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editor’sletter
SINCE JANUARY, I’VE WORKED OUT TWO (sometimes three, sometimes zero) times a week at 6:30 a.m. with a friend. We joke about not being in perfect shape, whatever that is, after almost a full year of hitting the gym. It may have something to do with our favorite foods being pizza, schnitzel sandwiches, Mexican beers, chips and
queso, etc. Whatever the case, every time I go—and especially if I manage to eat well that day—my posture and mood and brain feel much improved. “Self-care,” as you’ll read on page 21, has both increased in popularity over the last year and gotten a bad rap, as if it’s some liberal millennial froufrou concept.
But the “Drink plenty of water, eat your fruits and vegetables, and exercise” logic has been around for a while. It also follows that, if you take care of yourself, you’re better able to care for others. The guide found in these pages is meant to inspire you—whether your version of self-care is drinking juice, over-
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coming addiction, swimming laps, or meditating. (Or eating pizza—see page 16.) We hope you care for yourselves so we all might be better equipped to help meet the many needs of our community. One such need is for mental health advocacy. On page 14, Zack Reeves dives into discussion with Mental Health Association Oklahoma CEO Mike Brose about the drastic funding cuts facing his organization and many others around the state. For 60 years, the Tulsa-based MHAOK has advocated for Oklahomans impacted by mental illness and homelessness by providing affordable housing, mental health screenings and referrals, counseling, support groups, mental health education, and suicide prevention, among other services. With the Oklahoma legislature’s most recent failure to fix our state’s tanked budget, many of these necessary programs may soon be gone. From Reeves’s extended interview, which you can find at thetulsavoice.com: Everyone who works [in the peerrun drop-in centers] lives in recovery with some kind of a serious mental illness, histories of substance abuse, histories of incarceration, or all of the above. So, people would lose their jobs, those programs would close. We have a program we contract the state with called Creating Connections … for people who live in recovery, doing peer-to-peer work with other people who have serious mental illness and histories of substance abuse.
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Even when the Department of Mental Health has had other cuts in previous years, they’ve never cut those programs. … Now, they wouldn’t have any choice. Brose asks Oklahomans to be advocates for change. So—rest up, be well, and, as Garrison Keillor says, do good work! a
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UNDER PRESSURE How Oklahomans would fare with the Congressional GOP tax plan by GENE PERRY 8 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
new analysis of the Congressional GOP tax plan reveals that in Oklahoma, the wealthiest 1 percent would receive the greatest share of the total tax cut in year one, and their share would grow through 2027. The value of the tax cut would decline over time for every income group in Oklahoma except the very richest. Republican Congress members are trying to sell this tax proposal, which will increase the federal deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next decade, as a plan to boost the middle class. But a closer examination reveals that the bill is laser-focused on tax cuts for the nation’s highest-earning households. The wealthiest Oklahomans’ share of the tax cuts would grow over time due to phase-ins of cuts that mostly benefit the rich and the eventual elimination or erosion of provisions that benefit low- and middle-income taxpayers. For example, after five years the bill eliminates a pair of $300 tax credits that benefit low- and middle-income families while fully repealing the tax on multi-million dollar inheritances in year six. This bait-and-switch appears to be designed to make average Oklahomans and Americans think the tax plan was designed for them, when in fact it phases out their benefits to replace them with more tax cuts for the extremely wealthy. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy did a 50-state analysis of who benefits after all elements of this plan are phased in. They found that in Oklahoma, the wealthiest 1 percent of households would see their share of the tax cut increase from 30 percent in year one to 46 percent by 2027, for an average cut of $47,950. Over those same years, middle-income taxpayers’ average tax cut would erode from $540 to $170. By 2027, more than one in six middle-income Oklahoma households would actually see a tax increase under the House GOP plan. Even as this bill raises taxes on many middle-income families, it would add $1.5 trillion to the
deficit. That could mean deep cuts down the line to important services for Oklahoma families. Some House Republicans have already made clear they intend to try to pay for these tax cuts next year by cutting programs like nutrition assistance, Medicaid, and college aid, which help families make ends meet. The $1.5 trillion cost of this plan could be used in many ways that are more useful for average Oklahomans and Americans. The $1.5 trillion cost—or $150 billion per year—would roughly equal ALL of the following: Doubling the Pell Grant program, which provides aid to low- and moderate-income college students, doubling cancer research at the National Institutes of Health, funding the full backlog of needed maintenance at National Parks, providing child care assistance to 6 million children, providing opioid addiction treatment for 300,000 people, and training 3.5 million workers for in-demand jobs. Under the tax cut plan, we could do none of these things. And because Congressional Republican proposals to cut federal spending almost always involve shifting costs to states, the tax bill will put even more pressure on Oklahoma’s budget. It should be clear to anyone who’s paying attention that Oklahoma cannot afford more budget problems right now. Oklahomans deserve a tax plan that focuses its benefits on working families who have been hit hardest by the stagnant incomes and rising inequality of recent decades—not one that funnels wealth up to those who are already taking most of the income growth. Oklahomans and all Americans deserve a plan that invests in education, healthcare, infrastructure, and other building blocks of strong families and a strong economy. The Congressional GOP tax bill does the opposite. a
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n this, part two of “American Voices,” we hear from more of those grappling with a bifurcated America. Like those featured in last issue’s part one, the columnists, historians, songwriters, and lawyers featured here take the divide personally. They’re liberals— they’re progressives, yes, but they’re Americans. And that’s the point. Since Nov. 8, 2016, they don’t recognize our country. And Donald Trump doesn’t recognize them.
But here we are again. If we were too naive to see it, Charlottesville awakened the last of us. What do today’s protests mean? Don’t expect a man who thinks the Chinese invented global warming to hurt his business to understand. It’s over for him. It’s just a matter of time. That’s how America works.
THE RESISTANCE, PART TWO by BARRY FRIEDMAN LYLAH M. ALPHONSE managing editor for news, U.S. News & World Report (Boston) BOB KINCAID co-founder of the Appalachian Community Health Emergency (ACHE) Act of Coal River Mountain Watch (Fayette County, WV) At the opening of David Lynch’s “Dune,” Princess Irulan declares, “A beginning is a very delicate time.” That’s what the resistance feels like in Appalachia. Living in the Trumpiest place on Earth, resisting him and all the harm he is doing in my state is like clog-dancing on an eggshell stage. Unlike other places where people may be rousing from their Trumpioid nod, most of my fellow hillbillies remain true to the faith that he will do something, anything, for West Virginia. That, combined with our opioid epidemic, makes the matter of resistance a smidgen more, well, risky. The resistance is, however, very real. The Cult of Coal, Faith of Fracking, and Passion of the Pipelines are totems of Trumpism, and that’s where the Appalachian resistance stands and fights. We may even be better prepared for it. For those of us who know our history, Trump is just 10 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
another in a century-long parade of funny-talking furriners looking to take what little we have. For us, a year in, the resistance is downright existential.
JERRY IZENBERG, columnist emeritus, The Star-Ledger (Henderson, NV) Every time I ask myself how Donald Trump got to be president, this voice that lives in the backroads of my mind shouts back two words at me: “George Santayana.’’ It reminds me of the warning of this Spanish-born American philosopher: “Those
who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” I’m 87 years old, and I was born into an era in which hate was finally silent. But it wasn’t that way at all. We were about to live through America’s most frightening time. When I was seven, my grandfather’s tombstone was toppled and mutilated with the addition of a hand-drawn swastika. As a nine-year-old kid, I sat with my old man in Newark’s Newsreel Theater and watched 18,000 German-American Bund members sympathizing and croaking their hate in Madison Square Garden. I knew about Camp Nordland and Camp Siegfried in my state, where kids my age marched in their Hitler Youth uniforms and their fathers fired rifles. After V-E Day my older cousin told me about the big white buttons a lot of kids in his high school class wore to class the next day: “First the Nazis. Next the Japs. Then the Jews.’’ But we survived it—just as America survived a terrifying depression and a frightening flirtation with evil.
A year after businessman Donald Trump’s victory over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the resistance is energized. Or the resistance is stalled out. Or the resistance is waiting for the opportune moment. Or the resistance has tossed its pink pussy hats into the closet and turned off the TV. Which is to say that the resistance is going strong or petering out, depending on which bubble you were in on Nov. 8, 2016. Those who were aghast on Election Day were raring to go early on. Much of the media are offering up daily fodder for outrage, and resisters spend a lot of time thrashing former friends, adjusting profile pictures, and posting inspirational (but not always accurate) tidbits on Facebook or reading or writing multi-part rants on Twitter. All that action seems mainly aimed at decrying what Trump is doing, but it may be too soon to see actual change. For those who were elated on Election Day, the resistance may seem to be waning. While one side focuses on Trump’s Tweet-du-jour
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or spends hours dissecting each press briefing, the other is loudly applauding anything that could be considered an achievement. Or maybe the state of the resistance one year later is simply this: It’s no longer really about Trump. He is the president, after all; it’s time to let election night go. The media, real and fake, have picked their sides—the media isn’t a monolith—but resisting means rededicating oneself to fact-finding and truth, to recalibrating what’s acceptable in society, to seeking information and not just confirmation. It’s a quieter kind of protest, but it’s one that has room to grow.
put up by novelists on Facebook, is to persuade the 40 percent of American people who did not vote last year to recognize, as Obama once said, that elections have consequences. Well, hell yeah, they do. So, you like a free press, a Constitution, Social Security, Medicare, racial equality, clean air, a forward-looking economy, an equitable tax system, dry streets in seacoast cities, a sense of pride in being an American when you go abroad? I could go on, but if you like any of that ... RESIST ... however you can.
ROY ZIMMERMAN political satirist, musician (San Francisco) WILLIAM MARTIN New York Times bestselling author (Boston) I didn’t go down to a campaign office and sign up for the resistance. I am just a guy at the center of the political spectrum, neither registered Republican or Democrat. I write historical novels, so I have spent my life studying human nature, so I know hypocrisy. I also know about the separation of fact from opinion, of good research from bought-and-paid-for baloney, of multiple-source news stories from fake news. I also know about trying to see a moment in time through multiple sets of eyes in order to understand it. That’s called empathy, I guess. So maybe I can understand the hypocrisy of Mitch McConnell when he decides to destroy the Constitution in order to save it (see Supreme Court seat, stolen), or of Donald Trump whenever he opens his mouth. We have a president who says or does something every day that needs answering. Otherwise, we give in to what the psychologists call “the normalization of deviance.” But the real task, for the organized resistance and for the resistance
The 2016 election season was an un-fun roller coaster that ended in a brick wall. But after a period of shock and denial, the resistance kicked in, particularly after the Women’s March. Sometimes I think satire is the most hopeful and heartfelt form of expression, because in calling out the world’s absurdities I’m affirming the real possibility for change.
JENNIFER TAUB professor at Vermont Law School (Northampton, MA) There will be the other side of this war on truth and decency. Sometimes I imagine that I’m standing
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there on the other side, looking back at all that has transpired. Mostly how I feel is proud. Proud of all of us who, even through the tears and doubt, kept our spirits up and kept resisting, moving forward, supporting each other, and began building the better world we envision. There will be much work to do on the other side, but we will have each other then, too.
KATHY BADER assistant vice provost, Duke University (Washington D.C.)
The resistance has been both electrifying and infuriating. The solidarity, diversity, and scope of the Women’s March was awe-inspiring. But the vandalism and violence seen in Portland and Berkeley were counterproductive tactics that achieved little beyond providing fuel for Trump’s “both sides” myth. And while it is heartening to see people refusing to respond with apathy to the relentless assault the administration is making on civil liberties, the environment, social welfare programs, and a liberal international order that took a century to build, the cynic in me is not convinced it has done much to stop the juggernaut. Unless people translate that outrage into running for office and voting (and here’s hoping the Supreme Court will provide much-needed help in the form of striking down gerrymandering), we may not see the paradigmatic political shift we need to guard essential precepts of American life, leadership, and equality of opportunity.
I’m afraid the world will blow up, dry up, and destroy the lives of my children and grandchildren. I wonder what comes next, and what resistance really means. Last night I watched clips on Sandy Hook and cried to learn of Principle Dawn Hochsprung sending her staff to safety through the back window, then going into the lobby to save her children and face her death. Her husband said, “Where does that come from? She was five-feet, two-inches for god’s sake!” I don’t know where that comes from, but we had better find it. The gunman is in the lobby.
JAMES M. CULLEN managing editor, The Progressive Populist (Manchaca, TX)
LAURA A. BELMONTE professor and Department of History head, Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
The resistance has organized largely on the Internet, with the progressive press helping to identify the targets, and the coalition has racked up a pretty good record in the first year, knocking down three shots at the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, and fighting the Trump administration and Congress to a standstill on the worst of the bad bills. Republicans have been working for more than 80 years to overturn the New Deal’s reforms that regulated capitalism and enabled the recovery from the Great Depression. The resistance will have to keep fighting back by getting the word out whichever way they can. But it was a great first year. a NEWS & COMMENTARY // 11
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“Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it.” —Romain Rolland
Oklahoma Senator James Lankford recently challenged Americans to engage one another across racial lines. His modest proposal calls for families to invite others from different racial backgrounds to their homes for a meal. Senator Lankford’s call rings both timely and true. We spend too much time talking at one another instead of with one another—generally, not just with respect to matters of race. Shrill, tendentious rhetoric inflames rather than enlightens. Lankford’s “shared sustenance” suggestion implies that context matters when it comes to quality conversation. So, too, does content. What the world needs now is dialogue on a host of topics, some of them existential, around which division and divisiveness swirl. The prerequisite to meaningful dialogue—openness to the prospect (and risk) of being changed by the process—remains central to addressing the seemingly intractable problems our communities, states, and nations face. Think globally; act locally. For Americans, dialogue serves as the linchpin of a robust democracy. Through it, we animate and articulate that which matters to us while also affording others the courtesy of listening to what matters to them. America thrives when a marketplace of ideas exists such that we may weigh and winnow competing views and ideologies. Indeed, the marketplace of ideas metaphor often surfaces in the context of our cherished First Amendment rights. Conversation allows ideas to surface and percolate in the first instance. How might we advance the conversation on matters critical to our shared community—our shared world—with a view toward collaboration and informed, empathetic problem-solving? How might we craft courageous conversations that engage and illuminate? 12 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
CAN WE TALK? The fast-fading art of constructive conversation by HANNIBAL B. JOHNSON
By understanding the rudiments of dialogue. Dialogue refers to the process through which people share their beliefs, values, meanings, hopes, and fears. Ideally, they do so openly, honestly, and authentically. Dialogue is constructive conversation in search of mutual understanding. It is a joint process among co-equal, cooperating participants—not a zero-sum game. Cultivating physical and psychological dynamics can enhance its productivity. For example, dialogue participants can improve the likelihood of fruitful engagement when they: • Engage a skilled facilitator to shepherd the conversation (where appropriate) • Choose a location with solid acoustics so all participants may be heard • Sit (or, where appropriate, stand) in a circle, avoiding hierarchy of physical position and encouraging direct communication • Share generously (often through storytelling), listen attentively, and think critically
• Make “I” statements (i.e., speak about their individual truths borne of personal experience) • Eschew derogatory attributions, attacks, and defensiveness • Refrain from making assumptions about the motives or character of others • Pose curiosity-driven, sincere questions The human tendency toward confirmation bias inhibits dialogue. People look, consciously or otherwise, for information that confirms their preconceived worldviews. Being aware of that bias and taking steps to disable it are critical elements in preparation for dialogue. Much meaningful conversation necessarily entails cognitive dissonance and a willingness to be in an awkward mental space. While not a panacea, dialogue deepens and widens understanding through inquiry and reflection. It teaches us about ourselves and those with whom we are involved. Properly done, dialogue promotes mutual respect, encourages awareness of and
appreciation for differences, and stimulates critical thinking about diversity and inclusion. While it doesn’t necessarily render resolutions, it does build relationships. To do so, it demands a safe environment, though not necessarily a comfortable one. Threats to participants’ security, identity, and dignity must be eliminated. At its core, dialogue rests upon reciprocal, mutually-accepted rights and responsibilities involving respect and trust: respect for the persons with whom we are in conversation; trust for the process as a means toward positive outcomes. Those engaged in dialogue hold the right to express their beliefs, ideas, and feelings; define themselves without being labeled; ask questions that help them understand what’s being communicated; maintain their positions; and ask others to hold what they say in confidence. Each person engaged in conversation bears the responsibility to listen patiently and non-judgmentally; avoid making untested assumptions; answer questions in ways that help others understand; grant basic human respect to others, especially in times of conflict or disagreement; and evaluate personal values and attitudes. These rights and responsibilities are steeped in notions of civility, another concept seemingly on the wane. Simply put, civility means affirming the humanity of other people. So, can we talk? If we are to interact with one another in ways that affirm our shared humanity, address our common needs, and advance our mutual well-being, we arguably have no choice. Talking things out will help us navigate the complex issues that characterize our diverse and ever-changing world. Let the conversations begin. a EDITOR’S NOTE: Author and attorney Hannibal Johnson is also a Tulsa-based consultant who specializes in diversity and inclusion, leadership, and group dynamics, among other areas.
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‘IT’S OKAY TO BE WHITE’ Flyers littered college campuses, including TU’s by TRENT GIBBONS The University of Tulsa | GREG BOLLINGER
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n the first few days of November, universities, high schools, and liberal institutions all across the nation responded to flyers with a message they deemed hateful and inflammatory: “It’s Okay To Be White.” The flyers were distributed anonymously Halloween night and in almost all cases were quickly removed, but not before causing enough of a stir among the schools’ respective student bodies and administrations to receive national attention. Some have been posted as recently as Nov. 13. Locally, these flyers were posted on TU’s campus in the early hours of Nov. 1 and prompted some unrest among students—but mostly just irritation or indifference. “Whoever hung these up must feel attacked by contemporary debates,” said TU student Katy Nichols. “Maybe instead of getting defensive, you can see how to help counteract systemic oppression, which is the real subject here, not the color of your skin.” Through a campus-wide email, TU President Gerard Clancy accused the distributors of the flyers of trying to divide the student population. More specifically, Clancy identified the action as “a deliberate and coordinated effort to create racial tension.” The coordinators belong to /pol/, the political board of the imageboard website 4chan. Some of the board’s anonymous users
might perfectly embody Hillary Clinton’s idea of “deplorables,” as a good portion at least pretend to embrace alt-right ideologies. The distribution of these flyers is among the more harmless trolling efforts organized by its users, but the intent is more important than the action. The flyers acted as a sort of proof of concept, an experiment meant to prove that the left-wing movement in America had begun to outwardly demonize whites. One user, in a thread labeled “white general,” wrote about the flyers: “Put it EVERYWHERE, but especially in places where it will freak out the SJWs and provoke comically paranoid overreactions. Again and again and again, until society is completely divided between gibbering, blubbering, demoralized leftists, and everyone else is wondering what the fuck is wrong with them.” Needless to say, it was a faulty experiment, as liberal institutions across the nation recognized the intent behind the words and responded accordingly. “It is not the words; it is the context in which the words were used and the intent of the originators,” said Clancy. “That makes a difference. In this case, the 4chan originators’ flyers implied to me biases against a majority population that I do not believe exist. At TU, every member of our community has a seat.” a
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ADVOCACY MODE An interview with Mental Health Association Oklahoma’s Mike Brose by ZACK REEVES
ZACK REEVES: Where does the lack of a working budget leave MHAOK’s day-to-day operations? MICHAEL BROSE: We are still in fullblown advocacy mode. We always have a presence at the state capitol during the session, meeting legislators and educating them about mental health. We send legislative alerts using social media, communicating across Oklahoma with board and advisory council members, friends, and other advocates, asking them to call, write, email. Now, that leads to: What happens if this hole doesn’t get filled? The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services—which helps fund us and mental services across the state— their funding has either been cut or hasn’t increased with inflation, so we were in the hole before this even started. It really limits what we can accomplish. If that $215 million hole is filled, that just takes us back to breaking even, underfunded. It didn’t help that Oklahoma didn’t take the Medicaid expansion, because we left a lot of federal dollars on the table by not taking it. 14 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
to-peer work with other people who have serious mental illness and histories of substance abuse. We would have to potentially cut that program too. And what happens if those people can’t get services? It’s going to put an added burden on the emergency rooms, first responders, police, fire, ambulance; you put everybody at risk. And then you fall back to reinforcing and expanding the largest mental health institutions in the state of Oklahoma, our jails and our prisons. So we’re saying, “In Oklahoma, we don’t really provide very many community-based services. We rely on a solution of high-cost hospitalization, and for those in a mental health crisis, we’re going to use our incarceration system as the treatment of choice.” And when people are discharged, say, from the Tulsa Center for Behavioral Health—which doesn’t have enough beds now— there’s a high possibility that, with these proposed cuts, there’s going to be no one in the community to help or treat them. REEVES: How can the average Oklahoman help the state of mental health here?
If the hole’s not filled, the Department of Mental Health has to pass those cuts along. How they would do it is unknown to us today. They might say, “Okay, everybody who contracts with us, we’re going to cut this percentage across the board to make up that amount of money.” They could also cherrypick: keep this, lose this, bang for the buck. REEVES: So, you’re not yet sure how much you stand to lose from this. BROSE: We could potentially have to padlock our drop-in centers. We operate one in Oklahoma City
and one here. This is where people who are homeless or people who have mental illness can just drop in and get connected to services. Also, for some of our housing programs and case management services that provide support and assistance, helping people to get housing, losing these funds would cut our ability to bring people off the streets and from shelters into safe, affordable, decent housing. We would not have that funding available. That would end that. We have a program we contract the state with called Creating Connections. That’s for people who live in recovery, doing peer-
BROSE: Advocacy. Twitter. I think the silver lining of all this, regardless of how it turns out, is that those legislators will think twice in the future, and I think they now know there are a lot more people out here who need and use these services who do have a voice than they ever would have imagined. They always say, “If we get 10 calls on a bill, that’s a shock to us.” Listen. I heard yesterday that the Speaker of the House’s voicemail box was filled. They’re hearing it. At the rally at the capitol, it was very powerful to see all those people together. There was joy in realizing that we have a voice. I have a voice. You have a voice. And we’re letting our elected officials know it. Sometimes our voices don’t get heard, but they’re getting heard right now. a
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fter three years of operating their STG Pizzeria (114 S. Detroit Ave.), brothers Mike and Jim Bausch decided to fill a void that was missing in downtown Tulsa: a barand-restaurant combo that served up pizza by the slice—quickly. I have frequented both STG and Andolini’s for years and feel a new appreciation after chatting with co-owner Mike Bausch. Mike and Jim know pizza well—but how could you not after growing up in New York and New Jersey? Mike’s sense of pride comes through when he speaks about his many adventures and “research trips” he’s taken to perfect his restaurants and pizza-making. His tales of traveling around Italy had my wanderlust on full alert. “We were a mile away from the Vatican and we found this line of Italians waiting out the door for pizza,” Mike said. “They were cutting the slices with scissors. They offered the standard toppings and flavors you’d expect, like Margherita, but then I saw cauliflower, potato—things I had never really seen on pizza before. The slices tasted very light, even though [they were] thick and full of flavor.” It was there, in the Roman town near the Vatican, that Mike and Jim learned the special method of cooking their new Roman Square Slice pizza. The dough alone takes five days to make and results in mouth-watering, doughy-but-crunchy slices. “The dough for the Roman Square Slice is produced with heavily-hydrated Italian flour,”
Mike explained. “It’s an organic, light, and airy flour.” The Bausch brothers first opened STG as a tiny gelato shop inside the Farm Shopping Center. Later they opened a full restaurant in the Blue Dome Arts District. “After our training in Rome, we are just so excited to bring this style of pizza to Tulsa,” Mike said. “We want our customers to know that Andolini’s Sliced is an upgrade, and we’ve added more styles, a kick-ass bar, and better menu options,” Mike said. I’m looking at you, garlic knots. Andolini’s Sliced offers favorites from the parent restaurant, as well as a weekday lunch special from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., which includes two slices of pizza and a non-alcoholic drink, for $10 (tax included). Bar Vitale, the space directly west of Andolini’s Sliced, is also part of the remodel. Bar Vitale’s name was inspired by Bar Vitelli in “The Godfather” films (which the Bausches visited while traveling abroad). After construction is complete, the bar will be connected to the pizzeria through an interior door. The space will boast an art-deco-style interior meant to give a 1920s New York feel. They hope to open it in late November or early December. “Inside Bar Vitale, customers will be able to sit at the bar, grab a quick slice, order a whole pizza, or even eat gelato,” Mike said. “We wanted a space that had speed similar to our food truck’s, so if you’re heading downtown, you wouldn’t have to wait as long as you normally would for an entire pizza.” a
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JAMES SHRADER, PALACE CAFÉ OWNER and well-loved local chef, is checking a long-time passion project off his list: opening a pizza joint. Prairie Fire Pie (1303 E. 15th St.), his second Tulsa restaurant, opened late last month. “We were shooting for a West Coast vibe, where we could offer a nice place to eat at a casual price point,” Shrader said. Indeed, it feels different from many Tulsa eateries—with an elevated, wooden communal table, oversized vintage letter board, exposed subway-tiled kitchen, and modern light fixtures. It’s clean and classy. Though it’s housed next door to the upscale Palace Café, PFP couldn’t feel any more different from its sister restaurant. Where the Palace is darker and more intimate, PFP is open and airy. James and I sat in the front corner of Prairie Fire, overlooking Cherry Street, during our chat. “I’ve been in Tulsa since ‘96,” Shrader said. “It’s where my dad was living, and I met my wife here. Tulsa is home. It has been so good to me. All the food I enjoy cooking has been well-received.” James’s wife, Brooke, juggled many roles while opening the restaurant, serving as CFO and directing interior design of the small space. “Brooke is incredible,” Shrader said with a smile. “She played a huge role in Palace Café, but it was really cool to see her style come to life in this space.” One of the fun, can’t-miss design
choices is a set of prints of West Coast rappers Snoop Dog and Tupac, designed by Oklahoma artist Tim Hearne. Prairie Fire’s menu is short and to the point. Normally you’d spot appetizers at the beginning of a menu, but James intentionally starts with pizza. “I wanted to send the message: We are definitely a pizza place,” Shrader said. “The difference in our pizza is really in the details. We use high-quality ingredients, and those details add to the unique flavor and texture.” The sweet fennel sausage pizza— James’s favorite—features roasted peppers, pecorino, and red sauce. It was excellent. The crust had the perfect amount of crunch to it. I also tried one of the bartender’s favorite pizzas, the Yukon gold potato pie. It was a bit unconventional, with rosemary, pancetta, soft egg, sea salt, and white sauce. She’s a vegetarian and insisted this pizza was just as special even without the pancetta. Pro tip, thanks to another server: Ask for the homemade Tabasco sauce. The roasted carrot starter was also sensational. Fresh carrots are cooked in the wood-fire oven and paired with harissa, pistachio, yogurt, and mint—and it’s only eight bucks. Prairie Fire Pie is set to be a happy-hour hotspot. They are open seven days a week, offering half-size, half-price personal pizzas from 4–6 p.m. and after 10 p.m. a
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here’s a new kind of winemaker in California. Instead of the big, heavy, jammy reds and buttery Chardonnays the state is known for, they’re making food-friendly wines so light they almost disobey the laws of gravity. They’re bright, fresh, lively, and made from grapes not sprayed with toxic chemicals. A few things are going on here. First and most exciting: A strong wave of winemakers and grape-growers are farming with fewer or no toxic chemicals. In the winemaking process, grapes aren’t washed before the juice is pressed out, so any toxic pesticides (like Roundup) from the vineyard can make it into the wine. Yikes! Second: American winemakers are increasingly making wine with acidity in mind— this is a good thing. When I say “acidity” I don’t mean mouth-puckering sourness; I mean sunshine in a bottle. I’m talking about how when you drink a wine with good acidity it makes your mouth water and you want another sip. Wines higher in acidity pair well with fatty foods, cutting through the richness and refreshing your palate for another bite. In other words, they’re perfect for Thanksgiving. Winemakers are also working with more unusual grapes (beyond Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir). This is exciting because, generally speaking, an average bottle of wine made from an obscure grape will be cheaper than a bottle of Cali Cabernet of the same quality, simply because a grape like Sangiovese doesn’t have name recognition. By using less-known grapes, winemakers are preserving history and adding complexity to the world of booze—providing us with variety and a chance to learn and taste something new. Find a wine shop you trust and try wines made from grapes you’ve never heard of; usually the results are good. Below I’ve com-
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POUR DECISIONS Wines to drink this Thanksgiving by JENNY EAGLETON
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piled a list of wines I love that are perfect for Thanksgiving, but keep an eye out for other wines from these producers, too. VALDIGUIÉ NOUVEAU CRUSE WINE CO. Michael Cruse makes wines from a grape called Valdiguié (val-dgay)—and his Nouveau is perfect for Thanksgiving. The name is a riff on Beaujolais Nouveau, but Cruse’s is a little more serious than its French namesake. Valdiguié isn’t a household name in the grape world, but it’s got history in California, where it used to be known as Napa Gamay. The grape originated in Southern France but came to California around the time of Prohibition. It is produced in high quantity, of good quality, and unusually resistant to a destructive vineyard mildew. Cruse’s Valdiguié Nouveau is a food-pairing dream: watermelon candy meets flower field. Drink it
with turkey or on its own; it’ll be delicious either way. $24 TENDU MATTHIASSON WINES Steve and Jill Matthiasson of Matthiasson Wines of Napa aren’t making what most people think of as Napa wine. Their Cabernet is more herby than fruity and doesn’t tip into the burly, boozy style for which Napa is known. Matthiasson has a whole lineup of stellar wines, but the ones I’ll have on Thanksgiving are from their second line, Tendu. They make a red blend and a white blend sold in clear liter bottles with crown caps. For the white, the Matthiassons take unusual grapes (Vermentino! Colombard!) and blend them to make high-quality fresh-n-floral wine with a price in the low-tomid 20s. The red is juicy and delicious and tastes great at room temperature or with a little time in the fridge. $25
CAMP CABERNET FRANC HOBO WINE COMPANY Hobo Wine Company, Banyan Wines, Folk Machine, and Camp Wines are owned by Kenny Likitprakong. All are well-made (and everything sells for under $30), but one of my favorites is Camp. Kenny makes Camp wine with usual suspects like Cab and Chardonnay, but he also makes a Cabernet Franc, which is one of my favorite grapes for Thanksgiving. The Cabernet Franc grape is also from France and is known for its distinctive green bell pepper twang, which pairs well with the other herby or spiced flavors in dishes like stuffing and sweet potatoes. $18 TROUSSEAU ARNOT ROBERTS Arnot Roberts’ Trousseau (troosew) is one of my all-time favorite wines and is new to Oklahoma. It’s pricy, but if you want to taste something unusual, beautiful, and strange, this is your wine. It’s a red, but it’s light and fresh, and it tastes like cranberries and leather and has a slight smell of a just-lit match. This is the wine I’ll pair with my turkey this year. Who needs cranberry sauce when you’ve got Trousseau? (No offense, Granny.) This wine smells and tastes like fall—but not the pumpkin-spice kind. Snag a bottle if you can find it. $34 BONUS: CIDER BONNY DOON I love Bonny Doon for a few reasons. The winemaker, Randall Graham, has been making good wine at an accessible price for a decade, but his was also one of the first wineries to convert to biodynamic agriculture (kind of like organics on steroids) in California. My bonus wine isn’t a wine at all, actually. It’s their apple-pear-quince cider. Crisp, dry, savory, and delicious, it pairs with everything, including dessert. $16 a
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Landella, located in The Boxyard (502 E. 3rd St.) and founded by the owners of Spexton Jewelry, has gained the trust of its customers by providing all-natural cosmetics for men and women from reputable companies they’ve researched. “I try to find things that have natural ingredients, stuff without all the chemicals,” said co-owner Kayla Shelton. “I also try to find brands that give back.” Landella carries a few local brands, like Twinkle Apothecary, an Oklahoma City company dedicated to creating non-toxic, vegan, cruelty-free, eco-friendly fragrances and skincare. Twinkle Apothecary also donates $5 to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence for every product with a logo purchased. Another popular product Landella carries: bath bombs from Tulsa company Bombdiggity. The bombs come in a variety of different scents like “Unicorn toots,” “Between the sheets,” and “Oklahoma summer.” Shelton says customers rave over them, often claiming they’re superior to LUSH brand bath bombs.
PALMER CONTINUUM OF CARE’S TULSA WOMEN AND CHILDREN’S CENTER (5319 S. Lewis Ave. #219)
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Provides support for interventions and detox (both medically-supervised withdrawal and social detoxification). Residential treatment program combines features from inpatient and outpatient treatment. 918-779-0011.
Free, Christian-based rehabilitation residential care facility offering spiritual counseling, support group fellowship, AA/CA/NA meetings, abuse education, work therapy, and recreation. 800728-7825.
Provides treatment services for pregnant or parenting women. One of the few programs in the nation that can accommodate children while their mothers participate in residential treatment. 918-430-0975.
Offers integrated treatment services with individualized treatment planning. Addresses mental health and substance abuse issues through a state-of-the-art service delivery system focused on whole-person needs, strengths, and values. 918-948-9763.
Provides detoxification, intensive residential treatment, outpatient and intensive outpatient treatment, counseling, transitional living, and sober living. Integrates medical oversight, psychiatry, nursing, counseling and case management. 918-664-4224.
Offers psychiatric service, recovery support services, referrals for medical detox, residential treatment, intensive outpatient treatment, and tobacco prevention and cessation services. Patient must complete an assessment before treatment. 918588-1900.
COUNSELING & RECOVERY SERVICES OF OKLAHOMA (7010 S. Yale Ave. #215)
Provides treatment for all ages. Works with the justice system to provide treatment rather than incarceration. Offers people leaving prison support for re-entry to society. Outpatient opioid dependence treatment available. 918-492-2554.
SITTING WITH INTENTION Sitting meditation can reduce stress and improve concentration. Try it out at St. John’s Center for Spiritual Formation (5840 S. Memorial Dr., Ste. 305)
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DAILY SITTINGS | MONDAY MORNINGS 7:30–8:15 A.M. | SATURDAY MORNINGS & MAJOR HOLIDAYS 9:00–9:45 A.M. There is no instruction at daily sitting, but there is a schedule: 20 minutes of sitting followed by five minutes of walking meditation, then another 20 minutes of sitting. You may join in at any point, and the sittings are open to everyone. Donations are not requested, but they’re always accepted. If you enjoy the sittings, you might be interested in The Center’s ongoing meditation classes (requires completion of the Foundations in Meditative Practice course: $85; sessions full through early February). Requested donation: at least $7 per class. For more information: 918-663-4747 or sjcenter@intcon.net. November 15 – December 5, 2017 // THE TULSA VOICE
RACHEL CALVERT
FINDING BALANCE TULSA
TO BOOK, CALL RACHEL AT 918-513-2362. TULSAYOGAQUEST.COM/THAI-BODYWORK/
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Thai Yoga Bodywork is an ancient form of bodywork rooted in Buddhism, Indian Ayurveda, and Chinese medicine, with a focus on moving and balancing the energy throughout the body. Rachel Calvert of Yoga Quest (3325 E. 31st St.) had been a schoolteacher for five years when her brother was diagnosed with cancer, and in the months following she noticed that what he needed most was to be touched and comforted—he wanted her to work on his pressure points. “I realized later that he wanted me to touch his third eye,” she said. Her brother passed three months after being diagnosed, and Calvert left her work as a schoolteacher to become certified as a yoga instructor: “Through his death I found yoga.” “People need to be touched; people need to be worked on with energy,” Calvert said. “Bodywork is my way of giving back to my brother.” Thai Bodywork is not to be confused with massage—it’s performed fully-clothed upon a soft mat on the floor. Calvert described this work as a combination of the benefits of massage, yoga, and bodywork. She calls it a “whole-body treatment,” involving movement, breathing, conscious touch, rhythm, and pressure. The client is mostly still throughout a session, which can run up to two hours. Calvert is working on her certification in Reiki (energy work dealing with the body’s natural healing system) and osteopathic bodywork—she’s gathering “an umbrella of tools for people on the naturopathic side.”
FREDDIE ROBLES
GREG BOLLINGER
YOGA QUEST
Q&A WITH JAKE CRANDALL OWNER OF OKIE CROSSFIT TTV: How do you explain CrossFit to people who are unfamiliar with it? JAKE CRANDALL: It’s constantly varied, functional movements at a high intensity. The combination of weight-lifting, gymnastics, and monostructural—often referred to as cardio—exercises is where the perfect storm of fitness happens. You want to out lift a runner and outrun a lifter. In that middle, you will find the person that can do a cartwheel when they’re 80. TTV: What are some misconceptions about CrossFit? CRANDALL: One of the first things you hear about CrossFit is that you have to be in shape to do CrossFit. That’s a lie. I used to weigh THE TULSA VOICE // November 15 – December 5, 2017
300 pounds. I know what it’s like to go through a crash-course diet or some 60-day gym blitz that just hurts and hurts and hurts. As fitness and as a lifestyle, neither is sustainable. I want your health to be sustainable and your fitness to be repeatable. I don’t want you to come for two days and then have to take a week off because you’re so sore. What we’re trying to do is just get you moving so that tomorrow you can move a little bit more. The second misconception of CrossFit is you’ll get hurt. Injuries happen in all sports. When you’re competing in CrossFit, it can hurt. But 98 percent of people in CrossFit aren’t competing; they’re here to look good in a bathing suit and make sure their blood levels stay at a healthy range so their doctors don’t raise their eyebrows at them and say, “Hey, we gotta put you on all these meds.” TTV: From starting with one gym in 2000 to more than 13,000 around the world now, why do you think CrossFit has exploded? CRANDALL: All those things that people don’t get at the “globogyms”—Planet Fitness, Gold’s, things like that—we have. One, we have more instruction, so you can move safe, move well, and train without incurring an injury. And then we have the community. Nobody knows the names of people at globogyms. People walk on treadmills, they do some curls, they don’t know what to do, and they go home, feeling like a hamster. The intrinsic value in CrossFit is the instruction you get and the people—coaches and other members—who honestly care about you and want to help you reach your goals. OKIE CROSSFIT HAS TWO LOCATIONS: ONE IN DOWNTOWN TULSA AT 409 E. 8TH ST., AND ONE AT 6511 E. 44TH ST. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OKIE CROSSFIT, VISIT OKIECROSSFIT.COM.
Tone, detoxify, relax, repeat. The benefits of hot yoga are many—and they’re quickly realized, a nice quality in our fastpaced world. You might balk at a 90-minute class, but your body (and mind) won’t. Ninety minutes in the heat feels like just enough time to get into the swing of a practice—and to shut out the rest of the world. Yoga Quest (3325 E. 31st St.), Tulsa’s first hot yoga studio, offers traditional Bikram-style and vinyasa hot yoga, as well as non-heated styles. Their Bikram series consists of the traditional two breathing exercises and 26 poses—all in 90 minutes and 105 degrees. We’re not going to lie to you— hot yoga is pricy wherever you go. But at YQ they offer a “newbie package,” which gets you 30 days of yoga for $49, so you can test out how much you really love it before committing to the higher price point. YQ is also more than a yoga studio, offering other wellness services and treatments like Ayurveda assessments, Feldenkrais practice, Thai Yoga Bodywork (see Rachel Calvert, this page), therapeutic massage, acupuncture, and more. MORE INFORMATION AT TULSAYOGAQUEST.COM. FEATURED // 23
Apothecary Shoppe
HEALTHY WINTER RECIPE
(with locations in South Tulsa, Broken Arrow, and at St. John’s Medical Center) “There’s a pill for that,” the old saying goes. At the Apothecary Shoppe, Tulsa’s only pharmacy with a singular focus on compounding medications, the saying might be true. Compounding is, put simply, the practice by which a pharmacy provides custom-order, personalized medications for patients. Compounding is necessary for many patients who require prescriptions in a dosage not otherwise commercially produced or who might need a medication in liquid form for swallowing or injection. If a patient is allergic to an ingredient, they can have a medication compounded to exclude the allergen. Medicines not currently on the larger market can be compounded. For all its practical uses, compounding can also be used to make medicine taste better. The Apothecary Shoppe compounds medications for podiatry, palliative care, dermatology, sports medicine, pain management, and even hormone replacement therapy for both men and women. The price of the medication depends greatly on the dosage and ingredients requested. Visit apothecarytulsa.com for more information.
STUFFED ACORN SQUASH SERVES 4–6 2 ¾-lb 1 3 1 ½-lb
medium acorn squash sausage of choice, casings removed carrot, finely diced celery stalks, finely diced large onion, finely diced fresh or frozen kale, spinach, chard, or mustard greens 2 garlic cloves, minced Olive oil 1 cup reduced-sodium vegetable or chicken stock 1 cup grated fresh parmesan (gruyere also works)
Tandy Family YMCA’s Healthy Table Nutrition Kitchen The foundation of a healthy lifestyle is eating well. In addition to its pools, gyms, and exercise classes, the Tandy Family YMCA (5005 S. Darlington Ave.) offers a variety of cooking classes to show how a healthy diet can be easy and affordable. The Healthy Table Nutrition Kitchen has five cooking stations, each with induction cooktops, sinks, disposals, and all the necessary tools and utensils, as well as a set of double ovens. The kitchen often uses fruits, vegetables, and herbs grown onsite. Classes include everyday healthy cooking methods, medically-based programs designed to prevent diabetes and hypertension, and seasonal offerings, like classes on how to maintain a healthy diet among the many and varied potlucks and buffets so prevalent during the holiday season. Healthy Table also features several healthy recipes on its website. Visit ymcatulsa.org for more information.
INSTRUCTIONS Preheat oven to 400°F. Cut squash in half, scoop out the seeds, and lay face down in a pan. Put water into the pan until just covered. Roast squash until soft and tender, about 30-40 minutes. While the squash is cooking, prepare the filling. Heat a large pan on high. Add olive oil. Add sausage when oil is glimmering. Cook sausage thoroughly, then remove from pan into a bowl or plate. Reduce heat to medium and add a little more olive oil to the pan. Add carrots, celery, and onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly softened. Then add the minced garlic. Once fragrant, add kale and heat through. Add sausage back to the pan, then the stock, and reduce for 3–5 minutes. Once the squash is cooked, carefully remove it from the oven. Transfer to another sheet pan, cut side up. Add filling to the squash, top with cheese, and broil until cheese is melted (or even a little browned). Serve immediately.
What to Eat in the Chillier Months Sarah Cortese, registered dietitian at Reasor’s, says eating food that’s local and in-season is good for the wallet and the palate. Food grown locally is more likely to appear in stores during its peak season, which means it will taste better and be cheaper—and will have a better chance of not going to waste. Nuts rich in healthy fats (like peanuts and pecans) and cooked vegetables/fruits high in Vitamins A and C (try winter squash, sweet potatoes, apples, and pears) are in season in the fall and winter and keep us warm and strong before flu season. OU Health Sciences Center provides some tips for selecting produce at the end of the year: Winter squash: Select fully mature squash, indicated by a hard, tough rind. Also look for squash that is heavy for its size. Sweet potato: Select firm, smooth, bright, uniformly colored skins, free from signs of decay.
NOTE: You can use any vegetables you want in the filling. Leeks, zucchini, peppers, greens, etc. all work beautifully in this. You can also add grains (quinoa, millet, rice, sorghum) to the filling. Other types of squash, such as kabocha, red kuri, sweet dumpling, delicate, and spaghetti squash, will also work.
HEALTHY FINDS FOR WHEN YOU’RE OUT AND ABOUT SKIP THE FAST-FOOD JOINTS AND HEAD TO ONE OF THESE INSTEAD.
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Chimera Café, located in the heart of the Arts District, offers an array of vegan, gluten-free, and locally-sourced foods. Try the Lily’s Special Salad. 212 N. MAIN ST.
Pure Food and Juice on Brookside offers its customers raw menu items, meaning food not cooked above 118 degrees. Try a pitaya bowl. 3516 S. PEORIA AVE.
Hi, Juice is a cold-pressed juice bar and smoothie shop located on Cherry Street offering grab-and-go juices and madeto-order smoothies. 1548 E. 15TH ST.
The Whole Foods coffee and juice bar offers juice blends and smoothies. You can either pick a menu blend, like the Seafoam Greens (cucumber, spinach, celery, parsley, and apple), or build your own. 1401 E. 41ST ST., 9136 S. YALE AVE.
Nutrify Juice Bar & Café recently moved to South 34th Street and Peoria Avenue, offering customers juices, smoothies, and healthy breakfast items (try the blackberry banana oatmeal). For lunch, try the quinoa salad. 3409 S. PEORIA AVE.
Big Al’s Heathy Foods has been keeping Tulsans healthy since 1972, offering subs, wraps, burritos, salads, smoothies, and juices—all fresh and made to order. The vegan veggie hummus grilled wrap is an allaround winner. 3303 E. 15TH ST.
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EDIBLEND SUPERFOOD CAFÉ (2050 UTICA SQUARE AND 10115 S. SHERIDAN RD.)
GREG BOLLINGER
Everyone’s welcome
PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS NOT JUST FOR WOMEN
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Ediblend Superfood Café looks and feels like an ice cream parlor: it’s inviting, has a walkup counter and well-lit menu, and the walls are covered in powder blue and white stripes. But the closest you’ll get to ice cream here is a frozen acai bowl topped with fresh fruit, granola, and a drizzle of honey. Ediblend offers healthy, highquality “fast food,” including plantbased meals, snacks, blends, and smoothies that can be made to order or purchased from their fridges. Ediblend also offers oneto three-day cleanses, but customers can also custom-build their cleanses, depending on their specific needs. All of the blends are all-natural and vegan, with no added sugar, dairy, soy, gluten, artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives. They are anti-inflammatory, nutrient-rich, and high in fiber and antioxidants. Owners Piper Kacere, her husband, cardiologist Dr. Rich Kacere, and her sister Amy Murray avoid the juicing method, as it tends to leave out key nutrients by not utilizing the whole fruit or vegetable. The café’s full menu can be accessed at ediblend.com, along with online ordering and a health and wellness blog written primarily by Dr. Kacere, who combines his expertise in the medical field with his passion for empowering people to make healthier decisions. Dr. Kacere’s blog covers a wide range of topics, including plant-based living, the benefits of turmeric, and food fads.
AS MOVEMBER PUTS A SPOTLIGHT ON men’s health issues, it is important to note that Planned Parenthood offers a comprehensive slate of men’s services in addition to its more well-known role as a beacon for women’s healthcare. With clinics in Tulsa (1007 S. Peoria Ave.), Oklahoma City, and Edmond, Planned Parenthood is an affordable place for men’s healthcare—both preventative and remedial. Men are historically more prone to ignoring proactive measures and waiting until easily addressed issues become problems needing treatment, so consider this an entreaty to go get checked out before troubles arise. “We really support Men’s Health Awareness Month,” said Kristin Metcalf-Wilson, assistant vice president for health services for Planned Parenthood Great Plains, which covers Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. “We do know that too many times men overlook their preventative health needs. They may only come when they’re sick, but we really encourage men to take the opportunity this month to get in and do a preventative annual checkup, because we could discover things early that really require less treatment than when you actually present with symptoms and then have a chronic illness like hypertension or diabetes.” Planned Parenthood excels at dealing with sexually transmitted diseases and infections (STDs or STIs) and other genital issues, such as warts and penile or testicular pain. They also offer HIV testing, testosterone-level testing (for both men and
transgender individuals), prostate exams, and more. Planned Parenthood also offers a medication called post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), which, if taken soon after exposure to HIV, can prevent one from contracting the virus. Patients also have the option to take pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) before sexual exposure to a partner with HIV. And they give out condoms for free. A man interested in STD or STI testing or PEP or PrEP medication might want to head to Planned Parenthood even if he has a primary care physician. If he can’t get an appointment quickly enough or wants to maintain privacy, Planned Parenthood might be a good option. And since the PP clinic in Tulsa is actually a full primary care center, it offers a range of services, so men can be seen for anything from sinusitis to ulcers or acid reflux, high cholesterol, diabetes, depression/anxiety, back pain, annual wellness checkups, and on and on. “The Tulsa center provides primary care, so it’s a full range of services to men, women, and families,” Metcalf-Wilson said. “It’s preventative checkups, prostate exams, STD testing, any other acute or minor illnesses men experience just as much as anyone else, chronic conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension. And they do have specific family planning services that dive more into reproductive health and STI testing. “We offer transgender services, as well, and fully support transgender care as part of Movember.”
The Edmond and OKC clinics, while not primary care centers, still offer all of the other reproductive health services noted above. “Our [other] Oklahoma centers provide family planning to men, so less of the primary care focus and more reproductive health,” Metcalf-Wilson said. “So they are doing exams for STD testing and treatment, and, of course, any kind of preventative screening that men may need, depending on their age.” Planned Parenthood takes all kinds of insurance but also accepts direct payments for services outside of insurance at a slightly reduced cost. This is a more affordable option for lower-income patients. “All of our Oklahoma centers accept insured patients and non-insured patients,” Metcalf-Wilson said. “We do have a same-day payment policy, so it’s a little bit of a reduction in what a normal visit might cost. But we also accept many insurance plans, including Medicaid.” Capping off the month of Movember for Planned Parenthood is the organization’s annual Generations Strong Gala, a fundraiser celebration where the public can show their support by enjoying an evening of entertainment and food. This year’s event will be held Nov. 30 at the IDL Ballroom in downtown Tulsa (230 E. 1st St.), hosted by spoken word poet/feminist Lauren Zuniga, with a performance by local musician Adrienne Gilley. Individual tickets are available at www.ppaction.org/site/calendar for $100, but young professionals can attend for $40. —JOHN TRANCHINA FEATURED // 25
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NORRIS: Self-awareness. The best thing we can do is get into a pattern of self-care, even if it’s five minutes a day. People shouldn’t wait for crisis. That way, when stress comes, they’re already at ease. When we visualize doing something different and becoming healthier, we’re an active, giving part of society. I haven’t mastered it, but I have good tools. There are few real mistakes, as long as we learn and grow from them. It’s what we do most and where we dwell most that matters. I see time after time that the body is strengthened by the “glass is half-full” mentality.
HEALTH ZONE AT SAINT FRANCIS
TTV: Some people think of “self-care” as being selfish or indulgent. What’s your response to that? GREG BOLLINGER
(5353 E. 68th St. South) Health Zone is the kind of name you give something too large to be a gym. The Health Zone at Saint Francis offers members all the tools they’d ever need to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Recumbent bikes, rowing machines, StairMasters, and “gauntlet-style” Stepmills allow for rigorous cardiovascular training, while the facility’s total-body circuit stations, weight-assisted pullup and dip machines, and free weights are ideal for resistance trainers. The Health Zone also features racquetball courts and pools for swimming and other aquatic exercises. HZ members find themselves on the path to a healthier lifestyle, especially since the facility thoroughly assesses the fitness of every new member. This assessment includes a body fat analysis, strength and flexibility measurements, and screenings for blood pressure and risk factors. All of this is followed by private consultation and orientation sessions with a fitness specialist, where members can find the exercise plan that works best for them, whether they intend to build muscle, lose weight, or just generally stay active. Membership typically costs $64 per month, but family, senior, and corporate discounts are available.
IVY NORRIS ENCOURAGES SELF-CARE DURING THE HOLIDAYS Ivy Norris is a local holistic health practitioner working out of Neeman Chiropractic (4100 E. 51st St.). She teaches classes on essential oils, supplements, and self-care—of which she is a big proponent, especially during the holiday season.
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TTV: Could you tell me a bit about your background? IVY NORRIS: I got a fast course in health when I was ill as a child. My chiropractor brought me a flyer for something called “Health Week with Dr. M.T. Morter, Jr.,” and I went to see him that week. He taught about nutrition, the power of forgiveness, and the B.E.S.T. technique I use now, which helps the body heal itself. TTV: What is B.E.S.T.?
H20ASIS (6564 E. 51st St.) H20asis, Tulsa’s largest float center, has four flotation rooms custom-built for “deep, deep, deep” relaxation. While the pools vary in size—some are enclosed pods, others full rooms—they all are 11 inches deep and filled with dissolved absinthe salt for a “weightless” effect on patients. For one hour, patients float in a nearly sense-deprived state, in a completely silent, dark room kept at skin-temperature. This helps patients achieve physical and mental relaxation many describe as unparalleled. The center’s pools match those of the Laureate Psychiatric Clinic & Hospital and can help treat not just anxiety or stress, but also physical pain, as they help the body straighten out and adjust in a way it can’t on dry land. The center also features an oxygen bar and tea shop and includes services like yoga, massage, and mediumship. A $55 monthly membership gets you exclusive deals and offers on all services. Non-members can arrange a one-hour float session for $70; $100 for a couple. The H20asis website offers a number of package deals for these services. 26 // FEATURED
NORRIS: It’s Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique. As a chiropractor, Morter looked at health essentials: what you eat, what you drink, how and what you breathe, movement and exercise, how you rest, and, most importantly, what we think. That became the foundation of the technique. It works with the body to change imbalance patterns and also with the subconscious. We’re the only species that keeps reacting to a stress even after the stressor is gone—part of us wants to understand the stress, physical or mental or emotional. And we haven’t been taught how and when to let go. TTV: How do Tulsans respond to your work? NORRIS: In the four years I’ve been here, I’ve seen a great open-mindedness. There’s a lot of heart here. And progress. I want to be a part of that. There’s hope—without hope we don’t go anywhere. Without imagination, we don’t change. TTV: What are the highest hopes you have for your clients?
NORRIS: I think of it as being responsible. When we’re sick, the world isn’t able to receive our unique gifts. We lead by example. Put yourself around people who support your strengths, not your weaknesses, to foster an empowered, healthy community. It’s a ripple effect. So many people don’t realize they count, and they do. All of us do. And love is self, at the core. When we know this, it’s easier for us to honor our temple, our body. And the more we listen to ourselves, that still small voice, the more we realize what we need. We honor everyone when we take care of the real need. It’s an energy, time, and money-sucker to be sick. Suffering is something we all can do less of. TTV: What are your self-care tips for this time of year? NORRIS: This time of year, I think it’s important to alkalize—now is when the body gets filled with negative thoughts and junky, acidifying food. In my nutrition class, we had a section on vitamins and minerals we need, and on almost every page were dark green leafy vegetables. Compassion is an alkalizing mental attitude. We can’t learn in a place of diversity without it. It’s essential to a healthy community to quiet our mind, soften our heart, to receive another without judgment. A lot of that comes from our fears. Fear is very hard on the nervous system. Hydration is so important. To help the body take in water, add fresh lemon, especially first thing in the morning. For best absorption, drink water a half-hour before eating. Warm water with a little raw apple cider vinegar—and raw local honey if needed—in the evening is also great. Consume probiotics—fermented foods or a good supplement—for plenty of friendly bacteria. Digestive enzymes are also helpful during the holidays, with richer and larger amounts of food. I encourage people to walk 200 steps after a meal, using slow, diaphragmatic breaths. TTV: What inspires you and keeps you on track? NORRIS: I listen to people who are awake. Like Esther Hicks, Brené Brown. There’s a time for Tony Robbins and Wayne Dyer and Oprah and Deepak [Chopra]. Eckhart [Tolle] really talks about the painbody and ego well. There’s always a bigger picture—if you can, step back when you’re feeling in despair about current affairs. Our being in despair doesn’t help. There’s a part of us that feels we have to feel bad to honor the atrocities, and that’s not true.
November 15 – December 5, 2017 // THE TULSA VOICE
PEACE PEREGRINATIONS SWAMI SANKARANANDA SHARES TEACHINGS ON HARMONY AND FINDING JOY IN SIMPLICITY BY MARY RICKARD
ON JANUARY 1, 2014, SWAMI SANKARANANDA began a nine-month, nearly 3,000-mile trek across the United States, carrying only bare necessities in a 25-pound backpack. Wearing the orange dhoti of a Hindu monk, he resolved to “walk in prayer unceasing for all to know peace.” Following the same route as Peace Pilgrim, who crisscrossed the country for 28 years during the Cold War and Vietnam, Sankarananda vowed to ask for nothing and accept gratefully anything offered. He pledged to walk in faith, trusting whatever he did not carry would be provided. “I was going to either transcend fear and desires completely or die in the desert trying,” he wrote. November 17–19, Sankarananda will lead a silent retreat at Osage Forest of Peace. The retreat is designed to inspire transcendence from living in fear to living in peace and harmony. Visitors will be guided through silence, meditation, chanting, yoga asana, and the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita. Sankarananda, 61, became a Hindu monk after living nearly two years in India. He spent most of his adult life as a corporate executive, earning six figures, traveling internationally, and owning grand homes, luxury cars, and boats. Working and playing hard, he appreciated fine wines and experimented with cocaine, LSD, and mescaline. “Nothing was ever enough,” he said. “I had seemingly become the character I played, but inside was still that boy that just wanted to love and be loved. I had confused excitement with happiness.” Eventually he bottomed out—his car was repossessed and home foreclosed. “Finally, I began to look at the desires that kept coming from my mind and to begin, just begin to see the craziness of at least some of them.” For two years, he read about quantum physics, the dual-slit experiment, entanglement of sub-atomic particles, string theory, X-ray cosmology, black holes, dark energy, infinite parallel universes, and hologram theory, which postulates the world is not as it appears. In the end, he concluded that ancient philosophies synch with scientific discoveries. He began practicing yoga and experienced vaiagya, a Hindu word describing dispassion for the pleasures of the material world. In July 2011, he renounced all commitments and headed to India for a spiritual bootcamp. THE TULSA VOICE // November 15 – December 5, 2017
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Daily practice and study from 5:30 a.m. until 10 p.m. at the ashram helped him realize nothing he had ever done brought real happiness. “It was sinking in that joy is to be found in simplicity, not complexity,” he said. Inspired to become a sadhu, a wandering monk, he got the idea to walk across the U.S. Later, he learned about Peace Pilgrim, who walked 50,000 miles, advocating world peace, peace between neighbors, and inner peace. Swami decided to follow her example. “When we quiet the unruly mind, when we focus on the beneficial and just do our best, the universe takes care of us,” he said. Several times on his cross-country journey, his orange garb attracted undesired attention, mistaken for that of an escaped convict. One officer summoned a mental health professional to evaluate his sanity. After he passed the test, they gave him bottles of water and granola bars. Walking east through the desert near Encino, New Mexico, the winds reached 50 m.p.h. In the town of fewer than 100 residents, he was offered food and shelter until the storm passed. In the Texas Panhandle, he noticed a sign marking the Burmese Theravada Buddhist Fellowship.
There, a Myanmar refugee welcomed him to stay several nights through the Burmese New Year. Truck drivers and state patrol officers frequently stopped to offer rides, but Swami declined, keeping his vow to walk on foot. Spontaneous acts of kindness were common, as with an Amarillo woman who washed his clothes at her laundromat. Sankarananda said his water bottle was never empty more than two hours, replenished by the generosity of others. Many people accompanied him for a few miles of pilgrimage. “This world is not as it appears on the television news; it is not even as our own mind sees it. Bright examples shine all around us. Know that if one genuinely seeks a thing like peace or truth, it may be known, and this very process of seeking brightens both seeker and world.” Outside of Tulsa, Swami stopped overnight at Osage Forest of Peace, a retreat center inspired by the teachings of Father Bede Griffiths. He returns there this weekend to “demonstrate living in peace and to share the ancient and universal teachings of yoga.” For more information about the retreat with Swami Sankarananda, or Osage Forest of Peace and upcoming events, visit forestofpeace.org. FEATURED // 27
MEDICAL MARIJUANA On November 6, 2018—or possibly June 26; keep an eye out, folks—Oklahomans will vote on State Question 788, the Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative. If it passes, Oklahoma could join the 29 states where marijuana is currently legal with a doctor’s prescription. The health benefits of cannabis and the economic benefits of taxed medical marijuana have been widely discussed (for the uninformed, the Cannabis Education Advocacy Symposium & Expo, next February in OKC, will be a good place to start). So we’ve decided to dedicate this space not to why to use it, but how. From a health perspective, the best way to consume marijuana is to eat it. MORGAN WELCH
Though marijuana smoke has not been linked to lung cancer, smoke inhalation of
Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area (6850 S. Elwood Ave.) Perhaps not quite a mountain—but certainly Tulsa’s favorite sizable hill—Turkey is comprised of 300 acres of undeveloped wood, located between I-44 and 71st Street. The forest is perfect for running and biking, but most use the park for hikes and nature-spotting. Hiking lowers the risk of heart disease, strengthens muscles, and increases bone density (a good thing, despite whatever you’ve heard about being big-boned). Hiking has also been shown to lower the risk of depression, raise quality of sleep, and, of course, burn a few extra calories—an average of 370 per hour for adults weighing 150 to 160 lbs. If you’re a long-term hiking enthusiast, or you’ve recently considered taking up the hobby, Turkey Mountain is a practical destination for you. The park is free and open to the public all year long.
any kind can inflame the respiratory system. Eating your weed not only helps avoid the negative aspects of smoking, our—ahem—research suggests ingestion yields more powerful and longer-lasting results than inhalation. Specific doses are also trickier to maintain through inhalation. Most dispensaries carry edible THC in the form of various candies, tinctures, or even soft drinks, but the DIY approach is rewarding and opens the door to a world of possibilities. Cooking with cannabis has come a long way since the funky-tasting brownies of yore. A quick Google search will lead to countless recipes for patients of all needs and tastes, from season-appropriate sides you could conceivably sneak onto your Thanksgiving table (for a truly memorable family experience), to an undoubtedly drowse-inducing Marijuana Margarita, to classics like weed tea and the endlessly-adaptable cannabutter. Start training now, and by the time medical marijuana is legal in our state, you could be a ganja gourmet.
Cryotherapy at Tensegrity Chiropractic
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THE BREATH IS THE KEY
Tom Tobias teaches yoga, meditation, and breathing classes. We chatted about the benefits of breathing exercises—and why you should let go of caring about them. November 15 – December 5, 2017 // THE TULSA VOICE
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(5353 E. 68th St. South) Dr. Chris Barnes’s first cryotherapy session was in 2013, and by the end of that year his chiropractic office became the first in Tulsa to incorporate the therapy into their treatments. The Tensegrity Chiropractic clinic gets its name from architectural terminology: “tensegrity” refers to the nearly perfect balance and tension of a structure. The staff at Tensegrity finds cryotherapy effective in achieving perfect balance in the human body. Cryotherapy’s main benefits include a reduction in systemic inflammation, an increased metabolic rate (more calories burned), shortened recovery times, and pain reduction. Most cryotherapy patients are athletes; some only use the treatment during training season, while others use it year-round. Many are hesitant to try cryotherapy for the first time, because, Dr. Barnes admits, “It’s incredibly cold and uncomfortable.” Despite this, he argues that the pros far outweigh the cons, as therapy can “do wonders in helping with aches and pains.” Tensegrity’s treatment is priced at $25 per session (perk: the sixth is always free).
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TTV: Tell us about the private classes you offer. TOM TOBIAS: I have a studio at home and I teach an hour class—that’s a country hour, like a country mile. It usually goes over, but only if that’s appropriate for the person. I do respect their time. I emphasize pranayama breathing techniques and meditation. I just want to wake up and dissolve ego, as opposed to building it. The more physical aspects of yoga should move towards meditation, but the way around here—it isn’t really taught that way. It’s really exercise-y. What I’m doing interests some people but not many. We are habituated to be constantly entertained. And meditation is just the opposite of that. Pranayama [breathing] just supports mediation. It prepares you for it. Each private class depends on the person. Some people need the breathing exercises because they’re stressed out. Often, they’re dealing with chronic anxiety—almost debilitating, sometimes. The breath is a great way in. Some people need stuff that’s more activating. I have had plenty of students who aren’t troubled with anxiety, per se; they are just looking for a deeper meaning. TTV: Would you share a breathing technique? THE TULSA VOICE // November 15 – December 5, 2017
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TOBIAS: I want people to be able to do this on their own. I design a class with repetition. I am repetition-oriented for a lot of reasons. One of the biggest is that repetition sheds light on our restlessness, and restlessness is a big deterrent for many of us. Because you’re like, well what’s next? There’s nothing next. We’re doing the same thing to get deeper and deeper. It’s like digging a well in one spot instead of trying a little here and there. I want people to be autonomous, to be able to do this at home. I would be the most pleased if they were practicing at home. Keep it simple and don’t bite off too much. A little bit every day, just five minutes, is far superior to an hour a couple of times a week. It’s about every single day. First, observe your breath—meet your natural breath without any demands or insistence. Just let it be and watch it without getting in your own way. Then, for an actual technique: breathe through the nostrils for both the inhale and exhale, letting the in-breath be a natural length, whatever that might be. Then, let the exhale be at least twice that length. If you can, let the exhale expand longer than that, keeping the inhale that same natural count, without force or strain, but by actually relaxing and letting it open up. Doctors have done studies on that very breath [technique], and it does amazing physiological things. It really calms things down. Practicing that for five minutes would, over
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DID YOU KNOW REASOR’S EMPLOYS REGISTERED DIETITIANS?
The internet is oversaturated with healthy-living tips and warnings, like studies saying coconut oil can kill you and that soy causes breast cancer. If the notion of trying to eat healthily is overwhelming, try relying on an expert from your own community—one you can visit in person—to evaluate your health needs and offer some advice. Hayden James, a registered dietitian at Reasor’s, is one such person. She serves the Jenks and Owasso stores, providing one-on-one consultations, customized meal plans, and corporate wellness presentations, and helping Girl Scouts earn culinary badges. These services are out-of-pocket expenses, but Reasor’s fees are lower than average to meet the needs of the community. Reasor’s also offers many free health initiatives for Tulsans, including pre-registered, monthly “shopping healthy tours” and the selection of dietitian-approved picks throughout the store, including healthy lunches from the deli—both of which can make healthy choices in the holiday season less daunting. “I get a lot of questions and concerns during the holidays. I say, ‘Don’t fret, you aren’t going to throw your health goals under the bus, it’s what we’re doing consistently over time,’” said Hayden. “I love using winter squash, like acorn and butternut squash, to stuff with sausage and veggies. It’s a warm and hearty meal that’s also packed with nutrients, so that’s a nice holiday meal,” Hayden continued. As for staying healthy on a busy schedule, Hayden said planning is key: “If you fail to prepare you prepare to fail, so [I suggest] meal planning and even just a little bit of meal prepping, chopping veggies or precooking some meat on your days off, so you can have meals or parts of meals come together quickly on the nights you need them the most.”
Tennis is on the rise in Tulsa, and LAFORTUNE PARK TENNIS CENTER (5302 S. Hudson Ave.) is growing with it. As a pay-to-play public facility, it has the amenities of a tennis club—two-dozen world-class courts, a pro shop, a USTPA Pro at the helm—without membership fees. An hour-and-a-half session on an outdoor court costs just $10—the same amount of time on an indoor court is $36. Outdoor lighting keeps the courts available until 10:30 p.m. on weeknights, and no reservation is required— just walk up and play. (Though, during winter months, the three indoor courts fill up fast, so call ahead. 918-496-6230.) The facility also offers group and private lessons, cardio tennis classes, league play, and a regular schedule of tournaments and events, and it was named the 2016 USTA Missouri Valley Facility of the Year. In September, the facility hosted the Bryan Brothers, the most successful tennis duo of all time, for a fundraiser that will help to add another six courts, three indoor and three outdoor.
time, make one more and more in tune with the feeling of being. TTV: What are some of the benefits of practicing breathing exercises? TOBIAS: So much of what people are looking for is benefit or effect. I can understand that. But when it comes down to it, that’s not what it’s about. It’s about being comfortable outside of circumstances. Most of us [think] it’s a good day when everything tallies, fitting in with our expectations. Like, I expect my body to be feeling this way, my associations with people to be comfortable and pleasant, that kind of thing. This isn’t about that. It’s not about getting your ducks in a row, everything falling into place on the outside, and then you’ll feel peace. What happens when you have an argument? Or you stub your toe? It’s about getting comfortable with where we are. There are plenty of wonderful benefits, but the paradox is that the less focused you are on gaining something and getting some positive, pleasant benefit, the more you’ll get. a Private classes are $60 for one hour. For more information, visit subtlebreathyoga.com. FEATURED // 29
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f you didn’t come of age in the 1960s, Carole King might seem just another slightly faded musical omnipresence, like her friends Paul Simon and James Taylor—always playing a benefit concert or goofing on “The Muppet Show.” If you did, though, chances are good you feel King’s impact more than ever as you watch women speaking out in the entertainment industry, running for (and winning) public office, and marching together against many kinds of injustice. Part history lesson, part nostalgia machine, and part message of grit and hope, “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” bets there’s more to relate to in this iconic singer-songwriter than we might have thought. It’s what’s known as a jukebox musical, a collection of King’s hit tunes—like “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” “The Loco-Motion,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” and “(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman,”—woven together with the story of her life. “Sometimes I’m like, ‘This is silly. This is a silly show. We’re just trying to bring back memories of people who remember these songs,’” said Chicago native Sarah Bockel, who plays King on the show’s current tour, coming to the Tulsa PAC via Celebrity Attractions Nov. 28–Dec. 3. “But then you actually look at Carole King’s life and think, wow, she’s actually amazing. “With the current social climate, it’s interesting to see this woman fight for and get everything she wants.” “Beautiful” begins and ends at Carnegie Hall, where King played a famous concert in 1971—her first-ever solo performance in front of a live audience, after more than a decade of writing smash hits for others with her creative and real-life partner Gerry Goffin.
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FINDING HER VOICE
Carole King’s ‘Beautiful’ Legacy by ALICIA CHESSER Sarah Bockel in “Beautiful” | MATTHEW MURPHY
Getting from Brooklyn, where she grew up, to that show at Carnegie Hall took more than practice (as the old joke goes). King was famously reticent about performing. “I’m just a normal person,” she says in the musical. “Why would I be out there in front when I could be in the background songwriting? I’m not Diana Ross.” A classically-trained musician who skipped two grades in school and had perfect pitch, King was already in college at 16—and
pregnant by Goffin, whom she’d marry the next year. While still in high school she’d gotten off the train in Manhattan, walked into the Brill Building (the hit factory for pop radio at the time), and sold a song on the spot. A pioneer for successful women in the music industry, she went on to write more than 400 songs. “In the show,” Bockel said, “we want to make it known that she may not be so confident in her personal life, she may be very self-effacing, but when it comes to
her music and her work she knows what she’s doing. Something happens—she’s sure of herself and she’s not afraid.” At home, there was plenty to be afraid of as King tried to balance her skyrocketing career with her imploding family life. Goffin sank into severe mental illness, drug abuse, and adultery. “Nobody really knew what was wrong with him,” Bockel explained. “He ended up getting electroshock therapy and doing all these detrimental things.” King left him in 1968 and moved to Los Angeles, where she met Taylor and Joni Mitchell and played keyboards on a B.B. King record. Then, in 1971, she wrote Tapestry, the breakthrough solo album that launched the next phase of a career that’s included a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Kennedy Center Honor. The album is raw and real, heralding the arrival of a new kind of woman who sang out with her own voice. “The songs tell the story,” Bockel said. “That’s how the musical is constructed, covering her whole life and career. You see how these songs came about, how they relate to what was going on in the background—and then, naturally, you get to hear the songs.” “There’s a lyric in the show’s final song,” she continued, “where she says: ‘I have often asked myself the reason for sadness / In a world where tears are just a lullaby / If there’s any answer, maybe love can end the madness / Maybe not, oh, but we can only try.’ “That’s always applicable. Carole lives her life in that way—by kindness and graciousness—so if anybody walks away from this show with anything, I hope it’s that we could all use a little more kindness.” a For ticket information, visit celebrityattractions.com
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ast month, Facebook feeds were universally flooded with people (mostly women) joining in the #metoo campaign. Some shared personal stories of being sexually abused and harassed, while others simply typed “#metoo” to highlight the prevalence of sexual abuse in our society. One Tulsa comedian decided to weigh in with a purported joke on Facebook, which incensed the local comedy scene and reignited the debate over how far is too far in comedy. The comic (whom we have chosen not to name) wrote: “the #metoo posts remind me that the ugly ones always end up alive.” A screencap and denunciation of the status were circulated by Channel Four and a Half network members Michael Zampino and Andrew Deacon. The backlash was swift, with nearly every promoter in town banning the man from their shows. A second camp emerged, labeling Zampino and Deacon as “white knights” who police an art form known for pushing limits. “It’s been really enlightening that the two sides here are essentially people that think rape is bad versus people that love talking about rape,” Deacon said. “You have to establish what is just in bad taste and what is actually dangerous … and if a person’s behavior is dangerous, the most we can do is have an understanding that we’re not going to put them on any of our shows and warn others about that person’s behavior.” The offending joke underscored the intent of the #metoo campaign by perpetuating the way claims of sexual abuse are often mocked or outright dismissed. It suggests that not even a scene built on laughter is safe for women. “As a victim of sexual assault … [that post] brought up a lot of feelings [for me],” said a local female comic who wished to remain anonymous. “I’m glad the scene reacted in a way that let people know shit like that isn’t okay.” “It often feels like nothing can be done,” another anonymous
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How the Tulsa comedy scene policed itself when one joke crossed a line by MITCH GILLIAM
female comic said. “Because this culture seems to let guys get away with doing and saying whatever they want to women with little to no repercussions, and when someone or some group steps up to say, ‘no, this is not going to be tolerated,’ I find that really hopeful.” Katie Van Patten, comedian and Tulsa native turned recent New Yorker, applauded the response but believes the scandal should be a starting point for a larger discussion within Tulsa’s male-dominated comedy scene. “I do think it’s nice when male comics say ‘this isn’t cool; we need to stop this man from being anywhere near a microphone,’” she said. “But it doesn’t excuse them from the low-key misogyny.” Van Patten says that pervasive “low-key misogyny” is as simple as men calling women “bitches” and bristling when they’re asked to correct themselves. “One thing that bothered me about the scene’s reaction were the men talking about it,” said one of the anonymous female
comics. “Saying things like ‘that’s someone’s daughter, or sister, or mother he’s talking about.’ As if a woman’s value is tied solely to her relationship to men. It shouldn’t matter that she’s someone’s daughter. It matters that she’s a person.” Comedian Lauren Turner said she doesn’t see herself as “traditionally beautiful” and felt she had to work harder than other women to first prove herself in the comedy scene. “I want to create a space where that shit doesn’t matter. You just need to be funny,” she said. To that end, she and Laura Cook have created several new monthly shows.* “I know that several women have had experiences with men in the comedy scene that were uncomfortable, inappropriate, or straight-up abusive. The benefit of having women [booking] shows … is we are very aware of those things.” All of the comics I spoke to insisted they do not desire squeakyclean comedy. The anti-censorship crowd consistently point to
Anthony Jeselnik as a savior of “edgy” comedy. Jeselnik joked about his girlfriend losing her religion: “When she was a kid, like 12 years old, her parents nailed a 25-pound crucifix to the wall right above her bed. About two weeks later, in the middle of the night, the crucifix falls off the wall and leaves a twoinch gash in the back of her dad’s head.” Yes, that’s a pedophilic incest joke. Clutched pearls aside, it works as a commentary on hypocrisy—it doesn’t condone rape or abuse. The local #metoo Facebook joke seemed to do just that, while implying “all these women sharing their traumatic stories are ugly.” No zing, and certainly no value. “You can do that kind of material, but it either takes years of performing comedy that isn’t shocking and disgusting or a way to be likeable and endearing,” Deacon said. “It’s hard for me to say that a joke can cross any sort of line because funny is just funny,” said one of the anonymous comics. “That being said, if you choose to consistently write jokes that diminish certain groups of people, you have to understand that there may be repercussions to those choices.” One repercussion is being denied access to stages across an entire city. Even the “king” of edgy comedy, Louis C.K.—who built a career endearing himself to crowds while candidly speaking of his shortcomings and perversions—is having his dodgier material reexamined in light of sexual misconduct revelations. Now, as always, is a good time to listen to women and leave the rape “jokes” off the notepad. a
*For Turner: Mainline Art Bar every third Wednesday of the month, and Bamboo Lounge the second Friday of every month. For Cook: Beehive Lounge every second Thursday and The Starlite every third Friday.
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In it for the long run The Route 66 Marathon brings out the best of Tulsa by BRADY WHISENHUNT
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thirty-something father jogs alongside his nineyear-old son. The father can run faster, but he’s slowing down so the two of them can share this milestone. As runners pass the kid, they pat him on the back and, between gasps for breath, tell him, “good job; keep it up.” You do the same thing as you pass him, because to do so is so right. Along the course you see runners on crutches and in wheelchairs. All of them are working hard, slaying demons that have been haunting them for far too long: cancer, obesity, abuse, or just plain inertia. As these warriors pass you, they say, “good job; keep it up.” You feel a surge of energy you didn’t know you had; your pace quickens and you push harder. If they can do it, you can. You get the sense that everyone around you is riding this electric wave of support. You get the sense that the Tulsa foot race culture is maybe one of the most positive and welcoming communities on Earth. If the 5ks, 10ks, half marathons, marathons, and other Tulsa races throughout the year are works of art in the Louvre, the
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Route 66 Marathon is the “Mona Lisa.” It is the stunning expression of what Tulsa race culture means not just locally, but to the world. If you google “best U.S. marathons,” you’ll find that it places on many of the lists. The Route 66 Marathon reflects the very reasons people choose to live in Oklahoma: the people, parties, grassroots ingenuity, and the sense that this is something special and ours. Consider the race party tradition. The Maple Ridge neighborhood, situated near mile nine, has been killing the party game for years. This time around, over 127 houses are competing to throw the best party. Recently “Cheers on Cincinnati” has been one of the largest parties in Maple Ridge. For the fourth year, neighbors are teaming up to make over 3,000 Jell-O shots. Starting at 8:45 a.m., there will be DJs, drinks, and other fun. The neighborhood in the vicinity of 23rd Street & South Delaware Avenue will host a block party with a TV, a bar, heaters, couches, a DJ, and a bounce house. Emily and Jeff Reh have hosted a party on North Brookside for the past five years. It started out
as a small party for friends and next-door neighbors, but this year they’re hosting their whole block. Both Emily and Jeff are runners who want to give back to Tulsa and, like others, they love seeing the race get bigger every year. Local churches on the parade route, private citizens, local companies, non-profit organizations, and everyone in between pull out all the stops for the meta-party that is the Route 66 Marathon. Consider the stories of some of the runners. Tiffany Shoulders is 16 years old, and this year’s race will be her 33rd marathon so far. Her goal is to do a marathon in all 50 states before turning 18. Ana Hegstrom pets every dog she meets along the race in memory of her late husband Gary, who ran with her in 2013, days before he died. Ana reunites with Gary, a fellow animal lover, over and over again this way. Amanda Erickson runs for Chase Kowalski, a sevenyear-old student killed in the Sandy Hook tragedy, who loved running and triathlons. The Route 66 Marathon attracts people like this; there’s story after remarkable story. Consider the greater good of the race: The Route 66 Marathon
aims to be a zero-waste event (waste this year will be managed by SHIKOBA Recycling). All compostable materials will go to local farms; leftover food will go to local animals. Consider that the Route 66 Marathon exists due to the 30 years of effort from volunteers, over 1,500 donating their time during race week. Last year, more than $50,000 was raised as a result of the marathon’s Charity Challenge (which is distributed among many Tulsa charities), and the bar is set even higher this year. Running is often the last thing many of us want to do, but many have found in it a redemptive quality: the ability to reclaim their lives from poor health, bad relationships, personal tragedies, and other sorrows. In Tulsa there is no greater expression of the ability of running to connect, invigorate, galvanize, and heal than the Route 66 Marathon. a
The Route 66 Marathon takes place November 17-19. Check www.route66marathon.com for events, registration, and volunteer information.
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HOLIDAY EVENTS THANKSGIVING & MUSIC
TASTY DRINK CONTEST
Enjoy a meal provided by several local restaurants, a performance by Count Tutu, and a screening of The Band’s classic film “The Last Waltz,” at The Leftover Last Waltz. Nov. 19, 6 p.m., Cain’s Ballroom, $30, theleftoverlastwaltz.com
19 bars and restaurants will compete in the annual First Lady Nog Off to find out who makes the best eggnog in town. Proceeds benefit the art department at Emerson Elementary. Nov. 26, 5–8:30 p.m., Living Arts, thebradyartsdistrict.com
THANKSGIVING & WRESTLING
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What better way to give thanks than a festive night of body slams? Elote provides with LuchaGiving. Nov. 22, 9–10:30 p.m., elotetulsa.com
The German-American Society of Tulsa will host Christkindlmarkt, a holiday market featuring German food, hot spiced Glühwein, crafts, and live music. Dec. 1, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., gastulsa.org
LIGHTS & MUSIC
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Utica Square will light 700,000 lights in their 50th Lights On event, with performances by Grady Nichols, Branjae, Starr Fisher, Weston Horn, Phil Armstrong, and the Tulsa Youth Cabaret. Nov. 23, 6:30 p.m., uticasquare.com
Sapulpa Community Theatre will perform an old-fashioned, lo-fi take on a classic: It’s a Wonderful Life – A Live Radio Play. Dec. 1–3 & Dec. 8–10, $5–$12, sapulpatheatre.org
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Ice skate beneath the city skyline—and a giant Christmas tree—at Winterfest, in front of the BOK Center. Nov. 24–Jan. 7, tulsawinterfest.com
Find the perfect gift for the studded stocking in your family at The Tulsa Punk Rock Flea Market: Holiday Edition. Dec. 2–3, $5, American Legion Post 1, facebook.com/tulsapunkrockfleamarket
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Guthrie Green will light their holiday display at the 6th Glow on the Green, which features a holiday market, seasonal food and drinks, live music, and the big man in red himself. Nov. 26 3–7 p.m., guthriegreen.com
Dress fancy and celebrate what is perhaps our favorite holiday of all at the Repeal Day Party. Dec. 3, Valkyrie, valkyrietulsa.com
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BEST OF THE REST EVENTS Dinner of Reconciliation // The John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation holds their annual dinner, featuring keynote speaker Dawnn Lewis. // 11/16, Greenwood Cultural Center, jhfcenter.org
LIVE ART
Dozens of local artists will produce as many drawings as possible in an hour at the Philbrook Drawing Rally. Each drawing will be available for sale as soon as it hits the wall. Nov. 17, 6–9 p.m., $8, Philbrook Museum of Art, philbrook.org FOR THE ANIMALS
Tulsa Audubon Society’s fifth annual Wild at Art features art, gifts, and a silent auction, with all proceeds going to the care of injured and orphaned wildlife. Nov. 17–18, Tulsa Garden Center, tulsaaudubon.org THE BARD AND BEER
Attendees of Theatre Tulsa’s ShakesBeer Pub Crawl will hop around several downtown bars, where some of Tulsa’s finest actors will perform works by William Shakespeare. Nov. 18, 5–10 p.m., $25, facebook.com/theatretulsa BOOKS!
The eagerly-anticipated Archer Building bookstore Magic City Books will open its doors for the first time on Nov. 20. magiccitybooks.com
Comedy Night // 11/15, Centennial Lounge, facebook.com/ centenniallounge577 Starlite Comedy Night w/ Lauren Turner, T.J. Clark, Michael Zampino, Laura Cook, Hilton Price // 11/17, The Starlite, thestarlite.net
An Affair of the Heart of Tulsa // More than 450 vendors will be at this show, selling home décor, clothing, crafts, and much more. // 11/17, Expo Square, heartoftulsa.com
6-Pack of Punchlines w/ Curt Fletcher, Danielle Balletto, Jay Kincade, Lacey Hunt, Tom King, Brian Anthony Miller // 11/19, Blackbird On Pearl, facebook.com/BazarEntertainment
Localized: Art & Craft Festival // Shop local artists and makers at Fuel 66. // 11/18, Fuel 66, localizedtulsa.com
Crazy Cool Comedy Show w/ AJ Johnson, Ced Man, Kool Bubba, Lavell “Velly Vel” Harris // 11/19, Greenwood Cultural Center, facebook.com/ crazycoolcomedyshow
Mystery Movie Night // Philbrook kicks off its Festival Film Series with a surprise family favorite, which may or may not have something to do with Christmas, Halloween, and Tim Burton. // 11/24, Philbrook Museum of Art, philbrook.org
Comedy Night // 11/22, Centennial Lounge, facebook.com/ centenniallounge577 Steve Poggi // 11/24, The Loony Bin, tulsa.loonybincomedy.com
Cabin Boys Brewery Grand Opening // The new local brewery opens its doors for tours, live music, food trucks, and plenty of beer. // 11/25, Cabin Boys Brewery, facebook.com/CabinBoysBrewery
Spencer James // 11/29, The Loony Bin, tulsa.loonybincomedy.com
The Breakfast Club Screening with actor John Kapelos // Circle Cinema will screen John Hughes’s classic movie “The Breakfast Club,” with a special meet & greet and Q&A with John Kapelos, who played Carl The Janitor in the film. // 11/25, Circle Cinema, circlecinema.com
Olivia Grace, Eric J Freedman, Garren McCurry, Dave Short, Nick Birkitt, Meagan Carr, Nicholas Osborn // 11/30, The Venue Shrine, facebook.com/ BazarEntertainment
Troublemakers: Silicon Valley Exposed // Tulsa native and Silicon Valley expert Leslie Berlin comes home to talk about her new book on the generation that launched five major high-tech industries in seven years. // 11/28, Congregation B’nai Emunah, booksmarttulsa.com Etsy Made Local Party // Shop local artisans and create a DIY ornament. // 12/2, Made: The Indie Emporium, shopatmade.com
Comedy Night // 11/29, Centennial Lounge, facebook.com/ centenniallounge577
Frank Caliendo // 12/1, Paradise Cove at River Spirit Casino, riverspirittulsa.com James Mission Fundraiser w/ Merdith Suzanne Farris, Billy Bazar, Dave Short, Michael C. Hall, T.J. Clark // 12/3, The Venue Shrine, facebook.com/ BazarEntertainment
SPORTS ORU Women’s Basketball vs Okla. Panhandle // 11/17, Mabee Center, oruathletics.com
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TU Women’s Basketball vs UMKC // 11/18, Reynolds Center, tulsahurricane.com
The USA BMX Grand Nationals return to Expo Square for a weekend of dirt-track racing. Nov. 24–26, all events are free except the Pro Championship Finals ($10), usabmx.com
Martin Luther on Trial // 11/16, John H. Williams Theatre - Tulsa PAC, tulsapac.com
ORU Women’s Basketball vs Arkansas // 11/20, Mabee Center, oruathletics.com
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical // The beloved Holiday Special jumps off the TV screen and into the theater. // 11/26, Chapman Music Hall - Tulsa PAC, tulsapac.com
TU Football vs Temple // 11/25, H.A. Chapman Stadium, tulsahurricane.com
SYMPHONY MAGIC
Tulsa Symphony Orchestra will provide John Williams’s iconic score for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Concert, while the film screens above the musicians’ heads. Nov. 18, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., Nov. 19, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., $45–$95
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever // A tradition for 38 years, Clark Youth Theatre presents the story of the Herdmans, a non-churchgoing family who somehow ends up with the lead roles in the Christmas play. // 11/30, Clark Youth Theatre, clarkyouththeatre.com
ON STAGE
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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is the inspiring story of King’s rise to stardom, featuring many of her best-known compositions. Nov. 28–Dec. 3, $29–$79, Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa PAC, tulsapac.com THE TULSA VOICE // November 15 – December 5, 2017
Lauren Turner // 11/15, Mainline Art Bar John Wesley Austin, Andy Beningo // 11/15, The Loony Bin, tulsa.loonybincomedy.com
ORU Women’s Basketball vs Houston Baptist // 11/25, Mabee Center, oruathletics.com TU Men’s Basketball vs Central Arkansas // 11/25, Reynolds Center, tulsahurricane.com ORU Men’s Basketball vs Oakland // 11/27, Mabee Center, oruathletics.com TU Men’s Basketball vs UTSA // 11/28, Reynolds Center, tulsahurricane.com TU Women’s Basketball vs ORU // 11/29, Reynolds Center, tulsahurricane.com TU Women’s Basketball vs Arkansas - Pine Bluff // 12/5, Reynolds Center, tulsahurricane.com ARTS & CULTURE // 37
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ulsa’s Girls Club occupies this town’s genre of “No Genre at All.” Contemporary bands like Gogo Plumbay and Guardant have flown the Tulsa flag of the hard-to-pin-down. That banner has long been on display here, from freak punks like The Illegitimate Sons of Jackie O all the way back to a sound so diverse it became internationally known as “The Tulsa Sound.” Girls Club’s iconoclastic ‘90s indie-disco-fuzz-n-shred is refined on their second album, Polyglamorous, which drops this month. Following the Tulsa tradition of double-bass-guitar bands like Northside Hot Dogs and Snorlaxx and complementing current groups like Duclau and Police Academy 2, Girls Club eschew six thin strings for a thicker and eightfold, low-end attack. Perhaps more spiritually than sonically, they jive with the late-‘90s/ early-aughts culture of dancy post-hardcore. Think Milemarker, Dismemberment Plan, or Death from Above. But add some Weezer and a musical theater background. The group originally formed as a cover band around 2013, hanging out and playing songs by Bette Midler, Billy Joel, and others, but never left the practice space. When bassist Airon and singer Lindsay Wessinger married that same year, the band effectively died. They regrouped to write originals and released their debut album, Lavender Scare, in 2016. Their sound may be difficult to define, but Airon simply describes them as “two girls, two basses, a drummer, and a Moog.” The “two girls” part of that descript and the year following President Pussy Grabber’s election have informed the tone of GC’s new album. “I think since the election we’ve gotten … I don’t wanna say ‘angsty,’ ‘cause that makes me think pop punk … but we are darker and angrier,” said Lindsay. 38 // MUSIC
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Girls Club release second album, Polyglamorous by MITCH GILLIAM That darkness and angriness produced such songs as “Not Me.” In the song, which is a driving Motorhead-meets-Grandaddy downpicker, Lindsay yells a list of things she certainly is not. They include “your girl,” “your slut,” “your bitch,” and “your wet dream.” Lindsay says the track was inspired in part by the 2017 Women’s March. Tracks like “Working Class Queer” are written from bassist/ singer Jess DiPesa’s perspective as a trans woman.
“On this album, there are references to things within queer culture that might not be recognizable to people outside of it,” DiPesa said. “But anyone who’s done any reading, or just seen ‘Cruising,’ knows what I’m talking about.” “Working Class Queer” starts with a harmonized dual-bass Sabbath lead, before settling into a hefty blues swagger, above which DiPesa narrates her trip to an Okie honky-tonk. “Hell yes I’m in your bar; I’m looking for a rough trade,” she
sings. “So, you can fuck me or fight me, the choice is yours. But I’m not going down lightly, hang onto your drawers.” Other standouts include “Sweat and Regret” and the opener, “Ruff Girlz.” “Regret” is a morose disco track, reminiscent of Ladytron and Moneybrother, about the seduction of the naive at the hands of the ill-intentioned. Swelling horns and a four-on-the-floor beat soundtrack an aspiring starlet’s trip to a dancehall that descends into a “killing floor” as the perceived adoration of the crowd is exposed as a desire to dehumanize. “Ruff ” is a synth-led rocker with shades of The Anniversary, all about the bad chicks scaring the good boys. “No ruffles and lace, all my leather and chains make you afraid cuz I’m too ruff,” Lindsay sings. “We don’t have songs about love,” Lindsay said. “But we have songs about sex.” The almost 8-minute “Animal” is a sweaty disco doom epic attesting to that notion. The band derives their unique sound from a rare rock ‘n’ roll political structure: a democracy comprised of four songwriters in place of one dictator. “There is no El Capitan guiding the ship,” Airon said. Each member brings either a song or a “seed” of one to practice, and from there they build. Even though drummer Brian Voris usually “plays the shit out of the drums and then leaves,” according to Lindsay, any time he speaks up in songwriting, the band listens and applies his suggestions. The group will celebrate the release of Polyglamorous with a happy hour show at The Soundpony. a
POLYGLAMOROUS ALBUM RELEASE SHOW Soundpony, 409 N. Main St. November 19, 6 p.m.
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she said. “I turned the TV off and turned some music on shuffle. I was telling myself to get it together because I had to perform in a few hours, and ‘What’s Going On?’ by Marvin Gaye came on.” The show will feature performances by the aforementioned Brujo Roots, Cucumber and the Suntans’ Mike Gilliland, Desi and Cody, and many others. “I basically reached out to all my friends who play music and asked who was willing to donate their time and prepare songs for
a show like this,” she said. “The number of people wanting to be involved has been amazing. I also encouraged people to collaborate with other musicians who aren’t in bands with them that they normally wouldn’t have the chance to work with. So, everyone has kind of been preparing and practicing on their own.” “I just want everyone to feel heard, and I want to start a dialogue,” Zumwalt said. “I want people to talk to each other about these heavy and important issues
we are all facing. We can’t change anything if we don’t talk about it.” Some proceeds from the event will benefit the Iron Gate food program at Trinity Episcopal Church. There will also be a coat and blanket drive to keep Tulsa’s less fortunate warm this winter. a
What’s Going On? Songs for a Better World The Colony, 2809 S. Harvard Ave. November 18, 9:30 p.m. $7 cover
LIVING THE QUESTION Music review seeks to start a conversation by MITCH GILLIAM
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n Saturday, November 18, a sizeable collection of Tulsa musicians will assemble at the Colony and ask, “What’s going on?” The event, curated by Delaney Zumwalt, is titled “What’s Going On? Songs for a Better World.” The night will feature 15 performances total, including four full bands assembled from the talented lineup. “It’ll be set up kind of like an open mic,” Zumwalt said. “We have solo artists, and we have duos and trios of musicians trying out new collaborations with people they haven’t performed with before. And there will be recognizable covers, of course, but plenty of original material as well.” Performances will be bookended by artists’ explanations of their original compositions or cover choices. Zumwalt booked the slot in early August but switched the scope of the evening after the white supremacist demonstration—and ensuing fatal clash between counter-protesters—in Charlottesville, Virginia. “I remember getting ready for a Brujo Roots gig and seeing that report on the news and just crying,” THE TULSA VOICE // November 15 – December 5, 2017
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musiclistings Wed // Nov 15 Mercury Lounge – *Jared Tyler & Seth Lee Jones Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Eicher Wednesdays River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Jacob Dement River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Randy Brumley Soul City – Don & Steve White Soundpony – Live Band Heavy Metal Karaoke w/ Satanico and the Demon Seeds The Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project Wyld Hawgz – Open Mic
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – OSU Jazz Orchestra w/ Tommy Poole & Seamus Blake – ($5-$20) River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Ladies Lock In, Midland, Chris Foster River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Dan Arnold Soul City – Bruner & Eicher Soundpony – *Girls Club Album Release Party - Happy Hour Show Soundpony – Waving up!, Paris Chariz, Jerry Manna Starlite – *The Shelter People, The Dull Drums The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing Wyld Hawgz – Exposure Rock Jam
Thurs // Nov 16
Mon // Nov 20
Fassler Hall – Slow Dreamer, Sleeping Jesus Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Rusty Myers Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – The Hi-Fidelics, Kidd Ray Lefty’s On Greenwood – Dane Arnold & The Soup Mercury Lounge – Paul Benjaman River Spirit Casino – Caleb Fellenstein River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Jake Flint Soul City – The Begonias The Colony – Jacob Tovar’s Thirst Wyld Hawgz – Circle
Fri // Nov 17 Beehive Lounge – Through Being Cool Blackbird On Pearl – Groovement – ($10) Brady Theater – Blue October, Missio, Panic - A Smiths and Morrissey Tribute – ($26) Cain’s Ballroom – Randy Rogers Band, Corey Kent White – ($22-$37) Centennial Lounge – Rachel Bachman, Community Center, Roseate Fragments Fair Fellow Coffee – *Endless Forms album release w/ DANIEL(((S))), The New Honey Shade Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Lucas Gates Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Darren Ray, Big Daddy Lefty’s On Greenwood – Gypsy Cold Cuts Mercury Lounge – Paul Benjaman River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Brent Giddens River Spirit Casino - Paradise Cove – Alabama – (SOLD OUT) River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Mike Wilson and Tom Hanford Soul City – KALO Soundpony – Steph Simon - Happy Hour Show Soundpony – DJ Whynot The Colony – Gene Williams Band, Dan Martin – ($5) The Vanguard – Brandy Clark, Szlachetka, The Tiptons – ($20-$25) The Venue Shrine – Swan Lake Gentleman’s Society – ($10) Woody Guthrie Center – *Ellis Paul – ($20) Wyld Hawgz – Empire Yeti – The Dull Drums, The Earslips, Contra
Sat // Nov 18 Bad Ass Renee’s – Madewell, Follow The Buzzards Blackbird On Pearl – *Freak Juice, Paul Benjaman – ($5) Centennial Lounge – Little Car, Roseate Fragments Fassler Hall – DJ Kylie Fur Shop – The Alive, The Plums Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Groege Brothers Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Double Barrel, Queens Blvd Lefty’s On Greenwood – Faye Moffett, FM Band Mercury Lounge – Opal Agafia and the Sweet Nothings River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Zodiac River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – The Duo Soundpony – Latinos in Da House Spinster Records – Paddlefish, Noun Verb Adjective, Ramona and the Phantoms The Colony – What’s Going On - Songs for a Better World w/ Delaney Zumwalt, Desi and Cody, Dane Arnold, Brujo Roots, Smoochie Wallus and more – ($7) The Vanguard – Space4Lease, The Ivy, Future Tapes – ($10) The Venue Shrine – Slaine and Termanology – ($15) Woody Guthrie Center – Levi Parham and Guests – ($18) Wyld Hawgz – Wicked Season
Sun // Nov 19 Fur Shop – Dan Martin Mercury Lounge – Brandon Clark 40 // MUSIC
Fur Shop – Open Mic Mercury Lounge – Chris Blevins River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Marriotts River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Jacob Tovar Soundpony – Mean Motor Scooter Spinster Records – Cucumber and the Suntans The Colony – Seth Lee Jones Yeti – The Situation
Tues // Nov 21 Centennial Lounge – Dave Les Smith and Friends Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Wayne Garner Lefty’s On Greenwood – Olivia Duhon Mercury Lounge – *Wink Burcham & Jacob Tovar Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Scott Musick Dos Capos River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Brent Giddens Soul City – Dustin Pittsley The Colony – Singer Songwriter Night The Vanguard – Cut The Tongue, 40 Ounce, Bloodmoney, Impede – ($10) Yeti – Writers’ Night
Wed // Nov 22 Cain’s Ballroom – Rittz, Sam Lachow, Eric Biddines, Rae Rock – ($20-$75) Fassler Hall – MONTU Mercury Lounge – Jared Tyler & Seth Lee Jones Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Eicher Wednesdays River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Jacob Dement River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Randy Brumley Soul City – Don & Steve White The Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project Wyld Hawgz – Open Mic
The Vanguard – My So Called Band – ($10) The Venue Shrine – Let’s Zeppelin – ($10) Yeti – Acid Daddies w/ Kova, Nick at Nite, The Runaway, Astronoize, Mark Taylor, Heady, Foxy, Red Topazz
Sat // Nov 25 Blackbird On Pearl – *Dave Les Smith, Chris Blevins, Lauren Barth, Chloe Johns, Steve Liddell Cain’s Ballroom – *Cancer Sucks Concert w/ Aranda, Sweatin Bullets – ($13) Fassler Hall – Darku J Fur Shop – Jillian Holzbauer, W.T. Newton, Gravedancer Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Rivers Edge Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Chris Hyde Lefty’s On Greenwood – DJ Harvey Mercury Lounge – *The Shelter People, Golden Ones, Carlton Hesston River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Hi-Fidelics River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Wesley Hayes Soundpony – DJ Sweet Baby Jaysus The Colony – Seth Lee Jones Band – ($5) The Vanguard – Out of Sink, Keeping Secrets, Class Zero, Burning Icarus – ($10) The Venue Shrine – King Nip & Megalodon Present Soul Fest – ($10) Yeti – Poison Boys, The Stiffies, Tight Rope
Sun // Nov 26 Fur Shop – Of Tree, Endless Forms Mercury Lounge – Brandon Clark Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Luisza Cornelius – ($5-$20) River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Chris Foster River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Dane Arnold Soul City – Bruner & Eicher Soundpony – The Mutha Funk, The Jazz Daddy - Happy Hour Show The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing Wyld Hawgz – Exposure Rock Jam
Mon // Nov 27 Centennial Lounge – Dave Les Smith and Friends Fur Shop – Open Mic Mercury Lounge – Chris Blevins River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Marriotts River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Jacob Tovar The Colony – Seth Lee Jones Yeti – The Situation
Tues // Nov 28
Blackbird On Pearl – Higher Education – ($5) Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Old School Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Todd East, The Rosey Hips Mercury Lounge – Paul Benjaman River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Caleb Fellenstein River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Jake Flint Soundpony – Afistaface The Colony – Chris Blevins Yeti – The Earslips, Cucumber and the Suntans
Cain’s Ballroom – GWAR, Ghoul, He Is Legend, U.S. Bastards – ($20-$35) Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Travis Marvin Hard Rock Casino - The Joint – Roots and Boots w/ Aaron Tippin, Sammy Kershaw, Collin Raye – ($35-$55) Lefty’s On Greenwood – Bishop Marsh, Josh Westbrook, Nelson Gonzalez, Chris Peters Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham & Jacob Tovar Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Scott Musick Dos Capos River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Brent Giddens Soul City – Dustin Pittsley The Colony – Singer Songwriter Night The Vanguard – Little Image, Moonshine Miracle, Manta Rays, The Brothers Moore – ($10) Yeti – Writers’ Night
Fri // Nov 24
Wed // Nov 29
Bad Ass Renee’s – Follow The Buzzards, Soap Box Okies, Kovalent, Midday Static Blackbird On Pearl – Mike Hosty – ($5) Brady Theater – Brit Floyd – ($29.50-$49.50) Cain’s Ballroom – *Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Cody Canada & The Departed – ($18-$33) Centennial Lounge – Hey Judy Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Rod Robertson Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Jacob Dement, Satellite Lefty’s On Greenwood – Tacit Mercury Lounge – Electric Rag Band Black Friday Blowout River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Tiptons River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – The Duo Soundpony – Milk and Knives The Colony – *Combsy – ($5)
BOK Center – Katy Perry, Purity Ring – ($50.50-$150.50) Cain’s Ballroom – *The Revivalists, Southern Avenue – ($25-$40) Mercury Lounge – Jared Tyler & Seth Lee Jones Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Eicher Wednesdays – ($10) River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Jacob Dement River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Randy Brumley Soul City – Don & Steve White The Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project Wyld Hawgz – Open Mic
Thurs // Nov 23
Thurs // Nov 30 Cain’s Ballroom – Whiskey Myers, Shane Smith & The Saints – ($15-$30) Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Brandon Butler Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Scott Ellison, Motordog Mercury Lounge – Paul Benjaman River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Caleb Fellenstein River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Jake Flint Soul City – The Begonias The Colony – Jacob Tovar’s Thirst The Vanguard – DigiTour – ($25) Wyld Hawgz – Joey & Bria
Fri // Dec 1 BOK Center – Amy Grant & Michael W. Smith – ($39.50$125) Cain’s Ballroom – *John Moreland, Aaron Lee Tasjan – ($15-$30) Centennial Lounge – Richelle Sigrist Mercury Lounge – Hard Candy Christmas w/ Sunny Swinney, Jammie Lin Wilson, Brenne Leigh, Courtney Patton Soul City – *Boogie Wonderland: An Earth Wind And Fire Tribute w/ Multiphonic Funk – ($10) Soundpony – Soft Leather The Colony – Gypsy Twang, And Then There Were Two – ($5) The Hunt Club – Hosty The Vanguard – The Music of Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac w/ Insider and Little Lies – ($10-$30)
Sat // Dec 2 Bad Ass Renee’s – The Okie Tramps Blackbird On Pearl – Jake Flint BOK Center – Lindsey Stirling, Alexander Jean – ($32.50$62.50) Cain’s Ballroom – Riverfield Rocks – ($15) Mercury Lounge – The Black Lillies Soundpony – Soul Night The Colony – *Brujo Roots, Dane Arnold & The Soup – ($5) The Hunt Club – *Erin O’Dowd Album Release The Vanguard – *Punk Rock Flea Market After-Party w/ Violent Affair, Loose Wires, The Stiffies, The Penny Mob – ($5) The Venue Shrine – Destro, Harnish, Madewell, Scorned, Machine in the Mountain – ($5)
Sun // Dec 3 Mercury Lounge – Brandon Clark River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Chris Foster River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Dane Arnold Soul City – Bruner & Eicher Soundpony – Earthling The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing The Hunt Club – Stingy Gringos Open Reggae Jam The Vanguard – Whitney Fenimore, Shilo Gold, gary Carpentier, Nathan Graham – ($15)
Mon // Dec 4 Cain’s Ballroom – *Phoenix, Cold War Kids, Arkells – ($40-$55) Centennial Lounge – Dave Les Smith and Friends Fur Shop – Open Mic Mercury Lounge – Chris Blevins River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Marriotts River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Jacob Tovar The Colony – Seth Lee Jones The Vanguard – The Wrecks, Brick + Mortar, Lovelytheband – ($12-$14) Yeti – The Situation
Tues // Dec 5 Brady Theater – Straight No Chaser – ($30-$50) Cain’s Ballroom – *The Wood Brothers, Sean McConnell – ($20-$35) Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham & Jacob Tovar Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Scott Musick Dos Capos River Spirit Casino - Volcano Stage – Brent Giddens Soul City – Dustin Pittsley The Colony – Singer Songwriter Night Yeti – Writers’ Night
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round 2013, Nathaniel Davis, Mia Riddle, and Ambrose Sunday met at gatherings for the Oklahoma Movie Makers group, a twelveyear-old grassroots collective dedicated to educating and inspiring local filmmakers. They worked on one another’s short films and their collaborative first feature, “The Wretched,” a horror-comedy about three porn stars trapped in a haunted bed-and-breakfast—all of which they’ll present with a Q&A and giveaways at Circle Cinema on November 19 at 7 p.m.
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MIA RIDDLE: Actually, I only like making horror films. I don’t like watching them.
NATHANIEL DAVIS: Ambrose loves blood. O’SHANSKY: Mia, tell me a little about “The Creeper.” RIDDLE: [Producer and editor] Jeff Johns first told me about “The Creeper.” He said he wanted me to direct. I was so unprepared. This was the first script someone wanted me to direct. I was super nervous. I filmed the entire thing, and Jeff edited it. I really wanted this film to look professionally shot and I think I hit that, for the amount of experience I had. O’SHANSKY: That was your directorial debut? 42 // FILM & TV
DAVIS: We were wanting to work on a project, but we didn’t know exactly what. I had written a couple of screenplays but didn’t have anything quite finished. I ended up writing the opening to “The Wretched” and sending it Mia’s way. She seemed to respond [well] to it, and it just kind of built from there. We had try to figure out how to shoot it on the cheap. SUNDAY: Yeah, that’s the normal guide to independent filmmaking. Push your limits and go as cheap as possible.
JOE O’SHANSKY: Tell me about your short films. You seem to be into horror.
AMBROSE SUNDAY: [“The Hook Up”] is a short my friend Dustyn came up with. It’s about a serial killer who gets what he deserves. The script was very funny to me, for some odd reason. We decided to go ahead and film it because it was very short. I added some complications to the script, such as a little more blood—okay, a lot more blood [laughs]. But it was already storyboarded and written when I got ahold of it.
O’SHANSKY: Tell me about “The Wretched” and how you came to collaborate on it.
Three filmmakers discuss collaboration and making mistakes by JOE O’SHANSKY Ambrose Sunday and Nathaniel Davis; Mia Riddle not pictured. | GREG BOLLINGER
RIDDLE: No, that was the first time I had directed someone else’s work. I had participated in the 24 Hour Video Race [at Living Arts] and won the two times I entered. O’SHANSKY: Nathaniel, tell me a little about “Mika,” especially how you came to shoot in Japan. DAVIS: I was visiting a buddy, and one of the things I wanted to do while up there was to shoot a short film. Luckily they knew actors. Japanese actors are excited to work with an American. There was a bit of a hurdle to cross as far as translation [goes], so I had to spend a lot of time shooting video examples. Luckily they were really hype to work on the film, which made the experience a little easier. They didn’t quite get the script at first, but I explained to them
that it was as if Alfred Hitchcock had directed a Jerry Lewis movie, and suddenly they completely understood. Basically it’s about a screenwriter who is given the opportunity of a lifetime if he can finish a new script in a couple of days. His wife is injured in an accident, causing him to divide his time between writing and taking care of her. As his wife begins to take up more and more of his time and the deadline draws nearer, the writer succumbs to madness. It’s very tongue-andcheek. O’SHANSKY: That sounds weird and serendipitous. DAVIS: It really was. I had Hello Kitty coffee to celebrate when we wrapped.
RIDDLE: “The Wretched” was a complete learning experience. There are some things I would do differently, and there are some things I wouldn’t do at all. I feel a little indifferent about the way it turned out. Like this is one of those films that you kind of laugh at when you get older. I have never been more worn out in my entire life. DAVIS: “The Wretched” was a two-year odyssey. We pretty much made every possible mistake there is. There were some re-castings, which was heartbreaking but necessary, unfortunately. Everybody in the production busted their butts making this thing. We stayed up an insane number of hours, shot an insane number of days in a row, and pretty much ate tacos and pizza for weeks, but this is the sacrifice you make for the art of filmmaking. O’SHANSKY: That sounds glorious. And a little like my life. Minus the shooting a film part. So you’re happy with it? DAVIS: I love the way it’s turned out. This could have been a complete train wreck, but I definitely feel confident with the final product. It is insanely glorious. Wouldn’t trade it for anything. a
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On November 10, TYPros hosted it’s seventh annual Boomtown Awards, celebrating Tulsans who attract and retain young, creative talent to the region and enhance Tulsa’s sense of place. Congratulations to this year’s award winners!
CHRIS LILLY, LILLY ARCHITECTS
BILL KNIGHT, BILL KNIGHT FORD
The Creative Catalyst Award
The Leadership Legacy Award
CHASE HEALEY, AMERICAN SOLERA
DAVID JANKOWSKY, FRANCIS RENEWABLE ENERGY
The Spotlight Award
The Environmental Crusader Award
ALEX GOLIMBIEVSKY, HIRE360
TULSA DREAM CENTER
The Entrepreneurial Vision Award
The Urban Advocate Award
JOSE VEGA
LISA REGAN, THE GARDEN DEVA
The Inclusive Leadership Award
The Making Tulsa Awesome Award
KRIS STEELE
DEMARCO MORGAN, CBS NEWS The BYOB (Be Your Own Boom) Award
The Civic Engagement Award
2017 BOOMTOWN AWARD WINNER:
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GREETINGS, PROGRAMS! Starcade is an 8-bit time capsule by JOE O’SHANSKY “Starcade” is available on ShoutFactoryTV | COURTESY
MINIATURIZED RETRO GAME SYSTEMS from Nintendo, Sega, and Atari have been flying off the shelves, into the hands of 21st-century gamers and nostalgia fetishists alike. They are to the cold ubiquity of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One what comfort food is to high-end fusion cuisines. It’s a distinction that complements the seminal, hidden ‘80s gem of “Starcade,” television’s first game show in which the players competed live on vintage arcade consoles—and all four seasons of which can now be found at ShoutFactoryTV. The format is weirdly conventional, yet all its own. Two contestants, matched by their abilities, irrespective of age, race, or gender, are asked a trivia question about games. Whoever wins gets to pick from the five games available—from a raft of mint-condition classics—each player racking up as many points as possible in 50 seconds. During the penultimate round there’s a Jeopardy-esque video Daily Double (Alex
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Trebek was initially meant to host) where contestants have to guess three out of four game screens to win a special prize before the final battle—which determines who gets to take home the grand prize (generally a kick-ass arcade console). In a target-rich environment, it’s hard to nail down what is so charming about “Starcade.” Its of-its-time set decoration and vintage fashions (worn by smiling, fresh-faced, purposeful ‘80s kids with bowl cuts), quirky theme song, cheesy announcer voiceovers (from the often-snarky Kevin McMahan), and antiquated consolation prizes collectively give the feeling of sinking into a comfortable chair with a cup of cocoa. At age 52, host Geoff Edwards seemed an odd fit for the demographic. An early-era broadcasting Renaissance man who moved between radio, newswriting, acting, and—ultimately—game show hosting, Edwards seemed to have an incongruous depth of knowledge about the games for such a gee-whizz, square-looking, suitand-tie guy. He looked like he stepped straight off the set of “Let’s Make a Deal.” Edwards knew nothing about the games when he got the job, but he immersed himself, becoming a life-long gamer until his death in 2014. But the games were the real stars. It’s incredibly satisfying to see kids blasting away on classics like Sinistar, Tron, and Star Wars, jumping barrels in Donkey Kong, and maneuvering Dirk the Daring through diabolical dangers in Dragon’s Lair, which was groundbreaking in the ‘80s. One of the reasons the show almost didn’t get picked up was the executive’s bafflement as to why people would want to watch others play video games on television. Clearly, he was never the kid without quarters at a real arcade. a
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Poverty in The Magic Kingdom ‘THE FLORIDA PROJECT’ SHOWS LIFE IN THE SHADOW OF THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH JUXTAPOSING WALT DISNEY WORLD AND those on its fringes, “The Florida Project” highlights our country’s stark class divide and tells a scrappy fairytale that illuminates the contrast in intimate ways—with joy, honesty, and anguish. “The Florida Project” is a consistent follow-up for Sean Baker, a burgeoning auteur of micro-budget filmmaking. His previous indie “Tangerine” followed transgender L.A. hookers on a revenge mission against a pimp. Now he jumps coasts to extend humanity to others who mostly receive condescending pity or scorn. Then and now, Baker explores lives on the societal margins with a vibrant visual flair. “Tangerine” was shot on an iPhone with miraculous results, and it pops on 35mm film. Along with color and energy, Baker depicts his subjects with a delight that seems lost on other patronizing filmmakers. But he doesn’t sanitize or beatify. On the contrary, one of the strengths of “The Florida Project” is its candid study of poor people. Some are genuinely working to improve their lot, but others work to game the system as they also rage against it with victimized entitlement. Baker’s portrayal here is non-judgmental, but it is frank. In being so, it triggers prejudices—perhaps even latent ones—we may hold against the poor. Baker sees them only with compassion, destructive faults and all. Set at a budget motel in Orlando over the course of one summer, “The Florida
Project” follows the lives of residents who exist on the poverty line. We enter this world through a group of kids, led by a very precocious six-year-old girl named Moonee (newcomer Brooklynn Prince). Mostly unsupervised and playfully foul-mouthed, they’re very resourceful in creating fun and mischief for themselves, occasionally getting into trouble. Through their antics, we see the surrounding neighborhood of gloriously kitschy architecture, where cheap businesses cater to those who can’t afford the high price of entering Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. The neighborhood is home to the story’s central motel, called The Magic Castle, which typifies the area’s glut of opportunistic cut-rate ripoffs. It’s run by Bobby Hicks (Willem Dafoe), a rare person whose motives are truly altruistic, despite how often his patience and grace are tested. Dafoe imbues Bobby with a benevolent soul, serving as Baker’s non-preachy exemplar of the better-off engaging with those who aren’t. Bobby spends part of his time applying a fresh layer of pastel purple paint to The Magic Castle, a project that serves as a perfect metaphor for the film’s first half. Baker paints a colorful kid-filtered coat over the cycle of poverty, but in hour two that paint starts to chip, peel, and fall away. Baker isn’t presumptuous enough to offer solutions or an indictment. “The Florida Project” exists purely to offer empathy and solidarity, right through to its heartbreaking finish. —JEFF HUSTON
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A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE CIRCLE CINEMA OPENING NOVEMBER 17 THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER A well-to-do family falls apart when a teenage boy begins to act in sinister ways. Starring Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman, from director Yorgos Lanthimos. Rated R
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LATE TO THE PARTY ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ is the best of the Thor films
OPENING NOVEMBER 22 LADY BIRD A mother works hard to keep her family afloat while struggling in her relationship with her strong-willed teenage daughter. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, and Tulsa’s Tracy Letts. Directorial debut of Greta Gerwig. Rated R
by JOE O’SHANSKY I’M NOT GOING TO LIE. In the same way James Gunn got me excited about “Guardians of the Galaxy,” I already wanted to love “Thor: Ragnarok”—largely because of the involvement of Taika Waititi. Waititi, the New Zealander who cut his teeth acting and directing with friends on features like “Eagle vs. Shark” and “Boy,” as well as fan-favorite shows like “Flight of the Conchords,” broke out with 2014’s “What We Do in the Shadows,” a reality TV comedy about vampires navigating their unpopularity in a modern world. He graduated to serious critical acclaim with one of 2016’s best films, “Hunt for the Wilderpeople.” Both were upstart indie jewels that showed Waititi had carte blanche for his vision. So in the vein of Gunn, Josh Trank, and Colin Trevorrow (“Guardians,” “Fantastic Four,” and the non-Marvel franchise “Jurassic World,” respectively) Marvel snatched up Waititi to helm a mega-budget, FX-laden, continuation of the Thor films. Fortunately, it worked out. After the events of “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Ragnarok” picks up with Thor (Chris Hemsworth) in a Bond-esque cold open, trapped by a demon who promises the death of Asgard in a prophesied tribulation called Ragnarok. Learning of the absence of his father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins), Thor returns to Asgard only to find his brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) attending to the downfall of
Rome. Odin’s absence has allowed the return of the Goddess of Death, Hela (Cate Blanchett) who is anxious to begin her dominion over the Nine Worlds of Asgard. Waititi’s oddball sense of humor complements the character of Thor, a doofus who happens to be a God—one of the reasons Hemsworth, with his game comic timing and chiseled looks, was perfectly cast. And like Gunn, Waititi channels his influences inside a stand-alone story that has larger repercussions in the Marvelverse. Hat tips to “Mad Max” and “Willy Wonka” (with Jeff Goldblum’s Grandmaster) and “Flash Gordon” pepper the plot— the middle act of which almost sidelines the threat of Hela to explore the “Planet Hulk” arc (after “Ultron” Bruce Banner goes missing for two years), culminating in a funny, borderline buddy-cop comedy where Thor assembles his own band of misfit badasses to save his world. Thunderously crowd-pleasing it is. “Thor: Ragnarok” is the best of the Thor films, and in the pantheon of Marvel flicks it’s Top Three material—particularly after the flaccid “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” I’m not sure how much any of that means after a decade of safe, serialized, streamlined Marvel hits. With the mad box office, they’ll probably try and give Waititi a “Star Wars” flick. I hope he’ll say no and follow the path of David Gordon Green—not Rian Johnson. a
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OPENING NOVEMBER 24 NOVITIATE A teenager trains to become a nun in the early 1960s as the Catholic Church undergoes dramatic changes. Co-starring Oscar winner Melissa Leo. Rated R
OPENING DECEMBER 1 THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI A grieving mother rents three billboards to target the local sheriff over his failure to find the man who raped and killed her daughter. Starring Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson. Rated R
SPECIAL EVENTS FOLLIES: NT LIVE Revival of the Stephen Sondheim classic, produced by the U.K. National Theatre, starring Imelda Staunton. Adults $18; Seniors $17 (Thursday, Nov. 16, 5:45 p.m.)
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE Graveyard Shift presents this 1974 low-budget phantasmagoria about a disfigured composer who sells his soul so that the woman he loves will sing his music. (Friday, Nov. 17 and Saturday, Nov. 18, 10 p.m.) GREY MATTER A new documentary that explores female incarceration in Oklahoma. (Saturday, Nov. 18, 11 a.m. & 12:10 p.m.) LIVE FROM THE TISDALE Short concert film featuring hiphop/funk music of Tulsa artist Steph Simon. (Sunday, Nov. 19, 6 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.) THE WRETCHED A horror film by Tulsa’s Bearded Dragon Films about three women who try to stay the night in a haunted bed & breakfast. Q&A with filmmaker Nathaniel Davis follows. (Sunday, Nov. 19, 7 p.m.) ALL THE QUEEN’S HORSES Documentary about Rita Crundwell, a horse breeder that embezzled over $50 million from the city of Dixon, Illinois. (Friday, Nov. 24, 7 p.m.) THE BREAKFAST CLUB The classic John Hughes film, with special guest John Kapelos (“Carl the Janitor”). Meet & Greet with Kapelos starts at 6 p.m. Q&A with Kapelos after the film. Tickets are $20. (Saturday, Nov. 25, 8 p.m.) MAY IT LAST: THE AVETT BROTHERS Encore presentation of this documentary about the making of the 2016 hit album “True Sadness.” (Thursday, Nov. 30, 7 p.m.) YOUNG MARX: NT LIVE A new comedy directed by Nicholas Hytner, from London’s Bridge Theatre. By the team behind “One Man, Two Guvnors.” Adults $18; Seniors $17 (Thursday, Dec. 7, 6 p.m.)
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free will astrology by ROB BREZSNY
SCORPIO
(OCT. 23-NOV. 21):
“ Everything that can be invented has been invented.” - Charles H. Duell, Director of the U.S. Patent Office, 1899. “ Heavier-thanair flying machines are impossible.” - Lord Kelvin, President, Royal Society, 1895. “All the music that can be written has already been written. We’re just repeating the past.” - 19th-century composer Tschaikovsky. “ Video won’t be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a box every night.” - filmmaker Darryl F. Zanuck, commenting on television in 1946. I hope I’ve provided enough evidence to convince you to be faithful to your innovative ideas, Scorpio. Don’t let skeptics or conventional thinkers waylay you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Of all the signs in the zodiac, you Sagittarians are most likely to buy a lottery ticket that has the winning numbers. But you’re also more likely than everyone else to throw the ticket in a drawer and forget about it, or else leave it in your jeans when you do the laundry, rendering the ticket unreadable. Please don’t be like that in the coming weeks. Make sure you do what’s necessary to fully cash in on the good fortune that life will be making available. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the game of basketball, if a player is fouled by a member of the opposing team, he is given a “free throw.” While standing 15 feet away, he takes a leisurely shot at the basket without having to deal with any defenders. Studies show that a player is most likely to succeed at this task if he shoots the ball underhanded. Yet virtually no professionals ever do this. Why? Because it doesn’t look cool. Everyone opts to shoot free throws overhand, even though it’s not as effective a technique. Weird! Let’s invoke this as a metaphor for your life in the coming weeks, Capricorn. In my astrological opinion, you’ll be more likely to accomplish good and useful things if you’re willing to look uncool. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1991, Aquarius rock star Axl Rose recorded the song “November Rain” with his band Guns N’ Roses. It had taken him eight years to compose it. Before it was finally ready for prime time, he had to whittle it down from an 18-minute-long epic to a more succint nine-minute ballad. I see the coming weeks as a time when you should strive to complete work on your personal equivalent of Axl’s opus. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Thomas Edison was a prolific inventor whose work led to the creation of electric lights, recorded music, movies, and much more. When he was 49 years old, he met Henry Ford, a younger innovator who was at the beginning of his illustrious career. Ford told Edison about his hopes to develop and manufacture low-cost automobiles, and the older man responded with an emphatic endorsement. Ford later said this was the first time anyone had given him any encouragement. Edison’s approval “was worth worlds” to him. I predict, Pisces, that you will receive comparable inspiration from a mentor or guide or teacher in the next nine months. Be on the lookout for that person. ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Many people go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after,” observed Henry David Thoreau. The spirit of Thoreau’s observation is true about every one of us to some extent. From time to time, we all try to satisfy our desires in the wrong location, with the wrong tools, and with the wrong people. But I’m happy to announce that his epigram is less true for you now than it has ever been. In the coming months, you will have an unusually good chance to know exactly what you want, be in the right place at the right time to get it, and still want it after you get it. And it all starts now. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I predict that during the next ten months, you will generate personal power and good fortune as you ripen your skills at creating interesting forms of intimacy. Get started! Here are some tips to keep in mind. 1. All relationships have problems. Every single one, no exceptions! So you should cultivate relationships that bring you useful and educational problems. 2. Be very clear about the qualities you do and don’t want at the core of your most important alliances. 3.
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Were there past events that still obstruct you from weaving the kind of togetherness that’s really good for you? Use your imagination to put those events behind you forever. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You may be entertaining an internal dialog that sounds something like this: “I need a clear yes or a definitive no … a tender revelation or a radical revolution … a lesson in love or a cleansing sex marathon — but I’m not sure which! Should I descend or ascend? Plunge deeper down, all the way to the bottom? Or zip higher up, in a heedless flight into the wide open spaces? Would I be happier in the poignant embrace of an intense commitment or in the wild frontier where none of the old rules can follow me? I can’t decide! I don’t know which part of my mind I should trust!” If you do hear those thoughts in your brain, Gemini, here’s my advice: There’s no rush to decide. What’s healthiest for your soul is to bask in the uncertainty for a while. CANCER (June 21-July 22): According to storyteller Michael Meade, ancient Celtic culture believed that “a person was born through three forces: the coming together of the mother and father, an ancestral spirit’s wish to be reborn, and the involvement of a god or goddess.” Even if you don’t think that’s literally true, the coming weeks will be a favorable time to have fun fantasizing it is. That’s because you’re in a phase when contemplating your origins can invigorate your spiritual health and attract good fortune into your life. So start with the Celtic theory, and go on from there. Which of your ancestors may have sought to live again through you? Which deity might have had a vested interest in you being born? What did you come to this earth to accomplish? Which of your innate potentials have you yet to fully develop, and what can you do to further develop them? LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I predict that starting today and during the next ten months, you will learn more about treating yourself kindly and making yourself happy than you have in years. You will mostly steer clear of the mindset that regards life as a numbing struggle for mere survival. You will regularly dream up creative ideas about how to have more fun while attending to the mundane tasks in your daily rhythm. Here’s the question I hope you will ask yourself every morning for the next 299 days: “How can I love myself wth devotion and ingenuity?”
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): This may be the most miscellaneous horoscope I’ve ever created for you. That’s apropos, given the fact that you’re a multifaceted quick-change artist these days. Here’s your sweet mess of oracles. 1. If the triumph you seek isn’t humbling, it’s not the right triumph. 2. You may have an odd impulse to reclaim or recoup something that you have not in fact lost. 3. Before transmutation is possible, you must pay a debt. 4. Don’t be held captive by your beliefs. 5. If you’re given a choice between profane and sacred love, choose sacred. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The next ten months will be an ideal time to revise and revamp your approach to education. To take maximum advantage of the potentials, create a master plan to get the training and knowledge you’ll need to thrive for years to come. At first, it may be a challenge to acknowledge that you have a lot more to learn. The comfort-loving part of your nature may be resistant to contemplating the hard work it will require to expand your worldview and enhance your skills. But once you get started, you’ll quickly find the process becoming easier and more pleasurable.
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THE FUZZ THE TULSA VOICE SPOTLIGHTS: TULSA SPCA
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KANDI is an energetic, twoyear-old mixed breed dog who loves to play the day away. She should be the only pet in the home because she wants all the attention of her person. If you are looking for a loyal and affectionate companion who’s always ready to make you smile, Kandi is the dog for you!
ACROSS 1 Frank affirmation 7 Laundromat staples 13 Successfully participate in a jailbreak 19 Rogue or scoundrel 20 Light source with a wick 22 Barrel slats 23 Stroked an Abyssinian 24 Accommodator 25 An NFL team 26 More than ready and willing 28 Ovine utterance 29 Major river of Europe 30 Jones: Mrs. Partridge, Betty Draper and Morticia Addams 38 Braxton with the pipes 39 Alleviations 40 Pink-slipped 41 Large part of Chile 43 Far from spicy 44 Avoids the tag on a throw up the line 48 “Cotta” leader 49 “Scorpion” network 50 Have one’s thoughts occupied completely 53 Oxford’s bottom 54 “Lanka” starter 55 Final amt. 57 “Go, Manolete!” 58 Brief smoke? 59 1988 Olympics site 61 Mumbai wraps 63 Selecting 66 Robinson: singer, Hall of Famer, journalist, Gold-Glover 71 Nuts for pies and ice cream 72 Stops, as a cab
KILLICK is a two-and-a-half year-old terrier mix that came to the Tulsa SPCA from a hoarding situation. This pup is very social and loves other dogs. Killick is a bit timid around small kids because fast movements and loud noises frighten him. But he would be a wonderful fit for a mature family. Killick will bring so much joy and fun into his forever home.
73 More humorously sarcastic 74 Stuff for a blast furnace 75 Word before “Happy New Year!” 76 Cobra relative 77 Mediterranean fruit tree 80 Norwegian king 82 Human resource departments, often 85 “King Kong” star Wray 87 Habitat 89 Outlaw 91 Reason to Tylenol up 93 Present times? 94 Obviously not polite 95 Strong feeling of embarrassment 98 Thing for Santa 99 Smith: Moses Hightower, an Angel, rushing champion, singer 105 Where bombs were bursting? 106 CD part? 107 Grunted “Yep” 108 Wild verbal outburst 110 Many garden plants 114 Feeling no stress 118 It’s in the crosshairs 119 ___ Boys of old-school party rap 120 No longer at full strength 121 Stately horses 122 Something everyone does 123 Calm DOWN 1 Smartphone program 2 Be competitive 3 Mo. of beautiful foliage 4 More diluted 5 “You’re in for ___ treat!”
6 Place for Odd Fellows 7 Oft-passed sidepiece 8 Prime barbecued morsel 9 “___ see what I can do” 10 Wallach who played Mr. Freeze 11 Mender’s hodgepodge pouch 12 Paints outside the lines? 13 Inexact fig. 14 Worked the sauce 15 Some battery terminals 16 Use to one’s advantage 17 Smallest of change 18 City in the Ruhr Valley 21 Seek divine help 27 Potato bud 30 Data for fantasy football participants 31 Whetstone user 32 One of the largest living lemurs 33 Warts and all 34 Not even a whit 35 PC’s reverse command 36 Ripken and his dad 37 X or Y line 42 Shiny fabric 44 Playground structure 45 Prefix with “path” 46 Something an eyelid does 47 Safecrackers 49 ___-Napoca, Romania 51 Yawn causers 52 Post-diet condition, wishfully 56 Kiddy litter? 59 Reggae forerunner 60 Large Pakistani city 61 Downhill glider 62 Be disorderly? 63 Japanese waist wraps
The Tulsa SPCA has been helping animals in our area since 1913. The shelter never euthanizes for space and happily rescues animals from high-kill shelters. They also accept owner surrenders, rescues from cruelty investigations, hoarding, and puppy mill situations. Animals live on-site or with foster parents until they’re adopted. All SPCA animals are micro-chipped, vaccinated, spayed/neutered, and treated with preventatives. Learn about volunteering, fostering, upcoming events, adoptions, and their low-cost vaccination clinic at tulsaspca.org.
SAMSON is a strong, playful dog who loves to run and play. Samson is a lab mix who is a little over two and-a-half years old. The Tulsa SPCA rescued Samson from the Houston area in order to make space for the pets displaced by Hurricane Harvey. He sits for treats and loves to play fetch. Samson is an awesome dog who would love an active adopter to take him on adventures.
64 One way to avoid a balance at pickup 65 Real attachment? 66 Hunter’s clue in a forest 67 Singer Haggard 68 Vast blue section of a map 69 Walker’s implement, sometimes 70 Medical picture 77 Thin, leaflike structures in the cerebellum 78 Research writer’s “that is” 79 Wren’s “Beau ___” 81 Wordiness 82 Pilgrimage, for some 83 It can lead to a solution 84 Bridge measurement 85 How many like their mattresses 86 Hostilities 88 Ship partition 90 Kept watch over 92 Sensitive subject for some 95 Lab duplicates 96 Sunday songbook 97 Govt. medical research center 99 Vertical ship posts 100 Eastern Europe church member 101 Ballerina’s leg supporter 102 Chesapeake Bay crustacean 103 Liquefies 104 Homeschooled student 109 Long distance travelers 111 Get value from 112 Had a hot tamale 113 It’s right under your nose 115 Alias lead-in 116 Tennis match unit 117 “... ___ he drove out of sight ...”
ROVER is a friendly, one-and-a-half year-old, gray tabby cat who absolutely loves life. Rover enjoys spending time with people of all ages as well as other cats. If you are looking for a new kitty companion to snuggle up with this winter, look no further! Rover is your man.
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JASPER is a big cat who loves to be in the spotlight. Jasper is a sixteen-pound tabby cat who is very talkative and affectionate. Jasper will be by your side, rain or shine, to snuggle up and hang out.
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