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NEWS

The Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts returns for another landmark year. It promises to be a feast for all the senses with art, eats, fun, sun and almost zero waste. P.4 and P.23

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Community: arts festival sustainability

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Commentary

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Waste not

Angela Cozby poses with Go Green barrels and signs.

Arts Council of Oklahoma City’s Festival of the Arts takes on a major sustainability effort during this year’s event.

BY BEN FELDER

See related story on page 23.

The inspiration to offer recycling and composting at the Festival of the Arts came several years ago, when volunteers noticed artists were taking their water bottles back to the hotel for recycling.

“We just didn’t have any recycling options out at the festival,” said Angela Cozby, the festival’s director.

For the past six years, festival officials have worked to create a completely trashfree event.

This year, that goal will be reached.

“The carbon footprint at [the Festival of the Arts] is pretty large and negative, so we knew we had to do something,” Cozby said. “We also knew it would be a battle because we knew a lot of Oklahomans were not educated on recycling and composting.”

This year, the annual downtown festival — which celebrates its 47th year — will offer compost and recycle bins throughout the grounds, and every food vendor is required to use compostable materials.

“Six years ago, I started telling vendors we were going to be doing this,”

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The carbon footprint at [the Festival of the Arts] is pretty large and negative, so we knew we had to do something.

—— Angela Cozby

Cozby said. “It is finally here.”

The Festival of the Arts runs April 22 through 27 in downtown Oklahoma City. As one of the largest festivals in the state, hundreds of nationwide artists, local food vendors and performing artists will be featured. Organizers estimate about 750,000 visitors will attend this year’s six-day event.

The sustainability effort will require dozens of volunteers to help sort recyclable and compostable material.

“There will be a sorting process that happens behind the scenes,” said

T.O. Bowman, interim director at the Oklahoma City Office of Sustainability.

“Volunteers will also be on hand to help guide people to composting bins and help them know where to put their trash.”

Bowman’s office has worked with festival organizers in an effort to launch the sustainability initiative at the festival.

A fundraising effort, in connection with Continental Resources, helped raise $8,700 for the recycle and compost bins, Bowman said.

“Recyclable materials will be collected in containers throughout the grounds [and] delivered to a screened sorting site near Stage Center, where they will be prepared for transport,” Bowman said. “Recyclables will be picked up in a roll-off container by Oklahoma Environmental Management Authority and delivered to Batliner Recycling.”

Bowman said Styrofoam coffee cups also will be taken to a nearby Goodwill Industries location.

Besides the environmental impact, the festival will divert some downtown traffic, as Hudson Street is closed until the festival is over. Unlike prior

years, construction from Project 180 downtown improvement projects should not be an issue.

“The majority of the work for Project 180 has already taken place in those areas near the festival,” said Josh Ryan, the city’s special event permit coordinator.

Ryan said Walker Avenue would also be open during the festival. It had previously been closed for construction.

“The traffic department is very mindful of this event,” Ryan said.

Putting on such a large event always requires a lot of cooperation, and this year’s push to be more environmentally friendly took an even larger buy-in from festival participants.

“The vendors were really responsive to this sustainability push, and it felt like a really good partnership,” said Ward 6 Councilwoman Meg Salyer. (Her ward hosts the festival.) “It is a little bit more expensive ... but to get everybody to participate at this high level is really a compliment to the organizers.”

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Growing pains Growth of the Uptown district draws healthy debate from developers, community members and neighborhoods.

Scant parking options exist along NW 23rd Street, looking west toward Walker Avenue.

BY BEN FELDER

Commercial growth in the Uptown district has some residents concerned with parking, noise and historic preservation.

Residents of Heritage Hills, south of NW 23rd Street, successfully lobbied the Oklahoma City Council last week to deny a rezoning request for a new medical spa on Broadway. Some neighbors are also pushing back on two new restaurants planned for 23rd Street that they say could cause traffic issues on the residential streets close to the growing commercial district north of downtown.

“We are all for responsible development, but we cannot live somewhere that [has] constant late-night noise and can’t take the loss in property value to move,” said Uptown resident Kyle Walker in a letter to City Hall last month.

Walker, along with at least five other residents in Heritage Hills and Mesta Park, wrote letters to City Hall expressing their opposition to two planned restaurants along 23rd Street that they believe will increase traffic and noise.

One of the proposed restaurants, Daebak K, will offer Korean barbecue and will feature a rooftop patio facing 23rd Street. Some residents have complained that the rooftop patio will cause noise issues and patrons will park on their residential streets.

Supporters of the restaurant responded with an online petition that was turned into City Hall last week with over 700 signatures of support.

“I like being a part of Uptown 23rd,”

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It’s important to address walkability because of the enormous potential it presents.

—University of Oklahoma Institute for Quality Communities report

said Truong Le, owner of the proposed Daebak K restaurant and the current Guernsey Park restaurant. “I think it’s going to continue to grow, and we are actively going up and down this street to find new spots to possibly open new kinds of businesses.”

Le said he understood the concern some residents might have about traffic but added that the new restaurant will include at least 30 parking spaces. He also said the rooftop patio was not being

painted in the best light by opponents.

“I think there is a misconception that because we have a rooftop patio, its going to be a bar,” Le said. “I want to make it clear. We are a restaurant. We want to continue to open restaurants and be good neighbors.”

Guyutes is another restaurant planned for 23rd Street that has drawn some opposition from nearby residents. Both Daebak K and Guyutes plan to open in late 2014 or early 2015.

City staff has said no building permits have been submitted for the proposed restaurants and reviews are yet to be made by the Urban Design Commission.

Recommendations

A recent study by the University of Oklahoma Institute for Quality Communities on the Uptown district made recommendations on ways to improve traffic flow and walkability.

“It’s important to address walkability

because of the enormous potential it presents,” the report stated. “Over 4,000 people live within a 10-minute walk of the center of the district, and over 40,000 within a 10-minute bike [ride].”

Promoting walkability might also be a way to cut down on traffic caused by residents who live close to the district.

An IQC survey found that 71 percent of residents living within a half mile of Uptown drive to the district instead of biking or walking.

With many neighborhoods surrounding 23rd Street designated as Historical Preservation Districts, some residents have also fought against commercial development that might spill into the neighborhood.

Last week, a group of citizens from the Heritage Hills neighborhood convinced the city council to deny an application for rezoning on a lot near the intersection of NW 22nd Street and Broadway Avenue.

The owners of Mariposa Spa proposed a new building on 22nd Street, which would result in the removal of a few dilapidated homes. However, representatives of the neighborhood said it would create a slippery slope.

“If we start nibbling away at the edges [of the Historical Preservation District], where does it stop?” asked Randy Ice, president of the Heritage Hills East Neighborhood Association.

The council voted 4-3 to deny the rezoning request.

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Uphill battle Democrats look for gains in urban districts and with progressive and Hispanic voters.

BY BEN FELDER

Editor’s note: Oklahoma Gazette’s 2014 election coverage begins with a look at Oklahoma Democrats. Pick up next week’s issue for a preview of Republican races and strategy.

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It was just four years ago that Democrats held the governor’s mansion, but not many political observers expect the party to take it back anytime soon. Gov. Mary Fallin, a Republican, is expected to win reelection this year.

But Rep. Joe Dorman, D-Rush Springs, is challenging Fallin for her seat. A win by Dorman in November might be a political miracle, but even a strong showing in a loss could offer hope for Democrats in the near future.

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Walke is running in a district that actually has more registered Democrats than Republicans. However, that advantage hasn’t meant much in recent years, especially when you consider the state also has more registered Democrats than Republicans.

“You have people who identify themselves as Democrats, but you knock on their door and they are anything but,” Walke said. “It’s not the same kind of Democratic support that used to exist.”

Other newcomers hoping to advance the Democratic Party include John Handy Edwards (running in Senate District 40) and Jason Dunnington (running in House District 88). Mary

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Sosa is one of four Democratic candidates in House District 89, where some party leaders hope to tap into the district’s Hispanic roots.

“In [District] 89, you have a traditionally Hispanic area with a white voting base,” said Rep. Scott Inman, D-Del City, the House Democratic Leader. “It will be interesting to see if the Hispanic community comes out to support Sosa.”

Any path to taking back Oklahoma for Democrats over the next several years will most likely include building support in the state’s growing Hispanic community, which has doubled over the past decade.

Inman said his party’s best chance to increase its numbers in the Legislature would come in districts in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

“You look at trends in some of the urban areas that are turning more and more purple, and you will have districts in Tulsa and Oklahoma City that are more competitive for Democrats than they were in the past,” Inman said. “I feel pretty confident that we should be able to hold onto all of our seats; and to gain a seat or two would be an accomplishment, especially when most people think our numbers will continue to decline.”

COLLIN WALKE House District 87 (West Oklahoma City) is represented by Jason Nelson, a Republican who has held the seat since 2008. However, Democratic challenger Collin Walke, an attorney from OKC, is making a strong push at the seat, and party leaders view it as a realistic chance for victory.

John Handy Edwards Term limits have created an open seat in Senate District 40, which is currently held by a Republican.

John Handy Edwards is the lone Democratic challenger for the seat, and this urban Oklahoma City district is another spot where party leaders believe they have a realistic chance to gain some ground.

Cyndi Munson Cyndi Munson is another political newcomer that Democrats hope can make a run at stealing back a House seat. She will challenge Rep. David Dank, R-Oklahoma City, who ran unopposed in 2012.

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Oklahoma Democrats are still in rebuilding mode.

An electoral thrashing in 2010 left the party in shambles, and 2014 is a year to try to hold ground and maybe pull off a miracle or two.

Outnumbered by Republicans 10841 in the Legislature and holding no statewide seats, the best-case scenario for Democrats this year might be to pick off one or two more seats and put up a strong showing in a few of the statewide races, party leaders said.

Democrats successfully defended every incumbent in 2012 and picked up two House seats.

“Those were baby steps, but at least they are steps in the right direction,” Oklahoma Democratic Party Chairman Wallace Collins said. “There is reason for us to have hope that 2014 will be even better for us than 2012 was.”

The best chance for more steps this year might come in a few House and Senate districts in the Oklahoma City metro that offer a realistic chance for Democrats to grab some seats. House District 85, now held by Republican David Dank, is a seat at which Democrats anticipate a fresh face can make a run.

“I’m hopeful primarily because of the trend in general that urban districts are more in play for Democrats,” said Anna Langthorn, president of the Young Democrats of Oklahoma and campaign manager for Cyndi Munson, the Democratic challenger running against Dank. “Over time, that district has gotten more progressive.”

District 85, which includes northwest Oklahoma City, is one of a handful of urban districts that young, new Democrats hope will be a part of the party’s rebirth.

“Oklahoma sees itself as a state that is moving forward economically … we are attracting good young employees to the state,” said Collin Walke, the Democratic candidate challenging Rep. Jason Nelson in House District 87 in west Oklahoma City. “I think most of the studies I have seen reflect an attitude [in Oklahoma

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Same-sex showdown The 10th Circuit Court hears arguments for and against gay marriage rights in Oklahoma.

Following last week’s 40-minute hearing in front of the United States 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Oklahoma will now wait for a ruling on whether its ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

Voters in 2004 overwhelmingly approved a ban on same-sex marriage, but a state judge ruled in January that the ban was unconstitutional.

The issue was argued in front of the court of appeals on April 17, marking only the second time a state same-sex marriage case has been heard by a federal court.

James Campbell, an attorney representing the state’s effort to maintain the ban, opened the hearing with an argument about why the marriage ban was not discriminatory.

However, just a minute into his argument, he began receiving questions from Judge Jerome A. Holmes, who is viewed as the probable swing vote on the three-judge panel.

“The state cannot define marriage any way that it wants and trample constitutional rights, right?” Holmes asked.

Don Holliday, the attorney representing Mary Bishop and Sharon Baldwin, the couple who filed the original lawsuit challenging the state’s marriage ban, also received questions from the judges about why his clients were right to sue the Tulsa County Clerk’s office.

Following Holliday’s arguments, Campbell returned before the judges and was asked specific questions by Holmes on how granting same-sex marriage licenses would negatively impact the children they raise or other heterosexual couples.

“The burden would not be on the government to show the potential of harm to redefine marriage,” Campbell answered.

The same court heard arguments earlier this month in a very similar case concerning Utah’s samesex ban, which was also declared unconstitutional by a state judge.

A ruling on both cases could come sometime over the next few months, and some legal experts believe the two rulings might be announced on the same day.

Oklahoma is one of five states that

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The burden would not be on the government to show the potential of harm to redefine marriage.

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has pending legislation concerning a same-sex marriage ban that was struck down by a court.

The losing party in Oklahoma’s case will have the option to appeal to the full 10th Circuit Court or go directly to the Supreme Court of the United States, which is where many legal experts believe the case will ultimately end up. Either Utah’s or Oklahoma’s case could end up at the Supreme Court and be the vehicle for a historic ruling on same-sex marriage in America.

Troy Stevenson, executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of The Equality Network said there were reasons to be positive following last week’s hearing, but he cautioned against assuming one ruling over another.

“I think it’s always presumptuous to try to read into the judges’ comments,” said Stevenson, who has worked for marriage equality in Oklahoma.

Stevenson also acknowledged that whatever the ruling, the issue of same-sex marriage could very well be in front of the Supreme Court by next year.

“I would love for Oklahoma to have that place in history [in front of the Supreme Court],” Stevenson said.

“But the victory for marriage equality is the most important part.”

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Sidewalks don’t grab the spotlight like convention centers and streetcars, but Mayor Mick Cornett called the planned addition of nearly 65 miles of new sidewalks across the city one of the most important parts of Metropolitan Area Projects, or MAPS 3.

“Along with the trail system, [sidewalks] probably touch more neighborhoods and more parts of the city than any other MAPS 3 project,” Cornett said at a ribboncutting ceremony Thursday to mark the completion of phase 1 of the sidewalk project. “If you look at these sidewalks, I think they exceed expectations, which is continuing the MAPS brand. They are a little bit wider than people might expect. The materials are top-of-the-line. These are major construction projects.”

The construction of new sidewalks across the city are some of

below Tom McDaniel and David Greenwell at a ribbon cutting ceremony for a MAPS 3 sidewalk located near S. Western Avenue and S.W. 104th Street on Thursday. the earliest MAPS 3 projects to be completed, and there are still three more phases left to finish in the coming years.

The completion of the first phase of sidewalks includes paths in all parts of the city.

“People who are critics of MAPS talk about it being all downtown, but sidewalks are all over the city,” said David Todd, MAPS 3 program manager.

A total of $18 million will be spent on new sidewalks through MAPS 3, which will add new sidewalks along arterial streets rather than in residential neighborhoods, Todd said.

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These types of neighborhood projects should remain a priority in future MAPS projects.

—David Greenwell Ward 5 Councilman City of Oklahoma City

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Ward 5 Councilman David Greenwell, who was on hand for Thursday’s ribbon-cutting for a new sidewalk in his ward, said he believed future MAPS projects should continue to include new sidewalks.

“These types of neighborhood projects should remain a priority in future MAPS projects,” Greenwell said.

In addition to new sidewalks, 2014 will also see construction begin on a new whitewater course in the

boathouse district, along with a new expo center at the state fairgrounds.

“We had a couple of projects under our belts, but I don’t think it was until the sidewalks that a large amount of people started to acknowledged that the MAPS 3 projects were beginning to roll out,” Cornett said.

In addition to seeing MAPS 3 projects become a reality, Cornett said he was pleased that tax collections were exceeding original estimates.

“We were criticized and questioned [before MAPS 3] on whether or not we had overestimated the amount of revenue to expect, and clearly, we didn’t,” Cornett said.

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Council moves forward on chickens ordinance

The Oklahoma City Council is moving forward on a backyard chicken ordinance. A public hearing was held this week, and the council is expected to cast a final vote on May 13.

The proposed ordinance would allow residents to raise chickens on their property and set guidelines for square footage of captivity. Residents who want to raise chickens would be required to submit an application with the city, and their immediate neighbors would be notified and given the chance to object.

Starting April 28, METRO Transit, the department that oversees the city’s bus system, parking and ferry service, will change its name to Embark.

The name change is part of a new marketing strategy, along with changes to enhance local bus service.

“The changes we are making to the public transportation system in Oklahoma City are really transformational, and the new identity illustrates the journey we, as a community, are undertaking together,” said Jason Ferbrache, director of public transportation and parking.

Months of planning and meeting with riders have led the transit agency to reconfigure some bus routes and increase ride frequency. Starting April 28, most routes will have wait times of no longer than 30 minutes. Some bus routes will also be realigned based on new rider demand, he said. Changes to the transit system will continue to roll out over the next several months, including equipping each bus with Wi-Fi, new signage at bus stops and a new website that will allow riders to track the exact location of a bus.

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Drinkin’ and gunnin’

Because some of Oklahoma’s finest contributions to the advancement of human civilization have started with the words, “Hold my beer and watch this,” an Oklahoma City gun range has taken the steps necessary to be the first gun range to serve liquor by the drink.

According to a report on Fox News, Wilshire Gun has plans to have firearms lanes, archery lanes, classrooms and a VIP lounge, making it the first of its kind in Oklahoma.

According to the same news brief, Jeff Swanson, the owner, has said, “This is where the shooting sport is headed.”

He’ll need to be careful when guests hit the lanes and then the lounge, and not the other way around.

Because that way, Okies, lies madness.

And perhaps a Darwin Award.

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Capitol crumble

What do the gray bat, the American burying beetle and the Oklahoma State Capitol building have in common? All are endangered.

Those creatures and some of their brethren are on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s list of endangered species in Oklahoma, but the Capitol building made the 2014 list for Most Endangered Historic Places compiled each year by Preservation Oklahoma Inc. The group can’t do much for the bat or the beetle, but it does work to save historic properties around the state that face extinction due to imminent demolition or deterioration.

The Capitol building, constructed in 1917, has been in need of some TLC for some time.

Heck, you can’t even walk through the front doors because of yellow

plastic barriers that block the entrance — it’s not safe to enter there for fear of falling stone and debris.

While the Legislature spent last session and this current session twiddling its thumbs about how to pay for repairs, the building has continued to deteriorate.

Preservation Oklahoma does not put plans in place to restore of save properties but instead works to raise awareness. Perhaps they can raise enough awareness that constituents will take notice and place their legislators’ jobs on the endangered list if they fail to find a way to pay for repairs to the historic Capitol building.

Starring Mary Fallin as Obama?

Oklahoma’s Republican lawmakers have long been champions for local control. That is unless it’s an issue they disagree with.

Last week, Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill into law that prohibits cities

across the state from setting their own minimum wages. The legislation came after a group in Oklahoma City had been collecting signatures on a petition to ask the city to increase the minimum wage.

“Mandating a minimum wage increase at the local level would drive businesses to other communities and states and would raise prices for consumers,” Fallin said in a statement.

This is the same person who constantly criticizes the federal government and the Obama administration for making decisions in Washington, D.C., that should be left up to states.

Apparently, Fallin believes that Oklahoma knows better than D.C. She just doesn’t think Oklahoma City knows better than her.

Yay for inmates!

It appears that Houston-based Sysco Foods tried to get a free meal from the state of Oklahoma.

Now it will pay.

The company agreed to refund more than $36,000 to the state after an investigation “found the company overcharged state entities,” NewsOK.com reported.

The investigation found that Sysco charged different prices to several state facilities and departments, including the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, county jails, juvenile centers and hospitals.

Now, hey, we don’t like to throw a word like “criminals” around all willy-nilly, but in this case, it fits. See, the discrepancies were discovered by inmates learning a data collection program at Lexinton’s Joseph Harp Correctional Center. The program was developed to catch inmates who snuck back into line for seconds during meals, but it uncovered much more.

Missed connections

Craigslist isn’t just for selling old couches or posting sad-but-hopeful missed connections notes anymore. No, really. It’s for stopping crime. You’ve been warned.

Virginia Singleton, an Oklahoma City Community College student, is using the somewhat-infamous Internet site to try to find her stolen truck instead of relying on police. Her 1994 Chevy truck and some valuable camera equipment were stolen from an OCCC parking lot last month.

One of the 300 campus security cameras caught the thieves on tape, but Chief James Fitzpatick said that with so many students walking around campus, it’s often difficult to tell what exactly is going on.

Another attempted car theft occurred on the campus a week later, but the would-be thieves got nervous and just left the vehicle running instead of taking off with it.

To report any information about the theft or would-be theft, call

Oklahoma City Crimestoppers at 2357300 or Oklahoma City Community College Police at 682-7872.

Chenoweth Thunders up

Broken Arrow native and Broadway star Kristen Chenoweth will be inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame in June. This award celebrates the talent of performers who “have established themselves as true superstars — with appearances on screen, stage, recordings, and at the Bowl,” according to Hollywood Bowl’s website.

Even with the new award under her belt, she wastes no time in proclaiming her home state pride.

The self-proclaimed die-hard basketball fan admitted recently that she carries an Oklahoma City Thunder baseball cap with her at all times in her hot pink handbag. Along with her home-state pride, the actress also carries everything from a neck brace to an inhaler, she said in US Weekly’s “What’s in My Bag?” feature.

The Emmy and Tony awardwinning actress voiced the character of Gabi the poison dart frog in Rio 2, which came out April 11.

Let Coburn Google that for you

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, really hates government waste. Each year, he compiles a report showcasing government spending he deems ridiculous. Though he still has the rest of the year to drum up his 2014 report, he’s not wasting any time. This time, he’s after the National Technical Information Service (NTIS).

Coburn’s proposed bill describes the NTIS as “tasked with collecting and distributing government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and businessrelated information and reports.”

Besides being a money pit — the service has cost more than it has made in 10 of the past 11 years — Coburn insists the NTIS doesn’t really do much and most of its collection of reports can be found on the Internet for free. Coburn has designated the bill the “Let Me Google That For You” Act. Coburn thinks the agency should be disbanded and the Commerce Department can surely pick up any remaining slack, according to TechDirt.com.

Hey, if Coburn can Google it, so can everyone else.

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COMMENTARY

Fracking fracas

BY KURT HOCHENAUER

In 1897, an oil gusher called the Nellie Johnstone No. 1 on land near Bartlesville ushered in a commercial age of fossil fuel discovery that still thrives in Oklahoma today.

It was only a matter of time before Tulsa, after its own nearby oil strikes, was proclaiming itself The Oil Capital of the World.

No one can deny the historical and economic importance of the oil and gas industry in Oklahoma. It has created jobs. It has paid taxes that have funded schools and road projects. It has helped fuel the growth of both Tulsa and Oklahoma City.

But that doesn’t mean its success doesn’t have a recent growing downside or that Oklahomans should ignore it.

That downside has become increasingly apparent as more has been discovered about the hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, drilling process.

Some critics claim fracking and fracking water waste, or injection wells, may pollute water supplies. Some researchers also tie our recent surge in earthquakes here to wastewater injection wells. What’s clear is that both these issues need immediate extensive study that could lead to new regulations, including limited or widespread moratoriums.

A recent Associated Press study showed there have been hundreds of complaints related to water pollution and drilling in the fracking-boom states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West

Virginia and Texas. Last year, some residents in Le Flore County in eastern Oklahoma argued their water had been contaminated by wastewater from the fracking process.

There’s also a growing concern that the dramatic surge in earthquake activity here in Oklahoma is tied to injection wells. Oklahoma, according to one report, had the second highest number of earthquakes 3.0-magnitude or higher in the nation in 2013. A recent study showed the 5.7-magnitude earthquake near Prague in 2011 was likely triggered by a “foreshock” located near a wastewater injection well the previous day.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission recently approved new

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

rules that require operators of injection wells to collect more data related to their operations, but the question remains whether that’s enough, given the growing evidence not only tying those wells to earthquakes but also the concern about water pollution in the overall fracking process as well.

Theoretically, massive water pollution and property devaluation due to earthquakes could make the economic importance of oil and gas companies here a moot point.

It’s time for state leaders to call for deeper study into fracking and its related processes and push for regulations and even moratoriums if they are needed.

Hochenauer is an English professor at the University of Central Oklahoma and author of the Okie Funk blog.

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

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

Tax woes?

Again the call for tax cuts goes out.

I wrote a letter to Oklahoma Gazette years ago comparing those who call for tax cuts while wanting state and social services to people who would go to a pot luck dinner wanting to eat ham, potatoes and homemade rolls while only taking Oreos or a couple packets of Kool-Aid. Taxes are an investment in our society/state/nation.

Taxes are an investment in our future, our children’s future and our old age.

I teach at Rose State College, and I constantly hear the lament about higher tuition costs. When our state appropriations go down, our tuition goes up; it is that simple. Education, at any level, needs to include certain

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base levels of experiences, information sources and guidance if the educational experience will have any future value. Labs, equipment, computers and research centers cost money.

Professional faculty costs money.

If the state isn’t helping to cover those costs, the only other source of funding schools have is tuition.

The Oreo-takers will say that they shouldn’t have to pay for something they don’t use. If they don’t go to school, if they don’t have school-age children, why should they pay taxes that go toward education?

Because almost every job you will ever have or want to have will come from someone who got an education or training.

Because every object you use, road you drive on and service you depend on comes from someone who got an education or training. The person bringing you back to life, whether an EMT or a surgeon, got an education or training.

In a 21st-century, technological, modern civilization, taxes are how we make our world a better place for everyone, not just the few who can pay by the service.

— Howard Koerth Oklahoma City

OU hockey for the score

When I was a student at the University of Oklahoma, I wanted nothing to do with OU sports. I remember the “Bootlegger’s Boy” days of Charles Thompson, Bernard Hall, Nigel Clay and NCAA sanctions. While I may have been somewhat shortsighted, to me, that represented OU sports.

In the last few years, however, I’ve discovered a secret: OU hockey.

This winter, after a game, the team hosted a “Skate with the Sooners” event that my wife and I participated in. What I saw was remarkable. I saw Steven Behm help at least three people to their feet who had fallen. I saw Bryce Johnson skating while cradling a puppy. I had a fine conversation with Derek Tylka and Nick Holmes,

after which they thanked me and my wife several times for taking the time to attend the game. The pleasure was ours.

Not only are the games fast, hardhitting and everything you’d expect from a top-tier program, they are also cheaper than a movie. My thanks to the players and coaching staff for another great season. Unfortunately, one of these days, folks may get wind of what a great thing we have and our choices of prime rinkside seats may begin to dwindle.

— Scott Carmack Norman

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World Book Night 2014, one of 2300 bookstores and libraries to give half a million free books across America, Apr. 23. Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 842-2900, fullcirclebooks.com. WED

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Pam Kanaly, signing her book The Single Mom and Her Rollercoaster Emotions, 1-2:30 p.m., Apr. 26. Best of Books, 1313 E. Danforth Rd., Edmond, 340-9202, bestofbooksedmond.com. SAT

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SPORTS 6th Annual Wheelchair Basketball Tournament, funds raised will help Greater Oklahoma Disabled Sports Association athletes purchase sports equipment and travel for national basketball tournaments, 5:30-9 p.m., Apr. 24. Oklahoma City University, 2501 N. Blackwelder Ave., 208-5000, okcu.edu. THU OKC Redhawks vs. Nashville Sounds, minor league baseball, 7:05 p.m., Apr. 24-26; 2:05 p.m., Apr. 27.

Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 Mickey Mantle Drive, 218-1000, okcredhawks.com. THU–SUN

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2014 USA Canoe/Kayak Sprint Team Trials, racing event determines USA National and International teams, 8 a.m., Apr. 25-26. Boathouse District, 725 S. Lincoln Blvd., 552-4040, boathousedistrict.org. FRI–SAT

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Yoga Flow, OKCMOA and Mat’s Edge team up with a new way to experience the arts that combines mind, body and spirit, 11 a.m.-noon, Apr. 26. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 236-3100, okcmoa.com. SAT

The Cage Shootout 2014, one-day basketball tournament during the arts festival, 4-10 p.m., Apr. 26. The Cage, Reno & Hudson Avenues, facebook. com/TheCageOKC. SAT

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YogaVerve, donation-only class with all proceeds going to a local nonprofit, 10:30 a.m., Apr. 27.

YogaVerve, 16501 N. Shawnee Ave., Edmond. SUN OKC Redhawks vs. Round Rock Express, minor league baseball, 7:05 p.m., Apr. 28-30. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 Mickey Mantle Drive, 218-1000, okcredhawks.com. MON–WED

HAPPENINGS At the Throttle, opportunity for rail fans to live their dream of running a steam locomotive, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Apr. 25. Oklahoma Railway Museum, 3400 NE Grand Blvd., 424-8222, oklahomarailwaymuseum.org. FRI Foster Care Awareness Walk, 1-mile, family-oriented walk to promote awareness and response to the crisis faced by Oklahoma’s 9000-plus Foster Children, 9 a.m., Apr. 26. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 Mickey Mantle Drive, 218-1000, bricktownokc.com. SAT Friends of Tuttle Library Recycling Event, all electronics and anything with a cord or battery to benefit the Tuttle Public Library, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Apr. 26.

Snow Hill Baptist Church, 11 S. Morgan Rd., Tuttle. SAT Natural Parenting Expo, baby-wearing fashion show, car seat safety, family yoga, music and giveaways, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Apr. 26. Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, 3001 General Pershing Blvd., 948-6700. SAT Iron Thistle Scottish Heritage Festival and Highland Games, traditional Scottish games, vendors, music and more, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Apr. 26. Kirkpatrick Family Farm, 1001 Garth Brooks Blvd., Yukon, 350-8937. SAT 5th Annual Turkish Festival, folk dancing, traditional music, original arts and crafts and Turkish cuisine, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Apr. 26; 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Apr. 27. Raindrop Turkish House, 4444 N. Classen Blvd., 702-0222.

SAT–SUN

Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon Several cool things happened in 2001: Wikipedia launched, Apple introduced the first iPod. But one of the coolest was the inaugural Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, a tribute to those who were killed in and affected by the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 1995. The 14th annual race is 6:30 a.m. Sunday in downtown Oklahoma City, with checkin at the Health & Fitness Expo at Cox Convention Center, One Myriad Gardens. Registration is $10-$325.

Visit okcmarathon.com.

Sunday

Reject and Project Rally, meet inspirational speakers, scientific experts and advocates, 2-4 p.m., Apr. 26.

Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., 521-3356, ok.gov. SAT 5th Annual Extreme Racing, zebras, camels and ostriches are back to the track for an afternoon of excitement and hilarity for the entire family, 1:30 p.m., Apr. 27. Remington Park, 1 Remington Place, 424-9000.

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FILM The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden, (U.S., 2013, dir. Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine) Darwin meets Hitchcock in this feature-length documentary, 7:30 p.m., Apr. 24; 5:30, 8 p.m., Apr. 25-26; 2 p.m., Apr. 27.

Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 2363100, okcmoa.com. THU–SUN The Lodger, (UK, 1927, dir. Alfred Hitchcock) a landlady suspects her new lodger is the madman killing women in London, 7 p.m., Apr. 25. The Paramount OKC, 701 W. Sheridan Ave., 517-0787, theparamountokc.com. FRI

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Angels and Friends Party, entertainment and fare from OKC’s best restaurants, open bar and a chance to celebrate the arts and the coming of spring, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Apr. 23. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 445-7080, myriadgardens.org. WED Noodles, identify different varieties and learn how to prepare this versatile food, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Apr. 23.

Francis Tuttle Technology Center-Rockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell Ave., 717-4900, francistuttle.edu.

WED

BLOW They just don’t wrestle like they used to. And by that, we mean we miss seeing the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW) on our television sets. True to the original 1980s style, BLOW features colorful, over-the-top wrestling of the female variety, including an appearance from WCW’s Sweet Sherry and original GLOW girl Godiva. The bout begins 7 p.m. Thursday at OKC Farmers Public Market, 311 S. Klein Ave. Tickets are $10-$15. Visit ticketstorm.com.

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Thursday

Pinot’s Palette, wine and paint party, 7-9 p.m., Apr. 23-24; 7-10 p.m., Apr. 25; 2-4 p.m., Apr. 27. Pinot’s Palette, 115 E. California Ave., 602-3850, pinotspalette. com. WED–FRI, SUN Baby Bump Nutrition, general nutrition course for moms-to-be, 6-7 p.m., Apr. 24. The Green Bambino, 5120 N. Shartel Ave. THU Paint N Cheers, creative social art classes, 6:30 p.m., Apr. 24, 26; 2 p.m., Apr. 27. Paint N Cheers, 1614 N. Gatewood Ave. 524-4155, paintncheers.com. THU, SAT–SUN Tipsy Artist, wine and paint party, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Apr. 25; 1-4 p.m., Apr. 27. Tipsy Artist Studio, 124 W. Oklahoma St., Guthrie, 822-0481, tipsyartist.com. FRI, SUN

H&8th Night Market, street festival built around a lineup of the city’s top gourmet food trucks, 7-11 p.m., Apr. 25. H&8th Night Market, 815 N. Hudson Ave., h8thokc.com. FRI Saturday Cooking Class, learn how to prepare a variety of easy and delicious dishes in this weekly class, 10-11 a.m., Apr. 26. Uptown Grocery Co., 1230 W. Covell Rd., Edmond, 509-2700, uptowngroceryco.com. SAT Dutch Oven Cooking, learn recipes and create dishes using a Dutch oven, 1-5 p.m., Apr. 26.

Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-0745, okhistory.org. SAT Tuesday Takeout Class, make a meal and take it home to eat, 2-3 p.m., Apr. 29. Uptown Grocery Co., 1230 W. Covell Rd,Edmond, 509-2700, uptowngroceryco.com. TUE

YOUTH ScienceFest, interactive activity stations teach students how science impacts their everyday lives, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Apr. 24. Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington Place, 424-3344, okczoo.com. THU Easter Encore Extravaganza, moon bounce, tie-dye station and Easter egg hunt, 5 p.m., Apr. 24. Grace Living Center, 1921 NE 21st St.. 424-1449, gracelivingcenters.com. THU Family Invertebrate Fossil Field Trip, travel to a dig site and find a variety of marine fossils, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Apr. 26. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, 325-4712, snomnh.ou.edu. SAT

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Searching for Sugar Man The story of Rodriguez, a 1970s Detroit folk-rock act unheralded in his time, is one of the most astonishingly improbable stories you’ll ever hear. Luckily, the Academy Award-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man tells it with engaging precision. If you missed it upon its 2012 release, or if you loved it the first time like us, Oklahoma City University’s Documentary Film Series will screen the film 2 p.m. Sunday in Kerr McGee Auditorium, NW 27th Street and McKinley Avenue. Admission is free. Visit okcu.edu/film-lit.

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P ROVI DED

Adèle Wolf’s Burlesque & Variety Show Spring Fling

YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day, educational activities, water safety, bike safety, fitness challenges, and face painting, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Apr. 26. Bethany YMCA, 3400 N. Mueller Ave. SAT Story Time with Julie, discover the best and newest children’s books, 10:15-11 a.m., Apr. 26. Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 842-2900, fullcirclebooks.com. SAT Party for the Planet, family-oriented Earth Day celebration with activities and live entertainment, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Apr. 27. Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington Place, 424-3344, okczoo.com. SUN Little Big Chef’s Cooking Classes, chef-instructed kid’s cooking class, 2 p.m., Apr. 27. Uptown Grocery Co., 1230 W. Covell Rd., Edmond, 509-2700, uptowngroceryco.com. SUN Kid’s Painting Class, children can express their creativity and learn to paint in a kid-friendly atmosphere, 5-6:15 p.m., Apr. 29. Paseo Gallery One, 2927 Paseo St. TUE

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Saturday South Pacific, much-lauded comedy, a touching, tragic, thought-provoking Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, 8 p.m., Apr. 24-26; 3 p.m., Apr. 27. Oklahoma City University, 2501 N. Blackwelder Ave., 208-5000, okcu.edu. THU–SUN Contemporary Dance Oklahoma, a mixed program of new choreography, works from the CDO repertory and guest choreographer Jessica Lang, 8 p.m., Apr. 25-26; 3 p.m., Apr. 27. University of Oklahoma, 660 Parrington Oval, Norman, 325-0311, ou.edu. FRI–SUN Neil Sedaka, for over fifty years, he has written, performed, produced and inspired countless songs and compostitions, 8 p.m., Apr. 25–26. Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave., 297-2264, okcciviccenter.com. FRI–SAT

L’Elisir d’Amore, comedic opera follows peasant Nemorino as he uses a love potion in attempts to woo landowner Adina, 7:30 p.m., Apr. 24-26; 2 p.m., Apr. 27. University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University Drive, Edmond, 974-2000, uco.edu. THU–SUN

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4th Annual Sonnet-a-thon, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park celebrates William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday with readings of all 154 of his Sonnets, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Apr. 23. Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., 521-3356, ok.gov. WED

Adèle Wolf’s Burlesque & Variety Show isn’t just easy on the eyes; it’s a skillful display of cabaret-style performances with trapeze swinging, belly dancing and more. Wolf’s Spring Fling features guest stars like award-winning Burlesque Queen Coco Lectric, the aerial talents of trapeze artist Bethany Summersizzle and Violet Vendetta’s splendid acrobatics. The sultry show begins at 8 p.m. Saturday at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing Blvd. Tickets are $20-$35. Visit adelewolf.com.

Midori Mozart, Bloch, Beethoven — not artists to be taken lightly. For over three decades (since age 11, actually), prodigious violinist Midori has been wowing audiences with classical favorites, and she’ll do so again 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Armstrong Auditorium, 14400 S. Bryant Road in Edmond. Tickets are $42-$94. Call 2851010 or visit armstrongauditorium.org.

Thursday

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Singing Sooners Spring Show, contemporary a cappella/vocal jazz ensemble performing pop, jazz and spirit songs, 8 p.m., Apr. 25. University of Oklahoma, 660 Parrington Oval, Norman, 325-0311, ou.edu. FRI Bang Bang Variety Show, a queer-punk variety show, Apr. 25. HiLo Club, 1221 NW 50th, 843-1722. FRI Fiesta!, colorful concert featuring music of celebration from around the world, 2 p.m., Apr. 27. Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave., 297-2264, okcciviccenter.com. SUN Cmplt Wks of Wm Shkspr, three actors parody the plays of William Shakespeare, 7:30 p.m., Apr. 30.

Oklahoma City Community College, 7777 S. May Ave., 682-1611, occc.edu. WED Side by Side Concert, Maestro Levine and the musicians of the Philharmonic mentor and coach members of the Oklahoma Youth Orchestra, Apr. 30.

Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave., 297-2264, okcciviccenter.com. WED

VISUAL ARTS All Fun and Games, an innovative exhibition featuring the video arcade game as a medium of visual art. FAC Gallery, 444 South Flood Ave., Norman, 329-4523, normanfirehouse.com.

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

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

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

Art After 5 Roof Terrace, join downtown workers, adventurous concert and film goers and the art crowd for cocktails on the skyline, 5 p.m., Apr. 24. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 236-3100, okcmoa. com. THU

LAST CHANCE

Drawing from the Tropics, Debby Kaspari’s work is infused with the color and light of the tropics. Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory, 301 W. Reno Ave., 2973995, myriadgardens.com.

Festival of the Arts, community celebration of the visual arts, performing arts and culinary arts, 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Apr. 23-26: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Apr. 27. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., myriadgardens. org. WED–SUN Fragrance Making, explore your sense of smell and experiment with creating fragrances, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Apr. 26. Artspace at Untitled, 1 NE 3rd, 815-9995, artspaceatuntitled.org. SAT

TO TRIM DOWN BEFORE SUMMER

Horse as Icon, Jean Richardson’s horses reflect her prairie roots and her passion for contemporary art.

Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., 5213356, arts.ok.gov.

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

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Master Artists at the Jacobson House, 100 works of art by 40 Oklahoma Native American artists. Jacobson House Native Art Center, 609 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, 366-1667, jacobsonhouse.com.

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

TREATMENT IN APRIL

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

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Shifting Frontiers, consists of cowboy portraits and and rugged Western landscapes. Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, 1400 Classen Drive, 2354458, oklahomaheritage.com.

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

The Blues Highway, a series of black and white photographs taken along U.S. Route 61 documenting blues singers and juke joints. JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N. Walker Ave., 528-6336, jrbartgallery.com.

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

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

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner, award-winning works of 31 UCO graphic design students who took home a total of 90 ADDY Awards this spring.

University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University Drive, 974-2000, uco.edu/cfad.

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

Indigene As an Oklahoma Native, photographer Nicol Ragland knows a thing or two about indigenous peoples. Her new solo exhibit, Indigene, features 21 original photographs taken over the past five years, including the Hadzabe of Tanzania, one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes in Africa. The opening reception is 6-11 p.m. Friday at The Caliber, 824 N. Broadway Ave. Admission is free. Call (323) 791-2536 or visit indigene.is.

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“The first year, volunteers sold peanut butter and jelly sandwiches,” Cozby said. “It was definitely somewhat of an evolution into International Food Row.” Food vendors at the festival come from all over the country. Just Nuts, run by Bob and Judy Heimer, is from Kansas, and Papa’s Greek Food is from Lincoln, Neb. At the Oklahoma State Fair, vendors are simply required to pay a fee to set up shop. The Festival of the Arts takes a much different approach. The only real similarity between the festival and the state fair is that it is a once-a-year chance to enjoy that food you have been missing since last year. Cross your fingers that your favorite vendor is back for another year. This is in no way a criticism of fair food, but you are going to have to wait another few months for your fried bacon on a stick.

There will be 28 food vendors at this year’s festival, and several are new.

The Blue Belle Saloon & Grill in Guthrie will offer its mashed potatoes and gravy as well as its spinach artichoke dip, a favorite at the restaurant. For dessert, there’s fried blueberry pie with homemade whipped cream. For those with a really serious sweet tooth, new local food truck The Sugar Shack Sweets and Treats has something for everyone.

Smoke Stack BBQ is coming in from Haskell and has won awards at Tulsa International Mayfest and the state fair.

Festival of the Arts is a fundraising event not only for Arts Council of

Oklahoma City but also for other arts nonprofits in Oklahoma. International Food Row is one of the major places for other groups to raise some serious funds while feeding the masses. Each eatery partners with an arts nonprofit and makes a donation to that respective organization. Volunteers from the partner organization supply the labor for the tents. For example, Waffle Awesome OKC’s partner is Paseo Arts Association. Volunteers from the organization will work in the tent, and the sales will directly benefit the association. Vendors also pay a commission to the arts council. For the exposure and the profits, it’s a win-win.

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Come for the art and stay for the food at this year’s Festival of the Arts in downtown OKC.

BY DEVON GREEN

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The Arts Council of Oklahoma City’s Festival of the Arts is OKC’s paramount celebration of all things art. The festival has been an annual downtown event since 1967, the year the arts council was granted its nonprofit status. Since then, the festival has grown into the best place to enjoy art publicly and for free in the beautiful (even if occasionally soggy) springtime.

By design, it is a celebration of the visual, performing and culinary arts.

It’s no accident that the food at the festival is markedly different from runof-the-mill state fair food that is often fried and on a stick. The purveyors on International Food Row are chosen by the same process and with the same care as the art that is on display.

“Anything on the grounds is juried and curated,” said Angela Cozby, the festival director.

When she says “anything,” it’s no exaggeration. All art on display at the festival goes through a rigorous application process, and the food is no exception.

The food options have greatly

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Culinary arts demonstrations

The Culinary Arts Stage was added to the festival last year. Local chefs and foodies alike will hold demonstrations to illustrate aspects of the culinary arts.

“Our claim to fame is the visual, performing and culinary arts,” Cozby said. “We wanted to expand on the culinary arts and show that it really is an art to create beautiful food.”

The presentations will last for 45 minutes and will include contributors from local markets like Urban Agrarian and Uptown Grocery Co. as well as food journalists and bloggers.

Presenters will create a dish of their choosing while talking about a variety of topics.

Andon Whitehorn, executive chef and creator of Nani, will host a presentation on Saturday. His concept is a blend of Cherokee and Japanese comfort food with an emphasis on reducing waste. Whitehorn plans to prepare two or three dishes from one of his raved-about Nani concept

dinners at which Whitehorn and other chefs create a multi-course tasting dinner in a diner’s home. There is no brick-and-mortar location for Nani at this time; it is a moveable feast.

Whitehorn forages for many of his ingredients and uses ethically farmed or caught fish and fresh local ingredients from places like Urban Agrarian.

“I make sure the products we use are sustainable (and) if we didn’t pick it ourselves, it is local or it has a lowcarbon footprint,” he said.

Whitehorn will discuss how to consistently choose the best ingredients that have the least impact on the environment. He is passionate about sustainability and is all about educating so it’s not just a nifty buzzword. You can find out more about Nani at naniokc.com.

Other presenters include Café Do Brasil, The Coach House and Pie Junkie. The full schedule is listed on Arts Council of Oklahoma City’s website, artscouncilokc.com.

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A plan to create a permanent food truck park in Midtown passed the Downtown Design Review Committee (DDRC) on April 17. The creator, Hunter Wheat, based it on other permanent food parks around the country.

“After almost a year of planning, we found out today that it’s really happening,” Wheat said after the DDRC decision.

The idea gained momentum after the success of H&8th Night Market, a monthly event in the spring, summer and fall in Midtown.

Wheat looked at H&8th and thought, “This is great. What if we had this all the time?”

That spurred the idea for Bleu Garten, an outdoor food truck park at NW 10th Street and N. Harvey Avenue.

The name Bleu Garten is a nod to Wheat’s training at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Portland, Ore., and the German word for garden, which is a common name for community gathering places.

What Bleu Garten is not going to be is a parking lot. The plans include actual restrooms and community dining areas, some of them covered. Wheat has already signed on for a three-year occupancy, and the park will operate year-round. With approval from the DDRC, Wheat’s next step is to obtain permits. He and his team plan to break ground on the property in the next month. If all goes as planned, Bleu Garten will open in August.

Wheat spent some time visiting other food truck parks in New York to get ideas on how to winterize the

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concept. He came away with some useful knowledge about how to get the area ready for the season and entice patrons into venturing out. There is talk of including the igloos from the Holiday Pop-Up Shops for sheltered eating areas.

The plan is to vary the number of trucks parked there depending on the day of the week. On the busiest nights, the park will accommodate eight. On a Monday afternoon, there might be only two open for business. There are plans for a beer barn and a full bar, and Wheat said he wants to emphasize local breweries and distilleries.

He wants Bleu Garten to be a gathering place for the community. He is also cautious about his role as the person responsible for the project and how it will impact the community.

“This is a three-year deal, and this is my first time in the captain’s seat,” Wheat said. “I can’t afford to run it irresponsibly.”

He already has plans to host events like pet adoptions and fundraisers that will involve the community, as well as theme nights that incorporate his neighbors in the Midtown area. There’s also talk of an outdoor movie screen for family movie nights.

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The first time I saw Chow’s Chinese Restaurant, 3033 N. May Ave., my friend Nate was pointing it out to me as a possible meeting place for the Triad or some other organized crime racket.

“It’s always empty until late at night, and then it’s packed,” he said.

I learned why later. Chow’s stays open and cooks late, which makes it a favorite of the city’s culinary set, as they are often working until the wee hours. It is also intensely affordable, incredibly tasty and about as authentic as you’re likely to find in the wilds of Oklahoma City.

Which might be a scary proposition for some. Authenticity, however prized, generally comes with a bit of a shock. Chow’s has many strange-looking dishes full of the parts of animals that many of us are not accustomed to eating.

You will start with the dumplings. At $6.95 for a dozen, you could not make a better decision. These are fresh. Fried or steamed, it doesn’t matter. They are light and airy, and the pork and vegetable mix inside each one is delicious.

Egg rolls are fine, but the spring rolls ($1.35 each) are truly glorious little fried torpedoes of goodness. Crisp, flavorful and the right kind of greasy.

But man cannot live on appetizers alone. I’ve tried. So you’ll have to move on to the entrees. And if one of those entrees is the steamed chicken with ginger-scallion sauce ($7.50 for half a bird), then welcome to flavor country.

The texture of steamed chicken, with its pale, flabby skin, is not my favorite; but when you peel it away,

A spring roll with sweet and sour sauce at Chow’s Chinese Restaurant. you are left with tender, moist chicken and a perfect canvas on which to paint the ginger-scallion sauce. You could smear this sauce on cardboard and it would be amazing.

If you’re looking for something a bit sturdier, I liked the salt and pepper spare ribs ($8.95), which were straightforward and quite meaty. And the orange peel beef ($10.95) is a comforting reminder of how good your favorite Chinese dishes can be when prepared with skill.

Chow’s stays open and cooks late, which makes it a favorite of the city’s culinary set.

The Buddha’s Delight ($4.95 at lunch) is all vegetables in a light brown sauce, but it’s a really good light brown sauce. Enough to make you forget you’re eating a bunch of plants.

Better still, the seafood Hong Kong noodles ($11.95) are a little exotic — squid and shrimp and fish and vegetables and more — with the weight and satisfaction of pasta underneath.

I liked everything about my stir-fried asparagus and garlic except for the garlic.

As much as I love that abrasive root, I generally insist that it’s cooked. A big, raw garlic clove is just not my thing.

Still, if you’re looking for a big mess of tasty asparagus, this is your dish.

Chow’s is Chinese food done right — authentic if you want it or “classic” Americanized Chinese food cooked expertly if that’s what you prefer. And that’s a rarity.

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Peru-fect

South American tastes come alive at a south OKC eatery.

BY RYAN QUERBACH

Naylamp Peruvian Restaurant 2106 SW 44TH ST. 601-2629 FACEBOOK.COM/NAYLAMPRESTAURANTE WHAT WORKS: THE FRIENDLY STAFF AND AUTHENTIC FOOD GIVE GUESTS A TRUE PERUVIAN EXPERIENCE. WHAT NEEDS WORK: THE SMALL RESTAURANT IS KIND OF DIFFICULT TO SPOT. TIP: THE CHORITOS A LA CHALACA IS A MUST-TRY FOR SEAFOOD FANS.

Seco de Carne, Peruvian beef stew.

A friend and I recently took a trip to Naylamp Peruvian Restaurant, 2106 SW 44th St. The restaurant is a little difficult to spot, as it is rather small and connected to another establishment.

We were able to find it within a few minutes, though.

Samara and Raul Ramos, both from Peru, opened the restaurant in 2010 to bring authentic Peruvian cuisine to Oklahoma.

I’ve spent some time in South America, including a little time in Peru, and the atmosphere of Naylamp immediately reminded me of being there. It is small but comfortable. There are a number of paintings and photos of Peru as well as some traditional Peruvian decorations. The decor, combined with Spanish-language music and a friendly staff, provided a welcoming start to our dining experience.

We began our meals with a few appetizers: plato serrano ($6.99) and choritos a la chalaca ($6.99). The former was a mix of fried plantains; sweet potatoes; and yucca, a potato-like root, served with a sauce made from cheeses and a South American plant called huacatay. All three of the items were pretty tasty, but our favorite was definitely the warm and sweet plantains. The creamy sauce also added some nice flavor.

The choritos a la chalaca included mussels on the half shell marinated in lime juice and topped with tomato and onion. The mussels were excellently complemented by flavors of citrus and spice. This dish was my favorite part of the meal.

For entrees, we chose seco de carne

($9.99) and aji de gallina ($8.99).

Seco de carne is a Peruvian beef stew. It featured tender chunks of beef smothered in a cilantro-infused sauce mixed with diced potatoes and peas. It was served with white rice and onion and tomato. I am a huge cilantro fan, so I loved this dish. The flavor was perfect, and the meat was tender and moist. I mixed the meat, sauce, rice and vegetables together. It tasted like a Peruvian version of curry.

Aji de gallina is a dish that features shredded chicken breast cooked with walnut; milk; cheeses; and aji panca, a Peruvian pepper. It came with white rice and boiled potatoes. The chicken was seasoned and cooked to perfection, and the sauce was warm, creamy and delicious.

To put the finishing touch on the meal, we tried some flan ($3) for dessert.

I had actually never tried flan before and was surprised by its texture and taste. It was a great way to end the experience.

I also enjoyed some fresh mango juice ($3.50), which was sweet and refreshing.

The owners told me that they feature dishes that represent each region of Peru. For example, the choritos a la chalaca would be more of a coastal dish.

That explains the variety of options that Naylamp’s menu offers.

Other authentic options on the menu include ceviche mixto ($13.99) and lomo saltado ($9.99).

The food and atmosphere at Naylamp are great, and the owners offer dishes that are both different and authentic.

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One wouldn’t expect a fine dining establishment like Signature Grill to be located in a strip mall, but they make it work on the inside, crafting a wholly upscale experience with a menu that matches. Let the cares of the outside world pass with the grilled 8-ounce beef tenderloin with smoked bleu cheese and a Cabernet Sauvignon wine reduction ($34). Sides of stuffed tomato with goat cheese and spinach or spinach with grilled oyster mushrooms only add to the unique atmosphere.

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Specializing in French continental cuisine, Whispering Pines is truly one of the metro area’s hidden gems. The Pines also hosts weddings and houses a bed-andbreakfast, which is handy because the romantic atmosphere and exquisite menu will definitely necessitate the use of both, especially after a world-class dinner of the Ragout of the Escargot appetizer ($13) and the seared duck breast served with crème de cassis (black currant) sauce ($25).

Got an eerie feeling of hunger? Who you gonna call? Forget the Ghostbusters and instead make reservations at Haunted House Restaurant. Nothing makes dinner more enticing than when enjoying it with the ghosts of those who were reportedly violently murdered or simply died there. The perfect last meal? The rack of lamb, four chops perfectly grilled and served with rosemary garlic butter and mint jelly (market price).

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Situated on a piece of land that looks like something from the popular nighttime show Dallas, Twelve Oaks is widely regarded as Edmond’s go-to restaurant for special occasions. The picturesque turn-of-the century mansion features such classy appetizers as escargot ($11) and stuffed mushrooms ($10) that act as palate-pleasers until the main course arrives. Listed as the “king of steaks,” the 18-ounce rib-eye steak ($41) lives up to the title, especially when paired with wild rice and a baked potato.

It’s probably cliché to write that Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse hits it out of the park with its perfectly curated menu, but in this case, it’s true. This popular Bricktown restaurant, in addition to a mighty selection of steaks at bat, features everything from Australian rack of lamb ($39.95) to panseared ahi tuna ($32.95), but the pinch hitter is definitely the applewood smoked bacon Berkshire pork chop ($39.95) with fresh asparagus and Susie’s famous mashed potatoes. It’s a real grand slam of flavor.

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When it comes to steakhouses, of course Oklahoma has got you covered. Since 1999, Ranch Steakhouse has been dedicated to preserving the feel of a comfortable Southern home. Splurge like a real sophisticated dandy and go for the 16-ounce prime tenderloin filet ($76) topped with a decadent truffle butter ($5). Family-style sides like the jumbo baked potato, green beans with bacon or broccolini (all $10) will not only complement the meal but your high-society self-esteem as well.

High atop the Devon Energy tower, Vast has quickly become the local hot spot with truly amazing views of Oklahoma City and a hip ambiance that many places would kill to have. The menu is the real star, featuring a plethora of original concoctions. Move fast though; the menu changes often.

Splurge for the grilled filet mignon with Boursin potatoes, asparagus, baby beets, foie gras and truffle butter ($44). It truly is a sight to see, and to taste.

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Civic Center Music Hall

BY BEN FELDER

Sitting in the shadow of modern skyscrapers and the rise of a new Oklahoma City are four concrete buildings that contain nearly 80 years of OKC history.

The Civic Center Complex, which sits on the west side of downtown, is home to City Hall, Civic Center Music Hall, the Oklahoma County Courthouse and OKC’s police station.

All four buildings were constructed in the 1930s through a voter-approved municipal bond and a matching grant from the U.S. government.

As the city celebrated its 125th birthday last week, residents were invited for tours of Civic Center Music Hall and historical exhibits at City Hall, two buildings that have been witnesses to decades of history.

Voters approved the project in 1927, and work began removing several railroad tracks that were located on the site. However, the Great Depression hit, and the project was put on hold.

“The Great Depression came along at about the same time, and economic issues doubtlessly caused some delays,” wrote Doug Loudenback, who published an article on the project’s history on his Doug Dawgz historical blog.

“As it developed, a substantial part of the Civic Center was funded by the federal government via its recovery programs. Local controversies, though, also contributed to slowness in moving forward with dispatch,” he said.

OKC citizens eventually approved a $1.8 million bond to cover half of the Civic Center project, while another $2 million came from the New Deal recovery program that the federal government had offered as a way to help the nation recover from the Great Depression.

The Great Depression came along at about the same time, and economic issues doubtlessly caused some delays.

— Doug Loudenback

According to Jennifer Day, Oklahoma City’s archivist, the federal funds were part of a program that helped construct other large projects like the Hoover Dam. Construction began in 1932 and lasted five years.

The music hall could hold more than 6,000 guests when it first opened, and it quickly became the primary event space

in the city. Concerts, religious services and basketball games were held at the hall, which saw some of its events leave in the 1960s when a 7,000-seat arena was built at the Oklahoma State Fair Park.

It was at this time that the music hall was reconfigured for smaller events and made to be a dedicated performing arts facility with half of its original seating capacity in the main hall. In 1993, voters approved another round of renovations as part of MAPS and the music hall was reconfigured to hold 2,800 seats.

City Hall and Civic Center Music Hall were opened to the public last week as part of the city’s 125th birthday celebration.

In addition to this week’s event, the latest installment of Oklahoma City! Sooner or Later... will be on display at City Hall until June 13. Guests can visit the exhibit to view artifacts from the city’s history and learn about the first governing body that was elected in 1889.

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Green is good A new initiative in OKC strives to help area restaurants reduce, reuse and recycle.

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Two enterprising former restaurant owners looked around Oklahoma City’s restaurant industry and thought it could be a lot greener. Chris Buerger and his partner, Brian DeShazo, took notice of the fact that there is no infrastructure to recycle in area restaurants.

“There is no way that on a busy Friday night, a bartender is going to be putting their glass in the right containers,” Buerger said.

They created Project Green Plate (PGP), an initiative to support and empower local restaurants to go green.

Project Green Plate founders want to help any restaurant be as green as they want and not break the bank.

Green initiatives have recently become more visible in Oklahoma, but they are primarily for customers. Often, it’s far easier for consumers to make better choices to help reduce, reuse and recycle.

For businesses, especially restaurants, there often is no such solution. That is where PGP hopes to fill in the gap.

“We provide an unsorted, single way for restaurants and bars to recycle,” said Buerger.

The initiative’s mission is to simplify systems that will help them leave a smaller footprint. They are seeking funding to make their plans into a reality using crowdfunding website Indiegogo.

The pair’s goal is $140,000.

“I know it’s a large amount to start with, but this allows us to be totally up and running,” Buerger said.

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There are compostable alternatives out there. In fact, you will see them at Arts Council of OKC’s Festival of the Arts this year, but they can be expensive.

Project Green Plate founders want to help any restaurant be as green as they want and not break the bank.

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“They [restaurants] can have this almost for free; sell one a day and you basically pay for our service,” Buerger said.

Participating venues will have a logo on their front windows indicating that they are members and the aspects of the project they are working on improving. Member establishments also will have a monthly report published

by PGP to show the statistics for that establishment’s recycling and energy use.

In the meantime, Project Green Plate’s Indiegogo campaign runs through May 19, and there are incentives to contribute. A donation several hundred dollars lets you handpick a restaurant for one month of PGP service. For $2,900, the venue gets service for a year.

Alongside the fundraising, PGP hopes grassroots buzz will help encourage restaurants to take part.

“Encourage your favorite venues to get involved. It only works in numbers,” Buerger said.

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There has been a lot of talk in the news lately about Native American cultural artifacts in Oklahoma and how to appropriately display them and preserve them with the utmost respect for the sacred history of the items and the tribes from which they came.

The Cherokee Nation brings the conversation to the forefront by hosting a series of classes designed to educate and teach the proper way to protect and preserve historical artifacts like firearms, photos, documents and gravestones, as well as offering classes on genealogy.

Travis Owens, manager of cultural resources planning and development at Cherokee Nation Cultural Tourism, said the classes are a necessity for today’s generations so “they can learn the correct methods to preserve the items for future generations.”

“It is important to preserve our historical items because [they] tell a story about the past,” Owens said. “It is our mission to promote and preserve the history and culture of the Cherokee people. These classes allow attendees to take similar steps to tell their own stories. They can expect to learn the basic methods needed to ensure the longevity of the life of the items.”

The classes cost $25 and are open to the first 25 people who register online at cherokeegiftshop.com.

The first class, protecting and preserving antique firearms, kicks off the series Friday at 10 a.m. at the Cherokee National Prison Museum, 124 E. Choctaw St., in Tahlequah. It is hosted by Rick Parker, owner of Parker Conservation Inc., an art conservationist with more than 40 years of experience in such places as the White House, George Washington’s home at Mount

The Cherokee National Supreme Court Museum will host part of a series of preservation workshops through June.

It is our mission to promote and preserve the history and culture of the Cherokee people.

— Travis Owens Vernon and Thomas Jefferson’s home, at Monticello.

Additional future classes — a gravestone workshop, an heirloom preservation class, photo and document protection and genealogy studies — will run throughout the summer at the Cherokee National Supreme Court Museum, 122 E. Keetoowah St., in Tahlequah.

“There is always that risk that if older items are not properly maintained, they will deteriorate and could be lost,” Owens said. “We believe it’s extremely important to protect and preserve those items.”

Owens believes that without preservation, it will be difficult for future Cherokees to connect with people, places and objects from their past.

“The value of preservation is sometimes a difficult measure,” Owens added. “Everyone’s history is rooted in their ancestors, the places from which they originate. The ability to connect shared history would not be possible without preservation.”

LIFE COMMUNITY did not learn his first time around.

“I had no idea how to type,” he said. “That was a female thing to learn.

When I was in school, typing was for secretaries. Hell, I wanted to play football and chase girls.”

A couple of semesters after starting at Mid-Del, he said he was having a blast learning. He left with an LPN license and got a job at St. Anthony Hospital. From there, he enrolled at Rose State College in Midwest City to become a registered nurse.

These days, he can be found on the medical surgery floor at Midwest Regional. He said that his wealth of life experience and the humbleness and kindness his father taught him are big advantages when caring for patients.

I told my mother that I put off having a real job until I was 60.

Nursing know-how

— Tim Mander

BY DANNIEL PARKER

U.S. Air Force veteran Tim Mander didn’t want a second career as a Walmart greeter.

A few years before he hit 60, he was a computer-illiterate middle-school dropout who had worked construction for most of his civilian life. He had few options when reentering the workforce after his military service and construction jobs. While some might think that, at his age, he would be well-suited for a second career greeting shoppers at a discount store, he had other plans. Rather than take an easy job, Mander went back to school and became a nurse. With his degree in hand, he got a job at Midwest Regional Medical Center in Midwest City.

“I told my mother that I put off having a real job until I was 60,” he said.

In his mid-40s, Mander was married with a young son and an adult daughter who was born when he was 16. Complications arose when his father developed Alzheimer’s disease. Mander spent the next five years taking care of his ailing father, a process that he said eventually led to his divorce.

“Taking care of my sick father wasn’t enjoyable, but it was fulfilling,” he said.

Tim Mander

“My dad inspired me with his wisdom, kindness and sense of humor. I’m not a churchy fellow, but I think kindness is a virtue; it stands out because it’s so rare.”

Tending to the ill wasn’t exactly new to Mander. He served as a medical corpsman in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. Luckily, he said, he served his country from Altus, Okla.

After the death of his father, Mander

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decided he didn’t want to build houses anymore. So, in 2007, at the age of 53, Mander enrolled in a licensed practical nurse program at Mid-Del Technology Center in Midwest City.

Returning to school was a reminder of many things he never cared for. The last time he was in a classroom was in the 1960s, and that experience was no walk in the park. He also lacked skills that he

“We have continuity of care at Midwest Regional, and a lot of people request I come back after a four-day stint and be their nurse again,” he said.

“It’s that people connection that is of value. I see myself as extraordinarily blessed to have the opportunity to serve other people.”

There are many work-related hardships and complications nurses have to endure, especially when it comes to communication with the business end of the medical system. Then, he said, there are problems dealing with a medical system that is completely broken. But he is taking those challenges in stride.

“I’ve done exactly what I wanted to do my entire life, so I’m not exactly good at having other people tell me what to do,” he said. “But I do what they tell me because I’m 60 and not 16.”

Mander says this isn’t an ending for his career; it’s a beginning.

“I’m in incredibly good condition for my age, which, with the way I’ve lived, is mostly luck,” he said. “As long as I’m on this side of the hospital bed, I’m good to go.”

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Songs of the South

With an accomplished director, 40-member cast and 38-member orchestra, CityRep’s production of South Pacific aims to make Rodgers and Hammerstein proud.

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Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre (CityRep) and Oklahoma City University’s Bass School of Music are joining forces for the first time on an ambitious production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved Pulitzer Prizewinning musical South Pacific for one weekend only.

Helmed by accomplished New York-based director Len Pfluger, the show features a cast of 40 and a full 38-member orchestra and co-stars Christopher Carl as Emile de Becque, a role he played in the show’s recent Broadway revival, and OCU alumna Tiffan Borelli as Nellie Forbush.

Based on James Michener’s novel, Tales of the South Pacific (also a Pulitzer winner), the story is set on a tropical island during World War II and explores issues of racial prejudice through the romantic struggles of two couples: U.S. Navy nurse Nellie Forbush and expatriate French plantation owner Emile de Becque and US Airman Joe Cable and Liat, a young islander.

While this is the first time Len Pfluger has directed a co-production between a professional theater company and a university, he immediately saw the benefits of the partnership.

“The students have great opportunity to work with outside professional actors, and CityRep and the professional actors are given the opportunity to work on a scale that regional theaters are rarely given,” Pfluger said.

Like the character Nellie, Borelli wanted to see how other countries and cultures led their lives. Despite playing Emile many times before, Christopher Carl said the script and

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Christopher Carl as Emile and Tiffan Borelli as Nellie in South Pacific. score — both rich in meaning — continue to inspire him.

“Rodgers and Hammerstein, along with book writer Josh Logan, have created such a masterpiece for the stage,” Carl said.

The themes of prejudice and acceptance in South Pacific still resonate strongly with Pfluger, who grew up in the 1960s, when racism was more prevalent.

“We have come a long way, but we still have so far to go,” he said. “South Pacific is a timely reminder that we need to see people as human beings and not a skin color.”

In honor of Borelli’s return to the OCU stage, all OCU alumni can purchase two-for-one tickets on Thursday. Tickets for an opening night dinner before Friday’s performance can be purchased through the OCU ticketing website.

“Every time this musical is recreated, it challenges the audience and society to look inward and see how far we have come in terms of our own prejudices,” Borelli said, “and how far we have left to go.”

LIFE BOOKS

Pure Evel

The spirit of legendary daredevil Evel Knievel’s Oklahoma exploits live on in a new book.

BY LOUIS FOWLER

Evel Comes to Cooperville

In the 1960s and 1970s, a new type of hero rose to the forefront of American culture, capturing the hearts and imaginations of a nation looking for the perfect post-Vietnam War icon.

His name was Evel Knievel.

Mounting his patriotic-themed motorcycle, he inspired countless throngs of gawkers by jumping buses or canyons or whatever else was put in his way. He was a true American success story.

Knievel made numerous trips to Oklahoma in his heyday, but one special trip is being commemorated in the new book Evel Comes to Cooperville by Los Angeles author Garrett Colton (brother to local musician Graham Colton).

Though he said Knievel’s visit to the Sooner State was “before his time,” the inspiration for the book came from his grandfather, Jack Colton, who was instrumental in bringing the daredevil to Oklahoma City.

“Evel was a guy that did whatever he wanted, and people were receptive to that,” Colton said. “Some were jealous, envious, in awe of this guy that was a reckless hellion that was always pushing himself and doing things his own way.

From talking to other people that were involved in the event, they said Evel was sort of in awe of my grandfather, and it really is something I can picture. He’s a special guy, and people gravitate to him.”

The book will be celebrated Saturday when Weldon Jack, 3621 N. Western Ave., hosts a special release party that starts at 1 p.m. with a motorcycle run to the legendary Pops on Route 66 in Arcadia.

Upon return to Weldon Jack, the celebration continues at 6 p.m.,

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The photo is featured in the new book Evel Comes to Cooperville. showcasing photos of Knievel jumping over objects on his motorcycle at the Oklahoma State Fair Park in 1972, as well as a book signing and general nostalgia of a time when a man could become a national treasure by leaping 50 school busses on a motorcycle.

He won’t, however, be at the event.

Knievel died in 2007.

Weldon Jack owner Jerrod Smith, a longtime fan and admirer of Knievel, knew after hearing the story of Colton’s grandfather that his business, named after Smith’s own grandfather, would be the perfect place to showcase this literary effort; both men believe in “honoring superheroes.”

“Evel was once quoted as saying, ‘I decided to fly through the air and live in the sunlight and enjoy life as much as I could,’” Smith said. “Art, culture, creativity, community; these and other things are the things we feel shed sunlight on humanity and allow people

to enjoy and embrace life. We always try to position ourselves closely to people so we can inspire and offer great services to the folks in OKC. We expect a good crowd and a great mix of people talking bikes and enjoying drumming up the past.”

For Colton, however, the real star of the show is his own grandfather.

He believes the book and the show are a “small token of appreciation and a thank-you to him for always being ahead of the curve and beating his own drum.”

He added that both his grandfather and Evel came from a long-lost era of inspirational men who played by their own rules, something that, in this day and age, is perhaps an outdated ideal.

“I don’t think there will ever be another Knievel,” Colton added.

“Unfortunately, my generation is more prone to producing a Justin Bieber over a Knievel.”

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If horses win races by a nose, does an ostrich win by a beak?

On Sunday, Remington Park Racing & Casino will host a day filled with unusual racing animals: ostriches; zebras; and the star of the show, camels.

“Evidently, they hold the camel as the most prestigious [race to win], so I am pleased to be a part of that,” Chris Kotulak said.

Kotulak is not only a nationally known horse racing analyst and published author; he is also last year’s Extreme Racing Day champion camel jockey.

It is an impressive title to hold, but Kotulak hasn’t let it go to his head.

“My first year, I got beat by half a hump by champion jockey G.R. Carter. It was close, but I didn’t get the cigar,” he said. “The next year, I was able to come back and win the race.”

Kotulak’s secret to winning the race was a combination of luck and strategy.

He did his homework and outlined the differences between riding a horse versus racing a camel. He has been riding horses all his life and transferred what he knew to a new animal. He also has the added disadvantage of being about 80 pounds heavier than

A jockey rides a galloping camel at last year’s Extreme Racing Day at Remington Park. the average jockey.

He realizes how silly this all sounds. Kotulak is quick to point out that regardless of the silliness, the riders are there to win.

“When you’re getting ready to leave the gate and you look over and see world champion jockey G.R. Carter alongside you with as much of a game face as he would have if he were riding million-dollar horses, it catches your attention,” he said.

This year, Kotulak is looking to capture that magic again astride Sugar, a camel.

Remington Park hosts the event as part of quarter horse season, which runs from March to early June. This is the fifth annual extreme racing event.

According to a media statement, last year’s attendance topped a recordbreaking 26,000 people. This year, the staff anticipates an even larger crowd.

And it’s all for a good cause.

Each jockey is teamed with a local radio channel “trainer,” and the pair competes for a $1,000 cash prize that will go to a local charity.

Kotulak, Sugar and his trainer, 94.7 The Brew KBRU, are competing for Oklahoma City Police Department’s Family Awareness and Community Teamwork (FACT), an initiative that works to prevent gang activity.

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Body slam!

Women’s wresting is a hot, all-out performance at this one-night-only event.

BY ANGELA BOTZER

Balthazar’s Ladies of Wrestling (BLOW)

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When Delicious Diva (Eboni Adams), Texas Chainsaw Mascara (Chase Vegas) and Psychotic Slayer (Amy Halasa) enter the ring, look out for wrestling flips, somersaults, tosses and holds — with makeup and costumes. It’s Balthazar’s Ladies of Wrestling (BLOW) at its finest, and they’re getting ready for an epic upcoming event.

“It is a performance-based project here in Oklahoma City,” said founder and director Leslie Hensley, also known by her stage names, Balthazar and The Burger.

The project is influenced by the golden age of old-school professional women’s wresting. BLOW is a spinoff of the 1986-1992 TV show GLOW, also known as Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.

“We have been working on a documentary film of what we do, and this performance will be part of it,” Hensley said.

This one-night-only event is Thursday at the historic OKC Farmers Public Market, 311 S. Klein Ave. “There will be pyrotechnics, lights, talkin’ trash and music as the pairs of wrestlers walk out,” Hensley said.

Everything has a nickname, it seems.

This match is complete with “faces” and “heels,” too. Faces are heroic good girls, and heels are villains. Each of the four paired matches pit one against the other. At the end of the evening, all of the wrestlers will be in the ring for a freefor-all.

The lineup includes BoneDust Cowgirl (Jennifer Hutchings), “a free spirit with an attitude and a quick draw, coming back for retribution,” Hensley said.

The South Side Strangler (Shavonne McRee) is a “first-time offender with a conviction to kill.” She has also adopted a Southern accent, and her persona grew up in prison.

Valhalla Holla! (Candise Chastka), “a Viking from the future,” sports a pretty mean-looking helmet.

The project is influenced by the golden age of oldschool professional women’s wresting.

Psychotic Slayer cheers as Valhalla Holla! pins Delicious Diva during a recent BLOW practice.

And, of course, there is Hensley’s wrestling character. The Burger is “all-American, all beef, 100 percent hardcore,” she said.

None of the wrestlers have a professional wrestling background but learn the ways of the ring with instruction and training practices four to five days a week.

Johnny Cafarella (known as Johnny C.), producer and host of the original GLOW TV show, also will be on hand as emcee.

“It is an honor to be at the BLOW performance as a tribute to GLOW,” Cafarella said. “When I talked to Hensley, I could sense a bootstrap excitement about producing this locally, in a Midwestern city,” he said.

Godiva (Dawn Maestas), an original GLOW wrestler, will reunite with Johnny C. during the show.

“Godiva is a British bombshell from Coventry, England. I would dramatically enter the arena riding a white horse,” said the retired wrestler, who has a thirddegree black belt in taekwondo and is now a vocational minister in southern California.

Audience members will become part of the documentary while the event is being filmed.

“I have a degree in theater performance at Oklahoma City University,” said Hensley, who also is an owner of Grease Trap Gallery, 5100 N. Classen Circle.

Special guests in for the event will include Sweet Sherry (Sherry Dowlen), the 1984 World Championship Wrestling professional from Denver.

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LIFE MUSIC

Norman rock well In honor of Norman Music Festival’s seventh installment, here are five out-of-state bands to check out, based on your beverage of choice.

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Given its proximity to bars, restaurants and the curbside beverage stands that will adorn Main Street, you can’t be faulted for enjoying an alcoholic beverage or six at Norman Music Festival this weekend. You probably already know what you like drinkwise, but if you’re unfamiliar with some of the non-Okie acts on the bill, follow this handy guide.

Grand Marnier

La Femme, 4:15 p.m.

Saturday, Main Stage

fist-pumping power-punk party, one sure to incite its fair share of moshing, beer-throwing or — who knows?

— perhaps an emergency trip to the nearest port-a-potty.

“Suicide” Big Gulp from 7-11

Zorch, 9 p.m. Friday, Opolis (outdoor)

There’s really no other way to describe Zorch’s music than with colors — all

You don’t drink, but you do lots of other things

Dead Meadow, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Main Stage

Few genres are as overused and meaningless as “stoner rock,” yet if anyone fits the bill, it’s Washington, D.C.-based trio Dead Meadow. The band has been playing its blend of sluggish blues riffs and hypnotic bass lines for a good decade and a half,

PBR

Diarrhea Planet, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Main Stage

Yeah, we know. That name. But there are other, better reasons to see the Nashville-based six-piece — for instance, the fact that they have four guitarists or that they have a song called “Ghost With a Boner.” If anything, it tells you that these guys like to have a good time, which is evident in their live show. It’s tantamount to a rollicking,

Zorch

Dead Meadow

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EMILY QUIRK

Like the Cognac-based liquor, La Femme is a bold concoction with a wide variety of influences: synth pop,

a guitar/harmonica duo from Wichita, Kansas — don’t just play the blues; they play the dirty, down-home, gonnamake-you-sweat blues. Along with new (and thus aptly named) drummer Kendall Newby, they pull from the genre’s early years while retaining a distinctly modern blues-rock sound.

Like The Dead Weather or early Black Keys, it’s music that will appease traditionalists but with enough grime to sway even the most haughty skeptic.

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Norman Music Festival

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La Femme

punk, psychedelia. It’s an acquired taste of sorts. Yet while the French-based band plays music with a darkened hue, theirs is a unique and largely rewarding musical experience that ought to translate well to a Main Stage audience.

Moonshine

Moreland & Arbuckle, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Sailor Jerry Stage

Aaron Moreland and John Arbuckle —

Moreland & Arbuckle

Diarrhea Planet

of them. Based out of Austin, the live show of the experimental project of Sam Chown and Zac Traeger is a relentless barrage of sound, but it’s not so much noisy as it is intensely melodic. Dizzying synthesizers and bombastically diligent percussion are the band’s weapons of choice, and combined with oddly momentous vocal hooks, it makes for an idiosyncratic — but above all fun — musical experience.

flying largely under the radar in the process. On the surface, it’s music that seems destined for dimly lit, smoky clubs. But as the sun sets on Saturday’s Main Stage, Dead Meadow is just the type of band to seize the opportunity to blow your collective mind, sober or otherwise.

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Grouplovin’ it Given the unlikely circumstances under which it formed, tightly woven indie pop outfit Grouplove quite literally embodies its name.

THE NEW OPEN

BY JOSHUA BOYDSTON

COUNTRY DANCING

WED, THURS & FRI at 5 & SAT at 2

LESSONS

WEDNESDAYS

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Grouplove with MS MR and Smallpools 6:30 p.m. Monday Diamond Ballroom 8001 S. Eastern Ave. diamondballroom.net 677-9169 $22-$24

Hannah Hooper and Christian Zucconi set off to Europe in 2008 seeking the same things most young people do in those formative, transatlantic trips: purpose, inspiration and a little adventure. They found a lifetime’s worth in the process.

Hooper and Zucconi had just met in Manhattan a week before, but with a quick recognition of their creative compatibility, they decided to depart to Hooper’s artist residency in the Greek isle of Crete together and became the nucleus of Grouplove. The two happened upon drummer Ryan Rabin, guitarist Andrew Wessen (both from Los Angeles) and bassist Sean Gadd (from London) while abroad.

They ultimately decided to seize the window of opportunity instead of leaving behind an unopened door of possibilities, parlaying that chance encounter into one of the most unlikely success stories you’ll ever read.

“It definitely feels fateful,” said Zucconi, who shares lead vocal duties with Hooper. “We just kept going forward because it always felt like there was a bigger purpose behind this. I’m really happy we did.”

Their friendship evolved into a creative kinship. A year after meeting, Grouplove congregated at Rabin’s L.A. recording studio to record what would become its self-titled debut EP (including breakout track “Colours”).

The band carried that momentum into slots playing alongside Florence + The Machine and Foster the People, sharpening its widely praised live set of high-energy antics and joyous, celebratory tunes.

The band soon released its 2011

We like the bigger, more bombastic songs.

— Christian Zucconi full-length debut, Never Trust A Happy Song, an album chock-full of infectious, honeyed indie-pop anthems.

After years of constant touring, Grouplove reconvened in the studio to record its follow-up, Spreading Rumours, released last September, exactly two years after its debut hit shelves.

“It was great to come straight off the road and capture that energy right away,” Zucconi said.

It was a brand-new experience for the five-piece. Whereas much of its first material was born mostly out of instant chemistry, Spreading Rumours was anchored by the outfit’s newfound cohesiveness and seasoned communication, a channel that was forged by spending nearly every day together in the tour bus or on stage.

And since playing for crowds has become the collective’s chief passion, Spreading Rumours was designed to feed into the energy the crowd reciprocates; it was handpicked from a pretty substantial stockpile of new songs.

“We felt like going a little heavier and exploring the electronic side of things,” Zucconi said. “We like the bigger, more bombastic songs because they make our shows into these outrageous parties.”

Even in the midst of its biggest national tour to date, which stops Monday in Oklahoma City, Grouplove’s eyes sit permanently fixed on the future. It’s flirting with the notion of a cross-country, co-headlining tour with likeminded indie rockers Portugal. The Man and is already working on new songs for its third album, dead-set on riding out that fateful encounter until the next one intervenes.

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Hear and now

A growing nonprofit organization battles childhood deafness with a universal language: music.

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BY SHANNON HELTON

Hear the Music Tour with The Warren Brothers and Lance Miller 6-10 p.m. Friday Rodeo Opry 2221 Exchange Ave. songsforsound.com $35-$50

The Songs for Sound Hear the Music Tour is headed to Oklahoma City Friday at Rodeo Opry. The event is a musical celebration and fundraiser for the University of Oklahoma Cochlear Implant Program as well as outreach programs to educate families about treatment options for the profoundly deaf.

The concert will feature songwriters The Warren Brothers and Lance Miller. These songwriters, who hail from Nashville, have written some of the most popular country music recently, including “Red Solo Cup” for Toby Keith, “Feel That Fire” for Dierks Bentley and “Little Bit of Everything” for Keith Urban.

“These guys are awesome,” Songs of Sound Director Jaime Vernon said.

“They do rounds [and] harmonies and are strong singers. You get the story behind the song. They’re so funny, and it’s very high-energy.”

Songs for Sound is a nonprofit organization founded by Jaime and Keith Vernon, whose own daughter, Lexi, had a successful cochlear implant surgery. After witnessing firsthand what a miracle cochlear implants can give the profoundly deaf, the Vernons knew they had to do something.

“My brother-in-law is the singer for Rascal Flatts, and we didn’t have a lot of money, but we had connections, and we all love music,” Vernon said. “I knew that whatever I did, I was going to keep music in all of it.”

Songs for Sound has grown tremendously since its inception in 2011.

The nonprofit has hosted fundraising events across the country in Nashville, Los Angeles, Ohio and Florida.

Oklahoma and the University of Oklahoma’s Cochlear Implant Program hold a very special place in the charity’s mission. Dr. Betty Tsai was recruited from Vanderbilt University’s prestigious otology and neurotology program, and she now is part of the program at OU. “Dr. Tsai is a rockstar,” Vernon said. “She’s young, hungry, exciting

Lexi Vernon

Fifty percent of those caught at birth are not receiving services.

— Jaime Vernon and always looking for ways to improve.”

The Cochlear Implant Program at OU started with 27 successful implants in 2013, and 45 are scheduled already for this year.

“Our goal is to go in, throw this incredible event and get people to support the cause,” Vernon said.

Entry to the fundraising concert not only provides you with the opportunity to hear great music but also to enjoy local food and beverage vendors. This year’s event will have food and beverages donated from Brown Forman, Qdoba Mexican Grill, Revolve Pizza Kitchen, Bin 73 Wine Bar and Deep Fork Grill.

Songs for Sound encourages all to join in the fun to support such an important medical breakthrough.

“Rural kids are severely missed,” Vernon said. “Fifty percent of those caught at birth are not receiving services.”

This is something that the charity hopes to change with its fundraising and grant programs.

The importance of spreading the word about the treatability of profound deafness is imperative for this group.

Lexi Vernon loves music now, and she even enjoys singing scales with her mom.

“That child loves music,” Vernon said. “Can you imagine going through that? Can you imagine not being able to experience one of the greatest love languages that we have?”

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SOUNDCHECK

Saturday Music of

come in for lunch, wine & cheese, coffee & pie or just entertainment.

IndianGiver

Tony Foster in the cafe

UNDERSTUDIES

Comedy of

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BY JOSHUA BOYDSTON

There’s a difference between being derivative and being inspired by something, a line a lot of artists can’t seem to find — or at least don’t care to.

For every quick-soaring, semioriginal band to come along, there’s a dozen or so rip-offs jostling for position in the jet stream. Because of this, young Oklahoma City act IndianGiver’s methods are all the more stirring, beginning with a touchstone and building something of its own on top.

With Understudies, there’s the feeling that somewhere along the way, the band’s members vocalized a collective love of Grizzly Bear and a desire to begin a journey toward the same folkrock-meets-baroque-pop mold.

This isn’t such a bad thing. A) There are far worse bands to aspire to be and B) IndianGiver isn’t content to set its wheels into the tracks of Veckatimest or Yellow House like a glorified cover band, instead treating the material as a launching pad, not a lane to follow. With a title like Understudies, you get the sense that IndianGiver is self-aware in this respect, and thankfully so. True to form, the four-track EP acts as a new player waiting in the wings to put its mark on a role, bringing enough nuances and mannerisms to feel reverent of the source material yet eager to find its own identity.

IndianGiver is more than willing to and capable of throwing wrenches into the formula, as you hear in the wildly percussive and punctuated “Naked Feet.” The band feels more at ease with the flare-ups that Grizzly Bear is oft quick to extinguish. And where its heroes construct an intricate

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weave of lines to carefully color in, IndianGiver is keen to bleed through the boundaries, embracing the frays, tangles and knots as characterbuilders, not imperfections. It’s music that fans psych-folk flames with ornate pop kindling, driven as much by primal thrills as heady pursuits.

Opener “Deep Deep Deep” and “Deuteragonist” both carry sweet, cinematic flair, big in scope but small in their intimacy. The songs swell with rich, majestic instrumentation — both proficiently played and tastefully arranged — and tightly packed melodies, filling their five-minute run times with little to no filler. It doesn’t hurt that Jazzton Rodriguez and Zach Pearson’s vocals make for a spiritual match to Ed Droste and Daniel Rossen’s. Their layered harmonies and interplay are similar (an especially beautiful stretch plays out mid-“Deutragonist”), but they are given longer leashes. A croon can turn into a howl or yelp on a dime, quick to remind that even if the band feels domesticated on the surface, it’s still a wild beast underneath.

And that feels true for IndianGiver as a whole. At times, it stumbles and struggles to find its legs (closer “Clarity Moment” is a bit hollow, messy and overlong), but it’s clearly getting closer while letting its fangs and claws grow. Perhaps the band’s first full-length effort will be the final step in becoming a species of its very own.

LIVE MUSIC

Kylie Morgan, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill.

COUNTRY

WEDNESDAY, APR. 23

Luke Wade, JJ’s Blues Saloon. SINGER/SONGWRITER

Electric Avenue, Baker St. Pub & Grill. COVER Grant Wells, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel.

PIANO Joel Forlenza, Othello’s Italian Restaurant, Norman.

PIANO Open Jam with the Band, The Point After. VARIOUS

THURSDAY, APR. 24 Citizen Cope, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa. ACOUSTIC David Morris, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel.

PIANO Joel Forlenza, Othello’s Italian Restaurant, Norman.

PIANO Mitch & Allen, Redrock Canyon Grill. VARIOUS Norman Music Festival 7 featuring Evangelicals, Tele Novella and more, Downtown Norman. VARIOUS

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Maurice Johnson, Avanti Bar & Grill. JAZZ McMichael Music, Sooner Theatre, Norman. VARIOUS Norman Music Festival 7 featuring Ringo Deathstarr, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Zorch and more, Downtown Norman. VARIOUS Open Jam with the Band, The Point After. VARIOUS Patrice Pike Band, VZD’s Restaurant & Club. SINGER/ SONGWRITER Rocky Kanga, Jazmoz Bourbon Street. VARIOUS Stars, Oklahoma City Limits. ROCK Steve Crossley, Redrock Canyon Grill. ROCK The Clique, Friends Restaurant & Club. VARIOUS The Infidels, Belle Isle Restaurant & Brewery. ROCK The Living Dead, The Deli, Norman. ROCK Truckside Down, Blue Note Lounge. ROCK

Josh Sallee

Vintage Wildflowers, Vintage 89, Guthrie.

Woodshed Band, Riverwind Casino, Norman. COUNTRY

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The Faint, The Vanguard, Tulsa, Wednesday, Apr. 30

NORMAN MUSIC FESTIVAL

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Do you like music? Do you like free things? Then surely you’ll like Norman Music Festival, the free, three-day fest along Main Street in Norman. This year’s bill features headliners Bright Light Social Hour, Dead Meadow and Diarrhea Planet, plus dozens of local Oklahoma bands. Performances begin 6 p.m. Thursday and go through Saturday in downtown Norman. Visit normanmusicfest.com and check out our preview on page 41.

Pidgin, The Deli, Norman. ROCK SONiA and Disappear Fear, The Blue Door. FOLK Stereo Deck, Tapwerks Ale House & Cafe. COVER Taylor Thompson, Vintage 89, Guthrie. JAZZ

North Meets South, Grandad’s Bar. FOLK Rick Toops Jam, The Point After. JAZZ Saliva, The Chameleon Room. ROCK Squadlive, Baker St. Pub & Grill. COVER The Clique, Friends Restaurant & Club. VARIOUS The Dave Thomason Band, Grady’s 66 Pub, Yukon.

COVER The Rosewood Girl/Tracy Reed/Kill the Reflection/Kali Ra, The Deli, Norman. SINGER/SONGWRITER

SATURDAY, APR. 26

100 Bones, Baker St. Pub & Grill. ROCK

SUNDAY, APR. 27

Bob Childers Tribute, Eskimo Joe’s, Stillwater. VARIOUS

Aaron Newman Band, Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse.

ACOUSTIC Annual Spring Fling, HiLo Club. VARIOUS Avenue, Russell’s, Tower Hotel. COVER

Building 429/Family Force 5/Hawk Nelson, Frontier City.

CHRISTIAN

Bandromeda, Tapwerks Ale House & Cafe. ROCK

Derek Paul and the Handsome Strangers, VZD’s Restaurant & Club. COUNTRY

Brandon Jackson, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill.

COUNTRY

Desi and Cody/Kody Prewitt, Grandad’s Bar. FOLK Drive, Nevada Max’s. COVER

Drifter’s Calling, Bill’s Island Grill. BLUES

Grant Stevens, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel.

PIANO

Grassland Caravan/Rusty and the Nails, Grandad’s Bar. BLUEGRASS

Haim, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa. POP

Greg Trooper, The Blue Door. SINGER/SONGWRITER Jacob Becannen/Mark Vollertsen, Nonna’s Purple Bar. ACOUSTIC Jared Sutton/Jarrod Baker, Thunderbird Casino, Shawnee. ROCK Joel Forlenza/Susan Herndon and Friends, Othello’s Italian Restaurant, Norman. PIANO

WEDNESDAY. APR. 30

Zoom City, Oklahoma City Limits. ROCK

Aaron Newman Band, Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse.

ACOUSTIC

Crooks, Wormy Dog Saloon. COUNTRY

Woodshed Band, Riverwind Casino, Norman. COUNTRY

The Hold Steady/Deer Tick, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa. ROCK

80’z Enuf, Remington Park. COVER

FRIDAY, APR. 25

Borderline, Sliders. COUNTRY

Tony Foster, The Paramount OKC. R&B

St. Paul & The Broken Bones/Beau Jennings & The Tigers, Bricktown Music Hall. POP

100 Bones, Belle Isle Restaurant & Brewery. ROCK

Borderline, Sliders. COUNTRY

Boogie Fever, Remington Park. COVER

The Clique, Friends Restaurant & Club. VARIOUS

Joel Forlenza, Othello’s Italian Restaurant, Norman.

PIANO

Jamie Bramble, Nonna’s Purple Bar. ACOUSTIC Joel Forlenza/Mellissa Jo Croy, Othello’s Italian Restaurant, Norman. PIANO Mark Vollertsen, Redrock Canyon Grill. ACOUSTIC McWade & Co., Newcastle Casino, Newcastle. COUNTRY Norman Music Festival 7 featuring Bright Light Social Hour, Dead Meadow, Diarrhea Planet and more, Downtown Norman. VARIOUS

Edgar Cruz, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel.

ACOUSTIC

Bob Mintzer, UCO Jazz Lab, Edmond. JAZZ Depth and Current/Sisters of Your Sunshine Vaper/Luna Moth, Opolis, Norman. ROCK

Mike Hosty, The Deli, Norman. BLUES

Grant Wells, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel.

PIANO

Open Jam with the Band, The Point After. VARIOUS

Joel Forlenza, Othello’s Italian Restaurant, Norman.

PIANO

The David Leach Jazz Trio, Othello’s Italian Restaurant, Norman. JAZZ

MONDAY, APR. 28 Foster the People/St. Lucia, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa. POP Grouplove/MS MR/smallpools, Diamond Ballroom.

ROCK

Karmin/Bonnie McKee, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa. POP Open Jam with the Band, The Point After. VARIOUS Runaway Home, The Blue Door. ACOUSTIC The Deli All-Star Jam, The Deli, Norman. VARIOUS The Faint, The Vanguard, Tulsa. ROCK Tyler Russell, Grand Casino, Shawnee. COUNTRY

The Handsome Devils, The Deli, Norman. VARIOUS We the Undead/Ballinger’s Cross/Destroyer of Light, VZD’s Restaurant & Club. ROCK

TUESDAY, APR. 29 Buho/Chateau, The Conservatory. ROCK DJ Ryno/DJ Brewdawg, Baker St. Pub & Grill. DANCE Jess Klein and Amy Speace/K.C. Clifford Band, The Blue Door. SINGER/SONGWRITER

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LIFE FILM

Dune buggy

Rapper Gregory Jerome performs at Premiere on Film Row last February.

David Lynch’s Dune famously flopped in 1984, but according to a new documentary, the real story is how movie madman Alejandro Jodorowsky tried to do it first.

BY ROD LOTT

More than a few books exist on the topic of the greatest movie never made, and more often than not, they include visionary director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s proposed adaptation of Dune. Other incredible examples fill the pages — i.e. James Cameron’s Spider-Man, Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon — but the aborted journey of Frank Herbert’s cult sci-fi novel to the big screen is the only one to earn its own documentary feature about what might have been.

Opening Friday exclusively at AMC Quail Springs Mall 24, 2501 W. Memorial Road, Jodorowsky’s Dune chronicles the work the Chilean auteur undertook in the 1970s to no avail: nearly three years, some 3,000 storyboarded drawings and an incalcuable amount of madness.

Then known as the midnightmovie maniac behind the head-trippers El Topo and The Holy Mountain, Jodorowsky sought to make not merely a film from Dune but a literal “prophet” that would change

our world. It would fabricate the hallucinogenic effects of LSD without audiences having to drop a tab. It would be, in his own words, “the most important picture in the history of the humanity.”

To back up this hubris-ballooned claim, director Frank Pavich solicits the opinions of filmmakers and fanboys who swear Jodorowsky’s unmade Dune would surpass such titans as Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope and 2001: A Space Odyssey, and there stands the most interesting aspect of Pavich’s doc: It touts these towering, end-all-beall assertions because it can; they are impossible to disprove.

Drive helmer Nicolas Winding Refn tells us Jodorowsky’s result was to be “the greatest achievement in science fiction.” We’d like to believe him, yet Jodorowsky’s prior (or post) work does not sit atop any genre, if there exists a genre for them — stoner mediations, maybe? The man is a highly gifted visualist but lacks a grip on narrative, even by surrealism’s standards; he

estimates his Dune would have — and should have — a running time of 12 hours, maybe 20. That’s insanity.

Jodorowsky admits he had not read Dune before pursuing it as a project, so he was not keen on adapting the 1965 novel as much as to “rape” it — you know, he says, like how a groom “rapes” his bride on their honeymoon.

(Ay, caramba.) We’re shown many a drawing and design that suggests one hell of a deleted segment from 1981’s Heavy Metal but so little sense of a story that even begins to approach Jodorowsky’s braggadocio. (It is amusing to hear the 85-year-old man accuse such potential collaborators as FX wizard Douglas Trumbull and rock band Pink Floyd of vanity and arrogance.)

To help make his Dune, Jodorowsky cast a wide net in a search for “spiritual warriors,” snagging in the process Orson Welles, Salvador Dalí, Mick Jagger and artist H.R. Giger (whose voice here is nearly as frightening as his Alien creature designs). Each comes

attached with an entertaining anecdote Jodorowsky shares and, as a showman should, very likely inflates.

Pavich nonetheless allows his subject to make his case. Is it ironclad enough to suffice Perry Mason as all that and a bag of gold-plated excrement? No, but witnessing the testimony is a unique glimpse into the creative process of a talented lunatic.

Besides, had Jodorowsky succeeded, his audiences would be so high, their cotton mouths would be agape at anything offered.

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LIFE DVD REVIEWS Essentially part five in the ridiculously profitable horror franchise, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones continues the found-footage concept of the other films. The difference is instead of the scares taking place in rich white suburbia, they do so in a junky apartment complex on a largely Latino Paranormal side of Oxnard, Calif.

Activity: The Don’t worry; the Marked Ones characters still drop a ton (2014) of F-bombs.

Troubles begin when fresh high school graduate Jesse (newcomer Andrew Jacobs) notices odd goings-on in the unit below, occupied by a woman who fellow residents believe to be a witch. That would explain the nude rituals … and the murder of Jesse’s classmate. After poking into the witch’s affairs, Jesse acquires a superpower, putting a Chronicle twist on the proceedings.

Director Christopher Landon might swap a Ouija board for Milton Bradley’s Simon, but otherwise, this is business as usual. How they converge is incredibly clever, provided you’ve seen the earlier entries; others might be left in the dark during the final 10 minutes. — Rod Lott

12 WAYS TO REACH 216,000 READERS WITH

Welcome to the coastal resort of Broadchurch, population … oh, who can keep track, what will all the corpses?

Yes, Broadchurch is yet another British television procedural involving the search for a murderer in a quaint little town.

The show is superb entertainment for such Broadchurch: dour subject matter — so The Complete superb, in fact, it’s being First Season remade for U.S. broadcast (2013) with the same male lead (former Doctor Who star David Tennant), but under the new name Gracepoint.

But why wait? Thanks to Entertainment One, the BBC America series’ self-contained first season can be consumed right now: eight episodes across three DVDs, each a gripping piece of the story’s puzzle: Who killed 11-year-old Danny Latimer? And why does everybody in town harbor huge secrets?

Tennant’s fish-out-of-water detective is great, but Olivia Colman (Hyde Park on Hudson) is even greater as local D.S. Ellie Miller. With very little fat, the narrative builds to a wallop that lets Colman act the hell out of it. — RL

William Friedkin spends a lot of time in his 2013 memoir discussing why Sorcerer didn’t click with critics and audiences even though he believes it to be better than his previous film, The Exorcist. Now that Warner Home Video has reissued Sorcerer on Blu-ray, we can see what Friedkin’s fuss is all about.

Sorcerer A remake of the 1953 (1977) French film The Wages of Fear, the epic adventure concerns a handful of down-and-out men just desperate enough to agree to drive trucks full of liquid nitro through the South American jungle. Led by Roy Scheider (Jaws), the group makes its way down long and winding roads and over the kind of primitive, ramshackle bridges on which Indiana Jones once fought Thuggee guards. Stretches of the back half are a drag, combining to make Sorcerer a well-crafted bore.

The Blu-ray package excerpts pages from Friedkin’s book. I’m afraid the story behind it is more compelling than the one on screen, no matter how digitally polished the print. — RL

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Homework: “What would Jesus do?” Others prefer, “What would Buddha do?” Who’s your ultimate authority? Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.

your quest, here’s advice from Dale Carnegie: “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”

ARIES March 21-April 19 If for some inexplicable reason you are not simmering with new ideas about how you could drum up more money, I don’t know what to tell you – except that maybe your mother lied to you about exactly when you were born. The astrological omens are virtually unequivocal: If you are a true Aries, you are now being invited, teased, and even tugged to increase your cash flow and bolster your financial know-how.

If you can’t ferret out at least one opportunity to get richer quicker, you might really be a Pisces or Taurus.

And my name is Jay Z.

LEO July 23-Aug. 22 ecords and has won six Olympic gold medals.

Even when he’s a bit off his game, he’s the best.

At the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, he set the all-time mark for the 100-meter race -- 9.69 seconds -- despite the fact that one of his shoelaces was untied and he slowed down to celebrate before reaching the finish line. Like you, Bolt is a Leo. I’m making him both your role model and your anti-role model for the foreseeable future. You have the power to achieve something approaching his levels of excellence in your own field -- especially if you double-check to make sure your shoelace is never untied and especially if you don’t celebrate victory before it’s won.

TAURUS April 20-May 20 You remind me of a garden plot that has recently been plowed and rained on. Now the sun is out.

The air is warm. Your dirt is wet and fertile. The feeling is a bit unsettled because the stuff that was below ground got churned up to the top. Instead of a flat surface, you’ve got furrows. But the overall mood is expectant. Blithe magic is in the air. Soon it will be time to grow new life. Oh, but just one thing is missing: The seeds have yet to be sewn.

That’s going to happen very soon. Right?

GEMINI May 21-June 20 Here’s an excerpt from “Celestial Music,” a poem by Louise Gluck: “I’m like the child who buries / her head in the pillow / so as not to see, the child who tells herself / that light causes sadness.” One of your main assignments in the coming weeks, Gemini, is not to be like that child. It’s true that gazing at what the light reveals may shatter an illusion or two, but the illumination you will be blessed with will ultimately be more valuable than gold.

CANCER June 21-July 22 Would you like to forge new alliances and expand your web of connections and get more of the support you need to fulfill your dreams? You are entering the Season of Networking, so now would indeed be an excellent time to gather clues on how best to accomplish all that good stuff. To get you started in

VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 In his unpublished book The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, John Koenig coins new words that convey experiences our language has not previously accounted for. One that may apply to you sometime soon is “trumspringa,” which he defines as “the temptation to step off your career track and become a shepherd in the mountains, following your flock between pastures with a sheepdog and a rifle, watching storms at dusk from the doorway of a small cabin.” To be overtaken by trumspringa doesn’t necessarily mean you will literally run away and be a shepherd. In fact, giving yourself the luxury of considering such wild possibilities may be a healing release that allows you to be at peace with the life you are actually living LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 “The supreme pleasure we can know, Freud said, and the model for all pleasure, orgasmic pleasure, comes when an excess tension built up, confined, compacted, is abruptly released.”

That’s an observation by philosopher Alphonso Lingis. I bring it to your attention, Libra, because I expect that you will soon be able to harvest a psychospiritual version of that supreme pleasure.

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Here’s another complication: These incipient turning points probably won’t resemble any turning points you’ve seen before. They may come in the form of a lucky accident, a blessed mistake, a happy breakdown, a strange healing, a wicked gift, or a perfect weakness.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 You need to take some time out to explore the deeper mysteries of snuggling, cuddling, and nuzzling. In my opinion, that is your sacred duty.

It’s your raison d’etre, your ne plus ultra, your sine qua non. You’ve got to nurture your somatic wisdom with what we in the consciousness industry refer to as yummy warm fuzzy wonder love. At the very least, you should engage in some prolonged hugging with a creature you feel close to. Tender physical touch isn’t just a luxury; it’s a necessity.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 If you happen to be an athlete, the coming week will not be a good time to headbutt a referee or take performance-enhancing drugs. If you hate to drive your car anywhere but in the fast lane, you will be wise to try the slower lanes for a while. If you are habitually inclined to skip steps, take short cuts, and look for loopholes, I advise you to instead try being thorough, methodical, and by-the-book.

Catch my drift? In this phase of your astrological cycle, you will have a better chance at producing successful results if you are more prudent than usual. What?! A careful, discreet, strategic, judicious Sagittarius? Sure! Why not?

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 My interpretation of this week’s astrological data might sound eccentric, even weird. But you know what? Sometimes life is – or at least should be – downright unpredictable. After much meditation, I’ve concluded that the most important message you can send to the universe is to fly a pair of underpants from the top of a flagpole. You heard me. Take down the flag that’s up there, and run the skivvies right up to the top. Whose underpants should you use? Those belonging to someone you

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