’s bodies as battlefields for political fights. “I started thinking about how to fight the restrictions and laws and legislations being passed to restrict women’s access to all the healthcare that they need. One of the ways I knew would be helpful would be for young people to have completely comprehensive, accurate, science-based education.” In the last year, Houghton has been working with The Carrera Adolescent Sexuality and Pregnancy Program, a co-ed program used in over twenty states, including Oklahoma, that takes a holistic approach to educating and empowering young people. Though having access to good, scientifically accurate reproduc-
tive information is an essential first step, Houghton explains that this alone isn’t enough. “A lot of [teenagers] are not hooked into anything else, or there are some mental health things that need to be addressed. There are just holes they’re filling with relationships.” The Carrera program offers mental health help, and a “job club” where kids get bank accounts and are introduced to the professional world so they can learn what sort of opportunities might lie ahead. Students also learn about the science behind STIs so as to normalize and remove the stigma from an STI diagnosis. Houghton goes on, “The number one reason why people don’t get tested is because they don’t want to be associated with having an STD. No one would get sick and not go to the doctor because they’re ashamed of their flu symptoms…from a public health perspective, it’s very similar.” In Oklahoma, the only mandatory sexual health education is AIDS and HPV prevention, and abstinence is the only compulsorily taught method of pregnancy prevention. Scientific accuracy isn’t a requirement of sex education in
Oklahoma, and getting even the simplest legislation passed can be difficult. Houghton hopes that will change with the introduction of HB2721 this session, which would allow for comprehensive sex education in Oklahoma classrooms. Another cornerstone of the Carrera program is the ongoing discussion of issues related to social justice. Houghton tackles everything from systemic racism to the dangers of hyper-masculinity to gender identity. When I remark that the gender identity component seems pretty liberal, especially for Oklahoma, Houghton says, “It’s just science! People across every culture, across every time period have been born and not identified with the gender roles or genders their parents raised them with.” For kids adrift on the tumultuous sea of adolescence, this sort of openness and compassion can serve as a powerful antidote to negative media messages as well as peer pressure. “Some of them are coming from really shitty places… so our job is to teach them that, at the same time, we still have to take care of each other.” a March 2 – 15, 2016 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Upright Citizens Brigade long form improv group “Wild Horses” members Erin Whitehead, Mary Holland, Stephanie Allyne, and Lauren Lapkus
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Bridgett Everett
n January 28, the Blue Whale Comedy Team headed out west for RIOT LA, Los Angeles’s largest alt-comedy festival. After attending alone in 2015, I knew I wanted to bring everyone else along for the ride this year. Not only did we get to see over a hundred comedians in one weekend, we learned about the back end of a festival and how Blue Whale can be more efficient. Abbey Londer, founder and director of RIOT LA, graciously offered us an insider’s view of how to run an alt-comedy festival, with tips on available talent and agencies, as well as best practices for things like ticketing, passes, and festival structure. RIOT was also a great opportunity to check in on Oklahoma comics like Josh Fadem and Leah Kaya janian, both of whom are out there killing it in L.A. We met with past Blue Whale performers and the agents we use to book them. Additionally, our team took a tour of the Creative Artist Agency offices with CAA Agent Tyler Amato, and we hosted a pre-RIOT happy hour for all Blue Whale-affiliated comedians, agents, and our Oklahoma pals. When we started Blue Whale Comedy Festival in 2013, it was hard to get agents to take our calls and to convince comics to come to Oklahoma. Although it’s taken a few years, Blue Whale is now on par with what’s going on in much larger cities. The next time you attend a large-scale event in Tulsa— whether it’s Blue Whale, the Route 66 Marathon, Tulsa Tough, XPO, or Tulsa Overground—remember there’s a team of people behind it traveling, researching, hustling, networking, raising money, and losing sleep and hair, all in the name of bringing something cool to Tulsa. Blue Whale Comedy Festival will take place in Tulsa from September 8-11, 2016 in the Brady Arts District with historic Cain’s Ballroom as the new headlining venue. a ARTS & CULTURE // 33
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Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical Tues., March 8, 7:30 p.m., $32-$82 Chapman Music Hall, PAC, tulsapac.com Written by Woody Allen and based on his Oscar-winning 1994 film of the same name, “Bullets Over Broadway” tells the story of a young playwright who finds himself in trouble while his first play is being produced on Broadway in the late 1920s. Desperate to get the show up and running, the play’s producer turns to a gangster to finance it. The catch: the gangster’s girlfriend has to be the star. The familiar score consists of jazz and standards from the 1910s and ‘20s including “I’m Sitting on Top of the World,” “Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You,” and “Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do.”
Tulsa Gridiron: The Farce Awakens or Ding-a-Ling Brothers, Bynum & Bartlett Circus Fri., March 4 and Sat., March 5, 8 p.m., tickets start at $30 Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, tulsagridiron.org A Tulsa tradition for over 80 years, Tulsa Gridiron lampoons newsmakers of all sorts, from local politicians to international celebrities with musical parodies and sharp commentary. Tulsa Gridiron raises money for journalism and communications scholarships for local colleges and universities.
Geico Bassmaster Classic Fri., March 4 through Sun., March 6, BOK Center, Cox Business Center, Grand Lake o’ the Cherokees, bassmaster.com/classic Sport fishing’s greatest championship returns to Tulsa. Competitors will takeoff from Wolf Creek Park on Grand Lake, where spectators can take on-the-water demo rides in new Mercury, Nitro, Skeeter, Triton and Yamaha boats. Cox Business Center will host the Outdoors Expo, where you can see what’s new in the world of fishing, meet competitors, and maybe even run into some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Daily Weigh-Ins will be at the BOK Center. All events are free.
Bernadette Peters Sat., March 5, 7:30 p.m., $29, Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center, brokenarrowpac.com Whether you know her from “Annie,” “Into the Woods,” or “The Jerk,” chances are you’ve been charmed and captivated by Bernadette Peters. The star of stage and screen, one of Broadway’s very best, will perform a solo concert at Broken Arrow PAC.
Hike for Healing Sat., March 5, 8 a.m., $30 Turkey Mountain, thegriefcenter.org Hike for Healing began as a memorial event for clients of The Tristesse Grief Center, and has now grown into a fundraiser for the Center, which provides professional grief counseling to those who cannot afford to pay. The 5K run and Memorial Mile are about remembering and honoring lost loved ones through emotional healing and physical health.
TU Men’s Soccer vs Tulsa Roughnecks Thurs., March 10, 7:30 p.m., $5 Hurricane Stadium, tulsahurricane.com T-Town footy clubs collide when the Golden Hurricane takes on the Roughnecks.
Beneath the Score: Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony Sat., March 12, 7:30 p.m., $21-$76 Chapman Music Hall, PAC, tulsapac.com Following a sold-out lecture with Tulsa Town Hall, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra conductor, inspirational teacher and speaker, and author of “The Art of Possibility,” Benjamin Zander will conduct the Tulsa Symphony in a special two-part concert experience with Gustav Mahler’s second symphony. In the first part, Zander will lead a discussion and demonstration of the themes, concepts and structure of the intricate Resurrection Symphony. After an intermission, Maestro Zander and the orchestra will return with Tulsa Oratorio Chorus and virtuoso soloists to perform the epic score in its entirety.
FIRST FRIDAY ART CRAWL // 108 Contemporary – “Art. Craft. Design.” – James Henkle, Don Narcomey & Mark Hawley; AHHA – “The Other Side of Logic” – Jayne Lawrence, screenings of the Oklahoma Dance Film Festival, Harwelden Awards Exhibit; Arts Alliance Tulsa – Josh Butts to paint Phase 2 of “Arts Barometer” on the south wall of Hey Mambo; Brady Artists Studio – Pottery by Mel Cornshucker, Donna Prigmore, Chas Foote, Murff & Julie Box, jewelry by Rachael Dazey, music by Seth Dazey; Colors of Etnika – gemstones and silver jewelry from India; Caz’s Chowhouse – music by Josh Caudle; Caz’s Pub – live graffiti art; Chrysalis Salon & Spa – “Floating World” – acrylics by Tom Conrad; Club Ma jestic – Hoe You Think You Can Dance! Contest; Guthrie Green – Vintage Swing Movement; Gypsy Coffee House - music by Ms. Marilyn McCulloch; Hey Mambo - art by Susan Palmer Foust, music by 7blue; The Hunt Club – music by RPM; Living Arts – New Genre XXIII; Lucky’s on the Green – book signing by Tulsa author Adam W. Shelby; Mainline Art & Cocktails – “But…is it art?” – Kyle Blair, music by Attorneys at Jazz; Philbrook Downtown – re-installed contemporary galleries, works by Ed Ruscha, Richard Seera and more, “Interludes” – Doel Reed, “Off the Wall” – street artist Thomas “Breeze” Marcus; T.A.C. Gallery – “Sticks and Stones: an Abstraction” – Jim Terrell; Tulsa Glassblowing School – glassblowing demonstrations; Woody Guthrie Center – “Painted Pacifier” – Emergency Infant Services benefit art show/sale, Hootenanny in the theater room; Yeti – music by The Inner Party; Zarrow Center – “The Art of Politics: American Political Cartoons,” music by Mark Gibson 34 // ARTS & CULTURE
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BEST OF THE REST
New Genre Arts Festival March 3 through March 5, Living Arts and Liddy Doenges Theater, PAC livingarts.org For 23 years, New Genre Arts Festival has brought experimental and non-traditional works of art to Tulsa. This year’s festival features multimedia performances, spoken word, video installations, jazz, Dark Matter, and a giant spoon. It begins on Thursday, March 3 with OK Avant Garde (see below), followed by the First Friday openings of installations by Nathan Halverson and Jil Guyon.
How Very Much I Have Loved You // Fri., March 4 through Thurs., March 24; Living Arts, livingarts.org This collection of three audio-visual installations relates to issues of domestic surveillance, environmental conservation, and the War on Terror. “How Very Much I Have Loved You” is based on footage of the Deep Water Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. “Border Landscape Remix” transforms video from surveillance cameras on the U.S.Mexico border into instruments of landscape art. “As Far as the Eye Can See” features original audio over appropriated images from the film noir “Gun Crazy.”
Widow // Fri., March 4 through Thurs., March 24, Living Arts One woman’s interior world unravels in this video piece by Jil Guyon. The woman appears to be of a bygone era, but her environment is stark and futuristic. As her movement becomes repetitive layers of costume begin to unravel. The result is like Kabuki set to electronic music.
Preparation for the Obsolescence of the Y Chromosome // Fri., March 4 and Sat., March 5, 8 p.m.; Liddy Doenges Theatre, PAC This multimedia performance piece investigates rumors about the implications of the Y Chromosome’s reputed decline based on data from the Whitehead Institute at MIT. Michelle Ellsworth navigates a website that explores the question of what will happen when men die and how to replace them using web technology, procedures, apparatus, and archives of men dancing.
OK Avant Garde // Thurs., March 3, 8 p.m., Living Arts Beginning in the 1950s with Manly Johnson, Ron Padgett, and Ted Berrigan, Tulsa has a long tradition of attracting and producing poets who push the boundaries of sense and sensibility. This event gathers poets from around Oklahoma working in this tradition today who use language in ways that embody contemporary life in the 21st century, including featured poet Phil Estes, as well as Victoria McArtor, Sheila Black, Liz Ruyle, Tim Bradford, Kate Roddy, Bruce Willis, Tai Igarashi, Hugh Tribbey, Adam Lux and more.
Jeweled Net of the Vast Invisible // Fri., March 4 and Sat., March 5, 8 p.m., Living Arts A physicist, a visual artist, and a jazz composer collaborated to create this visualization of Dark Matter accompanied by original music. The performance includes a live jazz trio and a rendering of star evolution over the course of 1.4 billion years.
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EVENTS
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The Balvenie Tasting with Andrew Weir // Mix Co hosts an evening of Scotch with Andrew Weir of The Balvenie, also known as an actor (Young Hamish in “Braveheart”) and one of the world’s leading performers of the works of iconic Scottish poet Robert Burns. The tasting will feature Glenfiddich 14 Year, The Balvenie 12 Year Double Wood, The Balvenie 15 Year Sherry, and The Balvenie 21 Year Port Wood. // 3/9, 6:30 p.m., Mix Co, $40
Pop Up Players // 3/3, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com
Martin Atkins: How to make an extra $100K in the music business // Drummer Martin Atkins (Public Image Ltd, Nine Inch Nails) returns to Woody Guthrie Center to offer advice for independent artists that can translate into $100,000 additional revenue in a year. // 3/12, 2 p.m., Woody Guthrie Center, woodyguthriecenter.org
Squeaky Clean Stand Up // 3/5, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10
Mod March: TFA Modern Architecture Tour // Tulsa Foundation for Architecture’s 2nd Saturday Walking Tour will be the first of two tours focusing on modern architecture in Tulsa. The 1.5 hour walk will begin at Foolish Things Coffee. // 3/12, 10 a.m., Foolish Things Coffee Company, $10, tulsaarchitecture.com
Improv Club // 3/10, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com
Pro Football Hall of Fame Fan Fest // This interactive, family fun experience features Hall of Fame exhibits, NFL Scouting Combine-inspired activities and appearances from Hall of Famers, including Kevin Greene, Bruce Matthews, Barry Sanders, and Thurman Thomas. // 3/12-3/13, Cox Business Center, $15-$95, coxcentertulsa.com
Comfort Creatures // 3/12, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com
PERFORMING ARTS Tyler Perry’s Madea on the Run // Tyler Perry brings his most notorious and outrageous creation to Tulsa for this stage show, that finds Madea hiding out from the local authorities. Starring Perry and Cassi Davis, the show features new music written by Perry. // 3/11, 8 p.m., Brady Theater, $50-$65, bradytheater.com Peppa Pig’s Big Splash! // Your favorite pig with a British accent and all of her friends come to town. // 3/12, 5 p.m., Brady Theater, $29.50-$39.50, bradytheater.com Broadway Blockbuster // A trio of Broadway vocalists joins Signature Symphony to perform songs from some of Broadway’s biggest hits. // 3/12-3/13, VanTrease PACE, $34-$59 RENT // Tulsa Project Theatre presents Jonathan Larson’s beloved modernization of “La Bohéme.” The unforgettable musical follows a group of struggling young artists in New York City’s East Village. // 3/4-3/19, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Charles E. Norman Theatre, $41-$61 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory // Encore! Tulsa presents Roald Dahl’s sugary story of sweets. // 3/4-3/6, Tulsa Little Theatre, $22 A Streetcar Named Desire // Tulsa Opera will perform André Previn’s jazzy opera based on Tennessee Williams’s haunting play. Soprano Caroline Worra makes her Tulsa Opera debut as the tragic Blanche DuBois. // 3/4-3/6, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Chapman Music Hall, $31-$106
The Mic Drop // 3/4, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com Blue Dome Social Club // 3/4, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10 Army of Stand Ups // 3/5, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10
Sunday Night Stand Up // 3/6, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5 David Heti, Rachael Goldman, Ryan Green // 3/9, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com
Crayons // 3/11, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com Rodney Carrington // 3/11, 7 p.m., BOK Center, $34-$54.75, bokcenter.com
Komedy Kombat // 3/12, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com Sunday Night Stand Up // 3/13, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com Free Stand Up Comedy // 3/14, The Venue Shrine, tulsashrine.com Alex Ortiz, Henry Coleman, Rick Shaw // 3/2-3/5, Loony Bin, $2-$12 Cowboy Bill Martin, Nat Baimel, Matthew Spruill // 3/9-3/12, Loony Bin, $7-$15
SPORTS TU Men’s Soccer vs Missouri State // 3/3, 7:30 p.m., The University of Tulsa - Hurricane Stadium, $5, utulsa.edu TU Baseball vs Arkansas - Little Rock // 3/4, 3 p.m., Oral Roberts University - J.L. Johnson Stadium, $8-$18, oru.edu TU Baseball vs Arkansas - Little Rock // 3/5, 5 p.m., Oral Roberts University - J.L. Johnson Stadium, $8-$18 TU Softball vs Lamar University // 3/5, 4:03 p.m., The University of Tulsa, $5 TU Men’s Basketball vs USF // 3/5, 4 p.m., The University of Tulsa - Reynolds Center, $15-$44, utulsa.edu TU Baseball vs Arkansas - Little Rock // 3/5, 2 p.m., Oral Roberts University - J.L. Johnson Stadium, $8-$18, oru.edu TU Softball vs University of Iowa // 3/5, 12 p.m., The University of Tulsa, $5 TU Softball vs University of Iowa // 3/6, 2 p.m., The University of Tulsa, $5 TU Baseball vs Arkansas - Little Rock // 3/6, 1 p.m., Oral Roberts University - J.L. Johnson Stadium, $8-$18, oru.edu TU Softball vs Lamar University // 3/6, 12 p.m., The University of Tulsa, $5 ARTS & CULTURE // 35
Andrew Winn | ADAM MURPHY
The Axe Man of Admiral Place The hardscrabble life of a vintage guitar dealer by BEAU ADAMS ANDREW WINN WANTS TO GET A GUN.
I’m advising him against it. I ask him if he’s taken his pill yet and he says he can’t remember. I need to set a timer so that we can take our medication at the same time. Anti-anxiety medication is essential when you’re loading over half a million dollars worth of vintage guitars into and out of some of the cheapest motels dotting our interstate system—much more important than a loaded gun, I try to explain. The Days Inn in Franklin, Tennessee is bleak. It’s February. The pool is covered and rightly so, the air temperature is just above freezing when we check in at 7 p.m. 36 // MUSIC
If you’ve ever wondered how many vintage guitars can fit into a standard motel with two queen beds, the number is roughly 138— that’s how many we’ve managed to jam into it, anyway. All floor space save for a small pathway cutting through to the bathroom is occupied by vintage guitar cases, battered and carrying with them the odors of a thousand guitar shops, juke joints and carpet fibers from underneath beds. The bathtub is full of bass guitars standing on end in their ebony cases leaned over slightly, resembling a stack of oversized dominos. For a little over a decade now, Winn has been ascending the ranks of the vintage guitar dealer
market. There might be a hundred or so vintage dealers in the States, a couple dozen that matter. With this latest score Winn is nearing the top ten. These guitars, this collection he worked his way into buying, have been his for a week or so now. They haven’t been on the market for twenty years or more. The vintage guitar world is a small one and he’s been dodging calls from potential buyers who suspect he is in possession of fresh inventory. The trick is to set up a queue to rate clients on a set of criteria in order to maximize sales. First of all, they have to have ample cash. Secondly, they’ve got to be able to keep their damn mouths shut.
If possible, all of the dealers he will entertain in this motel room need to think that they are the first to see these guitars—call it the “preferred customer” marketing strategy. If clients think that you have reserved something especially for them, they may buy more so as not to disappoint. The first dealer Winn invited has cash and a gun in his boot and he doesn’t talk to anybody. Winn didn’t always have these kinds of problems—the overflowing inventory, the worries about safety, the frazzled nerves. It wasn’t long ago that he had to split the rental of a guitar show booth with another dealer due to a lack of inventory and capital. EveryMarch 2 – 15, 2016 // THE TULSA VOICE
body has to start somewhere. At this guitar show, where the wellheeled stars of the music industry live, his inventory will spill over eight booth spaces. IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR If it weren’t for lizards, Winn might not be in the vintage guitar business. “I was 14 years old,” he says, “and I worked at this pet store. They paid me in snakes and mice. Something about child labor laws and shit.” Winn and a friend started building lizard cages and he envisioned selling them to people who came in the store. “This guy comes in and he wants a cage, but he doesn’t want to pay me for it— he wants to trade.” The man offered Winn a Japanese-made 1987 Fender Strato-caster and a small amplifier for the reptile habitat. “I wanted the money, I didn’t want the guitar,” he remembers. “But somehow I found out the value of the guitar and amp and figured I could sell it for more money than I was asking for the cage.” Having been previously asked to leave violin lessons for practicing nothing but “Kashmir,” it’s fair to say Winn’s musical focus was debatable, though he had a good ear. “I set that guitar and amp up in my parents’ garage and started trying out figure out Led Zeppelin songs. It was so loud and distorted in that space that it kind of sounded right.” Winn fell in love with the instrument, and the appeal of working in a pet shop faded. “I went in to the local music store in Stillwater and asked them for a job,” Winn says. “I told them I’d do anything They basically hired me to scrub toilets.” So Winn hung around Daddy O’s Music and began to learn about the instrument that would come to define his career. “I wouldn’t leave. I’d do anything: set-ups, repairs, lots of dusting, janitorial duties for the shop and the apartment upstairs.” He worked there throughout his teenage years and was manager by high school graduation. But it was in Oklahoma City, after a stint of trying on some other careers, that Winn would find his path. “One day this guy comes in and wants to trade a vintage guitar to the shop for THE TULSA VOICE // March 2 – 15, 2016
the close of the guitar show that first day he’s re-introduced dozens of vintage instruments back to the market. “It’s time for a drink,” Winn says.
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some value into a new one. The owner didn’t want the vintage guitar, he just wasn’t interested. I asked him if I could buy that guy’s guitar with my own money and try and sell it.” Winn sold the instrument online in a matter of days at a decent profit. RAMBLE ON “Come outside with me and smoke a cigarette,” Winn says. “I don’t wanna stand out there by myself, it makes me feel like a sitting duck.” “Yeah, well, there may as well be two of us out there,” I say. “That way we can both die at the same time.” “We need a gun,” he says. “We need a drink and a cigarette,” I tell him, “and then we need to calm down.” We look out at the covered pool; stacks of plastic outdoor chairs have spilled over, likely due to wind, possibly several weeks
ago. We’re so nervous we don’t want to go back into the room. I offer to grab a few more beers and our coats. We run through our smokes and keep lighting, trying to push through the wait. We talk non-sense, we haven’t eaten in hours, we barely slept last night and we know this pattern will not change for days. Before we manage to give up on dinner, Winn sells nearly six figures worth of guitars—all cash. It would have been more if his client had settled on the 1951 Fender “Blackguard No-Caster,” but he’s gonna sleep on that one. It doesn’t matter; it sells to the vintage buyer for a chain music store the next morning along with several other pieces for a tidy profit. By midday on Friday, a day that the trade show floor is reserved for vintage guitar dealers only, we haven’t even had time to set up Winn’s booth due to the frenzy of activity from vintage buyers smelling fresh blood in the water. At
BRING IT ON HOME The exterior of the Guitar House of Tulsa isn’t going to impress you. It’s got all the charm of a check cashing facility—a lean strip on a weathered blacktop that desires no “walk-up” traffic. With vintage guitars it’s about guts, not show. Guitar House has existed in Tulsa in one form or another since 1964—a date not lost on music historians. In its last iteration it housed a fine selection of new instruments that sprang from classic bloodlines—Martin, Taylor, among others. For over a decade, Winn has developed a network of clients across the world that look to him when they want to purchase a vintage instrument. Other dealers seek him out to consult when they are stumped as to value or authenticity of a guitar. He has been a paid consultant for a leading auction house verifying and describing their inventory for the public—and he’s done it all without a store. So, why now? “I don’t know,” he laughs. “Well, here’s the thing. I’ve moved around. I’ve seen some things. I knew if I was going to have a shop it was going to have a different kind of vibe and it needed to be in a place where the people got it—where there was a serious music history. I want to be able to put these vintage instruments in the hands of people who are going to appreciate them and use them.” Does it make sense to open a vintage guitar shop in Tulsa? “It does to me, because I’m an Okie. Oklahoma, especially Tulsa, is a music mecca. There has been so much of the history of rock and roll music come out of this place and there are current players making records here, making waves way beyond the confines of Oklahoma. I wanna be a part of that. These guitars were used by the true giants of the industry back in the day to make rock and roll and I’m glad to bring them back home.” a MUSIC // 37
Wanda Watson | CYNTHIA STEWART
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Kickin’ cancer Local musicians rally around Teresa Price for all-day benefit at the VFW by MITCH GILLIAM
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hen Teresa Price beat lung cancer two years ago, she and her husband, Tulsa bluesman Lloyd Price, believed the battle was over. However, after a recent string of stutters, spills and stroke-like symptoms, doctors found several inoperable brain tumors in Teresa. Now that she’s reentered the cancer battlefield, Tulsa’s roots music scene wants to help her “Kick Cancer’s Ass.” “Everyone has played with Lloyd, and everyone knows Teresa,” Wanda Watson, the event’s organizer, said. “They’re just your cool music family.” Watson is a close friend of the Prices and a longtime Tulsa musician herself. She met Teresa by playing with Lloyd and instantly found “all the qualities I look for in a friend.” The two take a yearly road trip, driving until they figure out “where [they] want to be.” Their latest trip has been delayed for three years now. Determined
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to have their runaway weekend again, Watson has assembled some of Tulsa’s most talented musicians for Teresa’s benefit. “Artists keep pouring in,” she said, adding that the lineup will mostly be an open jam between local greats. Although Teresa isn’t a musician, Wanda said, “she’s been married to one for 30 years… she’s the oil that keeps the wheel from squeakin’.” At least 23 of Tulsa’s best musicians, including Jimmy Markham, Paul Benjaman, and David Dover, seem to agree. Every musician on the bill has worked with Lloyd in some capacity, whether it be performing or recording. Steve Pryor has played frequently with Lloyd over the years, and they still ride motorcycles together. Anytime his band gets a big show, Pryor said they “always grab Lloyd” to play guitar. Pryor told me he couldn’t think of more deserving people
to help. “They’re just the greatest people, and I think the world of Teresa Price.” Watson had wanted to plan a benefit for the Prices, and when she saw a news report on needed repairs at Tulsa’s VFW Post 577, she thought, “Well, here’s another way to give back.” The Blues Society of Tulsa hosts a yearly Blues Challenge at the VFW’s upstairs Centennial Lounge. Watson has won the challenge several years, allowing her to travel to Memphis. She feels those trips to Memphis wouldn’t have happened without the VFW’s support and her freedom to play music in general wouldn’t exist without the sacrifices veterans have made. Five dollars of the $25 ticket along with all concession sales will go to the repairs needed at the VFW. In addition to music performances from local favorites, the all-day event will feature a silent auction, and other items on sale
for Teresa’s benefit. “People don’t take what I say lightly,” Watson told me, and pointed to her overflowing staff of “Wanda-Ful” volunteers as proof. The help she’s received has allowed her to delegate certain tasks, and join the stage on March 5. As the event approaches, the lineup continues to grow. With the overwhelming support of the music community, Watson remains hopeful that she and Teresa will get back on the road. “I talk to her about it often, as encouragement,” Watson said. “Teresa is having the last of her radiation treatments today, and things are looking up,” Lloyd said. “There has been a tremendous outpouring of support for her. We are grateful to everyone involved, and we look forward to seeing everyone at the event.” a KICKIN’ CANCER’S ASS! VFW Post 577 | 1109 E. 6th St. Sat., March 5 | 3-11 p.m. | $25 March 2 – 15, 2016 // THE TULSA VOICE
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musiclistings Wed // Mar 2 Brady Theater – *Experience Hendrix w/ Billy Cox, Buddy Guy, Zakk Wilde, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jonny Lang, Dweezil Zappa, Eric Johnson and more – 8 p.m. – ($35-$85) Dusty Dog Pub – Scott Ellison Hunt Club – Paul Benjaman Band Mix Co – Mike Cameron Collective On the Rocks – Don White Sandite Billiards & Grill – Bryce Dicus Soundpony – Cave of Swimmers The Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project The Venue Shrine – Industry Wednesday Vanguard – Brokencyde, Justina Valentine, Challenger, Jake Cooley, Jankins ($12-$15)
Thurs // Mar 3 Amsterdam Bar and Grill – Aweezy Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Cain’s Ballroom – Jon Pardi, Justin Adams ($15-$30) Crow Creek Tavern – Tyler Brant Fur Shop – The Punknecks, Russ T Nutz Hard Rock Casino - The Joint – Billy Currington ($55-$65) Hunt Club – Modlin’s Mayhem Comedy In the Raw BA – Eric Himan – 6 p.m. River Spirit Casino – Jason Young Band Roosters Cocktails – Daniel Jordan Soundpony – Sneak The Poet The Colony – Honky Tonk Happy Hour w/ Jacob Tovar The Venue Shrine – Pak Man ($5) Vanguard – Shawn James and the Shape Shifters, Pilgrim, Electric Rag Band ($10) Woody’s Corner Bar – Tyler Russell
Fri // Mar 4 American Legion Post 308 – Round Up Boys Barkingham Palace – The Big News Brady Artist Studio – Seth Dazey Caz’s Chowhouse – Josh Caudle Gypsy Coffee House – Ms. Marilyn McCulloch Hey Mambo – 7blue Mainline Art & Cocktails – Attorneys at Jazz Mainline Art & Cocktails – Mark Gibson Mercury Lounge – *Wink Burcham Band Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – Imzadi Pepper’s Grill - South – The Zigs River Spirit Casino – The Copa Reefers River Spirit Casino - Event Center – George Thorogood and The Destroyers ($30-$60) Roosters Cocktails – Drive Soul City – *Samantha Crain Soundpony – *Green Corn Rebellion, klondike5 The Colony – Cowboy Jones The Venue Shrine – Lou Dog (Sublime Tribute) ($7-$10) Vanguard – *Tallows, Helen Kelter Skelter, Gum ($7-$10) Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Spin Yeti – The Inner Party
Sat // Mar 5 Billy and Renee’s – Smunty Voje Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Cain’s Ballroom – *Bob Wills Birthday Celebration w/ The Texas Playboys ($20-$35) Cimarron Bar – Seven Day Crash Dixie Tavern – Tyler Brant Fassler Hall – Shinyribs, Pilgrim Fur Shop – One Finger Discount, For The Wolf, Situation Critical Hunt Club – Dusty Pearls
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Mercury Lounge – The Shame, The Penny Mob, Merlin Mason Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – Imzadi River Spirit Casino – The Jumpshots Soul City – Erin O’Dowd Band Soundpony – Soul Night The Colony – Brad James Band The Colony – Chris Combs Trio The Venue Shrine – *The Mix Tape Club Presents: Bowie - A Musical Tribute ($7-$10) Vanguard – All About A Bubble, Skytown, Kids in the Street, Neoromantics, Class Zero ($10) Woody’s Corner Bar – Stars
Sun // Mar 6 Cain’s Ballroom – Yelow Claw, Moksi, Falkirk, DJ Diverse ($18-$33) East Village Bohemian Pizzeria – Mike Cameron Collective Soundpony – The Jephries The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing
Mon // Mar 7 Cain’s Ballroom – *Carly Rae Jepsen, Cardiknox, Fairground Saints ($20-$35) Coffee House on Cherry Street – Kinetic Meadow – 7 p.m. Fur Shop – Wood Chickens Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective Soundpony – Bummers Eve, Chives, Who & The Fucks The Colony – Singer/Songwriter Night Yeti – Cypher 120 – 7 p.m.
Tues // Mar 8 Gypsy Coffee House – Tuesday Night Open-Mic Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams (Tickets start at $30) The Colony – Mike Cameron Collective The Venue Shrine – *Mike Zito and The Wheel, Steve Pryor Band ($10-$12) Tin Dog Saloon – Dan Martin
Wed // Mar 9 Cain’s Ballroom – Papadosio, Earphunk ($17-$32) Main Street Tavern – Cynthia Simmons Mix Co – Mike Cameron Collective On the Rocks – Don White The Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project
Thurs // Mar 10 Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Cain’s Ballroom – Post Malone, Josh Sallee, Young DV, Ben Sommers ($20-$35) Crow Creek Tavern – Dan Martin, David Harris Downtown Lounge – *March of the South Tour w/ Critical Assembly, Myra Maybelle, Forever In Disgust, Senior Fellows ($5)Hunt Club – Erin O’Dowd and Chloe Johns River Spirit Casino – Amarillo Junction The Colony – An Evening with Jared Tyler The Shady Tree – Patti Taylor Band The Venue Shrine – Lil’ Flip ($8-$12) Vanguard – Poliça, Clara-Nova ($15)
Fri // Mar 11 727 Club – Calvin Youngblood American Legion Post 308 – Joe Harris Cimarron Bar – Dead Metal Society Hunt Club – The Taylor Machine Mercury Lounge – The Last Slice Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – The Jumpshots
Pepper’s Grill - South – Hydromatics River Spirit Casino – Squadlive Soundpony – DarkuJ The Shady Tree – Bull Finger The Venue Shrine – The Damn Quails ($10) Vanguard – *Bringer EP Release Party w/ The Lonelys, The Fabulous Minx, The Young Vines ($10) Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Mikey Bee Yeti – *American Shadows, Greater Than Planes, Heavy Moon
Sat // Mar 12 727 Club – Scott Ellison Band Billy and Renee’s – The Punknecks, Russ T Nutz Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Dusty Dog Pub – James Groves Blues Machine Hunt Club – BC and the Big Rig Magoo’s – Rocket Science Main Street Tavern – Skytown Mercury Lounge – B.B. Palmer, Kudzu Nitro Lounge – The Foreign Resort Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – The Jumpshots River Spirit Casino – Chinatown Soundpony – *Afistaface The Colony – *John Calvin with Kierston White The Venue Shrine – *Andy Frasco CD Release w/ Magic Beans ($10-$15) Tin Dog Saloon – Garrett Brown & The Twisted 3 Vanguard – *Joe Jack Talcum of the Dead Milkmen, Michale Graves of the Misfits, Coolzey, Merlin Mason ($15-$20) Yeti – *Hey Judy, The Daddyo’s
Sun // Mar 13 BOK Center – Winter Jam w/ Kin & Country, Matthew West, Crowder, RED, Sidewalk Prophets, NewSong, KB/Tedashii/Trip Lee, Lauren Daigle – 5:45 p.m. – ($10) Cain’s Ballroom –*Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters, The Sonics (SOLD OUT) East Village Bohemian Pizzeria – Mike Cameron Collective Soundpony – Jude, I Said Stop - Happy Hour Show! – 6 p.m. Soundpony – *Brujoroots, Vagittarius The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing
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Tues // Mar 15 Brady Theater – R5, Max and Ryland – 7 p.m. – ($27-$47) Cain’s Ballroom – AWOLNATION, PVRIS ($27-$42) Fur Shop – Bobby Meader Band Gypsy Coffee House – Tuesday Night Open-Mic Hunt Club – City Under Siege, Lion in the Mane Nitro Lounge – Caboose, The Calamities, Cosmosis Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams (Tickets start at $30) The Colony – Mike Cameron Collective Vanguard – *Corb Lund with Jacob Tovar & The Saddle Tramps ($12-$30)
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Human scale Tim Blake Nelson’s ‘Anesthesia’ is thoughtful, emotional by JOE O’SHANSKY
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im Blake Nelson’s “Anesthesia” finds the Tulsa-born writer/director at the top of his game—years after his previous film, the pleasing-but-awkward stoner comedy, “Leaves of Grass.” “Anesthesia” brings together a large ensemble cast to tell the story of Walter Zarrow (Sam Water-
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ston), a philosophy professor who, when we meet him, has just been brutally mugged and left bleeding in the foyer of a Manhattan apartment building. He’s found by Sam (Corey Stoll), a married father of two who is spending the night with his girlfriend, Nicole (Mickey Sumner). Walter gives Sam the flowers meant for his wife, Marcia (Glenn Close), and what might be a final message. From there, we rewind to meet Walter as he’s contemplating the last week of his 30-year career spent spreading the gospels of Kierkegaard, Descartes, and Benatar. He’s deeply in love with his wife, their life, and ready for the sunset, however long that takes. Our reintroduction to Walter takes us for a ride on several narrative trains. We meet Adam (Tim Blake Nelson), a dour husband and father of two teenagers, Ella and Hal (Hannah Marks and Ben Konigsberg), who have just learned their mother, Jill (Jessica
Hecht), has ovarian cancer. Sarah (Gretchen Mol) is a semi-alcoholic, well-kept hausfrau who’s suspicious that her husband is having an affair. There’s Jeffery (Michael K. Williams), a high-dollar lawyer who intervenes in the life of his childhood friend, Joe (K. Todd Freeman), who was once a writer and academic but is now committing slow suicide by heroin. Sophie (Kristen Stewart) is an existentially lonely graduate student who burns herself with a curling iron to feel alive. Like railroad tracks that come together in the metropolis of their destination (think: Chicago), we discover how circumstance connects them all—often in ways profound, sad, and deeply satisfying. “Anesthesia” mostly avoids melodrama and reminds us of the power of a human-scale story well told. The film is seasoned with the philosophical naturalism of a Saul Bellow novel and
simmered in a “Short Cuts”-like structure that fuses life, death, sex, despair, and hope in unequal measure. It’s a heady emotional experience, though a mostly monochromatic one. Nelson directs with tonal assurance, and his script snaps with intelligence, both scholarly and emotional. Even when it feels a little overstuffed it never becomes numbingly so, if only because of the theatrical immediacy. It’s hard to pick a stand out among the incredible cast, but K. Todd Freeman, as the junkie Joe, is a force. He gives an amazing, award-worthy performance equal to the talents of his co-star, Michael K. Williams. Kristen Stewart is also strong, along with Stoll, Sumner, and Konigsberg. And if you don’t love Sam Waterston for the national treasure he is, then you might be a robot. “Anesthesia” opens Friday, March 4, at Circle Cinema. March 2 – 15, 2016 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Freaks of Nature So there’s a Twin Peaks-ish town (the opening shot screams it) called Dillford where humans, zombies, and vampires co-exist in a utopia of lazy ‘80’s teen movie clichés. Aliens show up and start dematerializing the citizenry. The previously amiable living and undead turn against each other—in a sort of civil war—when they suspect each other of summoning the aliens to wipe the others out. For whatever reason that makes sense, I’m sure I don’t know. Anyway, they figure out they’re being stupid and band together to destroy Werner Herzog. No shit. “Freaks of Nature” is “Zombieland” meets “Twilight” meets “Twin Peaks” meets “Close Encounters,” cobbled together by two dudes (director Robbie Pickering and writer Oren Uziel) who probably love Spierig Brothers films (“Daybreakers”) but somehow managed to not make anything nearly as good as any of those things. That’s what pisses me off so much. While what I just described sounds like the worst idea in the world, it probably had some potential at one point, given the level of comedic talent that’s ultimately wasted by this generic movie. Denis Leary, Patton Oswalt, Keegan-Michael Key, Bob Odenkirk, Joan Cusack, Tulsa native Josh Fadem, and Pat Healy do their best to make the script pop. It’s THE TULSA VOICE // March 2 – 15, 2016
hard to believe Uziel is the same guy who wrote the inventive and hilarious “22 Jump Street.” As a comedy it’s lazy, derivative and almost entirely unfunny (the best gag involved Bob Odenkirk sparking a joint off an alien force field) while, as film craft, it’s often confounding. Handsome looking in the mid-budget sense, well-shot, and with good effects work, this thing had money. Yet it’s so awfully edited and paced it’s as if it were 20 minutes longer but whole chunks of even less funny material hit the cutting room floor. Bright spots peek through the clouds of squandered effort. The aforementioned comedians do their best, with Patton Oswalt mining some laughs (though I’m pretty sure they just let him improv his lone scene). Leary is good, I guess. Josh Fadem deserves a better film, as does “Halt and Catch Fire’s” Mackenzie Davis, who is wonderful, despite being made to look like a Zooey Deschanel clone. Davis is a load-bearing wall for the unbearably boring scenes with her love interest, Dag (Nicholas Braun). And there’s even a musical hat tip to her “Halt” character, Cameron Howe. Its minor joys are not enough to make this jumbled mess of bad decisions watchable. Not even close. “Freaks of Nature” is unoriginal, low-hanging pop cultural fruit like the worst of them. I’ll try and forgive Herzog. a
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Muskogee Music Extravaganza
G Fest is the newest music festival to hit eastern Oklahoma. 2016 marks the event’s inaugural year and, with it, a dedication to featuring not only great national acts, but also Oklahoma artists performing everything from country to funk, rock to Americana. G Fest will be held at Hatbox Field, June 16-18, in Muskogee and is organized by the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, the city of Muskogee, City of Muskogee Foundation and Muskogee Tourism. Proceeds from the event will go toward improving Hatbox complex for additional festivals. Oklahoma musicians and bands to be featured at G Fest include John Fullbright, Desi & Cody, Ninos, KALO, Full Flava Kings, Paul Benjaman Band, Carter Sampson, Mountain Smoke, Head for the Hills, Cherokee Maidens, Hosty Duo, Don White, Red Dirt Rangers, Darell Christopher & The Ingredients, The Bonham Brothers, Brujoroots, BC and the Big Rig, Jana Jae, Aubrie Sellers, and Ricochet. Merle Haggard, The Avett Brothers, Turnpike Troubadours, Old Crow Medicine Show, Marty Stuart, and others will headline the event. Two rounds of presale tickets have already sold out and the festival is selling a third round of presale general admission tickets now ($99) with prices increasing on April 1. Primitive and RV camping is available starting at $80 and $325, respectively. Visit gfestmuskogee.com for more information. MUSIC // 43
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FROG is a playful young girl with an old soul. This one-year-old Terrier mix is very attentive and smart. In the summer she enjoys swimming and playing in her kiddy pool. In the evening she’ll curl up for some much needed R & R. Frog has recently been crate trained and has been enjoying the rest and quiet time.
OONA is a two-year-old Australian Cattle Dog mix. True to the breed, she is a very busy girl. She does allow napping from time to time. Her unusual eye color is cause for a second glance—one eye is half ice blue and half brown, and the other is all brown, giving her a unique appearance. She is a very loving little girl.
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 fosters 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.
TIFF is a nine-month-old German Shepherd mix with a big heart and a bigger smile. She learns commands quickly. She talks a big talk to other dogs but loves to play with them. You can catch her cuddling up to her play pal in the yard at nap time. If she gets bored at night, she keeps herself busy with her chew toys and hangs out quietly.
LYRA is a six-year-old Dachshund mix. This little sweetheart needs someone who can appreciate her special needs. She has early onset cataracts; don’t tell her, though, she doesn’t let it slow her down. She loves being outside and enjoys the fresh air, and she absolutely loves to go for walks.
SLIM is a four-year-old Domestic Short Hair Seal tip mix. This handsome boy is the life of the party. He loves to play—the more toys the better. He also wants everyone to participate. He enjoys chasing your fingers and strings or whatever you happen to have at the time, and he has a motor you can hear from across the room.
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news of the weird by Chuck Shepherd
POLICE REPORT Vaughn Tucker, 23, was booked into jail in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in February on drug charges. He was wearing a T-shirt with large lettering on the front: “I Would Cuddle You So Hard.”
Leading economic indicators Amazon.com has riled up Buddhist temples in Japan, according to a January Associated Press dispatch, by offering traveling monks rentable online to conduct funerals and other rituals. The monk would go to a home, grave or funeral home, at fees and upgrades ranging from the equivalent of $300 to about $8,500. (Many of Japan’s 75,000 Buddhist temples are struggling financially and destined to close. Complained a spokesman for the Japan Buddhist Association, what Amazon is facilitating “is allowed in no other country in the world.”) Unclear on the concept Angel Rivera, 49, was arrested in December in Orlando, Florida, on allegations that he punched a child in the face because the boy was not getting dressed for church fast enough. (The boy was wearing an ankle brace, which slowed him down.) Ryan Dailey, 28, was arrested in Las Cruces, New Mexico, in February on several charges after, police said, he beat his mother by pounding her with a Bible. His explanation, police said, was that when he asked her who her THE TULSA VOICE // March 2 – 15, 2016
soul belonged to, she repeatedly declined to answer. Didn’t think it through The robbers of the electronics store Compucell in Springfield, Massachusetts, in December came up empty, but are still at large. A man with a gun jumped the counter and demanded that the employee give him money from the locked cash register. The gunman moved to the back door to let in his accomplice, but that merely allowed the employee and two customers to run out the front door, and the accomplice fled, too, sensing that, with no one to unlock the register, the “robbery” was going nowhere. Cat culture Longtime National Symphony cellist David Teie announced in November that his crowdfunding project was hugely successful, freeing him to produce an album of music meaningful to cats. (Cats, for example, relax in response to the earliest sound of their mother’s purring, which Teie clocked at 23 harp notes a second.) Teie’s work, according to an October Washington Post feature, includes examining waveforms of real-time purrs and creating an organ sound to mimic
the opening and closing of a cat’s vocal chords. His KickStarter pitch raised so much money that he might also try creating music for bored zoo elephants or stressedout whales. In tests, cats responded well to Teie’s music, according to a 2015 journal article (but with less curiosity at the Washington cat cafe Crumbs & Whiskers). The classic middle name Arrested recently and awaiting trial for murder: Jerald Wayne Boozer-Brown Jr., Macomb Township, Michigan (February); Matthew Wayne Long, Hico, Texas (January); Joseph Wayne Goswick, Graham, North Carolina (January); John Wayne Strawser Jr., Belington, West Virginia (September); Jesse Wayne Gunderson, Wayne, Michigan (September); Curtis Wayne Wright, Bonita Springs, Florida (September); John Wayne Noonkester, Cottonwood, California (July). Indicted for murder: Derrick Wayne Gamble, Belton, Texas (December). Convicted of murder: Carl Wayne Wiley, Del Rio, Texas (February). Shot themselves to death while suspected by police of murder: Ricky Wayne Cook, Melbourne, Florida (February); Lloyd Wayne Franklin, Davidson County, North Carolina (October).
People with issues Police in Austin, Texas, said in February they had received several complaints (KEYE-TV reported “dozens”) from women about a man who approaches them in public genially, but then turns aggressive and tries to stomp their feet (in one case, telling the woman it was “normal” behavior for him). (The suspect apparently has only little in common with the Arkansas recidivist who holds the record for multiple appearances in News of the Weird — who merely fondles and sucks women’s toes, although without their consent and sometimes after forcefully grabbing the foot.) a
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free will astrology by ROB BREZSNY
PISCES (FEB. 19 – MAR. 20):
“I wish I knew what I desire,” wrote Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, born under the sign of Pisces. “I wish I knew! I wish I knew!” If he were still alive today, I would have very good news for him, as I do for all of you Pisceans reading this horoscope. The coming weeks will be one of the best times ever — EVER! — for figuring out what exactly it is you desire. Not just what your ego yearns for. Not just what your body longs for. I’m talking about the whole shebang. You now have the power to home in on and identify what your ego, your body, your heart, and your soul want more than anything else in this life.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace,” wrote Leo Tolstoy in his novella The Death of Ivan Il ych. The weird thing is, Aries, that this seemingly crazy strategy might actually work for you in the coming days. The storms you pray for, the tempests you activate through the power of your longing, could work marvels. They might clear away the emotional congestion, zap the angst, and usher you into a period of dynamic peace. So I say: Dare to be gusty and blustery and turbulent. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Quoting poet W. H. Auden, author Maura Kelly says there are two kinds of poets: argument-makers and beauty-makers. I think that’s an interesting way to categorize all humans, not just poets. Which are you? Even if you usually tend to be more of an argument-maker, I urge you to be an intense beauty-maker in the next few weeks. And if you’re already a pretty good beauty-maker, I challenge you to become, at least temporarily, a great beauty-maker. One more thing: As much as possible, until April 1, choose beauty-makers as your companions. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): To have any hope of becoming an expert in your chosen field, you’ve got to labor for at least 10,000 hours to develop the necessary skills — the equivalent of 30 hours a week for six and a half years. But according to author William Deresiewicz, many young graphic designers no longer abide by that rule. They regard it as more essential to cultivate a network of connections than to perfect their artistic mastery. Getting 10,000 contacts is their priority, not working 10,000 hours. But I advise you not to use that approach in the coming months, Gemini. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will be better served by improving what you do rather than by increasing how many people you know. CANCER (June 21-July 22): “I sit before flowers, hoping they will train me in the art of opening up,” says poet Shane Koyczan. “I stand on mountain tops believing that avalanches will teach me to let go.” I recommend his strategy to you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. Put yourself in the presence of natural forces that will inspire you to do what you need to do. Seek the companionship of people and animals whose wisdom and style you want to absorb. Be sufficiently humble to learn from the whole wide world through the art of imitation. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The marathon is a long-distance footrace with an official length of over 26 miles. Adults who are physically fit and well-trained can finish the course in five hours. But I want to call your attention to a much longer running event: the Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race. It begins every June in Queens, a borough of New York, and lasts until August. Those who participate do 3,100 miles’ worth of laps around a single city block, or about 100 laps per day. I think that this is an apt metaphor for the work you now have ahead of you. You must cover a lot of ground as you accomplish a big project, but without traveling far and wide. Your task is to be dogged and persistent as you do a little at a time, never risking exhaustion, always pacing yourself. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In old Vietnamese folklore, croaking frogs were a negative symbol. They were thought to resemble dull teachers who go on and on with their boring and pointless lectures. But in many other cultures, frogs have been symbols of regeneration and resurrection due to the dramatic transformations they make from egg to tadpole to full-grown adult. In an-
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cient India, choruses of croaks were a sign of winter’s end, when spring rains arrived to fertilize the earth and bestow a promise of the growth to come. I suspect that the frog will be one of your emblems in the coming weeks, Virgo — for all of the above reasons. Your task is to overcome the boring stories and messages so as to accomplish your lively transformations. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Your anger is a gift.” So proclaims musician and activist Zack de la Rocha, singer in the band Rage Against the Machine. That statement is true for him on at least two levels. His fury about the systemic corruption that infects American politics has roused him to create many successful songs and enabled him to earn a very good living. I don’t think anger is always a gift for all of us, however. Too often, especially when it’s motivated by petty issues, it’s a self-indulgent waste of energy that can literally make us sick. Having said that, I do suspect that your anger in the coming week will be more like de la Rocha’s: productive, clarifying, healthy. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Even now, all possible feelings do not yet exist,” says novelist Nicole Krauss. In the coming weeks, I suspect you will provide vivid evidence of her declaration, Scorpio. You may generate an unprecedented number of novel emotions — complex flutters and flows and gyrations that have never before been experienced by anyone in the history of civilization. I think it’s important that you acknowledge and celebrate them as being unique — that you refrain from comparing them to feelings you’ve had in the past or feelings that other people have had. To harvest their full blessing, treat them as marvelous mysteries. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Look at yourself then,” advised author Ray Bradbury. “Consider everything you have fed yourself over the years. Was it a banquet or a starvation diet?” He wasn’t talking about literal food. He was referring to the experiences you provide yourself with, to the people you bring into your life, to the sights and sounds and ideas you allow to pour into your precious imagination. Now would be an excellent time to take inventory of this essential question, Sagittarius. And if you find there is anything lacking in what you feed yourself, make changes!
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): According to a report in the journal Science, most of us devote half of our waking time to thinking about something besides the activity we’re actually engaged in. We seem to love to ruminate about what used to be and what might have been and what could possibly be. Would you consider reducing that amount in the next 15 days, Capricorn? If you can manage to cut it down even a little, I bet you will accomplish small feats of magic that stabilize and invigorate your future. Not only that: You will feel stronger and smarter. You’ll have more energy. You’ll have an excellent chance to form an enduring habit of staying more focused on the here and now. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): One of the legal financial scams that shattered the world economy in 2008 was a product called a Collateralized Debt Obligation Squared. It was sold widely, even though noted economist Ha-Joon Chang says that potential buyers had to read a billion pages of documents if they hoped to understand it. In the coming weeks, I think it’s crucial that you Aquarians avoid getting involved with stuff like that — with anything or anyone requiring such vast amounts of homework. If it’s too complex to evaluate accurately, stay uncommitted, at least for now.
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ACROSS 1 Word with “false” or “matinee” 5 Nursery fixture 9 Music-licensing org. 14 Mend socks 18 Female opera singer, perhaps 19 Steep in brine 20 Dissect, in English class 21 Melville work 22 Independent male adult 24 Barely an infant 26 Persona non ___ 27 They’re turned by scholars 29 Apartment balconies 30 Decorate with gold leaf 32 Saddle seat back 34 Snap-together blocks 35 Airtight, as an alibi 39 Country singer McCann 40 Affirmative votes 41 Source of trouble 42 Element of an unbalanced debate 45 Stumblebum 48 ___ out (barely get by) 49 Took the World Series in four games 50 Toilets at Wimbledon 51 Backwards-arrow command 52 Three-masted ship 54 Kind of sauce or milk 55 Whale type 57 Contemptuous grin 58 Eliot’s Marner 60 Athletes from the U. of 62-Across 62 Black-eyed susan state
64 Glaringly vivid 66 Police sound device 68 Snaggable fabric 69 Unintentional misuse of a word 72 Board above a shop (var.) 74 Elude 76 “In memoriam” items 77 Bashful buddy? 79 “This is your brain on drugs,” for one 81 Take in a stray 83 Hand-cream enhancer 84 Fictional hunchback 85 End of several country names 87 Maiden-name introducer 88 Caesar’s X 89 Small rural community 93 Show off, like Mr. America 94 Boats like Noah’s 95 The constellation Sail 96 Part of a chemical reaction 98 Pitching blunders 100 Advocating detente, e.g. 102 Icy cover 103 Candy on a stick 105 One spelling for an Islamic prince 107 Young servant woman 110 Whom the Bible says to love 112 Play with a small cast 115 One-___ vitamins 116 Nonsensical rubbish 117 Robin Hood’s Tuck, e.g. 118 Cork’s place 119 USNA students 120 Chef’s or Caesar 121 Shark features
122 Beach material DOWN 1 Chapel vow 2 Fender imperfection 3 Above 4 Pasta dish 5 Trick 6 Kind of roast 7 “Love Boat” bartender 8 It’s spoken in India 9 Last Supper guest 10 ___ Diego Chargers 11 Greek island 12 “... so long ___ both shall live” 13 Unrivaled 14 Some head coverings 15 Big name in gas 16 Casting assignments 17 Gives a heady reply? 19 Capistrano returnee 23 Suffix with psych- or neur25 Fields of endeavor 28 Oklahoma city or writer Bagnold 31 The majority of Jutlanders 33 Long-handled spoon 35 Goat with backward-curved horns 36 Leaf-gathering tools 37 First 10-digit number 38 Ammo storage place 40 Petty officer 43 Eyelid inflammations 44 Criterion 45 True love 46 Gulf port 47 U.S. president who was not elected 49 Lines of cliffs
51 Do roadie work 53 Solution created by dissolving 55 Sprinkler output 56 1/60 of a trillionth of a min. 57 Abounding in trees 59 Knightly address 61 Far from scarce 63 Ham on ___ 65 Avoids, in a way 67 ___ in the bud 69 Castle protector 70 Up to snuff 71 Tigger’s friend 73 Abbr. in some group names 75 Blunt foils 78 Beehive State city 80 Engaged in battle 82 Send a message 84 Blotter stains 86 Peace-loving 89 Pest-control company 90 Put on a pedestal 91 Not in need of a diet 92 Lighten up 93 Strips blubber 94 Relieves, as hunger 97 Prayer-ending word 98 Popular beach in Sydney 99 Go over like ___ balloon 100 Oxford doctorate, briefly 101 Matisse or Rousseau 103 Gardening soil 104 Another, in Madrid 106 Horse controller 108 Pet with green “fur” 109 Trumpet or bugle 111 Waste watchers? 113 Women of the house 114 Married
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