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Though this issue of the Voice is full of tips for exploring our city’s flourishing bar scene, one story presents questions that could also fill an entire issue.
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ontributing Editor Joshua Kline writes in this issue about Iron Gate’s disputed relocation to the corner of 3rd and Peoria. It’s apparent that a lack of communication has contributed to the upset, and ongoing public forums are likely to help bridge this gap. But an underlying narrative in the public discussion warrants a closer look. A primary concern of those opposed to the move is that it will create a corridor for people traveling from the Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless through the East Village District, up 3rd Street to the new Pearl District location. In addition to the question of “What is wrong with citizens using
city streets to get where they need to go?” this reasoning is puzzling because, as several business owners suggest in Kline’s piece, such a corridor already exists. I moved into the Pearl District two years ago with the understanding that my neighborhood was a high-traffic area for people heading east from the Day Center. At least a handful of people I’ve never seen before—many of them with their belongings in tow—walk past my house every day. The second problem with this argument is that the new Iron Gate would be located steps away from Youth Services of Tulsa, one of our most vital service providers for people facing homelessness. People in need of food and shelter
are already present in the area. Perhaps a more worthwhile concern is, why is it so hard for us to look at them? In the Tulsa World’s video of the Iron Gate announcement, Executive Director Connie Cronley responds thusly to the pushback: “We want to tell people, ‘Don’t be afraid of us.’ It’s not just homeless people that you see beside the road holding up a sign. These are hungry families. It’s not homelessness that pours through our gates hungry every day. It’s poverty and hunger.” Certainly, many visitors to Iron Gate are not facing homelessness. (As Kline reports, a quarter of Pearl District residents receive food assistance from the orga-
nization.) But the fact that the director of a service agency feels the need to make this distinction suggests a lot about our community. Are we really so uncomfortable with homelessness that we don’t want people who lack safe, affordable housing to obtain food near our own homes and businesses? The people walking down my street every day are members of our community. Any agency that serves them serves all of us. a
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Take me out to a ball game Tulsa’s problem with sports by BARRY FRIEDMAN
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t is—really, it is—a perfect night for baseball on Star Wars Character Appearance Night here at ONEOK Field. Little kids with Anakin Skywalker lightsabers are posing with C-3PO, and the Drillers are down 6 in the 3rd to the Midland RockHounds. Tulsa Manager Razor Shines—he with the greatest name ever—is not making a pitching change, and I was nearly just clocked with a foul ball. Hornsby has arrived in a pickup truck, and a young girl in white shorts and a blue top is on the dugout, throwing T-shirts into the stands. I’m going to get daiquiris.
*** Meanwhile, not far from here. “Today is a truly exciting day, and we thank the WNBA for its support in approving the relocation to the Dallas-Fort Worth marketplace.”
If you didn’t see that1 coming, you just weren’t paying attention. And with that, Tulsa Shock majority owner Bill Cameron announced that Tulsa’s long 5-year nightmare was over. I appreciate the local support for the Shock in Tulsa, especiall y the support from our fans, sponsors and partners over the years.
Thanks. You’re a prince. But I digress. A little. The Shock’s relationship with Tulsa was always a bad marriage, full of unrealized expectations and broken promises. The Shock never made the playoffs, and Tulsans repaid that ineptitude by not watching the team not make it. 8 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
are some recent attendance averages of teams that do still play here: Tulsa Drillers: 6211 (capacity 7800+)7
ORU basketball: 4,236 (men’s8), 875 (women’s9) (capacity 11,000+)
TU basketball: 4,528 (men’s), 978 (women’s)
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TU football: 19,64710 The rotating U-Haul truck across from ONEOK Field | GREG BOLLINGER
Only 5,5002 showed up per game, which would have been capacity had it been the Union High School arena. Former UCLA coach John Wooden once said3 the women’s game is more fundamentally sound than the men’s, but Tulsans evidently don’t care about fundamentally sound basketball, especially in the middle of summer, especially when executed by a team on the—pardon the expression—rebound. The Shock were doomed even before they lost their first game. The best players from the old Detroit team, which won a WNBA championship, didn’t want to play here (and didn’t). Cameron then cynically tried to tap into the city’s reservoir of goodwill for Nolan Richardson (a reservoir that had been dry for decades) by hiring the former TU coach to lead the team, even though Richardson had never coached women or professionals. Add to that their 20-game losing streak in 2011 (still the longest in league history), some perplexing roster4 moves and the fact that they were one of three
WNBA teams not sharing a city with an NBA franchise—and is it any wonder the whole shebang is being poured into a U-Haul and sent to Dallas? There was also, methinks, the matter of the Oklahoma City Thunder. When they came here from Seattle, it was clear they weren’t Oklahoma’s team, they were Oklahoma City’s team, underscored by the—count ‘em— one exhibition game5 owner Clay Bennett graciously bestows on Tulsa every October. The optics were bad, the contrast stark. OKC gets the NBA; Tulsa gets the WNBA. OKC gets LeBron James twice a year; Tulsa gets Elena Delle Donne (Who6? Exactly). The Thunder pack the place; the Shock are packing. But maybe it’s something else. Maybe we should stop pretending we’re a sports town. The Oklahoma Outlaws of the USFL were here for about 35 minutes; the Tulsa Talons were shipped to San Antonio; even the Tulsa 66ers didn’t make it—in Bixby. And before you get verklempt, for your dining and dancing pleasure, here
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Tulsa Roughnecks FC: 461511 (capacity 7800+) inaugural season
Tulsa Athletics: 343912 (capacity 10,900+): (The A’s attendance in 2013 was at the top of the National Premiere Soccer League13.)
Aside from sound support for the Drillers and relatively good turnout for the Athletics, look at the numbers. There’s always plenty of parking. The BOK Center has had many sellouts in its 7-year history, but none involving sports. (What sporting event in Tulsa has ever sold out?) Not only did the Shock have the second lowest attendance14 in the WNBA, they had among the worst15 attendance numbers of any major professional sports franchise in North America. (The Western New York Flash of the Women’s Professional Soccer League did better.) Let us return now to Sept. 6, 2014—OU vs. TU at H.A. Chapman Stadium. Not only was the game stultifying—watching farming would have been more exSeptember 2 – 15, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
citing—but even if you believe the announced crowd of 29,357 (and I don’t), there were still empty seats. How does that happen? OU was ranked third in the nation, the team comes to Tulsa merely because Bob Stoops thinks it’s a good idea to play this home-andhome series with Tulsa—and did I mention, it’s OU, for the love of its seven national championships—and we don’t fill the place? There is a niche for sports in Tulsa—just watch Union/Jenks, or the Chili Bowl, or the Tulsa Run— but it’s not the major groove of our collective DNA. To find that, you have to go to local theatre, ballet and opera; Cry Baby Hill; Oktoberfest; Guthrie Green; Woodland Hills Mall; and, God help us, Wanenmacher’s Tulsa Arms Show. This from The New York Times when it put Tulsa16 in its “52 Places to Go in 2015”— Its historic Art Deco city center received a much needed investment boom, fueling two major new museums opening in the Brady Arts District in 2013
and another — the OKPop Museum, dedicated to Oklahoma’s place in pop culture — still to come. Along the Arkansas River riverfront, one of the largest public parks projects in the country broke ground in late 2014. Designed by the architects behind Brooklyn Bridge Park, the $350 million green space will be completed in phases over the next two years. Nearby, the new Route 66 Experience, an interpretive center devoted to the Mother Road, is set to open as early as late 2015.
Parks, museums, history, finance, metaphor and art. Our future. And no mention of the Tulsa Shock.
*** Between the 3rd and 4th innings, between foul lines, there was a race between people dressed as appliances. It is now the 7th, and people really are singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” On the roof of a building, out past left-center field, the U-Haul truck
still rotates. It dawns on me, as the guy next to me screams to The Drillers’ Peter Lavin, now at the plate, that he’ll buy him Whataburger if he scores the runner from 3rd: This is how you do sports in Tulsa. I have no idea of the final score, but I know this: the refrigerator won, and Lavin never got his burger. a
1) NewsOn6: WNBA Approves Tulsa Shock Relocation To Dallas Area 2) Swish Appeal: WNBA median attendance figures for 2013 and 2014 3) ESPN: Wooden saw value in women’s hoops 4) Yahoo! Sports: Former track star Marion Jones joins the WNBA 5) NewsOn6: Thunder To Face Mavs In Preseason Action At BOK Center 6) She’s a Baller: NCAAW Profile: Elena Delle Donne 7) Baseball Pilgrimages: Minor League Baseball Attendance in 2014 8) NCAA: 2014 NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL ATTENDANCE
9) NCAA: Women’s Basketball Attendance Eclipses 11 Million for Eighth Straight Year 10) NCAA: 2014 NATIONAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL ATTENDANCE 11) USL Soccer: 2015 USL Statistics: Tulsa Roughnecks FC 12) Wikipedia: Tulsa Athletics 13) TCC Connection: Athletics are Tulsa’s newest team in soccer 14) Swish Appeal: WNBA median attendance figures for 2013 and 2014 15) Wikipedia: Average attendances of professional sports teams in the United States and Canada (16) The New York Times: 47 Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Good neighbors Iron Gate and the Pearl District clash over proposed soup kitchen at 3rd and Peoria by JOSHUA KLINE
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alpable frustration hung in the air as business owners and residents filed into the August 25 Board of Adjustment meeting. In protest of Iron Gate’s request for a zoning exception, many carried signs reading, “SAVE THE PEARL DISTRICT” and “REJECT! BOA #21942.” A non-profit soup kitchen and grocery pantry serving Tulsa’s working poor and homeless, Iron Gate recently announced plans to move from Trinity Episcopal Church at 5th and Cincinnati to an unused lot at 3rd and Peoria. The state-of-the-art facility they plan to construct on the site would total 16,000 square feet—more than five times the size of their current location. Because the site is zoned Industrial, Iron Gate must obtain the Board of Adjustment’s approval in order to proceed. Soon after Iron Gate’s announcement, an online petition came out against the move. “Good organization but bad proposed location,” the peti10 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
Proposed Iron Gate location
tion reads. “If the rezoning is permitted millions will be lost. Please protect our investments by rejecting this application.” As of this writing, the petition has 480 signatures. In response to the pushback, Iron Gate requested a continuance on the zoning exception
so that concerns could be adequately addressed. At the August 25 meeting, the Board offered the standing-room-only crowd a chance to voice their opinions on the continuance. Though Board Chair Frazier Henke warned that objections must be limited to the contin-
uance and not the exception request, several of the neighborhood leaders, business owners and residents who took the mic spent their time lambasting the project. During her turn, Leanne Benton, president of the Pearl District Association, asked anyone against the proposed move to stand up. Almost everyone immediately shot out of their chairs. The battle over Iron Gate’s new location is the latest manifestation of Tulsa’s urban growing pains in a year that seems to introduce a new development controversy almost monthly: a proposed outlet mall near Turkey Mountain, an REI superstore near the river, a Trader Joe’s on Brookside, high-end lofts in the Brady Arts District. Each new proposal has given rise to a unique, though related, conversation about urban planning. At the same time, urban revitalization has shone a spotlight on our struggle to reconcile fears about protecting downtown investments with the realities of Tulsans without safe, affordable housing. September 2 – 15, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
The geography of the Pearl District, located between 11th Street and I-244 from the Inner Dispersal Loop to Utica, seems to play a central role in the opposition to the move. Many people, including several business owners I spoke with, worry that Iron Gate’s new location will create a corridor for people traveling from Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless (in northwest downtown, near Archer and Denver) through the East Village along 3rd Street to the Pearl District location. The fear is that Iron Gate visitors might loiter, panhandle and sleep in alleys and that this would create security concerns. Derek Zellner manages Custom Motor Rebuilders, across the street from the proposed site. He said the company is “not really for” the move. “Not that it’s a bad thing— what they’re doing feeding the people—that’s great,” Zellner said. “But the location—in the Pearl District, you’ve got all these investors coming in trying to fix it up and make it nice. Then they’re bringing this in here. It’s kind of slapping (the investors) in the face. They’ve got zoning areas already downtown to do that stuff. It’s kind of a messed-up deal.” Zellner said he’s worried that Iron Gate visitors might loiter and disrupt his business. “We work on cars, and we’ve gotta be responsible for the stuff in the cars if there’s a break-in,” he said. “Not saying that would happen, but, you know. The area’s not really set up for that kind of environment.” This sounds like classic NIMBY (“Not in my backyard”) reasoning. But One Architecture owner Rachel Navarro, a former Pearl District Association board member, said it’s unfair to characterize objecting business owners as NIMBYs. Navarro and others said they are primarily concerned with a perceived lack of information and neighborly consideration from Iron Gate. THE TULSA VOICE // September 2 – 15, 2015
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“People say, ‘Oh, not in your backyard;’ ‘Oh, you’re just scared,’” said Navarro, who also owns commercial properties on 6th Street. “No, we’re not. We deal with homeless people already. A lot of us don’t have a lot of money. It’s not a fancy neighborhood—it has nothing to do with that. I get it—this is worthwhile.” Joe Picorale, who owns Be Love Yoga Studio at 6th and Peoria, said he isn’t particularly concerned about the effect Iron Gate will have on the neighborhood. Like Navarro, Picorale said he’s used to the presence of local homeless people and knows many of them by name. “A lot of people have invested a lot of time to get the Pearl District to where it’s at,” he said. “I think the biggest issue is just a lack of communication. All the business owners know each other; just like in any little district, everyone works together to promote their district, and then all of a sudden someone comes in with pretty big plans to change things without talking to any of the other business owners. It created a lot of reaction, more so than if there would’ve been some communication upfront and ahead of time. … They need a PR person to shift the perception of what’s going on.”
After the Board of Adjustment meeting, I spoke with Connie Cronley, executive director of Iron Gate. “I have been really shocked and then really sad at the volume of the opposition, the anger and the hostility,” Cronley said. “I keep telling myself, ‘Misinformation, fear of the unknown, fear of change.’” Cronley has been a member of Trinity Episcopal Church for nearly 40 years and has been involved with Iron Gate for a decade. As it grew, Iron Gate became independent from the church and eventually renovated the basement of Trinity to expand the food ministry with a 127-seat dining room. The 2008 recession brought an “explosion of hunger,” Cronley said, and the number of people who use Iron Gate for food assistance has since ballooned 407 percent. “Now, in the dining room we may circulate five or six hundred people a morning,” she said. “Then we have the grocery pantry, we have a hundred families come in for grocery assistance, and everyone is crammed into this tiny space. We’ve made offices out of closets and hallways. … There’s no more way we can expand.”
As the need outgrew the location, Cronley said the board had two choices: cut services or find a bigger space. (Cronley denied rumors that Iron Gate is being strong-armed out of its current location, whether by surrounding businesses or the Downtown Coordinating Council.) The board looked at 27 properties over 18 months and worked with an architect to determine space and parking needs to accommodate Iron Gate’s large volunteer base. “We ruled out a lot of places because we couldn’t afford them, or they were too little, or the parking across the street was too dangerous,” she said. Despite the prevailing belief that Iron Gate will attract upwards of a thousand homeless people to the new location each day, Cronley said the majority of people they serve are the working poor— people with homes and vehicles who go to Iron Gate for food assistance. Furthermore, nearly a fourth of Pearl District residents rely on Iron Gate for groceries. Cronley acknowledged that she didn’t think to bring the neighborhood into the conversation during the initial planning stages. “It never occurred to me, personally, to talk them,” she said. “I think that was very naïve of me. When I bought my home in Florence Park and moved in, it didn’t occur to me to talk to the neighbors and say, ‘Do you mind if I live next door?’” Over the strong objections of nearly every person in attendance at the August 25 meeting, the Board of Adjustment granted the request for a continuance. On September 1 (after press time), Iron Gate representatives met with residents of the Pearl District and surrounding areas at Trinity in hopes of earning the trust of the neighborhood. The Board of Adjustment meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. September 8 at City Council Chambers at 175 E. 2nd St. a NEWS & COMMENTARY // 11
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recently accepted the challenge of eating seven lunches and seven dinners at independent Tulsa restaurants on a $99 budget (*before tax, tips and drinks). In search of Tulsa’s best values, I tackled dinners one week and lunches another. My spending went over by 44 cents—still not bad, for 14 meals in under $100. Here’s how I did it:
El Guapo’s Cantina Southside 8161 S. Harvard Ave. Dinner was an easy choice with El Guapo’s $1 taco Tuesday special. Tacos El Guapo includes three tacos with corn tortillas, onion, cilantro and salsa. Choose from Carne Asada (grilled beef steak), Carnitas (pulled pork) or my favorite, Tinga (shredded smoked chicken in a mild red chile sauce). Add Poblano rice and choice of beans for $2.99.
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Mr. Tacos | 130 N. Lewis Ave.
Wednesday
This authentic Mexican restaurant has several dishes under $5, including the Gordita ($3), Chicken or Beef Taco ($2) and Beef Tamale ($2). Throw in a side of frijoles or rice for $3. The Chicken Taco was sufficiently filling, but I planned for an early dinner.
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SMOKE. on Cherry Street 1542 E. 15th St.
Doc’s Wine and Food 3509 S. Peoria Ave.
For $5 Burger Night, I enjoyed a fresh ground Black Angus Burger. It’s pure flavor with garlic aioli, whole grain mustard, and their signature ketchup and fries (all house-made) plus all the fixings on the side. SMOKE often sells out of this dine-in special, which begins at 4 p.m.
A filling meal for just $12, Wednesday’s ½ Chicken Dinner special includes a leg, thigh, breast and wing fried to a delicious golden brown plus mashed potatoes, andouille sausage gravy and a side of peas and carrots. This dine-in special begins at 4 p.m. and sells out quickly.
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La Roma | 6027 S. Sheridan Rd.
Burn Co. | 1738 S. Boston Ave.
At just $3.25, the most difficult part of this lunch was deciding which “Meat” Pie to choose: Meat, Spinach or Curry (I opted for Spinach).
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During Food Truck Wednesday at Guthrie Green, I tried Euro Pranzo’s delicious and refreshing Tabouli ($5), made from organic quinoa, cucumber, tomatoes, parsley, green onion and lemon juice.
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Bros. Houligan | 2508 E. 15th St. The Chicken Fried Steak Dinner special ($9.95) is available dine-in or take-home Thursdays from 11 a.m.-10 p.m. I enjoyed a generous breaded steak with gravy as good or better than grandma’s and endless sides of seasoned green beans and potatoes. Additional side options include cottage fries, French fries, tossed green salad, Coleslaw, applesauce and cottage cheese.
Friday Brownies Hamburger Stand 2130 S. Harvard Ave. I paid just $2.80 (less than a pound of ground beef) for my Deluxe hamburger, an old favorite that comes with ketchup, mustard, lettuce and tomato. Yokozuna | 309 E. 2nd St. I made an early dinner of halfprice sushi happy hour, which happens every day from 3-6 p.m. I ordered the Golden Driller Roll ($4), which includes tempura shrimp, jalapeño and cream cheese with spicy mayo. I also got the Hot Mess Roll ($4)—one of Yokozuna’s most popular items— with chipotle cream cheese, jalapeño, imitation crab, eel sauce, fried wonton chips and more. My date and I split an order of edamame for $3.
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The Caipirinha is Brazil’s national cocktail. Though both rum and cachaça are made from sugarcanederived products, the alcohol in cachaça results from the fermentation of fresh sugarcane juice, which is later distilled. The Penthouse Bar won Best View in the Voice’s 2015 Best of Tulsa Awards.
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voice’schoices FOOD & DRINK PAIRS // BY JOHN LANGDON, GREG BOLLINGER AND JOSHUA KLINE Doc’s Wine & Food 3509 S. Peoria Ave. | docswineandfood.com
Brunch—the meal that’s not quite breakfast, not quite lunch—deserves a dish that also toes that line of distinction. Cajun-spiced fried chicken and maple-red chili syrup give Doc’s Chicken & Waffles an unexpected kick. To drink, I went with the Orchard Smoke—High West Silver Oat Whiskey with apples muddled in maple syrup, poured into a glass that’s been resting upside down over a pile of smoking wood chips. The smoke makes the drink and completes this sweet, savory and spicy experience. BRUNCH: SAT-SUN 11 a.m.-3 p.m., LUNCH: TUES-FRI 11 a.m.-3 p.m. DINNER: 4-10 p.m. TUES-THURS, 4-11 p.m. FRI-SAT, 4-9 p.m. SUN
Burn Co. 1738 S. Boston Ave. 918.574.2777 | burnbbq.com
There’s BBQ, and then there’s Burn Co. BBQ. Voted Best Barbecue in the Voice’s 2015 Best of Tulsa awards and rightfully so, these guys have perfected the art of ribs and have the lunch lines to prove it. Mouth watering burgers, hot links & cheddar bratwursts made in house, mac ‘n’ cheese (Thursday through Saturday only)—whatever you get, it’ll probably go well with an Atlas IPA from Marshall Brewing Company. Get there early. TUES-SAT 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
East Village Bohemian Pizzeria 818 E. 3rd St.| 918.895.6999 eastvillagebohemian.com
The Mt. Vesuvius pie and the Hunter S. Thompson cocktail is an intuitive pairing of contrasting maximal flavors. The pizza is piled with San Marzano tomatoes, spicy soppressata (an Italian dry salami), BurnCo’s Italian sausage, porcini mushrooms, roasted jalapenos, mozzarella di bufalata, and a generous drizzle of spicy calabrese pepper sauce. It’s just spicy enough to clear your sinuses without overwhelming the other flavors. The Hunter S. Thompson is a twist on the Singapore Sling: Bombay Sapphire East gin, Cointreau, cherry Heering, housemade pomegranate grenadine, B&B, pineapple juice and fresh lime are stirred and strained over rocks. The seven-ingredient drink might sound like overkill, but the sweetness is just right— not cloying, not too boozy. KITCHEN: SUN-WED 11 a.m.-10 p.m., THURS-SAT 11 a.m.-1 a.m. BAR: EVERDAY 11 a.m.-Late THE TULSA VOICE // September 2 – 15, 2015
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SOUTH TULSA
Big Al’s Health Foods Bill’s Jumbo Burgers Billy Ray’s BBQ Brothers Houligan Calaveras Mexican Grill Capp’s BBQ Corner Café Duffy’s Diner El Rio Verde Freddie’s Hamburgers Guang Zhou Dim Sum Hoot Owl Coffee Company Jim’s Coney Island Las Americas Super Mercado & Restaurant
BBD II Baja Jack’s Burrito Shack Bamboo Thai Bistro Bellacino’s Pizza & Grinders Bodean’s Seafood Restaurant The Brook Camille’s Sidewalk Café Cardigan’s Charleston’s Cimarron Meat Company Dona Tina Cocina Mexicana El Guapo’s El Samborsito Elements Steakhouse & Grille The Fig Café and Bakery First Watch Five Guys French Hen Gencies Chicken Shack Gyros by Ali Hebert’s Specialty Meats Helen of Troy Hideaway Pizza India Palace
Lot a Burger Maxxwell’s Restaurant Moonsky’s Cheesesteaks and Daylight Donuts Mr. Taco Oklahoma Style BBQ Philly Alley Pie Hole Pizza Pollo al Carbon Rib Crib BBQ & Grill The Right Wing Route 66 Subs & Burgers Tacos Don Francisco Tally’s Good Food Cafe Umberto’s Pizza
PEARL DISTRICT El Rancho Grande The Phoenix Café Lola’s Caravan
Ike’s Chili Papa Ganouj JJ’s Hamburgers
BROOKSIDE Antoinette Baking Co. Biga Billy Sims BBQ Blue Moon Bakery and Café The Brook Brookside By Day Café Ole Café Samana Charleston’s Claud’s Hamburgers Cosmo Café & Bar Crow Creek Tavern Doc’s Wine and Food Egg Roll Express Elmer’s BBQ La Hacienda Lokal The Hen Bistro Hibiscus Caribbean Bar and Grill HopBunz In the Raw
Keo Lambrusco’Z To Go Leon’s Brookside Lokal Mazzio’s Italian Eatery Ming’s Noodle Bar Mondo’s Ristorante Italiano Old School Bagel Café Pei Wei Asian Diner R Bar & Grill Rons Hamburgers & Chili Señor Tequila Shades of Brown Sonoma Bistro & Wine Bar Starbucks Sumatra Coffee Shop Super Wok The Warehouse Bar & Grill Weber’s Root Beer Whole Foods Market Yolotti Frozen Yogurt Zoës Kitchen
UTICA SQUARE Brownies Gourmet Burgers Fleming’s Goldie’s Patio Grill McGill’s Olive Garden P.F. Chang’s China Bistro
WO ODLAND HILLS
BLUE D OME The Krazy Olive La Crêpe Nanou La Flama Mahogany Prime Steakhouse McNellie’s South City Mr. Goodcents Subs & Pastas Napa Flats Wood Fired Kitchen Naples Flatbread & Wine Bar Nordaggio’s Coffee OK Country Donut Shoppe Pita Place Redrock Canyon Grill Ripe Tomato Ron’s Hamburgers and Chili Sushi Hana Japanese Fusion Thai Village Tres Amigos Mexican Grill & Cantina White Lion Whole Foods Yokozuna Zio’s Italian Kitchen
Pepper’s Grill Polo Grill Queenie’s Café and Bakery Starbucks Stonehorse Café Wild Fork
Albert G’s Bar & Q Bramble Dilly Diner El Guapo’s Cantina Fassler Hall Joe Bots Coffee Joe Momma’s Pizza
Juniper Lambrusco’z McNellie’s S&J Oyster Company STG Pizzeria & Gelateria Tallgrass Prairie Table Yokozuna
DECO DISTRICT Atlas Grill Billy’s on the Square Boston Avenue Grill Deco Deli
Elote Café & Catering Mod’s Coffee & Crepes Tavolo The Vault
DOWNTOWN 624 Kitchen and Catering All About Cha Stylish Coffee & Tea Baxter’s Interurban Grill Bohemian Pizzeria The Boiler Room The Boulder Grill Café 320 Casa Laredo Coney Island Daily Grill Foolish Things Coffee Grand Selections for Lunch The Greens on Boulder Lassalle’s New Orleans Deli
Lou’s Deli MADE Market in the DoubleTree by Hilton Mazzio’s Italian Eatery Naples Flatbread & Wine Bar Oneok Café Oklahoma Spud on the Mall Seven West Café Sheena’s Cookies & Deli Steakfinger House The Sushi Place Tabouli’s Ti Amo Topeca Coffee Williams Center Café
TERWILLEGER HEIGHTS Bill & Ruth’s Blue Rose Café Burn Co. BBQ The Chalkboard Dalesandro’s
Elwoods Mansion House Café Ron’s Hamburgers & Chili La Villa at Philbrook
GREENWOOD Abear’s Fat Guy’s
Lefty’s on Greenwood
MIDTOWN Albert G’s Bangkok Thai Super Buffet Bravo’s Mexican Grill Bros. Houligan Celebrity Restaurant Daylight Donuts Supershop Eddy’s Steakhouse Felini’s Cookies & Deli
Golden Gate Lambrusco’z Mary Jane’s Pizza My Thai Kitchen PJ’s Sandwich Shoppe Phill’s Diner Trenchers Delicatessen
I-44/BA INTERCHANGE Big Anthony’s BBQ Bill & Ruth’s Subs Billy Sims BBQ Binh-Le Vietnamese Chop House BBQ D’Oro Pizza Desi Wok Fiesta Cozumel Gogi Gui Growler’s Sandwich Grill Hideaway Pizza Himalayas – Aroma of India Ichiban Teriyaki Jumbo’s Burgers Las Bocas Las Tres Fronteras Le Bistro Sidewalk Cafe Mamasota’s Mexican Restaurant & Bar Mazzio’s Italian Eatery
Monterey’s Little Mexico Nelson’s Buffeteria Pho Da Cao Pickle’s Pub Rice Bowl Cafe Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Roo’s Sidewalk Café Royal Dragon Sezchuan Express Shawkat’s Deli & Grill Speedy Gonzalez Grill Spudder Steak Stuffers USA Tacos Don Francisco Thai Siam Tokyo Garden The Tropical Restaurant & Bar Viet Huong Villa Ravenna Watts Barbecue
NORTH TULSA Amsterdam Bar & Grill Admiral Grill Bill & Ruth’s Christy’s BBQ Evelyn’s Golden Saddle BBQ Steakhouse Hank’s Hamburgers
Harden’s Hamburgers Hero’s Subs & Burgers Los Primos Moonsky’s Cheesesteaks and Daylight Donuts The Restaurant at Gilcrease White River Fish Market
WEST TULSA
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Arnold’s Old-Fashioned Hamburgers Burger House Charlie’s Chicken Jumpin J’s Knotty Pine BBQ Hideaway Pizza Linda Mar
Lot a Burger Monterey’s Little Mexico Ollie’s Station Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Sandwiches & More Union Street Café Westside Grill & Delivery
Asahi Sushi Bar Baker Street Pub & Grill Billy Sims BBQ Bistro at Seville Bluestone Steahouse and Seafood Restaurant Brothers Houligan Brothers Pizza Bucket’s Sports Bar & Grill Charlie’s Chicken Chuy’s Chopsticks El Tequila Fat Daddy’s Pub & Grille Fat Guy’s Burger Bar Fish Daddy’s Seafood Grill Fuji FuWa Asian Kitchen Firehouse Subs The Gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse Haruno Hungry Howie’s Pizza In the Raw on the Hill Jameson’s Pub Jamil’s Jason’s Deli
Jay’s Original Hoagies Keo Kit’s Takee-Outee La Roma Lanna Thai Logan’s Road House Louie’s Mandarin Taste Marley’s Pizza Mekong River Mi Tierra Napoli’s Italian Restaurant Oliveto Italian Bistro Ri Le’s Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Ridge Grill Ron’s Hamburgers & Chili Savoy Shogun Steakhouse of Japan Siegi’s Sausage Factory & Deli Ti Amo Italian Ristorante Wrangler’s Bar-B-Q Yasaka Steakhouse of Japan Zio’s Italian Kitchen
BRADY ARTS DISTRICT Caz’s Chowhouse Chimera Draper’s Bar-B-Cue Gypsy Coffee House Hey Mambo The Hunt Club Laffa Lucky’s on the Green Mexicali Border Café
Oklahoma Joe’s Prhyme Downtown Steakhouse The Rusty Crane Sisserou’s Spaghetti Warehouse The Tavern Zin Wine, Beer & Dessert Bar
CHERRY STREET 15 Below Andolini’s Pizzeria Café Cubana Chimi’s Mexican Food Chipotle Mexican Grill Coffee House on Cherry Street Doe’s Eat Place Full Moon Café Genghis Grill Heirloom Baking Co. Hideaway Pizza Jason’s Deli Kilkenny’s Irish Pub & Eatery La Madeleine
Lucky’s Restaurant Mary’s Italian Trattoria Mi Cocina Oklahoma Kolache Co. Palace Café Panera Bread Phat Philly’s The Pint Qdoba Mexican Grill SMOKE. Te Kei’s Tucci’s Café Italia Zanmai
EAST TULSA Al Sultan Grill & Bakery Big Daddy’s All American Bar-B-Q Birrieria Felipe Bogey’s Brothers Houligan Casa San Marcos Casanova’s Restaurant Charlie’s Chicken Cherokee Deli Darby’s Restaurant El Centenario El Gallo Loco El 7 Marez El Refugio Azteca Super Taqueria Fiesta Del Mar Flame Broiler Frank’s Café Fu-Thai Garibaldi’s The Gnarley Dawg Hatfield’s
Jay’s Coneys Josie’s Tamales Kimmy’s Diner Korean Garden Leon’s Smoke Shack Lot a Burger Maria’s Mexican Grill Mariscos Costa Azul Mariscos El Centenario Mekong Vietnamese Pizza Depot Pizza Express Porky’s Kitchen Ron’s Hamburgers & Chili RoseRock Cafe Señor Fajita Seoul Restaurant Shiloh’s of Tulsa Shish-Kabob & Grill Stone Mill BBQ & Steakhouse Tacos San Pedro Taqueria la Cabana Timmy’s Diner
ROSE DISTRICT BruHouse Daylight Donuts Family Back Creek Deli & Gifts Fiesta Mambo! Hideaway Pizza In the Raw
Main Street Tavern McHuston Booksellers and Irish Bistro Romeo’s Espresso Cafe The Rooftop
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BREAKFAST MONTH! Luckily for diners everywhere, the most important meal of the day also happens to traditionally feature the most delicious foods—a win-win if there ever was one.
BRAMBLE
313 E 2nd St (Next to Tallgrass) 918.933.4495 Now Open Sunday’s Starting in September 8am-2pm. The Bramble Breakfast & Bar is a short order, farm to table concept. Breakfast heavy and booze aplenty, we aim to offer the same standard of service and level of flavor as Tallgrass in a laid back approachable atmosphere. Utilizing our local philosophy to the fullest.
MCNELLIES
409 E 1st St, Downtown | 918.382.7468 7031 S Zurich Ave, South City 918. 933.5258 Sure our beer selection is immense, but the food’s pretty good too. McNellie’s menu is filled with fresh, reasonably priced food. Every day, our dedicated kitchen staff works hard to make a variety of items from scratch, using the best ingredients available. McNellie’s Brunch is served Saturday and Sunday 11am-3pm. Enjoy breakfast classics like an omelet or french toast, and pair it with a build-your-own Bloody Mary or one of our beer flights!
DILLY DINER
402 E 2nd St | 918.938.6382 DOWNTOWN TULSA’S FAVORITE DINER! Serving up breakfast all day, housemade bread, pastries, pies & cakes, homemade soft serve, house cured meats, local produce and so much more! Try the Two Egg Breakfast with eggs any style, choice of breakfast meat, toast or biscuit & gravy. Enjoy our full menu till 1am on weekends.
bramble breakfast & bar PHILL’S DINER
3310 E 32nd St | 918-742-4563 There are many breakfast favorites at Phill’s–”the little neighborhood diner where everybody knows everybody”–but a signature favorite is the Country Ham and Eggs served with hash browns and a side of biscuits and gravy for $8.99. Phill’s has been an award-winning Tulsa cafe for 23 years. One reason “everybody knows everybody” at Phill’s is because there are so many locals who eat breakfast at the diner at least once per weekend, and probably a weekday lunch, too.
SPONZS @ MATHIS BROTHERS
6611 S 101st E Ave | 918.461.7750 The food and music are always worth dancing about at Sponzs, Tulsa’s only Breakfast Jazz Deli! Come hear the Sounds of Wayman Tisdale, Eldredge Jackson, Grady Nichols and more Tulsa Jazz Pioneers while jazzing on our famous Chicken and Waffle or Scrumptious Deli Sandwiches. Buy a $60 Gift Card for $50 when you mention the ad in the Voice only thru the Month of September. Yes, we are inside Mathis Brothers Furniture Store, Open Daily.
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FASSLER HALL
304 S Elgin Ave | 918.576.7898 We love sausage, but we love brunch, too! Check out our mimosa bar and try our Chicken & Waffles - a fresh Belgian waffle and our house fried chicken served with butter and syrup. Beer garden coming this fall! Brunch is served every Saturday and Sunday from 11am – 4pm.
THE TAVERN
307 E Archer | 918.949.9801 Starting September 10th, the Tavern will be operating a pop up restaurant at 307 E. Archer - a space we’re affectionately calling the “Temp Tavern”. At the Temp Tavern we’ll still be producing the Tavern burger you’ve come to know and love, as well as our weekend brunch, and Sunday night, family-style chicken dinner. In addition to these fan favorites, we’re also putting out a specialty menu each week. We hope to see you on Archer this fall! Brunch served Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 2pm.
September 2 – 15, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Good Libations A G U I D E TO D R I N K I N G W E L L I N T U L S A
Tulsa’s steady revitalization has attracted (and been shaped by) inspired mixologists, sommeliers, craft brewers and new nightlife concepts. Local arts, music and cuisine have rounded out our eclectic bar scene to offer something for every taste and demographic, and plenty of substance for non-drinkers, as well. Though it’s not nearly comprehensive, here is our brief field guide to Tulsa bars.
by MEGAN SHEPHERD, Mitch Gilliam, Andy Wheeler and the tulsa voice staff
James E. McNellie’s | 409 E. 1st St., 7031 S. Zurich Ave. VOTED BEST BEER SELECTION IN THE 2015 BEST OF TULSA AWARDS
Eleven years in, Elliot Nelson’s flagship pub is still the crown jewel of Tulsa’s beer scene. McNellie’s menu of 360+ beers (60 of those on tap) is unrivaled for sheer volume and breadth of choice. They offer an array of flights with cheeky names—the “Hoppy Gilmore” is a sampling of IPAs; “Army of Darkness” is stouts and porters—as well as weekly pint nights (order the featured beer, keep the glass) and monthly budget draft specials. McNellie’s Beer Geek specials are obscure and exotic enough to satisfy the thrill-seekers, and the bar also offers one of the only beer aging programs in the city, “Ales from the Crypt,” with a limited selection of vintage beers in a temperature-controlled cellar (August’s menu included the Unibroue Grand Reserve 2011 and the Boulevard SaisonBrett 2012). Coming later this month, McNellie’s new monthly beer menu will, for the first time, categorize beers by flavor profile (the menu was previously arranged by country of origin). The menu will still include the country of origin, along with the ABV measurement and type of glassware. Bar Manager Tony Collins says the regional organization made sense when the menu was created in 2004 because the market was still largely import-driven. “Since then, craft beer has taken off, and people just in general kind of understand what they like or don’t like in a beer more,” Collins says. “So we’ve organized the information differently.” McNellie’s hosts and sponsors numerous events throughout the year, from a massive St. Patrick’s Day street party to October’s Harvest Beer Festival and November’s infamous Pub Run (a joint celebration of Guinness and jogging), along with frequent tastings and the ongoing Beer School.
Bar 46 107 N. Boulder Ave.
Bull & Bear Tavern 5800 S. Lewis Ave., Ste. 113
Fassler Hall 304 S. Elgin Ave.
Kilkenny’s Irish Pub 1413 E. 15th St. VOTED BEST SERVICE IN THE 2015 BEST OF TULSA AWARDS
The Pint on Cherry Street
Pure plushness and impeccable service set Vintage 1740 apart from the typical boutique watering hole. Luxurious upholstered furnishings and smartly appointed decor manage to make even a casual happy hour at Vintage feel like a special, yet still approachable, occasion. Vintage’s knowledgeable bartenders take exceptional care of their patrons, so don’t be shy about sampling a few options before you settle on a bottle or glass. Order from a list of more than 60 wines, including the rare selections on their Reserve List, and wine-based cocktails. Vintage also offers cigars, a few gourmet snacks, an intimate patio overlooking 18th and Boston and a private room available for special events. The bar launches a new wine theme on the first Monday of each month (“Wine Flights around the world”), with a thematic tasting experience each week. For $10, purchase a passport to earn 15 percent off bottle price at Ranch Acres Wine & Spirits with each stamp. A full passport will cover your wine flights the next month. Vintage is open 4 p.m.-2 a.m. Monday through Saturday.
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8922 S. Memorial Dr., Suite C3
1325 E. 15th St., Ste. 107
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VOTED BEST PLACE TO WATCH THE BIG GAME, BEST JUKEBOX AND BEST KARAOKE IN THE 2015 BEST OF TULSA AWARDS
3421 S. Peoria Ave.
The Fur Shop
White Lion Pub
520 E. 3rd St.
Vintage 1740
1740 S. Boston Ave. 918.582.0700
6927 S. Canton Ave.
Sonoma Bistro & Wine Bar 3523 S. Peoria Ave.
The Wine Loft at The Vineyard 7890 E. 106th St. S.
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The Colony | 2809 S. Harvard Ave.
dog friendly spots Empire
1516 S. Peoria Ave. Widely known as Tulsa’s soccer bar of record, Empire has been dog friendly since owner Kyla Holderness opened the bar 19 years ago. At the time, welcoming animals into service establishments was nearly unheard-of. Holderness’s response to patrons who are bothered by the canine presence: “They’re cleaner than probably most people that come in.” A devoted animal rescuer, Holderness has volunteered with Pet Adoption League for about 14 years and OKC-based Homeward Bound Pug Rescue for a decade. She’s currently fostering more than a dozen dogs and has even transported rescues to no-kill shelters around the country (in the same van she uses to shuttle patrons between Empire and Oktoberfest). If you’re bringing a furry drinking buddy, heed a few common-sense rules: Leash, supervise and clean up after your dog; leave aggressive dogs at home; and abide by Empire’s 8 p.m. Furfew, after which time nightlife creates a stressful environment for critters.
Caz’s Pub 21 E. M.B. Brady St.
Elwood’s
The ghosts of Tulsa’s music past haunt The Colony—you’ve probably heard the stories: Leon Russell bought the bar as a gift for his wife; a wasted Eric Clapton once performed and then passed out in the back dumpster; George Harrison played an impromptu set; J.J. Cale, too. A lot of the best tales are more legend than fact—few people know what really went on at the midtown haunt during its Tulsa Sound heyday in the ‘70s. It’s a fact, though, that The Colony has over the past decade once again become an indispensable source of live music and a gathering place for some of our most talented musicians. Owner Brian Fontaine has nurtured the soulful space back to its former glory. Walk in on any given night, and you’ll likely find a handful of local players taking shots and shooting the shit between sets.
Ambassador Lounge 9457 E. 31st St.
1747 S. Boston Ave.
1924 Riverside Dr.
Cellar Dweller Fassler Hall
417 W. 7th St.
304 S. Elgin Ave.
Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577
The Fur Shop 520 E. 3rd Stw.
Lucky’s on the Green 111 E. M.B. Brady St.
Crow Creek Tavern
1747 S. Boston Ave
Downtown Lounge Dusty Dog Pub 5107 S. Harvard Ave.
Elwood’s
409 N. Main St.
1924 Riverside Dr.
Leave the car keys with a friend and take The Loop. Tulsa Transit’s new bus circulator connects entertainment districts across downtown so you can have fun responsibly.
The hunt club 224 N. Main St.
The Shady Tree 7970 E. 41st St.
Soundpony 409 N. Main St. VOTED BEST DIVE BAR, BEST DIY/UNDERGROUND VENUE IN THE 2015 BEST OF TULSA AWARDS
Vanguard 222 N. Main St.
Soundpony
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3534 S. Peoria Ave.
25 N. Cheyenne Ave.
Mercury Lounge
Nitro Lounge
1109 E. 6th St.
The Venue Shrine 112 E. 18th St.
Fassler Hall 304 S. Elgin Ave.
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Mercury Lounge
Hodges Bend 823 E. 3rd St.
Woody’s Corner Bar 325 E. 2nd St.
Yeti 417 N. Main St. September 2 – 15, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
Caz’s Pub
SMOKING
Caz’s Pub | 21 E. M.B. Brady St. Opened in 1995 or the year 17 BGG (before Guthrie Green), Caz’s was among the early residents of the Brady Arts District as we know it today. It now represents a grounding connection to when the area was quieter and rougher around the edges and there wasn’t a new bar or condo development going up around the corner every other week. It’s clear from the countless signatures, tags and other bits of good times past scrawled on the walls or scratched into tables (Are Ryan + Tina ‘02 still together? We believe in you!); the boat railing hung on the wall; and the ever-growing collection of bras on the antlers behind the bar: Caz’s has been there, and its patrons have done that. No matter how much our downtown grows or how many gastropubs or artisan boutiques move into the neighborhood, as long as it’s there, Caz’s will be Caz’s. Get a drink, play a song on the jukebox, buy a pack of smokes from the machine, shoot some pool, have a tamale (on Mexican Mondays) and reflect on how the block has changed. Caz’s is open 2 p.m.-2 a.m. Monday through Saturday and Sunday from 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Happy hour ends at 7 p.m., with free food on Fridays.
Another Round 3307 S. Peoria Ave. Arnie’s Bar 318 E. 2nd St. The Brook Alley 4726 S. Peoria Ave. The Buckaneer 1120 S. Harvard Ave. The Cigar Box 1326 E. 15th St.; 4932 E. 91st St.; 500 Riverwalk Terrace, Ste. 155; 409 W Stonewood Dr. Crawpappy’s 3342 E. 51st St. Crow Creek Tavern 3534 S. Peoria Ave. Drake’s Tavern 1546 E. 15th St. James E. McNellie’s (upstairs) 409 E. 1st St. Mercury Lounge 1747 S. Boston Ave. On the Rocks 3120 S. Yale Ave. Pickles Pub & Grill 4902 S. Sheridan Rd. Tin Dog Saloon 3245 S. Harvard Ave. Yellow Brick Road Pub 2630 E. 15th St. Yeti (venue side) 417 N. Main St.
CRAFT cocktails & SPIRITS
Bramble Breakfast & Bar 311 E. 2nd St.
Chimera
212 N. Main St.
Enso Bar
104 S. Detroit Ave.
Inner Circle Vodka Bar 410 N. Main St., Ste. A
Hodges Bend
Saturn Room
209 N. Boulder Ave.
Valkyrie
823 E. 3rd St.
13 E. M.B. Brady St.
VOTED BEST BARTENDER (NOAH BUSH) IN THE 2015 BEST OF TULSA AWARDS
VOTED BEST CRAFT COCKTAIL IN THE 2015 BEST OF TULSA AWARDS
Mainline
Zin Urban Lounge
111 N. Main St.
111 N. Main St.
Mixed CompanY
302 S. Cheyenne Ave. Nestled partially below street level in the 96-year-old Midco Building, Mix Co has the feeling of an upscale speakeasy with its warm tones, chic furniture and that huge wooden door that looks like it could be the entrance to a secret meeting place of the Dust-Bowl era Illuminati. That ambience is so welcoming that when a bar-hopping expedition finds itself there, the hopping is likely to be abandoned for sipping a Peanut Old Fashioned until close in the soft glow of the illuminated bar. At Mix Co you’ll find tasty and inventive house creations like The Longest War (Broker’s Gin, Bastille French Whisky, Antica Carpano, St. Germain, Absinthe rinse and cucumber) and Johnny Ringo THE TULSA VOICE // September 2 – 15, 2015
Mixed Company | COURTESY
(Old Overholt, Tothman and Winters Pear, Ancho Reyes and Amaro Nonino) alongside Sazerac, Pimm’s Cup and other classics. In addition to their one-of-a-kind cocktails, the bar has curated a vast selection of spirits (particularly whiskeys), thoughtful wine and beer lists and monthly tap takeovers. Mix Co also offers a charming patio, gourmet edibles like cheese and charcuterie boards and a consistently solid lineup of live music and DJs. During the Voice’s 2015 Best of Tulsa voting season, Mix Co proclaimed itself to be Tulsa’s best place for a Tinder date (we tend to agree). See for yourself Monday through Saturday from 3 p.m.-2 a.m. FEATURED // 23
Club Ma jestic | COURTESY
BAR BITES Crawpappy’s | 3342 E. 51st St.
DANCE Club Majestic
124 N. Boston Ave. (Voted Best Night Club in the 2015 Best of Tulsa Awards)
Ma jestic has one of the most impressive sound systems in Oklahoma. How do I know this? I live across the street from it. Even with the doors closed, the club can drown out everything else in the Brady Arts District: that maddening trolley, the offkey singing buskers and the preachers yelling unintelligible Bible verses. Ma jestic caters to Tulsa’s LGBTQ community but welcomes everyone, with Thursday drag shows, “Hoe! You Think You Can Dance” and other pageants and parties on Fridays, Saturday dance parties and Talent Night on Sundays. The drinks are abundant, but they aren’t the reason you go there. You go to Ma jestic to dance like no one is watching (or going to see the replay on your social media accounts). It’s a place to have fun and not be judged—unless you wear that one outfit again. Come as you are Thursday through Sunday from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. (Saturday is 21+).
Area 18 Bar and Ultra Lounge
A self-proclaimed “Ca jun and Creole Restaurant,” Crawpappy’s is a bar, first and foremost. Yes, there’s Ca jun food, but it’s mostly a bonus to all the drinks flying around in there. This midtown staple has food from the bayou, drinks from Bourbon Street and a loyal, multi-generational base of regular customers. I would imagine there are quite a few people who get their names shouted at them like Norm from “Cheers” when they enter. Without question, Crawpappy’s menu of New Orleans favorites sets the bar apart—there are far too few watering holes in this town who do bar food as well. The Po Boys are well worth the $5.76 for Catfish, Crawfish, Clams, “Inferno Strips,” Shrimp or Blackened Chicken. Between those and the Oyster Shooters ($5.76 for a half-dozen), less adventurous eaters will find nachos, wraps and even $1 taco night on Thursdays. There’s also no shortage of drinks designed to make you forget where you parked your car, and that’s probably best. Crawpappy’s is open daily from 11 a.m.-2 a.m.
Blue Rose Café
Fassler Hall
The Parish at Hodges Bend
1924 Riverside Dr.
304 S. Elgin Ave.
823 E. 3rd St.
Bramble Breakfast & Bar
James E. McNellie’s
Pickles Pub & Grill
311 E. 2nd St.
409 E. 1st St. 7031 S. Zurich Ave.
4902 S. Sheridan Rd.
BEST BAR FOOD IN THE 2015 BEST OF TULSA AWARDS
The Pint on Cherry Street
Crow Creek Tavern 3534 S. Peoria Ave.
Dust Bowl Lanes & Lounge 211 S. Elgin Ave.
Fat Daddy’s Pub & Grille 8056 S. Memorial Dr.
Lefty’s on Greenwood 10 N. Greenwood Ave., Ste. A
Midleton’s Bar & Grill 9711 E. 81st St.
Bring your gender to the blender and set to “liquefy” and “pulse.” Just south of the Inner Dispersal Loop on Main is Tulsa’s decades-old New Age Renegade. The exact opposite of Club Ma jestic’s full-frontal street view, Renegade’s lack of windows and flat paint job leave much to the imagination. Past the long hallway entry, though, you’ll find one of the best-decorated bars in the state. Mannequins lurk in the shadows, colorful lights flash and TVs blast music videos, and tucked away in the side room is one hell of a stage. Besides dollar beer Wednesdays and Sunday karaoke (where I once did a horrible version of Fleetwood Mac’s “Gypsy”), Renegade hosts regular drag shows. Some contestants lip sync, some actually sing, and all of them take it pretty damn seriously. In the event a performance enters buzz-kill territory, you can always head to the patio, which— keeping with the theme—is surrounded by massive privacy fences. The multi-level deck is great in the summer and makes for a sizeable smoke hole during colder weather.
1325 E. 15th St., Ste. 107
R Bar & Grill 3421 S. Peoria Ave.
The Warehouse Bar and Grill 3346 S. Peoria Ave.
DINNER & A SHOW
New Age Renegade | COURTESY
39 E. 18th St.
Caravan Cattle Company 7901 E. 41st St.
Cronies
7875 E. 71st St.
Electric Circus 222 E. 1st St.
Legends Dance Hall 514 E. 2nd St.
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Bamboo Lounge
Comedy night Last Saturday of each month
7204 E. Pine St.
Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577 Comedy night Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
1109 E. 6th St.
Elote Cafe & Catering Luchadores, Luchaween happens October 24
514 S. Boston Ave.
Enso Bar
Ok, So Tulsa Story Slam Second Wednesday of each month
New Age Renegade Drag shows
1649 S. Main St.
104 S. Detroit Ave.
Lot No. 6
Third Thursday of each month at 9 p.m.
1323 E. 6th St.
Mainline
Art exhibitions ongoing, check Facebook for details
111 N. Main St.
The Venue Shrine Comedy night
112 E. 18th St.
Soundpony
Comedy night Usually the last Monday of each month, check soundpony.com for details
409 N. Main St.
September 2 – 15, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
ART GALLERY & BAR
Inner Circle Vodka Bar | COURTESY
WED 9/2 FRI 9/4 SAT 9/5
patios Inner Circle Vodka Bar | 410 N. Main St., Ste. A Located across from the Cain’s block, the 7,000-square-foot patio at Inner Circle Vodka Bar offers an unobstructed view of the downtown skyline and a refreshing patch of grass underfoot. Though Inner Circle draws concert-goers from both Cain’s and the Brady Theater, its expansive outdoor space has become an attraction in its own right since it opened this summer (the bar opened in March). In case Giant Jenga, Giant Connect Four and three Corn Hole sets aren’t enough to keep you occupied, Inner Circle continues to create more reasons to linger on the patio. This month, they’re installing three shipping containers to hold cabana-style seating with furniture, lights and fans. They’ll also introduce a portable outdoor stage for live music, an outdoor screen, Giant Beer Pong and a few other additions. In addition to a full bar of beer, wine and cocktails, Inner Circle offers nearly a dozen different vodka infusions. The adventurous elixirs feature ingredients like cucumber, raspberry, blackberry, mint, pepper and even peanut. (For more on infusions, see p. 30.) Inner Circle hosts a low-key game night (board games, card games and patio games) on Mondays, live music on Wednesdays and DJs on Fridays. Beginning September 14, weekly Sunday Funday will include a Bloody Mary bar, a champagne cocktail menu, food truck brunch, afternoon live music and nighttime NFL games. Inner Circle is open 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Saturday and 4 p.m. to midnight on Sunday. Follow the bar on Facebook for updates.
Arnie’s Bar
Fifteen Below
Saturn Room
318 E. 2nd St.
1334 E. 15th St.
209 N. Boulder Ave.
Bamboo Lounge
Full Moon Cafe
Soundpony
7204 E. Pine St.
1525 E. 15th St.
409 N. Main St.
Blue Rose Café
Hodges Bend
1924 Riverside Dr.
823 E. 3rd St.
VOTED BEST SPOT FOR DAY DRINKING IN THE 2015 BEST OF TULSA AWARDS
1747 S. Boston Ave.
El Guapo’s Cantina 332 E. 1st St.
Elwood’s 1924 Riverside Dr.
Empire 1516 S. Peoria Ave.
Mercury Lounge MIXED COMPANY 302 S. Cheyenne Ave.
The Penthouse Bar at The Mayo Hotel 115 W. 5th St.
VOTED BEST “UNOFFICIAL” PUBLIC ART (SOUNDPONY PATIO) IN THE 2015 BEST OF TULSA AWARDS
The Venue Shrine 112 E. 18th St.
Vintage 1740 1740 S. Boston Ave.
Yellow Brick Road Pub
VOTED BEST VIEW IN THE 2015 BEST OF TULSA AWARDS
2630 E. 15th St.
R Bar & Grill
417 N. Main St.
Yeti
SUN 9/6
Trivia First Friday
w/ Laura Abbott Brandon “Had Enough” Young CD Release Party • $5 Cover
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Happy Hour ALL DAY
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Trivia Christine Jude FRI 9/11 & Chris Brown SAT 9/12 TBA WED 9/9
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MONDAY’S Karaoke Night 9pm-close
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TUESDAY’S $2.50 Select Cocktails WEDNESDAY’S Whiskey Wednesday
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THURSDAY’S Ladies Night Free Miller Lite & $2 Shot Specials
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The New Old-Fashioned: Liquor and Lore Book signing and cocktail demo with Robert Simonson Sat., Sept. 12, 2-3:30 p.m. Valkyrie, valkyrietulsa.com
Robert Simonson of The New York Times | COURTESY
Cocktail culture A conversation with Robert Simonson by ANDY WHEELER
I
tended bar in the early days of Soundpony. I was and continue to be terrible at it and could not make a craft cocktail if my life depended on it. Though some of the finer points of cocktail culture elude me, my crash course on the drinking revolution from the cocktail expert himself, Robert Simonson of The New York Times, was a privilege. I called Simonson in advance of his September 12 visit to Tulsa as guest judge of Philbrook MIX, the cocktail competition celebrating Tulsa’s top bartenders at Cain’s Ballroom. A preeminent voice on cocktail culture and spirits in America, Simonson also contributes to GQ, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Advocate, Imbibe, Edible Manhattan, Edible Brooklyn and Time Out New York. He recently authored The Old-Fashioned: The story of the world’s first classic cocktail.
The Tulsa Voice: What makes a great cocktail? Robert Simonson: A lot of little things. Taking great care with every aspect of the drink. You 26 // FEATURED
have to use fresh juice. Vermouth that is fresh and hasn’t been sitting around for a while. You want to use good ice, house-made ice if you can—get a Kold-Draft machine. The cubes are fresher and better looking. Taste is the foremost thing, but aesthetics are important, too. Attractive glassware always helps. And then there are those little things, those secrets only bartenders have. They can make a cocktail better in infinitesimal ways. Some of them possess magic that you and I can’t understand. I don’t want to make it sound like it’s really hard to make a good cocktail, because it’s not. Getting from a good cocktail to a very good cocktail can be a little tricky and take a lot of practice. Just like with a good meal, one of the ingredients in any cocktail you have in a bar is context— what kind of day you had, what kind of mood you’re in, what kind of mood the bartender is in, the atmosphere, the music that’s playing. TTV: What makes a great Old-Fashioned?
RS: I prepare them the way they were prepared before Prohibition. Back then, they didn’t have the orange slice and the cherry. It was just a very simple drink: a little bitter, a little water, a sugar cube, then two ounces of Bourbon or Rye, usually served over one large piece of ice with an orange or a lemon twist. It’s a better showcase for the whiskey. The more you add fruit or a little seltzer on top, the more it hides the whiskey. That seems to be besides the point. TTV: What’s your go-to Rye? What’s your go-to Bourbon? RS: For Rye, I like Rittenhouse. Bulleit is very good. And Bourbon? I like Elijah Craig 12 Year Old. I like Henry McKenna (Single Barrel) Bonded. I guess those are my two favorites. TTV: What’s behind this relatively recent sea change in cocktails and cocktail culture? RS: It really was the last part of the American culinary world to be reexamined and revived. It started about 15 years ago in America. There had been a craft beer rev-
olution; Americans had become more educated about wines; the food revolution—we began to eat better—began in the ‘70s. Cocktails were the last piece of the puzzle, even following coffee. Dale DeGroff (founder of The Museum of the American Cocktail, author of The Craft of the Cocktail and The Essential Cocktail) spearheaded the cocktail program at the Rainbow Room in New York City in the late ‘80s. His boss gave him an old cocktail book from the 19th century (The Bon-Vivant’s Companion) and said, “Study this book and make these drinks.” He got a lot of attention for that. He sort of operated in isolation for at least 10 years. And then there was a famous bar (Milk & Honey, est. 1999) that opened in New York. You may have read an obituary1 of a guy named Sasha Petraske, who just died. He opened sort of an anti-bar. All the bars in New York City, they were mainly clubs. They were loud. They were noisy. The drinks were not very good, with kind of sweet and blended drinks and Cosmopolitans. He wanted to create a bar that had more decorum, that had some September 2 – 15, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
PHILBROOK MIX Sat., Sept. 12, 7 p.m. Cain’s Ballroom Tickets start at $100 mix.philbrook.org PHOTOS BY MELISSA LUKENBAUGH AND JEREMY CHARLES
TRACEY SUDBERRY Chalkboard Sphere No Evil
LIBBY BILLINGS Elote La Luchadora
T READ RICHARDS RYAN STACK Valkyrie Mixed Company Chad the Relief Pitcher Calm Before the Storm
NOAH BUSH Saturn Room The Bermuda Triangle
STEVE RICHARDSON The Tavern Southpaw Grammar
DUSTIN SAIED Pryhme Rhone Ranger
CHRIS ARMSTRONG Arnie’s Bar Blasphemy
JACK WOOD Chimera Red Rum
MAJDA AL-AMOUDI Max Retropub She Bop
NATE WILLIAMS Andolini’s First of All Pleasures
VICTOR SEE Sisserou’s Up In Smoke
DAVE HALL Hard Rock The Lucky Maverick
SHANNA POSTOAK Tallgrass Gold Dust Woman
JAMIE JENNINGS Hodges Bend Planter’s Perk
AARON BOEHLER Fassler Hall Das Paloma
dignity. Where people could have a quiet drink, a quiet talk and there would be soft music [Author’s note: The bar’s house rules 2 are required reading]. And he wanted the drinks to be excellent—just as excellent as anything else you would get when you went out and purchased some food or drink with your hardearned money. People called it a speakeasy. There were reasons why it was hidden. He didn’t try to create a speakeasy; he was just trying to please his landlord. People noticed it. He wasn’t giving interviews. It was hard to get reservations. It was hard to get the phone number. When you do those sort of things, New Yorkers are kind of like Pavlov’s dogs: They have to find out about the place, and they have to get in. That inspired a new generation of bartenders. It showed them that their job was more than a paycheck and slinging drinks and dealing with badly behaved cusTHE TULSA VOICE // September 2 – 15, 2015
tomers. There was a professionalism and a dignity to it. There was a separate revolution in London occurring simultaneously. It coincided almost exactly with the internet. Bartenders were able to share information very quickly. It apparently has gotten to Tulsa as well! I am looking forward to trying the bars and seeing what they are doing out there. TTV: Bars have traditionally been places to trade ideas and start revolutions. It feels like cocktail culture sometimes elevates the drinks over the discussion. RS: With every city this revolution reaches, there are certain stages. The first stage, where there are cocktail bars and beautifully crafted cocktails—that captures peoples’ attention, and they can’t help but talk about them. “What is this drink? What’s the idea behind it?” They have to digest this new information because they haven’t had
drinks like this before. And then after a few years, I think those bars will go back to their usual function. The conversation will be anything they care to talk about. The cocktail talk can be annoying after a while. But I think at the beginning, it’s educational and instructive and a lot of fun. Just as long as after five years, that’s not the only thing they are still talking about. TTV: Agreed. Thoughts on TVs in bars? RS: It’s a big world, and there’s room for every kind of bar. There are lots of bars—like 95 percent of bars in America—with TVs in them. It doesn’t bother me. There are a few cocktail bars that decide not to have a TV so people can have a quieter experience. Do most of the cocktail bars in Tulsa have TVs in them or not? TTV: They do not. There are some dive bars with TVs around
the corner from where you’ll probably be. RS: There should be. There should be every kind of bar. TTV: What is the most unappreciated cocktail? RS: I’d say Tom Collins. In the years after World War II, it was the most popular drink in America. If you make it with Old Tom Gin and fresh juice, it’s such a delicious, refreshing cocktail. People don’t order it because they think it’s a simple drink. If you order it, you are thought to be making a rather simplistic choice. I think there is also a misconception that it’s a woman’s drink. I drink Tom Collins all through the summer. a
1) The New York Times: Sasha Petraske, 42, Dies; Bar Owner Restored Luster to Cocktail Culture 2) mlkhny.com: House Rules FEATURED // 27
HACKING THE HANGOVER H ow t o avoi d a br ut a l mo r ni n g a f t e r | B Y ZAC KI NG
BEFORE YOU DRINK
WHILE YOU DRINK
GET ENOUGH REST
HYDRATION
Playing catch-up + managing toxins = excessive strain on the body
Follow each drink with a pint glass of high-quality water to counter alcohol’s diuretic effect and replenish the cells
(DRINKING WHEN SLEEP-DEPRIVED FORCES THE BODY TO SIMULTANEOUSLY PLAY CATCH-UP AND MANAGE TOXINS)
RELAX High stress = greater chance of overindulgence Quality time with friends/stimulating conversation = lower chance you’ll drown yourself in alcohol to escape a hollow social situation BE SAFE AND SUPPORT YOUR FRIENDS IN MAKING SAFE CHOICES USE LYFT, UBER OR TULSA’S NEW SERVICE, THE LOOP
THE HACK: SPRING WATER, MINERAL-ENHANCED WATER, RAW COCONUT WATER, FILTERED TAP WATER (LAST RESORT)
BRING A SNACK Keeping the system occupied with a bit of solid food helps reduce alcohol-induced stomach irritation and curbs your drunken search for Whataburger’s Honey Butter Chicken Biscuits. THE HACK: A TRAIL MIX OF CASHEWS, PUMPKIN SEEDS AND DRIED BLUEBERRIES
KNOW YOUR DRINKS Clearer alcohols contain fewer fermentation toxins. Darker liquors typically have more additives, sugar, and flavorings (often artifical, especially with cheaper brands).
BEST BET
Vodka, gin (avoid the cheap stuff)
MIDDLE GROUND
dry cider, dry white wine, dry champagne
DRINK SPARINGLY
Tequila, whiskey, red wine, beer
EAT WELL Adding drinks to a body deprived of essential nutrients (and an empty stomach) is a surefire way to find yourself hurting.
DARKER ALCOHOLS: Typically aged, with more toxic fermentation wastes (potentially harmful chemicals such as methanol, esters, tannins, acetone and others that accrue in alcohol). BEER: High in fermentation waste and additives, low in beneficial cultures (some are better than others; mass-produced, inexpensive beer contains a plethora of additives and GMO ingredients).
THE MORNING AFTER RE-HYDRATE Drink 32 ounces of spring water with a natural mineral content (Mountain Valley Spring Water is naturally alkaline and sourced nearby in Arkansas) LIFT YOUR MOOD Box breathing calms the central nervous system and helps clear your mind (4 count inhale, 4 count hold, 4 count exhale, 4 count hold, repeat). EAT SOMETHING Local eggs, leafy greens or any of the hangover hack snacks listed below GO OUTSIDE Vitamin D is healing, and fresh air wakes you up and calms your nerves. GET MOVING Try yoga, hiking, walking, running, skipping or crawling. Barefoot, outdoor movement grounds you to the earth’s frequency and helps the body regenerate. Hot yoga, and any form of sweating, helps you purge toxins through your biggest elimination organ: the skin.
BEER LOVERS
HANGOVER HACK SNACKS: FOR VITAMIN C (protects the liver and helps detoxify free radicals): Dark leafy greens, kiwi, grapefruit, lime, wild berries, yellow bell pepper // FOR MAGNESIUM (catalyzes important biochemical reactions in the body; most of us are already deficient in this micronutrient): Dark chocolate, avocados, fish, mollusks, cashews, black coffee, lamb quarters, pumpkin seeds, escargot // FOR ELECTROLYTES (ions that activate thought and motion): Coconut water, spring water (check for naturally occuring trace mineral content), trace mineral droplets (available at natural grocery stores; add to water) // FOR CYSTEINE (essential amino acid that helps with the absorption of b-vitamins): Wild pheasant, organic turkey, chicken liver // FOR B VITAMINS: Liver, fish, mollusks, local eggs, grass-fed dairy, lentils
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Look for unpasteurized beers (easiest to find in carefully crafted home brews), dry-hopped ales (fresher, more bioactive hop content) or beers brewed with herbs and spices such as sage, thistle, rosemary, thyme, juniper, mint and cardamom
Choose beers from small craft breweries, which typically use quality ingredients and few additives AVAILABLE IN OKLAHOMA: PRAIRIE ARTISAN ALES, ROGUE, BOULEVARD SMOKESTACK SERIES, BREW DOG, EVIL TWIN, MARSHALL, COOP, AND STILLWATER ARTISANAL
Local low alcohol beers have fresh ingredients and low fermentation wastes. GET 64 OUNCES FOR ABOUT $15 FROM COOP ALE WORKS, PRAIRIE ARTISAN ALES AND MARSHALL BREWING COMPANY
September 2 – 15, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
goodspirits
Inside the box A beginner’s guide to boxed wine by MARK BROWN
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oxed wine, the straight forty of the wine world, isn’t taken seriously by serious wine folks, and for obvious reasons. But one of the problems with wine is that it can get too serious. You realize this after you’ve lived in a wine town and taken your empty jug to the local co-op, where they fill it from a hose and charge you by the liter as if you were going to drive away in it. If you drink wine every day, in moderation even, you need either money or priorities or both. The math: There are four bottles in a typical 3-liter box, which runs you about $20. Four bottle bottles, even in the adventurous aisles, add up to between $50 and $100. The difference is a wink if you’re used to cellaring Screaming Eagle. But if you like to drink wine every day and dwell in the shrinking middle class, then you sacrifice, or learn to box clever. Other than price, the hallmark of the box is freshness. No matter how you stopper the thing, wine in a bottle begins to decline the moment you pop the cork or twist the cap. The genie is out of the bottle, and the time for making wishes is brief; a box is your buddy when you only want a glass. At my house, a box seldom lasts more than 10 days and, by then, it still tastes like new. (Bota Box claims to last a month after opening.) Tip: Just when you think a box is drained, turn it on its end and let the wine flow away from the spout. Open the spout and blow into it until the bag balloons, then turn it upright, tilt the box and pour what will easily amount to a full glass. Oh, the half-eaten steaks I have salvaged by this method. Those are the pluses. Here are some minuses: Some grapes simply THE TULSA VOICE // September 2 – 15, 2015
BOTA BOX I’ve enjoyed all of the Bota Box reds, especially the Malbec and the Redvo-
lution, which reminds me of the Languedoc blend my wife and I drank on sabbatical in the small town of Saint-Chinian, where the wine at the co-op ran humbly and abundantly for 75 cents a liter. Vin ordinaire they call it, to distinguish it from bottled vintages. One shouldn’t remind me of the other, because they blend completely different grapes. Blame it on the box.
defy being boxed, and Cabernet is one of them. A VinVault of this variety was proof; packaged in Modesto, on the wrong side of the tracks, it hints and misses at Cabernet Sauvignon’s big potential. Steer clear of boxed Pinot noir.
Wading the shelves of boxed wine is like scanning the one sale rack at Barney’s. You’ve been relegated, so get over it. That said, there are more and more selections than ever. You can even buy Spanish Grenache (Viña Borgia) and French Rhone (La Vielle Ferme) in a box. From France, versus Franzia. HERE ARE A FEW TO GET YOU STARTED.
FISHEYE SHIRAZ We drank the FishEye Shiraz for a while and still do in a pinch. It’s got that big-fruit, food-friendly punch that makes wine drinkers salivate. It’s good with anything grilled—especially if you leave a few edges burned on whatever protein you’re firing up. But, as with Bota Box, all the varieties under one umbrella make me nervous, on the jack-of-alltrades-master-of-none theory. Boxed wine has its benefits, but finesse isn’t one of them.
BIG HOUSE RED The Big House Red, once of the house of big-dog Bonny Doon, reaches a
spicy-fruity complexity rare in boxes. This red blends a dozen or more grapes, and the label harvests more than 40 varieties. Achieving consistency from a blend of that many different grapes is akin to creating a World Series champ from a roster of overpaid prima donnas.
The best California vintages of that grape begin in the $30s; boxed wine is just Texas in its rearview mirror. And be wary of a slick website, which doesn’t always mean snake oil but usually does. Of course, as with music and apartments, it usually comes down to taste. Once you find a box you keep going back to, stick with it like a lover. Until then, happy hunting. a JACK TONE The box we keep going back to. Don’t let the package fool you: It looks like Mark Brown is the author of My Mother is a Chicken (This Land Press, 2012), a collection of essays.
the capstone project of a failing design student. But the wine is beyond drinkable. We had it with some crockpot spareribs recently, and the wine got legs and ran for several seconds all over the mouth. Jack Tone is typically a blend of Syrah and Petite Sirah (no relation; though, for those scoring at home, Syrah and Shiraz are the same). FEATURED // 29
From left, a tasting menu at The Vault's Cocktail Class, cocktail snacks and the berry martini | MEGAN SHEPHERD
Spirit of infusion Inside The Vault’s Cocktail Class by MEGAN SHEPHERD
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fellow cocktail sampler offers an apologetic smile after sipping the lavender-infused martini in front of her. “Bubble bath?” she offers. A glance around the sunlit room detects consensus from a few dozen other sippers at The Vault’s infusion-themed Cocktail Class. The fragrant concoction isn’t a favorite this evening, but perhaps that’s the occasional price of experimentation. Owner Libby Billings (also of Elote Café & Catering) is known for her creative adaptations of classic dishes and drinks and her focus on locally sourced ingredients. Educating patrons via her menus and monthly tasting events, Billings has also played a role in popularizing conscious consumption among Tulsa foodies. The Vault occupies the mid-century building that once was First National Auto Bank, formerly the world’s largest drive-through bank. The Tom Tom room, a chic second-floor bar and private dining area at the restaurant, previously housed the bankers’ conference table. On this particular evening, the space is a classroom for booze nerds, aspiring mixologists and society-women-in-training noshing on hors d’oeuvres between sips of delicately constructed cocktails. Chef Taelor Barton plates gourmet munchies to accompany each drink—sourdough
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toasts with goat cheese mousse, pineapple and prosciutto; cucumber and tuna bites with avocado Greek yogurt crema; and fudgy chocolate drops topped with raspberry, mint and pecans. But the snacks, like the drinks, are merely a sampling of The Vault’s fantastic creations; plan to order a dish or two if you’re hoping to make a meal of it. Past Cocktail Classes have covered everything from Tiki culture to Prohibition-era classics. Though some follow a theme, most stick to a general liquor category or specific spirit. “We try to share a bunch of historical facts to explain why it was made,” Billings says. “So it’s a little bit of information about each cocktail, a little bit about the spirit, and a little bit of food mixed in there." This evening’s curriculum of house-made infusions runs the gamut from vanilla bourbon to lavender gin. These craft preparations have become mainstream in recent years—anyone who enjoys a wellmade cocktail has probably sipped an infusion at some point. Infusions achieve their flavors when fruits, vegetables, meats or spices soak in a sealed jar of alcohol. Top-shelf liquor is not necessary for a top-shelf infusion—the flavor profile changes considerably during the process, which means there’s no shame at all in using Stolichnaya, Jim Beam, Sobieski, or Bacardi in your creation.
The Vault’s infusions sit in large glass jars for three to seven days, during which time they’re turned occasionally for even flavor distribution. Then, the added elements are strained out to stop the infusion process. The class begins with a smooth and summery mango mojito made with jalapeño-infused rum. A half-ounce of lime juice, simple syrup, fresh muddled mango and an ounce and a half of soda water round out the super-spicy rum for a new take on the bright seasonal staple. Oddly enough, the only mint in this mojito is the garnish, but the flavor from the fresh mango preserves its signature briskness. Next up is an Old-Fashioned made with vanilla whiskey. One sniff of the musky spirit evokes the rich, oaky smell of my grandfather’s house. Split vanilla beans give the whiskey a smooth sweetness, and bitters anchor the cocktail to its trademark acerbic quality. Nice and boozy and finished with a splash of soda and flag of orange and cherry, this cocktail is the star of the evening and worth a sloppy smile from Don Draper himself. Made with lavender-infused gin, dry vermouth, simple syrup, orange bitters and edible flowers from Billings’ garden, the aforementioned lavender martini is the least palatable. Together with the gin’s distinctly piney, resinous qual-
ity, the lavender makes this cocktail too intensely fragrant to welcome more than a few sips. Gin itself is the result of mild infusion, Billings says: “Gins can taste so different because they’re not regulated in the way that something like a whiskey is regulated. What makes a gin taste different is what it’s infused with later on, so maybe juniper or peppercorn.” The finale is a berry martini made with a sticky-sweet, cranberry-infused vodka. The ultra-tart vodka plus lemon juice, strawberries and blueberries give this cocktail a tangy bite. Because berry infusions tend to become extremely sweet in a hurry, this infusion cures for only a couple days. Those looking for a shake-ityourself experience, take note: The learning aspect of this class takes a backseat to the sipping. The Vault’s 2-ounce sample cocktails are crafted behind the bar and served en masse as courses. Though the bartenders’ facts are well worth hearing, it’s hard to do so over the roar of tipsy tasters. Studious mixers should pull a server aside at the end for a quick one-on-one tutorial. Upcoming cocktail classes include sours (September 23), Whiskey (October 28) and gin (November 18). Book early—a seat is $30 for four cocktails plus snacks, and the cost is worth the iconic downtown views and atmospheric sunset vibe alone. a September 2 – 15, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
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New Genre magnifies life, by whatever means necessary by ALICIA CHESSER
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he 22nd annual New Genre Arts Festival continues Living Arts’ commitment to boundary-pushing performance and visual art. In a new split format, Part A of this year’s festival happened in the spring, and Part B runs this month. Thanks to community sponsorship, the performances and installations are free to the public, but reservations are required. Among the highlights is a new work by Cloud Eye Control, an experimental theatre group whose collaborators (Miwa Matreyek, Anna Oxygen and Chi-wang Yang) met at CalArts in LA. Their new piece, Half Life, deals with the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster using live facial recognition software, animated projections and original music and performance. Living Arts Artistic Director Steve Liggett talked with me about a few of New Genre’s featured works as well as the festival’s raison d’etre.
The Tulsa Voice: Half Life explores some heavy themes— anxiety, safety, the fragility of the collective—in a mind-bending way. What moved you to bring this piece to New Genre? Steve Liggett: It’s so well integrated—the music, the images, the performance, the movement, the six screens that they reconfigure. All these art forms can connect and overlap.
TTV: This kind of multimedia work is flashy and sexy, but what sets it apart from, say, going to a film?
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The piece deals with the obliviousness that a lot of people have to what we’re doing to the earth. It invites us to feel compassion for the real impact of that on people’s lives. The way the show juxtaposes natural elements like rain and lightning with immersive technology, with cyber reality, is very timely. We are a part of it, and it’s a part of us. And with our politicians rejecting the reality of global warming for economic gain, it’s speaking to something to bring this show to Oklahoma. It’s saying, “We don’t all believe this way.” TTV: Sarah Hill (an interdisciplinary artist from Austin who prefers the pronoun “they”) brings a true piece of performance art to the festival with I’m Fine, which—among other things—addresses the challenges faced by transsexual bodies in a
binary world. What can audiences learn from them? SL: I’m Fine shouldn’t be looked at as a transsexual-only message. Sarah is going to work with LGBT groups, but the piece is really about: If you feel like you’re the other, how do you negotiate that in the world? They jump and crash during these performances, and it hearkens back to ‘70s and ‘80s performance art. It’s a way to make a metaphor of the frustration, the pent-up anger, the confusion about oneself, and—this is my interpretation—the “front” that we put up. In that way, this piece, and Half Life, and Mark Wittig’s The Two Room Schoolhouse relate. I never think about a theme, but things do connect: We need to stop making people feel like they’re dysfunctional because they are different.
SL: A film is its own genre. Visual artists start creating performances to push their work further. Most things are made up! Our environment is made up. Why should art be any different? To incorporate all those things, in the words of my teacher Tom Manhart, broadens your horizons, broadens your palette. Another teacher of mine, John Plouff, said, “The difference between the artist and the craftsman is that the craftsman tries to conform their practice to the discipline they most know. The artist uses any media to best communicate their idea.” You make whatever needs to be made. TTV: Do you think people who come to New Genre can translate these processes into everyday life? SL: That’s the point. The barriers we put up around ourselves are only perceived restrictions. Artists have always broken barriers and gone outside to say, “How can I use anything, everything, to communicate my idea?” I want to influence artists to do that more, but also influence the community to realize that their movements, their sounds, what they look like, can be a work of art—a living art. a
New Genre Arts Festival XXII-B Sept. 4 through Sept. 24 // Living Arts and the PAC // Admission is free // Reserve tickets at livingarts.org SEPT. 4-24 AT LIVING ARTS (OPENS AT THE FIRST FRIDAY ART CRAWL) City of Cyclone II: The Wrath of Corn Sarah Engel-Barnett’s installation depicts a dystopian, disaster-prone Kansas town in the 24th century. // Seamless Priscilla Briggs’ installation presents photographs as life-size backdrops to 3-D props, inspired by and revealing the artifice of extravagant wedding photography in China, where couples’ photo shoots have become as important as the weddings themselves. // The Two Room Schoolhouse Inspired by old southern schoolhouses, Mark Wittig’s installation and performance piece explores the experience of dyslexia. // 4:30 P.M. SEPT. 11 AT LIVING ARTS Assess Risk, a workshop by Austin artist Sarah Hill for students 14 and up // 8 P.M. SEPT. 1112 AT LIDDY DOENGES THEATRE, PAC Half Life, a multimedia performance by LA-based Cloud Eye Control // 7 P.M. SEPT. 12 AT LIVING ARTS I’m Fine, a performance and animation installation by Sarah Hill // 1 P.M. SEPT. 13 AT THE DENNIS R. NEILL EQUALITY CENTER Assess Risk, workshop for adults 32 // ARTS & CULTURE
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Backwoods Music & Camping Festival
EARLY FALL FESTIVALS Fri., Sept. 4-Sun., Sept. 6
Backwoods Music & Camping Festival
Tatanka Ranch, Stroud backwoodsmusicfestival.com
Bluegrass & Chili Festival
BaseCamp Camping and Music Festival
Dusk ‘til Dawn Blues Fesitval
PostOak Wine & J azz Festival
They grow up so fast. Formerly known as Backwoods Bash and located on the shores of Keystone Lake, Backwoods has grown up and moved out on its own to Stroud, where the festival will be bigger than ever before. The fest is retaining its trademark jam, electronic, funk and folk sounds, but with much more of everything. Headlining the lineup of more than 165 acts are a Porter Robinson live set, Infected Mushroom and Odesza. Standouts a little further down the bill include Keller Williams, Lettuce, The Floozies, Andy Frasco, The Motet, Split Lip Rayfield, Tea Leaf Green and a Washed Out DJ set. There’s also plenty of local and regional talent being represented by acts like Dirty Creek Bandits, Ego Culture, Groovement, The Movetet, Brujoroots, Helen Kelter Skelter and Kalyn Fay. Single day passes range from $60 to $150 and weekend passes, which include camping, are $149 and $249 (VIP). Those ready to go all out can chip in on a four-person, $3000 VIP cabin package.
Fri., Sept. 4-Sun., Sept. 6
Dusk ‘til Dawn Blues Festival D.C. Minner Museum and Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame, Rentiesville dcminnerblues.com
Tripp Haggard Memorial Steak Cookoff
Turkish Food and Art Festival
Thirty blues and gospel acts will play on three stages over three days at Dusk ‘til Dawn in its 25th year. With music starting at 5 p.m. and late night Juke Joint jams going until 5 a.m., the festival’s name actually sells it short by a few hours each evening. Headliners Johnny Rawls, Larry Garner and The Boogaloo Blues Band, and Lil’ Jimmy Reed will be joined by Bat-Or Kalo, Jimmy Preacher Ellis, Roger Hurricane Wilson, Dan “Oklahoma Slim” and Selby Minner (a great in her own right and also the wife of the late great D.C. Minner). Tickets cost $15 per day.
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Sat., Sept. 5
PostOak Wine & Jazz Festival PostOak Lodge & Retreat postoaklodge.com
In the beautiful rolling hills north of Tulsa, PostOak Lodge & Retreat holds its inaugural Wine & Jazz Festival. The festival’s music lineup was curated by local saxophonist Grady Nichols and features a headlining set from Grammy-winning singer/songwriter and former Chicago member Bill Champlain with Nichols and Gene Miller. The bill also includes latin rock band Braxus, Hot Club of Oklahoma and 7 Blue Trio. Wine providers include Girouard Vines, Woods & Waters Winery and Vineyard, Zinke Wine Co., Deep Branch Winery, Vernost Winery and Pecan Creek Winery. In addition to offerings from PostOak’s executive chef, food trucks and art vendors will be on site. Tickets cost $10, and kids 17 and under get in free.
Sat., Sept. 5
Turkish Food and Art Festival
The Raindrop Turkish House, Broken Arrow turkishfestivaloklahoma.com
Taste cuisine that dates back 700 years to the Ottoman Empire. See Turkish arts including tile painting, henna and Ebru (a paper marbling technique). Witness Whirling Dervishes. Participate in Turkish folk dances. Shop for handmade crafts, jewelry and oriental rugs. The Turkish Food and Art Festival is back, and we’ll be busting out our Rumi poetry and hitting it hard. Admission is free.
Thurs., Sept. 10-Sat., Sept. 12
Bluegrass & Chili Festival Claremore Expo Center bluegrasschilifest.com
Bid farewell to the summer months with a trip to Claremore for some heaping servings of chili and bluegrass. Originating in Tulsa in 1979 before moving to Claremore in 2000, this fest consistently attracts world-class bluegrass artists and sends the winner of its Mid-America Regional Chili Cookoff to the International Chili Society World’s Championship Chili Cookoff.
The music lineup includes Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Dailey & Vincent, Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out, The Lonesome River Band, Cedar Hill, The Cleverlys, Tulsa Playboys and a slew of local and regional acts for three full days of pickin’. The festival also features a car show, kids’ activities, vendors and more. Admission is free, parking is $10 per car.
Sat., Sept. 12
Tripp Haggard Memorial Steak Cookoff Chandler Park tulsasteakcookoff.com
Named in memory of Tripp Haggard, co-founder and coordinator of the Oklahoma Championship Steak Cook-Off, this inaugural event is a Steak Cookoff Association-sanctioned competition offering cash prizes. Held on Chandler Park’s festival grounds, the cookoff opens to the public at 11 a.m. Live music from David Dover Band, The Big Tree Band and Chloe Johns Band starts at 1 p.m. Dinner tickets cost $20.
Sat., Sept. 12-Sun., Sept. 13
BaseCamp Camping and Music Festival
Turkey Mountain turkeymtn.com/basecamp2015
BaseCamp is the only chance to sleep under the stars in Tulsa’s beautiful urban wilderness each year. This family camping event is a perfect and unique way to introduce your family, friends or yourself to Turkey Mountain. Explore the trails, sit around the fire and escape city life, all while just a stone’s throw from midtown. Events include a Glow Hike through a glow stick-lit portion of Turkey Mountain’s Yellow Trail; a community art installation by Tulsa Creative Exchange; live music from Grazzhopper, Sad Daddy, Ego Culture and Rachel La Vonne; and sunrise yoga with Gabrielle Howell. It only comes once a year. Don’t miss your chance. BaseCamp is free to attend during the day. Camping passes for up to four start at $45.
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CREATIONS IN STUDIO K
Ma Cong Jorma Elo Dwight Rhoden
55TH ANNUAL TULSA GREEK FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 17-19 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 1206 South Guthrie (2 blocks West of 11th & Denver)
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50 Participating restaurants will serve two and three-course, prix fixe menus for lunch, brunch and dinner starting at only $12.95 per person!
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Troy Jackson –“The Gift” (sculpture) Shawna Cain –“Grandma’s Gathering” (basket)
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Restaurant Week Sat., Sept. 12 through Sun., Sept. 20 tulsapeople.com/ restaurantweek Tulsa’s most delicious week of the year returns, with 50 restaurants offering prix-fixe meals for brunch, lunch and dinner. Participating businesses will donate 10 percent of Restaurant Week proceeds to the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma’s Food for Kids program, and the George Kaiser Family Foundation will match donations up to $25,000. From Lucky’s to Keo and Hibiscus to Fassler, rest assured that there’s enough variety among the Restaurant Week menus to satisfy all tastes. Antoinette Baking Co. kicks off the week with Pie Night from 7-10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11. Tuesday, Sept. 15 is Celebrity Night, when you’ll find local celebrities pitching in at participating restaurants. Find the full list of restaurants and their prixfixe menus online.
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Aqui Estamos…Here We Are
Miss Saigon
Tues., Sept. 1 through Wed., Sept. 30 Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity
Fri., Sept. 4 through Sun., Sept. 20, $34, tulsapac.com
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer José Galvez has spent his life since the late 1960s documenting Latino life and culture in the U.S. in black and white prints. His latest book, Shine Boy, combines his life story with photographs spanning his career. Galvez comes to Tulsa as artist in residence at the Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity at TCC’s Metro Campus. He will hold a master class, open to the public, in room 3072 of the Center for Creativity on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 1 p.m.
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Epic Rap Battles of History
7:30 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 3, $25-$30 Vanguard, thevanguardtulsa.com
Epic Rap Battles of History is a YouTube comedy sensation that has garnered almost 2 billion views by pitting historical figures and characters against each other and dropping a beat to find out whose flow is fresher. Among the channel’s videos are battles between Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., Rasputin and Stalin, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and their namesake artists, Miley Cyrus and Joan of Arc and—perhaps most crucially—Hitler and Darth Vader. For the first time, Epic Rap Battles is hitting the road to perform some of their most popular battles, accompanied by a live band and DJ. The show features plenty of audience participation, so this is a chance to become part of rap battle history. 36 // ARTS & CULTURE
Theatre Tulsa presents Tulsa’s first-ever local production of one of the most stunning theatrical spectacles in history. Based on Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfl y, Miss Saigon relocates the tragic romance to Saigon during the Vietnam War.
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Creations in Studio K
Fri., Sept. 11 through Sun., Sept. 20, $37-$61 Studio K, Tulsa Ballet, tulsaballet.org
Tulsa Ballet’s annual Creations in Studio K features world premieres from up-and-coming national and international choreographers, giving Tulsa audiences the chance to experience the cutting edge of contemporary ballet. This year’s series features new works by Dwight Rhoden of NYC-based Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Jorma Elo of the Boston Ballet and Tulsa Ballet’s own Ma Cong.
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EVENTS
Movie in the Park: Selena // 9/10, 8:30 p.m., Guthrie Green, guthriegreen.com
VISUAL ARTS
The New Old-Fashioned: Liquor and Lore
2-3:30 p.m. Sat. Sept. 12 Valkyrie, valkyrietulsa.com Before heading up the road to Philbrook MIX at Cain’s, stop by Valkyrie for a book signing, cocktail demonstration, tasting and conversation about Don Draper’s drink of choice with Robert Simonson, The New York Times’ “man in the liquor-soaked trenches” and guest judge for Philbrook MIX 2015. A perfect pregame. See our Q&A with Simonson on p. 26.
9/12
The Castle Zombie Run
1 p.m. Sat., Sept. 12, $50-$60 The Castle of Muskogee, okcastle.com
The Castle of Muskogee has been infected and overrun with zombies! Evade the horde and escape the Castle on a 5K course through 60 acres, where you’ll be faced with hidden perils, challenging obstacles and hungry zombies. Survive the course with all of your life flags and brains intact, and you’ll be lauded for your apocalypse survival skills—or succumb to the growing number of undead. After the race, zombie and human alike will celebrate at the Paint the Town Dead party. The event includes a blood drive for the American Red Cross and, new this year, a zombie apocalypse inflatable obstacle course for the kids.
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Philbrook MIX
7 p.m. Sat., Sept. 12, starting at $100 Cain’s Ballroom, mix.philbrook.org
Sixteen of Tulsa’s best bartenders go head to head to mix the tastiest drinks in town. Competing are 2014 MIX winner Chris Armstrong for Arnie’s Bar, 2014 Judges’ Choice Noah Bush (voted Best Bartender in the Voice’s 2015 Best of Tulsa awards) for Saturn Room, Majda Al-Amoudi for The Max RetroPub, Libby Billings for Elote, Aaron Boehler for Fassler Hall, Dave Hall for Hard Rock Casino, Jamie Jennings for Hodges Bend, Shanna Postoak for Tallgrass Prairie Table, T Read Richards for Valkyrie, Steve Richardson for The Tavern, Dustin Saied for Prhyme, Victor See for Sisserou’s, Ryan Stack for Mixed Company, Tracey Sudberry for The Chalkboard, Nate Williams for Andolini’s and Jack Wood for Chimera.
TGAS Live Painting Competition 8-11 p.m. Tues., Sept. 15, $15 Mainline, mainlineartok.com tulsagirlsartschool.org
Five local artists have three hours to create a new work in this fundraiser for Tulsa Girls Art School. Attendees’ votes determine the winner. Participating artists are JP Morrison Lans, Jason Lockhart, Matt Moffett, Steve Tomlin and Libby Williams. Live music will accompany the competition. THE TULSA VOICE // September 2 – 15, 2015
Humorous Illuminous: The Illustrations of Dan McGeehan // A graduate of TU’s art program, Dan McGeehan’s whimsical, colorful and fun illustrations have appeared in a wide range of magazines, advertisements and children’s books for over 30 years. This installation features airbrush and digital works. // 9/1-9/30, PAC Gallery, tulsapac.com
PERFORMING ARTS
Theresa Caputo // The star of Long Island Medium returns to The Joint to look inside your brain. // 9/3, 8 p.m., The Joint @ Hard Rock Casino, $75$95, hardrockcasinotulsa.com/thejoint-tulsa/theresa-caputo/ First Class Poetry Jam // 9/6, 7:15 p.m., The Shrine, $10, tulsashrine.com My So-Called Birthday: A 90s Burlesque Show // Pink Peacock Pinup Magazine’s LolliePop and Brie Coquette host this grungy, ‘90s themed evening of burlesque performances, music, giveaways and more. // 9/11, 8 p.m., The Shrine, $10 Parsons Dance // Founded in 1985, Parsons Dance Company maintains a repertoire of more than 80 original works by coreographer David Parsons, many of which were created through collaborations with such disparate artists as Annie Leibovitz, Julie Taymor and Dave Matthews. Presented by Choregus Productions. // 9/12, 8 p.m., Chapman Music Hall, PAC, $45, tulsapac.com Pacifica Quartet // Bloomington, Indiana-based Pacifica Quartet returns for their sixth Chamber Music Tulsa appearance. The quartet will perform Mozart’s Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387, “Spring,” Mendelssohn’s Quartet No. 4 in E minor, and Shulamit Ran’s Quartet No. 3, “Glitter, Shards, Doom, Memory,” a tribute to Jewish surrealist painter Felix Nussbaum and other victims of the Holocaust. // 9/13, 3 p.m., John H. Williams Theatre, PAC, $5-$25, tulsapac.com
COMEDY
T-Town “Famous” // 9/4, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10-$12, comedyparlor.com Ryan’s Drinking Problem // 9/4, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com Jason Russell, Ryan Wingfield // 9/4, Loony Bin, 7:30 p.m., 9/4, 10p.m., 9/5 $10, 7:30 p.m., 9/5 $10, 10 p.m., 9/6, 7:30 p.m., Loony Bin, $10, $10, loonybincomedy.com/tulsa Squeaky Clean Stand Up // 9/5, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com This Time It’s Personal! w/ Travis Cagle, Cam Porter, Drew Welcher, Brittany Ann Daniels, Tim Maggard, Jessica Kay Wasson // 9/5, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com
Crayons // 9/11, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com The Mic Drop // 9/11, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com PUP Presents: Godzilla’s Home and Garden Show // Local comedy troupe Pop Up Players present an evening of original sketches, music, stand up and miscellaneous lunacy. // 9/11-9/19, Nightingale Theater, $10 Hilton, Drew 2 and Zampino Too! // 9/12, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com Comfort Creatures // 9/12, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com Sunday Night Stand Up // // 9/13, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com Demarrio vs. The World // 9/14, 8 p.m., The Shrine, tulsashrine.com/
SPORTS
Tulsa Drillers vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals // 9/2, 7:05 p.m., ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com Tulsa Drillers vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals // 9/3, 7:05 p.m., ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com ORU Men’s Soccer vs Incarnate Word // 9/4, 7 p.m., Case Soccer Complex, oruathletics.com Tulsa Drillers vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals // 9/4, 7:05 p.m., ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com TU Footballs vs Florida Atlantic // 9/5, 2:30 p.m., H.A. Chapman Stadium, $15$55, tulsahurricane.com TU Women’s Soccer vs Central Arkansas // 9/6, 2 p.m., Hurrican Stadium, $5, tulsahurricane.com Tulsa Roughnecks vs OKC Energy // 9/6, 7:30 p.m., ONEOK Field, $8-$45, tulsaroughnecksfc.com TU Men’s Soccer vs ORU // 9/10, 7 p.m., Hurrican Stadium, $5, tulsahurricane.com ORU Women’s Soccer vs Incarnate Word // 9/11, 7 p.m., Case Soccer Complex, oruathletics.com TU Women’s Soccer vs Indiana State // 9/11, 7:30 p.m., Hurrican Stadium, $5, tulsahurricane.com TU Volleyball vs Stephen F. Austin // 9/11, 10 a.m., Reynolds Center, tulsahurricane.com TU Volleyball vs Arkansas State // 9/11, 7 p.m., Reynolds Center, tulsahurricane.com Legacy Fighting Championship // 9/11, 7 p.m., The Joint @ Hard Rock Casino, $42-$74, hardrockcasinotulsa.com
Sunday Night Stand Up // 9/6, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com Jason Russell, Ryan Wingfield // // loonybincomedy.com/tulsa
TU Women’s Soccer vs Incarnate Word // 9/12, 7:30 p.m., Hurrican Stadium, $5, tulsahurricane.com
Centennial Lounge Comedy Night // 9/9, 8 p.m., Centennial Lounge, facebook.com/centenniallounge577
TU Volleyball vs Southern Illinois // 9/12, 1 p.m., Reynolds Center, tulsahurricane.com
Christine Stedman // 9/9, 7:30 p.m., $7, 9/10, 730p.m., $2, 9/11, 7:30 p.m., $10, 9/11, 10p.m., $10, 9/12, 7:30 p.m., 9/12, 10 p.m., Loony Bin, $10, $10, loonybincomedy.com/tulsa
ORU Women’s Soccer vs Indiana State // 9/13, 12 p.m., Case Soccer Complex, oruathletics.com
Improv Club // 9/10, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com
TU Men’s Soccer vs Portland // 9/13, 1 p.m., Hurrican Stadium, $5, tulsahurricane.com ARTS & CULTURE // 37
voice’schoices TULSA ROOTS ROCKS THE GREEN Sundays through Oct. 4, 2:30-6:45 p.m., Guthrie Green For the next five Sundays, the fantastic Tulsa Roots music series returns to Guthrie Green with free concerts featuring a variety of acts with roots in different cultures around the world. The series starts Sept. 6 with Americana by Ben Miller Band, rock and soul by London Souls and performance art by Calliope Circus. Sept. 13 will feature Native rock by Indigenous, Afro-pop by Vieux Farka Touré (son of legendary Malian singer/guitarist Ali Farka Touré) and Cherokee Nation performers. The final three Sundays in the series will feature reggae, rock, latin, belly dance and Americana performances with headlining sets from Mykal Rose, Shinyribs and John Fullbright.
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Wed // Sept 2 Cellar Dweller – Brujoroots – 8 p.m. Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Annie Ellicott w/ Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 7 p.m. Kathleen Westby Pavilion, PAC – *Brown Bag It: Shelby Eicher – 12:10 p.m. Mix Co – Mike Cameron Collective – 9 p.m. Shrine – Cody Jinks – 9 p.m. – ($6-$10) Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:30 p.m. Soundpony – Raunchy Dead, 69 Noses – 10 p.m.
Thur // Sept 3 Bohemian Pizza – Dustin Pittsley, Jesse Aycock & Friends – 8 p.m. Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Brady Theater – Rob Thomas, Plain White T’s, Vinyl Station – 7 p.m. – ($39.50-$69.50) Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa Playboys – 7 p.m. – ($7-$10) Centennial Lounge – Don Who? – 8 p.m. Colony – Honky Tonk Happy Hour Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – The Fabulous Two Man Band – 8 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Chad Lee – 8 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Bobby & Matt – 3 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Audio Crush – 7 p.m. Hunt Club – *Zach Short Group, Tangled Fucking Mess, Ectoplasmic Sex Weapon Mercury Lounge – The Way Down Wanderers – 8 p.m. River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Another Alibi – 7 p.m. Soundpony – Shitstorm, Merlinmason – 10:30 p.m. Woody’s Corner Bar – Ben Neikirk
Fri // Sept 4 American Legion Post 308 – The Round Up Boys Bohemian Pizza – Nitefly – 9 p.m. Centennial Lounge – Johnny Paul Adams Band – 9 p.m.
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Colony – Alex Culbreth & John Calvin Full Moon Cafe - BA – Dueling Piano Show – 9 p.m. Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Piano Show – 9 p.m. Fur Shop – Echo Bones, Zach Short Group – 10 p.m. Guthrie Green – *Symphony in the Park – 7:30 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Chad Lee – 9 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – The HiFidelics – 5:30 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Dante & The Hawks – 9 p.m. Hunt Club – RP.m. Lokal – Jennifer Marriott – 9 p.m. Mercury Lounge – Micky and the Motorcars, Hudson Moore – 8 p.m. Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – The HiFidelics – 9 p.m. Peppers Grill South – Cheyenne Roberts River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Easy Street – 9 p.m. River Spirit Event Center – Belinda Carlisle – 7 p.m. – ($25-$45) Shrine – Luck of the Draw Labor Day Jam – 9 p.m. Soundpony – Green Corn Rebellion – 10:30 p.m. The Shady Tree – Dustin Pittsley Band Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Spin Yeti – *Pillage People, Contra – 10 p.m.
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Bohemian Pizza – The Scissortails – 9 p.m. BOK Center – Syleena Johnson – 8 p.m. – ($20-$35) Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Cain’s Ballroom – 12th Annual Blues Society of Tulsa Blues Challenge – 5:30 p.m. – ($7) Centennial Lounge – *Nightingale – 9 p.m. Colony – Steve Pryor Band Elwood’s – Midnight Run Band – 8 p.m. Full Moon Cafe - BA – Dueling Piano Show – 9 p.m. Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Piano Show – 9 p.m. Fur Shop – Clitoris Rex, Cat Dead Details Later, With a T – 8 p.m. Gypsy Coffee House – Weather for Strangers – 9 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Chad Lee – 9 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Chad & Keith – 5:30 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Superfreak – 9 p.m.
Hunt Club – Paul Benjaman Kenosha Station – Steve Parnell, Wesley Michael Hayes – 8 p.m. Mercury Lounge – AmasaHines – 8 p.m. Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – The HiFidelics – 9 p.m. River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Easy Street – 9 p.m. Sandite Billiards & Grill – The O’s – 8 p.m. Soundpony – Soul Night w/ DJ Sweet Baby Jaysus – 10 p.m. The Shady Tree – DREK, Dryvr, Screaming for Silence
Sun // Sept 6 Bohemian Pizza – Mike Cameron Collective – 5 p.m. Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing Dirty Knuckle Tavern – The Blue Dawgs – 3 p.m. Full Moon Cafe - BA – Mark Gibson & Ryan Magnami – 8 p.m. Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 6:30 p.m. Greenwood Cultural Center – Tony Exum Jr, Eldredge Jackson – 6 p.m. Guthrie Green – Ben Miller Band, London Souls – 2:30 p.m. Los Cabos - Jenks – The Fabulous Two Man Band – 5 p.m. Mercury Lounge – Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – 10 p.m. Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Bill and Pam’s Excellent Adventure - Bill Crosby and Pam Van Dyke Crosby – 5 p.m. – ($5-$20) Soundpony – The Funeral and the Twilight, Skeleton Farm – 10 p.m. Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Good Ground
Mon // Sept 7 Colony – Songwriter Night hosted by Cody Clinton Guthrie Green – Open Mic – 7:30 p.m. Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective – 9 p.m. Soundpony – Dirty Few, Dead Shakes – 10:30 p.m.
Tues // Sept 8 Centennial Lounge – Josh Yarbrough & Friends – 8 p.m. Elwood’s – Dan Martin – 6:30 p.m. Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Charlie Redd & The Scissortails – 10 p.m. Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic – 7 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – The Tiptons – 7 p.m.
Los Cabos - BA – The Fabulous Two Man Band – 5 p.m. Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams – 5:30 p.m. Shrine – Heritage, Kinfolkz, Oceanauts, Zach Short Group – 8 p.m. – ($3-$5) Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Good Ground
Wed // Sept 9 Cain’s Ballroom – *The Tallest Man on Earth, Lady Lamb – 8 p.m. – ($25-$40) Cellar Dweller – Brujoroots – 8 p.m. Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Annie Ellicott w/ Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 7 p.m. Hunt Club – The Brothers Moore Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:30 p.m. Soundpony – Glassing, Reigns, Sun Vow – 10:30 p.m.
Thur // Sept 10 Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Centennial Lounge – Pat Ryan Key – 8 p.m. Colony – *Jared Tyler Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – The Fabulous Two Man Band – 8 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Merle Jam – 8 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Darren Ray – 5:30 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – The HiFidelics – 7 p.m. Kenosha Station – Danny Baker, Scott Musick – 8 p.m. Osage Event Center – Trace Adkins – 7 p.m. – ($50) River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Echo – 7 p.m. Soundpony – Nerve Beats, Skeleton Farm – 10 p.m. Woody’s Corner Bar – Robby Vanvekoven
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American Legion Post 308 – Joe Harris Cain’s Ballroom – Chris Stapleton, Jacob Tovar and the Saddle Tramps – 8:30 p.m. – ($17-$32) Centennial Lounge – Randy Brumley Band – 9 p.m. Colony – Pilgrim September 2 – 15, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
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musiclistings Four Aces – David Dover – 9 p.m. Full Moon Cafe - BA – Dueling Piano Show – 9 p.m. Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Piano Show – 9 p.m. Gypsy Coffee House – John Ratliff – 9 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Stonehorese – 9 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Darren Ray – 5:30 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Uncrowned Kings – 9 p.m. Hunt Club – Amped Mercury Lounge – Dylan Stewart – 8 p.m. Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – Dustin Pittsley Band – 9 p.m. Peppers Grill South – Restless Spirits River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Hook – 9 p.m. Soul City – The Blue Dawgs – 9 p.m. The Shady Tree – Sam and the Stylees, Branjae and the Filthy Animals Vanguard – Enslaved by Fear, Whispering Silence, Even the Dogs, Dryvr, Threat Point, Brutal Harmony – ($6-$8) Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Mikey Bee
Sat // Sept 12 Arnie’s – La Panther Happens – 9 p.m. Boom Boom Room – DJ MO
Cimarron Bar – Seven Day Crash – 8 p.m. Colony – Grayless Downtown Lounge – A Devil’s Daydream, Cantagion 237, Forever in Disgust, Advocate – 8 p.m. Dwelling Spaces – Girls Club, I Said Stop! – 7 p.m. Elephant Run – 6th Avenue Band – 9:30 p.m. Elwood’s – Scott Musick, Curt Hill – 8 p.m. Fassler Hall – *Count Tutu, Brujoroots – 10 p.m. Full Moon Cafe - BA – Dueling Piano Show – 9 p.m. Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Piano Show – 9 p.m. Fur Shop – *Boulevard Trash Benefit Show w/ Merlinmason, Streetlight Fight, Class Zero, Gutter Villain – 9 p.m. Gypsy Coffee House – Terry Aziere – 9 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Great Big Biscuit – 9 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Darren Ray – 5:30 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Those Party Bros – 9 p.m. Hunt Club – The Atlantic Lambrusco’z Downtown – Jared Tyler – 5 p.m. Mercury Lounge – Midnight River Choir – 8 p.m. Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – Dustin Pittsley Band – 9 p.m. River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock
Somewhere Bar – The Stars – 9 p.m. Shrine – Joint Effect, Severmind, Octave Jaw, Ice Cold Glory – 9 p.m. – ($3) Soundpony – DJ Falkirk – 10 p.m. The Shady Tree – Eric Himan, FM Pilots Unit D – *Kelli Lynn and the Skillet Lickers, Eric Himan – 7 p.m. Yokozuna – *Sean Al-Jibouri – 10 p.m.
Sun // Sept 13 Bohemian Pizza – Mike Cameron Collective – 5 p.m. Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing Dirty Knuckle Tavern – The Blue Dawgs – 3 p.m. Full Moon Cafe - BA – Mark Gibson & Ryan Magnami – 8 p.m. Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 6:30 p.m. Guthrie Green – *Vieux Farka Touré, Indigenous – 2:30 p.m. Los Cabos - BA – Daniel Jordan – 5 p.m. Los Cabos - Jenks – The Fabulous Two Man Band – 5 p.m. Mercury Lounge – Tyler Gregory – 8 p.m. Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Clark Gibson – 5 p.m. – ($5-$20) Soundpony – Numerators, The Daddyo’s – 10:30 p.m. Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Good Ground
Mon // Sept 14 Colony – Songwriter Night hosted by Cody Clinton Guthrie Green – Open Mic – 7:30 p.m. Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective – 9 p.m. Lokal – The Blue Dawgs – 9 p.m. Soundpony – Endolphins, MC Foucault, Plain Speak – 10 p.m.
Tues // Sept 15 Brady Theater – Chevelle – 8 p.m. – ($20) Centennial Lounge – Josh Yarbrough & Friends – 8 p.m. Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Charlie Redd & The Scissortails – 10 p.m. Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic – 7 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Runnin’ On Empty – 7 p.m. Los Cabos - BA – The Fabulous Two Man Band – 5 p.m. Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams – 5:30 p.m. Tin Dog Saloon – Dan Martin – 9 p.m. Vanguard – Dear You, Boys of Fall, When the Clock Strikes – ($8-$10) Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Good Ground
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Clockwise from top left, ‘Barfly,’ ‘Sideways,’ ‘Hey Bartender,’ ‘Strange Brew,’ ‘Smashed,’ ‘Withnail & I’ and ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ | COURTESY
Shaken and stirring Seven great films about drinking
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o many great movies involve vice—sex, drugs, food and, of course, alcohol. Movies about drinking in particular tend to be either cautionary or comedic tales, and sometimes a tragicomic mélange of both. Whether you’re a teetotaler looking for a morality play, a cocktail nerd craving inspiration, or a libertine film junkie out for a self-affirming reason to get smashed, this not-at-all comprehensive list of worthwhile movies about boozers will get you started. “Strange Brew” (1983) The sweetly moronic Bob and Doug McKenzie (Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis, reprising their famed “SCTV” roles) get jobs at a remote, Val Lewton-inspired
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brewery, ostensibly for the imagined lifetime supply of free beer. Despite their simple motivations, the brothers find themselves ensnared in a murderous family plot—a bizarre plan by Brewmeister Smith (Max von Sydow), who endeavors to take over the world with mind-controlling suds. It’s a goofy gem filled with memorable scenes and dialogue that nerds of a certain age still warmly quote (“Take off, hoser!”). Between this and “Flash Gordon,” it took years for me to reconcile that von Sydow starred in some of Ingmar Bergman’s most influential films.
friends Miles and Jack (Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church) on a weeklong vacation in California wine country. Miles is a failed writer fresh off a divorce; Jack is using the trip as a bacchanalian excuse to bed as many women as possible in the face of his impending marriage. It’s a mid-life crisis comedy of errors (and not dissimilar from another film on this list) that plays their increasingly rose-colored and fraying friendship against Payne’s expertly deadpan direction. Thanks to Giamatti, drinking merlot will never be the same again.
“Sideways” (2004) Writer and director Alexander Payne’s Oscar-winning comedy finds college
“Hey Bartender” (2013) On a certain level, the bar is a stage, and bartenders are rock stars—dedi-
cated, talented, driven, and a little drunk on themselves. The vocation of mixology is creative, sexy and very lucrative under the right circumstances. Writer/director Douglas Triola’s partly inspirational, partly taunting documentary focuses on two bartenders: an ex-Marine who aspires to become an expert drink slinger at Employees Only—a revered NYC bar at the center of the craft cocktail boom—and a veteran bar owner in Connecticut who resists the craft trend even as he watches his antiquated pub slowly die. The movie is both a joyous celebration of bartending culture and a mournful portrait of a business in its twilight years. It’ll make you consider a career change, if only for a moment. September 2 – 15, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE
“Smashed” (2012) It’s all wine and roses until it isn’t. Alcohol, like most addictions, has a dark side. The cracks in one’s denial slowly split open as dependence invariably influences all other considerations. Those compulsions overtake Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a young school teacher whose addictive personality begins to encroach on her job and marriage to Charlie (Aaron Paul). We catch her just as it’s all unraveling—she’s graduated from run-of-the-mill social embarrassment to genuinely risky decision-making (drunkenly smoking crack with a stranger and passing out in an alley). At work, Kate fakes a pregnancy to hide her disease from her peers. This might sound didactic, but director and co-writer James Ponsoldt (“The Spectacular Now,” “The End of the Tour”)—an uncommonly thoughtful and sensitive filmmaker—manages to avoid
preachiness. Ponsoldt showcases two career-best performances from his leads, and his naturalistic focus on Kate’s demons sets “Smashed” apart. “Leaving Las Vegas” (1995) Though there are many stories about the slow suicide of crippling addiction (chief among them Billy Wilder’s “The Lost Weekend,” to which “Vegas” is at least partially indebted), director Mike Figgis’ nihilistic tale of co-dependency and despair knows few peers. Having lost everything to the bottle, a failed screenwriter (Nicolas Cage) falls in with a Vegas hooker (Elizabeth Shue) as he purposefully drinks himself to death amidst the venal chaos of Sin City. Nominated for just about everything, Cage’s Oscar-winning turn and an equally powerful performance by Shue are unforgettable in the most haunting sense.
“Barfly” (1987) As for reprobate alcoholic writers who actually got famous, there’s Barbet Schroeder’s flawed but compulsively watchable “Barfly.” Based on the life of (and adapted for the screen by) acclaimed poet, novelist and noted drinker Charles Bukowski, “Barfly” grittily romanticizes the lower depths that serendipitously made Bukowski a modern-day literary Bruegel—a poet of the peasants. As Bukowski’s alter-ego, Hank Chinaski, Mickey Rourke is in peak form, and the toxic chemistry he shares with Faye Dunaway’s Wanda is a terrible cinematic relationship for the ages. “Withnail & I” (1987) Writer/ director Bruce Robinson’s cult classic is a smorgasbord of urbane Britishness that’ll leave you either in stitches or utterly mystified as to why it gets so much love. Two boozing, unemployed actors (the sweetly sensible Paul McGann and
the deliciously bent Richard E. Grant) in swinging 1969 London go on holiday in the countryside and wind up on a fish-out-of-water misadventure that lays bare their very worst impulses. If you thrive on witty countercultural black comedy with flair, “Withnail & I” is probably your cup of tea. a
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The Aristocrats! No. 1 in the News: Fukuoka Prefectural Police arrested two officials at a video company in June, along with three “actresses,” in the making of videos of the three seated on the floor of trains of the Nishi-Nippon Railroad and urinating. Police said they were acting on complaints of DVD customers (who, after all, had selected the disks from the video company’s “inappropriate urination” category, but nonetheless complained to the railroad). Barnyard Theater British director Missouri Williams brought an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” to the London Courtyard art facility in August for a one-week run, centered on a human actor struggling to stage the play using only sheep. The pivotal character, Lear’s daughter Cordelia, famously withholds flattering Lear (thus forgoing inheriting the kingdom), and her silence forever tortures Lear — and of course silence is something sheep pull off well. Actor Alasdair Saksena admitted there is an “element of unpredictability with the sheep,” but lauded their punctuality, calmness and lack of fee demands. Williams promised another Courtyard run for “King Lear With Sheep” in the fall. Bright Ideas Only China and Iran execute more prisoners, but Saudi Arabia also has a soft side — for jihadists. Saudis who defy a ban on leaving the country to fight (usually against the common enemy, Syria’s Bashar al-Assad) are, if they return, imprisoned at a maximum-security facility in Riyadh, but with liberal short “vacations” at “Family House,” hotel-quality quarters with good food, playgrounds for children and other privileges (monitored through guest-satisfaction surveys). Returning jihadists also have access to education and psychologists and receive the equivalent of $530 a month with ATM privileges. The purpose is to persuade the warriors THE TULSA VOICE // September 2 – 15, 2015
not to return to the battlefield once released, and officials estimate that the program is about 85 percent effective.
By House Bill 212, anyone who commits sexual assault while out hunting or fishing will also have his hunting or fishing license revoked.
Highly Committed People Impersonating a police officer in a traffic stop is not uncommon, but Logan Shaulis, 19, was apparently so judgment-impaired on May 30 that he set up his own elaborate “DUI checkpoint” on route 601 near Somerset, Pennsylvania, complete with road flares, demanding “license, registration and insurance” from driver after driver. The irony of the inebriated Shaulis judging motorists’ sobriety was short-lived, as real troopers soon arrived and arrested him (on DUI, among other charges).
The Americanization of China After five students drowned while swimming in a reservoir in China’s Yunnan province, parents of two of them sued the reservoir’s management company, complaining that it should have posted signs or barricades or, even better, guards to keep kids from frolicking in the dangerous waters. According to an August report, the management company has now countersued the parents, demanding compensation for the additional water-treatment measures it was forced to undertake because the reservoir had been “polluted” by their children’s corpses.
New Hampshire Blues The president of the University of New Hampshire publicly complained in July about the “bias-free language guide” posted on the school’s website — since, he said, it denounces use of such words as “Americans” (as insensitive to South Americans), “seniors” (better, “people of advanced age”), “rich” (should be “person of material wealth”) and “poor” (change to “person who lacks advantages that others have”). (One state senator mockingly suggested changing the state’s “Live Free or Die” motto to “Live Free But Upset No One.”) Tough Love: Sexual assault is certainly punishable in New Hampshire by prison time, but pending legislation assumes prison is not enough.
Adventures in Turtle Sex A female Yangtze giant softshell turtle, believed to be the last female of her species, was artificially inseminated in May at Suzhou Zoo in China through the efforts of animal fertility experts from around the world. She is thought to be more than 100 years old (as was the last male to “romance” her, although their courtship produced only unfertilized eggs). The Times of London reported in July that Briton Pamela Horner, seeking her “escaped” tortoise Boris (even though, as they say, he couldn’t have gone far), found “tortoise porn” on YouTube (mostly, mating sounds) to play in the yard and lure him back. A tortoise ex-
pert told The Times: “They make quite a lot of noise. We can hear them groaning for miles.” Recurring Themes Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Late one night in July, police in Phoenix were chasing a speeding truck whose driver eventually lost control and careened into a house near Mulberry Drive. As officers were checking for victims (it turned out no one was home), they discovered a large quantity of suspected marijuana — and opened an investigation of the super-unlucky residents. Right Place, Right Time: Shane Peters’ cherished 2004 Dodge Durango broke down on the road in Livingston, Texas, in June, but before he could return to tow it, a thief hauled it away. About a month later, Peters’ wife spotted the familiar Durango in town and with the help of police got it back — with (courtesy of the thief) a newly repaired drive shaft and three new wheels (and the thief ’s drug supply, but police seized that). a 8/19 SOLUTION: UNIVERSAL SUNDAY
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free will astrology by ROB BREZSNY
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22):
At least for now, I suggest you suspend the quest for order and refinement and perfection. The wise course of action is to disengage from your fascination with control, and instead give yourself to the throbbing, erratic pulse of the Cosmic Wow. Why? If you do, you will be able to evolve faster than you thought possible. Your strength will come from agile curiosity and an eagerness to experiment. Do you remember when you last explored the catalytic wonders of spontaneity and unpredictability? Do it again!
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): This is the deepest, darkest phase of your cycle. The star that you will ultimately make a wish upon has not yet risen. Your pet monsters seem to have forgotten for the moment that they are supposed to be your allies, not your nemeses. Smoke from the smoldering embers in your repressed memories is blending with the chill night fog in your dreams, making your life seem like a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a taco. Just kidding about that last part. I wanted to see if your sense of humor is intact, because if it is, you will respond resiliently to all the cosmic jokes in your upcoming tests. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): According to the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, here’s what God says to each of us: “Go the limits of your longing . . . Flare up like flame and make big shadows that I can move in. Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.” Whether or not you’re on speaking terms with the Creator, this is excellent advice. It’s time to give everything you have and take everything you need. Hold nothing back and open yourself as wide and wild as you dare. Explore the feeling of having nothing to lose and expect the arrivals of useful surprises. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The sun and the expansive planet Jupiter are currently making a joyful noise in the sign of Virgo, which is your astrological House of Career and Ambition. This does not necessarily mean that a boon to your career and ambition will fall into your lap, although such an event is more likely than usual. More importantly, this omen suggests that you will influence luck, fate, and your subconscious mind to work in your favor if you take dramatic practical action to advance your career and ambitions. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): On August 28, 1963, Capricorn hero Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech to a crowd of thousands in Washington, D.C. In that address, he imagined what it might look like if African Americans were free of the bigotry and oppression they had endured for centuries at the hands of white Americans. In accordance with your astrological potentials, I encourage you to articulate your own “I Have a Dream” vision sometime soon. Picture in detail the successful stories you want to actualize in the future. Visualize the liberations you will achieve and the powers you will obtain. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you have been patiently waiting for a propitious moment to buy a new yacht, pledge your undying love, or get a tattoo that depicts Buddha wrestling Satan, now is as close as you’ll get to that propitious moment, at least for a while. Even if you have merely been considering the possibility of signing a year-long lease, asking a cute mischief-maker on a date, or posting an extra-edgy meme on Facebook or Twitter, the next three weeks would be prime time to strike. Diving into a deep, heart-crazed commitment is sometimes a jangly process for you Aquarians, but these days it might be almost smooth and synchronistic. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Ready for a ritual? Get a piece of paper and a pen. Light a candle, take three deep breaths, and chant “YUMMMM” five times. Then spend ten minutes writing down the qualities you would like your perfect lover to possess. Identify both the traits that would make this person unique and the behavior he or she would display toward you. Got that? When you are finished, burn the list you made. Disavow everything you wrote. Pledge to live for at least seven months without harboring fixed beliefs about what your ideal partner should be like. Instead, make yourself
Place the numbers 1 through 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once.
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extra receptive to the possibility that you will learn new truths about what you need. Why? I suspect that love has elaborate plans for you in the next two years. You will be better prepared to cooperate with them if you are initially free of strong agendas. ARIES (March 21-April 19): You like to run ahead of the pack. You prefer to show people the way, to set the pace. It’s cleaner that way, right? There’s less risk you will be caught up in the messy details of everyday compromise. But I suspect that the time is right for you to try an experiment: Temporarily ease yourself into the middle of the pack. Be willing to deal with the messy details of everyday compromise. Why? Because it will teach you lessons that will serve you well the next time you’re showing the way and setting the pace. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you ready to revise your ideas about how love works? Would you consider re-evaluating your relationship to romance, your approach to intimacy, and your understanding of sex? I hope you will not only be willing but also excited to do these things. Now is a favorable time to make changes that will energize your love life with a steady flow of magic for months to come. To get the party started, brainstorm about experiments you could try to invigorate the dynamics of togetherness. Make a list of your customary romantic strategies, and rebel against them all. Speak sexy truths that are both shocking and endearing. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Querencia is a Spanish word with many nuances. At its simplest, it refers to your favorite spot, a place where you long to be. But its meaning can go even deeper. Querencia may be a sanctuary where you feel safe and authentic, or a situation that enables you to draw on extra reserves of strength and courage. It’s a special kind of home: an empowering shelter that makes you feel that you belong in this world and love your life. Can you guess where I’m going with this message, Gemini? These days you need to be in your querencia even more than usual. If you don’t have one, or if you don’t know where yours is, formulate a fierce intention to locate it.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): The art of effective communication consists of knowing both what to say and what not to say. It’s not enough to simply find the words that accurately convey your meaning. You have to tailor your message to the quirks of your listeners. For example, let’s say you want to articulate the process that led you to change your mind about an important issue. You would use different language with a child, an authority figure, and a friend. Right? I think you are currently at the peak of your abilities to do this well, Cancerian. Take full advantage of your fluency. Create clear, vivid impressions that influence people to like you and help you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Arthur Conan Doyle first used the term “smoking gun” in a story he wrote over a century ago. It referred to a time the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes burst into a room to find a man holding a pistol that had just been fired, along with the fallen body of a man who had been shot. Since then, the meaning of “smoking gun” has expanded. Now it’s any piece of evidence that serves as compelling proof of a certain hypothesis. If you can’t find the cookie you left in the kitchen, and your roommate walks by with cookie crumbs on his chin, it’s the smoking gun that confirms he pilfered your treat. I believe this is an important theme for you right now. What question do you need answered? What theory would you like to have corroborated? The smoking gun will appear.
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ACROSS 1 Clean, as a pipe 5 What heated ice does 10 Feedbag contents 14 Cologne scent 18 “... calm, ___ bright” 20 Prefix meaning “sun” 21 Do a burger joint job 22 “Fifteen Miles on the ___ Canal” 23 Suffice, to a pelican? 25 Removing bones from meat 27 Brother of Dewey 28 According to law 30 Consumed 31 Oppressive rulers 34 Type of car 35 N. Oregon volcano 38 Under a false I.D. 39 The U.S., metaphorically 42 Canadian law enforcers (Abbr.) 44 Cherry center 45 ___ Gatos, Calif. 46 Caesar’s worst day 48 Bit of business attire 49 Ostrich or owl 50 Layer of the Earth’s crust 52 One place for spectators 55 Santa ___ winds 56 Club for one? 57 Get stuffed? 59 Stately estate 61 Fortification 63 ___ Carta 64 More fitting 65 Big name in cash machines 66 It might be run up at a bar 68 “And I Love ___” (Beatles tune) 69 Big Apple mass transit inits. 70 Country house
72 Bananalike plant 74 Kind of engraving 78 One with a large shopping bag 79 Thing to do at a doctor visit 82 “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” boy 83 Lennon’s bride 84 Leotard and Silhouette, for two 86 Finished 87 Singer with wings 88 Family member 89 Small religious group 90 Tear 91 Metropolitan 92 Google co-founder Sergey 94 Alabama college town 99 Nursery rhyme “Mother” 100 They may be picked up by dogs 102 Out of whack 103 Went over completely 105 Flowery chain 106 Calgary hockey player 107 Bobby of Southfork 108 Package stuffing 112 Vacillate 117 Popular cookie 118 Dairy case tubful 119 Operating room substance of old 120 Sound man’s concern 121 Capital of Switzerland 122 Secluded valley 123 A type of faith 124 Like some causes DOWN 1 British WWII fliers 2 Inventor Whitney 3 Each and every 4 Waterwheel water source, perhaps 5 Another type of faith
6 Wife of Hercules 7 Muhammad of boxing 8 Large North American shorebirds 9 Gold coins of ancient Rome 10 In the ___ (likely to happen) 11 Deplaned 12 “Shop ___ you drop” 13 Paint mess 14 Space streaker 15 Scene of the William Tell legend 16 Break a Commandment 17 It may be tapped 19 Larry, Moe or Curly 24 Small, crude dwelling 26 Numerical suffix, sometimes 29 Place for tuna 31 Expel, as an attorney 32 Be seductive 33 Made a touchdown 34 “McSorley’s Bar” painter 35 Photographer’s poser 36 87 or 89, at the pump 37 Key of Bach’s “The Art of Fugue” 40 Ticklish Muppet 41 Column supporting a building 43 Brandy flavor 47 Sneezing can be one 50 Tel Aviv native 51 “Addams Family” member 52 Fed. procurement agency 53 Crocheted blanket 54 Checkout counter annoyance
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Swindles Preserve Just ___ (not much) Less than twice Love, in Italia Tarnishes Skillfully Organ givers Kind of bomb USSR’s successor Was victorious Element used in dating Discomfort Like British sardines Burial place, for some Adjust a telescope lens “___, amigos!” Fancy dressers Bicker over trifles Type of regrettable death Optimistic and then some Lake George locale “On the Road Again” singer Willie Pay a visit to Where docs pay dues Long-___ (leggy) Teeming, as a beehive Alumna bio word Grenade part Run away ___ out a living (scrapes by) Arced toss Rich rock in a vein “___ the ramparts ...” Down with the flu “The Sweetheart of Sigma ___” Wedding declaration Fleur-de-___ Parking place
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