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NEWS Guests enjoy wide-open rooms filled with natural sunlight on the second floor of Main Street Arcade during a recent open house. | Photo Brett Dickerson / for Gazette

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The historic Main Street Arcade building, built in 1921 and opened in 1922, celebrates a rebirth. | Photo Brett Dickerson / for Gazette

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Oklahoma City’s historic Main Street Arcade building roars back to life. By Brett Dickerson

A party and open house celebrating the opening of Main Street Arcade at 629 W. Main St. in early August marked an important new point on the nearly 100-year-old building’s long history, which reaches back to its opening in 1922. Local developer David Wanzer, the City of Oklahoma City and the National Register of Historic Places each contributed to its revitalization.

“The building is absolutely fantastic,” event guest and Oklahoma City Ward 6 Councilor Meg Salyer said of the conversion of the historic structure into office and retail space. “The restoration of it is spectacular.”

She said Main Street Arcade has been transformed from an “albatross” to “an incredibly beautiful asset” for the downtown area.

New life

The nearly 30,000-square-foot, two-story building sat vacant for several years after the previous long-term owner, Downtown Baptist Church, sold it to a real estate investment firm.

Local developer David Wanzer bought it late in 2014 after it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Then the City of Oklahoma City granted the project tax increment financing (TIF) that diverts the building’s property taxes for a limited time to help fund its revitalization.

“It’s a huge responsibility,” Wanzer said.

“These buildings are priceless and a part of our heritage, so it’s a real honor to bring them back to life.”

Wanzer said his project budget is $7.2

When you buy a building like this, the money that it costs to put it back into service properly is more than the building appraises for.

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Retail and restaurant space construction is underway on the first floor of downtown Oklahoma City’s Main Street Arcade building. | Photo Brett Dickerson / for Gazette

million, which includes his $1.2 million purchase in 2014 and allowances for tenant build-outs once leases are signed. Because of the historic building’s age, structural modifications were $500,000.

The money it takes to rebuild and modernize such an old structure that has been superficially improved over its history is significant. The project is not just a series of financial transactions for him, though.

“We utilized historic tax credits and TIF funds to help bridge our gap in being able to renovate the building,” Wanzer told Oklahoma Gazette. “When you buy a building like this, the money that it costs to put it back into service properly is more than the building appraises for.”

Jonathan Dodson and Ben Sellers are partners with Wanzer in their development firm, Pivot Project. Dodson said Wanzer brought the proposal to him at the bank where Dodson worked at the time. Dodson said the building’s transformation is “pretty incredible.”

First impressions

It is understandable why Wanzer smiled as he mingled with smiling guests during the Aug. 3 opening event. Wine, hors d’oeuvres and contemporary open spaces filled with natural light contributed to a constantly moving and active crowd.

Cheeriness and DJ-spun music contrasted photographs of stiff-backed typing students sitting in arrow-straight seat rows

at Hill’s Business College, which filled the second floor from 1923 to 1985.

Salyer made a strong case for the project’s TIF designation and said the building is a connecting link for the Arts District, which includes Civic Center Music Hall and City Hall one block to the north and recently revitalized Film Row to the south.

“The concept of infill growth is really beginning to have an effect,” Salyer said.

“This building is probably the signature piece in that.”

Indeed, Main Street Arcade’s front door is about 500 feet from the front steps of Civic Center Music Hall, about 1,000 feet from the front steps of City Hall and only 200 feet from the side door of The Paramount OKC building on Film Row. Under the direction of Gardner Architects, Lingo Construction continues to finish first-floor spaces ideal for restaurants and retailers to suit tenants as they sign leases.

Party guest and Oklahoma City hip-hop musician Jabee said he and his family have driven by the building for years but never thought much of it.

“It doesn’t look old at all,” he said as he glanced around the remodeled second floor. “It looks brand-new.”

Clint and Crystal Spencer, young married Oklahoma City professionals, also said they were impressed.

“It’s extraordinary. It’s very well-thoughtout,” Clint Spencer said.

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Tax look

OKC Council backs a plan to create a task force to study tax, revenue and budget policies at state and local levels. By Laura Eastes

This past spring, it was anybody’s guess what the state’s budget would look like for the upcoming fiscal year.

Faced with a $1.3 billion budget shortfall, budget writers in May unveiled a $6.8 billion hodgepodge of a budget plan, calling for cuts to core state agencies, issuing bonds to fund road and bridge projects and dipping into the state’s Rainy Day fund. Just days after Gov. Mary Fallin signed the budget bill, Oklahoma City Council approved a $1.26 billion budget, a 1 percent reduction from the amended fiscal year 2016 budget.

Allocating fewer dollars toward government services is a trend across the state mostly tied to slumping oil and gas prices.

The downturn in the oil industry, coupled with policy choices made by state lawmakers, created the state revenue failure.

In Oklahoma City, Ward 5 Councilor David Greenwell described this past spring’s budget process as difficult. Oklahoma City, like many cities, relies heavily on sales tax dollars for funding day-to-day operations.

The slightest ruffle in the economy can impact the city’s tax receipts.

“Sales tax is the least stable source of revenue that a government can rely on,” Greenwell said in an interview with Oklahoma Gazette. “When there is just a hint of a downturn, it becomes a negative multiplier. People wouldn’t go out to eat as much. People will worry about their jobs being in jeopardy.”

It would take amending the state constitution before city leaders could think about restructuring tax policies and examining new revenue sources such as ad valorem, income or property taxes.

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was met with unanimous support from the nine-member council at its Aug. 2 meeting.

“There are hundreds of stories of people negatively impacted by services cut because of the state budget,” Greenwell said. “Let’s use it as a motivating factor to bring significant changes. Let’s look at all our sources of revenue at the state and local levels to find more sustainable and stable sources of revenue.”

Complementary efforts

The city council is not alone in pledging support toward tax and budget reform.

Oklahoma’s Republican Treasurer and economist Ken Miller has repeatedly called on lawmakers to broaden the state’s tax base. During the last two State of the State addresses, Fallin advocated limiting certain off-the-top funding, or money that is allocated outside the normal budget appropriations process.

In late July, Oklahoma Policy Institute released a policy agenda outlining steps to a better state budget. The nonprofit thinktank urges state lawmakers to cancel the next income tax trigger, restore the top tax rate to those with high incomes, strengthen broad-based tax credits and bring transparency to the budget process.

The Oklahoma Academy, a nonpartisan public policy group founded by Gov. Henry Bellmon in 1967, began examining tax and budget reform issues in late 2013. The organization was propelled by survey results from community and business leaders across Oklahoma who listed the state

budget, as well as current taxes and revenue policies, as the most critical issue in the state. Last October, 150 participants conversed about the topic for a town hall meeting that produced recommendations of transparency in state budgeting and comprehensive tax reform.

As outlined in the 2015 town hall issue brief titled Oklahoma Priorities: The Government & Taxes We Want, The Oklahoma Academy endorses tax reform that could include removing certain sales tax exemptions and income tax credits and broadening the sales tax base. The group advocates for new laws that authorize cities and counties to raise revenue from sources other than sales tax. Additionally, it supports taxing internet sales.

“No one is really in favor of having to pay taxes, but we all want services,” said Julie Knutson, Oklahoma Academy’s president and CEO. “Let’s look at different ways we could tax that doesn’t make it worse for those at poverty level, doesn’t bleed the middle class nor is unfair to those that make the most money.”

According to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Oklahoma’s state and local tax system takes a greater share of income from middle-and low-income families than from the wealthy.

Often, middle and lower classes bear some of the heaviest tax burdens in states that count on sales taxes for much of their state and local revenue.

In regard to state budgeting, Oklahoma Academy backs new policies to increase

What we would like to do is find a better system that enhances our governments at the state and local levels.

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Oklahoma City Council members David Greenwell left and Meg Salyer backed a resolution supporting efforts to create a statewide task force to review taxes. | Photo Gazette / file

transparency, including public posting of vital agency budget data and federal matching programs. The academy believes budget bills should be available to all legislators and the public five legislative days prior to floor votes.

Oklahoma City’s resolution also calls for transparency in budgeting.

Task force

Leaders from municipalities and counties across the state — as well as some state lawmakers and representatives from the Oklahoma Tax Commission — would form the task force. It would be encouraged to review all current policies and explore other practices in states similar to Oklahoma in population and economy.

“What we would like to do is find a better system that enhances our governments at the state and local levels for the benefits of our children, grandchildren and subsequent generations,” said Greenwell, who plans to serve on the task force if it’s created.

Members of the Oklahoma City Council are encouraging other municipalities and counties to pass similar resolutions in favor of the task force. Task force backers plan to share the resolution with the governor and House and Senate leaders in the hope they will form the task force.

Now is the time for one to meet, argues Greenwell, who believes revenue collections will remain low over the next six months.

The two-term city council member doesn’t want to see the state face another billiondollar shortfall come next spring.

“I am afraid it could be even worse,” Greenwell said, “if we don’t start addressing the issue now.”

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Norman Public School teacher Brian Twomey talks through Engage Learning students’ design on a solar energy charging station in the University of Oklahoma Innovation Hub. | Photo Laura Eastes

By design

Engage Learning offers middle school students and public school educators unique opportunities to tackle real-world challenges. By Laura Eastes

Jocelyn Kent and five other Norman middle school students are creating an outdoor charging station for mobile devices using renewable energy.

Kent never expected aspects of her marker-drawn design would be fabricated into a real-world engineering project for community use, especially before she attended college.

The students and two Norman Public Schools teachers are piloting the Engage Learning program. Launched this summer, the education nonprofit provides small teams of middle school students the opportunity to generate, test and implement solutions to real-world problems through a project-based learning methodology. Teachers serve as coaches to facilitate students as they set and achieve their own goals.

“When you think about what we are doing, you don’t think about middle school students,” Kent said.

The students are treated as colleagues.

The Innovation Hub at the University of Oklahoma hosts the program, and the preteens work out of a state-of-the-art fabrication lab designed for college students. CAD software, 3-D printers and metal fabrication equipment are at the students’ fingertips.

“All they said was ‘The charging station needs to have a solar panel and two batteries. Go,’” explained Hudson Frikken, who begins eighth grade this month.

“They didn’t say, ‘Make sure it has chairs, a bench or looks like this.’ We got to design and build all of it.”

After the charging station is complete, the student-created mechanism will look similar to a gazebo with a slanted roof for the solar panel. Inside, visitors can sit on 8

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the circular bench and plug in phones, laptops and tablets to recharge their devices with stored solar energy.

“Every possible design criteria that we could put in their hands, we did as much as possible,” said Bart Keeton, Engage Learning founder. “They chose a pretty complicated design, which was awesome.

They were up to the challenge, and they put us up to the challenge.”

Engage’s impetus

Oklahoma’s challenging educational landscape fueled the formation of Engage Learning, explained Keeton, who relocated from northern Virginia to Norman for his wife’s career a year ago. As a father of two young children, Keeton was instantly interested in public education in his new community and state.

News stories illustrated an education funding crisis pressuring district leaders to make cost-saving concessions, such as switching to four-day school weeks, paring down staff or eliminating extracurricular activities. All of this comes at a time when teachers are leaving Oklahoma for better pay or abandoning the career altogether.

Keeton realized there were many passionate Oklahoma teachers and students thirsting for hands-on learning experiences. He believed if the two populations connected and were provided the right resources, they could work together to improve educational outcomes in trying times.

Tapping into his experience from teaching at Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) — a North Carolina nonprofit that provides gifted students with resources unavailable in

traditional schools via a summer learning program — Keeton set out to produce something similar in Oklahoma. Engage Learning is a two-week summer program designed to foster passion, curiosity and discovery among middle school students.

Real-world projects push the students to solve community needs.

Designing the charging station engaged students’ algebra and geometry skills.

Group conversations illustrated that they understood the engineering concepts and environmental science issues involved in using renewable energy sources.

“We didn’t invent project-based learning, but it can be really hard to do projectbased learning well,” Keeton said as he watched participants spray-paint parts of the charging station’s steel structure.

“It is incredibly hard to do in the public school system when you have so many constraints. We are opening it up, providing the resources, the outside expertise and taking care of the logistics.”

The pilot Engage Learning summer program launched Aug. 1 with support from numerous sponsorships and partnerships developed over the last few months. Engage advocates include community and school leaders, college administrators and philanthropists as well as the middle school students’ parents.

When Keeton explains the Engage concept, he said he often hears comments like, “Why didn’t we have this sooner?”

Student perspective

What students learn expands past algebraic equations. Amelia Backus recounted staining the wood and avoiding drippage when she described the most challenging piece of work.

“Even though we haven’t been sitting in a classroom and talking about how something works, we are learning,” Backus said. “We get to learn by experience.”

Engage differs greatly from middle school, Hailey Parker said.

“With school, it is memorizing from the textbook,” she said. “This is plugging in what we’ve learned.”

The pilot program confirms the future for Engage Learning. Keeton said the program specializes in STEAM, adding the letter A for “arts” in the well-known education acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Thus, Engage Learning isn’t limited to engineering projects but will tackle public policy or local issues.

Over time, the program will offer specialized sessions in communities across the state, further opening the opportunity for collaboration between teachers and middle school students, Keeton said.

Partnerships with schools, colleges, businesses or career technology centers pave the way for the program to be offered in urban and rural communities alike.

The program aspires to reach teachers and students who would otherwise not have a real-world, project-based learning in their curricula. Engage also aims to inspire investment and the creation of education-based programs to increase competitiveness and life-long learning during the state’s education crisis.

“We hope it will be part of many different responses from outside of the school system in this state,” Keeton said.

Public use

The middle school students will bring their cell phones, tablets and laptops with little battery charge to the final Engage Learning meeting set for Aug. 27. They will test their creation, which will be placed on OU’s campus. In the future, the station can be relocated to a Norman park or elsewhere in the community.

Station visitors will find a plaque including participant names and a list of sponsors and supporters. Visitors can scan a QR code to learn more about Engage Learning and the students responsible for the design.

“It is going to be bittersweet to see the project finished and ready for use because that means it’s over,” Frikken said. “Three, four, or five years from now, I can go to it and think, ‘I helped build that.’”

Landry Allen sprays a protective coat on steel that will later be part of a solar energy charging station.

Students Amelia Backus, Jocelyn Kent, Hailey Parker and Hudson Frikken look on. | Photo Laura Eastes

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Congressional contenders

Tuesday’s runoff features two Democrats vying for a U.S. House seat. By Laura Eastes

Less than two years after three candidates campaigned for the Democratic nominee for Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District, the same trio of contenders was back on the June ballot.

As in 2014, Tom Guild and Al McAffrey earned the most votes, but neither secured more than 50 percent of the vote in the primary. In fact, the race was tight with McAffrey, the former state lawmaker, earning 10,013 votes. Guild, a longtime college professor, captured 10,000 votes and Leona Leonard, the former Seminole County party chair, received 7,190 votes.

Next week, Democrat voters in Oklahoma, Seminole and Pottawatomie counties will once again head to the polls and vote for their party’s nominee. Guild and McAffrey advanced to Tuesday’s runoff, as they did in 2014. In that contest, McAffrey won, but he lost in the November general election to Republican Steve Russell, a former state senator.

The winner of this month’s runoff will face Rep. Russell, R-Choctaw, who is running for a second term as congressman.

On the campaign trail, Guild and McAffrey touch on similar topics as voters express frustration over the economy.

Voters who rely on candidate websites alone to pick a candidate might find it difficult to compare Guild and McAffrey on the issues, as both share common ground.

The two back efforts to create jobs, bolster public education and improve military veterans’ care. Both assert they are staunch supporters of LGBT and women’s issues.

On the campaign trail, Guild and McAffrey touch on similar topics as voters express frustration over the economy. For young voters, college affordability and student debt relief are top issues.

“Voters are concerned about the growing college student debt crisis and the impact this has on students and their families,” said Guild, who is in his fourth campaign for the congressional seat.

“Oklahomans are concerned about the growing inequality and disparity of wealth in our society. This makes the American Dream seem out of reach for far too many

Americans.”

Both candidates mentioned the importance of opportunities.

“It is always the economy,” McAffrey said. “It always comes back to the economy, and that’s what I hear when I am on the trail. Their other concern is education.

Young people are concerned about their college debt. I am concerned that our young people are going to be put in a place where they can’t find a job that would provide them a way to purchase a home.

We can’t do that. We need to make sure our young people of today have all the opportunities we had.”

Al McAffrey | Photo Gazette/File

Politician vs. educator

While the candidates gravitate toward the same positions, their backgrounds sharply contrast.

Guild spent 27 years as a professor at the University of Central Oklahoma, followed by three years teaching at Oklahoma City University. He has taken aim at McAffrey’s missed votes as a state lawmaker, including the bill prohibiting cities from establishing their own minimum wage.

“I plan to be present and vote 100 percent of the time on issues coming before Congress,” said Guild, who counted hundreds of votes missed by McAffrey in the state Senate during the 2014 legislative session.

Guild bills himself as a candidate free of special interest money, unlike his opponent, he said. Guild connects with voters who want to see change in how the government is run.

“Since I have been an involved private citizen for many years, looking in on the political system from the outside, I have experienced the same frustration with government gridlock and the failure of Congress to address important issues that have a direct and significant impact on people living in my congressional district,” Guild said. “Voters are tired of Congress doing little except naming the local post office after one of their family members or big donors. I hope to restore a measure of confidence in our system of government during my time in office.”

In addition to his background as a small business owner, McAffrey brings state government experience to the seat. The father of three was first elected to the Oklahoma House in 2006. Later, he served as a state senator. When he first began at the Capitol, he consumed himself with meeting fellow lawmakers, Capitol staff and lobbyists. To push his priorities and legislation, McAffrey recounted his efforts to make friends and work toward common ground. It’s an approach he plans to take

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to Congress if elected.

“I’m a common-sense guy,” McAffrey said. “I’m one vote; that’s all I am. I will vote my conscience, and I will work for my constituents. You have to find people who are like you and are going to make a difference. Right now, the problem in Washington is that no one talks to each other. The Republicans are over here and the Democrats are over there … I dealt with that with the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the Oklahoma Senate, especially in the Senate.”

McAffrey promotes his government experience and points out that Guild has never been elected to office or worked in government at any level.

“You can teach the law and politics, but until you do it, you have no concept,” McAffrey said.

Democratic voters in Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District will have a chance to cast ballots Tuesday at their polling stations. Early voting is Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at county election board offices.

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Minor Puig

Yasiel Puig, a Cuban defector and right fielder once hailed as Major League Baseball’s next premiere superstar with the Los Angeles Dodgers, is now exiled to the minor leagues. His fall from grace lands him in Oklahoma City for an indefinite stay.

Puig’s off-the-charts statistical debut and flamboyant, sometimes volatile personality made him an instant star his first two years in Los Angeles.

The last few seasons, however, team management found his behavior harder to tolerate as injuries and subpar play have made him a replaceable player.

Replacement is exactly what happened. Los Angeles traded him for Boston outfielder Josh Reddick and announced Puig’s demotion to its Triple-A affiliate, the Oklahoma City Dodgers.

Minor League Baseball and road games in Des Moines, Iowa, are probably not what the player imagined for himself after a phenomenal rookie season and all-star appearance in 2014, but Puig at least makes efforts to look like he’s at peace with it. Shortly after joining Oklahoma City, the outfielder posted a series of Snapchat videos of him and his teammates on a party bus as they traveled to face the Iowa Cubs. The clips showed alcohol, group singalongs and plenty of exuberance.

Just how long Puig’s stay in Oklahoma City will be is uncertain. The longer, the better as far as local fans are concerned. Bonus points for anyone who can make it into his ongoing Snapchat story.

Bad to worse

It’s safe to say 26-year-old Jesse Chastain had an awful start to August.

For one, someone shot him during a 3 a.m. walk with his dog Aug. 2 in his northwest OKC neighborhood.

FOX25 reported Chastain will recover but shared little on the dog’s condition.

After Chastain was transported to a local hospital, Oklahoma City police investigators took on the case and began looking into the shooting.

Chastain’s luck went from bad to worse.

That ’s when they noticed something suspicious at his residence, FOX25 reported.

With a search warrant in hand, officers entered the shooting victim’s home and discovered 43 pounds of marijuana, four rifles, three hand guns, ammunition, other drug paraphernalia and $28,000 in cash, the TV station reported.

After his hospital release, Chastain was detained at Oklahoma County Detention Center, where he faced complaints of trafficking marijuana, possession of a firearm and receiving and concealing stolen p r o p e r t y.

Wage gape

Last week, many Oklahoma legislators received the September issue of Perspective magazine. Then the internet exploded.

The periodical is published by rightleaning Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA), which touts itself as a public policy think tank that advocates for limited government, free-market economy and individual liberty.

The cover shows what Twitter user @KristinMay13 called a “sexy Rosie the Riveter” rolling up her sleeve in the iconic “We can do it” headline.

Cool, right? No, not cool. Keep reading.

Below the glossy image is a cover story teaser that reads (emphasis theirs): “Some Oklahoma lawmakers are pushing unnecessary legislation to promote equal pay for equal work — as though women don’t already receive it.”

Gosh dangit, OCPA! First, the group uses “they,” meaning the group isn’t talking to women. It’s talking about them.

Second, there’s more.

“Proposals like this enable politicians to amass more power and regulatory authority for themselves,” the text continues.

Twitter user @thursdayb responded, “What even?”

Similarly, @CharaWatson said, “This is gross in so many ways.”

Social media users caught on to the baitand-switch, which turned an iconic message of female empowerment into an accusation that our male-dominated Oklahoma

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Legislature is made up of a bunch of irresponsible authority hoarders.

The cover teaser ends with this (emphasis theirs): “But as OCPA’s Tina Korbe points out, the generalized pay gap between men and women actually serves to remind us that women can think and act for themselves.”

“You’re just not working hard enough!” @KristinMay13 joked.

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Some people just really love trees, and some just don’t like it when companies come onto their property and cut down their trees without asking.

Southwest Oklahoma City property owner Dave Moore told KOCO 5 News he was astonished to come home one day and find 10 trees on his property were cut down and ground up. There is also no way it was a case of mistaken tree-dentity either, he said, because clearing crews hopped an electric fence with their equipment in order to do it.

“They took down some of our most valued trees with absolutely no notice,” Moore said.

OG&E said a contractor had been leaving the Moores notes on their fence for two weeks, but Moore said he didn’t receive them. The power company explained that the trees were in the way of an easement under power lines and it hired the contractor to take care of the problem.

“I’m not arguing the law, if there’s a law against it, but just give us the opportunity to move them,” Moore told KOCO 5 News.

KOCO reporter Crystal Price said the Moores are taking legal action and the trees were worth at least $10,000.

Fishing for Griffin?

Move over, Saving Grace; there’s a new TV show giving Americans skewed ideas of what Oklahoma is like!

Oklahoma City-born LA Clippers star Blake Griffin is working on Okies of Bel Air, a semi-autobiographical animated series about a family of Oklahoma catfish farmers who relocate to Bel Air, Los Angeles after their son is drafted by an NBA team.

According to Deadline.com, the cartoon family will “struggle to preserve their down-home sensibilities amidst a vast cultural wasteland where Kardashian reigns supreme and pressed juice is considered a viable alternative to childhood vaccinations.”

Nothing is final, of course. The show needs to get picked up for anyone to see it, but it sounds like it could be fun.

Griffin is no stranger to the stage. There are even rumors that he might star in the next Space Jam film.

But the starring role most Oklahomans dream about isn’t Okies of Bel Air or dunking on Bugs Bunny — rumors are circulating

that the OKC Thunder front office could be trying to arrange a homecoming for the former Sooners basketball player when he hits free agency next year.

Westbrook to Griffin does have a ring to it, huh? Maybe even a championship ring.

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Include a city of residence and contact number for verification.

Taxing politics

Concerning the discussion on taxes; I’m a little confused by David Boren’s stand on the issue. I thought he was the president of OU. He sounds like he’s still in politics.

He also sounds like the rich and out of touch with the poor, and a Republican. A sales tax increase of one cent is nothing to the rich, but it does put a bigger pinch on the finances of the poor.

Raising sales taxes in not an equitable way to increase revenue.

Patrick Buss The Village

Insulting Christianity

The Oklahoma Gazette (News, Religion, “Dark testimony,” Ben Luschen, June 29) reported another impending insult to Oklahoma Christians, and more directly to Catholics, in the form of a “Black Mass and the Consumption of Mary,” which was scheduled Aug. 15 at Oklahoma City’s Civic Center Music Hall. The satanic Church of Ahriman was responsible for this sacrilegious event.

The Black Mass is a parody of the catholic ritual and involves a desecration of the Eucharist. For the Consumption of Mary, in addition to “sulfur, menstrual blood and the ashes of blasphemed and burned pages of the Quran, will be used to ‘corrupt’ a plaster statue of the Virgin Mary.” One shudders to imagine the nauseating details of this disgusting sacrilege.

The “corrupted” statue of Mary was decapitated, “unleashing a hell mouth, or opening to hell.” The statue was then be smashed and a priestess retrieved a pig’s

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heart, placed inside the statue and ate it (“consumption” of Mary, to mock the “Assumption” of Mary, i.e., her being taken soul and body to heaven after her death and celebrated).

Christians honor the Virgin Mary as the mother of God. She is not a gate to hell.

Through her son Jesus, she is more of a gate to heaven, and we love and honor her as our own mother.

It is difficult to understand how a satanic group can be legally considered a church since it lacks the basic elements that we expect in a church, e.g. high morals, responsibility, loving your neighbor, helping the poor and the sick, etc. Instead, here we have we have an organization full of hatred toward Christians that uses obscene and disgusting “rituals” to insult the sensibilities and morality of society.

Let’s hope that the authorities selected

in the upcoming elections will work to reverse this situation and deny church privileges to satanic organizations since their activities have no redeeming value.

That these activities can take place at Civic Center Music Hall is quite troubling, as this venue is supported by our city tax dollars and used for a variety of appropriate civic and artistic events.

It has been suggested that since Oklahoma state law bans blasphemy, this could give city officials legal grounds to deny permission for these types of events.

Furthermore, the Oklahoma City municipal code protects against degrading any individual’s religion.

Raoul Carubelli Oklahoma City

Honest Hillary

Dare your newspaper publish the following truth? PolitiFact, the Pulitzer prize-winning fact-checking project, determined that Hillary is actually the most truthful candidate (of either party) in the 2016 election season (Opinion, Letters to the Editor, “Peaceful revolution,” Mark Heaton, June 22, Gazette). And in general, Politifact has determined that Hillary is more honest than most (but not all) politicians they have tracked over the years.

It is so ironic to this writer that making Hillary appear as a gigantic liar is itself such an egregious lie. (Of course, you won’t publish this.)

Pulitzer Prize winners don’t lie. Factcheck them.

Frank Silovsky Oklahoma City

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A DinnerTableOKC group recently met at Iron Star Urban Barbeque to share a meal and their perspectives on how to improve relations between ethnicities. | Photo Garett Fisbeck

Breaking bread

Food teaches diners about other cultures and offers a starting point for difficult conversations.

By Greg Elwell

Past the booths and bustling 360-degree bar at The Barrel, 4308 N. Western Ave., away from the laughter and music of the main room, 11 people sit around a square, black table in a small, private dining room.

They prepare to tell the truth.

The guests are mostly strangers, but they have at least one thing in common: They’re tired of all the bad news.

“There had been several speaker series,

panels and talks on race in our city,” said Taylor Doe. “After these talks, the question people kept asking was, ‘What’s next?

What can I do?’”

His answer is DinnerTableOKC. Founded by Taylor Doe and married couple Rodney and Cresha Redus, DinnerTableOKC is an initiative to bring together people of different ethnic backgrounds over dinner to have sometimes-

uncomfortable conversations about race in society.

Doe is white. The Reduses are black.

Despite differing backgrounds, ages and ethnicities, they found one another and became friends. In many ways, that’s the goal of DinnerTableOKC: Bring together people who might not otherwise meet. The best way to open a dialogue, the way most people feel comfortable, is to come together over a meal and share their thoughts.

Learning legacy

Vivian Woodward has a lot to share. The niece of famed civil rights activist Clara Luper, she sees a world that is sometimes brighter and sometimes scarier than the one her aunt fought to change.

Luper led nonviolent sit-ins at lunch counters in Oklahoma City in 1958, protesting the policies that segregated the races. But that segregation still occurs today, Woodward said, just behind the scenes.

She believes it will take more than talk to change things, but that’s where it starts.

“Unless you talk and make changes, you’ll never move forward,” she said.

That’s what makes the dinners special, Woodward said.

“I love going to those, because you get a chance to meet people, get information and find understanding,” she said. “But first, you have to have the desire.”

She said people are often scared to have discussions like the ones that happen at DinnerTableOKC. It is hard to be confronted with unpleasant truths, but it must be done. She also thinks the benefits and the friendships that can be formed are worth the discomfort.

Breaking ice

Sharon McMillan said making Carican Flavors feel like home to customers requires a taste of her Trinidadian cooking. | Photo Garett Fisbeck

After introductions, the conversation begins with questions from the facilitators.

At first, there are icebreakers.

“Why did you come today?”

Some are there to share their experiences. Some recognize a lack of understanding or a latent prejudice and seek to address it.

It was Jane Woods’ second time as a dinner guest. After reading about the idea, she immediately signed up.

“I think there was more of an impact with the first one,” she said. “It was a more informal setting. There’s something about sitting around in a casual environment where you can discuss things a little more readily.”

Woods said she wishes the dinners happened weekly in every city and town in the state because they would make such a difference.

She started making her own changes in 1981, when she began welcoming guests from around the globe into her home. The experience broadened her mind to other cultures, but what she discovered at DinnerTableOKC is that there is still a lot to learn about the way of life here at home.

“When the ladies were talking about the progress that has been made and they said, ‘At least doors are not slammed in our faces anymore,’ I was shocked,” Woods said.

At her first dinner, she said one of the guests, a black man, told her he was fearful to walk around in Edmond. It was a perspective she never heard before. If this successful, accomplished man was afraid to walk down the streets of the city she lives in because of the color of his skin, then things are worse than she imagined.

Shifting perspectives

Doe said he thinks the lens through which people view the world changes as they create relationships with others who are not like them. Suddenly, “they” become real people.

Since March 2015, DinnerTableOKC has hosted about 25 dinners, and Doe said he finishes each one heartened by the openness, honesty and caring shown by his dining companions.

“We’ve had amazing responses from people who have attended previous dinners,” he said.

Conversations aren’t always easy, but they’re made less difficult because people come to teach and learn.

At The Barrel, the discussions twist and turn through the prejudices held by some of the guests’ parents and how Americans are viewed overseas.

Woodward spoke of the impact of slavery and how it mirrors the way young black men are sent to prison.

“There’s no parity,” she said.

During a conversation the next day, Woodward said the imprisonment of young black men reflects the first steps of slavery.

“Remember when there was slavery, the first thing they did was take the men out of the family. They took the men away from the wife and children. Even now, that is what happens,” she said. “They are separating black men from the families.”

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Family ties

Iranian-born Fred Foroozan said it took time for locals to open up to Turkish and Persian cuisine at The Mediterranean Grill. | Photo Garett Fisbeck

Friendship, love and food brought Iranian Fred Foroozan and his brother-in-law Andy Stagle together.

For the last nine years, the pair have owned and run The Mediterranean Grill, 7868 S. Western Ave., but Foroozan said their dreams of owning a restaurant together began more than 30 years ago.

Once it opened, the challenge they faced was introducing people from the area to the cuisine.

Aside from the usual gyro and shish kebabs, Foroozan said the mix of Persian and Turkish dishes were unknown to many customers.

The key for success was patience and service. Diners who came back because the owners were friendly and willing to talk began trying other dishes.

Now, Foroozan said, their customers are mostly Americans who enjoy traveling the world by taste.

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Race relations are discussed over a meal at Iron Star Urban Barbeque during a recent DinnerTableOKC event. | Photo Garett Fisbeck

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“You need somebody to guide you from a child,” she said.

That’s one reason she works with a group that tutors and seeks mentors for young men so they have something to reach for.

“If you’re not introduced to something, you will not have a vision,” she said.

The same is true of DinnerTableOKC, where Doe hopes introductions to people and to their issues and feelings will build cross-cultural relationships.

Feeding understanding

Sharon McMillan started her restaurant 11 years ago with a simple dream to create a place where people could eat, relax and feel at home.

The crowds inside Carican Flavors, 2701 N. Martin Luther King Ave., are proof of her success.

Originally from Trinidad, McMillan speaks with a lilt that makes every word sound musical.

It wasn’t easy getting the business up and running, she said.

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normally eat, just different flavors,” she said. “In the beginning, we did a lot of sampling. Once folks get a taste, they say, ‘Oh, okay!’”

Teaching through tasting netted Carican Flavors a large local following, though most diners are not from the Caribbean.

“Most of my folks are from right here in the city,” McMillan said.

Her customer base is a tour of the world via Oklahoma City. Over time, she has learned how the food she serves is close to dishes served in Asia, Africa and South America.

“We get quite a mix of races and cultures. There are a lot of military folks stationed here in town who come to get enough food for days at a time,” McMillan said. “I see all kinds of people, to tell you the truth. It doesn’t really matter. Rich

Joyce Jackson has done her fair share of traveling. At DinnerTableOKC, she talked about a childhood spent in Oklahoma and Oakland, California — a unique combination that allowed her to sit-in with Clara Luper and witness the origins of the Black Panther Party.

So much of what came before is lost on people today, she said. They see militancy in the Black Panthers, but she remembers when they began as a community service organization.

As a retired Oklahoma Department of Corrections worker, Jackson said she has seen the prison issue from both sides and she understands how fear of other ethnicities leads to violence and injustice.

That’s one reason she and Woodward work on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast in Midwest City; it brings together so many people from so many backgrounds and helps dispel the ideas that separate us.

When they were younger, it was understood that it wasn’t safe for a black person to be out after dark in Midwest City.

Now a white man, Brandon Clabes, heads Midwest City Police Department and goes door-to-door, meeting residents of all races, helping aleviate the fear.

As dinner winds down, it’s clear there’s still a lot to say. One member offers her home for another meeting and a chance to continue and go deeper into the discussion.

Doe said it’s common for people to make connections at dinners and begin new friendships.

And when those bonds are built, there’s no more need for a facilitator, which means another group of strangers will get to sit together soon and tell the truth.

To sign up for DinnerTableOKC, visit dinnertableokc.com.

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Foam & fame Oklahoma Born & Brewed celebrates the state’s Hall of Fame with locally made beers and food. By Greg Elwell

Oklahoma Born & Brewed 7-10 p.m. Friday Gaylord-Pickens Museum 1400 Classen Drive oklahomahof.com/ oklahoma-born-brewed 405-235-4458 $65

Oklahoma Hall of Fame’s mission is to tell the story of the state through its people.

And what better way to tell a story than over a beer? For the second year, the organization joins Oklahoma Craft Brewers Guild to present Oklahoma Born & Brewed 7-10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 at GaylordPickens Museum, 1400 Classen Drive.

“It’s a beer tasting and small plate pairing event,” said Hall of Fame develop-

ment director Bailey Gordon. “There will be brewers from across the state, some of which create special brews just for the event.

We’ll also have a few breweries that are still in planning, so it’s a chance to get a first taste before their beer hits the market.”

Guests can sample beer from 405 Brewing Co., Anthem Brewing Company, Black Mesa Brewing Company, Bricktown Brewery, COOP Ale Works, Elk Valley Brewing Co., GarryOwen Brewing Company, Iron Monk Brewing Company, Kolibri Ale Works, Marshall Brewing Company, Prairie Artisan Ales, Renaissance Brewing Co., Roughtail Brewing Company and Vanessa House Beer Co. Those who prefer liquor can try a signature cocktail created by Prairie Wolf Vodka.

Born & Brewed is organized by the Hall of Fame’s Second Century Board, a group of young professionals who want to raise awareness of the hall and inspire the next generation to achieve great things. Event chairman Matt McCombs said the first one was so successful that the board immedi-

Guests at last year’s Oklahoma Born & Brewed event meet with Choc Beer Company brewers. | Photo Baker Rowan Creative / provided

ately began planning this year’s event.

“It’s our second go-around with this event,” he said. “This year is going to have Kam’s Kookery as our caterer and there will be more food.”

For people excited about the state’s booming craft beer industry, the event is a great showcase of established and up-andcoming breweries, McCombs said. It’s also a great showcase for Gaylord-Pickens Museum, which houses the Hall of Fame.

“Beer tasting events probably aren’t what people think of when they think about the Hall of Fame,” he said. “It gets new people into the museum.”

Perhaps it will drive residents to think more about how to contribute to the city and state, he said.

“People are going to leave, but we want them to always remember where they come

from,” McCombs said. “Maybe they’ll think about staying to help us continue to grow and develop.”

It’s hard to imagine better inspiration than tasting food locally grown by Kamala Gamble and Barbara Mock of Kam’s Kookery, who run Guilford Gardens, an urban farm in Oklahoma City.

Gordon said last year’s event drew more than 300 people, so this year, they bumped up the number of tickets to 350.

Acoustic artist Erick Taylor will perform covers of oldies, pop and country music.

“It’s a little more upscale than your typical beer event, but there’s no assigned seating and it’s very laidback and fun,” Gordon said.

Event proceeds benefit the guild and Hall of Fame educational programming.

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Prize pig

Far from an ugly pig, Guyutes serves gourmet twists on late-night comfort food.

By Greg Elwell

and pulled pork — an odd combo that works incredibly well — in a wrap with waffle ​730 NW 23rd St. fries, cheddar and green guyutes.com | 405-702-6960​ onion for texture. It’s like What works: The Guyute and The Poutine eating a nap. are inventive, filling and delicious.

The pork and gravy lend a What needs work: The Good-Good salad savory weight to this handis a little too earthy. held marvel. The fries give it crunch, and the tangy taste Tip: The restaurant and bar keep serving late for night owls. and melting texture of the cheese make each bite a mystery. It’s a race against the clock to solve it fast because The following are some facts about Phish: it’ll take a miracle to stay awake after eating Phish is a jam band.

The Poutine.

They’re kind of like the Grateful Dead.

The Good-Good ($8) is much lighter Abbi on Broad City loves Phish. because it’s a salad.

Ben & Jerry’s made an ice cream called With a base of spinach and arugula, The Phish Food inspired by the music act.

Good-Good is, like most salads, about the toppings. Pickled cranberries and cherry Guyutes, 730 NW 23rd St., got its name from a Phish song. tomatoes bring a welcome zip to the earthCongratulations, readers. You all have iness of the spinach and arugula. The feta now achieved the kind of base-level Phish cheese has plenty of tang and gives the dish knowledge necessary to enjoy Guyutes. a creaminess to balance the crunch of fried That is to say there is no prior jam band garbanzo beans.

This is a filling salad, but it could use a education needed to hit up this unique bit more flavor. “23rd” St. dressing comes Oklahoma City dining experience.

Guyutes’ menu is chock-a-block full of with it, but it might be nice to ask for someother delightful dishes. There’s no better thing sharper, like a vinaigrette, or add place to start than a wrap that will steal some pepper to the mix. The spinach and your heart: The Poutine ($9). arugula, while good, almost overwhelmed A bar food staple in Canada, poutine is a the salad. dish of french fries covered in gravy and The same is not true for Wide Spread cheese curds, sometimes with other toppings.

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Panic ($12), which is kind of an anti-salad.

Instead of lettuce, it’s served on a bed of dough. The dressing is a marinara sauce, and the toppings are sliced meatloaf, salami and house-cured bacon under a layer of melted mozzarella and Gruyere cheeses.

Okay, it’s a pizza, but if anyone expected a salad and this showed up, they’d be pretty stoked.

Wide Spread Panic is a very meaty, kind of greasy, super-filling little pizza. Do not plan to share this with the table unless it’s literally just a table, because it’s not that big. It makes up for what it lacks in size with the flavor of 10 pizzas.

If there’s a crowd at the table, a good option to try is a plate of Tequila Sunfryz ($10). The spelling shouldn’t distract anyone from ordering this must-have appetizer.

The waffle fries are cooked perfectly and come topped with a murderer’s row of delicious toppings. Spicy pico de gallo adds a nice heat and pulled pork has heft, and the tequila queso ties it all together. On top is a perfect over-easy egg and avocado crema for a taste that is decadent and irresistible.

Or go a little lighter with Gimme the Beat ($7), which pairs freshly fried sweet potato chips with a creamy roasted beet hummus.

Catch Guyutes on the right day and the chips will be light, crisp and hard to put down.

Occasionally, the chips have been a tad on the greasy side, but they’re still delicious paired with the slightly sweet hummus.

It’s a challenge to improve upon a simple hamburger, but The Return of the Mac ($11) makes a good case for itself. This burger includes chopped tomatoes, green chili macaroni and cheese and two big beef patties. It’s a glorious mess and one every hamburger aficionado ought to try.

But the restaurant saved the best for its eponymous dish, The Guyute ($13).

Three delicious towers of food await those who order this masterpiece. At the bottom of each is a pile of mashed potatoes stacked with collard greens. On top of that is a sumptuous hunk of spicy honey-braised pork belly so tender it can be eaten with a spoon. A sweet crisp holds a mound of garlic basil whipped cream to finish it off. This is a treat for the senses. The presentation is gorgeous, and the flavors are spot-on.

Now, the bad news. During the writing of this review, word came down from restaurant owners that they will temporarily remove Ramen Rap ($9) from the upcoming menu. A mix of braised pork belly, noodles, red cabbage and hoisin sauce in a tomatobasil tortilla, Ramen Rap was what I recommended whenever anyone asked about Guyutes.

Please join me in a moment of silence to commemorate its passing. Thank you.

I still don’t know anything about Phish, but if the music is half as good as the food at Guyutes, it might just be my new favorite band.

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Brewing dreams A Norman entrepreneur turns her enthusiasm for conversation and steampunk into a coffee shop.

By Christine Eddington

If you want your latte steamed steampunkstyle, The Screen Door, 408 W. Main St., in Norman is the place to be. Goggles are optional.

Owner Bridgett Hefner has big dreams for her shop, which opened earlier this month. Over the course of a weekend, in between supply runs and the mad scramble that precedes the grand opening of any business, Hefner spilled the beans.

“I’ve always had an interest in philosophy and had considered doing a series of lectures on my interests in souls, dreams and sleep,” Hefner said. “I was talking with some friends, who said, basically, if you want to attract people who like to talk about philosophy, you should open a coffee shop.”

The idea percolated.

many great songs to choose from. My favorite overall artist from the 1920s is Louis Armstrong, and my favorite song, of many, is ‘Boogie Woogie’ by Pinetop Smith,” Hefner said. “When I think of a screen door, it says, ‘everyone’s welcome.’

Everyone is accepted and welcome when the screen door is open; you can come right in and enjoy yourself.”

Lifelong interest

Hefner said she has liked steampunk since she was a teenager.

“It’s a style of roughly the 1880s to the 1920s. My wedding was in that theme as well. We have a big octopus on the wall, a blimp and three hot air balloons, although two of the balloons aren’t finThe ished yet.”

Roaring ’20s Organic fun As her business gets its “Our coffee is organic, our sea legs, Hefner plans to 7-10 p.m. Aug. 25 keep things fresh, adding food is organic and locally The Screen Door grown when possible, all of events like craft beer nights 408 W. Main St., our paper products are bioand monthly suppers.

Norman Food has a starring role degradable and we will thescreendoorok.com in The Screen Door’s busidonate a portion of each 405-420-5081 week’s earnings to charity,” ness plan, and Hefner $25 she said. “We are also highbrought in former Packard’s lighting a different group New American Kitchen sous chef Brianna Shear to create her each week who will receive 20 percent off of a meal when they come in.” menu. Breakfast and lunch offerings are Hefner and her staff also put together straightforward and creative, with a touch an ambitious schedule of events — some of Oklahoma. Think red velvet biscotti, for kids and families, like tea parties, and gluten-free lemon pull-apart bread or some in the evening for adults. vegan banana and maple grits for breakAug. 25 is The Roaring ’20s event feafast and curried chickpea salad sandturing dancing, cocktails, food and music wiches, BLT bowtie pasta salad or roasted from the 1920s. Dance and costume convegetable and goat cheese grits for lunch or dinner. tests round out the evening, and in keeping with The Screen Door’s philosophy, part The Screen Door is open 5 a.m.-10 p.m. of the night’s proceeds will go to charity. seven days a week. Learn more at theTickets are $25 at thescreendoorok.com. screendoorok.com.

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Fuzzy’s Taco Shop in north Oklahoma City is the franchise’s 100th location. | Photo Fuzzy’s Taco Shop / provided

•Fuzzy’s logic

Texas taco trader Fuzzy’s Taco Shop recently opened its 100th restaurant in Oklahoma City at the new Chisholm Creek Tract 30, 13230 Pawnee Drive.

Stop rubbing those eyes. It’s Fuzzy’s 100th restaurant total, the fifth in Oklahoma and the third in Oklahoma City.

Fuzzy’s beat the second locations for Sidecar Barley & Wine Bar, Republic Gastropub and Tulsa-based sushi restaurant Yokozuna to Tract30, which promises to be a new dining and entertainment destination for Oklahoma City.

Executive vice president Mel Knight said opening 100 stores is amazing, considering it all began with the purchase of the original Fuzzy’s, a struggling business, in 2003.

“From that one restaurant, we’ve built a solid, stable company with 100 units in 11 states that is continuing to grow at an accelerated pace,” he said.

Learn more at fuzzystacoshop.com.

International flight

One ticket can help Oklahomans travel to nine countries in one night. Sound exhausting?

There will be no jet lag for those visiting Oklahoma City’s Taste of Asia 5:30-9 p.m. Aug. 27 at Mayfair Church of Christ Children’s Ministry, 2340 NW 50th St. Asia Society of Oklahoma vice president Ira Burrough said the event is the group’s second biggest of the year. Taste of Asia ticket sales benefit the ASO Inc. Scholarship that is given during the Award of Excellence Banquet Nov. 5.

With nine countries represented, there

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Augusta Drive, in Shawnee. invited, and a special champagne cocktail Johnson is a familiar face in Oklahoma is available all night.

City’s culinary scene; he worked in the Ludivine began the Midnight Toast apprenticeship program at The Coach event last year to help patrons ring in the House and cooked at The Metro Wine Bar weekend and provide a platform for locals & Bistro, The Tasting Room, The Lobby to celebrate the city.

Learn more at ludivineokc.com.

Cafe & Bar and Guernsey Park. He also cooked at Otom, a restaurant in Chicago.

“I’m really excited to come home to Shawnee and work at the club I admired when I was growing up,” Johnson said.

Now in its ninth year, Tour de Palate has Country club general manager Jim raised more than $400,000 for blood and Cowan said he’s looking forward to seeing bone cancer research. what Johnson’s talents will do for the hisThe 21-and-older cocktail event is 7-11 toric club. p.m. Aug. 26 in Civic Center Music Hall’s “He just adds to the incredible momen- Meinders Hall of Mirrors, 201 N. Walker tum we are experiencing right now,” Ave. Featuring carefully curated wines Cowan said. paired with food from 15 local restaurants, Learn more at shawneecc.com.

Tour raises funds to support Go Mitch Go Foundation, which raises money for critical cancer research and patient services in memory of 10-year-old Mitchell Ludivine, 805 N. Hudson Ave., celebrates Graham Whitaker.

Tickets are $75 each or two for $140 if the first anniversary of its weekly purchased by midnight Aug. 25 or $90 at Midnight Toast on Friday.

Starting at 11 p.m., the party includes the door. Visit tourdepalate.com. an open-mic for toasters, and at midnight, In addition to food and wine, the event there is a free glass of champagne for ev- features a beer garden, live and silent auctions, eryone in the bar. a wine pull and musical entertainment.

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Tickets are $15 for ages 13 and older, $12 for ages 6-12 and free for guests 5 years old and under.

In OKC, call Ira Burrough 405-8193652 for tickets. In Edmond, call Ervintha Soemantri at 918-902-2138. In Norman, email Donrei@sbcglobal.net for tickets.

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A local arcade bar owner presses nostaligia’s ‘continue’ button. By Jezy J. Gray

Rodney Dangerfield’s Back to School Toga Party 8 p.m. Saturday

FlashForward ’90s Night 9 p.m. Aug. 27 FlashBack RetroPub 814 W. Sheridan Ave. flashbackretropub.com 405-633-3604 Free admission 21+

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Jose Rodriguez doesn’t remember much about when his parents moved their family from Puerto Rico to Oklahoma, but he remembers Donkey Kong.

“We were poor,” he said. “But when we went to the laundromat every Sunday, my

dad always made sure I had a couple extra quarters to play.”

Quarters aren’t required at Rodriguez’s bar, FlashBack RetroPub, the adult arcade concept that opened last fall at 814 W. Sheridan Ave. There, thirsty patrons imbibe local craft beer and fluorescent mixed drinks and reminisce while remastering one of the bar’s 50 retro arcade machines at no cost beyond their drink tabs.

FlashBack creates a feeling of being transported in time. The establishment is a swarm of primary colors and 8-bit sound effects, and its bar area is peppered with kitschy toys, gadgets and pop memorabilia from decades past.

Rodriguez got his start working behind various bar tops in Stillwater, Tulsa and Oklahoma City. He believes his service industry experience gave him valuable insight about what his customers want. To paraphrase 1980s pop queen Cyndi Lauper: They just want to have fun.

“I love seeing people walk in for the first time,” he said. “You can see their faces change as they start recognizing these old games

Sugar shine

Okie Shine produces a smooth spirit that transcends the concept of moonshine. By George Lang

When he was 14 years old, tasting event is 6-8:30 p.m.

R.D. Sowers was given an Aug. 17 at 9east Liquor, 751 Okie Shine assignment from his Canadian Trails Drive, in Tasting Event Norman. parents, who were homeschooling him. They told “Moonshine” can be a con6-8 p.m. him to write an essay about fusing term since it derives its Wednesday, Aug. 17 ethanol, which was increasname from the practice of 9east Liquor distilling at night to avoid ingly being added to gasoline 751 Canadian Trails after passage of the Energy discovery and prosecution.

Drive, Norman Policy Act of 2005.

Sowers, 24, uses “moonshine” facebook.com/ It wasn’t long before partly as a term of marketing, okiemoonshine Sowers got in trouble for but also because he learned 405-628-9017 fermenting various food proper techniques from Free products around the house. actual illegal moonshiners.

21+ “I decided to call it moonEssentially, Sowers was a teenage moonshiner. shine because it’s a moon“I became fascinated with everything shine recipe or a moonshine way of doing it,” Sowers said. it could be made from, which is basically anything with starch or sugar in it,” Sowers said as he stood in the metal barn where he Love fuel now legally distills Okie Shine. “It’s not Sowers said the dirty little secret behind limited to just a few certain products. Grass, much of the moonshine that has hit liquor store shelves in recent years is something trees, grain, jelly, honey, sugar, vegetables, fruit — it can all be turned into alcohol.” called grain neutral spirits, or GNS. He said Sowers and his wife, Georgia, started many moonshiners simply order a supply Okie Shine in early 2016 on their property of 190-proof GNS for pennies on the dollar, near Tuttle. Since getting the operation up add water to bring the alcohol percentage down, redistill it and call it moonshine. and running, Sowers has placed Okie Shine in about 400 liquor stores and dozens of Sowers is doing it the old-fashioned way, bars throughout Oklahoma. An Okie Shine and even among the traditionalists, he is

Zach Henthorn plays arcade games at FlashBack RetroPub. | Photo Emmy Verdin

from their childhood. People light up. They’re like, ‘Hey, I totally forgot about that!’”

FlashBack has plenty of games from the arcade resurgence of the 1990s — Mortal Kombat II, NBA Jam, The Simpsons — as well as classics like Pac-Man and Galaga and more than a few forgotten by all but the most devout gamers. There’s also a Nintendo 64 console station with couches and a flat-screen TV, approximating a middle-class family living room from the 1990s.

Wearing a fitted yellow Hulkamania T-shirt and gently tapping a finger to the backbeat Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical,” the young owner acknowledged nostalgia’s powerful draw on his customers.

“Nostalgia is absolutely a big part of the experience,” he said. “It’s what we sell.”

Of course, the “barcade” concept isn’t new. Over the last decade, similar businesses have popped up in cities across the nation, and they can be found as close as Tulsa and the Dallas-Fort Worth metro. The success of these models in nearby markets inspired

working in a highly specialized area. Most moonshiners use corn or grain as their fermentation material, but Sowers said Okie Shine is one of only two domestic shine companies using brown sugar. As such, Okie Shine is technically rum.

“We’re a brown sugar recipe, so it’s real simple: brown sugar, yeast, water,” Sowers said. “Any rum recipe is going to be very similar. There was a lot of trial and error — that’s the only way to really do it. There’s a ballpark: I know that if I do this, it’s going to make alcohol, but is it going to taste good?

You can make it out of so many different things, but is it going to taste worth a dang?”

Early success indicates that the fledgling shine is worth much more than a dang, and Sowers is continually working to perfect his spirits. He said current batches are smoother than his initial output, and Okie Shine is developing new flavors including apple pie, pecan pie and serrano chile.

Sowers chose serrano because it creates the right level of burn for his spirits. He also plans to deploy a 180-proof version that he will call Jet Fuel.

“I prefer my sipping at 140, 150-proof,” Sowers said. “I want to have the smoothest product I can possibly get. I have yet to find a moonshine out there at more than 110proof. I need a higher proof for my flavoring anyway, so being as how I’m going to distill it anyway, I might as well add it to the line.

Our 180-proof is actually sweeter than our 100-proof.”

In addition to his research and development, Sowers is building up his distribution.

He’s pushing to expand Okie Shine’s reach

Rodriguez to launch his own concept on Film Row. “I was hanging out at one of those places, and I thought, ‘Someone should do this in OKC,” he said. “So I did.”

Rodriguez wants FlashBack to be more than a bar and arcade. It hosts themed events monthly, like its Aug. 20 back-to-school toga party and Aug. 29 ’90s night. He sees FlashBack as an opportunity to offer an experience beyond a typical night out.

While the events vary from drinking game tournaments to throwback DJ nights and ’80s movie screenings, each is marked

by FlashBack’s penchant for the recent past.

It continues the bar’s mission as a sort of time warp, whisking patrons back to a time when Madonna ruled the airwaves and the sidescroller was king.

“When I first started talking about it, people said, ‘That will never work here,’” Rodriguez said. “But we’re here, and it’s working.”

R.D. Sowers puts a lot of thought and hard work into Okie Shine. | Photo Garett Fisbeck

into north Texas and Arkansas while he has time to make deals, before his daughter is born. Meanwhile, he said he is reaching maximum capacity in the barn and will have to expand his square footage soon to meet production and warehousing needs.

Because Okie Shine is a labor of love, nearly part of the distillery was built by Sowers, and any expansion will be, as well. While he said that his operation is not as pretty as others, it’s all about what goes into it.

“Just about everything we’ve got in here you can pick up at a Lowe’s or Home Depot,” Sowers said.

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It might be too late for this, but can we get a trademark for #EatEdmond? Say what you will about Oklahoma City’s neighbor to the north, but Edmond’s restaurant scene has come far since the 1990s, when Broadway was nothing but fast food chains and a good way to leave. Check out these delicious options for your Edmond explorations.

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3 Tequilas Mexican Grill & Cantina

Bayou Grill & Bakery

If you check the menu at 3 Tequilas Mexican Grill & Cantina, it’s easy to see the restaurant is being modest. There are 30 tequilas and a margarita list with a 60-ouncer called La Mamasota. But even if diners aren’t interested in the liquor menu, 3 Tequilas has a lot to recommend. The shrimp and spinach enchiladas are a wonderful light option, while La Reyna de Las Fajitas will load the table with beef, chicken, shrimp, chorizo, ribs and even cactus.

The meanest thing about Bayou Grill & Bakery isn’t the mouth-burning Creole hot sausage or the spicy jambalaya — it’s that you can only get them for dinner. The unusual hours at Edmond’s excellent Creole cookery mean you’ll have to plan to be there between 5 and 9 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.

But for a bowl of Martina’s Seafood Gumbo or tasty N’Awlins Crab Cakes, it pays to think ahead.

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Eddie’s Bar and Grill

930 E. Second St., Edmond eddiesedmond.com | 405-285-7725 Some “bar and grill” restaurants focus on the bar and let the grill turn out uninspired edibles. Not Eddie’s Bar and Grill, where the dishes get just as much attention as the drinks. Look for big, juicy steaks, racks of ribs and the signature hot wings, which are slow-smoked before being tossed on the grill fresh for every order. If you’re lucky, Eddie will come by the table himself to say hi.

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Please be sure you’re in Jerusalem Mediterranean Cuisine (JMC) and not in Jerusalem Maximum Security Prison (JMSP) when you order the lamb shank. In prison, you’ll meet Lionel “The Lamb” Lamkowitz. It’s much nicer at the restaurant, where diners get a gorgeous plate of juicy lamb, rice and grilled vegetables. Or indulge in a dish of chicken tawook and hashwa. Whatever you choose, the food is much better in this Jerusalem.

Jo’s Famous Pizza

900 S. Kelly Ave., Edmond josfamouspizza.com | 405-340-7070 Jo’s Infamous Pizza was going to be the gourmet pizza option for people on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. While that concept fizzled, the heart of the business — great pizzas — lives on at Jo’s Famous Pizza. Now the most wanted list includes Buffalo chicken and blue cheese on Jo’s buttery crust on The Thunder and the intense heat of De Fuego, with pureed jalapeños in the sauce and roasted pulled pork and avocado on top. Or create your own and see if it becomes famous, too.

Klemm’s Smoke Haus

2000 S. Broadway, Edmond klemmssmokehaus.com | 405-562-8616 Generally, firefighters recommend you don’t fill your house with smoke. But Edmond’s food truck-turned-restaurant Klemm’s Smoke Haus has special dispensation since the owners cook such delightful barbecue. Just thinking about that tender brisket, crispy sausage and fall-apart ribs is enough to get anyone to stop, drop and roll on over to Klemm’s. For a taste of the old world, get a load of that perfectly cooked schnitzel.

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Lovely language Iranian-born Behnaz Sohrabian lets her art do the talking.

By Ben Luschen

Though the move reunited Behnaz of two, was born and raised in Tehran, Sohrabian with her brother and sister, the Iran’s capital city. She is her family’s youngIranian-born artist felt like she touched est child and began painting at age 10. She surface of a new planet when she arrived eventually earned college degrees in art in Oklahoma, a place she now calls her and chemistry and later a master’s degree second home. in art studies from a university in Tehran.

Sohrabian is one of three artists feaSohrabian was still young when her tured this month at JRB Art at The Elms, brother and sister moved away in their late 2810 N. Walker Ave. Her exhibit, The teens to continue their educations in the Creator, runs through Aug. 28. John United States. She always meant to join Brandenburg’s Noble Figures and Janet them, but life kept her in Tehran for several Massad’s Duets also are on display. more years. She went to school, got married Like many modern Iranians, Sohrabian and had children. spoke English before moving to the United After divorcing, she finally made the States in 2010. However, there is a big difmove and began a new life. ference between knowing a language and “When I was a kid, it was my dream [to being immersed in it. move to the U.S.],” she said. “I’ve been here “When I moved here, it was different five or six times before moving and making because people talk fast,” she said. the decision to move here. I’m really happy “Sometimes they don’t understand my I’m here.” accent, my pronunciation. Sometimes I Most Iranian art galleries are censored panic and forget every word. But everyby the state, so in one sense, Sohrabian was thing is good.” more thematically restricted before her Sohrabian apologizes for her occasionmove to America. Still, she said Tehran has al loss of words, but her a vibrant art scene with many talented creators. paintings, often flush with Many were barred from color, tiptoeing the line The Creator between abstract and taking on some political realism, communicate and social matters in their 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdaysemotionally as well as any works, but they found Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. orator. workarounds through abSundays through Aug. 28 “I just speak through straction.

JRB Art at The Elms painting,” she said.

Sohrabian, whose JRB 2810 N. Walker Ave. exhibit expresses strong jrbartgallery.com Two homes themes of femininity and 405-528-6336 Sohrabian, a single mother individual strength, said Free

Behnaz Sohrabian’s work is on display through Aug. 28 at JRB Art at The Elms. | Photo Garett Fisbeck

in some ways, she was more expressive as an artist in Iran because the restrictions gave her something to say.

“There’s different ways you can say your words,” she said. “We have different artists who say their words in a very beautiful way.”

Art purpose Sohrabian’s paintings on display at JRB look quite different from her earlier paintings done while in Tehran. Such a significant life move can have that kind of impact.

“Before moving, my style was abstract, figurative,” she said. “After moving, it’s kind of realistic.”

Her art might have been more abstract in Tehran, but the style still turns up today. The impact of color and light seem as central to characterizing her creations as the model’s expression.

Sohrabian begins her paintings with abstract structure and vague detail. She then adds lines to bring out light, shadow and dimension. She said her portraits and self-portraits are similar in that they portray women as beautiful and delicate but never weak.

“I think every woman is strong; that’s my idea,” she said. “Maybe just a few of them are not strong and they want to have somebody as a friend or a spouse to depend on. But the female, in general, I think is strong and independent.”

Many of the works in The Creator are named after ancient Greek and Persian gods to draw attention to each piece’s form and purpose. Sohrabian said her paintings primarily reflect attitudes she has developed through her life and experiences.

Another similarity they share is the paintings feature women who are alone.

“You can see maybe loneliness in my art,” she said. “Just one portrait, one figure. Most of the time I have a live model, but unconsciously, I convey my feelings

Iranian-born artist Behnaz Sohrabian plans The Creator, on display through Aug. 28 at JRB Art at The Elms. | Photo Garett Fisbeck

and my thoughts on my canvas. It doesn’t matter who’s my model.”

Life stories

Painting offers Sohrabian a sense of peace in a life that has sometimes been the opposite of that.

“It makes me calm,” she said. “I have different ups and downs in my life. I saw the [1979 Iranian] revolution when I was a kid, and then we had war for eight years between Iran and Iraq. I got divorced. It’s not easy in our culture.”

Sohrabian said she is thankful to live in Oklahoma, a state she said is quiet, peaceful and a great place to raise a family.

“Our culture is different; our language is different,” she said. “Because of that, I try to convey my feelings through colors and lines. It’s my language. I think it’s better to paint than to talk.”

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Red River Hogs use their bodies to paint for Art Gone Wild. | Photo Gillian Lang / OKC Zoo / provided

Wild expression The Oklahoma City Zoo hosts its seventh Art Gone Wild animal art exhibit.

By Alissa Lindsey

The Oklahoma City Zoo offers another The keepers from Stingray Bay inventopportunity to look at the world from the ed an incentive-based paintbrush so that animal kingdom’s perspective with its stingrays could participate in the art show. seventh Art Gone Wild animal art show.

They created a paintbrush out of PVC Art Gone Wild is a collection of works pipe. The bottom is filled with shrimp for created by animal artists at the zoo using the stingrays to snack on and a paintbrush nontoxic, water-based paint with assisat the top sticks out of the water. As they tance from their caretakers. eat the shrimp, the stingrays bump the end The free art show exhibit runs through of the brush to paint on a canvas held by the keepers.

Aug. 31 in the south lobby of Crystal Bridge The exhibit is part of the zoo’s enrichTropical Conservatory at Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave. ment program, which provides the animals Featured creatures include Asian elewith a stimulating environment that fulphants, giraffes, gorillas, fills their psychological, sea lions, stingrays and social and physical needs, Rennels said. red r iver hog s .

Art Gone Wild Painting sessions are Depending on prefercombined with other ence and species, tools 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondaysused vary from paintenrichment options like Saturdays and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. brushes to noses, flipnew foods, toys or climbSundays through Aug. 31 pers, scales, paws, tails ing structures in animal Crystal Bridge Tropical or trunks. habitats.

Conservatory South Lobby “The caretakers While animal art is Myriad Botanical Gardens know their animals, and available for sale year301 W. Reno Ave. they figure out what round at the zoo, Art okczoo.org Gone Wild showcases would be best technique 405-424-3344 new works. This year, for the animal,” said Free species such as false Candice Rennels, marketing and public reladeath’s head cockroach, tions manager. “My favorite to see the art clouded leopard, Sumatran tiger, alligator, in motion would be the red river hogs. It’s grizzly and black bears participate for the like a full-body experience; they truly get first time. The show began when elephant into their art. The keepers will hold the and marine mammal keepers braincanvas, and they’ll put a couple of dots of stormed about how to provide animals paint on the canvas. And the red river hogs with more enriching environments. Show will come up and use their snouts; they’ll proceeds benefit local conservation projroll their backs into it, sometimes they’ll ects — conservation is one of the zoo’s main use a paintbrush.” missions.

Some elephants dip their trunks into More than 150 pieces of animal art is paint to create the shape of their trunk on priced by size, spanning from $50 for a the canvas. Others spray paint out of their 6-by-6-inch canvas to larger pieces priced trunks to create abstract effects. at more than $500.

“We’ve worked with all the animal Visit okczoo.org for more information. areas and keepers to collect enough pieces to do a bigger show,” Rennels said.

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Famous feathers National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s new exhibit explores the artistry and importance of Native American headdresses. By George Lang

In the basement of the National Cowboy & said. “They have a long history, and we’ve Western Heritage Museum, a climatealways looked at the eagle feather headdress controlled environment where the museum and called it a war bonnet, and it became stores much of its permanent collection, this iconic image of Native American Eric Singleton prepares history, but what is it? It’s a grouping of nine headbeen in film, it’s been in dresses for Power and books, but what did it mean Prestige: Headdresses of to the people?”

Power and Power and Prestige, on the American Plains.

Prestige: Singleton, curator of display Aug. 26 through Headdresses of ethnology at the May 14, 2017 at the the American National Cowboy & museum, said that while Plains We st er n Her it a ge most people can identify a Native American Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. headdress on sight, looks closely at the many Aug. 26-May 14, 2017 deeper understanding forms headdresses took National Cowboy & Western among the Blackfoot, is a much rarer thing.

Heritage Museum “I’ve liked headCheyenne-Arapaho, Crow, 1700 NE 63rd St. dresses for a long time, Kiowa, Lakota, and nationalcowboymuseum.org Pawnee tribes. but there’s not a lot of 405-478-2250 data on them,” Singleton Free-$12.50

Form, function

While the most commonly recognized headdress, the eagle-feather war bonnet, represented status or leadership in many tribes, headdresses took many forms and served in multiple functions.

The exhibit explores who wore the headdresses, their function in the various Plains societies and how these aspects shifted depend on the maker or their tribe.

Much of this background on headdresses comes directly from ledger art included in the exhibit.

Ledger art, a form of hardline pictographic narrative art common to the Plains tribes in the 19th century, provides vivid timelines of major incidents in tribal history, and many offer great insight into the place headdresses held in the tribes.

On one piece of ledger art that covered events over the course of nearly a century, headdresses are depicted as stored outside lodges or tipis, which Singleton said was a move to preserve their purity.

“Sometimes it’s because headdresses are considered medicine,” Singleton said.

“In order to keep them from being corrupted, they were kept outside.”

Materials often provide the best clues regarding the headdresses’ functions.

To make one of the war bonnets on display, the headdress maker would have used the tail feathers from three eagles, Singleton said.

Because feathers were bestowed for acts of bravery, a complete eagle-feather war bonnet was only worn by great leaders in the tribe.

Other headdresses made with owl feathers or ermine were typically worn by healers or medicine men.

“All of these different animals have intrinsic power within them,” Singleton said.

“By donning them, you’re taking zon their power.”

Earned prestige

But one size does not fit all. Singleton said the headdresses were specific to an individual wearer’s traits and, more to the point, their accomplishments.

No headdress can be considered generic.

“When looking at these headdresses, there are certain emblems on the bonnets, and you can tell who this person is, what their rank in society is or how wealthy they are,” he said.

These truths about headdresses explain the negative reaction to Oklahoma Gov. Marin Fallin’s daughter, Christina Fallin, wearing a ceremonial war bonnet during a March 2014 photo shoot. Fallin told the Indian Country Today Media Network in 2014, “I think Native American culture is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen, so I was naturally drawn to it.”

But Singleton said that mere admiration does not give a person the right to wear a headdress.

“It’s cultural appropriation in its basic form, but it’s also a lack of understanding of what this meant to the people,” Singleton said. “I equate it back to something we understand: the military. You don’t don a SEAL trident or a Medal of Honor without it being earned and bestowed upon you.

“It’s respect. The way I’ve always placed it, would you wear a Medal of Honor if you didn’t earn it? It’s the same thing.

That’s why people were outraged. You’re taking something that is valuable, that meant something to the tribe and was in a place of honor and respect, and you wore it out of context. You didn’t earn it. That’s where the outrage came from, and I think it’s justified.”

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When designer Steven Walker talks about design, he sounds more like an engineer than an artist.

He uses words like “functional,” “balanced” and “quality,” words that rarely worm themselves into the flowery and cringe-worthy artist statements that litter the arts landscape. Combine that with the humble and workmanlike approach Walker takes to his own work and it becomes clear that he sees himself as more of a plumber than a Picasso.

“I don’t think art and design have any relationship,” said Walker, 60. “The passion is a different animal. In many ways, I think of design like architecture.

It’s a functional endeavor. I love quality type; I love balanced layouts. It gives me a lot of joy, but it’s not art.”

When asked what the difference is, Walker boiled it down to one word: utility.

“With art, you can get passionate about something and it sort of directs itself,” he said. “It’s not something you sit down and plan. To me, art is something that comes out of your soul, and it’s dictated there.

Design is a purposeful utility.”

Whether or not that’s true, each name on Walker’s long list of clients apparently value his approach. Oklahoma Today magazine’s art director since 1992, Walker also serves as a go-to guy for the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation, Water4, and Sector 9 skateboards. It’s a client list as distinguished as it is diverse, and Walker credits his Army brat upbringing with his ability to please folks from the boardroom to the halfpipe.

“I went to 11 different schools between kindergarten and my senior year,” Walker said. “It’s akin to being a traveling gypsy, basically. I’ve lived around the world, from Bangkok to Hawaii to Germany to Baltimore.”

Design beginnings

“When I lived in Hawaii is when I first remember skateboarding,” he said. “That was about 1964, ’65. I was probably only 8 or 9 years old, but I remember my older brothers getting into it. It’s whatever they did when the surf wasn’t up.”

One brother in particular, Bruce, turned his boyhood hobby into a fullfledged, grown-up career, and little brother Steven came along for the ride.

“Bruce never let it go. He became one

Steven Walker sees good design — including those on his skateboards — as a matter of functionality instead of artistic expression | Photo Emmy Verdin / for Oklahoma Gazette

of the first skateboarding owner/manufacturers in the country, and he’s been manufacturing surf and skateboards for longer than just about anybody,” Walker said. “When I started college, he had pro riders already, and he started sending me work for them. So I basically started doing skateboard design for my brother and have done it ever since.”

Walker piled up numerous awards over the years, including being named Folio magazine’s 2015 Designer of the Year. However, when asked about his accomplishments, Walker sounds like a consummate team player.

“I see myself as nothing more than a conduit for putting a lot of really great talent on a page,” Walker said. “The Folio award is pretty meaningful to me, but it speaks more about the magazine as a whole and all the people that I work with. I rely on good writers, good photographers, good illustrators, and then I put the pieces together into a combination that works.

Awards are great, but they speak to all the people who were involved.

“To be honest, I view the editors and writers as the creative directors. My job is just to take their creations and make them look good.”

However, when asked what he might like to add next to an already-successful, decades-long career, Walker sounds like a man who is able to reflect on his accomplishments and enjoy them.

“I love what I do,” he said. “I don’t really see anything changing. At the age of 60, my career seems to be as strong as it’s ever been. I enjoy working with the clients I’ve worked with over the past 30 years, and I don’t plan on retiring anytime soon.”

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Runners help raise funds for Oklahoma Contemporary’s youth education programs during last year’s Midnight Streak. | Photo provided

Guerrilla in the midst

Oklahoma Contemporary celebrates a dozen years of its Midnight Streak event with dinosaurs, grilling and an after-party. By Adam Holt

Along with the campaign to bankroll plans run. “We have a hands-on area of every for a new arts campus in Midtown, exhibit that we do, so you can come in to see Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center consomething in the gallery and there’s an area tinues its mission to encourage artistic where your kids can create art.”

The 5K course circles from the starting expression in all its forms through education and exhibitions. To help fund these line on N. Broadway Drive through endeavors, Oklahoma Contemporary Automobile Alley, Midtown and Heritage Hills and ends where it begins. invites everyone out for a run.

Midnight Streak opens early at 6 p.m.

“We’ve been told by a number of runners Saturday with access to Oklahoma that it is one of the best courses in town,” Brooks said.

Contemporary’s Guerrilla Art Park sculpture installation exhibition. Admission All finishers receive a die-cut medal in is free. The 5K starts at 8 p.m. at Showroom the shape of a crescent moon. The top finat Oklahoma Contemporary, 1146 N. ishers in each age group are awarded a ceramic piece created in Oklahoma Broadway Drive, the location of the future arts campus. Registration is $35. An afterContemporary’s studio. party begins 9 p.m. at the venue, and “Whether you are a serious runner or tickets are $15. whether you want to come out and walk it, The run, now in its twelfth year, raises it works for all of those people,” Brooks said. funds for Oklahoma Contemporary’s eduThe run is only part of the night’s accation programs. The organization hosts tivities. multiple events to bring art experiences The Guerrilla Art Park features a 7-foot — including art camps for youths ages 5 to foam Tyrannosaurus rex and multiple 16 every summer, fall, winter and spring welded art pieces. There are also individual and collaborative art pieces for families break — to children. to take part in. Food trucks and Kona Ice “We have about 3,000 kids per year come through for our youth camps, workshops will be on-site. Brooks said Oklahoma and other activities,” said Lori Brooks, Contemporary will be grilling.

“In addition to the 5K, it’s sort of a fesOklahoma Contemporary director of communication. tival atmosphere out there that night. There Brooks said camp are food trucks and a DJ. There are kids’ art activicosts are higher than registration fees and events ties and face painting all Midnight Streak like Midnight Streak help wrapped up in that evening,” Brooks said. underwrite the differGuerrilla Art Park: 6 p.m. ence.

“Then you have the race Saturday “We also do, once a and it ends with an afterRun: 8 p.m. Saturday month, a free family party.”

After-party: 9 p.m. Saturday workshop where parents, All runners receive Showroom at Oklahoma grandparents or any three drink tickets for the Contemporary family groups can bring after-party, Brooks said.

1146 N. Broadway Drive their kids in and create art Admission for non-runoklahomacontemporary.org together,” Brooks said ners is $15, which includes 405-951-0000 about a monthly educathree drink tickets.

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Last laugh?

Baloney Rodeo, one of Oklahoma City’s pioneering improv comedy troupes, reunites for two shows at IAO. | Photo Baloney Rodeo / provided

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concept meshes with their ongoing efforts to reconnect with the poetry and performing arts communities.

Baloney Rodeo was also known as a mainstay at the former Jokers Comedy Club in Bricktown. The troupe performed Local improv troupe for private and corporate parties, espeBaloney Rodeo cially around the holidays.

“I’m amazed that we did it as long as we reunites for its first were able to,” he said. “Part of it was that shows in seven years. people kept calling us. They were willing

By Ben Luschen to pay, and sometimes we got paid quite a bit to do them.”

They added people here and there along Fans of a pioneering ’90s and early-2000s the way. Dobson estimates 20-25 players Oklahoma City improvisational comedy came in and out of Baloney Rodeo through troupe have reason to rejoice. its 20-year run.

For a limited time, Baloney Rodeo is However, all good things come to an back in the saddle again after a seven-year end. Waugh, another founding member, hiatus. The improv team disbanded in said time and life events ultimately spelled 2009 but was recently contacted by the end for Baloney Rodeo. Members were Individual Artists Oklahoma (IAO) about getting married, having babies and starting careers. a possible reunion.

David Dobson, a Baloney Rodeo found“We became middle-aged,” Waugh said. ing member, sent out a blanket text to past “We just couldn’t do it.” members to gauge interest in a return.

Waugh and Dobson do not expect a fullResponses were overwhelmingly positive. fledged comeback after their reunion The troupe performs 8 p.m. Aug. 26 and shows at IAO, but both would be open to occasional gigs or private parties.

27 at IAO Gallery, 706 W. Sheridan Ave. Admission is $15 each night. The shows Oklahoma City is home to several include seven of the past members, includimprov troupes, but Dobson said he being Dobson, Mike Waugh, Lance Farley, lieves Baloney Rodeo was the city’s first.

Stacy Farley, Kathleen Through the years, the perHope, Rebecca McCauley, formers saw improv comedy Clarke Stroud and Charles become more popular than On the Kuykendall. ever.

Rodeo Again!

It’s hard to rehearse for Dobson said he looks forward to revisiting the an improv set. Baloney 8 p.m. Aug. 26 and 27 good ol’ days. The group Rodeo’s material is fueled IAO Gallery might have left improv for by audience suggestions.

706 W. Sheridan Ave. several years, but improv Still, the troupe is getting individualartists.org never left them. together to run through 405-232-6060 “People would be some of its old games and $15 weeping, they were laughformats, knocking off the ing so hard,” he said. rust that has built up over “Mainly, it’s just that connection [with the the last few years. A deep sense of friendship and chemistry makes it easier to get audience]. I’ve always thought of it as being back into the swing of things. Waugh said pure, spontaneous theater. That’s what it is.” the performers will be more than ready Some of Baloney Rodeo’s earliest shows come showtime. were at IAO after the troupe formed as a “We’re not going to reinvent anything,” four-man group in 1989. Dobson said IAO he said. “We’re going to go back to our old tried-and-true stuff, but it works.” organizers told him the reunion show O kg a z e t t e . c o m | a u g u s t 1 7, 2 0 1 6

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Squad goals

DC Comics’ big-screen Suicide Squad suffers from a self-inflicted lack of coherence. By Greg Elwell

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There must be a director’s cut of Suicide Squad that makes a lot more sense than the one showing in theaters.

Based on a 1980s comic book of the same name created by John Ostrander, Suicide Squad is the simple story of a group of imprisoned supervillains coerced into serving as an elite fighting force for the government.

The comic book has time going for it. The movie, however, does not. Over a series of months and years, writers and artists of the comic built suspense, let characters grow and created a cohesive world for the squad.

Suicide Squad builds on the concepts of Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but it doesn’t feel like it belongs in the same world, even though all three films are extremely pessimistic.

The only way to combat a super-powered individual is with other super-powered individuals, according to Amanda Waller (Viola Davis, The Help and TV series How to Get Away With Murder), so she brought together the “worst of the worst” at Belle Reve penitentiary in Louisiana in order to mold them into a team.

The problem is if there were ropes courses or trust falls, the movie skated right

past them. The villains barely seem to know the others exist, much less have a personal bond.

Deadshot (Will Smith, Men in Black, Hitch) is an assassin who never misses, but he has a weak spot for his daughter. Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Legend of Tarzan) is a psychiatrist turned psychopath and the Joker’s girlfriend. Both are captured by Batman (Ben Affleck, Good Will Hunting, Argo) before Waller gets to them.

The rest of the team is a little less defined.

Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, The Bourne Identity and TV series Oz) looks like a monster, so he was treated like a monster, so he became a monster. Diablo (an extremely tatted-up Jay Hernandez, Crazy/Beautiful, Hostel) is a pyrokinetic gangbanger with a tragic family story.

Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney, A Good Day to Die Hard, Divergent) is an Australian bank robber who ran up against the Flash.

They’re thrown together with elite soldier Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman, Robocop and TV series The Killing) and an interdimensional witch named Enchantress (Cara Delevingne, Paper Towns, Pan) who he

One of Suicide Squad’s biggest frustrations is watching scenes chosen for the film and wondering what was left out. Would the relationship between Flag and Enchantress be more believable? Would the shift from coerced villains to “family” make more sense? Instead, viewers are left with a visually stunning movie that lurches from set piece to set piece, giving only Smith, Robbie and Jared Leto’s Joker enough screen time to make impressions.

Much like the dreary Batman v Superman, it seems a lock that Suicide Squad will recoup its cost, plus some.

Hopefully, that means a second film for the morally challenged team and, with it, a little more time to care about who the characters are before wondering which ones will survive.

Fresh breath

Disney’s remake of children’s classic Pete’s Dragon soars, leaving other remakes looking up in envy from the ground. By Tyler Talley

It’s pretty easy to be jaded about movies these days. Remakes, redos and reimaginings have dominated movie theater marquees for a while now. It’s not even that a large portion of them are bad. It’s that a lot of them are unnecessary.

Ultimately, beyond just monetary concerns, why should these stories be retold?

I found myself asking that question before a frame of Pete’s Dragon lit up the screen.

But once it began, I quickly realized this film not only meets its predecessor but soars past it in many respects.

A remake of Disney’s cult favorite 1977 musical, the 2016 update relates the story of Pete (Oakes Fegley), a 5-year-old boy left alone in the labyrinth woods of America’s Pacific Northwest after a tragic accident. Pete quickly bumps into our titular dragon, Elliot (voiced by former Cryptkeeper John Kassir), a 70-foot, puppyish ball of flying fluff. Five years later,

we find the pair traversing the forest. All is well until Pete crosses paths with a kindly park ranger (Bryce Dallas Howard), her elderly father (Robert Redford), her kindly lumberjack fiancé (Wes Bentley) and his less kindly brother (Karl Urban), making life complicated all over again.

Pete’s Dragon lacks the collective hype of Disney’s latest crop of big-budget redos, such as Cinderella, The Jungle Book and next year’s Beauty and the Beast, but what it lacks in scope it makes up for in unadulterated sincerity. This sincerity is due in no small part to the involvement of director and cowriter David Lowery, best known for tough crime thriller Ain’t Them Bodies Saints.

Lowery isn’t the first filmmaker recruited from the indie circuit and asked to helm a multi-million-dollar blockbuster. However, Pete’s Dragon is one of a few exceptions in which a major studio took

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shouldn’t have fallen in love with.

This sounds like too many characters to keep up with because it is. In an ensemble this big, with characters that didn’t appear in previous films, it’s hard to fit everyone in and make them matter.

Suicide Squad’s real storytelling obstacle is that there’s not enough time to introduce everyone, make them seem cool and give them believable story arcs. The obvious comparison is Marvel’s superior Guardians of the Galaxy, which benefited from a central character and a less-confusing mission.

Longtime fans of the comics will be frustrated with the time wasted on slow-motion shots instead of character development.

Filmmakers seek to claim the hard-fought camaraderie of villains who have come to trust each other but wedge it in halfway through a mission none of them think they can complete.

Will Smith and Margot Robbie star as supervillains working for the government in Suicide Squad. | Photo Clay Enos / DC Comics / provided

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a risk by allowing an auteur to implement a unique vision rather than sinking it with constant retooling for mass appeal. It’s definitely a Disney product, but Lowery’s version is wonderfully grounded, a unique touch from his previous cinematic outings I’m happy to see isn’t lost in the transition.

Perhaps the best aspect of this children’s film is its absolute refusal to treat its audience with kid gloves. Elliot growls and purrs but thankfully doesn’t talk, leading to one-sided conversations with Pete. This makes the audience, in turn, sit up straight and actually pay attention — it’s one example of many in which the movie ensures children and parents equally engage and enjoy the ride.

However, the film isn’t without faults.

Urban’s character never sinks into full

Natalie (Oona Laurence) pets Elliot in Disney’s new production of Pete’s Dragon. | Photo Walt Disney Studios / provided

mustache-twirler or a symbol of corporate greed, but his corner of the story is easily the least developed. He’s an antagonist in a story that largely has no need for one.

He wants to catch Elliot because of vague reasons, but more importantly, the film needs an exciting climax from which our heroes must escape. While it in no way sinks the film, it’s the sole aspect that seems engineered in a movie that otherwise feels wholly natural.

Much like the original film, Pete’s Dragon offers a refreshing alternative to the space-traveling, crime-fighting, world-saving blockbusters currently crowding cinemas. Lowery balances sincerity and spectacle look so effortless.

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Students in Teen emPower!’s programs learn to make healthy lifestyle choices. | Photo provided

Trivia power

Teen emPower! hosts its 12th trivia night to raise money for its healthy behaviors programs. By Tyler Talley

It’s time to hit the books as Teen emPower! team the following year. The trivia event sets the stage for its annual trivia night, has helped our program grow not only with proceeds going because of the money it toward education probrings in, but the human grams for metro teens as resources as well.”

Teen emPower!

Harms said over the they transition from adoTrivia Night lescence to adulthood. past 12 years, the top team has changed Now entering its 6 p.m. Aug. 27 twelfth year, the event is nearly every year, with Chevy Bricktown 6 p.m. Aug. 27 at Chevy only one repeat. She Events Center Bricktow n Events added that questions are 429 E. California Ave. Center, 429 E. California meant to ensure both teenempower.org Ave. Teams are comtrivia novices, veterans 405-503-7081 prised of eight to 10 and even volunteers $30 players who compete in have an equally enjoy10 rounds made up of 10 able experience. questions each, totaling 100 questions.

“Some people ask how competitive Question categories are expected to include teams get. I tell them some people are ‘here music, movies, television, science, geografor the beer’ and others would trade their phy, politics, sports, history and sexuality. mamas off if they weren’t pulling their The event follows the usual trivia night weight,” she joked.

Proceeds fund Teen emPower!’s many model: A question is read and teams work to answer the question, write it down and educational programs, including the submit it to the emcee. The emcee then Postponing Sexual Involvement program, calls the answers, and final scores and which is taught to more than 800 students winners are announced at the end of the in four middle schools in the Oklahoma night. Awards are given to the top three City metro area. Upon parental permission, teams, with the gold place winner receiving students are taught evidence-based cura guaranteed table for next year. riculum identified by the Centers of Disease Kathy Harms, Teen emPower! founder Control as a prevention program effective and executive director, said the idea for the in changing behaviors. Teen emPower! also trivia night began after she volunteered for works alongside organizations such as local an annual trivia event supported by the churches and colleges.

Special Olympics. After that initial spark, “It terms of big fundraisers, that amount she recommended to her board that the does not justify the time and energy spent organization host a similar event at a difinvested in hosting the event,” Harms said. ferent time of year. Since then, Harms said “However, it serves more than one purpose. the event has grown exponentially, expandIt introduces our surprisingly not-welling from 10 tables of eight players the first known issue to new people, it helps with year to more than 50 tables with up to 10 our small organization’s cash flow, it gives people per team. She said the event has us an opportunity to visit with our supportbrought in approximately $15,000 each ers and it provides an evening of great fun to more than 500 people.” year since it began.

“We have needed very little marketing, Those wishing to participate in Teen as the event is filled by word of mouth. Some emPower!’s 12th Annual Trivia Night must of the teams that participate are teams that register by Tuesday at teenempower.org, played with us the very first year and have by emailing kathyh@teenempower.org or since,” Harms said. “People who attend tell by calling 405-503-7081. Tickets are $30 others. People will volunteer and bring a per player.

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Dancers celebrate during last year’s Dancing for a Miracle fundraising event for Children’s Hospital Foundation. | Photo provided

Spiritual revolution

Dancing for a Miracle features celebrity dancers and everyday folks stepping out to benefit Children’s Hospital Foundation.

By Christine Eddington

Nine years ago, four couples took the stage more than $500,000. and danced their hearts out. They also “Our goal for this year is more than created a fundraising legacy. Dancing for $600,000,” Dunham said. “And it all goes a Miracle, an annual Children’s Miracle to pediatric research and education proNetwork Hospitals event that benefits grams.”

Over the past eight years, the event has Children’s Hospital Foundation, returns raised more than $1.5 million.

Saturday with a gala at Embassy Suites by Hilton Norman Hotel & Conference Center, It’s a commitment for the dancers, who, 2501 Conference Drive, in Norman. in addition to spending at least 20 hours The evening begins at 6 p.m. with a cockrehearsing, also compete to raise money tail reception. The silent auction, dinner in a variety of creative ways. and live auction begin at 7:30 p.m., and Cathy Cummings, owner of Vito’s dancing begins at 8:30 p.m.

Ristorante, competes this year after she It’s a high-tech event, was asked in prior years. said Jan Dunham, She laughed when asked Children’s Hospital how she became involved.

Dancing for Foundation assistant di“You mean how did I get a Miracle rector, as pre-registraroped into this?” she said. tion, auction item viewing “When I ran for lieutenant 6 p.m. Saturday and bidding can be done governor in 2014, we had Embassy Suites by via smartphone. taken a few ballroom dance Hilton Norman Hotel & Dunham said lessons because we had to Conference Center Children’s Hospital attend so many events. … I 2501 Conference Drive, doctor James Royall inwas approached to parNorman spired the event. His ticipate then, but I wasn’t okchf.ejoinme.org/news9 hobby was ballroom sure of the time commitchfkids.com dancing. ment.”

405-271-8430 “He kept saying, She eventually said yes. $150 and up ‘There’s money in “You can be sure that dancing,’ and it was about 100 percent of your donation will stay right here in Oklahoma and the time that Dancing with the Stars began,” Dunham said. “So we followed that model will go toward helping children, which I and paired professional dancers with local am all about,” she said. celebrities.”

She acknowledges the challenge of such They also added a challenge: The person ambitious fundraising, particularly this who raises the most money for Children’s year.

Hospital Foundation wins.

Cummings has held a benefit at her resDunham has coordinated the event taurant and will donate restaurant gift from the beginning and loves how much it cards and other items for the Dancing for has grown. a Miracle silent auction.

“That first year, we had about 200 A committee of about 20 people work people in the audience,” she said. “Now it’s year-round to orchestrate the event. expected to have more than a thousand.”

Learn more at chfkids.com or by calling Its first year, Dancing for a Miracle 405-271-8430. raised $35,000, she said. Last year, it raised

calendar are events recommended

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

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. Aug. 18. Automobile Alley, 1015 N. Broadway Ave., 405-488-2555, automobilealley.org. THU Climate Change Implications for Oklahoma, join Sierra Club Cimarron Group members and friends for a presentation by Gary McManus, state climatologist; learn the potential impacts Oklahomans should expect in the future as climate changes progresses, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 18.

SixTwelve Community Center, 612 NW 29th St., 405208-8237, sixtwelve.org. THU Oklahoma City Sales & Management Career Fair, interview face to face with 15-plus Fortune 500 and Industry Leading companies seeking talented, experienced and enthusiastic sales, retail and management candidates, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Aug. 18. Embassy Suites Hotel, 1815 South Meridian Ave., 405-682-6000, embassysuitesoklahomacity.com. THU

French Film Festival Cameron University brings back its French Film Festival for the third year. The university joins Oklahoma Humanities to show six films in August. All screenings begin at 6:30 p.m. My Mother’s Castle (1990) runs Thursday, Beauty and the Beast (2014) screens Friday and Haute Cuisine (2012) shows Saturday at Cameron University’s University Theatre, 2800 W. Gore Blvd., in Lawton. The festival continues Aug. 25-27 with three more movies.

Admission is free. Visit okhumanities.org or call 580-581-2478. Thursday-Saturday, ongoing Image The Weinstein Company / provided

BOOKS Poetry Night, open-mic poetry night for all ages, 6-8:30 p.m. Aug. 18. Kaisers American Bistro, 1039 N. Walker Ave., 405-232-7632, kaisersdiner.com.

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Nothing Daunted Women’s Book Club, discuss Where the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye by Marie Matsuki Mockett, 7 p.m. Aug. 18. Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 405-842-2900, fullcirclebooks.com. THU NEW INK!, gathering of Oklahoma’s newest and brightest authors to sign their books, 3 p.m. Aug. 20.

Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 405-842-2900, fullcirclebooks.com. SAT

FILM A Touch of Zen, (HK, 1971, dir. King Hu) a lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks, 7 p.m. Aug. 18. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com. THU Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World, (US, 2016, dir. Werner Herzog) Werner Herzog’s exploration of the Internet and the connected world, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Aug 19-20, 2 and 5:30 p.m. Aug. 21. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com. FRI -SUN Economics of Happiness, (US, 2011, dir.

Steven Gorelick) documentary that describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions; government continues to promote globalization but people are resisting and demanding re-regulation of trade and finance far from the old institution of power, 8 p.m. Aug. 20.

SixTwelve Community Center, 612 NW 29th St., 405-208-8237, sixtwelve.org. SAT Tuesday Night Classics: Predator, (US, 1987, dir. F. John McTiernan) a team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior, 7 p.m. Aug. 23.

Harkins Theatre, 150 E. Reno Ave., 405-231-4747, harkinstheatres.com. TUE

HAPPENINGS Art After 5, enjoy the OKC skyline along with live music, friends and cocktails on top of OKCMOA, 5-11 p.m. Aug. 18. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com. THU

Weekly Farmers Market, shop goods from local produce, bakers and artisans, 9 a.m.2 p.m. Aug. 24. OKC Farmers Public Market, 311 S. Klein Ave., 405-232-6506, okcfarmersmarket.com. WED

YOUTH Weekly Walk-Ups, make-and-take crafts on Monday, play with food on Tuesday, story time on Wednesday, crafts focused on the environment on Thursday and a scavenger hunt on Friday, 10 a.m.-noon, Aug. 10-17. Children’s Garden, 301 West Reno & Harvey Ave., 405-445-7080, oklahomacitybotanicalgardens.com.

Titanoba: Monster Snake, exhibit of a realistic replica of the largest snake on record weighing an estimated one-and-ahalf tons and measuring 48 feet long. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, 405-325-4712, snomnh. ou.edu.

GLOW, enjoy live music, great food and the sunset on the Oklahoma River followed by the classic film, Pixels, 6-10 p.m. Aug. 19. Riversport Rapids, 800 Riversport Drive, 405-552-4040, riversportokc.org. FRI

Be the Dinosaur, a state-of-the-art video game exhibit that turns players into a virtual Triceratops or a T-rex. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, 405-3254712, snomnh.ou.edu.

Exchange on Film Row, the second edition of the monthly event will feature food from a variety of food trucks, beer from Roughtail Brewing Co. and music by Stephen Salewon and Judith, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Aug. 19. Film Row, 700 W. Sheridan Ave., filmrowokc.com. FRI

Story Time With Julie, kid-friendly story time with the latest children’s books, 10:15 -11 a.m. Aug. 20.

Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 405-842-2900, fullcirclebooks.com. SAT

Prepare Fest, prepare you and your family for any emergency including severe weather, earthquake preparedness, wildfires and others, Aug. 20. Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave., 405-297-2584, okcciviccenter.com. SAT Harry Potter Day, costumes, activities, door prizes and more, 2-6 p.m. Aug. 21. My Chic Geek, 4413 N. Meridian Ave., 405-367-7955, mychicgeek.com. SUN Oklahoma Watch-Out: The Alcohol Question, public Q&A forum on the proposed changes to Oklahoma’s laws on sales of wine and full-strength beer with state Sen. Stephanie Bice and Retail Liquor Association of Oklahoma President Bryan Kerr, 6-7 p.m. Aug. 23. Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 405-521-2491, okhistory.org/historycenter. TUE

FOOD Cookies & Cocktails, Girl Scouts Western Oklahoma hosts its 5th Annual Cookies & Cocktails in which local restaurants create a one-of-a-kind specialty sweet or savory snack using our famous Girl Scouts Cookies; sip cocktails and sample treats with proceeds benefiting the Girl Award program, 5:308:30 p.m. Aug. 18. IAO Gallery, 706 W. Sheridan Ave., 405-232-6060, iaogallery.org. THU

Art Adventures, young artists are invited to experience art through books and related projects for children ages 3 to 5, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 23. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave., 405-325-3272, ou.edu/fjjma. TUE

PERFORMING ARTS Loony Bin Comedy Competition Semi-Finals, Oklahoma City’s up and coming talent come to ballet it out in the Annual Comedy Competition, 8 p.m. Aug. 17. Loony Bin Comedy Club, 8503 N. Rockwell Ave., 405-239-4242, loonybincomedy.com. WED Shaun Jones, stand-up comedy, 8 p.m. Aug. 18, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Aug. 19-20. Loony Bin Comedy Club, 8503 N. Rockwell Ave., 405-239-4242, loonybincomedy.com. THU -SAT The Liar, an adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s 17th-century French comedy from the brilliant mind of David Ives; wild misassumptions, mistaken identities and tangled truths played out in outrageously clever verse, 8 p.m. Aug 18-20. Shakespeare on Paseo, 2920 Paseo St., 405-235-3700, oklahomashakespeare.org.

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Oklahoma Born & Brewed, Oklahoma’s only craft beer and small plate pairing event; discover new beers and savor old favorites from breweries across the state while enjoying small plates prepared by Kam’s Kookery, 7-10 p.m. Aug. 19. Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, 1400 Classen Drive, 405-235-4458, oklahomaheritage.com. FRI

Whodunnit Dinner Theater: Victim of Retirement, enjoy murder mystery theater with a steak buffet at Cattleman’s. Cattlemen’s Steakhouse, 1309 S. Agnew Ave., 405-420-3222, whodunit.net. FRI Penn & Teller, American magicians and entertainers bring their performance to Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Aug.19. Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave., 405-297-2264, okcciviccenter.com. FRI

Introduction to Fermented Foods, join local guru Jared Toay of Jared’s ProPops as he gives you the low-down on delightfully weird foods, shows how to start your own kombucha and lets your taste fermented foods for yourself, 1-2 p.m. Aug. 20.

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

Taste of Oklahoma: Mixology Class, learn how to mix cocktails with local, fresh ingredients you can grow in your own backyard, 7-9 p.m. Aug. 20.

Park House, 125 Ron Norick Blvd., 405-232-7275, parkhouseokc.com. SAT Smart Foods for Smart Kids, learn tips and recipes for children to support a healthy attention span, give them stable energy levels, and provide their body with all the foods necessary for a healthy growing brain, 3-4:15 p.m. Aug. 21. Natural Grocers, 7013 N. May Ave., 405-840-0300, naturalgrocers.com. SUN The ABC’s of What You Eat: Watermelon, the facts about watermelon including nutritional benefits and how to select, store and serve them, noon Aug. 23.

Buy For Less, 10011 SE 15th St., Midwest City, 405733-4385, buyforlessok.com. TUE

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Driving Miss Daisy, Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prizewinning play puts together a crotchety white Southern lady and a proud, soft-spoken black man who form a bond that endures for 25 years, 8 p.m. Aug. 18-20, 2:30 p.m. Aug. 21. Jewel Box Theatre, 3700 N. Walker Ave., 405-521-1786, jewelboxtheatre.org. THU -SUN

Tea & Tips, health tips and refreshments, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Aug. 18. Uptown Grocery Co., 1230 W. Covell Road, Edmond, 405-509-2700, uptowngroceryco. com. THU

Brew Better Workshop, workshop covering nonespresso brew methods for coffee with various demonstrations, 2-3:30 p.m. Aug. 20. Coffee Slingers Roasters, 1015 N Broadway Ave, 405-609-1662, coffeeslingers.com. SAT

OKC Spraygrounds and Family Aquatic Centers Oklahoma City residents don’t stop trying to beat the summer heat just because the kids go back to school. The city’s spraygrounds and family aquatic centers remain open through early September. Their hours just change a little. Spraygrounds are now only open 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 5. Earlywine and Will Rogers Family Aquatic Centers are open noon-6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 4 and Monday, Sept. 5.

Admission to the aquatic centers is $4-$6.

Spraygrounds admission is free. For a list of locations, visit okc.gov/parks or call 405-297-1424. Saturday-Sunday,

Sylvia, a modern romantic comedy about a marriage and a dog, Sylvia centers around Greg and Kate, a couple married twenty-two years and returning to Manhattan from the suburbs after their children have left the nest, 8 p.m. Aug. 19-20. The Pollard Theatre, 120 W. Harrison Ave., Guthrie, 405282-2800, thepollard.org. FRI -SAT

Heard on Hurd Back to School Bash Going back to school means everyone throws back-to-school parties, and Heard on Hurd is no exception. Edmond’s popular food truck festival hosts a Back to School Bash 6-10 p.m. Saturday at the corner of Broadway and Hurd Street in downtown Edmond. The event features food trucks, live music and pop-up shops and mobile boutiques. Peppers Ranch Foster Care Community, which provides homing, counseling and activities for foster children, is this month’s featured nonprofit. Admission is free. Visit citizensedmond.com. Saturday Photo provided

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The Dinner Detective, this improvised show is just another ordinary dinner, with one exceptionsomeone in the midst is guilty of murder, and that person just might be sitting right across from you, 6-9:30 p.m. Aug. 20. Sheraton Hotel, 1 N. Broadway Ave., 405-235-2780, sheratonokc.com. SAT

ACTIVE OKC Dodgers vs. Albuquerque, minor league baseball game, 7:05 p.m. Aug. 16-19. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 S. Mickey Mantle Drive, 405-218-1000. TUE-SAT AnchorPoint Security Charity Golf Tournament, first annual charity golf tournament benefiting Team Jack Foundation, helping a child and his family affected by autism, 9 a.m. Aug. 18. Gaillardia Country Club, 5300 Gaillardia Boulevard, 405-302-2800, gaillardia.com. THU

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calendar Art Gone Wild, paintings by the animals; from gorillas to giraffes and stingrays to sea lions, animal art is created using a wild palette at The Oklahoma City Zoo. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 405-445-7080, oklahomacitybotanicalgardens.com/events.

Art Show at INTEGRIS Cancer Institute, the show includes more than 200 pieces of art by artists whose lives have been touched by cancer. Integris Cancer Institute, 5911 W. Memorial Rd., 405-7736400, integrisok.com.

Artwork by Linda Hiller, exhibit on display through August. 50 Penn Place Gallery, 1900 Northwest Expressway, Suite 113-R, 405-848-5567, 50pennplacegallery.com.

City Sounds: Jazz in the Deuce Those looking for live (and lively) music Saturday night will find few better options than City Sounds: Jazz in the Deuce. Walter Taylor III/TaylorMadeJazz returns this month for a repeat performance. Other musicians include Joe Bob Nelson, Garrett Jacobson and Chanda Graham. The event begins 7 p.m. Saturday at Artspace at Untitled, 1 NE Third St. Tickets are $10 and are available online or at the door. Visit 1ne3.org or call 405-815-9995. Saturday Walter Taylor III | Photo provided

continued from page 37 Drop-In Yoga, yoga class in the museum’s galleries, 5:45-6:45 p.m. Aug. 18. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com. THU Zumba in the Gardens, participate in the Latininspired cardio-dance, 5:45-6:45 p.m Aug. 18. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 405-445-7080, oklahomacitybotanicalgardens.com/events. THU Full Moon Bike Ride and Run, a leisurely run or bike ride under the bright shining moon though downtown OKC; run at 8 p.m. and ride at 9 p.m. Aug. 18. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 405-445-7080, oklahomacitybotanicalgardens.com/events. THU

Crossroads of Commerce, Oklahoma history buffs won’t want to miss this exhibit showcasing the growth and development of Oklahoma’s economy from 1716 to statehood, the Dust Bowl, the depression, and all the way to present day.

Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 405-521-2491, okhistory.org/historycenter.

Da Vinci: The Genius, he most comprehensive exploration of Leonardo da Vinci’s work ever created; interactive experience immersing guests in da Vinci’s timeless brilliance through full-scale interpretations of the mastermind’s inventions and unparalleled studies of his iconic art. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52nd St., 405-6026664, sciencemuseumok.org.

Drop-In Art: Painted Cityscapes, join guest artists each Saturday as they interact with families to create extraordinary works of art inspired by the museum’s collection, exhibitions and special occasions, 1-4 p.m.

Aug 20. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com. SAT 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; political brochures, elections guides and even a Bellmon Belles dress with matching jacket complement the many posters on view in the Sign of the Times exhibit. Edmond Historical Society & Museum, 431 S. Boulevard, Edmond, 405-340-0078, edmondhistory.org.

FiberWorks 2016, an annual, juried fiber exhibition giving artisans an opportunity to showcase their work from traditional crafts to innovated art. IAO Gallery, 706 W. Sheridan Ave., 405-232-6060, iaogallery.org.

Indigo Shibori Dying Workshop, Artist Agnes Stadler teaches techniques for dying fabrics.

[Artspace] at Untitled, 1 NE 3rd St., 405-815-6665, artspaceatuntitled.org.

Janet Massad, showcase of Massad’s ceramic pieces. JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N. Walker Ave., 405-528-6336, jrbartgallery.com.

Jerron Johnston, artist showcases work in water color, pencil pastels and oil. In Your Eye Studio & Gallery, 3005-A Paseo St., 405-525-2161, inyoureyegallery.com.

Margot Holaday and Dodge Hill, featured artists for August. The Studio Gallery, 2642 W. Britton Road, 405-752-2642, thestudiogallery.org.

Matisse in His Time: Masterworks of Modernism from the Centre Pompidou, Paris, experience the full scope of Matisse’s extraordinary career through nearly fifty of his paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints dating from the late 19th century to after World War II; including additional major works by Picasso, Renoir, Braque and more, opens June 18.

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

Noble Figures, artist John Brandenburg showcases his paintings and mixed media drawings of figurative as well as semi-abstract and organic or landscape-like content. JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N. Walker Ave., 405-528-6336, jrbartgallery.com.

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.

OKCurrent, features original works by Matt Glazner, Colby Bowers, Jay Gourley, Gretchen Rehfeld, Charles Davis, Nora Bisher, Kevin Lee Wells, Brent Learned, JD Merryweather, Zack Parker and Micah Moad; benefiting Big Dogs Huge paws. Studio 3108, 3108 N. Classen Blvd., 405-210-5701.

Oklahoma Roots on Route 66, exhibit of original artwork by Shel Wagner featuring a selection of her whimsical, must-see assemblage pieces. Spraycan Creative, 420 West Main St., Yukon, 405-494-0321, spraycancreative. com.

Oklahoma Stories, photography exhibition from Charles Rushton. Mainsite Contemporary Art, 122 E. Main St., Norman, 405-360-1162, mainsite-art.com.

Wet & Wild 5K and Fun Run, race hosted by the OKC Dream Center with all proceeds benefiting programs of the Dream Center, 10 a.m. Aug. 20. Stars & Stripes Park, 3701 S. Lake Hefner Drive., 405-297-2756, okc. gov/parks. SAT

OKC Dodgers vs. Colorado Springs, minor league baseball game, 7:05 p.m. 24-27, 6:05 p.m. Aug. 28. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 S. Mickey Mantle Drive, 405-218-1000. WED -SUN

VISUAL ARTS A Beastly Affair, metal sculpture by Stephen Schwark and photography by Arlie Mornhinweg with an intent to present modern-day beasts as they are — fearful beings constantly consumed by the fight to survive — in an effort to expose such tendencies in ourselves that have been suppressed.

The Paseo Plunge, 3010 Paseo St., 405-315-6224, paseoplunge.com.

A Hiding Place, group exhibition of poetry, video and visual art. Artspace at Untitled, 1 NE Third St., 405-815-9995, artspaceatuntitled.org.

The Modernist Spectrum: Color and Abstraction, explore the invigorating ways in which postwar American artists, especially those associated with the Washington Color School, made it new, producing novel work that sought to reinvent abstract art through an alternatively rigorous and playful manipulation of color, line, and shape.

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

Turn, painter AK Westerman and metalsmith Nancy Jackson pair their lush creations celebrating nature’s seasonal beauty and cycles of birth. The Project Box, 3003 Paseo St., 405-609-3969, theprojectboxokc.com.

Sailing at Lake Hefner, sunset sailing and lessons aboard a full-size boat; sails from Oklahoma City Marina and East Wharf, 5:30 & 7:30 p.m. Saturday Nights. OKC Municipal Marina, 4407 S. Lake Hefner Drive, 405-922-7787, SailorBrains.com. SAT

Rayo OKC vs. Miami FC, professional soccer game, 8 p.m. Aug. 20. Miller Stadium, 1777 S. Yukon Pkwy., Yukon. SAT

The Creator, August exhibit showcasing work by Behnaz Sohrabian who hopes that her body of work about the female character and form can help dispel the objectivation of women that is so prevalent in our society. JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N. Walker Ave., 405-528-6336, jrbartgallery.com.

Through the Eyes of the Lynx: Galileo and Microscopy, the second of two Galileo’s World exhibitions; the Academy of the Lynx, or Accademia dei Lincei, were responsible for the first published report of observations made with a microscope (Apiarium, 1625), as well as with the telescope. At the same time Galileo was making his telescopic discoveries, he was also experimenting with lenses to magnify the small. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, 405-325-4712, snomnh.ou.edu.

Riversport Run, timed 5K race starting at Riversport Rapids heading out on the Oklahoma River trails and back again, celebrate after the race with whitewater rafting or tubing and live music, 6 p.m. Aug. 19.

RIVERSPORT Rapids, 800 Riversport Drive, 405-5524040, riversportokc.org. FRI

Midnight Streak 5K, Oklahoma Contemporary’s annual UF-certified 5K run weaving through Automobile Alley, Midtown, SOSA and Heritage Hills; community event where kids and families play, discover and dance as artists create works on site of Oklahoma Contemporary’s future campus, 8 p.m.

Aug. 20. Oklahoma Contemporary’s Campbell Art Park, NW 11th St. and Broadway Drive, 405-951-0000, oklahomacontemporary.org. SAT

Oklahoma Senior Follies Former Oklahoma governor and University of Central Oklahoma president George Nigh puts on a different sort of hat — actually, it’s a crown — for a night of entertainment as king of Oklahoma Senior Follies. The show features senior Oklahoma talents who will sing and dance their way across the stage and perform spellbinding acts of ventriloquism and magic 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m.

Sunday at Oklahoma City Community College Visual and Performing Arts Center Theater, 7777 S. May Ave. Tickets are $29.99. Visit tickets.occc.edu or call 405682-7579. Saturday-Sunday Photo provided

Katherine Liontas-Warren: A Journey of Discovery Longtime Oklahoma artist and art professor Katherine Liontas-Warren is the focus as Oklahoma City University’s Petree College of Arts & Sciences presents an open house and public reception 1-4 p.m.

Sunday at Oklahoma City University’s Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery, 1601 NW 26th St. She moved to Oklahoma in 1984 and has exhibited works in more than 375 competitions across the globe. The event includes an artist talk and faculty demonstrations.

Admission is free. Visit okcu.edu/sundayart or call 405-208-5252. Sunday “Creek at Quanah Parker” by Katerine Liontas-Warren | Image Oklahoma City University / provided

Hell on Wheels: Uniting a Nation by Rail, exhibition of the labor force that built the first transcontinental railroad reflecting the colorful diversity of the American West in the 1860s through a display of wardrobes. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 405-478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org.

Our City, Our Collection: Building the Museum’s Lasting Legacy, exhibit that 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 many more. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com.

House & Garden, solo exhibition from Alex Emmons.

Mainsite Contemporary Art, 122 E. Main St., Norman, 405-360-1162, mainsite-art.com.

Outta’ the Ball Park, work by photographer Alan Ball and oil painter Nancy Park. Contemporary Art Gallery, 2928 Paseo St., 405-601-7474, contemporaryartgalleryokc.com.

Icons of Badassery, group show featuring the art of Todd Bane; see artistic interpretation of badassery in the years that lead up to 1984. Studio 3108, 3108 N. Classen Blvd., 405-210-5701.

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Empower move AMP Fest celebrates Oklahoma’s female musicians and artists. By Ben Luschen

Rock ’N’ Roll Camp for Girls Oklahoma City’s including rapper Miillie Mesh, femalepurpose is to inspire young campers to be fronted local indie rock band The Happily creative and express and empower themEntitled, alternative rockers Em and the selves through music. Tobi Coleman knew MotherSuperiors and Elgin hard-rock band this as a volunteer for the one-week day camp Cut-Throat Queens, will perform. where girls ages 8 to 17 form bands and write Female artists and craftspeople will also and perform original songs. Going in, she have booths along Ninth Street in didn’t realize she would draw her own inAutomobile Alley. Tobi said there will be spiration from the experience. face painting, henna art and family fun area.

Coleman co-owns Revolve Productions, “It’s very diverse,” Tobi said. “The things the company responsible for organizing that we’re selling and the things that we’re AMP Festival 2016, a free, doing on the street are not all-female music and art geared toward a women’sfestival planned Aug. 27 in only audience; they’re AMP Festival Automobile Alley. It is an geared toward everybody.”

2016 idea that originated with Justin hopes AMP Fest the enthusiasm Coleman functions as an extension of Noon-8 p.m. Aug. 27 saw in the girls at camp. the effort already being put Ninth Street in She said talented female forward by the rock camp Automobile Alley artists exist in nearly every and the Oklahoma City Girls 20 NW Ninth St. genre and medium; why not Art School. A portion of fesampfestokc.com have a platform to showtival proceeds benefit both 405-810-6977 case them? organizations.

Free “The possibilities are “I want to impact peoendless as far as how much ple’s lives,” he said. “I want this can grow and how big to do something good with it can be,” Coleman said. “We kind of hope it, and if I’m providing an opportunity for it even spreads outside of Oklahoma.” girls to learn something that they didn’t have the capability of learning before, then I abImpacting lives solutely love the fact that doing this could AMP stands for art, music, power. Coleman affect some young girl’s life to become a and her son Justin Coleman, Revolve’s other better person herself.” co-owner, said the festival concept has Tobi said seeing the girls’ transformaexisted as a rough idea for more than a year, tions are remarkable. but they only knew it would become a reality “[The camp volunteers] always encourage for the past couple of months. the kids to take that message back home with Artists from a variety of musical genres, them and to school with them and to keep 40

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the whole Mean Girls syndrome out of it,” she said. “Let’s lift each other up and appreciate each other’s differences.”

Future growth

Justin said AMP Fest has room to grow, but he is proud of what Revolve was able to pull together in a short window of time.

“We had to piece it together really quick,” he said. “I’m very grateful for the way everything has gone and everyone’s been really supportive of it.”

Justin originally wanted a rock wall or something to demonstrate the physical power side of AMP Fest’s theme, but they could not find anyone to sponsor it in the first year. Next year, they hope to add a showcase for female filmmakers. The idea is for AMP Fest to travel around the city, drawing from what different districts have to offer. Organizers hope to hit Oklahoma City Farmers Public Market in 2017.

Chasing dreams

Tobi wants AMP Fest to be a chance for young girls to see artists of all genres performing on a major stage. She hopes the event also is an inviting option for female artists she said are sometimes intimidated by the thought of entering other art festivals.

Cut-Throat Queens said its act is sometimes overlooked because some people assume women cannot rock with an edge.

“There have been multiple times where we haven’t been taken seriously, and we have been looked at and treated differently by some people because we are

Synth-pop and alternative singer-songwriter Hannah Wolff is one of the many female artists participating in the first AMP Festival. | Photo provided

women,” Magen Stover, the band’s bassist and vocalist, said in an email to Oklahoma Gazette. “But there’s more love and support than anything.”

Synth-pop singer-songwriter Hannah Wolff said she has not faced any notable challenges as a female artist, though she can think of some instances in which people have wanted to work with her for reasons other than her art, but that is something she said occurs for women in all fields.

“You learn who is professional and make your decisions from there,” Wolff said, “but most often, my music and performances speak for themselves.”

One of AMP Fest’s many visual artists, Irmgard Geul, said Oklahoma is a great place for female artists to have their work displayed and noticed. Geul is originally from The Netherlands and now lives on a ranch in Pauls Valley.

“It says something about Oklahoma women’s determination to make things happen, what is to me very encouraging as an female artist living in Oklahoma,” she said.

Stover hopes AMP Fest helps young girls realize all their ambitions are attainable, not just the ones society says they can reach.

“Don’t let anyone stop you from following your heart and achieving your goals,” she said. “Chase your dreams. You are capable of anything. You are all stars.”

Rapper Miillie Mesh is one of the headline performers at AMP Festival 2016. | Photo Gazette / file

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Guitarist Eric Johnson brings four decades of organic musicianship to ACM@UCO Performance Lab. By Ben Luschen

Oklahoma City fans going to Eric Johnson’s 8 p.m. concert on Sunday should expect to see one of the world’s premiere contemporary guitar talents.

Johnson nabbed a 1991 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance on “Cliffs of Dover,” a fast and gorgeously unconventional composition from his acclaimed 1990 release Ah Via M u s i c o m .

His work as a guitarist

Eric Johnson 8 p.m. Sunday ACM@UCO Performance Lab 329 E. Sheridan Ave. acm.uco.edu 405-974-4711 $40-$50

has been renowned through his four-decade career.

He has experimented with sounds as diverse as electric rock, classical and country and is widely regarded as a studio perfectionist, a label he embraces.

Some might be surprised by Johnson’s reserved demeanor. He was thoughtful and soft-spoken during a recent Oklahoma Gazette phone interview. The Austin-born guitarist and singer-songwriter’s stop at ACM@UCO Performance Lab, 329 E. Sheridan Ave., is part of a small-scale, two-week electric tour.

“It’s a lot of new music,” Johnson said.

“I’m just getting the ball rolling on some electric stuff as well.”

This show might be one of the last opportunities to see Johnson perform his familiar amplified sound for a while. He begins touring in October to support his new album, EJ, an all-acoustic and piano project set for release that month.

People regularly compliment Johnson’s ability, and he said there is no one skill he most excels at. What does set him apart from is his inner curiosity, which compels him to take on new challenges. He said it’s a compulsion that can sometimes distract him from creative progress. It’s also what guides him to record projects like EJ. “Anything I do, there’s tons of people who can do it better than me,” he said.

“Maybe my strength is that I just kind of dabble in a bunch of different styles and instruments because I just like the spirit of it all.”

Problematic perfection

Eric Johnson performs 8 p.m. Sunday at ACM@UCO Performance Lab. | Photo Max Crace / provided

Johnson’s most recent studio release is Eclectic, a 2014 collaborative effort with Mike Stern, also a Grammy-nominated guitarist. It was completed in three weeks under the premise of it being, as Johnson put it, a “performance-type record.”

When revisiting Eclectic, he said he

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noticed a lot of little quirks but those are part of its appeal. He had an epiphany while crafting the project with Stern. For years, he was seduced by technology and studio perfection, but he realized the same organic process could be applied to his work in other genres, including his pop and folk work.

A song can sound too perfect.

“The way modern society is, the onslaught and presence of technology and how much of a grip it has on all of us, I think it’s becoming more and more attractive to just hear people get together and make art,” he said.

One music

Johnson spent some time at the University of Texas after graduating high school, but his formal education was sidetracked by a number of life opportunities, including a family trip to Africa. Even as a young man, he displayed such promising ability that his music career quickly took precedence.

School and formal music training is important, Johnson said, but not as important as developing an ear for knowing why things harmonically sound like they do.

“If you can also learn that in school, that’s fine,” he said. “That’s just another thread of continuity that will connect you to other people and different types of music very readily and really easily.”

A lot of what he learned came from life on the road and working as a professional performer. The most important thing he picked up was an appreciation for musicianship, regardless of aesthetic differences.

He dabbles in many genres partly because his influences are so varied.

His earliest obsessions included Django Reinhardt, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and Jerry Reed. He also praised the songwriting ability of The Carpenters’ Richard Carpenter in the same sentence as he did the genius of contemporary Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki.

Any music played well, he said, no matter what style, has the same creative life force behind it. Duke Ellington, yet another influence, is commonly associated with the quote, “There are two kinds of music. Good music and the other kind.”

“When I realized that, it was an awakening and it was a freedom because I didn’t have to go through life boxed into my own mind,” Johnson said.

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Travis Linville has been a It’s a veritable who’s who Illinois River fixture of Norman’s music in the close-knit world of Jam scene for longer than many grassroots Americana. The of this year’s University of event is designed to curate Sept. 16-17 Oklahoma freshman class and showcase a regional Peyton’s Place have been alive. The acsound and appeal to those 10298 Oklahoma complished roots musician looking for a more low-key Highway 10, Tahlequah comes from a musical event than the average illinoisriverjam.com family and has built a conmusic festival.

918-456-3847 siderable reputation locally “It’s really turned into Free-$50 with tender ballads and a unique gathering of origtwitchy foot-stompers inal musicians and likeabout loss and rebuilding in the heartland. minded fans,” Linville said. “And we do it in September, after the busy summer Linville has performed professionally since he was 17 years old. His talents have season, so we pretty much have the place taken him across the country and globe to ourselves.”

Illinois River Jam is a sort of passion as a sideman, bandleader and solo singersongwriter. He has recorded and released project for him. He is as eager to talk about more than seven albums of original matethe festival as he is his own music projects. rial, with production credits on dozens of This is in line with the ethos of the event other projects. Linville performed for his itself, which emphasizes community and largest audience a few years ago, when he belonging in a place that can sometimes played alongside Hayes Carll on The feel a bit lonely. For musicians featured Tonight Show with Jay Leno and further on the Sept. 16 and 17 bill, it’s an opporturefined his earnest brand of folk music in nity to reconnect with fans in a new setting the years since. far away from the smoky bars and bustling This year is shaping up to be another coffee shops that most singer-songwriters busy one for the musician. For starters, call home. he’s organizing the tenth annual Illinois After September, Linville refocuses his River Jam Sept. 16-17 at Peyton’s Place in energy on a new record that will feature 10 original songs.

Tahlequah. He’s also preparing to release an album of new material while maintain“That will be out early next year,” he ing a rigorous weekly performance schedsaid. “I’m super excited about it.” ule and teaching classes the Academy of Linville said he will stay close to home Contemporary Music at the University of the rest of the year, which is good news for Central Oklahoma (ACM@UCO). those in the metro looking to catch one of The lineup of this year’s two-day music his shows.

He also performs Aug. 26 at The Blue and camping festival features troubadours Tommy Womack, Samantha Crain, John Door, 2805 N. McKinley Ave., and Aug. 30 Fullbright and Camille Harp, Harumph, at Power House, 1228 SW Second St. For more information, visit travislinKierston White, Beau Jennings and villemusic.com.

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Nicnōs fiddler Blake minute set and speaks Nicnōs Parks was not sure what to youths about finding Benefit Concert to expect the first time success in life before the for Granville Community he got on stage in front students close the School of Music of Duncan High School, program with a perfor& Music to Your Peers his alma mater, as part mance. They then do a of the Oklahoma City ticketed community 7:30 p.m. Friday rock and blues act’s new show that evening as a Centennial Rodeo Opry charitable schools fundraiser.

2221 Exchange Ave. program. What the Half of the funds thenicnos.com raised benefit the band got was a raucous 405-297-9773 reception. school’s music program. $10 “Those curtains The other half benefits open; the lights are Music to Your Peers and going, the fog,” he said. “We have high energy its efforts to help other state schools buy onstage, so the kids were screaming like it instruments and equipment. was their first concert.”

Parks said the idea grew out of an initial dream to collaborate with a school band or For some of the students, it was their first live music experience. choir for a Nicnōs show. As bandmates The show served as the pilot for the tossed around the collaboration idea in fall band’s Music to Your Peers program, an idea 2015, discussion inevitably turned to the Nicnōs developed to raise funds for and state’s cuts to public school budgets and how promote school music programs in the state. limited funding for music programs can be.

Through the program, Nicnōs works “We were like, ‘How cool would it be if we go and do this program with music prowith a school’s band and choir programs to put on a pair of concerts. The first is an afgrams to help them raise money,’” Parks ternoon gig for students. Nicnōs plays a 15said. “It just grew from that.”

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“It’s kind of like sports, but not everyone likes to play sports,” he said. “But it’s that same teamwork aspect and discipline and hard work, the same thing we learned in music.”

Nicnōs performs a Music to Your Peers benefit show to support Granville Community School of Music 7:30 p.m.

Friday at Centennial Rodeo Opry, 2221 Exchange Ave. Granville provides music instruction to children from low-income backgrounds for 50 cents a lesson.

“If we raise $500 for them — that’s a lot of 50-cent music lessons,” Parks said. “They

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also need instruments and things like that, so we want to support them and do that too.”

The quintet performs another Music to Your Peers benefit 8 p.m. Oct. 15 at The Bottle Cap Barn, 3600 Rogers Drive, in Edmond to benefit Harding Charter Preparatory High School’s music program.

He said one day additional host bands could be welcomed under the Music to Your Peers umbrella and Nicnōs could hopefully expand the program into other states.

“They would have to have a show to put together. It couldn’t just be anyone,” Parks said. “I think more and more people understand the impact of these cuts.”

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WEDNESDAY, 8.17 Fred Stuck, Kendell’s Bar. ROCK Grant Wells, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO Harumph, The Deli, Norman. JAZZ Smile Empty Soul/Romantic Rebel/Shallow Side, 89th Street Collective. ROCK

THURSDAY, 8.18 5 Seconds of Summer, BOK Center, Tulsa. ROCK Allen Biffle Band, Wormy Dog Saloon. COUNTRY Brandon Jackson, Flint. COUNTRY David Morris, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO Deftones/Spotlights, Brady Theater, Tulsa. ROCK FreakAbout/Trap Queen/Noise Bleeds Sound, Blue Note Lounge. ROCK Stars, Baker Street Pub & Grill. COVER

Supersuckers Supersuckers brings its raucous rock, punk and country hybrid to Oklahoma City for an all-ages concert 8 p.m. Friday at 89th Street Collective, 8911 N. Western Ave. The Arizona-based band is best known for its high-energy live show and its 1997 album Must’ve Been High, its first full-on country project. Norman punk act Costanzas also will perform. Admission is $12 online and $15 at the door. Visit ticketstorm.com. Friday | Photo provided Jason Young Band, Newcastle Casino, Newcastle.

COUNTRY

Strangetowne, The Blue Door. SINGER/

Josh Cruise Band/Chris Hicks, The Barrel. COVER

Superfreak, Red Rock Canyon Grill. POP

Lacey Saunders/The Ravens, Othello’s Italian Restaurant, Norman. VARIOUS

The Garage Band, Bourbon Street Bar. ROCK

Layken Urie, Remington Park. VARIOUS

FRIDAY, 8.19

My So Called Band, The Deli, Norman. COVER

SONGWRITER

Alice Cooper, The Criterion. ROCK Another Alibi, Baker Street Pub & Grill. ROCK Austin Nail Band, Bourbon Street Bar. BLUES Christian Pearson/Gary Johnson, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO Daniel Jordan, Fuze Buffet & Bar. ACOUSTIC Graham Colton/The Tap Band, Ice House.

SINGER/SONGWRITER

Hosty Duo, The Deli, Norman. ROCK Martha Stallings, Lottinvilles Restaurant, Edmond.

VARIOUS

Matt Blagg, Red Rock Canyon Grill. BLUES Metal Headz/Voodoo Birthday Bash, Oklahoma City Limits. ROCK

Sugar Ray/Everclear/Lit/Sponge, Riverwind Casino, Norman. ROCK The Broke Brothers, TapWerks Ale House & Cafe.

REGGAE

Tom Lienke and D. Ray Polk, IAO Art Gallery.

SINGER/SONGWRITER

William Clark Green/Jonathan Tyler/Elise Davis, Wormy Dog Saloon. COUNTRY ZuZu’s Petals, Bedlam Bar-B-Q. ROCK

SUNDAY, 8.21 Blues Jam with Dirty Red and The Soulshakers, Bourbon Street Bar. BLUES Eric Herndon, Full Circle Bookstore. ACOUSTIC Eric Johnson, ACM@UCO Performance Lab. SINGER/SONGWRITER

Scott Keeton, Remington Park. ROCK

Lincoln’s Light Benefit: Uncle Lucius, Grady’s 66 Pub, Yukon. ROCK

Seph(ra), Sauced on Paseo. VARIOUS

Michael Kleid, Flint. VARIOUS

Souled Out, UCO Jazz Lab, Edmond. ROCK

Mulligan Brothers, The Depot, Norman. FOLK

Steve Rice, Wormy Dog Saloon. COUNTRY

MONDAY, 8.22

The Stringents, Full Circle Bookstore. ROCK

SATURDAY, 8.20 2 Chainz/Lil Wayne, BOK Center, Tulsa. HIP-HOP 2AM, Baker Street Pub & Grill. ROCK 40 Summers, Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse. ROCK Blind Date, Reign Athletic’s, Mustang. COVER

Patron Aints/EmPres/SK Love, The Deli, Norman.

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TUESDAY, 8.23 Caleb McGee, The Deli, Norman. SINGER/

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The Elders, The Depot, Norman. COUNTRY

Bret Michaels, Frontier City. ROCK

WEDNESDAY, 8.24

Bruce Benson, The Sushi Bar, Edmond. JAZZ

Carnifex, 89th Street Collective. ROCK

Clare Costello/Cameron Neal/Sarah Reid, Opolis, Norman. SINGER/SONGWRITER Coming Up Zero, Oklahoma City Limits. ROCK Daniel Jordan, Fuze Buffet & Bar. ACOUSTIC Dirty Red and The Soulshakers, Bourbon Street Bar. BLUES Equilibrium, UCO Jazz Lab, Edmond. JAZZ Grass Crack, American Banjo Museum. BLUEGRASS Helen Kelter Skelter/Sun & Stone/Limber Limbs, Blue Note Lounge. ROCK Howard Brady, Full Circle Bookstore. ROCK

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free will astrology Homework: What’s the situation in your life where it’s hardest for you to be loving?

Practice being a master of compassion there in the coming week.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Can you imagine feeling

at home in the world no matter where you are? If you eventually master this art, outer circumstances won’t distort your relationship with yourself. No matter how crazy or chaotic the people around you might be, you will remain rooted in your unshakable sense of purpose; you will respond to any given situation in ways that make you both calm and alert, amused and curious, compassionate for the suffering of others and determined to do what’s best for you. If you think these are goals worth seeking, you can make dramatic progress toward them in the coming weeks.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) As I tried to meditate on your horoscope, my next-door neighbor was wielding a weed-whacker to trim her lawn, and the voices in my head were shouting extra loud. So I decided to drive down to the marsh to get some highquality silence. When I arrived at the trail head, I found an older man in ragged clothes leaning against the fence. Nearby was a grocery cart full of what I assumed were all his earthly belongings. “Doing nothing is a very difficult art,” he croaked as I slipped by him, “because you’re never really sure when you are done.” I immediately recognized that his wisdom might be useful to you. You are, after all, in the last few days of your recharging process. It’s still a good idea for you to lie low and be extra calm and vegetate luxuriously. But when should you rise up and leap into action again? Here’s my guess: Get one more dose of intense stillness and silence.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) My readers have a range

of approaches for working with the counsel I offer.

Some study the horoscopes for both their sun signs and rising signs, then create do-it-yourself blends of the two. Others prefer to wait until the week is over before consulting what I’ve written. They don’t want my oracles to influence their future behavior, but enjoy

By Rob Brezsny

evaluating their recent past in light of my analysis.

Then there are the folks who read all 12 of my horoscopes. They refuse to be hemmed in by just one forecast, and want to be free to explore multiple options. I encourage you to try experiments like these in the coming days. The moment is ripe to cultivate more of your own unique strategies for using and interpreting the information you absorb — both from me and from everyone else you listen to.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Have you been drinking a lot of liquids? Are you spending extra time soaking in hot baths and swimming in bodies of water that rejuvenate you? Have you been opening your soul to raw truths that dissolve your fixations and to beauty that makes you cry and to love that moves you to sing?

I hope you’re reverently attending to these fluidic needs. I hope you’re giving your deepest yearnings free play and your freshest emotions lots of room to unfold. Smart, well-lubricated intimacy is a luxurious necessity, my dear. Stay very, very wet.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) In my opinion, you need to bask in the glorious fury of at least one brainstorm — preferably multiple brainstorms over the course of the next two weeks. What can you do to ensure that happens? How might you generate a flood of new ideas about how to live your life and understand the nature of reality? Here are some suggestions: Read books about creativity. Hang around with original thinkers and sly provocateurs. Insert yourself into situations that will strip you of your boring certainties. And take this vow: “I hereby unleash the primal power of my liberated imagination.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) When you were a child,

did you play with imaginary friends? During your adolescence, did you nurture a fantasy relationship with a pretend boyfriend or girlfriend? Since you reached adulthood, have you ever enjoyed consorting with muses or guardian angels or ancestral spirits? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you are in a good position to take full advantage of the subtle opportunities and cryptic invitations that are coming

your way. Unexpected sources are poised to provide unlikely inspirations in unprecedented ways.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) When you were born, you

already carried the seeds of gifts you would someday be able to provide — specific influences or teachings or blessings that only you, of all the people who have ever lived, could offer the world. How are you doing in your quest to fulfill this potential? Here’s what I suspect: Your seeds have been ripening slowly and surely. But in the coming months, they could ripen at a more rapid pace. Whether they actually do or not may depend on your willingness to take on more responsibilities — interesting responsibilities, to be sure — but bigger than you’re used to.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) I suspect that you will

soon be culminating a labor of love you’ve been nurturing and refining for many moons. How should you celebrate? Maybe with some champagne and caviar? If you’d like to include bubbly in your revels, a good choice might be 2004 Belle Epoque Rose. Its floral aroma and crispy mouth-feel rouse a sense of jubilation as they synergize the flavors of blood orange, pomegranate, and strawberry. As for caviar: Consider the smooth, aromatic, and elegant roe of the albino beluga sturgeon from the unpolluted areas of the Caspian Sea near Iran. But before I finish this oracle, let me also add that a better way to honor your accomplishment might be to take the money you’d spend on champagne and caviar, and instead use it as seed money for your next big project.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Some species of

weeds become even more robust and entrenched as they develop resistances to the pesticides that are designed to eradicate them. This is one example of how fighting a problem can make the problem worse — especially if you attack too furiously or use the wrong weapons. I invite you to consider the possibility that this might be a useful metaphor for you to contemplate in the coming weeks. Your desire to solve a knotty dilemma or shed a bad influence is admirable. Just make sure you choose a strategy that actually works.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Your assignment,

if you choose to accept it, is to compose an essay on at least one of the following themes: 1. “How I Fed and Fed My Demons Until They Gorged Themselves to Death.” 2. “How I Exploited My Nightmares in Ways That Made Me Smarter and Cuter.” 3. “How I Quietly and Heroically Transformed a Sticky Problem into a Sleek Opportunity.” 4. “How I Helped Myself by Helping Other People.” For extra credit, Capricorn — and to earn the right to trade an unholy duty for a holy one — write about all four subjects.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

I suspect that in the coming months you will be drawn to wandering through the frontiers and exploring the unknown. Experimentation will come naturally.

Places and situations you have previously considered to be off-limits may be downright comfortable. In fact, it’s possible that you will have to escape your safety zones in order to fully be yourself. Got all that?

Now here’s the kicker. In the coming weeks, everything I just described will be especially apropos for your closest relationships. Are you interested in redefining and reconfiguring the ways that togetherness works for you?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) If you’re playing the

card game known as bridge, you’re lucky if you are dealt a hand that has no cards of a particular suit. This enables you, right from the beginning, to capture tricks using the trump suit. In other words, the lack of a certain resource gives you a distinct advantage.

Let’s apply this metaphor to your immediate future, Pisces. I’m guessing that you will benefit from what may seem to be an inadequacy or deficit. An absence will be a useful asset.

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

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