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ast week, July 27–30, I traveled to our nation’s capital for the annual Association of Alternative Newsmedia Convention—the words “alt” and “alternative” heavy on my mind with the recent rise of America’s alt-right. A display of MAGA hats greeted me at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. (Yes, people are still buying those.) The theme of this year’s gathering, hosted by Washington City Paper, was “Monuments and Mayhem.” “We have plenty of both here,” I overheard a woman in the hotel elevator say. It felt strange to be in D.C. during this Trump era of antagonism, White House chaos, media-bashing, and emotional tweets. (The day before I arrived, our president tweeted his plans to ban transgender soldiers from serving in our military. The day after, he
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seemingly gave police his permission to be “rough” with suspects in a televised speech.) For years—and especially in recent months—the political theater of Washington has felt distant to me. But last weekend, as I stood outside the White House, thought of the people just in Tulsa who Trump is affecting, and considered the role of TTV, it felt close enough to touch. (Pete Seeger would’ve thought so, too—see pg. 38). But Trump’s presidential dysfunction isn’t the only thing plaguing D.C. At the convention’s welcome keynote, U.S. Representative John Yarmuth (D-KY) said, “We have the most dysfunctional Congress in the history of the United States … in seven months, I don’t believe one significant piece of legislation has been passed … What matters now is what happens in our states and locally.”
Living in Tulsa, 100 miles away from our state’s capital, I often forget about the immediacy of government and politics, how change can be effected right here, on our own turf. In one panel, we strategized how alternative papers could push themselves to the center of the national conversation with local stories. I thought of Terence Crutcher. I thought of Khalid Jabara (see pg. 33). I thought of Jeremy Lake (see pg. 10). Tulsa is at the center of the national conversation. And then another panelist challenged us to stop thinking of ourselves as “alternative.” “These are extraordinary times,” she said. “Who do you want to be in your community? Ain’t no fucking alternative about it.” She’s right. The Tulsa Voice is a community paper. And it is
alternative only in the sense that AAN defines on their website: “an intense focus on local news, culture and the arts; an informal and sometimes profane style; an emphasis on point-of-view reporting and narrative journalism; a tolerance for individual freedoms and social differences; and an eagerness to report on issues and communities that many mainstream media outlets ignore.” We aim to tell the stories that need telling. To do that, we need you, our readers, to let us know what those stories might be and to share the ones we do tell. Email me: liz@langdonpublishing.com. a
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Minimum wage isn’t what it used to be—it’s worse by COURTNEY CULLISON
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he federal minimum wage was established in 1938. Since then it’s been adjusted 29 times to keep up with inflation and rising living standards. The most recent change was in 2009, when the minimum wage increased to $7.25 an hour— but that hasn’t been enough to maintain the value of the wage. Adjusted for inflation, today’s minimum wage is worth about 33 percent less than it was in 1968. The wage was raised to $1.60 that year, which equates to $11.04 in 2016 dollars. Some states have taken the initiative on making the minimum wage a livable wage. Twenty-nine states and D.C. have set a minimum wage higher than the federal standard, and many of them have built in some automatic annual cost of living adjustment. And these states are seeing improvements in wages. It’s not only minimum wage workers who benefit. Because wage increases tend to trickle up, research has shown that raising the minimum wage would improve the financial situation of most income groups. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that raising the minimum wage to $10.10 would raise the average income for all families making less than $72,300 per year. Families with incomes above that would see very little or no change in their income. Families near the bottom of the income scale would see the greatest boost. A common perception is that minimum wage workers are primarily teenagers or college students trying to make some extra pocket money with summer or after-school jobs. But that’s a myth. Nationally, teenagers made up only 20.6 percent of the minimum wage workforce in 2016, and 20- to 24-year-olds accounted for 24.8 percent. The majority (54.6 percent) of minimum wage workers are 25 or older. In
Oklahoma, most people who work full-time for minimum wage or less are adults, living alone or with a spouse or partner. That means most minimum wage workers are trying to support themselves and possibly a child or other family member. Is that possible for someone making minimum wage? Basic estimates for food, housing, utilities, and child care costs in Oklahoma show that a single adult may be able to get by working fulltime at minimum wage, but having even one child pushes expenses well over income. Two full-time working adults can’t support two children on the minimum wage. And that’s before transportation, clothes, medical care, and any other expense that may crop up are included. It also assumes full-time work is available, but for thousands of workers in the retail and restaurant industries, the hours they are given to work can vary dramatically month to month. Simply put, the minimum wage has not kept pace with what our society views as the basic income that a job should provide—even in a state like Oklahoma where the cost of living is relatively low. Adults working full-time at this wage will struggle to make ends meet. They might manage to get by for a while, but it’s unlikely they will ever get ahead. They will be extremely vulnerable to the financial, health, or family emergencies that happen to nearly all of us at some point in our lives. When they simply can’t pay the bills, they may be targeted by predatory lenders who trap them in expensive, spiraling debt. Working poverty will persist, drawing down the tax base and increasing the cost of public assistance. And that’s a problem for all of us. a
Courtney Cullison is a policy analyst with Oklahoma Policy Institute (www.okpolicy.org). August 2 – 15, 2017 // THE TULSA VOICE
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n August 5, 2014, Tulsa police officer Shannon Kepler shot and killed Jeremey Lake, his daughter’s boyfriend. Kepler’s relationship with his daughter, Lisa, 18, was volatile. Days before the shooting, Kepler and his wife Gina, both Tulsa cops since 1990, had kicked Lisa out of the house, dropping her off at the Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless in an apparent act of tough love. Lisa soon met Jeremey, 19, who offered her shelter at his aunt’s house northwest of downtown. The two struck up a romance and soon changed their Facebook statuses to “in a relationship.” Kepler, who was monitoring his daughter’s social media activity, used the Tulsa Police Department records system to obtain Jeremey’s address. The night of August 5, Lisa and Jeremey walked back to his aunt’s house after an evening at Guthrie Green. Just as they were arriving home, Kepler, who was off duty at the time, pulled up in his SUV and confronted the two. Kepler and Jeremey had a brief exchange. Gun shots rang out— Kepler fired two rounds, hitting Jeremey in the lungs and heart. Kepler turned and fired several more rounds in the direction of his daughter and Jeremey’s 13-year-old brother, Michael Hamilton, who was on the porch of his aunt’s house. Lisa screamed as Kepler climbed into his SUV and drove away. Onlookers gathered around the scene. Someone called 911. First responders soon arrived and pronounced Jeremey dead. When the police realized the shooter was one of their own, they issued an all-points bulletin to TPD personnel. For several hours, Kepler was a fugitive. The next morning, Kepler and Gina were arrested. Gina was accused of be10 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
GUILTY OR INNOCENT? Three years, three trials, and three hung juries—Shannon Kepler’s fate is still undecided by JOSHUA KLINE
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ing an accessory after the fact for helping Kepler evade arrest. (She was never charged.) On August 18, 2014, Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler charged Shannon Kepler with first-degree murder. Three years and three mistrials later, a jury still can’t agree on why he pulled the trigger.
THE KILLING OF JEREMEY LAKE was quickly absorbed into the larger ongoing narrative about police officers’ use of lethal force, though it didn’t quite fit—Kepler was off duty and the conflict was domestic in nature. But Kepler’s job as a police officer likely had a hand in three hung juries. As we’ve seen in many
officer-involved killings—from Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, who killed Michael Brown, to Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby, who killed Terence Crutcher—it’s much harder to impeach the character or judgment of a cop to the point of a guilty conviction, even when the victim is unarmed. Even when there’s video. And even, apparently, when the officer is off duty. In March 2014, months before Kepler gunned down Jeremey Lake, two Albuquerque cops, Dominique Perez and Keith Sandy, shot and killed James Boyd, a homeless man with schizophrenia who was camping in public space without a permit. The incident was captured on video by the neighbor who initially called the police on Boyd. Perez and Sandy were charged with second-degree murder. Their trial, like Kepler’s, ended in a hung jury last October. Bernalillo County District Attorney Raúl Torrez—who was not DA at the time the two cops were charged—announced in February that Perez and Sandy would not be retried. “There is no reason to believe the case against Detective Sandy and Officer Perez could be tried better or more exhaustively at a second trial, or that a second jury could reach a different outcome,” Torrez said in a press conference. The two walked free. In April 2015, North Charleston police officer Michael Slager shot and killed Walter Scott after Scott fled a traffic stop on foot. Slager initially claimed that Scott attacked him and wrestled his Taser away. But when cell phone video emerged showing Slager shooting Scott—five times, in the back—as he ran away, Slager was charged with murder. After 22 hours of deliberation over four days, the jury could not reach a verdict, and a mistrial was August 2 – 15, 2017 // THE TULSA VOICE
declared. Slager pled guilty to a federal charge of violating Scott’s civil rights, and in exchange the state agreed it would not re-try him for murder. In July 2015, University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing shot Samuel DuBose at pointblank range in the head during a routine traffic stop. The incident was captured on Tensing’s body camera. His murder trial ended in a hung jury last fall, as did his retrial in June. IN KEPLER’S FIRST TRIAL, held last November, Kepler was found guilty of two counts of reckless conduct with a firearm, stemming from the shots fired at Lisa and Jeremey’s brother, and sentenced to a year in prison. For the charge of first-degree murder, 11 jurors voted to convict him, but after seven hours of deliberation, one not-guilty holdout caused Judge Sharon Holmes to declare a mistrial. In the second trial, held this past February, the jury was once again hung, this time with two holdouts for not guilty. Judge Holmes declared a second mistrial. In the third trial, held early last month, Judge Holmes gave the jury for the first time the option of convicting Kepler for the lesser charge of manslaughter in the heat of passion. After only two and a half hours of deliberation, the jury reported to the judge that they were deadlocked 6–6, and neither side expected the other to budge. Yet another mistrial was declared. Over the course of the saga, Kepler’s attorney, Richard O’Carroll, has used every conceivable trick in the book on behalf of his client, from legal maneuvers meant to delay the case to impugning the character and reliability of not just the witnesses, but of Kunzweiler and Holmes. He insisted more than once that both needed to be recused from the case—Holmes because of her participation in an NAACP/ Christian Minister Alliance fundraiser for a youth center (in denying O’Carroll’s recusal request, District Judge Rebecca Nightingale said it “smacks of abuse of the legal system”), and THE TULSA VOICE // August 2 – 15, 2017
Kunzweiler for allegedly coaching Jeremey’s brother prior to testifying during a preliminary hearing. O’Carroll also accused Holmes and Kunzweiler of colluding, and appealed unsuccessfully to the Oklahoma Supreme Court when District Judge Bill Musseman denied O’Carroll’s request to remove both of them. Kepler testified that he believed Jeremey was on drugs, though a toxicology report found nothing in his system. O’Carroll also suggested that Jeremey sexually abused his brother, Michael— an accusation Michael angrily contested—and accused Lisa of lying. In the second trial, Lisa and O’Carroll had what amounted to a 90-minute screaming match when she took the stand. Most crucially, Kepler has insisted that he saw Jeremey holding a gun that night—the only suggestion of evidence that could possibly justify Kepler pulling the trigger. No witness saw a gun on Jeremey. Nor did any of the first responders—including some of Kepler’s own colleagues—find a gun at the scene. It was Kepler’s word against a dozen others. The holdout jurors took Kepler’s word. On July 10, Kunzweiler issued a statement to the press: “ … I am disappointed in the court’s decision to declare a mistrial after only 2.5 hours of deliberation by the jury. Our system of justice is premised upon the finality of judgement. Justice for Mr. Kepler and for Jeremy Lake demands it … It is my responsibility to assess the strength of evidence, and to determine the likelihood of success in any criminal case. It is also my duty as a guardian of the public’s safety and as a steward of its resources to balance those interests in an appropriate manner. … Finally, our law presumes any person charged with a crime to be presumed innocent of that crime until a judge or a jury determines otherwise. “Mr. Kepler is entitled to that presumption.” On October 9, Kepler will face a jury of his peers for a fourth time. Whether Kepler is guilty or innocent, both he and Jeremey Lake deserve the finality of judgment. a
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ell, our old friend 2nd District Congressman Markwayne Mullin is back in the news again. And he’s getting boned. I’m here to help. “We looked at each other and we said, ‘We’re running again,’” Mullin said of a conversation with his wife, Christie. “We understand that people are going to be upset. And we get that. We understand it,” Mullin said. “I’m not hiding from that. Because we did say we were going to serve six years.” 1
Within milliseconds of Mullin announcing his intention to seek a fourth term—and never trust a politician who uses the first person plural—the harpies on the right took to the fainting couch. This from the fatuous site “U.S. Term Limits”: Oklahoma Congressman, Markwayne Mullin has broken his word. He said that he would support term limits and onl y serve three terms himself. These two promises were a central part of his campaign, a key part of why people trusted him and believed he was going to work to change D.C. He promised while in office to co-sponsor the U.S. Term Limits Amendment to term limit the entire House and Senate. He has NEVER supported it and he has now announced he is also going to break his promise to onl y run for a third term.2
All caps, really? To the point, Mullin’s success was based on convincing people who voted for him that they wouldn’t always have to. How dysfunctional is the relationship between the GOP and its voters anyway? As regular readers around these parts know, I think3 Markwayne 12 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
In defense of Markwayne Mullin (seriously!)
THE RIGHT-WING HAND-WRING by BARRY FRIEDMAN
Mullin was put on this earth to make Jim Bridenstine look like a deep thinker. Nevertheless, a plumber-turned-congressman who decides, upon further reflection, that he can do more for his constituents by staying in Washington, representing them, than he can in Muskogee unclogging their toilets is not the end of the Republic, no matter how ferklempt former Senator Tom Coburn gets. “What it tells us is the arrogance of power has affected his thinking, and when a man’s word doesn’t mean anything, nothing else matters,” former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn told a radio program … “To me, I just think it’s reall y sad.”4
Oh, lighten up, Saint Tom, would you? What is sad about
Mullin deciding that after six years of a Democratic president he wants to stick around government for a GOP administration, even one headed by Donald Trump? “If you can’t believe him on term limits, what else can you believe him on, and what can’t you believe him on?” Coburn asked rhetoricall y.
Please. Markwayne Mullin— the man who called the SNAP program “a fraud. Absolute, 100 percent, all it is, is fraud …”,5 enabled birthers,6 and kept his regular plumbing gig while serving in Washington7—is not going to suddenly jettison his former beliefs and turn into some pro-abortion rights advocate, global warming alarmist, and single-payer healthcare system proponent just
because he decided to try to spend two more years in Washington. Coburn’s outrage would be a tad more interesting if it wasn’t so covered in selective indignation and hypocrisy. In 1994, Coburn, upon being elected to the same congressional seat Mullin now holds, promised to serve only three terms. And he did, retiring in 2000. Great. Let the hagiography begin. But then in 2004, after U.S. Senator Don Nickles announced his retirement, Coburn decided to run for his seat. After he won, he then made another pledge to serve only two terms there. What is the logic here? That Tom Coburn serving 18 consecutive years in the House of Representatives is bad for the country, but Tom Coburn serving a combined 18 years is somehow more in line with the wishes of the Founding Fathers? (More on them in a moment.) Coburn was the same guy in the House that he was in the Senate—he just had a different business card. So spare me the sanctimony of one’s word and the desirability of citizen legislators, especially since Coburn, after leaving the Senate, didn’t go back to being a small-town doctor. He’s been writing editorials about the horrors of the Washington,8 making speeches, and calling for a constitutional convention.9 He’s now a special advisor to Citizens of Self-Governance and Convention of States Action10 and Manhattan Institute,11 two uber partisan think tank/lobbying groups. He hasn’t exactly taken a giant leap up on the career food chain. Which brings me to Coburn’s former colleague Jim Inhofe, who has been in the U.S. Senate since 1994, and is acting like he’ll stay there until Barron Trump is elected president. Here’s what Coburn said about the length of Inhofe’s tenure: Tom … Tom? August 2 – 15, 2017 // THE TULSA VOICE
Oh, that’s right, he never criticized Inhofe by name, nor has he criticized Republican Senators Orrin Hatch, Thad Cochran, Chuck Grassley, Mitch McConnell, Richard Shelby, or John McCain—all of whom have served more than 30 years. Mullin, however, Coburn vows to unseat. The difference, apparently, is that the others never said they wouldn’t run again, and Mullin just wasn’t artful enough to not make the pledge. And for this Coburn summons the wrath of the God? Coburn is only being a disingenuous bully on this, so let’s call him on it. If Mullin gets the GOP nod in the 2nd District primary— if he’s challenged—will Coburn promise to back the Democratic candidate in the general election out of principle? As for Mullin, he explains his thinking as best he can: “I don’t think there’s one person that’s never changed their mind six years apart from each other or how they would approach things,” Mullin said. 12
Mullin bangs on the English language like it’s a corroded bathroom pipe, but he has a point. People change. Expectations change. And it’s good that they do. Good that he did. This raises a fundamental question about term limits, which is the third-worst idea in current American politics behind 1) an elected judiciary and 2) a balanced budget amendment, and barely beats out charter schools for the bronze. Why do we even have them? Why shouldn’t voters be allowed to choose whomever they want for representatives, for as long as they want them? Candidates are not hooch and we’re not alcoholics—we can handle it. Here in Oklahoma, needless to say, we actually have term limits and, my oh my, how well that’s worked out. (After all, the only reason we have them for presidential races is because Republicans got tired of losing to FDR.) A representative who hates government is like a gynecologist who hates women. Public service is an honor, not a burden. Good governance, coalition-building, budgets, allocations, and underTHE TULSA VOICE // August 2 – 15, 2017
standing the law take hard work— harder than memorizing four or five bumper stickers about the evils of big government. In The Federalist No. 62, James Madison saw the strength in continuity, in career politicians: No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being trul y respectable; nor be trul y respectable, without possessing a certain portion of order and stability.
Order, stability. Those come from continuity, come from people like John McCain, Ted Kennedy, Orrin Hatch, and Robert Byrd, representatives who developed an institutional memory, fondness, and respect for the place. If Markwayne Mullin has concluded there’s honor in government, honor in public service, good on him. If Democrats can’t beat him in the 2nd District? Tough. It’s how democracy gets done. a
1) thehill.com: GOP lawmaker breaks term-limit pledge, will run again 2) termlimits.com: Congressman Markwayne Mullin breaks pledge and promise to the people of Oklahoma 3) thetulsavoice.com: The unbearable arrogance of the ungrateful plumber 4) newsok.com: Coburn will work to oust Mullin after congressman breaks term limit pledge 5) thinkprogress.org: Congressman Claims Widespread Fraud Because He Saw ‘Physically Fit’ Couple Use Food Stamps 6) rollcall.com: Mullin Tells ‘Birther Princess’ He Believes Her, but It’s a ‘Dead Issue’ 7) tulsaworld.com: 2nd District Rep. Markwayne Mullin may face House ethics probe over business activities 8) usatoday.com: Coburn: A convention of states can restore our Constitution 9) conventionofstate.com: Sen. Tom Coburn: “We’re failing for the same reason other republics failed” 10) cosaction.com: Tom Coburn joins Convention of States Project as Senior Advisor 11) manhattan-institute.org 12) ibid. (1)
Great is our Lord, and of great POWER: his understanding is INFINITE. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST 924 S. Boulder Church & Sunday School • 10:30am Wednesday Meeting • 6:00pm
ARE YOU CURRENTLY PAIN-FREE BUT WANT TO LEARN HOW TO REGULATE PAIN? A TU IRB-approved research study is being conducted at The University of Tulsa that uses biofeedback to teach participants to regulate responses to pain. Participants must be healthy, currently pain-free, and able to attend 3 laboratory training sessions (3.5-4.5 hours/ day). Behavioral and physiological reactions to painful stimuli will be assessed each day to test the efficacy of the training. Up to $300 compensation will be provided for completing the study. CONTACT: Psychophysiology Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience (PI: Jamie Rhudy, PhD)
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OKLAHOMA STUDY OF NATIVE AMERICAN PAIN RISK RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS NEEDED A novel research study is being conducted at The University of Tulsa to identify potential markers of risk for chronic pain in healthy (currently painfree) Non-Hispanic White and Native American individuals.
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This study is safe, non-invasive, and does not involve medication. Participants must be able to attend 2 laboratory sessions (4-5.5 hours/day) in which physiological and behavioral reactions to different stimuli are recorded. This is a University of Tulsa, Cherokee Nation, and Indian Health Service Oklahoma Area Office IRB approved research study.
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HERE ARE SOME OF TTV STAFF’S AND MY FAVORITE ‘WICHES AROUND TOWN:
PHAT PHILLY’S • 1305 S. Peoria Ave. It’s named so for a reason. Try their classic, chicken, or veggie—none disappoint. Best served with waffle fries and a beer or three.
SUB SANDWICH BILL AND RUTH’S • 1517 S. Main St. This Tulsa standby serves simple subs— as they should be.
NO FORK, NO PROBLEM Where to celebrate National Sandwich Month BY TREY EAGLETON National Sandwich Month has arrived and it could not have come sooner. I love the simple ritual of eating a sandwich: no forks or knives and often no plate. It’s a beautiful thing, this wonderful corner of approachable cuisine. My affinity for the sandwich stems from a family tradition of BLTs. We gather to fry bacon and pile it high on rye bread with lettuce, tomato, and then add red onion, and Durkee’s Famous Sauce. As kids, my cousins and I competed to see who could pile more bacon on their sandwich. But, what is a sandwich? Is it sliced meat between two pieces of bread like John Montagu preferred? Or can it be any “protein source” between bread, per the FDA? Is it, as Merriam-Webster contends, “two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between”? Maybe it’s an ambiguous culinary term that changes from region to region. For our purposes, we define a sandwich as one or more pieces of bread that function as a vehicle for transporting a filling or topping. This loose definition gives us a starting point for discussion and—more importantly—gives you more latitude to discover a wide variety of culinary creations around Tulsa during this month dedicated to the delicacy. ILLUSTRATIONS BY KATIE VOLAK
PHAT PHILLY’S CHEESESTEAKS
RYELANES REUBEN
DARKWING DUCK ROOSEVELT’S • 1551 E. 15th St. Duck confit, blue cheese, crispy shallots, and blackberry spread on sourdough. Plus, 70 craft beers to choose from to wash it all down.
CAJUN CHICKEN CHEESESTEAK
KILKENNY’S IRISH PUB • 1413 E. 15th St. End your night right with a pint of Guinness and this sandwich staple. Or start off lunch with their Freshford Reuben Rolls, served with English mustard cream sauce or Thousand Island.
MOONSKY’S • 2216 E. Pine St. Moonsky’s is a Tulsa institution. ‘Nuff said.
MONTE CRISTO HOT AND COLD SANDWICHES QUEENIES PLUS • 1834 Utica Sq. We recommended their Ultra Egg Sandwich.
LENGUA TORTA LA FLAMA • 2603 E. 11TH ST. The juicy, not overly greasy, lengua soaks into the thick roll. Add avocado, red and green sauces, and fresh squeezed lime. Get a Negra Modelo too.
MIDTOWN MEATLOAF LAMBRUSCO’Z DELI • 114 S. Detroit Ave. This sandwich is a menu spoiler. You won’t want to order anything else there again.
HAMBURGUESA MEXICANA POLLO ASADA AL CARBON 2405 ½ E. Admiral Blv. Unpopular opinion: this taco truck item transcends burger-dom. Loaded with a beef patty, hotdog slices, avocado, red and green salsa, lettuce, and cheese. Consume it before a movie at the Circle, between drinks at Beehive, or after coffee at Fair Fellows. And then get dessert at Pancho Anaya.
What’s your favorite Tulsa sandwich? @thetulsavoice
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TALLY’S GOOD FOOD CAFE 1102 S. Yale Ave. Tally’s seems to offer every sandwich under the sun, but this one’ll take you back to a simpler time on Route 66. Smoked turkey, ham, and two cheeses, battered and deep-fried, then served with powdered sugar and strawberry preserves. Consume with coffee and the diner experience is epitomized.
FRENCH DIP SUB LUCKY’S • 1536 E. 15th St. The roast beef tastes like a perfectly tender homemade roast. The bread is for Goldilocks: not too crusty, not too soft. And the au jus tastes real, not store-bought.
BAKE & SHARK SISSEROU’S • 107 N. Boulder Ave. Because eating mako shark makes you feel like you’re the predator.
BURNT END SANDWICH GRILLED CHEESE THE VAULT • 620 S. Cincinnati Ave. It has green apple slices on it. C’mon.
PATTY MELT VEGAN BLT CHIMERA • 121 N. Main St. This is probably the BLT they serve in vegan heaven.
SEAFOOD PO’ BOY Lassalle’s New Orleans Deli • 15 W. 5th St. Really, any Po’ Boy or Muffuletta from Lassalle’s. They’ve got great NOLA veggie options too. Remember the praline!
OKLAHOMA JOE’S • 6175 E. 61st. Have you ever had a sandwich with the best parts of BBQ? That’s where all of the flavor lives—in the burnt ends. Plus, their BBQ sauce is amazing. Watch for their move from Cain’s Ballroom to 5th Street and Boulder Avenue later this year.
RON’S HAMBURGERS & CHILI 1440 S. Denver Ave. Savory, fresh, and served on Texas toast. Plus, Ron’s grills the onions into the meat.
THE TRENCHER
LET US HEAR FROM YOU.
BANH MI LONE WOLF • 3136 E. 11th St. If you’ve never had one, literally drop whatever it is that you’re doing and go get a pulled pork banh mi right now. Another staffer’s favorite is LW’s fried chicken brioche.
TRENCHERS DELICATESSEN 2602 S. Harvard Ave. The Trencher: wine-braised pork shoulder on a toasted slice of Italian bread with grain mustard. What more do you need to know?
CONEY CONEY ISLAND • 107 N Boulder Ave. Greasy spoon, a Tulsa tradition. Chili, cheese, mustard, onions, and pepper vinegar is the winning combination. (Though not sandwiches, try their tamales, too.) a August 2 – 15, 2017 // THE TULSA VOICE
Before you celebrate NATIONAL SANDWICH MONTH, a little history: Credit for the invention and naming of the sandwich is given to John Montagu (1718–92) an English nobleman titled the 4th Earl of Sandwich. Legend has it that when Montagu, a politician with a gambling problem, demanded a meal he could eat while playing cards, his servants brought him thin slices of salted meat between pieces of toasted bread. This was eventually copied by his cohorts who would order “the same as Sandwich.” (Source: Wikipedia—take that ninth-grade English teachers!) Tulsa, do you part to keep history alive this month.
QUEENIE’S
1834 Utica Square | 918.749. 3481 queeniesoftulsa.com Proudly serving Tulsa since 1983. We make the freshest, tastiest food using local meat and veggies. Enjoy our Famous Chicken Salad, Egg Salad, Pimento Cheese or Grilled Cheese Sandwiches or come in and check our chalkboard for daily specials. We hope to see you soon!
SISSEROU’S
Archer & Main | 918.576.6800 sisserousrestauranttulsa.com Tulsa’s Authentic Caribbean Cuban Sandwich. Pork shoulder marinated in a traditional Mojo (garlic,citrus) blend and slow-roasted until tender. It is then shredded and placed inside of our lightly toasted Cuban loaf drizzled with our signature habanero mayonnaise and topped with ham, Swiss cheese, sweet pickles, and country Dijon.
PHAT PHILLY’S
1305 S Peoria Ave | 918.382.7428 Try Our Reuben! We are Tulsans who truly love what we do and provide for our friends in town and travelers alike. Those who know us know the passion we put into each sandwich is as important to us as the top quality ingredients that we use. Come get ya one, and join the family!
PEPPER’S GRILL & CANTINA Utica Square | 918.749. 2163 91st & Delaware | 918. 296.0592
We invite you to come enjoy our most popular sandwich, Pepper’s Style Club, featuring bacon, turkey, ham, lettuce, tomato and mayo. It is served on your choice of sour dough or wheat berry bread or a white, wheat or onion bun, and accompanied with a choice of French fries or Spanish-style fries (fries with onions and jalapenos!), onion rings or fried okra. Come discover the reason our club sandwich is our best-seller among our selection of great sandwiches!
ELMER’S BBQ
HIDEAWAY PIZZA
For over 35 years, all of our “It Be Bad” BBQ has become legendary, but Tulsans know “The Famous Badwich” is in a league all by itself. It features a large sampling of our high-quality hickory smoked meats… rib, chopped beef, smoked bologna, hot links or smoked sausage…piled high on your choice of a bun or Texas toast. Enjoy it with Elmer’s “World Famous” BBQ Sauce and a pair of our homemade sides. All for $11.99 including tax.
The Hideaway Pizza Italian Sub is stacked high with slices of ham, genoa salami and pepperoni, with red onions, black olives, banana peppers, a melted blend of mozzarella and cheddar cheeses, and topped with shredded lettuce, Roma tomato slices and creamy Italian dressing on a toasted white or whole wheat hoagie. Enjoy with chips or cole slaw and a dill pickle spear!
4130 South Peoria | 918.742 .6702 elmersbbqtulsa.com
THE TULSA VOICE // August 2 – 15, 2017
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BRUCIFER SEERY | SERVER “Eggs and cheese, bacon, toast, some vegetables and shit, herbs, whatever I have around. Not the expensive herbs though.”
TINA JONES | HAIRSTYLIST “Scrambled eggs, hash browns, and bacon from Tally’s.”
PATRICK MATLOCK | CONTRACTOR “I love a dozen oysters followed by Kilkenny’s Craigue Benny (Irishized eggs Benedict with lobster, shrimp, and crab).”
ADAM KIRKPATRICK | DESIGNER “McDonald fries and a blue Powerade. Or menudo.”
TODD MATETICH | ROCKET SURGEON AT LARGE “I straight-up miss the Blue Dome Diner like a motherfucker. Seriously. But there’s still Smoke, where you can get pork chops—that’s straight-up hangover food. And a really strong beer.”
BRAD GOFORTH | METER READER “I don’t know if it’s hangover food or not, but Prairie Brewpub’s Mac and Chase (macaroni and cheese with Burn Co. rib meat, chives, and tomatoes). It’s really expensive but really good.”
ROCKO GILBERT | ENTREPRENEUR “Beef lo mein from Egg Roll Kingdom at 31st and Garnett.”
KAYCEE JACKSON | PATIENT ADVOCATE / MUSTARD TASTER “Poutine fries from Lone Wolf.” a
WORD ON THE STREET
What’s the best comfort food to ease a hangover? This is a thirsty town, and we’re not all great at moderation. Hold on to these recommendations for the next time you wake up to a headache and vague memories of regret, dehydrated and unable to find your phone. PHOTOS BY HANS KLEINSCHMIDT
RYAN DUBOIS | PURVEYOR “Omelet, hash browns, and pancakes from Tally’s.” 16 // FOOD & DRINK
RHONDA BLANSETT | CAREGIVER “Cheese enchiladas from Monterey’s Little Mexico in West Tulsa. They got the best queso cheese ever.”
August 2 – 15, 2017 // THE TULSA VOICE
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The Marzano Pesto Pizza Made in house pistachio pesto, imported Italian San Marzano Tomatoes. Pure. Simple. Perfect.
WINNER!
STG Parma Pizza.
“If you don’t love this pizza, you don’t pay for it.” – Mike Bausch, Owner, Andolini’s Pizzeria andopizza.com THE TULSA VOICE // August 2 – 15, 2017
Tour Northern Italy from downtown Tulsa: Prosciutto from Parma, Parmigiano Reggiano from Parma, Italian buffalo milk mozzarella, Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil, local basil. 950°F 100% authentic Napoletana pizza. Carefully curated wine list and beer selection. 100% authentic micro-batch Italian gelato. STGItalian.com
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Tulsa County Library, 6th & S. Denver
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Tulsa City Hall, 2nd & Cincinnati
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Tulsa Area United Way, 1430 S. Boston
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In Tulsa, there is no better place for the everyman to test the potions of local bartenders than MIX, Philbrook Museum of Art’s annual fundraiser and cocktail competition, on August 19 at Cain’s Ballroom. There are two types of alchemy and they parallel bartending philosophies: the first simply wants to understand the world—this is the basis for modern natural science—and the second strives for greater wonder, aesthetics, and ritual, like a magical crystal or philosopher’s stone. The 16 bartenders competing at MIX 2017 fall in the latter category. With muddlers and strainers, zesters and shakers—the modern instruments of magic—they conjure ardent spirits that transcend perfection into
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BARTENDERS ARE THE ALCHEMISTS OF THE 21ST CENTURY, experimenting with herbs, flowers, and tinctures to create powerful, intoxicating elixirs. There’s even a “golden ratio” for mixing drinks—two parts liquor, one part sweetener, and one part sour. Alchemists of antiquity believed all things were a combination of mercury (wisdom), sulfur (desire), and salt (inertia). At the intersection of art and science, with equal parts instinct and skill, both the bartender and alchemist are obsessed with refining raw materials into substance. Or, as the alchemical maxim goes: Our gold is not the common gold.
THE TULSA VOICE // August 2 – 15, 2017
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something through which perfection can be achieved. Their portraits, or “hero shots,” by photographers Jeremy Charles and Melissa Lukenbaugh appear in the following pages. Ahead of the event, MIX bartenders are fortuitously assigned a spirit with which they will compete. This year, liquor sponsors include Pruf Vodka, Broker’s London Dry Gin, Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Gold Rum, Redemption Rye Whiskey, and Tekiller Tequila. Competition judges include TTV Managing Editor Liz Blood, The Daily Beast Drink and Food Editor Noah Rothbaum, and Isaiah Estell, beverage director at Cavan, a restaurant in New Orleans. —TTV STAFF FEATURED // 21
CHRIS ARMSTRONG
SHANNA POSTOAK
Arnie’s FINANCIAL-ADE
Stonehorse THE EXPAT
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TANNER SCARBOROUGH Valkyrie DEVIL IN THE DETAILS TEQUILA
RYAN STACK Prairie Brewpub BARON’S BANE 22 // FEATURED
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ELIZABETH WAYANT
JACKIE HISKETT
Hodges Bend OFF-TIME JIVE
Bodean THE SIREN’S SONG
WHISKEY
VODKA
JESSICA CICCO Bull in the Alley CAT MODE TEQUILA
DUSTIN SAIED Prhyme MATCHAZILLA GIN
PHOTOS BY JEREMY CHARLES FEATURED // 23
SUZANNE BOROUGHS
GAVIN HATCHER
Yokozuna GOLDEN LOTUS
Saturn Room BANANA WOOLLY BUGGER
WILD CARD
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TANNER WILLOUGHBY MixCo THE BOTANIST TEQUILA
TREVIN HOFFMAN Summit Club BROSÉ ALL DAY VODKA
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Lesley Nelson Amelia’s DAMN THE TORPEDOS VODKA
SCOTT PHILLIPS Vintage 1740 CONSTANT EDGE GIN
NATHAN YOUNG Open Container WHAT A PHONY RUM
TERRAH BOGLE Chalkboard The Debutante WHISKEY
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The cocktail revolution is over and the cocktails have won. But, who were the revolutionaries responsible for shaping cocktail culture so that well-made old fashioneds are ubiquitous? One of them is this year’s Philbrook MIX special guest judge, Noah Rothbaum—founding editor of Liquor.com, drink and food editor for The Daily Beast, and author of “The Art of American Whiskey.” I chatted with him while he was attending Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans, where he was a speaker and nominee for Best Cocktail and Spirits Writer.
Raising THE BAR
ANDREW SALIGA: How did you get into cocktail writing? NOAH ROTHBAUM: I did an internship at Food & Wine during college. I worked under Pete Wells who is now the New York Times’ restaurant critic. I remember one of the first weeks that I was interning there, he introduced me to Dale DeGroff, who had left the Rainbow Room to work at Blackbird. SALIGA: I assume that “you drink everyday” is the common misconception about your work. What’s it really about for you? ROTHBAUM: (laughs) People always assume that I am drunk all day, which is not true. Or that I’m at bars all night. (laughs) There are many days and nights that I don’t have any drinks. The experience is obviously wonderful in drinking a great
cocktail or a nice glass of whiskey, but what really drew me in was this world was so rich and layered. In some ways you’re part historian, part detective, part archivist, part paleontologist—digging up all these old recipes that have been lost over the decades. SALIGA: What are trends you are embracing and trends that you think need to die? ROTHBAUM: You’ve had great cocktail bars in New York, LA, San Francisco, Miami, but now it’s Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Tulsa, Madison, Rochester, Detroit. People are taking the cocktail DNA and they’re grafting it onto whatever the local rootstalk is, and that’s where you really see the cocktail making its way back. Where it appears in all types of bars and restaurants, not just faux-speakeasies.
Noah Rothbaum
IN CONVERSATION WITH THE DAILY BEAST’S NOAH ROTHBAUM BY ANDRE W S ALIGA
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I don’t think there is anything wrong with speakeasies. I’ve certainly spent my share of time in them. I do think that, sometimes, in the rebirth of the cocktail, some of us, myself included, can get kind of serious about drinks. What obviously makes drinking fun is having a good time and that’s okay. That’s part of it—creating a hospitable and fun atmosphere— and I think sometimes that gets a little lost when people are so focused on creating the best cocktails they possibly can.
I want a cocktail that’s balanced. If there are four ingredients I want them all to work in harmony and add something to the drink. I think a lot of cocktails that are on menus you want to try once, but would you want it again? Those are usually the winners. SALIGA: Let’s say you have two weeks to train someone with no cocktail experience to
SALIGA: Tell me about the podcast you host with Wondrich. ROTHBAUM: It’s called “Life Behind Bars.” We talk about the foremost bartenders and bars that changed how the world drinks. Really, it will appeal to anyone who likes to drink—it’s not just for bartenders or cocktail geeks or whiskey nerds. The most recent episode is on pet peeves when we’re drinking at cocktail bars. SALIGA: What’s your approach for judging MIX?
At the end of the day, it should be fun for everybody. Fun for the judges, fun for the bartenders, fun for the crowd. We’re not cramming for the LSAT here. I think the process of creating the drink should be enjoyable, too. I think that the people who have the most fun—that often comes through in the final drink. I’m really looking forward to seeing what people come up with. a
ROTHBAUM: The first thing is to get a copy of Dale DeGroff’s book “The Craft of the Cocktail,” and then really work on technique. Work on balance. Work on perfecting the recipe. Have them get out of their head and bring in friends and family to try it who are cocktail and spirits enthusiasts.
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SALIGA: Transitioning to the home bar, what are you currently enjoying? ROTHBAUM: For the summer it’s often about citrusy, carbonated, long drinks. Whether it’s the Paloma, the Moscow mule, or the Dark ‘n’ Stormy. Really, in the summer you just want something that’s refreshing and citrusy. Dave Wondrich is obviously the authority on punch and I’m always putting together my recipe the night before, texting him. Sometimes he’ll send back his suggestions and tweaks.
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Solofa Halley and his bunny in front of Lime Light, an early 1980s Lincoln Continental that was customized into convertible. JEREMY CHARLES
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C U LT U R E A N D C O M M U N I T Y AT TULSA INDIVIDUALS CAR CLUB PICNIC BY JAKE CORNWELL
I PULLED MY ORANGE LOWRIDER BICYCLE from the back of my SUV and hit the pavement, cruising around the hilltop curves and parking lots of Chandler Park. It was July 9, a Saturday, and the 19th annual Tulsa Individuals Car Club Picnic. Lowriders painted candy apple green, baby blue, bright white, and various shiny, metallic hues glittered in the sun. Black and purple donks—full-bodied cars on large-diameter wheels—gleamed, some with suicide doors open. A set of twin white ’65 Impalas were parked taillight to taillight, mirror images of each other’s smooth, cool, classic rides. By noon, the temperature and heat index had already pushed the mercury to an uncomfortable level. A sea of people moved in waves among lowriders, motorcycles, bikes, and nearly every conceivable mode of custom transportation— some parked, some cruising. Men, women, and children were gathered together in lowrider unity, celebrating cars, family, and summer. Charcoal grills smoked and scented the air. Troops of bike riders zigzagged in between spectators and cars, playing music for the crowd with their frame-fitted loudspeakers. At a pavilion, behind an Individuals banner listing the club’s 24 chapters from L.A. to Japan, a DJ slung hip-hop records. >> FEATURED // 29
Tulsa Individuals Car Club chapter founder, Jerry Herring, and his ‘58 Chevrolet Impala at Chandler Park. The author’s lowrider bike is in the background. JEREMY CHARLES
A FEW WEEKS EARLIER, I watched as Jerry Herring put his sea foam green 1958 Chevrolet Impala in park, dropping the front and rear suspension in unison until the car pancaked on his garage floor. Doo-wop echoed outside the windows as the melody lit up a dash-mounted color bar beneath his glove box. An original Individuals Los Angeles Car Club plaque hung above his rear speaker. He got out of the car, went around to the back, popped the latch on his continental kit and raised the decklid to disconnect the trunk-mounted batteries that supply juice to his vintage aircraft Pesco hydraulics. Despite the immaculate appearance of his car, Herring said by his standards it was “filthy.” He insisted the car would be cleaned and polished before The Picnic, which he founded a generation ago. Now in its 19th year, The Picnic has heralded reputation among lowriders and car enthusiasts around the country. “Our picnic is bigger than the California picnic. [It’s] the biggest I’ve seen,” said Brian Harbin, who has been a Tulsa Individuals Car Club member for 16 years. He added that yearly attendance is usually between 3,000 and 5,000 spectators and regularly brings in an average of 200 to 300 cars. One year, as many as 500 cars entered the event and the number of spectators topped the 5,000 mark. But the Individuals Picnic did not originate as a car club function. Its genesis was what Herring called a cultural introduction, meant to show Tulsa “a type of people that [the public] may not have understood: lowriders.” Herring first hosted The Picnic under the umbrella of his custom lowrider shop, Jerry’s Customs. He sponsored it as a way to give back to his loyal customers, to show the community that “we’re all not a bunch of gang members … [or] drug dealers,” and to replicate something he missed about his native Southern California. When Herring first arrived in the Oil Capital, he felt like he had stepped back in time—“like going to Mayberry,” he said. In 1992, after traveling between California and Oklahoma for a few years, Herring finally decided to plant roots in Tulsa. He brought with him street smarts and culture to the metro area, and found a way to make a few dollars in his newfound sitcom utopia. He opened Jerry’s Customs, thereby establishing Tulsa’s first lowrider shop. And Tulsans eagerly wanted in on the lowrider game. “I feel there was no lowrider culture when I came here,” Herring said. 30 // FEATURED
Several people in the car community agreed that lowrider culture in Tulsa was virtually nonexistent then. Of course, many locals owned hot rods, kustoms, or mini trucks. But by and large, traditional lowriders were nowhere to be found in Green Country. Many of the younger car guys could only get their lowrider fix through newsstand copies of Lowrider magazine, watching rap videos on cable television, or by purchasing VHS copies of lowrider documentaries. Herring used his shop to spread the love of street culture and to preach the lowrider gospel. “Guys in Tulsa wanted Dickies [clothing],” he remembered. As a teenager, Jermel “Pinky” Harris (now in his 21st year as a club member) often stopped by Jerry’s Customs because he had lowrider bikes. Seeing the business potential, Herring bought cars in California, brought them to Tulsa, and customized them for eager customers. The interest in Tulsa encouraged Herring to start a legitimate car club. With Los Angeles Individuals President Charles Clayton’s approval, Herring founded the first chapter outside of California. He quickly instituted ground rules, which was the first time that the club had any real structure for governance. He knew that establishing club bylaws and codes of conduct was necessary to combat the negativity he witnessed in lowrider circles in Los Angeles. Nearly as fast as Herring established the Tulsa chapter, he also inherited the responsibility to oversee and manage all
Winner of the hop competition, a 1980s Oldsmobile Cutlass JEREMY CHARLES
new Individuals upstarts from Tulsa to the East Coast, as well as chapters in Canada and Japan. Today, every chapter hosts an annual get-together or picnic. Herring’s establishment of the Individuals C.C. was also the establishment of the first premier African-American lowrider club chapter in Oklahoma. Jerry’s Customs picnics evolved into the Tulsa Individuals Car Club Picnic. BY 3 O’CLOCK, THE PICNIC WAS DOWNRIGHT HOT, both literally and figuratively. At the south end of the park, several people crowded onto bleachers in the sweltering heat to watch the car hop competition. Spectators clung to the chain-link fence with readied phones and cameras, waiting for the hop to begin. Surprisingly, for a contest that put $2,000 on the line, only three vehicles entered this year’s throwdown. Of past car hops, Harbin said, “A couple times it only lasted like ten minutes [and other times] some guys would bring a bunch of cars and we’d be over there for an hour, hour and a half, hopping cars and just tearing them up.” A beige mid-2000s Lincoln rolled into the cordoned area. We waited to see what the granny grocery-getter could do. One of the Individuals worked the crowd while a couple guys lined up the green acrylic measuring tower at the car’s front suspension. At “GO!” the Lincoln lofted off the ground, clearing as much as 24 inches beneath the tires. As the hydraulic cylinders whined reek-a-reek-a-reek in labor. The crowd forgot the heat and came to life. In the next round, a black and green-candied Chevy Blazer crept into position. As soon as the owner elevated the rear quarters some three feet off the ground, the spectators knew the competition had just gotten real. Within the first three hops, the Blazer hit 42 inches, dwarfing the Lincoln’s attempt. The final competitor silently rolled in with his dark silver Cutlass. “This [car] was in the movie ‘Lowriders’!” an Individual yelled out to the crowd. The movie car extended its rear suspension nearly a foot higher than the Blazer. It was clear the Cutlass came to play. By the second hop, the car drew whistles, gasps, claps, and hollers. By the third, the car hopped so high its rear bumper touched the ground and car parts began to fly. The fans ignited with excitement. The Cutlass decisively won the $2K prize money. Over and over, show attendees echoed to me one particular sentiment: The legacy of The Picnic comes down to August 2 – 15, 2017 // THE TULSA VOICE
one word, family. Nuttin’ But Luv Familia C. C. member Travis “Travyeso” Lankford, trekked from Wichita to the Tulsa event for the first time with his daughter to show off her chromed and hot pink metal-flaked lowrider bicycle and his pearl white and blue Monte Carlo. Lankford said simply, “It’s a family thing.” Indeed, I spied moms and dads pushing strollers and holding toddlers’ hands as they all gazed at jacked-up Cadillacs and slammed Impalas. While he stood next to the quintessential lowrider, a 1964 Impala Super Sport, Fine Lines C. C. Co-Founder Manuel Quezada said that he has attended The Picnic from day one. “We bring our families out here to grill and to show the public what lowriding is all about,” Quezada said. Behind his big-body Cadillac Fleetwood, United C. C. member Alvin West said, “Being out here with your family and supporting other people’s functions is important because the more you support them, they support you.” “We were always involved in the community, and bringing a positive light to something deemed negative,” Herring said. “Big Paul” Ball, long-running Individuals president, echoed Herring’s sentiments. “We are a community-based club, so, if someone in the community reaches out and needs our help—nine times out of 10, we are there.” When Harris first joined, the club volunteered as mentors at Tulsa Job Corps to speak to teens and young adults to empower them to do good work and be productive members of society.
Brian Harbin, Tulsa Individuals C.C. member, with his 1981 Cadillac Coupe DeVille GREG BOLLINGER
“The outreach was meant to give them something positive to look at,” Harris said. “Everyone’s been on their own bumpy road, but there is a brighter side.” Now, the club organizes an annual toy drive for DaySpring Villa women’s shelter. They work with the shelter to create a gift list, then purchase suggested items and invite additional car and motorcycle clubs to join them. For back-to-school season, they donate backpacks and school
supplies to children at Hawthorne Elementary. And during the holidays, they adopt a handful of families to provide with Thanksgiving turkeys and Christmas gifts for children who would otherwise go without. “In the hood, everyone is needy. People need help everywhere,” Harbin said. Beyond charity, Herring believes that lowrider subculture is a place where there should be no color lines, despite tensions between cultures and racial divides. “And I love that,” he said. Herring retired from the club in 2007, but he still supports club events. The Tulsa Individuals C.C. still subscribes to many of the same principles that were established a generation ago. Ball has presided over the club for a decade now and noted that throughout the year they continue to support charitable organizations and give to residents whenever they see the need. Members are still held to strict codes of conduct and must abide by club rules to remain active. The Picnic continues to be a Tulsa tradition for many car enthusiasts and a benchmark for several lowrider clubs across the country, including riders from Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, and as far away as Florida. Next year’s picnic has been in planning stages for months and will continue throughout the next 12. Club members plan to pull out all the stops with their cars and the hop competition. Ball also said that “a major [recording] artist is coming down,” and “over 25 different chapters from New York to L.A” will be there to celebrate the Tulsa milestone. Look for their 20th annual celebration of cars, culture, and community next summer. a
Daesha Pearson, Randy Pearson, and Myir Dobbins with a ‘75 Pontiac Grand Prix | JEREMY CHARLES Robert Overstreet and family next to Cinnamon, a ‘74 Chevrolet Impala donk | JEREMY CHARLES
Travis and Tricity Lankford from Wichita, KS. In foreground: Tricity’s ‘67 Schwinn lowrider bike; in background: the family’s 1980 Chevrolet Monte Carlo | JEREMY CHARLES THE TULSA VOICE // August 2 – 15, 2017
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SOLUTIONS, NOT PUNISHMENT Modus gives teens rides to medical and social services by MARY NOBLE
Cledella Evans was the first black female firefighter in Tulsa. Now retired, she volunteers with Modus. At right is Leslie Neal, Modus coordinator. | GREG BOLLINGER
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student walked through my office door and slumped on my couch. She leaned her head back and focused her eyes on the ceiling tiles. She said because she hadn’t had a ride to her last three counseling appointments, her therapist removed her from her caseload and continued down the waiting list of uninsured clients. “Maybe we can try again next year, Ms. Mary,” she said as she walked out of my office, deflated. As a social worker at a low-income high school, this is a scenario I’ve seen too many times. Many of my students make a concerted effort to do what they need to flourish, but are met with barriers outside of their control. I provide extensive lists of resources to students, but that is fruitless if they can’t get there. That’s where Modus, a nonprofit providing free transportation to teenagers ages 13–19, comes in. Modus transports teens in need to medical and social services appointments through the help of volunteers and part-time drivers. “If teens are taking these steps to improve themselves, transportation shouldn’t be the thing holding them up,” Modus Program Coordinator Leslie Neal said. “We punish teens for not showing up
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for things but don’t think of a solution to get them there. This is a very solution-based idea.” Modus began in 2016 at The Mine, an organization that serves as an incubator for non-profit startups, and is partially funded by a 2017 social innovation grant from Tulsa Area United Way to assist with startup costs. For now, Modus operates out of Youth Services of Tulsa (YST) and only serves YST clientele, but they aim to have an independent location by April 2018 and serve clients from other agencies such as Family and Children’s Services. Modus’s mission also includes decreasing transportation costs for non-profit agencies around Tulsa. “So far we have given teens rides to YST services such as counseling, the first offender program, and substance abuse groups,” Neal said. “On average, agencies are spending $100,000 [per year] on client transportation. We are trying to reduce client transportation spending by 50 percent. The Mine did a study showing that if the staff at YST stayed in their offices rather than driving around to see clients they could each see 40 more clients a year.” Starting with this fall semester, Modus will partner with Tulsa Transit and Tulsa Public Schools
(TPS). Last year, Tulsa Transit gave over 69,000 rides to TPS students. “The other portion of Modus is called Modus Ed., where we will be going into all Tulsa Public High Schools and educating every ninth-grade student on how to effectively use Tulsa Transit through a 20-minute transit training program,” Neal said. Free rides on any Tulsa Transit bus for TPS students now extend through the weekend (during the school year) and a link at tulsaschools.org/tpsrides shows routes to schools, making navigating the city by bus much easier and making Modus more of a last-resort option. Still, Modus needs volunteers for the rides public transportation won’t cover. Elizabeth Hughes, who works full-time as a counselor at TRAICE Academy High School and also at a psychiatric hospital, sees what happens to adults who don’t get the resources they need in their youth. Hughes drives for Modus because she believes it’s the best way to volunteer what little time she has to offer. “If we could just set [teens] on a different track, they don’t have to end up being brought to a psychiatric hospital in handcuffs. That doesn’t have to happen in their life—it can be different. As
a single mom with two jobs, I don’t have a whole lot of time so I wanted to give what I could and this felt like a very productive way to do something and contribute,” Hughes said. Cledella Evans, another Modus volunteer, is a retired firefighter working on her master’s degree in marriage and family counseling. She used her experience as a firefighter to connect with her first client and put him at ease. “One young man was worried about me [being] in his neighborhood and I said to him, ‘Oh, I’ve been over here on the fire truck.’ … I was able to tell him I was a firefighter and we talked about that.” “I’m excited,” Evans said. “The people that I have brought here [to YST] were the nicest, sweetest young people. And I know it’s not going to always be like that, but they were just so excited to have a ride, to get where they needed to go.” With enthusiasm from volunteers like Hughes and Evans, coupled with the increased interest and buy-in from agencies around Tulsa, Neal looks forward to helping more teens in Tulsa through Modus. If you are interested in volunteering with Modus, visit modustulsa.org. a August 2 – 15, 2017 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Khalid Jabara Tikkun Olam Library at B’nai Emunah Preschool | GREG BOLLINGER
Repairing the world PRESCHOOL DEDICATES LIBRARY TO KHALID JABARA by ZACK REEVES THE KHALID JABARA TIKKUN OLAM Memorial Library will open to the public on September 7 in the B’Nai Emunah Synagogue Preschool. The library was dedicated on July 7, which would have been the 38th birthday of Khalid Jabara, a Lebanese Christian man who was shot and killed outside his south Tulsa home in August 2016, in an incident classified as an Islamophobic hate crime. Caitlyn Wright and Toni Willis, two teachers at the preschool where Jabara’s niece attends, coordinated and curated the library after a December fundraising effort and months of deliberation. The books were donated by members of the preschool community, the Tulsa community, members of the Jabara family, and people on social media. “We created an Amazon wish list,” Wright said. “The first draft had around 80 books on it.” Within two hours of posting the wish list on Facebook, all 80 books had been donated. “It was pretty remarkable,” Wright said, motioning at the shelves. “We were like, okay, this is real. This is happening.” After adding to the wish list and sharing more extensively on social media, Wright and Willis received over 600 books. One such book is “Skin Again” by feminist cultural critic bell hooks. “The skin I’m in,” hooks writes, “is just a covering. If you want to know who I am THE TULSA VOICE // August 2 – 15, 2017
/ you have got to come inside / and open your heart way wide.” Another is “A is for Activist” by Innosanto Nagara, author of multiple social change books for children. In it, F is for “Feminist” and D is for “Democracy.” Later on, “X is for Malcolm, as in Malcolm X. History’s lessons can be complex.” “Whoever You Are,” by Mem Fox, author of over 30 books for children, reads, “Little one, whoever you are, wherever you are, there are little ones just like you, all over the world. Their skin may be different from yours, and their homes may be different from yours.” But later on, Fox tells us, “Their smiles are like yours, and they laugh just like you.” Part of the library’s name, Tikkun Olam, is a concept in Judaism found in the Mishnah, the first major work of Jewish law. “It expresses our obligation to repair the world,” Wright said. “And that is something that we speak to in all that we do here.” On September 7, the Khalid Jabara Tikkun Olam Memorial Library will hold its first public story hour, “Social Justice Superheroes,” at 5:30 p.m. Stories will be geared towards ages seven and younger, but all are welcome to attend. “Children have all the tools to be powerful agents of change,” Wright said. “They are already. And equipping them with the language of equality and diversity at an early age sets them on a powerful path.” a
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BOUNCE BACK Roughnecks finally playing the game we want to see by JOHN TRANCHINA
Roughnecks lost 2–1 to Sacramento Republic FC on April 8. | LORI SCHOLL
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MARCH 25 A dominant season-opening 4–1 victory over Colorado Springs at ONEOK Field set the tone, even though it was eventually forfeited due to using a player who was deemed ineligible (the team says the USL okayed the player’s participation beforehand). Still, the strong performance was an indicator that this year would be different.
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MAY 31 Defeating San Antonio FC (who is 10–1–7 in USL play) on penalty kicks in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup Tournament at TU’s Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium, which enabled the Roughnecks to reach the fourth round and face an MLS squad for the first time. Even though that ended with a heartbreaking 2–1 loss in Dallas June 14, it was a big step forward.
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JULY 1 An impressive 2–0 win over Real Monarchs SLC, the USL’s top team, at ONEOK Field snapping a three-game losing streak. “If we play like this all the time, no one’s going to beat us,” assistant coach Lloyd Kinnear said.
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ount Tulsa Roughnecks FC in with everyone else who had a miserable 2016. At 5–21–4, they had the worst record in the United Soccer League. The Roughnecks made sweeping changes during the off-season that have, for the most part, resulted in a much more entertaining and successful product on the pitch. Under new head coach David Vaudreuil, the Roughnecks have a load of new players, bringing back just two holdovers from last year. After a big 3–0 victory at home over Phoenix Rising FC (featuring international stars Didier Drogba and Omar Bravo) on July 22 at ONEOK Field, Tulsa was riding a 3–0–1 unbeaten streak and sat sixth in the Western Conference with an 8–8–1 record. The club still endures its share of ups and downs. They had an opening night victory overturned due an ineligible player on the field. Then, they advanced to the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup tournament but lost 2–1 to Major League Soccer’s FC Dallas on a late stoppage time goal. After losing three straight matches in June, though, they defeated the USL’s best team, the 15–2–2 Real Monarchs SLC, 2–0 at ONEOK Field on July 1. Overall, despite the occasional inconsistency, it’s been a much better showing than last year’s
disaster, in which Tulsa scored a league-low 25 goals in 30 games, while surrendering a USL-high 64 against. Under Vaudreuil this year, we see a more aggressive offensive style that has already resulted in 27 goals over the first 17 games (not including the four goals from their forfeited opening night). “We should be able to attack the ball with more numbers on defense and keep getting four, five, even six guys into the final third and pressing the other team,” Vaudrieul said. “When you see our backline playing close to the mid-field stripe for most of the game, that’s the way we want the game to be.” A key component to the squad’s success this season has been a new affiliation with the MLS’ Chicago Fire, who have supplied several important contributors to the roster, including midfielders Joey Calistri and Collin Fernandez. Recently, Tulsa also received midfielder Jacori Hayes on loan from FC Dallas. They also have two veteran players with MLS experience serving as mentors to the younger guys: defender Kosuke Kimura and two-time MLS Goalkeeper of the Year, Donovan Ricketts, who is officially the squad’s third ‘keeper and goalie coach. Ricketts’ impact has been particularly noticeable on starting
goalkeeper Fabián Cerda, who has been outstanding. “We’ve brought in a more talented roster than probably we’ve ever had,” Roughnecks President/General Manager Mike Melega said. “The Chicago Fire affi liation is big for us. The relationship with the Fire helps us on the pitch and off as well, just from a business relationship standpoint, opportunities to train with them—those things help us recruit. We really appreciate our relationship with them.” In addition to Calistri, who has amassed five goals and two assists through the first 17 games, Tulsa has been led by midfielder Juan Pablo Caffa and 23-year-old striker Ian Svantesson. Caffa, a 32-year-old Argentinian who played two years in Spain’s La Liga, has provided strong leadership as team captain, along with five goals (not including one from the forfeited opener) and five assists (tied for sixth in the USL). Svantesson has been a revelation, notching eight goals on the year so far (10 if you count opening night). “When we brought him here, we thought he had a lot of potential and he stepped up,” Vaudreuil said. “He’s got to keep working on his game, but I expect him to be dangerous all year long.” a August 2 – 15, 2017 // THE TULSA VOICE
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begins with… A man paints over a mural by Donald Ross, aka Scribe, in the Brady Arts District on July 14 JULIA WHITE
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Symphony in the Park SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 7:30 PM GUTHRIE GREEN
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also occurred in the Brady Arts District just weeks after Scribe’s mural was covered up. Philbrook Art Museum had installed reproductions of WWI propaganda posters to supplement a collection of original posters on display at the museum. With permission from Welltown Brewery, they mounted posters with rollers, paste, and staples onto a wall on West Archer Street. The intention was to give the community the experience of viewing the posters in their intended location: the street. Like the mural, the installation was also taken down—but in this situation, Philbrook doesn’t know who is responsible. “Some of the stuff we had to get on a ladder to put up, so it wasn’t an easy thing to take down,” said Jeff Martin, communications director at Philbrook. Martin acknowledged the possibility of someone taking the art out of context or not understanding the intention behind it. “It was obviously a concerted effort of some kind to remove them.” Both incidents raise questions about the place of public art in Tulsa, such as what counts as “public space,” and how much do Tulsans value street art? Tulsa artists aren’t too shaken by this, and don’t plan to let a few setbacks keep them from creating public art. Funds have been raised to bring Scribe back to Tulsa to paint another mural, and Martin said Philbrook has plans for another public art installation in a new space. a
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THANKS TO THE DEDICATION OF LARGEscale installationists, such as Jake Beeson, Chris Sker, and Aaron Whisner, street art in Tulsa has seen significant growth in recent years. Once mundane walls are now beautified, like Codak Smith and Yatika Starr Fields’ mural at 803 S. Peoria Ave. and the Gateway Building at 823 E. 1st Street. However, this growth was stunted when a mural painted by renowned Kansas City artist Donald “Scribe” Ross during the second annual Habit Mural Festival was covered up on June 14—an act considered a misstep by many in the Tulsa art community. KJRH reported that the building’s property manager never gave “final approval” and received complaints from tenants. “This felt like a personal assault on myself, Scribe, and those that poured so much into making Habit happen,” said Aaron Whisner, artist and director of Habit Mural Festival. “Here today, gone tomorrow” is a sentiment street artists are forced to live by. While part of the beauty of street art is its ephemeral nature, this experience was different. The Tulsa Artist Fellowship hosted a public discussion on July 21 with Whisner and artists Scribe, Smith, Sker, and L.A. artist Eyeone. They provided insight into the role of graffiti and street art in Tulsa and communities around the world. When the discussion concluded, panelists opened it up to the floor for questions. I asked the artists if they were aware of a similar incident that
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Aug. 10, 6–10pm, $55–$65, Brookside tasteofbrookside.com
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troll the Restless Ribbon and sample eats along the way while helping to support Youth Services of Tulsa. Over 15 restaurants will prepare special dishes for the event and attendees will vote on which is the best on Brookside. Participating restaurants include Biga Italian Restaurant, Bin 35 Bistro, Blaze, Brookside Cook House, Cafe Olé, Charleston’s, Cosmo Cafe, Doc’s Wine & Food, In the Raw, Jimmy’s Egg, KEO, ol’ Vine Fresh Griill, R Bar, Shades of Brown, Trader Joe’s and Zoës Kitchen. Proceeds benefit Youth Services, who assisted more than 17,000 young people and their families last year, in runaway and homeless services, counseling, delinquency prevention, and positive youth development.
AUTHOR TALK
BIKE RACING
Tulsa native and New York Times bestselling author Daniel H. Wilson will celebrate the launch of his new historic robo-thriller “The Clockwork Dynasty.” Aug. 3, 7–8:30pm, TCC’s McKeon Center for Creativity, magiccitybooks.com
Horses are taking the night off and cyclists are taking over Fair Meadows Race Track for a series of dirt races that will be known as OK Hellway. Aug. 6, 10am–6pm, free to attend, $20 to race, bikereg.com/ok-hellway
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Living Arts presents the carefully curated survey of Tulsa’s cultural landscape, the Oh, Tulsa! Biennial, curated this year by TU Associate Professor of Art History Dr. Kirsten Olds. Aug 4–25, livingarts.org
Valar morghulis. Celebrate all things Essos and Westeros at I Drink and I Know Things: A Game of Thrones Night at Inner Circle Vodka Bar. Aug. 6, 6–10pm, icvodkabar.com
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2016 MacArthur Fellow Joyce J. Scott will share stories about her 108 Contemporary exhibition, “Both Sides Now: Joyce Scott & Sonya Clark.” Aug. 5, 1:30pm, All Souls Unitarian Church, 108contemporary.org
The Intertribal Indian Club of Tulsa holds the 40th annual Pow Wow of Champions at the Mabee Center. Aug. 11–13, 6pm, 12pm, 12pm, weekend pass $15, day pass $8, iicot.org
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BEST OF THE REST EVENTS Movie on the Lawn: E.T. // 8/2, 8:30 p.m., Elwood’s, facebook.com/ elwoodstulsa Movie in the Park: Finding Dory // 8/3, 8:30 p.m., Guthrie Green, guthriegreen.com Caesar Salad - Cherry Street Poets Open Mic // Bring an inflatable pool and kick it at Fuel 66 with live music, drink specials, and food trucks. // 8/7, 7 p.m., Coffee House on Cherry Street, thecoffeehouseoncherrystreet. com Ok, So Story Slam: Obsession // 8/10, IDL Ballroom, facebook.com/ oksotulsa Movie in the Park: The Longest Ride // 8/10, 8:30 p.m., Guthrie Green, guthriegreen.com
Brian Brooks Moving Company performs at the intersection of order and impulse in “Wilderness,” the finale of Summer Heat International Dance Festival. Aug. 6, 8pm, $15–$60, choragus.org
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The 6th annual Hike for Healing is a 5K run on Turkey Mountain that benefits the Tristesse Grief Center’s children’s grief counseling. Aug. 12, 7:30–10am, $20–$30, thegriefcenter.org
ANNIVERSARY PARTY
American Solera, which was named the best new brewery in the country by RateBeer, celebrates its first anniversary with the release of its Year 1 Blend and a magic show. Aug. 12, Noon–9pm, americansolera.com
FUNDRAISER
Wild Brew is all-you-can-drink-and-eat smorgasbord from more than 50 breweries and 30 restaurants. Bonus: it also benefits avian research. Aug. 12, 5–8pm, $50–$165, Cox Business Center, wildbrew.org STARRY NIGHT
Get away from the city’s light pollution and watch the Perseid Meteor Shower from Astronomy Night at Tulsa Botanic Garden. Aug. 12, 9–11pm, tulsabotanic.org
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Back to School Expo // Get ready for school with nearly 75 local exhibitors showcasing products and services. // 8/12, 9 a.m., Expo Square - Exchange Center, mix965tulsa.com/btse Eat, Drink and Be Giving // Learn how to make vodka infusions. Proceeds benefit The Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges. // 8/13, 6 p.m., Inner Circle Vodka Bar, icvodkabar.com Tulsa Bead Market // Browse tables and tables of wholesale jewelry and beads. // 8/4-8/5, Expo Square - Fair Meadows Building, thebeadmarket. net Walker Stalker Con // Meet the cast of The Walking Dead and more at this zombie-lovin’ fan convention. // 8/5-8/6, Cox Business Center, walkerstalkercon.com BYOP - Bring Your Own Pool Party Round 2 // Bring an inflatable pool and kick it at Fuel 66 with live music, drink specials, and food trucks. // 8/5-8/6, Fuel 66, fuel66ok.com
COMEDY Comedy Night // 8/2, VFW Post 577 Centennial Lounge, Improv Pop // 8/3, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, comedyparlor.com The Game Rift // 8/4, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, comedyparlor.com Tulsa Tonight // 8/5, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, comedyparlor.com
3rd Annual Stand Ups 4 Downs // 8/6, 7 p.m., Loony Bin, loonybincomedy. com/Tulsa Bruh-Man, Charlie Redd and the Full Flava Kings, Gerald “Hurricane” Harris // 8/6, 7 p.m., Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, okjazz.org Comedy Night // 8/9, VFW Post 577 Centennial Lounge The Game Rift // 8/11, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, comedyparlor.com Army of Stand Ups // 8/12, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, comedyparlor.com The Gauntlet w/ Lauren Turner, Curt Fletcher, Gerald Harris, Trey Moore, Stay Lyte, Damian, Angel Roman, Hannah Marrs, Zach Amon, Mr Larry Tibbs // 8/13, 9 p.m., The Venue Shrine, tulsashrine.com Sunday Night Stand Up // 8/13, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, comedyparlor.com Matthew Spruill // 8/11-8/12, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, comedyparlor.com Blue Dome Social Club: Dog Day // 8/48/5, Comedy Parlor, comedyparlor. com Collin Moulton // 8/9-8/12, Loony Bin, loonybincomedy.com/Tulsa
SPORTS Paint Horse Congress // 8/2, Expo Square - Built Ford Tough Livestock Complex, kansaspainthorse.com Tulsa Drillers vs Springfield Cardinals // 8/2, 7 p.m., ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com All American Appaloosa Congress // 8/3, Expo Square - Super Duty Arena, allamericanappaloosacongress.com Monster Crush // 8/4, Tulsa Raceway Park, tulsaracewaypark.com Bedlam Run // 8/5, 7 p.m., Fleet Feet Sports, fleetfeettulsa.com Professional Drag Racers Association Summer Nationals // 8/10, Tulsa Raceway Park, tulsaracewaypark.com Professional Bull Riders // 8/12, BOK Center, bokcenter.com Roughneck Roller Derby // 8/12, 7 p.m., Ninowski Recreation Center, roughneckrollerderby.com Tulsa Drillers vs Corpus Christi Hooks // 8/15, 7 p.m., ONEOK Field, tulsadrillers.com
The Gauntlet // 8/6, 9 p.m., The Venue Shrine, tulsashrine.com Sunday Night Stand Up // 8/6, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, comedyparlor.com
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THE BANJO AND THE AXE Pete Seeger’s joyful revolution by ALICIA CHESSER
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“How Can I Keep from Singing: The Work of Pete Seeger” exhibit at the Woody Guthrie Center COURTESY
New songwriter series pays homage to Woody Guthrie BY ALICIA CHESSER
Listening Room at Woody Guthrie Center GREG BOLLINGER
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When their musician friend Max Gomez was in town from New Mexico last month, singer-songwriters Lauren Barth and Jesse Aycock approached Jerry Wofford, education and public programs manager of the Woody Guthrie Center about doing a concert with him there. “We asked what they’d need for sound,” Wofford said, “and Lauren said, ‘I just thought we’d do it unplugged.’” Thus was born the Songwriter Series: unamplified shows in the Center’s 60-seat auditorium on the third Saturday of every month. Musicians bring whoever they want to play with, then mix it up with solo sets, a songwriter-inthe-round song swap, and maybe a riff or two on each other’s songs. “At the first one, Lauren and Jesse and Max and Dylan Aycock were all having so much fun,”
hen I peeked past the entry placard and into the exhibit “How Can I Keep from Singing: The Work of Pete Seeger” at the Woody Guthrie Center, the first thing that caught my eye—stuck in a tree stump, flanked by a calabash and a handwritten version of an old Spanish tune—was an axe. “I don’t believe I’ve ever packed up an axe to be shipped before,” laughed Deana McCloud, executive director of the Woody Guthrie Center, which curated this first-ever exhibit entirely devoted to Seeger and his work. “But here it is. It’s part of who he was, just as much as his hand-carved longnecked banjo over there.” Remembered in American cultural mythology mainly as the gentle man in a sweater and dungarees (both on display in the exhibit) whose ringing voice invited folks around the world to hold hands and sing together, Seeger turns out to be far more than that. The exhibit, on display until August 20 before it moves to the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles,
extensively covers his long life (he died in 2014, at age 94). It’s a stunning collection of original documents, photographs, artifacts, videos, and interactives—created in collaboration with the Grammy Museum’s assistance—that powerfully balances education with inspiration. It also raises questions about what impact music can have in a polarized, proto-authoritarian moment like our own. Seeger was, throughout his life, both utterly harmless and profoundly radical, as we see in the very first items in the exhibit. What could be problematic, for instance, about a group of casually dressed musicians traveling under the name The Almanac Singers, performing “Modern Songs in the American Tradition”? Everything, according to the FBI, which began investigating them almost as soon as they formed in 1941. The group’s members included the 22-year-old Seeger and Woody Guthrie, for whom Seeger had dropped out of Harvard to follow on the road. (Seeger’s father, Charles, was a communist-sympathizing ethno-
Wofford said. “Everyone in the crowd was like, ‘We’re here till y’all are done. We’ll stay all night.’” It’s a unique experience for musicians to play without a mic—“almost like a house concert,” Wofford said. “It feels like we’re in Woody’s living room, the way he would play with his friends. When Jesse and Lauren were singing in harmony, the room was just so crystal clear, it’s like you were right there next to them when they were writing the song.” “They designed the room after a boxcar Woody himself might have been traveling on except for being twice as large and with AC, chairs, and acoustic treatment,” Aycock said. “It’s a space where the listener can really engage in the music. You could hear a pin drop all the way at the back.”
For Wofford, the series is a way to show off how the folk tradition Guthrie harnessed still flourishes here. “Sitting in a circle listening to people tell stories is one of the oldest human pastimes,” he said. “These musicians are still telling great stories … To be able to showcase that here in the center dedicated to Woody’s work—there’s something very full circle about that.” Kalyn Fay heads up the August 19 show with Jared Tyler, followed by Chris Blevins in September and Dan Martin in October. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, and $15 for WGC members. Wofford suggests buying in advance at woodyguthriecenter.org. “After the July concert people were saying, ‘We’ll see you next month,’ so I’d say don’t hesitate. When the house hits 60, it’s full.” August 2 – 15, 2017 // THE TULSA VOICE
musicologist. Pete would inherit his leanings, sometimes under the friendlier name Guthrie gave them: “commonists.”) Seeger and Guthrie became fast friends after meeting at a benefit for workers. “[This] is the perfect place for a Pete exhibit to start: right beside Woody, for whom he had such a deep admiration,” McCloud said. “We always say you’re stronger together, and they of course realized this from the beginning. “The Almanac Singers were the only musical group that was standing up for workers’ rights and civil rights. It’s one of those things that a very conservative government was suspicious about.” Seeger subsequently joined The Weavers and became even more outspoken, and in 1953 they were the only musical group targeted in the Red Scare blacklist. It was just the start of Seeger’s trouble, but already in these early years the bright thread is there: a fearless confidence in the people’s music to support and defend the people, as well as some basic human principles like environmental stewardship, hard work, racial and economic equality, camaraderie, compassion—and fun. The Center’s exhibit focuses on seven periods in Seeger’s life, swinging easily as he did between good humor (notably in long letters full of sharp jokes) and searing social outrage. The marvelous interactives include a lesson on a real banjo and a singalong complete with a mic that folks can gather around and, via video, raise their voices together right along with Seeger. “The thread that runs through this exhibit is that Pete was a joiner of people … a community builder, ” McCloud said. “How Can I Keep From Singing” is both a vital history lesson and a joyful uplift. But it takes more than sweet sounds to make an exhibit like this. Seeger’s sharp, strong edge is as much a part of the story as is his community building. Documents from when Seeger refused to name names to the House Un-American Activities Committee are particularly chilling. “This is historically significant for young people who want to THE TULSA VOICE // August 2 – 15, 2017
learn more about who we are as a nation and the impact their talents can have on people,” McCloud said. “We want to inspire them to go out and do that and be proud of that and share it with us, because we want to hear you. “The hard part of the curatorial experience was figuring out what to include from such a long life without overwhelming people. And much like Woody, it
needed to be bigger than music. I shouldn’t say ‘just music,’ because that was the medium for connecting with people. Their stories are bigger than that because of what they did for civil rights, for our environment, for the common people, in making sure that everybody was listened to. If you hold hands and sing ‘We shall overcome’ together, you can make changes in the world.
“That’s what Pete was,” she said. “He literally gave people a voice.” a
“How Can I Keep From Singing: The Work of Pete Seeger” is on display through August 20. Woody Guthrie Center 102 E. M.B. Brady St. woodyguthriecenter.org
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Part of the revolution GREEN CORN REBELLION BAND CELEBRATES NAMESAKE’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY by DAMION SHADE
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hundred years ago, Oklahoma was a pretty crazy place. In the early days of August 1917 a crowd of a few hundred socialists and tenant farmers gathered at the farm of John Spears. He’d recently planted a bright red workers flag on the hilltop by his house in Sasakwa in Seminole County, Oklahoma. This rag-tag bunch of misfits burned bridges and cut telephone wires by the river. They made plans to march from Spears’s house to Washington, D.C., eating barbecued beef and unripe corn they would pick along the way. On August 3, 1917, the Green Corn Rebellion—as it’s known today—ended when a posse surrounded with guns, killing three and escorting the rest to a local jail. There’s an absurdist quality to this melodrama—Samuel Beckett meets Abbott and Costello—but the strength of its memory lives on today. At Soul City on August 4, the day after 100th anniversary of the Green Corn Rebellion, one local band will celebrate the movement’s emotional legacy—and their namesake. Chris Foster, lead singer and founder of the 11-piece band, Green Corn Rebellion, feels a connection with the event’s history. “People have been asking me, ‘Why did you name the band Green Corn Rebellion?’ It wasn’t for political reasons. The way [the
rebellion] happened … the sort of misinformation and zeal without a real clear defined goal kind of summed where I was at the time in my own life—writing songs about the mysteries that I couldn’t even solve and the heartbreak that I was going through. The final kicker was that the 75th anniversary of the demise of the Green Corn Rebellion—when they were arrested—was my actual son’s birthday. So I’m like, ‘we have to do this.’ “We’re gonna do four sets of music,” Foster said. “We know several hours of music now, all originals … and the double record that we haven’t finished. The new record’s gonna be called Rebellion … Pete Tomshay and I wrote about nine songs each and I think Adrienne Gilley has written three or four songs for it. It’s a nice collaboration and, thank goodness, some different styles besides my own. “We actually started this thing in 2013. So we’re about four years old. Not really a hundred, though I don’t mind the deception. It’s part of the revolution. Don’t worry. We won’t be armed.” a
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musiclistings Wed // Aug 2 Crow Creek Tavern – Jake Flint River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Wink Burcham, Chris Blevins Soundpony – Combsy The Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project Woody’s Corner Bar – Don White
Thurs // Aug 3 Billy and Renee’s – Nameless Society Cain’s Ballroom – Frank Foster, Bryce Dicus & The Mercenaries, Trett Charles – ($12-$15) Hard Rock Hotel and Casino - Riffs – Scott Eastman, Motordog Hunt Club – Jon Malone Mercury Lounge – Paul Benjaman River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Jake Flint, Brent Giddens Safari Joe’s H2O Water Park – Vince & The Revelation, 80s Night Soul City – Okra-Homa Brewgrass Soundpony – Green Corn Rebellion, Cucumber and the Suntans, Knipple Spinster Records – Teenage Sexx The Blackbird on Pearl – Dirtfoot, Dustin Pittsley Band – ($10) The Colony – Jacob Tovar’s Thirst The Max Retropub – DJ Moody Utica Square – Doctors of Replay Woody’s Corner Bar – Brandon Jackson Yeti – The Dull Drums, The Grits, The Earslips
Fri // Aug 4 American Legion Post 308 – Round Up Boys Crow Creek Tavern – Twisted Addiction – ($3) Enso – Luau Dance Party Fassler Hall – Afistaface Hard Rock Hotel and Casino - Riffs – Jacob Dement, Paralandra Hunt Club – The Brothers Moore CD Release Los Cabos - Jenks – The Aviators Mercury Lounge – Brandon Jenkins River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Randy Brumley River Spirit Casino - Paradise Cove – Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie – ($75-$85) Soul City – Green Corn Rebellion 100th Anniversary Party – ($10) Soundpony – Lessons in Fresh The Blackbird on Pearl – Mountain Sprout – ($7) The Colony – Saganomics The Max Retropub – Retro DJs The Run – RocKFiscH The Venue Shrine – Jarren Benton – ($15-$65) VFW Post 577 - Centennial Lounge – Dan Martin Zin Urban Lounge – Jim Tilly
Sat // Aug 5 71st Street Depot – The Blue Dawgs Billy and Renee’s – Makeshift, The Violet Hour Chimera Cafe – Casii Stephan & The Midnight Sun single release w/ Branjae – ($10)Fair Fellow Coffee Co. – Fabulous Minx, Hey Judy, Cucumber & The Suntans – 6 p.m. Hard Rock Hotel and Casino - Riffs – Town West, Paul Bogart Hard Rock Hotel and Casino - The Joint – Clint Black – ($39-$49) Hunt Club – Smunty Voje 42 // MUSIC
Los Cabos - Jenks – The Agenda Mercury Lounge – The Stylees Soul City – The Stephen White Group Soundpony – Soul Night Spinster Records – Planet What, Police Academy 2, Noun Verb Adjective The Blackbird on Pearl – DJ Badger – ($5) The Colony – Dan Martin Band The Fur Shop – FSU Fest #2 w/ Had Enough, For the Wolf, Stinky Gringos, County Lights – ($5) The Max Retropub – DJ Robbo The Run – The Rumor The Venue Shrine – Back to School Bash w/ Grind, Fist of Rage, Sovereign Dame, Scorned, Mugen Music, Kick Tree, Burning Icarus, Madewell, Steam Shovel – ($5) Tin Dog Saloon – Jake Flint Vanguard – Bands Against Suicide w/ Alterblood, Our Winter Year, Machine in the Mountain, Not In Public, Vague Vendetta, Follow The Buzzards, For the Wolf, Dixie Wrecked, Smoking Crow, Had Enough, Mördor – ($10) VFW Post 577 - Centennial Lounge – Colouradio, The Earslips – ($5) Zin Urban Lounge – Randy Brumley
Sun // Aug 6 Elwood’s – Cody Woody Guthrie Green – Acoustic Sunday: Seth Lee Jones, Little Joe McLerran, Dan Martin – 2:30 p.m. River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Ali Harter, Chris Foster Soul City – Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher Soundpony – Sailor Poon, Planet What The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing
Mon // Aug 7 Mercury Lounge – Chris Blevins River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Jacob Tovar, The Marriotts The Max Retropub – DJ Robbo Soundpony – Caregiver to a Monster, Police Academy 2 The Colony – Seth Lee Jones The Fur Shop – Frenchie’s Blues Destroyers Yeti – The Situation
Tues // Aug 8 Hard Rock Hotel and Casino - Riffs – James Muns Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham, Jacob Tovar River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Scott Musick, Dos Capos, Erin O’Dowd Smitty’s 118 Tavern – Scott Ellison Band Soul City – Dustin Pittsley Band The Colony – Singer/Songwriter Night Tin Dog Saloon – Dan Martin Vanguard – Sponge, The Plums, Good Villains, Difuser – ($15-$20) VFW Post 577 - Centennial Lounge – Dave Les Smith and Friends Yeti – Writers Night
Wed // Aug 9 Mercury Lounge – Planet What, Masterhand, Pagiins – ($5) River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Wink Burcham, Chris Blevins Riverwalk Crossing – Stars Go Dim Soundpony – Sakura Sock
The Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project Woody’s Corner Bar – Don White
Thurs // Aug 10 Billy and Renee’s – Follow the Buzzards Hard Rock Hotel and Casino - Riffs – Donte Schmitz, Big Smitty Hard Rock Hotel and Casino - The Joint – Air Supply – ($35-$45) Hunt Club – Dylan Stewart Mercury Lounge – Paul Benjaman River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Jake Flint, Brent Giddens Safari Joe’s H2O Water Park – Morgan Ganem @ Shark Bar Beach Bash Sisserou’s – Olivia Duhon Slo Ride Saloon – Scott Ellison Band Soul City – The Begonias Soundpony – Soft Leather The Beehive Lounge – Joe Myside and The Sorrow, Quinlan Conley & The I-90 Blues, Bob Fleming and The Drunk Girl Chorus, Vagittarius The Blackbird on Pearl – Mike Zito The Colony – The Soup Kitchen w/ Dane Arnold The Fur Shop – Sleeping Jesus, Manta Rays, New Time Zones The Max Retropub – DJ Moody The Venue Shrine – Afton Music Series – ($9-$15) Utica Square – Chris Hyde Band
Fri // Aug 11 American Legion Post 308 – Joe Harris Ed’s Hurricane Lounge – Follow the Buzzards, Dixie Wrecked, Forbidden Serenity Hard Rock Hotel and Casino - Riffs – Darren Ray, Replay Hunt Club – Hosty IDL Ballroom – BlackGummy – ($12-$15) Los Cabos - Jenks – Zodiac Mercury Lounge – The Roomsounds Soundpony – Afistaface The Beehive Lounge – White Fuzzy Bloodbath, Sweet Ultra, Golden Ones The Blackbird on Pearl – Hullabaloo Talent Showcase – ($12) The Max Retropub – Retro DJs The Venue Shrine – Aaron Woods, Wes Hays Band – ($7-$10) Vanguard – Fahrenheit 145, The Shelter People, Manta Rays, The Socs, The Mules – ($10) VFW Post 577 - Centennial Lounge – The Anthony Lookout Band
Sat // Aug 12 Billy and Renee’s – Dixie Wrecked, Skytown Fair Fellow Coffee Co. – Delaney Zumwalt & David Hernandez – 10 a.m. Fassler Hall – Darku J Hunt Club – Erin O’Dowd & The Musical Chairs Main Street Tavern – Jake Marlin Mercury Lounge – The Grits Soul City – Exit 13 Band Soundpony – Gender Blender w/ DJ Swang Em, DJ Trigger Warning The Beehive Lounge – Zero2Panic, Stinky Gringos – ($5) The Colony – Desi & Cody The Fur Shop – Ocean Disco, TFM The Max Retropub – Aaron Bernard The Venue Shrine – Let’s Zeppelin – ($10)
Vanguard – Telekinetic Yeti, Iron Cathedral – ($7-$10) VFW Post 577 - Centennial Lounge – Jam eCono Woody’s Corner Bar – Wayne Garner Band
Sun // Aug 13 IDL Ballroom – Moonshine Bandits, Never Ending Last Words, Infamous, Cleezyana Jones – ($15-$20) River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Ali Harter, Chris Foster Soul City – Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing Vanguard – City of the Weak, The Scars Heal in Time – ($10)
Mon // Aug 14 Mercury Lounge – Chris Blevins River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Jacob Tovar, The Marriotts The Colony – Seth Lee Jones The Max Retropub – DJ Robbo Yeti – The Situation
Tues // Aug 15 Guthrie Green – U.S. Navy Band Concert – 6 p.m. Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham, Jacob Tovar River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Scott Musick, Dos Capos, Erin O’Dowd Soul City – Dustin Pittsley Band The Colony – Singer/Songwriter Night The Venue Shrine – Clownvis Presley – ($5-$7) Vanguard – The Goddamn Gallows, The Dirty Mugs, Vagittarius – ($10) VFW Post 577 - Centennial Lounge – Dave Les Smith and Friends Yeti – Writers Night
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riter and director Gillian Robespierre’s 2014 debut, “Obvious Child,” was an unlikely pairing of subject and genre—a charming, unapologetic abortion rom-com released in the midst of the (ongoing) political assault on women’s sexual agency. It was a deservedly awardwinning breakout for Robespierre and her adorable Gen Y muse, Jenny Slate. With her follow up “Landline,” Robespierre takes her distinctive comic-tragic signature and explores the consequences of sex in a grander (if more conventional) story. Dana (Jenny Slate) and her fiancé Ben (Jay Duplass, because a Duplass Brother is mandatory in these things) enjoy a perfect-ish relationship in a quintessentially upper-class, liberal New York family. Pat (Edie Falco) is the foul-mouthed, laidback matriarch to semi-neurotic Dana and her preternaturally wise, recklessly independent younger sister, Ali (Abby Quinn). Their father, Alan (John Turturro), is Pat’s ineffectual counterweight, more concerned with being the benevolent, sage artist of the well-to-do clan. Dana is seized by an existential malaise about her impending marriage when she begins to notice how married she already feels. She serendipitously reconnects with her college boyfriend (Finn Wittrock), a charming, polyamorous hunk (“We’re grown-ups. We know monogamy is impossible.”) who awakens her pent-up desires.
Fans of “Obvious Child” will find themselves in familiar territory—an amiable mix of deadpan comedy and whimsical drama balanced like a well-made sword. The story isn’t breaking any new ground in either direction, but the warm familiarity of its conventions reveal the depths of these characters (and sometimes their lack of it), as the tidal forces of emotion and circumstance reshapes each of them. The cast makes it look easy. Slate is typically charming, her sharp intellect leavened by a sympathetic fragility that scores laughs in all the right places— particularly in scenes with Quinn. Duplass is correspondingly witty and funny, while Turturro slips into the role of Alan like a warm, well-worn glove. Falco steals the flick, though, with a performance both hilarious and deeply endearing. Robespierre sets it all in the mid ‘90s, a choice she said was made to remove technology from the equation—technology that so often, and ironically, makes it harder for people to connect. The result is a palpable nostalgia for simpler times. It’s lighter than “Obvious Child,” but still poignant, resonating with bittersweet hilarity. A couple of scenes that feel ripped from real life radiate with an emotional sincerity that comforts in the knowledge that we’ve all been there. We’ve all lied. We’ve all cheated. We’ve all been confused. We’ve all made mistakes we wish we could take back. a August 2 – 15, 2017 // THE TULSA VOICE
A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE CIRCLE CINEMA
Former Delaware Nation tribal princess Sariah Pemberton in “I Stand: Guardians of the Water” | COURTESY
RESILIENT FILM CIRCLE CINEMA SPOTLIGHTS NATIVE AMERICAN FILMMAKERS by MASON WHITEHORN POWELL ON AUGUST 10, CIRCLE CINEMA WILL host the second installment of Native Spotlight, a quarterly film series. “I Stand: Guardians of the Water” (2017), a feature-length documentary by Kyle Kauwika Harris (Choctaw), will make its Tulsa premiere, and the documentary short “Dig It If You Can” (2016) by Kyle Bell (Thlopthlocco) will also be screened. Cherokee chef Bradley James Dry will cater the reception. The series and films are intended to promote a variety of Native American and indigenous experiences and perspectives. Another focus of the series is to give filmmakers a chance to interact with their audiences and share experiences about their lives and work. The quarterly series, sponsored by the Flint Family Foundation and Tulsa Office of Film, Music, Arts, and Culture, debuted in April with Navajo director Blackhorse Lowe’s “Chasing the Light” (2016), an experimental film that cuts through stereotypes of Native Americans engrained by mainstream media. “I think showing something like that right off the bat was a strong stand about what the series will be,” said Chuck Foxen, series programmer at Circle Cinema. Harris’ “I Stand” casts a new light on the resilience of Standing Rock protesters, exploring the effects of the Dakota Access Pipeline on the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and the community of Bismarck, North Dakota. In “Dig It If You Can,” Bell follows Kiowa-Choctaw mixed-media artist Steven Paul Judd for several months as he works on his Photoshop pieces, street art, and explores how young indigenous peoples can see themselves in all aspects of life. “Dig It If You Can” was awarded Best Documentary Short at the 2016 American Indian Film Festival and Best Short Film Cinematographer at the Tulsa American Film Festival. “I can only portray how we are right now as Native Americans,” Bell said. “We’re not in tipis, we’re not riding horses, we’re kind of integrated in this modern world, you know?” Both Harris and Bell started their work as filmmakers about three years THE TULSA VOICE // August 2 – 15, 2017
ago. Before fully investing in film, they worked day jobs and dreamt about telling Native stories. “It’s really hard for a Native American filmmaker to get a film made,” Harris said. “I think if you’re going the traditional producer route, or what not, you’re gonna hit all kind of bumps in the road … the tribes are directly responsible for making those films come to life.” Through the Delaware tribe, Harris found support for his first feature documentary, “The Water Gap: Return to the Homeland (2016),” which follows young people in three Lenape tribes as they visit the Delaware Water Gap—their ancestral homelands—for the first time. “The Water Gap” won the Manetuwak Good Medicine Award at the 19th annual Native American Film Festival of the Southeast in Columbia, South Carolina. “I Stand” finds a voice that had been lost in the large-scale reportage of the protests at Standing Rock. Although he was working with a small crew, limited time onsite, and a shoestring budget, Harris captured a heartfelt look at an event that most only experienced through news networks. “Any filmmaker can just say, ‘Okay, this is a huge event, I’m gonna go up here and make a film.’” Harris said about Standing Rock. “But after looking at it I was like, ‘What’s the bigger story here?’ When I was asking the tribes in Oklahoma, ‘What is it that doesn’t make sense about this?’ and they were like, ‘Well, all we see is the cellphone footage going on every day, I don’t know what’s really going on’ … I wanted to answer the questions that I guess weren’t getting answered.” “I think whenever you watch a film— or any kind of art—you’re trying to find the truth of things,” Foxen said. “I think it just helps facilitate that if a Native person is telling Native stories.” As a long-term project, the Native Spotlight series will continue to facilitate the presentation of Native stories and conversations about Native issues by screening Native and indigenous films and hosting Native filmmakers across genres. a
OPENING AUGUST 4 DETROIT The gritty race riot drama from Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker,” “Zero Dark Thirty”). Based on a 1967 Detroit police raid that escalated into racially charged violence, the event revolved around the Algiers Motel incident in the summer of that year. Starring John Boyega (“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”). Rated R. LADY MACBETH Not another Shakespeare adaptation, this 19th-century English period piece tells the story of a young woman (Florence Pugh) stuck in a marriage to a loveless man twice her age. His extended family is equally cold and unforgiving. When she embarks on a passionate affair, it spirals into an unstoppable obsession. Rated R. LANDLINE See review on page 44.
OPENING AUGUST 11 RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD A new music documentary that explores the role of Native Americans in contemporary music and reveals critical influences of indigenous artists in popular culture. Artists, including Martin Scorsese, The Black Keys, Steve Van Zandt, Iggy Pop, Steve Tyler, Tony Bennett, and more, talk about the unknown and forgotten Native American musical icons. A Special Jury Award winner at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
SPECIAL EVENTS TEKKONKINKREET (2006) Anime Club presentation of two brothers named Black and White who live on the streets of Treasure Town, a decaying metropolis where violence erupts between warring factions. Fri., Aug. 4 & Sat., Aug, 5, 10pm
CHANNEL 8 DAY AT CIRCLE CINEMA (Community Partner Award) This free event will reunite KTUL personalities past and present, with a history reel featuring clips from the past 12 years of “Good Day, Tulsa.” Clip highlights include Leon Russell, Sterlin Harjo, D.A. Pennebaker, and more. Reception at 6:30pm; screening at 7:30pm, Tue., Aug. 8 I STAND: THE GUARDIANS OF THE WATER (Native Spotlight) This feature documentary from Oklahoma Choctaw Nation filmmaker Kyle Kauwika Harris captures the indigenous voices of those who opposed the Dakota Access Pipeline and fought to protect the sacred land and water of Standing Rock Reservation. Reception with chef Bradley James Dry at 6pm; film at 7pm followed by Q&A with the filmmakers, moderated by Dr. Hugh Foley of Cinema & Native American Studies at Rogers State University. Thur., Aug. 10 DIG IT IF YOU CAN (Short Film) An up-close and personal look at the life and work of Steven Paul Judd, a passionate young painter whose modern art infuses Native American iconography into pop culture images and urban street landscapes. This will be screened with “I Stand: The Guardians of the Water.” Thur., Aug.10, 7pm THE SON OF THE SHEIK (1926) Second Saturday Silents screens this 1926 classic starring Rudolph Valentino in a tale of love, betrayal, and revenge. This 70-minute feature will be screened with a Felix the Cat cartoon pre-show short, all accompanied by Bill Rowland on the Circle’s original 1928 pipe organ. Sat., Aug. 12, 11am FOOD EVOLUTION A new documentary that explores controversies surrounding GMOs and the safety of our food supply. The film uses data, science, and objective analysis to counter misinformation, confusion, and fear. Wed., Aug., 16, 7pm FILM & TV // 45
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HOW TO BE A PIONEER Ree Drummond, Oklahoma’s famous “Pioneer Woman,” will release a new cookbook in October. In case you can’t make it to her illustrious Pioneer Woman Mercantile store in Pawhuska—or don’t watch her Pioneer show, or read her Pioneer magazine, or have her other four Pioneer cookbooks, or own her children’s book “Little Ree”—here are some ways you can get the authentic Pioneer experience: Make something out of wicker, like a basket or a shitty bowl. Now go drink lemonade out of a Mason jar and light a $100 bill on fire. Make some sun-tea with an old jar you have lying around. Be sure the sun doesn’t make the water too hot. You’d hate to miss out on some old-school frontier dysentery. Roast hotdogs over an open fire in your backyard for five minutes before you remember that mosquitoes exist. Make your way westward in a covered wagon in search of your fortune. Or to the farmer’s market in your SUV. Either way, don’t expect your kids to like it. Drive out into the country and pay a stranger 20 bucks an hour to pick berries on their farm. Take the berries home and let most of them go bad before you decide what to do with them. Use a spittoon for its intended purpose. Find out how honest your kids are by giving them a doll made of corn husk. Shoot something. Don’t eat it, though. That’s gross. 46 // ETC.
IN THE NEWS Blake Kenneth Hagin, great-grandson of Rhema Bible Training College founder Kenneth E. Hagin, was arrested in March for taking part in a drive-by shooting in Broken Arrow. Blake must have been born under an extra lucky star, however, because he has received help from former Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris. Harris, who said that he “doesn’t think that particular case is going to go to trial,” negotiated on behalf of the Hagin family. There’s a chance this is all a hilarious misunderstanding. After all, he and his accomplices did “call the alleged victim just prior to the shooting, saying they were en route to ‘shoot up his house.’” Who knows what they meant by that? On July 20, a record number of inmates received postsecondary certificates through TCC. This is great news, especially since it finally answers the question “what do I have to do to get a decent education around here?” Oklahoma House Majority Leader Mike Sanders floated the idea of defunding DHS’s 211 helpline system, rather than other projects that have a more direct effect on vulnerable individuals, even though the 211 helpline already lost its funding last year. Mike, buddy, we realize taking a principled stand for something isn’t really in Oklahoma legislators’ job descriptions, so you might be a little rusty. Pro tip: next time, Google that shit first. A judge in Oklahoma City issued a secret ruling after a two-day secret hearing relating to the case of Daniel Holtzclaw. Holtzclaw was convicted in 2015 of committing multiple rapes while he was a patrol officer in the Oklahoma City Police Department—not that it’s anyone’s business. State Senator Bryce Marlatt is under investigation for allegedly groping and kissing his Uber driver. While Marlatt hasn’t been charged or arrested, this should be an important lesson to our legislators: just because you make your living screwing us, doesn’t mean you can actually screw us.
OIL WELLS PRODUCE MOST WHEN TAXES ARE LOWEST, STUDY FINDS In a stunning analysis by Oklahoma Watch of over 3,000 horizontal oil wells, researchers found that more than 50 percent of a well’s total lifetime output is done in the first three years of its life, dropping off just as taxes increase. It’s as if the wells are as allergic to taxes as the oil companies and their lobbyists. a August 2 – 15, 2017 // THE TULSA VOICE
THE FUZZ THE TULSA VOICE SPOTLIGHTS: TULSA SPCA
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SAMO is an 11-month-old collie mix. We pulled him from another rescue earlier this month and have really enjoyed having him around. He is a bit larger than he looks in his picture but considers himself a lap dog. Samo gets along great with other dogs and is always up for an adventure. Come meet him before he’s gone!
ACROSS 1 Startled inhale 5 At full gallop 10 Verbal tap on the shoulder 14 Mirror’s output 19 Imitator 20 Steadfast in allegiance 21 Change the decor entirely 22 Type of mushroom 23 Bowling ball’s path 24 Any grassy plain of the Southwest 25 “True ___” (John Wayne classic) 26 South African Dutch 27 He changed a “Romeo and Juliet” line to ... 31 Cause to stumble 32 Ritually embellish with gold 33 Some tall outback creatures 34 Kids connect them 35 Silent greeting 36 Kilmer wrote only God can make one 37 Caustic drain-clearing chemical 40 Ancient Mexican 43 Take more than a nibble 44 Change direction suddenly 45 Course requirement? 46 Attorney’s profession 47 Shot provider 52 Perjure oneself 53 Seeped 54 Post-exercise symptom, sometimes 55 Stadium or church music-maker 56 “What ___ the odds?” 57 Bird hunting at night 58 Dashing style 59 Spouses of mas 60 He is so acclaimed, emcees give him a ...
This pretty girl’s name is MOCHA. She’s a retrieverlab mix. Her original owner wasn’t able to keep her and surrendered her to us in April. She is a year and a half old. Mocha loves people and kids but prefers to be the only pet in a house.
69 “___ So Shy” (Pointer Sisters hit) 70 Top-rated 71 Suffix for some ordinal numbers 72 Expected to come in 73 Complete and total 76 Shakespeare, the Bard of ___ 77 St. ___ Girl (beer brand) 80 Consumed 81 Something hanging near a decorated 36-Across 85 “___ give you the shirt off his back!” 86 Remained prone 87 Like a used barbecue pit 88 Like the sky 89 Bad smells 91 Bank convenience, for short 92 Low-voiced lady 93 Reduced-price event 94 Unadulterated 96 ___ gin fizz 97 Broadcasts 98 Type of cold pie 101 He likes the hit “25 or 6 to 4” on the album ... 108 Creator of famous fables 109 Little touches, as of paint 110 Bring to mind 111 “___ just have to do” 112 What’s the living end? 113 “Thanks ___ !” 114 Harder to collect 115 Became useless, as a battery 116 Twists about 117 Prefix with physical 118 Dog-powered vehicles 119 Concludes DOWN 1 Big fancy blowout 2 Already separated 3 Spanish mister
4 Lead, as a meeting 5 Except or almost 6 Some coral creatures 7 Nursemaid of India 8 Aid for the hobbled 9 Stretched out 10 Sock pattern of diamonds 11 Villainous biblical king 12 Perfect copy? 13 Baby talk 14 Permeate or impregnate 15 Planet satellites 16 Geometry finding 17 Type of cell or warfare 18 “All ___ being equal ...” 28 Distinctive historic period 29 It has a very wet mouth 30 Stuff on a board used for filing 35 Far’s partner 36 Type of synthesized music 37 Far from short 38 Exercises with a lot of bending 39 Utopia of Genesis 40 Muslim’s deity 41 Democratic Republic of the Congo’s former name 42 Twixt’s relative 43 Dickens pen name 44 ___ of Christ (one title for the pope) 45 It’s 90 feet from home 48 Animal cries of distress 49 Type of pony or shirt 50 Ice cream treat popular in the 1950s 51 Urban house pest 57 Some court hearings 58 Phoenix-to-St. Louis dir.
The Tulsa SPCA has been helping animals in our area since 1913. The shelter never euthanizes for space and happily rescues animals from high-kill shelters. They also accept owner surrenders, rescues from cruelty investigations, hoarding, and puppy mill situations. Animals live on-site or with foster parents until they’re adopted. All SPCA animals are micro-chipped, vaccinated, spayed/neutered, and treated with preventatives. Learn about volunteering, fostering, upcoming events, adoptions, and their low-cost vaccination clinic at tulsaspca.org.
Meet BUCKAROO! He is just over two and a half years old. This Australian Cattle Dog mix can be picky about his dog friends but generally gets along with most dogs. If you are interested in adopting Buckaroo but have other dogs, we encourage you to bring your current pet with you to meet him.
59 Contribute, as to a poker pot 61 Cologne’s waterway, in Cologne 62 Southwestern Native American (var.) 63 Foolish or scatterbrained 64 Stopovers for the road-weary 65 Place to grab a quick lunch 66 Potato state 67 Far from inner 68 Requirements 73 Rival of USC 74 Not this 75 Neaten hedges 76 Capital of the Netherlands 77 Trend seekers 78 Missed ___ (ruined one’s stage entrance) 79 Little instrument of Hawaii 82 Eagle’s grasper 83 Lifts over ski slopes 84 Russian novelist Maxim 90 The killing of a being of divine nature 92 Hebrew alphabet openers 93 Nap in Spain 94 Ate like a chicken 95 Wedding helpers 96 One spelling for a young pig 97 Monks’ head 99 First canonical hour 100 Looked at bods on a beach 101 Very small amounts 102 Part of a bread loaf 103 Genesis twin 104 Certain Ivy League school 105 Shaped like a racetrack 106 Scream heard on a golf course 107 Cutlass maker no more
CK MEOW is a four-anda-half-year-old shorthair mix. His original owners were not able to care for him and surrendered him to us in March. He’s a really friendly kitty who needs a home!
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ESTER is a shorthair mix. Her original owners had to move and were unable to take her with them so they surrendered her to us earlier this year. She is two and a half years old and spends much of her day sleeping, eating, and playing with toys. She likes her space, but definitely gets along well with other cats and enjoys playing with people.
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