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Bottoms up! Follow the Alcoholmanac logo for all our special issue coverage of, well, all the boosy news fit for print. On the cover: Students and stars shine brightly Friday in bars and clubs on stages across downtown as the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma goes live and large with ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown. More than 70 acts — including headlining EDM master Moby — hit the stage 3 p.m.-2 a.m.

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— By Jennifer Chancellor, editor-in-chief

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City: tax incentive finance (TIF) districts

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LIFE

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Buzz on okc.BIZ: new hotels

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Easter Services

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Books: Khaled Hosseini

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Sports: meet the OKC Energy FC

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Sudoku / Crossword

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Music: Ink Life Tour Tattoo and Music Festival, Bad Sports, Chevelle, Glow God, Horse Thief, event listings

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Film: The Lunchbox, Red Carpet Film Festival

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Food & Drink: drinks with a view, seasonal drinks, Thai Kitchen Cafe, Red Horse Grill, event listings, OKG7 eat: pub crawl

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Legal: marriage equality

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Education: charter schools

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Community: ONE Awards

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Astrology

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Commentary

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Contemporary music Students and stars are set to perform at ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown music festival.

BY JENNIFER CHANCELLOR

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T

he Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma is more than its nickname, The School of Rock.

The downtown school offers a real education in entrepreneurship, business management, music theory, performance and personal growth and even offers certified degree programs.

Oh, and a huge party to celebrate all of it.

Friday’s fifth annual ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown Festival kicks off a huge weekend with heavy foot traffic and 70 bands across 14 stages. Headlining the night is international disc jockey, musician and producer Moby.

And the festival isn’t the only event in Bricktown this weekend. The Crescent City will be represented by two of its teams in Oklahoma City. The OKC Thunder will play the New Orleans Pelicans at 7 p.m. Friday at Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W. Reno Ave. Also, in the heart of downtown, the OKC RedHawks go to bat against the New Orleans Zephyrs at 7 p.m. at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 S. Mickey Mantle Drive. Pre- and post-game partying is a must. It’s a time to mix and mingle, too, as Friday night movie crowds and RedPin bowlers, along with club hoppers, hard-core live music fans and even bigwig industry types converge downtown.

(Did we mention ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown is a huge party? Because it is.)

Organizers expect tens of thousands of people to mix and mingle as the bands — each with school ties — fill the day and night with music.

“We may see 20,000 people in Bricktown that night,” said ACM@UCO

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CEO Scott Booker. “And most of them will watch a band.”

Oh, and the festival is free.

In session

Half a decade doesn’t feel like a long time, unless you’re in college — or managing one.

The time has flown by for Booker, who kickstarted the festival five years ago as a simple recital of sorts just for students, friends and family.

“There was no promotion,” he said.

“There were no headliners.”

This year, his right-hand man, Derek Brown, ACM’s Business Development Center manager, helped wrangle a school full of students as well as the headliner.

It’s music for the masses, in every imaginable way, Brown said.

Booker said that even UCO art students helped with marketing and promotion. They designed themed art posters for each venue and genre, as well as for the headliner.

From top to bottom, it’s a true learning experience for everybody, even the city.

It started as a celebration of the end of the school year but has turned into a rite of passage for spring, Booker said.

“Soon, everyone was on board,” from venues to city management, and festival popularity exploded, he said.

It’s the first time many students participate in an event outside of the school. From sound technicians to singers, the festival helps build their careers and the city’s credibility as a music industry hub, said Liz Johnson, ACM@UCO director of public relations and marketing.

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ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown

Featuring Moby, Bored Wax, Bowlsey, Kaitlin Butts, Q.U.I.L., Sonic Violence, Willis, Travis Traps, Paperscissor and dozens more.

3 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday Bricktown acm.uco.edu Free

Music for the masses

Musician Kaitlin Butts graduated from ACM last May but was invited to play again this year.

“They call ACM@UCO The School of Rock, but I found my way making country music there,” she said. “The diversity made me enjoy music a whole lot more. My first year there, I had to learn ‘War Pigs’ by Black Sabbath,” she added.

She has learned to blend alternative rock, country, folk, Americana, singersongwriter and outlaw country genres to make her music truly distinctive, she said.

The festival — and the school — includes nearly every genre imaginable.

Rock, punk, pop, electronic, country and experimental sounds are all represented, and students learn the music business from all sides, from production to sound engineering, recording, marketing, promoting, distribution and live performance.

“I’ve also shown people a new and different side of country music. I didn’t have to go to Nashville or Austin or L.A. to do it because Oklahoma City has everything,” Butts said.

This is Butts’ second year in the festival. “Last year was my first time playing with a full band, and there was a line out the door,” she said.

She hopes for a repeat again this year.

She said she’ll also listen to as many of the bands in as many venues as possible.

“At the end of the night, I’ll have a new favorite band,” Butts said.

According to Butts, that’s how it’s supposed to work for musicians and visitors alike.

Success

Producer, DJ and electronic music artist Travis Traps found ACM@UCO in 2010 and hasn’t looked back. Before the school opened, he hadn’t even considered going to college.

“I wanted to go straight into music,” he said.

Now, he’s a senior with an associate degree in audio production and is majoring in contemporary music business.

He hopes to graduate by Christmas with his bachelor’s degree.

Making music is the only thing he has ever wanted to do, and last year, he shared the festival main stage with Nile Rodgers of Chic (and Daft Punk).

Friday, he’ll likely share a stage again (or at least festival hours) with worldwide EDM (electronic dance music) master and famed producer Moby.

It started with a drum kit in the fourth grade, Traps said, and then turntables in sixth grade. He started mixing old Beastie Boys vinyl and then sold his drum kit for an electronic drum machine by his sophomore year in high school. The samples and mixes came fast and furious for Traps. In less than a year, he owned his own in-home “mini-booth” to record in.

He has been to the festival every year, and like Butts, he has always found

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In addition to the local talent on display, influential electronic music heavyweight Moby will perform a free, headlining disc jockey set Friday at 10 p.m. at Chevy Bricktown Events Center, 429 E. California Ave. Moby is a musician, DJ, producer and photographer from Harlem.

a new favorite band by the end of the night. Since starting at ACM@UCO, he has played multiple festivals, including those with capacity crowds like South by Southwest in March in Austin, Texas and Norman Music Festival this month. He’s also set to perform at the Backwoods Bash Music & Camping Festival on Keystone Lake in May. “I wouldn’t be doing any of these shows without Derek Brown at ACM@ UCO,” he said.

Learn more Master class:

EDM artist, musician and producer Moby will lead a master class for ACM@UCO 8 p.m. Thursday at ACM@ UCO Performance Lab, 329 E. Sheridan Ave. ACM CEO Scott Booker will host.

Free. Open to the public.

Panel discussion:

Meet Lance McDaniel, executive director of deadCENTER film festival, and David Hannon, ACM@UCO production faculty member, as they host a panel on sound mixing for feature films.

1-2 p.m. Friday Songwriting Room ACM@UCO 25 S. Oklahoma Ave. Free. Open to the public.

His latest album, Innocents, was released in October and features collaborations with Queens of the Stone Age, Skylar Grey, Wayne Coyne and more.

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TIF love

Increased use of tax incentive districts help support the development of some of OKC’s largest projects.

Some of Oklahoma City’s largest developments — the revitalized Skirvin Hilton Hotel, the Oklahoma Health Center complex and the massive Project 180 downtown streetscape renewal program — would not have been possible without the use of tax incentives, say city officials and economic developers.

While the city’s use of sales tax revenue through MAPS has gained the most attention over the past decade, the city has also turned to tax increment financing (TIF) as another way to leverage tax dollars into economic development.

By creating a TIF district, the city provides public incentives to developers with the increase in property taxes that a development generates. For example, if a building paying $10,000 in property taxes each year were to generate $25,000 a year after being converted into a hotel, the city might use the additional $15,000 in new property taxes to help the developer construct the hotel or build needed infrastructure in the immediate area.

“It’s a way of getting a development done that otherwise wouldn’t be able to without help,” said Brent Bryant, Oklahoma City’s economic development program manager.

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BY BEN FELDER

Brent Bryant shows Maywood Park on a satellite map of the city.

Oklahoma City currently has eight TIF districts, which include downtown, the Oklahoma health science center and the boathouse district.

While the city is expanding its use of TIFs, Cathy O’Connor, CEO of The Alliance for Economic Development of Oklahoma City, said it still pales in

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BEN FELDER

Take Shelter Oklahoma, a group that had been collecting signatures to force a ballot question to use $500 million in state bonds to build shelters, filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Scott Pruitt last year after he changed the language on its petition and ballot. The lawsuit made its way to the state Supreme Court, which ruled last week that Pruitt’s changes to the petition were valid. However, the court also gave Take Shelter Oklahoma another 90 days to collect signatures.

Attorney David Slane speaks with Danni Legg, “We do believe the ballot language used by the the mother of a Plaza attorney general is not fair. We think it’s inaccurate, Towers Elementary student and we think it’s biased,” said David Slane, an who died last year. attorney representing the petitioners.

Slane said Take Shelter Oklahoma did not want to move forward with the ballot language as constructed by Pruitt. Instead, he said they were interested in writing a new petition that both sides could agree on.

“I was disappointed,” said Danni Legg, the mother of a Plaza Towers Elementary student who died last year during the May 20 tornado that killed seven students in Moore. “I felt very confident that we were going to have an extended 90 days and they were going to keep our ballot title.”

comparison to other cities.

“We don’t really have as many TIF projects compared to a lot of other cities who have been doing this longer,” O’Connor said.

Dallas has 30 TIF and public improvement districts, while Austin, Kansas City and St. Louis all have at least

twice as many as Oklahoma City.

In Oklahoma City, all TIF projects are reviewed by a TIF advisory group, which is made up of city officials.

“We analyze it, and we are pretty hard on them,” Bryant said. “We are not easy.”

The next step is a TIF review committee, which includes representatives from other taxing jurisdictions, including the public school district.

O’Connor said the fact that other taxing jurisdictions are a part of the process ensures that everyone is on the same page.

“I’d say there is a very good relationship with the school and the county,” O’Connor said. “And they see a benefit in indirect properties.”

While the TIF development sees the revenue generated from increased property taxes, indirect properties, which include other buildings in the TIF district, push half of the increased taxes to the other taxing jurisdictions.

In downtown alone, Bryant said Oklahoma City Public Schools saw an additional $1.4 million last year, which didn’t go against the state’s taxing formula.

“It’s a bonus for the schools,” Bryant said.

Council offers tax incentives for two companies

The Oklahoma City Council voted recently to offer tax incentives to General Electric Co. and Baker Hughes Inc. for new facilities expected to create hundreds of high-paying jobs. Baker Hughes will receive $850,000 and General Electric will receive $1 million, assuming each company meets job creation expectations.

The council voted unanimously to approve the incentives.

GE announced last year that it planned to build a new global research center northeast of downtown that would create 133 jobs with an average salary of $129,800. The council approved an incentive of $1 million to GE and another $750,000 for site clearance and public improvements.

The incentives are offered through the Oklahoma City Strategic Investment Program (SIP), which attempts to fund the creation of quality jobs. Incentives are disbursed according to a performance schedule and are not issued if job creation thresholds are not met.

Residents asked to register storm shelters

The City of Oklahoma City is asking residents to register their storm shelters with the city’s Action Center. Residents can visit www.okc.gov and click on the “register your storm shelter” link under the Action Center icon.

Registering a storm shelter helps emergency workers find them if a storm damages a home.

“The number of storm shelter installations has skyrocketed in the past year, so we know there are thousands of new shelters that need to be registered,” Action Center manager Beth Crounse said.

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Booze clues

Now that festival season is upon us, follow this simple primer on what’s legal.

BY ANGELA CHAMBERS

As Oklahoma City welcomes the winter-weary to enjoy outdoor spring festivals, it’s time for a friendly reminder about drinking do’s and don’ts.

Sipping on low-point (3.2 percent) beers while strolling around the city is legit. But festivals have special permits, and you can’t bring your own beer within the zone in which these events are held, although some will offer drinks to buy.

As usual, any place (including restaurants and indoor performance venues) selling beverages won’t let you inside with beer from another source.

“It would cause more of a hassle than it’s worth carrying around a cooler full of beer because you can’t go anywhere since they won’t let you in,” said Oklahoma City Police Lt. D. Kimberlin.

Coolers are feasible during the city’s Fourth of July fireworks because the area you sit isn’t a permitted zone and you’re simply watching rather than participating in the more interactive arts festivals.

Officers may stop to check whether you do indeed have a 3.2 beer, as anything above this mark is considered liquor and can’t be carried around town. A good rule of thumb is whatever alcohol you may buy at a convenience store is acceptable while liquor store varieties are a no-go.

And if you think you can get away with not following these rules, you may want to reconsider.

“Bricktown isn’t very tolerant because there are so many people in that area and things can get out of

Guests stroll the 2013 Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts. control pretty quickly, so they (officers) watch closely for anyone drinking liquor,” Kimberlin said.

The lieutenant notes it’s up to the officer whether you receive a warning or something worse.

Fines or sentences are assessed on a case-by-case basis. If you’re arrested in the city, you’ll likely be charged with a misdemeanor, a fine (maximum $1,200) and up to a year in jail. But you also could receive the state fine (maximum $500) and up to a year in jail, depending on the circumstance.

“I would enjoy the festival instead of trying to interject your own entertainment,” Kimberlin said. “That creates trouble for everybody.”

So, where can you drink responsibly within festival grounds?

The ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown festival on April 11, hosted by the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma, will be in both indoor and outdoor venues. Since many of the indoor facilities, like Chevy Bricktown Events Center, offer drinks for sale, the festival won’t have alcoholic beverages sold at outdoor spaces, said Liz Johnson, ACM@UCO spokesperson.

For the upcoming Arts Council of Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts April 22-27 at Festival Plaza and Myriad Botanical Gardens, 3.2 beer is sold in multiple tent locations. Two areas will provide wine for patrons 21 and older, but the wine can’t leave the premises. Festival organizers want the event to be enjoyable for adults but also family-friendly.

NEWS COMMUNITY

Building hope A northeast OKC community looks for opportunity in new retail development.

As John Pettis Jr. strolls across NE 23rd Street, a man stopped at a red light opens his door to give the Ward 7 councilman a wave and a thank-you.

After arriving at the other side of the street, Pettis is greeted by another wave from a man sitting at a bus stop, and a few motorists honk as they drive by.

“People are excited,” Pettis said.

“They are excited about this change.”

Pettis said the excitement he and others have is for the proposed revitalization of a rundown shopping center near NE 23rd Street and Martin Luther King Avenue. The plan calls for using tax incentives to help build a new full-service grocery store to anchor retail and residential development, giving the ward an economic shot in the arm.

“Ward 7 has been the forgotten ward,” said Pettis, who is approaching his one-year anniversary on the Oklahoma City Council.

Pettis was successful in getting his fellow council members to move forward on creating a tax increment financing (TIF) district in the hope of giving his ward a slice of the economic pie that has been enjoyed in other parts of the city like downtown.

“It’s something that should have happened a long time ago,” said Clarice Conway, co-owner of Mr. P’s Liquor Store, which sits next to the current Buy For Less store on NE 23rd Street, close to Eastern Avenue. “By putting the Buy For Less in a few years ago, it has helped a lot, but they don’t carry everything you need.”

Conway is glad to see the planned development come even though it means she will have to relocate her business. The entire shopping center and nearby buildings will be demolished to make way for the development.

“We have to move,” Conway said.

“But it’s needed.”

A long time coming

City leaders have discussed economic development in the northeast before, but plans have always sputtered. The new grocery store and development isn’t a done deal yet, but Pettis said the developer is eager to move forward and the city is working on a TIF plan that will use property taxes to pay for new infrastructure and provide developer

PHOTOS BY SHANNON CORNMAN

BY BEN FELDER

John Pettis Jr.

Looking east from Martin Luther King Avenue on 23rd Street. The area nearby may soon be filled with a new grocery store and other national chain and local businesses.

assistance. If given approval from the council in the coming months, the project would become the city’s ninth TIF district, and City Manager Jim Couch said it’s an example of the kind of project TIF was meant to do.

“I can’t think of a better example of [a TIF project] than what Councilman Pettis is proposing for northeast Oklahoma City,” Couch said. “This is probably the type of project they had in mind when they did the TIF legislation.”

The development would be anchored by a new 50,000-square-foot grocery store and include space for

local and national retailers, along with a clinic. Pettis also said the initial plans call for an educational facility attached to the grocery store.

“Connected to the grocery store would be maybe a 20,000-square-foot educational institution,” Pettis said.

“And people from inside the store would be able to see the classrooms.

That’s a very unique model.”

The Buy For Less that currently exists at the intersection is less than half the size of the proposed new store and is not considered full-service. However, Pettis said it’s the largest grocery store in his ward, which means many residents have to drive longer distances to buy groceries and purchase other common goods.

“Years ago, northeast Oklahoma City had thriving businesses, but over a course of time, developers and Realtors took businesses outside [the ward],” Pettis said. “But I think this is a huge step in the right direction to help a distressed area.”

The creation of a TIF district could

help the area follow the lead of other districts across the city that have seen economic growth in recent years.

“They got stuff across 23rd Street,” said George Lewis, referring to development a mile down the road, west of Interstate 235, in Wards 2 and 6. “There’s got to be a change here.”

Lewis, who was waiting for a bus in front of the proposed development, said new businesses could also mean new jobs in the community.

“There are a lot of people who need work,” Lewis said. “We need help.”

Pettis said he is hopeful the use of tax incentives goes beyond 23rd Street, as he has already talked with community leaders about other pockets in the northeast quadrant that could benefit.

“I want to change NE 23rd Street into the street of opportunity,” Pettis said, stopping to wave at another motorist who shouted out a greeting.

“Personally, it brings about some emotions. There is a lot of hope in this project.”

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National spotlight Two Tulsa women have become national icons for equality as they fight Oklahoma’s ban on gay marriage.

BY ANGELA CHAMBERS

Faith vs. sexuality

Her mother didn’t attend their commitment ceremony in 2000.

However, Bishop still finds hope in the little things.

“She gave me the pearls she had worn when she married my father. In the family

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Sharon Baldwin and Mary Bishop helped launch a lawsuit for Oklahoma marriage equality nearly 10 years ago. our marriage as equal citizens. It’s about having access to courts and benefits and rights,” Baldwin said.

Leading the way

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Oklahoma couple Mary Bishop and Sharon Baldwin experienced a strange, dreamlike moment when they heard the words “Bishop v. the United States of America” in a courtroom.

“There were some arm hairs standing straight up,” joked Baldwin, who lives with Bishop in Broken Arrow, a suburb of Tulsa.

April 17 is only the second time they will be present for a hearing in their 10-year case for marriage equality. The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver will hear oral arguments in the case Bishop v. Smith, a suit filed in 2009 against Tulsa County court clerk Sally Howe Smith, who issues marriage licenses in Oklahoma.

Bishop and Baldwin are currently receiving national attention for this case.

But their story began more than 17 years ago, when the couple started dating. As fellow editors at The Tulsa World, Baldwin said their relationship grew out of a shared love of grammar.

“That sounds so nerdy,” Baldwin said.

“But I could tell she was a really good editor, really meticulous and conscientious about her work. And she could tell the same thing about me. And you deal with that mutual respect right off the bat, and then you find out you like each other.”

“We rarely disagree. We’re really compatible. It’s amazing. Everything from home decor to the style of the house we’d like to build someday to what we like to do in our free time,” Bishop added.

Along with working at The Tulsa World, they’re also avid wildlife rehabilitators, caring for squirrels, raccoons and whatever animal needs their help.

The couple’s families have had mixed views on the relationship. Baldwin’s father thinks of Bishop as “another daughter,” and her sister is “thrilled to have her in the family.” For Bishop, it has been a long, difficult road for her family to begin accepting the relationship.

“I come from a deeply religious family, and this is very hard for them, which also made it hard for me,” Bishop said.

tree in the Bible, she put our commitment ceremony in there. She really has made some strides,” she said.

In the last year, Bishop’s mother confessed she knows now that being gay isn’t a choice. She also visits the couple in their home to enjoy meals and time together.

“It’s a joy to have her here, and it’s so nice she’s becoming more comfortable with who we are,” Baldwin said.

Coming from a religious family, Bishop doesn’t believe faith interferes with her sexuality.

“From the first time I fell in love with a woman when I was 18, I knew this is right for me,” Bishop said. “It was not wrong. It wasn’t sinful because it’s who I was. I was always able to still have my beliefs religiously and still be gay.”

While some Oklahoma faith leaders believe marriage should only be defined as between a man and woman, others from multiple backgrounds, including Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Jewish and more, are openly supporting same-sex marriage. Several Oklahoma ministers signed an amicus brief in early March to provide their support for the couple’s case.

“It’s amazing and overwhelming to see that many clergy leaders and religious

From the first time I fell in love with a woman when I was 18, I knew this is right for me.

— Mary Bishop

institutions signed that brief,” Bishop said.

“It’s a real step of faith for them to do that. They could lose their jobs.”

Others believe Oklahoma should have a vote on whether to enact same-sex marriage in the state. But for Bishop, even though she thinks a vote today would go in their favor, she believes “the rights of a minority should never be left to the majority” because “it’s not the American way.” She cited civil rights among races as a key example.

While Bishop and Baldwin believe state and federal law should make samesex marriage legal, they also say no church leader should be forced to marry anyone.

“It’s about the government recognizing

Even 14 years ago, when gay marriage support wasn’t as strong as it is today, the couple said they were welcomed with open arms by the florist, baker and others in the rural Florida community who helped with their commitment ceremony.

“They treated us as good as they would treat anybody,” Baldwin said.

Bishop and Baldwin celebrated their anniversary on March 26.

While Bishop and Baldwin’s co-plaintiffs in the decade-long case, fellow Oklahomans Gay Phillips and Sue Barton, have a legal marriage outside the state, Bishop and Baldwin are waiting for the right to marry in Oklahoma.

During the first few years of the case, the couple admits it wasn’t progressing much. They were told they didn’t have the right to sue based on the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) because they didn’t have a legal marriage in any state, which left this portion of the suit in the hands of co-plaintiffs Barton and Phillips.

But they did have the right to sue for marriage equality in Oklahoma, which later led to the revised case against the Tulsa County clerk. Their original lawyer stepped down from the case as well.

“We thought it was completely falling apart, but we didn’t want to abandon it,” Bishop said.

By early 2009, a new lawyer, Don Holladay from Oklahoma City, contacted them directly, saying he was interested in handling the case. It gave the couple new momentum, as they had been having a hard time finding another lawyer.

When the Supreme Court overturned DOMA last summer, saying marriage defined as between one man and one woman is unconstitutional, Bishop and Baldwin believed Oklahoma-based Judge Terence Kern of the U.S. District Court would make a ruling any day. But it took him until January to find that Oklahoma’s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.

Working in a newsroom, the couple always thought they’d receive notice

Date Friday, 4/18/2014

From left, Sharon Baldwin and Mary Bishop with Sue Barton and Gay Phillips, laugh and mingle during a meet-and-greet at Chi Gallery in OKC. All four filed suit against Oklahoma’s gay marriage ban nearly a decade ago. before the ruling happened. But it all came as an in-the-moment surprise shortly after they arrived at The Tulsa World that evening. They read the news for the first time alongside fellow editors and reporters.

“We started hugging and crying, and there was some applause,” Baldwin said.

Because of their dedication to this case, the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma presented the couple, as well as Barton and Phillips, with the Angie Debo Award March 29 at a ceremony in Norman. The award is given to those who have “provided exceptional defense to the Bill of Rights,” according to the ACLU Oklahoma website. Debo was an acclaimed Oklahoma historian.

After the ceremony, the four women met with the Oklahoma City LGBT community during a meet-and-greet at Chi Gallery. They will all act as OKC Pride Parade grand marshals in June.

“With all four plaintiffs being on this side of the state (eastern Oklahoma), a lot of (Oklahoma City) people don’t know us,” Baldwin said.

“They are certainly supportive, but we need them to buy into this (the case), too.”

When Bishop first realized she was gay in 1980, she knew at that time that the country wasn’t ready for samesex marriage. The first step, she says, was when the American Psychiatric Association voted in the 1970s that homosexuality was no longer considered a mental illness. The next major step, in her view, was the Supreme Court ruling sodomy laws in the United States unconstitutional in the 2003 Lawrence v. Texas case.

“We’re not mentally ill, we’re not criminals. And people have come out of the closet in greater numbers,” Bishop said. “People had to see that in order to accept us. Things had to fall into place before we could have marriage equality under the law.”

“We feel in our gut they’re going to rule pretty quickly,” Baldwin said, looking ahead to the April 17 court

Four things to know about Oklahoma’s same-sex marriage case 1. Voters approve ban, lawsuit filed: When Oklahoma voters approved a ban on same-sex marriage in 2004 with 75 percent of the vote, a lesbian couple in Tulsa, Sharon Baldwin and Mary Bishop, responded to the vote with a lawsuit claiming the ban to be unconstitutional.

2. Judge strikes down ban: In January, a federal judge in Oklahoma declared the state’s ban on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional. However, samesex marriage was not made legal immediately, as the judge allowed for an appeal to be filed.

3. Appeal filed: The Tulsa County Court Clerk’s office, which was the defendant in Baldwin and Bishop’s lawsuit, responded with an appeal that will be heard by the Denverbased U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on April 17.

4. Next step Supreme Court?: Whatever the circuit court’s decision, many expect a case like Oklahoma’s to eventual make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming years. Oklahoma’s case is just one of dozens that challenge state bans on same-sex marriage.

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date, along with a similar case from Utah also heard before the U.S. 10th Circuit on April 10.

Once the cases are decided, they will likely go before the U.S. Supreme Court, and Baldwin predicts the national decision could be made by June 2015.

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As the national mood surrounding same-sex marriage continues to shift toward acceptance, judges across the country — including in Oklahoma — have ruled that couples of the same gender have the right to marry.

While a growing populace might be willing to live in a society that embraces the rights of gay and lesbian couples, a sizable demographic remains set against it. And in Oklahoma, which profiles much more conservative than many of the states that have already legalized same-sex marriage, a judge’s ruling this year isn’t expected to magically shift the state’s cultural viewpoints.

“Do you understand what is going to happen if you settle a 50-50 issue by judicial review?” asked Oklahoma City University law professor Andrew Spiropoulos. “It’s not going to be pretty.”

During a recent panel discussion on same-sex marriage hosted by OCU’s law school, Spiropoulos argued for letting the democratic process, rather than the courts, bring a change in marriage laws. Pointing to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case on abortion that continues to cause division, Spiropoulos believes a judge’s ruling would only make the same-sex debate even more divisive, especially in a state like Oklahoma.

Troy Stevenson isn’t buying it. “[Same-sex] marriage became legal in Massachusetts in 2004, and the sky didn’t fall,” said Stevenson, executive director of The Equality Network’s Oklahoma chapter.

Stevenson admits that Oklahoma is different culturally than Massachusetts or California, but he believes attitudes are changing locally and marriage equality wouldn’t cause too many

personal problems.

However, he does see potential legal issues, should same-sex marriage become law.

“The difference in Oklahoma and many states in the Midwest and the South is we don’t have the employment protection [laws],” Stevenson said.

Stevenson says employers in the state could theoretically fire an employee for entering a same-sex marriage. But he also realizes it is many corporations that are leading the way for marriage equality.

A federal judge in Oklahoma ruled the state’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional earlier this year, and an appeal is scheduled to be heard this month. Oklahoma could become a state where marriage equality is legalized, or at the very least, it appears same-sex marriage is an issue that could make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming years.

“I think that marriage equality is inevitable,” said Ryan Kiesel, executive director of American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma.

Kiesel said a ruling that makes same-sex marriage legal in Oklahoma won’t instantly make the state friendly toward gay couples and individuals.

“I think that we are going to have situations where housing could become an issue. We could have [landlords] say, ‘We are not going to rent to you because of your sexual orientation.’”

Those types of challenges are the reason legal experts like Spiropoulos advocate for letting the cultural mood, rather than the courts, lead change.

“On its own, I think takes too long,” Kiesel said. “That’s why, at times, you have to find yourself in courts.”

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Laws governing Oklahoma’s charter schools could be strengthened if new legislation passes this session.

Public education advocates are rallying around a bill that would strengthen the laws governing Oklahoma’s charter schools.

Senate Bill 573, if passed with updated language recommended by a working committee convened by Gov. Mary Fallin with a grant from the National Governors Association, could make Oklahoma a model for national charter school law, said Russ Simnick, senior director of state advocacy and services for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

Oklahoma has one of the nation’s weakest charter school laws, said Simnick, a member of the governor’s working committee.

“We made Oklahoma a priority in our organization as one of the states where we believe we can really make a big impact,” he said.

Key points of SB 573, authored by Sen. Clark Jolley and Rep. Lee Denney, include creating a new state commission with the authority to authorize a charter school anywhere in the state, enhancing the application process and accountability standards that charter schools face and allowing charter schools to borrow money and carry debt.

“I think the bill is a very strong move forward for charter schools in this state,” said Chris Brewster, director of Santa Fe South, a charter school district serving south Oklahoma City.

The bill passed the state Senate last year but was held over in the House of Representatives until this session when it was withdrawn from the common education committee and referred to the appropriations and budget committee.

Lawmakers have until April 10 to pass the bill out of committee for a hearing on the House floor.

Greater flexibility, accountability

Charter schools are often misunderstood by the general public, said Justin Hunt, principal at Harding Charter Preparatory High School in northwest Oklahoma City.

“When I taught in public school, I didn’t understand,” Hunt said. “I thought charter schools had the upper hand, but, realistically, we don’t.”

Primarily urban, charter schools are public schools that are afforded greater flexibility for greater accountability.

Charter schools are accountable to their

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Superintendents tend to double as maintenance people, custodians and bus drivers. students, school boards, sponsors and the state department of education. They must meet the same academic standards as traditional public schools.

Oklahoma City Public Schools sponsors 12 charter schools, offering students and families a variety of educational choices, said Tierney Tinnin, the district’s media services director.

The schools are open to anyone, but they give preference to in-district students. A lottery is used to accept new students when a charter school reaches its maximum capacity.

Charter schools receive funding based on the state’s per-pupil formula, and sponsors can take up to 5 percent as an administration fee. Charter schools do not receive ad valorem taxes. They often receive grants or donations from private foundations.

“Charter schools have zero fiscal impact to the state,” Simnick said.

Oklahoma’s 25 charter schools (including two virtual schools) serve approximately 14,000 students, about 2 percent of Oklahoma’s common education student population.

Charter school challenges

Currently, charter schools cannot incur debt, making capital expenses challenging, said Brewster, whose school sites include a former YMCA, Christian school and hardware store.

Santa Fe South High School meets in a formerly abandoned Oklahoma City elementary school, and the district just purchased an old National Guard armory to house its early childhood education center. The district hoards money from its already-low per-pupil allocation to afford capital purchases.

Harding Charter Preperatory High School and Harding Fine Arts Academy occupy the same building, the former Harding High School building. The schools share common spaces such as the cafeteria and the gymnasium.

Charter schools also deal with a lack of administration and support positions. There are no funds for them.

Superintendents tend to double as maintenance people, custodians and bus drivers.

“I’ve probably done more painting

Chris Brewster, superintendent of Santa Fe South Charter Schools, works in a classroom at the middle school. and caulking here than in my own home,” Harding Fine Arts Principal Dr. Sherry Rowan said.

The Oklahoma Public School Resource Center, a new nonprofit, aims to help public schools, especially rural and charter schools, by providing technical services in five areas: technology, legal, teaching and learning, finance and communications.

“Smaller schools don’t have those fully dedicated resources,” said Brent Bushey, OPSRC executive director.

Us vs. them

Since charter schools first opened in Oklahoma in the early 2000s, a narrative that pits charter schools against traditional public schools developed, said Sam Duell, executive director of school choice for the state department of education.

“I think that’s kind of antiquated,” Duell said. Traditional public school districts that sponsor charter schools diversify their educational portfolios, creating a healthier ecology, Duell said.

“Blanket programs and blanket curriculums are not necessarily going to work for each child,” he said.

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Jon Stewart takes on Hobby Lobby

Jon Stewart has pretty much established himself as the King of the Takedown.

The host of The Daily Show has a knack for finding the B.S., seeing through the B.S. and explaining with snark-laden wit why, exactly, it is B.S. His latest victim is one near and dear to many Oklahomans’ hearts (and vaginas): Hobby Lobby.

In the midst of the Supreme Court brouhaha on the Oklahoma Citybased store’s beef with Obamacare — specifically, the law’s insistence that corporations provide its employees with specific types of birth control — Stewart ripped Hobby Lobby’s faithbased objection to the law.

“As you know, America recently implemented a brand-new health care law designed by our president to kill old people and allow Russia to invade Crimea,” Stewart joked. “But some Americans are willing to fight this law all the way to the Supreme Court. And while they don’t cite communism and

eldercide as the reason for their objection, I think we can read between the lines.”

He also challenged the notion of a for-profit corporation having the same religious freedom as a church or individual, as well as the popular slippery-slope argument that if businesses can be forced to pay for contraception, in principle, they could be forced to pay for an abortion.

“Well, right, in principle,” Stewart said. “In fact, it would be the opposite of yes for that, which I believe is no, because contraception is not the same thing as abortion. That’s a scientific fact.”

Live and learn — or don’t

We need to face the ugly truth: Sometimes people refuse to learn from their mistakes. Take Tulsa native Christopher M. Miller, for example.

According to NJ.com, Miller was released March 21 after serving 15 years in a New Jersey state prison for robbing

a Stride Rite in Toms River, New Jersey, in 1999.

What did he do on the first day of his freedom? Treat himself to a steak and lobster dinner? Party like it was still 1999?

Nope. He robbed the Stride Rite again. He wanted revenge. (We’re guessing.)

During the 1999 robbery, he tied up employees and threatened them with a box cutter, NJ.com reported. On March 22, he just got really angry and took $389 from the register. He also tried to talk employees out of their car keys, which they refused to give him. However, he did manage to steal two cell phones from customers. So maybe he did learn something: This time, he didn’t use a deadly weapon.

Huzzah!

But that didn’t keep him out of the slammer.

Miller’s bail was set at $100,000, and he was held in the Ocean County, New Jersey, jail.

hard way during a traffic stop.

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When the car was searched, it was revealed that it concealed six pounds of heroin and over $9,000 in cash hidden in double-super-secret panels. Six. Pounds.

That’s a heck of a lot of heroin with a street value estimated at $720,000.

If only Buelna had used his signal.

This seems obvious. We mean totally obvious; when you are moving a huge quantity of an illegal substance, it’s always a good idea to obey traffic laws. What an embarrassing talk to have to have with your boss — you lost his $720,000 in

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Our guess is he will be demoted to office errand boy in the future.

Throwing stones at glass houses

Three years after her hyperbolic statement that called the “agenda” of the gay community worse than that of a terrorist, Rep. Sally Kern still defends her opinion.

Janet Parshall, host of radio show In the Market recently interviewed Kern on the subject, News Channel 4 reported.

“Everybody understands terrorism destroys people’s lives, it destroys property. All I meant was, all I was saying was the homosexual agenda is destroying people’s lives. I never meant to call them terrorists,” Kern said in defense of her beliefs.

And then ... and then she said that disagreeing with her belief is akin to being stoned. Imagine that as a literal statement.

We laughed, too.

But it gets more uncomfortable.

“They weren’t just stoning me; they were stoning and desecrating the God that I love,” she said.

We want to see Kern’s paper trail on this. You know, the studies proving the painful, rock-induced murders of hundreds of people and the thousands of dollars in damage to infrastructure. (The term “glass houses” comes to mind.)

Because, obviously, nobody’s perfect; we’re all human, after all, just living our lives to the best of our abilities and trying to be happy.

Even Kern, bless her heart.

Hamm conundrum

Corporate CEOs often are pleased to tout their accomplishments and the growth of their companies thanks to their efforts. But in the case of Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm, who is going through a divorce, he might want to ratchet up the company’s success to some other dude.

The court will ultimately decide how many of his billions of dollars Hamm gets to keep and how much will

go to his wife, Sue Ann Hamm.

Forbes reported that in a Feb. 13 order that was unsealed on March 4, an Oklahoma District Court judge determined that Hamm’s 122 million shares in the company were premarital property. As a side note, the couple has no prenuptial contract.

Now Bloomberg reports that while Hamm can keep his stock, since it was a premarital asset, Mrs. Hamm might be entitled to a share of the stock’s appreciation and enhanced value over the years. The couple married in 1988.

Perhaps sometimes hard work and perseverance don’t pay off.

A court date is set for July.

Kind of awesome

Put yourself in the shoes of snack bar company Kind.

You’re looking for an endorsement deal from a well-known athlete, one who embodies the essence of your company (and its name) better than anyone else.

Who do you pick?

Kevin Durant. Duh. The Oklahoma City Thunder star has a reputation for being Mr. Nice Guy off the court, so the partnership makes a lot of sense.

This is more than an endorsement deal, though; it’s an initiative. The program, dubbed Strong and Kind, aims to promote — you guessed it — strength through kindness.

“I just want to let people know that being kind is not a sign of weakness,” Durant said. “That’s how I approach the game. If you see me play, I’m barking at guys, I’m talking trash, I’m being physical. But at the same time, if you fall on the ground, I’ll help you up, and after the game, we’ll talk as friends. So it’s not a weakness to be a kind person.

Everybody always says nice guys finish last, but I’m trying to change that.”

If anyone can, it’s Durant.

Go get ’em, KD.

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COMMENTARY

Equality is victory for traditional values

BY BRADY HENDERSON

When Angela Ingram entered the Oklahoma City courtroom of Judge Bill Graves to petition for a change of legal name, she sought no special treatment.

All she wanted was to complete a simple process available to all Oklahomans. Judge Graves saw things differently, denying her petition for one reason — Angela is transgender — and attempting to close the courthouse doors to Angela and other LGBT Oklahomans.

Nearly 18 months later, March 21, the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals reversed the denial.

Like other recent victories in the battle for LGBT equality, the reversal brings out a reoccurring criticism from those who fear, hate or merely don’t understand our country’s growing

shift toward legal equality for LGBT Americans. This criticism decries a “loss of traditional values” and warns of a resulting descent into moral chaos.

It couldn’t be more wrong.

Far from forgetting traditional values, when we reexamine established ideas about gender, sex, marriage or family, what we are really doing is thoughtfully weighing conflicting traditions against one another to determine which are truly worth passing down to our children.

This is not a new concept. In the 1860s, a battle of conflicting American traditions ended in the abolition of slavery following the Civil War. Antebellum America had developed a strong tradition of commitment to liberty but also of pretending that African Americans

weren’t people. The tradition of liberty came into fundamental conflict with the tradition of slavery. We had to choose, and though our country paid for it with 750,000 lives, we chose right.

In 1920, our nation ratified the 19th Amendment extending suffrage to women, deciding that our traditional commitment to democracy was more important than the traditional view of male patriarchy.

In 1954, the US Supreme Court chose the traditional American value of equality over the tradition of racial segregation when it made its landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.

In 2013, the court chose equality again in U.S. v. Windsor, this time over a long tradition of legal discrimination against

Opinions expressed on the commentary page, in letters to the editor and elsewhere in this newspaper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of ownership or management.

gay and lesbian Americans.

We can listen to those who decry our “loss of traditional values” every time another battle for equality is won, or we can join those who celebrate it. For it is only through shedding and sometimes shredding traditions like racism, bigotry and discrimination that we are able to pass down more meaningful institutions of liberty, equality and fairness to future generations. It is these three ideas that are truly America’s great traditions.

While the current battle against discrimination is far from over, the value of equality is steadily winning it — not because it is a newer idea but because it is a better one.

Brady Henderson is legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma.

LETTERS Oklahoma Gazette provides an open forum for the discussion of all points of view in its Letters to the Editor section. The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity.

Letters can be mailed, faxed, emailed to jchancellor@okgazette.com or sent online at okgazette.com. Include a city of residence and contact number for verification.

Minimum wage isn’t a “market wage”

Labor Commissioner Mark Costello’s argument against the minimum wage (Commentary, ”OKC benefits from market cages,” March 26, Oklahoma Gazette) rests on a false premise. We do not have a free market for labor. The wages of low income workers are not “market wages.” Our economy is tightly regulated to favor capital over labor and to suppress wages.

If you doubt this, take your grill and start selling hot dogs in Bricktown as a street peddler. The government will jump on you like a rat on a Cheeto and shut you down. This non-free market, politicized economic process creates a large pool of low-income workers with no alternative but to work for someone else at a wage. They can’t become entrepreneurs because most of the microenterprises within the range of their

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limited economic means are against laws or regulations.

Republicans are fine with regulating the economy; they just want to make sure it is regulated to benefit their friends.

Costello never says anything about this because allowing low-income people to start their own micro-enterprises and grow their own jobs would not benefit the economic aristocrats who run this state. They are not in favor of economic freedom for all. So Costello champions the cause of low-wage slavery as a matter of government policy.

Given the unlevel playing field, minimum wage laws are a necessary counterbalance to the constant push of the economic aristocracy to drive down wages. For most people, adjusted for inflation, wages have not increased in real terms since the 1970s. That isn’t an accident either.

— Bob Waldrop Oklahoma City Founder, Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House Don’t misunderstand “God-given” rights

In last week’s Gazette (Letters, March 26), Doug Rixmann demonstrates limited knowledge of the addition of “Under God” to the nation’s Pledge of Allegiance. It was great fear of

Russian communism and its spread to the USA that led to the un-American McCarthyism and anti-American pogroms against loyal Americans.

I grew up stating the Pledge of Allegiance as it was written and as it should remain. It is a terrible error to believe that our freedoms are God-given. The Spanish Inquisition demonstrated how “God-given” rights without state authority always meant nothing. Only until the American experiment of the 18th century and some English forerunners did individuals truly enjoy security from unlawful detention, confiscation of property and imprisonment.

Many church courts unlawfully deprived individuals of property and freedom, the Inquistion being one of the most glaring. Atheists do get this

point; Rixmann misses the point that “Christians” are very liable to the same flaws as other humans with a track record not to be very admired in the first two millennia after Christ.

His point about not trusting Muslims to be loyal to the USA brings the same point about Christians. Would a Christian support policies of the federal government that appear not to be Christian? Do you really think that a Christian policy as defined by our very fallible Christian leaders is always the best policy for the USA? Can we depend on such as Rixmann to be patriots first? I served 26 years in the USAF with many fine patriots who were not Christian and doubted them not.

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Downtown Oklahoma City will welcome two new hotels this spring.

In the Deep Deuce district, the city’s first Aloft is set to open this month. In March, Tulsa hotelier Paul Coury opened one of his signature Ambassador properties in Midtown.

Both are upscale hotels that cater to leisure travelers who want more than a bed, a cheese Danish and a cup of coffee in the morning. Both add rooms to the downtown inventory, but Michael Carrier, president of the Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the area still needs larger hotels to meet demand.

In recent years, new hotels have continued to spring up downtown, but as more conventions, meetings and sporting events are held in the area, many hotels in the central business district are often filled to capacity.

In the first two months of 2014, Carrier said Oklahoma City bested the national average for hotel occupancy in a traditionally sluggish time. Hotel occupancy around the nation was at 56 percent. Oklahoma City as a whole was at 58.4 occupancy during that period. In downtown alone, occupancy was in excess of 72 percent during January and February.

“We’re outpacing the national average,” Carrier said.

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Carrier said there are currently 2,059 total rooms downtown, the Ambassador and Aloft hotels included.

When a Holiday Inn Express opens in Bricktown later this year, that room count will climb to 2,183.

Carrier said downtown needs larger hotels and the city as a whole

needs more full-service hotels that offer large meeting spaces, room service and restaurants that serve three meals a day.

“The major challenge we have is a lack of meeting space,” he said.

“We have 152 hotels in Oklahoma City. Of that number, only 12-15 are full-service hotels.”

Ambassador

In November 2012, Coury brought his plans for the hotel to the Downtown Design Review Committee.

He sought to renovate a longvacant medical office building at 1200 N. Walker Ave. The Osler building was constructed in three phases. The first three floors were built in 1928, three more were added in 1929 and a partial seventh floor was added in 1949.

Although based in Tulsa, Coury was no stranger to Oklahoma City. He developed and opened Colcord Hotel, 15 N. Robinson Ave., in the old Colcord office building and later sold it to Devon Energy Corp.

He chose to brand the hotel with his Ambassador nameplate, rather than the building’s name as he had done with the Colcord, he said. Coury has other Ambassdor properties in Tulsa, Wichita and Kansas City.

The Oklahoma City location includes 54 rooms and six different room configurations.

“It’s a really nice property,” Carrier said.

Aloft

The 134-room Aloft Oklahoma City Downtown-Bricktown is set to open April 17 at 209 N. Walnut Ave. The hotel, a part of high-end chain W Hotels, is the first Aloft in Oklahoma City. The developer and owner is Jim Thompson.

It is the first hotel in Deep Deuce, and the brand-new building sits on a bluff with sweeping views of Bricktown and downtown.

Thompson said he hopes to lure business and leisure travelers and provide a hotel option for residents of nearby apartments to house their visiting friends and family.

It will include the brand’s signature w xyz bar and restaurant, as well as a rooftop dining terrace.

Anthony McDermid, lead designer on the project and principal at TAP Architecture, said the brand allows owners to customize the hotel interiors to their specific tastes.

— Additional reporting by Greg Horton.

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Have you met?

Kristin Davis President of Woven

BY KELLEY CHAMBERS

Many of us have jobs, but some among us take a particular talent or passion and turn it into their career.

“We love sponsoring KGOU. Our financial support helps bring NPR to Oklahomans, and we get exposure to our target market — buyers and sellers of mid-size companies.”

— David L. Perkins, Jr.

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What are some of the issues that come up over and over?

There are many issues, and divorce is a big one, especially in a state like Oklahoma that doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage. When a couple who married legally in another state has decided to break up, it’s impossible for them to obtain a divorce here. Also, I’ve heard many heart-wrenching stories about couples not being prepared for an illness or the loss of their loved one.

Why is it important to have an organization like Woven?

There is a tremendous need for Woven in the LGBT community, especially with the rapidly changing political and legal landscape. It’s essential for all Americans to have access to even the most basic legal rights that many take for granted. Equally important is access to trusted and highly dedicated experts who have a wealth of experience and knowledge in this ever-changing arena.

How many people who have accessed Woven are from Oklahoma, and how many are from other states?

Currently, Woven has very strong website traffic from Oklahoma residents. We have equally strong traffic coming from the West Coast and from Texas, Illinois, New York and throughout New England.

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Kristin Davis, a fourth-generation Oklahoman, grew up in Oklahoma City, went to Casady School and earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations and politics from Mount Holyoke College and a master’s degree in public affairs from the University of Texas at Dallas.

She served as executive director of Oklahoma Women’s Coalition before she was approached by the founder and CEO of Woven, an online resource for the the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, to run the budding organization.

So, have you met Kristin Davis?

What is your average day like working at Woven?

No two days are alike. I’m often out meeting with attorneys, financial advisers, CPAs and insurance professionals here in Oklahoma and in other states around the country.

Running a national, web-based company is definitely not a typical 9 a.m.-5 p.m. office job. The hours never end, there’s no such thing as a weekend and I often work in coffee shops when I’m in between meetings.

How do people in the LGBT community even find out Woven exists?

I’m spreading awareness through social media marketing as well as traditional marketing platforms.

Woven has had amazing media coverage by national media outlets, largely because this is a completely new and unique concept. We have website traffic coming in from all over the U.S. Our web address is livewoven.com.

Is it free to use the service?

There is no cost to use the website. The website is structured so visitors can easily access financial and legal content that covers a range of breaking news and topics of interest to LGBT individuals and couples. Website visitors can search for financial and legal professionals who have joined the Woven network in their area simply by inputting their ZIP code.

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StART it Entertain it Looking for free fun for the entire family?

Check out Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s Free Family Day, a program organized around Lisa Hoke’s exhibition Come on Down and featuring live entertainment from Sugar Free All Stars, Spaghetti Eddie! and Michael King the Magician. Activities are from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at the museum, 415 Couch Drive. Admission is free. Call 236-3100 or visit okcmoa.com. See our story on page 41.

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An abandoned lumber yard isn’t your typical setting for a good time. But for a monthlong public arts project, it’s ideal. Norman Arts Council’s StART Norman initiative will turn the vacant yard into a lively downtown stop beginning with a re-opening celebration 6-10 p.m. Friday on the southwest corner of W. Main Street and Webster Avenue in Norman.

Admission is free.

Call 360-1162 or visit startnorman.com.

Friday

Rock it 70 bands in 14 venues. Need we say more? How about a DJ set from electronic music heavyweight Moby?

(Heavy in reputation; not stature.) That’s what the ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown Festival offers Oklahoma City residents as part of the school’s fifth annual celebration. Music commences 3 p.m. Friday throughout Bricktown and continues throughout the rest of the day. Admission is free. See page 4 for our full story and page 31 for a special pull-out guide.

Friday

Zoo it top Malee is turning 3 years old, but she weighs upwards of 3000 lbs. ... because she’s an elephant. To celebrate her growing up (and outward), the Oklahoma City Zoo is throwing a super-sized birthday bash with cake, party favors and more from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the zoo, 2000 Remington Place.

Zoo admission is $5-$8 and free for children 2 and under. Call 425-0262 or visit okczoo.com.

Sunday

Red Carpet it bottom Short films are the lifeblood of young, up-and-coming filmmakers.

That’s why Moore Norman Technology Center’s Digital Video Production and Graphic Design classes will present eight studentproduced shorts at its sixth annual Red Carpet Film Festival 7 p.m. Saturday at The Sooner Theatre, 101 E. Main St. in Norman.

Tickets are $7. Call 3645763, ext. 4120 or visit redcarpetfilmfest.webs.com.

For our full preview, see page 59.

Photo it top Photographs of Native culture are nice and all, but most are taken from an outsider’s perspective.

Our People, Our Land, Our Images depicts the indigenous people from the view of those who live in it.

See the exhibit of 50 works by 26 indigenous artists spanning three generations beginning April 11 at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave. in Norman. Admission is free.

Call 325-3272 or visit ou.edu/fjjma.

Take 9 it bottom Warm, Wet and Wacky. No, it’s not what you’re thinking. (Get your mind out of the gutter.) It’s the fast-paced entertainment production Take 9 launching its spring season with a theme tailored for the impending warm weather.

See the interactive live performance group perform 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 9 at the Red Room Event Center, 114 W. Main St. in Norman. Admission is $10.

Visit take9online.com.

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LIFE FOOD & DRINK

MARK H ANCOCK

Drinking al fresco

With warmer weather comes opportunities to enjoy libations on rooftops and in the great outdoors.

BY GREG HORTON

One of the first signs of spring every year is the increase in drinkers and diners spending beautiful afternoons and evenings on metro restaurant patios. As the number of restaurants in the metro continues to grow, so do the number of patio options, but very few provide spectacular views of the city while you enjoy your spring cocktails. Here are three hot spots worth visiting for more than just food and drinks.

O Bar at Ambassador Hotel Midtown, 1200 N. Walker Ave., now has what is perhaps the very best rooftop view of downtown. O Bar is on the seventh floor of the Ambassador, and it has access to a rooftop on the west side of the building that features an amazing view south toward downtown, as well as north and west.

The Ambassador opened in late March, and already, the bar is seeing a brisk business. O Bar’s manager, Jeff Cole, said the spring cocktail list is finalized and features original cocktails from bartender Donny Sizemore and

Cole himself. Sizemore’s cocktail, the Endless Summer, is a blend of Pisco Brandy, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, caramelized pineapple, lemon and Creole bitters. Cole said Sizemore was shooting for an “aristocratic Pisco Sour, something that would give guests a mental vacation with each sip.”

O Bar at Ambassador Hotel Midtown, 1200 N. Walker Ave., now has what is perhaps the very best rooftop view of downtown.

Strong Tonic, one of Oklahoma’s newest beverage companies, inspired Cole’s creation, the Tiki Tonic. Cole said Strong Tonic’s owner and founder

Glenn Forester was the first customer at O Bar, so Cole wanted to feature Forester’s locally made hibiscus tonic in the Tiki Tonic.

Forester asked for a specific flavor profile, so Cole combined four-year slow-aged white Nicaraguan rum, overproof Jamaican rum, blended Jamaican rum, Hibiscus Strong Tonic, pineapple drinking vinegar, lemon juice and a splash of soda. It’s a complex, fruity, aromatic cocktail that sold briskly thanks to word of mouth.

Packard’s New American Kitchen, 201 NW 10th St., officially opened its rooftop bar on March 29. The view from Packard’s is straight south, so the Devon tower is dead center.

Bar manager Nick Schaeffer said the spring cocktail menu is still being tweaked, but it definitely includes the Strong Arm, another cocktail featuring Hibiscus Strong Tonic.

Schaeffer combined the hibiscus tonic with Earl Grey tea-infused London dry gin and a squeeze of lime.

The cocktail is dry and refreshing, with the hibiscus and lime adding wonderful aromatics. The bar can be accessed

A Tiki Tonic (left) next to an Endless Summer, with a view of downtown OKC from seventh-floor O Bar in Ambassador Hotel Midtown. through the restaurant or directly by using the stairs just west of Packard’s main entrance.

Flint, 15 N. Robinson Ave., at the Colcord Hotel has a patio that provides a much different view. The large, comfortable patio sits at the base of the Devon tower, so the perspective is remarkable from the tables and benches. The tower’s proximity also manages to block the evening sun in the summer, making for a shady retreat downtown.

The spring menu isn’t complete at Flint, either, but will feature a menu designed just for the patio, including food, wine and cocktails. Look for fruity twists on traditional spring and summer drinks, including the Patio Punch, Flint’s very own take on the famous hurricane.

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Beer and wine Welcome spring with wines and beers fit for the season.

BY GREG HORTON

“Drink pink” is the rallying cry of spring for many wine lovers. The big reds of the fall and winter are retired in favor of lighterbodied wines for warmer weather, and the more patio-friendly the better. While white wines, especially sweeter ones, dominate the spring and summer, many wine lovers still prefer dry, red wines.

For the committed red wine drinker, rosés are an excellent choice for spring and summer. Rosés have more body and more tannins than most whites but are still light enough to be warm weather-appropriate.

Several new rosés are available in the metro this year, including a couple from emerging regions.

Les Rocailles Vin de Savoie Rosé is from a brand-new region and available in Oklahoma. Just across the Alps from Switzerland, the Savoy region has been producing outstanding, eclectic wines for centuries. The Les Rocailles is a rosé of Gamay, the grape that is typically used to produce Beaujolais. The aromatic, floral, intense Les Rocailles is available by the glass at Bin 73 Wine Bar, 7312 N. Western Ave., and Ludivine, 805 N. Hudson Ave. Also from France, the Premices Rosé from Chateau des Deus Rocs is a delicious blend of Cinsault, Grenache and Syrah. From Languedoc, in southern France, this blend is tangy and fruity but maintains good structure, making it a great choice for food pairing. It’s available by the glass at The Coach House, 6437 Avondale Drive.

Vast, 333 W. Sheridan Ave., and Bin 73 both pour Ermitage du Pic St. Loup Rosé by the glass. This blend of four Rhone grapes is crisp and floral with plenty of berry and orchard

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Ian Clarke, with Putnam Wines, pours a glass of Travel next to other rosés at Ludivine. fruit flavors. It’s light and refreshing, perfect for patio drinking.

In addition to wine, beer styles tend to change in the spring as well.

The new crop is just arriving in the metro, and like the wine, more choices will be arriving in the next month. Broadway Wine Merchants, 824 N. Broadway Ave., has Avery Brewing Company’s Maharaja Imperial IPA, and it’s the first time it has been in the state in four years.

Not a hop-bomb, the Maharaja is dry and piney with nice citrus flavor and impeccable balance.

The Juju has plenty of ginger on the palate, but it’s also very much a beer with notes of brown sugar, herbs and grass.

Like Avery, Left Hand Brewing is a Colorado brewery, and its Good Juju ginger is a nice choice for spring weather. The Juju has plenty of ginger on the palate, but it’s also very much a beer with notes of brown sugar, herbs and grass. The finish is particularly herbal and grassy, but in a very pleasant, springlike way.

Louisiana-based Abita Brewing Company uses Louisiana-grown strawberries in its Strawberry Harvest Lager, a wheat beer with traditional wheat beer notes of malt and barley.

The finish is slightly sweet, but not in an off-putting way.

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Thai me up M A RK HA N COC K

For lunch or dinner, a downtown Thai restaurant delights.

BY GREG ELWELL

Thai Kitchen Cafe 327 DEAN A. MCGEE AVE. 236-0229 WHAT WORKS: TOP-NOTCH PAD THAI, EXCELLENT STIR-FRY DISHES, FAST AND FRIENDLY STAFF. WHAT NEEDS WORK: PARKING CAN BE A REAL PAIN, BUT THAT’S THE PRICE OF EATING AT THAI KITCHEN CAFE. TIP: GO AT DINNER IF YOU WANT A LARGER SELECTION. BUT THERE’S PLENTY TO LOVE AT LUNCH.

“Do you like Thai food?” is one of the test questions police ask when you’re hooked up to a polygraph machine. It’s easy because everybody likes Thai food.

If somebody says no and the machine doesn’t go crazy, something’s wrong.

Or — God help you — maybe you really don’t like Thai food. In which

case you should turn in your teeth and tongue so someone more deserving can use them.

Few Thai restaurants in Oklahoma City, however, inspire such fierce devotion as Thai Kitchen Cafe, 327 Dean A. McGee Ave. It is home to an excellent lunch buffet and a menu of dishes that will be your new favorite thing shortly after you taste them.

A quick word about ambiance: It’s nonexistent.

OK. Moving on. If you go at lunch, the buffet is an excellent value. There are usually a couple of menu item dishes available, as well as a host of other favorites. Get a banana to-go. No kidding.

But if you have your heart set on something specific, it’s probably the pad

thai. Why do I know it’s the pad thai?

Because if you’re 99 percent of the people who know a dish at a Thai restaurant, it’s probably pad thai. Good news: Thai Kitchen makes great pad thai!

Chicken is a fine protein, but don’t fear the shrimp, especially not here.

These are good-sized, well-cleaned shrimp. And shrimp, unlike chicken, tends to soak up the flavor of the dish around it.

Do you like basil? Of course you do, which is why you’re ordering the phat khee mao ($6.99 at lunch, $8.99 at dinner). Also, it’s so much fun to say.

Phat khee mao is a big stir-fry of rice noodles, onions, peppers, broccoli and Thai basil with chili paste. The broccoli is crispy tender, the noodles are meltingly soft and the basil provides

Pad thai with shrimp. an experience so delightful it will turn your taste buds into taste bros.

Next up, treat those bros to phat pak ruam mitr ($6.99 lunch, $9.99 dinner) if you’ve got some vegetarian bros who still want to bro out Thaistyle. It’s a lot of vegetables stir-fried with some deep-fried tofu.

At lunch, all entrees come with either spring rolls or soup. I like soup as much as the next guy, but you want the spring rolls. Don’t bother denying it. We know. We knew the second you walked in. Because these are those perfectly delicate, greasy little spring rolls that shatter in your mouth. If you get them at dinner, they’re called popia thod and you get four for $4.99.

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“Hidden in plain sight” is one way to describe Red Horse Grill. The eatery’s front is angled in such a way that the windows don’t face the busy main drag nearby.

“We’re kind of secluded in here,” co-owner Andrew Kabara said.

This year, he and his wife, Jane Kabara, are celebrating two decades of operating Red Horse Grill.

“We want people to know that we’re still here after all these years,” Kabara said.

Six-foot-tall posters on the windows holler to the world that the Wednesday evening special is Indian tacos ($3.99) and the all-day Friday special is fried catfish ($6.75) with family-recipe coleslaw and pumpkin fritters.

The couple contracts with a Native American woman who makes the fry bread dough for the tacos.

“Jane says we have a Cheers atmosphere without the alcohol,” Kabara said. “Especially on Friday nights; our customers all know each other. It’s like a neighborhood bar without being a bar.”

With its lived-in atmosphere, the place certainly is comfortable.

And it’s not pretentious in the least; service was swift and cheerful on an early weeknight. The menu is not exotic and adheres to Oklahoma grill standards including burgers, chickenfried steak, grilled or fried chicken and chili. “Munchers” was the only

A 1/3-pound bacon cheeseburger with mushrooms at Red Horse Grill. unknown item.

Those are deep-fried potato and jalapeño bits served with, of course, ranch dressing. The restaurant even has Frito chili pie, and okra is right at the top of the side dish section. When gravy is among the “extras” for addition to any dish, you’re assuredly dining in the bosom of the Sooner Nation.

There’s a small ($6.99) and large ($7.99) chef ’s salad. But it’s not bunny food that brings in the oil patch hands and delivery truck drivers that dominate the noon crowd. The deep fryer’s roar was like music to the ears. That’s what the roustabouts are talking about, not an eight-buck bowl of iceberg lettuce.

Red Horse’s 1/3-pound bacon cheeseburger ($6.80) is Oklahomaraised Certified Angus Beef. Its irregular patty was obviously handformed right there in the kitchen.

The burger was right up there with any of the best in Norman, and it’s the Red Horse pride and joy.

But before biting into any meal, you should hit the “fixin’s bar.” It’s like a salad bar but just includes sliced red onions, pickles, sliced tomatoes and salsa. The bread-and-butter pickles are particularly crunchy and good.

The dozen gorgeous golden brown onion rings ($4.50) ordered to accompany the hamburger were the size of donuts. There’s no way you can eat them all. Frozen custard (75 cents to $3.75) is vanilla only, but Red Horse will be glad to top it with a bright red maraschino cherry. Little touches like that have undoubtedly kept Red Horse Grill running for 20 years and will carry it forward through the next twenty.

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Now in its fifth year, the ACM@ UCO Rocks Bricktown Festival provides a glimpse into the talent being developed at the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma. It’s also free and open to the public, with a charming springtime backdrop set in downtown OKC’s Bricktown. Springtime, live music, free. Got it?

This year’s festival kicks off

at 3 p.m. Friday and includes three outdoor performance venues, including a stage in lower Bricktown, one in front of the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark baseball stadium and another in front of the school itself, overlooking the Bricktown Canal. A number of local bars and restaurants will host bands as well, with more than 70 bands performing throughout the day.

In addition to the local talent on display, influential electronic music heavyweight

Moby will perform a headlining DJ set at 10 p.m. at the Chevy Bricktown Events Center, 429 E. California Ave. Moby is a musician, DJ, producer and photographer from Harlem, well-known for his small stature and huge sound that mixes electronica, rock, punk, house music and more.

He has also remixed, co-written and produced music with artists including Daft Punk, Metallica, Michael Jackson and Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne.

Moby’s latest album, Innocents, was released in October and features collaborations with Queens of the Stone Age, Skylar Grey, Coyne and more.

Former event bands and headliners have included Nile Rodgers (Chic, Daft Punk), The English Beat, Colour Revolt, The Mutating Cell Ensemble with Steven Drozd of the Flaming Lips and more.

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There’s no one way to become a music mecca.

New Orleans and Memphis have their history. New York City and Los Angeles hold the direct lines into the industry. Austin, Portland and Seattle have the offbeat, DIY sensibilities and an insatiable appetite for live music.

Many, like Evan Michael Crowley — frontman of alt-pop act Paperscissor — think The Academy of Contemporary Music at UCO could be the starting point in a path to a similar status for Oklahoma City.

“I had always wondered why nobody stayed here and worked to make Oklahoma a better place for musicians,” Crowley said. “You look at all those places, and it’s like, why not here?”

Oklahoma has never been in short supply of legendary musical minds (Woody Guthrie, Garth Brooks, etc.), but most of them sought their musical schooling of sorts elsewhere.

ACM@UCO might represent a

chance to keep those talents closer to home.

It seems to be bonding the Oklahoma City scene as a whole more than splintering it apart, with performers like Jabee and Samantha Crain with no university affiliation offering their wisdom to students and master classes featuring worldfamous names — Jackson Browne, Ben Folds, Roger Daltrey, John Oates — open to the public and students alike.

“More and more people who aren’t directly tied to the school are getting involved and using it as a platform to mentor and share their knowledge and experience,” Crowley said. “As that grows, it’s really making a unified music scene that lets everybody have a little more sense of belonging.”

Crowley was instantly attracted to the school, enrolling early on in its formation and using the handson training and industry insight to navigate Paperscissor’s road from a fledgling band

Paperscissor

with a muddled identity to an emerging, streamlined electropop outfit. The band will follow Friday’s appearance at the ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown festival with a spot opening for Blue October at Diamond Ballroom the next night.

Paperscissor is Crowley and bandmates Jonathan King (guitar), Marcus Jackson (guitar), Josiah Tullis (bass) and Clayton Stroup (drums). The group has one EP to its name and is looking to record and release a full-length debut in the next six months.

“We’re in a place where we are ready to start to approach an album in terms of quality and bigger and better shows,” Crowley said. “It feels like there are more people watching.”

Pulling cues from alternative heavyweights like The Killers and The Strokes, Paperscissor is looking to make its first substantial trip across the U.S. upon finalizing plans for the new LP. “More than ever, we’ve really

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7 ARTISTS & VENUES 1. ACM@UCO PATIO 25 S. OKLAHOMA AVE., OUTSIDE PATIO CHELSEY GONZALEZ 4-4:40P INDIGOS 5-5:40P JOSH QUALLS 6-6:40P SÁHNIŠ 7-7:40P 2. ACM@UCO SONGWRITING ROOM 25 S. OKLAHOMA AVE., LOBBY SOUND MIXING PANEL 1-2P 3. ACM@UCO PERFORMANCE LAB 329 E. SHERIDAN AVE. CORPORATE GHOST 9-9:40P SONIC VIOLENCE 10-10:40P EUREEKA 11-11:40P AARON PIERCE 12-12:40A 4. BRICKTOWN MUSIC HALL 104 FLAMING LIPS ALLEY TRASH POPS 6-6:40P SILOH 7-7:40P ECHO BONES 8-8:40P SEMBLANCE 9-9:40P BOWLSEY 10-10:40P

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5. CAPTAIN NORM’S DOCKSIDE BAR 105 E. CALIFORNIA AVE. BUFFALO RODGERS 10-10:40P JADE CASTLE 11-11:40P POLAR PATTERN 12-12:40A 6. CHEVY BRICKTOWN EVENTS CENTER 429 E. CALIFORNIA AVE. INTERMISSION DJ SETS BY TNDR SEBASTIAN ROMMEL 7:30-8P PHINE ART 8:15-8:45P TRAVIS TRAPS 9-9:30P MOBY DJ 10-11:30P 7. CHEVY STAGE IN LOWER BRICKTOWN FOUNTAIN NORTH OF HARKINS THEATRE BAND 17 3-3:40P KINGFISH 4-4:40P BORED WAX 5-5:40P ASH BROS. 6-6:40P

THE ARGOTS 7-7:40P RACHEL BRASHEAR (99) 8-8:40P GIRAFFE MASSACRE 9-9:40P PAPERSCISSOR 10-10:40P ALUMA 11-11:40P 8. CHICKASAW BRICKTOWN BALLPARK 2 S. MICKEY MANTLE, MAIN ENTRANCE HONEY 3-3:40P CULTURE CINEMATIC 4-4:40P AUDIO EDEN 5-5:40P GOOD CULTURE 10-10:40P AIR LINE ROAD 11-11:40P 9. JJ’S ALLEY 212 E. SHERIDAN AVE. DARREN CIPPONERI 8:30-9:15P KYLE CROW 9:30-10:15P 10. NONNA’S EURO-AMERICAN RISTORANTE AND BAR 1 N. MICKEY MANTLE DR. EMILY NORTHCUTT 8-8:40P BOLD MCCOY 9-9:40P BETH & JESS 10-10:40P

11. TAPWERKS 121 E. SHERIDAN AVE. S. REIDY 9:30-9:50P WILLIS 10-10:20P ORIGINAL FLOW 10:35-11P ANATMA 11:20P-12A VOID OPUS 12:20-1A 12. WHISKEY CHICKS 115 E. RENO AVE. THE BROKEN OKIES 10-10:40P DIRTY YOUNG DOGS 11-11:40P KAITLIN BUTTS 12-12:40A 13. WORMY DOG SALOON 311 E. SHERIDAN AVE. THE HIDEOUTS 11-11:40P JENNIFAY JOY & DIAMOND GRIT 12-12:40A 14. YUCATAN TACO STAND TEQUILA BAR & GRILL 100 E. CALIFORNIA AVE. CAROL MORGAN & MANDY BRIXEY 10-10:40P HAYDEN BEDWELL 11-11:40P Q.U.I.L. 12-12:40A

MASTER CLASS WITH MOBY

SOUND MIXING FOR FEATURE FILM PANEL

THURSDAY, APRIL 10 AT 8 PM ACM@UCO PERFORMANCE LAB, 329 E. SHERIDAN AVE. HOSTED BY: SCOTT BOOKER, CEO FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

FRIDAY, APRIL 11 AT 1 PM LOCATION: SONGWRITING ROOM (FIRST FLOOR OF ACM@UCO, 25 S. OKLAHOMA AVE.) HOSTED BY: LANCE MCDANIEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEADCENTER FILM FESTIVAL, AND DAVID HANON, ACM@UCO PRODUCTION FACULTY. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OKLAHOMA GAZETTE | APRIL 9, 2014 | 33

THE ACADEMY OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

ROCKS BRICKTOWN

APRIL 11, 2014 | 3PM - 2AM Join us for the 5th annual ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown festival featuring a DJ Set by Moby, Grammy Award-nominated electronic singer-songwriter.

The festival will also feature more than 70 ACM@UCO student bands performing at 14 venues throughout Oklahoma City’s Bricktown District! All shows are FREE and open to the public.

featuring:

Doors 7:30 PM Show 10 PM

Chevy Bricktown Events Center 429 E. California, OKC

SPONSORED BY:

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For more information, visit www.acm-uco.com or call 405-974-4700

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LIFE FOOD & DRINK

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istrict 21, the restaurant at The Francis Tuttle School of Culinary Arts, will bring culinary students and foodies alike a treat this month. As part of its 2014 Guest Chef Dinner Series, chef Kurt Fleischfresser will offer a glimpse into the foods and ingredients that influence his favorite menus.

Alongside Fleischfresser, students will help prepare a fourcourse meal with menu items like sweet potato bisque, blue cheesebacon crostini, short rib filet, smoky chard and chocolate fauvet.

Five seating times are available — 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. — April 11 at Francis Tuttle Technology Center’s District 21 restaurant, 12777 N. Rockwell Ave. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at District 21 or by calling Dianna Stegmann at 717-4944.

For more information or to view a full menu, visit francistuttle.edu/district21.

— Gazette staff

Kurt Fleischfresser

FOOD Tea and Tips with Becky, devotion to wellness and nutrition, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Apr. 9. Uptown Grocery Co, 1230 W. Covell Road, Edmond, 509-2700, uptowngroceryco.com. WED OLFC Bourbon Tasting, benefiting Oklahoma Lawyers For Children, tasting of six premium Bulleit and George Dickel bourbons, 6 p.m., Apr. 9. Film Row, 700 W. Sheridan Ave. WED Chef Knife Skills, learn San Francisco-style chopping skills and hone your knife to a razor’s edge, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Apr. 9-10. Francis Tuttle Technology CenterRockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell Ave., 717-4900, francistuttle.edu. WED–THU Escabeche - Sweet & Sour Fish, fried fish cooked in a sweet and sour sauce with pineapple, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Apr. 9. Francis Tuttle Technology CenterRockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell Ave., 717-4900, francistuttle.edu. WED Coffee Slingers Roasters Brewing Workshop, explore the brewing process with focus on implementing simple tools, 5 p.m., Apr. 10. Coffee Slingers, 1015 N. Broadway Ave., 606-2763. THU Paint N Cheers, creative social art classes, 6:30 p.m., Apr. 10, 13-15. Paint N Cheers, 1614 N. Gatewood Ave., 524-4155, paintncheers.com. THU, SUN–TUE Pinot’s Palette, paint, drink, have fun, 7-9 p.m., Apr. 10; 7-10 p.m., Apr. 12. Pinot’s Palette, 115 E. California Ave., 602-3850, pinotspalette.com. THU, SAT Starlight Supper, dine under the stars, all proceeds from the event will benefit Artspace at Untitled, 7 p.m., Apr. 10. Bicentennial Park, 500 Couch Drive, 297-3882.

THU Guest Chef Dinner Series: Kurt Fleischfresser, Oklahoma chefs mentor the school’s students, Apr. 11.

Francis Tuttle Technology Center-Rockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell Ave., 717-4900, francistuttle.edu. FRI Jingle Jangle Mingle, kick-off event for the Western Heritage Awards, 5:30 p.m., Apr. 11. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org. FRI

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Saturdays R 4 Kids, create foods that look like one thing but are really something else, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Apr. 12. Francis Tuttle Technology CenterRockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell Ave., 717-4900, francistuttle.edu. SAT Meet Nick Stellino, Nick is celebrating his 18th year on national television with his latest series Cooking with Nick Stellino, noon-2 p.m., Apr. 12. Uptown Grocery Co., 1230 W. Covell Road, Edmond, 509-2700, uptowngroceryco.com. SAT Grilled Cheese Showdown, representatives from several cheese manufacturers prepare and sample grilled cheese specialty sandwiches, 3-7 p.m., Apr. 12.

Uptown Grocery Co., 1230 W. Covell Road, Edmond, 509-2700, uptowngroceryco.com. SAT Skeptics in the Pub, monthly meeting of the Oklahoma Skeptics Society to discuss scientific issues relevant to citizens of Oklahoma, 7-9 p.m., Apr. 14. Picasso Cafe, 3009 Paseo,602-2002. MON Tuesday Takeout Class: Glazed Ham and Carrots, make it in class then take it home and bake it, 2-3 p.m., Apr. 15. Uptown Grocery Co, 1230 W. Covell Road, Edmond, 509-2700, uptowngroceryco.com. TUE Pandesal - Filipino Dinner Rolls, Pandesal is an old time favorite bread among Filipinos, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Apr. 15. Francis Tuttle Technology CenterRockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell Ave., 717-4900, francistuttle.edu. TUE Learn with Brunch, meet with Becky Varner the first Tuesday of each month, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Apr. 16.

Uptown Grocery Co, 1230 W. Covell Road, Edmond, 509-2700, uptowngroceryco.com. WED Wellness Shopping Tour, label explanations for diabetes, celiac and heart health, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Apr. 16. Uptown Grocery Co, 1230 W. Covell Road, Edmond, 509-2700, uptowngroceryco.com. WED Cheesecake: Intermediate, evening cooking class, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Apr. 16. Francis Tuttle Technology Center-Rockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell Ave., 7174900, francistuttle.edu. WED

The Artistik Palette, the social painting place, 7-10 p.m., Apr. 11; 6-9 p.m., Apr. 12. Artistik Palette, 5820 E. Reno Ave., Midwest City. FRI–SAT Canning: Spring, cover the basics of canning, including jams, use of pectin and pickling, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Apr. 12. Francis Tuttle Technology CenterRockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell Ave., 717-4900, francistuttle.edu. SAT

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Soccer pub crawl Football season is finally here!

We call it soccer, but that doesn’t have to stop you from indulging in two favorite European traditions: walking and pub crawling.

Since the Energy FC games will be alcohol-free, we’ve created a list of pubs and taverns within walking distance from Clement E. Pribil Stadium at Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School.

— by Devon Green

Edna’s

Drunken Fry

The HiLo Club

5137 N. Classen Circle ednasokc.com 840-3339

5100 Classen Circle drunkenfry.com 226-5030

1221 NW 50th St. hilookc.com 843-1722

Consistently considered one of the best dive bars in OKC and the cornerstone of the trifecta of bars that make up Classen Circle, Edna’s has stood the test of time as more than a neighborhood favorite.

Wallpapered with dollar bills, this smoky, crowded hole-in-the-wall has been serving up its signature lunchboxes since 1980.

If you play “Great Balls of Fire” on the jukebox, Edna will dance on the bar.

Drunken Fry opened its doors in 2009 and has been serving up a fantastic combination of traditional pomme frites (fancy french fries) and beer ever since. The Fry offers a huge selection of beers and a fully stocked bar. Try one of 17 dipping sauces with catchy names like Kung Fu Grip (a wasabi-soy aioli) with your fries. And you’ll never get the stink-eye for dunking them in mayonnaise here.

The HiLo Club has been serving up a mix of strong drinks and entertainment since 1956. Depending on the day, HiLo is host to drag shows, live music, burlesque and a Golden Tee game that has been in the corner for years.

The bartenders are likely to know whatever obscure drink is popular that week and are champs at the old standards. The beer is ice-cold, and the pours are generous. It’s a great place to stop on your way to or from the game.

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Sipango Lounge

The Drum Room

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1114 NW 51st St. 51stspeakeasy.com 463-0470

4301 N. Western Ave. 525-1414

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4200 N. Western Ave. vzds.com 524-4203

Due to its proximity to Bishop McGuinness, as well as the owner’s love of soccer, 51st Street Speakeasy, or “The Speak” as most call it, has become the semiofficial base of The Grid, OKC Energy’s official supporter group.

It is a roomy, comfortable pub with a full bar and a wide selection of draft beers. With plenty of big-screen televisions, relax with a pint while you watch football to your heart’s content.

The neighborhood watering hole of your youth has grown up and now serves liquor in addition to ice-cold beer. This hole-in-the-wall has been a neighborhood favorite and a fixture on the N. Western Avenue circuit for a long while. The smoky, dark atmosphere makes the bar a good place to duck in out of the sunshine and have a drink or two. Make it a stop on your crawl for beer and a shot.

Not only does the relative newcomer to N. Western Avenue boast all things fried chicken and waffles, it has a full bar with a selection of draft beer and liquor. You can stop by for a snack or lunch before the game with a drink to wash it down.

Try some of the Drum Stix in Flaming Lips Hot Sauce for a kick in the pants, or share a celebratory whole chicken with your mates after the match.

VZD’s has been serving up great food and music for more than 30 years. It is housed in an old Veazey Drug Co. location. VZD’s is good for a pint of your favorite brew and a buffalo sausage burger made from locally sourced buffalo meat and Blue & Gold Sausage with some of its excellent fried okra to soak up some of the booze and keep you going after yelling at football players for hours.

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LIFE CULTURE

Prohibition fight PROVI DED

Oklahoma City’s history with alcohol is an explosive one.

BY BEN FELDER

MARK HANCOCK

Byron Gambulos wasn’t willing to back down. Instead, he was prepared to fight.

After his Oklahoma City liquor store had been bombed multiple times in the mid 1960s, Gambulos mounted his World War II-era registered machine gun on top of his store at the corner of NW 23rd Street and Broadway Avenue.

“I have never been one to run,” said Gambulos, 88, the founder of Byron’s Liquor Warehouse, which first opened in 1959, the year Oklahoma permitted the consumption of alcohol following the

Getting alcohol to consumers in Oklahoma City has always been a battle — sometimes fought with guns and other times fought with legislation and protests.

repeal of the Volstead Act and the end of Prohibition.

Gambulos never had to use that machine gun. But he did find himself in a gunfight in an alley near his store. It was suspected that organized crime operations in OKC were looking to run him out of business for his stance on local control for alcohol sales.

Getting alcohol to consumers in Oklahoma City has always been a battle — sometimes fought with guns and other times fought with legislation and protests.

Byron’s Liquor Warehouse regularly does over $20 million in annual business these days, but its first day of cracking $100,000 came just a day after the second bombing of the store in 1964.

There might be no greater proof that Oklahomans like their drinks.

Before Prohibition turned the nation dry and forced alcohol consumption into the shadows, Oklahoma City had used some of its first ordinances to regulate the sale and consumption of liquor. In 1890, the Oklahoma City Council declared that a person wanting to sell alcohol in the city must pay $5,000 and collect 30 signatures from resident freeholders, according to ordinance No. 5.

“A freeholder was someone who has a property free of any lien,” said Jennifer Day, Oklahoma City’s archivist. “That’s another way to say a prosperous white male.”

The city’s first ordinance on alcohol was not just discriminatory toward who could sell liquor but whom they could sell it to. The ordinance states that it “shall be Byron’s Liquor Warehouse shoppers.

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Byron Gambulos in 1959. unlawful for any person licensed under this ordinance … to sell … to any Indian, idiot, insane person or habitual drunkard.”

“The fact that this was the way legislation was written means a person could make broad generalizations,” Day said. “It made it unlawful for you to do this very vague thing. If someone walks up the bar and is impaired and you serve them without knowing it, you are at the will of who wants to declare a person to be an idiot or not.”

Liquor sales were also prohibited on city election days and after 11:30 p.m.

Over the next several years, the city adopted ordinances that banned liquor retailers from providing a place for patrons to sit or from playing music inside the store. When Oklahoma accepted Prohibition in 1907, the city adopted an ordinance banning the sale of liquor. It remained the law of the land until 1959, when Oklahomans voted to overturn it.

That’s when Gambulos opened his first liquor shop near downtown, and it has turned into a multimillion-dollar family business.

“He grew it from being a small corner store to a business that a lot of people across the city and state, and even outside the state, know about,” said Blake Cody, general manager at Byron’s Liquor Warehouse and the grandson of Gambulos.

Buying liquor from a store was the only legal option for getting a drink until 1984, when selling liquor by the glass was legalized in Oklahoma.

LIFE COMMUNITY

Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits shares money and prestige with its seventh annual ONE Awards

P ROVI DE D

Charity champions 2012 ONE Awards

BY DEVON GREEN

Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits ONE Awards 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday Southern Hills Country Club 2636 E. 61st St., Tulsa oklahomacenterfornonprofits.org 463-6886

Once a year, the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits publicly acknowledges and rewards nonprofit organizations in Oklahoma.

The inspiration for the awards was a similar awards ceremony hosted by the El Pomar Foundation in Colorado.

“We had a good model to work with, and we were thrilled with the response from the donor community.

They thought it was about time that the organizations started getting the recognition as organizations rather than individuals,” said Marnie Taylor, the center’s CEO. “It’s been a highly successful and well-funded event.”

Taylor is in her fourth year as CEO, and she is pleased at how it has become prestigious to win the award.

She mentioned several organizations that list the award among their proudest accomplishments. Future Farmers of America, the 2012 grand prize winner, proudly announced its “best nonprofit in Oklahoma” status on the cover of its annual program the following year.

The finalists are chosen by an independent committee that is not affiliated with the Center for Nonprofits.

“Most of the commission are funders of nonprofits and are active in the nonprofit community,” Taylor said.

“They are very knowledgeable about how nonprofits work.”

To build on its knowledge, the center holds an annual outreach event to give exposure to some of the lesser-known nonprofit organizations, especially those outside of Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

The outreach event is a chance for the organizations to introduce themselves to the commission.

The commission meets privately and, in what Taylor calls a “very

specific, well-defined process,” chooses the finalists, winners and the overall winner for the year.

The winner of the previous year’s biggest award is the keynote speaker for the next year’s event. Last year, the grand prize was awarded to Tulsa-based The Little Light House, a charity that provides educational and therapeutic services to special needs children.

On the evening of the ONE Awards, the center will give away almost $1 million to the selected charities. The overall winner will receive $10,000. The finalists will be awarded $5,000, and the winner in each category will receive $7,500.

This year’s event will be in Tulsa.

In the fall, the center hosts the Visions Awards ceremony in Oklahoma City.

2014 nominees Children’s Musical Theatre of Bartlesville deadCENTER Film Festival Frederick Arts & Humanities Council, Inc. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma Chahta Foundation Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa, Inc. CAP Tulsa Lowe Family Young Scholars Program Positive Tomorrows The Children’s Center Community Health Connection, Inc. Visiting Nurse Association of Oklahoma Center for Children and Families NewView Oklahoma The Parent Child Center of Tulsa Elder Care RSVP of Central Oklahoma Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless Boys & Girls Club of Nowata Leonardo’s Children’s Museum Youth & Family Services of El Reno Science Museum Oklahoma Tulsa Hub Up With Trees

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JASON WEGER for U.S. SENATE

LIFE

Tired of the Status Quo? Me too!

I need your help to fight the Washington insiders.

We all know we deserve better!

Take 9, a variety, sketch comedy show and live music from Oklahoma’s hottest up and coming bands and featured artists, 8 p.m., Apr. 9. Red Room Event Center, 114 W. Main, Norman, 579-2000. WED Jesus Christ Superstar, loosely based Biblical account of Jesus’ life follows the traditional Easter story but the works depiction offers a free interpretation of Jesus and characters, 8 p.m., Apr. 10-13. Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker, 297-2264, okcciviccenter.com. THU–SUN

Fiscal Conservative

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Social Libertarian

T

he University of Central Oklahoma’s American Democracy Project will host a debate over the death penalty, with a banquet to follow.

Debaters will cover topics like the Oklahoma Justice Commission’s call for reforms to the criminal justice system, the public’s perceived legitimacy of the reforms and the abolition of the death penalty. The banquet will feature guest speaker Rob Warden, executive director and co-founder of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law. Because the state’s execution laws are being examined, this debate could potentially delay lethal injections for Oklahoma death row inmates.

The debate will be at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in Nigh University Center’s Constitution Hall on the UCO campus, 100 N. University Drive in Edmond. The banquet will follow at 6 p.m. in the center’s Ballrooms A and B. The debate is free and open to the public. Tickets for the banquet are $15 for students and $50 for non-students.

For reservations, call 948-1645 or visit okcadp.org. For more information about the ADP, visit uco.edu/adp. — Gazette staff

EVENTS

KIDS

Disability Awareness Week, Students for an Accessible Society provide information of daily challenges facing the disabled, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Apr. 9-10. University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University, Edmond, 9742000, uco.edu. WED–THU

Aquaticus: An Ocean on the Prairie, exhibit includes information on the building of the Midwests only major aquarium in the 1980’s, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Apr. 9-16. Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington,424-3344, okczoo.com. WED–WED

2014 HireLive Career Fair, professional career fair specifically for sales, retail and management positions, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Apr. 10. Embassy Suites - Will Rogers World Airport, 1815 S. Meridian. THU

Belly Dancing Saturdays • 8:30

Oklahoma City Memory Gala, businesses and community leaders gather to show their support and to honor those who go above and beyond in the fight against Alzheimers disease, 6:30 p.m., Apr. 10.

Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens, 602-8500, coxconventioncenter.com. THU The Ink Life Tour, guests can get a tattoo, book a session with an artist, listen to live music and watch a magic show, noon-11:30 p.m., Apr. 11-12; noon-9:15 p.m., Apr. 13. Grand Casino, 777 Grand Casino, Shawnee, 9647777, grandcasinoshawnee.com. FRI–SUN Pickers’ Night Out, a vintage shopping experience with some of the most uncommon vintage finds, 6-9 p.m., Apr. 11-12. Farmers Public Market, 311 S. Klein, 232-6506, okcfarmersmarket.com. FRI–SAT OKC Beautiful’s LitterBlitz, Lake Overholser and the Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge trash cleanup, free lunch and prize giveaway, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Apr. 12. Overholser Pavilion, NW 14th and Overholser Drive. SAT

6014 N. May • 947-7788 www.zorbasokc.com

Buchanan’s Antique and Vintage Market, browse through hundreds of vendors and find great bargains and treasures, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Apr. 12; 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Apr. 13. Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, 3001 General Pershing, 948-6700. SAT Three Season Plant Border Design, tips and tricks for designing a planting bed to look fabulous from spring until the frosts of fall, 9-11 a.m., Apr. 12. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno, 445-7080, myriadgardens.org. SAT Western Heritage Awards, honoring Western Heritage Award winners and hall of fame inductees, 5 p.m., Apr. 12. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org. SAT Sooner Time Collectors Workshop, hands on evaluation of the mechanics, cosmetic and originality of American clocks, 1:30 p.m., Apr. 13. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52nd St., 602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org. SUN Skeptics in the Pub, monthly meeting of the Oklahoma Skeptics Society to discuss scientific issues relevant to citizens of Oklahoma, 7-9 p.m., Apr. 14. Picasso Cafe, 3009 Paseo, 602-2002. MON OCCC Blood Drive, Oklahoma Blood Institute and Oklahoma City Community College are teaming up to save the lives of those in local hospitals, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Apr. 15-16. Oklahoma City Community College, 7777 S. May, 682-1611, occc.edu. TUE–WED

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Free Reading Tutors, National Women in AG Association is offering free tutoring sessions, don’t let your child be unprepared, 5-7 p.m., Apr. 10, 15; 10 a.m.noon, Apr. 12. NWIAA Sustainable Science Academy, 1701 N. Martin Luther King Ave. THU, SAT, TUE Walk for Kids, family friendly event in celebration of the 30th birthday of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oklahoma City, 8 a.m., Apr. 12. Dell Oklahoma City Campus, 3501 SW 15th St. SAT Mommy Wiggles and Baby Giggles Yoga, OKCMOA and Mat’s Edge team up with an opportunity to experience the arts in a new way, 10-10:30 a.m., Apr. 12. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch, 236-3100, okcmoa.com. SAT Easter Carnival, Easter egg hunt, free food, inflatables, rock climbing wall, bungee trampoline and other family games and craft activities, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Apr. 12. Victory Church Norman, 1201 W. Boyd, Norman. 717-1225, victorynorman.tv. SAT Weekend Keeper Connections, from anemones to zebras, learn about your favorite Zoo animals from the people entrusted to care for them: the keepers, Apr. 12-13. Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington, 424-3344, okczoo.com. SAT–SUN Earth Fest, kids activities, education booths, rain barrel give-away, alternative fuel cars and a special outdoor exhibit, 1-4 p.m., Apr. 12. Martin Park Nature Center, 5000 W. Memorial, 755-0676, okc.gov/parks. SAT Free Family Day, free admission, live music performances, hands-on art activities, face painting and story times, noon-5 p.m., Apr. 13. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch, 236-3100, okcmoa.com. SUN Malee’s Birthday Bash, third birthday party for Malee, cake for thousands, party favors for guests and other activities, 1-3 p.m., Apr. 13. Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington,424-3344, okczoo.com. SUN Little Big Chefs Cooking Classes, chef-instructed kid’s cooking class, 2 p.m., Apr. 13. Uptown Grocery Co, 1230 W. Covell, Edmond, 509-2700, uptowngroceryco.com. SUN 2014 Children, Youth & Families Picnic, fun, free, family friendly picnic event full of activities, games, crafts and picnic style dinner, 3:30-7:30 p.m., Apr. 14. Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., 521-3356, ok.gov. MON

PERFORMING ARTS Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this musical parable, 7:30 p.m., Apr. 9-10; 8 p.m., Apr. 11; 2, 8 p.m., Apr. 12; 2, 7 p.m., Apr. 13. Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker, 297-2264, okcciviccenter.com. WED–SUN

Picasso at the Lapin Agile, the play imagines a comical encounter between Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein, both of whom are in their early twenties and fully aware of their amazing potential, 8 p.m., Apr. 10-11; 2, 8 p.m., Apr. 12; 2 p.m., Apr. 13. Oklahoma City University, 2501 N. Blackwelder, 208-5000, okcu.edu. THU–SUN The Cherry Orchard, explores the themes of memory and forgetfulness as well as the clash of values between the modern Russia of the early 20th century and the traditional aristocratic life of the 19th century, 8 p.m., Apr. 10-12; 3 p.m., Apr. 13. University of Oklahoma, 660 Parrington Oval, Norman, 325-0311, ou.edu. THU–SUN Maddison Allen Comedy: Dave Ross, creator of the wildly successful Holy F*ck comedy show and a MOTH GrandSlam winner, 10 p.m., Apr. 10. VZD’s Restaurant & Club, 4200 N. Western, 524-4203, vzds.com. THU A Piece of My Heart, transports the audience back to a time when young men and women did not always willingly go fight in a war that was most certainly not supported by the average citizen, 7:30 p.m., Apr. 11-12; 2 p.m., Apr. 13. The Stage Door, 601 Oak, Yukon, 265-1590, stagedooryukon.com. FRI–SUN UCO Short Play Festival, a dynamic evening of theatre produced by a company of Central students, 7:30 p.m., Apr. 11-12. University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University, Edmond, 974-2000, uco.edu. FRI–SAT Is He Dead?, fast-paced comic confection originated by the incomparable American humorist Mark Twain, 8 p.m., Apr. 11-12; 2 p.m., Apr. 13. Carpenter Square Theatre, 800 W. Main, 232-6500, carpentersquare.com.

FRI–SUN The Queen’s Bed, it’s a wild sex romp when the Queen of a small country tries to rule the world with her bed, 8 p.m., Apr. 11-12. The Boom, 2218 NW 39th, 601-7200, theboomokc.com. FRI–SAT Bluegrass Workshop/Concert/Jam, workshops and concert jam, 4 p.m., Apr. 12. Oklahoma Country-Western Museum & Hall of Fame, 3929 SE 29th, 677-3174. SAT Blue Ballet, actually not a ballet, but rather a satire set in a blues nightclub, the production is termed a dansical because it tells a story built on dance with live instrumental and vocal music, 8 p.m., Apr. 12. Oklahoma City Community College, 7777 S. May, 682-1611, occc.edu. SAT The Seasons, a compilation of music, song and dance to Franz Joseph Haydn’s classical oratorio, 8 p.m., Apr. 12; 3 p.m., Apr. 13. University of Oklahoma, 660 Parrington Oval, Norman, 325-0311, ou.edu. SAT Rob Delaney, comedian and writer Rob Delaney’s career received attention via his Twitter account, 8 p.m., Apr. 16. Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing, 951-0000, cityartscenter.org. WED

FILM Dr. Strangelove, (U.S., 1964, dir. Stanley Kubrick) an insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop, 7:30 p.m., Apr. 9. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch, 236-3100, okcmoa.com. WED Wichita, (U.S., 2014, dir. Nicholas Barton) a mysterious fugitive seeks out his revenge on the person who landed him in prison, 6 p.m., Apr. 10. Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing, 951-0000, cityartscenter.org. THU Shampoo, (U.S., 1975, dir. Hal Ashby) in a town where anything goes, everything does in this funny bedroom farce, 7:30, Apr. 10. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch, 236-3100, okcmoa.com. THU The Bridge on the River Kwai, (UK, 1957, dir. David Lean) film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway, 7 p.m., Apr. 11. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch, 236-3100, okcmoa.com. FRI 6th Annual Red Carpet Film Festival, promoting the expanding film community in Oklahoma and energizing Moore Norman Technology Center students’ creative spirit, 7 p.m., Apr. 12. Sooner Theatre, 101 E. Main, Norman, 321-9600, soonertheatre.com. SAT Sweet Dreams, (U.S., 2012, dir. Lisa and Rob Fruchtman) Rwandan women defy devastation of genocide to form countrys first female drumming troupe and ice cream shop, 2 p.m., Apr. 13. Oklahoma City University, 2501 N. Blackwelder, 208-5000, okcu.edu. SUN

Come on Down

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Family matters Oklahoma City Museum of Art puts family first with an all-ages celebration.

BY ALISSA LINDSEY

Free Family Day noon-5 p.m. Sunday Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch Drive okcmoa.com 236-3100 Free

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art is expecting approximately 5,000 people to attend its spring Free Family Day to celebrate art and community from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at the museum, 415 Couch Drive.

The free afternoon event is organized around New York sculptor Lisa Hoke’s exhibit Come on Down, a vibrant wall frieze that measures 15 feet high and 150 feet wide.

“Color is the thing that makes my heart pound,” Hoke said on the museum’s website. “It’s not the printing; it’s the thrill of color, and I can’t really explain that. It’s a love mixed with overstimulation.”

The piece was constructed from recycled paper and product packing, and Sunday is the last day to experience it. To tie into the exhibit, arts and craft projects for all ages — like recycled pinwheels and art wristbands — will be led by Museum School teaching artists during Family Day. Along with free museum admission, the museum will offer activities such as face painting, storytimes by the Metropolitan Library System, guided museum tours and an interactive photo booth for families throughout its classrooms, galleries and even on the roof, weather permitting, said Amanda Harmer, the museum’s education and community outreach coordinator.

The event will also feature performances from magician Michael King at 12:30 p.m., indie kids band Spaghetti Eddie! at 2:30 p.m. and the funky organ/drum duo Sugar Free All Stars at 3:30 p.m.

Michael King’s One-Man Circus performs juggling acts, unicycling and magic acts that are full of familyfriendly comedy, according to his website. His talents were developed during a year of touring the U.S. and Canada with a circus.

“Written with the intention to entertain children and not drive parents crazy,” the music of Spaghetti Eddie! is known for being silly story-songs that teach kids about colors, days of the week, opposites and manners, among other fun themes like dinosaurs, space and the zoo, according to the band’s Facebook page and website. Brendan Parker provides vocals and plays guitar and electric kazoo, and Todd Parsons plays drums and cowbell.

Brought to you by organist, lead vocalist and saxophonist Chris “Boom!”

Wiser and drummer and vocalist Rob “Dr. Rock” Martin, Oklahoma City’s Sugar Free All Stars get right to the heart of music with their blend of New Orleans funk, Memphis soul and Hammond’s organ-saturated gospel.

Other craft projects include making black-and-white landscapes and sun prints, where objects like feathers and flowers are placed on top of paper that is sensitive to ultraviolet light to make a print of the shape.

Museum School also offers classes to kids and adults who are just beginning to discover their artistic abilities as well as to those who have previous experience.

Registration is open to all ages for summer classes like sketching, painting, photography, printmaking, glassblowing and even yoga. Along with the aforementioned classes, workshops for kids include craft projects like theater masks and clay monsters.

The next Free Family Day will be held in the fall. For more information, visit okcmoa.com or call 236-3100, ext. 221 or ext. 231.

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iber Artists of Oklahoma, a nonprofit arts organization, is calling for entries into its 36th annual juried exhibition of fiber artistry opening in May. Entries from current Oklahoma residents can be submitted on Fiber Artists’ website between midnight April 25 and midnight May 1. For the first time, entries will be submitted and juried online.

Original pieces or individual interpretations of traditional techniques of work in mediums including weaving, needlework, basketry, quilting, soft sculpture, beading, paper, knitting, crocheting, felting and all other works primarily constructed of fiber or using techniques typically used in fiber art will be considered. Cash awards will be presented to winners in different categories.

The exhibition will be May 16 at Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, 706 W. Sheridan Ave. Entry details can be found at fiberartistsok.org. — Gazette staff

5 Man Show, artists featured in April show come from four different states and regularly show at The National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Museum, Grapevine Gallery, 1933 NW 39th St., 528-3739, grapevinegalleryokc.com All Fun and Games, an innovative exhibition featuring the video arcade game as a medium of visual art. FAC Gallery, 444 South Flood Ave., Norman, 329-4523, normanfirehouse.com.

Allan Houser and His Students, in celebration of his 100th birthday, this exhibit features works of Allan Houser as well as his students, focusing on his role as a teacher and mentor. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org.

Allan Houser at the Capitol: A Legacy in Bronze, part of a statewide celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Oklahoma artist Allan Houser, Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., 521-3356, arts.ok.gov.

Clay Classes with Susan Cromer Yback, handbuilding and wheelthrowing for ages 6 and up, 10 a.m.-noon, Apr. 12. House of Clay, 1100 NW 30th, 524-5610. SAT Come on Down, sculpture work by Lisa Hoke challenging the irony of modern mass-production.

Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 2363100, okcmoa.com.

Edward S. Curtis Photogravures, published works encompass the American Southwest. National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NW 63rd St., 4782250, nationalcowboymuseum.com.

Encaustic Workshop, going a little larger with Ellen Koment, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Apr. 11, Paseo School of Art, 3110 A N. Paseo Drive, 205-8990, paseoschoolofart.com.

Ansel Adams: An American Perspective, exhibit is an overview of Adams’ life after discovering beauty and solace of the American West. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch, 236-3100, okcmoa.com.

Festival of the Four Winds, celebration of the art and culture of tribal nations in Oklahoma, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Apr. 12, Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua, Norman, 325-4712, snomnh.ou.edu. SAT

Art 365, offering significant awards and support to artists OVAC Art 365 exhibition challenges local artists to create new innovative artwork. Artspace at Untitled, 1 NE 3rd, 815-9995, artspaceatuntitled.org.

Flesh and Bone, series of life-like paintings by artist David Slone, a.k.a. Gallery, 3001 Paseo Drive, 606-2522, akagallery.net.

Art After 5 Roof Terrace, join downtown workers, adventurous concert and film goers and the art crowd for cocktails on the skyline, 5 p.m., Apr. 10. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 236-3100, okcmoa.com. THU Bhupinder Obhrai, initially self-taught, this artist’s paintings have excellent use of color and depth with the perspective of a much more experienced artist, The Summer Wine Art Gallery, 2928 B Paseo, 831-3279, summerwinegallery.com.

Brandice Guerra: Wunderkammer and Totemic Taxonomy, display of art and natural history curiosities and exploration of totems in the context of the 21st century, Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52nd, 602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org.

Brett Weston: Land, Sea, and Sky, exhibition including examples from 1940-1985 and consisting predominantly of mud, rock and ice abstractions, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch, 236-3100, okcmoa.com.

Ceramic Wheel Throwing Class, weekly basic wheelthrowing class, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Apr. 9. House of Clay, 1100 NW 30th, 524-5610. WED

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Circadian Rhythms, features both traditional and nontraditional elements inspired by the concept of time and cycles, The University of Oklahoma, 520 Parrington Oval, Rm. 202, Norman, 325-2691, ouarts.com.

Generations, a father-son art exhibit with Brad and Nathan Price featuring recent works in oil, acrylic and mixed-media. Norman Santa Fe Depot, 200 S. Jones, Norman, 307-9320, pasnorman.org.

George M. Sutton: Exploring Art and Science, features 75 watercolor paintings from Mexico, Arctic and U.S. expeditions. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua, Norman, 325-4712, snomnh.ou.edu.

Horse as Icon, Jean Richardson’s horses reflect her prairie roots and her passion for contemporary art, Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., 5213356, arts.ok.gov.

Houser Centennial Drawing Exhibit, one of Oklahoma’s beloved artists is getting statewide appreciation during the centennial of his birth, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm, Norman, 325-3272, ou.edu/fjjma.

Intermix: Art + Design, collection of work exploring the bridge between art and design, Istvan Gallery, 1218 N. Western, 831-2874, istvangallery.com.

Intermix: Art + Design Just Watercolors, explore the basics of watercolor painting while completing a painting suitable for framing, new painting weekly, supplies provided, 6-8 p.m., Apr. 10, Hobby Lobby, 800 W. Danforth, Edmond, 340-1548, hobbylobby.com. THU

Selections from the Photographic Society of America, collection contains more than 5,000 historically important photographic prints dating from 1913 to the present, University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University, Edmond, 974-2000, uco.edu.

Kate Rivers, using collage as her primary medium, she explores pattern, texture and the messages conveyed by the combination of text and material, JRB Art at the Elms, 2810 N. Walker, 528-6336, jrbartgallery.com.

Something Old and Something New, Linda Scott is involved in the art of glass painting, which has been her passion for drawing and studying the human face and form, Contemporary Art Gallery, 2928 Paseo, 601-7474, contemporaryartgalleryokc.com.

Live on the Plaza, monthly artwalk event that promotes emerging artistic talent in Oklahoma City, 7 p.m., Apr. 11, Plaza District, 1618 N. Gatewood, 3679403, plazadistrict.org.

Spring Fling, a group exhibit by gallery artists capturing the warm rushes of emotion that characterize this season of rebirth, In Your Eye Studio & Gallery, 3005-A Paseo, 525-2161, inyoureyegallery.com.

Making Change, exhibit featuring the stories behing the groundbreaking coins designed by sculptors Laura Gardin Fraser and Glenna Goodacre, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.com.

Subtext, artist Marjorie Atwood combines media and subject matter to illustrate her wide variety of influences. Governor’s Gallery, Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., artsok.gov.

New Paintings: Turovskiy and Turk, abstract pieces created by using resin and fluid acrylics as well as oil on canvas paintings that are narrative and biopic in nature, Paseo Originals Art Gallery, 2920 Paseo, 604-6602, paseooriginals.com.

Still Life Painting in Oils Five-Week Course, achieve the maximum amount of depth and brilliancy of light, maintain rich color and achieve a sense of air in the painting, 6-9 p.m., Apr. 8, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 4782250, nationalcowboymuseum.com. TUE The Blues Highway, a series of black and white photographs taken along U.S. Route 61 documenting blues singers and juke joints, JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N. Walker, 528-6336, jrbartgallery.com.

The Daily Artifact, exhibition created by designer Corey Fuller’s personal challenge to create one new thing a day for a year. Gaylord-Pickens Heritage Museum. 1400 Classen Blvd., 235-4458, oklahomaheritage.com.

The Science of Rock and Roll, exhibition includes artifacts, informational walls and documentary videos, visitors can pick up a guitar or experiment with turntables. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52nd, 602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org.

Ticky Tacky Knick Knacks, Lynden Wilcoxson prefers to use acrylics over oil or watercolor due to the fast drying time and the look he gets in layering the coats of paint, Contomporary Art Gallery, 2928 Paseo, 6017474, contemporaryartgalleryokc.com.

One Man’s Vision Oklahoma @ the Movies, a celebration showcasing the creativity and innovation of Oklahomans and their legacy the silver screen. Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-0765, okhistory.org.

One Man’s Vision, exhibit will be a mixure of work done by J. Don Cook as a photojournalist and as an artist, Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., 521-3356, arts.ok.gov.

OU MFA Thesis Exhibit, featuring Sarah EngelBarnett, Chris Fleming Qiang Tracy Shi and Jessica Wilson, Mainsite Contemporary Art, 122 E. Main, Norman, 360-1162, mainsite-art.com.

Ramp It Up, exhibit examining the role of indigenous peoples in skateboarding culture. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua, Norman, 325-4712, snomnh.ou.edu.

Treasures of Oklahoma, exhibit expresses Michael Bryan’s appreciation for the Oklahoma landscape, Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., 5213356, arts.ok.gov.

Under Construction: An Exhibition Showcasing the Evolution of Design Ideas by Amy Jacobson-Peters, showcases legwork that goes into a final design, University of Central Oklahoma. 100 N. University, Edmond, 974-2000, uco.edu Words With Friends, the popular game on many smartphones prompted an idea for gallery owner Jann Jeffrey, Jann Jeffrey Gallery, 3018 Paseo, 607-0406, jannjeffrey.com.

ENROLLMENT DEADLINE IS MAY 9TH!

Woven With a Silent Motto: Drawings 1977-2014, Chuck Webster is known for his playful quasi-abstract paintings and drawings. Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing, 951-0000, cityartscenter.org.

No Prepayment Contracts Approved by the American Bar Association Saturday Classes

University of Oklahoma Law Center Department of Legal Assistant Education 300 Timberdell Rd., Room 3014, Norman, OK 73019 For more info: (405) 325-1726 or lae@hamilton.law.ou.edu OKLAHOMA GAZETTE | APRIL 9, 2014 | 43

Christ the King Catholic Church 8005 Dorset Drive (1 block north of Wilshire halfway between Penn & May) www.ckokc.org

Palm Sunday

April 12th at 5 pm April 13 at 8 am, 10 am, 12:15 pm th

Holy Thursday

Mass of the Lord’s Supper April 17th at *7 pm

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament follows Mass until 12 Midnight

Good Friday

Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion

April 18th at *3 pm & *7 pm

Holy Saturday Easter Vigil Mass April 19th at 8 pm

Easter Sunday Masses April 20th at 8 am, *10 am & *12:15 pm * nursery available by reservation

Palm Sunday | April 13

Worship | 10:30am Movie: The Passion of the Christ | 2:30pm

Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service April 17 | 6:30pm

Good Friday | April 18

Prayer Stations “Jesus’ Last Words from the Cross” 11am - 3pm

Easter Sunday | April 20 Continental Breakfast | 9:00am Dining Room

Peter Monologue | 9:45pm Dining Room

Resurrection Worship | 10:30 Sanctuary

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Disciples of Christ)

3700 N. Walker Avenue | OKC Church Office: Mon-Thurs, 8:30-4:30 405-525-6551 | www.fccokc.org

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GOOD FRIDAY April 18 7pm Family Fun Day Saturday, April 19 at the Cube

EASTER at Council Road

April 20

2 Services 9:15am & 10:45am Council Road Baptist Church 2900 N. Council Road Bethany, OK

www.councilroad.org

Epworth United Methodist Church

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A Reconciling Congregation

Sunday, April 13 • Liturgy of the Psalms Thursday, April 17 • Maunday Thursday Service of Table and Tenebrae • 6:00pm

Sunday, April 20 • Easter Morning Sunrise Service is shared with

New Life United Methodist Church 27th & Santa Fe • Moore, OK • 6:15am

EASTER SERVICES Celebration of the Resurrection at

Epworth United Methodist Church 1901 N Douglas Ave. • OKC 10:45 am

Bridge to Afghanistan Author Khaled Hosseini discusses writing, change and the value of the small picture.

BY DEVON GREEN

Metropolitan Library Literary Voices 7 p.m., Wednesday, Apr. 9 Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club 7000 NW Grand Blvd. metrolibrary.org/literaryvoices 606-3760 $175-$50,000

Khaled Hosseini, author of one of the best-selling books of the 21st century, did not set out to become an author.

He had a successful medical practice in California and was content to write for himself.

“I get these letters from writers about how to become a successful writer, and I just do not have a sexy answer for them,” he said. “Don’t write to get published, don’t write to get rich; write because you have something to say and unless you don’t write it down, it’s going to drive you crazy.”

His best-selling first novel, The Kite Runner, published in 2003, has been translated into more than 42 languages and published in 38 countries. But it wasn’t written in one go.

“I don’t think that happens to anybody, somebody who comes out of left field who writes this big novel,” he said. “I don’t think anybody just wakes up and writes a book.”

The book has, in his words, “humanized Afghanistan for western readers.” But that, too, was not his intent.

“I think that most people whose writing has strong sociopolitical leanings ultimately are driven by personal, intimate things,” Hosseini said.

The novel helps readers understand Afghanistan and its people through a narrative about a people who have lived in a strife-torn place for 40 years.

Khaled Hosseini PROVIDED

Contata: “Come Touch the Robe” with Holy Communion • 10:45am

His stories have more impact than he ever imagined possible.

“My situation as a writer presented me with an opportunity to play, albeit a small role … to help the people that populate my books,” he said.

He started The Khaled Hosseini Foundation to provide humanitarian assistance for the people of Afghanistan. He also is a U.S. Goodwill Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

He will speak at the Metropolitan Library Endowment Trust’s Literary Voices Wednesday at the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club. It is an annual fundraiser that helps support the library system with grants for improvements.

BOOKS Kind of Kin, reading, Q&A and book signing with award-winning author and native Oklahoman Rilla Askew, 7 p.m., Apr. 10. University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University Drive, Edmond, 9742000, uco.edu. THU UCO Friends of the Library Book Sale, located in the basement of UCO Chambers Library, open to the public, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Apr. 11-12; noon-6 p.m., Apr. 13. University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University Drive, Edmond, 974-2000, uco.edu.

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Use your Energy The long-anticipated soccer season is here.

BY DEVON GREEN

OKC Energy FC vs.

Orlando City SC 7 p.m. Saturday, April 26 Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School Clement E. Pribil Stadium 801 NW 50th St. energyfc.com 235-5425 $7-$25

On April 26, the Oklahoma City Energy FC will make its home-turf debut at Clement E. Pribil Stadium at Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School.

Excitement has been building since the team was officially announced last year, and a buzz has exploded around the arrival of the United Soccer League Professional (USL Pro) team in Oklahoma City. The coaching staff spent several months assembling a team of world-class athletes through tryouts and recruiting.

The roster is a mix of international and domestic players from four countries and 14 U.S. states, including early fan favorite Cyprian Hedrick from French Republic of Cameroon.

Other international players include Adda Djeziri and Philip Lund, both from Denmark; Mark Howard and Paul Wyatt from England; and Gareth Evans from Wales.

Representing Oklahoma are Edmond’s own Steve Perry (insert a Journey joke here; he has heard them all) and Norman’s Ray Clark.

Perry has 10 years of experience on the professional circuit and now circles back to end up in his hometown, playing at his alma mater.

He played domestically for the New England Revolution and internationally for the Finnish Ekenäs IF before Jason Hawkins, general manager of the Energy, encouraged him to attend a combine, a type of tryout with seasoned players, for the Energy.

At a recent Energy practice at North Oklahoma City Soccer Club, he talked about returning to the soccer fields where he learned to play.

“I trained here [at Northwest OKC

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Ray Clark

2014 ENERGY TEAM ROSTER No.

Position

Name

Hometown

2

Midfielder

Kyle Miller

Overland Park, Kan.

3

Midfielder

Peabo Doue

Takoma Park, Md.

4

Defender

Cyprian Hedrick

Douala, Cameroon

5

Defender

Gareth Evans

Wrexham, Wales

6

Defender

Tarek Morad

Chino Hills, Calif.

7

Midfielder

David Leichty

Overland Park, Kan.

8

Forward

Michael Thomas

Overland Park, Kan.

9

Midfielder

Christian Duke

Overland Park, Kan.

10

Midfielder

Philip Lund

Vejle, Denmark

11

Forward

Adda Djeziri

Copenhagen, Denmark

12

Defender

Max Gunderson

Henderson, Nev.

14

Forward

Pete Caringi III

Perry Hall, Md.

16

Defender

Samir Badr

Fairfax, Va.

17

Goalkeeper

Paul Wyatt

Modbury, England

18

Midfielder

Nate Shiffman

Richmond, Va.

21

Forward

Steven Perry

Edmond

22

Forward

Kyle Greig

Stevens Point, Wis.

23

Defender

Mark Howard

Salford, England

24

Goalkeeper

Ray Clark

Norman

Soccer Club] on these fields from age 12 up, so this is really full circle for me,” he said.

Perry also attended high school at Bishop McGuinnes and played at Clement E. Pribil Stadium.

“They’ve made quite a few changes since I was there, and I’m excited to play in the updated stadium,” he said.

This is goalkeeper Clark’s first opportunity to play for a professional team.

A Norman High School graduate, Clark played soccer with assistant coach Chris Spendlove, who

encouraged him to attend open tryouts. One of the youngest members of the Energy, Clark earned his spot with raw talent.

“Getting to play for the Energy is unbelievable,”

Getting to play for the Energy is unbelievable, and to get to do it in my own hometown is a dream come true.

— Ray Clark

Clark said. “And to get to do it in my own hometown is a dream come true.”

The Energy also has two players from Major League Soccer (MLS) team Sporting KC on loan for the season. The Energy is an affiliate of the Kansas City team, and Jimmy Nielsen was its team captain before becoming head coach of OKC’s new team. Goalkeeper Jon Kempin and midfielder Christian Duke will play with the team for its inaugural season.

Superfans

Now that we’ve met a few of the players, who are those guys over there in the stands, making such a racket?

Say hello to The Grid, Energy FC’s official supporters’ club.

In Europe, a lot of the clubs are called Ultras, taking a cue from the Latin word that means “beyond.”

It takes its name for fandom above and beyond the norm.

Renowned for its fanatical and vocal support of its team, this group of fans is present at every

Tarek Morad

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LIFE SPORTS

THE GRANDEST EXPERIENCE Energy FC Coach Jimmy Neilson and Gareth Evans. match, singing and cheering and taunting the other team, usually in its own section of the stadium.

Sean Tolbert and Kellen McGugan, The Grid’s president and vice president, formed the group shortly after the team was announced. Both men are selfprofessed soccer superfans.

“I live, eat and breathe soccer,” Tolbert said.

“It’s my sport, and I want this [team] to be successful.”

The Grid now boasts more than 50 dues-paying members and 700 “likes” on its Facebook page. It also sells section season tickets for home games.

Club memberships are $25, and it meets around the city for pub parties and other events, usually at 51st Street Speakeasy, 1114 NW 51st St. “Due to the proximity to the stadium, it works perfectly,” Tolbert said. “If you want to find The Grid, you’ll find them at the Speakeasy.”

Learn more about The Grid at facebook.com/EnergyFCSupporters.

SPORTS 13th Annual Yukon Senior Games, looking for active persons 50 years and older to compete in a fun and friendly atmosphere, Apr. 9-12. Robertson Activity Center, 1200 Lakeshore, Yukon, 350-7680, cityofyukonok.gov. WED–SAT OKC Thunder vs. New Orleans Pelicans, NBA basketball, 7 p.m., Apr. 11. Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W. Reno, 602-8700, nba.com/thunder.

FRI OKC Redhawks vs. New Orleans Zephyrs, minor league baseball, 7:05 p.m., Apr. 11-12, 14; 2:05 p.m., Apr. 13. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 Mickey Mantle, 218-1000, okcredhawks.com. FRI–MON

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2nd Annual Gold Bar 5K, proceeds from the race support the UCO Broncho Battalion student organization, 7:30 a.m., Apr. 12. University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University, Edmond, 9742000, uco.edu. SAT 6th Annual Hillard Sharp Golf Tournament, proceeds for the annual event are awarded in the form of scholarships to deserving graduating seniors of Frederick A. Douglas High School, 8 a.m., Apr. 12. Silverhorn Golf Course, 11411 N. Kelley, 752-1181. SAT The Color Run 5K, a unique paint race that celebrates healthiness, happiness and individuality, 9 a.m., Apr. 12. Remington Park, 1 Remington Place, 424-9000. SAT OU Sooners Spring Game, college football, 2 p.m., Apr. 12. Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, 180 W. Brooks, Norman, 325-8200, soonersports.com. SAT YogaVerve, donation-only class, all proceeds go to a local nonprofit, 10:30 a.m., Apr. 13. YogaVerve, 16501 N. Shawnee, Edmond. SUN Gorilla Golf 2014, four-person scramble benefiting the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, 9 a.m., Apr. 14. Fairfax Golf Course, 2905 N. Sooner, Edmond, 359-8333. MON OKC Barons vs. Texas Stars, minor league hockey, 7 p.m., Apr. 16. Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens, 602-8500, okcbarons.com. WED OKC Thunder vs. Detroit Pistons, NBA basketball, 7 p.m., Apr. 16. Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W. Reno, 602-8700, nba.com/thunder. WED

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Please join us for five informal group discussions on Tuesdays, April 29, to May 27 from 6-7 pm at 5024 N. Grove, in the Kastner Room.

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We welcome Catholics who no longer attend Mass regularly.

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LIFE MUSIC

A drink of ink

I’ve developed friendships with people that are in the top 1 percent of their trade.

— Joey Hamilton

BY JENNIFER CHANCELLOR

9 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Friday 10 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m.-9:15 p.m. Sunday Grand Casino Hotel and Resort 777 Grand Casino Blvd., Shawnee grandshawnee.com 964-7777 $25-$40

Music Friday: Wayne Static of Static-X Bash Saturday: Drowning Pool Love & Death Sunday: Buckcherry Murder F.M. The Virgin Mary’s

One of the world’s largest tattoo and music culture events happens Friday-Sunday at Grand Casino Hotel and Resort in Shawnee.

Ink Life Tour Tattoo and Music Festival is a three-day party that’s as close to all-inclusive as anyone could want. The casino itself includes gaming, food, drinks (lots of ’em) and a convenient place to crash. The festival includes a whole lot of tattooing and live national music acts daily, as well as daily tattoo award ceremonies, magic shows, open mic performances, free tat giveaways and dozens of vendor booths.

Ink Master reality show winner Joey “Hollywood” Hamilton makes a homecoming for this festival, too. The Las Vegas-based tattoo artist grew up in Woodward. He also honed his ultrarealistic style in the United States Air Force under the guidance of artist Rodney Folsom, who he learned also grew up in Woodward.

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years in the service and pick up this skill in my last year,” he said. “Then to go full circle and realize I apprenticed with a guy from the same small town is pretty mindblowing.”

Folsom will be there this weekend, as will Hamilton’s friends and family.

Hamilton had never thought about tattooing as a career. Growing up in Oklahoma, it was illegal. Instead, he focused on drawing and won awards for that throughout high school. His focus was mainly cowboy and Indian-style art. Slowly, it included realistic portraiture. After he left the Air Force, he and Folsom would “come home to tattoo friends and family” and break the law, he said.

He set up shop in Florida for many years before moving to Nevada to work for Club Tattoo Las Vegas.

Then he auditioned for season three of the Spike TV reality show Ink Master and won. The show features host, judge and rocker Dave Navarro, along with ink icons and co-judges Oliver Peck and Chris Nunez with guest appearances from a who’s who of talent: Nikko Hurtado, Chris Johnson, NaVorro Bowman and others.

He joins his old tattoo pals and some new ones with a rockstar-studded event this weekend, including headliners Buckcherry and Drowning Pool. He said music and body modification are complementary; it’s all art.

Hamilton’s a headliner of sorts himself, as fans from across the metro set up watch parties during his progress on Ink Master.

“My aunts and uncles and friends,

brothers, stepbrothers, strangers — they all packed themselves into these tiny bars to watch the show,” he said.

Local radio stations chatted with him after each episode. People know his name.

After winning awards at similar conventions for five years in a row, he said it’s a true honor to come to Oklahoma and help promote the Ink Life Tour. He said he’s already almost fully booked for tattoo work all three days, but he’ll still be around to meet folks, take pictures, chat and sign autographs.

He was warned on Ink Master that his confidence sometimes comes off as arrogance, but there’s a reason for that.

When he auditioned, organizers said they were casting for the hipster, the tough guy, the wimp. He told them he knew his role. “I’d cast myself as the winner,” he said.

It worked, and he did. And, like the popularity that comes with many rock stars, Hamilton spent two days in Austin recently for South by Southwest. Spike TV put him into a plexiglass box in a club, and he tattooed for an audience. People cheered, he said. He also hung out with his former TV judge Peck, a superstar in his own right with his own shop in Deep Ellum, Dallas.

“During the show, they were there to make me better, not to make me feel good,” he said. “And I learned a lot from that. But it’s incredible that I’ve developed these friendships with people that are in the top 1 percent of their trade. ... And that’s the type of talent I like to showcase at these types of tours.”

LIVE MUSIC WEDNESDAY, APR. 9 Drive, Baker St. Pub & Grill. COVER Grant Wells/Jeremy Stillwell, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANIST Joel Forlenza, Othello’s Italian Restaurant, Norman.

PIANIST Nicolas Rage, The Deli, Norman. VARIOUS Pure X/M. Geddes Grengas, The Conservatory. ROCK The Farewell Drifters, The Blue Door. BLUEGRASS Toadies/The Supersuckers/Battleme, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa. ROCK

THURSDAY, APR. 10 Audra Elizabeth, Wormy Dog Saloon. COUNTRY Chris Knight/The Dave Thomason Band, Grady’s 66 Pub, Yukon. COUNTRY David Morris, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel.

PIANO Hook, Baker St. Pub & Grill. ROCK Jason Crabb, Oklahoma Faith Church. CHRISTIAN CONTINUED ON PAGE 57

VISIT OKGAZETTE.COM for searchable listings of concerts and live music events in the metro area.

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Ink Life Tour Tattoo and Music Festival

Sporting goods Denton-based punk throwbacks Bad Sports have the sounds of decades past in their blood.

BY KEVIN PICKARD

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Punk band Bad Sports started eight years ago. Bassist Daniel Friend and guitarist Orville Neeley had been in a band together previously, but one day, Neeley showed up with demos of new songs.

“It was way better than the band we were in,” Friend said, “so we decided to do that instead.”

Bad Sports met in college at the University of North Texas in Denton.

As with a lot of college towns, Denton purportedly has a burgeoning music scene. But Friend said, when it comes to punk music, that isn’t necessarily true.

“That’s kind of the weird myth that people have about Denton,” he said. “Where there’s a lot of good bands that are from there but they’re all the same five people. You switch out members. You do new things.

People think there’s a hundred bands all at once, but it turns out it’s just like a couple of guys.”

In 2009, the band released its selftitled album, which it followed in 2011 with Kings of the Weekend, a classic punk affair on which half the songs don’t even reach the two-minute mark.

The fast, thick chords; dirty production; and impossibly catchy melodies led to inescapable Ramones comparisons.

It was the sort of punk music that made you forget that Blink-182 ever existed. Hell, it made you forget that the ’80s ever happened.

But the band comes by this sound honestly.

“It’s definitely just because that’s how we all grew up,” Friend said, explaining that he learned the bass playing along with Ramones records.

“And years later, I’m playing on records

that sound like Ramones records.”

He said it’s a sound that, by this point, is inescapable for him.

“No matter what I do, even if I really tried to make like a pianopop album or something like that, it would always just come out punk,” he said. “There’s a filter that’s in our bodies that just wouldn’t let us do anything different.”

Though their newest album, 2013’s Bras, retains certain undeniable punk aesthetics, there has been a distinct change. Sure, Neeley still shouts “Hey!” as if he were singing the intro to “Blitzkrieg Bop.” But a Bad Sports song like “Free Spirit” hearkens back more to Lou Reed than anything.

Even if I really tried to make like a piano-pop album or something like that, it would always just come out punk.

— Daniel Friend

This might have to do with the fact that the members of the band have been widening the breadth of the music they listen to.

“Over the past couple years, we’ve all been really good about researching everything and just finding old records that we haven’t heard before,” Friend said, “really being students of the game.”

He pointed to ’70s European band Ivy Green, British band Blitz and the late ’70s Australian band The Saints.

The band’s growth is certainly evident, but the slowed-down version of their sound might not last long.

“I think our next album’s probably going to be a lot faster,” Friend said.

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A N DRE W BA RKUL E S

Darkened tones Alt-metal titans Chevelle are no strangers to gothic melodrama. But on its seventh full-length album, the trio gets even darker.

BY JOSHUA BOYDSTON

Chevelle with Nothing More and Middle Class Rut 6:30 p.m. Monday Diamond Ballroom 8001 S. Eastern Ave. diamondballroom.net 677-9169 $24-$29

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COMPETITION CONCERT We’ve published over 80 songs, and I hope that no two songs sound alike.

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— Sam Loeffler American alt-metal act Chevelle is facing some interesting conundrums as it releases La Gárgola, the trio’s seventh studio album.

You might even call it a life-ordeath scenario.

“We’re not sure if we are going to be the ones being killed or the ones killing,” drummer Sam Loeffler said of the short horror film they are writing that will act as the group’s next music video. “We’ll probably be the ones getting murdered. Pretty violently, I might add.”

Doom and gloom isn’t usually too far out of the Chevelle playbook, but La Gárgola — which translates to “the gargoyle” — willfully dives deeper into that blood-and-guts head-space more than any disc before it.

The trio’s usual brand of melodic hard rock draws cues from classic horror films like Rosemary’s Baby and The Thing. La Gárgola amplifies the influence of industrial metal gods Ministry, with its spiky riffs and creeping distortion making for one of the band’s heaviest efforts to date.

“It’s nice to pull from something like that … it’s just fun,” Loeffler said.

“The darkness that creeps in, it comes from imagining the type of music going on in the background as a person is being chased around by an axe-wielding murderer.”

Loeffler thinks it’s just the right amount of twist in the formula

to continue the trend of subtle evolutions between albums. It’s an evolution that has carried through since “The Red” and “Send the Pain Below” broke out and made 2002’s Wonder What’s Next a platinum smash in the midst of the hard-rock wave that made Linkin Park, Hoobastank, Puddle of Mudd and Staind some of the biggest names in American music.

Chevelle has enjoyed a steadier road and critical success a decade later than most of its early aughts’ alt-metal peers, a path the band credits to a willingness to shake things up just enough to keep it interesting but without being overworked.

“At this point, we’ve published over 80 songs, and I hope that no two songs sound alike. And I don’t think they do,” Loeffler said. “It’s a hard thing to accomplish, especially when you aren’t trying to be different for the sake of being different.”

And La Gárgola stays true to that, offering some strikingly soft and pretty moments to pop through the otherwise-dreary night sky, a fitting move consistent with its quandaries of life and death.

“Getting out of our box, it’s something that’s almost expected of us,” Loeffler said. “The bands we loved, they did of their own thing and paved their way. Those are the ones we look toward.”

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LIFE MUSIC

STE VE N RUUD

High heaven Sludgy scuzz-rock trio Glow God only recently stormed onto the local scene, but it’s already making seriously heavy waves.

BY JOSHUA BOYDSTON

Glow God with Weed, Feral Future and Power Pyramid 7 p.m. Friday Capitol House $5

Mon. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

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Glow God makes the type of music parents warn their kids about.

It’s visceral, bloody knuckles, beer-swilling, cigarette-puffing, sweatdripping rock music that’s about as clean and polished as a dive bar urinal.

But that’s just the surface.

Underneath, it’s inviting, sweet and earnest all the same, a mosh-pit brotherhood of kindred spirits that opens its collective arms to all who dare to toss themselves into it.

And for all the testosterone, booze and ire that Glow God has built its arsenal of grungy gut punches and brawny brain stumpers with, it’s the chemistry between its members that keeps them firing so cleanly.

“All of us have played in bands for over a decade now, and as cheesy as this sounds, we’ve never felt the sort of magic we do with Glow God before,” singer/bassist Taylor McKenzie said.

“We don’t have grandiose dreams, but we do feel like we have to do it … like we owe it to ourselves.”

McKenzie and guitarist Tim Buchanan formed the group in late 2012 as their old band was on its last legs, aiming for a different plan than the pair’s hardcore punk past.

“The running joke is that we wanted to start a band that sounded like (alt-metal band) Helmet, the catch being none of us had ever listened to Helmet,” McKenzie said.

The act eventually found its current drummer in Tony Manganaro and another guitarist in Payton Green, each of whom resided in Denton, Texas before moving up to the Sooner State in the last few months.

We’ve never felt the sort of magic we do with Glow God before.

— Taylor McKenzie Together for less than a year, the group has already released its debut album, House of Distractions, a thunderous 10-song record that has garnered comparisons to classics like Nirvana and Neil Young & Crazy Horse — as well as contemporaries like Destruction Unit and FIDLAR — from friends, fans and outsiders alike.

The effort was recorded at Dust House Studio in Oklahoma City and released through Play Pinball! Records earlier this year.

“It’s only out of the grace of our friends that this album exists,” McKenzie said. “There’s so much emotional support in it, and we try to reciprocate that.”

Playing Friday at the Capitol House — a private residence for which, if you search hard enough, you can find the address — Glow God is already hard at work on a follow-up, writing songs that are a little more “laid back” and “longwinded” than its predecessor.

An East Coast tour is planned for this summer, and the four-piece is aiming to have recording done by then. That ambition is born as much from a respect for and debt to its fans as a fire burning within.

“This whole experience with the album and the tours we went on last year really got us re-motivated on the untouchable, beautiful essence of DIY music in the world,” McKenzie said.

“It’s a sort of relationship that will drive you somewhere. It pushes me, and I think it pushes everyone else, like we might have something here.”

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Kalo & John Calvin, 51st Street Speakeasy. ROCK Kyle Dillingham and Horseshoe Road, The Paramount OKC. COUNTRY Randy Cassimus, Bricktown Brewery. ACOUSTIC Rick Toops Jam, The Point After. JAZZ The Clique, Friends Restaurant and Club. COVER The Nowhere Band, The Deli, Norman. COVER

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Joel Forlenza/Samantha Rose, Othello’s Italian Restaurant, Norman. PIANO

Horse Thief

Johnny Polygon/Josh Sallee/ADDverse Effects, Opolis, Norman. HIP-HOP

Fear in Bliss

Nathan Burris, Thunderbird Casino, Norman. COUNTRY Open Jam with the Band, The Point After. VARIOUS

Listening to Horse Thief’s previous release — the haphazardly melodramatic Grow Deep, Grow Wild — felt like a chore. Whatever potential the Oklahoma City folk-pop act demonstrated on the EP was obscured behind a formulaic, contrived and ultimately hollow cloud. But it at least offered a glimmer of promise for a band consisting of, frankly, five pretty talented dudes. Critics saw it; the band’s management saw it; its current label, Bella Union, saw it; and its increasingly fervid fan base saw it.

On its first proper full-length, Fear in Bliss, Horse Thief embraces what it does best — strong but never showy musicianship, engaging melody minus the canned histrionics — and the intricacy of its songs has progressed so much that it almost sounds like a different band altogether. Its arrangements are meticulously crafted, dramatic moments unfurl naturally and frontman Cameron Neal’s lyrics are more nuanced, purposeful and confessional all the same. The word “maturation” doesn’t often apply to a band’s debut album, but it is undoubtedly applicable here.

With songs like the stirring opener “I Don’t Mind,” the elegantly adventurous “Come On” and the ethereal, hair-raising climax of hidden track “Stop,” the band pushes itself into new compositional territory while achieving previously unforeseen emotional highs. In its more stripped-down, fragile moments (“Already Dead,” “Warm Regards”), Neal channels his inner Robin Pecknold or Mike Hadreas, singing lines like, “This music makes me sad/ but I cannot help myself,” with an about-to-crack vulnerability, striking a revealing yet relatable chord.

Working with producer Thom Monahan, who has also collaborated with likeminded folk acts Vetiver and Devendra Banhart, seems to have paid vital dividends.

His polished, dreamlike stamp is applied liberally throughout the record, as is his ability to extract and build upon a song’s positive traits, and the enhancements are becoming.

By no means is the album perfect; it runs longer than it should, and save for a couple songs, it’s essentially a derivative, post-Fleet Foxes affair. But for the most part, Fear in Bliss finds Horse Thief growing into its grizzled skin — the skin it was meant to inhabit from the onset — and realizing just how good it can eventually become. — Zach Hale

Overdrive, Remington Park. ROCK Rebecca Brock/Rowdy Folk, Vintage 89, Guthrie.

ACOUSTIC Rider Ford, Wormy Dog Saloon. COUNTRY Shawn Mullins, Sooner Theatre, Norman. SINGER/ SONGWRITER

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Tulsa Playboys, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa. COUNTRY

Annie Oakley, The Paramount OKC. COUNTRY Bad Sports/Lotta Tuff/Community Pools/Trash Pops, VZD’s Restaurant & Club. ROCK Borderline, Sliders. COUNTRY Brent Blount, Jazmo’z Bourbon Street Café. JAZZ Butch Cavendish/Tom Marshall, Grandad’s Bar. ACOUSTIC

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MONDAY, APR. 14

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Stranded at the Station, Vintage 89, Guthrie. ACOUSTIC

Joel Forlenza, Othello’s Italian Restaurant, Norman.

PIANO

Casey and Minna, JJ’s Alley. ACOUSTIC Champaign Jam, ET’s Bar-B-Q, Edmond. R&B Charlie Shafter, Grady’s 66 Pub, Yukon. SINGER/ SONGWRITER Christian Pearson/Gary Johnson, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO

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PIANO

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Hi Def Howlers, Belle Isle Restaurant & Brewery. ROCK

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BY PHIL BACHARACH

Sometimes you must board the wrong train to get to the right station. It’s a bit of wisdom that figures prominently in — and is offered by — The Lunchbox, a sweetly engaging Hindi-language film about two wounded souls who make an accidental but vital connection in the Indian city of Mumbai. What makes an already-appealing movie all the more delicious is that it is set in motion by food.

Lunch, to be exact. The situation stems from a rare mix-up in Mumbai’s otherwise-acclaimed system of couriers who deliver lunches to office workers.

One such meal, a flavorful concoction lovingly prepared by Ila (Nimrat Kaur), is expected to grab the attention (and maybe heat up the loins) of the woman’s neglectful husband.

But the lunch instead winds up on the desk of Saajan Fernandes (Irrfan

Khan, Life of Pi), a clerical worker preparing to retire next month after 35 years of service. It is evident, however, that Saajan retired from living some time ago. A widower seemingly without friends, he maintains a life of drab solitude. Saajan presumes the food is from a restaurant that usually delivers to him, so he is caught off-guard the following day when his lunch arrives with a brief note from Ila, who has figured out the mistake.

Saajan responds with a tart missive that, in turn, prompts another handwritten message from Ila. So begins a secret correspondence that awakens both parties from the lonely existence to which they had grown accustomed. The notes are confessional, then consoling and eventually flirtatious. Ila finds someone

appreciative of her interests (culinary and otherwise).

The letters have a liberating effect for Saajan, who begins to warm up to his slated work successor, an eager-to-please guy named Shaikh (Nawazuddin Siddiqui).

Meet-cute pen pals have long been a staple of romantic comedy — even if the particulars these days usually involve emails or texting — but writer-director Ritesh Batra mines real poignancy and charm from the concept.

His is a remarkably assured featurefilm debut. Forgoing overwrought dramatics and much of a music score, he keeps faith in his narrative. It’s a bold move. The Lunchbox gambles that its sentimentality is earned and can withstand the increasing urgency of its storyline. But Batra succeeds. (Tip to movie weepers: Bring tissue.)

A great deal of credit belongs to the principal stars. Khan, a superb actor whose English-language credits include Slumdog Millionaire and the criminally underseen The Namesake, brings an arresting complexity to Saajan. But Khan is more than matched by the beautiful Kaur. Her Ila is funny, vulnerable and altogether heartbreaking. It is a warm and wonderful performance.

The Lunchbox opens Friday at AMC Quail Springs Mall 24, 2501 W. Memorial Road.

from both capstones involved in the local film and design communities by having them pitch their ideas to a panel of professionals that offer feedback and guidance.

“It was very helpful to have the panel of judges come in and listen to our concept ideas,” said DVP student Philip DeFatta. “They helped point out possible problems we might encounter and ways to overcome them, as well as giving us ideas on how to polish our stories.”

According to Smith, the goal is not only to get the students to produce quality work but to show them that there is film and video work to be done in Oklahoma.

“They push themselves harder when they know their work is seen by professionals,” she said.

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The Sooner Theatre rolls out the red carpet this Saturday for Moore Norman Technology Center’s (MNTC) 6th Annual Film Festival showcasing student work from its digital video production (DVP) and graphic design classes.

The eight short films to be showcased were written, produced, directed and edited by MNTC students for their DVP capstone course.

Working in tandem, the students in

the graphic design capstone created marketing materials for the films, including movie posters and box art.

For the original scores and sound design, the filmmakers partnered with students at UCO’s Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM@UCO).

MNTC DVP instructor Amy Smith said that by collaborating with each other, the students gain an understanding of how these different industries interact, and that elevates their work.

“I want the students to understand the realities and nuances of working in a crew-based, collaborative profession,” Smith said. “I want their school experience to reflect what they will find in their careers.”

Unlike other local film programs that are isolated within a university ecosystem, MNTC gets the students

began 2 years ago. Smith said that the ACM students were eager to collaborate and develop their portfolios.

A jury prize will be awarded to the best movie and best poster design by the same panel of industry professionals who green-lighted the ideas in the fall and winter. In addition to the capstone shorts, first-year DVP students will present four 2-minute shorts, produced in just 8 days and based on randomly selected titles.

Six years into the program, the capstone instructors are still surprised by the creative output of their students.

“Sometimes I forget that most of these students are teenagers,” DVP instructor Joe Magrini said. “When I stop to think about that, I realize how truly remarkable they are.”

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Homework: Describe what you’d be like if you were the opposite of yourself. Write Freewillastrology.com.

exactly what I predict will happen for you in the coming week.

ARIES March 21-April 19 Freedom is the most important kind of joy you can seek right now. It’s also the most important subject to study and think about, as well as the most important skill to hone. I advise you to make sure that freedom is flowing through your brain and welling up in your heart and spiraling through your loins. Write synonyms for “freedom” on your arm with a felt-tip pen: liberation, emancipation, independence, leeway, spaciousness, carte blanche, self-determination, dispensation. Here’s one more tip: Connect yourself with people who love and cultivate the same type of freedom you do.

CANCER June 21-July 22 The Cancerian artist Rembrandt became one of In 2007, J. K. Rowling finished writing the seventh volume of her seven Harry Potter books, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The day it was published it sold 11 million copies. But Rowling had actually written the final chapter of this last book way back in 1990, when she first conceived the story she was to spend the next 17 years working on. She knew the climax right from the beginning. I foresee a similar theme unfolding for you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. As you plot a project you will be developing for a long time to come, you will have a vision of what it will be when it becomes fully mature.

TAURUS April 20-May 20 Our ancestors could see the Milky Way Galaxy It’s Love Your Messes Week, Taurus. In accordance with the astrological omens, you are authorized to love the hell out of the messes in your life -- from the small, awkward knots of confusion to the big, beautiful heaps of fertile chaos. This is not a time to feel embarrassed or apologize for your messes; not a time to shy away from them or ignore them. On the contrary, you should explore them, celebrate them, and even take advantage of them. Whatever else they are, your messes are untapped sources of energy. Learn to love them for the mysterious lessons they keep teaching you. Love them for the courage and willpower they compel you to summon. Love them for the novelty they bring your way and the interesting stories they add to your personal legend.

GEMINI May 21-June 20 “A snowball’s chance in hell” is an American idiom that’s equivalent to saying “it probably won’t happen.”

After all, a snowball would instantly melt if exposed to the scorching fires that rage in the underworld. But what if there’s an exception to this axiom? Let’s call on another American idiom: “when hell freezes over.”

It’s another way to say “it probably won’t happen.”

But the truth is that now and then a cold front does indeed sweep through the infernal region, icing its flames. When that happens, a snowball’s prospects of surviving there improve dramatically. And that’s

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LEO July 23-Aug. 22 When you see your shadow, it’s usually right next to you. It’s there on the ground or floor, a fuzzy black shape that follows you around closely. But today I saw my shadow waving back at me from afar. I was standing on top of a hill, and the sun’s rays created a dusky version of me in the meadow way down below.

I think this is a useful metaphor for an opportunity that’s available to you. In the coming days, you will be able to view the shadowy, undeveloped parts of your personality as if from a distance. That means you will have more objectivity about them, and thus greater compassion. You can get a calm, clear sense of how they might be mucking with your happiness and how you could transform them.

VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 “You cannot use butterfly language to communicate with caterpillars,” said psychologist Timothy Leary.

That’s good advice for you to keep in mind in the near future. You might want to find a way to carry on constructive dialogs with people who have a hard time understanding you. It’s not necessarily that they are stupid or resistant to your charms.

The problem is that they haven’t experienced some of the critical transformations you have. They can’t be expected to converse with you in your butterfly language. Are you willing and able to speak caterpillar?

LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Are you thinking of linking your fortunes to a new ally? Or deepening your collaboration with a familiar ally? Have you fantasized about bonding intensely with a source that may be able to give you more of what you want and bring out more of the best in you? These prospects are worth contemplating, Libra. But I suggest you let your connection ripen a bit more before finalizing the shift. I’m not necessarily saying there’s a potential problem. I simply suspect that you need further exploration and additional information before you can make the smartest move possible.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Saturn has been in the sign of Scorpio since October 2012 and will be there until the end of 2014. (It will make another visit from June to September 2015.)

What does that mean? I have a view of Saturn that’s different from many astrologers. They regard it as the planet of limitation, struggle, and difficulty.

Here’s what I think: While Saturn may push you to be extra tough and work super hard, it also inspires you to cut away extraneous desires and home in on your deepest purpose. It motivates you to build strong structures that free you to express yourself with maximum efficiency and grace.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 When I took an intermediate painting class in college, our first assignment was to imitate an old master. My choice was the Flemish painter Pieter Breugel the Elder (1525-1569). I worked on reproducing his painting The Fight Between Carnival and Lent as precisely as I could. It was tedious and liberating. I invoked Breugel’s spirit and prayed for his guidance. I sank my psyche deeply into his. By the end of the four-week process I’d learned a lot about painting. Given the current astrological omens, Sagittarius, I suggest you try something similar. Pick someone who excels at a way of working or a state of being that you would like to master yourself, and copy that person for a while. For best results, have fun with it. Play!

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Capricorn author J. R. R. Tolkien spent 14 years

working on The Lord of the Rings In using a typewriter to produce over 1,200 pages, he relied solely on his two index fingers. He never learned the ten-finger typing method. I suppose it didn’t matter in the end. Presumably, his impediment didn’t affect the quality of his work, but only made it harder to accomplish and required him to spend a lot more time. Is there a fixable limitation on your own ability to achieve your dream, Capricorn? Is there some handicap you could, with effort, overcome? If so, now would be an excellent time to begin.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Are you waiting? Are you wondering and hoping?

“The truth’s superb surprise,” wrote poet Emily Dickinson, may be “too bright for our infirm delight.” Sometimes we’ve got to be careful about articulating what’s really going on. “The truth must dazzle gradually,” she said. If it hits us too fast and hard, it may be difficult to digest. So did Emily suggest that we should lie and deceive? No. “Tell all the truth,” she declared, “but tell it slant.”

This is excellent advice for you in the coming days, Aquarius.

PISCES Feb. 19-March 20 Here’s my report on your progress. You are not struggling to embody a delusional state of perfection as it is imagined by other people. Rather, you are becoming an ever-more soulful version of your idiosyncratic self, evolving slowly but surely.

You are not dazedly trudging along a narrow track laid down by thousands of sheep. Instead, you are lively and creative as you bushwhack a path for yourself through the wilderness. To celebrate this ongoing success, Pisces, I suggest you get yourself a new power object that symbolizes your inventive devotion.

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CASHIERS, WAIT STAFF & BUSSERS

For our Bricktown location APPLY IN PERSON AT 15 E CALIFORNIA

102 WEST MAIN ST 360-5726 NORMAN 14020 N MAY 418-8477 5929 N MAY 843-8777 7745 S WALKER (I-240 & WALKER) 631-0783 20 NW 9TH 270-0516

Some of the many reasons to join our team include: • Competitive Benefits to include tuition reimbursement • Ability to earn incentive pay • $500 Experience Bonus for candidates who possess at least 12 months of previous banking experience

www.midfirst.jobs If you are interested in this opportunity, please visit our website to complete an online application.

AA/EOE M/F/D/V

WAREHOUSE Mathis Brothers Furniture has FT & PT positions available immediatly for qualified candidates in their warehouse.

Benefits for FT employees include: Medical • Dental • Vision • Disability Paid Sick • Paid Vacation.

PT Benefits include 401(k).

Apply in person at: 3434 W. Reno or online at www.mathisbrothers.com/careers EOE / Drug Free Work Place

Seeking qualified CDL class A drivers for transporting oil and gas field equipment.

Compensation: Weekly salaried pay starting at $800+ with per diem & performance bonus.

WE OFFER:

WE REQUIRE:

• Weekly salaried pay starting at $850-$1000 plus • Weekly performance bonus of up to $525 plus available • Per Diem (for over night out of town work) • Extensive Training • Medical Insurance • Dental Insurance • Vision Insurance • 401K

• Valid class A CDL license • Hazmat and tanker endorsements (can obtain within 90 days of hire date) • 1 year verifiable driving experience (Class A experience) • Good MVR • Stable work history

We are hiring drivers to work for our company and are not a head hunting service. We have openings available in our offices located in OK, AR (Conway), WV and TX (Amarillo, Midland and San Antonio area)

The OKC Job Fair is on April 23rd Sheraton Midwest City Hotel at the Reed Conference Center 5800 Will Rogers • Midwest City, OK • 73110

For more information call 501-412-8848 or 501-499-0886 62 | APRIL 9, 2014 | OKLAHOMA GAZETTE

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Sales Associate

CHINESE

Mathis Brothers Furniture has FT positions available immediately for qualified candidates. This is a retail sales position that requires weekend and evening availability. We need talented people who are self-motivated and like dealing with the public.

Become a part of Oklahoma’s #1 retail sales force!

2206 A N.W. 164TH • 405.509.6021 License # 14981

FOOT REFLEXOLOGY $30/HR

405-608-4588

5801 N MAY AVE #106 • OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK • 10:00 AM- 10:00 PM

Free table shower w/one hour hot stone massage 6165 N. May Suite C

Shields Salon

5304 S. Shields • By appt. only www.pennysmassage.com

842-8889 M-Sat 10-10 ❖ Sun 11-9 Walk-ins welcome Lic. #13248

Compensation:

Lic. OCC-11417

Commission is based on volume sold. Compensation ranges from approximately $35,000 to $75,000

Apply in person at 3434 W. Reno or online at www.mathisbrothers.com/careers

NATURAL SPA

GRAND OPENING

Couples ♥ Welcome

Across from Penn Square Mall

7 days • Gift Certificates

Call Penny 631-6200

License 08521

Great Income Potential • Medical/Dental/401(k) Paid Training • Paid Vacation • Great Environment!

SPIRIT SPA

This is a model

Benefits include:

Lic. BUS-16395

P H O N E (4 0 5 ) 5 2 8 - 6 0 0 0 | E - M A I L : A D V E R T I S I N G @ T I E R R A M E D I A G R O U P. C O M

10A-9:30P M-SAT • 11A-9:30P SUN

6213 N. MERIDIAN • 405.600.3481

LIC. BUS-14449 • THIS IS A MODEL

5629 N. Penn

(North Penn Plaza Center)

Mathis Brothers is an EOE / Drug Free Work Place

405.879.2333

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OPIATE ADDICTION TREATMENT

OKC • Tulsa • Elk City • Lawton

Now Accepting New Patients!

Nurse Case Manager Requires Current RN license and either Bachelor’s degree and 12 months of experience or Associate’s Degree and 24 months experience.

• Suboxone/Subutex Detox & Maintenance Treatment • Methadone to Suboxone Switch • Counseling for all Drug Addictions

405.748.6888

546 E. Memorial, Okla. City (at Broadway Ext.) Lic. OCC-04587

This is a model

HELP IS A PHONE CALL AWAY

Case Manager Requires Bachelor’s Degree in a Health related field and 12 months of experience OR LPN and 12 months.

405-525-2222

SHOWER AVAILABLE Walk-ins welcome.

Mon-Sat 10a-9p • Sun 12p-7p

We offer unparalleled benefits and competitive salary. For more information call (405) 271-8767 or visit our website @ Jobs.ou.edu to apply online and reference department Case Management.

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428 W. 15th St., Edmond 340-0400 405.470.1177 • 5821 W. Wilshire, OKC

THIS IS A MODEL

AA/EOE

lic. 16212 lic. 05460

Health

Daisy Spa

Lic#BUS-16053

7864 S. WeStern @ I-240 (acroSS from Hampton Inn)

405.632.8989

Lic. OCC 04591 • tHIS IS a moDeL

Peony

Day Spa

Check for daily specials

5005 N. Rockwell • 405.603.5300 Lic. 100895

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DISCOVER YOUR INNER BEAUTY.

From the appealing and unique exterior designs to the luxurious interior, every BMW will bring out your inner beauty. Discover one for yourself. And, as part to BMW Ultimate Service®, when you purchase a new BMW, it covers maintenance costs for 4 years or 50,000 miles*. This can save you up to $2,000 in maintenance costs compared to other luxury vehicles.

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2014 Z4 sDrive28i

$

2014 740Li

459

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$

2014 X3 xDrive28i

829

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$

419

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*Lease financing available on 2014 BMW Z4 sDrive28i vehicles, only at participating BMW centers on leases assigned to BMW Financial Services NA, LLC/Financial Services Vehicle Trust through May 01, 2014. Monthly Lease payments of $459.00 for 36 months based on MSRP of $51,125.00.

*Lease financing available on 2014 BMW 740Li vehicles, only at participating BMW centers on leases assigned to BMW Financial Services NA, LLC/Financial Services Vehicle Trust through May 01, 2014. Monthly Lease payments of $829.00 for 36 months based on MSRP of $78,925.00.

* Lease financing available on 2014 BMW X3 sDrive28i vehicles, only at participating BMW centers on leases assigned to BMW Financial Services NA, LLC/Financial Services Vehicle Trust through May 01, 2014. Monthly Lease payments of $419.00 for 36 months based on MSRP of $44,425.00.

2014 328i xDrive Gran Turismo

2014 X1 sDrive28i

2014 320i Sedan

$

389

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$

329

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$

329

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*Lease financing available on 2014 BMW 328i xDrive Gran Turismo vehicles, only at participating BMW centers on leases assigned to BMW Financial Services NA, LLC/Financial Services Vehicle Trust through May 01, 2014.

Monthly Lease payments of $389.00 for 36 months based on MSRP of $44,575.00.

*Lease financing available on 2014 BMW X1 s Drive28i vehicles, only at participating BMW centers on leases assigned to BMW Financial Services NA, LLC/Financial Services Vehicle Trust through May 01, 2014. Monthly Lease payments of $329.00 for 36 months based on MSRP of $44,425.00.

*Lease financing available on 2014 BMW 320i Sedan vehicles, only at participating BMW centers on leases assigned to BMW Financial Services NA, LLC/Financial Services Vehicle Trust through May 01, 2014. Monthly Lease payments of $329.00 for 36 months based on MSRP of $36,875.00.

2014 528i

2014 X6 xDrive35i

2014 640i Gran Coupe

$

479

*

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*Lease financing available on 2014 BMW 528i vehicles, only at participating BMW centers on leases assigned to BMW Financial Services NA, LLC/Financial Services Vehicle Trust through May 01, 2014. Monthly Lease payments of $479.00 for 36 months based on MSRP of $53,025.00.

$

689

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*Lease financing available on 2014 BMW X6 xDrive35i vehicles, only at participating BMW centers on leases assigned to BMW Financial Services NA, LLC/Financial Services Vehicle Trust through May 01, 2014. Monthly Lease payments of $689.00 for 36 months based on MSRP of $65,025.00.

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