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Cover illustration by Maurie Traylor Photo by Mary Anne Harris
N E W S & C O M MEN TA RY 10 // T he cure Ray Pearcey, young at heart
Science seeks to extend the healthy human lifespan cityspeak
12 // Glanz and Company Barry Friedman, HR analyst
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DeJon Knapp, survivor
Rev. Tamara Lebak leans into faith
When your best friend asks you to end her life
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s I planned this issue, well-meaning friends offered that readers might not be psyched to pick up a death-themed edition of the Voice—especially not as they’re planning their family vacations. That’s okay, ‘cause I’ve been pumped about it since day one (incidentally, the theme expanded to include life as well). In the piece that inspired this issue, DeJon Knapp masterfully recounts the story of when her grandmother, facing a painful death, asked her granddaughters to help end her life. Thank you, DeJon, for your brilliant generosity with what matters most to you. This issue’s theme might not have occurred to me if I hadn’t seen my dearest friend, Lo Detrich, through her last decade. After a life extremely well lived, Lo died of Cystic Fibrosis in 2012 at age
28. Many Tulsans remember Lo for her light-heartedness and hilarity against all odds, and for her transformational presence in our community. Even as a high school freshman, I recognized from early in our friendship that Lo (a sophomore at the time) was exceptional. I was also aware that she was not expected to live beyond 21. These two observations put Lo in a unique category for me, in that I treasured every car ride and bowl of brownie batter we shared as a thrilling (and temporary) privilege. An all-around genius, generous, deeply insightful badass, Lo endured and overcame extreme challenges well into her twenties. She survived two lung transplants and a kidney transplant, always with eyes up and a seemingly bottomless reserve of wit to cheer the rest of us.
But her last few years, the hand she’d been dealt grew continually more exhausting and painful. She texted me a few weeks before her 28th birthday to say she’d decided to go on hospice. Beginning with that day, I wish I’d had an instruction manual for when a young friend is dying (I actually Googled that phrase in the months after her death). Despite more than a decade of preparation, I hadn’t managed to grasp that there would come a challenge that Lo wouldn’t overcome. Even when she went on hospice; even as I organized her desk and drawers and closet as she directed me, propped up on pillows in bed; even the last time I had spaghetti with her family and helped her into PJs and said goodnight. Somehow, I didn’t get that one day, I’d stop in for a visit and Lo would be sleeping, and she wouldn’t wake up for the whole
hour, and that this would be the point from which we couldn’t go back. Conversations ceased. Lo was dying. I felt I’d somehow slept through it, despite that I’d been there all along. It seems odd to share about Lo’s death in light of the utter effulgence with which she lived. But, as DeJon says in her story, the experience was a human one. This is the fabric, the art, of living and dying, and I thank you for looking closely. a
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TCSO fallout continues
More high-ranking officers in the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office are on their way out the door after the April 2 killing of Eric Harris by reserve deputy Robert Bates. May 12, the sheriff’s office confirmed the official suspension of its reserve deputy program and the resignation (effective Aug. 1) of Ma j. Tom Huckeby, who oversaw the sting operation that killed Harris. Huckeby’s son, Michael, was one of two officers in the video of Harris’ shooting. The younger Huckeby, who has been reassigned to another department, held his knee on Harris’ head as he gasped for breath. The reserve deputy program will be suspended until the office has time to review recommendations from an external audit. In the interim, reserve deputies may not wear any part of their uniforms, carry weapons issued by the sheriff’s office or perform acts normally carried out as a reserve deputy. The announcements came less than 24 hours after TCSO spokesperson Ma j. Shannon Clark was placed on administrative leave. In the interim, Terry Simonson (see p. 12), a former aide to Mayor Bartlett, is handling public information. Simonson is the head of intergovernmental affairs and contract administrator for the sheriff’s office. May 8, a judge approved a petition calling for a grand jury investigation into 20 areas of interest within the sheriff’s office. Organizers were given 45 days to collect 5,000 signatures from Tulsa County voters. Although a judge previously granted Bates special permission to take a month-long vacation to the Bahamas, Bates’ family canceled their trip in response to public pressure. Amidst calls for his resignation, Glanz has said he will not seek re-election in 2016. Protesters march toward the Tulsa Count y Sheriff’s Office // Photo by Mat t Phipps
LEGISLATURE EYES END OF 2015 SESSION // Although several bills continue to wind their way through the legislative process, Oklahoma’s 2015 legislative session must adjourn by 5 p.m. on May 29. Among the bills still on the table this session is House Bill 1714. Authored by Rep. Doug Cox (R-Grove) and sponsored by Sen. Wayne Shaw (R-Grove), the bill would subject people driving machinery-propelled watercraft to the same alcohol and drug restrictions as drivers on the road. First-time offenders would receive 30-day license suspension, with longer suspensions for additional convictions and the potential for stricter penalties for commercial drivers. The legislation would not prohibit alcohol or open containers on boats. It unanimously passed through the House earlier this session and is stuck in a conference committee as the two chambers negotiate acceptable provisions before sending it back to the Senate. Also still under consideration are two $25 million bond proposals, one to fund the construction of the OKPOP Museum in the Brady Arts District and another to finish the work on the American Indian Cultural Center in Oklahoma City. Both proposals were passed out of the committee level on May 14. The legislature is also required to have a balanced budget set for fiscal year 2016 before session’s end. Officials expect to have $611 million less to work with for the coming year, thanks in part to tax cuts and slumping oil and gas revenues. 8 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
BRIDENSTINE AZERBAIJAN TRIP UNDER SCRUTINY First District Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Tulsa) is one of 10 members of Congress under investigation for traveling abroad on another government’s dime. Bridenstine, nine other legislators and 32 staff members took an all-expenses paid trip to a conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 2013. According to a 70-page report published May 13 in the Washington Post, Azerbaijan’s staterun oil company funneled funds for the trip through American non-profits, which filed false statements with Congress claiming they were sponsoring the conference. ConocoPhillips, previously headquartered in Bartlesville, was among the conference’s legitimate—albeit smaller—sponsors. The findings have been referred to the House of Representatives’ ethics committee for investigation of possible violations of congressional rules and federal laws that bar foreign governments from trying to influence U.S. policy. Other lawmakers on the trip include Reps. Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.), Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.), Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Leonard Lance (R-N.J.), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.), Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.), Ted Poe (R-Texas) and then-Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas). a May 20 - June 2, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Science seeks to extend the healthy human lifespan by RAY PEARCEY
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ow long would you like to live? I’ll take 200 years— and I’ve got my reasons. For me, aging is tightly linked to a nagging, sometimes anxious sense that I’ve been born too early to experience things I imagined as a child. It’s the kind of anxiety that former Tulsa writer, robotics engineer and TV star Daniel Wilson explored a few years back in his wonderful Where’s My Jetpack? I’d love to take an orbital trip around the far side of the moon and personally survey some of the more interesting moons in our solar system. I’d also like to have a machine companion consistent with HAL 9000, the intelligent colossus that lives on the spaceship in “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Some other aspirations include directing complex film projects, composing music and conducting orchestras. These adventures either are not yet technically possible or will require decades of personal prep and development, so I need more time. Lots of it. In last October’s aging-themed issue of The Atlantic, Greg Easterbrook surveyed the history of aging 1. Easterbrook reminded us that until very recently, the few humans who grew old were assumed to have won the favor of the gods.
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For centuries, people were fortunate to reach 40. But life expectancy at birth has risen about three months per year since 1840. “When the 20th century began, life expectancy at birth in America was 47 years; now newborns are expected to live 79 years,” Easterbrook wrote. “If about three months continue to be added with each passing year, by the middle of the century, American life expectancy at birth will be 88 years. By the end of the century, it will be 100 years.” We’re not talking about just hanging on a few decades after 60 or 70. We’re talking about a moreor-less fully functional and healthy life at what is now considered the extreme edge of the human life span—about 120 years. Experimental drugs have been shown to dramatically extend healthy lifespans in worms and other small mammals. Combined with advances in genetic engineering, neural cell regeneration, tissue reconstruction/artificial production and radical stem cell work, scientists are fundamentally changing our conception of aging and what’s needed to slow it down. Another avenue (and something of a halfway house) is the significant progress in artificial organ
development and what some call tissue engineering, including breakout artificial heart, kidney and lung projects. Such advances might have increasing significance for Oklahomans with the recently announced biomedical engineering program2 at the University of Oklahoma—a project highly relevant to aging research. In 2013, Google announced Calico 3, another customary billion-dollar-plus “moonshot” project in California that’s focused on aging and associated diseases. Calico is exploring drug therapies that can slow down neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s and ALS, which result from the aging and death of nerve cells. The company seeks to identify drugs that promote the growth and development of new nerve cells—a phenomenon observed to be absent from the adult brain. There’s also the well-capitalized Buck Institute for Research on Aging 4, a northern California operation scoping out ways to make primitive organisms live longer and with much better health than they’d normally have. They’ve done so since 1999 with spectacular—if only partially public—results. According to several published accounts, Buck and
the genetics, bio-gerontology and neuro systems labs at University of Michigan, University of Texas and University of California at San Francisco are also looking at ways to mitigate aging through a fusion of drug therapies, genetic engineering, nanotechnologies and radical organ regenerative processes. Ethical and political issues abound—Who gets the magic elixirs, and on what terms? And of immediate concern—given poverty, climate change and our many other urgent challenges—how best can we apply our intellectual and physical assets to cure what ails us? a 1) The Atlantic: What happens when we all live to 100 2) Norman Transcript: OU announces school of biomedical engineering gift 3) Calicolabs.com 4) Buckinstitute.org
Ray Pearcey, a technology, public policy and management consulting professional, is managing editor of The Oklahoma Eagle and is a regular contributor to The Tulsa Voice. May 20 - June 2, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
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he story of the Tulsa County Sheriff ’s Office and its most infamous hire, Bob Bates, has now jumped the tracks, the shark, and up and down on one’s ability to keep up. It is a daily, relentless embarrassment—a soup of shameless insensitivity, mendacity and clichéd obfuscation embodied by apologists and braggarts. But more on Terry Simonson in a moment. Let’s review. First, there was the shooting of Eric Harris by Bates, a 73-year-old reserve deputy/ insurance agent who thought he had pulled out his Taser (Don’t you hate when that happens?) followed by the tidiness with which the sheriff ’s office cleaned up1 the crime scene. Followed by Sheriff Stanley Glanz—longing for the halcyon days of vacationing with Bates—holding the worst press conference2 since Allen Iverson reminded us about the importance of practice. Followed by Bates retaining as lead counsel Clark Brewster, a man who single-handedly keeps lawyer jokes alive (who not only provided legal services to the Sheriff ’s office3 but whose wife and daughter were hired by Glanz to be property assessors [political patronage positions]—to the tune of about half a million dollars since 2009)4. Followed by the spectacle of Bates asking for and being granted permission by Judge Deborrah Ludi-Leitch5 to head down to the Caribbean for a family vacation (which he later can12 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
It’s hard for the community to be concerned about the number of homicides when it’s gang members killing gang members. When you think about it, who’s reall y compl aining about that? Those deaths are certainl y a loss to the families of the fallen gang member, but is it actuall y a loss to the community?
celled). Followed by Deputy Sheriff Tim Al-bin calling reporters6 “wild dogs” for asking about Bates’ training, saying, “That’s six years ago. A lot has changed in six years,” and, “For God’s sakes, Bruce Jenner is a woman now. So, OK, a lot has changed in six years.” Followed by Albin’s dismissal, followed by revelations and charges the sheriff ’s office was run like Bada Bing from The Sopranos, followed by—ah, hell, I need a drink. Check that. I need Dilaudid. This is the cast of “The Grifters.” Even the Tulsa district attorney has finally had it and asked the OSBI7 to take a look. Which brings us back to this prince8 of a public servant:
According to emails from city hall, Simonson asked Fire chief Allen LaCroix to advance his 30-year-old son in the hiring process for the fire department.
That’s Terry Simonson, who is now—believe it or not—the intergovernmental affairs and contract administrator for the Tulsa County Sheriff ’s Office. Back when he called LaCroix to help with Junior’s career path, he was Mayor Bartlett’s chief of staff. Simonson was forced to resign for being such a clod but then landed9 at Urban Tulsa Weekly, where he honed and directed his considerable douchebaggery to the fight against bad black men.
Yes, it’s a loss to the community, especially if some 8-year-old girl is buying a Snickers bar when the bullets start flying and gang members starting dying in your Orwellian fantasy of how to get rid of the Others. So, this is the man Glanz hires to get out the department’s spin? This is the man Glanz decides should be within an area code of a story about race and death, privilege and greed? Apparently so. Simonson wrote this in The Tulsa World 10 : Because of a breakdown in the accountability and trust that the sheriff placed in his staff, and because he followed the law by appointing appraisers as every sheriff is required to do, there are some who believe earl y retirement is the onl y option. The reasoning is either that when the going gets tough it’s time to bail out or on the flip side that he should leave now to save his wellearned legacy. May 20 - June 2, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
His well-earned—what? Glanz turned the office into a trough, a punch line, and Simonson is worried about the sheriff ’s legacy? While we’re on the subject, where in the name of a collective spine are the Tulsa County commissioners on this, and why haven’t they called for Glanz’s resignation? At least Dewey Bartlett had the political sense to throw the Sheriff ’s Department under the bus11 by comparing it with TPD. (How does Simonson keep getting work, anyway? Doesn’t anyone in all the HR departments for whom he’s worked know how to do a Google search?) Glanz should be fired for promoting a system where rich benefactors get to play cops and robbers with their own guns12 and for hiring unscrupulous undersheriffs. But according to Simonson, the same sheriff who surrounds himself with guys like this13—
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But in court records and internal reports, others painted a far different picture: one where supervisors in the Tulsa Jail labeled black employees “N” in personnel records, Huckeby and others allegedly had “rampant sex” with co-workers and black inmates were assaulted for sport.
—is being unfairly targeted by the community. This is not some interdepartmental “breakdown in … accountability and trust,” it’s an overflowing sewer, and Simonson’s chutzpah in painting Glanz as some put-upon hero is as arrogant as it is predictable as it is insulting. As was said in the movie Seabiscuit, “You don’t throw away a whole life, just because of a few mistakes.” He has been standing up to protect us for a quarter of a century.
It’s time for us to stand up for him in his final year. It’s the right thing to do.
Simonson’s prose is enough to make you take the gas pipe. And Eric Harris is still dead. Damn those small mistakes. a 1) The Frontier: Tangled truths from Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office 2) Fox23: Tulsa County Sheriff Glanz addresses deputy-involved shooting 3) Tulsa World: UPDATED: Millions paid to Stanley Glanz supporters he appointed as appraisers 4) Altoona Mirror: Oklahoma sheriff defends ‘patronage’ jobs he gave friends 5) Business Insider: Wealthy reserve deputy who admits he shot an unarmed man permitted to go on Bahamas vacation 6) Tulsa World: Ginnie Graham: Bruce Jenner, the undersheriff and why reporters are like wild dogs 7) NewsOn6: Tulsa County Sher-
iff Answers Questions About Alleged Misconduct 8) newson6.com: Tulsa Mayor’s Chief Of Staff Terry Simonson Submits Resignation 9) TulsaPeople: This holiday season, try a little understanding. And brining. 10) Tulsa World: Terry Simonson: Sheriff Stanley Glanz should stay 11) CNN: Mayor of Tulsa: There’s a high standard for reserve cops 12) Morning News USA: Robert Bates Shot Victim Dead Using Unauthorized Gun 13) The Frontier: Reports allege racism, sexual misconduct in jail under Ma jor “Views from the Plains” appears each issue and covers Oklahoma politics and culture—the disastrous, the unseemly, the incomprehensible … you know, the day-to-day stuff. Barry Friedman is a touring standup comedian, author and general rabble-rouser.
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Sobahn Korean & Sushi 7315 S. Memorial Drive 918.459.6688 oksobahn.com From left, tradit ional-st yle seat ing and Bibimbap with be ef
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estled amongst south Tulsa restaurant chains is a Japanese-Korean treasure, Sobahn Korean Cuisine & Sushi. The family-owned restaurant serves fusion delights with an emphasis on authentic Korean, and it’s a welcome addition to the growing variety of Asian-inspired flavors available in town. The entry is colorfully adorned with the design of the old Korean flag, and the spacious restaurant has two wings—one featuring a karaoke room (currently under development), and the other with a sushi bar and dining area. In addition to standard seating, Sobahn offers traditional-style seating in a warm, serene atmosphere. The Kim family has owned restaurants in Tulsa for nearly seven years, but Mrs. Kim (who co-owns the restaurant with her husband) has been in the business since 1991, when she opened her very first eatery in Korea. The couple relocated to the U.S. years ago to provide the best possible education for their
children. Mrs. Kim began reading cookbooks when she was 10 years old. Books on Western and European cooking made her wonder how different regions’ ingredients might taste. “Recipe books were better than the movies, or singing, or everything else!” she says. Mrs. Kim’s father is from Kosong, a county famous for some of the best in Korean cuisine. Influenced by both parents, she learned to cook everything from scratch. Later in her career, Mrs. Kim owned both Korean and Japanese restaurants in Korea. Japanese foods gained popularity in the region over decades of Japanese rule (from 1910 to 1945). Despite the countries’ difficult history, the fusion of their cuisines works well in Tulsa by getting people in the door to try dishes they maybe wouldn’t have otherwise. We started our meal with Pajeon, a traditional Korean-style pancake made of eggs and seafood that’s named for the main
ingredient: green onions, or “pa.” This jeon (pancake-like) dish is large enough to split between 3-4 people. Hearty and full-flavored, it features tender pieces of squid and shrimp, creamy white cheeses and large pieces of fresh green onion. The dish comes with a vinegar-based sauce of sesame seeds and diced green onions to add crunch and balance out the creaminess. Next we sampled Sobahn’s most popular sushi roll, the Flaming Volcano. A spicy crab and tempura shrimp roll topped with eel and avocado, it’s served aflame in a foil sheet. The roll boasts complex flavor with hints of smokiness. Sweet notes from the eel and a creamy finish from the avocado round out the roll, which is a Tulsa standout. A delicious main course, the Bibimbap with beef features a bed of rice, seasoned veggies, tender pieces of beef and a slightly runny, sunny-side-up egg. The combination of the lightly steamed onions, sprouts, zucchini
and broccoli with slightly sweet chopped beef is wonderful—especially after adding the Korean hot sauce (a red pepper chili paste) and bursting the egg yolk. Mrs. Kim told me this is a Korean go-to for a nutrient-rich meal. The dish can also be ordered with chicken, squid or fried tofu. Next came my favorite dish of the evening, the Bulgogi: a sizzling iron skillet of chopped beef marinated in Korean spices and sauces, topped with sesame seeds and green onion. This preparation makes the beef unbelievably tender, sweet and savory. The Bulgogi comes with a delicious array of sides, including their (perfect) homemade kimchi, pickled veggies and whatever else Mrs. Kim decides to put out that day. On any given day at Sobahn, you’ll find the entire Kim family hard at work to make your experience enjoyable and filling. Give it a try if you’re looking for food that reflects the character and passion of its owners. a
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f you keep up with the Okie food scene, odds are you’ve by now heard of OKC’s foraging-focused supper club, Nani. Co-owners Andon Whitehorn and Collin Stringer have been delighting adventurous diners (and stirring up controversy) with their non-traditional model for the past year. Now, a lapse in their lease has them mobilizing for a handful of featured dinners and apprenticeships in select cities. Much to the delight of our eagerly awaiting foodies, Tulsa is one such town— Nani dinners debuted at Chimera the first weekend in May. So what is Nani? It’s something of a ‘chicken and egg’ question when you consider that Nani means both what and fish in Japanese and Choctaw, respectively— the two cuisines Nani attempts to marry. The question itself is Nani’s essence: What fish will we serve this evening? What flavor will best balance it out? What food will keep us closest to Oklahoma in this dinner? These are just a few of the considerations that fuel Nani’s local sensibilities and shape its commitment to intentional eating. A Nani meal is essentially a hybrid between a supper club and a chef ’s tasting dinner. Each dinner serves about 20 and features small plates created from whatever foods its chefs were able to procure in the days (sometimes hours) before the dinner. The dinners have taken place at their DIY space in OKC and at guest venues. The menu for the omnivore dinner at Chimera featured Okie offerings like locally grown cauliflower, wild chives, rhubarb, purple carrots, mustard seed, sorel and strawberries. Twenty to thirty percent of an average Nani dinner consists of ingredients collected from the Oklahoma landscape, and local and seasonal foods are used when possible. “Every part of the Nani experience, from the music to the
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Top, cauliflower plated four ways (raw, roasted, shaved and pure ed) with g re en apples, pea shoots and poached garlic; local g re ens dressed with shaved potato, kumquat vinegar, oranges and foraged flowers
aesthetic, is carefully curated and always will be,” Whitehorn said. Nani is about community dining. Although the food is front and center, the conversations unfolding around the table are equally important. “Eating is a very social thing, whether or not people realize it,” Whitehorn said. “We meet over drinks, we have discussions at dinner, we talk about how our days and lives are going. Mealtime used to fulfill two very important needs: the need to nourish yourself, and the need to interact socially. Somewhere along the way, that latter bit has gotten somewhat lost, and we want to help bring that back.” For the past few months, Nani reservations have been hard to come by. They’ve received a swell of press resulting from their public back-and-forth with the Oklahoma City County Health Department, and it seemed like
those who hadn’t yet tasted Nani’s delicacies might never get to. In February, the Oklahoma City County Health Department issued Nani a cease-and-desist order on grounds Nani was a restaurant operating without a license. Nani’s owners have since argued they’re not a restaurant but instead are private chefs. No regulation exists for home chefs operating in Oklahoma. After receiving no explanation as to why they should be treated differently from other private chefs, they continued to host dinners at their location (the bottom floor of the house Stringer rented) until the lease ran out. The case is ongoing but has no recent developments. “The OCCHD is overreaching their jurisdiction,” Whitehorn said. “If they want to inspect us, then they would have to inspect all personal/private chefs operating in this state, meaning that they would have to inspect every kitchen that
they set foot in. … If this goes to trial, and the court decides against us then that either means that all personal/private chef operations must be inspected as they insist (and they’ve only insisted with us, it seems,) or it sets a double standard within the system whereby we are subject to inspection but other personal/private chefs are not; the OCCHD cannot have it both ways.” “We are certified Food Safety Managers, registered with the State and the National Registry of Food Safety Professionals, that operate by the same standards as other dining experiences,” Whitehorn said. “We follow proper labeling and dating for inventory rotation, proper hot and cold holding temps, proper sanitation, avoidance of cross-contamination, etc. Since there are no regulations for personal/private chefs we technically don’t have to do this, but we do, because we care about the well-being of our guests and our clients.” Many have read the end of new reservations at Nani proper as a bad sign, but the owners are quick to correct this notion. Whitehorn explains it as a move that was “planned long before the ceaseand-desist in order for us to grow and progress in related areas.” With that in mind, the traveling Nani roadshow begins to look more like a strategic choice. “We are actively looking and seeking outside investment for potential future endeavors,” Whitehorn said. It seems like Tulsa might have just what they need. “We’re proud of the citizens of Oklahoma City, and we’re proud of what we’ve done here, but Tulsa as a city feels more ready for a concept like Nani,” Whitehorn said. “We love, love, love the people of Oklahoma City, but Tulsa as a venue has its head in the right place.” a For more infor mation, visit naniokc.com. May 20 - June 2, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Staying awake Rev. Tamara Lebak leans into faith by BEAU ADAMS Where: 918 Coffee An ordained Unitarian Universalist Minister, Tamara Lebak formerly served at All Souls Unitarian Church. She currently works as a speaker and consultant. The Tulsa Voice: Were you religious as a kid? Tamara Lebak: Yes. But I have sort of a “three strikes” story, and I knew early on that it was the church that was getting it wrong, not God. The first strike was that I used to go to Shiloh Baptist Church in 20 // FOOD & DRINK
Oklahoma City with my African-American choir friends. And I was very moved, regularly; the singing and the music were very important to me. One day, I go to give myself to Jesus in front of the sanctuary. I get whisked away into a private room with a male deacon—this would never happen today—and I said that I was ready to join the church. I was 10, maybe 11. And he said, “Oh no, honey,” and he asked me if my parents were there with me, which they weren’t, and then he told me, “There are plenty of other churches for you to join.” I was probably one of three white peo-
ple at the church. So, it was partly about the fact that I was young and my parents weren’t there, but it was also about the fact that I was white. In middle school, I dated someone who went to another Baptist church on the far northwest side of town. I went through their coming-of-age classes there, asked way too many questions and got into a lot of trouble. On the day you finish those classes, you get baptized at the front of the church. And immersion is a beautiful experience; it doesn’t matter who you are or what your religion, being immersed in water and having to surrender to someone else
to dunk you and lift you is a very powerful thing. So afterwards, I’m dancing down the hallway because I’m ecstatic. My youth pastor is walking toward me, and he grabs me by the arm and says, “We don’t dance in the house of God.” I never went back. Finally, I’m 13 or 14. In the ‘80s, youth groups were all about ski trips. This was a Methodist church, and I wanted to go on a ski trip. This was also a time where there was a lot of circle worship, and I felt it was about things that mattered, and I was very inspired. So I start attending regularly. (Continued on p. 22) May 20 - June 2, 2015 // 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 Hoot Owl Coffee Company 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
Lot a Burger Maxxwell’s Restaurant Moonsky’s Cheesesteaks and Daylight Donuts 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 Antoinette Baking Co. 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 Fuji La Hacienda Lokal The Hen Bistro Hibiscus Caribbean Bar and Grill HopBunz In the Raw
Keo Lambrusco’Z To Go Leon’s Brookside Lokal 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 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 India Palace 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 Dilly Deli El Guapo’s Cantina Fassler Hall Joe Bots Coffee Joe Momma’s Pizza Juniper
Lambrusco’z McNellie’s S&J Oyster Company STG Pizzeria & Gelateria Tallgrass Prairie Table 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
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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
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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
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CHERRY STREET 15 Below Andolini’s Pizzeria Café Cubana Chimi’s Mexican Food Chipotle Mexican Grill Coffee House on Cherry Street Doe’s Eat Place Full Moon Café 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
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(Continued from p. 20) And I had a Jewish friend, and it just didn’t make sense to me that based on what they were telling me at church, that friend was going to hell. I had a conversation with the pastor, and he was like, “Yeah, no, your friend needs to find Jesus.” So one Sunday morning, we’re saying the Apostle’s Creed—I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven and Earth. I started thinking, “Why would God want me to lie if I don’t believe that?” Subsequently, I left that church as well. So, three strikes. I was disappointed in the church, but I wasn’t disappointed in God at that point. I hadn’t lost God. TTV: Then what? TL: Then a teacher introduced me to French existentialism, and I became a cigarette holder atheist/existentialist, and it launched me into a philosophy degree. My home life was really a wreck at that point. I had been sexually abused, and I had been abused in a lot of ways. I needed the clarity of academia, where they say, “Here are the rules, and if you follow the rules—” I needed that structure. But I was an exchange student in Belgium, dating a boy—this is before I had come out. We go to Paris together. I had never seen Notre Dame, and we walk in, and everything kind of brings your eye up to the ceiling so you feel really small. And every one of your senses is just lit up. I’m looking around the room, and I read enough French to know that Saints are buried in the floor. And I remember thinking, “Who the hell are we to decide who is a sinner and who is a Saint?” And I fainted. In that time of being out for maybe a minute, I felt like God came down and grabbed my soul and took me on this crazy journey where I went to see the origin 22 // FOOD & DRINK
“I AM A PART OF THIS, AND YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE ME. FIGURE THAT OUT. FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH A BISEXUAL, DIVORCING, UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST, CHRISTIAN—AND I’M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.”
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of the universe. And then I was whisked through every terrible thing that has been done in the name of God—every war, every tragedy, every sacrifice, every murder—all the way up to present time. And what I was left with was how disappointed God is, and how misused and mistreated the concept of God has been. I was an atheist at the time, but I woke up with this clarity that I didn’t have to be angry with God anymore. Because of that, I have the capacity to talk to people who don’t believe in God at all—to speak in agnosticism, in atheism, in scientific and philosophical language. That, to me, is bringing people to God in alignment with their own values. A lot of people are like the walking dead—maybe that’s why the zombie themed stuff is so hot right now; people are not awake.
are a spiritually inspired human being. It’s just easier to be asleep. One of my favorite stories in the Bible is when Jesus goes off to pray right before he’s crucified. This centers around Peter especially, who is the representation of the church. He plants them all down and he says to them, “Stay awake.” That’s all he asks is just for them to stay awake while he is in the middle of this trying time. He comes back, and they’re all sleeping. I believe that everyone’s already forgiven. I’ve prayed with priests and murderers; we’re all forgiven. Everything else is just staying awake.
TTV: That reminds me of my interview with Tom Tobias, who said something to the effect of, “Instead of waking up, people are just trying to cultivate a better dream.”
TL: For me, that’s Jesus. That’s trust, and that’s faith. There is a correlation to our grief and how much we loved. If you don’t feel grief, it’s because you didn’t open your heart up. I wanna love with my whole heart, and I have at times taken large pieces of my heart and buried it. But I can’t do that anymore.
TL: That’s beautiful. There is responsibility and accountability involved with claiming that you
TTV: You touched on something earlier that has been pivotal in my life, and that is redefining surrender, or rather stripping that word of its negative and weak connotation. Surrender is the ultimate strength.
The other day, I was at a memorial service. You can’t take communion in the Catholic service unless you are a member of the Catholic Church. You can join the line of those taking communion, and you can receive a blessing, but you just can’t take the communion. I felt strange just sitting there, so I got in line for a blessing. The way you let the priest know that you are not taking communion is that you literally cross your arms in front of you. You make an “X” shape across your heart. And the symbolism of that just knocked me out. I’m angry that there are people in control of these religious movements that want to tell me which parts of Jesus I can and cannot have access to. And my anger is making me lean more into my Christianity. My hope is to find my way to a position that lets me say, “Hey, I am a part of this, and you have to include me. Figure that out. Figure out how to deal with a bisexual, divorcing, Unitarian Universalist, Christian—and I’m not going anywhere.” TTV: Why’s it so hard for humans to figure out, in your words, how to serve God? TL: If I show you what I love, I am being super vulnerable. In order for you to get to a place where you can be vulnerable, you have to believe that you have value, and we are so shamed in this culture. For me, it is about surrendering to something larger than yourself. I have to be a part of a larger whole; I can’t be all of it. When you understand that you are a body part of God, then you don’t have to bear that shame. If you’re grounded in what you love, and you are willing to risk being vulnerable, it’ll be okay. You’ll be okay. Even if you fail. I wish you failure. Because if you’re not failing, you’re not risking enough. a May 20 - June 2, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
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RIGHT TO DIE BY DEJON KNAPP
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I know how my Grandmother is going to die,” I boasted in Kindergarten. “No you don’t!” a freckle-faced boy shot back. “Yes I do! She’s going to jump out of an airplane naked without a parachute!” As a kid, I failed to realize the weight of this idea— or the brilliant humor—but I understood even then that my grandmother, Elizabeth “Libby” Long, had no plans of growing feeble-minded and unable to care for herself. Stubborn and independent, she refused to die a shell of herself, hooked up to machines in a hospital, or without the ability to make her own decisions. During the summer of 2013, my grandmother began experi24 // FEATURED
encing relentless throbbing on her right side. It continued through the holidays as she struggled to complete even the most basic tasks. She talked to her doctor about the pain and shortness of breath, asked for second opinions, tried anti-inflammatory medications and had her gallbladder removed. Unable to find anything wrong with her, her primary care physician began suspecting she was a drug-seeking patient. “They’re just not hearing me,” Libby told me. “They are treating me like I’m a scam artist. I don’t think they are taking me seriously.” It was hard to watch her growing frustration and the noticeable drop in her energy. But I didn’t realize the intensity of her pain until she mentioned she’d been planning to kill herself. She recounted one
evening before Christmas, sitting on her bed with my grandfather’s gun. It was then that I realized how dangerous her pain had become. Fast-forward a few weeks; my grandmother calls with a very specific request—an immediate red flag. “Small child, I had some tests run. I’m expecting to get the results soon, but they’ve discovered a mass on my right side—inside my rib cage. They don’t know yet if it’s malignant, but the doctors think it is. I need you girls to come home so we can talk about this. We need to talk about my plan.” When my sister and I arrived, Libby didn’t want to talk about treatment. She wasn’t sure what would happen but said that when the time was right, she’d like to take her own life. She was upbeat about it, relieved that her doctor
finally understood her pain. She decided she’d take a few extra pills and go peacefully. But we had no idea what medication she should take to avoid enduring more pain. My sister and I began frantically researching prescription pill toxicity with little confidence and even more questions. A few weeks later, the test results came back. Stage IV lung cancer had eaten through two of Libby’s ribs, causing the intense pain and the shortness of breath. With his back turned to her, her doctor at a local cancer treatment center told her she had less than six months to live. Around this time, I drove to see her. She was tired, frustrated and beyond seeking curative medicine. Having endured constant pain for more than six months, she was uninterested in experimenting with May 20 - June 2, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
“I know how my Grandmother is going to die,” I boasted in Kindergarten. “No you don’t!” a freckle-faced boy shot back. “Yes I do! She’s going to jump out of an airplane naked without a parachute!”
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the side effects of aggressive treatments. The next day, we went to her primary care physician to get a hospice referral. Returning to her home, I was flooded with memories. Libby teaching us girls to make biscuits from scratch, the three of us planting flowers in the garden, catching frogs, listening to the birds, popping popcorn and snuggling on the couch, my sister and I moving into this house when our parents divorced and again after our mother died. But now, this would be where our grandmother, our best friend, would take her last breath. That evening, hospice arrived and talked us through the basics. It seemed that almost immediately, she began actively dying. For the next week, we hovered around her as she writhed in pain. My sister and I would sit next to her, giving her medication and sips of water and petting her soft skin. When we would lean over to kiss her, she would whisper, “Kill me, please.” Hospice had provided pain management medication, but it barely seemed to help. That’s the part of the plan we’d never discussed—that our family, swallowed by grief and fear, would become helpless and unable to carry out her wish, and that she would be too weak to do it herself. We would whisper back, “We are making a plan, we are trying, we love you.” But our planning amounted to my sister and I staying up late to sneak pills while my grandfather slept, trying to figure out if we could do it. Our grandfather, scared to lose his wife, became convinced she was not ready to go and was cautious about administering medication. But, seeing her lying there in a diaper and hospital gown instead of her favorite silk pajamas, I knew we had failed THE TULSA VOICE // May 20 - June 2, 2015
To learn more about the Right to Die movement, visit deathwithdignity.org or compassionandchoices.org. No matter where you stand on the issue, watch “How to Die in Oregon,” winner of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Award. To learn more about getting involved in state politics and legislation, visit okpolicy.org, togetherok.org or votesmart.org. her. So, my sister and I would sit with these pills in our hands and cry—so much that we weren’t sure if we would ever be ok again. Somewhere inside, we knew it was an impossible task. Maybe if we’d had support. But there were so many questions and no answers. My Libby died 10 days after we set up hospice. My sister and I were not there when she took her last breath. A year later, I’m still working through the guilt of those last days. But I’ve learned of so many stories similar to ours, and I’ve shifted my focus to the reasons our most beloved human was denied the respect she asked for at the end of her life. Our country has a long and complicated history with the Right to Die movement. The conversation jumps between terms of morality, euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide and names like Jack Kevorkian. Dr. Kevorkian was an American pathologist who claimed to have assisted more than 130 patients in their suicides. He became a household name in 1999 when he was arrested and tried in court after administering a lethal injection to a patient. Kevorkian served eight
years of a 10-25 year sentence. He’s often referred to as “Dr. Death” but is highly regarded as one of the most prominent champions of the right-to-die movement1. A supporter of his work, my grandmother wrote letters and made phone calls to anyone who would listen during his trial. Oregon was the first state to implement a Death with Dignity law in 1997, followed by Washington (2008), Montana (2009), Vermont (2013) and New Mexico (2014). Each state law has its own unique requirements and boundaries. But they all allow terminally ill, mentally competent patients age 18 and older, who are diagnosed with six months or less to live, an opportunity to hasten an inevitable death. The Right to Die movement is about compassionate end-of-life care that helps people have the best death possible based on their own beliefs, preferences and needs. The movement seeks to prevent the all-too-common occurrence of medical centers failing to honor patient DNRs and inflicting aggressive, invasive and often expensive treatments. Before Libby got sick, I remember hearing the story of Brittany
Maynard, a young woman with terminal brain cancer who made national headlines when she and her family moved to Oregon so she could die on her own terms2. The idea of a right to die is controversial. Many feel it goes against their religious beliefs or demeans the value of human life, that there’s too much room for error, that it violates the Hippocratic Oath or that vulnerable patients (those living in poverty) will be pushed into this decision instead of receiving treatment. Because Maynard was so young and outspoken (and happened to be a beautiful newlywed), she made Death with Dignity an energized national conversation3. Twenty-five states plus the District of Columbia will consider Death with Dignity laws in the 2015 legislative session4. This included Oklahoma’s HB 1673, the Oklahoma Death with Dignity Act, which was passed on to the Committee of Public Health but never made it to the House floor5. There’s still a chance the bill could be picked up in the next legislative session; it depends on who makes up the committee next year and how they handle the bill. To influence the fate of the Oklahoma Death with Dignity Act, contact the representative in your area. Start the conversation, share your story and put your tax dollars to work. I shared my story because of my undying love for my grandmother—not because it’s unique, but because it’s human. a 1) PBS: Chronology of Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s life and assisted suicide campaign 2) CNN: My right to death with dignity at 29 3) Compassionandchoices.org 4) Deathwithdignity.org 5) Oklahoma State Legislature: HB 1673 by Kouplen FEATURED // 25
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An Oklahoma Native, Lavender Hyssop works well in a wildlife garden Photo by Mary Anne Harris
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hough it feels like faraway history, the worst manmade ecological disaster in America took place fewer than 90 years ago. Oklahoma’s Dust Bowl struck family farms and wreaked widespread devastation—a natural consequence of greed, drought and misuse of resources. Few Oklahomans live on family farms today, but many of us have access to land—usually a lawn that we maintain. Although we generally don’t depend on our yards for income, it’s become accepted practice to conquer the land with tactics and products that damage the soil, plants and other life that relies on it. The terms “sustainable” and “organic” are often thrown around to describe environmentally conscious products and prac-
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September, October or November are the best times to plant in Oklahoma. During the fall, the soil is warm from the summer months, so transplant shock is less of an issue. The risk of disease and infestations also drops during the fall, when insects are going dormant. Plus, the cool nights and warm days give the plants a head start on the following year’s growth.
tices. But what do these concepts mean, and how do we implement them? “Sustainable” simply means the ability to continue to maintain at a certain rate or level. Sustainable agriculture, then, proceeds from a respectful question: How do we best use our land, water and air to feed and protect ourselves and other life forms? This approach begins with understanding that we’ve inherited limited resources. Leading up to the Dust Bowl, absent this understanding we destroyed swaths of buffalo grass to make room for wheat farming. Exhausted from drought and unsustainable over-planting,
the soil protested in great clouds of deadly dust. As early as the 1970s, horticulturist Rosalind Creasy wrote about our ongoing love affair with landscaping uniformity as a legacy of the leisure class in 17th and 18th century Europe.1 Creasy observed that our lawns have no real function except as a status symbol— one that comes at great expense of time, effort and money. Even more troubling, the products used on the average American lawn are often toxic to wildlife, pets and humans. More and more, we’re beginning to question the ideal of a manicured lawn that is green
year-round and free of weeds. Is this the best way to use our land? Have we so quickly forgotten the lessons of the Dust Bowl?
MAKE A CHANGE Safe, sustainable lawn care and gardening are neither difficult nor expensive. Our present challenge, unlike in the 20s and ‘30s, is a deluge of information. Attempting to sift through all the thoughts, facts and philosophies can easily overwhelm a well-meaning student seeking a personal approach to environmental stewardship. So, start where you are. Whether it’s a farm, a back yard, a patio or the corner of a table, you can create a garden and practice sustainable gardening. Many people begin with edibles, such as herbs or vegetables, in containers on a porch or windowsill. Get started with the most important ingredient: the soil. Much of Oklahoma’s soil is heavy clay, so you’ll probably need to amend your existing soil with nutrient-rich soil that has balanced levels of Nitrogen, Potash and Potassium.
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The “N-P-K” numbers (Nitrogen [N], Potash [P] and Potassium [K]) can be found on the packaging of better-quality soils.
G O NATIVE Along with proper soil, native plants save time and money and help you gain maximum enjoyment from your garden. Tulsa’s climate is categorized as Zone 6. For a fit that works for your garden and any other life that visits, select plants well suited to this climate. Oklahoma Native varieties are hardy, resilient and beautiful and require less fertilizer, water and maintenance. Plant Oklahoma Natives with deciduous and evergreen shrubs to bring color to your garden throughout the year. Because Oklahoma Natives often come in small transplant size, they require patience on the gardener’s part. These plants need time to develop the deep root structure that sustains their water and food supply. By the second year and into the third year of growth, they show off their color in exciting displays.
MAKE RO OM Oklahoma Natives are also perfect for attracting wildlife such as hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. This is sustainability at its best: beauty, function and kindness for all life. Wildlife habitats such as bird sanctuaries and butterfly gardens are becoming popular as people look for ways to connect with the life around them. In addition to the benefits for other creatures, interacting with nature and encountering wildlife can have life-changing health benefits2 for gardeners. Addressing garden disease and insects is perhaps the most significant shift needed for sustainability. After all, “wildlife” also includes insects such as ladybugs, earthworms and beneficial nematodes. Instead of using a toxic grass killer, consider horticulture vinegar. Look for organic alternatives to synthetic plant food, like horticulture molasses or compost. The Tulsa County OSU Extension Service3 is a great go-to resource to learn about kinder ways to manage insects and disease. Effective wildlife gardens also help to protect wildlife in other ways. Your garden might include a water bath for birds or a butterfly house mounted away from predators. Plants that offer branches for perching, foliage for shelter and color for collecting nectar are all part of a nurturing wildlife garden. a 1) rosalindcreasy.com, 2) Michigan State University Extension: What are the physical and mental benefits of gardening?, 3) oces.tulsacounty.org
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A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO SUSTAINABLE GARDENING Raised beds in the home garden of local musician Jesse Aycock //Photo by Molly Bullock
Start small and grow with your garden. Experiment with containers of various heights and sizes. This gives you time to learn and build confidence with a manageable project. Be patient with yourself! The best gardens come from seasons of success, failure and learning. If nothing else, a garden teaches kindness, patience and the notion that there’s always next year. Choose a direction. Research the kind of garden you’d like or hire a garden designer to give you a compass. Oklahoma Native plants work well for new gardeners if you’re willing to be patient as they grow. Some favorites for a wildlife garden include coreopsis, cardinal flower, monarda, lavender hyssop and coneflowers. Be sure to include small trees and shrubs in your plan, as they provide needed protection for wildlife. For more information on Oklahoma Natives, visit oknativeplants.org. Get your hands dirty. The simplest, least expensive way to garden sustainably is to invest in appropriate soil. Get to know your plants and their needs by asking experts and reading plant labels. Edibles require less Nitrogen than perennials, and Oklahoma Natives need well-drained soil. For a new a garden, replace existing soil with well-balanced soil or use containers or raised beds. In the second or third year of your established garden, soil tests can help you determine the need for further soil amendments. Connect with life and, perhaps, a new way of living by composting, re-thinking your front lawn and learning about herbs and edibles.
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hey’re painters and photographers, but they’re also bartenders and schoolteachers and law enforcement officers. It’s a standard conundrum for aspiring artists—the push and pull of making art versus making money. Enter Bill Hader Sr. The Tulsa businessman moved downtown two years ago and has become a benefactor for local artists. He recently launched Tulsa Artist’s Services (TAS), an organization he hopes will better assist struggling local creatives in gaining exposure and turning their work into a paycheck. The idea first occurred to him during a conversation with Katie Cealka, who teaches art at Rosa Parks Elementary. “She does a phenomenal job, but she’s got a Master’s in art from Syracuse, and she’s got bills out her ears,” Hader said. “I said, ‘You need to start promoting yourself and using your art to make money,’ and she’s like, ‘I don’t have time.’ And that’s when it dawned on me.”
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Hader spoke with other artists and quickly noticed a trend. “Nobody has time,” he said. “They’re so busy doing what they do to make money and pay off their bills, they just don’t have the time.” “My bartender, Western (Doughty), is a phenomenal photographer,” Hader continued. “I met Morgan (Wolff, whom Hader hired to run TAS); she was working at an oil company. She’s a phenomenal painter. (Visual artist) Anna Film is working for a sign company. Her stuff is amazing. (Photographer) Brooke Golightly is a bailiff down at the courthouse.” Hader conceived Tulsa Artist’s Services as part artist collective, part brokerage service, anchored by business savvy that sets it apart from similar co-ops. Wolff said working with TAS allowed her to start painting again. “People have talents that they have to bury because they don’t think they can make money with
them,” she said. “This is a good opportunity to actually make money doing something that you really love.” The TAS website gives potential clients a centralized browsing location. “Artists are notorious for not being able to sell themselves,” Wolff said. “They don’t wanna say, ‘I’m so great, check out my work.’ So we have the opportunity to do that for them.” Hader and Wolff are aggressively courting larger clients like law firms and restaurants and hope to position TAS as the go-to source for any patron, organization or business in need of local art. When we met, they were hosting a meet-and-greet at Mainline—complete with hors d’oeuvres and an open bar—for local interior designers. “Most interior designers, restaurant planners, people buying corporate art, they … have to go through the racks and find what they want,” Hader said. “Now
they can come to us, they can see something on the website or they can commission a piece.” Participating artists must be willing and ready to execute commissioned pieces and make their work available for temporary lease. TAS takes 35 percent of each sale, but the artist controls the price and retains ownership of the work. “I own two other businesses, so the money’s not for me,” Hader stressed. “If we make money, I’ll get Morgan some associates to work under her.” The newly-launched Tulartservices.com already features 14 artists including Cealka, Doughty, Wolff, Film and Golightly. Future plans for TAS include a large office and studio space downtown where artists can work, teach classes and collaborate. “What we’re doing is taking these Tulsa artists that people maybe wouldn’t know otherwise, and we’re bringing them to the forefront,” Hader said. “We’re taking them to the top.” a May 20 - June 2, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Returning to the basics in a goal-oriented culture by ZAC KING
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hether you’re into yoga, Crossfit, kettlebells or just experiencing less discomfort as you move through your day, re-learning basic movement patterns will help you move well in all situations, both habitual and unexpected. Picture an infant squatting to examine the texture of a rock. It’s an effortless descent into a restful, compressed position, and the child essentially floats back into the standing position to carry on. Now, picture the average American adult emerging from a driver’s seat or getting up to leave a movie theater. It’s an inefficient struggle at best. This awkwardness is simple to address, but fitness seekers usually want an intensive training regimen—even if they haven’t revisited the fundamentals of human movement since childhood. In April, local instructors from nearly every fitness denomination gathered at DEEPmovement Studio to look through an unfamiliar lens with the founders of Urban
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Movement, a Parkour/movement school in Houston. The collective included a modern dance director, a chiropractic duo, a professional strong man, a Crossfit gym owner, multiple yogis, a tantra instructor, a body worker, a martial artist, personal trainers and instructors in kettlebells and MovNat. It sounds like an intimidating group, but it quickly became apparent that everyone was beyond excited to collaborate. Urban Movement founders Cameron Pratto and Wes Hamner focused the workshop on practical sequences and refining the basic skills behind complex movements. Pratto said some approaches to fitness aren’t as useful as people like to think. “I train for life,” he said. “You can dead lift 300 pounds for reps all day, you can have a chiropractor adjust your back after sitting at a desk all week, you can do a yoga routine for an hour at a time—but when do we train for real-life situations? Where is the adaptability,
and how does this influence our ability to move through a lifetime?” We started with the most basic and necessary movement of all: getting down to the ground and back up, efficiently. We played with different ways of moving from sitting to standing without using our hands. Give it a try; if you haven’t been coached to make this simple transition with integrity, it can be extremely challenging. After we each made an attempt, Pratto showed us how to move through the progressions with ease. We also learned how to precision jump, crawl under obstacles and explore the vastly dynamic hip joint. These skills carry over into our daily activities and help integrate our floppy modern bodies. To an outsider, the workshop probably looked like a bunch of oversized children learning how to move their bodies for the first time. But regardless of conditioning level, everyone was exhausted after an hour. It was a thing of
beauty to see so many fitness experts thinking about their bodies in a new way. We learned that owning baseline movements gives us the freedom to pursue specialized movements, such as heavy lifts or contortions on the mat. “Why focus on lifting weights if you can’t even get off the floor without using your hands?” Pratto said. There’s a superficial polarity among fitness enthusiasts—Crossfitters Crossfit, Yogis stretch and flow, weightlifters max out—but wellness goes deeper than that. We all want to feel limber when we get out of the bed in the morning. And as instructors, we all want to support this ability in our clients. Building a movement-conscious community will help us evolve as individuals and improve the quality of fitness instruction—and overall health and wellness—in our city. a [Editor’s note: Zac King is a natural movement instructor at DEEPmovement Studio.] May 20 - June 2, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
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thehaps Big 12 Baseball Championship Wed., May 20 through Sun., May 24 ONEOK Field, big12sports.com For the first time ever, the Big 12 Baseball Championship will be held in Tulsa. ONEOK Field will host 14 games in four days leading up to the championship game at noon on Sunday. TCU leads the conference with a 15-5 record for the season, and OSU and OU are in second and third at 14-8 and 13-8, respectively. Let’s bring that championship home! Go Pokes and Sooners!
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In conjunction with the Big 12 Baseball Championship, Guthrie Green is hosting Fan Fest: five days of baseball-centric activities. The festival will include an exhibit on the history of the Negro Leagues, fitness activities, music, food trucks and much more. Here’s a breakdown of the events happening each day. WED., MAY 20— WPX OPENING NIGHT 11 A.M.: EMSA’s World CPR Challenge 11:30 A.M.: Lunchtime music with Jesse Aycock and Rachel Dean
Crystal City Carnival and Route 66 Patriot Car Show Thurs., May 21 through Sun., May 24 Crystal City Shopping Center, route66patriotcarshow.com Crystal City was one of Tulsa’s first amusement parks and home to the original Zingo roller coaster (the one at Bell’s was named in honor of the former). Crystal City Carnival will pay tribute to the park on Memorial Day weekend with rides, games, food and an exhibit of photos of Crystal City and Route 66. On Saturday, motorcycles and incredible hot rods of all makes and models will be on display along the Mother Road for the first Route 66 Patriot Car Show. Many of these fine automobiles will take part in the Gateway to Gateway Cruise through Tulsa on Route 66, starting Saturday at 9 a.m. at the east Route 66 gateway and ending at the west gateway.
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7 P.M.: Kickoff Concert with Uncle Lucius, Spoonfed Tribe and Hosty Duo THURS., MAY 21— DOUBLE HEADER MOVIE NIGHT 4 P.M.: The Market 7 P.M.: Pre-movie jazz with Michael Cameron Collective 8 P.M.: Screenings of “The Sandlot” and “A League of their Own” FRI., MAY 22— WILLIAMS DANCE PARTY NIGHT 6 P.M.: Special performances by McLain and Central High School marching bands
8 P.M.: Dance party with DJs Moody, Kylie and BigLilSmokie SAT., MAY 23— TULSA WORLD FAMILY FUN DAY 11:30 A.M.: Lindy in the Park with Vintage Swing Movement 3 P.M.: Tulsa Roots Music concert with Capitol Cars and more SUN., MAY 24— CHAMPIONSHIP CELEBRATION DAY 11 A.M.: Special brunch by Lucky’s on the Green 2:30 P.M.: Horton Records concert with the Marcus King Band, Paul Benjaman Band and Steve Pryor Band
Million Dollar Quartet Tues., May 26 through Sun., May 31, $20-$55 Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa PAC, tulsapac.com On Dec. 4, 1956, Carl Perkins and his band went into Sun Studios in Memphis to cut some new tracks. To fatten the sound, Sun owner Sam Phillips called in then-unknown Jerry Lee Lewis to add some piano. Shortly thereafter, Elvis Presley paid a visit and Johnny Cash, who had been there just to watch Perkins record, entered the studio. The four began to jam on gospel songs and covered tunes by Bill Monroe, Gene Autry, Ernest Tubb and Chuck Berry, among others, as well as a few of their own songs. Fortunately, engineer Jack Clement had the foresight to keep the tapes rolling, and this once-in-a-lifetime jam became known as the Million Dollar Quartet (based on a headline in the Memphis Press-Scimitar the next day). That day inspired this Tony Award-winning musical, which features more of the four legends’ hit songs. There’ll surely be a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on in Chapman Music Hall during this run. May 20 - June 2, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Gee’s Bend Sat., May 23 and 30 at 8 p.m. and Sun., May 24 at 3 p.m., $10, Liddy Doenges Theatre, Tulsa PAC Gee’s Bend depicts the turbulent history of African-Americans in the 20th century by focusing on a single family in the tiny town of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. The town began as a cotton plantation in 1816 and is now known for the beautiful quilts made by its residents. Gospel music is woven through this haunting and touching play by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder, who won the American Theater Critics Association’s 2008 Osborn Award for emerging playwrights.
Lewis Black Thurs., May 28, 8 p.m., $45-$55 The Joint, lewisblack.com Lewis Black is fed up with all this bullshit, and he’s coming to town to ensure that you are, too, by ranting and yelling at you in the most delightfully enraged way possible.
Pancham: The Immortal Note Fri., May 29, 7:30 p.m., $25-$35, John H. Williams Theatre, Tulsa PAC, tulsapac.com Rahul Dev Burman, nicknamed “Pancham,” was one of the most important composers and musical directors for Hindi films. Pancham composed scores for 331 movies from the 1960s to the 1990s, providing vocals for several. His influence remains strong in Indian cinema, and his songs remain popular in India 21 years after his death. This tribute traces his life and works through his music and includes video clips of his contemporaries.
Tulsa Zine Fest Sat., May 30, 11 a.m., Rudisill Regional Library, search “Tulsa Zine Fest” on Facebook Around 30 zine and comic creators from around and oustide the state will come together at Rudisill Regional Library to share and to celebrate the wonderful and creative world of these micro-publications. THE TULSA VOICE // May 20 - June 2, 2015
EVENTS Gem Faire // Gemstones! Beads! Jewelry! Minerals! Fossils! Meteorites! And more?! 60 vendors from around the country will be on site to help you find the stone you seek. // 5/29-5/31, Expo Square, $7, gemfaire.com
Hippie Man, Chad Thornsberry // 5/27, 7:30 p.m., The Loony Bin, $7, 5/28, 8 p.m., The Loony Bin, $2, 5/29, 7:30 p.m., The Loony Bin, $10, 5/29, 10 p.m., The Loony Bin, $10, 5/30, 7:30 p.m., The Loony Bin, $10, 5/30, 10 p.m., The Loony Bin, $10, loonybincomedy.com/tulsa
PERFORMING ARTS Dual Ragtime Piano Concert: Morten Gunnar Larsen & Donald Ryan // Founder, arranger and musical director of the Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra, Morten Gunnar Larsen has been recognized as the world’s greatest ragtime soloist. Donald Ryan, a longtime Tulsan originally from Trinidad, is an Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame inductee and perhaps the most in-demand jazz pianist in the state. in this concert, Larsen and Ryan will perform ragtime pieces together and separately. // 5/31, 2 p.m., John H. Williams Theatre, Tulsa PAC, tulsapac.com
T-Town “Famous” // 5/29, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10-$12, comedyparlor.com
COMEDY Paul Hooper, Sam Norton, Seth Dees // 5/20, 7:30 p.m., The Loony Bin, $7, 5/21, 8 p.m., The Loony Bin, $2, 5/22, 7:30 p.m., The Loony Bin, $10, 5/23, 7:30 p.m., The Loony Bin, $10, 5/22, 10 p.m., 5/23, 10 p.m., The Loony Bin, $10, The Loony Bin, $10, loonybincomedy.com/tulsa
Sunday Night Stand Up // 5/31, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com
Roger Haak // 5/22, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com Comfort Creatures // 5/22, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com School’s Out! Improv Show // 5/23, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com Sunday Night Stand Up // 5/24, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com Soundpony Comedy Night // 5/25, 9:30 p.m., Soundpony, thesoundpony.com By Goerge! // 5/27, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com
Unusual Suspects // 5/29, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com The Mic Drop // 5/30, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com Hammered! A Drunk improv Show // 5/30, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com Rocky Horror Picture Show w/ Shadow Cast // 5/30, 11:59 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com
Haha Stand Up Comedy // 6/1, The Shrine, tulsashrine.com SPORTS Nitro Circus Live // 5/21, 6:30 p.m., BOK Center, $41-$101, bokcenter.com Tulsa Shock vs San Antonio Silver Stars // 5/22, 6 p.m., BOK Center, $18.55-$194.30, wnba.com/shock Tulsa Drillers vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals // 5/25, 6:05 p.m., ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com Tulsa Athletics vs Corinthians FC SA // 5/30, 7:30 p.m., Athletics Stadium, $7, tulsaathletics.com Tulsa Roughnecks vs Portland Timbers 2 // 5/30, 7:30 p.m., ONEOK Field, $8-$45, tulsaroughnecksfc.com Tulsa Drillers vs Midland RockHounds // 6/2, 7:05 p.m., ONEOK Field, $2-$35, tulsadrillers.com ARTS & CULTURE // 35
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Real life
Touring local acts receive a warm Tulsa welcome in a town up the road by MITCH GILLIAM
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s the morning light crept through the blinds, my eyes opened reluctantly. As always on tour, the first thing they spied was a pair of feet an inch away. This time, the feet weren’t attached to a band mate of mine, but to the excellent and snoring Tulsa rapper, Verse. The preceding night—before the drunken march to the foreign floor we’d wake up on—I’d seen Verse’s hip-hop captivate a room of Missouri punks. Originally planned as three days with Verse, Lizard Police and OKC’s Community Pools, our trip was cut to one day by car trouble. Despite the setback and a late arrival, we crammed a full weekend into 24 hours. We’d taken Verse out for a weekend before, but introducing him to Columbia, Missouri was a longtime goal fulfilled. Lizard Police found CoMo in 2011, when we had no clue how or why bands tour. Knowing nothing of the town, we played a small café and were received like we were goddamned Metallica. Subsequent trips yielded increasing returns; our 2012 show coincided with the town’s prom and had kids in formal wear throwing the horns at our guitars. By 2014, we were screening our logo on shirts, trashcans and underwear. CoMo has become a fractal of touring’s overall importance to us—a town where nearly every face is familiar. Even on a quick beer run this trip, we saw a friend’s 36 // MUSIC
Illustrat ion of Lizard Police and Verse for a Texas tour, draw n by Taylor Vinson of Communit y Pools
dad who was on the same mission to prepare for our set. Our April show was another A+ CoMo gig. Friends slammed beers and lost their minds while we did just the same onstage. CoMo’s un-seriously named Buttmaster played one of the more seriously great sets I’ve ever seen. Community Pools ripped, and the crowd’s warm reception cooled front man Taylor Vinson’s standard snark. Missouri love softened his usual bark of, “If you
longboard—kill yourself!” to, “If you longboard—don’t!” And in a room of whiskey bottles, foamedover punks and a solitary dog, Verse stole the show. Amidst the crust, noise, pop and folk punkers in that Missouri garage, Verse’s rap sliced the booze fumes with surgical truth. The back-patched, face tatted and plainly adorned nodded in equal fervor as Verse took aim at targets long in punk’s crosshairs: profit-driven prisons, Reagan, the
pressures of conformity and the systemic racism that divides our hometown. Though heads were banged and pits were circled, the crowd stayed locked on the mic. Shirts were purchased, shots were offered and Verse enjoyed the reception we’d anticipated. Our trip was the classic CoMo experience, with a spontaneous performance the following day at an ice cream shop. Using acoustic guitars and brushes to dull our edges, Verse rapped over our new, smooth sound. The absurdity of the experience (amplified by the paintings of unicorns, wrestlers and bulldogs adorning Sparky’s Homemade Ice Cream) filed it between “horrific,” “humorous” and “hungover” in my memory. Incidentally, that’s where all the best tour memories are kept. When we stepped up to the counter, the clerk apologized for missing our show the night before and gave us our milkshakes on the house. It’s those small victories on the road—donated ice cream, gas money and floors to crash on— that can reignite a touring musician’s faith in the world. But tour isn’t a vacation from real life, it’s a vacation into it. By operating at the mercy of strangers, you find the human generosity so often hidden behind laptop screens and headlines. Those moments of hope stave off burnout, grant perspective and remind us what kind of world we’re actually fighting for. a May 20 - June 2, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Cellar Dweller – Mike Cameron Collective Colony – Tom Skinner Science Project Full Moon Cafe - BA – Ayngel & John – 9:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Amanda Preslar w/ Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 7:00 pm Hunt Club – The Brothers Moore IDL Ballroom – Road to Rocklahoma w/ Dead Metal Society, Mystery, Stop Stop!, Kingdragon, Dellacoma, Ruff Justice, MYCAH – 8:00 pm – ($5) Lefty’s On Greenwood – Christine Jude On The Rocks – Don White Pickles Pub & Grill – Billy Snow Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell Soundpony – Slang, LittleFoot, Cucumber and the Suntans
Blue Rose Cafe – Red Dirt Rangers Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Bull and Bear Tavern – Sarah Maud with Dean DeMerritt’s Jazz Tribe Centennial Lounge – Bull Finger Colony – Rusty James Porter, Jake Flint Ed’s Hurricane Lounge – The Salty Dogs – 3:00 pm Elwood’s – The McGrath Project – 8:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Pianos – 9:00 pm Fur Shop – THAT 90s PARTY Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Joe Worrel – 9:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Hi Fidelics – 5:30 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Stars – 9:00 pm Hunt Club – Fine as Paint Lot No. 6 – Chloe Johns Peppers Grill - South – The Blue Dawgs – 8:30 pm Pickles Pub & Grill – South of Vertical Soundpony – *ZEX, Swap Meat, Merlinmason, Who & The Fucks The Shrine – Brian Parton, Dale Lawton, The Riot Waves – ($7)
Boulevard Trash – Lord Dying – 7:00 pm Brady Theater – *Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience – 8:00 pm – ($25-$35) Cain’s Ballroom – *Rae Sremmurd – 8:00 pm – ($28-$43) Cellar Dweller – Mike Cameron Collective Cimarron Bar – The Boogie Colony – Tom Skinner Science Project Crow Creek Tavern – 4Going Gravity – 8:00 pm Dusty Dog Pub – Scott Ellison Band – 6:30 pm Full Moon Cafe - BA – Ayngel & John – 9:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Amanda Preslar w/ Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 7:00 pm On The Rocks – Don White Pickles Pub & Grill – Billy Snow Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell Soundpony – La Fin Absolute Du Monde
Blue Rose Cafe – SeXtion 8, Soupbone Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Centennial Lounge – Calvin Youngblood & Cold Front Ed’s Hurricane Lounge – The Salty Dogs – 3:00 pm Fassler Hall – *Desi and Cody Album/ Video release w/ Grazzhopper, John Calvin Abney – 8:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Pianos – 9:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Outlaw Band – 9:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Hi Fidelics – 5:30 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Stat Band – 9:00 pm Hunt Club – BC and the Big Rig Mercury Lounge – *Travis Linville – 10:00 pm Peppers Grill - South – Neil Dickerston – 8:30 pm Pickles Pub & Grill – Rockfisch Soundpony – DJ Sweet Baby Jaysus The Shrine – The Schwag – ($10) Vanguard – For the Wolf, Autumn on Javine, Covering the Grateful, Dead’s First Album – 8:00 pm – ($8-$10) Woody’s Corner Bar – Tyler Russell
Thur // May 21 Blue Rose Cafe – DJ Matt Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Cain’s Ballroom – Purity Ring, BRAIDS, Born Gold – 8:00 pm – ($20-$35) Centennial Lounge – Rusty Swan & Friends Colony – Wink Burcham Enso Bar – Groucho Full Moon Cafe - BA – Piano Man Tom Basler – 8:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Toast & JAM w/ C. Redd and Cynthia Jesseen – 10:00 pm Fur Shop – Josh Hoyer & the ShadowBoxers Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Stonehorse – 8:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Darren Ray – 3:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Uncrowned Kings – 7:00 pm Hunt Club – Bryce Dicus Mercury Lounge – Von Stomper – 10:00 pm Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Billy Parker Tribute w/ The Tulsa Playboys, Red Steagall, Pake McEntire, Peggy Rains – 7:30 pm – ($33) Pickles Pub & Grill – Fingers Band Soundpony – DarkuJ The Shrine – Steve Pryor Woody’s Corner Bar – Brandon Jackson
Fri // May 22 Cain’s Ballroom – *Bone Thugs-NHarmony, Josh Sallee, Alan Doyle – 9:00 pm – ($25-$40) Cimarron Bar – Framing the Red – 8:00 pm Colony – *Levi Parham, Alex Culbreth Elephant Run – Wharp Drive Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Pianos – 9:00 pm Fur Shop – The Taylor Machine Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Bandit Band – 9:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Scott Ellison – 5:30 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Imzadi – 9:00 pm Hunt Club – Lovebettie, Well Hung Heart Lennie’s Club – David Dover Lot No. 6 – Christine Jude Peppers Grill - South – Sarah Maud with Dean DeMerritt’s Jazz Tribe – 8:30 pm Pickles Pub & Grill – G-Force Soundpony – Abram Shook, Old Town The Shrine – *Dirtfoot, Green Corn Rebellion – ($7-$10) Vanguard – Milkdrive, Whiskey Shivers, Von Stomper – 8:00 pm – ($15-$35) Yeti – We Make Shapes 38 // MUSIC
Sun // May 24 Blue Rose Cafe – Rockwell Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing Downtown Lounge – Scattered Hamlet Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 6:30 pm Fur Shop – Darku J Guthrie Green – *Steve Pryor Band, Paul Benjaman Band, Marcus King Band – 2:30 pm Lefty’s On Greenwood – David Hernandez Lot No. 6 – Eric Arvoy, Matthew James, Jeremy Garland Los Cabos - Jenks – The Fabulous Two Man Band – 5:00 pm Mercury Lounge – The Harmaleighs – 5:00 pm Mercury Lounge – Brandon Clark – 9:30 pm Peppers Grill - South – Butler Music Showcase – 2:00 pm Pickles Pub & Grill – Brad Duvall Soundpony – DarkuJ Vanguard – Meg Myers, Wild Party – 8:00 pm – ($10.45-$30) Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Good Ground
Mon // May 25 Colony – Open Mic hosted by Cody Clinton Lefty’s On Greenwood – The Scissortails Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Memorial Day Salute w/ Joe Wilkinson – 5:00 pm – ($5-$20, free for veterans) Yeti – Cypher120
Tue // May 26 Cain’s Ballroom – *Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers – 7:30 pm – ($27-$42) Centennial Lounge – Open Jam hosted by Dwayne Thompson & Morgan Smith Colony – Rachel Lavonne Elwood’s – Dan Martin – 4:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Preslar Music Showcase – 6:30 pm Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic – 7:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Bill Holden – 7:00 pm Lefty’s On Greenwood – Stephanie Oliver Trio Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham – 10:00 pm Nightingale Theater – *Barfth, Anna Oxygen, Jim Brown, Who & The Fucks – 8:00 pm – ($3) Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams – 5:00 pm Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell Vanguard – Like Moths to Flames, Sylar, Bring Your Finest – 7:30 pm – ($13-$15)
Thur // May 28 Blue Rose Cafe – DJ Matt Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Cain’s Ballroom – Wakarusa Pre-Party w/ Wick-It The Instigator, Andy Frasco, Mouth – 9:00 pm – ($10-$12) Centennial Lounge – Gypsy Cold Cuts Colony – Beau Roberson Crow Creek Tavern – Dan Martin – 8:00 pm Elwood’s – Hosty Duo – 8:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - BA – Piano Man Tom Basler – 8:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Toast & JAM w/ C. Redd and Cynthia Jesseen – 10:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Brian Capps – 8:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Travis Kidd – 3:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Fuzed – 7:00 pm Lot No. 6 – Bianca G Mercury Lounge – Cash O’Riley Ownsome Outlaw – 10:00 pm Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Tulsa All-City Jam’bassadors – 7:00 pm – ($5-$10) Pickles Pub & Grill – Fingers Band The Shrine – *Yojimbo, Freakjuice, Heavy Jones – ($7-$10) Woody’s Corner Bar – Tell Runyan Yeti – Turnt Up
Sun // May 31 Blue Rose Cafe - Rockwell Boulevard Trash – *OC45, Streetlight Fight, Merlinmason – 7:30 pm – ($5) Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 6:30 pm Fur Shop – Darku J Guthrie Green – *Seth Glier, Travis Linville, Grazzhopper, WGC Afterschool Music Program – 2:30 pm Lefty’s On Greenwood – David Hernandez Los Cabos - Jenks – The Fabulous Two Man Band – 5:00 pm Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – A Tribute to the Genius of Billy Strayhorn – 5:00 pm – ($5-$20) Pickles Pub & Grill – Brad Duvall Soundpony – Flesh Lights Vanguard – (HED)PE, December in Red, Grind – 8:00 pm – ($15-$17) Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Mikey B
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Blue Rose Cafe – Tequila Kim Centennial Lounge – Calvin Youngblood & Cold Front Colony – Jesse Aycock Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Pianos – 9:00 pm Gypsy Coffee House – Onyx Owl Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Austin Cobb Band – 9:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Jay Falkner Duo – 5:30 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Dante & The Hawks – 9:00 pm Hunt Club – JT and the Dirtboxwailers Lefty’s On Greenwood – Samjae Lennie’s Club – David Dover Magoo’s – 4Going Gravity Mercury Lounge – The Bar Brawl 3 – 10:00 pm Peppers Grill - South – The Zigs – 8:30 pm Pickles Pub & Grill – Rockfisch The Shrine – Nappy Roots, iamDES – ($10-$15) Vanguard – Summit, La Lune, Monochrome, Oceanaut, The Riot Waves, Bruce Flea, The Capital Whys, Dad – 8:00 pm – ($7-$10) Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Spin Yeti – Blacklight Party w/ John White
Cain’s Ballroom – Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Ballyhoo! – 7:30 pm – ($22-$37) Colony – Open Mic hosted by Cody Clinton IDL Ballroom – Houndmouth, Clear Plastic Masks – 8:00 pm – ($15-$18) Soundpony – Hello Ocho Woody Guthrie Center – The Steel Wheels – 7:00 pm – ($15-$17) Yeti – Cypher120
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Nicholas Hoult, Rile y Keough and Charlize Theron in ‘Mad Max: Fur y Road’
Miracles happen George Miller drops the mic with ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ by JOE O’SHANSKY
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n 1979, director George Miller made rough-and-tumble, Aussie exploitation film “Mad Max,” starring then-unknown Mel Gibson. Max Rockatansky, a good guy cop in a dystopian near-future, runs afoul of a local biker gang. In retaliation, they kill Max’s wife and daughter—earning some explosive payback. It’s a scrappy, low-budget
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affair, and fun as hell—something of a “Death Wish” remake but with insane stunts (read: people got hurt). Miller’s debut exhibited many of the aesthetic qualities that came to define his dark, slightly deranged, weirdly humorous style. That film spawned 1981 hit “The Road Warrior,” which set the post-apocalyptic stage that largely defines the series, and which vaulted Mel Gibson to international stardom. 1985’s “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” cemented the character as a cinematic icon. If there were a Hall of Fame for Movie Badasses, Mad Max would have been inducted long ago. Miller’s been kicking around a sequel for over a decade. Thirty years after “Thunderdome,” it’s finally arrived (sans Gibson) with “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Max (Tom Hardy) is wandering the proverbial Wasteland when he comes under pursuit by The War Boys, stormtoopers
of King Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne, who starred as the head villain, Toecutter, in the original “Mad Max”). King Joe is a terrifying warlord who controls a community of muddied serfs by occasionally tapping his massive water reserves. Just enough to keep them alive. But hey, that’s civilization in 2060. Meanwhile, Furiosa (Charlize Theron), King Joe’s general of sorts, goes off-mission with his Five Wives in an attempt to liberate them. Their fertility has enslaved the women to King Joe’s diabolical plan: repopulating the world with a dynasty created in his ruined image. Max escapes, falling in with the AWOL harem and a crazed War Boy named Nux (delightfully played by Nicholas Hoult). Obviously, King Joe takes umbrage with losing his ladies. Queue an army of bloodthirsty maniacs driving mechanically-mutated, super-horsepowered vehicles, hell-
bent on getting The Five Wives back and killing the shit out of Furiosa and Max. “Mad Max: Fury Road” is a tour de force of action filmmaking that might—however improbably—be the best of the whole series. At 70, Miller has entered that rarefied space of a filmmaker doing his best work on the downslope of a long career. It’s hard to overstate how that almost never happens. Scorsese is the only other that immediately comes to mind, with 2013’s “The Wolf of Wall Street.” But “Fury Road” is a masterpiece. Here, Miller (along with co-writers Brendan McCarthy and Nick Lathouris) crafts a film with the piss-and-vinegar immediacy of a director half his age, combined with the narrative elegance and visual grandeur of an old hand. There is zero fat on this thing, which is written as essentially one long scene. I haven’t experienced May 20 - June 2, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
such storytelling economy and cinematic self-assurance since “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Miller’s main female characters have always tended toward strength, independence and pragmatism, be it Virginia Hey’s Warrior Woman in “The Road Warrior” or Tina Turner’s memorable Auntie Entity in “Thunderdome.” But the real power is usually in the wrong hands. Men like King Joe were responsible for the Apocalypse, and now he’s trying to resurrect the worst of civilization. Though it’s true that the series is machismo-centric (and definitely aimed at dudes), “Fury Road” feels like it belongs to Furiosa as much as Max, if not more so. I guess “Furiosa Road” sounded weird. Hilariously, this shift has sent men’s rights activists into apoplectic shudders of rage. They’ve branded the film feminist propaganda, especially given that the author of The Vagina Monologues consulted on creating the female characters. Regardless, the film’s embrace of its feminist themes adds an organic allegorical depth to the lean narrative. Yet, like the rest of the series, the film feels like a distinct part of a unified world. After all, any great dystopian/sci-fi visions of our future inform the present—it’s hard not to think of our ongoing patriarchal war against women’s sexual autonomy. I was a little worried the slickness of “Fury Road” would somehow take me out. There’s a shaggy charm to the first two films that grounds them in their place and time. They looked great, and with “Thunderdome,” Miller’s visual chops had noticeably matured. But not to this degree. With “Fury Road,” he’s created an action art film of mind-boggling visual dexterity. The complex design sometimes recalls the gorgeous, Rube Goldbergian joys of Jean Pierre Juenet (“Amelie”) as applied to a chase movie. Be it the demented costumes and makeup, the thrilling effects work, the peerless editing or John Seale’s gorgeous cinematography (see this in 2D, I beg you) there’s really nothing about “Fury Road” that isn’t firing on all cylinders. You wouldn’t believe THE TULSA VOICE // May 20 - June 2, 2015
how much of the copious destruction and stunts are practical, in keeping with Miller’s penchant for bat-shit tangible mayhem. The beauty of the chase through a desert sandstorm of fire tornados; the grace of the fearless War Boys riding 20-foot sapling-like metronomes, attempting to pluck out the Five Wives in a balls-to-the-wall, high-speed demolition derby served up with with Molotov cocktails—these are among a raft of jaw-dropping sequences that make me want to run back to the theater right fucking now. Of course, all of that would only be window dressing without compelling performances, and this cast delivers. Playing Max’s sense for self-preservation against his just moral center with subtle ease, Hardy is true to his anti-hero roots. He’s been like this for three films now, just looking out for himself until injustice rears its head. Hardy plays Max as slightly more beaten, but with all of the cagey charisma and genuine heart that Gibson brought to the role. Charlize Theron enters the pantheon of captivating female action heroes alongside Sigourney Weaver (and Milla Jovovich— though Weaver and Theron are better actors). Her Furiosa is imbued with a closeted humanity that Theron deftly weaves into her character’s hardened exterior. It’s Furiosa’s origin story as much as it is a continuation of Max’s, and Theron owns the screen and story alongside Hardy. Nicholas Hoult as Nux is something of a revelation here, not that he sucks in general. He made “Warm Bodies” work for me, and here he grounds the film with a crazed exuberance that is something of a staple in Miller’s films. It’s really a wonder they weren’t all overwhelmed by the movie itself. “Mad Max: Fury Road” is a gauntlet thrown down to modern action films and an example that stands in stark contrast to other directors returning to their famous franchises after decades. This is no “Phantom Menace,” “Crystal Skull” or “Prometheus.” If it were the first of its kind, it would spark years of imitators. That it’s Miller’s fourth entry is a legitimate miracle. a
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THE FUZZ The Tulsa Voice shelter spotlight
During May, Animal Aid of Tulsa is offering free adoptions to law enforcement, firefighters and ambulance workers. The no-kill organization partners with Tulsa area veterinary clinics that house Animal Aid rescues. Visit AnimalAid.org to view all available animals. Each of the companions below has been micro-chipped, vaccinated and spayed or neutered. Unless otherwise noted, all featured friends are housebroken and work well with kids and other animals. To ask about fostering or adopting a rescued animal, contact: ANIMAL AID OF TULSA | 918.951.6138 | ANIMALAID.ORG
Petite shepherd mixes STRYKER and JENNAY were found roaming together as pups. This grinning rough-and-tumble duo is great at keeping busy and maxing out the good times. They’re available with a two-for-one adoption fee. Due to sensitive skin, Jennay needs to be an indoor dog.
HERMAN was found with a too-small collar and a chewedthrough tether at a vacant home. He was frightened, emaciated and covered in sores. Now, this petite pup is all cleaned up and ready to sit on your lap indefinitely. A 2-yearold Dogo Argentino, Herman is a dazzler—freckles, perky ears and beegees (blue eye green eye!). Due to deafness, he has a quirky way of navigating the world and takes his commands in sign language.
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The twinkle in TOM’s eye lays all his cards on the table and lets you know we’re going to have fun here. He’s energetic, ornery and loves to tackle other kitties. At a whopping 13 pounds, Tom eats hard to play hard and is currently on weight-loss food.
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70 Leaflike flower part 71 Alarm clocks, e.g. 74 Gave false hope to 75 Having a senior moment? 77 Appetizer selection 78 Nerve cell process 79 Burnoose wearer 80 Give the heave-ho 81 Type of list 82 Fraternity “T” 83 Stain-free state 87 Boss of the fashion industry 88 Prevents, in legalspeak 90 Boot out of one’s own country 91 Type of nut 92 Concert site 95 Be moved to tears 96 Boiling byproduct 99 One putting on a show 103 Avian sounds 107 Eyelashes 108 Thing to do when retiring? 111 Spiral-horned antelope 112 Blood classification syst. 113 Moon of Jupiter 114 Land surrounded by water 115 Balladeer’s repertoire 116 Computer network acronym 117 Smoky vessel in a church 118 Boston cager, informally DOWN 1 Place to play old records 2 Scandinavian war god 3 Persian fairy
4 Part of Manhattan 5 One of billions 6 Slow, to a musician 7 Not as dangerous 8 In the thick of 9 Garage occupant 10 “Uncanny” trio 11 One spelling of ages and ages 12 Excessively proper one 13 Ecclesiastical plate 14 Some charity races 15 The “A” in AEC 16 “___, from New York ...” 17 Diagnostic test 18 Right on the map 24 Wedding cake feature 25 Brightly colored tropical fish 29 Absinthe flavor 31 ___ chi (martial art) 32 Major network 34 “Take ___ down memory lane” 35 Bake in a shallow dish, as eggs 36 Beat 37 “Little of this, little of that” dish 38 Creator of the March sisters 40 Balanced, as numbers 41 Ratios in trigonometry 42 Act theatrically 44 Mission statement 45 Haul to the police station 46 “___ the wild blue yonder” 47 Small grimace or pout 48 Quick on the uptake 53 Joanna of “Growing Pains”
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Is This a Great Country or What? There’s hardly a more “generic” song in America than “Happy Birthday to You,” but to this day (until a judge renders a decision in a pending case), Warner/Chappel Music is still trying to make big dollars off of the 16word ditty (15 original words plus a user-supplied 16th). Its original copyright should have expired, at the latest, in 1921, but amendments to the law and technicalities in interpretation (e.g., did the copyright cover all public uses or just piano arrangements?) bring Warner at least $2 million a year in fees. A federal judge in California is expected to rule soon on whether the song is in fact uncopyrightably “generic” — 125 years after the Hill sisters (Mildred and Patty) composed it. Can’t Possibly Be True In April, WNBC-TV’s investigative unit in New York City reported on a series of fetish parties in Manhattan reportedly organized by a licensed M.D., in which the consensual activities consisted of saline scrotal inflation, controlled near-asphyxiation and controlled arterial blood-letting (in which splatters are captured on a canvas as if made by a painter). An event organizer said the “Cirque de Plaisir” was more of a “performance art” display by a few body-modification aficionados than it was a fetish “party.” Local governments were alarmed especially by the blood splatters’ endangering onlookers and promised an investigation. Ironies “The ancient art of yoga is supposed to offer a path to inner peace,” wrote the Wall Street Journal in February — before launching into a report on how many yoga classes these days are so crowded that inner peace-seekers are more likely than ever either to seethe throughout their session — or to openly confront floor-hoggers. Explained one coach, “People who are practicing yoga want Zen; they don’t already have it.” THE TULSA VOICE // May 20 - June 2, 2015
Timely Information Joseph Forren, 21, with a .172 blood alcohol level, plowed into a pickup truck in April in Trumbull, Connecticut (though with no serious injuries). Police said Forren’s cellphone on the seat still displayed a current text message, “Don’t drink and drive ... Dad.” According to police records released in April, Mila Dago (now 24 and awaiting trial for DUI manslaughter) was trading sarcastic texts with her ex-boyfriend that night in August 2013 while barhopping (later, registering .178 blood alcohol), and as she ran a red light, smashed into a pickup truck, injuring herself badly and her friend in the passenger seat fatally. According to the police report, her last text to the ex- boyfriend (three minutes earlier) was “Driving drunk woo ... I’ll be dead thanks to you.” Readers’ Choice The Indian Journal of Dermatology announced in April that it was withdrawing a recent scientific paper by a dentist in Kerala state, “Development of a Guideline to Approach Plagiarism in Indian Scenarios,” because parts of the article had been plagiarized from a student dissertation. Low voter turnout in non-presidential election years is increasing-
ly problematic in easily distracted Los Angeles, but the issue was specifically addressed by campaigners in the March 3 city council elections — which, of course, only about 9 percent of registered voters cast ballots in. Compelling Explanations Alfred Guercio, 54, was arrested in Burnsville, Minnesota, in March after forcibly entering a neighbor’s home and swiping a knife set that he had given the woman as a Christmas gift. He told the woman, and police, that he was taking the gift back, as he was upset that the woman was failing to appreciate it enough. Fine Points of the Law John Deere became the most recent company in America to claim that, though a buyer may have paid in full for a device, he may not actually “own” it. Deere claims that because its tractors run on sophisticated computer programs, the ostensible owner of the tractor cannot “tamper” with that software without Deere’s permission — even to repair a defect or to customize its operation. Already, traditional movie videos may come with restrictions on copying, but the Deere case, according to an April report on Wired.com, might
extend the principle to machinery not traditionally subject to copyright law. Cultural Diversity The March arranged-marriage ceremony in Kanpur, India, was about to start when cousins of the bride (whose name is Lovely, daughter of Mohar Singh) commandeered center stage and demanded that groom Ram Baran answer the question, “What is 15 plus 6?” Baran answered, “17,” and in short order, Lovely and her family began to drift out of the room, and the marriage was off. Eventually, according to a Times of India report, the families settled the fiasco amicably, with all gifts returned. a
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TAURUS
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Renowned author George Bernard Shaw was secure in his feeling that he did good work. He didn’t need the recognition of others to validate his self-worth. The British Prime Minister offered him a knighthood, but he refused it. When he found out he had been awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature, he wanted to turn it down but his wife convinced him to accept it. The English government also sought to give him the prestigious Order of Merit, but he rejected it, saying, “I have already conferred this order upon myself.” He’s your role model for right now, Taurus. Congratulate yourself for your successes, whether or not anyone else does. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Aha!” is your mantra for the coming weeks, Gemini. Keep it on the tip of your tongue, ready to unleash. This always-ready-to-be-surprised-by-inspiration attitude will train you to expect the arrival of wonders and marvels. And that will be an effective way to actually attract wonders and marvels! With “Aha!” as your talisman, all of your wakeup calls will be benevolent, and all of the chaos you encounter — or at least most of it — will be fertile. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Do you chronically indulge in feelings of guilt? Do you berate yourself for the wrong turns and sad mistakes you made in the past? These behaviors may be sneaky ways of avoiding change. How can you summon enough energy to transform your life if you’re wallowing in worries and regrets? In presenting the possibility that you might be caught in this trap, I want you to know that I’m not sitting in judgment of you. Not at all. Like you, I’m a Cancerian, and I have periodically gotten bogged down in the very morass I’m warning you against. The bad news is that right now you are especially susceptible to falling under this spell. The good news is that right now you have extra power to break this spell. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the TV comedy-drama Jane the Virgin, the fictional character known as Rogelio de la Vega is a vain but lovable actor who performs in telenovelas. “I’m very easy to dress,” he tells the wardrobe supervisor of a new show he’ll be working on. “Everything looks good on me. Except for peach. I don’t pop in peach.” What he means is that his charisma doesn’t radiate vividly when he’s wearing peach-colored clothes. Now I want to ask you, Leo: What don’t you pop in? I’m not simply talking about the color of clothes that enable you to shine, but everything else, too. In the coming weeks, it’s crucial that you surround yourself with influences that make you pop. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Are you willing to entertain an outlandish possibility? Here’s my vision: You will soon be offered unexpected assistance, either through the machinations of a “guardian angel” or the messy blessings of a shape-shifting spirit. This divine intervention will make it possible for you to demolish a big, bad obstacle you’ve been trying to find a way around. Even if you have trouble believing in the literal factuality of my prophecy, here’s what I suspect: It will at least come true in a metaphorical sense — which is the truest kind of truth of all. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Glory” is the theme song of the film Selma. It’s an anthem about the ongoing struggle for equal rights by African Americans. I want to borrow one of its lines for your use in the coming weeks: “Freedom is like a religion to us.” I think those will be good words for you to live by. Are you part of a group that suffers oppression and injustice? Are you mixed up in a situation that squashes your self-expression? Are you being squelched by the conditioned habits of your own unconscious mind? It’s high time to rebel. The quest for liberation should be your spiritual calling. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you’re planning on breaking a taboo, sneaking into a forbidden zone, or getting intimate with an edge-dweller, don’t tell boastful stories about what you’re doing. For now, secrecy is not only sexy; it’s a smart way to keep you safe and effective. Usually I’m fond of you telling the whole truth. I like it when you reveal the nuanced depths of your feelings. But right now I favor a more cautious approach to communication. Until your ex-
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plorations have progressed further, I suggest that you only discuss them sparingly. As you put your experiments in motion, share the details on a need-to-know basis. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There are many possible ways to create and manage a close relationship. Here’s one of my favorite models: when two independent, self-responsible souls pledge to help each other activate the best versions of themselves. If you don’t have a partnership like this, the near future will be a favorable time to find one. And if you already do have an intimate alliance in which the two of you synergize each other’s quest for individuation, the coming weeks could bring you breathtaking breakthroughs. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It’s a challenge to drive a car through Canada’s far north. For example, if you want to get from Dawson in the Yukon Territory to Inuvik in the Northwest Territory, you take Dempster Highway. It’s gravel road for the entire 417mile trip, so the ride is rough. Bring a spare tire and extra gasoline, since there’s just one service station along the way. On the plus side, the scenery is thrilling. The permafrost in the soil makes the trees grow in odd shapes, almost like they’re drunk. You can see caribou, wolverines, lynx, bears, and countless birds. Right now, the sun is up 20 hours every day. And the tundra? You’ve never seen anything like it. Even if you don’t make a trip like this, Capricorn, I’m guessing you will soon embark on a metaphorically similar version. With the right attitude and preparation, you will have fun and grow more courageous. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian author James Joyce wrote Ulysses, one of the most celebrated and influential novels of the 20th century. The narrative is both experimental and tightly structured. Its chaotic stream-of-consciousness passages are painstakingly crafted. (Anyone who wonders how the astrological sign of Aquarius can be jointly ruled by the rebellious planet Uranus and the disciplinarian planet Saturn need only examine this book for evidence.) Joyce claimed he labored over Ulysses for 20,00 hours. That’s the equivalent of devoting eight hours a day, 350 days a year, for over seven years. Will you ever work that hard and long on a project, Aquarius? If so, now would be an auspicious time to start.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The English writer and caricaturist Max Beerbohm moved away from his native land when he was 37 years old. He settled in Rapallo, Italy, where he lived for much of the rest of his life. Here’s the twist: When he died at age 83, he had still not learned to speak Italian. For 40 years, he used his native tongue in his foreign home. This is a failing you can’t afford to have in the coming months, Pisces. The old proverb “When in Rome, do as the Romans,” has never been so important for you to observe. ARIES (March 21-April 19): James McNeil Whistler was an influential painter in the latter half of the 19th century. He advocated the “art for art’s sake” credo, insisting that the best art doesn’t need to teach or moralize. As far as he was concerned, its most important purpose was to bring forth “glorious harmony” from chaos. But the immediate reason I’m nominating him to be your patron saint for the coming weeks is the stylized signature he created: an elegant butterfly with a long tail that was actually a stinger. I think you’ll thrive by embodying that dual spirit: being graceful, sensitive, and harmonious and yet also feisty, piquant, and provocative. Can you manage that much paradox? I think you can.
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