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“ The lines between street art and graffiti are not always black and white, and whether or not the artists have permission isn’t always the sticking point.”
Free-range jazz Tulsa’s Jazz Hal l takes it outside
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Some of Tulsa’s best art is writing on the wall.
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n spite of recent years’ attacks on public funding for art— the ones from the 54th state legislature and Mayor Bartlett’s 2015 budget proposal were particularly difficult to swallow—a walk through downtown Tulsa on a first Friday evening would suggest that Tulsa lauds its artists, from the fine to the folk to the otherwise defined. Just last month the latest exhibitions in our satellite museums and white-walled galleries sat alongside the premiere of 250 new works taped to a brick wall in a Brady Arts District alley, the latest work of a homeless artist (see Britt Greenwood’s interview with him on page 30). But when a larger-than-life Woody Guthrie, the Oklahoma-born folk hero who hated a song that “poke[d] fun
of you on account of your bad luck or your hard traveling,” stares down from where he was immortalized in a mural on signs along the sidewalk that read, “please do not pay the panhandlers,” it’s easy to wonder to whom these streets really belong. Here enters the street artist, working within jargon like “graffiti” and “public art” while simultaneously dodging it, all while striving to make visual art that’s bold, courageous, beautiful, and, perhaps most important, seen. These artists are just as eager to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted as they are to have our blessing, as street artists do in so many other cities around the world, to build their creations in ever more of our shared,
public spaces. On page 26 we ask a few of our city’s street artists about what they do and why, and what it would mean if Tulsa were to become a graffiti-friendly city. Matt Phipps gives a world tour of street art-friendly cities on TheTulsaVoice.com, a quick case study of what can happen when making one’s mark is less often criminalized and instead is taught, practiced, and given a safe haven to flourish and help tell the story of a place. Ray Pearcey writes about a morning commute brightened by some of Tulsa’s new public art— in this case, free-range jazz music near the Center of the Universe. Downtown resident Andy Wheeler has a tongue-firmly-in-cheek how-to guide for new downtown-
ers on page 12; Nicci Atchley has an honest-to-goodness downtown shopping guide on page 36. Street art is a hot topic, but the mercury during a Tulsa July won’t be outdone. To help you cope, Allison Keim has the fixin’s for your best-ever summer cookout on page 18; Ashley Heider Daly throws a breezy patio party on page 32; and the Blue Whale has a cool invitation for you on page 38. a
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Free-range jazz Tulsa’s Jazz Hall takes it outside for an ever-evolving jam session by RAY PEARCEY
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ith due apologies to novelist Thomas Pynchon, sometimes a musical riff comes yammering across the cityscape. Last summer, I was on my way to City Hall/One Tech Center downtown. I was off to a late-morning briefing on Tulsa’s then-new community supercomputer. On the way I heard what sounded like improv jazz wafting across the street. I wandered over to the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame where a tiny cadre of performers strummed away. While it was hardly the first time I’d stumbled upon stray tunes downtown, it was an unexpected sonic wave, a grand one. I later learned that these midday sounds were spawned by outdoor jam sessions that happened around the old Tulsa Union Depot. Obsessions I’ve been obsessing lately over a set of musician biographies. One is on a fellow informally known as Moondog, a street musician/ provocateur on steroids about whom I wrote in this column some time back. Moondog’s given name was Louis Thomas Harding. He was a wild musical innovator, instrument-maker, and composer who influenced minimalist contemporary composers such as Philip Glass and Steven Reich. The other is Oklahoman Charlie Christian, a ’30s-era jazz artist and an Oklahoma Jazz Hall inductee. Christian was a fabulous guitarist and early champion of swing. He was also an insistent (and at times stubborn) innovator who introduced the jazz world to the electric guitar. He was an early adopter of the bebop and cooljazz movements, as well. He died in 1942 at the age 25. Christian and Moondog, if they were subatomic particles, would be
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Jordan Hehl, Tim Shadley, and Nick Foster perform for lunch-goers // Photo by Natalie Slater
called “stranglets.” We can argue that this duo typifies the wild forces that often drive art and musical advances everywhere. Tunes from the “Center of The Universe” I recently talked to Tim Shadley, a Tulsa-based jazz pro and the sortof chair of the Jazzwich Trio, the source of the tunes I’d heard on my walk to City Hall. The group, weather permitting, performs every Thursday and Friday starting at 11:30 a.m.— two days, he said, that “complemented the Wednesday music offering at the Guthrie Green.” “If people want access to food trucks on Thursday and Friday and some free music, we are here,” Shadley said. He (on piano) and his trio peers, Jordan Hehl (on bass), Nicholas Foster (on drums), and the whole Jazz Hall crew plus a student confab are working to build a mobile food and music ecology around the area that many now call “The Center of The Universe” on the Boston Avenue bridge. It’s a rotating ensemble of players and singers who gather for the show, he said. The music on tap is not playbook stuff. “We cover all kinds of music. We go beyond the regular jazz idiom. I play in a Latin band in town, and we play tunes from Latin
America, from Brazil, from Cuba. We can roll out different representations of Salsa music. We try to offer variations,” Shadley said. Shadley once suggested that I watch “Pal Joey,” a 1959 film with Frank Sinatra and others, about the lives of some jazz performers during a hopping time in the genre’s history. It might give me a decent feel for what it’s like to be a musician, to be a “side man” on a gig, he said—you go and get your horn and you back up somebody else, but it’s also about the rapport the musicians have with each other and the dynamics that they have across the board. “Who the leaders of the sections are, the different skill levels [in play] – all these different things mashing together,” he said. “Pal” was not necessarily a good representation of the jazz that was happening at the time, in the late ’50s and ’60s, Shadley told me. “The music that you saw in the movie was very mainstream and accessible to a wider audience. The better the jazz musician, the deeper in the hole they wanted to dig into to explore the art. Something just doesn’t always translate well to a movie,” he said. He suggested Clint Eastwood’s “Bird” about Charlie Parker, and the deeply atmospheric “Around
Jamming What we have with the Jazzwich Trio and its mother ship, the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, is a rich conflation of improvisation space, performance warren, and players co-op, a nearly-continuous jam session. It allows Green Country jazz musicians and other performers, according to Jazz Hall CEO Jason McIntosh, “to grow and deliver.” With an array of singers who perform at weekly concerts at the Hall and sometimes sit in with the Jazzwich performers, as well as at Depot Jams on Tuesday evenings, the Depot is humming. Talents like Shelby Eicher and Joy Harjo and repeat visitors like renowned film composer David Amram and superstar drummer Washington Rucker round out the offerings. “In so much of life and in music—as you get older, get out of school, or whatever—your circle, your ability to connect with [a range] of folks can drastically shrink if you allow it,” McIntosh said. “We want to make sure musicians get a chance to practice their craft, to ‘hone-tune it’ (what one of my friends calls it, a portmanteau that suggests both honing skills and fine tuning them), seeing what other people are doing, making new friends, and learning from acquaintances. Our Jam and Jazzwich sessions have all these things.” a Ray Pearcey, a technology, public policy and management consulting professional, is managing editor of The Oklahoma Eagle and is a regular contributor to The Tulsa Voice. July 2 – July 15, 2014 // THE TULSA VOICE
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n alliance or coalition between Government and religion cannot be too carefully guarded against. —James Madison During the last week of the GOP primary campaign for Senate I thought, “For the love of God, will James Lankford and T.W. Shannon ever stop talking about their love of God?” Thank God one now will. Lankford won the election on June 24, avoiding a runoff—and, more important to my mind, dueling Jesuses. Watching them was like watching two teenage girls annoy everyone with how cool their prom dates were. Let’s start with Shannon. After Oklahomans for a Conservative Future, a PAC group backing him, bought ads featuring Lankford with President Obama, he wasn’t happy1. Shannon’s campaign released a statement in which he said he would never allow such a mean thing, because, well, Jesus. “There are real differences between Congressman Lankford and myself and I welcome that discussion, but I believe that discussion should remain focused on our record, and free of images showing my opponent with President Obama. I have said this before, but it bears repeating in this instance: as brothers in Christ, Congressman Lankford and I are competitors, not enemies.” First off, there were no real policy differences between them. MaryKate and Ashley Olsen are easier to tell apart. Secondly, Shannon repeated the very accusation he said had no business in the campaign and then jumped in Jesus’ arms before anyone noticed the dodge. That took chutzpah. Days later, according to Tulsa World, Shannon told2 a group af10 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
Said T.W. Shannon (right), ”as brothers in Christ, Cong ressman Lankford and I are compet itors, not enemies“
filiated with the International Fellowship of Christian Businessmen that “God is raising up ... a new generation of leaders to return to biblical principles.” Didn’t that just make your pluralistic heart swell with pride, knowing there are biblical candidates being cobbled together by some supernatural force? “One of the biggest challenges in our country,” Shannon said, “if you boil it all down, is that we have more takers than makers. We have a whole generation of people that have been taught that dependency on government is a way of life.” A “whole generation”? Please. If he were painting with any broader of a brush, he’d need a roller. These “takers,” incidentally, include children, the elderly, the disabled, and wounded veterans. Damn leaches. And where in the Bible is this message, anyway—the “Book of Rand,” or Jesus’ Sermon on the Galt? Meanwhile, James Lankford, who has a Pray3 link on his Senate campaign website, when asked during the GOP debate of June 6, which biblical figure he most resembled, replied, “I would say Paul, for me.” “I have great, great love for the writings of Paul. For me, this is
a journey issue. Paul set out on a journey and did not expect where he was going,” Lankford said. Surely Lankford wasn’t comparing Paul’s charge to declare Jesus as Lord with his own desire to be senator? Stop calling him Shirley. “In 2008 and 2009, my wife and I both clearly heard God call us and say this is what I want you to do,” Lankford explained. Oh, nothing wrong with this story4. Mankind has been unsuccessfully yearning since the beginning of time for the Almighty to unravel the secrets of the universe, and James Lankford now says God stopped by the house in Edmond twice to give him and the Mrs. career advice. And if your gob wasn’t already smacked, Lankford added, “We spent seven months struggling and praying through that. Finally, it came to the point in time where we had to say, I’m going to be an old man one day telling my grandchildren about the time I didn’t follow God if I don’t do this.” Let’s not mistake what went on as a testament to the candidates’ search for comity and humility before God. Shannon and Lankford wrapped themselves in religiosity to inoculate themselves and their motives and actions from criticism.
After all, who would dare mock them while they’re in fellowship? If you put Jesus on your campaign float and then parade it down Main Street, you should be pelted with Nerf balls. Shannon and Lankford seemed to believe that by calling dibs on God’s love and using “Kumbaya” narratives, their candidacies would be seen as anointed. It cheapened the very faith they say they revere. While trumpeting their Christianity, they both were against expanding healthcare, opposed gun control, supported the death penalty, favored cutting funding to SNAP (food stamps), and fought immigration reform. Jesus shrugged. So why bring this up? For one thing, Lankford said during his victory speech that he “prays”—yes, prays—Harry Reid will no longer be majority leader. For another, in a few months, Lankford will be our new U.S. Senator, which means he will put his hand on a Bible and swear to support and defend the U.S. Constitution—not the other way around. a
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phone. “C’mon, phone! You can do it!” 10 // Don’t bother behaving or acting with any sense of decorum when enjoying the city’s center. Act as ridiculous as you want because Tulsa is a huge town. You will never see these people again, and no one here gossips.
1 // Downtown has many “one way streets.” But those only apply to weekdays … and chickens. You ain’t chicken, are ya? Andy Whe eler makes his way through dow ntow n Tulsa // Photo by Mat t Cauthron
2 // Guthrie Green is a downtown park with a stage. It has a steady stream of music and outdoor activities. It is a place where everyone is welcome. Pasty, jaw-clinched dude with fingerless, leather workout gloves on an 85-degree day? Welcome! Woman with a way-too-small tube top and bikini bottoms? Well, hi there! The one who dry-humps your significant other on your lawn blanket in front of a few hundred people? Sure, you future local Internet star, you! 3 // As more people find out how much fun can be had downtown, more people will come to enjoy downtown’s entertainment options. This means there will be more cars and everyone will have to park some distance away from their destination. This increases the odds you might have to try what ancient civilizations called “walking” (pronounced “jual-king”). Walking is when you move your legs in a synchronous fashion until you arrive at your destination. The George Kaiser Family Foundation will hopefully be stationing Segways every five feet to alleviate this pending humanitarian crisis. 4 // Downtown is no longer a one-stop destination! You can 12 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
go for one thing and find several other things to do. For instance, did you know that on the Boston Bridge you can stand in a concrete circle shouting maniacally into a bizarro universe where an identical person is yelling back at you? 5 // Tulsa has a rich cultural history, the entirety of which is chronicled in the movies “The Outsiders” and “Rumble Fish.” The first and third Wednesdays of each month downtown Tulsa celebrates these movies by either having a huge fight at Guthrie Green (see: “The Outsiders”) or by painting everything downtown black and white and having Stewart Copeland play drum solos on a bunch of buckets from Home Depot for three hours (see: “Rumble Fish.” Seriously, see it). 6 // Every Saturday morning there is a run, walk, bike ride, Christmas parade, or some other event requiring all but one of the streets into downtown to close for anywhere from one to eight hours. This helps all area residents learn about the region’s rich history of wayfinding, navigation, and “borrowing” the property of others to get where we want to go. 7 // On Sunday, downtown is frequently lawless. At noon there
is an unsanctioned muscle car race between all the downtown churches to local eateries, like “Fast and the Furious” but with more Buicks. If you are an unfortunate pedestrian hit by these crazed religious road warriors rocketing to four, maybe even five miles over the posted speed limit, it was just the spirit acting through a LaSabre’s grill. “Praise [insert the name of your religion’s mascot here]!” 8 // In order to bring more residents downtown, the City of Tulsa and the railroad created a “No Train Horn” zone through downtown. There will never, ever, not ever be any train horns heard downtown, ever. You may think you hear 145-decibel train horns while you’re trying to sleep. But you don’t. 9 // When lost or needing assistance, never ask directions from any of downtown’s residents because anyone who would live in the inner city must, according to lore and tradition, be methed out of their minds. Just stop in the middle of any one of our crowded intersections until your iOS updates and your phone restarts and you download the latest iMaps and find your location. Our continuous honking is not at you—it’s encouragement for your
11 // Per some well-intended but painfully misguided signage, all homeless are not to be given anything. Just think of them as one of the characters at Disney World: only there to take pictures with your kids. “Smile, Billy!” 12 // Since ONEOK Field and BOK Center have been completed, downtown has 15, now 16 … wait, 17 new barbecue eateries! Then there’s one bar for every man, woman, and underage high school student working for the ABLE commission; one grocery store; no gas stations; and every running automobile that is parked within 20 feet of a bar is now technically a Slovakian-Nepali fusion food truck subject to pending ordinances. 13 // Update: 20 new barbecue restaurants! Find a map on pg 21. a Editor’s note: TTV counted only three barbecue restaurants in downtown Tulsa. If Andy does not eat barbecue at regular 45-minute intervals, he starts imagining oases of pulled pork and ribs where there are only vacant parking lots. After spending his youth mistaken for a low-altitude weather balloon due to his largish cranium, Andy now writes as a way of coping with the powerful energies which pull at him (a.k.a., the North American Jet Stream). Judah Friedlander reviewed Andy’s applause at his recent show in Tulsa, saying, “You are a strong clapper.” July 2 – July 15, 2014 // THE TULSA VOICE
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bottomline by JENNIE LLOYD
Statistics: An open letter D ear Statistics, I am moved by numbers; I am a civilized animal. Maths is the language of the universe, after all. But sometimes I don’t know where you’re coming from. Mark Twain was bitching about what a bendy little tool you were way back at the turn of the century. And here we are, a hundred years later, with more access than ever to you via the Intertubes. When I see you out and about I ask, who have you shamed today? Oh, you don’t know what I’m talking about? Well, for example, WalletHub. The online “social media company that allows people to search for and compare financial products” also publishes best and worst lists based on state and local rankings—out of the goodness of its heart, obvs—and not at all as a marketing ploy to woo anyone into purchasing its wares. WalletHub said that, according to you, Oklahoma sucks for safety (48th); our state is bad for summer road trips (only Mississippi ranked worse); and Oklaho-
ma is one of the worst states for teen drivers (47th). Somehow, Tulsa came out ‘meh’ for its ranking on the list of best places for families (66th out of 150). Damn if your metrics aren’t rough on our civic self-esteem. Sometimes, Stats, as much as we love you, we need to throw you out and find our own truth somewhere in that lovely, hidden space between the numbers. Here’s what’s worse: our relative hotness compared to other middle-size cities. Stats, you’re hittin’ me right where it hurts – in my face. The Hot or Not app recently invoked your name, Stats, in ranking the nation’s hottest people, based on 10 million users’ votes. The biggest cities were left out of the running because big city equals big hawtness, again, obvs. Tulsa dudes, turns out, are 8th hottest in the country. (Kudos, Tulsa moms.) But you’re telling our fair Tulsa gentlefellows they are only 8th prettiest? I mean, per your
Tulsa dudes, figures, our boys aren’t Lubbock, Texas-dreamy turns out, or Boise, Idaho-yowza. are 8th hottest According to you, Tulsa boys need to get on in the country. Lincoln, Neb.’s level. OK, we’ll take it. Maybe Nebraska grows ‘em special. But Tulsa gals didn’t even break the shave things down to simple top 10 in the Hot or Not listing. computations. Before we take on How could you do this to us, negative superlatives, it’s worth Stats? Tulsa’s soundbronies will taking a look at the fine print to be unbearable once they find out see how you were gathered and about this. Plus, did you even talk interpreted—the inner workings to Science? We’re all coming out of your delicate methodology, as of the same genetic pool. Per it were. common sense, Tulsa’s sisters are One person’s perfect city is bound to be as cute as Tulsa’s another’s hellhole. One person’s brothers. But per you, Stats, Tulsa hotness is another’s friend zone. ladies are buried far down below This fine print is where I discover a top-ten littered with California statistics are silent on best doting suburbs (holla Stockton, Riverside, grandmas and the number of perSanta Ana). I bet you didn’t even fect road trip buddies per capita; know Oklahoma is home to more there’s no data that can quantify Miss America winners per capita glorious sunsets. than any other state. Smooches, love, and hotness, Come on, Stats, admit it. So — Jennie much gets left out when you Christmas in July Tulsa’s warring tinseled troops announced a cease-fire late last month and finally managed to come up with a single, unified Christmas parade. The two factions have argued over the annual parade’s name since 2011, when the decades-old downtown parade was renamed the Holiday Parade of Lights. The same night, at the same time, the Tulsa Christmas Parade rolled through the Tulsa Hills Shopping Center. The group recently hugged it out and agreed on the most unsexy parade name in the history of parade names. Forget the simplicity of the “Tulsa
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Christmas Parade” or the whimsical-sounding “Holiday Parade of Lights.” Parade organizers added a soupcon of garbage, the word “Christmas,” and some clunk to name the glamorous, new: American Waste Control Tulsa Christmas Parade. Bottomline: In July, it’s hard to imagine lining up in the streets, hatted and gloved, shivering and cheering, on Dec. 13 for this new parade of compromise and unity. I secretly hope Santa will roll through the streets of downtown in a trash can – or a recycling bin, since I’d bet he’s fairly progressive – wheeled by garbage elves. Happy American Waste Control Christmas, Tulsa! July 2 – July 15, 2014 // THE TULSA VOICE
The definition of insanity
In the June 24 primary election, the state congressional incumbents beat their challengers without breaking a sweat. Because, insanity. As in, doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. There were a few upsets, though. Here are the highlights: • Paula Sophia, a challenger for the primarily Democratic north Oklahoma City District 88, is angling to make history as Oklahoma’s first transgender House Representative. Sophia, a Desert Storm Army veteran, already made Oklahoma City history as the first transgender police officer. Now, she will face John Dunnington, a businessman who garnered the most votes in the race but not enough to secure the seat, in the Aug. 26 runoff election. There were no Republican candidates in this race, so it’s down to Sophia or Dunnington. • The highest-profile contest of the primary was the fight for the GOP nomination for Sen. Tom Coburn’s unexpired term
in the U.S. Senate. In a total upset, James Lankford beat out charming Tea Party favorite T.W. Shannon for the GOP nom. Polls showed the two in a dead heat going into the primaries, but Lankford pulled out a substantial win (56 percent of the vote versus Shannon’s 36 percent). Conspiracy theories abound as to how Lankford beat Shannon, who spent $1.7 million and garnered big, national endorsements from Sarah Palin and Sen. Ted Cruz. Shannon, the youngest-ever speaker of the Oklahoma State House, is half-black, half-Chickasaw. Was race a factor? Did Lankford win on Coburn’s quiet endorsement? God and the Tea Party only know. • The primaries also delivered another heaping dose of stuff we love to hate: that Kern brand of crazy. Oklahoma Representative Sally Kern’s husband, Steve Kern, earned enough votes to face off against Ervin Yen in the August runoff for State Senate District 40 seat. The Republican winner will go
head-to-head with the Democratic challenger. It’s a pretty red district, and the winner of the Republican runoff will likely land the seat. Because one Kern is never enough. • On the Tulsa front, incumbent Blake Ewing beat his three Republican challengers in a landslide. He wins another term as District 4’s outspoken councilor and all the Internets for his future blog posts. In District 7, incumbent Arianna Moore, who was notably quiet and seemingly unengaged during her short tenure on the council, was trounced at the polls by Anna America (yes, that’s her real name), a local volunteer and former Kathy Taylor re-election campaign manager. Tulsa holds nonpartisan races, so all political stripes are thrown in the kettle, and winners are decided without labels. • Janet Barresi was hoisted on her own petard – and told to take her Common Core with her – as Tulsa’s Joy Hofmeister easily won the GOP nomination for State Superintendent on a platform of
STOP WITH THE TESTING ALREADY. Common Core was an albatross around Barresi’s neck, and it dragged her down to a third place finish behind a pretty much unknown Brian Kelly. Bottomline: Mary Fallin won the GOP nomination, and she’s on a fast track to re-election. Jim Inhofe, too. Same with, well, almost every incumbent. By either not voting or not holding their feet to the fire at election time, we’re giving these politicians a free pass to continue to disappoint us in those hallowed halls of the State Capitol and Congress. It’s the definition of insanity. Nothing’s going to change unless you change it. So, get out there and vote next time, wouldja? a Jennie Lloyd is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in This Land, TulsaPeople, and The Tulsa Voice. She lives in Tulsa.
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Chef James Shrader of Palace Café // Photo by Evan Taylor
Freshening up What’s on the menu at Palace Café depends on the season by KELSEY DUVALL
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ames Shrader got his introduction to Tulsa and its restaurant scene while interning at The 15th Street Grill in 1992. When the Seattle native fell in love with the city, he decided to make his way back to Cherry Street, eventually founding Palace Café in 2002. Since then, the name has become synonymous with fine dining and innovative cuisine, a mix perhaps best defined by the lobster corndog that, during just the right season, graces the menu. The Tulsa Voice: What’s the premier dish on the menu at The Palace Café for summer? James Shrader: We follow the seasons. Fried green tomato salad will be our first release. We do fried green tomatoes and housemade mozzarella over a bed of arugula (from the farmer’s market when possible), and then we do a golden cherry tomato relish on the top with a buttermilk herb drizzle. It’s like a fried tomato capresa. TTV: How do you keep ingredients local? JS: We started [working] with Cherry Street Farmer’s Market in 2003. 16 // FOOD & DRINK
They had a need for prepared food items at the market to get people there in the morning directly at 7 a.m. [when the market opens], so we started doing breakfast burritos. I was there at the market, and all of the sudden, I’m immersed in this local food. We source all of our eggs locally. I’ve been sourcing a lot of my greens from the market—baby field greens, frisee, basil, arugula, romaine—most of my kale comes from the market right now. I love it as an owner because it’s what I want to put out there as a good, nutritious meal for my guests. TTV: Who’s your biggest influence? JS: Tom Douglas Restaurants in Seattle. I went to a high school culinary program, and I was fortunate enough to work under the president of the Washington State Chef ’s Association. Through him, I’ve gotten to know Douglas’ restaurants. At the time he had two—Etta’s and The Dahlia Lounge. I would save up my money and cruise off to The Dahlia to see what kind of food he had on the menu to blow my mind. All of his food is just incredibly good and well-thought-out and executed. I do find him to be a big influence because of his strong
business sense—he has multiple restaurants. Maybe I’ll open more than one restaurant one day. TTV: What would you serve him if he came into Palace? JS: I would probably serve him my pan-seared duck breast with Hoisin sauce. It takes a lot of technique to make that duck breast properly, to get that skin rendered and crispy without overcooking the duck. We do our house-made Hoisin, which I think he’d find interesting. And then the quinoa tabouli for the protein and the salad. I’d probably push the fava bean succotash for his side. TTV: What about tips for the home chef, specifically summer cooking? JS: When you’re cooking meats, you want the metal stem thermometer. The number-one thing the home chef does is overcook the food, so I recommend investing in a good-quality digital thermometer. We use Comark thermometers [available at Smalley Equipment Company and Curtis Restaurant Supply]. If you just put that tip right to the center of what you’re cooking, it’s going to keep you out of trouble as far as
the overcooking. Once you take it off the grill it will do this thing called carry-over cooking—it will carry over 5-10 degrees. If the grill is crazy-hot, your carryover tends to pop higher. So a good sear and then slow cooking it somewhere else keeps it under control. TTV: How do you spend your spare time? JS: This industry is prone to unhealthy lifestyle—high-stress, alcohol. I saw what the old-school chefs were doing, and it’s high-stress, screaming at people. Chefs were always pissed off and sleep deprived and didn’t have a life. They actually taught us about that in culinary school. We talked about some of the great chefs and what their personal sacrifice was. That really hit home with me. As a result, I make sure I have a clean staff. I’m an avid biker so I like to get out there and engage with the biking community and enjoy our 100-plus miles of trails and acclimate to the seasons. I think that’s what they’re trying to do at the culinary school—promote this healthy lifestyle. a Editor’s note: This interview has been condensed and edited. July 2 – July 15, 2014 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Grill thrills Patio-worthy food, whether or not you’re cooking by ALLISON KEIM
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fter the summer solstice, late sunsets, dining al fresco, and cold beer become daily indulgences. Ice chests are pulled from the garage, the grill is uncovered and fired up, and backyard barbecues are happening all over town. When it’s time for a warm-weather refresher and food fit for the patio, check out these local sources for brews and bites.
Meat Markets If you are the master of the grill, your backyard is probably already red-hot. Grab your best apron and head somewhere here, on my list of favorite local meat markets. Show up early; these counters might as well be Grand Central the closer we get to July 4th. Harvard Meats This family-owned and -operated market carries a variety of responsibly raised, vegetarian fed, hormone-free products. There is a nice selection of local fare as well— everything from cheese to produce. In honor of Independence Day, there is a 20-percent discount on rib eyes, filets, and New York strips. Extra bonus: if you are 55 or older, you get a 10-percent discount, and if you are a city employee and can prove it, you do, too. (The discount doesn’t apply to bundles.) 3245 E. 15th St. 18 // FOOD & DRINK
Perry’s Food Store According to Sally Hendrix, one of the market managers at Perry’s, Mountain View Hot Links are popular with customers this time of year. Another crowd pleaser is the ground beef, which is a combination of round, chuck, and steak trimmings. For a large gathering, fresh ground beef for $4.49 per pound is a heck of a deal. But if ribs are part of your summer BBQ tradition, this is definitely your market. They custom-cut baby back ribs from whole loins so you get exactly what you want. 1005 S. Lewis Ave. Siegi’s Sausage Factory Siegi’s is the only place in town for traditional, handmade sausage. The shop partners with Marshall Brewing Co. to make a signature beer bratwurst using the ever-popular Oktoberfest brew Every single product in the deli is delicious and made with authenticity, so there is no such thing as a bad choice. 8104 S. Sheridan Road
Burger Joints & Hot Dog Slingers Don’t want to cook, but you want a world-class burger? Luckily, Tulsa has some of the best burger joints. We have more classic, hole-in-the-wall places to get beef on a bun than I can list,
each ready to impress. Plus, we have some new burger-themed restaurants that blow my mind, and more greasy-spoon diners with fantastic burgers than I can count. It’s hard to pick favorites, but these are mine. I also know the places to get the best wieners, and I’ve included that here, too. Fat Guy’s Burger Bar Fresh ingredients and fresh ground beef are key to the best made-to-order burger in Tulsa (in my humble opinion). Your custom-created dream burger can become reality at either Fat Guy’s location. Sip a cold beer while you wait. 140 N. Greenwood Ave. and 7945 S. Memorial Drive Goldie’s Patio Grill Nothing screams “Tulsa” like the never-ending availability of sweetness and acidity available at the pickle bar at Goldie’s, a local tradition. Since 1962, the specially seasoned charbroiled burgers are the reason for their continued success. They make a pretty darned good hot dog, too, with chili and cheese on top. 2005 E. 21st Street, 5200 S. Lewis Ave., and 4401 E. 31st St. Brownie’s Hamburger Stand Who doesn’t love a chilled mug of homemade root beer and an old-fashioned cheeseburger straight off a grill top? Add crispy,
hot fries and a slice of pie and summer has arrived. 2130 S Harvard Ave. and 6577 E. 71st St. Gnarley Dawg Want a coney-style hot dog with attitude? Fancy mustard, grilled onions, and house-made special sauces are available to adorn your dog, but the menu is full of tempting choices. The burger descriptions are inventive and enticing, but the hot dogs have always been my motivation. They cater, too, in case you get in a pinch for your big party on July 4 weekend. 6001 S. Mingo Road Jim’s Coney Island & Never on a Sunday Six decades later, this 918 tradition is alive and well. If the kids have a hankering for a coney but mom and dad want something more exotic, this might be your best bet. The hot dogs are delicious, but the spanakopita is to die for. 1923 S. Harvard Ave. Dog House Tulsa A food truck that offers hot dogs and vegetarian options? That’s the entrepreneurial beauty behind the Dog House. You can use roaminghunger.com when your stomach starts calling to find out exactly where it’s parked. Food Truck Wednesdays & Tuesday Eats on Boston July 2 – July 15, 2014 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Tulsa’s top summer be ers // Photo by Michelle Pollard
Local brews for summer sipping OKLAHOMA IS HOME to makers and lovers of fine craft beer, for which I have a special place in my heart, especially in the summer months. Supporting local businesses is important but, in this case, it’s extra-easy to do because the beers that are MIO are award-winning. For your barbecue, stock your cooler with these:
PRAIRIE BIRRA This session-able farmhouse ale is perfect for a summer evening outside. With notes of orange and black pepper and an ABV (alcohol by volume) of 4.5 percent, it’s a crowd pleaser.
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I realize taste is subjective, but if you tell me there’s a better ice cream anywhere in the world than Blue Bell Cookies & Cream, I will call you a fool and a charlatan. The Blue Bell plant in Broken Arrow offers tours Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-2p.m. where you can see how the magic is made. The best part? The tour includes a serving of the freshest ice cream you’re ever likely to shovel into your face. (*Related note: breathe in through your mouth and out through your nose for quick relief from that ice cream headache. Seriously.)
Change works OK as a campaign slogan, but when it’s time for dessert, I want a time machine that looks like a set of double doors with a double-scoop cone and a big “B” on each handle, a way back to the same ice-cream counter I was ordering from 25 years ago. Fortunately for me, that’s easy— that’s Braum’s. I order the Butter Pecan Mix, a salty-sweet elixir prescribed by a friend on a day I needed saving. I’ve been a believer ever since.
Original Tart is my jam, and Yolotti has the tastiest tart in town. Top it with fresh fruit and almonds or go crazy with chocolate, gummy bears, caramel, and sprinkles. It’s a great place to take the kids that parents and grownups can enjoy as well—we won’t tell the kids you’re more excited about the mini video game console rocking Mario Bros. 3 than they are. The coffee and shakes are good, too. MON-THURS, 11:30 A.M.-10:30 P.M. FRI-SAT, 11:30 A.M.-11 P.M. SUN, 1 P.M.-10 P.M.
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dininglistings DOWNTOWN Abear’s Baxter’s Interurban Grill The Boulder Grill Café 320 Casa Laredo Coney Island Daily Grill Fat Guy’s Foolish Things Coffee Grand Selections for Lunch The Greens on Boulder Heavy Metal Pizza Lassalle’s New Orleans Deli Lou’s Deli MADE Market in the DoubleTree by Hilton
Mazzio’s Italian Eatery Naples Flatbread & Wine Bar Oneok Café Oklahoma Spud on the Mall Seven West Café Sheena’s Cookies & Deli Steakfinger House The Sushi Place Tabouli’s Bistro at Atlas Life Ti Amo Topeca Coffee Trula The Vault Williams Center Café
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Caz’s Chowhouse Chimera Draper’s Bar-B-Cue Folks Urban Market Gypsy Coffee House Hey Mambo The Hunt Club Laffa Lucky’s on the Green Mexicali Border Café
Albert G’s Bar & Q Dilly Deli El Guapo’s Cantina Fassler Hall Joe Bots Coffee Joe Momma’s Pizza
Oklahoma Joe’s Prhyme Downtown Steakhouse The Rusty Crane Sisserou’s Spaghetti Warehouse The Tavern Zin Wine, Beer & Dessert Bar
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UTICA SQUARE Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar Goldie’s Patio Grill McGill’s Olive Garden P.F. Chang’s China Bistro
Pepper’s Grill Polo Grill Queenie’s Café and Bakery Starbucks Stone Horse Café Wild Fork
Asahi Sushi Bar Baker Street Pub & Grill Billy Sims BBQ Bistro at Seville Bluestone Steahouse and Seafood Restaurant Brothers Houligan Brothers Pizza Bucket’s Sports Bar & Grill Charlie’s Chicken Chuy’s Chopsticks El Tequila Fat Daddy’s Pub & Grille Fat Guy’s Burger Bar Fish Daddy’s Seafood Grill Fuji FuWa Asian Kitchen Firehouse Subs The Gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse Haruno Hungry Howie’s Pizza In the Raw on the Hill Jameson’s Pub Jamil’s Jason’s Deli
Jay’s Original Hoagies Keo Kit’s Takee-Outee La Roma Lanna Thai Logan’s Road House Louie’s Mandarin Taste Marley’s Pizza Mekong River Mi Tierra Napoli’s Italian Restaurant Oliveto Italian Bistro Ri Le’s Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Ridge Grill Ron’s Hamburgers & Chili Savoy Shogun Steakhouse of Japan Siegi’s Sausage Factory & Deli Ti Amo Italian Ristorante Wrangler’s Bar-B-Q Yasaka Steakhouse of Japan Zio’s Italian Kitchen
Comedy night at Bamboo Lounge offers more than just laughs by JOSHUA KLINE EAST TULSA Al Sultan Grill & Bakery Big Daddy’s All American Bar-B-Q Birrieria Felipe Bogey’s Brothers Houligan Casa San Marcos Casanova’s Restaurant Charlie’s Chicken Cherokee Deli Darby’s Restaurant El Centenario El Gallo Loco El 7 Marez El Refugio Azteca Super Taqueria Fiesta Del Mar Flame Broiler Frank’s Café Fu-Thai Garibaldi’s The Gnarley Dawg Hatfield’s
Jay’s Coneys Josie’s Tamales Kimmy’s Diner Korean Garden Lot a Burger Maria’s Mexican Grill Mariscos Costa Azul Mariscos El Centenario Mekong Vietnamese Pizza Depot Porky’s Kitchen Ron’s Hamburgers & Chili RoseRock Cafe Señor Fajita Seoul Restaurant Shiloh’s of Tulsa Shish-Kabob & Grill Stone Mill BBQ & Steakhouse Tacos San Pedro Taqueria la Cabana Timmy’s Diner
Big Anthony’s BBQ Bill & Ruth’s Subs Billy Sims BBQ Binh-Le Vietnamese Chop House BBQ D’Oro Pizza Desi Wok Fiesta Cozumel Hideaway Pizza Himalayas – Aroma of India Ichiban Teriyaki Jumbo’s Burgers Las Bocas Las Tres Fronteras Le Bistro Sidewalk Cafe Mamasota’s In & Out Mazzio’s Italian Eatery Monterey’s Little Mexico
Nelson’s Buffeteria Pho Da Cao Pickle’s Pub Rice Bowl Cafe Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Royal Dragon Sezchuan Express Shawkat’s Deli & Grill Speedy Gonzalez Grill Spudder Steak Stuffers USA Tacos Don Francisco Thai Siam Tokyo Garden The Tropical Restaurant & Bar Viet Huong Villa Ravenna Watts Barbecue
NORTH TULSA Admiral Grill Bill & Ruth’s Christy’s BBQ Evelyn’s Golden Saddle BBQ Steakhouse Hank’s Hamburgers Harden’s Hamburgers
Hero’s Subs & Burgers Ike’s Chili Los Primos The Restaurant at Gilcrease White River Fish Market
SOUTH TULSA BBD II Baja Jack’s Burrito Shack Bamboo Thai Bistro Bellacino’s Pizza & Grinders Bodean’s Seafood Restaurant The Brook Camille’s Sidewalk Café Cardigan’s Charleston’s Cimarron Meat Company Dona Tina Cocina Mexicana El Samborsito Elements Steakhouse & Grille The Fig Café and Bakery First Watch Five Guys French Hen Gencies Chicken Shack Gyros by Ali Hebert’s Specialty Meats
Helen of Troy Mediterranean Cuisine India Palace La Flama Mahogany Prime Steakhouse McNellie’s South City Mr. Goodcents Subs & Pastas Naples Flatbread & Wine Bar Nordaggio’s Coffee OK Country Donut Shoppe Pita Place Redrock Canyon Grill Ripe Tomato Ron’s Hamburgers and Chili Sushi Hana Japanese Fusion Thai Village Tres Amigos Mexican Grill & Cantina White Lion Whole Foods Zio’s Italian Kitchen
BROOKSIDE Antoinette Baking Co. Biga Billy Sims BBQ Blue Moon Bakery and Café The Brook Brookside By Day Café Ole Café Samana Charleston’s Claud’s Hamburgers Cosmo Café & Bar Crow Creek Tavern Doc’s Wine and Food Egg Roll Express Elmer’s BBQ Fuji La Hacienda The Hen Bistro Hibiscus Caribbean Bar and Grill In the Raw Keo Lambrusco’Z To Go
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Moonsky’s Cheesesteaks and Daylight Donuts Mr. Taco Nelson’s Ranch House Oklahoma Style BBQ The Phoenix Pie Hole Pizza Pollo al Carbon Rib Crib BBQ & Grill The Right Wing Route 66 Subs & Burgers Tacos Don Francisco Tally’s Good Food Cafe Umberto’s Pizza
Atlas Grill Billy’s on the Square Boston Avenue Grill Deco Deli
Elote Café & Catering Mod’s Coffee & Crepes Tavolo The Vault
CHERRY STREET Andolini’s Pizzeria Café Cubana Chimi’s Mexican Food Chipotle Mexican Grill Coffee House on Cherry Street Daylight Donuts Doe’s Eat Place Full Moon Café Genghis Grill Heirloom Baking Co. Hideaway Jason’s Deli
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Comedy night at Bamboo Lounge offers more than just laughs by JOSHUA KLINE
B
amboo Lounge is one of a handful of old-school freestanding watering holes along Pine between Harvard and Memorial. Those bars—which include Angel’s and Keel’s Lounge—cater to the area’s blue-collar residents with pool, televised sports, and Internet jukeboxes perpetually in thrall to the latest country hit. Bamboo, one of Tulsa’s oldest gay bars, is different. Opened in 1957 (and closed and reopened several times since), its dour, anonymous exterior (save for a small neon sign) fits right in with its roughneck neighbors. But inside, the jukebox blasts mostly Top 40 pop, and green, blue, and pink club lights augment the ambience. On a particularly somber, quiet Tuesday night, three older men and a younger couple sit silently at the bar while a lonely trans woman sways mournfully through the room to Eminem’s “Superman.” A handful of small televisions run a crude, lo-fi, power-point montage of male models in various states of undress. Small, black, no-frills cocktail tables are peppered across the floor, arranged to face the modest stage area that plays host to karaoke, drag shows, and comedy nights. Table tents advertise a weeklong celebration of the 45th anniversary of Stonewall, in conjunction with a handful of other Tulsa LGBT bars. At the center of the stage is a black monolith, a large amp that holds
Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine Stre et // Photo by Case y Hanson
what appears to be a memorial of some sort—flowers flanked by two black and white photographs of a woman. The drinks are cheap; the selection is limited. Low-point Bud Select and Shock Top Wheat are the only draft choices, alongside a handful of bottled beer options. Kentucky Deluxe (a.k.a. Rotgut), that plastic-bottled king of limited-budget college drinking, is the well whiskey. I order a Shock Top and a Rotgut and watched the colored club lights change on the lonely, dancing woman.
*** Two nights later, the mood at the bar is loose and friendly. It’s comedy night. Brie Coquette, a Burlesque performer, event plan-
The energy is positive and encouraging, and throughout the night the inevitable bombs delivered by each performer are met with sympathy laughs or respectful silence—no groans, no boos. ner, and aspiring comic, is regaling the small crowd of 15 with an off-color story about the trials of admonishing children for using sexual language they don’t understand. In addition to her varying stage exploits, Coquette is also an elementary school teacher.
“So I very delicately explained what a clit is,” she deadpans. “And then the kid tells me, ‘OK I get what it is. But why do all the boys in class keep calling me that?’” The crowd chuckles politely. Coquette’s routine is not heavy on punch lines, but she delivers the blue anecdote affably and no one in this room is going to heckle her for not eliciting a laugh-a-minute. It’s easily the most polite open-mic crowd I’ve witnessed. The energy is positive and encouraging, and throughout the night the inevitable bombs delivered by each performer are met with sympathy laughs or respectful silence—no groans, no boos. “I will leave you with the two things I tell my kids every day after class,” Coquette concludes. “One: Don’t make babies. Make good choices, don’t make babies. I know you’re going to do things that might make babies. But do things that will keep you from making babies. Thank you very much.” I wonder if the crowd of mostly gay men is right for a “don’t make babies” message. An hour later, I tab out with the bartender and notice his right hand is housed in a latex glove. I ask him why; he holds his hand up so that I can see the vague outline of what looks like a nasty cut under the latex. “Had an accident. Gotta work, though,” he explains sheepishly. I look down next to the register and notice a candy bin full of condoms. “Don’t make babies.” I impulsively grab one. a
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Tulsa artists on the state of street art, the rules of engagement, and the line between good and evil
STREET FIGHTERS With Kelsey Duvall, John Langdon, and Natasha Ball
As downtown Tulsa booms, a mosaic of brick wall, concrete overpass and looming streetlights calls to those with spray cans, paint brushes, and stage props, even knitting needles. Some might say what’s not marked yet is so much blank canvas, bidding artists to come near. Painters, chalk artists, street-theater troupes, musicians, yarn bombers, and even rogue city planners are claiming these spaces as part of an effort to bring street art—that embattled term, in all its definitions—out of the shadows and out into the open, where it can be cultivated and celebrated as public art, social commentary, a record of our city now. Mary Beth Babcock is one of the downtown business owners devoted to bringing more street art to Tulsa. The Dwelling Spaces owner helped bring artists and business owners together in the
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Blue Dome District, and now she’s poised to step outside her stomping ground with a new project, called Public Works. It’s a joint effort with Aaron Whisner, the local muralist behind the Woody Guthrie Center mural. “This is going to be throughout Oklahoma, could be in another state if the opportunity came up,” Babcock said. “For me, public art, it’s community engagement. The one on the back of my building tells a story—Route 66, Greenwood. The more you look, the more you can learn things,” Babcock said. By ordinance, the City of Tulsa devotes one percent of the construction cost of public buildings valued in excess of $500,000 for art. The city’s most-recently touted work is a sculpture for the new Charles L. Hardt Operations Maintenance and Engineering Center, which will house a division of the Streets and Stormwater De-
partment—the same department that deploys a graffiti crew as part of what City Hall touts as “a strict policy of condemning graffiti.” Utah artist Patrick Sullivan will even create the work in public, at Guthrie Green over the course of three to four weeks, weather permitting. In fiscal year 2012-2013, two crews covered 230,000 square feet of what they determined to be illegal graffiti, according to the Streets and Stormwater Department’s Tim McCorkell. In April, McCorkell said a single crew covered 68,128 square feet just this year. The city spends nearly $200,000 annually on covering graffiti, he said. According to city ordinance, it’s an offense to maliciously or willfully deface any City of Tulsa property; however, the ordinance is rarely enforced. A city prosecutor said he doesn’t believe Tulsa
has prosecuted anyone under our graffiti ordinance in the past couple of years or more in municipal court, according to City spokesperson Bob Bledsoe. The ordinance would allow for fines up to $200, plus court costs. As of now, there are no plans to establish approved graffiti zones, McCorkell said. “If you have a public wall, you have issues where it spreads from that area,” he said. “We don’t want to encourage it in any way because we consider it a public nuisance.” The lines between street art and graffiti are not always black and white, and whether or not the artists have permission isn’t always the sticking point. Here, some artists interviewed by The Tulsa Voice talk about art in our public places as part of an exploration of the oh-so-colorful gray area where art and graffiti— and the public and private—mix.
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JESSICA BRENT, a Transportation Planner with INCOG, and ZACHARY CARPENTER, an Electrical Engineer, live in the Founder’s District, the area north of Downtown that consists of Brady Heights, Country Club Gardens, Crosbie Heights, and Owen Park. The main thoroughfare into downtown for Brent, Carpenter, and their neighbors is the I-244 overpass at Main Street, which is dark at night and even a little creepy when seen from under the warm, neon glow of Cain¹s Ballroom. The city vows to brighten up the area, eventually. But these two decided not to sit around and wait.
Illuminate the Problem Jessica Brent and Zachary Carpenter // Photo by Matt Phipps
Jessica Brent: The piece that we
JB: Zach was trying to get permis-
created was meant to be a solution to a problem that we saw in our neighborhood north of downtown. We like to walk and bike into the Brady District and downtown, and Main Street is the primary corridor accessible to us, and it’s poorly lit and surrounded by a wasteland.
sion through the City, and they were like, “Who are you? You wanna install lights under a bridge? I don’t think so.” So I stepped in. I’m a Transportation Planner, I have connections with the transportation folks with the City, and they were more receptive to me. So we were able to do a test project. It only stayed up one night.
Zachary Carpenter: If this area was lit well, it might encourage more people to park over here and get a better sense of safety for this area.
JB: So we decided to take matters into our own hands.
ZC: We were both members of the Founders’ District, and [another] member knew someone at Tulsa Hub and got [bike] parts for us and I built a chandelier in my garage one evening. That was the prototype, just proof of concept, and we never really did anything with it then. Jessica got us started again and we got some more parts and built a bigger fixture. Those were the two fixtures that were installed down here when we did the unveiling. THE TULSA VOICE // July 2 – July 15, 2014
ZC: They were supportive in the end, just to see how people liked it.
JB: We hung it under the I-244 overpass at Main Street. Our goal wasn’t for that to be the solution, but just to demonstrate the need for lighting and the possibility for a creative solution.
ZC: It’s just a real get-your-handsdirty way of showing the City that you care about something enough to actually do it and put it up and let people see it and comment on it.
JB: We ran the power from Cain’s Ballroom. They had been on the news recently saying they want lights on under the bridge. We coincided it with First Friday Art Crawl, and there was also
a show at Cain’s, so there were just a ton of people down there, a lot of people got to see it.
ZC: All the comments were positive. They like light under the bridge, they like it to be safer, they like the artistic fixtures. We haven’t heard anything from the City. JB: The neighbors that walked down from the neighborhood felt a sense of relief. They were walking down in the daylight to go to a baseball game and later in the dark they knew this light would be there for them. A lot of people were really enchanted by it and were taking pictures of it, and saying, “What is this thing?” That’s what we wanted, to get people interested in it.
let us more permanently install [our fixtures] until they [the City] can get the funding to do the lighting like they want to do it. A perfect example of that is on the Elgin bridge. It’s all-new LED lighting, but it’s very costly. This cost us zero. It’s all donated parts. If all the electrical portions were bought, it would still only be a few hundred dollars per fixture. Basically, all we need is watertight conduit and enclosures. But it is a massive bridge, so that’s a lot of wire, conduit, and man-hours to get that in.
JB: I’m working with the Brady Arts District Business Association to see if there’s any sort of financial support for a more permanent installation. If there’s not, I’d like to try crowd funding.
ZC: I suggested a more permanent
ZC: [We want to show] that people
installation that they, at minimum, have on nights that things are going on down here, but a better solution would be to have it on from dark to two a.m. every night. The City says it may be a year or so until they can get permanent lighting installed, but they’ve been saying that for years. Best-case scenario:
JB: Test your ideas. We’re always looking for creative solutions to make it a better place.
who care about these areas and the safety of these areas can do something about it and they can organize and get something done quickly.
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50-yard art
Daniel Gulick // Photo by Casey Hanson
DANIEL GULICK is a classically trained painter and professional muralist, owner of Colour Art Gallery and creator of the annual “Nude” art show. He travels across the country with his paint brush, which even earned him a role in television.
I’ve been doing murals in this town for a long time—15 years, maybe longer. It’s all legal. I’m not doing anything not legal, or not paid. I just wrapped up a mural at Burn Co. BBQ. I’m working for a television show called “Texas Flip and Move.” I’m the art liaison, so I’m in town maybe four days to gallery more art. As soon as I got back in town, I drove straight to Burn Co. and finished that mural, the whole inside. When you have a big production like a mural, there’s respect [that goes] with that. So a young kid who bombs isn’t going to come along to one of my pieces because it takes years to learn how to do that. And they’re aspiring to do that as well. Their dream—why would you not want to get paid to play? That’s what I do—I get paid to play. These kids, they start off doing whatever they can, but eventually it will grow as their skills evolve.
I think when these kids start off they don’t have intentions of making money—they fall into it just doing what they feel. They’re just doing it as an outlet. I didn’t think I was going to make money. I was 16 when I did my first paid mural at this paintball shop. It was incredible to have that feeling—like somebody trusted you. And I think when these kids, when it happens for the first time, it’s almost like an epiphany. Someone trusts you with their wall. Your art becomes the face of their business. I’ve got murals that are still up in town here that are six, seven years old. There have been some that have been buffed, which means just taking them down. But that’s just because the businesses change and the business owner doesn’t want whatever it was there. The term “graffiti” scares people. One owner approaching your
your name up. You just go paint something. I mean, do what you want to do. It’s just funny because when I started, you really had to go out and risk a lot. Now it’s exposed in documentaries and the Internet, people think you just hop in, it’s that easy. But it takes a lot—you really have to be dedicated to it. You say the word ‘graffiti’ and people have an impression of what it means. To each person it’s something different. On this back wall [at the Clean Hands shop] we have all these murals, and some people are like, ‘That’s just graf-
fiti!’ To some people that’s a negative. People just have different views of public space and what it should be used for. To me, I like seeing it. Some people don’t like seeing it, but there are lots of other things we don’t like that other people do. Like, you might not like that someone’s a gun owner, but as Americans, in my opinion, we have that freedom. Some people, they don’t really see the merit in it. Sometimes I think there is some pure vandalism, but even still. The city has a graffiti-removal squad. Back in the day they used
Courtesy of Aaron Whisner
My mom was a designer, so I’ve been around graphic arts since I was in high school. I had a really supportive art teacher in high school, and she even had a wall that she got for us to paint at the school. We would go out there and mess around. We were really terrible, but she was supportive of anything you wanted to do. When I started painting in the late ‘90s, [Tulsa] had one shop [on Brookside], Thing One. They had all these graffiti magazines, shirts, records, photos on the wall. It was kind of, go in there and soak it in. Since they went 28 // FEATURED
out, there really hasn’t been anything like that in Tulsa. Most people who start doing this are teenagers. [It’s] boredom or it seems cool. It’s not like ‘Oh, I’m gonna make a career out of being a street artist.’ The street-art label—back then we were just painting, and it didn’t really have a term. I think that’s kind of a corny name for it. It all goes into it—there’s piecing, there are tags, there are bombs. Piecing is doing your best work and taking your time. It’s usually commissioned. A bomb or a throw is really quick, just to get
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neighbors and saying, ‘Hey, I want to do this graffiti wall.’ If it’s older clientele you’re going to freak them out. Even though graffiti is such a broad term. You can have some nice gorgeous stuff. But how do you monitor it? There are graffiti productions that are beautiful, that are just amazing. There’s a legal wall on 11th and Highway 169, Mad Dog Liquor. Anybody can go out there and paint whatever they want. That’s graffiti, and those are nice productions. I do big, elaborate murals. I’m starting one in the Brady Arts District, at The Ward Building on Archer Street. It’s going to be my biggest mural ever, 150 by 25 feet. I’ve finally got the concept I think we’re going to go with— an Oklahoma-themed mural. I’ve noticed a lot of new people painting. There’s a fine line between what I do and
what they do. Graffiti is letters, writing your name or something in the form. These kids study other writers’ letters and their movements. There are different styles—there’s wild style, block lettering, bubble lettering. Murals are the fine-art side of it. I respect all kinds of art; I just don’t do certain things. When you think of Picasso, what do you think of ? You think of art, paintings. So when you think of the Brady Arts District, it makes sense to do public art there. The city has public art in its city budget—they have to put it out. An arts district should have murals, public art— it should be wild, it should be crazy. Claes Oldenburg [creates public art sculptures that are] giant-sized, everyday items. There will be a key or a shuttlecock, a big spoon with a cherry. That’s the stuff that makes sense to me.
GROWING UP GRAFFITI AARON WHISNER is owner of the graphic-arts shop Clean Hands. Whisner is collaborating with Mary Beth Babcock, owner of Dwelling Spaces, for Public Works, a public-arts project. The mural on the west wall of The Woody Guthrie Museum in the Brady Arts District bears his name.
to have just two guys. It was funny because on the 169 bridge we’d write little messages [to them]. That used to be the spot you’d go to see who’s painting. Our dumpster gets tagged a lot. They’ve come and asked if I want it painted over. Seems to me like a waste of money to paint a trashcan that’s full of shit. They’ve even asked about our back wall. They think it’s illegal. Obviously, you’ve seen in Tulsa, at least in the news media, [graffiti] is portrayed as a negative thing with all the bust stories. Some of those shots are THE TULSA VOICE // July 2 – July 15, 2014
legal projects. In a way, it just depends on where you’re at. Some cities support it more. I was just on the East Coast, and it’s everywhere there. I think the general public wants to see it. With the Internet and movies, it’s become a cool thing, and some people use it in marketing. But to me there will always be a cool edge. You’re writing your name on something. It starts when you’re a kid. You’re not supposed to write your name on that wall but we do it. Sorta like human nature. You want people to know you’ve been there. a
Photo by Matt Phipps
Street art world tour Some graffiti-friendly cities through the eyes of a Tulsa documentarian // BY MATT PHIPPS Beautifying your city, I believe, is street art. If Tulsa is anything, it is a giant blank canvas, not only for development, but for art, as well. Nothing rehabilitates an area like the mix of art and people. Art is used to break up the mundaneness of everyday life by adding new perspectives and alternative ways of thinking. I don’t consider myself a street artist. I am a documentarian, photographer, and visual craftsman. But I have had the luck and pleasure to travel to some of the best cities in the world for art. Being a skateboarder, I feel more in tune with the city because I spend half my day, everyday, out in the streets, listening, watching, and learning. This list is not in numerical order. Art can’t be judged. Art can’t be won. It can only be enjoyed and used as a vehicle for self expression, social awareness, and in its simplest form—something pretty for your eyes to look at. SANTIAGO, CHILE // Art is a big deal in Chile. One of the most colorful neighborhoods in STGO, “Bellavista” (beautiful view), is full of murals, graffiti pieces, tags, characters, and everything in between. This city is about the same size as Tulsa but with 8 million people, with subways, buses, and everything else that a dense city life brings. LONDON, ENGLAND // London is full of interesting and thought-provoking street art. Southbanks is a legal graffiti pit and skate park along the Thames—the images yielded by a Google search are enthralling. MEXICO CITY, MEXICO // The culture in Mexico is much more vibrant and saturated than here in the US. Houses are painted bright colors such as green and pink and orange. Paint is reapplied every couple months to keep the color looking fresh. Artists are commissioned to paint murals on homes in this most literal urban jungle. There’s a list at TheTulsaVoice.com of other graffiti-friendly cities I have visited over the last three years—a world tour of street art, if you will. Each of these places is brimming with street art, not only in the amount and quality, but also in the way the city and the other people of that place interact with the art. FEATURED // 29
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Tulsa resident Sheri Cur r y talks to ar t ist David Scharpf about his show and ar t work at a pop-up galler y in an alle y on M.B. Brady Stre et // Photo by Brit t Gre enwood
Art in public Makeshift street gallery features artists of all walks by BRITT GREENWOOD
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he alley was sandwiched between two walls of red brick. There were a few First Friday art crawlers perusing the work, all of it sized to fit in a JanSport. Some was pen and ink, some marker, some pencil. All works featured sharp edges and strong lines between one plane and the next, even the human faces. That’s where I met David Scharpt. He wore a plaid shirt, unbuttoned; a grey handlebar mustache slept on his upper lip. He seemed eager in light of the evening’s attention, that these sidewalk strollers were, for once, looking at instead of through him. Scharpt was the artist whose work hung on those walls. He has been homeless more than two years. Last year, Scharpt gave himself a challenge. “I wanted to see how much artwork I could produce in a year using all-donated material, zero budget, living on the
street, packing everything on my back,” he said. “I had to work in a smaller format, but I compensated just with the materials I could get. Sometimes I had only one pen and paper plates, but I was still doing art.” The result was what was hanging in the alley that evening, more than 250 original works. He pointed to the multitude of drawings and handpainted t-shirts. “This doesn’t even reflect or show all the pieces because I live on the streets,” Scharpt said. Some were stolen; others, he had to sell. Local art teacher Julie Clark helped organize the show. She is part of a group unofficially called The Collective. Clark said the group wanted a frill-free, juror-less, relaxed art show to display meaningful work. It’s Clark’s goal to make art accessible, even if that means turning an alley into a gallery. Last October, The Collective held a show on the statistics of
homelessness, a natural causeway to the highlighting of Scharpf ’s work. “We decided that his voice needed to be heard. His story needed to be told … he shows that people living on the streets of Tulsa can still be productive members of the community,” Clark said. Scharpf said most of his art was created while he lived among the homeless community —in parks, shelters, on the streets of downtown—and half of his inventory calls the Brady Arts District its birthplace. Scharpf smiled and said his friends, some of them homeless, are witnessing his ambition. “I’ve grown to love the homeless people and their needs. If they can lift themselves out of the ashes, is that not encouragement for the rest? Hell, I don’t want to be on the streets, but I want to get out using my talent, using my art.”
I inquired about the hand-painted t-shirts with phrases like, “TPD Stop Harassing Me” and “Tulsa Criminal Justice Bleeds the Disfortunate”; he didn’t comment on his motivation behind the pointed statements. Scharpf took names and numbers at the show that night from those interested in buying his work. Those who waited will have to find him “Where’s Waldo”-style in the Brady Arts District, still his hangout. I left a crush of new patrons of Scharpf ’s art that night in the alley, gathered in the space under the city lights. Scharpf frequents the Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless. Sandra Lewis, executive director there, said those who wish to donate art supplies for Scharpf should bring them to the Center in a bag with his name on it. The Day Center, at 415 W. Archer Street, hosts an art program for the homeless. a
WARPED WEFTS // An invitational show presenting the work of local weavers as well as traditional weavings with demonstrations // 7/11 through 8/24; 108 Contemporary Gallery; 108 E. M.B. Brady St.; 918-895-6302
painter and sculptor will be on display in the Brady Arts District // 7/4 through 7/26; TAC Gall ery; 9 E. M.B. Brady Street; 918-592-0041
represent transformation, adventure, and hope whil e Ma jorie Atwood, who practices in several paint mediums, uses symbolism in her works of self-exploration // through 7/31; M.A. Doran Gall ery; 3509 S. Peoria Ave.; 918-748-8700
ART HAPPENINGS SCULPTURE CHANDELIERS // Learn to create wire chandeliers over the course of two Saturdays. Instruction by artist Cathryn Thomas. Cost is $70-75. Call Cindy Williams to register // 7/12 and 7/19; Henry Zarrow Center for Art and Education; 124 E. M.B. Brady Street; 918-631-4400 30 // FEATURED
BOB BARTHOLIC // Artworks of the late well-known Tulsa
PASSAGES & IN THE WAKE OF THE WATERFRONT // Tulsa ceramic artist Virginia Harrison explores the use of boats in her art to
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“’Merica!” Art can be brought through July during business hours Final deadline FRI 6/11 @ 10am
g Tulsa Performin r te >> >> Arts Cen … MING TO THE PAC 1-6 Wicked Celebrity Attractions 11 Estate Sale Inman Theatre Company 11-12: Rasa Kripalaya Dance Academy 11-13: “13” Theatre Tulsa 12-13: A Band of Gypsies Mischievous Swing 18: Bridging the Gap BBCM Quartet 18-20: Bare: A Pop Opera Fruugensteinery Productions 18-20: Mob Mental.ity Portico Dans Theatre 19: Tinkerbell is Dead… No, It’s Just a Flesh Wound Theatre Pops 20: Appassionata Duo in Concert 25: 1964 Beatles Tribute Celebrity Attractions
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Flowers by Ever Something Event St yling; pie by Antoinet te Baking Co.; locat ion, Foolish Things Coffe e Company // Photos by Ashle y Heider Daly
The happy host
Throwing a resentment-free party for someone you love by ASHLEY HEIDER DALY
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scout and sell furniture for a living. Let’s boil that down. I move large, heavy furniture every day from point A to point B. We have a rule in our business: don’t buy any furniture for the shop that you aren’t thrilled to go pick up, load in a van, and schlep into the store. You gotta want to heft that giant sofa real bad. Otherwise, it’s a sign you shouldn’t be buying it. Same rules go for party hosting. Do you love that friend enough to spend time, money, and energy on them? Think long and hard because the alternative is being a bitter person in a party hat. Not pretty. Love is a great motivator for amateur event planning, but man cannot party on love alone. Here are some rules I live by when hosting an event: The best thing you can do to avoid hard work but still make an
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incredible party atmosphere and attract tons of praise and fame? Choose an already-lovely location. Restaurants, gorgeously landscaped backyards, and well-styled homes are all good options. Parties in parking lots can be great, too, but you have to make the parking lot not-a-parking-lot first. Pick no more than three handmade projects. Pinterest will crush your soul if you let it. There are a zillion creative and thoughtful touches you can add to an event, but honestly, I’ve found guests have a details threshold. Think bang for your buck and for your time. My last party was a surprise gathering for my business partner’s birthday. I made paper flowers and hats with her face on them, and I sewed a banner of fluttery paper for the pergola covering the dining area. Note: I made sure each element was in a prominent
Delegate. If you throw parties only for people who are already loved by others, you will never throw a party alone. Determine the things that have to be perfect (like the main course or the dishware), then delegate the other parts. Need chips and salsa? Beer? Plastic forks? Those are no-fail offerings a party guest can bring. Don’t be selfish; why would you deny someone the joy of feeling like they contributed?
zone. It’s best not to send this spreadsheet to anyone or even let them know it exists. People like to party uninhibited by the knowledge of your prep work. You can have a memorable party with just two things: good food and good people. Remember that. Roll with the punches at go-time. Sadly, if you cry when the wind destroys the banner that took you four hours to make, it’s a buzz kill. Your final gift to the guest of honor is to let it go and enjoy yourself. A happy host makes for a quality party. a
Spreadsheets are your friend. This party tip may be getting too real for readers, but all my best parties started by hitting the ol’sheets and checking off tasks. Important headers include food, music, guests, and decorations/ special details. I am aware this is drifting into the control-freak
Ashley Heider Daly loves to party. Every day is a celebration at her vintage home store, Retro Den. Follow Ashley on Instagram at @ahdaly.
place. Don’t work hard on stuff people won’t see.
July 2 – July 15, 2014 // THE TULSA VOICE
oklahomacool Moving beyond Woody & Will in search of the new Oklahoma canon
Rance Howard as Old Man McCoy in “Ed Wood”
Howard the first
Prominent progeny aside, Duncan native leaves his mark on film by JEFF MARTIN
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hadn’t thought about Rance Howard in a quite some time. Not that I’ve ever thought of him often. It’s quite possible that you never think about him. Most likely because you don’t know who Rance Howard is. But watching acclaimed writer/ director Alexander Payne’s latest film, “Nebraska,” a certain hangdog face caught my eye. It was a joyful recognition. The faces that have always made the biggest impact on me are the ones that look like a topographical map, each deep, gravel road leading somewhere far more interesting than the smooth paved highways of the matinee idols. Give me Warren Oates, M. Emmet Walsh, late-career Tommy Lee Jones, and of course, the great Harry Dean Stanton. On a recent late night, too restless for sleep, I came across a new documentary about Stanton. It was so-so, but I could watch that face forever. At this point, Rance Howard is known mostly for being the father of actor-turned-director Ron Howard. Harold Rance Beckenholdt came into the world on November 17, 1928, in Duncan, the county seat of Stephens County. The “Beckenholdt” name didn’t quite roll off the tongue, and it seemed awfully
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German in post-World War II America, so he lost it.
A son’s success overshadowing a father’s similar goals is not a new narrative. Rarely does it happen, though, when the father is in his early 30s and the son is just six. With a new-ish name and ambition to spare, Howard entered the world of early television, appearing in numerous shows. A son’s success overshadowing a father’s similar goals is not a new narrative. Rarely does it happen, though, when the father is in his early 30s and the son is just six. “The Andy Griffith Show” was huge. Opie became a household name almost overnight. The character remains so iconic that Howard reprised the role to help elect Barack Obama in a campaign ad in 2008. The show had been off the air for 40 years. It’s always been Ron, not Rance. But while Ron’s career went on to a supporting-character role in May-
berry and later in Milwaukee as the lead in “Happy Days,” Rance Howard took small “character” roles in some of the most iconic films and television shows of the era. “Chinatown,” “Cool Hand Luke,” “Gunsmoke,” “Kung Fu,” and the list goes on and on. By the late 1970s, as Ron Howard began to make the transition from actor to director, it was time to pay it forward. From his first feature, the Roger Corman-produced 1977 road movie “Grand Theft Auto,” Ron cast Rance in more than a dozen of his films, giving the elder Howard a ubiquity that has spanned my life, from “Splash” to “Cinderella Man,” and “Cocoon” to “Angels and Demons.” The best character actors have long careers and become omnipresent in the popular culture, recognizable if not entirely recognized. Nearing 90, Rance Howard won’t be around forever, and it’s hard to imagine an obit headline that won’t read in one way or another, “Ron Howard’s Father Dies at…” That’s the nature of celebrity hierarchy. But, Rance Howard, through his workman-like output and willingness to stick it out for such a long time, has achieved a small sort of immortality. We’ll be seeing him for decades to come. a
RANCE AT A GLANCE The range in quality in Rance Howard filmography is wide, to say the least. In 2001 he appeared in both “A Beautiful Mind” (Academy Award-winner for Best Picture) and the David Spade vehicle, “Joe Dirt” (which currently holds an 11-percent fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes) as “White Haired Patient” and “Bomb Squad Cop,” respectively. Rance Howard’s characters occasionally have names, but he’s often cast as “Minister,” “Reverend,” “Priest,” and “Chaplain.” The Howard family Hollywood story continues with Ron’s daughter and Rance’s granddaughter, Bryce Dallas Howard. All three worked together in Ron’s films “Parenthood,” “Apollo 13,” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” ARTS & CULTURE // 33
dayplanner
7/5
Midnight Madness 41st Street Plaza, Riverparks East Trail, tatur.org/midnight50
For those of you in shape and insane enough, this 50 mile ultramarathon starts at 11:59 p.m. on Jul y 4th, and loops around both sides of the Riverparks trails from 31st to 71st five times. Madness indeed.
7/6
Wicked Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E 2nd St tulsapac.com
Last chance to see Wicked- The sixth is the last day the “Wizard of Oz” prequel “WICKED” will be in Tulsa. So paint your faces green and head to the PAC to see how two young girls became The Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good. Tickets are $35-$175, but the PAC box office is holding a lottery 2.5 hours before each show for Orchestra seats for $25 cash.
7/2
Tulsa Athletics vs. CF Monterrey $5-$10, 7:30 p.m., Athletics Stadium, 4802 E 15th St, tulsaathletics.com
Cheer on the Tulsa Athletics as they take on Club de Fútbol Monterrey from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico in a friendly match. The match will be the last home game before the Athletics head to the South Central Conference Playoffs!
7/3
Signature Symphony’s 4th on the 3rd Patriotic Concert $6-$12, 7:30 p.m., TCC PACE
7/7
Mayor Bartlett and City Council host meetings in different parts of the city, speaking on the city budget, public safety, and the Arkansas River. The meeting for Districts 7 and 8 will be on 7/7 at TCC Southeast Campus Performing Arts Center for Education, 10300 E 81st St, and the meeting for districts 5 and 6 will be 7/8 at Garnett Assembl y of God, 2930 S Garnett Rd. Both meetings will start at 6 p.m.
7/8
Nothing will have you better prepared for Independence Day than an evening of American favorites played by Signature Symphony.
7/4
FreedomFest $35/adults & $15/kids 21st St. Bridge and surrounding areas
Happy birthday, America! Celebrate the birth of our nation with activities at Veterans Park and River West Festival Park culminating in a fireworks display that features the largest mortar shells legally available! Activities at Veterans Park include the annual American Salute, an old-fashioned family picnic, starting at noon, a Bicycle Parade for Kids at 7 p.m., and live music. River West Festival Park will have food and beverage vendors, opening remarks from elected officials, inflatables, a rock wall, and other activities for kids, and live music. Tickets are available for the Stars & Stripes Pavillion, also at River West Festival Park, which will feature a picnic buffet, face-painting, games, balloon giveaways, shade, and a reserved seating area. 34 // ARTS & CULTURE
Summer City Hall In Your Neighborhood 6 p.m., TCC Southeast Campus
Jeanne B. Goodwin Storytelling Festival, Rudisill Regional Library, tulsalibrary.org
Award-winning storyteller Kirk Waller comes to Tulsa to share stories through words, music, and movement at two special appearances at Rudisill Regional Library. Director of Storytelling Programs at Oakland-based Stagebridge Senior Theater Company, Waller will present a Storytelling Workshop 7/8, 6-7:30 p.m, and will share his award-winning presentation 6/9, 10 a.m.
7/9
Ok, So… Tulsa Story Slam 8 p.m., Enso Bar, 104 S Detroit
On the second Wednesday of every month Ok, So… gathers at Enso to hear stories from anyone who would like to share. Each storyteller has five minutes to tell a story based on a monthly theme. This month’s theme is “Unexpected.” Each story is judged by a panel and the winner receives a cash prize and an invitation to the annual GRAND SLAM. July 2 – July 15, 2014 // THE TULSA VOICE
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ALSO HAPPENING THIS WEEK EVENTS
7/10
Tulsa Shock vs. Minnesota Lynx $12-$155, 7 p.m., BOK Center, 200 S Denver Ave, wnba.com/shock
The Tulsa Shock takes on Maya Moore and the Defending WNBA Champions, the Minnesota Lynx. This will be the second time this season the Shock will host the Lynx. At their last meeting in May, the game couldn’t have been closer. It’s time for redemption.
7/11
Rasa $15, 7/11-12, 7:30 p.m., Tulsa PAC, 110 E 2nd St, tulsapac.com
Through the dance forms of Indian Classical and Bollywood dance, hip hop, salsa, and ballet, Kripalaya Dance Academy depicts these rasas and demonstrates how to achieve inner peace by harnessing rasas, powerful emotions.
Second Saturday Walking Tour $10, 10 a.m., begins at the Mayo Hotel, tulsaarchitecture.com
7/12
On the second Saturday of every month, Tulsa Foundation for Architecture presents guided tours of the unique and beautiful architecture of Downtown Tulsa. Gain a new appreciation of the buildings downtown by learning about their histories.
Tokyo in Tulsa Cox Business Center, 100 Civic Center, $20$55, tokyointulsa.com
7/13
TnT is also Oklahoma’s largest gaming event, featuring three days of console, PC, arcade, tabletop, CCG, and LARP gaming events and tournaments. You’ll find special guests of the worlds of anime and gaming, art, writing, fashion, live music concerts, and a Saturday Night Rave.
7/14
“The Great Gatsby” Movie Marathon Brookside Library
The ultimate battle of the Gatsbys is on as Brookside library hosts a screening of both the 1974 and 2013 versions of “The Great Gatsby” with a BYOS (bring your own salad) potluck in between. Will Redford or DiCaprio be crowned Gatsbyest of the Gatsbys?
7/15
Comedy Night at the Purple Rose of the Pearl 7 p.m., Centennial Lounge
Every other Tuesday, the Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577 hosts a comedy night featuring Tulsa’s best local comedians. Alternating between stand up and improv, you never quite know what’s in store. THE TULSA VOICE // July 2 – July 15, 2014
Turkey Mountain. Do Good. Have Fun // Bud Light and The M.e.t. have partnered for a day of volunteering and fun. Turkey Mountain is a secluded natural oasis; 300 acres of wilderness with trails for mountain bikers, runners, and equestrians, and great views of Downtown Tulsa and the Arkansas River. On July 12th you can volunteer to help clean up Turkey Mountain, as part of Bud Light’s Keep America Beautiful project, which encourages people across the country to help inmprove their community’s environment . Help to maintain the natural beauty of this unique part of Tulsa. // 7/12, 8:00 am2:00 pm, , 6800 S. Elwood Ave, turkeymtn.splashthat.com An Affair of the Heart // Over 400 independent artists and retailers from across the country come together at Expo Square for three days of shopping for unique, hand-crafted items, including jewelry, handbags, furniture, clothing, and gourmet foods. A $7 ticket is good for all three days. // 7/11-7/13, :00 , $7, 4145 E 21st St, heartoftulsa.com Women Finding Their Way: Tulsa in the 1920s // Genealogist Jae Jaeger uses media methods to introduce historic women of Tulsa that many have yet to meet. The times were exciting as women pressed forward after winning suffrage and began boldly, sometimes politically, to address the unmet needs of the Magic Empire citizens. // 7/12, 1:30 pm-4:00 pm, , 8316 E 93rd St, tulsalibrary.org/events
PERFORMING ARTS
Estate Sale // When his wife leaves to find herself, Peter, whose children are all adults, decides his enormous house has got to go. While Peter, his best friend, and his ex-sister-in-law struggle with complicated issues of infidelity, insecurity, and growing old, their children struggle with sexuality, identity, and not becoming their parents. The culture clash comes to a head with the arrival of Peter’s ex-wife, whose own confusion only further complicates their lives. At once darkly funny and eerily familiar, this new original work by Will Hedgecock is a fresh look at how we can close the gap between generations and families. Mature audiences only // 7/11, 7:00 pm, $12-$15, 110 E 2nd St, tulsapac.com/events.asp?id=92&eventid=2868&task=display 13 // Evan Goldman has six weeks to go before he turns 13, and after an idyllic childhood in New York City, he’s been uprooted and brought to Appleton, Indiana with his mother. Evan has one mission: to get all the cool kids in the school to come to his bar mitzvah. If he fails, he will spend the rest of his academic career banished to the land of the geeks. “13” is a show about finding out who you are, what you need, and what’s really important. // 7/11-7/13, , $20, 110 E 2nd St, tulsapac.com/events. asp?id=92&eventid=2870&task=display
COMEDY
Mike Baldwin, Todd Johnson // Stand Up // 7/2, 8:00 pm, $7, 7/3, 8:00 pm, $2, 7/5, 7:30 pm, $10, 7/5, 10:00 pm, $10, 6808 S Memorial Dr, loonybincomedy.com Pop Up Players // Improv // 7/3, 7:00 pm, $5, 328 E 1st St, comedyparlor.com Rumble-Ish: The Improv Competition // Improv // 7/5, 7:00 pm, $10, 328 E 1st St, comedyparlor.com CR’s Variety Hour // Variety // 7/5, 8:30 pm, $10, 328 E 1st St, comedyparlor.com Sophia Starr, Velly Vel, Rick Shaw // Stand Up // 7/5, 10:00 pm, $10, 328 E 1st St, comedyparlor.com Christine Stedman, Brad Tassel // Stand Up // 7/9, 8:00 pm, $7, 7/10, 8:00 pm, $2, 6808 S Memorial Dr, loonybincomedy.com Raw Meat // Improv // 7/10, 7:00 pm, $5, 328 E 1st St, comedyparlor.com
Frank Caliendo // Stand Up // 7/10, 8:00 pm, $25-$45, 777 W Cherokee St, hardrockcasinotulsa.com/the-joint-tulsa/frank-caliendo Christine Stedman, Brad Tassel // Stand Up // 7/11, 7:30 pm, $10, 7/11, 10:00 pm, $10, 7/12, 7:30 pm, $10, 7/12, 10:00 pm, $10, 6808 S Memorial Dr, loonybincomedy.com Crayons // Improv // 7/11, 7:00 pm, $10, 328 E 1st St, comedyparlor.com Comfort Creatures // Improv // 7/11, 8:30 pm, $10, 328 E 1st St, comedyparlor.com Ryan’s Drinking Problem (A beer drinking game show) // Game Show // 7/11, 10:00 pm, $10, 328 E 1st St, comedyparlor.com Gains Kelly // Stand Up // 7/12, 7:00 pm, $10, 328 E 1st St, comedyparlor.com Naturally Improvables // Improv // 7/12, 8:30 pm, $10, 7/12, 10:00 pm, $10, 328 E 1st St, comedyparlor.com The Brock Goleman Effect // Stand Up // 7/13, 7:30 pm, $5, 328 E 1st St, comedyparlor.com T.G.I.M. Comedy Night at the Shrine // Stand Up // 7/14, 9:30 pm
SPORTS
Tulsa Holiday Summer Circuit // This four day equestrian event features a wide variety of activities in junior, senior, and amateur classes that showcase the skills of both the horses and riders, including Western pleasure and trail riding, roping, and more. // 7/3-7/6, 4145 E 21st St, tulsaholidaycircuit.com Tulsa Shock vs. Connecticut Sun // 7/5, 7:00 pm, $12-$155, 200 S Denver Ave, wnba.com/shock/index_main.html Tulsa Shock vs. Indiana Fever // 7/8, 7:00 pm, $12-$155, 200 S Denver Ave, wnba.com/shock/index_main.html Tulsa Drillers vs. Arkansas Travelers // To celebrate former Driller Nolan Arenado winning the 2013 Gold Glove, the first 1,500 fans will receive a Nolan Aranado jersey! Thirsty Thursday - 12 oz beers and 16 oz fountain drinks for just a buck! // 7/10, 7:05 pm, $5-$35, 201 N Elgin Ave, milb.com/tickets/singlegame.jsp?sid=t260 Tulsa Shock vs. Minnesota Lynx // 7/10, 7:00 pm, $12-$155, 200 S Denver Ave, wnba.com/shock/index_main.html Tulsa Drillers vs. Arkansas Travelers // Friday Night Fireworks // 7/11, 7:5 pm, $5-$35, 201 N Elgin Ave, milb.com/tickets/singlegame.jsp?sid=t260 Tulsa Drillers vs. Arkansas Travelers // First 1,500 fans receive a Drillers soccer scarf. // 7/12, 7:05 pm, $5-$35, 201 N Elgin Ave, milb. com/tickets/singlegame.jsp?sid=t260 Tulsa Shock vs. Washington Mystics // // 7/12, 7:00 pm, $12-$155, 200 S Denver Ave, wnba.com/shock/index_main.html Tulsa Nice Bowl III // Benefitting the 2015 Tulsa Ice Bowl, the Nice Bowl is 2-round singles disc golf competition at Chandler park for all divisions with cash payouts and an Ace-Pot. Competitors can also purchase a Mulligans Package, which allows one mulligan per hole for all 36 holes. Sign-ups open til 9:30 a.m., players meeting at 9:50 a.m. // 7/13, 9:30 am, $15, 6500 W 21st St, tulsadiscsports.org/nicebowl3flyer.html Christa Voss Duathlon // The third annual Christa Voss Duathlon is held in honor of cyclist and runner Christa Voss, who died in a tragic bike accident along with fellow cyclist Matt Edmonds in 2009. The event begins and ends at River West Festival Park and starts with a 5 km run, followed by a 30 km bike, and ends with another 5 km run. // 7/13, 7:00 am, $70, fleetfeettulsa.com/races/ christa-voss-du ARTS & CULTURE // 35
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Bison & Bear, De co District shops, and The Bookerie // Photos by Natasha Ball
Shop talk
An insider’s guide to our fashionable downtown by NICCI ATCHLEY
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owntown is the land of the local merchant, and locally owned boutiques have planted their flags, Sooner style. In the name of hard-hitting, investigative journalism (wink, wink), I put on my Chucks and took to the streets to scout out some of the best of what my favorite boutiques have to offer. Luckily, Tulsa’s downtown shopping districts are within walking distance of each other. I suggest putting aside that Tulsa-bred aversion to walking and making a go of it on foot. The Blue Dome District by the Market on Detroit has some good parking and is fairly centrally located so you can make the loop. DECO DISTRICT MADE: The Indie Emporium Shop An outgrowth of the Indie Emporium craft and fashion show, MADE makes the handmade and vintage wares from over 80 artists available to shoppers year-round. My favorites are the unique accessories—jewelry, scarves, and totes. The Steampunk (Victorian in style with a mix of the whimsical and industrial) necklaces created by artist Bohemian Romance are especially cute. If you like tchotkes, MADE has plenty of those, too. 501 S. Boston Ave., 918-304-6253 shopatmade.com 36 // ARTS & CULTURE
The Bookerie In a technological world, it’s kind of nice to see such an interesting preservation of the printed word. But don’t let the name fool you. The Bookerie doesn’t sell books so much as everything under the sun that can possibly be made from abandoned and forgotten books, all recovered from around town. The shop’s charm bracelets are particularly memorable—you can select different words to customize your bracelet, and The Bookerie helps you keep it nice. favoringbrave.com Okie Crowe At first glance once you step foot inside Okie Crowe, you’ll think to yourself, “These shop owners are obsessed.” And it’s true, they are. Turns out the husband and wife team are craft-beer brewers and started incorporating beer ingredients such as leftover hops into bath and body products. Here, you’ll find soaps with names like “The Drunken Gardner” and “Beer Money.” They’ve since expanded their offerings to include a smattering of items including apparel, pet, and home décor. It’s a shop that could drive you to drinking in no time. 918-230-1595, okiecrowe.com Picklesworth Perhaps the most useful items in a civilized life—what else but socks and stationary —are the mainstays
at Picklesworth. The shop promises the “warmest toes and the coolest greetings” with offerings such as socks adorned with sushi, donuts, cats in glasses, or gummi bears. Socks and stationary could, in fact, be the perfect fit—depending on the occasion and the intended recipient, it’d be tricky to gift a pair of socks without a note of explanation, which should always be delivered on high-quality cardstock. 918-559-7876, picklesworth.com Bison & Bear With its utilitarian chic, this haberdasher specializes in all things manly. One quick visit will have you outfitted for a cameo in a Wes Anderson movie. If you’re shopping for your boyfriend you’ll be pleased to discover their Imogene + willie jeans and gingham, ikat, plaid, and paisley printed cotton handkerchiefs and neckties from Forage. Also good for outfitting him to fashionably make a S’more. 427 S. Boston Ave., 918-813-9949 bisonbear.com BLUE DOME DISTRICT Dwelling Spaces With the guarantee of “one of a kind items that will make you smile,” Dwelling Spaces delivers with their collection of Bigfootand Oklahoma-themed wear. Other stand-outs are the screen-printed tote bags by May Yang and the
delicate, industrial necklaces made by Honey Claw. If you don’t currently own an Okie Grown tshirt, you’re practically teetering on the line between loyalty and treason. 119 S. Detroit Ave., 918-582-1033 Lyon’s Indian Store Downtown Tulsa’s longest-standing retail store has been bringing us Native American wares and Tulsa souvenirs since 1916. Be sure to check out the vintage turquoise and silver jewelry. Lyon’s also has a vast offering of beadwork and traditional bead supplies for DIYers. 111. S. Detroit Ave., 918-582-6372 Boomtown Tees If you’re on the hunt for a Tulsa or Oklahoma-specific tee, Boomtown is a can’t-miss destination. The shop has great-looking options that pay homage to insider spots such as the Center of the Universe, Cry Baby Hill, and the Blue Dome District. Children of the ‘80s will appreciate the commemorations of the Camelot Hotel, the Phantasmagoria, and the Zingo from Bell’s Amusement Park. 114 S. Elgin Ave., 918-938-6000 boomtowntees.com Simply If you find you’ve had your fill of Tulsa t-shirts or local hand-crafted wares, Simply is a July 2 – July 15, 2014 // THE TULSA VOICE
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nice reprieve. There isn’t a single souvenir item in sight, but the shop does carry tourist-friendly fanny packs by Hip Sister that are surprisingly flattering and chic. You’ve got to see them to believe it. Simply prides itself on staying away from “basics,” but you’ll want to take note of their cute selection of solid-colored camisoles. The thick, lace straps hide your bra, and what female over 25 doesn’t appreciate that? 114 S. Detroit Ave., Suite B 918-760-1363 facebook.com/SimplyTulsa GREENWOOD Brother’s Hat Shop This old-school men’s shop promises to outfit you “from the crown on down.” Whether you’re male or female, I think you’ll appreciate the stellar hat selection at Brother’s. They’ve got at least 20 different styles, including straw and felt pinch, center dent, and pork-pie fedoras as well as boulders, Kangol tropical, big apples, driving caps, and ball caps. If you need a lesson on what these styles are, exactly, and which will suit you best, just go on in. You’ll leave looking nothing short of dapper. Plus, the shopkeepers will make you laugh. 108 N. Greenwood, 918-585-2323 THE TULSA VOICE // July 2 – July 15, 2014
BRADY DISTRICT Colors of Etnika Colors of Etnika is an unexpected shop to come across in downtown Tulsa and it certainly lends some much-needed international flavor. Here you’ll find imported accessories such as hats, scarves, jewelry, and handbags. My personal favorites are the stunning beaded “collar” necklaces from Guatemala. You’ll be equally excited about their price, $35-45. 10 E. Archer Street, Suite 1-101 918-698-0082, colorsofEtnika.com Mocha Butterfly If you’re looking for a one-ofa-kind by a local designer or artist, this boutique has some unique and affordable options. A denim patchwork skirt caught my eye, in particular. In the spirit of no-cute-skirt-left-behind, I’ll definitely go back for that one. Maxi dresses are in style this season and there are some breezy summery ones to choose from. In addition to clothing and accessories, Mocha also has a selection of art, locally made sundries, and home items. 216 N. Main St., 918-794-0795 mochabutterflyboutique.com
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Black Kat Benders, Sunday Moan, and James Groves Blues Machine play July 25 at the Blue Whale on Route 66 in Catoosa
Blue Whale blues
A Route 66 mainstay is the host of a new concert series by RYAN DALY
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ven by the standard of roadside attractions, the Blue Whale is an odd sight. Situated half-beached in a sandlined pond at 2680 Oklahoma 66, the 80-foot-long, 20-foot-tall, ball-capped beast greets traffic with its gaping smile and giant, blood-red eyes. Thousands of motorists drive past each day, many never giving it more than a sideways glance as they make their way to their destination. But every other week for the remainder of the summer, passersby will have an added incentive to stop as the massive mammal plays host to a diverse crowd of Oklahoma musicians. According to an excerpt from the Catoosa Historical Society, the Blue Whale began as a doodle on then-60-year-old Hugh Davis’s napkin. “My grandmother was an animal lover, and she particularly had a thing for whales,” said Lee Davis, Hugh Davis’s grandson. “My grandfather was going to build her a little concrete whale by the pond for their anniversary. As things went with my grandfather, 38 // MUSIC
as he started building [the whale], he continued making it larger – he came up with the idea to make the fin a slide, then he thought to put a diving board on the tail.” Two years, 15 tons of sand, nearly 20,000 pounds of rock, and 19.5 yards of ready-mix concrete later, the whale was finished, and people started showing up to take a closer look. “Kids started sneaking in to swim,” Davis said. “So he went ahead and opened it up and made it a swimming hole.” One of those kids was Ryan Smith. “Starting in 1979, my grandmother would drop us off there every day at eight o’clock in the morning and wouldn’t pick us up until six o’clock at night,” said Smith, the Catoosan turned Tulsan who organizes the shows. “Last June, I was contacted by one of the Fins of the Blue Whale [the group that restored and took over as caretakers of the property after it closed in 1988] about doing live music out there,” Smith said. “I knew a huge roster of artists since I was booking shows for the
[now-defunct] Vinyl Countdown, and it kind of got out of hand from there.” Out of hand, indeed. “We already had food trucks that would come park out here for a week at a time, and we started getting regulars, which showed me there was steady demand,” Smith said. “For the first year, we got around 50 people per show. The first show we did this summer there were around 150 people there, which kind of put the fear in me, like, ‘where is this going?’ “Right now, I can’t think of any other way to put it than that it’s a labor of love. With the attendance comes the chance of the money aspect coming into it, it just complicates things. Right now, nobody gets paid, nobody has anything to gain from it, there are no stakes, and there are no expectations. I like it that way.” And, so do the owners. “I think the whole time it was open, my grandfather only ever charged a dollar to come and swim all day,” Davis said. “We’re trying to stay in that tradition.”
The next show in the Blue Whale summer concert series, scheduled for July 25, will feature food trucks, music by three area blues bands – Black Kat Benders, Sunday Moan, and James Groves Blues Machine – and a live broadcast by Tulsa’s online blues station, Radio IDL, radioidl.com. For Smith, the summer concert series is about spreading the gospel of an Oklahoma landmark, albeit a strange one. “You’d be surprised how many people from Tulsa, native Tulsans, have never been to the Blue Whale, who have no idea what or where it is,” Smith said. “I want to change that.” a
Award-winning music journalist Ryan Daly is coasting through life on his wit and good looks. Outside these ink-smudged pages you can find him performing as one-half of local band the Fabulous Minx, promoting shows with his label, Midnight Creeper Records, or loitering. Tweet to him @okwordsandpics. July 2 – July 15, 2014 // THE TULSA VOICE
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musiclistings WoodyFest Each year over the weekend closest to Woody Guthrie’s birthday (he would be 102 on July 14), Woody Guthrie Folk Festival (WoodyFest for short) is held in multiple locations across Okemah, including Crystal Theatre, Brickstreet Cafe, and the outdoor main stage at Pastures of Plenty. The lineup this year includes Arlo Guthrie, Ellis Paul, Jimmy LaFave, Annie Guthrie (Woody’s granddaughter), Joel Rafael, Tim Easton, David Amram, and Ronnie Cox, who starred in the 1976 film adaptation of Guthrie’s book, “Bound for Glory.” The festival will also include performances by local favorites John Fullbright, Red Dirt Rangers, Wink Burcham, and Paul Benjaman. 7/9-13, wo odyguthrie.com
Wed // July 2
Soundpony – The Bellfuries The Colony – Tom Skinner Science Project On the Rocks – Don White – 7:00 pm Mason’s – Travis McClearen, Signal My Way – 8:00 pm Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:00 pm Cellar Dweller – Mike Cameron Collective – 9:00 pm
Thurs // July 3
Yeti – Turnt Up Mercury Lounge – Ben Knight and the Welldiggers – 10:00 pm The Colony – Jared Tyler, Travis Fite, Arthur Thompson, Matt Hayes Undercurrent – Joesf Glaude and Company Riffs @ Hard Rock Casino – Darren Ray – 3:00 pm Riffs @ Hard Rock Casino – Members Only – 7:00 pm Cabin Creek @ Hard Rocl Casino – Audio Crush – 8:00 pm Mystic River Lounge @ River Spirit Casino – Lost On Utica – 8:00 pm The Hunt Club – Phil Marshall Woody’s Corner Bar – Jake Moffat Rum Runnerz – Framing the Red – 8:00 pm Bluestone Steakhouse – Travis Andrew Taylor – 10:00 pm Crow Creek Tavern – Rod Ruthrauf, Phil Pack, and Jim Tilly – 8:00 pm Lanna Thai – Scott Musick – 12:00 pm Utica Square – Mary Cogan – 7:00 pm
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Fri // July 4
Yeti – Stonechat Soundpony – Soul Night w/ DJ Soul Fingaz, DJ Sweet Baby Jayzus Mercury Lounge – Slick, Banditos, Blackfoot Gypsies – 9:00 pm Riffs @ Hard Rock Casino – Scott Ellison – 5:30 pm Riffs @ Hard Rock Casino – Stars – 9:00 pm C:Note @ Hard Rock Casino – Uncrowned Kings – 9:00 pm Cabin Creek @ Hard Rocl Casino – Wilber Lee Tucker – 9:00 pm Mystic River Lounge @ River Spirit Casino – Another Alibi – 9:00 pm The Hunt Club – Jessica Hunt Band Osage Casino - Sand Springs – SeXtion 8, Soupbone – 8:00 pm Ed’s Hurricane Lounge – David Dover – 9:00 pm Hibiscus Caribbean Grill – O.T.G.Ent, OD – 9:30 pm Westbound Club – Johnny Duke & Shootout – 10:00 pm Area 18 Bar and Ultra Lounge – Nehemiah Akbar – 11:30 pm Infuzion – Sovereign – 10:00 pm Osage Casino - Tulsa – Wanda Watson Band – 9:00 pm Daily Grill – Mike Cameron Collective – 7:00 pm
Sat // July 5
Lambrusco’z Downtown – Wink Burcham & Beau Roberson – 5:00 pm Dilly Deli – Dan Martin & Cody Woody – 5:00 pm Dwelling Spaced – Costa Stasinopoulos – 7:00 pm Arnie’s Bar – The Boogie – 9:00 pm Joe Momma’s – Base Camp on the Moon – 9:00 pm Tallgrass Prairie Table – M.E. – 9:00 pm White Flag – Culture Cinematic – 9:00 pm Yokozuna – Chelsey Gonzales – 10:00 pm Temple Israel – Marshall Voit – 7:00 pm Yeti – Fuck Your Ego Soundpony – Modern Pantheist, Dull Drums The Colony – Old Town Riffs @ Hard Rock Casino – Darren Ray – 5:30 pm
C:Note @ Hard Rock Casino – Uncrowned Kings – 9:00 pm Cabin Creek @ Hard Rocl Casino – Runnin’ On Empty – 9:00 pm Mystic River Lounge @ River Spirit Casino – Another Alibi – 9:00 pm The Hunt Club – Signal My Way, Wonderheim Woody’s Corner Bar – Kyle Brewer Band – 9:30 pm Infuzion – FuZed – 10:00 pm Osage Casino - Sand Springs – SeXtion 8, Soupbone – 8:00 pm Osage Casino - Tulsa – Wanda Watson Band – 9:00 pm Shades of Brown – Gwen’s Kids – 7:00 pm The Shrine – Even the Dogs, OLDMAN, Had Enough, Stanleys Revenge – 8:00 pm Arnie’s Bar – The Boogie – 8:00 pm
Sun // July 6
Yeti – Panic Cookout Mercury Lounge – Streetlight Fight, The Dirty mugs, Assault and Battery, Ray City Riot, VICTORY – 9:00 pm The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing The Hunt Club – Preslar Showcase Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Prentice Vincent: The Color of Me – 5:00 pm ($15-$20) Infuzion – Myron Oliver – 10:30 am
Mon // July 7
Soundpony – Manik Mondays w/ DJ Rdubb The Vanguard – Murder Without Motive, Suffokate, Abiotic, The Bunny The bear, Aegaeon, As The Sleep, Rise and Revolt, Enslaved by Fear, I.Omege – 7:00 pm ($12-$15)The Colony – Open Mic w/ Cody Clinton
Riffs @ Hard Rock Casino – Darrel Cole – 7:00 pm Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jam – 5:30 pm Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:00 pm White Flag – The Capital Why’s, The Rainy Days, The Lonely Revolts – 8:00 pm Woody Guthrie Center – WoodyFest Preview w/ Annie Guthrie, Tim Easton, David Amram, Larry Long, John Wort Hannam, Ronny Cox, Anthona da Costa – 1:30 pm (Free w/ Museum Admission) Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic – 7:00 pm
Wed // July 9
Cain’s Ballroom – ZOMBOY, Cookie Monsta, Eptic – 8:00 pm ($20$35) Soundpony – Everyone is Dirty The Colony – Tom Skinner Science Project On the Rocks – Done White – 7:00 pm Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:00 pm Elwood’s – Wendy Nichol – 6:00 pm Cellar Dweller – Mike Cameron Collective – 9:00 pm Okemah – WoodyFest
Thurs // July 10
Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa Playboys – 7:00 pm ($7) Yeti – Turnt Up The Vanguard – Nehemiah Akbar, Colin Babb, iamdes, Molly Nelson –
Tues // July 8
Soundpony – Wounded Knee, Skeleton Farm - Happy Hour Show – 5:00 pm Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham – 10:30 pm Guthrie Green – Starlight Jazz Orchestra – 8:00 pm
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musiclistings Buskers, starlight, and fireworks This month, First Friday Art Crawl is moving to the second Friday of the month, July 11, and Guthrie Green has put together an evening of entertainment to coincide with it. It starts off at 5:30 p.m. with Tulsa’s first Busker Night. Several amazing and outrageous street performers take to the Green to captivate audiences with their feats of strength, skill, and daring. Then, at 8 p.m., Starlight Concert Band presents “That’s Entertainment!,” a performance of great music from classic movies on the Guthrie Green stage. After the concert, enjoy a great view of the ONEOK Field fireworks display as the Buskers return with illuminated after-dark performances. 7/11, 5:30-10 p.m., Guthrie Green, 111 E M.B. Brady St.
7:00 pm ($12-$15) Mercury Lounge – Buggaboo – 9:00 pm The Shrine – Dirtfoot ($10) Undercurrent – Dallacoma, Sovereign Dame Brady Theater – Old Crow Medicine Show, Dale Watson ($34.50$39.50) Lot No. 6 – Brandon Clark Riffs @ Hard Rock Casino – Scott Ellison – 3:00 pm Riffs @ Hard Rock Casino – Def Leggend – 7:00 pm Cabin Creek @ Hard Rocl Casino – Chad Lee – 8:00 pm Mystic River Lounge @ River Spirit Casino – Hi Fidelics – 8:00 pm The Hunt Club – Hunt Club 5 Year Anniversary Party w/ The Groove Pilots Rum Runnerz – The Boogie – 8:00 pm Bluestone Steakhouse – Travis Andrew Taylor – 10:00 pm Utica Square – Starr Fisher Ensemble – 7:00 pm
The Hunt Club – Amped Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Spin – 9:30 pm Osage Casino - Sand Springs – Travis Kidd – 8:00 pm Osage Casino - Tulsa – Lenno & Company – 9:00 pm Fassler Hall – Natural Child, Taddy Porter Fur Shop – Hey!Dollface, For the Wolf – 7:00 pm Philbrook Museum – Finnegans Awake – 7:30 pm Undercurrent – Zerotheist – 8:00 pm MidKnite Route 66 Lounge – Flare Tha Eclipse – 8:00 pm Torchy’s Legends – Truck Stop Betties – 9:00 pm Daily Grill – Mike Cameron Collective – 7:00 pm Hillman’s Garage – Dead Shakes, Domestic Drone, Who & The Fucks, Bitchcraft, The Daddyo’s, Annabelle Chairlegs, Feral Future, Noun Verb Adjective, Cucumber & The Suntans, Hey Judy, Natural Child, Okie Mirage, Pillage People– 3:00 pm
Fri // July 11
Yeti – FM Pilots, Chasing Pictures Soundpony – Western Residents, Astral Planes The Vanguard – Goatwhore, For What We Are, The Great He-Goat – 6:30 pm ($13-$16) Mercury Lounge – Chad Sullins and the Last Call Coalition – 8:00 pm The Colony – Grazzhopper Guthrie Green – Starlight Concert Band - That’s Entertainment! – 8:00 pm Undercurrent – Hard Truth Riffs @ Hard Rock Casino – Hi Fidelics – 5:30 pm Riffs @ Hard Rock Casino – Travis Marvin – 9:00 pm C:Note @ Hard Rock Casino – Chad Lee – 9:00 pm Cabin Creek @ Hard Rocl Casino – Ricky Fugitt – 9:00 pm Mystic River Lounge @ River Spirit Casino – The Jumpshots – 9:00 pm THE TULSA VOICE // July 2 – July 15, 2014
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Sat // July 12
Cain’s Ballroom – Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Stevie Stone, Kutt Calhoun – 7:30 pm ($27-$42) Fur Shop – That 90s Party – 8:00 pm ($7 ADV, $10 Door) Yeti – In Ten Cities Soundpony – Male Bondage, Creepozoidz
4 Aces Tavern – David Dover – 8:00 pm Sandite Billiards & Grill – Cole Porter Band – 8:00 pm Crow Creek Tavern – 4Going Gravity – 9:00 pm Cimarron Bar – Seven Day Crash – 9:00 pm Whiskey Dog Bar & Grill – David Castro Band – 10:00 pm
Sun // July 13
The Vanguard – Sleepwalking Home, Chasing Pictures, OTSB, The Bourgeois – 8:00 pm ($7) Mercury Lounge – Red Eye Gravy – 8:00 pm The Colony – The Boogie - Live Record Recording Undercurrent – Blackwater Rebellion, Drek Riffs @ Hard Rock Casino – Hi Fidelics – 5:30 pm Riffs @ Hard Rock Casino – Fuzed – 9:00 pm C:Note @ Hard Rock Casino – Chad Lee – 9:00 pm Cabin Creek @ Hard Rocl Casino – Merle Jam – 9:00 pm Mystic River Lounge @ River Spirit Casino – The Jumpshots – 9:00 pm The Hunt Club – Marshall Wallace Band Rum Runnerz – Kick Tree, Dirty Crush – 9:30 pm Osage Casino - Sand Springs – Travis Kidd – 8:00 pm Osage Casino - Tulsa – Lenno & Company – 9:00 pm Shades of Brown – Gwen’s Kids – 7:00 pm
Soundpony – Big Bill, Noun, Verb, Adjective, Bitchcraft - Happy Hour Show – 5:00 pm BOK Center – Mötley Crüe, Alice Cooper – 7:00 pm ($49.50-$125) The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – David Amram: A Tribute to Oscar Pettiford – 5:00 pm ($5-$20) Infuzion – Myron Oliver – 10:30 am Elwood’s – Bryce Dicus, Jimmy Blythe, Miles Williams & Hammer Down, Evan Michaels Band – 12:00 pm
Mon // July 14
The Colony – Open Mic w/ Cody Clinton
Tues // July 15
The Vanguard – A Midsummer Night’s Rave w/ DJ PCP, Knic Knac, Joe Cool – 7:00 pm ($10-$15) Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham – 10:30 pm Guthrie Green – Starlight Concert Band - Night at the Movies – 8:00 pm Riffs @ Hard Rock Casino – Great Big Biscuit – 7:00 pm Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jam – 5:30 pm Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:00 pm Enso Bar – Branjae – 8:00 pm Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic – 7:00 pm MUSIC // 41
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Sick flicks Summer viewing tips for the bed-bound Netflix watcher by JOE O’SHANSKY
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’m sick at the onset of summer, but it’s OK. I’ll live. And I’ll spare you the gory details. But whatever God(s?) I pissed off has been having a lot of sadistic fun at the expense of this puny mortal. Or perhaps someone made a voodoo doll of me? No idea. The only real upside is easy access to my remote control and my Netflix queue. Not to undersell that occasional, soothing rainstorm, but if it weren’t for the great movies there (and a couple of solid series), I’d probably have been Googling how to self-induce a coma by now. Though my ills did get me out of seeing “Transformers: Age of Extinction.” So there’s that. Here’s what you should see if you’re in similar straits.
ier shots that were conspicuously absent from the almost-bloodless theatrical version. Either way, it’s a unique zombie film, if nothing else, and is completely worth your time. Though you should read the book if you haven’t yet. It’s great.
“World War Z” // No single mega-budget adaptation of Max Brooks’ incredible novel was ever going to capture the vast array of narratives that make up the “oral History of the Zombie War,” and thankfully this one doesn’t really try. Brad Pitt portrays a U.N. envoy who hops around the globe looking for “patient zero” in the hopes of creating a vaccine to protect the living against billions of ravenous undead. The action set pieces are exciting, certain sequences (like Newark) build a surprising amount of tension, and the scope looks grand. The end doesn’t really stick the landing but, considering the film’s legendary production problems, it’s a miracle this thing turned out well. The unrated cut only adds the digital blood and a couple of slightly gor-
“Never Sleep Again” // This expansive documentary (it runs about four hours) is pretty much the definitive word on everything you wanted know about the “Nightmare on Elm Street” films. The documentary largely leans on interviews with many of the principals, from directors Wes Craven and Renny Harlin and producer Bob Shaye, along with stars Robert Englund and Tulsa native Heather Langenkamp, all the way to the background characters and some now-legendary SFX artists. “Never Sleep Again” also charts the rise and fall of New Line Films, which found its first real success with “Elm Street” as a parallel to the slew of sequels that the studio pumped out to build on the success of Freddy Krueger. It’s frank (the films get picked apart, sometimes
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during my favorite era of filmmaking, the American New Wave. `
If you get sick this summer, at least you can obliterate your Netflix queue
viciously, for their many sins), funny, and an entertaining and compelling look at the filmmakers behind the curtain. A must for fans. “The Long Goodbye” // You have a great movie you’ve been meaning to watch that’s been sitting in your queue for three-and-a-half years. One day, you’ll get around to it. This one was mine: Robert Altman’s near perfect (and so Altman) 1973 adaptation of the eponymous Raymond Chandler crime-noir novel, and its gumshoe detective, anti-hero Philip Marlowe. Hired to clear a friend of a murder, Marlowe finds nothing is as it seems in gritty Los Angeles. Obviously. The easy grace of Altman’s direction of Leigh Brackett’s superb script is masterfully assured, and the role of Marlowe is wonderfully embodied by a simmering Elliott Gould. I never knew the guy could be that cool. It looks beautiful, it’s bleakly noir, and it wraps you up in its cinematic tendrils almost instantly. “The Long Goodbye” is a great example of Altman being one of the most formidably badass directors
“House of the Devil” // Director Ti West has a lot of detractors in the horror film community. But after our own Josh Kline confirmed a mutual friend’s recommendation, I gave his third film, “House of the Devil,” a shot. I’m glad I did. Released in 2009, the movie, which follows a babysitter who takes a job for a weird, old couple (Tom Noonan and Mary Woronov!), at a creepy house in the woods on the night of a lunar eclipse, was shot on 16mm and genuinely looks like it was made in 1982. Some critics call it a gimmick. I call it a well-done homage to the look and tropes of grindhouse horror movies, made on a tiny budget, that gets the “gimmick” far better than “Grindhouse” did for millions more. Slow-burning fun. a RE A D T HE RE S T
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July 2 – July 15, 2014 // THE TULSA VOICE
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“The Leftovers” airs Sunday nights on HBO
Left behind and lost ‘The Leftovers’ is a bleak, intimate view of life after a rapture by JOSHUA KLINE
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he Leftovers” opens with an intimate illustration of an apocalyptic event. October 14: A harried mother puts her crying infant in the car seat. As she talks on her cell phone, the crying stops. She looks to the back and the child is gone. Frantic, she jumps out of her car and calls out for help. Down the street, a young boy screams that his father just disappeared. A driverless vehicle ploughs into another car. Cut to three years later. We learn that two percent of the world’s population vanished on October 14 without explanation. That includes the Pope, Gary Busey, and Shaq. Some are calling it the rapture, but there’s no rhyme or reason to the disappearance—atheists and a-holes disappeared, too—so Bible-believing Christians are left scratching their heads in despair. The citizens of Mapleton, New York, are still reeling. A pall hangs heavy over the once-idyllic community, and the collective emotional aftermath of the disappearance is evolving into something nasty.
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A cult calling itself the Guilty Remnant has sprung up in the town and is growing rapidly. The members have taken a vow of silence. They dress in white, chain-smoke cigarettes, and harass the rest of the town with passive protests and signs that say “Stop Wasting Your Breath.” Somewhere in the desert, a mysterious man said to have emotional healing powers keeps a harem of young Asian women and devoted followers in a guarded compound. Teenagers skip class, smoke weed, and throw sex parties, because why not? Nothing matters much after several friends and a parent or two disappear. The town’s mayor insists on a commemoration parade for the disappeared, “Heroes Day.” The parade ends in a bloody riot. In describing it, one could easily reduce “The Leftovers” to a secular take on the Biblical rapture that fueled the wildly popular “Left Behind” series, and on it’s face that’s exactly what it is. But writer Tom Perrotta (who authored the book on which the series is based)
and showrunner Damon Lindelof are more interested in the way such a spectacular, unexplainable event transforms those leftovers than in what the event means on a cosmic level. This is not a Roland Emmerich movie. Unlike “Lost,” another Lindelof show about human behavior in the face of the supernatural, this new series seems less interested in teasing out the mystery of how and why. It’s more focused on the social ramifications of such an event. “Ours is not to reason why,” says Mapleton Police Chief Kevin Garvey (Justin Theroux), paraphrasing Tennyson in what could be a subliminal promise from Lindelof that he won’t pull another “Lost” finale by wrapping the mystery in a fuzzy, unsatisfying bow. With Perrotta’s source material, that shouldn’t be difficult. The author of “Little Children” and “Election” uses the disappearance as a MacGuffin to explore basic themes of grief and loss, and the series pilot (which aired June 29) stays true to the book by focusing on the collective psychic trauma
inflicted on those left behind. In fact, this first episode is so bleak, so focused on the tragic resignation of its characters, viewers looking for the high-concept thriller promised by the ads will likely leave grumbling and unfulfilled. Hacky director Peter Berg (“Lone Survivor”) does his best to jazz things up through some obnoxious shaky-cam editing, visually arresting flashbacks, and dream sequences, but the material remains unforgivingly melancholy. The journeyman action director is clearly the wrong choice for the show, but I expected worse, and he acquits himself well enough. I suspect the series will really take off when HBO starts assigning its superior in-house directors to episodes. It’s hard to judge a series by its pilot; many great shows have had mediocre starts (looking at you, “Mad Men” and “Game of Thrones”), and “The Leftovers” is better than mediocre. Whether it can excel to the level of its peers remains to be seen; I just pray Lindelof learned his lesson and sticks by Perrotta’s storytelling. a FILM & TV // 43
news of the weird by CHUCK SHEPHERD
Man of the people?
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Scott Fistler, twice a loser for electoral office in Phoenix, Arizona, as a Republican, decided in November 2013 that his luck might improve as a Democrat with a name change, and legally became “Cesar Chavez,” expecting to poll better in a heavily Hispanic, Democratic congressional district. (“Cesar Chavez” is of course the name of the legendary labor organizer.) Furthermore, according to a June report in the Arizona Capitol Times, “Chavez’s” campaign website features photographs of frenzied supporters holding “Chavez” signs, but which are obviously scenes from the streets of Venezuela at rallies for its late president Hugo Chavez. (At press time for News of the Weird, a judge had removed “Chavez” from the ballot, but only because some qualifying signatures were invalid. “Chavez” promised to appeal.)
U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf of Omaha, Nebraska, trying to be helpful, he said, advised female lawyers appearing in his courtroom to lower their hemlines and cover their cleavage because males, including Judge Kopf himself, are “pigs.” Writing in his personal blog in March, he said, “I have been a dirty old man ever since I was a very young man” and that the women in his office are similarly contemptuous of daringly dressed female lawyers. The lifetime-tenured judge later said he regretted any harm to the judiciary that his remarks might have caused.
Karma At an April press conference on a train station platform in Milford, Connecticut, to critique the allegedly shoddy safety record
of the Metro-North rail line, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut set up a chart on an easel to illustrate the problem. Suddenly, a train roared through the station and, according to news reports, “nearly” clipped Sen. Blumenthal, who was standing on the yellow platform line that passengers are admonished to stand behind.
out back, and I’ll just beat your a**.” And to a back hallway they went, with the lawyer allegedly just intending to talk out their differences. However, according to Weinstock’s supervisor, Judge Murphy immediately grabbed Weinstock and began punching him. Weinstock was not seriously hurt, but vowed to report the incident to the Florida Bar.
Sounds Like A Joke The animosity between Brevard County (Florida) judge John Murphy and public defender Andrew Weinstock festered over the lawyer’s refusal to waive his client’s right to a speedy trial, but came to a head on June 2, when the judge told Weinstock, “Stop pissing me off. Just sit down.” Weinstock persisted: “I have a right to stand and represent my client.” The judge responded: “If you want to fight, let’s go
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69 Broke a fast 70 Cook eggs by baking 72 Basketball venue 74 Heating apparatus 78 In a merry way 79 Authenticity of past events 82 Large coffee dispenser 83 Paradigm of ease? 84 Of no avail 86 Bag for a mall 87 Quick haircut 88 Lodge brother 89 It’s played in chukkers 90 Type of rally 91 Metaphor or irony, e.g. 92 Scallion relative 94 One who works his land 99 Furry hoppers 100 Sentence pattern 102 Makes sharp 103 Optical solution 105 De-squeak 106 Fall mos. 107 Pamper too much 108 Sledding sites 112 Feature of many film monsters 117 Object of worship 118 Indian attire 119 Fiat 120 Commemorative award 121 Destructive crowds 122 “___ the night before ...” 123 Charges for use 124 Danza or Bennett DOWN 1 Old verb suffix 2 ___-Town (Midwest hub nickname) 3 Get ___ of (throw out) 4 Digs up 5 Centers
6 “Meet Me ___ Louis” 7 Expert fighter pilot 8 Arturo Toscanini was one 9 Blacker 10 Toward the summit 11 Horse brake 12 Cul-de-___ 13 Hope is found there 14 Shallot’s pungent kin 15 It’s fit to be tied 16 Busy bug 17 “__ Now Or Never” 19 Old Plymouths 24 A Bobbsey twin 26 Be indebted to 29 Mai ___ (rum drink) 31 Composure 32 Companions of faunae 33 Major player 34 Coffee sweetener 35 Something ventured 36 100-member group 37 It’s less than a grand 40 Druid, for one 41 Soothsayer 43 Train for boxing 47 Meat such as chicken and turkey 50 23-Across player 51 “Born in the ___” (Springsteen tune) 52 Luau dip 53 Bug between molts 54 Italian farewell 57 “Get a move on!” 58 Dots in a globe’s ocean 60 Many a “Saved by the Bell” character 62 Work like a dog
64 Fry in butter 66 Alteration maker 67 Language for 78-Down 70 Dark brown furs 71 Necking neck mark 73 Calculator figs. 74 In good health 75 Roman dawn goddess 76 “Jeepers!” 77 Intertwine 78 Scottish highlander 79 DNA’s spiraling shape 80 “12 ___ or less” 81 Overcome difficulties 85 Member of a Roman Catholic brotherhood 87 Sole catcher 90 Be the chair 91 Religious belief 93 Grassy hills 95 Master’s requirement, usually 96 Popinjay 97 Pollen’s place 98 Does a florist’s chore 101 “My country, ___ of thee ...” 104 “What do ___ think?” 106 Vaccination fluids 107 Small denomination 108 Homophone for hymn 109 Words that end bachelorhood 110 Throw, as a grenade 111 “See Saw Margery ___” 113 Lot of noise 114 Tokyo, before it was Tokyo 115 ___ Fernando Valley 116 Underhanded
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Cancer (June 21 - July 22):
The Venus de Milo is a famous Greek statue that’s over 2,100 years old. Bigger than life size, it depicts the goddess of love, beauty, and pleasure. Its current home is the Louvre Museum in Paris, but for hundreds of years it was lost — buried underground on the Greek island of Milos. In 1820, a farmer found it while he was out digging on his land. I foresee a comparable discovery by you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. You will uncover a source of beauty, love, or pleasure — or perhaps all three — that has been missing or forgotten for a long time.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) According to an ancient Greek myth, Sisyphus keeps pushing a boulder up a steep hill only to lose control of it just before he reaches the top, watching in dismay as it tumbles to the bottom. After each failure, he lumbers back down to where he started and makes another effort to roll it up again — only to fail again. The myth says he continues his futile attempts for all eternity. I’m happy to report, Leo, that there is an important difference between your story and that of Sisyphus. Whereas you have tried and tried and tried again to complete a certain uphill task, you will not be forever frustrated. In fact, I believe a breakthrough will come soon, and success will finally be yours. Will it be due to your gutsy determination or your neurotic compulsion or both? It doesn’t matter. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Many of America’s founding fathers believed slavery was immoral, but they owned slaves themselves and ordained the institution of slavery in the U.S. Constitution. They didn’t invent hypocrisy, of course, but theirs was an especially tragic version. In comparison, the hypocrisy that you express is mild. Nevertheless, working to minimize it is a worthy task. And here’s the good news: You are now in a position to become the zodiac’s leader in minimizing your hypocrisy. Of all the signs, you can come closest to walking your talk and practicing what you preach. So do it! Aim to be a master of translating your ideals into practical action. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) In the last two decades, seven Academy Award winners have given thanks to God while accepting their Oscars. By contrast, 30 winners have expressed their gratitude to film studio executive Harvey Weinstein. Who would you acknowledge as essential to your success, Libra? What generous souls, loving animals, departed helpers, and spiritual beings have contributed to your ability to thrive? Now is an excellent time to make a big deal out of expressing your appreciation. For mysterious reasons, doing so will enhance your luck and increase your chances for future success.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You have permission to compose an all-purpose excuse note for yourself. If you’d like, you may also forge my signature on it so you can tell everyone that your astrologer sanctified it. This document will be ironclad and inviolable. It will serve as a poetic license that abolishes your guilt and remorse. It will authorize you to slough off senseless duties, evade deadening requirements, escape small-minded influences, and expunge numbing habits. Even better, your extra-strength excuse note will free you to seek out adventures you have been denying yourself for no good reason. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) In the Inuktitut language spoken in northern Canada, the term iminngernaveersaartunngortussaavunga means “I should try not to become an alcoholic.” I encourage you to have fun saying that a lot in the coming days. Why? Now is an excellent time to be playful and light-hearted as you wage war against any addictive tendencies you might have. Whether it’s booze or gambling or abusive relationships or anything else that tempts you to act like an obsessive self-saboteur, you have more power than usual to break its hold on you — especially if you don’t take yourself too seriously. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Percival Lowell (1855-1916) was an influential astronomer who launched the exploration that led to the discovery of Pluto. He also made some big mistakes. Here’s one: Gazing at Venus through his telescope, he swore he saw spokes emanating from
a central hub on the planet’s surface. But we now know that Venus is shrouded with such thick cloud cover that no surface features are visible. So what did Lowell see? Due to an anomaly in his apparatus, the telescope projected shadows from inside his eyes onto the image of Venus. The “spokes” were actually the blood vessels in his retinas. Let this example serve as a cautionary tale for you in the coming weeks, Capricorn. Don’t confuse what’s within you with what’s outside you. If you can clearly discern the difference, your closest relationships will experience healing breakthroughs. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.” So said British writer G. K. Chesterton. Now I’m passing his advice on to you just in time for the Purge and Purify Phase of your astrological cycle. In the coming weeks, you will generate good fortune for yourself whenever you wash your own brain and absolve your own heart and flush the shame out of your healthy sexual feelings. As you proceed with this work, it may expedite matters if you make a conscious choice to undergo a trial by fire. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) “I awake in a land where the lovers have seized power,” writes Danish poet Morten Sondergaard in his fanciful poem “The Lovers.” “They have introduced laws decreeing that orgasms need never come to an end. Roses function as currency. . . The words ‘you’ and ‘I’ are now synonymous.” A world like the one he describes is a fantasy, of course. It’s impossible. But I predict that in the coming weeks you could create conditions that have resemblances to that utopia. So be audacious in your quest for amorous bliss and convivial romance. Dare to put love at the top of your priority list. And be inventive! ARIES (March 21-April 19) Would you like your savings account to grow? Then deposit money into in it on a consistent basis. Would you like to feel good and have a lot of physical energy? Eat healthy food, sleep as much as you need to, and exercise regularly. Do you want people to see the best in you and give you the benefit of the doubt? See the best in them and give them the benefit of the doubt. Would you love to accomplish your most important goal? Decide what you want more than anything else and focus on it with relaxed intensity. Yes, Aries, life really is that simple — or at least it is right now. If you want to attain interesting success, be a master of the obvious. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your urge to merge is heating up. Your curiosity about combinations is intensifying. I think it’s time to conduct jaunty experiments in mixing and blending. Here’s what I propose: Let your imagination run half-wild. Be unpredictable as you play around with medleys and hodgepodges and sweet unions. But don’t be attached to the outcomes. Some of your research may lead to permanent arrangements, and some won’t. Either result is fine. Your task is to enjoy the amusing bustle, and learn all you can from it. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) The American painter Ivan Albright (1897-1983) was a meticulous creator. He spent as much time as necessary to get every detail right. An entire day might go by as he worked to perfect one square inch of a painting, and some of his pieces took years to finish. When the task at hand demanded intricate precision, he used a brush composed of a single hair. That’s the kind of attention to minutia I recommend for you — not forever, but for the next few weeks. Be careful and conscientious as you build the foundation that will allow you maximum freedom of movement later this year.
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