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In a state where the majority of teens are sexually active and a high number of them give birth, it’s time to change how sexual health education is taught. By Laura Eastes

When teenagers Katia Harms and Zoe White recounted their first discussions with adults about sex, the two friends described bewildering and painful experiences as fifth-graders at a south Oklahoma City school.

“They made it a big deal,” said Harms, now a Norman North High School freshman, “all the boys in one room and the girls in another.”

Explained White, a Southmoore High School freshman, “We were told not to talk to the other gender after or we would get in serious trouble.”

Harms added, “It was really uncomfortable. No one asked questions; it was deadly silent in the room.”

The teens made no mention of what they learned during those sex ed presentations four years ago at Briarwood Elementary School. Instead, they narrate a school experience that left them with an overwhelming sense of shame and confusion about their curiosity. They wanted to know more about sexual health education, but the course was taught differently than math or science lessons. As a result, the youths felt awkward and uneasy asking questions.

They believe they weren’t the only students who felt that way. Naturally, teens are curious about sex and want to know and understand the risks involved, they explained.

Often, youths are uncomfortable talking to parents, teachers, physicians and even their peers about sexual health.

The truth

Teens just want facts, White said: “They don’t know whom to ask or how to get the correct information.”

Ariana Hall relates to the anxiety, fear and reluctance preteens and teenagers feel about asking parents, older family members, mentors or teachers about “the birds and the bees.” Hall did not receive basic sexual health and hygiene education in school, nor did adults talk to her about her body, how it changes or how sexual health plays a role in those developments.

In the fall of 2013, Hall became a peer educator for Teen emPower!, a pro-prevention and teen health education program serving area middle schools. For the first time, the Del City High School senior had the knowledge she needed to make informed decisions about her body and sex.

“We all have so many questions, but we are scared to ask,” Hall said. “There were so many questions I had about myself and my body. It was simple, but I was afraid to ask my parents because I thought it was shameful. I didn’t learn about myself until I learned how to teach other people about themselves.”

As a University of Oklahoma student, Hall encounters classmates who never received in-depth or basic sex education in middle or high school. Hall discovered some of her peers know very little, if anything, about maintaining their sexual health. She believes they are susceptible to unhealthy relationships and lack the tools to understand and enforce personal boundaries.

“There are people in college who don’t know a thing about their bodies,” Hall said.

“I’ve learned so much from [Teen emPower!], including being able to talk to people that are in their 20s and say, ‘Hey, it is OK to ask questions about your body.’”

Evidence-based education

Declining birth rates Oklahoma County’s teenage birth rates declined for all age groups between May 2015 and May 2016.

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The three central Oklahoma teens’ insights into their first sex talks illustrate the need for youth organizations, schools, parents, community members and medical professionals to develop and enable more realistic, common sense-based sexual health education programs for youths.

Research supports that evidence-based sex education programs help teens remain healthy and avoid negative sexual health outcomes. Oklahoma does not mandate sex education in public schools, leaving school boards the option to ignore, enact or support education efforts by outside groups. The result is a hodgepodge of approaches in schools across the state, varying from no programs to abstinence-only lessons or condom demonstrations.

Indeed, Oklahoma teens are having sex.

In a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, 50.1 percent of

from left Teens Katia Harm and Zoe White recall their first time hearing about sex from adults four years ago. | Photo Laura Eastes

Oklahoma high school students reported they have “ever had” intercourse, slightly higher than the national median response of 43.4 percent. Similarly, Oklahoma reports high numbers of teen births. Locally, Oklahoma County’s teen birth rate also is higher than the national average. (Oklahoma Vital Statistics data tracks live births, not pregnancies.)

Advocating change

In central Oklahoma, nonprofit and state organizations such as Kirkpatrick Family Fund, Variety Care, Oklahoma City-County Health Department (OCCHD), Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy and Teen emPower! work together to spark teen sex education dialogues and advance community conversations about sexual health education and teen births.

Central Oklahoma Teen Pregnancy Prevention Collaboration, an alliance, works to promote reproductive health among teens and decrease teen birth rates. A year after releasing As a Matter of Fact, its in-depth plan to address teen pregnancy in central Oklahoma, the alliance reported a 17 percent decrease in Oklahoma County’s teen birth rate.

Oklahoma’s birth rates are still some of the highest in the nation, according to National Center for Health Statistics data.

Due to this fact, over the next five years, millions of federal dollars will flow into the Sooner state to reduce teen pregnancy and birth rates. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant funding, coupled with strategies identified in Central Oklahoma Teen Pregnancy Prevention Collaboration’s plan, put central Oklahoma in a unique posi-

tion to further curb teen pregnancy and shape the community’s future, said Sheila Cavallo, project manager for Oklahoma County’s TPP Tier 1B Project (the federal grant).

“I think Oklahoma is almost seen as a cautionary tale,” Cavallo said. “I think we are going to flip that. We are going to stop being this cautionary tale and become the model for how you take a situation that seems like it can’t be fixed and turn it around. We are already headed in that direction.”

A year ago, Oklahoma County’s teen birth rate was listed as 51.8 live births per 1,000 females. Currently, the rate stands at 43.1 live births per 1,000 females.

By comparison, the nation’s teen birth rate was 24.2 live births per 1,000 females in 2014, according to CDC data.

No ‘silos’

A decade ago, Kirkpatrick Family Fund trustees took note of the state’s high teen birth rate, which, in 2006, increased for the first time in more than 15 years. At that time, the rate was 59.7 per 1,000 females age 15-19, according to Oklahoma Vital Statistics data.

Kirkpatrick Family Fund mobilized, joining with organizations already working to prevent teen pregnancy.

“Kirkpatrick Family Fund brought partners to the table, and those partners made a conscious decision that we were no longer going to work in silos,” said Cavallo, who previously worked with Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy. “We were going to work together and leverage our resources. We were going to be intelligent about this. That gave rise to what is now a formalized collaboration.”

From 2006 to 2012, the collaborative grew

its teen health education efforts from two health educators visiting two schools to more than a dozen health educators working in 15 schools. The efforts also influenced eight clinics to provided teen-friendly reproductive health services and contraceptive care. In 2012, organizers looked outside of Oklahoma, closely studying efforts in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where teen pregnancy was reduced by more than 50 percent in four years.

Milwaukee’s success centered on partnerships, focused on evidence-based programs and set community goals, which confirmed the Oklahoma collaboration was on track to improve central Oklahoma, explained Tina Burdett, Kirkpatrick Family Fund senior program officer.

“A coordinated community initiative could actually make a difference,” Burdett said. “Not just a nominal difference, but have a substantial impact on the issue.”

Three years later, Kirkpatrick Family Fund and Central Oklahoma Teen Pregnancy Prevention Collaboration released their As a Matter of Fact plan. The three-part plan examined schools, the community and the medical profession. It was tailored to address the needs of the diverse Oklahoma County community. Each component included strategies to bring about change, such as creating and improving teen-friendly clinics, expanding evidence-based sex education curriculum in schools and delivering resources in community settings.

The plan addressed challenges faced by

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Sheila Cavallo OCCHD and other partners when tackling the high teen birth rate, said Linsey Garlington, OCCHD teen pregnancy prevention supervisor.

“There is a lack of education around reproductive health and health relationships.

We are addressing that,” Garlington said.

“There is a lack of teen-friendly clinics for teens to go for services. We are addressing that. We are building in a community capacity that this is an issue and we need to be aware of it … and not let it become an accepted reality.”

Costs, consequences

Teen pregnancy prevention has been a top priority for the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy since the 1990s, said Sharon Rodine, the institute’s youth initiatives director.

“The costs and consequences of too-early parenting impact such a wide range of health, education, economic well-being and family stability issues,” wrote Rodine in an email to Oklahoma Gazette. “Reducing teen

pregnancy reduces school dropout, child abuse and neglect, generational poverty and lifelong health complications for the mother and baby — increasing school readiness, graduation preparation and family stability, among many issues.”

In the United States, 38 percent of teen girls who have a child before age 18 obtain a high school diploma by age 22. Less than 2 percent of teen moms who graduate high school earn a college degree by age 30, according to studies cited by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.

The CDC found children born to teen moms are more likely to have behavioral problems and chronic medical conditions.

Additionally, teen moms are more likely to utilize public assistance to help them afford health care, and other research shows teen moms also seek aid from nonprofits, charities, other assistance programs and family members.

The most recent study showed that teen childbearing in Oklahoma cost taxpayers at least $169 million in 2010. However, few tax-

payer dollars are allocated for expanding education to prevent teen pregnancies, according to Rodine.

“This is an economic development issue for our communities and our state,” Rodine wrote in her statement to the Gazette. “We live in an increasingly competitive, tech-focused economy that requires an adaptable, skilled workforce. Oklahoma has had one of the highest teen birth rates in the country over the past decade, due to a lack of investment of resources statewide in prevention efforts proven to be effective.

“Other states — our competitors in the national and global marketplace — [are focusing] on expanding quality, relevant prevention programs; providing training and resources to support health education; and encouraging community partnerships and coordination to ensure more young people finish their education and start their career before starting a family.”

Burdett also sees teen pregnancy as part of a broader community issue.

“Oklahoma City has emerged as a worldclass community, but a world-class community doesn’t have one of the highest teen birth rates in the United States,” Burdett said. “For Oklahoma City to really own and celebrate the extraordinary achievements we have had across all sectors, we must, as a community, take on this issue.”

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In 2006, Kathy Harms entered a seventh-grade classroom at Crooked Oak Public Schools, a small district located in southeast Oklahoma City.

The mother of three spoke about sexual health education to 12- and 13-yearolds. She created Teen emPower! from her own desire to see lessons and discussions in OKC metro schools on puberty, reproductive health, contraception and sexually transmitted diseases. Her approach isn’t pro-life or pro-choice; it is pro-prevention.

“What it boils down to is giving them the facts, the information,” said Harms, Katia Harms’ mother, “and not making them feel bad or weird.”

The program serves middle school students in Crooked Oak, Oklahoma City and Mid-Del districts.

Typically, early in her lessons, she hears snickers and nervous laughter when she uses anatomical terms such as penis and vagina.

As the class progresses, students become more at ease and begin asking questions and making comments. One comment she hasn’t forgotten came from a seventh-grade girl, who said all her friends were “doing it,” but she wanted to wait until she was 15.

“Kids are just trying to navigate life,” Harms said. “What we give them is another perspective. We never go in and say, ‘Don’t do this’ or ‘Do this.’”

After five lessons, she introduces peer educators, high school students trained to act out situations that teens commonly face.

Peer educators explain healthy relationships, personal boundaries and ways to say no while maintaining friendships and relationships.

For students and peer educators to participate in the class, parents must sign permission slips, which also connect parents to Harms. Many question the messages their child might hear. Some believe seventh grade is too early for sexual health education.

Harms said fears are quelled when parents agree their child would benefit from a sex education program that discusses abstinence but also provides facts on contraception.

OCCHD provides area schools and youth programs a quality, age-appropriate, evidence-based sex education curriculum that also emphasizes healthy relationships, decision-making and goal setting.

“Young people connect with our educators and look forward to them coming into their classrooms,” Garlington said. “They are always disappointed when the program is over; even the students who sat in the back of the room and remained quiet.”

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At Variety Care, a nonprofit community health center with locations in the metro, pediatrician Kyle Stewart looks for opportunities to reach teens by discussing reproductive health and prevention of unplanned pregnancy with his teen patients. His clinic is considered teen-friendly, which means staff spends time with teens to answer questions and set patient appointments right away. If youths suspect they are pregnant or desire contraception, they don’t want to wait several weeks for an appointment.

“Unfortunately, a lot of clinics don’t really enjoy teens,” Stewart said, describing the need for more teen-friendly clinics. “Teens take more time. They are not a lucrative patient population. It’s not malicious, but a lot of times, when you are churning patients in and out, you wouldn’t take the time to talk through screening for sexually transmitted infections or help a teen think about their relationship. You’re not going to encourage abstinence or talk about contraception.”

More work

A 17 percent reduction in the teen birth rate over 12 months confirms the collaborative is headed toward reaching a goal to reduce

teen births by one-third between 2015 and 2020, Burdett said.

“We see data that support the successes that we see in the classrooms and the support we see from members of our community,” Burdett said. “We knew the strategies that we were adopting were based on best practices and were custom to fit the needs of young people in central Oklahoma.”

Prevention efforts intensify in year two of the plan. Through the $6 million federal grant, OCCHD will push more evidencebased education, prevention and medically accurate programs into 10 Oklahoma County ZIP codes with the highest rates of teen births. Those ZIP codes are located in parts of south and central Oklahoma City and northeast Oklahoma County.

Additionally, the collaborative will establish a Youth Leadership Council in which teen members will help design, plan and implant community teen pregnancy awareness programs.

For teen pregnancy prevention at community college and post-secondary institutions, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy plans to work with Kirkpatrick Family Fund to create pro-

grams to help older teens avoid unplanned pregnancies.

All community members can play a role in educating the next generations about sexual health and healthy relationships, said Stewart, who mentors to teens outside of his work with Variety Care.

“The faith communities and the families are the sleeping giants in getting these conversations going,” said Stewart, who said most of his teen patients say they don’t talk about sex with family members or in faith settings. “It would be great for me, as a doctor, to just put the cherry on top when they come into the clinic with answering questions.

Most of the time, when I see teens, we are starting from zero.”

Harms starts at zero with many of her students; however, she encourages dialogues to continue at home.

“A vast majority don’t want to have these conversations with their parents because they are afraid their parents are going to think they want to have sex,” Harms said. “I tell them, ‘Go home and share what you learned in class.’ That opens the conversation.”

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Driven by the notion that Oklahoma City’s more forward in November,” Pennington neighborhoods could be as great as downsaid. “What is exciting to us is the city is town, leaders of MAPS 4 Neighborhoods really hearing there is a need. We’ve been arranged countless town halls to tap into able to demonstrate that need through the community meetings. This is an opporturesidents’ needs in all areas of the city.

Like the group of civic activists leading nity to move forward on answering these the charge, residents sensed serious concerns.” that synergy between If the council pushed for Town Hall downtown and MAPS a fall vote, the measure Meeting (Metropolitan A rea would appear on an inProjects) could transcend creasingly crowded Nov. 8 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday into their neighborhoods. ballot. In addition to presiTower Hotel Oklahoma City Since 1993, Oklahoma City dential, federal and state 3233 Northwest voters have supported sales races, Oklahomans will be Expressway asked to vote on issues adtax initiatives — MAPS — to facebook.com/ pave the way for large civic dressing farming and maps4neighborhoods improvement projects. ranching, the death penalty Free At the meetings, a maand a 1-cent sales tax dedijority of residents favored cated to education funding. additional streetlights and new sidewalk Other issues on the state ballot might construction along residential streets. Some include medical marijuana, criminal justice desired improvements to city parks and reform and alcohol reform. recreation centers. Bus stops featuring Oklahoma City began its pay-as-you-go covered shelters and cleanup of blighted structure to improve the city following voter houses were discussed. Residents called for approval in 1993. In 2009, voters approved new programs incentivizing development the third installment of MAPS, called MAPS of commercial areas in neighborhoods, 3. The city is investing $777 million in eight modeled after the successful commercial quality-of-life projects, including the streetPlaza and Paseo Arts districts, which are car, downtown park and new convention surrounded by homes. center. Considered an innovative model, “We had so many needs in neighborMAPS allows the city to pay for projects hoods, and we wanted those voices to be from tax collections and projects are completed debt-free. heard,” said Camal Pennington, a member MAPS 4 Neighborhoods is proposed as of the grassroots organization MAPS 4 the follow-up to MAPS 3, which sunsets in Neighborhoods, which operates indepenDecember 2017. dently from city government. “Since MAPS Based on past ballot measures, MAPS 4 has been such a transformative avenue to be able to invest in the community, it seemed Neighborhoods was operating under the that was a perfect way to make that investassumption city leaders might pursue ment.” another MAPS vote in 2017.

The group plans to present results from There are still many details to be worked their town halls and gather additional feedout before ballot language could be delivered back at a Ward 2 community meeting set for to election officials. MAPS 4 Neighborhoods Tuesday. Following reports of the Oklahoma is ready to work with city leaders on the City Council considering a MAPS vote this particulars, which includes lists of priorities November, group leaders are utilizing the and projects, local control and how much meeting as a chance to hear citizens’ rewould be invested into neighborhoods.

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OKCPS graduates its first class from career academies and students exit high school with unique skills. By Laura Eastes

Harley Smith placed a small glass bowl into the hands of a Northwest Classen High School special needs student, who stacked the bowl on top of its mate.

“Good job,” Smith said as she raised her hand and high-fived the student.

Lessons of Life skills are essential in the special education classroom at the Oklahoma City Public Schools site, which serves ninth- through 12th-grade students from the city’s northwest quadrant.

Educators plan lessons that enable students to gain important basic skills, which often include completing tasks they face at home.

Smith, who created the dish-stacking lesson and grading rubric, gave the special needs student a pat on the back before she grabbed her backpack and left for her next class. Since January, Smith has interned in the special education class, interacting with students for one class period daily.

Smith is one of seven students involved in Northwest Classen’s Academy of Teacher Preparation, one of 12 academies offered by the district.

“When I was little, I wanted to be a teacher,” she said. “I always enjoyed school and loved my teachers. In the third grade, I struggled. It was a tough year for me. My teacher helped me a lot. She encouraged me and was very caring. I decided I wanted to be like that for kids. I want to be there for kids and love them. I feel like this is a direct way to make an impact on a kid’s life.”

Academies’ role

The district’s career academies were first introduced four years ago with the aim of creating small learning communities and better pathways from high school to further education and the workplace.

The academies are organized around themes of engineering, information technology, finance, hospitality and health sciences. Academy students take a tailored curriculum of academic and career-oriented courses together. The program includes internships, community service projects and career and college exploration, giving students momentum and the know-how to transition to higher education or the workforce after graduation.

Cassie Sharp serves as the coordinator for Northwest Classen Academy of Health Sciences. Her position calls for teaching lessons such as anatomy and physiology. It also involves working closely with a community advisory board.

With the board’s help, students are offered paid internships, meet medical professionals, attend career fairs and take field trips designed to give them a look into the health sciences field. Additionally, Sharp helps students prepare for their futures. She also assists them with college and federal student aid applications.

She believes the academy prepares students for high-demand and high-skilled health sciences careers in Oklahoma.

“I think they have been exposed to every career opportunity there is, whether it be a MetroTech program, college or career,” Sharp said of her graduating seniors. “I think they are prepared because of the individualized instruction and the time spent to explore careers. In the general classes, we don’t have time to explore careers and other options as well as talk about scholarships and what it takes to get into [higher education].”

The academies are like a school within a school, explained Cynthia Walls, coordinator of OKCPS’ career academies. There is an application process, but the district uses the information to gauge interest.

Applicants are assigned to an academy.

They enter the program as ninth-graders and enroll in career-themed courses as an academy cohort through their high school years.

“Academies work well inside a school,” Walls said. “Not all students want to be part of academies, but I think as the district moves forward with the academies, more students will see these small learning communities and the benefits.”

Four years ago, there were six academies located at five high schools: Capitol Hill, John Marshall, Star Spencer, Northeast and Oklahoma Centennial. This school year, the district offered 12 academies at nine high schools and reached just under 1,000 students.

The district launched Northwest Classen’s Academy of Teacher Preparation last August and plans to create an Academy of Entrepreneurship at Emerson High School, the district’s alternative education program for secondary students, this coming school year.

OKCPS career academies are modeled after recommendations from the National Academy Foundation (NAF), an organization dedicated to bringing education, business and community leaders together to create a high school experience providing industry-specific curricula and work-based learning experiences. Annually, NAF assess the district’s academies.

Three district academies — Capitol Hill Academy of Engineering, Northeast Academy for Health Sciences and Academy of Engineering and Northwest Classen Academy of Health Sciences — reached model status for their ability to deliver highquality educational experiences.

Senior perspective

Academy seniors are making history as the first graduating class of the district’s various academies. They joined the programs as freshmen and sophomores during

from left Marilu Cardenas and Cassidy Lopez perform a bio lab at Northwest Classen High School. They are part of the first graduating class of the school’s Academy of Health Sciences. | Photo Laura Eastes

I think they are prepared because of the individualized instruction and the time spent to explore careers.

Cassie Sharp the 2012-13 and 2013-14 academic years and receive their high school diplomas and NAF certifications in late May. At graduation ceremonies, special green-and-white honor cords will drape over students’ shoulders.

As a health sciences academy student, Candis Rodgers interned at Diagnostic Laboratory of Oklahoma to understand medical laboratory work. The experience confirmed her interest in the medical profession. She said she will pursue nursing school after graduation.

“Your life can be changed,” Rodgers said.

“Being in the health science academy, I feel like it made me stand out.”

Classmate Marilu Cardenas agreed.

“We got a head start,” she said. “A lot of people don’t take anatomy or biotech courses when in high school.”

As students like Cardenas and Rodgers complete their senior capstone laboratory to finalize the academy’s graduation requirements, Smith concludes her internship in the special education classroom.

In addition to an internship, Smith and six other classmates meet daily for a oneperiod course to discuss the profession and

learn ethics and classroom management skills.

As an honors and advanced student, Smith was unfamiliar with the special education classroom and pursued the internship to gain knowledge working with nontraditional students.

To be a successful special education teacher, one must be patient and care about their students, Smith said.

“This has been an amazing experience,” she said. “It is going to be really sad when I graduate and leave my students.”

Smith looks forward to entering the special education classroom, where she is greeted with wide smiles on the students’ faces. Next August, she will attend Oklahoma State University and enroll in the College of Education with health education and promotion as her major.

“This is an experience that you probably wouldn’t get at any other school,” Smith said. “I have a lot of kids ask me — right after they walk by the classroom — ‘What are you doing? Are you an (teacher) aid?’ I tell them about the internship and the academy.”

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Speed trap

In the waning days of this year’s state legislative session, Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill removing 75 miles per hour maximum speed limits from turnpikes, interstates and rural highways.

Before you upgrade your classic Pontiac Trans Am to KITTlevel engine power and artificial intelligence, though, the change likely won’t create an Oklahoma Autobahn.

Existing speed limits, usually established according to engineering and safety guidelines, will likely remain.

“All of the highways are currently signed for what we believe they can handle,” Terri Angier, Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) chief media and public relations spokesperson, told KTUL.com.

Wait. What?

However, entities can petition and request that engineering studies be done again, and ODOT officials can decide whether or not they’re necessary.

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Quick draw

Is this the wild, wild West that Will Smith tried to warn us about?

Many Okies love celebrating their cowboy heritage, whether it’s by donning a glossy new pair of boots or enjoying a medium-rare steak dinner in the historic Stockyards City district.

At least one state legislator is still pushing to move Oklahoma’s John Wayne parallels another step forward.

Rep. Jeff Coody, R-Grandfield, authored a bill that would allow anyone over 21 in the state without a felony conviction to openly carry a firearm without a background check or any required training.

Yee-haw!

As of Chicken-Fried News press time, the bill sits in conference committee, awaiting the collection of the required seven legislator signatures before heading back to a vote on the House floor.

If the bill is approved by the Legislature, Gov. Mary Fallin would have to sign it for it to become law.

Oklahomans might love cowboy culture, but there is more than a little opposition to the bill from outside the Capitol.

We recently updated readers about community organizations, including Oklahoma City Thunder and local businesses, fighting the bill.

This month, Oklahoma City Police Chief

Bill Citty also voiced his concern, saying the bill “doesn’t make much sense” and that strapping guns to the hips of untrained civilians would put his officers and others at increased risk.

Luxury rentals

If you have the money, Oklahoma City has the new high-end apartment you’re looking for. In fact, RentCafé property marketing website reports that luxury is about all you’ll find.

Seven of seven of Oklahoma City’s completed rental construction projects last year were considered “high-end,” the website reported.

Nationally, in 2015, three out of four new apartments were “high-end, luxury construction.” That’s a 63-percent jump over 2012, according to RentCafé.

The website cites, in part, an uptick in “renters by choice,” meaning “wealthy households capable of owning, but choosing to rent.” That segment includes millennials, empty-nest Baby Boomers and retirees.

Five “emerging metro areas” hit the 100 percent mark last year, including Oklahoma City; Jacksonville, Florida; Kansas City, Missouri; Midland-Odessa, Texas; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Average rent in newly constructed Oklahoma City buildings is $1,055 a month.

The website also cited a 2015 story by The Wall Street Journal showing that new construction often comes with a rent increase of more than 20 percent over existing construction.

What this means, RentCafé also reported, is “the disparity between affordable [rents] and non-affordable is widening.”

And that gap most affects middle-income renters.

Finally, freedom

“Everywhere around the world, there’ll be dancin’ — dancin’ in the street!”

Don’t pretend you don’t know all the words. Marvin Gaye’s Motown song that David Bowie and Mick Jagger made a classic hit hummed by generations might see a revival in Oklahoma soon, thanks to the fact that Sally Kern’s 12-year battle against the

“homosexual agenda” as an Oklahoma legislator is almost over.

Kern borders on infamous to many in the state for her views against the LGBT community.

For example, Tulsa World reported that in 2008, she said the so-called “homosexual agenda” is more of a threat to America than terrorism.

In her retirement speech during the final days of this year’s legislative session, she repeated that belief.

LGBT advocacy group Freedom Oklahoma is using Kern’s exit from the Legislature to raise funds to “recruit political candidates who believe in equality, balancing the budget and funding education,” according to Tulsa World.

“We picked her for very obvious reasons,” said Troy Stevenson, Freedom Oklahoma executive director. “She said some pretty atrocious things about the LGBT community. I don’t know that any legislator in this country has said worse.”

Kern heard about the party and addressed it in her May 11 retirement speech.

“How many of you are having a farewell party and a fundraiser thrown in your honor just because you are leaving? You know when I first heard about this I was a little bit offended,” she said. “I mean just $35 for a ticket? I thought surely, if I’m their biggest opponent couldn’t I be worth at least $50.”

Tickets to the fundraiser, dubbed

“Farewell, Sally,” are $35 — money well spent to find representatives who will actually focus on making Oklahoma a better place to live.

Parking snark

Location, location, location.

Plaza District is the place all trendy Oklahoma Citians want to be. It’s a happening place with six restaurants, an ice cream parlor, a pie bakery, a tattoo shop, art galleries and specialty boutiques.

Let’s not forget Live! on the Plaza happens the second Friday of each month.

As crowds increase along the stretch NW 16th Street, the need for additional parking soars.

Thankfully, Jeff Struble is dedicated to finding a solution to the predicament.

NewsOK.com reports Struble wants to add a surface parking lot at 1618 N. Blackwelder Ave.

His plans call for demolishing a 95-year-old duplex.

Struble is taking the proper steps and presenting his plans to the Oklahoma City Planning Department’s Urban Design Commission.

He is confident his request will be approved. Struble told NewsOK that he predicts the new cement drive will be ready around the time the anticipated Goro Ramen + Izakaya ramen restaurant opens at its new location, 1634 N. Blackwelder Ave. At Chicken-Fried News, we are ecstatic about a new noodle eatery in the district.

The parking lot sounds great, too.

We’d also like to remind everyone that Embark public transit buses cruise through that area daily.

When it comes down to it, Plaza District is awesome.

You can pick up a South American llama statute at Folk.Art, perform a TLC song during open-mic night at District House, devour an Uncle Buck pizza slice at Empire Slice House and try on retro jackets from decades past at Dig It! Boutique.

Current parking frustrations don’t stop us from visiting the happening Plaza District, even when we have to walk, bike, bus or carpool.

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Include a city of residence and contact number for verification.

$67 million

Here’s a conservative estimate of school funding left on the table: $67 million.

The Oklahoma Lottery exists, in part, to provide additional funding for Oklahoma education.

More funding can be provided if one overly restrictive law is modified, as it has been in most other lottery jurisdictions. All profit from the lottery goes to the state. However, our law mandates a minimum 35 percent profit.

This mandate restricts funds for prize payouts.

Lower payouts equal lower sales and lower funding for education.

If you are a lottery player, this should be important to you. If you sell lottery products in your retail location, you should be supportive.

Most importantly, if you support more funding for education, facing budget reduc-

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tions due to the state budget crisis, then you, too, should be supportive.

Removing the restriction or appropriately reducing it would provide an additional $5 million for fiscal year ’17.

The profits grow after that, totaling $67 million or more over the next five years. Yes, it would be a small amount that first year, but wouldn’t we rather keep 60-80 teachers employed and teaching our children next year?

We can address all questions about this issue; please ask.

If you support this proposal, our lawmakers need to hear from the voting public.

Rollo Redburn Oklahoma Lottery , executive director Oklahoma City

Defining hate

Your article on hate groups (News, “The rise of hate?,” George Lang, April 13, Oklahoma Gazette) in Oklahoma barely mentioned the Republican party, which — especially with Donald Trump as its presumptive nominee — has become the nation’s biggest hate group.

A friend recently mentioned he tried to attend a Trump rally in Chicago.

I suggested that this is something he should never share with a MexicanAmerican, given the fact that Trump has directed so much animosity at us.

I get that many Americans believe we have a broken immigration system, but surely there are ways to be constructive about possible solutions that don’t involve demonizing Mexican-Americans.

“When Mexico sends its people,” Trump said the day he announced his candidacy, “they’re not sending their best … they’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us.

They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

So Trump has never met a “good” Mexican immigrant. The best he can muster is that “some” may be “good people,” but he can only “assume” it because he doesn’t know it as a fact.

Here we have someone who’s been in the construction business for decades, has almost certainly employed countless immigrants, but can’t say any of them are good.

Wow! If you believe Trump, you pretty much have to “assume,” like he does, that brown-skinned people who speak Spanish are undesirables, and inevitably, your thoughts will turn to actions.

Trump’s Big Lie empowers his followers to make Mexican-American lives difficult in any number of ways, including through violence.

This is why it’s no exaggeration to say that Trump poses a greater threat to the average Latino than Islamist terrorism does or that his campaign is, in effect, a hate group.

To the extent that the GOP tolerates this kind of discourse, it provides a tent for such groups.

Ari Nuncio Oklahoma City

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Unbeatable banh mi sandwiches put Lang’s Bakery above the rest. By Greg Elwell What’s so great about sliced bread?

Head down the bread aisle at the grocery store and you might find a few sliced ones worth eating, but most are dry, tasteless loaves of sugar, white flour and air — lots and lots of air.

You know why bread is placed at the top of your sack of groceries?

If it was packed at the bottom, the weight from everything else would press the air out of that sliced bread and leave you with a loaf of smoosh.

Give me a real hunk of unsliced bread — a crispy crust that pops and crunches under the pressure of your teeth, protect-

It’s a lovely, big bowl of stewed beef with tender carrots and thin white noodles in marinated soup, and you’ll be forgiven for wondering if it’s similar to that other Oklahoma City Vietnamese staple, pho.

Well, it is and it isn’t. It’s beef and it’s noodles and it’s soup.

But while pho has an aromatic quality to the broth, this is almost like pot roast with gravy that hasn’t been thickened. It is also delicious.

Dress it however you like, but know that the flavors are different enough from pho that you can’t just dump in sriracha and call it good.

Strike that; you can call it good however you want Lang’s Bakery to dump stuff in, because it is good. The beef melts 2524 N. Military Ave. | 405-528-5141 on your tongue and the broth is full and luxuriWhat works: It’s in the running for best banh mi ously fatty. The carrots are sandwiches in the city. so tender they might disWhat needs work: Not being open Tuesdays sipate if you look at them seems cruel. too hard.

I’m a firm believer that Tip: Lang’s is cash-only. it’s always time for soup, but if you’re one of those types who doesn’t like slurping down a steaming-hot bowl of ing the tender webbing of carbs held inside — any day. liquid on a summer day, there are other Give me the bread at Lang’s Bakery, menu items, too.

2524 N. Military Ave., and fill it with charPerhaps you’d like Com Tam Bi, Thit broiled pork, jalapeños, pickled carrots, Nuong, Cha ($7) or as I call it, “the No. 10.” onions and sprigs of cilantro.

Listed under “broken rice” dishes, it’s a Lido sits at the corner of the shopping heaping plate of rice covered in sweet, salty center, soaking up all the attention, but charbroiled pork and shredded pork. Off on the side is a baked egg patty. savvy eaters find their way to Lang’s for some of the best banh mi sandwiches in The main event here is the charbroiled the city. pork and all of that fatty juice soaking into But first, let’s clear something up. The the rice. It hits all the right buttons for me: term “banh mi sandwich” isn’t like “ATM chewy, crispy, soft, sweet, savory, fatty, machine” or “PIN number.” Banh mi starchy and filling. Keep your arms and simply means bread — usually the kind of legs inside the car at all times because baguette brought to Vietnam by the coloanything between my mouth and that food nial French. could get gnawed off.

A variety of meats is stuffed inside that If the thought of eating all that food bread, and my favorites by far are the charmakes you groggy, it’s probably time to broiled pork or the chicken (each $3). The order the French drip coffee with conbanh mi glows with a golden brown marked densed milk over ice. by a crust ready to shatter as you take a For $2.75, it’s like a sweet, refreshing bite. There’s a nice chew as the ingredients version of that scene in Pulp Fiction when inside soften it up for your next mouthful.

Uma Thurman gets stabbed in the chest The barbecue pork and “assorted with an adrenaline shot.

Vietnamese ham” sandwich varieties also Lang’s is hidden away in that shopping are $3. Both are fine, but neither captures center, but like any treasure, it’s worth the perfect cooperation of the chicken or searching for. Its bahn mi sandwiches are pork sandwiches. my favorite in the city, and the rest of the menu is a joy to explore.

The best on the menu is that charbroiled pork. It’s a must.

I fell in love with the menu’s description of Hu Tieu Bo Kho ($7) before I took a bite.

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Belle Kitchen, like its 24-hour dough, keeps expanding. By Greg Elwell | Photos Garett Fisbeck

Olive oil ice cream made me a believer.

Rising success Belle Kitchen has been the toast of In one of her many lives, Davenport was Oklahoma City since owner Cheryl a biology teacher in Toronto. A backDavenport started selling gourmet ground in experimentation is evident in doughnuts at the OSU-OKC Farmers her doughnut recipe, the history of which Market a year ago. But once she and exstretches across countless spreadsheets. ecutive chef Shelby Sieg found a permaDavenport is a self-taught baker, and it nent location at 7509 N. May Ave., the took plenty of trial and error to create a doughnut that was “good enough.” talk picked up steam.

“But I couldn’t settle for Well, talk might be too that,” she said. “When I got strong a word. There’s a lot to a certain point, that was of mumbling as people try to Belle express themselves while when [local chef ] Marc Kitchen eating doughnuts.

Dunham introduced me to Shelby.”

Considering the time it 7509 N. May Ave. takes to make them, that’s When she put her baking belle-kitchen.com understandable. Davenport expertise to work on Belle 405-430-5484​ said the doughnut dough Kitchen’s doughnut recipe, takes 24 hours to prepare the result had the owner and requires three rises and three folds. “literally weeping.”

The end product is a rich yeast doughnut The brioche-style doughnuts have a that is airy and light, yet structurally sound subtle sweetness, making the bread suitenough to hold up under the weight of the able for breakfast sandwiches as well as frosting. a great base for dye-free frostings.

With decadent flavors such as brown A fresh caramel pecan donut

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Macarons at Belle Kitchen come in a rainbow of colors and flavors.

butter and sea salt, blood orange poppy seed and passion berry, the doughnuts are extraordinary, especially when compared to the usual glazed variety.

As good as the pastries are, Davenport knows that doughnuts are a morning obsession for most customers, which is why Belle Kitchen explores menu items that expand its selection without straying too far from what it does best.

Macarons are a treat that has all-day appeal. They are a pâte à choux pastry that resembles a delicate miniature sandwich flavored in cherry, chocolate, lavender, pecan pie or numerous other options.

Sales of macarons run neck and neck with its other pastries. Davenport said the entire case sells out every two days, and special events dramatically drain stock.

Cool collaboration

Sieg said one of Belle Kitchen’s biggest draws is the relationship she and Davenport have developed.

“It’s collaborative for sure,” she said.

“We check in with each other all the time, just making sure everything is going in the right direction.”

The pair share a vision for what the restaurant can become, and Davenport has expanded the business to make room for one of Sieg’s passions: ice cream.

Everyone who enters the charming eatery passes by the chilled case filled

with delectable frozen treats. Chocolatehazelnut ice cream might not sound extraordinary, but the selection only gets more ambitious from there. The green apple sorbet is tart and crisp. The olive oil ice cream has a beautiful, creamy flavor that ends on a green, floral note.

Soon, Belle Kitchen will dip scoops of ice cream into freshly made waffle cones.

And once the paperwork goes through the ABLE Commission, Davenport wants to offer small plates, charcuterie and wine to keep the venue running later into the evening.

Before that, though, it will expand into a second, smaller location in a converted shipping container in Deep Deuce in the next month.

Some of the products will come from the main kitchen on May Avenue, but the staff will also cook in the new, 640-square-foot space.

How it will all work is, like the restaurant’s well-loved dough, a matter of trial and error.

Davenport is proud of the staff she has brought together in a short time and plans to promote them up through the organization, giving them ownership stakes as the company continues to grow. Everyone will play several roles.

“We just have to figure it out,” she said.

“Every day is a new experiment.”

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The fifth annual MS Crawfish Boil is 1-6 p.m. Saturday at Quail Creek Golf & Country Club, 3501 Quail Creek Road.

It was founded in 2012 to raise funds in honor of Jenny Pardee Golla, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2011.

It’s a day of all-you-can-eat crawfish with beer, wine and live music by Ben Brock to raise funds and awareness for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

The event also raises money with a silent auction and raffle.

“Our annual crawfish boil is always a great event and a fun way to get our message out, and every single donation made makes a huge impact on the lives of families living with MS,” said MS Crawfish Boil marketing chair Kari Ames Webber in a press release.

Tickets are $35 at the door and include beer, wine and crawfish.

Golla said raising money for the 2.3 million Americans diagnosed with MS made her feel she was taking control of the disease and making a difference.

The restaurant will move into a newly renovated space at 1101 N. Western Ave. over the next year, adding a new eatery and bar to the burgeoning area near the Classen Ten-Penn neighborhood. The MexicanKorean taqueria concept will be located just a few blocks north of the new Revolución Taqueria + Cantina at NW Sixth Street and Classen Boulevard, helmed by Empire Slice House’s Rachel Cope.

El Jefe (aka The Boss) will use a food truck outside the building as the kitchen.

In addition to Korean-inspired tacos, the restaurant will serve tortas, tostadas and elote a popular Mexican street food of seasoned and sauced corn on the cob.

•Boss eats

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OK, ladies; now let’s drink our foundation. Iron Star Urban BBQ, 3700 N. Shartel Ave., hosts a tap takeover and dinner for Michigan-based Founders Brewing Co. 6-8 p.m.

Tuesday.

Iron Star general manager Kimberly King said while the dinner will have barbecue elements, it’s really a chef’s dinner prepared around and with a variety of Founders beers.

Tickets are $49.17 and include five courses, including a passed appetizer, paired with samples of five Founders brews: All Day IPA, Mosaic Promise, Rubaeus, Curmudgeon Old Ale and Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS).

A chocolate-coffee stout, KBS will be served with dessert and might even be made into an ice cream beer float, King said.

Though Iron Star doesn’t carry Founders beers normally, the dinner will be a proving ground for demand and could influence the restaurant to continue serving the brand.

Tickets are available at eventbrite.com.

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•Straight arrow

Tulsa-based Marshall Brewing Company recently rereleased its much-loved seasonal Arrowhead Pale Ale in kegs and sixpacks across Oklahoma and Arkansas.

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With a tang from hops, it’s a beer specially brewed for drinking on Oklahoma’s muggy, scorching summer days.

Sales and marketing director Wes Alexander said Arrowhead is good enough to be a year-round beer, but because it uses a “signature Citra hop,” it’s impossible to make it available outside summer months.

“We continue to find ways to stretch the season for our Arrowhead fans and this year have added about two weeks of availability on the front end of the season,” he said.

Sadly, the arrival of Arrowhead Pale Ale means the spring seasonal, Revival Red Ale, is on its way out.

But Marshall is hard at work on its next seasonal brew: Oktoberfest Lager, which comes out the last week of August.

James Vu (pictured), owner of La Brasa International Cuisine, 1310 NW 25th St., announced his next venture on Facebook last week.

“Well the secrets out,” he wrote. “Pleased to announce the opening of El Jefe Taqueria y Cantina late 2016 early 2017.”

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•Happy trails

Oklahoma City-based COOP Ale Works storms the border with beer, moving into north Texas starting June 6.

To celebrate, the brewery plans fun events in Oklahoma and Texas over the next few months.

While it’s exciting to expand into new markets, co-founder Daniel Mercer said COOP wouldn’t be here without Oklahomans who supported the brewery for the last seven years, which is why the Trail to Texas events begin in the Sooner State.

The brewery is doing a tap takeover 5 p.m. Wednesday at Charlie’s Sports Bar & Grill, 14530 Northeast 20th St., in Choctaw; an XPA release party 7 p.m.

Thursday at Fassler Hall, 421 NW 10th St.;

a karaoke contest and special release party 9 p.m. Friday at Chung’s Korean Restaurant & Bar, 2703 NW Sheridan Road, in Lawton; a flight night with special releases 5 p.m.

Saturday at The Abner Ale House, 121 E. Main St., in Norman; and dueling beer brunches with special releases 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Pub W, 3121 W. Memorial Road, and 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Pub W, 3720 W. Robinson St., in Norman.

COOP beers hits north Texas June 6 and the tour culminates at the June 11 Untapped Music & Beer Festival in Fort Worth.

COOP’s popular F5 IPA, DNR Belgianstyle Strong Dark Ale, Native Amber and Horny Toad Blonde will be available on Texas shelves in new six-packs with 12-oz. cans.

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Interesting tea varieties, including Golden Monkey, line the walls at Urban Teahouse. | Photo Garett Fisbeck

With teas like Iron Goddess of Mercy, Urban Teahouse takes guests beyond bitter bagged teas. By Greg Elwell

Kristy Jennings, owner of Urban Teahouse, is a nice woman. So even though she probably wants to walk down the tea aisles of every grocery store, slapping boxes of pulverized Earl Grey out of people’s hands, she won’t.

Instead, she is busy at the second location of her tea-lover’s paradise, 519 NW 23rd St., behind The Rise shopping center, where the sun shines brightly through giant windows. (The original location, 7518 N. May Ave., continues its brisk business

Breakfast tea or a soothing chamomile.

But if you’ve ever been in Urban Teahouse, you’ve probably wondered just what Iron Goddess of Mercy tastes like.

Let me tell you: It’s good.

Tea, like wine or how much you owe the IRS, is subjective. Not everything will be your cup of, uh, tea. I mean, I guess it will be your cup of tea if you buy it and then drink it, but you might not love everything.

That’s OK. It’s fun to try.

It’s best to start out light, so let’s begin with Dragonwell ($6 for a 16-oz. cup or $6.50 for a 16-oz. teapot).

Urban Teahouse Urban Teahouse teas 519 NW 23rd St. | 405-606-7005 are separated by price urban-teahouse.com levels: specialty is $3, What works: Iron Goddess of Mercy is a tasty premium is $4, exceptionadventure. Matcha latte will blow your doors off. al is $5 and reserved is $6.

Dragonwell is a reserved What needs work: Lapsang souchong is an acquired taste. green tea from China.

I thought it was very Tip: Ask Kristy Jennings anything. She’s a tea mild.

I guess I don’t confanatic who loves to teach. sider many teas “hardcore,” but this one is particularly mellow. It’s not a hard-partying brew. It’s a leisurely, Sunday on the northwest side of the city.)

Commercially bagged teas are filled evening, doing a crossword in bed, preparwith tiny, dusty particles of tea leaves, and ing for a good night’s sleep brew.

I did not try it with sugar, but I get the they give off all kinds of weird, bitter flavors that require lots of sugar to cover up. feeling that sugar would completely overUrban Teahouse, on the other hand, whelm the flavor, which I thought was kind has giant canisters filled with lovely whole of wheat-y, like a cereal grain. dried tea leaves of every variety you can Iron Goddess of Mercy is another reimagine and some you probably can’t. served tea, but while the Dragonwell has Don’t get me wrong — there’s nothing long, flat leaves, this oolong comes out of the canister in tightly wound balls. wrong with enjoying a cup of English

Urban Teahouse owner Kristy Jennings explains the brewing process. | Photo Garett Fisbeck

Yerba mate tea, before and after brewing, and a traditional Brazilian mate gourd | Photo Garett Fisbeck

After a few minutes steeped in water, however, they unfold and release their precious flavors.

Jennings said that Iron Goddess of Mercy will not cleanse you of all your sins, nor does it count as community service if you’ve been arrested.

But it does have a nice, smooth, grassy flavor to go with the light gold color and eases you into and out of each sip. I thought it had some hints of flower.

Also of note, despite being one of the more expensive teas, is that Iron Goddess of Mercy will give you multiple infusions, so it’s a good bang for your buck.

Golden Monkey is a reserved black tea.

Its leaves are curled lengthwise and their tips are golden-hued. The resulting drink is a bit darker and has some great fruit notes, like raisin or fig. It had the most caffeine of the teas I tried, but it won’t get you buzzed like an espresso.

For a huge energy blast, get the matcha latte ($4.50). Matcha isn’t just a tea infusion — you’re eating the whole leaf. The milk eases the punch, and I like adding a little simple syrup to it.

This is your party tea. You could fight a bear after drinking one of these, but that wouldn’t be fair to bears.

Yerba mate ($3 for a 16-oz. cup or $3.50 for a 16-oz. teapot) is a specialty tea, except it’s not really a tea. It’s a type of holly bush.

It’s a little more processed than some of

the other teas, in that the leaves have been crunched up, releasing more flavor (and a little bitterness) into the liquid.

It was very green and lively, though mild.

The real test was a premium smoked tea called lapsang souchong ($4 for a 16-oz. cup or $4.50 for a 16-oz. teapot), and it smells a bit like barbecue.

Jennings said this was a divisive flavor, and I can see why — without sweetener, I found the flavor bitter and off-putting. But when she added a bit of simple syrup, it didn’t become sweet, but it did rob it of that pungent aftertaste.

Though it’s not particularly wellknown for its food menu, Urban Teahouse does carry some locally made doughnuts from Holey Rollers and chef-created chocolates from Dude, Sweet Chocolate, a boutique confectionery out of Texas.

The most interesting one is albatross ($2.75) with dark chocolate covering a core of blue cheese and sea salt. If that sounds weird, it is.

But it’s also pretty wonderful paired with Golden Monkey.

Yes, there always will be mint teas and chai and Earl Grey available.

But walking on the wild side at Urban Teahouse is a pretty mellow and informative experience.

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If you missed the Ken Burns documentary about the wraps versus burritos debate that tore our country asunder, then I suggest you visit Yummy Mummy. Not only is it a historic battlefield in that pivotal war, it’s also a good place to pick up a few stuffed grape leaves, a King Tut’s salad and a Beef Mummy Wrap filled with marinated beef, melty mozzarella and tahini sauce.

Will you be seized by the spirit of heavenly baked goods when you visit Holey Rollers mobile doughnuts distribution center? It’s not unheard of. When people on restricted diets learn that all the doughnuts are vegan and lots of them can be gluten-free, some are moved to dance, whoop with joy, collapse to the ground in celebration and, of course, order a few more for the road. That’s what keeps the Holey Rollers rolling, after all.

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Umi means “ocean” in Japanese. That concludes today’s lesson. Great work, everybody. Please collect everyone’s workbooks, Donna. Trevor! The bell hasn’t rung just yet! Have a seat. What do you mean this is a newspaper? Oh. OK. I guess you all can just go wherever you want. I’ll be at Umi Sushi & Hibachi, enjoying a Spicy O My God Roll and maybe a bowl of chirashi.

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By Ben Luschen

Much Ado About Nothing opens this year’s Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park season June 2 on the Water Stage at Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave. The theater company bills the show as “the original rom-com.”

The classic Shakespeare play centers on Beatrice and Benedick’s playful quarreling.

The equally intelligent characters hide a budding romance between witty taunts and clever put-downs.

The Much Ado formula — two lovers who act like they hate each other as their continued bickering only builds upon their attraction — is one that can be found again and again in popular culture, said Kathryn McGill, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park (OSP) executive and artistic director.

The two leads feature Wil Rogers as Benedick and Renee Krapff as Beatrice.

“They’re both Oklahoma City stars,” McGill said. “They’re both pretty phenomenal.”

Rogers and Krapff are veteran OSP company members and can be seen in a number of other theaters around the state.

Rogers played Antony in last year’s production of Julius Caesar, and Krapff was Paulina in The Winter’s Tale.

Oklahoma City University theater instructor D. Lance Marsh directs the production. Much Ado is the first of four plays OSP offers this summer.

Howard Barker’s Scenes from an Execution is next, beginning its indoor theater run July 7 at 2920 Paseo St., OSP’s headquarters. It tells the story of a female Venetian artist commissioned to paint a mural celebrating a military victory that, in reality, was quite catastrophic for both sides.

“It’s funny and it’s not funny,” McGill said. “It’s a dark comedy.”

Playwright David Ives’ adaptation of The Liar begins Aug. 18. It retells a classic play using modern language in rhyming iambic pentameter. The season concludes with

Shakespeare’s most well-known play, Romeo and Juliet, beginning Sept. 8.

In a world where Internet acronyms and emojis constitute conversation and political dialogue is replaced with insults, McGill said offering an outlet that promotes the complex language often found in classic plays has become a necessity.

“We find it really important today because people are taking language and reducing it like with texting and Twitter and all of that,” she said. “It’s reduction of language whereas most classic plays are about the expansion of language.”

It’s a mission that has driven McGill and OSP for more than 30 years.

Starting something

When McGill founded OSP in 1985, there were few theater options in Oklahoma City outside of Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma or Jewel Box Theatre.

McGill, who earned a degree from New York University and missed catching the Shakespeare productions in Central Park, wanted to change that.

“You don’t just start a theater because you want to do plays,” she said. “You start a theater because there’s something in the community, some at least perceived need in the community, that isn’t being met.”

OSP launched its first season at Edmond’s Hafer Park, where it remained for almost 20 years. Eventually, the company was invited to Oklahoma City and perform outdoors on the Water Stage, where it has remained for the last 12 years.

Two years ago, OSP relocated its offices from the former Fred Jones Building (now 21c Museum Hotel) to Paseo Arts District.

The move has made the company much more visible, McGill said. OSP participates in the district’s First Friday Gallery Art Walk event and receives far more regular foot traffic through its headquarters inside.

An additional benefit to the move is an indoor theater space that adjoins the lobby.

Though McGill started with the vision to put on outdoor shows exclusively, that can be a tough reality in Oklahoma summers.

“We can’t do everything outdoors,” she said. “It’s hot. You’ve got to have another space.”

In the time since OSP began, McGill said local interest in theater has increased. With that has also come an increase in new area theaters.

“We have a lot of different options now,” she said. “We’ve always held down the classical fort. We still feel really solid about our mission.”

Tough times

The long-range goal for OSP is to establish a 300-seat Paseo theater space at The Paseo Plunge, 3010 Paseo St., across from Picasso Cafe. McGill said OSP would share the venue with the community and other theater companies. However, today’s financial climate makes that goal seem far off.

With the flopping oil industry and money-strapped state government, McGill said the theater community was prospering but is now forced to hold back.

OSP survives on major grants from Oklahoma Arts Council, Kirkpatrick Family Fund and Inasmuch Foundation.

“No theater relies on ticket sales because we’d have to be charging $100 a ticket to survive,” she said. “We rely on foundations and corporations to sustain us, cover the other part of the ticket cost that we don’t want to give to the patrons.”

While McGill doesn’t expect this to be OSP’s best financial season, she said the theater has faced other economic slumps in the past.

“Times like this are a challenge, but we’ve had a lot of good years,” she said. “We’re a theater that has always been able to adapt to challenges. We’ll get through this and move on.”

Visit oklahomashakespeare.com for tickets and more information.

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By Jack Fowler

The mobster genre gets the Woody Allen treatment next week as the national tour of new musical comedy Bullets Over Broadway rolls through Oklahoma City.

Based on Allen’s screenplay for the 1994 Miramax film, Bullets makes its OKC premiere 7:30 p.m. Monday at Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave. The raucous gangster comedy The New Yorker called “a fun machine from start to finish” debuted in 2014 in New York City to rave reviews, garnering six Tony nominations.

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Add to the mix Allen’s penchant for having every character sleep with almost every other character at some point, and Bullets Over Broadway should add up to a sexy, funny night on the town for OKC audiences.

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The production brings some heavy hitters with it, too. Bullets was originally directed and choreographed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman, and the tour is curFull cast rently under the direction of Jeff Whiting, a The story begins simply enough: It’s New longtime Stroman collaborator with York City in 1928, and idealistic young playBroadway hits such as The Scottsboro Boys and Hair under his belt. wright David Shayne is hustling to get his play produced. He has a devoted wife, a The tour also features six-time Tony winner William Ivey Long’s original hopeful outlook and a new play debuting in a few short weeks. However, after agreeing Broadway costumes, making Bullets a decidto let a mob boss’ talentless, whiny girlfriend edly lavish affair.

A big, swanky romp of a musical, Bullets Olive star in the show in exchange for the cash he so desperately needs, things go pairs Long’s stunning mob suits and flapper screwy. dresses with existing songs from the Roaring Olive’s gangster escort, Cheech, who ’20s like “Taint Nobody’s Business If I Do,” watches the rehearsals from the empty “Let’s Misbehave,” and “I’m Sitting on Top of the World.” theater, turns out to be a far better playwright than David, editing and improving the script From Allen’s trademark love triangles to on a daily basis. Olive’s mafia politics, tap-dancing acting, however, grates on chorus girls to old-style slapstick, Bullets Over Cheech, who takes more Bullets Over Broadway promises to and more ownership of the Broadway play. bring musical theater back to OKC with a bang.

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Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma sweeps through the summer months with four timeless and unique classics. By Adam Holt

Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma begins its summer season near the end of June with four musicals.

Dreamgirls, The Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof and The Drowsy Chaperone fill the summer schedule and star performers from Oklahoma and across the world. Each production takes place at Civic Center Music Hall.

Dream big

First up is Broadway musical Dreamgirls, written by playwright Tom Eyen with music composed by Henry Krieger. It tells the story of the fictional female singing group The Dreams and its rise to stardom.

Michael Baron, Lyric’s producing artistic director, said part of the production’s allure is how the drama grasps the audience’s attention through quick yet fluid storytelling.

“As you’re moving through all that music, the show also moves fast,” he said.

“It’s very exciting and you watch how these women deal with the music business and the challenges they face.”

The tale, widely rumored to be based on the experiences of real-life Motown act The Supremes, follows the trio from its early 1960s beginning into the disco era.

They find success, but inside and outside forces break them down.

It stars Trista Dollison as Effie White, Kristina Love as Lorrell Robinson, Tinasha LaRayé as Michelle Morris and Anna Uzele as Deena Jones.

The musical was adapted into the 2006 film and box office hit of the same name starring Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy.

Hudson won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Effie White.

Dreamgirls runs June 28-July 2.

Whirlwind Wizard

Next is family classic The Wizard of Oz. Baron said the production lives up to the expectations and dreams of those who love the L. Frank Baum tale.

“We have this beautiful, huge set,” he said. “It’s a spectacle. When the tornado comes, the witch goes through the air, the roof flies off, Dorothy flies through the air and all land in Oz.” Lyric veteran Arden Walker portrays Dorothy, flanked by Jerry Jay Cranford as The Cowardly Lion. Melissa Griffith is Glinda the Good Witch and Renee

Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma’s Fiddler on the Roof runs July 26-30. | Photo KO Rinearson / provided

Anderson is The Wicked Witch of the West.

“It’s so different seeing The Wizard of Oz live with a full, beautiful orchestra,” Baron said. “Being in a huge auditorium full of families enjoying it is really fun.”

The Wizard of Oz runs July 12-16.

Unconventional Fiddler

Following the trip to the Emerald City, Lyric’s production of Fiddler on the Roof takes stage.

The musical tells the story of Tevye, a poor Jewish dairy farmer, his five daughters and their struggles with the idea of traditional, arranged marriage in prerevolutionary Russia.

In an interesting twist, the parts of Tevye’s daughter Hodel and husband Perchik are played by Broadway’s Sandra Mae Frank and Christopher Tester, both deaf performers.

“They will actually be using sign language, ASL [American Sign Language],” Baron said. “The actor who plays the fiddler — it’s usually a small part — he’s going to voice and sing all of Perchik’s parts.”

He said Hodel’s interpreter also will be worked seamlessly into the production.

Adam Heller stars as Tevye.

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The summer season closes with The Drowsy Chaperone, a musical comedy about an agoraphobic man’s love of a fictional musical and imagines the production taking place in his apartment while listening to the score and commenting on the production’s flaws and charms.

The Tony Award-winning story involves Roaring Twenties flappers, Broadway producers and rogue gangsters.

The Man in the Chair narrator hits a sentimental note with Baron.

“I remember, when I was a kid, I would listen to all my mom’s Broadway albums and I would just listen over and over to these records,” Baron said. “That’s what this guy does.”

The musical stars Tony Award nominee Emily Skinner in the title role and Martin Burke, who appeared in Lyric’s The Odd Couple, as The Man in the Chair.

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Paseo Arts Festival turns 40 this year, but the three-day event is far from being over the hill. By George Lang

Urban Wine Works and Whispering On Memorial Day Weekend in 1976, Paseo Arts Festival started its open-air art traMeadows will serve wine, and the beer dition with rudimentary supplies and a garden that debuted last year will feature ton of talent. Word quickly spread that selections from Roughtail Brewing the Mediterranean-style neighborhood Company.

“I’m excited, and I lucked into them,” in central Oklahoma City threw a great three-day art party. Now, for its 40th Bleakley said of Roughtail, which will birthday, Paseo Arts Festival sets the stage serve 3.2 percent versions of its signature for the next four decades of building an beers. “We have quite a few new people. I wanted to diversify our food options and audience for deserving artists.

“You know, 40 years is momentous for have more vegetarian options, and it all us,” said A manda balances with the restauBleakley, Paseo Arts rants in Paseo.”

Association executive The event continues Paseo Arts director. “It started out to expand its music footFestival as a street fair where the print by filling three artists from the Paseo stages with a variety of 10 a.m.-11 p.m. May 28-29, put out cinderblocks rock bands, hip-hop acts 10 a.m.-5 p.m. May 30 and boards and set up and singer-songwriters.

Paseo Arts District their work out in the Highlights include NW 30th Street and Dewey Shane Henry, Maggie street. And today, it’s a Avenue national event — we get McClure, Aluma, Jared thepaseo.com artists from all over the Deck Trio, Gregory 405-525-2688 country that apply to Jerome, Hannah Wolff, Free the festival.”

Bowlsey and O Fidelis, along with a Saturday This year’s event, May 28-30 in The Paseo performance by the lonArts District between NW 30th Street gest-running act in the event’s history: and Dewey Avenue and NW 28th Street Jahruba and The JAH Mystics. and Walker Avenue, is expected to attract “We want to cover all types of music, over 60,000 visitors to its three live music and this is a way for musicians to support us and for us to support the musicians as stages, youth activities and roster of artists. Bleakley said over the course of well,” Bleakley said. “Music is art. It’s a the past 40 years, Paseo Arts Festival has good fit.” built a strong reputation.

Young visitors can enjoy the children’s “There were 205 applicants for only 85 tent, featuring activities for future artists or 86 slots, and it’s grown every year,” she and performance programs from Theater said. “It gets around in the artist comUpon a StarDanceSwan, one of many benmunity, and we’re known for being artisteficiaries of funds raised by the festival. centric. We just charge a rental fee, and “This is the biggest fundraiser we do we don’t take a cut of the artists’ receipts. for the Paseo Arts Association,” Bleakley Word spreads that this is the city to come said. “This is what helps us fund our proto and that this is a great festival.” gramming and events throughout the year, and it’s important for the artists in this community.”

Continued growth In addition to the growing number of painters, sculptors and mixed-media Artsy avenues artists, this year’s event features the The Paseo Arts District is in what is now largest selection of food vendors in festiconsidered a central neighborhood, but val history. Participating food trucks and when it was built in 1929 by architect G.A. carts include Cristi&Ali Cuisine, Dippin’ Nichols, it was the first shopping district north of downtown.

Dots, Doc’s Street Grill, The Great Panini, Guiltless Concessions, The Lemonade As OKC grew, the Paseo’s character Company, Linda Chan’s Concession, evolved; it become a countercultural Metro Minis, The Roadhouse, Rolling center in the 1950s and ’60s and became viable arts community in the 1970s. But Cafe, Tad’s Bodacious Burritos, Cinnamon during the oil bust of the 1980s, much of Roasted Almonds and Yeti Ice Shack.

It’s important for the artists in this community.

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Kelly Killough of Kelly Killough Studios draws caricatures of Ayla Amonovic and Ryan Moore at the 2015 Paseo Arts Festival. | Photo Gazette / File

the district was boarded up due to foreclosures.

Thanks to the efforts of late developer John Belt and wife Joy Reed Belt, owner of JRB Art at the Elms, Paseo began its resurgence in the 1990s and is now filled with shops, galleries, restaurants and residential housing.

One of Belts’ most recent projects was The Paseo Plunge, a three-story, 22,864-square-foot building that used to house the Spaghetti Factory in the ’80s.

Fully renovated, The Plunge is now home to several artists, including Rick Sinnett and George Oswalt.

Bleakley said The Plunge symbolizes how the district continues to grow and solidify its commitment to arts in Oklahoma City and the festival is the best way to introduce people to what Paseo offers every day.

“We stay very busy,” she said. “I think that even though I’ve lived in the neighborhood for 21 years, I was unaware of everything the Paseo Arts Association did until I came to work here. This community is so art-focused and wanting to spread that to everyone, and it is growing.”

Paseo Originals To mark its 40th anniversary, Paseo Arts Festival organizers have planned a reunion of sorts to bring together people who participated in the events in the late ’70s and early ’80s.

If you participated as an artist, musician, volunteer or vendor or know someone who did, you could be a Paseo Original and are invited to visit the Paseo Originals tent at NW 30th Street and N. Dewey Avenue during the Paseo Arts Festival, which runs May 28-30.

While there, meet and greet other originals and share your festival stories, which can be recorded for an Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center history project. Friends and families are welcome.

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Bright passage A team of young Native American artists brightens up an underpass in downtown Oklahoma City. By Ben Luschen

Staci Sanger, Downtown Oklahoma City Inc. marketing manager, said she and her colleagues were not exactly thrilled to hear price quotes between $10,000 and $20,000 just to paint Bricktown railroad underpasses a stodgy mixture of gray and beige.

They knew there were better ways to brighten the area and instead decided to bring a public mural project to the E. Sheridan Avenue underpass near Chesapeake Energy Arena and N. E.K. Gaylord Boulevard.

Downtown OKC, in conjunction with the Chickasaw Nation, selected two pairs of Native American artists to bring their artistic visions into the spaces.

The project, which began last week, is scheduled for a June 1 completion.

A similar mural project by artist Jason Pawley, “Cultivation,” was completed in 2015 on the W. Reno Avenue underpass.

For about the same cost of painting those walls uninteresting, neutral colors, Sanger said Downtown OKC was able to recruit artists to transform the spaces into vibrant passages to and from Bricktown.

“We’re passionate about that because it’s a creative way to make our city more beautiful and it actually doesn’t cost any more,” she said, “which is a common misconception among the majority of property owners.”

Steven Grounds, one of four artists participating in the project, has long envisioned putting up Native American portraiture in one of the most trafficked areas

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in OKC. He researched other Native mural projects in the state.

There are not many.

“I thought it was really important from the standpoint of painting something of heritage and culture in Oklahoma that would represent the people that live here,” he said. “It was more of an idea of community and a reflection of the people that live in the various different tribes.”

Steven and Nicole

J. Nicole Hatfield (Comanche and Kiowa) first saw the Chickasaw Nation’s call for Native artists on social media. Previously, Grounds (Navajo, Euchee, Creek and Seminole) had convinced Hatfield to do her first mural in Anadarko.

She knew of his dream to bring indigenous art to OKC’s public spaces and immediately contacted him about sending in a proposal.

Hatfield and Grounds are the first two artists selected for the Sheridan Avenue underpass project.

Their canvas is the southside wall of the Amtrak line underpass.

Their concept is a tribute to the strength and value of Native American women and is inspired by “See the Woman,” a poem

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by Native artist and activist John Trudell.

On one end, Hatfield will work from old photographs to paint portraits of historic Native women.

On the other, Grounds will use the photography of a friend to paint current-day Native women.

In the middle, the artists will collaborate on a portrait.

Grounds said it’s an experimental part of their project that is rarely, if ever, attempted on murals.

“I don’t know if there’s a true collaboration in the street art world of two artists working on one portrait together,” he said.

“Usually, it’s someone who writes and someone who does the face or whatever. I don’t know if this is a first; it might be.”

Chad and Rhiana

Chad Nish Earles (Caddo Nation of Oklahoma) and Rhiana Deck (Choctaw) might watch each other work every day, but the artist couple will do their first shared project together when they take on the northern wall of the Sheridan underpass.

“I’ll do my stuff; she’ll do her stuff,” Earles said. “We’re always right there, but we never really have done a big collaboration piece.”

Its red background is inspired by traditional Caddo pottery, which is made by hand from coiled clay.

In the foreground, a blue, feathered figure tells a story as motorists pass by.

Deck said as a Choctaw, she loves the stories that were handed down to her by older generations.

They helped inspire this work.

“A lot of those stories have giant figures or giant birds or animals,” she said. “The feathers kind of represent a resilience, and it kind of tells a little bit of a story down the wall. It’s real subtle, but it kind of starts in a birthed way and it goes to the very end.”

Earles said the mural references many things, including Native American creation myths and the ideas of emergence and preserving Mother Earth.

Ultimately, though, he hopes people take their own meaning from the work.

“We have our message, but it’s not necessarily what we’re trying to communicate,” he said. “There’s a lot of universal truths in the art that we’re doing.”

Infectious energy

Both teams are taking their own approach to their ends of the underpass, and each artist adds a unique perspective to the project.

“I kind of see this whole thing as one big collaboration,” Deck said.

Grounds said he relishes the opportunity to create art in a public place and in front of an audience.

It allows him to do something for people who might have never stepped inside a gallery.

“It’s kind of weird, but you actually can feel the energy [of the people],” he said. “If you go to a rock concert or something, the band is feeding off the energy of the crowd.

The music becomes more powerful when you’ve got a crowd and everyone’s got that synergy going on.”

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10:30-11:30 ........... Daniel Walcher Band 11:45-12:45 ..............................13 Seeds 1:00-2:00 ..........The Unlikely Blues Band 2:15-3:15 ...................................... Forum 3:30-4:30 ................The Dead Armadillos 4:45-5:45 ......Jose Hernandez & The Black Magic Waters 6:00-7:00 .....Hannah Wolff & The Inconsiderate Lovers 7:15-8:15 .................. Connor Hicks Band 8:30-9:30 ............. Gabriel Hancock Band 9:45-10:45 ................................. Bowlsey

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Future history

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art showcases its growing Native American collection with recent James T. Bialac acquisitions. By Jezy J. Gray

For Heather Ahtone, the story of contemporary Native art is a story about the future.

Arizona attorney James T. Bialac donated his massive collection of Native American art to the University of Oklahoma’s Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art (FJJMA) in 2010.

The numbers behind his collection are staggering: 4,100 objects representing 128 tribes, with about 300 new works gifted to the museum each year. It is one of the largest privately held collections of contemporary Native American art on the continent, and it’s still growing.

Ahtone, the James T. Bialac associate curator of Native American and nonWestern art at FJJMA, sees the museum’s latest Bialac collection acquisitions as an opportunity to show visitors that the future is now.

“This places the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in a small number of institutions who can speak to the vitality of Native American culture as it is today, not a

Newly acquired Native American works are now on display in James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection: Recent Acquisitions at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in Norman. | Photo provided

century ago,” Ahtone said. “It helps us show the dynamic relationships that exist between Native people, their politics, their identity, their beliefs, their humor and their vision for what is to come.”

Among the pieces included in James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection: Recent Acquisitions are rare works by major artists like George Morrison and Robby McMurtry and more contemporary works from America Meredith and Craig George. The exhibit runs through June at FJJMA, 555 Elm Ave., in Norman.

Native voices

Visitors will find rich figurative depictions of tribal ceremonies and traditions and abstract works from artists such as Phyllis Fife Patrick, who references traditional Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole patchwork patterns through layers and patterns of geometric shapes.

Bialac’s collection spans media and tribes, focusing primarily on works produced by indigenous peoples of the American Southwest. Recent Acquisitions also includes far-flung artists like Canadian Inuit Victoria Mamnguksualuk, whose striking graphite and crayon drawing “Kiviuq and the Bear Stories” holds the distinction of being one of the most arresting pieces in the show.

“Combined with the Eugene B. Adkins Collection and the FJJMA’s other holdings, we can share a story of the history of Native art and the future,” Ahtone said.

“Jim Bialac understands that continuing to collect is an active engagement for which he is uniquely positioned to support continued creative and artistic expression, and to answer the question, What does the future hold for native people?”

This question animates works like Meredith’s “Current” and George’s

“Midnight Yeii Rider,” which scramble the iconography of a tribal past with markers of the decidedly urban and global present.

“Current” foregrounds this collision most dramatically with its dreamlike blending of collaged street grids and a riverine nature scene splashed against an appropriated traffic sign.

“Midnight Yeii Rider” showcases the artist’s flair for street and graffiti art.

Living history

“A century ago, many institutions were compiling vaults full of materials to document the vanishing Indians,” Ahtone said. “But they didn’t vanish.”

Many non-Native people place the indigenous tribes of North America in the past, sweeping a complex network of distinct cultures into the dustbin of history.

This makes way for a narrative of American identity in which the descendants of colonizers can position Native people as a tragic footnote in their story.

Native Americans, in this scenario, are many things: magical and mythical, the stuff of legends. But they’re never neighbors, lovers or friends.

This misconception is part of what the new Bialac exhibit attempts to correct.

While signage throughout the exhibit sometimes gives visitors a richer account of Bialac’s collecting habits than details surrounding the work of the artists he so admires, the collection performs an enormously valuable service by highlighting the contributions of artists whose stories are so often pushed to the periphery of American life.

These artists speak, and Ahtone hopes their voices will resonate as they continue to create space for themselves in a system that seems designed for their exclusion.

We can share a story of the history of Native art and the future.

Heather Ahtone

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Lyrical beauty Sunset Song director Terence Davies tells a brutal tale in a reserved way. By Ben Luschen

The narrative for Sunset Song is pieced up for Chris. She gains an inheritance, marries strappingly handsome Ewan together by the deep poetic musings of Chris Guthrie, the tale’s young female (Kevin Guthrie) and has a son she names protagonist. after him.

Chris’ inner thoughts often offer the The onset of World War I casts a dark greatest emotional clarity in the film, cloud over Scotland and the rest of Europe. though, like much of the film’s dialogue, It hovers over her new family too, as Ewan is left no choice but to join the cause. It’s a meaning can be tough to construe through decision that transforms him. thick accents and dated manners of speech.

Deyn is captivating enough as Chris to “There are lovely things in this world, lovely that do not endure and the lovelier keep viewers going even as they begin to for that,” she says. wonder what the true conflict of the film Sunset Song is the movie adaptation will be. It’s Mullan who steals the show, of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s 1932 Scottish however, beautifully portraying John’s novel of the same name. It screens May brand of ruthless piety.

27-29 at Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Sunset Song is a vicious and tragic story.

415 Couch Drive.

It is not depicted in Directed by Terence that way though, and Davies, the film follows that’s where the film’s Sunset Song a young woman as she fault lies. The unthinktraverses a workingable pains of childbirth 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. May class life in a Scotland without anesthetic and 27-28, 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. balanced on the cusp of John’s beatings of his May 29 World War I. eldest son are dulled to Oklahoma City the point where the auThe story superbly Museum of Art dience seems unable to explores the role 415 Couch Drive grasp their impact. women played in okcmoa.com society and implores Though Chris is a 405-236-3100 viewers to consider strong character, it’s $5-$9 what it truly means to clear some of the men in be brave. the film do not pay We meet Chris (played by model and proper respect to her or other women. She actress Agyness Deyn) as a bright student is left little choice but to leave school to care enrolled in a school for girls. She lives with for her family, despite her academic her family ruled by the iron fist of her father, promise.

She’s treated as a possession.

John (Peter Mullan), a gruff and steadfastly religious farmer.

Still, in a time when females were exHis ways come into brutal conflict with pected to be submissive, Chris is far from his eldest son, Will (Jack Greenlees), also meek. After her father dies (and arguably Chris’ closest friend and confidant. as he dies), she finally gains control over her Life hasn’t been easy for Chris, but own life. things fall apart following her mother’s Who says a housewife can’t be brave? death, her father’s debilitating stroke and She’s the sole caretaker for her helpless and the departure of her brother for a life abroad. callous father. She picks up the pieces of her Chris remains as her ungrateful father’s life and starts anew without her family. She sole caregiver. shows resilience despite the intense strife suffered by lovers divided by warfare.

“You’re my flesh and blood, and I can do with you what I will,” he lovelessly tells her.

Lovely things may fade, but courage can After her father dies, things begin to look endure for lifetimes to come.

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Civil arguments The newest Marvel film pooh-poohs politics in favor of camaraderie. By Jacob Oller

In the aftermath of Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice and its dismal 28 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, many superhero fans clamoring for the brightly colored fun of a comic adaptation turned their hopes and dreams toward Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. The DC/Marvel rivalry has morphed into dour night brawling from one company and relatively upbeat camaraderie on the other.

The often happy-go-lucky Marvel flicks take a bit of a somber, self-serious spin here, but thankfully, it’s not afraid to get a little silly.

Much of the film’s pleasures come from dorky pipsqueak Peter Parker (Tom Holland) taking up the mantle of SpiderMan and joining the fight between Avengers factions.

His antics are just as exciting as the debut of digital web-slinging effects in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man while his boyish nervousness perfectly splits the difference between Andrew Garfield’s arrogant skateboarder and Tobey Maguire’s quiet romantic.

The snot-nosed kid’s filled with effervescent one-liners and a need to impress, which makes his recruitment both revitalizing and uncharacteristic.

This movie is the farthest Marvel has tonally strayed from its happy-go-lucky, jokes-and-punching formula.

The film is long (two and a half hours), stark and brutal. The focus — an intersuper conflict spurred by the very collateral damage many of us chide in superhero films — preaches about consequences and choice.

When the Avengers have the incidental deaths they’ve caused brought before them, they divide in a politically charged schism: Captain America (Chris Evans) and his crew on one side, Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.) and his on the other.

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Nations and the introduction of king/ superhero Black Panther (magnetic Chadwick Boseman) from the African nation of Wakanda, Civil War pooh-poohs politics in favor of friendship, namely that between Bucky the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) and Captain America.

While the moral debate between checks on power and the benefits of an unrestrained force for good should be the burning heart of the film, especially because of the thematic and plot centered on the effects of the super crew’s actions, Civil War is pithy right when it gets interesting.

Much of the film involves chasing Bucky, who was implicated in various murders and acts of terrorism, but whose best buddy Cap fights to avoid his prosecution. That doesn’t sound like patriotic faith in the justice system, or even like a rational disillusionment with fighting crime.

Honestly, that sounds pretty American to me, however much I dislike it.

The battle itself contains many of the film’s funny moments, making the chaotic fight one of the more enjoyable moments of the film despite it making little to no sense.

Viewers’ favorite heroes (sans Thor and Hulk) make appearances and strut their superhuman stuff, despite some being much more godlike than others.

The avenues gone down to explain why seemingly omnipotent Scarlet Witch and Vision don’t simply restrain all their cohorts until everyone’s calm enough to talk things through fall mostly in the “ignore them; they’re not the focus of this movie” category.

It’s not that the movie doesn’t have fun moments, but the film’s overall potential here feels much greater than in the past group movies.

calendar These are events recommended

by Oklahoma Gazette editorial staff members. For full calendar listings, go to okgazette.com.

BOOKS Nothing Daunted Women’s Book Club, discussion over City of Thieves by David Benioff, 7 p.m. May 19.

Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 405-842-2900, fullcirclebooks.com. THU Katarina Bivald Book Signing, author signs her New York Times bestseller, The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend... about a Swedish girl named Sara traveling to Iowa to meet her pen pal but discovers she has died; Sara sets out to open a bookstore in the small town, 6:30 p.m. May 20. Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 405-842-2900, fullcirclebooks.com. FRI Jenny Martin Book Signing, author signs and talks about her new young adult book, Marked, 12:15-1:30 p.m. May 21. Best of Books, 1313 E. Danforth Road, Edmond, 405-340-9202, bestofbooksok.com. SAT 16th Annual Edmond Authors’ Book Fair, showcase for local authors to meet with readers of all ages and sell their latest books ranging from history to children’s books, romance to fantasy, non-fiction and more, 1-4 p.m. May 21. Edmond Historical Society & Museum, 431 S. Boulevard, Edmond, 405-340-0078, edmondhistory.org. SAT

High-Rise, (US, 2015, dir. Ben Wheatley) Robert Laing moves into a London apartment and attempts to become friends with the other residents, but soon, an all-out war starts, 8 p.m. May 19. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com. THU No Home Movie, (FR, 2015, dir. Chantal Akerman) legendary director and feminist icon Chantal Akerman captures her relationship with and the routines of her beloved aged mother, Natalia, who was a Holocaust survivor that married and raised a family in Brussels, 8 p.m. May 21; 5:30 p.m. May 22.

Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405236-3100, okcmoa.com. SAT-SUN Tuesday Night Classics: The Wizard of Oz, (US, 1939, dir. Victor Fleming) Dorthy is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to find the Wizard, who can help her return home, 7 p.m. May 24. Harkins Theatre, 150 E. Reno Ave., 405231-4747, harkinstheatres.com. TUE Movie Night at the Market: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, (US, 1986, dir. John Hughes) a high school boy is determined to have the day off from school; free popcorn and costume contest, 6:30 p.m. May 25. OKC Farmer’s Market, 311 S. Klein Ave., 405-232-6506, okcfarmersmarket.com. WED

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Book Launch, The Kirkpatrick Foundation celebrates the release of The Oklahoma Animal Study, 6:30 p.m. May 24. Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 405-8422900, fullcirclebooks.com. TUE

FILM A Story Worth Living, journey through the Colorado Rockies like never before as John Eldredge, a New York Times bestseller, leads a group along with his sons on the adventure of a lifetime, featuring exclusive interviews with the cast and travel writer and actor Charley Boorman, 7:30 p.m. May 19.

Cinemark Tinseltown, 6001 N. Martin Luther King Ave., 405-424-0461, cinemark.com. THU

YOUTH Be the Dinosaur, exhibit features video game stations that require each player to decide if they want to be an herbivore or a carnivore in an immersive recreation of the Cretaceous period. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, 405-325-4712, snomnh. ou.edu.

The Jungle Book, experience Rudyard Kipling’s story of how the man cub, Mowgli, adapts to life in the jungle with the help of Baloo, Bagheera, Kaa and those pesky monkeys; crafts, activities and imaginative displays that capture India’s rich culture.

Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 405445-7080, oklahomacitybotanicalgardens.com/ events.

Endangered Species Day, visit the interactive stations and learn what the zoo is doing to help the endangered species, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. May 20. The Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington Pl., 405-424-3344, okczoo.com. FRI

Bean and Cornbread Luncheon, OKC Metro Alliance celebrates another year of providing services to Oklahomans recovering from substance abuse; keynote speaker is Mike Turpin, live music from Kyle Dillingham and the first client art show and sale, noon May 19. St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 222 NW 15th St., 405-232-1371, stlukesokc.org. THU

Youth Triathlon Series, four competitive events featuring swimming, biking and running; each course is chipped time and provides the athletes an opportunity to improve at each event, 7 a.m. May 21.

Earlywine Park, 3101 S. 119th St., 405-297-3882, okc. gov/parks. SAT

Shop Hop, explore all that Automobile Alley has to offer; open house events at shops, live music, street artists, discounts at local restaurants and more, 6-9 p.m. May 19. Automobile Alley, 1015 N. Broadway Ave., 405-488-2555, automobilealley.org. THU

Paint Chip Mosaics, learn about colors and shapes in this class and then create fun mosaic collages; ages 15-36 months, 10-10:45 a.m.; ages 3-5, 11 a.m.-noon May 21. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com. SAT

The Exchange on Film Row, experience what Film Row has to offer, featuring some of the city’s favorite local pop-up shops, food from a variety of food trucks, live music and activities for kids, 6-10 p.m.

May 20. Film Row, 700 W. Sheridan Ave., filmrowokc. com. FRI

Sensory Safari: Smell, explore our natural world with sensory activities and crafts, animal demos and more, 10-11:30 a.m. May 21. The Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington Pl., 405-242-3344, okczoo.org. SAT

Oklahoma Modernism Weekend, an informative and fun-filled weekend including various mixers, a vintage car show, a midcentury modern market and mod swap, a fashion show, architecture tours, and, of course, an ultralounge dance party, May 20-22. First Christian Church of Oklahoma City, 3700 N. Walker Ave., 405-525-6551, fccokc.org. FRI -SUN

Endangered Species Day The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists 16,306 endangered species on the planet. The Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington Place, is home to 55 endangered or threatened species of plants and animals and participates in worldwide efforts to save them. It partners with organizations like the PanEco Foundation in Indonesia to rehabilitate orangutans, the Northern Rangelands Trust in Africa to save endangered wildlife and habitats and the Jatun Sacha Foundation in Ecuador, which works to preserve biodiversity and improve quality of life. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, guests can visit interactive stations throughout the zoo grounds and learn about endangered species and the zoo’s conservation efforts. Zoo admission is free-$8. Visit okczoo.org. Friday

Taste of Oklahoma Brunch, chefs from Urban Agrarian guide guests through their locally grown foods and treat them to appetizers and a farm-to-table brunch made with fresh, local ingredients, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. May 22. Meinders Garden and Terrace, 301 W. Sheridan Ave., 405-445-7080, oklahomacitybotanicalgardens.com/events. SUN

Garden Festival in the Park 2016, educational exhibits, flower shows and vendor booths, 9-3 p.m., May 21. Will Rogers Garden Center, 3400 NW 36th St. SAT My First Project, participants build a standard style toolbox under the guidance of Phil Gilliland or Jerry Hickman Sr., 1-3 p.m. May 21-22. Joe’s Work Shop, 13915 N. Harvey Ave., Edmond, 405-531-0153, joesws.com. SAT-SUN

FOOD Anthem Brewing Beer Dinner, one of the tastiest events of the year in downtown; The Museum Cafe’s chef Henry Boudreaux pairs up with Anthem Brewing Company, one of the most highly acclaimed local breweries, to bring you the perfect complimentary beer tasting dishes, 6-9 p.m. May 18. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com. WED Art After 5, enjoy the skyline along with live music, friends and cocktails on top of OKCMOA, 5-11 p.m.

May 19. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com. THU Wine for the People: California, enjoy tastings of various California wines presented by Thirst Wine Merchants and locally sourced fare prepared by the Vast culinary team, 5:30-7:30 p.m. May 19. V2 at Vast, 333 W. Sheridan Ave., 405-208-4347, vastokc. com. THU Artist’s Brunch With Summer Wheat, enjoy brunch fare and a Bloody Mary bar in the exhibit while Wheat shares stories behind her artworks, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. & 1:30-3 p.m. May 21. Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing Blvd., 405-951-0000, oklahomacontemporary.org.

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5th Annual MS Crawfish Boil, all-you-caneat crawfish, beer, wine and live music to raise awareness and money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1-6 p.m. May 21. Quail Creek Golf & Country Club, 3501 Quail Creek Road, 405-751-0811, quailcreekgcc.com. SAT Heard on Hurd, enjoy a variety of food truck options, live music and shopping, 6-10 p.m. May 31, 32 N. Broadway Ave., Edmond. SAT

BOB Storytime, Tammi Sauer reads her new book I Love Cake!, starring Rabbit, Porcupine and Moose; also enjoy dancing, coloring and crafts, 11 a.m.-noon May 21. Best of Books, 1313 E. Danforth Road, Edmond, 405-340-9202, bestofbooksok.com. SAT Drop-In Art: Watercolor Landscape Painting, join guest artists each Saturday as they interact with families to create extraordinary works of art inspired by the museum’s collections, exhibitions and special occasions, 1-4 p.m. May 21. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa. com. SAT

Summer Kick-Off Plenty of Oklahomans are already in the summer frame of mind, especially those still attending school. For the little ones on break, a great option is Oklahoma City Parks and Recreation Department’s Summer Kick-Off outdoor family festival for some good, wet fun. In addition to games and activities, kids can participate in summer swim lesson evaluations. The event runs 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Saturday at Will Rogers Park, 3201 N. Grand Blvd. Admission is free. Visit okc. gov or call 405-297-2211. Saturday bigstockphoto.com

20-21; 2 p.m. May 22. Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing Blvd., 405-951-0000, oklahomacontemporary.org. FRI -SUN The Dinner Detective, this improvised show is just another ordinary dinner, with one exception; someone in the midst is guilty of murder, and that person might be sitting across from you, 6-9:30 p.m.

May 21. Sheraton Hotel, 1 N. Broadway Ave., 405-2352780, sheratonokc.com. SAT

ACTIVE Drop-In Yoga, yoga class in the museum’s galleries, 5:45-6:45 p.m. May 19. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com.

Art Adventures, youth are invited to experience art through books and related projects for children ages 3-5, 10:30 a.m. May 24. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave., Norman, 405-325-3272, ou.edu/ fjjma. TUE

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Sailing at Lake Hefner, sunset sailing and sailing lessons aboard a full-sized sailboat, 5:30 p.m. May 21.

Lake Hefner East Wharf, 9101 Lake Hefner Parkway. SAT

Triple Feature Week, three funny dudes, one killer show; variety of comedy styles and limitless number of topics. Roy Haber, Jon Stringer and Gabe Kea, 8 p.m. May 18-19; 8 & 10:30 p.m. May 20-21. Loony Bin Comedy Club, 8503 N. Rockwell Ave., 405-239-4242, loonybincomedy.com. WED -SAT

OKC Dodgers vs. Salt Lake City, minor league baseball game, 7:05 p.m. May 19-21; 1:05 p.m. May 22. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 S. Mickey Mantle Drive, 405-218-1000. THU -SUN

Top Girls, 1982 play by Caryl Churchill about Marlene, a career-driven woman who is only interested in women’s success in business; as the play unfolds we find Marlene has left her “poor” life and illegitimate child with her sister Joyce in order to tread the path to “success,” 8 p.m. May 19-21; 2 p.m. May 22. Civic Center Music Hall, CitySpace Theatre, 201 N. Walker Ave., 405-297-2264, okcciviccenter.com. THU -SUN Whodunit Dinner Theater: Final Idol, dinner and a comedic murder mystery play involving the audience, 6:15 p.m. May 20. Cattlemen’s Steakhouse, 1309 S. Agnew Ave., 405-420-3222, whodunit.net.

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4000 Miles, after suffering a major loss while he was on a cross-country bike trip, 21-year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty 91-year-old grandmother Vera in her West Village apartment, 8 p.m. May 20-21, 26-27, June 3-4; 2 p.m. May 29; 7:30 p.m. June 2.

Carpenter Square Theatre, 806 W. Main St., 405-2326500, carpentersquare.com. FRI 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, award-winning play in which the widows of the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein meet in the basement/bomb shelter of a local church for their annual quiche breakfast; a sudden threat of an atomic bomb forces the women to share their deepest secrets, 8 p.m. May 20-21. The Paramount Theatre, 11 N. Lee Ave., 405-637-9389, theparamountokc.com. FRI -SAT Wanderlust, Perpetual Motion Dance presents its 14th original concert of contemporary and aerial dance that features the company’s signature blend of stunning visuals and technical ingenuity, 8 p.m. May

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Wreck Room Reunion Those who frequented the Wreck Room between 1985 and 1994 will have the opportunity to see some familiar faces. A reunion party for the dance club’s late ’80s and early ’90s crowd is a great time to get the crew back together. Musical guests feature DJ Bone, DJ Peace and Tony Aco. The event begins 9 p.m. Friday at Sauced on Paseo, 2912 Paseo St. Admission is free. Call 405-521-9800.

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calendar Handmade Jewelry, view beautiful handmade jewelry by Carol Egger. 50 Penn Place Gallery, 1900 Northwest Expressway, Suite 113-R , 405-848-5567, 50pennplacegallery.com.

In One Ear, a kaleidoscope of overlapping video clips in constant flux, ruled by a soundtrack broadcast on radio frequency 99.9 FM; David Steele Overholt chose more than 200 mostly ’80s and ’90s video clips to conjure nostalgia among the generations raised in front of the TV. Oklahoma Contemporary Showroom, 1146 N. Broadway Drive, 405-951-0000, oklahomacontemporary.org.

Jerry Piper, mixed media artist focuses on texture, design and brilliant manipulation of color. The Purple Loft Art Gallery, 514 NW 28th St., Suite 400, 405-412-7066.

April and the Extraordinary World In a dystopian version of 1940s Paris, all of Europe suffers after the disappearance of every known scientist, including April’s parents. The girl races to continue their research along with her talking cat Darwin against the wishes of government agents.

The French film won best animated feature at the 2015 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Catch screenings of April and the Extraordinary World in French with English subtitles 5:30 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday at Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive. A dubbed English version plays 2 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $5-$9. Visit okcmoa.com or call 405-236-3100. Thursday-Sunday Photo GKIDS / Provided

Rayo OKC vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers, professional soccer game, 7 p.m. May 21.

Miller Stadium, 1777 S. Yukon Pkwy.,

Yukon. SAT

Rage in the Cage, MMA/Muay Thai boxing event, 8 p.m. May 21. OKC Farmers Public Market, 311 S. Klein Ave., 405-232-6506, okcfarmersmarket.com. SAT Full Moon Bike Ride and Run, a leisurely run or bike ride under the moon though downtown OKC, 7 p.m. May 23. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 405-445-7080, oklahomacitybotanicalgardens.com/events. MON

O. Gail Poole: Rediscovered Oklahoma Master, over the course of five decades, O. Gail Poole built, tore down and rebuilt his artistic style with breathtaking regularity, creating one of the most diverse bodies of work of his generation; a head-turning collection of the master’s portraiture and landscapes. GaylordPickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, 1400 Classen Drive, 405-235-4458, oklahomaheritage.com.

Oklahoma, Seen and Unseen, artist Deborah Burian captures light and atmosphere with watercolor, achieving luminous effects that suggest immediacy and freshness. Contemporary Art Gallery, 2928 Paseo St., 405-601-7474, contemporaryartgalleryokc.com.

Our City, Our Collection: Building the Museum’s Lasting Legacy, exhibit tells the story of the museum’s history as a series of transformative gifts, bequests and acquisitions; including artists such as Georgia O’Keefe, Rembrandt van Rijn, Gustave Courbet and more. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com.

Perceptual Art Going Large, artist Jason Wilson presents his life-size signature style of colorful geometric shapes Paseo Gallery One, 2927 Paseo St., 405-524-4544, facebook.com/paseogalleryone.

Posed & Composed: Portraits of Women from the Permanent, exhibition of 12 portraits by 11 American artists covers the period from just before World War I through the early 1980s; the paintings are not arranged chronologically, but according to commonalities in pose, gesture, color, composition and subject matter. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com.

Still Painting Oklahoma’s Wild West, featured guest artist Gene Doughtery; works include bison, Indian dancers, horses and quail in watercolor and oil. Paseo Gallery One, 2927 Paseo St., 405-5244544, facebook.com/paseogalleryone.

VISUAL ARTS Awake, exhibit featuring works by Christie Owen and Brandi Downham; a collection of works immersed in the language of unity and balance, May 13-June 4. Graphite Gallery, 1751 NW 16th St., 405919-0578, graphiteokart.com.

Edmond People, Edmond Politics, showcases a variety of political memorabilia and historic photographs that illustrate the many ways Edmondites have participated in local, state and national politics.

Edmond Historical Society & Museum, 431 S. Boulevard, Edmond, 405-340-0078, edmondhistory.org.

Explanations?, featuring artwork from local abstract artist Beth Hammack; inspired by juxtaposition, she utilizes color combinations and implied movement that entertains the eye. JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N. Walker Ave., 405-528-6336, jrbartgallery.com.

Bike to Work Day Ditch your car keys and take a day to feel the wind in your face and the sun on your skin while you pedal your way to work and back. Friday is Oklahoma City’s 11th annual Bike to Work Day, and organizations and the city itself reward eager bikers with free coffee and breakfast at Myriad Botanical Gardens at 7:35 a.m.

Councilman David Greenwell will speak about the importance of alternative transportation. Group rides depart 7:15 a.m. from five neighborhood parks, including Edgemere Park, 3301 N. Harvey Ave.; John F. Kennedy Park, 1824 NE 16th St.; McKinley Park, 1300 N. McKinley Ave.; Perle Mesta Park, 1900 N. Shartel Ave.; and Wiley Post Park, 2021 S. Robinson Ave. The city also offers free EMBARK fares and free Spokies bike-sharing rentals.

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OKC Energy vs. Real Monarchs, professional soccer game, 7 p.m. May 24. Taft Stadium, 2901 NW 23rd St. TUE

Chinese Brushwork Painting: Egrets and Herons, paint snowy white egrets and green herons using ink and watercolor on rice, 1-4 p.m. May 22.

Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com. SUN

Scattering Light — The Optics of Clouds, oil paintings by David Holland focus on how light interacts with clouds and also features educational components. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2020 Remington Pl., 405-602-6664, sciencemuseumok. org.

NEXT COURSE! A taste of the epic life that awaits, whimsical artwork by OSU alum Shel Wagner; celebrates and inspires new graduates and anyone looking ahead to a fresh chapter. Stillwater Multi Arts Center, 1001 S. Duck St., Stillwater, 405-7478084, multiartscenter.org.

Yoga in the Gardens, all-levels yoga class, 5:45-6:45 p.m. May 24. Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory, 301 W. Reno Ave., 405-297-3995, myriadgardens. com. TUE

Buffed: The Aesthetics of Removal, a series of prints inspired by the beauty of graffiti removal presented by Oklahoma artist Randall Barnes.

The Project Box, 3003 Paseo St., 405-609-3969, theprojectboxokc.com.

Rita Ortloff & Kyndall Rainey, exhibit of Orloff’s abstract style that plays with spikes, dots and anything that complements her imagination; Rainey’s multimedia work complements Orloff’s flamboyant work. In Your Eye Gallery, 3005 Paseo St. #A, 405-525-2161, inyoureyegallery.com.

Women’s Diva Nite Oklahoma City Indian Clinic (OKCIC) hosts its second Diva Nite as part of its Women’s Health Fair. Diva Nite includes a full Italian dinner and refreshments and a painting session led by Southern Cheyenne artist Michael Elizondo Jr., a mentor in OKCIC’s Domestic Violence and Prevention Initiative program who holds a Master of Fine Arts in painting and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in studio art. The fun begins 6 p.m. Monday in the Kay Martin Center on Francis Tuttle Technology Center’s Reno campus, 7301 W. Reno Ave. Women at least 18 years old may attend this free event, but admission is limited to the first 100 registrants. Visit facebook.com/okcindianclinic or signmeup.com. Monday Photo Rachael Maltby / Oklahoma City Indian Clinic / Provided

The New Dance, KB Kueteman’s unique acrylic paintings conceptualize his personal expression of American Indian culture. Contemporary Art Gallery, 2928 Paseo St., 405-601-7474, contemporaryartgalleryokc.com.

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Home free

Songwriter Jared Deck eventually found his true self while on a journey to discover his place in the world. By Ben Luschen

Jared Deck heard a lot of generalized advice growing up in the rural town of Thomas, located about 17 miles north of Weatherford.

Rolling Stone recently named Deck in its list of “10 New Country Artists You Need to Know.” The breakout singer-songwriter’s self-titled debut, released May 6, is mostly about his journey to accepting who he is and where he’s from. That trip had a lot of ups and downs, and people never seemed shy about telling Deck what they thought his next best move should be.

“Song You Can Use,” the last song on the 11-track project, is the tune Deck said he most identifies with on an album packed with autobiographical detail. It’s a message to all those advice-givers who believed they knew better.

Some people need you to be in a certain place or be a certain way for their own selfish reasons, Deck said during a recent Oklahoma Gazette interview. “Song You Can Use” lets them know he refuses to be that person anymore.

Deck now knows where he grew up shaped him more than he realized. However, coming to grips with that was not easy.

“Every 21-year-old has something bad to say about their hometown, but then the older you get, the more you grow, the more you realize the beauty in who you are comes from who you were raised by and where you came from,” he said. “You may have positive memories, you may have negative memories, but you are still who you are and you’ve got to find beauty in that.”

Changing tune

A casual observer might be surprised that Deck, the former guitarist, lead vocalist and main songwriter for Weatherfordbased rock band Green Corn Revival, would drop that outfit to chase a solo career in a new genre. Maybe those people didn’t watch closely enough.

For one, defining exactly who Deck is has long been a hard struggle to pin down.

In addition to fronting his band, he has manned the town grocery, worked in oilfields, started a business and even ran for state office. He was within percentage points of being elected into the Oklahoma Legislature in 2008.

Also, the singer-songwriter persona is not something Deck decided to adopt on a whim. It’s the kind of music he most listens to. If anything, it was an attachment to the work of in-state contemporaries Carter Sampson and Beau Jennings that helped convince him to make the shift.

“The transition was natural,” Deck said.

“I wouldn’t say I feel more comfortable now than I did [in Green Corn Revival]. However, I am especially different in how I approach a live performance. The songs that I’m writing now are simplified.”

Gone are the days Deck would stress over each of the moving parts associated with live band performances. As a solo storyteller, Deck is in complete musical control. He trusts musicians he gigs with enough to be free and relaxed.

Singer-songwriter Jared Deck tells the stories of his rural upbringing. | Photo Yasmin Shirali / Provided

Finding kinship

Deck has only known Tulsa producer Wes Sharon for about a year, but he considers him a good friend.

Sharon’s work as producer on Deck’s debut was a key component to the magic found on the album. Sharon co-produced and mixed John Fullbright’s From the Ground Up, which was nominated for Best Americana Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards.

His fingerprints also are found on Parker Millsap and Turnpike Troubadours projects.

“The records that he’s putting out are hands down some of the best Americana music in the business, period,” Deck said.

Deck and Sharon met as they worked on the song “17 Miles,” which became the album’s first single. At that time, Sharon had heard the songwriter take a number of different approaches to his vocal delivery.

That’s when the producer told him to visualize the song and exactly what it says. The advice stuck with Deck.

“There’s a musical kinship there,” Deck said. “Wes understands songs, but he also understands the people who write them.

He doesn’t just give you an idea because it’s his idea. He gives you an idea because he’s listening to you and he’s learning who you are.”

Being comfortable

Another part of finding himself was shifting to a more open songwriting style.

Deck thinks he hid behind Green Corn Revival’s music. He wrote good hooks, he had a few solid lyrics, but he was so busy being the de facto bandleader that he did not feel he ended songs in a way they deserved.

His debut project makes his life an open book, but Deck kept his band lyrics on a leash, not wanting to dig too deep into the

Jared Deck’s self-titled debut was released May 6. | Photo Provided

person he was or felt like.

“17 Miles” opens the project with a tale of how a rural town can become impossible to escape, tying down dreams for tomorrow. “The American Dream” is a bipartisan anthem for the workingman. “Unusually Blessed” is a rugged look at an oilfield worker’s life.

Though once restless in his hometown, Deck now makes it his mission to tell compelling stories that might otherwise never make it out of the western Oklahoma community.

“There’s a lot of stories out here, and there’s a lot of art that gets lost because no one knows about it,” Deck said. “I just kind of felt like my goal was to tell those stories and get them out there.”

Through opening up his lyrics, Deck has come to peace with his home and past.

Through opening up to his upbringing, he has come to peace with himself as an artist.

“When I look at a piece of paper, I see a mirror and I just write what I see,” he said.

“That kind of sounds melodramatic, but that’s the way I think of it.”

Jared Deck’s self-titled debut can be purchased on iTunes.

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Music festival expands to Deep Deuce and Bricktown districts and adds three nights of headliner concerts. By Brett Dickerson

acronym of the group’s original moniker, It’s the 25th anniversary of 1990s R&B vocal sensation Color Me Badd. Oklahoma Greenwood, Archer and Pine Street Band, City is where the group got its start, and it named for key north Tulsa streets where is eager to be a headliner at this year’s the musicians grew up. Eventually, Charlie Oklahoma City Jazz Festival, which runs moved on to a Grammy-winning solo May 31-June 4. career, and Robert died in 2010. Today, Now in its third year, the event moved Ronnie tours with a roster of musicians as The Gap Band. its schedule from fall to spring and expanded to encompass Deep OKC Jazz Fest also Deuce and Bricktown dismarks a happy homecomtricts. ing for pop R&B act Color OKC Jazz Fest Aloft Oklahoma City Me Badd.

Downtown-Bricktown in “This is a big deal for May 31-June 4 Deep Deuce, ACM@UCO me,” singer Bryan Abrams Bricktown and Deep told Oklahoma Gazette. “It and recently opened The Deuce districts feels really good to be welCriterion music hall in okcjazzfest.com Bricktown will be the fescomed and embraced and Free-$85 tival’s anchor venues, with to feel that love from many more smaller, indoor Oklahoma again.” and outdoor stages scattered in between.

Vocalist Mark Calderon echoed the Longtime national favorites headline sentiment. three nights at The Criterion. Color Me “This really is a homecoming,” Calderon Badd performs June 2, Al Jarreau performs said. “Even though I live in Cincinnati now, June 3 and Tulsa’s The Gap Band headlines most of my family still lives in OKC.” June 4 at 500 E. Sheridan Ave. Organizers expect about 6,500 guests Color them stars at this year’s festival, up from 1,500 its first They once thought they might be singing year and 3,000 its second year. rivals at Oklahoma City’s Northwest Classen High School. Instead, they joined talents with friends Kevin Thornton and Headlining acts Sam Watters as they sang in the hallways Jarreau won his first Grammy Award in 1977 for Best Jazz Vocal Performance with and at assemblies. By 1990, Color Me Badd his hit album Look to the Rainbow. He has was discovered by Robert “Kool” Bell of since earned six more. He is the only vocalKool and the Gang and signed to Giant ist to win Grammys in three different catRecords. Together, they sold more than 9 million albums. egories — jazz, pop and R&B. His top singles include “So Good,” “The Music of Goodbye” “A cappella was our thing; we didn’t play and “Mornin’.” instruments,” Calderon said. “We loved to Brothers Charlie, Ronnie and Robert sing the doo-wop, ’50s-style. We were good Wilson became The Gap Band in the late at it. We could harmonize. And we espe1960s in Tulsa, and the act has since develcially liked the fact that we were attracting oped into a national R&B icon. “Gap” is an more girls.”

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Abrams said that Northwest Classen in the 1980s was “a melting pot of everybody,” where there were so many ethnicities that no one really thought about the mix.

“We had to have it brought to our attention that, wow, Mark was Mexican, I was American Indian, so on and so forth in the rest of the group,” Abrams said. “Part of that whole background and culture is what brought together the Color Me Badd image.”

Early on, the group won a Festival of the Arts talent contest in Oklahoma City. The attention and applause excited the highschoolers, Calderon said. But not everyone was happy.

“There were a bunch of dance groups there with makeup and nice outfits,” Calderon said. “I think their mothers were upset when their daughters didn’t win against us.”

Now in their 25th year of performing together, Abrams and Calderon still collaborate on new music. Both are happy to return to OKC. Thornton and Watters have since moved on from the group, but Abrams and Calderon have been impressed with the act’s newest member, Adam Emil. He is about 10 years younger than they are but is turning out to be a good fit.

“It’s like putting on a blindfold, throwing a dart and hitting the bull’s-eye,” Calderon said. “He was the first guy we chose to give a chance to. We couldn’t have found a better person. We’ve done about 25 or 30 shows with him already, and we got the chance to know his family. He’s just a beautiful individual.”

Color Me Badd is now on the road, often alternating the band’s tour between dates on the I Love the 90s Tour and Legends of the Old School shows.

After a quarter century of concerts, they say that it’s common for adults who have been fans since their teens to want to take their teenage children backstage for new photographs together. Both men agreed they never tire of talking to multiple generations of fans.

Al Jarreau | Photo Marina Chavez / Provided

Notable events Visit okjazzfest.com for the full schedule and ticketing information.

May 31: OKC Jazz Fest Kickoff, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Aloft Oklahoma City Downtown-Bricktown, 209 N. Walnut Ave.

June 2: Color Me Badd, 8 p.m. at The Criterion, 500 E. Sheridan Ave.

June 3: Al Jarreau, 8 p.m. at The Criterion, 500 E. Sheridan Ave.

June 4: Jazz Live in Deep Deuce, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. throughout Deep Deuce and Bricktown venues

June 4: The Gap Band, 8 p.m. at The Criterion, 500 E. Sheridan Ave.

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Multitalented artist Tyler, The Creator brings his tour to Diamond Ballroom. By Adam Holt

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Diamond Ballroom Then there’s Tyler, “Frank’s gay, and I use 8001 S. Eastern Ave. The Creator. The musithat word all the time,” he diamondballroom.net cian, producer and said. “He doesn’t care. He 405-677-9169 graphic designer is a poknows me. He knows $24 larizing figure. Along when I say that word, I’m with Odd Future, a not thinking of someone’s hip-hop collective comprised by the likes sexual orientation. It’s just another word of Frank Ocean, Hodgy Beats and others, that has no meaning.”

Tyler, The Creator brings a sense of millenHis lyrics got him banned from the nial weirdness to a genre that rarely steps United Kingdom. In August 2015, the Home beyond the bounds of being outlandish.

Office, the United Kingdom’s ministerial Tyler, The Creator and Odd Future DJ department responsible for security, imTaco are performing 8 p.m. May 31 at migration and law and order, informed The Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S. Eastern Ave. Quietus, a British rock music and pop Tyler, The Creator, whose real name is culture website, of its reasoning: “Coming Tyler Okonma, was born in Ladera Heights to the UK is a privilege, and we expect those and grew up in Hawthorne, both communiwho come here to respect our shared ties in southwest Los Angeles County. His values.”

Okonma also is a graphic designer and first musical release was The Odd Future Tape, Odd Future’s 2008 debut mixtape. creates the artwork for Odd Future’s reHis debut solo album, Bastard, followed in leases, including his own. His work often 2009. It landed at No. 32 on Pitchfork’s list features bright colors and is best described of “The Top 50 Albums of 2010.” as bizarre. He also designs a clothing line Bastard was followed in 2011 by Goblin, that dips into the same artistic well. which reached No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard His work is now mobile; it’s published 200 with singles “Sandwitches,” “Yonkers” along with animation and music through and “She.” Okonma was named Best New the app Golf Media. The description in Artist at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.

Apple’s App Store reads “Golf Media is basiThe video for “Yonkers” also introduced cally my brain in one place.” the mainstream music audience to the The one thing that we know for sure intense and uncomfortable world Okonma about Okonma is there is no place in rap like can create. Perched on a stool, Okonma, his brain. alone on screen, plays with a cockroach,

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L-Smooth demonstrates his classic hip-hop chops on Era of an Emcee.

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The intro of Midwest City rapper L-Smooth’s Era of an Emcee, released May 4, is a two-and-a-halfminute dissertation on what it means to be a proper hip-hop emcee and how that differs from the rapper label.

The sampled voice of original gangsta rapper Ice-T explains that an emcee is someone who knows how to work a crowd. Rakim, who practically invented the concept of lyrical flow, tells us they are talented wordsmiths who take time to perfect their craft. A rapper might just know how to do their hit song and that’s it.

Era of an Emcee is proof positive that L-Smooth is a proper student of hip-hop’s vocal element.

As the title suggests, this is a project filled with rhymes, and L-Smooth has enough ammunition and support to justify its run time of about 45 minutes.

He wastes no time on the first proper track, “North Oaks,” a short but vivid portrait of growing up in his Midwest City neighborhood. It serves as a great stylistic and biographical introduction for those who might be new to L-Smooth, who spent some time on the National Airplay Top 50 Independent charts last year with his lead single “Pillow Cases.”

That tune, featuring a West Coast, G-funk vibe and soulful assisting vocals from Shylah Vaughn, is one of the project’s peak moments. L-Smooth’s flow is like butter. There might be no better example of that than in “Pillow Cases,” his plea to the city to stop sleeping on his talent.

Era of an Emcee also broaches thoughtprovoking issues. On “Jordans,” L-Smooth tackles the gravitational pull of commercialism and ponders why image often takes priority over what should really matter, like having a steady job or supporting one’s family.

The album’s most exciting moment comes at the end, however, on the title

track’s remix. The original is great as a standalone, but the remix is a virtual cypher featuring some of the state’s most gifted rhyme-spitters.

Element Life, Continental Cudd, Apeks, A.D. Trax (who delivered the album’s best guest verse on the third track, “For the Family”), Nada Problem, K.B., WeRdoZe and Sheezy put on a verbal clinic. This kind of posse cut should happen more often in the local scene, especially one as deep as Oklahoma City.

L-Smooth effectively showcases his skills on this 2016 release. In future projects, it would be interesting to see the emcee expand his storytelling.

Some of the project’s most interesting moments are also the most autobiographical. Listeners can probably learn a lot from the specific stories of Midwest City through L-Smooth’s lyrical filter.

Ultimately, Era of an Emcee should be recommended to anyone who claims there’s no rap talent in this state. It also serves as a testament to the idea of emceeing as an art form. The idea that all hip-hop or rap somehow lacks skill or polish is ill-informed and offensive, and a notion L-Smooth does a good job dispelling.

Visit l-smooth405.bandcamp.com to stream or buy Era of an Emcee.

The remix is a virtual cypher featuring some of the state’s most gifted rhyme-spitters.

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WEDNESDAY, 5.18 Ellie Goulding/Years & Years/Bebe Rexha, The Zoo Amphitheatre. POP Harumph, The Deli, Norman. JAZZ Rival Choir/Poured Out, 89th Street Collective. ROCK Scott Lowber/Will Galbraith/Ed VanBuskirk, Friends Restaurant & Club. COVER Sports Coach/Du Vide/Sun Riah, First Pastafarian Church of Norman, Norman.

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Steve Crossley and Jerry Wilson, Louie’s Grill & Bar, Lake Hefner. VARIOUS Visceral Trio, UCO Jazz Lab, Edmond. JAZZ

THURSDAY, 5.19 Allen Byrd, S&B’s Burger Joint NW OKC. ROCK Ben Mckenzie, Hillbilly’s. FOLK Cale Lester, Wormy Dog Saloon. COUNTRY The Garage Band Jam, Bourbon Street Bar. ROCK

Randy Rogers Band Looking for a heartfelt country music performance worthy of hardearned money? Look no further than Texas’ Randy Rogers Band. The sextet is touring off its seventh studio album, Nothing Shines Like Neon, independently released Jan. 15.

The show begins 8 p.m. Saturday at The Criterion, 500 E. Sheridan Ave. Tickets are $20. Visit criterionokc.com or call 405-8405500. saturday Photo Randy Rogers Band / Provided

Mike Hosty, Belle Isle Brewery. ROCK Otis Watkins, Bourbon Street Bar. BLUES Randy Rogers Band, The Criterion. COUNTRY The Beach Boys, Civic Center Music Hall.

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FRIDAY, 5.20 Amarillo Junction, Riverwind Casino, Norman.

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Scott Lowber/Will Galbraith/Rick Toops, Friends Restaurant & Club. COVER

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The Dictators NYC/Don’t Make Ghosts/ Havana Affair, Blue Note Lounge. ROCK

Giraffe Massacre/Via Luna/Riala/Headbutt, First Pastafarian Church of Norman, Norman. ROCK

The Dusty 45s, The Depot, Norman. VARIOUS

Groove Merchants, UCO Jazz Lab, Edmond. COVER

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MeanStreak, Bourbon Street Bar. ROCK

Edgar Cruz/Jeff Nokes/Marco Tello, UCO Jazz Lab, Edmond. ACOUSTIC

Medicine Bow/Quentin Cash Band, Blue Note Lounge. ROCK Paper Diamond/Styles & Complete, OKC Farmers Public Market. ELECTRONIC Slaid Cleaves, The Blue Door. SINGER/SONGWRITER Spraypaint/Ugly Duck/Sensitiv Southside Boy, Opolis, Norman. ROCK

OTEP/September Mourning/Through Fire, Diamond Ballroom. ROCK The Patron AintS/Byron White and Friends, The Deli, Norman. ROCK

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Steve Crossley Solo, Bellini’s Underground. VARIOUS

An Evening of World-Class Music with Kyle and Virginia, UCO Jazz Lab, Edmond. VARIOUS

Wishbone, Full Circle Bookstore. FOLK

Christopher the Conquered, Blue Note Lounge.

Young Weather/Ben Freeman, The Basement. ROCK

SATURDAY, 5.21 Adam Aguilar, S&B’s Burger Joint, Midwest City.

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Flogging Molly, Diamond Ballroom. ROCK The Byron Berline Band, Oklahoma City Community College. VARIOUS

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Blind Date, Landing Zone, Midwest City. COVER

Gnarly Davidson/Young Bull/Cobrajab, 89th Street Collective. ROCK

Cobrajab/Splifflifter, Blue Note Lounge. ROCK

Maurice Johnson, The R&J Lounge and Supper Club.

DJ Ryan Drake, 51st Street Speakeasy. VARIOUS Dwight Yoakam, Riverwind Casino, Norman. SINGER/SONGWRITER Erick Taylor, Hillbilly’s. ROCK

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Scott Lowber/Will Galbraith/Ed VanBuskirk, Friends Restaurant & Club. COVER Tech N9ne/Krizz Kaliko/Rittz, Diamond Ballroom.

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Full Circle, Newcastle Casino, Newcastle. ROCK Grace Askew, Bedlam Bar-B-Q. BLUES Howard Brady, Full Circle Bookstore. ROCK Kevin and Dustin Welch/Fats Kaplin & Kristi Rose, The Blue Door. COUNTRY Lauren Barth and Katie Williams/Helen Kelter Skelter/Megafauna, The Deli, Norman. ROCK Lip Service, Oklahoma City Limits. ROCK Midas 13, JoJo’s Bar, Yukon. ROCK

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entering what lies outside it,” writes poet Jane Hirshfield. You can’t use the paddle inside the boat! It’s of no value to you unless you thrust it into the drink and move it around vigorously. And that’s an excellent metaphor for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks, my friend. If you want to reach your next destination, you must have intimate and continual interaction with the mysterious depths that lie outside your known world.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) To prepare you for the coming weeks, I have gathered three quotes from the Bulgarian writer Elias Canetti.

These gems, along with my commentary, will serve you well if you use them as seeds for your ongoing meditations.

Seed #1: “He would like to start from scratch. Where is scratch?” Here’s my addendum: No later than your birthday, you’ll be ready to start from scratch. In the meantime, your task is to find out where scratch is, and clear a path to it. Seed #2: “All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.” My addendum: Monitor your dreams closely. They will offer clues about what you need to remember. Seed #3: “Relearn astonishment, stop grasping for knowledge, lose the habit of the past.” My addendum: Go in search of the miraculous.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

ARIES (March 21-April 19) “An oar moves a boat by

The short attention span is now enshrined as the default mode of awareness. “We skim rather than absorb,” says author James Lough. “We read Sappho or Shakespeare the same way we glance over a tweet or a text message, scanning for the gist, impatient to move on.” There’s a problem with that approach, however. “You can’t skim Shakespeare,” says Lough. I propose that we make that your epigram to live by in the coming weeks, Taurus: You can’t skim Shakespeare. According to my analysis, you’re going to be offered a rich array of Shakespeare-level information and insights. To get the most out of these blessings, you must penetrate and marinate and ruminate.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

“There are situations in life when it is wisdom not to be too wise,” said Friedrich Schiller. The coming days may be one of those times for you. I therefore advise you to dodge any tendency you might have to be impressed with your sophisticated intelligence. Be suspicious of egotism masquerading as cleverness. You are most likely to make good decisions if you insist on honoring your raw instincts. Simple solutions and uncomplicated actions will give you access to beautiful truths and truthful beauty, especially if you anchor yourself in innocent compassion.

“There are friendships like circuses, waterfalls, libraries,” said writer Vladimir Nabokov. I hope you have at least one of each, Leo. And if you don’t, I encourage you to go out and look for some. It would be great if you could also get access to alliances that resemble dancing lessons, colorful sanctuaries, lion whisperers, prayer flags, and the northern lights. Right now you especially need the stimulation that synergistic collaborations can provide. The next chapter of your life story requires abundant contact with interesting people who have the power to surprise you and teach you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

“Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible,” says author Rebecca Solnit. She is of course implying that it might be better not to beat the possible, but rather to protect and nurture the possible as a viable option — especially if perfection ultimately proves to have no value other than as a stick. This is always a truth worth honoring, but it will be crucial for you in the weeks to come. I hope you will cultivate a reverence and devotion to the possible. As messy or maddening as it might be, it will also groom your powers as a maker.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) An invigorating challenge

is headed your way. To prepare you, I offer the wisdom of French author André Gide. “Through loyalty to the

past,” he wrote, “our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow’s joy is possible only if today’s joy makes way for it.” What this means, Libra, is that you will probably have to surrender your attachment to a well-honed delight if you want to make yourself available for a bright new delight that’s hovering on the frontier. An educational blessing will come your way if and only if you clear space for its arrival. As Gide concludes, “Each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding wave.”

that he was “searching for gold in dung.” While addressing the angels, nineteenth-century French poet Charles Baudelaire bragged, “From each thing I extracted its quintessence. You gave me your mud, and I made gold out of it.” From what I can tell, Caprciorn, you have been engaged in similar work lately. The climax of your toil should come in the next two weeks. (Thanks to Michael Gilleland for the inspiration: tinyurl.com/mudgold.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

“At this time in my life,” says singer Joni Mitchell, “I’ve confronted a lot of my devils. A lot of them were pretty silly, but they were incredibly real at the time.”

According to my reading of the astrological omens, Aquarius, you are due to enjoy a similar grace period.

It may be a humbling grace period, because you’ll be invited to decisively banish worn-out delusions that have filled you with needless fear. And it may be a grace period that requires you to make strenuous adjustments, since you’ll have to revise some of your old stories about who you are and how you got here. But it will also be a sweet grace period, because you’ll be blessed again and again with a visceral sense of liberation.

“How prompt we are to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our bodies; how slow to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our souls!” Henry David Thoreau wrote that, and now I’m passing it on to you just in time for a special phase of your long-term cycle. During this upcoming interlude, your main duty is to FEED YOUR SOUL in every way you can imagine. So please stuff it with unpredictable beauty and reverent emotions. Cram it with mysterious adventures and rambling treks in the frontier. Gorge it with intimate unpredictability and playful love and fierce devotions in behalf of your most crucial dreams.

Warning: You will not be able to rely solely on the soul food that has sustained you in the past. Be eager to discover new forms of nourishment.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

“Here’s how every love letter can be summarized,” says Russell Dillon in his poem “Past-Perfect-Impersonal”: “What is it you’re unable to surrender and please may I have that?” I bring this tease to your attention because it may serve as a helpful riddle in the coming weeks.

You’re entering a phase when you will have an enhanced ability to tinker with and refine and even revolutionize your best intimate relationships. I’m hoping Dillon’s provocation will unleash a series of inquiries that will inspire you as you imagine how you could supercharge togetherness and reinvent the ways you collaborate.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Fifth-century

Christian theologian St. Jerome wrote that “it requires infinite discretion to look for gold in the midst of dirt.”

Ancient Roman poet Virgil on one occasion testified

HOMES

More than halfway through her prose poem “A Settlement,” Mary Oliver abruptly stops her meandering meditation on the poignant joys of spring’s soft awakening. Suddenly she’s brave and forceful: “Therefore, dark past, I’m about to do it. I’m about to forgive you for everything.” Now would be a perfect moment to draw inspiration from her, Pisces. I dare you to say it. I dare you to mean it. Speak these words: “Therefore, dark past, I’m about to do it. I’m about to forgive you for everything.”

Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes /daily text message horoscopes.

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