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Local singer-songwriter Beau Jennings talks to Oklahoma Gazette about his history with ever-expanding Norman Music Festival (NMF) as he readies his live festival debut of The Verdigris, a soundtrack for the story of Will Rogers’ life. NMF runs Thursday-Saturday. P. 35.

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City: airport expansion

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On the cover: The statue of Norman-born actor James Garner as Bret Maverick keeps watch near the epicenter of the eighth annual NMF on Main Street. (Photo by Mark Hancock / Illustration by Chris Street)

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Senate Bill 782 could open the door to many more charter schools across Oklahoma.

By BeN Felder

Oklahoma, which lags behind most states, could greatly expand its use of charter schools with the passage of new legislation.

Senate Bill 782 would allow charter schools to exist in every school district across the state — not just in Oklahoma City and Tulsa — by removing the population threshold that currently exists. The bill would also allow school districts to convert their own schools to charters.

After passage in the House and Senate, SB 782 is awaiting signature by the governor, which had yet to occur as of press time on Monday.

Bills related to charter schools have not always been an easy sell in the Legislature. The Republican majority is often supportive of school choice. But many of the state’s largest education organizations, along with rural members of the Legislature, are not as supportive of charter schools, which critics see as a mechanism for taking money and power away from public schools.

“The ability to convert a public [school] to a charter [school] is

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something I would like to educate myself on a little more because it’s never been an option for use before,” said Dave Cash, superintendent of Locust Grove schools. “But I’m interested in this idea. When charter schools were first enacted in Oklahoma, I was like, ‘Great, but let us all do it; let us all reap the benefits to letting us run schools like a business and not like the way we have to now.’”

Cash said SB 782 could allow him to convert his current schools to charters, which would exempt him from some mandates he believes take resources away from education.

However, not all educators are supportive of the bill. Teachers at a capitol rally last month expressed their opposition to the bill, and the Oklahoma Education Association, a state teacher’s union, has also publicly decried the bill.

The Democratic caucus in the House voted against the bill, saying it would harm public schools to allow charter schools to open in small towns.

“That’s like saying you want to open a new grocery store in a town of

150 people,” Rep. Scott Inman, D-Del City, told The Oklahoman. “At the end of the day, there are not enough people there to support it.”

The Oklahoma Public School Resource Center (OPSRC), which welcomes the expanded use of charter schools, threw its support behind SB 782, saying it was legislation that would give public schools more flexibility.

“Our teachers should be the innovators, so let’s remove the red tape that currently gets in their way and does not allow them to be innovative,” said Brent Bushey, OPSRC executive director.

Bushey said the flexibility offered to charter schools is a model that can work for public schools, which is why his organization supports giving public school districts the ability to convert their own schools to charters.

While SB 782 gives school districts the power to convert schools to charters, it does not give districts the final say on potential charter schools opening in their community. The bill would allow a denied charter school application to essentially appeal that denial to the state Board of Education.

The bill also places some new standards on charter schools, including an automatic denial of status under the current sponsor if a charter school is in the bottom 5 percent of performance when compared to every public school in the state.

“Although charter schools enjoy tremendous flexibility, this bill ensures oversight and accountability requirements must be met,” said Rep. Lee Denney, R-Cushing, who, along with Sen. Clark Jolley, R-Edmond, sponsored SB782.

If approved by Gov. Mary Fallin, SB 782 could drastically increase the number of charter schools in Oklahoma — although it’s unknown how many rural sponsors would emerge in the first years of the new law.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS), a procharter school organization that tracks charter school use by state, has publicly recommended that Oklahoma expand charter school availability to the entire state, instead of in just 4 percent of Oklahoma school districts. There are currently 29 charter schools in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, according to the Department of Education.

Our teachers should be the innovators, so let’s remove the red tape that currently gets in their way and does not allow them to be innovative.

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The NAPCS ranked Oklahoma No. 36 (out of 43 states that have charter schools) on its practice of charter schools, based on a variety of benchmarks. Compared to most states that allow charter schools, Oklahoma’s number of charters is relatively low.

“According to our recent rankings report, Oklahoma has one of the weakest state public charter laws in the country,” Nina Rees, president of NAPCS, said in a statement through the Oklahoma Senate media department. “The current charter school law allows charters only in approximately 4 percent of the state’s school districts — mostly those located in Oklahoma and Tulsa counties.

We expect Oklahoma will move significantly higher in our rankings if this bill becomes law.”

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News city When I parked my car this morning, all I could hear was the sound of hammers. It was like music.

Better blocks Volunteers descend on a west OKC neighborhood to make needed repairs to 10 homes.

Volunteers work saturday as a part of rebuilding day with rebuilding together oKc.

By BeN Felder

Editor’s note: This story is part of a monthlong series that explores the neighborhoods in urban Oklahoma City.

Pick up next week’s Oklahoma Gazette for more coverage.

It is a sight more commonly seen following a natural disaster: thousands of Oklahomans descending on a neighborhood, pausing from their own lives to help rebuild a community.

But this block in west Oklahoma City is like many in and around our city’s core. Its plight has less to do with Mother Nature’s fury than with the wear and tear of time, including decades of apathy from residents and the city.

“I have my house back,” said Roberta Romero, a longtime resident of the Classen Ten Penn neighborhood.

Her kitchen lacked walls and a sink, and weeds grew through the floorboards.

On Saturday, a team of volunteers put up drywall, rewired the home’s electrical system and built new countertops.

The volunteers were part of a 1,000-person-strong army that coordinated Rebuilding Day with the nonprofit group Rebuilding Together OKC. The organization has performed hundreds of home improvements across the region and hosted its first blockwide event Saturday.

Volunteers were scattered across the city that day, but hundreds were sent to one stretch of 14th Street, into a block filled with disrepair.

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Quality of life

“This is our first time ever to do a big block build, but we are hoping it has a big impact for the community around this block,” said program director Jonathan Merrick, speaking loudly over the bangs and roars of hammers and electric saws as volunteers got to work.

One of several neighborhoods developed along the Classen streetcar line in the early 20th century, Classen Ten Penn is a raw, eclectic neighborhood that has benefited in recent years from an involved neighborhood association.

The city has also funneled funds into the community to build sidewalks and offer code compliance assistance.

There are several homes priced above average that have undergone extensive revitalization, modest bungalows that are home to working-class families and homes that need basic maintenance, like Romero’s.

It’s not uncommon to see nonprofit or city-backed projects that assist in repairs to a single home, but Saturday’s Rebuilding Day effort was unique in its size and scope and pumped in tens of thousands of dollars to help rehab a single city block.

“This is going to beautify this part of the city,” said Mark Cisneros, one of 40 Boeing employees who volunteered.

“Attacking one whole street that is pretty old and rundown ... it will look nice and allow these people to stay in their homes for a few more years.”

The rehabilitation serves several purposes, including improving aesthetic, increasing overall property values and

making the area more attractive to new homebuyers. Perhaps most importantly, though, it also enhances the residents’ quality of life.

“I normally just stay in my room,” said Romero as she explained that the rest of her house was in too much of a state of disrepair to be comfortable. “But now, I will have my whole house and will be able to cook and walk around. It really is like I am getting a new house. I just think these people are wonderful.”

Romero’s home is also getting a new front porch, which she said she plans to enjoy in the evening.

“I’ve seen several neighbors in houses we aren’t working on coming out to help,” Merrick said.

Rebuilding Day had an atmosphere like a block party, with hundreds of people in the street and music and free hamburgers and hotdogs. Ward 6 Councilwoman Meg Salyer walked along 14th Street and said she was excited to see this type of revitalization happening in her ward.

“When I parked my car this morning, all I could hear was the sound of hammers. It was like music,” Salyer said. “It is so exciting to see this many volunteers really focusing their efforts on one street and one block. I think the concept of a block build is really a great one.”

The city has adopted a similar program that focuses neighborhood services in specific communities, including Classen Ten Penn, which is one of three Strategic Neighborhood Initiative communities.

“When you concentrate your resources in a smaller footprint, you really see bigger results faster and you hope it will spin off,” she said.

Jonathan Merrick pauses during Rebuilding Day in the Classen Ten Penn neighborhood.

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The public is invited to an open house for Interstate 44 West Trail Tuesday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (presentation at 6 p.m.) to learn more about the future 8-mile trail planned for west Oklahoma City, connecting Lake Hefner with the Oklahoma River. The trails will be open to pedestrians and cyclists. The open house will be held at Will Rogers Garden Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th St.

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House Bill 1614 would require all rideshare drivers to obtain a permit from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, along with setting other standards related to insurance coverage.

While the House passed a version that outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation, Smalley, co-sponsor of the bill, removed that language prior to its passage in the Senate.

HB 1614 passed the Senate 35-11. None of the Senate’s eight Democrat members voted in favor of the bill, although Sens. Randy Bass and Susan Paddack were excused votes. Five Republicans voted against the bill, but none could be reached by Oklahoma Gazette for comment on deadline.

Nigh honored Former Oklahoma governor George Nigh will be awarded the Sister Cities International OKC’s Global Vision Award at its annual luncheon next month. Nigh’s political career included an effort to build relationships with the global community, including taking Oklahoma’s business and agriculture leaders on economic missions to foreign countries.

“George Nigh was a visionary in understanding how important international relationships would be for Oklahoma’s future,” Vicki Clark Gourley, president of Sister Cities OKC, said. “We are privileged to have him as our 2015 Global Vision Award Recipient.”

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Stonecipher won and now represents Oklahoma City’s most northern ward.

Ed Shadid (Ward 2), Meg Salyer (Ward 6) and David Greenwell (Ward 5) were also administered the oath of office following their reelections in March.

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Damon Berryhill, head coach of the Oklahoma City Dodgers, said the city’s three magic words when asked to recall his memory playing in the first game when the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark opened in 1998.

“As far as I was concerned, it was a big-league city,” said Berryhill, as if reading from a script handed to him straight from city leaders.

Seventeen years ago, Oklahoma City built a major league-esque minor league ballpark, later lured an NBA franchise to town and has built one of the nation’s largest rowing facilities, all in an effort to become that “big-league city” Berryhill said he found in OKC when he was still playing ball.

So when it was announced last year that the RedHawks would be rebranded as the Dodgers, taking the name of its new parent club in Los Angeles, there were critics who saw it as the city embracing a minor league status that wouldn’t fly.

“We had to really think through that,” said Dodgers’ general manager Michael Byrnes about the name change. OKC is the farm club for one of the nation’s most iconic ball clubs, but acting minor league hasn’t been in the franchise’s DNA in recent years.

On the surface, taking on the Dodgers’ name is not unique. But the club looked to give the new brand an Oklahoma feel. Foam fingers are in the shape of the state, one version of the logo includes the SkyDance Bridge and another uses bricks to pay tribute to the ballpark’s neighborhood, Bricktown.

“In the first quarter of 2015, our merchandise sales [have increased] fivefold when compared to the first quarter last year,” Byrnes said.

The team has also seen large sales of merchandise online, which was almost nonexistent in years past. At least half of those online sales are bound for paying customers in California, Byrnes said.

“The city’s great, the ballpark is great, the people are great,” said Tommy Lasorda, the legendary Dodgers coach who won two titles. “We are very, very happy about coming here.”

Lasorda, who has been in the Dodgers’ organization for 66 years, threw out the first pitch before last week’s sold-out opener. He said OKC is attractive because of its proximity to Tulsa, where LA’s Double A team is located.

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Ranked No. 64 nationally in passenger boardings (2013), Will Rogers World Airport is nowhere near the traffic level of enormous hubs like Atlanta, Denver or Chicago. However, given the region’s relatively low population level and its proximity to Dallas, which is home to the world’s ninth-busiest airport, officials say Will Rogers offers a high level of nonstop service.

“We’ve got really good air service across the country, and we serve all of the major connecting hubs,” said Mark Kranenburg, airports director for Oklahoma City Department of Airports.

Federal Aviation Administration numbers show the city’s annual passenger level reached 1.8 million last year. That number represents steady, decade-long increases as it has increased its flight options to include 21 nonstop destinations. More growth is expected, especially with the addition of Seattle service, expected to launch this summer.

“We know that, as Oklahoma City continues to grow, that air travel, the business travel, it’s all going to continue to expand,” Kranenburg said. “We want to be ready for that increased demand.”

Expansion plan

Being prepared for that growth is the goal behind a planned $73 million enhancement, including the largest increase in passenger gates in decades.

Renovations in the late 1990s drastically changed the airport’s footprint but only added one additional gate.

Mirroring the site’s west terminal, the proposed plan would include a new terminal to the east with three more

gates, and a possible second phase could add six more.

“Just like Oklahoma City is doing everything to expand its infrastructure and development, we are doing the same thing out here,” Kranenburg said. “We know that demand is going to be higher in the future, and we want to be ready.”

Airport officials are completing the design phase for the new terminal and are reviewing ways to relocate utilities and a cargo wing. Kranenburg said construction will likely begin in 2016 and be completed in 2018. Once finished, the new terminal could provide the airport with dedicated space for international flights, if Oklahoma City were able to land a nonstop flight to a destination in Mexico, Canada or other foreign country.

“There is an effort across the [airport] industry to look at different ways to process customs and international flights,” said Karen Carney, the airport’s public information manager.

Will Rogers has no immediate plans for international flights and the airport lacks dedicated space for any type of customs checkpoint. But Carney said airlines are exploring “customs on demand” setups where customs officials might come into OKC once or twice a week to work an international flight.

“Could a group [of customs officials] from Dallas come up and process those passengers?” Carney said. “There are options being considered.”

While international flights are not on the immediate wish list, Will Rogers is in conversations with ultra low-cost

carriers, such as Spirit Airlines.

“The way they do check-ins are different,” Carney said, referring to Spirit Airlines, which offers basic travel without “frills,” like on-board drinks, blankets or printed boarding passes at the gate.

Spirit Airlines also uses kiosks at its gates in an effort to cut costs, which Carney said is changing the way airports plan for expansion.

“Those low-cost airlines are focused in lots of regions of the country but aren’t focused on central USA right now,” Kranenburg said.

In addition to adding new gates, the planned expansion calls for an overhaul of the airport’s security checkpoint system. The current central checkpoint was built prior to 9/11, the terrorist attack that changed the way American handles airport security.

“All of those lines [around the checkpoint] weren’t here when we build the security gates,” Carney said.

“They were all added after 9/11 and not planned for.”

The plan centralizes the airport’s three security checkpoints, including the TSA Pre Enrollment gate, which allows regular fliers to avoid long security lines.

The planned expansion is a few years from being complete, but it represents a belief by the city that air traffic will continue to grow. The past year has demonstrated that growth with higher passenger numbers and the addition of new service to cities like Charlotte, San Francisco and Seattle.

“We know we are going to keep growing as a city,” Kranenburg said. “We want to keep up.”

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Incoming Democratic leadership hopes to find a new direction for his party.

By BeN Felder

The dining room at Boulevard Cafeteria in Midtown is filled mostly with older citizens who have devoted much of their lives to advancing Oklahoma’s Democratic Party, a tall order, especially over the past decade.

Speaking in the center of the room is Joe Hartman, a savvy political consultant who understands Democratic policies and the election process. Hartman is in his element, but he still stands out, as he is noticeably 25 years younger than the average guest. Using terms like “advanced analytics” and “social media,” Hartman often is met with blank stares.

“I think there is a recognition among [Oklahoma] Democrats that we need to do something different,” he said a few weeks after that lunch and a week after he was elected the new Democratic chairman for Oklahoma County. “The technology in advertising and campaigns just keeps growing every day. Embracing that, along with a more professional organization, is what I wanted to bring to the party.”

The state and Oklahoma County is heavily Republican, and while there are pockets of blue within the city, Republicans reminded Democrats just how strong they are after winning several more liberal northwest OKC districts last year.

Oklahoma Democrats went through a tough election cycle in 2014, but it has been several years since the party lost its statewide majority. If there is such a thing as the political stages of grief, Democrats, at least in Oklahoma County, appear ready to exit the mourning phase and embrace change.

“I think with the new leadership we’ve got, the new ideas, going in a different direction, I think that’s a

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positive thing,” Phil Porter said at an Oklahoma County meeting last week, which he said had the highest attendance he had seen in years.

According to data from congressional and gubernatorial races, in recent years, Oklahoma County has trended more Democratic. However, while there is a focus on preparing for 2016 elections, this year, Democrats in this county will have a chance to show how quickly they can mobilize as they ready for a special election in House District 85 to fill the seat formerly held by Republican David Dank, who died April 10.

“A special election is about turnout, and I think it’s going to be a test of our organizing skills and how effective we can be at turning out Democrats,” Hartman said about the District 85 race. “I expect both sides to put up really good candidates. For Democrats as a whole, this is going to test our skill.”

Dank, who ran as an incumbent in 2014, won reelection easily.

Combined, he and his wife, Odilia Mary Dank, held the seat for over 20 years. With Republicans forced to run a new face, Democrats hope to steal a seat in a part of Oklahoma City that has grown younger and more diverse in recent years, two demographic trends that typically benefit the party.

In addition to Hartman, Oklahoma County also voted in Shon Allen and Paula Sophia as new officers.

This year will not be a comeback year for Democrats in Oklahoma. But if new leadership is able to embrace new tactics and the party can steal a seat in the special House race, this could be a year that helps spark future growth.

“This is a long process,” Hartman said, “but we have to start now.”

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Ring leaders

Three men recently walked into a jewelry store in the mall.

No, it’s not the beginning of a joke.

One of the men casually walked to the sales counter as clerks helped him try on rings as the other two stood as lookouts near the Penn Square Mall shop’s entry.

Within seconds, the man swiped three rings worth more than $16,000, and the trio bolted from the store.

“When you own a store or work in a store where there’s high-dollar items that people are going to try on, unfortunately, you’re going to run into people sometimes who are going to take advantage of the situation and they are going to run away with them,” Sergeant Gary Knight of the Oklahoma City Police Department told KOCO.com.

And scram they did, out of the mall and into a fourdoor, silver SUV with

tinted windows.

Clerks didn’t chase the men, but the in-store video shared by police might help the community locate the scampering bandits.

Teaching responsibility

Even The Oklahoman thinks our state’s public education system sucks.

We kid.

But seriously, the editorial board at the state’s largest newspaper, which is more often as pro-business as it is pro-Republican, highlighted a recent Oklahoma Educated Workforce Initiative report that showed our state was not producing enough skilled and educated workers to sustain and build its future economy.

“The end result is a system where students may be left virtually unemployable as adults,” the editorial board wrote on April 7.

“Businesses will have to look elsewhere for workers, and state economic growth lags.”

Yes, businesses will suffer by having to recruit out-of-state workers, but perhaps more importantly, those citizens left unemployable will possibly have even more challenges.

“If policymakers want Oklahoma’s future to belong to many current Oklahoma students, then they must work to seriously tackle Oklahoma’s education challenges,” the editorial board added.

We completely agree.

Now, if we all could just agree on how much to pay teachers, invest more in public education and move away from high-stakes testing, we might be able to actually change things for the better.

Somehow, let’s find a ways to rehabilitate Oklahoma City’s broken school system. To do that, we’ve also got to move away from the teachers-asenemy double standard and build better schools from the inside out.

Perhaps these huge businesses in our city can find it in their philanthropic hearts to help better educate our future workforce.

Not fair

Tulsa, you can do better than this.

We know you can.

Tulsa is No. 7 in the nation when it comes to having the worst pay gap between men and women. On average, women there earn just 71.6 percent of what men do for the same jobs, reported 24/7 Wall St., a financial news and opinion website. Breaking it down more clearly, the median income for males is $45,316, and females earn a median income of just $32,468.

Overall, median income for all residents is $39,615, which is also pretty low compared to other large metro areas in other states.

The No. 1 city was Provo-Orem, Utah, where women earn just 59.8 percent of what their male peers earn.

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Lewd awakenings

There once was a man in OKC And a woman he called his baby When they knew it was on They went out on the lawn Where everyone and their dogs could see.

That lively limerick came true on April 7, when Oklahoma City police arrested a man and woman on complaints of public drunkenness and public indecency.

They were having sex — in the front yard.

In fairness to Kenneth Dale Watson II, 35, and Petra Dawn Stephens, 31, they did have clothes on, according to police.

So maybe it wasn’t actually sex, but with him on top of her, grinding his hips against her, in clear view of the street, it probably wasn’t an innocentbut-aggressive hula hoop mime-off.

The police said they had difficulty understanding the couple, as their speech was slurred and they had red, watery eyes.

It is spring in Oklahoma, so maybe it was just allergies.

Yeah, sexy, sexy allergies.

Flying medicine

Conservative “news source” Newsmax. com has named the Top 5 Employers in Oklahoma, and you might be surprised — for once, none of them were oil and gas companies.

It turns out Oklahoma thrives in three major areas: military, healthcare and aviation.

Tinker Air Force Base nabbed the top spot. Tinker employs “more than 26,000 military and civilian” people in the Oklahoma City area, according to its website.

Coming

in at No. 2 was Cimarron Alliance Foundation (CAF).

Cimarron Alliance, which recently joined forces with The Equality Network to form Freedom Oklahoma, is a nonprofit dedicated to promoting equality for LGBT individuals in Oklahoma.

This number, however, is hotly debated by experts in the LGBT community, including The Gayly, which said CAF probably only has “two paid employees.” Close! The nonprofit group’s 2013 tax forms, easily available at guidestar.org, show one paid employee and 250 volunteers.

Integris Baptist Medical Center, St Francis Hospital in Tulsa and American Airlines, through its Maintenance & Engineering Center in Tulsa, rounded out the list.

Now we’re just left wondering if Newsmax actually examined the same documents that we did.

Boneless breasts

Nothing is sacred anymore — especially in Edmond, where a family outing to a fast-food restaurant turned into a lesson about common decency after a couple, dining with their 6-yearold-twins, was forced to watch “strong sexual content” on the establishment’s television, according to News9.com.

First, we (society at large) are forced to get our fried chicken from a “restaurant” instead of our grandmother. Then some silly employee turns the television to a porn channel?

We either really like this new direction society is going, or we’re mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.

Actually, it wasn’t pornography it was just the Starz network show Outlander, News9 reported. However, it showed “full nudity of both partners” and the father of the twins got the video on video, just for good measure.

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Core growth

BY JENNA RADER

Booming. This word best describes Oklahoma City’s commercial real estate growth and development over the past couple of years. In fact, in 2014, commercial property sales, new construction, renovation, occupancy and rental rates all experienced upward growth trends from the previous year.

Construction of new apartment complexes has increased in downtown and Midtown and across the city. From 2012 through 2014, more than 2,500 multifamily units were built, compared to less than 2,000 units the previous two years. Great new communities such as The Edge at Midtown, a 250unit complex, also have continued to develop.

The city continues to attract largescale retail businesses. In and around downtown, retailers have opened several new businesses, including the Main Event complex along Memorial Road and Von Maur at Quail Springs

Mall. In 2015, new retailers are anticipated, including Cabela’s in northwest OKC. The city’s reputation for great eats continues with the growth and addition of local restaurants. In December 2014, Broadway 10 Bar & Chophouse opened in the historic Buick Building along Automobile Alley, just north of downtown. In December of 2013, Kd’s Southern Cuisine in Bricktown opened its doors, celebrating one of Oklahoma City’s favorite NBA players and serving up home-cooked items.

Local favorites such as The Garage Burgers & Beer, Tucker’s Onion Burgers, Cafe 7, Coolgreens and S&B’s Burger Joint also have expanded. This year, new chain restaurants, including Houston-based Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen, are expected.

New office building construction and renovation of older office space

continues, particularly downtown and the immediately surrounding areas, making room for new businesses and relocations.

Tax Increment Financing (TIF), private businesses, public bonds and our city utility trust are helping fund Project 180, with a $176 million budget to redesign downtown streets, sidewalks, parks and plazas and the goal of enhancing the business district’s appearance as well as leading to a better environment for walking, driving and cycling. Additionally, downtown office rental rates are on the rise as businesses move to the central Oklahoma City area.

Although the city is home to many oil and gas companies, because of the diversity of businesses it boasts — including construction companies, insurance firms, leisure services, medical facilities, financial institutions and bio-research labs — the OKC

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.

office market is not as dependent on the oil and gas industry as in the past.

It should be able to sustain the current trend. In fact, in November 2014, Forbes reported that the city came in at No. 8 among the best cities in the United States for young entrepreneurs.

The development of properties serving religious and nonprofit purposes also continues. LifeChurch. tv, one of the fastest growing and largest churches in the U.S., opened several new campuses in the metro area in recent years, including an OKC campus near Broadway Extension and Britton Road.

While no one can predict the future, based on the trends over the past few years, Oklahoma City will continue its success with commercial real estate development and growth.

This is only one of the reasons that Oklahoma City is Oklahoma Strong.

Jenna Rader is a director at Crowe & Dunlevy law firm and member of the firm’s Real Estate practice group.

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.

United voice

The reason I feel compelled to write I visit OKC often and always pick up a copy of the Gazette because I believe it is a voice for sanity in these crazy times.

I am never disappointed and this time really enjoyed the letter from Bruce Good (Letters, “Fat ass,” March 25, Oklahoma Gazette) about bullies being rude to people they see as outside their idea of the norm, whether that be body shape, color, sexual preference, religion or lack thereof or something else.

All the people on the planet are our brothers and sisters, so why shouldn’t we unite and do great things rather than dividing into warring camps?

— Richard Hartgrove Austin, Texas

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Needs v. wants

Oklahoma City has its fair share of issues to deal with.

We are the proud home of one of the nation’s worst school districts, one of the highest national incarceration rates and, dare I say it, a slowing economy because of the stagnate oil industry.

With our nation’s oil reserves full, there is no need for new companies to spring up because the big ones that found fracking solved our “global crisis” in a matter of years.

In fact, we now have so much that we can maintain full reserves while lowering the prices enough to destroy the only economy in which our biggest international threat, Russia, had.

This, however, is not a promising sign for our own community and state.

With prices low and a stagnate money flow, OKC may soon find itself in a predicament.

I am writing this to emphasize the basic problems with how our community spends money.

Take the MAPS program, for instance. We have put hundreds of millions of dollars into downtown

development when only a few streets over, we cannot afford to keep our students and teachers in classrooms because of broken or inefficient heating and air units.

How can some of these people look at themselves in the mirror and expect this community to give even more?

We have seen our downtown grow and become a national destination in these past 10 years. We are to the point where the rest of the state will have to catch up.

If oil production were to remain slow, we will have to find ways for our money to circulate.

Building new condos for the few people in the oil business that can afford them will not help us in the least, should our problems continue.

An idea: If you put $100 million into the OKC Public Schools budget instead of a new convention center, I am sure we would not be having conversations about highest dropout and teen obesity rates.

We do no ask for this money because we need a new downtown rail system or new convention center.

We ask for it because we need it.

— Alex Andolini Oklahoma City

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OKG picks are events

recommended by Oklahoma Gazette editorial staff members.

For full calendar listings, go to okgazette.com.

BOOKS Mo Anderson Book Signing, former CEO of Keller Williams Realty International will speak and sign her book, A Joy-Filled Life: Lessons of a Tenant Farmer’s Daughter... Who Became a CEO, 5:30-7 p.m., Apr. 23.

Best of Books, 1313 E. Danforth Road, Edmond, 3409202, bestofbooksedmond.com. THU Poetry Workshop, create your own poem with guest instructor Chad Reynolds along with snacks and drinks, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Apr. 23. Plenty Mercantile, 807 N. Broadway Ave., 888-7470, plentymercantile.com. THU Sasha Martin Book Signing, Oklahoman, food writer, blogger and author of Life from Scratch an unconventional love story and the quest of cooking a meal from every country, 3 p.m., Apr. 25. Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 842-2900, fullcirclebooks.com. SAT

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FILM What We Do in the Shadows, (US, 2014, dir. Jermaine Clement & Taika Waititi) four roommates who happen to be vampires, struggle with living in the modern world, 7:30 p.m., Apr. 23; 5:30 p.m., Apr. 24; 5:30 & 8 p.m., Apr. 25; 2 p.m., Apr. 26. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 236-3100, okcmoa.com. THU-SUN

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More Than Honey, (DE, 2012, dir. Markus Imhoff) a look into the honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland, China and Australia, 2 p.m., Apr. 26. Meinders School of Business, NW 27th St. & McKinley Ave., 208-5000, okcu. edu/business. SUN

Kreskin’s television show, The Amazing World of Kreskin, first shot this mentalist to fame in the 1970s. His predictions on everything from presidential elections to the new year have kept him in the spotlight since. “Even now, I know what you’re thinking!” he proclaims as he wows audiences. He’s thinking that you’re thinking you’re set for the road trip to his show 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Cherokee Casino West Siloam Springs, 2416 US-412, in Watts. The show is free with a Players Club card. Visit cherokeecasino.com/west-siloam-springs or call 800-754-4111.

Blazing Saddles, (US, 1974, dir. Mel Brooks) a western comedy of Bart, the first black sheriff of a failing town appointed by a politically corrupt boss, 7 p.m., Apr. 28. Harkins Theatre, 150 E. Reno Ave., 231-4747, harkinstheatres.com. TUE

HAPPENINGS

Thursday

OKC Memorial Marathon Health and Fitness Expo 2015, packet pick up along with a variety of runner related vendors, free seminars on running, health, fitness and training, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Apr. 24; 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Apr. 25. Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens, 602-8500, coxconventioncenter.com. FRI-SAT Iron Thistle Festival, take part and witness the Scottish and Irish heritage through fire ceremonies, clan tents, vendors, food booths, Celtic music and live entertainment, along with athletic competitions and children’s games, crafts and activities, Apr. 24-25.

Kirkpatrick Family Farm, 1001 Garth Brooks Blvd., Yukon, 350-8937. FRI-SAT The Verdigris Flea market, bringing together a mix of unique and unusual vintage, antiques and locallycrafted items, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Apr. 25; 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Apr. 26. Verdigris, 415 NW 7th St., 602-8986, verdigrisokc. net. SAT-SUN

Festival of the Arts, over 100 artists from around the nation showcase their work, children’s activities, food vendors and a variety of performances, 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Apr. 22-25; 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Apr. 26. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 445-7080, oklahomacitybotanicalgardens.com/events. WED-SUN

Apr. 24. H&8th Night Market, 900 N. Hudson Ave., h8thokc.com. FRI Dutch Oven Cooking, hands-on class exploring Dutch oven cooking; learn a variety of recipes and discover how to use a Dutch Oven in your backyard, 1-5 p.m., Apr. 25. Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 521-2491, okhistory.org/historycenter. SAT

FOOD

Spring Wine Dinner, five course gourmet meal with an expertly paired complementing wine selection accompanying each course, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Apr. 25. Kamp’s 1910 Cafe, 10 NE 10th St., 230-1910, kamps1910cafe.net. SAT

Cheese and Wine of Italy, pair a selection of fine Italian cheeses with delicious Italian wines, 6:45 p.m., Apr. 24.

Forward Foods, 2001 W. Main St., Norman, 321-1007, forwardfoods.com. FRI H&8th Night Market, family-and-pet-friendly street festival built around a lineup of the city’s top gourmet food trucks kicks off with live music from Josh Sallee, Militant Mindz, Roosh Williams and Frank Black, 7 p.m.,

Chocolate Dream Festival, chocolate taste testing and dream interpretation, 1-4 p.m., Apr. 26. School of Metaphysics, 908 NW 12th St., 228-0506, som.org. SUN

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This influential comedian’s classic show, recorded in 1992 at Montreal’s Centaur Theatre, plays for one night only in local theaters 8 p.m. Monday at Spotlight Stadium 14, 1100 N. Interstate Drive, in Norman and Tinseltown USA, 6001 N. Martin Luther King Ave., and Quail Springs 24, 2501 W. Memorial Road, in Oklahoma City. His controversial dark comedy leaps from religion to politics, and this viewing event also includes scenes from Hicks’ 1991 Relentless special and previously unseen clips from standup routines and home video. Tickets are $9.50-$12.50. Visit fathomevents.com.

Monday

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REBUILDING TOGETHER OKC CELEBRATES THE 1,000 VOLUNTEERS

who joined together on April 18th to make critical repairs on 30 homes throughout the OKC metro. On behalf of our neighbors in need, thank you for rebuilding homes and lives.

Find locally made, unique food and gift items at the Made In Oklahoma (MIO) Expo noon-4 p.m. Thursday at Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, 1400 Classen Drive. Once there, you’ll find selections of barbecue sauces, spices, salsa, ice cream, fruit and superfood snacks.

Visit madeinoklahoma.net.

Thursday Classic Radio Theatre, enjoy beverages and hors d’oeuvres and travel back in time to the golden days of radio; live performance of scripts from various radio shows from the 1930’s to 1960’s, 2:30 p.m., Apr. 26. ACTS Studio, 30 NE 52nd St., 286-9412, ghostlightokc.com. SUN Torti-licious... Fun Food and Flavor, flavorful cooking class to learn more about food groups and how to prepare healthy and nutritional meals; make homemade tortillas, vegetables purees and roasted red bell peppers, 3:30-5 p.m., Apr. 27. Variety Health Center, 500 SW 44th St., 6326688. MON

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YOUTH Babysitting Workshop, an overview of babysitting for all ages; how to make your babysitting experience safe and fun and create a babysitter’s bag containing activities and items for your babysitting adventures, 6 p.m., Apr. 23.

Southern Oaks Library, 6900 S. Walker Ave., 6314468, metrolibary.org. THU The Emperor’s New Clothes, a Caribbean musical adaptation of the classic fairy tale; the Emperor of Little Iguana has set the fashion standards his island but when the magic tailor swims ashore with his own ideas the island is in for a shock, 11 a.m., Apr. 24, 27 & 29; 2 p.m., Apr. 25-26.

Oklahoma Children’s Theatre, 2501 N. Blackwelder Ave., 606-7003, oklahomachildrenstheatre.org.

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Mother’s Day Cards, create your own special Mother’s Day card, 10 a.m.-noon, Apr. 25.

Michaels, 5012 N. May Ave., 942-8920, michaels. com. SAT

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John Belt Sculpture Dedication Ceremony Join the arts community to honor Paseo Arts District pioneer John Lampton Belt with a dedication ceremony of Jonathan W. Hils’ Flamenco statue 4 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Paseo Drive and NW 20th Street. A reception follows at the gallery he founded, JRB Art at the Elms, 2810 N. Walker Ave. Belt was a primary figure in the redevelopment of the Paseo Arts District before his death in 2013. Visit jrbartgallery.com.

Thursday

Bugs!, learn how important bugs are, make your own bug hotel and test your knowledge at bug jeopardy, 2-3:30 p.m., Apr. 25. Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington Pl., 424-3344, okczoo.com. SAT

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Bringing Gardens to Life: April Showers, learn why rainwater is the best water for plants; plant a seed pot and then turn a gallon jug into a decorative watering can to water your plant as it grows, 11 a.m.-noon, Apr. 29. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 445-7080, oklahomacitybotanicalgardens.com/ events. WED

PERFORMING ARTS Greg Morton, comedian and winner of the So You Think You’re Funny Contest, 7:30 p.m., Apr. 22; 8 p.m., Apr. 23; 8 & 10:30 p.m., Apr. 24-25. Loony Bin Comedy Club, 8503 N. Rockwell Ave., 239-4242, loonybincomedy.com. WED-SAT A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s classic performance by Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park with 18 characters performed by 5 actors, 7 p.m., Apr. 23; 2 p.m., Apr. 25. Oklahoma Shakespeare on Paseo, 2920 Paseo, 235-3700, oklahomashakespeare.com.

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Norman Music Festival, is a free, independent music festival happening in various venues in downtown Norman, Apr. 23-25. Downtown Norman, 122 East Main St., Norman. THU-SAT

A Night at the Cotton Club, an evening of smoky, sultry and swingin’ music and tap performance; a salute to the “Hi De Ho” swing of Cab Calloway, the elegant “Satin Doll” of Duke Ellington and Satchmo, 8 p.m., Apr. 24-25. Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave., 297-2264, okcciviccenter.com. FRI-SAT SHREK: The Musical, musical based on the Oscarwinning DreamWorks film, SHREK; tells the story of everyone’s favorite ogre’s dazzling new life on the stage, 8 p.m., Apr. 24-25. The Pollard Theatre, 120 W. Harrison Ave., Guthrie, 282-2800, thepollard.org.

FRI-SAT Brigadoon, musical presented by OCU and tells the story of some New York tourists who stumble across a mysterious Scottish town, 8 p.m., Apr. 24-25; 3 p.m., Apr. 26. Kirkpatrick Auditorium, NW 24th St. & Blackwelder Ave., 208-5000. FRI-SUN Summer and Smoke, Tennessee Williams’ drama that examines the frustrated love of a sheltered southern belle for a handsome, virile young physician, 8 p.m., Apr. 24-25, 3 p.m., Apr. 26 Weitzenhoffer Theatre, 563 Elm St., Norman, 325-7370, www.ou.edu/finearts.

FRI-SUN

Kids Yoga at the Museum of Osteology, learn fun animal poses during this unique class for kids, 10 a.m., Apr. 25. Museum of Osteology, 10301 S. Sunnylane Rd., 814-0006, museumofosteology.org. SAT Balance at the Barre, learn barre exercise to increase core strength, improve your alignment and posture, and your balance, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Apr. 25.

PACER Fitness Center, 5520 N. Independence Ave., 949-3891. SAT OKC Dodgers vs. Omaha Storm Chasers, baseball game, 7:05 p.m., Apr. 25 & 27; 2:05 p.m., Apr. 26; 11:05 p.m., Apr. 28. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 S. Mickey Mantle Drive, 218-1000. SAT-TUE Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, 5K, Relay, 13.1 & 26.2 mile run to remember the Oklahoma City Bombing, 6:30 a.m., Apr. 26. Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, 620 N. Harvey Ave., 235-3313, oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org. SUN

VISUAL ARTS A Forest Journey: How Trees Shape our World, interactive exhibit showing the history of the use of wood through the world and the relationship between forests and the green house effect; journey through time from modern day trees to their prehistoric counterparts. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, 3254712, snomnh.ou.edu.

Amber Rae Black/Lauren Miller, exhibit featuring elaborate drawings from two different artists that intertwine and compliment one another showing hopeful depictions and putting faith in the unseen.

DNA Galleries, 1709 NW 16th St., 525-3499, dnagalleries.com.

Artist Survival Kit Workshop: The Online Artist, workshop for advanced artists to learn how to use WordPress to easily design pages for their artwork such as blogs, uploading images and linking to PayPal for payments, 1-4 p.m., Apr. 25. Oklahoma City University, 2501 N. Blackwelder Ave., 208-5000, okcu. edu. SAT Balancing Acts, series of clay sculptures that symbolize problems the world faces such as climate change, world hunger and war by Oklahoma mixed media artist, Paul Medina JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N. Walker Ave., 528-6336, jrbartgallery.com.

Clay Classics, sculpt and build with your hands using various studio equipment and imagination; ages 5 and up, adults welcome, 10 a.m.-noon & 2-4 p.m., Apr. 25. The House of Clay, 1100 NW 30th St., 524-5610, thehouseofclay.com. SAT

Husbands, Wives and Lovers, exhibit of artwork by Norman-based artist, Mary James Ketch in which she creates a series of paintings that question our current behavior and how it reflects our future. The Project Box, 3003 Paseo St., 609-3969, theprojectboxokc. com.

Oklahoma Art History, An Outsiders Perspective, discussion over the Oklahoma art scene starting from the art of the Indian Territory though the first 50 years of Oklahoma including the Land Run, immigration of settlers, the Race Riot of 1921 and the Great Depression led by by Dr. Teresa Pac, Ph.D., 6-7 p.m., Apr. 23.

Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, 1400 Classen Drive, 235-4458, oklahomaheritage.com. THU

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Oklahoma Girl, photography exhibit by Moore-based photographer Josh Fisher. The Purple Loft Art Gallery, 514 NW 28th St., Suite 400, 412-7066.

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Political Cartoon Collection, collection consisting of 51 original newspaper cartoons from 1903 to 1950.

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

Post Pop Considerations, exhibit featuring three Oklahoma artists, William R. Struby, Trent Lawson and Thedirtyfabulous, that practice forms of Post Pop Art. IAO Art Gallery, 706 W. Sheridan Ave., 232-6060, iaogallery.org.

Shevaun Williams Exhibition, photography exhibit of Norman artist who creates timeless images from unique points of view. Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., 521-3356, ok.gov.

Sun Painting on Silk Scarves Workshop, learn about sun painting and create beautiful scarves, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Apr. 25. Paseo School of Art, 3110-A N. Paseo St., 205-8990, paseoschoolofart.com. SAT The Nature of Life: Sculptures by Don Narcomey, Oklahoman sculpture who focuses on mixedmedia and one-of-a-kind furniture. Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory, 301 W. Reno Ave., 297-3995, myriadgardens.com.

Trail of Tears Art Show, longest running Native American art show in Oklahoma featuring a variety of authentic Native American art. Cherokee Heritage Center, 21192 S. Keeler Drive, Park Hill, (918) 456-6007, cherokeeheritage.org.

Warhol: The Athletes, a series of ten portraits of famous athletes commissioned by Andy Warhol’s friend and collector Richard Weisman; exhibit represents represents Warhol’s career and the interactions that would occur between the arts and sport worlds in the decades to follow. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 236-3100, okcmoa. com.

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Star power The owner’s personal relationship with The Allman Brothers Band inspires the menu and decor of his rock ’n’ roll-themed restaurant.

Green-eyed lady Cheese fries

by GreG elwell

This is Don Elliott’s comeback tour.

Usually reserved for bands that got angry at each other and stopped talking until they ran out of money to fuel their private jets, this comeback performance won’t cost $85 just to leave a bland taste in your mouth.

Instead, Elliott is the man who brought crowd-pleasing hits like Outback Steakhouse and Chili’s to Oklahoma.

But that wasn’t his dream.

“I never wanted to be the corporate guy,” he said. “I don’t want that to be my legacy.”

Which might explain what he’s doing at Five Star Grille, 1920 S. Meridian Ave. Visitors will be forgiven for thinking they’ve stepped into a new chain restaurant, though this is its only location. Yes, the menu design is slick and to-the-point. Yes, the dining room is clean. Yes, the kitchen is open. Yes, the wait staff is eager to please and knowledgeable about the food.

And it’s the food that sets it apart.

Comfort cuisine

The burgers are made with fresh Oklahoma beef — a fact proudly proclaimed on the menu — because competition for hamburger dollars in OKC is fierce. Luckily, Five Star Grille has a seasoned chef in the kitchen who does the seasoning with his own proprietary blend.

A Hobart native, executive chef Jon Pope trained at the famous Le Cordon Bleu culinary arts school, and it shows in the way he elevates comfort foods from common to unconventional.

Stacked on a fresh, locally made La Baguette bun, The Allman Brothers ($7.25) is Elliott’s favorite burger.

Cooked to order, it

Allman brothers burger and fries

comes topped with sautéed mushrooms, onions, bacon and Swiss cheese.

If a mushroom-Swiss burger sounds ordinary, that’s because you haven’t tried this one. The mushrooms aren’t fresh from a can or shoved on raw. Instead, they’ve been cooked to a magical tenderness, nearly becoming one with the ground rib eye patty. The result is an explosion of the beefy, umami flavor that makes hamburgers so appealing.

Given Elliott’s love of The Allman Brothers Band, which he met and befriended in 1992, it’s little wonder he named his favorite dish after it. Its influence is also on the walls, as the decor is largely the work of Kirk West, a photographer who also was The Allman Brothers Band’s tour manager.

Gorgeous, giant, black-and-white photos cover a 40-year history of American rock ’n’ roll.

The menu is as much an ode to

I want a place with great food where you can afford to bring your family for dinner without breaking the bank.

— Don Elliott music as it is to food. The Green-Eyed Lady Cheese Fries ($7.99) are enough to feed a band and maybe a little more.

Fresh-cut fries are doused in a creamy queso blanco sauce and striped with roasted poblano peppers with a dollop of sour cream and chopped green onions on top. It’s messy, but it’s good messy.

If that doesn’t slake your hunger, ask for the (off-menu) brisket nachos.

Rather than tortilla chips, this dish uses fresh potato chips, roasted jalapeños, queso blanco and a heap of slow-cooked brisket.

Elliott was especially proud of the restaurant’s salads, which

five star Grille owner don elliott and chef Jon Pope

Heard it Through The Grapevine salad with a pan-seared tuna filet

caught the eye of the large construction worker contingent in the dining room.

“One guy got a salad, and the others just looked at it,” he said. “The next time, they all got salads.”

That’s not surprising given the flavorful concoction that makes up Heard It Through The Grapevine ($8.99), a giant pile of mixed greens, carrots, bell peppers, raisins, sun-dried tomatoes, feta and a mango vinaigrette.

For $4 extra, the kitchen lays a beautiful, peppery, pan-seared tuna filet on top.

For the Classic Philly ($8.99), Elliott and Pope went to Hobby’s Hoagies for inspiration. As they chowed down on their competition’s sandwich, replete with a crushed cherry pepper sauce, Elliott asked Pope, “Can you make one better?”

The proof is in the bun, where a mélange of seasoned, shaved rib eye and caramelized onions mixes with queso blanco and the chef’s own hot pepper relish.

No item on the menu tops $10,

though a few skirt close at $9.99. The reason is one Elliott learned in his corporate days.

“You don’t want to become a special occasion restaurant,” he said. “I want a place with great food where you can afford to bring your family for dinner without breaking the bank.”

Margins are thinner that way, but he’s confident that good food at reasonable prices will keep customers coming back.

And if that doesn’t do it, he believes that live music on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and a full bar with local beers will.

On this comeback tour, Elliott is happy to wade into the crowd. It’s not uncommon to see him in the dining room, shaking hands and making sure the food is up to customers’ expectations.

With the menu rocking and the audience pouring in, this isn’t Elliott’s encore. In fact, it might just end up being his greatest hit.

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Baller brews

Metro market The student-led Metro Tech Farmers Market opens a new season Friday at 1901 Springlake Drive.

The market mixes a number of student-led booths with 24 vendors from across the state. Students are growing annuals, perennials and herbs for sale.

They’re also creating products, including pepper jelly and salsa made by Metro Tech culinary arts students.

Also available at the market are live cooking demonstrations and free wellness classes inside the building.

Metro Tech Farmers Market grew out of a $50,000 Cox Connects Community IMPACT Grant in 2014. This year’s spring market will run each Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through May 22, weather permitting.

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Oklahoma City-based Anthem Brewing Company is the craft beer sponsor of the Oklahoma City Energy Football Club.

Starting with last Saturday’s home opener against Seattle Sounders FC 2, fans can purchase four varieties of Anthem beer at Energy FC matches.

Anthem managing partner Alan Musser said parallels of both businesses make it a natural partnership.

“Both companies have local roots, local ownership and are committed to being a part of the community,” he said. “Add sports and beer on top of it and it just works.”

The Anthem beers available at the games are pale ale, Belgian blonde, gose and petite saison.

Musser said the petite saison, with chamomile and black pepper notes, is notable for the lower alcohol content.

“The idea of going to a sporting event, having a couple of beers and getting home safely is a good fit,” he said. “The challenging part is the flavor profiles with less alcohol. Brewer Patrick Lively figured out how to get the flavor profiles to work.”

The gose is a light, German-style beer that is a great summer beer, Musser said.

Anthem will also serve as the presenting sponsor for Energy FC pint nights at the team’s newly renovated home playing field, Taft Stadium, 9201 NW 23rd St. “It’s been great to work with Anthem thus far on meeting our craft beer needs,” said Prodigal LLC President Jeff Ewing. “Anthem provides a unique Oklahoma product that our fans will certainly enjoy. We’re excited about the future opportunities that exist with them.”

Graceland getaway There’s a new spot for swinging parties upstairs at Grandad’s Bar, 317 NW 23rd St. Owner Greg Seal (pictured) has transformed the upstairs storage room at the popular honky-tonk bar into The Jungle Room. Modeled in the style of Graceland, the meeting spot offers 300 square feet of classic decor and comfort.

“We’re making it available for private parties and meetings,” he said. “There’s seating for 23, and we can fit in a catering table. It’s a good place to enjoy the bar while getting away from the crowd downstairs.”

One amenity included is a working refrigerator made in 1939 that has been in Seal’s family for years. It can be stocked with beer, and there will be ice buckets for wine and cocktails.

The price for the space starts at $125 an hour with a two-hour minimum, but Seal said they are willing to customize packages if guests require something different.

duck breast topped with fig and port wine reduction and served with asparagus and potatoes.

Duck covered

Blackbird Gastropub 575 S. University Blvd., Suite 110, norman 928-5555 | gldining.com/blackbird What WORkS: The pot roast and duck are out of this world.

From fowl to shepherd’s pie, Blackbird Gastropub is tops.

What NeeDS WORk: more clearly defined parking options. tIP: With TVs aplenty, it gets busy on game days.

by GreG elwell

The Norman of my youth was a lawless wasteland, where killers roamed free and a sickening plague known as “Sooner magic” oozed from the scorched earth, pulling the few good men left into the crimson depths below.

Also, my uncle’s house was there, so that was nice.

There really wasn’t a Norman of my youth, because there was no reason for my kind (OSU grads and their spawn) to visit enemy territory.

Still, the city has changed considerably from that imaginary scenario a few paragraphs back. There are sidewalks now, and buildings. The people breathe air, and so do the dogs.

The fashion police aren’t hunting down visitors one by one, giving them tattoos of the Sooner Schooner.

They even have restaurants like

By now, you should be stuffed, but that has never stopped anyone from getting dessert.

Blackbird Gastropub, 575 S. University Blvd., Suite 110.

Despite the proximity to the university, Blackbird feels like it is a million miles away from a college campus. The atmosphere is light and cool, minimalist without being Spartan.

It’s the sort of spot that is equally comfortable for business lunches, dates or bros just bro-ing on each other after a hard night of bro-ing out on the town.

Apple galette

An absolute essential at Blackbird is the pot roast, which can be had in a variety of ways: nachos ($12), a platter ($17) or, as we tried, sliders (three for $10).

Ciabatta rolls are topped with tender, flavorful pot roast with a jusinfused bottom bun. Truffled mashed potatoes and a thin, fried ring of onion sit atop the beef. Holiday meals wish they tasted as good as this meal-turnedappetizer. There’s only one problem, though. If there are more than three of you (which occurs on occasion), someone might have to make the ultimate sacrifice ... and share.

Still, there’s plenty more good food on the menu. The wild mushroom fontina burger ($10 with fries) is a belly-filler of beefy proportions, especially with the addition of sautéed mushrooms, which brings both a different texture and new dimension to the umami of the patty. One of my friends (local artist, Gazette cartoonist, freelance writer and bon vivant Jack Fowler) refused to try even a bite of it because he won’t eat mushrooms.

Jacky, someday those mushrooms will eat you. You ought to prepay the favor.

For a truly hearty dish, the classic shepherd’s pie ($10) is one of the best.

The base is a mix of ground beef seasoned with rosemary and thyme and mixed with diced vegetables. This also is topped with black truffle oil mashed potatoes before the whole mess goes in the oven, baking and fusing together to form the Voltron of traditional Irish cooking.

Jack also wouldn’t eat this. Jack is a very picky eater. C’mon, Jack; get it together.

One thing we could all agree to eat

was the duck breast with fig and port wine reduction ($18).

Fact: Ducks are nature’s tiny, feathered hobos. They like to ride on trains and eat beans from a can and will bite if you tease them with bread.

Therefore, it is our duty to eat the delicious hobo meat off of ducks — because it is still technically illegal to eat humans.

This dish is 5 gorgeous ounces of duck breast cooked to your liking (I recommend medium-rare) and served with a thick, jammy sauce of fig and port wine. If you haven’t had duck before, perhaps try a bite or two without the sauce, just for the sake of comparison. It is one of my favorite animals to eat, and I hope you come to love it, too.

On the side are more of those truffled mashed potatoes, which neither you nor anyone will tire of eating, as well as honey-glazed carrots and a few spears of fresh asparagus. For $18, it’s a steal and a pretty fancy meal for that business lunch bro you’re dating.

By now, you should be stuffed, but that has never stopped anyone from getting dessert. We tried the apple galette ($6) with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

That hot little apple pie was plenty sweet but not overpowering, and the ice cream helped cool it down. This, too, is a dish you might have to share.

Leaving Blackbird full and logy, we realized how easily this could have been a trap. What if this is Norman’s new plan, to lure Cowboys down with the promise of fine food and then put them to work in the football dungeon, turning the crank that powers Bob Stoops’ robot body?

Luckily for us, that food was worth the risk.

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Stately meal There’s nothing wrong with Oklahoma’s current state meal, which was put on the books in 1988, except that it absolutely belongs to 1988. As good as fried okra, biscuits and gravy and barbecued pork are, Oklahoma City has grown and changed so much since then. We deserve a new state meal for 2015, and on Land Run Day, we get one.

— by Greg Elwell, photos by Mark Hancock and Garett Fisbeck

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If tornadoes and earthquakes don’t wake you up, it might be time to try Oklahoma’s favorite nonalcoholic beverage: coffee. And if you’re in Norman during the school year, volunteer-run Second Wind Coffee is an excellent stop. Need an extra kick?

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What’s more Oklahoman than an Oklahoma Roll? It’s delicious and — like most things we love — imported from other places. Crab stick? Avocado?

Those don’t come from the plains. At Samurai, they come rolled up with cream cheese inside sushi rice and topped with sesame seeds. You won’t know whether to say hi-ya or yee-haw.

If there’s one thing Oklahomans love to eat, it’s absolutely everything. And pizza is one of those meals that can be everything on one pie. With Alfredo sauce, chicken, tomatoes and bacon, the Mooney’s Alfredo at Pizzini’z Pizza is like a sweet slice of heaven in a cardboard box.

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Mexican food part of Oklahoma’s state meal? OK, but counterpoint: Do you want tacos right now? Of course you do. Tacos are one of the Sooner State’s staple meals, which explains the proliferation of taco shops like Taqueria Los Desvelados, where they serve an al pastor taco so good you’ll sing the state song in Spanish.

When the weather gets chilly, Oklahoma City skips the chili and gets a big honking bowl of pho. This Vietnamese delight has spicy beef broth, thin cuts of steak and filling rice noodles. Choose a table at Pho T&N and pour on the Sriracha to ward away the cold like a true Oklahoman.

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There’s nothing wrong with a chickenfried steak, but have you ever tried a non-chicken-fried steak? It’s also very good! And one of the city’s finest purveyors of steakly meals is Ranch Steakhouse. Get your little doggies along if you want to experience prime beef like the dry-aged porterhouse.

The No. 1 consumed vegetable by Oklahomans is ... french fries. OK, so we’re not the healthiest state in the union, but at least we know what we like. The Barrel does a great plate of fries, or go overboard with the chili cheese poutine, which adds fried cheese, beef, gravy and cheese sauce to your expertly cooked potatoes.

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Red America Attendees age 18 and younger get free entrance to this year’s Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival.

BY ZACH JACOBS

Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival June 5-7 Cox Convention Center 1 Myriad Gardens redearth.org 427-5228 $9-$11

Admittance to the Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival, a cultural hub for Native American art and tradition, will be free this year to anyone 18 and under.

Red Earth officials finalized an agreement last fall to host the annual Red Earth Festival at Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens, for the next five years, thus allowing tickets to be sold at a reduced prices for the first time.

Eric Oesch has seen many Red Earth Native American Cultural Festivals. After nearly 17 years with Oklahoma City-based Red Earth as the current deputy director and director of communications, Oesch said he doesn’t remember seeing tickets for the festival go on sale early and at discounted rates.

However, this year, single-day tickets for the festival, which is scheduled for June 5-7, are now available for purchase online for $9 through May 23.

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The new Cox Convention Center deal also means implementing a new online ticket sales option to Red Earth’s website. Oesch said online ticket sales have, so far, been surprisingly brisk.

In years past, Red Earth sold multiple-day tickets, but there were relatively few takers, he said. This new strategy simplies ticket prices and helps get tickets into festivalgoers’ hands more easily.

It’s the only event of its kind in the country where you can win at art and dance. It’s very prestigious.

— Eric Oesch “You don’t have to wait in line at the box office this year,” Oesch said. “Just show them your ticket and you’re in.”

The ticket proceeds will, as in years past, fund prizes for the dancing and art competitions. The 2014 Red Earth Festival offered 36 art competition categories for adults and children and six

A downtown OKC parade kicked off last year’s Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival. categories of competition for adult and youth dancers.

Oesch said he projects Red Earth will award nearly $40,000 in total prize money to this year’s winners.

“Winning at Red Earth is quite an accomplishment,” he said. “It’s the only event of its kind in the country where you can win at art and dance. It’s very prestigious.”

Oesch said festivities begin 10 a.m. Friday, June 5 with the annual Red Earth Festival Parade. Beginning downtown and circling Myriad Botanical Gardens, the parade includes American Indian bands, floats, honor guards, dignitaries and tribal princesses and is free to the public.

The dance competition begins at noon that Friday inside Cox Convention Center and involves all dancers in an event called the Grand Entry of Dancers. Oesch said participants line up single-file, according to their age group and dance category, and dance into the arena one at a time.

This dance, which can last between 30 and 60 minutes, continues with the rhythmic music of the drums until every dancer has entered the arena.

Each dancer wears his or her own distinctive tribal regalia, the procession

of which Oesch called a “kaleidoscope of colors” that, when coupled with the drums, “almost overloads your senses.”

He said media members in years past have come from all over the world, including Germany, Japan, Russia and Yemen. Last year’s international press delegation included journalists from Great Britain and Ireland.

Oesch spoke about a filmmaker who came all the way from Australia several years ago to visit Red Earth Festival for a documentary she was making about American Indians and Australian Aborigines and their similarities and differences.

Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival is also a positive economic contributor, Oesch said.

According to statistics from the Oklahoma City Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Red Earth Festival had a $6.8 million economic impact on the city and state’s economy last year.

Oesch said he and other Red Earth staff and volunteers anticipate a crowd of 15,000-25,000 at this year’s festival.

USA Today readers recently voted Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival No. 9 in its top 10 list of Best Art Festivals.

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The University of Central Oklahoma hosts educational events during Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

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The first line of defense when it comes to sexual assault begins with education and awareness. Oklahoma City is awareness-strong, supporting the national campaign Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM).

All states within the U.S. prohibit sexual assault, unwanted sexual touching to attempted rape and rape. In the U.S., the definition of sexual assault varies widely between individual states.

SAAM has its origins in 1970 England, where women gathered in Take Back the Night marches with a focus on nighttime safety. In 1978 and 1979, women in San Francisco and New York City held similar marches, and subsequent events over the decades in the U.S. evolved into SAAM, which is observed every April.

Every two minutes, someone is sexually assaulted in the U.S. Oklahoma ranks sixth in the nation for reported rapes per capita.

“According to a national survey, 48 percent of women have experienced sexual assault in Oklahoma,” said Karla Docter, senior director of Sexual Assault Services at YWCA Oklahoma City.

“The number of cases we see are unfortunately increasing over time.”

YWCA is a certified provider of sexual assault crisis services to

Oklahoma County, and in 2014, the YWCA crisis hotlines received 829 sexual assault calls. The center provides crisis intervention, danger assessment, safety planning, support, reassurance, validation and resources to sexual assault victims in the area.

Last year, we had 773 cases of sexual assault reported here in Oklahoma City. There are an estimated 60 percent of unreported cases on top of that.

— Paco Balderrama

The existing statistics underestimate the occurrence of sexual assault because many victims often do not come forward and alert police, family or friends.

“Last year, we had 773 cases of sexual assault reported here in Oklahoma City,” said Oklahoma City Police Capt. Paco Balderrama.

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“There are an estimated 60 percent of unreported cases on top of that.

Victims don’t report sexual assault for various reasons. They may be embarrassed, they may feel guilty for thinking they caused the rape, they worry about the negative outcome and so on.”

The police participate in the Start by Believing campaign initiated

by End Violence Against Women International (EVAWI).

“Our response to the victims is that we want to believe, be openminded and appropriate. We ‘start by believing’ to never question the victim’s actions, behavior or secondguess why they were in that situation, so as to not re-traumatize them by disbelieving,” Balderrama said. “We start by listening to the victim.”

Trauma, of course, doesn’t stop at the sexual assault. Routines of everyday life, normal activities, such as grocery shopping, going to work, school, or attending social activities, will feel threatening. Be ready to listen to the victim. Friends and families need to be supportive as a daily routine and be mindful of longterm emotional effects.

Studies have shown that rape victims are six times more likely to develop post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), three times more likely to become depressed, 26 times more likely to abuse drugs, 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol and four times more likely to contemplate suicide.

Sexual assault also often results in financial concerns; the victim might not be compensated for work lost during legal activities, medical treatment, trial or even moving residence for safety.

“As the numbers are increasing throughout the state, the statistics reflect more people are starting to feel more comfortable coming forward and changing the societal attitudes, where they can talk about this issue,” Docter said.

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7 p.m. Thursday Constitution Hall Nigh University Center University of Central Oklahoma 100 N. University Drive, Edmond This lecture will be facilitated by SteveThompson, coordinator of Sexual Aggression Services at Central Michigan University and a nationally known expert on sexual assault, stalking, harassment and threat assessment.

The title No Zebras, No Excuses is an analogy of sexual assault, starting with a lion stalking a herd of zebras. The zebras notice and start to run away. The lion isolates one zebra and brings it down. With the lion now occupied, the zebras stop running and continue munching on grass nearby, thinking, “That will never be me.” But who will be next? The zebras outnumber the lion. Standing together, they are more powerful and could eliminate the threat.

Honor Denim Day Thursday UCO faculty and staff are invited to make a social statement with a fashion statement.

For a $5 donation, faculty and staff may wear jeans to work to support Yes All Daughters, a Norman-based organization that stands for and with victims of sexual assault and bullying.

To make a donation directly to the campaign, contact Michelle Stansel at 974-2224 or mstansel@uco.edu.

A Behavioral Analysis of Sexual Aggression 1 p.m. Thursday Heritage Room Nigh University Center University of Central Oklahoma 100 N. University Drive, Edmond Open to memebers of law enforcement Thompson discusses sexual assault and stalking, offender profiles and investigation strategies. Members of local law enforcement who wish to attend should register by contacting Brittney Criswell, manager of health promotion for UCO Wellness Center, at 974-2320.

UCO Athlete Forum 3 p.m. Thursday Constitution Hall Nigh University Center University of Central Oklahoma 100 N. University Drive, Edmond Open to UCO athletes Thompson will address sexual assault, violence and stalking of university athletes, as well as bystander intervention.

For more information about SAAM, contact Criswell at 974-2320 or bcriswell@uco.edu.

Emergency Contacts Emergency/Police 911 YWCA 24-hour sexual assault hotline 942-7273 WYCA 24-hour domestic violence hotline 917-9922

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Artistic union A GoFundMe campaign fosters collaboration in the art community.

BY GREG HORTON

The Elaborate Collaborate

Oklahoma City artists Romy Owens and Kelsey Karper.

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For non-art majors, “exquisite corpse” sounds a little unsettling, but the term simply describes a fascinating technique. Oklahoma City artists Romy Owens and Kelsey Karper chose the technique as the structure of a collaborative art project that involves more than 50 local artists.

“The exquisite corpse involves drawing on different panels of paper, all of which are invisible to you except the one you’re drawing on,” Owens said. “Each artist only sees a line or two from the previous and successive pieces.”

The pair launched a GoFundMe campaign to help offset costs, and they submitted their idea to the curating committee at Individual Artists of Oklahoma (IAO). The project was accepted, and the project — The Elaborate Collaborate — debuts July 17 at IAO Gallery in tandem with Premiere on Film Row. “We are really excited because this work will evolve over five weeks,” Karper said. “Once the paper component is installed, artists will have access to the installation whenever the gallery is open, and they are free to change any artist’s piece.”

The installation features a paper component and a video component.

Karper and Owens selected 42 visual artists in various styles and media for the paper collaboration. Each sheet of paper is 22” x 30,” and artists will only see lines on both sides of the paper that the pair marked ahead of time. The artists know who is before and after them in the project, and

Karper said they are free to discuss what they are doing or not.

“We even have husband-and-wife teams involved, so it’ll be interesting to see if they share or work in secret,” Karper said.

The video component features 10 artists, both those who work in a fine arts and those who create feature or documentary films. Each video is one minute long, and participants see only 10 seconds of the preceding clip. To make things even more interesting, Eli Casiano, another local artist, was selected to write the film’s score.

“His composition will set the mood or tone for the film,” Owens said. “He will be able to view the completed film before he scores it.”

Owens said she and Karper wanted a collaborative project because the local creative community works well together but they don’t collaborate as often as they would like.

“We started with the idea of collaboration because we have both seen how, in our art and in others’ art, collaboration makes us think about our work and how it pushes us forward in ways that don’t happen when we work alone,” Karper said.

The pair is seeking sponsors, who also will be invited to a July 10 sponsor-only preview. That is the only day the original piece will be available for viewing. After that, the piece changes every day.

“We really expect to have someone working on the piece whenever the gallery is open, and there will definitely be work going on the night of the public opening,” Owens said.

Learn more at gofundme.com/ elaborate.

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Spring songs OKC Philharmonic salutes the season.

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Sun-Drenched Celebrations 8 p.m. Sunday, May 2 Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. okcphilharmonic.org 842-5387 $45-$58

Oklahoma City Philharmonic’s 2015 Inasmuch Foundation Classics Series begins on May 2 with Sun-Drenched Celebrations, a concert featuring four different compositions. Susan Webb, marketing and public relations director for OKC Phil, said the concert is meant as a celebration of life and is perfect for spring.

“This isn’t just a celebration of life and music,” Webb said. “It’s also a celebration of the different cultures that produced the music. There is an echo of the different ethnicities that underlines the orchestration.”

“Danzón No. 2,” the first composition to be performed, is the work of Mexican composer Arturo Márquez. He was touring the salons of Veracruz when he first heard the danzóns that are associated with that region.

“He took those rhythms and melodies and made his own compositions,” Webb said. “They are light and sensual and reflect the region of Veracruz where they originated.”

OKC Phil’s Joel Levine will conduct the four pieces in SunDrenched Celebrations, beginning with “Dancón No. 2” and then Ottorino Respighi’s “Roman Festivals.” The piece is the third in Respighi’s Roman trilogy. Webb describes it as an emotional rollercoaster that moves between a roar and a light melody.

The trilogy is really a symphonic poem, and the material in “Roman Festivals” can seem a bit out of control or cacophonous, but it accurately

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reflects the turmoil and chaos of the massive Roman celebrations, many of which involved revelry, drunkenness and even gladiatorial contests — not exactly the kind of subject that inspires tightly controlled melodies.

Manuel de Falla’s “The ThreeCornered Hat: Suite No. 2” is the third composition. The piece was commissioned as part of a ballet that debuted in 1919. Léonide Massine choreographed the ballet, and when it debuted at the Alhambra Theatre in London, the sets and costumes were designed by Pablo Picasso, adding even more Spanish flavor to the selection.

The final piece of the night returns to Rome and once again features Respighi. The finale is the second piece of the Roman trilogy, “Pines of Rome.”

“The music is lighthearted and upbeat, even jubilant,” Webb said.

“And this piece was the first to feature a prerecorded soundtrack with an orchestra. The soundtrack is a nightingale’s call in the third movement.”

The pines in the piece are the pines associated with different parts of Rome, including the Via Appia Antica, the Villa Borghese and the catacombs.

The music is inspired by people or events associated with the locations, so the composition is blithe when children are at play and triumphal and martial when the legions of Rome are the subject.

Webb said the Philharmonic’s young professionals group, Overture, is growing very fast, and Sun-Drenched Celebrations will offer a special incentive for other young professionals who might be interested in orchestral music.

“When they buy a ticket, they will be able to RSVP for the after-party and attend for free,” Webb said.

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Highland time The ninth annual Iron Thistle Scottish Heritage Festival & Highland Games comes to Yukon.

iron thistle Scottish Heritage festival & Highland Games 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunday Kirkpatrick family farm 1001 Garth Brooks Blvd. unitedscotsok.com $5 children age 9 and younger get in free.

Jonathon Irvin considered going pro.

He spent years competing in Scottish Highland games across the country as a highly ranked amateur. It’s the stuff you see on late-night television: huge, muscled men with beards, wearing kilts and heaving telephone poles end-over-end. In fact, that’s how Irvin, 43, an independent contractor from Moore, got into the sport.

“I was watching ESPN one night super late,” he said. “And I was watching the sheaf toss. They were throwing hay bales up over a bar. I thought, ‘That’s crazy.’”

After learning the sport from other Scottish athletes in the area, he was at the top of his game four years ago, but the time, travel and money commitments, combined with being naturally undersized (at 245 pounds) for a world-class Scottish athlete and his desire to be home with his wife and children, led Irvin to shelve his pro dreams.

What Irvin has done instead is help organize the highly successful Iron Thistle Scottish Heritage Festival & Highland Games. The ninth annual festival runs Saturday and Sunday at Kirkpatrick Family Farm, 1001 Garth Brooks Blvd., in Yukon and features Celtic bands and

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The Caber Toss is a popular competition in Scottish Highland games. pipers, Highland dance, sheep herding demonstrations, archery, children’s activities, Scottish food (haggis!) and shopping (swords!) and the crowd favorite: heavy athletics.

Highland games date back to 11th century Scotland when King Malcolm III used the contests as a way to evaluate bodyguards, said Irvin, president of the United Scottish Clans of Oklahoma,

the nonprofit organization that hosts the festival. Events include caber toss, sheaf toss, Scottish hammer throw, weight throw, weight over bar and the stone put.

Festival attendance has doubled in the past three years, and organizers expect about 7,000 spectators this year, said Laura Ladymon, USCO’s chief development officer, who is also the only Highland dancing instructor in Oklahoma. She owns Ladymon School of Scottish Dance in Yukon and learned the art from 87-year-old Betty Lawrence, a world-famous Scottish dance teacher.

The festival begins Friday with a fire ceremony and ceilidh, Gaelic for party.

The opening ceremonies start at noon on Saturday, followed by the top amateurs competing in heavy athletics. On Sunday morning, the Kirkin’ O’ the Tartan, a traditional church service, will honor Scots and their clans.

Over the years, many Scottish and Irish people have migrated to the American Midwest, and Oklahoma history is dappled with Celtic brethren, Ladymon said. Trader Jesse Chisholm was half-Scottish, and McIntosh County in eastern Oklahoma is named for William McIntosh, a Scottish-Creek tribal chief whose descendants helped found the Western Creek Nation after being displaced from Georgia in 1828.

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Russell Westbrook’s Why Not? Foundation helps children during its fifth annual charity event.

By Brendan Hoover

Unlike his on-court persona — which often combines intense emotion with breathtaking feats of athletic ability — Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Russell Westbrook was all easy smiles and good times during the fifth annual Why Not? Bowl held at AMF Boulevard Lanes in Edmond on April 9.

The charity bowling event benefitted the Russell Westbrook Why Not? Foundation, which works to help children who face hardship of any kind. People from the Oklahoma City community, Los Angeles and as far away as Hong Kong gathered to support the foundation’s programs like Russell’s Reading Room, a literacy initiative, and Russell’s Reading Challenge, which encourages local students to make daily reading a priority.

“It’s exciting to be able to bowl for a good cause and get a chance to get out of the house and have some fun,” Westbrook said. “When I first started my foundation, we kind of sat down and had a plan, and to see it unfold is a blessing.”

Founded in 2012, the foundation supports community-based education and family service programs while encouraging youth to believe in themselves. Growing up, Westbrook and his brother were taught to ask “Why not?” every time they were told they could not do something.

“It’s something me and my buddies came up with growing up in LA,” he said. “We tried to find a way of saying something that encouraged us and obviously could encourage other people across the world.”

Teammate André Roberson said Westbrook’s charitable works are an inspiration to the Thunder organization.

“A lot of people don’t get to see his off-the-court side. All they see is his passion for the game and his on-the-court things he does,” Roberson said. “He’s such a caring and giving person, and we all feed off of that. We just want to give back as much as we can.”

Westbrook’s giving is rampant. In early April, Westbrook gave local 19-yearold single mother Kerstin Gonzales the new KIA sport utility vehicle he won as the part of the Most Valuable Player Award at the 2015 NBA All-Star Game in New York City. In February, he opened his second reading room at Oklahoma City’s Martin Luther King Elementary. The foundation also hosts

Russell Westbrook participates in the Why Not? Foundation bowling event.

Thanksgiving dinners, holiday events and basketball camps in Oklahoma City and Los Angeles.

Russell’s Reading Room provides Oklahoma City children access to books and a safe environment to read in. Each room is filled with 1,200 books for all ages. Since October 2014, Oklahoma City Public Schools students who have participated in Russell’s Reading Challenge have collectively read more than 380,000 minutes.

Westbrook received the October 2014 NBA Cares Community Assist Award in recognition of his efforts to improve child literacy.

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Singer-songwriter Beau Jennings returns to Norman Music Festival, and this time he brings the soundtrack to Will Rogers’ life.

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This free festival packs in more than 300 performances Thursday through Saturday along historic Main Street in Norman. National headlining acts include Ra Ra Riot and Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires. However, a festival stay would be rather short and unfulfilling without swinging by at least a few of the 18 stages and venues, which include everything from Americana and punk to blues and hip-hop.

This year also features a Thursday lineup of local comedy from Ryan Drake, BradChad Porter, James Nghiem, Andrew Deacon and Cameron Buchholtz inside Sooner Theatre on Main Street. On Saturday, comedians Spencer Hicks, Josh Lathe, Heather King, Shawna Blake, Ryan Green, Brett James and Zach Smith perform on the indoor Opolis/Blackwatch stage.

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Sets run from 5:45 p.m.-1 a.m.

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Friday Sets run from 4 p.m.-1 a.m.

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Oklahoma Film & Music Office Panel 1 p.m. Saturday Mainsite Contemporary Art 122 E. Main St., Norman Free This year, NMF features a music panel discussion led by Oklahoma Film & Music Office Director Tava Maloy Sofsky, with Quentin Bomgardner and Joshua Boydston of NMF, Scott Booker of the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma and manager of the Flaming Lips, Dot Rhine of Chevy Music Showcase, singer-songwriter Beau Jennings and Hanson band member Isaac Hanson.

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Beau Jennings and Norman Music Festival (NMF) go together just fine.

“I’ve played it most years,” Jennings said of the three-day event, which runs Thursday through Saturday in downtown Norman.

He also knows most of the organizers and a lot of the bands in this year’s lineup.

“It’s a community effort I enjoy being a part of,” he said.

His band mates include John Calvin Abney, who plays a solo set on Saturday afternoon, and Chase Kerby, who plays a Friday slot with his band, Chase Kerby & The Company.

Jennings brings his band, The Tigers, with him to Saturday’s 3 p.m. performance on the Fowler VW Opolis/ Blackwatch outdoor stage.

He also brings with him the elaborate instrumentation and story of The Verdigris, a soundtrack he released in January about the life of Native American and Okie cowboy Will Rogers. He said he will play nearly the entire album live at this gig, with help from acoustic and electric guitars, pedal steel, drums, bass, keyboards, gramophone, harpsichord and even recorded samples.

The movie of same name, made with help from Oklahoma-tied filmmaker Bradley Beesley (Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo, Okie Noodling, and TV series Rollergirls and Paranormal State) is nearly complete and will likely premiere locally sometime this summer. Later this year, Jennings said he will take The Verdigris film and live show on the road with Beesley in a dual-screening tour that includes the filmmaker’s latest short, Calls to Okies, which premiered earlier this year at the South by Southwest festival in Austin.

Jennings first conceived of the album and movie project back in 2007.

By 2009, he had filmed the first solo acoustic sets for the movie. By 2011, he had completed a successful Kickstarter campaign to get both funded.

“It’s nice that it actually happened,”

he said eight long years later. “Ideas are always the easy part.”

Chronicling the story of Rogers was obvious to Jennings, who grew up near Rogers’ hometown, Oologah.

“It was a matter of geography,” he said. “I was living in Now York City at the time, and I was looking for stuff to write about. The idea ended up bringing me back home.”

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Rapped up Friday’s ever-popular H&8th Night Market includes a live music lineup of local and regional rap and hip-hop artists.

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H&8th Night Market hip-hop showcase with Josh Sallee, Frank Black, MillitantxMindz and Roosh Williams 7-11 p.m. Friday Between NW Sixth and 10th streets along Hudson Avenue h8thokc.com Free

H&8th Night Market has a fresh offering for hungry patrons to devour: hip-hop.

On Friday, Josh Sallee headlines the monthly food truck and culture festival’s main stage as part of a Pairadime Music Group showcase that also includes local rapper Frank Black, hip-hop collective MillitantxMindz and Houston-based artist Roosh Williams.

Pairadime co-founder Gray Thomas said the lineup was put together after organizers reached out to local artists on Twitter.

There are few places where the city’s growing base of hip-hop fans can go to experience music like this live, Thomas said. The inclusive atmosphere developed by H&8th founders attracts and exposes both artists and the community to new things. The festival offers an original experience for everyone.

“Hip-hop shows are extremely fun and well-attended by enthusiastic fans,” he said. “There aren’t a ton of outlets that provide the same type of atmosphere, massively diverse audience or an outside setting to perform at.”

Sallee said he has played the festival before and is excited to return

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as part of Friday’s lineup.

“H&8th is one of the city’s coolest creations,” Sallee said. “It’s a great place for my fans to find a new cool thing to do and also find new fans from this cool thing.”

Thomas said each artist has unique backstories and represents a unique type of hip-hop music that isn’t just chasing what’s hot.

Sallee has received an ample amount of praise and publicity in the past and is a well-known name for local music fans. Williams is of Iranian descent and possesses a diverse vocal and lyrical range in his delivery.

Black is a Virginia transplant with a booming voice and keen storytelling ability. Thomas called MilitantxMindz a “super talented” group that is “headed in the right direction.”

Local producer Blev and rapper Ronnie Williams also will perform at Friday’s festival.

“I feel like this is one of the stronger lineups you could put together of local and regional artists,” Thomas said.

The night also features more than two dozen food trucks, including Crepe Brewers, Kaiteki Ramen, The Loaded Bowl, Big Truck Tacos and Taste of Soul Chicken & Waffle. Last year’s H&8th run was so popular that it expanded its size by a full city block and drew what organizers said was the largest food truck festival attendance in the nation.

This season, Industry Flea also joins the festival to offer its open-air market of vintage goods, shops and artisans. The family and pet-friendly event is the last Friday of each month and runs through October. For more information, visit h8thokc.com.

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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead launches its 20th anniversary tour from OKC with a Friday show.

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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead with Your Favorite Enemies and Boyfrndz 8 p.m. Friday The Conservatory 8911 N. Western Ave. ticketstorm.com 607-4805 $15

For two decades, Austin-based ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead has made a career of annihilating the lines between progressive rock, indie music and punk rock. It has become a regional regular with a large and loyal following in and around Oklahoma.

To celebrate, it launches its 20th

anniversary tour from Oklahoma City with a Friday visit to The Conservatory, 8911 N. Western Ave. Started by drummer Jason Reece and vocalist and guitarist Conrad Keely in 1995, Trail of Dead’s sound is an amalgam of varied and seemingly disparate genres of music. Its influences include post-hardcore pioneer Fugazi, ’70s psychedelic blues-rock monster Led Zeppelin, classical German composer Johann Sebastian Bach and even hiphop icon Public Enemy.

Lyrically, the band also hasn’t been afraid to tackle issues that are both personal and political in nature. For example, its eighth record, Lost Songs, released in 2012, is a wholly political album that drew from current events — including the Syrian civil war — and was in part dedicated to Russian feminist punk act Pussy Riot.

However, its latest album, IX,

released last year, travelled both lyrically and sonically in almost the opposite direction. The band even changed how it recorded its songs, Reece said in a recent phone interview with Oklahoma Gazette.

Trail of Dead headed out to Sonic Ranch, located in a town called Tornillo, Texas.

“A lot of people that we know have recorded out there, like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Beach House,” Reece said.

“We were out there in the desert, trying to figure out what direction we wanted to take the music, and we just jammed for hours.”

The Sonic Ranch recordings included hours of instrumental tracks fit for a horror or sci-fi film soundtrack, he said, but many also became the songs that formed IX. “A lot of the lyrical direction [of those songs] is more about loss and the people and things we’ve lost in the past,”

Reece said. “I don’t think we’ve ever really touched on that subject.”

Joining Trail of Dead on this tour is Canadian DIY alt-rock act Your Favorite Enemies. In addition to juxtaposing sociopolitical lyrics with its radiofriendly sound, the band has worked extensively with groups like Amnesty International on issues abroad and close to home.

“That’s always been part of who we were, even before being in a band,” said guitarist Jeff Beaulieu. “We’ve always been doing conferences in high schools and talking about bullying and racism.”

Above all else, Beaulieu said, Your Favorite Enemies’ main focus is freedom of speech, the press and expression.

“That always has been our main battlefield,” he said. “Music is such a powerful tool, and I think it’s great when people encourage it to go beyond just rock ’n’ roll.”

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Standard bearer A new venue works to attract larger music acts to the city.

BY GREG HORTON

A new music venue slated to open in 2016 hopes to make Oklahoma City more attractive to large indie music acts. The Criterion, located in east Bricktown, will seat approximately 3,500 people and, depending upon seat arrangement, could hold up to 4,000.

Scott Marsh of Levelland Productions will be the general manager of The Criterion, and he said the seating is moveable on both the lower and mezzanine levels, meaning the venue can adapt for crowd size and band type.

“We can actually remove all 2,500 seats on the lower level if we have an EDM show,” Marsh said. “And if we have a smaller act, we can block off the mezzanine level, making the venue feel smaller and more intimate, as well as keeping the room full.”

Ronnye Farmer, one member of the ownership group, said an exact open date is not available yet.

“We have already had a week of delays due to weather, but we’re optimistic that we can open in January or February of 2016,” he said.

The Criterion will be one piece of the development that is occurring in east Bricktown, and Marsh said the owners are excited about their neighbors.

“The steelyards will be a multipurpose facility that includes retail and apartments, and we will have a SpringHill Suites Hotel just east of us,” Marsh said.

The Criterion will also have dedicated parking on the west side of the building. The facility will be 39,000 square feet when completed and will include a full bar. Farmer said the bar will be managed by the

A mock-up of the new Criterion music venue planned for Bricktown with plans to open in 2016. ownership group, but food will be handled by an outside group, the identity of which has not been determined.

Farmer and business partner Philip Randolph own Wormy Dog Saloon, and they have a great deal of experience handling large events.

“We have the amphitheater in Eufaula, and we did more than 12,000 people for Gary Allan and Cross Canadian Ragweed,” Farmer said.

“We have also managed Calf Fry for the past five years, and that’s about 35,000 people.”

Farmer said part of the group’s decision was based on being weary of dealing with issues related to outdoor shows.

“We have done concerts in the parking lot of the Wormy Dog, but with an indoor venue, you don’t have to worry about weather or noise or neighbors, all the factors that make outdoor concerts complicated,” he said.

Unlike the Wormy Dog, which focuses on Red Dirt acts, The Criterion will feature a broad range of music, from EDM to singersongwriter, rock and country. Marsh said acts travel the corridor between Dallas and Kansas City constantly and acts that need a medium-sized venue typically choose Tulsa, thanks to Cain’s Ballroom and Brady Theater.

The Criterion will be the perfect size to pull those large indie acts into Oklahoma City.

“Managers and bands want a larger market,” Marsh said. “Oklahoma City is clearly a larger market, and The Criterion will give those acts a chance to tap into this larger market.”

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LIVE MUSIC WEDNESDAY, APR. 22

DJ SIX, Russell’s, Tower Hotel. VARIOUS Forum, Blue Note Lounge. ROCK Gentry, Kendell’s Bar. VARIOUS

Amarillo Junction, JJ’s Alley. ACOUSTIC

Hoodie Allen, University of Tulsa Reynolds Center, Tulsa.

HIP-HOP

Edgar Cruz/Jeff Nokes and Freinds, Avanti Bar & Grill.

ACOUSTIC

Jeremy Thomas Quartet, UCO Jazz Lab, Edmond. JAZZ

Grant Wells, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO

John Arnold Band, Thunderbird Casino, Norman. COUNTRY

Greg Northwood, Will Rogers Lobby Cafe & Bar. BLUES

Josh Tullis, Colcord Hotel. VARIOUS

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

Karen Khoury, Legend’s Restaurant, Norman. PIANO

Replay/80’z Enuf, Baker St. Pub & Grill. COVER

Mark Vollertsen, Red Rock Canyon Grill. ACOUSTIC

Rick Jawnsun, Colcord Hotel. ACOUSTIC

Modest Mouse/Morning Teleportation, Diamond Ballroom. ROCK

Scott Lowber/Will Galbraith/Ed VanBuskirk, Friends Restaurant & Club. COVER

Rocky Kanaga, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill.

ACOUSTIC

THURSDAY, APR. 23

Roy Lee Scott & The Flying Cowboys, Sliders. COUNTRY

Brand New/Circa Survive/The Weaks, Diamond Ballroom.

ROCK Brent Saulsbury/Will Galbraith/Wayne Duncan, Friends Restaurant & Club. ROCK

Jason Boland & The Stragglers

Shakey Graves/David Ramirez, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa.

VARIOUS Slowvein, Belle Isle Restaurant & Brewery. ROCK Stars, Riverwind Casino, Norman. COVER

David Morris, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO

Stealing Saturn, Fort Thunder Harley Davidson, Moore.

ROCK

Drive/Charles Scott Duo, Red Rock Canyon Grill. ACOUSTIC

Stereo Deck, Oklahoma City Limits. ROCK

Kyle Reid and The Low Swingin’ Chariots/Johnny Boyd, The Blue Door. JAZZ

STOUT, Bourbon Street Bar. VARIOUS Tony Foster, The Paramount OKC. R&B

Lee Roy Parnell, Grady’s 66 Pub, Yukon. COUNTRY

SATURDAY, APR. 25

LUCKY, Colcord Hotel. COVER Replay, Baker St. Pub & Grill. COVER Samantha Crain/The Oh Johnny Girls, The Deli, Norman.

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Albert & Gage, The Blue Door. COUNTRY

The Bright Light Social Hour/Talk in Tounges, The Vanguard, Tulsa. ROCK

Attica State, Tapwerks Ale House & Cafe. ROCK

FRIDAY, APR. 24

Balance & Composure/Arliss Nancy, The Conservatory.

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...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead/Your Favorite Enemies/Boyfrndz, The Conservatory. ROCK

Class Act, Riverwind Casino, Norman. VARIOUS

Avenue, Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse. COVER

Aaron Newman Band, Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse.

ACOUSTIC Ben Marshal, Wormy Dog Saloon. COUNTRY Big G, Remington Park. BLUES

Oklahoma singer-songwriters gather once a year to honor the godfather of Red Dirt music, Bob Childers. This year, three venues — Eskimo Joe’s, George’s Stables and Stonewall Tavern — host over 50 musicians as they share songs and memories of the late musician. Performers include Jason Boland, Mike Hosty, Randy Crouch, Kaitlin Butts, Scott Carson, Ali Harter, Mike McClure and Kierston White. It kicks off 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, in Stillwater, and proceeds benefit Red Dirt Relief Fund.

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Caleb McGee, The Deli, Norman. ROCK

Derek Harris Power Duo, Bedlam Bar-B-Q. FOLK

LUCKY/Shaun Suttle, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. COVER

Derek Paul and the Handsome Devils, Wormy Dog Saloon.

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Billy Bob Thornton/The Boxmasters/Electric Rag band, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa. ROCK

Zappa Plays Zappa, ACM@UCO Performance Lab. COVER

Dirty Red & The Soulshakers, Bourbon Street Bar. BLUES

Edgar Cruz, Othello’s Italian Restaurant, Norman.

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Hosty Duo, Belle Isle Restaurant & Brewery. ROCK Howard Brady, Full Circle Bookstore. VARIOUS Jamie Bramble, Uptown Grocery Co., Edmond. ACOUSTIC PROVIDED

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Grant Stevens, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO

Christian Pearson/Gary Johnson, Skirvin Hilton Hotel.

PIANO

Wednesday, April 29

A Skylit Drive, The Conservatory. ROCK

Don and Melodee Johnson, Twelve Oaks, Edmond. JAZZ

Charlie Robison, Wormy Dog Saloon. COUNTRY

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TUESDAY, APR. 28

DJ Rodney Ladd, Colcord Hotel. VARIOUS

Brandon Jenkins, The Blue Door. SINGER/SONGWRITER

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Blind Date, Oklahoma City Limits. COVER

Kam Brad, Colcord Hotel. VARIOUS Karen Khoury, Legend’s Restaurant, Norman. PIANO Kenny Pitts, The Paramount OKC. VARIOUS Mormons in Vegas, HiLo Club. ROCK Mprav, Remington Park. COVER

Hozier/Low Roar, Brady Theater, Tulsa. ROCK Karen Khoury, Legend’s Restaurant, Norman. PIANO Larry Pierce Combo, The Depot, Norman. JAZZ

Marilyn Manson, Chevy Bricktown Events Center. ROCK

WEDNESDAY, APR. 29 Atom Ray Trio, Will Rogers Lobby Cafe & Bar. JAZZ

Michael Kleid, Colcord Hotel. VARIOUS

Edgar Cruz/Jeff Nokes and Freinds, Avanti Bar & Grill.

ACOUSTIC

Mike Hosty ‘One Man Band’, The Deli, Norman. ROCK

Eric Dunkin, Colcord Hotel. ACOUSTIC

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

Grant Wells, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO

MONDAY, APR. 27

Iron & Wine/Gregory Alan Isakov, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa.

SINGER/SONGWRITER Marilyn Manson, Brady Theater, Tulsa. ROCK Maurice Johnson, R&J Lounge and Supper Club. JAZZ

Alan Orebaugh and Friends/The Handsome Devils, The Deli, Norman. ROCK

Scott Lowber/Will Galbraith/Ed VanBuskirk, Friends Restaurant & Club. COVER

MyRock, Red Rock Canyon Grill. ACOUSTIC

Alan Orebaugh and Friends/The Handsome Devils, The Deli, Norman. ROCK

The Weathermen, Baker St. Pub & Grill. VARIOUS

Roy Lee Scott & The Flying Cowboys, Sliders. COUNTRY

Ali Harter Residency, Blue Note Lounge. SINGER/ SONGWRITER

My So Called Band, The Deli, Norman. COVER

Zappa Plays Zappa, Masterclass 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Concert 8 p.m.

Tuesday, ACM@UCO Performance Lab

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Stat Band, Russell’s, Tower Hotel. R&B Trey Rosenthal, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill.

SINGER/SONGWRITER Wade Bowen/Whiskey Myers/The Herrold Sisters, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa. COUNTRY Zardonic, Cleveland County Fairgrounds, Norman.

VARIOUS

Chad Slagle, Robinson Renaissance. SINGER/ SONGWRITER Falling in Reverse/Ghost Town, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa.

ROCK Rick Toops, Friends Restaurant & Club. ROCK

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Submissions run as space allows, although we strive to make the listings as inclusive as possible.

Fax your listings to 528-4600 or e-mail them to listings@okgazette.com. Sorry, but phone submissions cannot be accepted.

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Oklahoma City resident Philip Bauer as Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash tribute artist Philip Bauer walks the line every time he steps on stage.

He maintains the illusion that he is the legendary Man in Black while holding back his own, self-described goofball personality as he transforms into the sullen, brooding icon that most fans want to remember.

“When I get into character, I stay in character and I never break character,” Bauer said. “People will come up after the show and say, ‘I saw you in 1965.’ It really brings back memories for people.”

Even though he said he has always been able to mimic voices, Bauer admitted that it took countless hours of watching videos with the sound off to perfect Cash’s “quirks and ticks and things he does with his eyes and shoulders.”

As he watches the audiences that watch him, he said the work has been worth it.

“Getting them to forget I’m not him and getting them to forget they are watching an impersonator allows them to sit back and really enjoy this performer they loved,” he said. “It really pulls them in and to me. That’s the funnest part.”

Once he took to the stage of Oklahoma City’s The Centennial Rodeo Opry in Stockyards City to grand acclaim, Bauer realized he struck pay dirt.

The performance was recorded and uploaded to YouTube, and as the number of views climbed, so did the offers to perform all over the world. It was enough for him to quit his sales

and marketing job and take on Cash full-time.

“His life, going from sinner to saint, changing his life, it’s really inspiring and it’s why people will never forget him,” Bauer said.

And he believes it’s a big part of why people keep coming back for more of his authentic show.

This year, he’s performing in Las Vegas, Australia and the Oklahoma State Fair. He also was selected for a live performance Tuesday at the Whiskey a Go Go in Los Angeles that will be broadcast that night as part of AXS TV’s The World’s Greatest Tribute Bands. The series features live, one-hour concerts from musicians who become icons on stage.

“There are 350 submissions a year, and they only pick eight, so I’m honored, but I’m also feeling abject fear,” Bauer said. “I guess what I’m going do is sing to the room … and I’ll just try to figure out how to ignore the boxes with the little red lights on them.”

Bauer describes his set as Johnny Cash for Dummies because it includes classic hits “Folsom Prison Blues” and “Ring of Fire” alongside latter-day cult favorites “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” and “Hurt.”

If he’s in the mood, he might also play his own personal favorite, “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,” which he calls a “beautiful song by Kris Kristofferson about a lonely guy with a hangover wandering the streets.”

“I hope people watch the show to see your OKC boy do good, and hopefully it’ll bring back some memories for them,” Bauer said.

Learn more about Bauer at philipbauer.com.

life film

No Doubt

Merchants of Doubt

By Jennifer ChanCellor

hearings and on news networks, is told “there is no scientific consensus.” Perhaps most relevant to local viewers is Kenner’s examination of environmental-journalistturned-industry-shill Marc Morano. The former door-to-door-salesman-turnedpaparazzi eventually settled with Sen. James Inhofe as his communications director. The method Morano uses to discredit climate science is attacking the personal lives of scientists as a way to weaken the integrity of their discoveries.

As narrator and magician Jamy Ian Swiss explains, this method of misdirection works because people become engaged in something off-topic.

It diverts focus from facts to abstracts like “American freedom.” Scientific evidence is then minimalized as the discussion is redirected to fallacious, slippery slope arguments.

The documentary shows how Morano launches massive attacks that induce gridlock in the legislation process and nonscientific assertions that cause distraction and confusion in everyone from the casual viewer to top news outlets and legislative branches. Apparently, nothing is off-bounds. Morano no longer works for Inhofe, but his methods informed a generation of fact-spinners.

Similarly, Doubt examines how members of the Republican party have baldly reversed their own platforms regarding climate change. Big industry, including ExxonMobil and Koch, seemingly employs armies of groups to fight solely for “American prosperity,” all the while disregarding proof of damage, threat, injury or accountability. For example, when Rep. Bob Ingles broke rank after investigating climate change

on his own, he did so at his own peril and roundly lost his next election.

The scientific method means continually examining new and updated scientific studies. The development of think tanks to find solutions to hypothetical issues often become skewed to partisan preconceptions in the process — especially the George C. Marshall Institute think tank, largely funded by ExxonMobil.

Climate scientists Ben Santer, Michael Mann and Katharine Hayhoe all show evidence of their own lives being threatened and harassed as retaliation for simply doing their jobs.

The difference between magicians and criminals is a magician is honest about his lies, Swiss explains. These industries are deceptive — sometimes dangerously so. provided

Merchants of Doubt is a powerhouse documentary that examines how big industry skews science in its attempts to stall inevitable regulations and obfuscate the truth.

All too often, the sleight of hand works, and it is deadly.

Director Robert Kenner examines case studies that intertwine, including climate change, big tobacco, flame retardants and asbestos makers. Often, the same “debunkers” are handsomely paid by these industries to contradict established scientific findings across all industries.

All that’s needed is a fraction of doubt, and corporations can easily broaden their profit margins for weeks, months or years. Just find one scientist who might disagree and everyone from Congress to the general public, in

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A documentary throws back the curtain on how big industry dodges accountability by employing junk science and deception.

Cyber ruffian

Online terror shifts into hyperspeed as a suicide victim exacts her revenge in Unfriended.

Unfriended

By Daniel Bokemper

Set entirely within the desktop of a high school senior’s MacBook, Levan Gabriadze’s unique twist on found footage in Unfriended (previously Cybernatural) spurs a folder full of innovation.

For the most part, the film does deliver a rather unsettling experience.

However, a cast of didactic and mostly violently vocal teens seems to encourage cyberbullying rather than halt it.

After viewing the footage of her former friend’s suicide, Blaire (Shelley Hennig) is interrupted during an intimate cyber moment with her boyfriend, Mitch (Moses Jacob Storm).

Jess (Renee Olstead), Val (Courtney Halverson), Ken (Jacob Wysocki) and Adam (Will Peltz) Skype themselves into the fray.

In the midst of planning for an upcoming night of debauchery, the

group notices an unknown profile sharing their group chat. (Nothing is more terrifying than the overuse of ellipses during instant messaging.)

The user claims to be aforementioned suicide victim Laura (Heather Sossaman), seeking revenge for the viral ridicule she endured due to an embarrassing video. Harmless hacks become lethal assaults as the digital poltergeist demonstrates its possessive abilities. Gradually, the individuals admit their most depraved secrets as the damage wrought is far too powerful for any task manager to force-quit.

Early praise can be awarded to Gabriadze’s ability to conjure several powerful scares via an LED monitor.

From the initial distortion of Universal’s mark to the subtle tweaks in Facebook’s interface, the territory the filmmaker bounds is more than familiar to most

of us. Likewise, the parade of modern software, including Spotify and Finder, drives this point even further.

For many of us, a crashing program or unresponsive peripheral evokes inexhaustible hatred, and to suggest a malevolent force might be the cause is frighteningly brilliant.

Timing is adequate and tension, though at times comedic, serves its purpose — I can safely say that I have never been put on edge by an operating system’s emptying recycle bin before this film. In other instances, however, too much attention is placed on the characters’ tendency to one-up one another in derogatory ways. For example, one might think a violent death would be enough to shunt misogyny, yet the male teens’ ability to objectify their female counterparts goes entirely unaddressed. Most horror

films will, by default, emphasize a protagonist’s most pressing, underlying flaw, yet the focus here is misdirected.

Likewise, it is a bit odd that a victim of severe harassment finds glee in conjuring up much of the same.

Vengeful justice is key in many movies of this nature, but when done well, it educates.

However, Laura seems completely satisfied with cultivating a community built on mob ridicule. Why would one focus on a few (albeit terrible) individuals when it was ultimately the voice of thousands that spurred her demise? This method unfortunately concludes without a satisfying reason.

Still, the film does put forth a unique turn on terror. Finding unaddressed horror in the most common of venues is the sign of an early master of horror.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) If you’re stumped about what present to give someone for a special occasion, you might buy him or her a gift card. It’s a piece of plastic that can be used as cash to buy stuff at a store. The problem is, a lot of people neglect to redeem their gift cards.

They leave them in drawers and forget about them.

Financial experts say there are currently billions of dollars going to waste on unredeemed gift cards.

This is your metaphor of the moment, Aries. Are there any resources you’re not using? Any advantages you’re not capitalizing on? Any assets you’re ignoring? If so, fix the problem.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) I usually have no objection to your devoted concern (I won’t use the phrase “manic obsession”) with security and comfort. But there are rare phases in every Taurus’s life cycle when ironclad stability becomes a liability. Cruising along in a smooth groove threatens to devolve into clunking along in a gutless rut. Now is such a phase. As of this moment, it is healthy for you to seek out splashes of unpredictability. Wisdom is most likely to grow from uncertainty. Joy will emerge from an eagerness to treasure the unknown.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) There may be a flood-like event that will wash away worn-out stuff you don’t need any more. There might be an earthquake-type phenomenon that only you can feel, and it might demolish one of your rotten obstacles. There could be a lucky accident that will knock you off the wrong course (which you might have thought was the right course). All in all, I suspect it will be a very successful week for benevolent forces beyond your control. How much skill do you have in the holy art of surrender?

CANCER (June 21-July 22) What is your biggest excuse? Or rather, what is your THICKEST, SICKEST, MOST DEBILITATING

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you were a supporting character in a popular TV drama, the producers would be cooking up a spin-off show with you in a starring role. If you were in an indie rock band, you’d be ready to move from performing at 300-seat venues to clubs with an audience capacity of 2,000.

If you have always been just an average egocentric romantic like the rest of us, you might be on the verge of becoming a legend in your own mind — in which case it would be time to start selling T-shirts, mugs, and calendars with your image on them. And even if you are none of the above, Leo, I suspect you’re ready to rise to the next level.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Free at last! Free at last! Thanks to the Lord of the Universe or the Flying Spaghetti Monster or a burst of crazy good luck, you are free at last! You are free from the burden that made you say things you didn’t mean! You are free from the seductive temptation to rent, lease, or even sell your soul! Best of all, you are free from the mean little voice in your head — you know, the superstitious perfectionist that whispers weird advice based on fearful delusions! So now what will you do, my dear? You have escaped *from* the cramped, constricted conditions. Maybe you can escape *to* wide-open spaces that will unleash the hidden powers of your imagination.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) It will soon be that time when you are halfway between your last birthday and your next birthday.

I invite you to make this a special occasion. Maybe you can call it your anti-birthday or unbirthday.

How to celebrate? Here are some ideas: 1. Imagine who you would be if you were the opposite of yourself. 2. Write a list of all the qualities you don’t possess and the things you don’t need and the life you don’t want to live. 3. Try to see the world through the eyes of people who are unlike you. 4.

Extend a warm welcome to the shadowy, unripe, marginal parts of your psyche that you have a hard time accepting, let alone loving. 5. Any other ways you can think of to celebrate your anti-birthday?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) As I climb the first hill along my regular hike, both sides of the path are dominated by a plant with glossy, three-lobed leaves. They’re so exuberant and cheerful, I’m tempted to caress them, even rub my face in their bright greenery. But I refrain, because they are poison oak. One touch would cause my skin to break out in an inflamed rash that would last for days. I encourage you, too, to forgo contact with any influence in your own sphere that is metaphorically equivalent to the alluring leaves of the poison oak.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today the French Capricorn painter Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is regarded as a foremost pioneer of modern art. Some critics say his innovative influence on painting nearly matched Picasso’s. But during the first part of the 20th century, his work often provoked controversy. When a few of his paintings appeared at a major exhibition in Chicago, for example, local art students were shocked by what they called its freakishness. They held a mock trial,

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convicted Matisse of artistic crimes, and burned his painting Blue Nude in effigy. I don’t expect that you will face reactions quite as extreme as that in the coming weeks, Capricorn. But it will make sense to express yourself with such forceful creativity and originality that you risk inciting strong responses.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Leonardo da Vinci had skills in many fields, ranging from botany to engineering to cartography, but he is best known as a painter. And yet in his 67 years on the planet, he finished fewer than 40 paintings. He worked at a very gradual pace. The Mona Lisa took him 14 years! That’s the kind of deliberate approach I’d like to see you experiment with in the coming weeks, Aquarius. Just for a while, see what it’s like to turn down your levels of speed and intensity. Have you heard of the Slow Food Movement? Have you read Carl Honoré’s book In Praise of Slowness? Do you know about Slow Travel, Slow Media, and Slow Fashion?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Modern movies don’t scrimp on the use of the f-bomb. Actors in The Wolf of Wall Street spat it out 569 times. The word-that-rhymes-with-cluck was heard 326 times in End of Watch, while Brooklyn’s Finest racked up 270 and *This Is the End* erupted with an even 200. But this colorful word hasn’t always been so prominent a feature. Before 1967, no actor had ever uttered it on-screen. That year, Marianne Faithfull let it fly in the film *I’ll Never Forget What’s’isname.* In the coming weeks, Pisces, I invite you to break a taboo that’s maybe not as monumental as Faithfull’s quantum leap, but still fabulously fun and energizing. Be a liberator! End the repression! Release the blocked vitality!

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