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Being heard

Disability rights and justice advocates want reform in police training and practices following an officer-involved shooting of a deaf man.

By Laura Eastes

Before there was Magdiel Sanchez, a deaf Hispanic man shot and killed by Oklahoma City police last month, there was Pearl Pearson, a deaf motorist accused of fighting Oklahoma Highway Patrol during a traffic stop. Decades before, there was George Kiddy, a deaf man who sat two days in Oklahoma City jail on a public drunkenness charge and was denied an interpreter.

Well known to the state’s deaf and hard-of-hearing community, these stories of deaf citizens’ interactions with police highlight the lack of training and awareness around communicating with the deaf. The fear of miscommunication with law enforcement resulting in police brutality looms in the community, explained Renee’ Sites, who is deaf and serves as president of the Oklahoma Association of the Deaf.

“Social injustices are real,” Sites wrote in an email interview with Oklahoma Gazette, “and it has been for a long time for the deaf community.”

While the Americans with Disabilities Act calls for officers to take appropriate steps to communicate effectively with the deaf, the latest tragedy calls into question local officer training. In the days since the officer-involved shooting in southeast Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Association of the Deaf — an organization committed to promoting, protecting and preserving the civil rights and quality of life for the deaf — has launched a campaign to strengthen the police training they believe is lacking.

“We want to be heard,” Sites wrote.

“And we want officers to know that not all of us are the same. We are a very diverse group of deaf individuals from all walks of life. All law enforcement should receive specified training specifically on deaf and hard of hearing individuals, and that training should be given by deaf individuals, not by anyone hearing.”

Follow-up questions

Police tensions heightened for the deaf community following the death of Sanchez, a 35-year-old deaf and nonverbal resident of Oklahoma City.

On Sept. 19, Oklahoma City police, responding to a hit-and-run accident involving Sanchez’s father, encountered Sanchez in front of the home he shares with his father. Clutching a long pipe, which served as a walking stick to ward off loose dogs, Sanchez advanced toward police, who ordered the pipe dropped.

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that Sanchez was deaf, an officer, the first at the scene, fired a Taser while the second responding officer fired multiple shots. Sanchez was pronounced dead at the scene.

In the days and weeks that have followed the shooting, disability rights and justice advocates, as well as the greater community, have anatomized the case.

Even to disability-rights advocates aware of police brutality against deaf people, the circumstances raise questions.

“What hit us to the core was that neighbors called out to warn the officers that Magdiel was deaf,” Sites wrote.

“And still, he got shot and killed.”

Are Oklahoma City officers properly trained for interactions with deaf people? It’s a question Oklahoma Association for the Deaf can’t answer.

The Oklahoma City Police Department (OKCPD) requires four hours of training on how to interact with the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, among other training for encounters with different ethnic groups, races and disabilities. Oklahoma Association for the Deaf hasn’t reviewed or consulted on the curriculum.

What hit us to the core was neighbors called out to warn the officers that Magdiel was deaf. And still, he got shot and killed.

Renee’ Sites The deaf community wants officers better trained and better educated on interactions with deaf people. Perhaps more importantly, they want officers ready to apply those lessons in the field.

“It is time for change to happen,” Sites wrote. “We’ve been silent for far too long.

The hearing population doesn’t know what is best for us unless they’ve worked directly with us. We have to continually and diligently protect our rights.”

Last week, deaf advocates with Oklahoma Association for the Deaf sat down with OKCPD leaders to discuss training. The department is open to developing new training for interaction with the deaf and understanding cultural competencies.

“We have the responsibility of serving the entire public, regardless of why they are or what disability they have,” Chief Bill Citty said when asked about training during a press confer-

ence following the shooting. “If we find things we can do better, then I can promise you we will do better.”

More concerns

The city’s fifth officer-involved-shooting of 2017 is under investigation by the department’s homicide division, as required for all officer-involved shootings resulting in the loss of life. The case will be forwarded to the district attorney, who could file charges.

Police will be piecing together the case in interviews with officers and witnesses alone. Neither officer had a body camera, which Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City activists are calling into question.

“Why were the body cameras either not on or not worn?” asked Rev. T. Sheri Dickerson, the organization’s executive director, in an interview with Oklahoma Gazette. “Our organization championed implementation. Here it was, once again, not even proper documentation was provided because there wasn’t any.”

Oklahoma City police leaders responded that cameras were still making their way into the department. Later this month, the department will equip its patrol officers with body-worn cameras, as 200 body-worn cameras are introduced as part of a federal grant.

The movement also questions officers’ use of force. One officer deployed a Taser on Sanchez, while the other simultaneously fired his gun. A year ago, Terence Crutcher, a black man, was approached by two police officers after his vehicle broke down on a Tulsa street. One of the officers fired a Taser at him, while another fired their gun, killing Crutcher.

“The confines of police brutality are going to have to end,” Dickerson said. “It

Rev. T. Sheri Dickerson, the leader of Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City | Photo Garett Fisbeck

is devastating to our communities, all communities of color. It is just happening over and over again. Real change is going to have to be implemented to stop it.”

Current OKC police training calls for an officer to draw their gun when another draws a Taser. In the event the Taser fails, one officer has a gun drawn.

The family of Sanchez is calling for an independent investigation of the shooting by Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice. Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City also supports an independent investigation.

Questions by the family and community groups must be answered, said Dickerson.

Moving forward

In the weeks and months ahead, Oklahoma Association of the Deaf will continue to call upon the city’s law enforcement leaders to implement new training as well as its own training for members of the community. The organization is determined to prevent another tragedy and believes training must occur between both communities, law enforcement and the deaf.

“We need to educate ourselves,” Sites wrote, “to protect ourselves in positions where we may encounter police and find ways to de-escalate potentially dangerous situations and inform [police] that we are deaf and unable to follow orders.”

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Plans on ice

Braum’s application to rezone a portion of Classen Circle to make way for a new location is in limbo.

By Laura Eastes

The future of the mid-century Donnay Building and its distinctive tenants Charlie’s Jazz-Rhythm & Blues Records, The Drunken Fry and HiLo Club, along with neighboring business Classen Grill, remains unclear.

After the most recent Oklahoma City Planning Commission meeting, Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Store officials are no closer to receiving approval to rezone a portion of land at the corner of NW 50th Street and N. Military Avenue. The Oklahoma-based company seeks to rezone the land and raze existing buildings to make way for a new Braum’s store.

The commission must weigh in on any zoning application before it reaches the Oklahoma City Council.

This is no ordinary zoning application. For one, the application hints at the development of a Braum’s on the entire triangle-shaped city block but only seeks to rezone the corner lots from residential to a simplified planned unit development (SPUD), which allows for a variety of uses and building types. In other words, the application asks the commission to consider rezoning only a portion of the city block while considering the potential development of the entire block. Furthermore, the applicant, Braum’s, only owns two of the residential lots. Red Oak Properties, LLC, which owns the Donnay Building, owns the other residential lots and the neighboring land. Both Braum’s and Red Oak officials indicate a forthcoming agreement for Braum’s to either buy or lease the properties for their development.

Such circumstances don’t sit well with at least two commissioners.

Ultimately, three commissioners voted against the application, which also raises questions over traffic and pedestrian safety. With the commission one vote shy of the five votes needed to recommend the application to the city council, the application remains as an

item before the commission.

“That is just not a way to come up with a plan for the development of this property that makes any sense,” said Commission Chair Janis Powers. “It is an incredibly difficult and challenging site. … This is the worst possible place to put a site where you are hoping to attract a lot of traffic. … There is no way in and out of the site that makes sense.”

The application could come before the commission for reconsideration as early as 1:30 p.m. Oct. 12 in the council chambers. Braum’s officials could ask for the application to be deferred to a later commission meeting or drop it altogether.

Raised eyebrows

It’s no secret that many patrons of Classen Circle businesses Charlie’s Jazz-Rhythm & Blues Records, Classen Grill, The Drunken Fry and HiLo Club oppose the pending zoning application that would ultimately lead to the development of a Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Store.

Their argument centers on preserving the unique, midcentury modern Donnay Building and the distinctive businesses that have called it home for decades. Nestled near the northwest Oklahoma City neighborhood of Helm Farm and the commercial corridor of Western Avenue, HiLo Club, which opened in 1956, is recognized as one of the first gay-friendly bars in Oklahoma City. The record shop also has a long and storied history dating back to the late 1970s. Neighboring Classen Grill, 5124 N. Classen Blvd., arrived a decade later.

The Drunken Fry has served drinks to patrons for the last decade.

Filed in early July, Braum’s rezoning application with the City of Oklahoma City revealed plans for a new restaurant at the corner of NW 50th Street and N. Military Avenue and razing the Donnay Building and neighboring Classen Grill in order to create a parking lot.

Audience members raise their hands in support of preserving the Donnay Building when asked by Planning Commissioner Janis Powers to do so. | Photo Megan Nance

Days after the application was filed, about a hundred protestors gathered outside the Donnay Building, waving picket signs calling for a Braum’s boycott and shouting “Save the Circle.” An online petition calling for preserving the Classen Circle properties has upward of 13,500 supporters. In September, protestors and neighbors fired their concerns at Braum’s officials who agreed to a neighborhood meeting to discuss their proposal.

Without Braum’s

Whether the zoning application is approved or not, the area will be redeveloped, according to David Box, an attorney hired to represent Braum’s. Both Box and Dave Kennedy, attorney for Red Oak Properties, reported the Donnay Building owner wants to sell the properties to Braum’s or raze the building in the spring for redevelopment.

Those circumstances make the application an anomaly, Box argued. The Donnay Building rests on land zoned C4commercial. The zoning destination allows for nearly every kind of commercial development, which is why city leaders rarely approve applications for C4 status.

If city leaders reject the Braum’s application and the property owner moves ahead with demolition, the future development could be nearly anything.

“Would you rather have a Braum’s or a C4 development?” Box asked the commission.

Traffic concerns

With the application before the Planning Commission, protestors countered Braum’s argument with voiced objections over the potential traffic hazards a fast-food restaurant could bring to the area.

Mark Faulk, a community activist, asked for the application to be postponed for a traffic study.

“Four times we’ve reconfigured that area at the cost of tens of millions of dollars,” he said. “If Braum’s moves in there and the intensity of the traffic is as bad as it’s going to be, you will have to reconfigure it again. This area will not stand that amount of traffic.”

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Withholding support

New child support services fee raises questions that parents want answered. By Laura Eastes

A letter from Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) came as a huge surprise to Renee Mack-Mitchell, an Oklahoma City mother who receives child support payments through the agency’s Child Support Services division.

Beginning in October, the state agency would assess a 3 percent fee on child support payments, a measure taken by DHS leaders to balance their budget during the state’s financial crisis, Mack-Mitchell read on Sept. 15.

“No prior notice. No public hearings,” Mack-Mitchell said. “It came out of nowhere.”

The mother of four wasn’t alone in her frustration. She began hearing from other parents who rely on child support to ensure that their children have food on the table and clothes on their back. Like Mack-Mitchell, they were raising questions. Why is the fee being collected from the custodial parent and not the noncustodial parent? How was the fee enacted? Why were parents learning about the new fee just weeks before collections begin?

Another question, posed by MackMitchell was, Will families be affected by more cuts in the future?

“The state has taken away services and programs that help families. Now, they are dipping into our child support,” said Mack-Mitchell.

She is confident her family will continue to get by; however, she believes others, who already have a hard time making ends meet, will struggle.

“I feel it’s very unfair,” MackMitchell said, “especially to single mothers working so hard to try and provide for their children.”

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After another tumultuous budget year with a revenue gap of about $30 million,

DHS Director Ed Lake announced a series of service reductions to the agency that serves children, adults and seniors.

Despite an $18 million increase in state funding over the previous year’s appropriations, DHS was dealt with mid-year revenue failures, coupled with unfunded obligations and increases in the state’s share of the Medicaid program, resulting in the budget hole.

Measures taken by DHS ranged from a six-month freeze placed on new applications for child care subsidies and a 5 percent rate cut to foster parents to reductions in senior nutrition programs and services provided to people with developmental disabilities.

Jeff Wagner, a programs administrator in DHS’ Office of Communications, explained the new child support fee is another necessary measure for DHS to balance its budget. The fee is expected to generate about $1 million for the 2018 budget year.

“After several years of cuts, this fee is one of few options remaining to us to be able to maintain a confident level of services,” said Wagner while emphasizing state leaders have “historically resisted” passing fees onto customers.

Neighboring states, like Texas, Kansas, Arkansas and New Mexico, charge a fee on collections, he said.

DHS officials estimated the fee, which will be capped at $10 per month, affects 80,000 child support cases. The department currently manages a caseload of 199,000 cases. Custodial parents that receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or SoonerCare, the state’s Medicaid program, are excluded Edmond mother Oraynab Jwayyed advocates for fellow custodial parents frustrated with the new child support services fee to speak to share their experience with lawmakers. | Photo Megan Nance

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from the fee. DHS estimated the average case collection would be $4.31 a month.

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DHS officials announced the child support service fee on Sept. 15, but Wagner said DHS leaders included the 3 percent fee in its 2017 rules package, approved by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin months earlier.

Under both state and federal laws, DHS is authorized to charge and collect fees on child support payments through its agency rules-making process, Wagner said.

Earlier in the 2017 legislative session, Sen. AJ Griffin, R-Guthrie, and Rep. Tim Downing, R-Purcell, proposed a 3 percent child support service fee in Senate Bill 218.

The legislation passed the full Senate and a House committee but was never called to a vote on the House floor.

Rep. Jason Lowe, D-Oklahoma City, is one of a handful of lawmakers raising concerns over DHS enacting the fee through its agency rules-making process.

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“It’s based on mismanagement from DHS and legislators not properly funding the agency,” Lowe said. “I think any increase in fees or taxes should go through the Legislature as opposed to being done administratively.”

Lowe plans to introduce legislation to end the child support fee in the next legislative session, which begins in February.

“A child support recipient could be obligated to pay as much as $120 per year in addition to the $25 fee,” Lowe said. “I think that is way too much.”

Since 2010, DHS has deducted a $25 annual federal fee from child support payments.

Speak out

Last week, Edmond mom Oraynab Jwayyed attended a community event in south Oklahoma City, where she mentioned the new fee and met two other parents affected. She worries that people will brush off the fee and not consider its impact on single parents raising children on tight budgets.

“People will say, ‘It’s only $4,’” Jwayyed said. “After a year of collections, it’s over $50. That’s a trip to the grocery store.”

Jwayyed responded to the new fee by writing DHS leaders and contacting lawmakers. Her advice to other parents is to talk to their state representative or senator.

“Very often, people feel like no one is going to listen or they don’t know what to say,” Jwayyed said. “They will listen. Share your story to elected officials and tell them how this will affect you.”

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Lloyd Tillman just stole a $4,000 painting and a box of steaks from the porch of an Edmond home. Since the media likes to flirt with criminal nicknames, Tillman earned the title Porch Pirate.

When one earns the name Porch Pirate from News9, one must not disappoint. While the title has been used before, perhaps Tillman started thinking of himself as a pirate, one who attacks and robs not at sea but across the region. Arrgh!

Days after the neighborhood plunder, Tillman was at a gas station near Interstate 35 in Edmond when police spotted him in a 2014 yellow Chevrolet Camaro. An unmarked Oklahoma City Police vehicle parked behind Tillman’s vehicle, and an Edmond detective walked toward the vehicle, issuing commands with a gun drawn. Tillman, seated inside the vehicle, responded with his hands up but put his foot on the pedal and drove past two detectives, over a curb and onto the grass to flee arrest, according to The Edmond Sun. Tillman traveled to Garvin County, where he allegedly burglarized a business, stole checks and set the business on fire, News9 reported.

Potentially facing charges related to the theft of a painting and steaks, fleeing law enforcement, burglary and arson, Tillman fled to Texas. Once in Greenville, northeast of Dallas, Tillman attempted to cash a stolen check. A suspicious store clerk called the Garvin County business, which confirmed the check was stolen. The Porch Pirate fled with officers in pursuit, according to News9.

The Hunt County Sheriff’s Department, Greenville Police, Texas State Trooper and the state’s K9 unit “apprehended Lloyd Wayne Tillman, 38, after a highspeed chase, crash and foot pursuit into a wooden area,” The Edmond Sun reported.

Avast! Tillman was stopped. No longer a Porch Pirate, he is now known by his inmate number.

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Not since Sweet Brown swept through social media feeds and created her own tagline that spread like wildfire through the rest of the country has an Oklahoman become internet famous so quickly.

Fox 23 News reported that a video of this superstar’s shenanigans has been viewed 500,000 times in Taiwan, and film and TV star George Takei even shared a post about them on his Facebook page.

Unfortunately, Oklahoma’s new internet celebrity can’t tell amazing stories that end with “Ain’t nobody got time for that” since one of his biggest claims to fame is that he’s an adorable cat.

Though he joins the rest of the catobsessed online traffic, he didn’t become famous for hilariously knocking things off tables or being a jerk every chance he gets.

Tulsa’s CASHnip Kitty spends his time raising money for Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless, which provides support, programs and housing to the city’s homeless population.

The talented feline sleeps by the door in his home, GuRuStu marketing agency, and collects dollars pushed through a slot in the glass doors by adorably grabbing them with his paws.

We know what you’re thinking — this cat couldn’t possibly get any cuter. But

you’re wrong. His name is Sir Whines a Lot, and he has his own website, cashnipkitty.com; Facebook page; and Instagram account.

Go forth and share the joy, philanthropic spirit and social media posts of CASHnip Kitty with the world and help him raise money for a good cause; he’s light years beyond his piano-playing, cucumber-fearing brethren in the feline world.

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When the Oklahoma Legislature halted its special session last month, it walked away from its plan to cover a $215 million state budget shortfall. Republicans hoped to fill the gap through implementation of a cigarette tax that would tack an additional $1.50 onto a single pack of smokes.

According to The Motley Fool, the average cost of a pack of cigarettes in Oklahoma is $6.29. The additional tax would bring that average to a whopping $7.79.

Sadly for House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, the Republicans couldn’t muster enough votes and promptly blamed Democrats for their inability to reach the super-duper majority of 76 votes required to pass.

“We have our members lined up to support this measure on the floor vote.

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Copy and paste

Don’t you hate it when you go to paste a link into a word document, but you forgot that you couldn’t remember how to spell “yarmulke,” so you end up with a word on the page when you’re expecting a link? We hate it when that happens.

Well, keeping track of what’s pasted to your computer’s clipboard can be difficult when you’re multi-tasking.

Such was the case for an accountant hired for Oklahoma House of Representatives candidate Jason Reese while preparing a campaign finance report.

The finance report was submitted to state ethics commission with the title of a pornographic video in the description of credit card processing fees. Uh oh.

The mishap was reported first by The Lost Ogle blog, who correctly predicted that Reese would “pull a Ted Cruz” and blame the

mistake on a staffer.

Reese responded on Facebook to say that no campaign funds were used on pornography and that the accountant accepted responsibility for copying the link.

Reese is running for House District 83 seat in northwest Oklahoma City, a position currently held by Randy McDaniel, who is running for state treasurer and has no public record of Pornhub visits.

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What?! Top-notch high school athletic recruits receiving large cash payments to steer their decisions toward attending certain schools or signing deals with certain athletic wear companies? Why, who has ever heard of such a thing?

And in the bastion of integrity that is collegiate sports, no less.

While it isn’t exactly shocking to hear about college recruits being offered improper cash benefits, it is shocking to hear about a case involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation — especially with a former Oklahoma State basketball coach’s name attached.

Lamont Evans, long known for his

reputation as a top recruiter, was fired last week from his position as assistant coach for OSU men’s basketball after being arrested by federal authorities in a fraud investigation.

The crux of the FBI’s wide-ranging investigation into college basketball is that a large athletic wear company was fronting money to basketball coaches who then used that cash to lure top prospects into attending their school.

In return, the coaches would convince those prospects to hire financial advisors who would guide them back to the shoe company to sign an endorsement deal as professionals.

Whew! Even that nutshell version of the case was a lot to explain. Just know that college sports plus FBI investigation equals bad news.

An FBI affidavit alleges Evans took at least $22,000 in bribe money to guide athletes to financial advisers during his time at OSU and his previous job at the University of South Carolina.

Assistant coaches at Auburn University, University of Arizona, University of Louisville, University of Southern California and elsewhere were also connected to the case.

The question of who else at OSU knew about the alleged crime remains.

If it is traced to elsewhere in the program, the Cowboys might be in for some athletic sanctions.

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Democratic Party of the House that they will deliver 75 percent of their caucus to pass this measure,” McCall said, really buttering up the opposition.

The thing is, it’s not just the Democrats holding things up.

Republicans hold 72 seats, but a significant number of those Republicans wouldn’t vote for any tax unless it magically made everything taste like bacon. They needed every vote they could get from their own party.

That brings Chicken-Fried News to Rep. Katie Henke, R-Tulsa.

According to NonDoc, while her colleagues in the Legislature returned to the Capitol to undertake crucial decisions on the funding of state programs, Henke was on vacation with her family in Europe, possibly in Italy, where a pack of Muratti Ambassadors sells for $6.35.

So, while Henke danced in the Trevi Fountain or whatever, her constituents wondered if the $215 million budget gap could be closed without her vote.

It couldn’t, and her vote became a moot point after the Legislature skulked out of the Capitol on Sept. 27. But Henke’s departure for exotic locales sent the message that it was fine to let public education sink deeper into its current morass and cut 10 percent of Department of Human Services’ budget as long as Henke got to take one of those “Look! I’m holding up the Tower of Pisa!” photos for her

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We’ve come a long way from only having lowpoint beer, and breweries are opening seemingly every month in all areas of the state.

With the help of people like Gail White, who runs The Brew Shop, 2916 N. Pennsylvania Ave., where you can get started as a home brewer or peruse a healthy selection of craft beer, and Nick Trougakos, who runs the craft beer-centric Thirsty Beagle blog, Oklahomans are becoming more knowledgeable about beer beyond the major label mainstays.

White and Trougakos, along with beer enthusiast Mary Coyne and Oklahoma Gazette’s Jacob Threadgill, convened to take part in the second Fall Brew Review to help Oklahoma City residents navigate which seasonal beers they should try as the days get shorter and the temperatures begin to drop.

The panel tested only beer available in the Oklahoma City market this fall, which included those that are locally brewed and even some from overseas.

Oktoberfest in Munich has become the world’s preeminent beer drinking festival, and the beer recipes that come out of Germany often date back centuries.

The differences between American- and German-style Oktoberfest beer were debated

between panelists, along with discussions on whether or not fall was a proper time to enjoy an IPA with a fruity aroma. They also tested four different pumpkin beers because the popularity of pumpkin spice lattes has infiltrated every other aspect of American drink and cuisine. It turns out that it is possible to have the flavors of pumpkin spice without tasting artificial or cloying.

The panel embarked on the taste test for the greater good. You don’t want to get stuck with spending your hard-earned cash on a subpar ale or an Oktoberfest from a major brewery. Continue reading for a breakdown of 20 of the top 28 beers from the panel and the information for this season’s beer events. continued on next page

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Fall beer includes heavier recipes and hints of popular autumn flavors, and Oklahoma Gazette’s panel judged this year’s beers based on style.

By Jacob Threadgill

Ale: beer made using warm fermenta-

tion, which imparts a sweeter fruit taste and heavier body; hops add bitterness and balance sweetness.

Belgian Dubbel: Belgian-style ale with

a full, heavy body and strong malt flavor; colored deep garnet to dark brown, traditionally the result of using highly caramelized beet sugar. It was inspired by Trappist monks and has a high alcohol content.

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Porter: dark style of beer developed in

London from well-hopped beers made from brown malt. Porters predate stouts but are similar. Stouts are dark porters marketed in the 18th century as “extra porter” or “stout porter.”

The second annual Oklahoma Gazette Fall Brew Review tested 28 locally available beers in five categories: aroma, appearance, flavor, mouthfeel and overall impression. The fourmember panel tasted each beer blind, only knowing the type in order to grade it to style. Beers were judged in a vacuum to style and not to other beer in the panel. Judges submitted score sheets before brewers and beers were revealed.

Scoring

bottle-conditioned beer with heavy spice flavor, often tart with medium bitterness; saison, French for “season,” is the most common variety, and it’s traditionally brewed in winter and kept farm staff busy in off seasons as they created beer to drink in summer months.

Hops: delicate, cone-shaped flowers of

Score averages

Imperial: Derived from British brewers

for malted barley, is soaked in water until it germinates and then coked or roasted to stop the growing process; the amount of heat used impacts the color and flavor of beer and sugars in malt create alcohol during fermentation.

Farmhouse ale / saison: complex

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the Czechoslovakian city of Pilsen; hops impart bitter and floral spice notes.

Methodology

to reddish-brown with a medium body; named for the Austrian city, Vienna lagers are more associated with beers in the United States and Mexico like Yuengling and Negra Modelo.

found in milk, with a sweeter flavor and creamy body; sometimes called milk or cream stout.

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Pilsner: smooth pale lager named for

create flavors in beer and convert sugar into alcohol; ale yeast rises to the top during fermentation and bottom-fermenting lager yeast settles at the bottom.

Appearance, mouthfeel and overall impression were graded on a six-point scale. Aroma and taste were given a 10-point scale. The highest possible combined score is 38. The beer scores listed are the combined average from the panel. The top 20 beers made our list with anonymous comments from the panel.

Cream stout: made with lactose, a sugar

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Yeast: single-celled microorganism that

who would ship beer to the Russian Imperial Court, Imperial is used as a descriptor by American craft breweries for stouts, pale ale and pilsner to indicate the amount of hops and malts used during brewing have been doubled or tripled for more flavor and higher alcohol content.

India pale ale/ IPA: Ale with stronger

hop flavor; originally brewed in England and exported to India for British troops, and more hops were used to help preserve the beer during its transport.

Vienna lager: color ranges from copper

Humulus lupulus plant, which grows in vines more than 20 feet long; light green cones are full of flavorful resins and oils that give beer bitterness when used early in brewing and aroma when added later.

Malt: most popular brewing grain, short

Wheat ale: usually top-fermented —

brewed with a large portion of wheat relative to the amount of barley malt.

American wheat beer takes Hefeweizen recipe and uses fermenting ale yeasts for a subtle brew.

26-38: Outstanding — world-class

example of style

21-25: Excellent — exemplifies style well;

might need minor fine-tuning

16-20: Very good — generally within style parameters; some minor flaws 11-15: Good — misses the mark on style

and/or has minor flaws

6-10: Fair — off flavors, aromas or major style deficiencies 0-5: Problematic — major off flavors and

aromas dominate

Pale ale: made with pale malt, usually with a medium hoppiness that is easy to drink.

Pumpkin ale: ingredients include

pumpkin chunks, puree or flavoring, and the ale is usually mild and malty with little bitterness.

Lager: made with bottom-fermented

yeast at colder temperatures for a crisper, cleaner taste.

Märzen: medium to full-bodied

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German-style beer; Märzen is German for “March,” when the beer was traditionally brewed, and it is a traditional Oktoberfest beer with color ranging from golden yellow to dark brown and a rich taste with mild hoppiness.

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1. Vanilla Noir Imperial Stout Prairie Artisan Ales, Tulsa Alcohol by volume: 11.5 percent Average score: 33, outstanding

Vanilla Noir earned a 36 out of 38 from three panelists and takes the top spot in our review. It looks like what you’d expect from a fall stout: dark brown that isn’t cloudy and has good lacing around the glass. The flavor is smooth and creamy with bourbon characteristics and is low on the carbonation. The whiskey flavor is present without overpowering the smooth stout elements. “It’s an excellent after-dinner beer that could replace dessert, but I’d love to try it with ice cream,” said one panelist. It shouldn’t comes as a surprise that Prairie Artisan Ales tops our list.

Deadspin’s Will Gordon said Prairie Artisan Ales’ Prairie Hop is the best beer in the country. The brewery’s imperial stout is a welcome addition to your fridge this fall.

2. Broken Tile Double IPA Vanessa House Beer Co., Oklahoma City Alcohol by volume: 8.4 percent Average score: 31, outstanding

A beer that is more associated with spring and summer rose nearly to the top of our fall brew list thanks to a commitment to style. Vanessa House recently made the decision to offer the beer yearround, and it has paid off. A fruity aroma reminiscent of pineapple and grapefruit is paired with a flavor that delicately balances the floral notes of hops and the malty bitterness that is “most enjoyable on the taste buds,” one panelist said. It earned a perfect 38 out of 38 from another panelist.

3. Barrel Aged Hibernation Ale Great Divide Brewing Company, Denver, Colorado Alcohol by volume: 8.7 percent Average score: 30, outstanding

The Hibernation Ale threads the needle as a barrel-aged brew that is not too boozy. It has a whiskey barrel aroma and a dark amber color. The whiskey flavor is present but finishes smoothly. “Your palate pays attention but doesn’t linger,” said one panelist who recommends it as a standalone beer or perfect with a dessert. “It’s a very nice beer with a good bourbon presence,” said another panelist.

4. Twisted Stache Milk Stout Twisted Spike Brewing Co., Oklahoma City Alcohol by volume: 4 percent Average score: 30, outstanding

The local Oklahoma City beer earned points for being a delicate stout, not too overpowering. It has a roasted and chocolate aroma without clouding your taste buds. It pours a dark brown, but its flavor is lightly roasted malt. While one panelist judged the milk stout as thin for the style, another said the flavor would be perfect for parties and entertaining, which is not always the case with a stout. One panelist gave it a 36 out of 38. continued on page 16

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5. Oktoberfest Märzen Lager Rahr & Sons Brewing Company, Fort Worth, Texas Alcohol by volume: 6.7 percent Average score: 29.5, outstanding

The highest-ranking traditional märzen in our ranking earned its way into the top five with a malt aroma that continued into a mild malt flavor and a dry finish with only light carbonation. “Good attention to its starting taste,” one panelist said.

The beer earned an outstanding grade from three panelists, but one ranked it lower for a lingering bitterness in its aftertaste.

6. Hotbox Coffee Porter Oskar Blues Brewery, Longmont, Colorado Alcohol by volume: 6.5 percent Average score: 29.25, outstanding

The aroma coming from the Hotbox Coffee Porter is strong enough to make you think that it could be a cold brew coffee, but the malty porter flavor comes together for an agreeable blend during the taste. A hint of sweet caramel knocked it down a notch for one panelist, who also noted that it is too thin for style, but it earned high marks all around. “If you like coffee and beer, then try this one. It’s highly enjoyable,” said another panelist.

7. Paradise Imperial Stout Prairie Artisan Ales, Tulsa Alcohol by volume: 13 percent Average score: 29, outstanding

Prairie Artisan Ales was trying to take the imperial stout from the fall and winter and make it an all-season beer with the addition of coconut and vanilla. At 13 percent, it’s the highest ABV in the review, and the aroma is boozy to match. It pours a dark brown, and the coconut comes through in the flavor, along with coffee, bourbon and molasses. “I really enjoyed this one. It’s a great combination of flavor and mouthfeel,” said one panelist.

8. Original Oktoberfest Hacker-Pschorr, Munich, Germany Alcohol by volume: 5.8 percent Average score: 28.25, outstanding

Hacker-Pschorr’s recipe for its beer dates back to the dark ages and is the creation of a merger of two of Germany’s oldest breweries. With the history behind the beer, it’s easy to see why it is the highest-ranking German brewed beer by the panel. It pours with a pleasing malty aroma into a caramel color. The flavor is a balance between a sweet start, malty middle and slightly bitter finish. “It’s a very good example of this style,” said one panelist.

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9. Sei Barili Vol. I: The IPA Stonecloud Brewing Co., Oklahoma City Alcohol by volume: 7.6 percent Average score: 27.33, outstanding

Gold in color and very clear, the Sei Barili Vol. II is one of the highest-ranking beers for its appearance. This local iteration has a huge floral aroma and spicy undertones. It does not finish with a strong aftertaste like many other IPAs.

10. Black O’ Lantern Pumpkin Stout Wasatch Brewery, Salt Lake City, Utah Alcohol by volume: 6.7 percent Average score: 27.25, outstanding

The pumpkin spice notes are present in the aroma but not overwhelming with the flavor. As a stout, its light brown color is highlighted by mahogany and flavor is rich and creamy. One reviewer said it would be great next to a roaring fall fire. “It’s easy drinking with slight spice notes,” said another.

The biggest criticism of the beer was that it lacked “stout authority.”

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11. Oktoberfest Märzen Paulaner, Munich, Germany Alcohol by volume: 5.8 percent Average score: 26.25, outstanding

Hailing from Oktoberfest’s Motherland, Paulaner’s Oktoberfest Märzen is the most accurate representation of what the more than 6 million people who visit the city for Oktoberfest will drink. The malty notes start with the aroma and continue into the flavor, which ends with a smooth finish.

The Paulaner outranked its German counterpart (Wiesn) despite one reviewer noting the bottle might have influenced the flavor through light exposure.

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12. Oktoberfest Warsteiner, Warstein, Germany Alcohol by volume: 5.9 percent Average score: 25.75, excellent

In the case of Warsteiner’s Oktoberfest, the difference between American and German Oktoberfest can be noticed on the pour. It’s a light gold compared to the darker ambers of American beers, and it’s more malty than it is sweet. American Oktoberfest beers have adapted to be sweeter, but the Warsteiner is slightly bitter, which one panelist noted was a good representation of style.

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13. Pumpkin Brown Ale Rahr & Sons Brewing Company, Fort Worth, Texas Alcohol by volume: 7.8 percent Average score: 25.75, excellent

If you are one of the people who marks the proverbial calendar until the return of all things pumpkin spice flavor, then this is the beer for you.

One panelist said it was like drinking a pumpkin pie. Cinnamon seemed to be the most dominate flavor between panelists, which earned high marks from one and weariness from others. “I like this beer, but it seems like the brewer went all-in on the spices,” said one panelist.

14. Ogletoberfest Vienna-Style Lager Anthem Brewing Company, Oklahoma City Alcohol by volume: 5.5 percent Average score: 25, excellent

This local beer was the brainchild of Anthem president Patrick Lively and friend Patrick Riley, who runs The Lost Ogle blog. Anthem uses a Vienna style of hops rather than the traditional märzen style, and the results are quite satisfactory. It was praised for its slight malty aroma and balance provided from heavy carbonation, which is to style, and a touch of vanilla.

15. Monk’s Crossing Belgian-Style Double Ale Twisted Spike Brewing Co., Oklahoma City Alcohol by volume: 7.2 percent Average score: 25, excellent

In warmer seasons, this beer might’ve ranked higher on the list. It gives off an aroma two panelists said is reminiscent of stonefruit. Its appearance is cloudy and amber while its taste is sweet with a hint of licorice. The fruit aroma combined with the sweet flavor knocked it down for a fall brew, but it’s still plenty drinkable.

16. Territorial Reserve Barrel Aged Wild Wheat Wine Honey Ale COOP Ale Works, Oklahoma City Alcohol by volume: 9.5 percent Average score: 24, excellent

This entry from COOP makes its presence known immediately with its pungent notes of wheat that are both sweet and vinegary. The sour notes take hold when the honey ale hits your tongue, and then the slight fizzle of carbonation is soon to follow.

Even though a few on the panel do not care for sour beer, they overlooked personal taste to see that it is a good representation of style that is “quite complex.”

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17. Harvest Pumpkin Wheat Blue Moon Brewing Company, MillerCoors, Golden, Colorado Alcohol by volume: 5.7 percent Average score: 23.75, excellent

Blue Moon’s entry into the realm of all things pumpkin-spiced is an exercise in restraint compared to the Rahr & Sons’ Pumpkin Ale. The notes of nutmeg and ginger were divisive among panelists, some calling it artificial and another describing it as “enticing.” The beer earned praise for its clear body, but it missed its opportunity by not fully embracing pumpkin spice.

One panelist said it would’ve scored higher if it were sweeter.

18. Business As Usual Imperial IPA with rye Stonecloud Brewing Co., Oklahoma City Alcohol by volume: 9 percent Average score: 23.67, excellent

Try as you might, have you never been able to get into IPAs because they’re too hoppy? The slight fruit aroma and balance of bitter and booziness from the rye in the Business as Usual gave it a smoothness that even non-IPA fans will enjoy. It pours light and clear and does not have an overpowering floral aroma.

19. Turtlehead Coffee Imperial Stout Stonecloud Brewing Co., Oklahoma City Alcohol by volume: 11 percent Average score: 23.67, excellent

Stonecloud Brewing’s Turtlehead Coffee lives up to its imperial stout name with 11 percent alcohol by volume, the second highest content in our review. The booziness turned out to be divisive; two reviewers gave the brew an outstanding score, and another rated it only as “very good,” which knocked it down. The flavor is like roasted oak but “kind of one-dimensional, boozy,” one reviewer wrote.

20. Oktoberfest COOP Ale Works, Oklahoma City Alcohol by volume: 5.6 percent Average score: 23.5 excellent

The Oktoberfest brewed right here in OKC beat out versions brewed by big national craft brewers Sierra Nevada and Samuel Adams. The beer’s flavor, appearance and overall impression overcame an odd aroma, which three panelists said had a trace of sulfur. The lager earned praise for its creamy mouthfeel, but the slightly bitter aftertaste was seen as a good balance by some panelists and off-putting by others.

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Breweries and taprooms 405 Brewing Co. and Taproom 1716 Topeka St., Norman www.405brewing.com 405-573-2668 American Solera 1801 S. 49th W. Ave., Tulsa americansolera.com 918-949-4318 Angry Scotsman Brewing (coming soon) 704 W. Reno Ave. angryscotbrew.com 405-334-7208 Anthem Brewing Company and Taproom 908 SW Fourth St. anthembrewing.com 405-604-0446 Back Porch Draft House 5370 NW Cache Road, Suite 1, Lawton bpdrafthouse.com 580-699-2990 Battered Boar Brewing Company (taproom coming soon) 14801 Metro Plaza Blvd., Edmond batteredboar.com 405-254-5000 Belle Isle Restaurant & Brewing Co. 1900 Northwest Expressway belleislerestaurant.com 405-840-1911 Beavers Bend Brewery and Taproom 46 Coho Road, Broken Bow beaversbendbrewery.com 580-494-3455 Black Mesa Brewing Company 1354 W. Sheridan Ave. blackmesabrewing.com 405-778-1865 Brewhouse 110 W. Main St., Norman gldining.com/brewhouse 405-321-2739 Bricktown Brewery 1 N. Oklahoma Ave. (see website for more locations) bricktownbrewery.com 405-232-2739 Cabin Boys Brewery and Taproom (coming 2017) 1717 E. Seventh St., Tulsa facebook.com/cabinboysbrewery

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Choc Beer Company and Choc Room 120 SW Eighth St., Krebs petes.org/choc-beer 918-423-2042 COOP Ale Works and Taproom 4745 Council Heights Road coopaleworks.com 405-842-2667

Dead Armadillo Craft Brewing and Taproom 1004 E. Fourth St., Tulsa dabrewery.com 918-232-8627

Twisted Spike Brewing Co. and Tasting Room 1 NW 10th St. twistedspike.com 405-267-9961

Elk Valley Brewing Co. and Taproom (coming early 2018) 1212 N. Hudson Ave. elkvalleybrew.com 405-209-0016

Vanessa House Beer Co. 516 NW 21st St. vanessahousebeerco.com 405-816-4870

Elgin Park Brewery 325 E. Mathew B. Brady St., Tulsa elginparkbrewery.com 918-986-9910 Indian Brewing Company and Taproom (coming soon) 333 W. Dallas St., Broken Arrow facebook.com/indianbrewingco Iron Monk Brewing Company and Taproom 519 S. Husband St., Stillwater ironmonkbeer.com 405-714-2585 Marshall Brewing Company and Taproom 618 S. Wheeling Ave., Tulsa marshallbrewing.com 918-292-8781 Mountain Fork Brewing and Taproom 85 N. Lukfata Trail Road, Broken Bow facebook.com/mountainforkbrewery 580-494-3233 Nothing’s Left Brewing Co. 3001 W. Mobile St., Broken Arrow nothingsleftbrew.co 918-645-6171 Prairie Artisan Ales’ Prairie Brewpub 223 N. Main St., Tulsa prairiepub.com 918-936-4395 Prairie Taproom (coming soon) 3 NE Eighth St. prairieales.com 918-302-3003 Renaissance Brewing Co. 1147 S. Lewis Ave., Tulsa renaissancebeer.com 918-409-0551 Roughtail Brewing Co. and Taphouse 1279 N. Air Depot Blvd., Midwest City roughtailbeer.com 405-771-6517 Royal Bavaria 3401 S. Sooner Road, Moore royal-bavaria.com 405-799-7666 Stonecloud Brewing Co. and Taproom 1012 NW First St. stonecloudbrewing.com 405-602-3966

The Willows Family Ales (coming soon) Pearl District, Tulsa facebook.com/thewillowsbeer

Craft Beer Destinations 51st Street Speakeasy 1114 NW 51st St. 51stspeakeasy.com 405-463-0470 Anchor Down 30 NE Second St. anchordownokc.com 405-605-8070 Back Door Barbecue 315 NW 23rd St. backdoorbarbecue.com 450-525-7427 The Barrel 4308 N. Western Ave. barrelokc.com 405-525-6682 Bison Witches Bar & Deli 211 E. Main St., Norman bisonwitchesok.com 405-364-7555 Blackbird Gastropub 575 S. University, Suite 110, Norman gldining.com/blackbird 405-928-5555 The Bleu Garten 301 NW Tenth St. bleugarten.com 405-879-3808 Blu 201 S. Crawford Ave., Norman gldining.com/blu 405-360-4258 Bricktown Brewery One Remington Place (see website for more locations) bricktownbrewery.com 405-419-4449 Bunker Club 433 NW 23rd St. bunkerclubokc.com 405-702-8898 Cheever’s Cafe 2409 N. Hudson Ave. cheeverscafe.com 405-525-7007 Chick N Beer 715 NW 23rd St. chicknbeerokc.com 405-604-6995

The Drake Seafood and Oysterette 519 NW 23rd St., Suite 111 thedrakeokc.com 405-605-3399 The Drum Room 4309 N. Western Ave. drumroomokc.com 405-604-0990 Empire Slice House 1734 NW 16th St. empireslicehouse.com 405-557-1760 Fassler Hall 421 NW 10th St. fasslerhall.com 405-609-3300

The Library Bar & Grill 607 W. Boyd St., Norman gldining.com/the-library 405-366-7465 The Loaded Bowl 1211 SW Second St. theloadedbowlokc.com 405-820-9599

Pizzeria Gusto 2415 N. Walker Ave. pizzeria-gusto.com 405-437-4992

The Lobby Cafe & Bar 4322 N. Western Ave. willrogerslobbybar.com 405-604-4650

Power House 1228 SW Second St. powerhouseokc.com 405-702-0699

Lost Highway 1613 N. May Ave. losthighwaybar.com 405-601-5606

FlashBack RetroPub 814 W. Sheridan Ave. flashbackretropub.com 405-633-3604

Louie’s Grill & Bar 9401 Lake Hefner Parkway (see website for more locations) louiesgrillandbar.com 405-751-2298

Flint 15 N. Robinson Ave. flintokc.com 405-605-0657

Ludivine 805 N. Hudson Ave. ludivineokc.com 405-778-6800

Flip’s Wine Bar & Trattoria 5801 N. Western Ave. flipswinebar.com 405-843-1527

The Manhattan OKC 210 Park Ave. themanhattanokc.com 405-605-5300

The Garage Burgers & Beer 307 E. Main St., Norman (see website for more locations) eatatthegarage.com 405-701-7035

Mary Eddy’s Kitchen + Lounge 21c Museum Hotel Oklahoma City 900 W. Main St. maryeddysokc.com 405-982-6960

Guyutes 730 NW 23rd St. guyutes.com 405-702-6960 Hideaway Pizza 6616 N. Western Ave. (see website for more locations) hideawaypizza.com 405-840-4777 HiLo Club 1221 NW 50th St. hilookc.com 405-843-1722 Hudsons Public House 27 E. Sheridan Ave. (see website for more locations) hhpublichouse.com 405-605-4995 Ingrid’s Kitchen 3701 N. Youngs Blvd. (see website for more locations) ingridsok.com 405-946-8444 Iron Star Urban Barbeque 3700 N. Shartel Ave. ironstarokc.com 405-524-5925 James E. McNellie’s Public House 1100 Classen Drive (see website for more locations) mcnellies.com 405-601-7468

Picasso Cafe / The Other Room 3009 Paseo St. picassosonpaseo.com 405-602-2002

Pub W 3121 W. Memorial Road (see website for more locations) pubdub.com 405-608-2200 The Pump Bar 2425 N. Walker Ave. pumpbar.net 405-702-8898 Republic Gastropub 5830 N. Classen Blvd. republicgastropub.com 405-286-4577

Meatball House 333 W. Boyd St., Norman meatball.house 405-701-8300 The Mont 1300 Classen Blvd., Norman themont.com 405-329-3330 The Mule 1630 N. Blackwelder Ave. themuleokc.com 405-601-1400 Noir Bistro & Bar 701 W. Sheridan Ave. theparamountokc.com 405-208-4233

The Root 3012 N. Walker Ave. facebook.com/therootokc 405-655-5889 S&B’s Burger Joint 20 NW Ninth St. (see website for more locations) sandbburgers.com 405-270-0516 Saints 1715 NW 16 St. saintspubokc.com 405-602-6308 Sauced on Paseo 2912 Paseo St. saucedonpaseo.com 405-521-9800 Scratch Kitchen & Cocktails 132 W. Main St., Norman scratchnorman.com 405-801-2900 Slaughter’s Hall 221 N. Central Ave. slaughtershall.com 405-606-6063 TapWerks Ale House 121 E. Sheridan Ave. tapwerks.com 405-319-9599

Oak & Ore 1732 NW 16th St. oakandore.com 405-606-2030 O’Connell’s Irish Pub & Grille 769 Asp Ave., Norman facebook.com/oconnellsnorman 405-217-8454 Packard’s New American Kitchen - The 10 Roof 201 NW 10th St. packardsokc.com 405-605-3771

Kong’s Tavern 1016 N. Walker Ave. kongstavern.com 405-602-2074

The Patriarch Craft Beer House and Lawn 9 E. Edwards St., Edmond thepatriarchedmond.com 405-285-6670

Land Run Grill & Wine Bar 1400 12th Ave. SE, Norman landrungrill.com 405-310-2370

Penny Hill Deli 1150 W. Lindsey St., Norman philldeli.com 405-366-8767

Vast 333 W. Sheridan Ave. vastokc.com 405-702-7262 VZD’s Restaurant & Bar 4200 N. Western Ave. vzds.com 405-602-3006 The Wedge Pizzeria Deep Deuce 230 NE First St. (see website for more locations) thewedgeokc.com 405-270-0660 The Zu Sports Grill 16 S. Broadway, Edmond thezusportsgrill.com 405-330-1833

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Toast summer’s best libations at these events and cool metro-area taprooms. By Gazette staff

Metro ARTonTAP

Join Oklahoma City Museum of Art for its 14th annual ARTonTAP beer tasting event. The evening consists of over 80 varieties of beer, eats and treats from local restaurants around the metro, live music and a rooftop terrace beer garden by Heineken USA. Tickets are $50-$65 and are only available in advance.

7-10 p.m. Friday, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, okcmoa.com

OKCtoberfest

Get ready for OKCtoberfest, Oklahoma City’s first Oktoberfeststyle craft beer festival. The second year of the event features an on-tap mix of over 30 local and national seasonal and craft beers, food trucks with OKCtoberfest-exclusive menu items and live music. Tickets are $7-$10 in advance, and attendees must be age 21 or older.

Friday-Saturday, OKC Farmers Public Market, 311 S. Klein Ave., okctoberfest.net

OK Ale Trail 5K Beer Run

Jump into your running shoes and get ready to sip some beer at OK Ale Trail 5K Beer Run hosted by The Patriarch Craft Beer House & Lawn and Edmond Fine Arts Institute.

This year’s run features food trucks, live music and special brews by COOP Ale Works, Anthem Brewing Company and Roughtail Brewing Co. Registration for the run is $40 and includes four craft beers (one after each lap) and a souvenir beer glass.

11 a.m. Oct. 21, Edmond Fine Arts Institute, 27 E. Edwards St., Edmond, edmondfinearts.com

OKBio BrewFest

Taste product from more than 20 different breweries, distilleries and wineries at OKBio BrewFest and

learn about the diverse bioscience industry in Oklahoma. General admission tickets are $35 and include a 14-oz. BrewFest mug, a BrewFest T-shirt and unlimited samples.

5-7 p.m. Nov. 9, Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 S. Mickey Mantle Drive, i2e.org/okbio/okbio-brewfest

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If you are looking for an authentic Bavarian culture experience, look no further than Linde Oktoberfest Tulsa. Ranked as one of the top 10 Oktoberfests in the United States by USA Today, this festival has it all.

Tickets are free for kids age 12 and under, and adult tickets cost $7-$10.

Tickets include access to the Dachshund Dash, live music, German beer and food and much more. In addition, revelers can purchase carnival ride wristbands for $20.

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All About Cha teams up with the first MAPS 3 Senior Health and Wellness Center to improve quality of life in the senior community.

By Sean Isabella

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From the natural light and wider corridors all the way down to the design of the chairs, the new MAPS 3 Senior Health and Wellness Center was built to support a community of active older adults.

More than just 40,000 square feet of weights and plates and pools, the safe haven for adults age 50 and older wanted a food partner to match its core concepts of catering to physical, social and educational wellness.

It almost made too much sense for Chang Yi, a franchisor of All About Cha, a popular local coffee and tea shop, to serve a demographic he has learned to love.

“That’s why I didn’t hesitate to come in here, because a lot of times, you can build stronger bonds and relationships with elderly people,” said Yi, who opened the small shop last month.

“Being from South Korea, you’re brought up in an environment where you’re trained or educated to respect your elders. When I think about myself — and I’m getting older — if I can do something for the elderly people, maybe the younger generation will respect them the same way.”

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A phone call is all it took.

Back in February, about a month before the wellness center opened its doors to the public, Yi received a call from Bill Fleming, the chairman of the board of directors of Healthy Living & Fitness, Inc., a nonprofit partner and operator.

All About Cha offers an array of breakfast items including muffins, toast, bagels and yogurt parfaits. | Photo Garett Fisbeck

Fleming heard about All About Cha from Councilman Mark Stonecipher.

Fleming was sold after checking out the Bricktown location. Being local helped, as did the menu and concept.

It originated in South Korea, and Yi, who came to the United States in 1985 and later graduated from Phillips University in Enid, opened the first American location seven years ago in Edmond. He owns two locations (the wellness center at 11501 N. Rockwell Ave. and Bricktown) and helped add franchises in Moore, Norman, Tulsa and Southlake, Texas, among others.

The 12th U.S. location, near Covell Road and Kelly Avenue in Edmond, opened Sept. 1.

If I can do something for the elderly people, maybe the younger generation will respect them the same way.

Chang Yi “If anything, people think we are like a mixture of Starbucks and Panera Bread,” Yi said. “That kind of fits a good description of us.”

Whether it’s the green tea from Japan or the coffee, sandwiches and

salads that members scoop up, Yi said he regularly sees happy faces.

Jefferson Killgore, executive director of Healthy Living OKC, initially was impressed with Yi’s vision. Now, he has noticed All About Cha’s connection to the members.

“It’s not just get in, get out and go on with your day,” Killgore said. “This really becomes a place of belonging or a sense of identity for our members to have an extension of that community.”

Different crowd

Located near the front entrance in a 250 square-foot space, this miniature version of All About Cha pales in comparison to the 4,000 square-foot Bricktown location.

So far, it has been a learning experience for Yi as he attempts to master the trends of the wellness center’s members, who range in age from 50 to 100.

The menu Yi constructed isn’t quite as expansive as other locations due to the size of the space and the lack of a heating element to produce hot food.

Still, it features teas Yi felt would be beneficial for an older crowd, along with several food options.

What originally started with a 7 a.m.-7 p.m. schedule has shifted to an 8 a.m.-8 p.m. schedule to accommodate the evening crowd looking for a portable dinner.

All About Cha offers two sandwiches, four salads and a rotating sandwich special of the week. In the mornings, it serves typical breakfast fare like yogurt parfaits, bagels, toast and muffins.

“It’s not just cheap coffee and tea.

It’s a quality product, and it’s something people will want to come back for,” Killgore said. “And it’s locally owned and operated. Those things make a difference to us.”

Part of All About Cha’s model is education, so Yi makes it a point to inform customers which tea or drinks are best suited for a specific ailment or issue.

Yi said Evergreen tea, a combination of green and wild mulberry tea, is popular for those who might have diabetes. Siesta Dream, a mix of safflower and chrysanthemum, provides a boost with vitamin A and vitamin E. “Those are the things I try to stress more to the audience and customers here more so than downtown, where the college students are looking for caffeine,” he said. “Here, we’re trying to get them something good for their body.”

With just four full-time employees and four to six part-time workers — not including group instructors and personal trainers, who are contractors — the wellness center relies on volunteers to serve and lead the community.

Killgore estimated 85 percent of the volunteers are members.

With the rapid growth, Killgore often finds his team asking what it can do to better serve its members. A few weeks ago, a member who had lost a loved one asked if there was a place for healing. Within a few weeks, a grieving group was in place.

In a sense, Healthy Living OKC and All About Cha are guinea pigs.

Yi is testing this model as research to potentially expand into office buildings and universities. The smaller size and lower startup fees (about $70,000 for the wellness center location, compared to more than $300,000 for other locations) could attract a different group of franchisees.

The wellness center is the first of four locations as part of the MAPS 3 project.

A second location will completed by the end of the year, with projected dates of 2019 and 2021 for the final two projects.

“I hope we’ve set the bar high,” Killgore said. “I say that respectfully to the other operators, who we will share insights and wisdom with. The better we are, the better we can encourage them to be.”

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With All About Cha as the final piece of the puzzle, Healthy Living OKC is eager to grow together.

“I feel our members have found a renewed sense of purpose and identity by means of this facility,” Killgore said.

“I’ve got a good friend who says people often look for belonging, affirmation and meaning in relationships. This facility creates all of those things, but it’s also an improved quality of life.”

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Soup with soul

Paired with a grilled cheese or a meal on its own, soup is the seasonal food that crosses ethnic culinary lines with ease. No matter your craving, there is a hearty bowl of soup waiting to warm you up this fall.

By Jacob Threadgill | Photos by Garett Fisbeck, Garret Fisbeck / file and Gazette / file

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A good tortilla soup isn’t called that just because of a few crunchy tortilla strips dumped on top of the broth. The name comes from tortillas that are used to thicken the broth, like it’s done at Alvarado’s in Oklahoma City or at its Edmond location.

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There are so many options at Cajun King that it’s easy to miss one of the buffet’s best offerings: gumbo. If there’s any downside, it’s that the thick soup — full of crab, shrimp and sausage — weighs you down. That might a problem if you’re trying to set records, but if it’s between a fourth plate or gumbo, get the gumbo.

Of all the restaurant additions along NW 23rd Street, Chae Modern Korean is among the best. The kitchen, which blends traditional Korean recipes with modern flair, has three tantalizing soups on its menu. The oxtail soup is creamy with thick udon noodles, the jjambbong is served with seafood and soondubu is a spicy soup served with tofu.

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Both Kenyan and Ethiopian cuisine is available at this Edmond eatery. The beef stew is served with chapatti, a Kenyan sweet flatbread. The stew is stocked with beef, potato and tomato and is packed full of flavor. The stew is also available with rice (pilau masala) or mukimo, a mixture of mashed potatoes, peas, spinach and onions.

Oklahoma City and the surrounding area has no shortage of pho, but Pho Cuong earns recognition for its commitment to soup, leaving non-soup dishes to other restaurants. The broth is the star of the show.

Flavored with lots of bone marrow and a melody of spices including star anise, coriander pods, cloves and much more, it cooks the thinly sliced beef as it is served.

A visit to Tamashii will make you forget the ramen that comes in a packet. The creamy and luxurious broth can only be achieved through hours of attention, and the al dente bite of the noodles resembles nothing like soup in a cup. Get a bowl of tonkotsu topped with pork belly and marinated bamboo or opt for a vegetarian variety with miso butter and corn.

Is there a better combination than a grilled cheese and tomato soup? Maybe peanut butter and jelly — maybe. In OKC, there is no place better for the combination than the Plaza District’s The Mule, where grilled cheese is a way of life, but the soup earns plenty of credit on its own.

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For some, it might be picking out a costume. There are parents out there who might say they secretly bemoan braving the frightening, long, loud lines at trick-ortreat events with their kids.

For others, the office Halloween party can be a time to stress. There’s the immortal question of whether one should dress up or not. Making small talk with coworkers while listening to “Monster Mash” on loop for an hour can take a lot out of a person.

If attending the annual office get-together is what gives you the biggest fright each October, Oklahoma Gazette is here to provide some assistance.

This year, don’t just be the hero of the party, but shop local while doing it.

The Gazette took a recent trip to several Halloween hot spots and came back with a bright plastic pumpkin full of clutch party wares.

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4200 N. Western Ave. facebook.com/42ndstreetcandy 405-521-8337 Finds: Gummy witches’ hats and legs ($9 per pound)

If kindergarten taught us anything, it’s that the key to any great party is copious amounts of refined sugar. For anyone looking to stock up on seasonal sweets of any kind, 42nd Street Candy Co. is the obvious first stop.

The shop is stocked with Halloween-themed Peeps and special holiday varieties of your favorite national candies, but we need to make a unique splash at this gathering. A big bag of gummy witches’ hats and legs will help kick this party into second gear.

• Halloween Superstore 1433 Northwest Expressway halloweenokc.com 405-948-1234 Finds: Fog machine ($34.99), “combover leader” wig ($17.99)

If your get-together didn’t include a fog machine, you’re not doing this holiday right. By purchasing our very own fog maker, our coworkers were saved the embarrassment of an optically lucid Halloween.

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Oklahoma artist Robert Taylor puts his art career on display in a special exhibit at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. By Ben Luschen

If Robert Taylor has a favorite painting he has made, it is probably included among the more than 60 pieces collected for his career-encapsulating exhibition at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. “An old joke among artists is that when you get asked, ‘What’s your favorite painting?’ a real honest answer is, ‘My next one,’” he said.

Taylor is the sixth artist to be featured in the art museum’s Jerome M. Westheimer, Sr. and Wanda Otey Westheimer Distinguished Visiting Artist series, which highlights the career work of a select artist. Past honored artists have included James Surls, Christine Nofchissey McHorse and Hung Liu. The exhibit will be on display through Dec. 30 at the University of Oklahoma’s Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave., in Norman. Admission to the museum is always free.

Taylor has Blackfoot, Cherokee, Osage, Crow, Scottish and Black Dutch ancestry and is known for depicting Native American imagery with elements of surrealism and magical realism. He leads a public lecture 7 p.m. Thursday during the official exhibit opening. Taylor also leads a gallery talk 1 p.m. Friday.

The exhibit’s works include a 30-year swath of pieces from Taylor’s career.

Going through his work and picking out what he wanted to display, the artist could not help but notice certain progressions.

His vibrant palette has remained more or less consistent over his career, but he can look at the imagery in an individual painting and recall where his thoughts were when he made it.

“I think I’ve gotten a lot better,” he

said. “When you look at the older pieces, you can see why artists often retouch their older work, because you never really finish with it. You always think you’re better or you want to do this or that.”

A museum committee selected Taylor as a distinguished artist. Some of the artist’s work is already included in the museum’s collection, but Taylor said that is the extent of his past work with Fred Jones. The artist has exhibited in and received awards from the Los Angeles Contemporary art fair, Red Earth Festival and Smithsonian Institution, among others.

Still, Taylor said he is honored for his inclusion in the series and that the exhibition is the likely pinnacle of his career.

“I’m in awe of the situation,” he said.

Starting in art

Taylor’s earliest interest in art can be traced back to early childhood sketches he would do of eagles and other animals.

His uncle was a wildlife artist and showed him a few techniques.

“I still remember at one of our family get-togethers, at 6 years old, him teaching me to doodle this bald eagle’s head,” Taylor said. “To this day, I still doodle it.”

He drew for years but always imagined himself as more of a writer than an artist.

In 1970, Taylor was drafted into the U.S. Navy, where he served through 1972.

At the time, he was stationed near Chicago.

The heat of the Vietnam War and general social-political unrest across the country proved a fertile environment for underground newspapers.

While in the Navy, Taylor would submit columns he’d written to underground papers but never got anything printed.

One day, he decided to try submitting a cartoon instead.

“Lo and behold, they actually used some of my illustrations and cartoons,” he said. “But still not a word I ever wrote.”

When Taylor left the military, he knew he wanted to pursue art full-time.

Comparing worlds

Though he is Native American and paints Native imagery, Taylor said he has never thought of himself as a Native artist, but an artist who just happens to share that ancestry.

Taylor avoids labels to keep his art free from outside expectations. He is not as concerned with upholding an established legacy as he is exploring his own ideas and feelings.

Still, artists paint what they know, and what Taylor knows is Native imagery. He was raised by his grand-

parents; his grandfather was Osage and Cherokee. Taylor grew up in a community surrounded by Native people and attended many weekend powwows.

When he got out of the military, he began taking an art class at Tulsa Community College. That did not last long. The teacher of the class, who happened to be the head of the school’s art department, walked up to him and asked him why he always had to draw Indians. The public wants to see more than that, the teacher insisted.

“I just dropped out of the class,” Taylor said.

Aside from purely Native imagery, Taylor incorporates a lot of Christian and religious symbolism into his work.

His goal in including Native images with Christian symbols is to show that the traditions are similar in a lot of ways.

“I try to show that tribal beliefs have just as much weight and that this symbology equates to that symbology,” he said. “That’s the crux of my whole career, basically.”

Helping hands

Taylor currently resides in Claremore, where he paints from his home nearly every day. His hours vary, but he ends up spending a lot of time by himself.

“As an artist, you’re an observer,” he said. “That means at times, you participate, so you really get the emotion of it. But then you have to draw back and observe, and that position is a lonely position.”

Taylor worked hard to get where he is today, but no one is completely a product of his or her own work. At some point, everyone needs a helping hand.

“In the Mourning of the Night They Came to Me,” 1998 | Image Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art / The University of Oklahoma / provided

Taylor credited friend Susan Leggett and Doris Littrell, former owner of the Oklahoma Indian Art Gallery.

Part of Taylor’s inclusion as a distinguished artist is the chance to talk to the university’s art students. There is some irony in the privilege, as Taylor never graduated from college. Still, he hopes to impress upon those students a sense of what it is like to work as a professional artist. He also hopes he can help them find their creative purpose.

“Follow your passion,” he said.

“That’s your art.”

It is Taylor’s hope that through this process, he can help a student as others have helped him.

“Regardless, this [exhibit] is an honor for me,” he said. “That’s all I know to say about it.”

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Painted Sky Opera performs Tosca, featuring Nicole Van Every and Joel Burcham, Friday-Sunday at Civic

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Professional opera returns to OKC with Painted Sky Opera as Opera on Tap expands the form to neighborhood bars. By Jacob Threadgill

The historic Oklahoma City opera house was demolished during urban renewal in the 1970s. In the ensuing decades, outside Edmond’s Cimarron Opera, Oklahoma City opera fans had to travel to Tulsa or Dallas to consistently see professional opera.

With the opening of Painted Sky Opera in 2015, which begins its second season this week, and the establishment of a local chapter of the national Opera on Tap organization, opera enthusiasts have more chances to see performances locally.

“Oklahoma City has always had a strong tradition of producing great singers,” Rob Glaubitz, who founded Painted Sky with Barbara DeMaio, said.

“There are lot of musical theater and opera singers out of the nearby universities, but the city has lacked professional opera to support those singers.

We wanted to fill that void.”

Glaubitz is a trained singer with decades of experience. He came to Oklahoma City in 2009 to teach at the University of Central Oklahoma, where he met DeMaio, a retired singer with credits all over the world. “[DeMaio and I] saw the need for opera on the community and artist side.

We had a lot of talented singers that wanted to stay here but had to go to New York [for opportunity],” Glaubitz said.

Joseph Haydn’s La canterina at Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s Samuel Roberts Noble Theater in June 2016.

It’s first season ended in February with Verdi’s La traviata.

“We’ve been overwhelmed with the response,” said Glaubitz, who serves as Painted Sky’s artistic director. “The two productions of La traviata at the Civic Center sold out. We’ve been overjoyed and grateful of the support.”

The Freede Little Theatre at Civic Center Music Hall will again be Painted Sky’s home as its second season opens with three performances of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca. In its first season, Painted Sky employed about 53 people, but that number has expanded to 75 in its second season, Glaubitz said.

“Tosca is such an intense opera,” he said. “It grabs you by the throat in the first few minutes and keeps you along for the ride the whole show. … The plot and music is some of the more glorious music you’ll hear in opera today. It goes against the stereotypes of opera. I don’t think you could fall asleep at Tosca even if you tried.”

Painted Sky’s second season will continue with performances of Stephen Temperley’s Souvenir Feb. 23-25 and March 2-4, 2018 and Jake Heggie’s Three Decembers May 11-13, 2018.

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Tap, which features monthly operatic performances in an unusual setting: the city’s neighborhood bars and pubs.

The national Opera on Tap organization was founded in 2005 at a bar in Brooklyn. When singer and voice teacher Danielle Herrington moved to Oklahoma City from Kansas, she was surprised to see that the city didn’t have a chapter.

Herrington established the state chapter this year and held its first performance in April.

“A lot of people are nervous about what opera is and think that it is stuffy and maybe even stuck up or that you have to dress up and be very quiet, but that is the opposite of what we do,” Herrington said. “It’s all about letting loose and having fun atmosphere.”

Opera on Tap works in conjunction with Painted Sky. Herrington also teaches at UCO with Glaubitz and serves as Painted Sky’s graphic designer. Many singers in Painted Sky’s ensembles perform for Opera on Tap. Herrington said Opera on Tap audiences have grown every performance.

The group has performed at The Root and Saints, where an Oct. 13 performance of German opera in honor of Oktoberfest will be held.

Normal Opera on Tap performances are $5 entry, but October is the fundraising month for the national organization. Admission is free, but donations are welcome. The performances are divided into three sections and include both ensemble and solo work.

“It can be really shocking for people who are used to opera in a large environment because when 10 of us start to sing in that small of a room, it gets really loud,” Herrington said.

The decision to move opera performances to bars is twofold, Herrington said. They want to showcase the art to a younger crowd and return opera to its roots.

“It started at weddings, and for 50 years, it was performed in homes,” Herrington said. “Around the 1640s, we started to see opera houses, but pre 19th-century opera houses were quite small. There is a cool intimacy of hearing someone produce the sound without any extra help. It can be shocking but really amazing for people to experience that because you don’t experience it very often.”

Herrington teaches at UCO and has 45 clients for private singing lessons.

She described operatic singing as the Olympics of singing. She noted that while other styles are searching for young talent, opera is a style that requires years of experience to perfect.

“You have to train to know your anatomy,” she said. “It is an athletic thing, which surprises so many people.

We are training muscles on a minute scale: two small folds in your larynx. It takes years for opera singers to actually have the ease that they need and build the muscle memory in a healthy way.”

Much of the talent at Painted Sky and Opera on Tap comes from local universities.

“I am struck by the level of talent,” Glaubitz said. “We cast from Oklahoma City, but it’s not a local performance. ...

People will go on from here and have international performing careers.”

Painted Sky Opera’s Tosca 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday Freede LIttle Theatre | Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. okcciviccenter.com | 405-297-2264 $43-$53

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Russell Westbrook and his lifelong friend bring a fundraising comedy show to Tower Theatre Oct. 13. By Jacob Threadgill

Long before Russell Westbrook became the Most Valuable Player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the crown prince of Oklahoma City, Demetrius Deason was alongside him, dribbling a basketball and cracking a joke.

Deason and Westbrook grew up together in Hawthorne, California, in Los Angeles County, a friendship that predates elementary school and continued as they played basketball together at Leuzinger High School.

As Westbrook went on to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and eventually the NBA Draft Lottery, Deason continued his playing career at Pacific Union College, but that career ended due to a back injury prior to his senior season.

Back at home, Deason was encouraged by friends to pursue a career in stand-up comedy.

“Stand-up isn’t like basketball where if your jump shot isn’t working or your handles don’t feel good, you can just lock the doors to the gym and no one will see you,” Deason said in an interview with Oklahoma Gazette.

“With stand-up, you have to work on it in front of people.”

Breaking into stand-up is very difficult because the politics of getting stage time makes things complicated, he said.

“Any comedian who said they haven’t bombed is lying. You’re not naturally good at stand-up,” Deason said. “You can be funny and people will laugh at you, but you will still bomb because you will have different nights, different crowds.”

Comedy for a cause

He pursued a new avenue to work on his craft by founding the company Layups2Standups, which books standup in nontraditional settings to raise money for community and charity events.

Deason performs at everything from school libraries to stages with Layups2Standsups and does nearly two events a month across the country. Each event raises money for a local cause.

Deason brings Layups2Standups to Oklahoma City for the second Why Not?? Comedy Show Oct. 13 at the Tower Theatre. The event will raise money for YWCA Oklahoma, an organization that provides services, including a safe place for women who are victims of sexual assault or domestic violence, job training, health and fitness, child care and counseling.

“My mom was a single parent and went through domestic abuse, so I wanted to give back to something that I had a connection with,” Deason said.

“We toured the facility, and they’re doing a great job.”

OKC on the rise

Playing off Westbrook’s “Why not?” motto, the duo put together a show on short notice at The Criterion last year.

More than 400 people attended the event, which was organized in a month, but Deason said this year’s event will be bigger. “[The Tower Theatre is] a gorgeous theater that has been there for a long time, and they just re-did it and it looks awesome. The Criterion was really

Russell Westbrook and Demetrius Deason grew up together and played high school basketball on the same team. | Photo provided

nice, but it was so big that it was full but not intimate enough. Tower is perfect for comedy,” he said.

Deason will serve as emcee and will be joined by comedians Tacarra Williams, Ron Taylor and Ray Grady.

Local hip-hop artist Jabee will also provide a special performance.

Taylor is a young, up-and-coming comedian originally from Detroit who has found success with sketches and video content, Deason said.

Williams’ credits include opening for DeRay Davis and Bill Bellamy.

Grady is a stand-up veteran and one of Deason’s mentors.

Grady can be seen on Comedy Central’s Kevin Hart Presents and has opened for everyone from Tony Rock to Mike Epps.

“From last year to this year, I’ve grown so much from hosting to performing and doing a lot more material than I did last year,” Deason said.

The rest of the Oklahoma City Thunder, including recently acquired stars Paul George and Carmelo Anthony, are expected to be in attendance for the event.

Deason spends a lot of time in Oklahoma City with Westbrook during the NBA season. When he’s not helping with basketball camps and other charity organizations, he said he likes to hang out in Bricktown.

“I love OKC,” Deason said. “I feel like it is my second home. The people are really friendly and the city is on the rise with a lot of things going on.

There is a lot to do. It’s a city on the up-and-up.”

As the Thunder gets ready to tip a much-anticipated season after the addition of George and Anthony, Deason said he’s excited to continue working in Oklahoma City after Westbrook signed a five-year, $205 million contract last week to become the NBA’s highest paid player.

With the influx of talent on the Thunder roster, Westbrook won’t be asked to repeat the statistics from his record-breaking MVP season in which he became the first player since Oscar Robertson in 1962 to average a triple-double.

“It was exciting, to say the least,” Deason said. “Even with the situation with Kevin [Durant] leaving made it so he’d have to do more, I know how Russ is. So we felt like he’d have a big season, but we didn’t know it was going to be that kind of season. It was crazy.”

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Returning the Gift literary conference journeys back to Norman to celebrate 25 years. By Ben Luschen

A quarter century ago, a group of Native American writers noticed they were having a hard time finding representation at mainstream writers events. As a solution, they decided to start their own.

Returning the Gift returns to Norman, the city where the annual Native writing and storytelling conference began, to celebrate its 25th anniversary Sunday-Oct. 11 with events primarily located in the Thurman J. White Forum Building at 1704 Asp Ave. Registration is $70 for one-day access or $125 for the entire conference and can be done online at rtglitfest.org/register.

The event includes headlining appearances by Tulsa-born multi-talented Muskogee poet and musician Joy Harjo and New Mexico Pueblo storyteller Simon Ortiz.

Returning the Gift was partly founded by former University of Oklahoma English professor Geary Hobson. With his wife Barbara Torralba Hobson, he has helped maintain the literary festival since its inception.

Maya Torralba, a volunteer at this year’s festival and a niece of the Hobsons, said the conference’s original purpose was to give Native writers a platform to share their work.

“They were having a hard time getting their stories published, getting their books published,” Torralba said. “They started almost like a clearing house to have this advocacy and support from one another.”

The conference officially begins with a blessing ceremony 4:30 p.m. at Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center, 624 Asp Ave. A dinner will follow at 5 p.m.

After the dinner break, University of Georgia professor and Choctaw author LeAnne Howe will hold a reading while Kiowa and Choctaw pop artist Steven Paul Judd does a live painting. Judd is also a writer himself, having written or contributed to screenplays for 2003’s American Indian Graffiti: This Thing Life and 2011’s Shouting Secrets.

A variety of readings, panels and workshops will continue throughout the duration of the conference. An official Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas (NWCA) awards banquet begins 6:30 Tuesday in

the multicultural center. Lifetime achievement awards will be presented to Klallam poet and author Duane Niatum, Huron and Métis poet Allison Adelle Hedge Coke and Cherokee poet, author and playwright Diane Glancy.

Individual tickets to the awards banquet are $30 and can be reserved on the website.

Encouraged storytelling

According to a preview of the first Returning the Gift conference in the July 2, 1992, Oklahoma Gazette, Geary Hobson said he joined writers like Harjo and Linda Hogan at a 1991 international writers conference in New York when the idea for an all-Native writers event first took root.

“The reference is to the fact that when we learn things in Indian culture, a predominantly oral tradition, we are enriched,” Hobson said in the preview.

“As writers, our obligation is to return the gift to our people in written form.”

News of the first Returning the Gift conference spread quickly among the global literary community. Requests for information about the festival came in from as far away as England and Sweden. More than 500 people were expected to attend.

Storytelling is an important art form in many Native traditions. Returning the Gift gives Native writers a chance to practice and pass along their own stories — many of them with roots in stories the writers heard growing up, even if indirectly or subliminally.

Torralba said she hopes the event comes as inspiration for young Native writers.

“It encourages Natives to write and the upcoming writers to stay writing,” she said. “They get help from the mentors, who were our first-timers 25 years ago.”

Timely celebration

Returning the Gift’s Norman homecoming coincides with the city’s first official observance of Indigenous Peoples Day. In late August, Norman City Council approved an official observance of the holiday often presented as an alternative to Columbus Day, which is some-

times considered offensive by Native communities.

After its own opening ceremony Monday, Returning the Gift will join the University of Oklahoma’s Indigenous Peoples Day ceremony on OU’s South Oval.

Returning the Gift’s timing with Norman’s first Indigenous Peoples Day would not have been possible if the event was not rescheduled from its original planned date in July.

Celebrated Spokane and Coeur d’Alene author Sherman Alexie was originally slated to appear at the conference but abruptly cancelled all of his press and literary events to properly grieve after the death of his mother. Alexie’s recently published memoir You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me is largely about his relationship with his mother, Lillian Alexie.

Family feel

The theme for this year’s conference is Gathering at Our Headwaters. Aside from being a return to where the festival began, Torralba said there will be added emphasis placed on the environment, ecology, protecting the waters and the power of Earth’s female energy.

Torralba spoke with Oklahoma Gazette because her aunt Barbara Hobson was unavailable for health-related reasons. This is Torralba’s first year officially volunteering for the festival, but growing up near her aunt and uncle provided her a very literary environment.

“These famous writers, they’ve been names that I’ve known and friends of my family for years,” she said. “My friends say, ‘You know them?’ and I said, ‘Yeah, they’re my aunt’s and uncle’s friends.’ For me, it’s more like, ‘I can’t believe you know who they are!’”

For years, Torralba has been regaled with stories of her aunt and uncle’s writer friends. She has met some of them but is eager to make acquaintance with many of the other people she has heard of and read but not seen in person. In some ways, she feels like she already knows them.

“I’m finally able to meet these people whose words I’ve read after all the wonderful things I’ve heard about them from my aunt and uncle,” she said. “It’s really like putting a face with a name. For me, it’s very comfortable and familylike.”

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CALENDAR wagon cuisine while listening to a variety of folk and western musicians perform live, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 7. UMB Bank Stockyards City, 1217 S. Agnew Ave., 405-239-5800, umb.com. SAT

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Czech Festival, get a taste of Czech culture including food, music, dancing, traditional costumes and imported merchandise, 10 a.m. Oct. 7. Yukon’s Best Main Street, W. Main and 4th St., Yukon, yukonok.gov. SAT

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Puggerfest, revisit the ’60s and ’70s during a day full of peace, love and pugs. Join Homeward Bound Pug Rescue and Adoption of Oklahoma for a fundraiser and a costume contest benefiting surrendered, abandoned and abused dogs, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 7. Stars & Stripes Park, 3701 S. Lake Hefner Ave., 405-706-1492, homewardboundpugs.com. SAT

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things, a beautiful and provocative love story between two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them above the Midwestern meth lab backdrop of their lives. Celebrate the release of the New York Times Bestseller with author Bryn Greenwood, 6:30-8 p.m. Oct. 4. Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 405-8422900, fullcirclebooks.com. WED

The Odyssey Project, learn about City Care’s mission to end the cycle of poverty and homelessness.

Enjoy a magical night of food, drink, meaningful conversation, live music and guest speaker Jabee Williams, 7 p.m. Oct. 7. Stone Barn, 3705 NE 36th St., Forest Park, theodysseyprojectokc.com. SAT

FILM Forty Guns, (USA, 1957, Samuel Fuller) a showdown in Arizona between the Bonnell brothers, U.S. Marshals and Jessica Drummond the iron-fist rancher who controls the territory, 1 p.m. Oct. 4. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 405-478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org.

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Screening and Discussion: In the Name of the Father, (USA, 1993, Jim Sheridan) a man’s coerced confession to an IRA bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. An English lawyer fights to free them, 2 p.m. Oct. 8. Meinders School of Business, 2501 N. Blackwelder Ave., 405-208-5536, okcufilmlit.org. SUN

HAPPENINGS NightFall Haunted Territory, an adult haunted attraction outdoor haunt, combined with a kid’s area featuring a hay maze, bounce houses, pumpkins and a full Halloween costume store, through Oct. 31.

NightFall Haunted Territory, 2820 NE 50th St., 405973-6100, nightfallhauntedterritory.com.

Make it Yourself-Upcycled T-shirt Scares with Annie Doan, gear up for fall and create an easy, no-sew scarf with colorful recycled t-shirts and great conversation and brews at Twisted Spike Brewing Company, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 4. Twisted Spike Brewing Company, 1 NW 10th St., 405-297-9961, twistedspike. com. WED Oklahoma’s International Bluegrass Festival, three days of live music with performances from international groups, regional and local musicians.

Enjoy arts and crafts activities for kids, participate in the Band Jam at the open mic venue and more, 9 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Oct. 5-7. Cottonwood Flats, 785 N. 5th St., Guthrie, 405-282-4446, oibf.com. THU -SAT Stand Up For Kids, join Oklahoma County’s child advocacy center for an annual fall luncheon featuring child abuse survivor Sasha Neulinger. Raise awareness and critical funding for the education programs to help end child abuse in the community, 11 a.m. Oct. 5. Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club, 7000 NW Grand Blvd., Nichols Hills, 405-236-2100, carecenter-okc.org/standupforkids. THU Meet the Candidates-Dan Fisher, inviting all contenders in Oklahoma’s upcoming gubernatorial election to discuss their

Eddie Izzard — Believe Me book tour witness legendary comedian Eddie Izzard perform stand-up, share private photos and stories from his personal and professional life and engage in a Q&A session 8 p.m. Oct. 14 at Rose State College Hudiburg Chevrolet Center, 6000 S. Prosper Ave., in Midwest City.

Tickets are $45-$120. Visit okcciviccenter.com or call 405-297-2264. Oct. 14 Photo Penguin Random House / provided

platform while they take questions from the audience, 7 p.m. Oct. 5. USAO Ballroom, 1727 W. Alabama Ave., Chickasha, 405-224-3140, usao.edu.

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EdFest, a street festival featuring local food trucks, a local beer and wine tasting, live music and much more. Let the little ones run wild at the KidsZone featuring a jump house, balloons, face painting, character photos and other fun events, Oct. 6.

Festival Market Place, 26 W. First St., Edmond, 405359-4630, edfestokc.com. FRI La Vie En Rose, gather the girls and get ready to dance the night away for a good cause while dressing in pink. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, unlimited rose, pop-up shops and a raffle table, 7-11 p.m. Oct. 6. Park House, 125 Ron Norick Blvd., lifeinpink.eventbrite. com. FRI Industry Flea, a shopping experience bringing together craft folk from all over the state. At the family and pet-friendly Industry Flea, pick through over 50 vendors offering a broad spectrum off unique goods, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 7. Midtown OKC, NW 8th St., industryflea.com. SAT Stockyards Stampede, partake in a day’s worth of cowboy entertainment, from riding demonstrations to a gunfight reenactment. Guests will wander around the historic Stockyards City savoring the aroma of range-approved Dutch oven and chuck

Repticon Reptile and Exotic Animal Show, featuring vendors with reptile pets, supplies, feeders, cages and merchandise. Enjoy seminars featuring live animals as well as raffles, door prizes and an educational experience for everyone, Oct. 7-8.

Oklahoma State Fair Park, 3221 Great Plains Walk, 863-268-4273, repticon.com. SAT-SUN

Couple’s Date Night: Homemade Pasta, join Stephanie McElhaney, owner of Kitchen No.4 while working with your significant other to create homemade pasta along with delicious sauce options followed by a candlelight dinner where you will enjoy your creation, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 6. The International Pantry, 1618 W. Lindsey St., Norman, 405-360-0765, intlpantry.com. FRI Art on Tap, enjoy over 80 varieties of beer, food from local restaurants and live musical performances, 7-10 p.m. Oct. 6. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com. FRI Rise & Shine, It’s Muffin Time, join the Nutrition Education Center for a mouthwatering muffin sampling. On the menu is decadent raspberry coconut muffins, 12-1 p.m. Oct. 8. Natural Grocers, 7013 N. May Ave., 405-840-0300, naturalgrocers.com. SUN

YOUTH Fall Y’all-Wacky Weather Day, enjoy free family fun including crafts and story time, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 10.

Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Gaylord-Pickens Museum, 1400 Classen Drive, 405-235-4458, oklahomahof. com. TUE SMO Storytime Science, children age 6 and under read a story and follow it up with a fun, scientific activity that is included with general admission, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 10. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2020 Remington Place, 405-602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org. TUE

Archaeology Day at the Museum, enjoy activities such as flint-knapping and atlatl demonstrations; learning traditional cordage; archaeologist-led tours in the Hall of the People of Oklahoma; sandbox excavations and more, 1-5 p.m. Oct. 8. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, 405-325-4712, samnoblemuseum.ou.edu. SUN

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Chicago, set in the Prohibition era, Chicago tells the story of Velma Kelly, a vaudevillian, and Roxie Hart, a chorus girl, who meet in jail after committing murderous crimes, Oct. 5-8. UCO Mitchell Hall Theater, 100 N. University Drive, Edmond, 405-974-3375, uco.edu. THU -SUN The International House of Poetry, a spoken word showcase featuring local, national and international poets while benefiting The Intune Mother Project.

Enjoy an open mic, food and drinks available by Cafe Do Brasil, 7-10 p.m. Oct. 6. The TIM Center, 432 NW 11th St., 405-600-5989, timcenter.org. FRI OKC Improv, Oklahoma’s premiere showcase of the best local and regional improvisational comedy and theater, you will never have the same experience twice, 9:30 p.m. Oct. 6-7. The Paramount Theatre, 11 N. Lee Ave., 405-637-9389, theparamountokc.com. FRI-SAT

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Kidding Around Yoga, providing stressmanagement to children and the unique skills required for building strength, flexibility and mindfulness through interactive games, original music and traditional yoga practices, Oct. 7-8. Bliss Family Studio, 300 W. 33rd St., Edmond, 405-2165133, yogablissok.com. SAT-SUN

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Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone, the legendary British pop band are back playing favorites such as “I’m Into Something Good” and “Mrs. Brown You Have a Lovely Daughter”, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 5. OCCC Visual and Performing Arts Center, 7777 S. May Ave., 405-682-7579, occc.edu. THU

Managing for Success in a Multi-Generational Workplace, a workshop addressing the generational traits, issues and dynamics in the workplace.

Attendees gain immediately applicable suggestions for developing the most productive, positive and effective work setting for all workers, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 11. Embassy Suites OKC DowntownMedical Center, 741 N. Philips Ave., 405-733-7333, innovationstationokc.com. WED

Touch a Tractor Day, get up-close-and-personal with a real life, heavy-duty tractor while learning about these essential tools, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Oct. 7. Orr Family Farm, 14400 S. Western Ave., 405-799-3276, orrfamilyfarm.com. SAT

Shaun of the Dead Enjoy the Tuesday Night Classics film series with special presentations of classic films every Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. For only $5, moviegoers can watch Shaun of the Dead the way it was meant to be seen — on the big screen. Head to Harkins Bricktown Cinemas 16 at 150 E. Reno Ave. to view ultimate movie classics.

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Fall Season at the Orr Family Farm, don’t miss all of the farm favorites like train and carousel rides, the zip line, the animal barn, giant jumping pillows, a giant corn maze, a pumpkin patch, hayrides and much more to celebrate the fall season, through Nov. 11. Orr Family Farm, 14400 S. Western Ave., 405-7993276, orrfamilyfarm.com.

Explore Evolution, explore the evolution of life and learn about all of Earth’s organisms, from rapidly evolving viruses to whales that walked, through Dec. 31. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, 405-325-4712, samnoblemuseum.ou.edu.

Bronchtoberfest Calling all UCO alumni! The University of Central Oklahoma Alumni Association hosts its third annual Bronchtoberfest 5-8 p.m.

Oct. 12 as part of its UCO homecoming week activities at The Patriarch Craft Beer House and Lawn, 9 E. Edwards St., in Edmond. This year’s free Bronchtoberfest features live music by recording artists Handmade Moments.

Guests must be at least 21 years old.

Central alumni can register at centralconnection.org or call 405-285-6670.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, Puccini’s opera about the fiery diva Tosca and her battle against the fiendish police chief Scarpia, Oct. 6-8. Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave., 405-297-2264, okcciviccenter. com. FRI -SUN Suite Surrender, two of Hollywood’s biggest divas have descended upon the luxurious Palm Beach Royale Hotel in 1942 for their wartime performance.

One tiny problem arises: the two, who have a legendary feud going, are assigned to the same suite, through Oct. 22. Jewel Box Theatre, 3700 N. Walker Ave., 405-521-1786, jewelboxtheatre.org.

Rock of Ages, a high-energy rock musical built around classic rock songs from the 1980s. This worldwide hit musical takes you back to the times of big bands with big egos playing big guitar solos and sporting even bigger hair. Oct. 11-29 Lyric Theatre, 1727 NW 16th St., 405-524-9312, lyrictheatreokc.com.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, join The Boom for an interactive sing-a-long version of your favorite Halloween themed performance, 8 p.m. through Oct. 31. The Boom, 2218 NW 39th St., 405-601-7200, theboomokc.com.

ACTIVE Oklahoma Regatta Festival, featuring rowing, kayaking, dragon boating and whitewater rafting races along with the popular 500-meter races under the lights on the Oklahoma River, exciting attractions and familyfriendly fun, Oct. 5-8. Boathouse District, 725 S. Lincoln Blvd., 405-552-4040, boathousedistrict.org.

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Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined, a Mid-America Arts Alliance Tour featuring art of George Catlin, Frederic Remington, Karl Bodmer and others from the years 1799-1890.

Included are hand-carved lithographs, wood engravings with watercolors, aquatint, engravings and etchings, through Oct. 21. Chisholm Trail Heritage Center, 1000 Chisholm Trail Pkwy, Duncan, 580-252-6692, onthechisholmtrail.com.

Not For Sale: Graffiti Culture in Oklahoma, view the exhibition showcasing graffiti created by some of the state’s most talented artists in honor of Hip-Hop Month in Oklahoma City. Artists paint directly on the walls of the gallery, transforming Oklahoma Contemporary into a vivid and exciting display of styles, through Nov. 30. Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing Blvd., 405-9510000, oklahomacontemporary.org.

Reclaiming My Humanity, an exhibit of artist Brett McDanel’s newest sculptural statements include works from installation scale to smaller pedestal and wall placements. Enjoy lectures, demonstrations, pop-up exhibits, interactive installations, special performance events and more, through Nov. 10.

Kasum Contemporary Fine Arts, 1706 NW 16th St., 405-604-6602, kasumcontemporary.com.

Cowboy Crossings The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum hosts the premiere and sale for two significant exhibitions showcasing the best of saddlemaking, bit and spur making, silversmithing and rawhide braiding. Celebrate the West through painting, drawing and sculpture at 1700 NE 63rd St. View a unique combination of more than 150 pieces of art represented in different mediums. Visit nationalcowboymuseum.org or call 405-478-2250. Thursday-Wednesday, ongoing

The New Art: A Controversial Collection Fifty Years Later, the 150-piece permanent collection purchased from the Washington Gallery of Modern Art dedicated to the collection of contemporary art and features abstract expressionism, post-painterly abstraction, color field painting and pop art, through May 13. 2018. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com.

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Bowl Party: Do Over, a party atmosphere with a skate contest and various levels of experience in an open Clover Bowl contest. Enjoy a live DJ, special music performance by Kadence, food trucks and Oklahoma Skate Community Impact Award presentation, 6-9 p.m. Oct. 7. Matt Hoffman Action Sports Park, 1700 S. Robinson Ave, 214-906-1130, forgivenskate.church. SAT

Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark First 300 registered receive

free Brewfest t-shirt

General admission $35

Urban Camping, an urban camping experience bringing classic camping favorites like stargazing and outdoor games together with whitewater rafting and tubing on Love’s Island, all just steps away from modern conveniences, Oct. 7. Riversport Adventure Park, 800 Riversport Drive, 405-552-4040, riversportokc.org. SAT

Insane Inflatable 5K This unique and outrageous inflatable course is unlike any other race. The OKC course at Edmond’s Mitch Park, 1501 W. Covell Road, is approximately 5K in distance. There is no one timing you or tracking who is the quickest or most skilled — everyone who comes to Insane Inflatable is there for the fun. Tickets to the Oct. 14 event are $60$100. The fun starts at 8:30 a.m. Visit insaneinflatable5k.com. Oct. 14 Photo bigstock.com Camp Fired Up, promoting the appreciation of outdoor education, after-school programming and summer camps with a fundraising event including a movie screening under the stars, a chance to win prizes, s’mores and more, 6-10 p.m. Oct. 6. Camp DaKaNi, 3309 E. Hefner Road, 405-254-2080, campdakani.org. FRI Over the Edge, join Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity in a unique experience to rappel 16 stories down Leadership Square in downtown Oklahoma City for a fundraising event benefiting the homes of two Oklahoma families in need, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Oct. 7. Leadership Square, 211 N. Robinson Ave., 405-5952804, cohfh.org. SAT OKC River Run, raise support and awareness for the genetic disorder Rett Syndrome with a certified course along the picturesque Oklahoma River providing a smooth and level paved trail through downtown Oklahoma City free of vehicle traffic, 9-11 a.m. Oct. 7. Wiley Post Park, 2021 S. Robinson Ave., 800-818-7388, runsignup.com/okcriverrun. SAT BCW Pro Wrestling, a family-friendly wrestling event featuring familiar superstars such as The Super Beast Chris Crotte, Father Padge, Terry Pantera, Gavin “The Illuminator” Dixon, Drake Gallows, Mikey N Fred Official and more, 6-10 p.m. Oct. 7. Logan County Fairgrounds, 215 Fairgrounds Road, Guthrie, facebook.com/terrypanterawrestling. SAT

ZERO Prostate Cancer Run/Walk, the End of Prostate Cancer joins forces with Optim Oncology and Urology of Oklahoma with the goal to create the first generation of men free of prostate cancer. Join communities across the nation to promote awareness for prostate cancer and encourage men to be informed about their risk, 8 a.m.

Oct. 8. Stars & Stripes Park, 3701 S. Lake Hefner Ave., 202-303-3110, zeroprostatecancerrun.org/okc. SUN Healthy Senior Day, a free community event designed to provide active aging adults over 50 with the educational and physical opportunities to help them live with greater health and happiness, 9 a.m.

Oct. 10. Mitch Park YMCA, 2901 Marilyn Williams Drive, Edmond, 405-330-4016, ymcaokc.org. TUE

VISUAL ARTS 2017 Seven-State Biennial Exhibition, the Nesbitt Gallery hosts a juried regional art contest bringing artists from all over Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas, through Oct. 20. University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, 1727 W. Alabama Ave., Chickasha, 405-224-3140, usao.edu.

Cartoons & Comics: The Early Art of Tom Ryan, the drawings of acclaimed Western artist Tom Ryan are displayed showcasing his creativity, talent and humor from his teenage imagination, high school and coast guard years and his school paper’s sports page, through April 1, 2018. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 405478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org.

Forming Silver with Mark Drain, workshop consisting of in-depth presentations and discussions addressing methods and practical solutions that add the third dimension to silverwork including forming, overlays, repousse and many more specialized techniques, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. through Oct. 6. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 405-478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org.

Hidden Messages, the art of Hidden Messages investigates identity and place through ceramics and mixed media featuring artists Marilyn Artus and Amy Sanders, through Nov. 25. Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Gaylord-Pickens Museum, 1400 Classen Drive, 405235-4458, oklahomahof.com.

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tickets: okbio.org or 405.813.2428 Ray, Mary & Nita Giles Symposium: Andrea Elliott Andrea Elliott speaks at the 10th annual Ray, Mary & Nita Giles Symposium for Citizenship and Public Service. Elliott specializes in long-form, immersive journalism, including her three-part series An Imam in America, Invisible Child and her cover stories for The New York Times Magazine. The free event starts 7:30 p.m. in the Te Ata Memorial Auditorium on the USAO campus, 1727 W. Alabama Ave. in Chickasha. Visit usao.edu or call 405574-1362. MONDAY Photo USAO/provided Submissions must be received by Oklahoma Gazette no later than noon on Wednesday seven days before the desired publication date.

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Rise above

Sheer Mag returns to 89th Street - OKC in the heat of its popular ascension. By Ben Luschen

When Tina Halladay returns to Oklahoma City, it will be on a mission to recapture one of the best musical experiences she has ever had.

Sheer Mag, the breakthrough oldmeets-new garage rock quintet from Philadelphia, last visited the metro area during 2015’s edition of Everything Is Not OK, the annual multiday do-it-yourself (DIY) punk music and art festival typically held in mid- to late-March.

Members of DIY punk communities across the nation flock to Oklahoma City for the fest each year. These revelers packed tight into 89th Street - OKC for Sheer Mag’s headlining gig more than two years ago, sweatily dancing shoulder-toshoulder to the band’s delightfully rhythmic cadence — a change of pace from the more chaotically paced hardcore bands that often perform over the punk weekend.

For Halladay, the electric and unadulterated joy in the room that night was bliss in its purest form.

“I was almost crying onstage,” the vocalist said in a recent Oklahoma Gazette interview. “I was just really happy. There was an energy in the room that’s just rare for a show.”

The band returns 8 p.m. Monday to the same venue, 8911 N. Western Ave. The band’s profile has risen considerably even since its last OKC appearance two years ago. It was recently featured on the cover of Spin magazine and has played on Late Night with Seth Meyers and at Coachella. Need to Feel Your Love, released July 14 to many strong reviews, will appear on some

2017 best-albums lists by the year’s end.

Despite the rise in attention, Halladay said the type of energy that was present at Sheer Mag’s Everything Is Not OK appearance is far from regular. The band still plays in bars across the country where patrons might not know what Sheer Mag is or have any particular interest in hearing any kind of live music.

Halladay said Sheer Mag still feels a strong kinship with the country’s DIY

I’ve always felt like instead of being sad, being angry can help things.

Tina Halladay music scenes, even with its new status as a darling of larger music blogs and publications. It is not just that these communities formed the earliest foundation of the band’s support but that their outward enthusiasm for the music is an exciting contrast to the less passionate showing they occasionally see across the country.

“When I look into the crowd and someone is yawning when I’m sweating fucking bullets and using every ounce of energy I have, it wears on your soul a little bit,” she said.

Taking stands

It is appropriate that Sheer Mag hails from Philadelphia because its music is

packed with the kind of aspirational fervor that would have made America’s founding fathers proud. Sheer Mag also demonstrates a fondness for the weaponry of the Revolutionary period with its song “Expect the Bayonet,” the defiant fourth track from the new album.

The band puts a generalized, modern flip on the “no taxation without representation” sentiment, singing in the song’s chorus, “if you don’t give us the ballot, expect the bayonet.”

Sheer Mag frequently promotes protest and social action on Need to Feel Your Love. The opening song “Meet Me in the Streets” paints a scene of riotous protest against authority.

Halladay is not the type of American that has ever been comfortable claiming any kind of moral authority over the rest of the world. While some desire to return the country to a golden age, the vocalist feels there has never been true freedom and justice for all at any time in America’s history and that anyone worth their weight should be pushing to get us there.

“People striving for that and being hopeful — that’s what this country should be about,” she said.

Instead of mourning the current state of things, Halladay wants to use her music as a productive vehicle for optimism and rebellion.

“I’ve always felt like instead of being sad, being angry can help things,” she said.

“It sometimes isn’t healthy, but being sad is so hopeless and nothing is coming from it. With anger, there’s usually an action that goes along with it and if you harness an action that’s actually positive, then that’s what’s important.”

Pursuing passion

Don’t let the protest songs fool you — Need to Feel Your Love, above all things, is about passion. Passion for love, for the community, for what is right — all of it is weighted the same.

Sheer Mag’s music is also about living life and fulfilling relationships to their fullest. Love can be a beacon of hope in a storm of hopelessness.

The band began in 2014 as a group of housemates with a lengthy history of playing music in Philadelphia’s DIY scene and touring around the nation — though those tours were often grittier than what they encounter today.

Besides Halladay, who sings lead vocals, Sheer Mag’s roster currently includes rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Matt Palmer, drummer Cameron Wisch, lead guitarist and vocalist Kyle Seely and his brother Hart Seely on bass.

Blending elements of ’70s classic rock, low-fi power pop and punk rock, Sheer Mag represents a more conventional and danceable version of the DIY hardcore scene from which it grew. It seems almost every song comes equipped with a potent hook, and a standard verse-chorus-bridge song structure makes Sheer Mag easily accessible.

Quick climb

Halladay finds that most interviewers come to her puzzled about the way Sheer Mag does things. What they fail to understand, she said, is that the band comes from a different world than many of the indie rock bands sometimes lumped with it as contemporaries. From Sheer Mag’s DIY perspective, a cutting lyrical edge, sense of self-reliance and general reluctance toward self-promotion are par for the course.

“I don’t think they’re used to people who do things in that certain way,” she said. “And we continue to do it. We still put all our own records out and all of that. We wanted to show people that you can still do that.”

Sheer Mag’s ascension seems sharp, but Halladay said the band made it a point to distance itself from the steadily evolving hype that was surrounding them.

Though the potential to make money off its music is not lost on Sheer Mag — not at this point, certainly — it was never the group’s goal to make a living from it. Sheer Mag is a band that was made for fun and naturally grew into something more.

For Halladay, the climb in popularity has been one earned on plenty of sweat and tears.

“We’ve had shitty tours where we’re eating out of the garbage and had no money,” she said. “We’ve all been playing music for a long time, and we’ve all kind of paid our dues.”

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Sheer Mag w/ Tenement,

Cherry Death and Bleak Age 8 p.m. Monday 89th Street - OKC | 8911 N. Western Ave. 89thstreetokc.com $10-$12

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PG: I think so. Not that it always has to be dead serious. I just like it when people are open — flaws and all. It puts me at ease — not that I want to talk about people’s dads within 30 seconds. But I feel less judged when people are open or are not trying to be too cool from the start.

Usually when people are too cool, it’s because they’re trying to seem standoffish or cold and unemotional, which is boring to me.

Not formal

Perfume Genius stresses the importance of openness ahead of his OKC tour stop with The xx.

By Ben Luschen

It is hard to imagine someone as amiable or well-spoken as Mike Hadreas suffering with feelings of insecurity, but the Seattlebased art pop act more commonly known as Perfume Genius has made a career out of exploring his inner sense of self.

As part of a powerhouse tour with wildly talented English synthpop trio The xx and ambient songsmith Tycho, Perfume Genius makes a much-anticipated stop Oct. 12 at The Criterion, 500 E. Sheridan Ave. Both The xx and Perfume Genius are touring off stellar 2017 album releases.

The former put out possibly the first great album of 2017 on Jan. 13 with I See You, its first new work in four years. Perfume Genius released poetic and sonically sophisticated No Shape on May 5.

A lot of music from Perfume Genius feels intimate in nature, and No Shape is no exception. Though the album touches on personal feelings of not belonging and dysmorphia, it does so with a tone of firm confidence and maturity. On its sixth track “Wreath,” the artist sings, “Burn off every trace, I wanna hover with no shape; I wanna feel the days go by, not stack up.”

Oklahoma Gazette spoke by phone with Perfume Genius about music and life ahead of his tour stop in Oklahoma City.

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Oklahoma Gazette: What’s it like to be touring with The xx?

Perfume Genius: Well, we have our first show tonight, but I’m imagining — I’m projecting — that it will be amazing. I’ve played with them all before and they’re really nice, really gracious people, which makes such a big difference when you’re going to be touring with somebody. I opened for them in Glasgow (Scotland), and I enjoyed it. They have good fans, too.

They’re much bigger rooms than we would normally play. And no one is there to specifically see you, which can go bad.

But anyone who stands with them (The xx), I think we share at least a tiny thread of kinship.

OKG: Were you a fan of I See You, their album from earlier this year? A lot of people were.

PG: Oh yeah. I’ve been a fan of everything they do. Their live show is really sick, too.

Their songs have always been emotional, but on the last album, they were a tiny bit more vulnerable. And, of course, I’m super into that. I’m into people going 100 percent into their emotions, leaving it all out there.

OKG: Is that something you like in your everyday life as well? Do you like it when people put it all out there or you feel like you can really level with them?

OKG: You had your own album this year, which a lot of people loved. No Shape is one of your most confident albums to date, and it exhibits a lot of musical growth. Is that something you were intentionally trying to show?

PG: Well, on every album, I try to push myself or push the way that I write and make things bigger. That doesn’t necessarily mean louder and more complicated, but bigger ideas and bigger risks. I needed to harness my confidence because I wanted to write like I was good. I wanted to take responsibility like, “I’m a musician. I’m a grown person and I’m good at this, so I’m going to write like I am.” I think you can hear that, and that led me to be unafraid to try things or trust myself a little more when I was taking chances or getting out of my comfort zone. It made it more exciting and less uncomfortable.

Usually when people are too cool, it’s because they’re trying to seem standoffish or cold and unemotional, which is boring to me.

Perfume Genius OKG: Has the way you write changed over the years?

PG: Yeah. I think in the beginning, it was a lot more personal in a really specific way. Like, I was singing a lot about things that had specifically happened to me — stories. Now I think I sing more about ideas or from the middle of feelings instead of about feelings that I’ve already had. I think the writing has become more immediate, which kind of makes it more confusing, because I really don’t have a grip on what’s going on while it’s happening. A lot of my older songs were about me taking things from my past and figuring them out. Now I think I write about things that I don’t really have figured out yet.

OKG: One of the best songs on the new album might be “Wreath.” Everyone has feelings of insecurity, but the idea of the body as a literal prison, not a lot of people can relate to that.

PG: I think you’d be surprised to know how many people do feel like that. Some

people you think feel really comfortable in their skin — it’s almost like a stereotypically feminine insecurity to have. But when I actually talk to people about that, that’s not always the case at all. Some people, they think of themselves as very different from the way that other people do and hold themselves to these weird standards. Anybody that I would hang out with has some version of that.

Anyone who is super balanced or ultra confident in the way they are is usually someone you do not want to hang out with, in my opinion.

OKG: Like someone who hasn’t examined themselves too closely.

PG: Right. Like, all that fucked-up stuff about a person is usually balanced out with a defense of coping mechanism that’s fun, like humor or compassion or something.

OKG: Does the No Shape concept transfer over to the musical side of things as well? Are outside expectations of what you’re supposed to sound like adverse to you?

PG: I think that’s why it helps to be under a band name and not my own. I can kind of switch depending on however I’m feeling. The next album, I could make a country album or something and no one could tell me that I couldn’t. Not that they could before, but it makes it a little more like a project and not me — even though it is pretty personal and I have to end up fuckin’ talking about myself endlessly.

But I write about it, so I can’t get too made about having to talk about it since I’ve made four albums about it.

But even with this album, I deliberately didn’t want to try and keep everything in a certain zone. [Producer Blake Mills and I] were not tied to sitting in a certain genre or reusing certain instruments to make sure it makes sense. I knew it just would, just because it was coming from us.

OKG: Are you interested in making any radical shifts to your sound in the future?

PG: I have no idea. I keep on thinking it’s going to be country next time, but I’m always wrong. Once I sit down to write, it’s always very different from what I thought it was going to be. But I do like not being locked in. Each album I try to do what I did last time but just amped up a little bit. I usually try to do that for a month and it just doesn’t work. Usually what feels more inspired is what feels at least different enough that it’s exciting.

The xx with

Perfume Genius and Tycho 8 p.m. Oct. 12 The Criterion, 500 E. Sheridan Ave. criterionokc.com | 405-840-5500 $35-$45.72

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Soul purpose

Gabrielle B. executes the neo soul genre to perfection on her new album Shift. By Ben Luschen

Neo soul’s relatively recent rise to prominence has quickly drowned out the more straightforward, pop radio-informed sounds of the ’90s.

The genre takes R&B vocals and mixes them with elements of jazz, soul, pop, hip-hop and even electronic music for an eclectic and sometimes exploratory blend.

Often, neo soul artists spend so much time on the “neo” side of the equation that the equally important soulful side becomes overshadowed. This is not the case on Shift, the Sept. 22 release from rising Oklahoma City vocalist Gabrielle B. The artist taps into a few different styles on the 25-minute, 7-song album but is never lost in a sea of experimentation.

Shift opens with a soft, old-school vibe on “Angels.” B. sings about a relationship that feels celestially destined but, for various reasons, has yet to come to full fruition. What happens in this relationship can only be a test of fate. OKC’s Grand National appears on the song, rapping the corresponding male perspective.

From there, the listener is taken to “No One Else (But You).” B. delivers her vocals with a saxophone duet that is executed to perfection. The live instrumentation on this track plays a big part in rooting Shift’s delicate and sensual tones, making them feel close and relatable. B. would be well-served doing some work with live bands in the future, especially considering the success of groups like The Internet and Hiatus Kaiyote.

The realness from “No One Else” carries over even onto the darker hip-hop production heard elsewhere on the album, including “Hold Onto Me.” The song features another guest rap verse, this time from Mallee, who sounds great over the slower paced, somewhat eerier soundscape.

Shift’s production does a great job of keeping things sparse and simple while also never being boring. There’s a subtle hint of grittiness that pops up on a lot of the tracks, which includes “Find You.” The song also welcomes Grand National back onto the project, trading vocal parts with B. The chemistry is apparent and a welcome change from the standard vocal-hook-rap verse-hook format a lot of R&B-style songs tend to follow when bringing in a guest emcee.

Shift includes the i nterlude t rack “TBH” at the halfway point. A sample of a speech by Lauryn Hill follows an abbreviated vocal performance

by B. The sample is ap-

Gabrielle B | Image provided

propriate not just because it is by Hill, whose work has clearly inspired B., but because of the message contained within. Hill talks about the “spiritual Matrix” — referring to the popular Keanu Reeves movie series — and the power of love.

“I always thought The Matrix was battling the enemy out there …,” Hill says in the quote, “until I realized that until you conquer the enemy in yourself, you can’t deal with anyone.”

Shift advocates an inside-out approach to love. B. repeatedly states on the album that she is only ever to give love to another — or to the outside world — after she has found peace within herself. It is a strong message to pair with a strong musical release.

It is easy to forget that B. has only been performing in music for the last few years. What makes her such an exciting artist is the potential for even more growth as she racks up more experience and builds connections. It is not at all hard to imagine B. as one of the city’s most popular artists in the near future.

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LIVE MUSIC These are events recommended

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

WEDNESDAY, 10.4 Alex G/Hovvdy/Crumb, 89th Street-OKC. ROCK Wed, Oct 4

blake lankfOrd thurs, Oct 5

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Blake Lankford, Blue Bonnet Bar, Norman.

COUNTRY

Elizabeth Speegle Band/Chanda Graham, The Root. BLUES

Fri, Oct 6

Pears/Big Ups/Russian Girlfriends, The Blue Note. PUNK

crOOked feeT sat, Oct 7

racHel lyncH & aManda cunningHaM Wed, Oct 11

JusTin HylTOn Wed, Oct 4

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Tesla/Weapons of Anew, The Criterion. ROCK

THURSDAY, 10.5 Birdtalker, Tower Theatre. INDIE Cut Copy/Carte Blanche, The Jones Assembly.

INDIE

Cutris McMurtry, The Blue Door.

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thurs, Oct 12

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David Ramirez/Molly Parden, Opolis, Norman. SINGER/SONGWRITER

Fri, Oct 13

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Sex Snobs/The Whiffs, The Blue Note. ROCK

sat, Oct 14

The Unlikely Blues Band, The Wedge, Deep Deuce. BLUES

Wed, Oct 18

FRIDAY, 10.6

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Open Mic w/caleb Mcgee tuesdays

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Crooked Feet, Blue Bonnet Bar, Norman.

SUNDAY, 10.8

Don’t Make Ghosts/Lost Empires, The Blue Note.

Barron Ryan, The Depot, Norman. PIANO

Future Tapes/The Ivy/Laine, Opolis, Norman.

Mushroomhead/Unsaid Fate/Ventana and more, Diamond Ballroom. ROCK

ROCK INDIE

Harumph/Andy Adams/Kyle Reid, The Blue Door.

JAZZ

Primal Static, The Venue OKC. ROCK Quix, ACM Performance Lab. ELECTRONIC Randy Cassimus, Bricktown Brewery. ACOUSTIC Shortt Dogg, UCO Jazz Lab. BLUES The Blend, Remington Park. COVER The Gershom Brothers, Anthem Brewing Company. COVER

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Ought/US Weekly/Power Pyramid, 89th Street-OKC. VARIOUS Steve Coleman/The Powerhouz Blues Project/ The 411 Band, Friends Restaurant & Club. BLUES

MONDAY, 10.9 Fire Bad, The Root. ROCK Sales/Husbands, Opolis, Norman. INDIE Sheer Mag, 89th Street-OKC. ROCK

Tyler Smith, Flint. ACOUSTIC

TUESDAY, 10.10

Vibro Kings, Belle Isle Restaurant & Brewery.

Battalion of Saints/The Cryptics/Gutter Villian and more, 89th Street-OKC. PUNK

Andy Brewer/Cassie Latshaw/Aaron Hale and the Human Beings, Trolley Stop Record Shop.

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Oberon/Turbo Wizard/Crobone, The Blue Note.

Lonestar, Riverwind Casino, Norman. COUNTRY

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Rakim at Tower Theatre 7-11 p.m.

Friday, you can experience Rakim Allah, a native of Wyandanch, New York, who revolutionized the rap art form in the late ’80s as part of influential hip-hop duo Eric B & Rakim. Rakim parted ways with his musical partner and later reemerged as a solo artist. To hear classics such as “Paid in Full” and “Don’t Sweat the Technique” along with new material, catch Rakim at Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd St. Tickets are $25-$33. Visit towertheatreokc.com or call 405-708-6937.

SINGER/SONGWRITER

Camille Harp, Bedlam Bbq. SINGER/SONGWRITER Corb Lund, The Blue Door. COUNTRY

Brian Dobbins, Sandy Bell Gallery - OU Music Facility, Norman. ACOUSTIC Thrill Kill Kult/Bamboozel/Pittersplatter and more, 89th Street-OKC. ROCK

WEDNESDAY, 10.11 Coin/Joan/Saint Loretto, ACM Performance Lab. VARIOUS

Dutch Cargo/Jexo/Jacky Moon and more, The Venue OKC. RAP

Jimmy Webb, The Blue Door. SINGER/

Erick Taylor, Bricktown Brewery. ACOUSTIC

Post Malone, The Criterion. RAP

Heartbreak Rodeo, Anthem Brewing Company.

The Steepwater Band, VZD’s Restaurant & Bar.

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SONGWRITER

BLUES

Jared Jenks, The Patriarch, Edmond.

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Jason Kinney Band, Bison Witches Bar & Deli, Norman. BLUEGRASS Kent Fauss, Heartland Pub & Grill, Piedmont.

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Kiss This/Crash Random, Oklahoma City Limits.

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The Growlers, ACM Performance Lab. ROCK The Michael Updegrove Band, Belle Isle Restaurant & Brewery. BLUES The Quantet, UCO Jazz Lab, Edmond. JAZZ

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free will astrology fantasy springing to life. And that “angel” will present a proposition that sounds like 2 x 2 = 13.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

Unless you have an off-road vehicle, you can’t drive directly from North America to South America. The Pan-American Highway stretches from Prudhoe Bay in northern Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina -- a distance of about 19,000 miles -- except for a 100-mile patch of swampy rainforest in Panama. I’d like to call your attention to a comparable break in continuity that affects your own inner terrain, Cancerian -- a grey area where two important areas of your life remain unlinked. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to close the gap.

You wouldn’t expect a five-year-old child to paint a facsimile of Picasso’s Guernica or sing Puccini’s opera, La Boheme. Similarly, you shouldn’t fault your companions and you for not being perfect masters of the art of intimate relationships. In fact, most of us are amateurs. We may have taken countless classes in math, science, literature, and history, but have never had a single lesson from teachers whose area of expertise is the hard work required to create a healthy partnership.

I mention this, Aries, because the next seven weeks will be an excellent time for you to remedy this deficiency. Homework assignments: What can you do to build your emotional intelligence? How can you learn more about the art of creating vigorous togetherness?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to slow down and create a wealth of spacious serenity. Use an unhurried, step-by-step approach to soothe yourself. With a glint in your eye and a lilt in your voice, say sweet things to yourself. In a spirit of play and amusement, pet and pamper yourself as you would a beloved animal. Can you handle that much self-love, Taurus? I think you can. It’s high time for you to be a genius of relaxation, attending tenderly to all the little details that make you feel at ease and in love with the world.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

“If an angel were to tell us something of his philosophies, I do believe some of his propositions would sound like 2 x 2 = 13.” So said the German scientist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799). Now maybe you don’t believe in the existence of angels, and so you imagine his idea doesn’t apply to you. But I’m here to tell you that an influence equivalent to an angel will soon appear in your vicinity. Maybe it’ll be a numinous figure in your dreams, or a charismatic person you admire, or a vivid memory resurrected in an unexpected form, or a bright

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

Based in Korea, Samsung is a world leader in selling smartphones and other information technology. But it didn’t start out that way. In its original form, back in 1938, it primarily sold noodles and dried fish. By 1954, it had expanded into wool manufacturing. More than three decades after its launch as a company, it further diversified, adding electronics to its repertoire.

According to my reading of the astrological omens, the next ten months should be an excellent time for you to do the equivalent of branching out from noodles and dried fish to electronics. And the coming six weeks will be quite favorable for formulating your plans and planting your seeds.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

In my opinion, you’re not quite ready to launch full-tilt into the rebuilding phase. You still have a bit more work to do on tearing down the old stuff that’s in the way of where the new stuff will go. So I recommend that you put an “Under Construction” sign outside your door, preferably with flashing yellow lights. This should provide you with protection from those who don’t understand the complexity of the process you’re engaged in.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

You’re a good candidate for the following roles: 1. a skeptical optimist who is both discerning and open-

minded; 2. a robust truth-teller who specializes in interesting truths; 3. a charming extremist who’s capable of solving stubborn riddles; 4. a smooth operator who keeps everyone calm even as you initiate big changes; 5. an enlightened game-player who reforms or avoids games that abuse beauty’s power.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Actress and author Carrie Fisher wrote three autobiographies. Speed skating Olympics star Apolo Anton Ono published his autobiography at age 20. The rascal occultist Aleister Crowley produced an “autohagiography.” To understand that odd term, keep in mind that “hagiography” is an account of the life of a saint, so adding “auto” means it’s the biography of a saint penned by the saint himself. I’m bringing up these fun facts in hope of encouraging you to ruminate at length on your life story. If you don’t have time to write a whole book, please take a few hours to remember in detail the gloriously twisty path you have trod from birth until now. According to my reading of the astrological omens, the best way to heal what needs to be healed is to steep yourself in a detailed meditation on the history of your mysterious destiny.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

If you go to the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Germany, you will see a jug of wine that was bottled in 1687. In accordance with astrological omens, Sagittarius, I suggest that you find a metaphorical version of this vintage beverage -- and then metaphorically drink it! In my opinion, it’s time for you to partake of a pleasure that has been patiently waiting for you to enjoy it. The moment is ripe for you to try an experience you’ve postponed, to call in favors that have been owed to you, to finally do fun things you’ve been saving for the right occasion.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

If a late-night TV talk show called and asked me to be a guest, I’d say no. If People magazine wanted to do a story on me, I’d decline. What good is fame like that? It might briefly puff up my ego, but it wouldn’t enhance my ability to create useful oracles for you. The notoriety that would

come my way might even distract me from doing what I love to do. So I prefer to remain an anonymous celebrity, as I am now, addressing your deep self with my deep self. My messages are more valuable to you if I remain an enigmatic ally instead of just another cartoony media personality. By the way, I suspect you’ll soon face a comparable question. Your choice will be between what’s flashy and what’s authentic; between feeding your ego and feeding your soul.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

A Canadian guy named Harold Hackett likes to put messages in bottles that he throws out into the Atlantic Ocean from his home on Prince Edward island. Since he started in 1996, he has dispatched over 5,000 missives into the unknown, asking the strangers who might find them to write back to him. To his delight, he has received more than 3,000 responses from as far away as Russia, Scotland, and West Africa. I suspect that if you launch a comparable mission sometime soon, Aquarius, your success rate wouldn’t be quite that high, but still good. What long-range inquiries or invitations might you send out in the direction of the frontier?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

“Intensify” is one of your words of power these days. So are “fortify,” “reinforce,” and “buttress.” Anything you do to intensify your devotion and focus will be rewarded by an intensification of life’s gifts to you. As you take steps to fortify your sense of security and stability, you will activate dormant reserves of resilience. If you reinforce your connections with reliable allies, you will set in motion forces that will ultimately bring you help you didn’t even know you needed. If you buttress the bridge that links your past and future, you will ensure that your old way of making magic will energize your new way.

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