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Snopes article appeared on my Facebook feed last week. I affectionately think of Snopes as the site we used in the early aughts to debunk urban legends—like the one about the babysitter who discovered the clown statue in the house was really the schizophrenic dwarf neighbor there to kill them all! But in this era, I’ve come to appreciate Snopes as another fact-checking entity. The more fact-checkers, the merrier. This recent article wasn’t an urban legend—but it was horrifying: Are More Than 10,000 Children in U.S. Detention Centers? The Department of Health and Human Services announced that 10,773 unaccompanied immigrant children were indeed in detention facilities as of May 2018.
Snopes confirmed that number—which is over half of the BOK Center’s capacity (19,199),
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and nearly 3,000 more than ONEOK Field’s (7,833)—was true, though the government hasn’t disclosed how many of those children were separated from their parents. Soon after, I saw more about these children—including the heartbreaking, now-famous photo of the two-year-old girl crying as her mother is being taken away by border patrol—and a poignant post from a local social worker friend of mine. She visits the homes of immigrant families with zero- to three-year-old children. “We know that the most rapid brain growth happens within the first five years of life,” she wrote. “And the development of secure attachment to caregivers and healthy coping skills starts early … I am deeply saddened as I leave home visits with families to think of my students being separated from their parents and the implications that would have.” She linked to this statement from Myra Jones-Taylor, chief policy officer at Zero to Three, an organization dedicated to ensuring babies and toddlers have a strong start in life:
Migrating to a new country is already stressful. Separating children and caregivers destroys the relationships that foster resilience. Make no mistake; separation at this point is a trauma that can have long-term impacts on an infant’s well-being. Post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders can follow. The practice of having border agents remove children from caregivers suddenly and place them in institutional care, especially without any policy for visitation, maintenance of their attachment relationship, or reunification, amounts to child maltreatment. Anyone with infant/early childhood mental health expertise—and anyone with a heart for children—will tell you that separating young children from caregivers at the U.S. border is appalling and must be stopped.
Of course, they’re not all so young—but they’re children, regardless. If you want to know what you
can do, first and foremost, call your U.S. representatives. Slate magazine has a continually-updated resource online: “Here’s How You Can Help Fight Family Separation at the Border.” Also, follow the local organization New Sanctuary Network Tulsa on Facebook (facebook.com/newsanctuarytulsa), and join them Sat., June 30, from 10–11 a.m. at the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center (300 N. Denver Ave.) to protest family separation at the border. (Tulsa County Sheriff ’s Office is a collaborative partner with ICE through a program called 287(g), so David L. Moss doubles as an ICE detainment center.) This letter has nothing to do with this issue, which is mostly lighthearted and celebrates Tulsa’s culture, which we are fortunate to enjoy freely and easily. Today I’m thinking of others who deserve the same opportunities. a
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ALL RISE Judges on the ballot in Oklahoma: what you need to know by MAX WEST
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klahoma is one of 39 states where voters have a role in selecting judges. Judicial elections usually don’t attract as much publicity as other races, so we’re taking a look at how judges are chosen, what’s at stake in the elections, and how you can learn about the candidates. Oklahoma has three appellate courts, which are the courts that hear appeals of decisions by lower courts. The nine-member Oklahoma State Supreme Court has the last say in all civil matters, and it is often called on to decide important questions about the legality of acts of the legislature or executive branch under the state constitution. To keep its workload manageable, the Supreme Court hands off most cases to the Court of Civil Appeals, which consists of 12 judges divided into four panels. The fi ve-member Court of Criminal Appeals is the court of last resort for criminal cases. The justices and judges of these courts are appointed by the governor, who must select one of three candidates put forward by the Judicial Nominating Commission. Although their appointments may last for life, these judges stand for reelection every six years. This year, the voters will cast retention votes for the following State Supreme Court justices: James E. Edmondson, Yvonne Kauger, Nome Gurich, Patrick Wyrick (though he may be vacating the seat if his nomination for a federal judgeship is approved by the U.S. Senate), and Richard Darby. Voters will also cast retention votes for Judges Scott Rowland and David B. Lewis of the Court of Criminal Appeals, and Judges Bay Mitchell, Robert D. Bell, Kenneth Buettner, and Barbara G. Swinton of the Court of Civil Appeals. Unlike other state races, appellate judges do not have opponents, and their party affi liations aren’t listed on the ballot. Instead, voters cast a simple up-or-down vote
on whether the judge should stay in offi ce. Because their elections are not competitive, Oklahoma does not allow appellate judges to raise campaign funds or establish campaign committees. No appellate judge has ever lost a retention election, and candidates for retention have tended to win with about two-thirds of the vote. The Oklahoma Bar Association maintains courtfacts.org, where voters can learn about the justices and judges who will be on the ballot this year, read their biographies, and browse decisions they’ve authored. Ballotpedia. org also compiles information on judicial candidates’ education, background, and past decisions. Some voters in Oklahoma will also see district and associate district judges on their ballot this year. Judges at the district level are elected to four-year terms by the voters of their district or county. If two candidates are competing for one seat, their names will appear on the November 6 ballot. If there are more than two candidates, their names will be on the primary ballot on June 26. If no candidate receives a majority, the two candidates with the most votes move on to compete in the general election in November. With the gubernatorial race, congressional race, state and local races, and multiple state questions on the ballot this year so far, voters have a lot on their plates. It can be easy for judicial elections to get lost in the shuffl e. But without party labels to help you decide, voting in a judicial election can feel like playing eeny, meeny, miny, moe if you haven’t done your research. We expect our judges to make informed, deliberate decisions. It’s important that we do the same on Election Day. a
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viewsfrom theplains Jim, we hardly knew ye. Let’s fi rst set the Wayback Machine for a Tulsa town hall meeting in February 2014. Then-Oklahoma First District Representative Jim Bridenstine (R-Tulsa) was confronted with a constituent who proclaimed then-President Barack Obama “should be executed as an enemy combatant.” 1 It should have been easy to swat away such vitriol, especially for a former member of the United States Armed Forces who had served under that Commander in Chief. Instead Bridenstine was an accelerant: “Look, everybody knows the lawlessness of this president.” There was also Bridenstine in the well of the House of Representatives accusing Obama (and thenVice President Biden) of tyranny.2 Bridenstine, a cardboard cutout—a smug, doughy, predictable mouthpiece for the Tea Party— was the only person who could make us miss his predecessor, John Sullivan. Then, in January 2018, something seemingly insignifi cant happened. He was still fi ghting to be named NASA administrator, and he invited Bill Nye (TV’s “The Science Guy”) to the president’s State of the Union Address. Nye accepted: “I’m very pleased to join Congressman Bridenstine at the president’s first State of the Union Address … I have enjoyed a productive working relationship with Congressman Bridenstine on space issues.”3
Enjoyed … productive … working relationship—come again? Fast forward to April 2018 when Bridenstine, recently confi rmed as the new NASA administrator on a straight party line vote, 50–49, said the unthinkable. “The National Climate Assessment that includes NASA, and it includes the Department of Energy and it includes NOAA, has clearl y stated it is extremel y likel y—is the language they use—that 8 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
Warming up to Jim Bridenstine AN UNLIKELY ALLY IN THE FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL by BARRY FRIEDMAN Jim Bridenstine | NASA/BILL INGALLS
human activity is the dominant cause of global warming,” Bridenstine said. “I have no reason to doubt the science that comes from that,” he added.4
Well knock me over with a CO2 meter. Up until this point, Bridenstine and science barely spoke to one another. “Global temperature changes, when they exist, correlate with sun output and ocean cycles.”5
Consider that Donald Trump, the leader of Bridenstine’s party and the guy who got him the gig, once tweeted this: The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.6
Bridenstine’s statement was remarkable, for it’s not just the president whose climate change stance is preposterous. There has been something wrong with the Repub-
lican Party on this issue—well, on most issues, but it’s a long day and a short column—for decades. Of all the major conservative parties in the democratic world, the Republican Party stands alone in its denial of the legitimacy of climate science.7
At the 2012 GOP presidential convention, its presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, used global warming as a punchline. “President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans, pausing for the audience to laugh at the absurdity, ‘and to heal the planet.’ My promise ... is to help you and your famil y.”8
Stop. You’re killing me. You don’t get ahead in today’s GOP by driving Nissan Leafs and joining hands at the Dakota Access Pipeline protest, so Bridenstine can be forgiven for not making his comments known before his confi rmation hearings. It’s not like he is going to now
advocate wind power over coal or join Native Americans in their fi ght to protect ancient burial grounds from the extraction industry, but his evolution on this issue is a wonderful development. And—assuming it didn’t happen between January and April 2018— it may indicate he’s been punking the GOP for years. How delicious the thought. There’s a famous abstract— you’ve probably heard of it—released in 2013, with the fancy name “Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming” that states 97.2 percent of scientists were in agreement on anthropogenic global warming (AGW).9 The controversy surrounding the study, led almost exclusively by the Right, raised questions about whether that percentage related to all scientists, just climate scientists, or simply those scientists who bothered to participate in the study. In raising the issue, the Right hoped to sully the whole shebang. It was subterfuge, for it was clear however you read the data, AGW was real. The authors looked through the abstracts of 11,944 papers on climate change published from 1991 through 2011, and found onl y 78 (0.7 percent) that clearl y rejected man-made global warming and 40 (0.3 percent) that expressed uncertainty about it. So onl y 1 percent of published climate abstracts from 1991 to 2011 explicitl y questioned the notion that humans are warming the climate. Geologist James Lawrence Powell did a similar if less painstaking examination of the abstracts of 24,210 peer-reviewed climate papers published in 2013 and 2014 and found onl y five (0.021 percent) that “in my judgment explicitl y rejected AGW.” 10
The point here—because in America these days, facts are so 2015—is that Jim Bridenstine has accepted what only end tables, mannequins, and Republicans haven’t—that human activity is June 20 – July 4, 2018 // THE TULSA VOICE
causing global warming. This is a rebuke to every Republican representative from Washington to Muskogee. To wit: Oklahoma’s senior senator, Jim Inhofe (R-Tulsa), wrote an entire book on the subject called “The Greatest Hoax” and once brought a snowball to the Senate fl oor to prove the earth wasn’t warming.11 “My point is, God’s still up there. The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate is to me outrageous.” 12
How does the man dress himself in the morning? Second District Congressman Markwayne Mullin (R-Tulsa) remembers warm days as a lad. “I haven’t seen the reports that would get me to believe that anything’s different than the patterns that we had that we’ve gone through the time of records. All of our records we’ve hit in heat waves, look at them. They’re in the 1930s. Dust bowl happened way before your and I’s time. And the cycles we had, we had cold winters growing up and we’ve had mild winters growing up.” 13
It’s the “your and I’s time” that makes it art. Oklahoma’s junior senator, James Lankford (R-Oklahoma City), has gone full paranoia on the issue:
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“This whole global warming myth will be exposed as what it reall y is—a way of control more than anything else. And that generation will be ticked.” 14
And he’s the thoughtful one. Mullin’s a plumber by trade, Lankford’s a camp counselor, and Inhofe has been a politician since Nebuchadnezzar was in swaddling clothes, so they know as much about this issue as I do fl y fi shing. Their “expertise” is a conglomeration of talking points received from the exploration industry, cheap props, sepia-toned memories, and a touch of Jesus. But much of the change was due to a systematic effort by conservatives, with significant help from fossil fuel interests that were seeking to stave off policies that might cut into their profits.15
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed C. Everett Koop to be the U.S. surgeon general. An unapologetic conservative, Koop wore bow-ties, white socks, a military uniform, and had the most biblical of beards. The left hated him. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, said Dr. Koop, in denying a right to abortion, adhered to a “cruel, outdated and patronizing stereotype of women.” Women’s rights organizations, public health groups, medical associations, and others lobbied against his
appointment. An editorial in The New York Times called him “Dr. Unqualified.” 16
But then a funny thing happened on the way to the 14th century. Koop championed AIDS research, fought against big tobacco, argued against parents withholding medical care from their children on religious grounds, and even, though he was fi ercely pro-life, declared that abortion procedures posed no medical risk to women. In short, he checked his religiosity at the door and followed the science. What does this have to do with Bridenstine? What the congressman did in announcing his acceptance of climate change, and the certainty of man’s contribution to it, was to tell those—like his Oklahoma brethren—that the science, consensus, and data can no longer be waived off, and it’s time to grow up. If— unlike Scott Pruitt at the EPA— Bridenstine doesn’t fi re all the scientists and replace them with industry hacks,17 his NASA may lead the way on fi nding solutions. “Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas … That greenhouse gas is warming the planet—that is absolutel y happening, and we are responsible for it.” 18
Jim Bridenstine may save us yet. a 1)
tulsaworld.com: Comments from Bridenstine town hall draw criticism
2) theblaze.com: GOP Congressman Goes Off on Obama for 1 Minute on House Floor: ‘What Would Tyranny Look Like in America? Look Around’ 3) omaha.com: Bill Nye ‘The Science Guy’ will be congressman’s guest at State of the Union address 4) cnn.com: NASA head: ‘I have no reason to doubt the science’ on climate change 5) sciencemag.org: Trump has picked a politician to lead NASA. Is that a good thing? 6) snopes.com: Did Donald Trump Claim Global Warming Is a Hoax? 7) nymag.com: Why Are Republicans the Only Climate-Science-Denying Party in the World? 8) huffingtonpost.com: Mitt Romney Slams Obama On Climate Change In Convention Speech 9) iopscience.iop.org: Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature 10) bloomberg.com: 97 Percent Consensus on Climate Change? It’s Complicated 11) washingtonpost.com: Jim Inhofe’s snowball has disproven climate change once and for all 12) marketwatch.com: Opinion: Inhofe says God’s in charge on climate, but what if he’s wrong? 13) motherboard.com: Oklahoma’s Climate Change Deniers 14) edmondsun.com: 5th District candidates united against cap and trade 15) insideclimatenews.org: Instrument of Power: How Fossil Fuel Donors Shaped the Anti-Climate Agenda of a Powerful Congressional Committee 16) nytimes.com: C. Everett Koop, Forceful U.S. Surgeon General, Dies at 96 17) vanityfair.com: E.P.A. purges scientists, plans to replace them with industry reps 18) newsweek.com: Climate change skeptic Bridenstine tells NASA he believes in human-caused global
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A network of sisters
Applying the science of social media and data to addiction in Oklahoma by DAMION SHADE
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indsay McAteer’s life changed Aug. 8, 2014 when she was sitting in a Tulsa drug treatment facility suffering the early symptoms of methamphetamine withdrawal. It was the fi rst time she’d been sober in 20 years. A few months earlier, she was pulled over by a group of unmarked police cars. She later learned they had been surveilling her for weeks. That day, she was in Broken Arrow to deliver pounds of meth stowed away in her trunk. McAteer was facing 12 years to life in prison for traffi cking, but at the last moment she received a lifeline. She was eligible for the Tulsa-based Family and Children’s Services program called Women in Recovery (WIR), which could save her from spending the next decade in prison. “I showed up to court having gotten high on the way there,” McAteer said. “I was still using right up until the day I entered the program. None of it seemed real to me, but my attorney was amazing. She honestly didn’t even really give me another choice. She said this program is willing to take you, and this is what you’re doing. She saw something in me. Had I not been eligible for Women in Recovery, I’d have defi nitely gone to prison.” The entire trajectory of McAteer’s life (and the lives of hundreds of women like her) has been altered by WIR. Recently, the intensive outpatient drug treatment program has incorporated 21st century data innovation and smartphone technology to help Oklahoma women battling addiction. Every morning, an app on McAteer’s smartphone asks her the question, “How confi dent are you that you can maintain your abstinence?” Though she’s been sober
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four years, McAteer still fi nds the question and the apps presence on her phone comforting. “I use the app daily,” she said. “It’s been helpful in a lot of ways, but the thing that probably means the most to me is that once a week it asks me to rate different aspects of my life. Including my level of anxiety, whether I’m sleeping well, whether I’m spending time with my friends and family who support me, if I’ve been involved in any risky
situations. It just helps me to stay aware and also to track the pattern of what’s happening in my life.” The app is called Connections and it was developed by A-CHESS (Addiction-Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System) for participants in WIR. The fi rst step in using the app is creating a kind of social network for addicts in recovery. “The online community and connection is so important. Re-
search shows that when someone is struggling they’re more likely to reach out to a peer than to a treatment person to ask for help,” said Lindsey Crawford, the coordinator of continuing care at WIR. After downloading the app, patients enter the names of three contacts who can help keep them accountable—the digital equivalent of a sponsor. The concept is to place an invisible guardrail of community and support around these women, some of whom have never had a support system. The data WIR has collected shows 40 percent of participants had parents who were incarcerated before they turned 18. Children whose parents go to prison are disproportionately likely to end up in prison themselves. They are more likely to be poor, fi ght depression and anxiety, and often more likely to turn to drugs when these situations overwhelm them. It’s an ugly Rube Goldberg contraption designed for failure that has contributed to Oklahoma’s high incarceration rate—now the highest in the world. According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, the recidivism rate for women in Oklahoma is 14.4 percent. The rate for graduates from WIR is less than half of that. This data-driven process works. Four years after her arrest, McAteer is a different person. Her fi ve-yearold son, Talon, is the center of her life. She hasn’t touched an illegal substance since the day she entered the program. McAteer is currently pursuing an MBA, and she works as a housing compliance specialist for the Mental Health Association of Oklahoma. The untapped potential of women like McAteer and those like her is too important for Oklahoma to squander. a June 20 – July 4, 2018 // THE TULSA VOICE
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f State Question 788 is approved by voters on June 26, Oklahoma will join 29 other states and Washington D.C. in legalizing medical marijuana. This would be welcome news for many of the Oklahoma families who left the state (and homes, jobs, families, and friends) to seek medical marijuana treatment—sometimes to save their lives. Amy Bourlon-Hilterbran, who now lives in Colorado, belongs to such a family. Austin, Amy’s teenage son, has Dravet Syndrome, a rare and severe form of epilepsy that causes frequent violent seizures and mental and physical deterioration. From an early age, Austin had to be on daily doses of highly-addictive medications such as opioids and benzodiazepines because of his condition. Just four years ago, he was on life support— but not because of the seizures. “It was because of the organ damage that the pharmaceuticals had done,” said Amy. “They gave our child two years to live if the seizures didn’t kill him fi rst. At that point we took our son home from the hospital and began watching him decline steadily.” So, the Bourlon-Hilterbrans started looking for new avenues of treatment hundreds of miles away. “The very fi rst drops of cannabis oil that he had were legally administered here in Colorado by my husband. In Oklahoma, it would have been a felony,” Amy said. “Austin didn’t have a seizure in three days, which was unheard of in our life.” Cannabis oil and cannabidiol (CBD) oil differ in that the latter contains high amounts of CBD, one of two principal molecules in cannabis (with the other being THC, which produces a euphoric feeling). The two are proportional; if there is a high amount of CBD in a cannabis strain, there will be a low amount of THC and vice-versa. Cannabis oil is contrived from plants with higher levels of THC and can contain 50-80 percent THC, whereas CBD oil typically contains less than 1 percent THC. The effect of cannabis on Aus-
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tin can be seen in a video posted to her Facebook seven months ago. In the video, Austin is having a violent seizure early in the morning. Amy, behind the camera, doses Austin with a cannabis nasal spray. Within seconds the seizure passes. The video has been viewed online more than 300,000 times. Success with the medicine convinced the family they made the right choice. They joined the movement in 2014 to legalize medical marijuana in Oklahoma, but the initial measure failed to gather suffi cient signatures in time to put the measure on the ballot. The family couldn’t wait any longer and moved to Colorado. The decision was diffi cult. Amy and her husband were both born and raised in Choctaw. She graduated from the same high
school that her grandmother did. “It’s heartbreaking to leave your home, your family, your friends, your job, everything you knew,” she said. Because of that move four years ago, Austin was slowly weaned from pharmaceuticals. Austin isn’t the only one who quit opioids with the help of cannabis. A 2014 study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found opioid prescription rates almost 6 percent lower in states with medical marijuana. A study from 2017, published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, showed fewer opioid-related hospitalizations in medical marijuana states than in prohibition states, and a study at the University of Georgia this year found medical states with dispensary access had a more than 14
percent decrease in opioid use. For Austin, it has made a world of difference. Although he still has seizures, cannabis provides relief almost instantly. His doctors say the damage to his kidneys or liver has reversed. Amy and her husband founded American Medical Refugees in Colorado, a group dedicated to helping families seeking treatment to relocate. They provide free medicine, help fi nding work, and support systems for the displaced. The program has helped more than 400 families from 39 states and fi ve countries relocate to Colorado. The family is hopeful that 788 will pass but are leery of Oklahoma politics. “If 788 is voted in there are a lot of legislators and elected offi cials that would undermine the wishes of the citizens of Oklahoma,” she said. “We see those programs in other states that don’t make sense. And even though its ‘legal,’ there are medical marijuana patients who still can’t get it.” Legal problems and slow-moving government have restricted some medical marijuana programs. Arkansas legalized medical marijuana in 2016 but does not allow patients to grow their own. A judge ruled in March that the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission unfairly awarded contracts to open dispensaries, resulting in essentially unobtainable medicine. Similarly, New Hampshire legalized medical marijuana in 2014, but dispensaries weren’t approved until two years later. There are still only a handful in the entire state. The Bourlon-Hilterbrans are very critical of anti-marijuana attitudes and still dream of returning home to Oklahoma. “The war on drugs, specifi cally cannabis, we take very personally,” said Amy. “People have access to the research, the data, the science. Ignorance is no longer an excuse … We are anxiously awaiting June 26 to see if we can come home. We have our grown children and our family and friends there. It would be nice if we could go home.” a June 20 – July 4, 2018 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Relative newcomer Sin Fronteras hits the ground running by ERIC HOWERTON
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e nuestra familia a la tuya” spreads across the top of Sin Fronteras’ menu, which, in English, means “from our family to yours.” These words could not have been any truer during a recent visit to the newly-opened Latin American eatery, where my dining companions and I received impeccable service from Sin Fronteras co-owner Katie Hudson and a gracious tableside visit from chef and co-owner Victor Flores. This idea of “family” resonates throughout Sin Fronteras, which specializes in Honduran and Mexican fare. The dining room is cozy and casual, encouraging patrons to speak freely with one another. You’re greeted with chips and salsa. (Order all the salsas, especially the hot, ginger red.) Portions are plentiful, making plates easily shareable. Flores’ mother, who runs the kitchen across town at Las Tres Fronteras (7940 E. 21st St.), passed down many of the dishes on the menu to her son. Separated by two countries and 200 miles of tropical vegetation, the fodder for Mexican and Honduran cuisines is closely related but far from identical. Permutations of “new world” ingredients like masa (corn) cakes, tortillas, tomatoes, avocado, and beans have produced regional dishes that lend the appearance of shared DNA, but when these gastronomic genes fi nd expression they yield markedly different outcomes. Despite the narrow band of Mexican food impressed into the collective American consciousness, Mexico has seven different culinary regions and an index of fl avors and preparations as diverse as any world region of comparable size. For example, the distance between the northern state Chihuahua (the infl uences of which can be found in Tex-Mex cuisine) and the southern states Puebla 14 // FOOD & DRINK
Pierna at Sin Fronteras | GREG BOLLINGER
and Oaxaca (home to molé and habanero peppers) is comparable to the distance between Paris and Naples—two European cities with food styles so distinct you’d have to willfully confuse them with one another. Honduran food mostly overlaps with recipes from coastal and southern Mexico. Similarities abound, but where Honduran food and Mexican food most notably depart is in their use of chiles. Honduran food, like most Central American food, is decidedly less spicy than Mexican fare. Sin Fronteras fashions itself as a family restaurant capable of catering to picky and adventurous eaters alike. Diners craving more familiar fallbacks can order nachos ($8.99), quesadillas ($7.99), and burritos ($6.99–$8.99), all of which come with a choice of carne asada (grilled beef steak), mild or spicy chicken, or al pastor (spicy pork seasoned with orange juice), which I recommend. For the uninitiated, the Honduran recipes provide a refreshing introduction. These dishes have
a slightly lighter touch, which makes them perfectly suited for summer dining. At $7.99, the chichuron con yuca is not only a bargain, it is stick-to-your ribs comfort food that, in any other setting, would cost twice as much. The dish consists of generous cubes of crispy pork belly, airy, fried yuca, fresh cabbage, and a pickled onion garnish. An expertly rendered chichuron (similar to a cracklin’ but with a higher meat-to-fat ratio) is one of life’s simplest pleasures. Yuca— the tuber from which tapioca starch is extracted—has a fl avor reminiscent of potato and superior crispability. While this dish might sound heavy with its two fried elements, it is light and elegant. Other noteworthy plates from the Honduran menu include the pierna ($8.99), a breaded chicken thigh and drumstick served with either sweet plantains or tajadas (green plantain chips). For those who prefer white meat, the pechuga is a breaded chicken breast and is available in small and large portions ($5.99 and $9.99,
respectively), making it suitable for either children or adults. The steaming, vibrant marinera soup ($13.99) is a coconut-based seafood extravaganza featuring mussels, shrimp, fi sh, surimi (crab stick), a whole blue crab, and green plantains. The broth is reminiscent of a Jamaican curry, revealing an Afro-Caribbean infl uence, and the dish awakens with a fresh spritz of lime. Not to be ignored are the pupusas ($2.50 each)—thick, griddled masa cakes stuffed with your choice of beans, cheese, jalapeños, or pork, and served with curtido (a pickled cabbage condiment). The Honduran empanadas ($7.99) come in two varieties: fl our and corn. The fl our empanadas are delicate, fl aky hand-pies, browned and exceptionally bubbly, while the corn empanadas are smooth and with a thinner, crackly shell. Both have a mild fi lling of beef and rice, and ordering a mixed plate (i.e. one fl our, one corn) is permitted. Sin Fronteras also offers a variety of agua frescas (“fresh waters” made from juices and nut milks). The melon was the table favorite, though the Honduran horchata— made from rice milk and fl avored with peanuts—was thinner and less sugary than the Mexican version. The only aspect of our meal that missed the mark was the fl an. Flan is a temperamental custard that quickly overcooks, and the piece we received was slightly curdled and less silky than the fl an perched atop the neighboring table’s chocolate cake. It took everything I had not to reach out and steal a bite—which is what I would have done at home. Instead, I remembered my manners and began plotting my return. a
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PEARL DISTRICT Cirque Coffee Corner Cafe Freeway Cafe Ike’s Chili JJ’s Gourmet Burgers Papa Ganouj El Rancho Grande Soul City Gastropub & Music House
CHERRY STREET Andolini’s Pizzeria Cafe Cubana Chimi’s Mexican Food Coffee House on Cherry Street Crushed Red Hideaway Pizza Jason’s Deli Kilkenny’s Irish Pub & Eatery Lucky’s Restaurant Main Street Tavern Mary’s Italian Trattoria Mi Cocina Nola’s Creole & Cocktails Palace Cafe Panera Bread Phat Philly’s Prairie Fire Pie Roka Roosevelt’s SMOKE. On Cherry Street Tucci’s Cafe Italia
BROOKSIDE Biga Billy Sims BBQ Bin 35 Bistro Blaze Pizza Blue Moon Bakery and Cafe The Brook Restaurant & Bar Brookside By Day Brookside Cookhouse by Reasor’s Brookside Diner Cafe Olé Charleston’s Restaurant Claud’s Hamburgers Cosmo Cafe & Bar Crow Creek Tavern Doc’s Wine and Food The Donut Hole Egg Roll Express Restaurant Elmer’s BBQ In the Raw Keo Asian Cuisine La Hacienda Lambrusco’Z To Go Mondo’s Ristorante Italiano Old School Bagel Cafe Oren Pei Wei Asian Diner Pure Food and Juice R Bar & Grill Señor Tequila Shades of Brown Sin Fronteras Super Wok Sushi Hana Torchy’s Tacos The Warehouse Bar & Grill Weber’s Superior Root Beer Whole Foods Market Zoës Kitchen
MIDTOWN Albert G’s Bar-B-Q Bamboo Thai Bistro
Bill & Ruth’s Billy Sims BBQ Binh-Le Vietnamese Boston Deli Grill & Market The Brothers Houligan Chopsticks D’Oro Pizza Desi Wok Fiesta Cozumel Cantina & Grill Gogi Gui Korean Grill Hideaway Pizza Himalayas Aroma of India Jumbo Burgers La Roma Pizza Margaret’s German Restaurant Mazzio’s Italian Eatery Monterey’s Little Mexico Nelson’s Buffeteria Pho Da Cao Rice Bowl Cafe RibCrib BBQ & Grill Savoy Restaurant Sezchuan Express Shawkat’s Mediterranean Grill Speedy Gonzalez The Spudder Steak Stuffers USA Ti Amo Italian Ristorante Tokyo Garden The Tropical Restaurant & Bar Uncle Bently’s Pub & Grill Viet Huong Villa Ravenna Yutaka Grill & Sushi Buffet
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WEST TULSA Arnold’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers Charlie’s Chicken Hideaway Pizza Jumpin J’s Linda-Mar Drive In Lot A Burger Monterey’s Little Mexico Ollie’s Station Restaurant Pachac Peruvian Food Ron’s Hamburgers & Chili Union Street Cafe
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Tulsa’s beer scene is booming BY LIZ BLOOD, BLAYKLEE BUCHANAN, ANGELA EVANS, ANDREW SALIGA, AND BRADY WHISENHUNT A decade ago, Marshall Brewing Company was the lonely pioneer of Tulsa’s brewing scene. In 2012, Prairie Artisan Ales came along with the boom of a Prairie Bomb. American Solera launched a little under two years ago, beginning the bubbling up of the brew scene. Since then, nine—count ‘em, nine!—more breweries have opened in the Tulsa area, rapidly expanding T-town’s selection to include everything from weiss to kolsch, stout to quad, pale ale to tripel. Brewers across town are putting their creative twists on their products—brewing with guava, making all-Oklahoma-ingredient beers, aging beer in wine barrels and atop cantaloupes, and more. In this section you’ll find stories celebrating several successes in the beer-brewing community (many have already been covered; check thetulsavoice.com) and a map to help you lay out your beer-drinking plans. Cheers!
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Eleven breweries. Ales, sours, saisons. Six-point-one miles. Get yourself a designated driver and hit up these spots for these brews. 1. AMERICAN SOLERA SOBO 108 E. 18th St. RYEMERA — Sour rye ale, 4% ABV Brewed with rye bread from Chimera, this beer is, like, so local SOMEBODY LOVES YOU IN COPENHAGEN — Sour ale, 6% ABV Re-fermented on cherries and aged in Danish cherry wine barrels 2. WELLTOWN BREWING 114 W. Archer St. PORCH PARTY PILSNER — American lager, 4.2% ABV Light, refreshing, citrusy BEER BATH SAISON — Dry-hopped saison, 7.8% ABV Fruity, peppery, complex 3. PRAIRIE BREWPUB 223 N. Main St. LEISURE DECATHALON — Session IPA, 4% ABV Bitter, bright, clean VAPE TRICKS — Sour fruit beer, 5.6% ABV Robust, aromatic, cherry character 20 // FEATURED
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8. CABIN BOYS BREWERY 1717 E. 7th St. CAST-A-LINE KOLSCH — Kolsch, 4.8% ABV Crisp, lemongrass, pear HUNTMAN IPA — IPA, 6.2% ABV Mango, hoppy, white wine, pineapple
5. DEAD ARMADILLO 1004 E. 4th St. AMBER — American amber ale, 6.3% ABV Bold, subtly sweet, dry with a bitter finish LOW & OUTSIDE — Pale ale, 4% ABV Light color and body, bold flavor and aroma
9. MARSHALL BREWING COMPANY 618 S. Wheeling Ave. ARROWHEAD PALE ALE — Pale ale, 5.2% ABV Light, citrus, easy drinking THIS LAND LAGER — Lager, 4.8% ABV Refreshing, clean, short and simple finish
6. WILLOWS FAMILY ALES 418 S. Peoria Ave. LARRY AND THE HENDERSONS — Dark saison, 7% ABV Earthy, grassy, peppery, looks—but doesn’t taste—dark FAMILY ALE — American sour ale, 6% ABV Tart farmhouse style, citrusy, juicy, light 7. NOTHING’S LEFT BREWING CO. 1502 E. 6th St. GALAXY PALE ALE — Pale ale, 5.5% ABV Crisp malts, tropical and floral hops STRAWBERRY BLONDE — Wheat beer, 6.5% ABV Sweet, tart, brewed with strawberries
10. HEIRLOOM RUSTIC ALES 2113 E. Admiral Blvd. HONORABLE MENTION — Wild guava ale, 5.7% ABV Champagne mangos dipped in champagne HIGH VIOLET — Hibiscus table beer, 4.0% ABV Hibiscus flowers, black pepper, grapefruit 11. RENAISSANCE BREWING CO. 1147 S. Lewis Ave. RENAISSANCE GOLD — German-style golden ale, 5.5% ABV Light hops, pilsner malt, a beer for “all occasions” INDIAN WHEAT — Southern German Hefeweizen, 4.8% ABV Pepper, banana, floral, clove
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Unsure of being your own tour guide? You don’t have to traverse the Tulsa area alone. Pearl Brewery Tours will take you around town to local breweries. Touring breweries with people you don’t know can be a lot of fun, said Tyler Palmer, owner and operator of PBT. “I like to think making friends with a group of strangers part of the tour makes the experience more exciting,” Palmer said. “Whoever is on the bus, by that last stop, they’re exchanging numbers. It’s rare that they get on the bus as strangers and leave as strangers.” Thaddeus Penrod, who was on PBT’s inaugural tour, agrees. “It reminded me of those days at summer camp where everyone is just talking with each other on the bus,” said Penrod. “You all feel connected with the same goal in mind: To have a nice, enjoyable time.” On each tour, PBT takes guests to four of the 10 Tulsa watering holes listed on page 20—yes, even out to Broken Arrow Brewing Co. The tour bus has 14 spots, so you can fill it up with your friends or join a tour with others. Tours last three hours on Friday ($45 tickets) and four hours on Saturdays and Sundays. There are two types of tickets to buy: The Brews Cruise ($56) and The DD Ticket ($30). If you book that designated driver ticket, PBT has a special token of appreciation for you—you’ll just have to go to see what it is. Book at pearlbrewerytours.com. —BLAYKLEE BUCHANAN
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Flight of beers During the winter months, it’s not unusual to see bald eagles soaring across the Tulsa skyline or to see their hulking six-foot tall nests atop trees lining the Arkansas River. Just over a decade ago, these regal creatures were removed from the endangered species list—and beer played a role in the reversal of their fate. The George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center, located near Bartlesville, has been at the forefront of bird conservation and research since 1983. During those early years, the Sutton Center focused on revitalizing the bald eagle population through breeding captive pairs, rearing the eaglets, and then releasing the eagles to wild habitats. Today’s populations are thriving. “When you see a bald eagle or a breeding pair in this state, you can trace their genetics back to the Sutton Center’s efforts,” said Audra Fogle, director of development at the Sutton Center. “We are having a direct impact on putting wildlife back in the wild, and we are one of only a handful of organizations that are captive-raising birds with the intention of releasing them.” Central to funding this mission is Wild Brew, SutTHE TULSA VOICE // June 20 – July 4, 2018
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Wild Brew celebrates its 20th anniversary
ton’s largest yearly fundraiser, which also shares the title of Tulsa’s first craft beer festival. The event has raised nearly $1 million for the organization during its 20-year run. And as the state’s budget woes continue to affect Sutton’s funding, the money raised during Wild Brew has become even more vital to the protection of wildlife. “Obtaining funding for conservation in this part of the country can be a challenge, which makes Wild Brew more vital to our mission and day-to-day operations,” Fogle said. “With this year’s fundraiser, we are hoping to bring back our live bird educational program, because when a child or adult has the opportunity to see a bald eagle up close, it can be transformational.” This year’s Wild Brew is set to be one of the biggest yet, featuring 50 breweries that will bring their most popular and special edition batches for guests to sample. Most of the breweries for the 2018 festival are in-state. “Originally, the majority of breweries were out of state. But starting about three years ago, we’ve seen
a shift with more and more Oklahoma breweries,” said Coleman Miller, co-chair of Wild Brew. “A lot of the newer breweries were not fully online last year, so we look forward to having even more local beers this year in a variety of styles.” Many newcomers—like Cabin Boys Brewery, Heirloom Rustic Ales, and Rapture Brewing—will participate in Wild Brew for the first time this year. Pioneers like Marshall Brewing Company are intertwined with the event’s identity. “With Wild Brew celebrating its 20th year, it is neat to see some of the breweries that got their start with Wild Brew having anniversaries as well. Marshall is having their tenth and Dead Armadillo is celebrating their fifth. So, this year is pretty special to all of us,” Miller said. In addition to all the beers, there will be tasty food from 40 of the area’s best restaurants. General admission tickets are $65, while patron level tickets that include early entry into the event and access VIP areas are $165. The event is Aug. 25 at the Cox Convention Center. To purchase tickets or for more information about the event, visit wildbrew.org.—ANGELA EVANS FEATURED // 21
THE WILLOWS FAMILY ALES BREWER AND OWNER HEATH GLOVER | GREG BOLLINGER
The Willows Family (Ales) has moved into the Pearl District BY ANDREW SALIGA
Weird new neighbors
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There is always that strange house in every neighborhood. No one is certain where the family came from or what they do. Vehicles are constantly circulating through the driveway at unpredictable times of the day. People enter and exit house with awkward, toothy grins. One such peculiar family—The Willows Family Ales—just moved into the Pearl District. The Willows is the brainchild of Heath Glover, a pharmaceutical-rep-turned-brewer whose foray into beer making began similar to many. An avid beer fan, Glover attended every beer festival and event he could find. As one of the top-10 sales reps for Warner Chilcott, he was no stranger to shooting the breeze, and it wasn’t long before he became acquainted with Chase Healey, founder of Prairie Artisan Ales and American Solera. They bonded, and Glover began helping Healey work festivals and events. In November 2013, their relationship became essential. Warner Chilcott was sold, leaving Glover unemployed. Determined not to let temporary idleness become permanent, he called upon Healey and asked if he could volunteer at Healey’s brewery. Glover’s goal was to get back into pharmaceutical sales, not launch his own brewery. Healey offered him a job multiple times, all of which Glover declined. Eventually, he wanted to brew his own beer on a larger scale. At a beer event in Arkansas, Willows was born. The friends worked out a deal where Glover would continue to work for Healey in exchange for personal access to the brewing equipment. The only expense Glover had to cover was any hard costs, like grain. The arrangement worked out well for several years, and eventually Glover purchased his own 30-barrel fermentation tank. At the time, production of Willows was in high demand despite the low supply. That took a turn in 2016 when Healey sold Prairie Artisan Ales to Oklahoma-based Krebs Brewing Company. Glover was on the verge of having his beer brewed and bottled in Wisconsin when some friends gave him a lead on available space in the Pearl District. “I saw a spot that could be intimate,” Glover said. Since its opening on Memorial Day weekend, the brand new Willows Family taproom has been a hit. The snug interior features bar, tabletop, and pew seating, which, contrary to the neighborhood rumors, did not come from the adjacent church. Accents of knitted blankets, hoary
light fixtures, and soup bean art—the kind you would find in grandma’s house—adorn every nook. The taproom and brewery share common space. Glover claims the free hourly tours are like no other. “We joke about me standing behind the bar and saying ‘Turn around. There is the brewery.’” Having customers right in front of him is a new experience for Glover, but the interaction is akin to being in medical sales. While the brewery requires more time than a typical side hustle, he currently takes no salary from the brewery and is working as a medical sales rep again so he can pour money back into the establishment. The inspiration behind the beers has always been to create something unique— something weird, even. That uniqueness is especially expressed on the beer labels and branding that feature artist Joe Cappa’s iconic family portraits. The people have somewhat grotesque faces, but all feature the same mouth with numerous tiny teeth. Glover describes it as representing the “the genesis of Willows.” Stories from Cappa’s old neighbors inspired the tale of the Willows Family, the brewery’s namesake. He said the name comes from an eccentric family that lived in his house on Willow Lane in Norman. “We all have weird friends and family,” Glover said. “The Willows are kind of weird, but they are ambiguous enough that they can remind you of someone else.” This idea parallels his brewing style—weird, yet familiar. The brewery’s familial aesthetic is completed by the backyard—a half-acre featuring patio seating and an assortment of lawn games against the backdrop of Tulsa’s skyline. Glover also has plans to install a sand volleyball court. As a small family unit, Willows is still analyzing what works well in the neighborhood. The beer selection will always be changing with no scheduled rotation. Customers can expect to see crowlers and growlers within a few weeks, which is good since there are no current plans for bottling or external distribution. “It’s a nice creative outlet,” Glover said. “Beer brewing in general and the taproom allows me to be me. We want to turn everything on its head and get you thinking about beer.” a THE WILLOWS FAMILY ALES 3–9 p.m., Wed.–Fri.; 11a.m.–9 p.m., Sat. 418 S. Peoria Ave. | willowsfamily.com June 20 – July 4, 2018 // THE TULSA VOICE
HEIRLOOM RUSTIC ALES | COURTESY
RENAISSANCE BREWING CO. | GREG BOLLINGER
WELLTOWN BREWING | COURTESY
Travis Richards, brewer and owner of Nothing’s Left Brewing Co., laughed as he explained how their name evolved from a joke about the difficulty coming up with a unique brewery name into a comment on how fast their beer disappears. NOTHING’S LEFT BREWING “It’s really kind of bloomed into its own CO. TO OPEN NEW TAPROOM thing,” he said. THE PEARL DISTRICT Nothing’s Left started in 2014 when Richards was invited to serve some of his homebrew at an event sponsored by BA Buzz in Broken Arrow. Thirsty attendees gulped down 15 gallons of beer, which received rave reviews. In no time, Richards filed for his own LLC. “We became a thing in the span of a month.” About three months after becoming official, Nothing’s Left had a canning and kegging contract with Anthem Brewing in Oklahoma City and was soon found in liquor stores and on draft across the state. Today, Nothing’s Left offers their two flagship beers, Galaxy Pale Ale and Strawberry Blonde Ale, as well as seasonal beers. Using highly prized Galaxy hops, Galaxy Pale Ale’s flavor suggests hints of guava paste candy and fresh-squeezed orange juice, dissolving into a rich malt core. The Galaxy essence combined with a low IBU rating is a sweet spot for the beer drinker whose palate rejects the hopped-out bite of the conventional IPA. Their second flagship beer tastes how it sounds. The strawberry’s pronounced flavor is rich and refreshing. Satisfying, presenting as a tantalizingly semi-sweet carbonated malty strawberry shortcake, accompanied by a strong, fruity aroma, it’s not a wispy and absent La Croix posing as a strawberry ale. Richards, who by day works in construction, is busy getting ready his new storefront—a remodeled Texaco station in the Pearl District (1502 E. 6th St.), which he plans to open in mid-July or early August. He’ll use the exposed brick taproom as proving grounds for future beers before sending them to Anthem for canning and larger-scale production. It’s a spot to innovate and refine traditional brewing ideas. Future offerings include hit recipes, such as their Watermelon Gose and their honeydew and cantaloupe-flavored Honey, Do Me. Also, new creations like an IPA that tastes like a dreamsicle, a barrel-aged Belgian quad, and a chocolate milk stout are on the horizon for the taproom. “We don’t really go and take a classic style and try to brew it like that. We put our own spin on everything we do,” said Richards.—BRADY WHISENHUNT
Canned with a plan
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AMERICAN SOLERA SOBO | MADELINE CRAWFORD
PRAIRIE BREWPUB | GREG BOLLINGER
CABIN BOYS BREWERY | COURTESY
When I met brewers Austin Ferguson and Jason Northern at their newly-built Broken Arrow Brewing Co. taproom (333 W. Dallas St., Broken Arrow), they were hard at work. “This morning we cut up 350 pounds of cantaloupe,” said Ferguson. BROKEN ARROW’S FIRST On that evening, Ferguson and Northern, CRAFT BREWERY PREPARES electrical and mechanical engineers by FOR TAKEOFF background, respectively, were preparing to test the effect of aging one of their favorite creations, the Mt. St. Melons kettle sour, in burgundy wine barrels. The unaged version of this brew is wild and surprising, flavored with copious amounts of fresh cantaloupe. The earthy, unmistakably seductive mojo of ripened muskmelon transitions into a bright, acidic zing. This two-stage flavor story, with its dynamic mouthfeel and fresh fruitiness, could easily be served in a champagne flute and swapped out for a brunch mimosa. Ferguson and Northern began innovating four years and 26 recipes ago. Today they call themselves “co-head-brewers” because their brewing process is, as they call it, a “hive mind” approach. Broken Arrow Brewing Co. opened June 17 as the town’s first craft brewery. Its historic building was built in 1906, and was once home to another pioneer: Broken Arrow Ice Plant and Light & Power Company, BA’s first power station. Converting the building from a landmark into a modern taproom took a prodigious amount of work, performed mostly by Ferguson and Northern. Situated in the Rose District near the farmers market, the brewery will serve a number of beers brewed in-house. One of these gems, the Clear Creek Saison is a 7.5% ABV homage to the classic Saison Dupont. Its mildly sweet, nutty finish is heralded by a refreshing, crisp, buttery, wild bubblegum imprint that resounds on the palate. Also on tap will be the Broken Arrow Brown, an 8.2% ABV American strong ale, and the Rose District New England IPA. Future ventures involve Porter peaches, Stillwell strawberries, and other Oklahoma ingredients. For take-home sales, they’ll soon offer “pounders,” 16-ounce cans that transform into drinking glasses via their pull-top lids. With successful soft-openings in the rearview, the excitement in the brewery about the upcoming grand opening was palpable and electric. “This is all so wild. People ask if it’s getting old yet, and I’m like, ‘Are you kidding me?’” Austin laughed. “I’m over here pinching myself!”—BRADY WHISENHUNT
Let there be flights
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n June 2002, with my wife in Paris visiting a friend, I killed most of a good morning wadding up and booting a ball of newsprint out the open window of our French villa, a la Nuno Gomes, star forward of Portugal and handsome to boot. A week later, friends from Seattle would visit, Okie émigrés twice removed. We cooked, drank wine, took walks through vineyards, swam in the Med, and stole World Cup moments when we could in cafes, watching Frenchmen watch Frenchmen die on the vine: Senegal (nil-1), Uruguay (nil draw1), Denmark (nil-2). In soccer-football, unlike football-football, your team’s score always goes fi rst, even in defeat. We’re talking the same French who won the thing four years prior! But, with Zidane out nursing a bum thigh, the squad was hopeless. Elimination, however, did not quiet the nation. We were in Lyon, eating the only Michelin two-star lunch of my life, when Turkey surprised Senegal in the quarterfi nals. My gut swollen, the weather unusually hot, we hit the street to the sound of car horns and war cries. “What is it?” my wife asked the doorman. “It’s the Turks, madame,” he said. “They’ve beaten Senegal.” We followed the gravy train to the sun-scorched Place Bellecour, where myriad Turkish hommes away from home celebrated victory atop a statue of Louis XIV.
The author’s England scarf, which he says is “not likely to get a lot of action this month.” MICHELLE POLLARD
FOUR MORE YEARS
My World Cup craze began in 1994—the fi rst ever on U.S. soil. I’d fallen for the fi rst-incarnation Roughnecks in the late Seventies but moved on. Then, my mate and then-Okie, Bret, invited me over for the Ireland-Italy match. We drank Guinness and Moretti in homage (a plan that would get challenging come Argentina v. Nigeria). The Roy Keane-led Irish surprised the Italians 1-0, and we drank to that. Morrissey later hailed him in song:
by MARK BROWN
Roy’s keen oh Roy’s keen Roy’s keen oh Roy’s keen We’ve never seen a keener Window-cleaner.
MY LIFE IN CUPS
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As in all Cups, there were heroes—and goats. Gheorghe Hagi, “The Maradona of the Carpathians,” who bore deadly spikes in lieu of fangs. The Super Eagles of Nigeria fi nished atop Group D, which included Argentina and Bulgaria, led by the menacing Hristo Stoichkov, “The Raging Bull,” part-ballerina, part-bouncer. Andrés Escobar, who’d assist a U.S. victory over Colombia with an own-goal. He was shot six times outside a Medellín nightclub a week after the Cup. After that, everybody needed four years to cool off.
I’ve always had a thing for England, inexplicably so. They haven’t won a World Cup since 1966, have a knack of toppling in the worst fashion, and my DNA doesn’t bare it out. While I’m 40 percent Europa and 37 Ireland-Scotland-Wales, I’m a mere 5 Britannia. There’s more Scandinavian in me than that. “England has always carried an oversize mystique, like UCLA or Notre Dame on the NCAA scene,” said Steven Goff of The Washington Post. “Substance often falls short of perception.” On that note, we gathered at Caz’s Pub on East Brady Street one early afternoon in 1998 for England-Argentina. Michael Owen, barely legal, scored on a magnifi cent pass from David Beckham, who was engaged to Posh Spice. But it was Owen, the spittin’ image of Anglo-Saxon, the face of an Agincourt pageboy, we couldn’t take our eyes off. “Too cute,” said Jeanne Tripplehorn, more into the shorts. And that was as good as it got. Beckham got red-carded for a silly retaliation by referee Kim Milton Nielsen, a Dane. (England would get back four years later in the Round of 16 with a solid 3-0 gutting of Denmark.) The Lions lost penalty kicks. I decided not to go back to work.
In 2006, France came storming back from the embarrassment of 2002 to make the fi nal against Italy. They were led by the feisty winger Franck Ribery, literally the THE TULSA VOICE // June 20 – July 4, 2018
Watching the 2014 World Cup at ONEOK Field | MADELINE CRAWFORD
face of France, who had a champion’s nose and a scarred mug (courtesy of a childhood car crash) that only embellished his ferocity. I knew such a girl in middle school. France lost on that most ignominious of football traditions: the penalty shootout. The shootout is the Beautiful Game at its ugliest, two teams so insurmountable that two hours of play (90 minutes regulation plus two 15-minute extra periods) can’t separate them, forced to kick at each others’ goalies from a range not quite point blank but close enough that to miss is to suffer the ultimate humility. Well, penultimate. Worse: having to play football in a baseball stadium (see below). I hadn’t been to the Creek Casino since the days of bingo, and never in the morning, but there we were drinking Starbucks and watching Mexico and South Africa, the 2010 host nation, in the World Cup debut of Javier Hernández Balcázar, El Chicharito, or the “little pea.” My Mexican pals felt lucky to escape with a tie.
My own patriotism was tested when we crammed into the back room of the Fox & Hound at East 71st Street and South Garnett Road to watch the Yanks and Lions. An old friend from college came to the pub, but I was in no mood for nostalgia. Another draw: 1-1. Bleh. Neither club would make it through the round of 16, with the U.S. falling to Ghana (again) and England humiliated by the Germans. Bad offi ciating didn't help: The referee and linesmen all missed a Frank Lampard blast that slammed the crossbar and fell four feet behind the goalie—and a good two feet over the line!—that would have evened the score. Germany won 4–1, but a 2–2 game is a different beast altogether. Or so I tell myself.
Four years ago—where did the time go?—we drove downtown to watch the Yanks play Portugal its second match of the Group G round robin. From the grandstand
at ONEOK Field—home of Tulsa Roughnecks FC—the players on the big screen were the size of ants. “I remember the scoreboard being, I don’t know, bigger,” I said to my kids, both shaking their heads. The Yanks took a too-good-tobe-true 2-1 when Clint Dempsey defl ected a cross off his gut. That counts. Silvestre Varela drove home a header in stoppage time on a Hail Mary cross from, who else, Ronaldo, to tie it. “Believe,” read the hand-held sign in the signs, and I so wanted to. That summer, our side felt wobbly ever after, the highlight being Tim Howard’s 16 saves in a 1-2 loss to Belgium in the round of 16. Howler magazine put him on the cover with the headline, “Let Us Praise Tim,” Howard looking heavenward, Christlike, bearded, lips artfully parted: “Father, if You are willing, take this Cup from me.” The wind hit the sails with Germany’s 7-1 dismantling of favored Brazil. Small children bawled in the stands. Grown men swallowed pride in great chugs. It felt like watching the world end in real time. For certain rabid fans, four years separates hope from sorrow. Even for Russians, whose own pitiful team made the bracket automatically, as host club—the equivalent of letting a beer-belly head pro tee off in the P.G.A. So what if Putin bribed FIFA, international football’s (mis)governing body? It’ll make watching them lose that much more fun. Anyway, no nation in the world is without a closet. With the U.S. failing to qualify for the fi rst time since 1990, I won’t be confl icted cheering for England. (And the U.S. Women, always a safer bet—and, honestly, a lot more exciting to watch—will defend their championship at the Women’s World Cup in 2019.) As a backup, I’ve Iceland. And Norway. How can you not love a club managed by a guy named Lars Lagerbäck? a
1) The great (and handsome) Diego Forlán, all of 23, was a sub on that squad. Eight years later, in South Africa, he’d take home the fabled Golden Ball award for best player of the tournament. Uruguay only managed a fourth-place finish. FEATURED // 25
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Go your own way
Ahha’s ‘The Experience’ is an immersive playground for artists and the public by ALICIA CHESSER | photos by VALERIE GRANT
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mean, how do you troubleshoot gum?” laughed Lara Collins, ahha’s communications and events manager, as she stood under a tree made of PVC pipe and motion-sensitive hair dryers. Unknowns are part of the art at the newly rebranded nonprofi t’s latest exhibition, “The Experience.” And she’s coordinating far more than the usual amount of unknowns these days. It’s not just the gum. There’s the neon lighting for the giant orb. The fi lm for the trampoline theater. The thunderstorms inside the cloud installations. After six months of thinking as big as they can, with keys to the building and stipends for their time, labor, supplies, and helpers, the show’s lead artists—Laurie Keeley, David Reed James, JP Morrison Lans, Jeremy Lamberton, and Daniel Sutliff—are preparing to open their new dimensions to the public June 30. For the city’s biggest-ever immersive art installation, ahha divided the second fl oor of its Hardesty Arts Center into fi ve zones in which each artist was given free rein to create whatever he or she desired (their only limits: the fi re code and a PG-13 rating). “It’s all a grand experiment, really,” said David Reed James. Those are his hair dryers, his “gum lab,” and his trampoline. He’s had some of these ideas for more than a decade. The hub of his full-to-bursting zone is an invention called the Siestamatic, a see-through pod people can climb into, lie down in, and rest, observed by whatever other guests happen to be in the area at the time. The viewer, in a way, becomes the art. “I envision commercials for the Siestamatic all throughout the space,” James said. “‘Tomorrow’s sleep today! The sleep of the
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Above and at right: images from “The Experience” at ahha | VALERIE GRANT
future! Your dreams will never be the same!’ The rest of the space is sort of the dreams and thoughts of the person who’s volunteering to sleep.” JP Morrison Lans has fi lled two rooms with lush detail, from hand-dremeled backlit constellations and life-sized murals (a disorienting adjacency to Lamberton’s funhouse fi lm tunnel), to an enormous black skirt inside, in which visitors can lounge on a balloon-strewn forest fl oor. Little doors open to reveal dioramas by artists, including Beth Burgess, whose taxidermied squirrels dressed as pirates are pursued by faintly glowing malevolent eyes. “I fi nally settled on a title for all of mine,” Morrison Lans said. “It’s called ‘Journey to the Center of the Universe’—both profound and corny! This idea of travel is relevant to everything all the artists
have done: to go somewhere else.” It’s easy to get lost in “The Experience”—in space, time, and wonder. It’s the kind of lost you craved in childhood, where something like the sight of a giant eyeball (one of many such portraits fi lmed by Lamberton, starring real Tulsa eyeballs) brings a down-therabbit-hole thrill. “We wanted to activate the entire space,” said project manager Amber Litwack. “Without sacrifi cing quality, we’re de-formalizing. This is for Tulsa, by Tulsa.” (Artists in future cycles of “The Experience,” conceived as an open-ended project, will be chosen through a call for proposals.) Exploring every level of the word immersive, “The Experience” makes room for the artists, the organization, and the public alike to drop in, slow down, and let new realities emerge.
“We want to say it’s okay to have big ideas. It’s okay to play. It’s great to be in a space where you don’t have to take a certain path,” Collins said. “It’s dreamy, serious, psychedelic, funny. Every time I come in here it looks different.” Standing inside what feels like the darkly glowing heart of an Atari game, Daniel Sutliff said the project has been transformative for him. “This has had a massive impact on my life,” he said. “I quit my job that I loved and had been at for 11 years to do this. Before this I was thinking, ‘How can I get involved in something that will give me income and be a collaborative project?’ When this came up I realized, ‘I don’t know what would be that opportunity if it’s not this.’ I’m not taking it for granted.” “It’s one of those projects you kind of wish would never end,” Laurie Keeley agreed. In her installation, guests can climb aboard a rocket and zoom into an exhilarating rainbow horse projection. Her space swerves from an “antidepression chamber” where excerpts from “The Artist’s Way” play softly to a series of glass insulators with TVs inside playing rap videos about roaches and broccoli that Keeley created with Dark Matter Studios. “My initial concept was to do an airplane crash into a better place,” she explained. “I want to transport people to a different mindset, let them forget about their grocery lists and be in a here and now moment, and especially have fun. That’s as important as anything.” a
“THE EXPERIENCE” AT AHHA Opens to the public June 30 101 E. Archer St. Hours vary; closed Mondays ahhatulsa.org June 20 – July 4, 2018 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Always hustling, never satisfied Retired BMX pro Miles Rogoish returns to Tulsa by MARY NOBLE
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don't see how you can respect yourself if you look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness. —Hunter S. Thompson Miles Rogoish roared to the front of the coffee shop on a motorcycle. As the recently retired pro-BMX rider walked inside, several people turned their heads to obviously stare. Their quizzical faces seemed to suggest that they either recognized him or felt like they should. Rogoish is that kind of person—and I know because I’ve known him since high school. He asked if we could sit outside in the blazing Oklahoma heat so he could smoke. He ordered a double whiskey and Coke before we sat down. Rogoish knows how to relax, but he also knows how to work hard. In the fourth grade, he won his fi rst bike at a Jump Rope For Heart contest at Lee Elementary School. This formative event began his love affair with biking. After exchanging the road bike he won for a BMX bike, Rogoish began riding and entering contests. In 2007, when he was only 16, he entered a contest in Milwaukee and was offered his fi rst sponsorship from MANKIND From there, he was sponsored by Mongoose, Subrosa, Osiris Shoes, and ended his career in 2015 with Stranger. “It felt really good to retire,” Rogoish said.“I defi nitely had some time left but it’s the kind of thing where you don’t want to ring the towel out. I didn’t want to end jaded. It feels good to still love BMX and bicycles.” Now he works as a fi lmmaker, but this line of work is not new. His love for BMX and fi lm happened almost simultaneously. In
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Miles Rogoish | GREG BOLLINGER
the sixth grade, Rogoish bought a camera and fi lmed his crew biking around downtown when it would clear out after 5 p.m. “I always had a camera around,” he said. “I turned pro after I made a DVD with the local BMX crew, sent it off and they said, ‘Yeah we’ll take 500 copies.’” Just like when he rode BMX and put hours into perfecting his
riding, he continues to put in long hours as a fi lmmaker. “I’m exhausted all the time and it feels good,” he said, laughing. “I never get sick because I just always feel like shit and I love it. There’s no real routine I just get it all done and I don’t think I’ll ever be satisfi ed. I hope I’m never satisfi ed. There’s just no stopping, and I think that is what keeps me going.
I don’t want to know myself if I am completely happy.” Rogoish moved back to Tulsa from Los Angeles a couple of years ago to be close to his family and is currently pouring unrelenting energy into several projects around Tulsa. He rents out a space at Charles Page Studios along with other local creative businesses, including Anthousai fl oral design and Tried + True, a rentals and styling company. Rogoish also is working on the grand opening ceremony of the skate park at Gathering Place and is planning events for the fi rst 100 days of the park. BMX pros Ty Morrow, Andrew Castaneda, and Augie Simoncini will ride at the opening events Sept. 8-10. Rogoish puts 100 percent into everything he has done. “I don’t sleep a lot. I don’t cry a lot, I don’t whine a lot. I don’t mind dropping everything to come to your birthday and say ‘Hi’ … but then I jump right back into fucking whatever I need to get done.” He works hard, parties hard, and has no regrets. “People tend to love me or hate me, but I love that,” he said. “It puts a really good fi lter on the people that I work with, that I am friends with, and all the people I deal with. My main goal in life is to inspire and create and help and, until you know me and get that, I don’t care what you think from across the room.” From his early retirement from BMX to making the move back to Tulsa, Miles is happy with his decisions and stands by them. “So many people live their lives trying to be someone else, and at the end of it they are mad at themselves for not being who they are,” he said. “I won’t be mad at myself in the end.” a June 20 – July 4, 2018 // THE TULSA VOICE
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NT Wangs is turning four, and they’re inviting some munchie-friendly comics to this year’s party. Don’t worry, you’re invited too. Tulsa’s rolling restaurant scene has grown in recent years. As a higher percentage of our meals get wheels, few (if any) food trucks have integrated themselves into Tulsa’s entertainment scene like TNT. The food truck sits outside Soundpony nearly every day and serves up golden-fried and sincerely-seasoned chicken and seafood. Sides include okra, fries, and their coveted Trak-bread. Trak bread—along with most of their menu—is named after a member of the local entertainment community. Honoring local fi gures with a space on their menu is more than a promotion scheme. It’s a way of supporting Tulsa artists. The feeling is mutual between Wangs and their Menu Squad. Artists have returned the favor. Local rappers like Keengcut, Steph Simon, Pade, Dismond J, AJ Ross, Mike Dee, Surron the Seventh, and many others have paid homage to the food truck in their music. Producer KFive recently released a beat mixtape called 808’s and TNT. As in recent years, Wangs’ birthday bash will feature musicians such as these who fl y the TNT fl ag. “Ninety percent of the people performing this year have mentioned us in their music,” Nancy “Sis” Williams said. Sis is the CWO (Chief Wangs Offi cer) of Wangs, and—apart from their Bird Man costume— their offi cial mascot. The biggest change at the party this year will be a new emphasis on stand-up comedy. “I saw Evan Hughes at the Blue Whale Comedy fest and he was hilarious,” Sis said. “TNT loves laughter and we wanted to bring that into this year.”
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WINGIN’ IT TNT Wangs add comedians to their fourth annual birthday bash by MITCH GILLIAM Buddy Rodriguez, Travis Cagle, Evan Hughes, and Big Chico | GREG BOLLINGER
Sis asked Hughes to curate a spate of comics for this year’s party. He turned up local favorites, out-of-staters, and fi rst-timers—all of whom are TNT fans. “The idea to have a TNT Wangs comedy show has actually been around for a super long time now, and I've never been asked to do a show farther in advance before,” Hughes said. “Sis asked me to do the show like a year ago maybe.” Hughes tapped up-and-comer Buddy Rodriguez as host. “Wangs, fi rst off, are sent from
heaven,” Rodriguez said. “I'm hyped to do it ‘cause they've done a lot for this small fella. Like, who else is going to care of my hunger pains when I'm smacked at 11:15?” Another newer face to the funny-mic, Big Chico, is a long time member of Wangs’ Menu Squad. Big Chico has never performed comedy, but Hughes recruited him off Chico’s Menu Squad status, and his self-described, Facebook-funny persona. “They chose me, because I guess every time they see me I’m
clowning and telling jokes,” Big Chico said. “But I don’t write jokes. I will be going on a sort of freestyle.” Arkansas comedian Travis Cagle, who frequents Tulsa for shows, is on the bill, and said he makes a point to eat Wangs every time he’s in town. “There's probably been four or fi ve times where I drove from 131st and Garnett [where I stay when I visit] to downtown just for Wangs.” Hughes described Cagle as a “stoner comic,” which he also described as “perfect, because that’s when you want Wangs the most!” Cagle, who has also been described as “the personality of Matthew McConaughey in the body of Dakota Fanning,” is happy to confi rm. “A fun quote that I'm known for saying after a joke goes really good or really bad is ‘Sometimes I smoke pot all the time,” Cagle said. Mononymous Tulsa comic Yasamin will also be there. In addition to the comics and aforementioned emcees, there will be dance crews and a freestyle session atop KFive’s 808’s and TNT beats. As always, all proceeds will go to the Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis, which the Wangs crew frequently visits to cheer up kids. “TNT loves the kids,” Sis says. “Put [TNT family member] Nephew in our Bird Man costume, and we sing at the hospital and do lots of hugging.” But if catching a dope show and supporting sick children isn’t your thing, Buddy Rodriguez has another option: “Ah man, just support the brand and buy a gang of waffl es for the culture, you bastard!” a
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Trae Crowder talks rap music, comfort food, and doing his comedy in the South by THOMAS KING and TTV STAFF
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ou probably know comedian Trae Crowder as the Liberal Redneck, whose videos became especially popular during the 2016 presidential election when many people assumed rednecks to be lost-cause Trumpies who didn’t give a hoot about police brutality and just wanted to “Make America White Again.” Crowder, author of “The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin’ Dixie Outta the Dark,” refutes that stereotype while keeping true to his hot-chicken loving, butter tub-reusing, gun-owning roots. He’ll be joined by similarly-minded comedians Corey Ryan Forrester and Drew Morgan at Cain’s Ballroom on June 23. More at cainsballroom.com.
CROWDER: Well it depended on where I was at … For example, there’s a place in Chattanooga, [Tenn.] called JJ’s Bohemia that’s this little hole in the wall bar where they get all these, like, punk rock bands and stuff and they have comedy shows. You can fi nd shows like that in almost any southern city. And if I was at one of those, everybody in the crowd would be like young people, people my age or younger, and so it was always fi ne. But now if I was at the Comedy Catch in Chattanooga, which has a more red demographic, you know, it could be pretty dicey, I’m not going to lie … But I was always given more rope than you probably would expect. KING: Are you a member of the NRA, or do you think they should fuck all the way completely off ?
THOMAS KING: What do you think surprises people the most when they fi rst meet you? TRAE CROWDER: I think early on it was kind of just all of it, like the whole liberal part of the “Liberal Redneck,” it being surprising to people is part of the reason why it took off the way it did, I think. KING: Yeah, a lot of people don’t expect rednecks to enjoy rap music, and that ain’t true at all, is it? Trae Crowder | COURTESY
CROWDER: No, not in my generation. I don’t know, how old are you? KING: Thirty-four, so we’re about the same. CROWDER: That’s defi nitely something that people don’t expect or understand about rednecks is that 32 // ARTS & CULTURE
the ones in our generation grew up with rap music just as much as everybody else did. I actually heard Jason Isbell say in an interview something to the effect of, “Nowadays you’re just as likely to hear 2 Chainz at a party in Alabama as you are to hear, you know, Jason
Aldean,” or whoever he used as an example. KING: Early in your career, kind of before the internet videos took off, how were you received by southern audiences as a liberal comedian?
CROWDER: Well, I’m not a member. For a long time, I fell somewhere in the middle of that because, you know, like a lot of people from the South, my grandpa taught me how to shoot a gun when I was like … I could not have been more than, like, 6 years old or younger. I had a rifl e from that day on growing up. I inherited his entire arsenal, basically, which there’s—no, he didn’t have any assault rifl es or anything like that—but you know, it’s like 17 guns. I always thought there were still certain measures that we could take or should take when it comes to limitations on assault rifl es or clip size or closing the gun show loophole, background checks, or whatever, just things that I thought were totally reasonable. June 20 – July 4, 2018 // THE TULSA VOICE
KING: Alright, now your tour mates. You’ve got Drew Morgan with you who used to be a lawyer and is now a comedian. Are his parents disappointed? CROWDER: OK, Drew talks about this himself and he talks about it publicly and on stage, so I don’t think he’ll mind me saying this ... So, Drew has one sibling, he has an older brother, and his older brother is in prison and has been for a few years and still is for the next few years to come, so Drew always says the one good thing about that is that he’s almost incapable of disappointing his parents, you know. (Laughs) He tells his parents, “I’m quitting law, I’m going to be a standup comedian.” They’re like, “Oh really? Are you going to prison? ... No? OK, well then you’re still good.” So no, he’s doing fi ne in that regard. KING: You’ve also got Corey Forrester with you, who is known as CHO [pronounced like bro]. You mind explaining to the good people of Tulsa what a CHO is? CROWDER: CHO started out as an acronym for chief hittin’ offi cer, which was what Cory was telling people his position in our company was, which we really don’t have a company, but such that it is, he was the chief hittin’ offi cer, which means he was in charge of all things hitting, which was basically just, you know, anything that’s good or is a good time or whatever. That just came about as a little funny one-off joke about that, but it kind of took on a life of its own. And now CHO just sort of means anybody that, anybody’s primary motivation is having a good time, and Cory very well defi nes that. Cory’s not only a character, he’s a cartoon character.
had in my life. If you want more in-general, right now, probably Nashville hot chicken. Or if you want to go even more general, just fried chicken, period. But I’m a huge fan of hot chicken, you know, to pick a specifi c dish … You ever had chocolate gravy? KING: Oh, hell yeah. CROWDER: Yeah, OK. KING: I lived for that when I was a kid. CROWDER: I’ve found that that’s even a kind of pocket even within the South, like I’ve met other people from the South who haven’t had that. I don’t know if it’s just like extremely rural areas or what it is but, whatever. Where I grew up chocolate gravy was a big thing, and my wife makes that on Christmas morning every year—chocolate gravy and biscuits. KING: There’s a lot of similarities in Oklahoma and southern menus, but chocolate gravy ain’t on some. I’ve tried to explain chocolate gravy to an Oklahoman and they were like, “Is that a dessert gravy?” CROWDER: Right. Also, anything that they make in Louisiana, I’m a huge fan of. I love all of their cuisine and then any and all types of BBQ too, you know, I love the vinegar-based sauce, but I also like the ketchup-based, and I like that Alabama white shit, also. Honestly, man, I’m a human garbage disposal when it comes to food. I pretty much don’t discriminate. But southern food is probably my favorite. You know, if you put all those under one umbrella, it’s my favorite genre of food. I like it all.
KING: On your podcast, wellRED, you talk about food a lot. What’s your favorite Southern dish?
KING: Hell yeah. Well there’ll be no shortage of that when you get to Oklahoma. We’re looking forward to having you.
CROWDER: Well, like if you want me to be very specifi c, then alltime it was my momma’s catfi sh. She passed away in 2008, but my grandma on my mom’s side used to make the best catfi sh I’ve ever
CROWDER: Yeah, we can’t wait. Last time we were in Tulsa was an awesome night, an awesome show, so we’ve very much looking forward to coming back, so we’ll see y’all around. a
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CELEBRATIONS OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE Happy Birthday, America! Find more 4th of July events and fireworks displays at thetulsavoice.com.
Bixby Freedom Celebration Festival with live music, patriotic program, and a fireworks finale at Bentley Park Sports Complex. June 29, 4:30–10 p.m., bixbyfreedomcelebration.com
The American Dream Live patriotic music, dance, and a film by local production company Fervent Fire. July 1, 7:30–9:30 p.m., Guthrie Green, guthriegreen.com
4th on the 3rd Signature Symphony presents its annual day-early concert of patriotic music. July 3, 7:30 p.m., $15, Tulsa Community College Van Trease PACE, signaturesymphony.org
Folds of Honor FreedomFest Live music, activities for kids, food, and more at Veterans Park and River West Festival Park. Fireworks display from South 21st Street bridge. July 4, 5–10 p.m., freedomfesttulsa.com
Blue Rose Cafe & Elwood’s Live music from BC & The Big Rig and DJ Matt, all-you-can-eat BBQ from 6-9 p.m. and some of the best views of FreedomFest. July 4, bluerosecafetulsa.com
Jenks America Freedom Fest & Boom Fest Start the day with activities and events on Main Street, then head to Riverwalk for live music, more activities and fireworks at Boom Fest. July 4, 10 a.m.–11 p.m., riverwalktulsa.com
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Fast-paced, inspiring, and social, Ignite Tulsa gives a variety of presenters just five minutes and 20 slides to engage and enlighten the audience. June 21, 6:30—8:30 p.m., Central Library, ignitetulsa.org
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Set in Tulsa in 1996, Shades of White examines how love can combat hate and racism through a relationship between an Israeli immigrant and a former Ku Klux Klan member. June 22 & 23, 8 p.m., $18–$20, Tulsa PAC–John H. Williams Theatre, tulsapac.com RUN
The Celebration of Reconciliation & Skunk Run is an opportunity for Tulsans to come together to run or walk through the Greenwood district in remembrance of the 1921 Race Massacre. June 23, 8 a.m.– 1 p.m., facebook.com/skunklifetulsa SHOP
Tulsa Punk Rock Flea Market returns with more than 50 vendors selling vintage clothing, band merchandise, music, oddities, artwork, and more. June 23, 12–7 p.m., $5 entry, The Bond Tulsa, facebook.com/tulsapunkrockfleamarket THEATRE AWARDS
The Tulsa Awards for Theatre Excellence recognize the accomplishments of local theater groups, awarding up to $10,000 in prizes to Tulsa-based theater companies. June 24, 7 p.m., $10, Tulsa PAC–John H. Williams Theatre, tateawards.org
Paws & Pictures // 6/21, Admiral Twin Drive-In, tulsaspca.org/ paws-pictures Taste of Brookside // 6/21, Brookside, tasteofbrookside.com Film on the Lawn: Moulin Rouge // 6/22, Philbrook Museum of Art, philbrook.org
Comedy Open Mic // 6/27, Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577, facebook.com/ vfwcomedyopenmic
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Jeff Nease // 6/27–30, Loony Bin, tulsa.loonybincomedy.com
Cynthia Simmons Presents Love in Concert // 6/23, Tulsa PAC Charles E. Norman Theatre, tulsapac.com
Terrell Norton - Attempting 30 // 7/1, The Venue Shrine, facebook. com/bazarentertainment
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PERFORMING ARTS An American In Paris // 6/19–24 Tulsa PAC - Chapman Music Hall, tulsapac.com Still I Rise // 6/23, Tulsa PAC Liddy Doenges Theatre, tulsapac.com Family Magic Show // 6/24, Tulsa PAC - Charles E. Norman Theatre, tulsapac.com Force X Distance // 6/29–30, Tulsa PAC - Charles E. Norman Theatre, tulsapac.com
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Celebrate TNT Wangs 4th Anniversary with a night of music and comedy featuring Branjae, Keeng Cut, Steph Simon, Evan Hughes, Yasamin, and more. Find more info on pg 30. June 30, 7 p.m., Yeti, facebook.com/theyetisaloon DOCUMENTARY
Early screening of Sterlin Harjo’s documentary, “Terlton,” about the fireworks factory explosion that shook a rural Oklahoma town in 1985. Event includes Heirloom Rustic Ales, and Burn Co. Barbecue. July 1, 6 p.m., $60, Burn Co., terltonokdoc.com
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Reality Check w/ T.J. Clark, Brian Wells, Hynece Brown, Ryan Green, Dakoda Potter, Bill May, Zach Khan, Ed Burroughs // 6/24, The Venue Shrine, facebook.com/ bazarentertainment
COMEDY Comedy Open Mic // 6/20, Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577, facebook.com/ vfwcomedyopenmic Alvin Williams // 6/20–23, Loony Bin, tulsa.loonybincomedy.com Chris D’Elia // 6/21, Brady Theater, bradytheater.com Comedy Night // 6/21, Lefty’s On Greenwood, leftysongreenwood.com Howie Mandel // 6/22, Hard Rock Casino - The Joint, hardrockcasinotulsa.com
Tulsa Drillers vs Springfield Cardinals // 6/20, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com Tulsa Drillers vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals // 6/21, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com Tulsa Drillers vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals // 6/22, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com Compound Pro Wrestling // 6/22, Perfect Practice Athletic Center, compoundprowrestling.com Tulsa Drillers vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals // 6/23, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com Tulsa Drillers vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals // 6/24, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com Tulsa Athletic vs Dmize NPSL // 6/24, Veterans Park, tulsaathletic.com Tulsa Roughnecks FC vs LA Galaxy II // 6/27, ONEOK Field, roughnecksfc.com Fortuna Tulsa vs Springfield Lady Demize // 6/29, Hurricane Stadium, fortunatulsa.com Xtreme Fight Night 349 // 6/29, River Spirit Casino - Paradise Cove, riverspirittulsa.com Tulsa Roughnecks FC vs Las Vegas Lights // 6/30, ONEOK Field, roughnecksfc.com Oklahoma Footy Club vs Dallas Magpies // 6/30, Veterans Park, tulsabuffaloes.com Firecracker 5K // 7/4, Fleet Feet Sports, runsignup.com/Race/ OK/Tulsa/fleetfeetfirecracker Tulsa Drillers vs Midland RockHounds // 7/4, ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com
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Levi Parham played TTV’s courtyard on June 7. | GREG BOLLINGER
At home in song On the road and on record, Levi Parham takes Oklahoma with him by JOHN LANGDON
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hen everyone said yes it started getting exciting. It was then that I thought, ‘Oh shit, I really have to do this.’” For his new album, It’s All Good, Levi Parham took a motley crew of Tulsans on a pilgrimage to one of recorded music’s most hallowed places, Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Credited to Levi Parham & Them Tulsa Boys and Girls—a group that includes guitarists Paul Benjaman, Dustin Pittsley, and Jesse Aycock, John Fullbright on keys, bassist Aaron Boehler, drummer Dylan Aycock, saxophonist Michael Staub, and singer Lauren Barth, as well as Nashville singer Lauren Farrah—if you have even a passing familiarity with Tulsa’s roots-rock scene, the album’s lineup sells itself. To those unfamiliar with the scene, It’s All Good may be the introduction you need. Parham recently made a return visit to our courtyard to play a solo set of his bluesy soul tunes. With or without the band, he con-
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got to go with them and play at a couple other church camps. That was my fi rst, like, road dog experience. I was addicted pretty fast.
JOHN LANGDON: What’s the fi rst song you learned to play?
LANGDON: Desert island disks: You’re deserted on an island for the rest of your life. What three albums do you have?
LEVI PARHAM: “Save Tonight” by Eagle Eye Cherry. Of all weird things, mid-90s radio rock. I think it was the whole suspended G thing. It has very frequently used pop pattern, that four-chord thing. I remember catching on to that. “Hey these are all the same.” I also learned to sing in church. For what it was, it was pretty hip. We had pretty hot bands, especially at church camp. They would bring this college group from Southern Nazarene University to camp when I was a kid, and they were all really good. They probably all wanted to be a rock band but this was the next best thing, you know? When I was 17 and could play a little lead, they invited me up. Then for two summers I
PARHAM: I had this awesome experience a couple months back in Amsterdam when I had the day off and decided just to go walk with my headphones in, and I put on Sweet Baby James by James Taylor. I forgot just how much I love that album. It’s a tone-setter for your day. Then, my favorite album of all time—it just does something for me—is Van Morrison’s Saint Dominic’s Preview. It’s beautiful and uplifting. There’s a song on there that I kind of imitated on this album. At the end of “All the Ways I Feel for You,” I’m talking about being a lion and turning into a housecat, and I give a little roar. That’s a
tip-of-the-hat to Van Morrison. In his song “Listen to the Lion,” he’s trying to make you recognize the power within him but also trying to recognize it himself. And he just starts roaring. It makes my hair stand on end. He’s so worked up. He’s not in the studio thinking about recording an album, he’s just riffi ng and the whole band is in it with him. You can feel it. That’s everything music is supposed to be to me. Pure feeling, raw emotion. Then for the third, Little Feat’s Sailin’ Shoes or Taj Mahal’s The Natch’l Blues. Whichever one I’ve got on hand, I’m okay with it. Van will make me nostalgic, James will make me happy and feel good, and either of these will make me want to dance. LANGDON: What’s the best show you’ve seen in Tulsa? PARHAM: Any time I get to see Jared Tyler is the best show I could see. He makes me feel like I did when I was a little kid, not knowing what it June 20 – July 4, 2018 // THE TULSA VOICE
is that stirs up inside you when you hear music that you really like. In fact, my favorite Courtyard Concert is the one with Jared, Travis Fite, and Arthur Thompson. LANGDON: That’s the very fi rst one we did. PARHAM: That’s the fi rst one? You’ve had some good ones, but it’s the best one. LANGDON: What drew you to Muscle Shoals to record?
an example of how to perform, especially solo, and not take it so seriously. I’m not as cunning and funny as Todd, but I defi nitely try to include humor in the banter and make people laugh. It relaxes them, it disarms everybody, and then they’re listening. LANGDON: Finish this sentence: Music is _______ . PARHAM: Music is life. It’s all around us. This rhythmic thing we’re all trying to jump on.
I was just reading Tom Robbins, and he was talking about how all biological life is tied to rhythm. We don’t even know it’s time to come out of our mom’s body until a rhythmic thing—having convulsions—starts happening. Everything is born out of that. So when you get back to it and get centered in it, you just feel all warm and great. I wish I could live in song forever, for my whole life. I think that’s what we’re really trying to do with mantras and meditation. It’s connected to the same thing.
LANGDON: There’s a Tom Waits interview that’s always stuck with me. He says, “There’s no such thing as not playing. Music has rests in it, so you’re on a rest right now. And the music will begin shortly.” PARHAM: Totally. The minute you want to step back into it it’s there. You don’t have to perform it or write it. It’s for all of us. It’s the most natural thing we can be a part of. a
PARHAM: That was kind of a fl uke thing. I had toured through there and a friend told me to check this studio out. There was history there. It was the second home of Muscle Shoals Sound. Bob Dylan did a record at this place, in the same room we recorded in. Tons of artists over the years. So I was taking the tour and just dreaming, and I made friends with the engineer and he said, “You oughta make a record here.” That planted the seed, and then I couldn’t sleep at night, going, “Should I? I should.” I’m turning that over in my head over and over and I picked up on Muscle Shoals Sound/Tulsa Sound, and I thought, What if I brought that? Specifi cally took all these Tulsa guys to Muscle Shoals and created something. I realized pretty quickly I was creating a grassroots project. Even though the talent in Tulsa is world-renowned and the players we have on this record are at the top of their class and have accolades a mile long, the community is still discovering them. So this is an album for us in this community. These are the people I want to speak to and if the rest of the world catches on, then great. LANGDON: Besides other music, what or who infl uences how you write or play? PARHAM: Aaron Lee Tasjan’s ability to sort of break apart from the bullshit. I can see him go up onstage knowing what he’s left backstage, and he just breaks it off. He’s like, “I’m not going to deal with that right now. I’m going to perform.” I’m really inspired by it and I try to imitate or emulate that. I also take Todd Snider as THE TULSA VOICE // June 20 – July 4, 2018
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NEW EP, NEW TOUR, SAME EMOTIONS The Front Bottoms hit the road to promote Ann by TY CLARK EVERY SO OFTEN A BAND COMES AROUND that is truly sincere. They show no pretense and the emotion is the force that keeps your finger from hitting the skip button or changing the station. Enter New Jersey’s The Front Bottoms. Comprised of guitarist/vocalist Brian Sella and drummer Mathew Uychich, the band’s major label debut, BACK ON TOP, came out on Fueled By Ramen in 2015 and was met with critical acclaim. NPR Music named the single “Cough It Out” one of its “Favorite Songs Of 2015”, SPIN applauded the band, and Rolling Stone even took notice in their “30 Best Things We Saw At Coachella 2016”. The band’s success is embraced with humility. “It’s fun and I feel lucky that I get to do it,” Sella said. Of course, things have changed since they were 100-percent DIY. “Basically, the label lets me be a professional artist,” Sella said. “[I’m] just trying to be creative full time.” The only pressure he feels comes from touring seven months out of the year, but now they have help—not only on stage with touring musicians, but with the other things bands have to manage like selling merchandise and moving gear. “There are a lot more people involved and there’s a crew,” Sella said. The Front Bottoms’ latest release, Ann, is a six-song EP and the second in a series of releases called “The Grandma EPs.” Ann is accompanied by two new music videos and a tour with more than one sold-out show. While more sonically polished, Ann
doesn’t lose any of the band’s genuine authenticity. The release showcases the same originality and often humorous lyrics that Sella writes. “I was on LSD when I saved that family,” Sella sings in the first line of “Tie Dye Dragon,” and then follows with a more introspective bridge: “I guess I’m older now / Caught in between who I am / And who I’m spose’ to be / Everything’s confusing.” “The way the songs kind of come together is I write the song in my bedroom or jam space on an acoustic guitar,” he said. “It’s a process. You hear it in your head but [then] you have to express that to the people who record it.” The Front Bottom’s sound can’t be pinned down easily but is akin to that of Violent Femmes with an acoustic guitar drive and raw conversational vocals. Using the storytelling aspect of folk music, the sincerity of punk rock, and big head-bobbing pop beats, they achieve a fun, celebratory sound. Sella struggles with putting the band in a genre and reluctantly said “modern pop” when I asked. “Recently, I started to realize, if it’s a good song technically, that’s not as important as, like, the emotion that goes into it.” a
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musiclistings Wed // Jun 20 Cain’s Ballroom – Cody Jinks, Ward Davis & TN Jet – ($35-$120) Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Wayne Garner Los Cabos - BA – Caleb Fellenstein Los Cabos - Jenks – Brent Giddens Mercury Lounge – Jared Tyler & Seth Lee Jones Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Shelby & Nathan Eicher – ($10) River Spirit Casino – Rivers Edge Soul City – Don & Stephen White Soul City – Randy Brumley - Happy Hour Soundpony – Road to Renewal w/ DJ Chicken Strip The Cellar Dweller – Grazz Trio The Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project The Hunt Club – Casper McWade and the Honky Tonk Rebels The Venue Shrine – Merkules, Had Enough – ($25) Wyld Hawgz – Open Mic
Thurs // Jun 21 Cain’s Ballroom – Cody Jinks, Ward Davis & TN Jet – (SOLD OUT) Four Aces Tavern – David Thayer Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – 80’z Enuf, Replay Los Cabos - BA – Scott Pendergrass Los Cabos - Jenks – Bria & Joey Mercury Lounge – Paul Benjaman MixCo – Cypher 120 Experience Mulligan’s Sports & Spirits – DJ MO River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – DJ Johnnie Bananas River Spirit Casino - Paradise Cove – Darius Rucker – ($95-$105) Soul City – The Begonias Soundpony – Don’t Tell Dena The Colony – Tovar’s Western Night The Colony – Chris Lee Becker - Happy Hour The Hunt Club – Casper McWade and the Honky Tonk Rebels The Venue Shrine – BC & The Big Rig, Cut Throat Finches – ($5) Yeti – Vote Yes on SQ788 w/ Hey Judy, The Dull Drums, The Earslips, Cucumber and the Suntans
Fri // Jun 22 36th Street North Event Center – Prom Night 2K18 The Adult Edition – ($20-$30) American Legion Post 308 – American Strings Blackbird on Pearl – TFM, Acid Queen, Cucumber and the Suntans – ($3) Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577 – Chloe Johns Guthrie Green – Pallbearer, Duel, Beechwood, Helen Kelter Skelter, Golden Ones Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Weston Horn, Squadlive Los Cabos - BA – Super Freak Los Cabos - Jenks – FuZed Mercury Lounge – Jamie Lin Wilson Pit Stop – DJ MO River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Brent Giddens River Spirit Casino - LandShark Pool Bar – DJ Drop Ded River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Caleb Fellenstein Soul City – Susan Herndon - Happy Hour Soul City – Wink Burcham – ($10) Soundpony – Soft Leather The Colony – Adam & Chris Carroll, Chris Lee Becker The Colony – Justin Bloss - Happy Hour The Hunt Club – Dante and the Hawks The Max Retropub – DJ Ali Shaw The Vanguard – Promcore w/ Ruse, The Tokyo Smash, The University, Hospice, Sledge, and more – ($15-$20) The Venue Shrine – Kashmir – ($5) Wyld Hawgz – Circle THE TULSA VOICE // June 20 – July 4, 2018
Yeti – Barnacle Banger - Ten High, Kudzu, The Benus Flytraps, Why Bonnie, The Daddyo’s, mouton, The Wirms, Littlefoot, Chrim, The Phlegms – ($5) Yeti – Cucumber Mike’s Happy Hour
Sat // Jun 23 Blackbird on Pearl – Respect the Hunger w/ Chris Gilliam, Smoking Crow Chuk Cooley, Savage Capone, EMP, Youn Jager Yaya & T.A.Y., Omerta Yae Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Jacob Dement, Weekend All Stars Hard Rock Casino - The Joint – Yanni – ($59-$89) Los Cabos - BA – House Party Los Cabos - Jenks – Zodiac Mercury Lounge – Rob Aldridge and the Proponents Mulligan’s Sports & Spirits – DJ MO River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – FuZed River Spirit Casino - LandShark Pool Bar – Jake Flint, DJ Bananas River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Anna Massey Soul City – Steelwind – ($10) Soundpony – Big RO TV The Colony – George Harrison Tribute – ($7) The Hunt Club – Hosty The Max Retropub – DJ Jeff Bianca The Vanguard – My So Called Band – ($10) The Venue Shrine – Duane Peters & US Bombs – ($13) Yeti – Barnacle Banger - Psychotic Reaction, Arc Flash, Mean Motor Scooter, Kill Vargas, Planet What, The Girls Room, Ramona & The Phantoms – ($5)
Sun // Jun 24 East Village Bohemian Pizza – Mike Cameron Collective Four Aces Tavern – Jam w/ David Thayer & Friends Guthrie Green – Faye Moffett, Elizabeth Speegle, Brana Wright Los Cabos - BA – Rockwell Los Cabos - Jenks – The Fabulous Two Man Band Mercury Lounge – Brandon Clark Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Ronald Radford River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Brent Giddens Soul City – Dustin Pittsley & Friends Gospel Brunch Soul City – Bruner & Eicher Soundpony – Avantist, The Danner Party, Carlton Hesston The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing The Vanguard – Michael Jackson Tribute w/ Daron Wilson – ($5-$10) Wyld Hawgz – Exposure Rock Jam Yeti – Echoes & Copycats, Rachel Bachman
Mon // Jun 25 Blackbird on Pearl – The Portal Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577 – Dave Les Smith, Papa Foxtrot, and Friends Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Kalo Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Marriots Soundpony – A Deer A Horse, Good Villains The Colony – Seth Lee Jones The Colony – Ryan Browning - Happy Hour Yeti – The Situation
Tues // Jun 26 Blackbird on Pearl – The Pearl Jam Cain’s Ballroom – The Front Bottoms, Kevin Devine – ($22-$37) Guthrie Green – Starlight Jazz Orchestra, The Air National Guard Jazz Band
Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz & Blues Jams River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Jacob Dement Soundpony – No Thank You!! The Colony – Singer Songwriter Night w/ Dan Martin The Colony – Deerpaw - Happy Hour The Hunt Club – Lizzie and the Bordens The Vanguard – Couch Jackets, Guys on a Bus, Cliffdiver, The Odessey, Manta Rays – ($10) Yeti – Writers’ Night
Wed // Jun 27 Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Rusty Meyers Los Cabos - BA – Chris Clark Duo Los Cabos - Jenks – Rockwell Mercury Lounge – Jared Tyler & Seth Lee Jones Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Shelby & Nathan Eicher – ($10) River Spirit Casino – Jesse Joice Soul City – Don & Stephen White Soul City – Randy Brumley - Happy Hour Soundpony – Rdubb The Cellar Dweller – Grazz Trio The Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project Wyld Hawgz – Open Mic Yeti – Cucumber Mike’s Happy Hour
Thurs // Jun 28 Blackbird on Pearl – The Electric Billy Club Brady Theater – AWOLNATION, Judah & the Lion, AJR – ($35-$39.50) Cain’s Ballroom – Shakey Graves, Paul Cauthen – ($25-$40) Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577 – The Rockits Revival Four Aces Tavern – David Thayer Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Jesse Joice, Goldy Locks Los Cabos - BA – The Hi-Fidelics Los Cabos - Jenks – Jacob Dement Trio Mercury Lounge – Paul Benjaman MixCo – Cypher 120 Experience Mulligan’s Sports & Spirits – DJ MO River Spirit Casino – DJ Johnnie Bananas Soul City – The Begonias Soundpony – Forming the Void, Duclau, Constant Peril The Colony – The Soup Kitchen w/ Dane Arnold The Colony – Chris Lee Becker - Happy Hour The Venue Shrine – Wakeland, Philip Zoellner – ($10)
Fri // Jun 29 American Legion Post 308 – Wiskey Bent Blackbird on Pearl – All About a Bubble – ($5) Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577 – Rachel Bachman and Friends Fuel 66 – Burn Tulsa w/ Stinky Gringos, Konkoba Percussion – ($10) Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Double Barrel, Stars Los Cabos - BA – DJ & The Band Los Cabos - Jenks – Doctors of Replay Mercury Lounge – Thunderosa Pit Stop – DJ MO Retro Grill & Bar – J’Parle Reloaded – ($15) River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Tiptons River Spirit Casino - LandShark Pool Bar – DJ Bananas River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Jacob Dement & Co Soul City – Susan Herndon - Happy Hour Soul City – Scott Musick & Friends Soundpony – Hip Hop Showcase w/ Damion Shade, Push Gang, The Neighbors The Colony – Rachel LaVonne Band – ($5) The Colony – Justin Bloss - Happy Hour The Hunt Club – JT and the Dirtbox Wailers The Max Retropub – Afistaface The Vanguard – FYWROK w/ Monster Squad, Zero Boys, WYLDLIFE, The Agrestix, Brutal Dildos, and more – ($30)
Sat // Jun 30 Blackbird on Pearl – Sleepwalking Home, The Danner Party, Transit Method, Huffer – ($5) Fuel 66 – Tulsa Beach Bob w/ Fabulous Minx, EkuBembe, DJ Such N Such – ($7) Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Barrett Lewis, Cumberland Run Los Cabos - BA – Midas 13 Los Cabos - Jenks – House Party Mercury Lounge – Alien Space Kitchen Mulligan’s Sports & Spirits – DJ MO River Spirit Casino – Zodiac River Spirit Casino - LandShark Pool Bar – Afistaface, Jesse Alan River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Blake Turner Soundpony – Pleasuredome The Colony – Wink Burcham The Hunt Club – Smunty Voje The Max Retropub – DJ AB The Max Retropub – DJ Robbo The Vanguard – FYWROK w/ The Exploited, A Global Threat, Complete Control, The Bad Engrish, and more – (SOLD OUT) The Venue Shrine – The Cate Brothers – ($15) Wyld Hawgz – Out of Sane Yeti – TNT Wangs 4th Anniversary w/ Branjae, Keeng Cut, Steph Simon, Mr. Burns, Mike Dee, Surron The Seventh, and more
Sun // Jul 1 East Village Bohemian Pizza – Mike Cameron Collective Four Aces Tavern – Jam w/ David Thayer & Friends Hard Rock Casino - The Joint – Kansas – ($39-$59) Los Cabos - BA – Nick Whitaker Los Cabos - Jenks – The Fabulous Two Man Band Mercury Lounge – Brandon Clark Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Pam Van Dyke Crosby Soul City – Dustin Pittsley & Friends Gospel Brunch Soul City – Bruner & Eicher The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing The Vanguard – FYWROK w/ KRUM BUMS, Damage Case, Potato Pirates, Demerit, and more – ($30) The Venue Shrine – Exmortus, Hatchet – ($12)
Mon // Jul 2 Blackbird on Pearl – The Portal Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577 – Dave Les Smith, Papa Foxtrot, and Friends Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective The Colony – Seth Lee Jones The Colony – Ryan Browning - Happy Hour The Hunt Club – Stinky Gringos Reggae Jam Yeti – The Situation
Tues // Jul 3 Blackbird on Pearl – The Pearl Jam Brady Theater – Bush – ($39.50-$42.50) Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz & Blues Jams The Colony – Singer Songwriter Night w/ Dan Martin The Colony – Deerpaw - Happy Hour Van Trease PACE – 4th on the 3rd – ($15) Yeti – Writers’ Night
Wed // Jul 4 Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Slidebar Los Cabos - BA – Usual Suspects Los Cabos - Jenks – Weston Horn, Squadlive, Laron Simpson Mercury Lounge – Jared Tyler & Seth Lee Jones River West Festival Park – Red Dirt Rangers, The Nightly Dues, Seven Feathers Riverwalk Stage – Brent Giddens Band Soundpony – Lyrical Smoke The Cellar Dweller – Grazz Trio The Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project Veterans Park – Corey Kent White, And Then There Were Two MUSIC // 41
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PART ONE OF SEASON FOUR OF “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” on Netflix is fast-moving, joke dense, and strong in its feminist politics. Many of the women characters on the show, created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock (who also made “30 Rock”) find their agency this season. Jane Krakowski’s character, Jacqueline White, starts her own actual talent agency where she represents the show’s flamboyant and failing actor, Titus Andromedon and “Titus with a fake mustache on.” The agency is called White Talent, by the way. Jokes are written into the show in every way possible—like the robot named C.H.E.R.Y.L. or “Cybernetic Human Empathy Response Yuko slash Lamp,” who might have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol. Then there are jokes you can’t hear but only read in the subtitles—like the low-budget, off-brand high school musical Titus is directing, “Beaudy an’ the Beest.” There are subtle jokes that you have to pause and look for, like one scene where Titus eats “Dog Chow” out of a box that looks like it should have cereal in it. I’ve heard a lot of folks talk about “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” as a “guilty pleasure” show, and I don’t get it. It might be silly, but it’s also smart with fantastic writing. The premise of the show, that the titular character (played by Ellie Kemper) is finding her way in the world while living in New York City after being trapped in an
underground bunker in Indiana for 15 years, might not seem inherently political, but it is. Kimmy went into the bunker in 2000 when Bill Clinton was still the president. She missed 15 years of wars, identity politics, and dramatic political moments in our country and the world, so she has to catch up on all of that. “Unbreakable” is a primer on contemporary race, sex, and class politics masquerading as a comedy. Just as much as it’s for laughs, it’s also a teaching tool for people who are politically ambivalent—or for those who just don’t get what white privilege means. Part one of this season accomplishes that task better than the previous seasons. It addresses the #metoo movement but flips the story and makes well-meaning Kimmy the perpetrator when she’s asked to fire an employee of the tech startup she works for. She wants to fire him in a “fun Kimmy way” and so tells the employee that she likes being friends with him but maybe they should have a “nighttime friendship” and she instructs him to “suck on this” but before she can hand him the smoothie she got for him to soften the blow, he’s already run out of her office. And it’s well-meaning Kimmy who struggles to learn about how, no matter how terrible her past was, she always has the privilege of her whiteness. The worst part about the show is that part two of season four comes out in early 2019. —JENNY EAGLETON June 20 – July 4, 2018 // THE TULSA VOICE
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WOODY GUTHRIE CENTER WILL HOST ‘TARANTULA ON FILM,’ A THREE-PART SUMMER SERIES THE BOB DYLAN ARCHIVE WILL PRESENT the first installment of a three-part film program June 24 at the Woody Guthrie Center. These films will coincide with an ongoing exhibit at the Center on “Tarantula” (1971), Dylan’s only published book of poetry. The first program, in conjunction with “Tarantula,” makes apparent the major influence the beat generation had on Dylan’s transition from New York City folksinger to electric international superstar. “Pull My Daisy” (1959) is the directorial debut of American photographer Robert Frank, with co-direction by Alfred Leslie. Adapted from the third act of Jack Kerouac’s unpublished play “Beat Generation,” Kerouac comically narrates a bishop’s visit to an apartment where beatniks overwhelm him with questions of the holy. Acted out by poets Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and Peter Orlovsky, among other prominent beats and artists, the film captures the tone of their generation. Frank’s tight photographic framing sets up and contrasts the improvisational waxing and revelry of the partygoers—scenes that subsequently resonate with Dylan haranguing reporters and asking enigmatic questions in D.A. Pennebaker’s “Dont Look Back” (1967). (For the first time, audiences will be able to view a short outtake from “Dont Look Back,” taken directly from the hours of video footage in the Dylan Archives.) Two short films written and directed by William S. Burroughs and Anthony Balch will be shown: “Towers Open Fire” (1963) and “The Cut Ups” (1965). In “Towers Open Fire,” Burroughs narrates and acts out a strange story of witchcraft and media control. His harrowing voice recalls sci-fi radio dramas and spell cast44 // FILM & TV
ing, spoken over scenes that mirror his literary cut-up technique—a technique which Dylan demonstrates in the outtake mentioned above. Michael Chaiken, curator of the Bob Dylan Archives—who selected the programming of the films series—described Dylan’s “Tarantula” as “a MAD Magazine version of Burroughs.” More experimental, “The Cut Ups” uses repetitive footage and audio cut-ups to achieve a frantic meditation on ordinary life and conversation. “Yes, hello,” and other common phrases are repeated by Burroughs over street and interior scenes shot in a mock cinéma vérité style by Balch. At just over 30 minutes long, Peter Whitehead’s documentary “Wholly Communion” (1965) is the longest piece. Whitehead captures the gathering of 7,000 at the Royal Albert Hall in London to watch the first meeting and reading of U.S. and English beat poets. The explosive nature of the poets’ words is presented as equally as the audience’s passionate reactions. This documentary might be the closest to the heart of Dylan’s “Tarantula”—which should be considered both a response to beat poetry as well as a part of it. These films are concerned with shaping one’s own artistic reality, and that of an entire generation. Even if their control had been taken away, or surrendered, they would reclaim it with words and images. That same generational reckoning is ever-present in “Tarantula.” Catch these five short films at 2 p.m. on June 24 at the Woody Guthrie Center. The second and third installments are on July 29 and August 26. Visit woodyguthriecenter.org for more information. —MASON WHITEHORN POWELL
Incredible imagination THE FAMILY OF SUPERS IS BACK SAVING THE WORLD IS HARD, BUT FOR Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl keeping your family intact proves to be even harder. “Incredibles 2” kicks off where “The Incredibles” left off. After defeating Syndrome, the petulant and toxic fanboy-turned-genius-villain, Mr. Incredible, his wife Elastigirl, and family attempt to return to a semblance of normalcy, though more villains seem to spring up at a moment’s notice. When the Underminer (and, kudos to Director Brad Bird for littering the film with pun-tastic superhero and villain names) escapes Mr. Incredible’s grip, the heroes, technically still banned, find themselves in a bit of a PR nightmare. This provides the perfect opportunity for the Deavor siblings, voiced by Bob Odenkirk and Catherine Keener, to save the day by proposing a massive publicity stunt to gain back the trust of the world’s population. To everyone’s surprise, they want Elastigirl to be the face of the whole stunt. She reluctantly agrees—leaving the family in Mr. Incredible’s care—and soon finds herself neck-deep in the criminal plot masterminded by The Screenslaver. (Seriously these names are brilliant.) Meanwhile the benched Mr. Incredible is adjusting to dad life sans mom, discovering that the real test of his strength as a hero isn’t saving thousands of lives but rather staring down the barrel of fluctuating teen emotions, an impossi-
ble-to-pin-down toddler and the ultimate villain: common core math. Though “Incredibles 2” starts out fairly conventional, it soon becomes an engaging film about learning to lean on and trust each other’s strengths. If the original “Incredibles” was about a family of supers learning to work together as a team, “2” is about them learning to trust each other’s autonomy. In a film with much to be appreciated, it’s hard to single out any one element to praise. But Holly Hunter jumps to the fore, as the Incredibles matriarch Elastigirl, steps out of Mr. Incredible’s shadow and shines. Violet (voiced by Oklahoma native Sarah Vowell) and Dash (Huck Milner) provide some well-timed comedic perspective on the shenanigans of the film, acting as both id and ego, respectively. Equally deserving of recognition is Bird and his team who—after helming live-action blockbusters like “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” and the creative misstep of “Tomorrowland”—managed to pick up a beloved story 14 years after its release and offer an equally affecting and engaging follow-up. With “Incredibles 2” Bird returns to familiar ground with one of his most successful properties and outdoes himself, proving the only limitations holding back Bird are what he can imagine and what can be made manifest by the best animators in Hollywood. —CHARLES ELMORE June 20 – July 4, 2018 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Women are the focus in a new version of Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’ PUTTING A BITTERSWEET ENGLISH CHARM on a Russian classic, this new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s groundbreaking play “The Seagull” has a contemporary relevance in today’s increasingly gender-inequality-focused society. Unfolding in the rural outskirts of early 20th century Moscow, this “Seagull” looks, feels, and sounds American, with names and geographic references being the only giveaways to its Russian setting, yet it remains a faithful take on this seminal text of tragicomic cruelty. A motley assortment of passionate artists has gathered at the country estate of an ailing former civil servant (Brian Dennehy). His sister Irina (Annette Bening), a lauded but aging actress, is visiting with her current lover Boris (Corey Stall), a successful but younger novelist. Irina’s son Konstantin (Billy Howle) is a tortured would-be playwright, neighboring young actress Nina (Saoirse Ronan) is his muse, and Masha (Elisabeth Moss), the plain daughter of the estate’s supervisor, rounds out the party with schoolteacher Mikhail (Michael Zegen). It’s a maelstrom of overlapping love triangles and unrequited affections in a story of individuals desperate to have the things (and people) that they can’t. The Seagull‘s bold reliance on subtext is a revolutionary work of modernism. Chekov dialed back overt declarations of what characters were thinking and, instead, wrote dialogue that concealed or talked around true desires, revealing them through action, and often leading to betrayal or despair. Here, that dynamic begins with the THE TULSA VOICE // June 20 – July 4, 2018
passive-aggressive Irina. A narcissist, she truly sees the world as her stage and everyone else as supplementary, including her son. Her veiled condescension of Konstantin’s scripts is verbalized with sophisticated candor but delivered with genteel contempt, infecting the whole atmosphere like an organized virus. As each person is denied his or her desires, decorum gradually deteriorates. For as much as Irina is a trigger for conflict, Chekhov is sympathetic to her and to each of the women whose station in life is limited to their looks and marriage prospects. To the extent that Irina and Nina manipulate, it’s an unconscious, learned defense against the male whims of patriarchal privilege. Masha is more pure, but that makes her a heartbreaking victim. Director Michael Mayer (Tony winner for the musical “Spring Awakening”) shares Chekhov’s empathy as he spotlights the remarkable, complex performances from Bening, Ronan, and Moss repress, lash out, or break down, according to their individual circumstances. The line between each of those states is fragile; when one snaps, emotions become raw. Mayer doesn’t open up the location much beyond the estate, making this movie feel similar to its staged source, but the craft within those confines is elegant. “The Seagull’s” 1896 debut was unlike anything that theatre-goers had ever seen before. Mayer and his cast recapture the material’s absurd, volatile torments with the kind of provocative immediacy that Chekhov likely first intended. —JEFF HUSTON
A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE CIRCLE CINEMA OPENING JUNE 22 WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? A rare, intimate look at Fred Rogers, the legendary host of PBS’s Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. This documentary from Academy Award-winner Morgan Neville (“20 Feet From Stardom”) uses interviews, archives, and more to paint the portrait of a man whose values remain an inspiration in our divisive times. Rated PG-13. AMERICAN ANIMALS A fascinating true crime story about four young men who attempt one of the most daring art heists in U.S. history. They scheme to mount the perfect robbery, but then their plans take on a life of their own. Rated R. THE CATCHER WAS A SPY The true story of a former baseball player who became a U.S. spy during World War II. With a screenplay by Robert Rodat (“Saving Private Ryan”), the film stars Paul Rudd, Jeff Daniels, Sienna Miller, Paul Giamatti, Mark Strong, and Guy Pearce. Rated R.
OPENING JUNE 29 HEARTS BEAT LOUD A Brooklyn record store owner and his teenage daughter bond over their love for music just as she’s preparing to transition toward college, leading to an unlikely success as a musical duo. From director Brett Haley (“The Hero”), it stars Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Ted Danson, and Toni Collette. Rated PG-13.
SPECIAL EVENTS WOMAN WALKS AHEAD: TRIBAL FILM FESTIVAL SHOWCASE The Oklahoma premiere of the new film starring Jessica Chastain and Oscar-winner Sam Rockwell. Set in the 1880s, it’s the true story of the close relationship between Chief Sitting Bull (Michael Greyeyes) and portrait artist Catherine Weldon (Chastain). Greyeyes will be in attendance for a Q&A following the screening, along with a 9 p.m. meet-and-greet. Rated R. Tickets are $15. (7 p.m. June 23) CIRCLE CINEMA 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WEEK From July 7–15, Circle Cinema will have a nine-day event to celebrate its 90th birthday. Starting with a kickoff screening of “Almost Famous” hosted by The Tulsa Voice, the festival will have daily showings of classics, silents, and documentaries, with special guests, panels, filmmaker discussions, receptions, and more. Begin planning your week now; visit the events section at circlecinema.com to see the full itinerary. DEEP RED (1975): 4K RESTORATION Graveyard Shift presents a 4K digital restoration of the Italian horror classic. From director Dario Argento (“Suspiria”), it’s a thriller about a musician compelled to solve the case of a psychic medium’s brutal murder. Rated R. (10 p.m. July 13–14) YELLOW SUBMARINE: 50TH ANNIVERSARY The trippy Beatles animated movie from 1968, inspired by their 10th studio album, is digitally restored in this anniversary presentation. Rated G. (7 p.m. July 19)
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free will astrology by ROB BREZSNY
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): Playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. Four of his works were essential in earning that award: the play Waiting for Godot, and the novels Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable. Beckett wrote all of them in a two-year span during the late 1940s. During that time, he was virtually indigent. He and his companion Suzanne survived on the paltry wage she made as a dressmaker. We might draw the conclusion from his life story that it is at least possible for a person to accomplish great things despite having little money. I propose that we make Beckett your role model for the coming weeks, Gemini. May he inspire you to believe in your power to become the person you want to be no matter what your financial situation may be. CANCER (June 21-July 22): I suggest you ignore the temptation to shop around for new heroes and champions. It would only distract you from your main assignment in the coming weeks, which is to be more of a hero and champion yourself. Here are some tips to guide you as you slip beyond your overly modest self-image and explore the liberations that may be possible when you give yourself more credit. Tip #1: Finish outgrowing the old heroes and champions who’ve served you well. Tip #2: Forgive and forget the disappointing heroes and hypocritical champions who betrayed their own ideals. Tip #3: Exorcise your unwarranted admiration for mere celebrities who might have snookered you into thinking they’re heroes or champions. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “A waterfall would be more impressive if it flowed the other way,” said Irish writer Oscar Wilde. Normally, I would dismiss an idea like this, even though it’s funny and I like funny ideas. Normally, I would regard such a negative assessment of the waterfall’s true nature, even in jest, to be unproductive and enfeebling. But none of my usual perspectives are in effect as I evaluate the possibility that Wilde’s declaration might be a provocative metaphor for your use in the coming weeks. For a limited time only, it might be wise to meditate on a waterfall that flows the other way. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Stage magicians may seem to make a wine glass hover in midair, or transform salt into diamonds, or make doves materialize and fly out of their hands. It’s all fake, of course — tricks performed by skilled illusionists. But here’s a twist on the old story: I suspect that for a few weeks, you will have the power to generate effects that may, to the uninitiated, have a resemblance to magic tricks — except that your magic will be real, not fake. And you will have worked very hard to accomplish what looks easy and natural. And the marvels you generate will, unlike the illusionists’, be authentic and useful. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The coming weeks will be a favorable time to accentuate and brandish the qualities that best exemplify your Libran nature. In other words, be extreme in your moderation. Be pushy in your attempts to harmonize. Be bold and brazen as you make supple use of your famous balancing act. I’ll offer you a further piece of advice, as well. My first astrology teacher believed that when Librans operate at peak strength, their symbol of power is the iron fist in the velvet glove: power expressed gracefully, firmness rendered gently. I urge you to explore the nuances of that metaphor. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If I were your mom, I’d nudge you out the door and say, “Go play outside for a while!” If I were your commanding officer, I’d award you a shiny medal for your valorous undercover work and then order you to take a frisky sabbatical. If I were your psychotherapist, I would urge you to act as if your past has no further power to weigh you down or hold you back, and then I would send you out on a vision quest to discover your best possible future. In other words, my dear Scorpio, I hope you will flee your usual haunts. Get out of the loop and into the open spaces that will refresh your eyes and heart. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sex education classes at some high schools employ a dramatic exercise to illustrate the possible consequences of engaging in heterosexual lovemaking without using birth control. Everywhere they go for two weeks, students must carry around a 10-pound bag of flour. It’s a way for
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them to get a visceral approximation of caring for an infant. I recommend that you find or create an equivalent test or trial for yourself in the coming days. As you consider entering into a deeper collaboration or making a stronger commitment, you’ll be wise to undertake a dress rehearsal. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Members of the Dull Men’s Club celebrate the ordinary. “Glitz and glam aren’t worth the bother,” they declare. “Slow motion gets you there faster,” they pontificate. Showing no irony, they brag that they are “born to be mild.” I wouldn’t normally recommend becoming part of a movement like theirs, but the next two weeks will be one of those rare times when aligning yourself with their principles might be healthy and smart. If you’re willing to explore the virtues of simple, plain living, make the Swedish term lagom your word of power. According to the Dull Men’s Club, it means “enough, sufficient, adequate, balanced, suitable, appropriate.” AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the Georgian language, shemomechama is a word that literally means “I ate the whole thing.” It refers to what happens when you’re already full, but find the food in front of you so delicious that you can’t stop eating. I’m concerned you might soon be tempted to embark on metaphorical versions of shemomechama. That’s why I’m giving you a warning to monitor any tendencies you might have to get too much of a good thing. Pleasurable and productive activities will serve you better if you stop yourself before you go too far. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Please do not send me a lock of your hair or a special piece of your jewelry or a hundred dollar bill. I will gladly cast a love spell in your behalf without draining you of your hard-earned cash. The only condition I place on my free gift is that you agree to have me cast the love spell on you and you alone. After all, your love for yourself is what needs most work. And your love for yourself is the primary magic that fuels your success in connecting with other people. (Besides, it’s bad karma to use a love spell to interfere with another person’s will.) So if you accept my conditions, Pisces, demonstrate that you’re ready to receive my telepathic love spell by sending me your telepathic authorization.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you have cosmic permission to enjoy extra helpings of waffles, crepes, pancakes, and blintzes. Eating additional pastries and doughnuts is also encouraged. Why? Because it’s high time for you to acquire more ballast. You need more gravitas and greater stability. You can’t afford to be top-heavy; you must be hard to knock over. If you would prefer not to accomplish this noble goal by adding girth to your butt and gut, find an alternate way. Maybe you could put weights on your shoes and think very deep thoughts. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re slipping into the wild heart of the season of discovery. Your curiosity is mounting. Your listening skills are growing more robust. Your willingness to be taught and influenced and transformed is at a peak. And what smarter way to take advantage of this fertile moment than to decide what you most want to learn about during the next three years? For inspiration, identify a subject you’d love to study, a skill you’d eagerly stretch yourself to master, and an invigorating truth that would boost your brilliance if you thoroughly embodied it.
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June 20 – July 4, 2018 // THE TULSA VOICE
THE FUZZ THE TULSA VOICE SPOTLIGHTS: TULSA SPCA
2910 Mohawk Blvd. | MON, TUES, THURS, FRI & SAT, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 918.428.7722
MASON is the epitome of a gentle giant. He was rescued from a cruelty situation and has quickly become a staff favorite due to his affectionate, kind nature. Mason is only nine-and-a-half months old and would love to find a comfortable and loving forever home.
ACROSS 1 Long way from around the corner 5 “You know the rest” abbr. 8 Thurman of Hollywood 11 Old Turkish VIP 14 Kosher? No. 18 MMA “ring” 19 Lao-tzu’s thing 20 Conjunctivitis, simpler 22 Inheritor’s document 23 It gives starters a rest 26 Norway’s most populous city 27 Not authentic 28 1974 Spanish hit song 29 Tenants 31 Song of David 32 Judo teacher 33 Low-stakes gamblers 34 Doc’s org. 36 Pianist in “Casablanca” 37 Hate-disgust combo 38 Snaky shape 41 Faris of TV 44 Slender shore gull 46 Like cat burglars 50 Ambidextrous 52 Prefix with centric or maniac 54 Sign of peace 55 Adverb in contracts 56 Ad-___ committee 58 Not permanent 62 Acid-alcohol combo 63 Unpaid debt 65 Makes changes to 66 About 322 kilometers 70 Make from scratch 72 Artist cutting into glass
BENNETT is a hilarious little puppy with a big smile. Four-month-old Bennett loves playing with other dogs and would be a great pet for an active family. If you’re looking for a puppy with a bright and lively personality, Bennett is the pup for you!
73 Provide with housing 77 Enchanting short stories 80 “___ Good at Goodbyes” (Sam Smith song) 81 Was in an insurrection 82 Afore kin 83 Lady deer 84 Many a sports car 86 Boxing “weight” 90 Veggie of the South 93 It’s surrounded by water 94 Grass for a new home 95 Moans loudly 97 One of 10 million in one joule 99 Be a pain to 101 Married woman no more 104 Noted opera tenor 107 Hipbone-related 112 Place for a polar bear 113 Rock in limestone 114 Regret or pain unit 115 Russo of movies 116 “Keep ’em coming” speaker 119 Huge ox 120 Small pastry 121 Baby’s word 122 Little impression? 123 Separated couple 124 Vote of support 125 Utter 126 What to do on a high note 127 Fine or lost things DOWN 1 Misbehave 2 Offspring of 83-Across 3 Assembly area of old Greece 4 Emulate magnetic poles 5 Abbr. that replaces things 6 Informal skin art
7 Call in the Aussie outback 8 Spirit of positivity 9 Usher incorrectly 10 Now, later or whenever 11 Thing placed in Vegas 12 It reacts in a wink 13 The people of Sanaa 14 You and I together 15 Vertical part of a step 16 Talk-show name 17 Dentist’s suggestion 21 Wildcats’ campus letters 24 Priest of Tibet 25 Elaborate, as decor (Abbr.) 30 Avoid at all costs 32 It’s mixed in concrete 33 The “Friendly Islands” 35 “Death In Venice” writer Thomas 38 Feta cheese sources 39 Alphabetize, e.g. 40 Fondant-pressing machine 42 Stylish ’60s jacket 43 Stick sequins on 45 Sermon deliverer, briefly 47 Affirm confidently 48 The two Griffeys 49 “Are we having fun ___?” 50 Very common article 51 Ventilation duct 53 Joyfully walk there 57 Relinquishes 58 Build, as a skyscraper 59 Building annex 60 Vast treeless plain 61 Pauses or interruptions (var.) 63 Good thing to be, moneywise
Do you enjoy taking hikes or going on morning runs? HAYES is a very intelligent three-month-old puppy who is looking for an exercise partner. Hayes gets along with other dogs and cats and would be an excellent pet to take camping and on other adventures.
64 Luxury hotel hangings 67 Six-time N.L. home run leader Mel 68 Gandhi’s garb 69 Litter sounds 70 Be concerned 71 Phnom Penh money unit 74 Wizard-revealing dog 75 How many buy textbooks 76 Pay-view filler 77 Not many 78 U-turn from tight 79 Mouse-sighting shriek 81 Friendly type? 85 Musical mixture 87 Pairs for the cost of one 88 Person of nobility 89 Cheese from whey 91 Shows alarm 92 Shrinking waterway 96 Elbow room 98 Like good crime dramas 100 Fruit from New Zealand 101 Hymn that’s awfully grim 102 Tool for a mountain climber 103 Place of action 105 Beehive State tribe 106 Marsh grass 108 Evans or Ronstadt 109 Contract signer 110 James Bond is one 111 Big name in breath mints 113 Frequently, old-style 114 Stomped underfoot 117 Rock with value 118 Mafia kingpin
Find the answers to this issue’s crossword puzzle at thetulsavoice.com/puzzle-solutions. THE TULSA VOICE // June 20 – July 4, 2018
The Tulsa SPCA has been helping animals in our area since 1913. The shelter never euthanizes for space and happily rescues animals from high-kill shelters. They also accept owner surrenders, rescues from cruelty investigations, hoarding, and puppy mill situations. Animals live on-site or with foster parents until they’re adopted. All SPCA animals are micro-chipped, vaccinated, spayed/neutered, and treated with preventatives. Learn about volunteering, fostering, upcoming events, adoptions, and their low-cost vaccination clinic at tulsaspca.org.
HANSEL is a wonderfully laid back cat who loves getting back scratches and will snuggle in your lap. He is about a year and a half old and would enjoy living in a relaxed, quiet environment with a lot of cozy places to nap.
Little TRUMAN is an adorable, three-month-old kitten with a lot of joy and energy. He gets along well with other cats and adores playing with kids. Truman’s favorite activities include climbing as high as he can, snuggling with his kitten friends, and watching what is happening outside the big window in the Tulsa SPCA cat room.
UNIVERSAL SUNDAY CROSSWORD PAIR UP By Timothy E. Parker
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