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ON THE COVER

Sometimes, we all need a day off. Nearly 30 years ago this year, Ferris Bueller showed us all how it should be done in the timeless comedy classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. This Independence Day weekend, we took a few pages from Bueller’s hooky playbook. Celebrate our freedom with fireworks and salutes. (Find events listed in this issue!) But also get out there and get great views, visit a baseball game, twist and shout with a parade (of beer options) and more. Cover story by Greg Horton, P. 28.

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Election: follow-up

Metro briefs

City: Stage Center

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Documented success Education can help bridge the gap for students who lack citizenship documentation.

BY BEN FELDER

Undocumented students

That’s where Patel’s nonprofit comes in. Called Aspiring Americans Initiative, Patel’s organization works with high schools to help counselors, teachers and principals understand the resources that exist to help undocumented students. One of the best resources available to undocumented students is Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA. Signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2012, DACA allows undocumented students who entered the U.S. under the age of 16 to pursue education or military service without fear of deportation. It also means undocumented students can pursue a college education and apply for financial aid. “I asked [schools] if they were offering their students DACA, and the

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Akash Patel, founder of Aspiring Americans Initiative, works on a campaign for a local immigration lawyer in his Oklahoma City office. Patel is in the process of working with the entire Oklahoma City Public School district in an effort to train school officials on how to help undocumented students. “Those cracks I was talking about are knowledge cracks, and we can fill those cracks without having to wait for immigration reform and having to lobby legislators,” Patel said.

Combating fear

SHANNON CORNMAN

For undocumented teenagers, life after high school can sometimes appear bleak. Education is often used as a portal to a better life, but for those students who enter the United States without going through the proper channels, not much hope exists to ever come out of a shadow world where individuals can fall prey to crime, violence and unemployment. “The question I wanted to answer is, What is happening to undocumented immigrant high school students who are falling through the cracks?” said Akash Patel, who, after graduating from the University of Oklahoma last year, decided to create a nonprofit to address this problem. “And those cracks are not finishing high school and not going on to college.” After speaking with several school officials, community leaders and families that were willing to talk, Patel heard many horror stories of students coming home to find their parents in handcuffs and being deported, feeling forced to create a fake social security number in order to get a job and other examples of students feeling disconnected from their community. “I asked school counselors what they were doing to help these students,” Patel said. “They said, ‘We don’t know how to help them.’”

I asked school counselors what they were doing to help these students. They said, ‘We don’t know how to help them.’ — Akash Patel

counselors looked at me like, ‘What’s DACA?’” Patel said. “We signed a lot of kids up this year [for DACA],” said Clay Vinyard, principal at Ulysses S. Grant High School in Oklahoma City, which is one of the first schools to work with Patel’s nonprofit and is home to one of the city’s highest population of immigrant students. “We have a lot of

kids going to college this year because of this program.” Vinyard said a lot of his teachers and counselors were unaware of DACA and what it actually meant for undocumented students. Now, with the help of Patel’s organization, teachers and administrators at U.S. Grant are able to communicate the benefits of DACA to students and provide post-secondary options. However, there are some challenges in getting families to seek out the help, as many remain skeptical of authority figures. “We want to create a culture where people aren’t scared of being undocumented citizens,” Vinyard said. “You tell the kids, ‘We are going to meet to discuss this program’ ... and for people who live in fear, there is a fear of the unknown. There is a fear of being taken back to Mexico or wherever they immigrated from. Building that trust between the district and the families is important in an effort to help educate them on what’s available.”

Educating school and community leaders is one step. But as Vinyard alluded to, many undocumented residents are afraid and are not quick to trust a helping hand. “I see people who are extremely scared. Especially after the tornado last year, we had a number of people come to the cathedral seeking assistance,” said Justin Lindstrom, pastor of St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, which works with many immigrant families in OKC. “They didn’t want to go through the federal assistance programs. They didn’t even want to go through the Red Cross or Salvation Army because they were afraid of their status.” Pew Research Center estimates Oklahoma is home to 75,000 undocumented residents, which is a 500 percent increased from 20 years ago. The reality is undocumented residents are in OKC, and the number increases each year. Most lawmakers, even those against immigration, acknowledge deportation isn’t necessarily a good solution. But helping individuals advance in their education and obtain work skills might just be. Patel, who moved to America at age 2 with his family, has a personal experience with the difficulty in a family immigrating to the United States. That experience helped plant a seed in Patel to discover ways to make the process better for others. “The counselors at my school weren’t really able to help me,” Patel said about his own experience. “There are other Akashes out there who need help and support.”

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Jason Dunnington attends his watch party last week in the Plaza District in the race to become House District 88’s Democratic nominee.

Paula Sophia at her election-night watch party in Oklahoma City.

Primary school There’s a lot to learn from last week’s primary races. Sophia and Dunnington advance to a runoff in the Democratic primary, educators rally around a new Republican candidate and minority candidates attempt to break new ground. BY BEN FELDER

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Grassroot groups flex muscle with Hofmeister win

The anonymous author of the popular education blog OK Education Truths has been openly opposed to State Superintendent Janet Barresi, and there was plenty to write about following Tuesday’s primary election. However, beyond the actual blog posts and reader comments following Barresi’s defeat, the videos embedded on the site might have offered a better glimpse at how some education advocates were feeling following the election of Joy Hofmeister in the Republican primary. For example, someone posted the

This has been a grassroots effort like I have never seen. This started in very humble ways. We have been outspent four to one. Joy Hofmeister

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music video for Green Day’s “Good Riddance,” a farewell tune that says, “It’s something unpredictable, but in the end is right.” Then there was the music video of the U2 hit “Beautiful Day.” And the most telling image might have been the simple GIF of Tim Robbins’ character in The Shawshank Redemption lifting his hands to the sky in euphoria after escaping from prison. Simply put, there were many who were excited about Barresi’s defeat. That Barresi had sizable opposition was no secret. Teachers, parents and advocates had spent the past several

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group of voters. The task for Sophia and Dunnington will now be trying to convince Faulk and Gibbons supporters to switch their support in August. “I think that there’s a strong component of people who are antiDunnington, and I think I will be able to sway a lot of them my way,” Sophia said. The runoff continues one of the Democratic Party’s more contested primary races as all four candidates combined to spend more than $110,000 in an effort to replace Rep. Kay Floyd, D-Oklahoma City, who won her primary for Senate District 46 convincingly. As supporters from the two neighboring watch parties trickled home last Tuesday, some mingled on the sidewalk out front, discussing the race and remarking that the two hardest-working candidates had survived to fight another day. “We put in a lot of work,” Dunnington said. “That’s why we are standing here.”

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Jason Dunnington and Paula Sophia held watch parties at next-door establishments last week in the Plaza District, which was fitting — and convenient for reporters — as the two Democratic candidates would emerge from the House District 88 primary as the top vote-getters in a hotly contested race that will decide the next representative. None of the four candidates in the primary hit the 51 percent mark necessary to claim a primary election victory, which means Dunnington and Sophia will advance to an Aug. 26 runoff. “I felt like the last two weeks, we were gaining a lot of momentum,” said Sophia, who finished second with 23.6 percent of the vote. “Coming into this weekend, I thought I just might make the runoff. Considering we were the last to get into the race and starting with no money, we were able to create a campaign. And now we have two months to keep the momentum coming, and we may just clinch this.” Sophia, a former Oklahoma City police officer, fought off Mark Faulk (19.4 percent) and John Gibbons (16.4 percent) to claim the second-place spot. Dunnington won the primary with 40.5 percent of the vote. “Obviously, we’ve got work to do still, but we are excited,” Dunnington said. “We will go back to talking to supporters for all three [candidates], and we will do our best to show why we think we are the best candidate in the race and why we are the best to move the state forward and the Democratic Party forward.” With more than 2,300 votes cast in the district, each candidate showed an ability to engage with a sizable

— Joy Hofmeister

months holding rallies and voicing concern on social media. However, the big question last week was whether that grassroot opposition could turn into actual votes. The results confirmed they could, as Hofmeister’s primary victory ensured there will be a new leader come November, after the general election in which the Republican and Democratic nominees will compete. “It just proves that the people have the power,” said Jamie Minter, a teacher of 15 years in Edmond. “Don’t mess with mamas and their children.” Teachers and parents feeling powerless had been a theme raised by Barresi opponents, who said new testing guidelines, an A through F report card system for each school and a lack of acceptable funding made her worthy of being a one-term superintendent. “It gives us hope for public education,” said Stacey Butterfield, superintendent of Jenks Public Schools. “It gives us hope that we will be able to work with and collaborate with the

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in a crowded primary. Yen will face Steve Kern in a runoff. A native of Taiwan, Yen beat out five other candidates in a district that is home to Oklahoma City’s largest community of Asian-Americans. “As a general rule, I think in the past, the Asian population has not been very active politically,” Yen said. “But I think they are trying to become more active.” Like Sosa, Yen said the runoff would be about turning out his base of voters and trying to pick off some voters from other candidates. “If they don’t show up again, yeah, we could be in trouble,” Yen said about the 2,741 voters who backed him Tuesday. Jennifer Chancellor and Kory Oswald contributed to this report.

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Sí se puede. That was the election night chant from inside La Oaxaqueña Bakery on Oklahoma City’s south side. Mary Sosa, a candidate for House District 89, started the chant among her supporters moments after learning she had advanced to an Aug. 26 runoff as the Democratic primary’s top candidate. “Yes we can,” was the cry from Sosa’s supporters who seemed determined to give the House of Representatives its first female Hispanic member. “This is the beginning for their voices to be heard,” said Sosa, who received 42 percent of the vote in the primary election, 10 points higher than Shane Stone, who also advanced to the runoff. “The community is out here supporting me, and I believe they will continue to support me.” Hispanics account for 17 percent of OKC residents, but Sosa’s district is 60 percent Latino. Hispanics represent the city’s largest minority group, but there has also been rapid growth in recent years in the Asian community, which accounts for 4 percent of residents, according to U.S. Census data. Ervin Yen, a Republican candidate for Senate District 40, received the most votes (39 percent)

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next state superintendent.” Butterfield, who supported Hofmeister in the primary, said the state had grown tired of increased education standards without the resources necessary to make them work. “We certainly had high expectations and believed that the story was getting out and resonating with residents around the state,” Butterfield added. “We felt like if people really listened to the candidates and listened to the issues, they would see that it’s time for a change in Oklahoma.” Hofmeister supporters viewed the election victory as an example of a ground game of educators and parents working to make change. “This has been a grassroots effort like I have never seen,” Hofmeister said at her election night party. “This started in very humble ways. We have been outspent four to one.” While Hofmeister cruised to a 36-point victory over the other two candidates in the Republic primary, Democrats will select their eventual nominee in an Aug. 26 runoff between John Cox and Freda Deskin. Education advocates promised a change, and they delivered one.

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Recognition of same-sex marriage in Oklahoma, along with a showdown on the matter at the Supreme Court, drew closer following a federal appeal court’s ruling last week. The Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Utah’s voterapproved ban on same-sex marriage violated the Fourteenth Amendment and that no state should have the right to restrict certain members from marrying each other. “A state may not deny the issuance of a marriage license to two persons, or refuse to recognize their marriage, based solely upon the sex of the persons in the marriage union,” Judge Carlos F. Lucero wrote in the decision for a three-judge panel. The same court is also reviewing a nearly identical case from Oklahoma, which makes some believe a ruling on Oklahoma’s same-sex marriage ban could be announced at any time. A verdict on Oklahoma’s case had not been announced by press time. “I think it’s a great decision,” said Troy Stevenson of the Oklahoma Equality Network. “It reaffirms at the highest court level, so far, what we have known for some time, that the courts are going in the direction of equality.” The ruling impacts Oklahoma beyond its current case because the Sooner State is within the region of the 10th Circuit. However, the three-panel court issued an immediate stay on the Utah verdict, pending an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Oklahoma will wait to hear the ruling on its own case from the same appeals court. If the verdict throws out the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, Oklahoma would have 90 days to appeal the decision with the Supreme Court. If no appeal is filed, same-sex marriages

would be issued in the state for the first time in history. By the numbers

51,745. That’s how many fewer votes were cast in the primary for state superintendent of public instruction this year compared to 2010. A total of 429,765 votes were cast in the Republican and Democratic primaries last week.

Tweet of the week

The winner of the U.S. Senate showdown between T.W. Shannon and James Lankford was always going to be viewed as an impressive politician, given that both men are relatively young and have risen up the political ladder quickly. Matt Pinnell, the State Party Director for the Republican National Committee, tweeted his thoughts on Lankford’s win last week. Say what?

“Because there’s a lot of people, a lot of enemies are going to try to creep up the back of your neck and say, ‘You can’t do it, it can’t be done.’ Do me a favor and tell ’em to go to hell.” That was state superintendent Janet Barresi’s message to teachers at a June conference, according to The Tulsa World. Barresi, who finished third in last week’s primary, was referring to the struggle of rewriting new standards and the likelihood that the effort would receive opposition.

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Final act The polarizing piece of architecture and history known as Stage Center plays out its last act — demolition.

David Pettyjohn, executive director of Preservation Oklahoma, takes a snapshot of Stage Center before its demolition in Oklahoma City.

BY BEN FELDER

William Menking believes there is a lot to like in Oklahoma City. But the planned demolition of Stage Center has him questioning the city’s priorities. “Oklahoma City is very progressive in a lot of ways,” said Menking, editorin-chief of The Architect’s Newspaper, a New York-based publication. “But this is really a loss for Oklahoma, and it’s a loss for everyone. I liked Oklahoma a lot, but this is a disaster.” Like many who tried to save the downtown theater, Menking views Stage Center as an icon worth keeping. Of course, that is no longer an option, as the site is being prepared for a demolition that could come any week. “It says we haven’t really grown up completely [as a city],” said Jim Tolbert, who has been involved in promoting and saving the building since its completion in 1970. Those are strong words, especially for a city that has drawn attention for an urban renaissance that has brought towering skyscrapers and cultural institutions. It’s a 20-story tower that is planned for the Stage Center site, growing the city’s skyline even more. However, advocates for Stage Center say preserving historic buildings is just as important as building new ones. “There is this perception that

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I liked Oklahoma a lot, but this is a disaster. — William Menking

preservation impedes progress,” said David Pettyjohn, executive director of Preservation Oklahoma. “We counter that argument with [the claim that] preservation and progress go hand in hand. You can have economic growth while still holding onto your community history.”

Art isn’t always pretty or popular

Fans of Stage Center refer to it as a work of art, and like a good work of art, Stage Center has its detractors. Its quirky design makes demolition an easy decision for some who see it as an eyesore. Even when architect John Johansen first presented the rendering for Stage Center more than 44 years ago, there were those who felt it should not be built in the first place. Originally called Mummers Theater, the building west of Myriad Botanical

Gardens is often called a brutalist style of architecture. “That kind of style — some people call it brutalism; I wouldn’t call it that — is really out of favor in the United States right now,” Menking said. OKC is not the only place this style of building has been under threat, and other works by the late Johansen have risked demolition. The Morris A. Mechanic Theatre in Baltimore faced certain demolition before an arrangement was made this year to preserve parts of it. Prentice Women’s Hospital, designed by Bertrand Goldberg, was demolished this year. The downtown Chicago building featured a brutalist design that was popular in the ’70s. “[Stage Center] is a more important building than the Prentice was,” Menking said. “I’m trying to think of the last time a building was torn down that was this important. It does happen, but not a lot.” Pettyjohn understands the debate over Stage Center’s look, and he believes it’s a good thing. “That’s the great thing about architecture, just like art,” Pettyjohn said. “There are some [buildings] that most people understand and others don’t. However, [they] each have [their]

place. I think what Oklahoma City is about to lose is that amazing and unique opportunity to have this piece of architecture here, in our own backyard.” Flooding closed the building a few years ago, and attempts to preserve the structure failed this year when the Downtown Design Review Committee voted to let developers take it down in preparation for a new corporate building for OGE Energy Corp. Tolbert, who has been one of Stage Center’s biggest advocates, admits keeping the building would not have been easy. Renovations would be costly, and community theater is not typically a self-sustaining operation. “[The demolition] shows that we yet do not have the cultural institutions that are strong enough individually now, not just in theater, to take on this kind of need and this kind of crisis,” Tolbert said. The demolition of Stage Center will be mourned by some, celebrated by others and unnoticed by more than a few, which, despite being painful for individuals like Tolbert, might be a poetically fitting end for this unique building. “It’s a very sad day to see us basically lose what is really part of our heritage,” Tolbert said, “a part of our legacy as a city.”

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Dammit, N DAM Oklahoma City. Why is A$$ it that every time we teeter on the edge of Big League City status, something happens to nullify the progress we have made? For instance, you know that sweet new outdoor music venue we have, OKC Downtown Airpark? Well, apparently we can’t even have concerts there anymore without upsetting local residents, which is exactly what happened after a June performance by rappers Lil Boosie and YG. The sad part? Most of the complaints weren’t even of the “Keep down that racket!” variety; they were the classic “Watch your language, mister!” kind. “I don’t like that language. I don’t use it in my daily life,” neighborhood resident and chief complainer John Muzingo told KOCO 5 News. “If it was in their backyard, they wouldn’t like it either.”

Oh really? Something tells us they L wouldn’t mind. Similarly, Edwin Meza, 14, doesn’t quite understand this whole “concert” thingy. “Most of the concert was just swearing and cussing,” Meza said. “The music, it gets very loud and it lasts for a long while.” Yes, Edwin. That’s what happens at these things. Sometimes people even do drugs and get naked. It’s pretty awesome.

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Seeing double

You might not see eye to eye with Tim Murray, the Republican candidate for Oklahoma’s 3rd District, but you don’t have to worry about him owning or using a robot look-alike. According to a press release from Timothy Ray Murray, “Rep. Frank D. Lucas is no longer alive and has been displayed by a look alike.” Murray lost to Representative Lucas in the recent primary election, but since Lucas is actually a robot body double,

Murray reasons that he should get those votes, as body doubles can’t win elections. In an interview with KFOR, Rep. Lucas said he hadn’t been replaced by a stand-in. Of course, that’s exactly what a body double would say.

our access to clean, safe drinking water ranked worst in the nation. Who ranked worse? you ask. Guess. No, guess. OK. We’ll tell you. The five states with the lowest well-being score were Ohio, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky and (winner!) West Virginia.

We’re No. 9

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We’re miserable. C’mon. Admit it. Oklahoma ranks No. 9 in the nation for its lousy well-being score. According to The GallupHealthways Well-Being Index reported in USA Today, “Oklahomans had among the most unhealthy behaviors in the U.S. during 2013.” We have the 10th lowest median household income in the nation (We’re No. 10!) at $44,312, and the fifth lowest life expectancy at 75.9 years. Less than half of us admit to regularly eating fruit and vegetables, and

A cannon projectile fired at a fun show (Did we just say fun show? We meant gun show.) recently traveled almost two miles before blasting a 15-inch hold in a Wyandotte couple’s home. “It’s huge,” Derek Derwin, a sheriff’s detective, told NewsOK.com said Y RT of the projectile. A P “They were ! TIME used during the Vietnam War.” The projectile was shot from a 105 mm howitzer cannon at the Oklahoma Full Auto Shoot and Trade Show. The “family event” in Wyandotte featured helicopter rides, armored

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carriers, firearm rentals and sniper shoots, according to the official website. Relax. It’s truly for familes. The event listing on its homepage is in Comic Sans. That’s shorthand for “Party!”

Hobby Lobby’s deceptive practices

Hobby Lobby’s self-righteous stance on a host of issues ranging from healthcare to samesex marriage makes it so much fun to highlight the deceptive practices of this Oklahoma City-based company. The Associated Press reported recently that Hobby Lobby reached a settlement with the state of New York after it was accused of deceptive advertising practices. “Hobby Lobby Inc. misled customers into thinking they were receiving discounted items over a twoyear period, violating the state’s General Business Law,” the AP reported. The settlement included a $138,600 donation in supplies to public schools,

along with $85,000 in civil penalties.

A tower in your honor

Millennials, you did it again. Not only are you still mooching off your parents and not voting because you’re too busy volunteering with nonprofits, but you’ve also gone and forever altered the OKC skyline. Or at least people have altered the skyline in your honor. That’s what architect Hal B. Sharp of San Francisco-based Gensler Architects said recently when he spoke about the Devon Tower. Sharp was quoted in The Tulsa World as saying corporations are catering their practices and campuses to the millennial generation, those born around 1980 — give or take a few years. “‘Trophy properties,’ Sharp said, are so 30 years ago. White-collar employees expect to be able to work in a coffee bar or outdoor space on campus, as well as in collaboration-oriented office space, he said,” reporter Richard Mize wrote in

The Tulsa World. Yeah, so just consider the Devon Tower a big coffee bar and not a trophy property. One giant, 844-foot coffee bar. 72 OU A 54-story collaborationoriented office space. And, BOOMERSOONER millennials, it is all for you. The article went on to characterize Generation Y as less needy, at least when it comes to work space, because of technology and culture. The article also said millennials are the No. 3 issue affecting real estate. But the story didn’t report whether that is because they live with their parents. When people have — almost literally — moved mountains for you (the Devon Tower’s foundation alone was built with 26 million pounds of concrete), just imagine what could be done at the voting booths with that kind of power! Instead, we only want to Snapchat, huff poppers and update one

Internet status or another while wasting the degree our parents paid for.

We’re all in

Those crimson-bleeding Sooner fans who love watching their team battle the Texas Longhorns have reason to rejoice. Oklahoma will compete against Texas at the Cotton Bowl until at least 2025. Oklahoma City’s News 9 reported that officials have confirmed a five-year extension for the “Red River Showdown” to be played at Dallas’ Cotton Bowl. The matchup takes place once a year during the Texas State Fair. Joe Castiglione, Oklahoma’s athletic director, said that he is excited that the tradition of this game will continue. The extension doesn’t only mean more football. It also means five more excuses to eat large amounts of chips and pizza in your buddy’s basement. That is something everyone can get excited about. 0

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COMMENTARY

The college investment BY KURT HOCHENAUER

The evidence is increasingly clear that Oklahoma can improve its standard of living and quality of life by investing in higher education and encouraging its residents to attend college. In recent years, reports have shown that college graduates make more money than non-college graduates, which should be a compelling enticement for high school graduates. A new analysis, however, makes it starkly apparent. A recent article in The New York Times pointed out that employees in 2013 with a college degree made a staggering 98 percent more per hour than those without a degree. That’s a noticeable rise from the early 1980s, when the percentage was “only” 64 percent, which is still a compelling difference. The Times drew its conclusions from the Economic Policy Institute, which analyzed U.S. Labor Department statistics.

Much has been made recently in the media about rising student loan debt, an urgent issue that poses problems for many young college graduates. It’s a problem that can be remedied by making college more affordable, lowering student loan interest rates and launching more federal programs forgiving student loans for a variety of reasons. In the end, however, it appears going to college is worth it even if it means borrowing money. This issue is especially important for Oklahoma, which has a low percentage of college graduates — only 23.2 percent among people 25 years or older — compared to the national average of 28.5 percent, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures using data from 2008 to 2012. The reasons for the low rate are myriad, from lack of academic readiness among some high school graduates to the inability to afford it, but the wage

disparity shows state leaders should ramp up efforts to make college even more attractive through more financial incentives for students and increases in higher education funding to help keep tuition at reasonable rates. But going to college does more than just guarantee a better paycheck — an increase in college graduates here could impact the state in positive ways beyond just raising salary levels. College teaches students critical inquiry skills, for example, that can be used to make informed and evidencebased decisions in their lives. It exposes students to diverse ways of thinking that can open up new opportunities and prompt adventuresome but ultimately fulfilling life decisions. It connects them to the planet’s incredible intellectual history, from the ancient Egyptians to the ancient Greeks, Confucius, Shakespeare, Tolstoy and Einstein.

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.

These intangibles in higher education are often debated along the lines of financial value as if knowledge is simply a commodity. But educated people enrich the culture wherever they reside through their own demand for intellectual stimulation. That applies to Oklahoma, and especially to its two major cities, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Oklahoma City, in particular, is going through a multiyear renaissance driven by, among other factors, educated professionals or the local intelligentsia. College is not for everyone, and there are many examples of tremendously successful people who never graduated, such as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. For many people, however, college remains the difference between an examined or unexamined life. It doesn’t hurt that it means more money as well. Hochenauer is an English professor at the University of Central Oklahoma and author of the Okie Funk blog.

LETTERS Oklahoma Gazette provides an open forum for the discussion of all points of view in its Letters to the Editor section. The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity. Letters can be mailed, faxed, emailed to jchancellor@okgazette.com or sent online at okgazette.com. Include a city of residence and contact number for verification. Climate change is scary; get informed

Anyone who knows me knows that I am not afraid of too many things. But I am scared to death of the rise in global warming. I have no grandchildren, although I do have grand nieces and nephews. I want them to grow up in a world much like the one I grew up in, not one with changing weather patterns, more spills, higher property taxes and higher cancer rates. I feel an obligation to do anything I can to help make the people of Oklahoma aware of the imminent dangers of global warming. In these days of so much misinformation, Oklahomans need to get informed. Tar sands are the dirtiest form of fossil fuel known. It is not your granddad’s oil flowing through those lines. On Feb. 4 of last year, I chained myself

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to a large piece of equipment used by the TransCanada Corporation to build what is known as the Gulf Coast Section of the Keystone XL pipeline in Okfuskee County. I am against the tar sands pipelines, as I am against all fossil fuel extraction. Tar sands consist of a mixture of crude bitumen and are found in approximately the center of the province of Alberta, covering 54,000 square miles, an area the size of the state of Florida. This area has been mined since 1967, but it was not profitable to extract. Innovative methods have been developed since then that allow profits to be made and mining to expand. People who live downwind of Alberta’s oil and tars sands operations are getting blood cancer, lymphatic cancer and soft tissue cancers. The oil town of Port Arthur, Texas, the last stop of the Keystone pipeline’s proposed path, sees cancer rates that are 15 percent higher than the rest of Texas. By now, the rates are even higher. — Elisabeth Leja Norman Fracking not new

Much has been made of oil-well fracking in recent years, although it has been around since 1949. For some strange reason, a lot of environmentalists seem to think that frack jobs performed on horizontal well bores are more detrimental

than frack jobs on vertical well bores. Of interest is the fact that early day oil well stimulation involved loading the well bore with nitroglycerin and detonating the “torpedo.” The first patent on this process was issued in 1885, and thousands of oil wells were “shot” in order to fracture the oil-producing formation so it would yield more oil. Early day reports credit this new process with creating a trillion dollars worth of new wealth and 3.2 million jobs. Whether this is so or not is debatable, but there seems to have been little opposition to the process on record at the time. It seems plausible to assume that a combination of horizontal drilling

and multistage fracking has certainly been responsible for a trillions of dollars of new wealth and hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs, with more on the horizon. Also of benefit is the opportunity to become energy self-sufficient at a time when world oil supplies appear to be getting more perilous due to geopolitical concerns. — Mickey McVay Edmond Correction: In a June 25 OKG eat feature, the name of the executive chef was incorrect. Vuong Nguyen is executive chef at Guernsey Park. We apologize for the error.

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A Hard Day’s Night

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The Beatles were fairly successful at the whole music thing, but they were pretty good at the movie thing too. A Hard Day’s Night — released at the peak of Beatlemania — is arguably the band’s most iconic big-screen adaptation, detailing its hectic lifestyle and the flat-out insane people who stalked the English icons on tour. See the film 5:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive. Tickets are $7-$9. Call 236-3100 or visit okcmoa.com. See our story on page 47.

SONIC Summer Movie Nights: Frozen, (U.S. 2013, dir. Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee) fearless Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everestlike conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, 9 p.m., July 9. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 445-7080, myriadgardens.org. WED

FOOD Paint N Cheers, creative social art classes, 6:30 p.m., July 3; 2, 6:30 p.m., July 5; 6:30 p.m., July 8; 1 p.m., July 9. Paint N Cheers, 1614 N. Gatewood Ave., 524-4155, paintncheers.com. THU, SAT, TUE–WED Pinot’s Palette, wine and paint party, 7-9 p.m., July 3; 2-4 p.m., July 5. Pinot’s Palette, 115 E. California Ave., 602-3850, pinotspalette.com. THU, SAT Midtown Market at Saints, fresh, Oklahoma-grown produce, meats, dairy, baked goods, honey and prepared foods such as salsa, jam, jelly and relish, 1 p.m., July 4. Midtown Market, NW 9th St. and Walker Ave. FRI Saturday Cooking Class, learn how to prepare a variety of easy and delicious dishes, 10-11 a.m., July 5. Uptown Grocery Co., 1230 W. Covell Rd., Edmond, 509-2700, uptowngroceryco.com. SAT The Artistik Palette, the social painting place, 6-9 p.m., July 5. Artistik Palette, 5820 E. Reno Ave., Midwest City. SAT Little Big Chefs, chef-instructed kid’s cooking class, 2 p.m., July 6. Uptown Grocery Co., 1230 W. Covell Rd., Edmond, 509-2700, uptowngroceryco.com. SUN Cheesecake: Beginners, learn the basics of cheesecake, 6:30 p.m., July 7. Francis Tuttle Technology CenterRockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell Ave., 717-4900, francistuttle.edu. MON Basic Cake Decorating, learn the secret to keeping cakes fresh for days and use flair to apply decorations and intricate designs, July 9. Francis Tuttle Technology Center-Rockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell Ave., 7174900, francistuttle.edu. WED

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Fireworks at Frontier City, after a day of watching live shows, enjoying the rides, playing at Wild West Water Works, enjoy an old time 4th of July Fireworks show, July 4. Frontier City, 11501 N. I-35 Service Road, 4782140, frontiercity.com. FRI

Mistakes Were Made, a desperate theater producer, Felix Artifex, is holed up in his dingy office working the lines one long, tense afternoon as he tries to keep the biggest deal of his career from falling apart, 7:30 p.m., July 3; 8 p.m., July 5. Carpenter Square Theatre, 800 W. Main St., 232-6500, carpentersquare.com. THU, SAT

Tribute to Liberty, annual patriotic celebration featuring musical concerts and fireworks display, 6 p.m., July 4. Joe B. Barnes Regional Park, 8700 E. Reno Ave., Midwest City, 739-1293, midwestcityok.org. FRI

Antony and Cleopatra, caught between desire and duty, Antony and Cleopatra’s affair will shake the foundations of the known world, 8 p.m., July 3, 5. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 445-7080, myriadgardens. org. THU, SAT

Buddha Mind Meditation Class, instructed meditation practice and lecture on Buddhist principles, 7-9 p.m., July 8. Buddha Mind Monastery, 5916 S. Anderson Rd., 869-0501, ctbuddhamind.org. TUE

OKC Improv, wet, hot, improv summer shows, 7:30, 9, 10:30 p.m., July 5. Reduxion Theatre Company, 914 N. Broadway Ave., 651-3191, reduxiontheatre.com. SAT Disney’s The Little Mermaid, see Ariel and her friends during the Oklahoma premiere of the Broadway version of Disney’s classic fish tale, 7:30 p.m., July 8, 9. Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave., 297-2264, okcciviccenter.com. TUE–WED

SPORTS OKC Redhawks vs. Iowa Cubs, minor league baseball, 7:05 p.m., July 4-5; 6:05 p.m., July 6. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 Mickey Mantle Drive, 218-1000, okcredhawks.com. FRI–SUN

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YogaVerve, donation only class, all proceeds go to a local nonprofit, 10:30 a.m., July 6. YogaVerve, 16501 N. Shawnee Ave., Edmond. SUN

Freedom Fest As the iconic American film Team America: World Police so adeptly pointed out, freedom isn’t free. But Freedom Fest, the two-day celebration of the good ol’ U.S. of A., is as free as it gets. The event features live music, a children’s parade, fireworks (duh) and more, beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday at Yukon City Park, 2200 S. Holly Ave., and Chisholm Trail Park, 500 W. Vandament Ave., in Yukon. Call 350-8937 or visit cityofyukonok.gov.

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2014 U.S. Senior Open, the Senior Open will be contested on the highly ranked Oak Tree National course, 7 a.m., July 7-9. Oak Tree Golf & Country Club, 700 W. Country Club Drive, Edmond, 340-1010, 2014ussenioropen.com. MON–WED OKC Redhawks vs. New Orleans Zephyrs, minor league baseball, 7:05 p.m., July 7-9. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 Mickey Mantle Drive, 218-1000, okcredhawks. com. MON–WED

YOUTH Harkins Summer Movie Fun, providing parents the opportunity to take their kids to the movies once a week for 10 weeks for only $5, 9 a.m., July 2-4, 7-9. Harkins Theatre, 150 E. Reno Ave., 231-4747. WED–FRI, MON–WED Okietales, dive into history with books and stories and explore a different topic from the Wild West and cowboys to land runs and pioneer life, 10:30 a.m., July 2, 9. Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-0745, www.okhistory.org. WED, WED

Summer Kids Camps, sports and recreation camps, college for kids and counselors in training program, July 2-4, 7-9. Oklahoma City Community College, 7777 S. May Ave., 682-1611, occc.edu. WED–FRI, MON–WED Western Avenue: On the Lawn, kids games, bounce house, OKC’s favorite food trucks, perfect summer finds from your favorite Western Avenue merchants, 6-9 p.m., July 3. Chesapeake Lawn, 6001 N. Western Ave. THU Bright Nights, stay up late, play after hours, 6 p.m.-7 a.m., July 4. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52nd St., 602-3760, sciencemuseumok. org. FRI

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Story Time with Julie, hear the best and newest children’s books, 10:15-11 a.m., July 5. Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 8422900, fullcirclebooks.com. SAT

Bricktown 4th Fest We like our things big here in America — everything from our football stadiums to our McDonald’s. That also includes our fireworks shows, and you won’t find one bigger than the one at Bricktown 4th Fest. The event attracted about 5,000 people last year to the iconic district just east of downtown OKC, and with an array of live music, food and cold beverages, this year’s promises to be bigger and better. The party begins 4 p.m. (with fireworks at 9:30 p.m.) Friday in Bricktown, at the corner of Sheridan and Oklahoma avenues. Admission is free. Call 236-4143 or visit bricktownokc.com.

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Red, White & Boom Three cheers for Red, White and Boom, the musical celebration of all things America hosted by the OKC Philharmonic Orchestra and vocalist Mike Eldred. The show features a number of classic American favorites, and it concludes with one of OKC’s finest fireworks displays (you know, the “boom” part). The concert begins at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, with fireworks at approximately 10 p.m., at Entertainment Plaza in State Fair Park, 3001 General Pershing Blvd. Admission is free. Call 842-5387 or visit okcphilharmonic.org.

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RedPin’s canalside patio offers prime views of the Bricktown 4th Fest fireworks. Join us July 4 for great burgers, cold drinks, personal service, and free parking in Lower Bricktown.

Weekend Keeper Connections, from anemones to zebras, learn about your favorite Zoo animals from the people entrusted to care for them: the keepers, 11 a.m., July 5-6. Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington Place, 424-3344, okczoo.com. SAT–SUN

Georgiana Stewart, artist uses color and form to communicate the beauty and emotion in the people, objects, and amazing land and seascapes around her. Contemporary Art Gallery, 2928 Paseo St., 601-7474, contemporaryartgalleryokc.com.

VISUAL ARTS

Glitch/Analog, exhibit investigates the intersection of traditional art with digital formats. Mainsite Contemporary Art, 122 E. Main St., 360-1162, mainsiteart.com.

A Fifty Year Journey in Art, James Gaar’s exhibit highlights the artist’s diverse talent in both photorealism and abstract expressionism. East Gallery, Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., 521-3356, arts.ok.gov. A. Nigh Herndon, artist’s paintings are a new form of portrait that are clean, cold and heavy with an artistic hand. IAO Gallery, 706 W. Sheridan Ave., 232-6060, iaogallery.org. Concept Me, a self-portrait exhibition. Mainsite Contemporary Art, 122 E. Main St., Norman, 360-1162, mainsite-art.com. Conspicuous Caffeination, stunning mesas and ordered lines of cedars of New Mexico sparked Bruce’s creative urge. Gray Owl Coffee, 223 E. Gray St., Norman, 701-2929. Evelyne Boren, recognized for her impressionistic interpretations of life, people and scenes of the Southwest, Mexico and Europe in watercolor and oil paintings. Acosta Strong Fine Art, 6420 N. Western Ave., 464-9719, johnbstrong.com. Figments & Fragments, a mother-and-daughter exhibit benefiting the Heels for Hope Foundation. In Your Eye Studio & Gallery, 3005 A Paseo St., 525-2161, inyoureyegallery.com. Formed in Stone, the natural beauty of fossils. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, 325-4712, snomnh.ou.edu.

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Jeanne Rorex Bridges, paintings convey a reflective mood embodying a woman’s spirit through historical and universal themes. Jann Jeffrey Gallery, 3018 Paseo St., 607-0406, jannjeffrey.com. Joelene Barber, autumn landscapes, abstracts and symbolism art. Gallery 66, 6728 NW 39th Expressway, Bethany, 314-2430. Kachinas from the Red Earth Collection, extensive collection of Native American Kachinas rarely exhibited from the archives. Red Earth Museum, 6 Santa Fe Plaza, 457-5228, redearth.org. Kim Robbins: Blossoms for the Soul, Robbins masterfully captures nature and adds her own unique flair through digital processing. Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory, 301 W. Reno Ave., 297-3995, myriadgardens.com. Ladylike, work evolves from themes of female body image, feminine stereotypes, eating and domesticity. IAO Art Gallery, 706 W. Sheridan Ave., 232-6060, iaogallery.org. Nature, large wooden sculptures and paintings of the Grand Canyon. JRB Art at the Elms, 2810 N. Walker Ave., 528-6336, jrbartgallery.com.

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First Friday Gallery Walk If your idea of celebrating Independence Day is by supporting local artists (and we won’t fault you if it is), then check out the First Friday Gallery Walk, featuring 20 art galleries and more than 75 artists, including Darby Perrin, one of the top aviation artists in the country. Get to walkin’ 6-10 p.m. Friday and noon-5 p.m. Saturday in the Paseo Arts District, between NW 30th and 27th streets and Walker and Hudson avenues. Admission is free. Call 525-2688 or visit thepaseo.com.

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Friday–Saturday Prix de West, exhibit of over 300 Western paintings and sculptures by contemporary artists. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org.

Rita Wilkinson, artist’s work is whimsical and abstract, looking nothing like the exact perception of the naked eye. Gallery 66, 6728 NW 39th Expressway, 314-2430, gallery66ok.com.

Recent Acquisitions of Photography and Works on Paper, works by artists Sam Francis, Laura Gilpin, and Andy Warhol featured in this exhibition. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm St., Norman, 325-3272, ou.edu/fjjma.com.

Smile, exhibit by Diana J. Smith focuses specifically on the smiles of dogs. Governor’s Gallery, Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., 521-3356, arts.ok.gov.

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Experiments in spice Two local creators bring adventure to the palette with lines of rubs, sauces and spices. BY DEVON GREEN

Jordan Winn of Dead Rooster Co. and Scotty Irani of local company In The Kitchen with Scotty want to inspire foodies to get more from barbecue. During the Fourth of July weekend, many of us will attend or host a cookout. There are two local options to make grilling time more satisfying for everyone.

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The man behind Dead Rooster Co. is Jordan Winn, who conceived of his products during a Fourth of July weekend. He and several friends have an annual holiday cookout out in the “middle of nowhere.” “It’s tradition. We get together for

good company, good drinks and tons of food,” he said. Driving home, a friend said he should consider making his concoctions for sale or at least for gifts. Many hours and tastings later, Dead Rooster Co. is a bona-fide company with the profits to prove it. “I didn’t get into this company to make a million dollars, ” Winn said. He has a comfortable design job that fulfills him. It was more about seeing if he could and recreating the atmosphere and relationships that those weekend barbecues fostered. Also, his rubs are delicious.

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Scotty Irani has been a part of the Oklahoma restaurant scene for years. He owned and operated Scotty’s restaurant in Nichols Hills Plaza for years before closing its doors and becoming a personal chef. “You know us chefs; we just don’t like to have too little to do,” he said. His most recent venture, about a year in the making, is In the Kitchen With Scotty, or “ITKWS.” It’s a line of sauces, spice blends and rubs from his kitchen. It started with a clamoring for Jezebel Sauce, one of his trademarks

from the restaurant. He started packaging and selling it, and word spread like wildfire. “Everybody, friends in the field, when one of us does something, everybody rolls out,” Irani said. His business has more than doubled in the past year through word of mouth. “This year, I’m prepared,” he said. He has cut back on the number of households he serves as a personal chef to devote more time to this “side” venture. ITKWS started as two sauces: Cranberry Fennel Compote and the now-famous — or would it be infamous considering the namesake? — Jezebel Sauce. He’s always working on new additions. In all its tempting glory, Jezebel Sauce is the gateway sauce. It’s exotic but not intimidating. It’s a little sweet and a little spicy. It opens up a world of flavor possibilities. Irani is less interested in telling people how to cook with his items; he wants the flavors to open up new options. He gets feedback from customers all the time about how they used his products in ways that he would have never expected. One client used the Persian Rub on beef. “I would have never thought of that,” he said. “Another customer put the Jezebel Sauce on homemade vanilla bean ice cream; now that I really wouldn’t have thought of.” Pick up his line at DNA Galleries, 1709 NW 16th St.; New Leaf Florist, 2500 N. May Ave.; and online at inthekitchenwithscotty.com.

Scotty Irani poses with his In the Kitchen With Scotty collection of spices and rubs.

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To get his business jump-started, he had a flash sale. Everything was available for only seven days. He sold out of his product and had to make more batches to fill existing orders. There are three rubs for the choosing: Black Gold is a spicy and bold rub with a base of chocolate and coffee; Old Tymers is a good, general seasoning that’s “delicious on everything but dessert items, really”; and Redwood is a sweet, spicy barbecue blend. He gets feedback with ideas for his rubs that he would have never thought of, and that is a lot of the fun for him. “To create new flavors that people have not experienced before and create an atmosphere that people wanted to be around, and it all surrounded a good, well-planned delicious meal. It was really cool for me to see that,” he said. Dead Rooster Co. is available at Plenty Mercantile, 807 N. Broadway Ave.; Weldon Jack, 3621 N. Western Ave.; and online at deadrooster.co.

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Alfredo’s Mexican Cafe 2713 SOUTH I-35 SERVICE ROAD, MOORE ALFREDOSOK.COM 794-4700 WHAT WORKS: Good service and tacos with terrific Mexican corn and chino beans side dishes. WHAT NEEDS WORK: Disinfectant accosts you as you walk in the door. TIP: Check out the enormous menu online first.

If you suggest grabbing a meal at Alfredo’s to an uninitiated friend, don’t leave off the Mexican Cafe part. This restaurant is a spicy, satisfying, south-ofthe-border wonderland. Like most Mexican restaurants, complimentary tortilla chips; warm, soft wheat tortillas; salsa and queso appeared in a jiffy. Our server Dulce was full of personality. The five-page menu was unfamiliar, and her patience was boundless. There were no surprises among the enchilada, burrito, tamale and many other offerings I ordered. Few dishes at Alfredo’s are more than fifteen bucks, and most categories also have vegetarian options. Beer and margaritas are served as well as soft drinks. The conversational level in the dining room was at a reasonably festive level, and patron groups leaned heavily toward the family crowd. The overall atmosphere was less an intimate Mexican cafe and more a restaurant system aspiring to be a national chain. Mexican street tacos ($11.99) did indeed appear to be what might be served from a street corner truck at midnight in just about any diversity-rich neighborhood. Soft wheat tortillas were smeared with tomatillo sauce then loaded down with grilled beef steak. The whole shebang was sprinkled with jalapeños, cilantro, diced raw onion and guacamole. The side dishes turned out to be

Street tacos with corn and chino beans at Alfredo’s Mexican Cafe in Moore. the stars of the platter. There are 14 side choices, and Dulce hit another home run by pointing out Mexican corn and chino beans among the more common items. My guess is that Mexican corn’s secret most likely is mayonnaise. It’s creamy, smooth and tangy. Unlike elotes, which is generally a grilled cob of corn slathered with condiments, this was like Midwestern U.S. creamed corn that might have also benefited from sour cream, butter and cheese. The corn was diabolically delicious. Chino beans were dry-fried with bacon and onion, resembling the nutty flavor of crowder peas. It was the generous addition of smoky bacon that transformed these lowly frijoles into something special. Parrilla chicken ($12.99), aka grilled white meat, was piled with sauteed onions and peppers and was smothered in cheese. The meals were wholly satisfying, but we were reminded that sopapillas with honey were included and coming out of the kitchen next. The diminutive sugar-dusted pastries arrived as if they were delicate pillows warmed by an angel’s fevered brow. Conveniently located in an easyaccess strip mall along the interstate, Alfredo’s is a popular place. There was no wait for a table on a recent Monday evening, but several massive wooden benches in a reception area hinted at weekend delays. The place is decorated with faux hacienda support beams and hanging lanterns, but a multitude of potted tropical plants turned out to be genuine. Five TV screens are wall-mounted and within view. Fortunately, their sound was muted and vibrant Latino music played on the sound system the entire time we were there.

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A short drive to the metro’s edge will reward you with a taste of down-home Oklahoma cooking. BY DOUG HILL

Kendall’s Restaurant 100 S. THIRD ST., NOBLE KENDALLSRESTAURANT.COM 872-0303 WHAT WORKS: The uber-friendly atmosphere and good schnitzel-like chicken fried steak. WHAT NEEDS WORK: The green beans need seasoning, and mashed potatoes would be better from fresh spuds. TIP: Come with a hunger like you’ve never experienced, because you’ll need it.

Kendall’s motto is “Where everyone is family,” and the place certainly has a homey, lived-in appeal. Although the restaurant was busy, service was fast and friendly. Kendall’s Chicken Fry Challenge is the culinary version of throwing down the gauntlet. You have one hour (before 7 p.m. only) to plow through three regular chickenfried beef steaks, double servings of mashed potatoes and green beans, a biscuit and two cinnamon rolls. Prevail and the tab is on the house. Wimp out and it’ll cost you $25. The regular meals are oversized, too. The “original” chicken-fried steak dinner ($12.99) crowds over the edge of the platter on which it’s served. Beef round steak was pounded thin and expertly fried. It brought to mind a German schnitzel and was the star of the meal for flavor and texture. The gravy was similarly good, hot and creamy and abundant. A salad of spinach and grape tomatoes was topped by crunchy thumb-sized croutons. Ranch dressing is at the top of Kendall’s popularity contest, because Kendall’s

Kendall’s Chicken Fry Challenge with fixin’s. concocts its own. The restaurant’s website makes a reference to “our signature green beans” that are a side dish and are served with most of the dinners. Someone forgot to sign off on the ones that came with this meal. They were canned and largely unseasoned without a visible trace or flavor of bacon or onion. That’s not Okie kosher. The mashed potatoes tasted like the out-of-a-box variety rather than from fresh spuds. Happily, the dessert cinnamon roll was warm and radiated homemade goodness. Other, less weighty menu choices include lemon-peppered catfish ($12.99), a turkey club sandwich ($8.99) and a chef salad ($9.99). A diabolically named Widowmaker burger ($11.99) doesn’t fall into that category. It’s a double-beef patty, grilled ham, cheese, grilled onions, pickles, ranch dressing and barbecue sauce served on two grilled cheese sandwiches. The Redneck hamburger ($9.99) features a curious condiment combo of barbecue sauce and Thousand Island dressing. The restaurant is in a decades-old brick building on Noble’s main drag. The interior decor leaves no doubt you’re in the heart of small-town Oklahoma. No alcohol is served. Credit and debit cards are not accepted.

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Know your rights What better way to celebrate your freedom than grilling it to perfection over an open flame? We’ve combed local meat markets for the best ingredients to make traditional burgers or brisket. Feeling more adventurous? Why not go for lamb or buffalo? Whatever your heart desires, local butchers will be more than happy to help you praise hot-off-the grill freedom. — by Devon Green photos by Mark Hancock, Shannon Cornman

Bill Kamp’s Meat Market 7310 N. Western Ave. 843-2455

La Michoacana Meat Market

Country Home Meat Co.

Swing by for cuts for your barbecue, and stay for lunch. You will find everything from traditional items like sirloin and cube steak to more unusual fare like lingua and barbacoa. You can even get pre-seasoned/marinated cuts for fajitas and grilling. There is also a deli that serves huge, custom-order burritos and a bakery where you can get traditional Latin sweets like pan dulce for prices that will surprise you.

Country Home offers friendly service and excellent cuts of beef, pork and chicken. It also offers buffalo, a leaner alternative to beef. This meat market is home to one of the few custom processing plants in the metro, and it complies with the standards of certified humane slaughter. Staff will cure and/or smoke your meat for you and welcome visitors to check the place out.

1125 SW 29th St. lamichoacanameatmarket.com 635-1130

The Kamp’s name has been synonymous with quality and customer service for 103 years. Kamp’s has a selection of delicious sides — try the chicken salad; it’s to die for — and a small deli with daily specials. The market is full of surprises, from locally sourced meats to the clean and well-stocked deli cases. Kamp’s also makes a great effort to stock locally made products, including Oklahoma-raised meats.

2775 E. Waterloo Rd. www.countryhomemeats.com 341-0267

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Cusack Meats 301 SW 12th St. cusackmeats.com 232-2114

The Cusack family has been operating in OKC since 1933 and proudly offers Certified Angus Beef as its staple. There are all manner of cuts, including steaks, roasts and briskets. It also offers a variety of items — including turkeys, hams, ribs and sausages — from its smoker. Call in advance or go and peruse the cases to stock up for your next grilling adventure.

Artisan’s Pride Quality Meats 1965 W. Lindsey St., Norman artisanspride.com 310-4130

This neighborhood butcher shop offers a wide selection of USDA certified beef as well as locally raised buffalo from Sandy Springs Farms in Hinton. You can also find rib-eye, jerky, summer sausage and ground buffalo. If you’re looking to change things up in the kitchen, Artisan’s takes custom orders for lamb, goose, duck and handmade uncured sausage in a variety of flavors such as country (breakfast), Italian and bratwurst.

Rhett’s Meat Market

Roger’s Meat Market

9300 N. May Ave. rhettsmeatmarketokc.com 752-2874

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The star of the show here is Rhett’s Sterling Silver Premium Beef; all boneless cuts are wet-aged 28 days, and the porterhouse and bone-in rib-eyes are aged 14 days. Rhett’s also offers leg of lamb, veal chops, lamb loin chops and smoked turkey. As a bonus, you get perfectly prepared mashed potatoes ready to heat with a steak purchase. They’re not for sale separately.

As you can guess from their web address, hot links are the star at Roger’s. All of its sausage is made in-house, and there are more varieties than the standard, including four levels of spicy. Roger’s makes its own summer sausage, processes deer on-site and offers a huge selection of Amish canned goods like jellies and pickles. It also carries one item we haven’t seen anywhere else: beef bacon, which is cut and smoked in-house. It’s a top seller.

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Summer vacation Summertime and the living’s easy … especially when you are staring down a vacation. Hop in the car and explore our beautiful state. Whether you’re visiting Red Rock Canyon State Park; the cold, clear water at Turner Falls; or even just Mom and Dad’s house, we’ve compiled a list of local merchants who can help you get stocked up for the trip. Make sure you pack your sunscreen. — Devon Green

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Blue Seven is more than a gift store — it is a destination for the hard-to-shopfor. The store offers lots of unique items, and you are sure to find just the thing you didn’t know you needed. It’s also a great place to stock up on some stylish, on-trend threads for your trip, from raw denim to Toms shoes. Wherever you go, show your Okie pride; one door over is Just OK, the little sister of Blue Seven that specializes in all things Oklahoma. From tees to coffee mugs, this boutique is packed with locally made 405 pride. Visiting family? Pick up knick-knacks so they can brag that someone here loves them. Tell a Little Story Handmade Apothecarial Goods

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Nothing can ruin a pastoral scene like a swarm of bloodthirsty insects. Keep all manner of pests out of your way with locally manufactured, safe bug spray that really works. You can go see spray-maker Mikie Gillmore on Saturday mornings at OKC Public Farmers Market, SW Second Street and S. Klein Avenue, or visit her etsy page for a mosquito-free summer.

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Just because you’re roughing it doesn’t mean your wardrobe should suffer. Or maybe this year you only get to pretend you’re taking a 10-day trip to “rough it” in the Bahamas. Whether you’re traveling or just pretending to, Dry/Shop offers plenty of breezy separates like cute crop tops to make sure you look good doing it.

Shop Good 3 NW NINTH ST. STORE.SHOPGOODOKC.COM 702-0517

This store is jam-packed with fun, functional items. We were especially drawn to the durable, roomy Oklahoma City Market Bag, perfect for a foray to a farmers market or stowing all your gear. Shop Good also carries cool (literally and figuratively) clothing for ladies and men. But the coolest thing about Shop Good is that spending your money there effects real change through the environmental and social initiatives the shop supports.

Archives Books 1914 E. SECOND ST., EDMOND ARCHIVESINC.COM 348-6800

Vacation is the perfect time to get lost in a good book. Don’t get caught with nothing to read during vacation downtime. Fill your new tote with all that reading you’ve wanted to catch up on. Archives isn’t your dusty, dogeared paperback book store; it has plenty of gently used books, from bestsellers to obscure sci-fi novels. Be sure to check out the rare and hardto-find books section while you’re there. You never know what treasure you might discover. Edmond Summit Company 100 N. BROADWAY AVE., #118 SUMMITCO.PUBLISHPATH.COM 513-5050

This little retailer has an expansive selection of outdoor gear packed efficiently into a small space. If you are doing any outdoor activities, stock up at Edmond Summit. Let its knowledgeable staff help you get the right gear for the trip. From tents to packs and coolers, it has you covered.

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Free inflatables, watermelon and peanuts along with Live entertainment from Justin Echols Trio 5:30-6:30pm, Smilin’ Vic & the Soul 7-8pm and SquadLive 8:30-9:30pm. Food, fun, our annual t-shirt and novelties for sale too. THIS IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME

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Thank Ferris Take a day off in OKC.

BY GREG HORTON

When the character Cameron Frye said, “Ferris Bueller, you’re my hero,” he was echoing the sentiments of a generation of young people who came of age in the 1980s. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off debuted in the early summer of 1986, and the ensemble cast — featuring Matthew Broderick as the title character, Mia Sara as his beautiful and patient girlfriend Sloane Peterson and Alan Ruck as Ferris’ best friend Cameron — became the best group of antiheroes, the kind that are simultaneously antiauthority and nondestructive. Ferris and his friends wanted a day off to, as Ferris said, stop and look around to ensure they didn’t miss anything in their fast-moving lives. Oklahoma City is not Chicago, the setting for the film, but we have certainly come a long way since 1986, far enough, in fact, that a day of grown-up hooky is totally possible. We, like Ferris and friends, can take a day off work or school and spend the day enjoying what Oklahoma City has to offer. But remember, the question is not, “What are you going to do?” The question is, “What aren’t you going to do?”

“Anyone? Anyone?”

Ferris skipped school, including an economics lecture by actor and economist Ben Stein. It was played for laughs with his monotone delivery of Reagan-era economic policies. If you feel like learning something before you begin your day off, you can always stop by Meinders School of Business at Oklahoma City University and see if there are any lectures scheduled. An economics professor would likely

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be thrilled to discuss his or her area of expertise with a novice, and it surely would be much more engaging than Stein’s droning lecture.

“I could be the walrus. I’d still have to bum rides off people.”

First, the bad news. Ferris and the gang drove around the Windy City in a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California that was “borrowed” from Cameron’s father. Unfortunately, one is not available for rent in Oklahoma City. Given that one sold for $10.9 million in 2008, it is very unlikely that any city has one for rent. Still, a convertible worth millions of dollars isn’t really necessary to enjoy the day. You can have just as much fun in a Mazda or a Buick. Whether you’re in a vintage Ferrari or an economical hatchback, head downtown and find parking at one of Central Oklahoma Transportation & Parking Authority’s garages at 100 W. Main Street, 1 Myriad Gardens, 2 Santa Fe Plaza or 501 W. Sheridan. You probably won’t have to worry about rascally parking attendants taking your wheels out for a joyride like the pair who took off in Cameron’s father’s Ferrari.

Anything is peaceful from ... 844 feet

Ferris and friends headed to the top of the Sears Tower, but since they were too young to drink, Vast, atop the Devon Tower, should wait until later

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which, at the time of the movie, was still called the Sears Tower. In addition to the best view of the metro available, Devon Tower’s 49th floor is home to Vast, a fine dining restaurant that serves lunch and dinner.

All hail the sausage king A view from the top floors of Devon Tower.

in the day. Start where most adults do, with a morning beverage. Elemental Coffee Roasters, 815 N. Hudson Ave., roasts its own beans and has a delicious selection of breakfast items, including biscuit sandwiches, tacos, parfaits and tofu scrambles. In fact, there is something at Elemental for omnivores, vegetarians and vegans. Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA), 415 Couch Drive, opens at 10 a.m. Tuesday through Friday. Ferris took his friends to the Art Institute of Chicago because everyone needs a little culture in their lives. The Dale Chihuly collection is a permanent feature at OKCMOA, and Chihuly’s unique glass creations are absolutely worth your time. Beginning on June 21 and running through mid-September, OKCMOA will host Gods and Heroes: Masterpieces from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, a collection of some of Europe’s greatest masters, including Rembrandt, David and Dürer. The Devon Tower is 50 stories (844 feet) tall, making it roughly half the size of the Willis Tower in Chicago,

Lunch at Vast is served daily 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The menu is small but impressive and features a good selection of seafood, pasta, salads, steak and chicken. The wine list is one of the best in the metro, with hundreds of choices available. Lunch might be a bit early to drink or split an entire bottle, but Vast has nearly 30 wines by the glass to choose from, including four sparkling choices. You are celebrating, after all. But please pay your bill, and don’t try to charge it to Abe Froman, the sausage king of Chicago, as Ferris did.

We, like Ferris and friends, can take a day off work or school and spend the day enjoying what Oklahoma City has to offer.

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City RedHawks rarely play an afternoon game, but with most games starting at about 6 p.m. or 7 p.m., you can still see the the team play in the light of day. And who knows? Maybe you’ll be lucky like Ferris and catch a fly ball. Regardless, grab a dog or peanuts, wash them down with an icecold beverage and enjoy a game. It isn’t Wrigley Field, but Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 S. Mickey Mantle Drive, is one of the nicest in the minor leagues. The RedHawks are part of the Houston Astros organization, and improvements to the ballpark this year included additional video monitors, a video wall and a photo booth (near section 107) so you can memorialize your day (and night) out. Ferris and friends visited the Chicago Stock Exchange. No such exchange exists here, but stop in the lobby at Leadership Square, 211 N. Robinson Ave., and watch stock prices crawl by on boards on both ends of the lobby. Yet one more thing you are unlikely to find: a parade. The parade containing the well-known “Twist and Shout” and “Danke Schoen” scenes was the Von Steuben Day Parade, an annual event for German-Americans that honors Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, a Revolutionary War figure. However, there is another way to honor German-American culture. TapWerks Ale House, 121 E.

Sheridan Ave., has more than 300 beers available, with more than 200 on tap. Many of those beers, like Schneider, Warsteiner, Spaten and others hail from Germany. With darts and pool upstairs and lounges on both floors, there is plenty to do and plenty to drink. Or perhaps you can take a float

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down the Bricktown Canal. Take a ride on a water taxi and sing along to any song you like to the delight of those on the shore.

Ferris Bueller, you’re my hero

Ferris and friends finished the day swimming, so you will need to leave the downtown/Bricktown area and head for White Water Bay, 3908 W. Reno Ave. It’s a pretty short drive west on Interstate 40, so you can be there in minutes. The park is open from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on most hooky days. During July, White Water Bay is open until 8 p.m. on Saturdays and 11 p.m. on some Fridays, so you can actually get a swim or slide in before the RedHawks game. It is summer in Oklahoma, and White Water Bay provides an entertaining and relaxing way to get relief from the heat. The good news here is that after a day of slowing down and enjoying being away from work, you won’t have to outrun parents or principals getting home, and you won’t have to explain to your parents how you totaled an $11 million car. You’re still here? It’s over. Go home. Go.

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Larry Flynt has made a career (and a lot of money) out of defending the First Amendment.

BY DEVON GREEN

Larry Flynt, with his raspy, bullfrog voice, has always had his work cut out for him. Villified in the media, he continually has to overcome the image of him as a lecherous smut-peddler. Flynt is the name and legend behind Larry Flynt Publications (LFP), the increasingly diverse business that got its start publishing Hustler magazine. Geared toward workingclass men, it is the raunchier, riskier Playboy. The magazine has pushed the boundaries of not only good taste but legality. The multi-million-dollar publishing house also produces several other magazines, including Barely Legal, which is devoted exclusively to pictorials of women ages 18-23. LFP produces online gambling games and adult videos, as well. Its broadcast television reaches 67 countries worldwide. In 1998, LFP branched out further into the retail business with a chain of upscale adult boutiques in West Hollywood. On June 12th, Hustler Hollywood quietly opened its 13th location right here in Oklahoma City, at 500 S. Meridian Ave. With the slogan, “Relax — it’s just sex!” they hope to bring a new kind of shopping experience to the reddest of the red states. On the phone in the early morning from Los Angeles, Flynt sounds particularly hoarse and tired. The expectation is that he will say something raunchy or perverse — this is a man who once put a woman being fed into a meat grinder on the cover of his magazine. His courtly manners are a surprise.

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“Everyone thinks I am this seedy old man, grinding out pornography in my basement. I have a huge business, an empire,” he said. He is philosophical about his contribution to the discussion of morality and free speech in America, and about the topic of sex in general. His magazine opens a dialogue about sex and sexuality, even if the format is not for everyone.

Everyone thinks I am this seedy old man, grinding out pornography in my basement. I have a huge business, an empire. — Larry Flynt

“In Europe, [sexuality] is accepted for what it is, a great gift, and other than the desire for survival, the strongest desire we have,” he said. He is more than willing to talk about the history of pornography and the cultural norms that helped shape American’s attitudes toward it. Flynt knows his history, and he also reads nonfiction almost exclusively. Over the

Larry Flynt is the owner of Larry Flynt Publications and a champion of free speech. His retail store, Hustler Hollywood, recently opened its first Oklahoma City location. years, he has become more comfortable with his role as a champion of freedom of speech. His fight for free speech and freedom of the press is legendary — he was shot leaving a courthouse in Georgia in 1978 after yet another obscenity trial. The shooting left him paralyzed from the waist down. His distinctive speech is the result of a stroke caused by an overdose of pain medicine. When he speaks, he is not difficult to understand, but it does sound painful at times. “I feel like Americans have a knee-jerk reaction to sex that’s very unhealthy,” he said. He has never wavered in his commitment to publish what he wants — the law continuously comes down in his favor. “Obscenity is a legal term that [the courts] have used to prosecute pornography. They haven’t been very successful,” he says. “The American people really feel that they have the right to read or view whatever they want in the privacy of their own homes, and when someone tries to tell them what they can or cannot view, it’s insulting their intelligence.” As for whether Flynt’s publications push the boundaries of good taste, that’s not something that concerns him, but it has certainly contributed to his vilification in the media. “I always felt, even at the very

beginning, that free speech is important only when it’s offensive,” he said. Out in the boundaries of what is and is not acceptable is where the battle is fought and, in Flynt’s case, won. While the perception might be that he gleefully condones anything and everything under the First Amendment, there are things that cross boundaries for him. “I think war is obscene,” he said. “You take a newspaper and you publish a picture of a mutilated body, you might even win a Pulitzer Prize for that. You publish a photo of people making love, you’ll probably go to jail. What does that say about our society?” He finds himself getting more philosophical as he grows older, but he has always focused on the big picture. “My role models have always been great historical figures — Lincoln, Churchill and people that I admired and got to know personally. I was very fond of the late Gore Vidal,” he said. He contemplates his role in the scheme of things and what his legacy will be. For a publisher of dirty magazines, he has made quite a contribution to freedom of speech and the press. “I would like to think that I have fought to expand the parameters of free speech in a positive way,” Flynt said.

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Water works OSU students bring clean water to a Honduran village. BY GREG HORTON

Oklahoma State University professors and students provided a solution for a poverty-stricken Honduran village that supplied clean water to all the residents. The OSU chapter of Engineers Without Borders has been working in the northern Honduran village of Seis de Mayo since 2009 to help the village of 1,200 alleviate the high infant mortality rate and diseases associated with water impurities. The team, led by graduate student Eric Lam and associate professor of environmental engineering Greg Wilber, developed a biosand filter to remove impurities — called organic carbons — from the village’s drinking water. The infant mortality rate was so high that parents often would not name their children until they were three to four years old, Lam said. The original filter design was made with a steel mold at a cost of thousands of dollars, but the OSU team designed a model that utilized locally sourced materials, including rock and wood, for the mold. According to Wilber, the filter can now be produced by locals for about $25. Wilber said the Engineers Without Borders project is ongoing in Honduras, and the team is now trying to develop the filter for use in places with even more problematic water supplies. As part of that effort, Wilber and Lam wrote a proof-of-concept project to take to the USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C., in late April. “Eric and I wanted to investigate whether the filters could be used to treat worse water quality than we have at Seis de Mayo,” Wilber said. “Whereas Seis is using mountain runoff, which has a comparatively low total organic carbon (TOC) content, the other villages we’re looking at are using surface water and river water.” In developing nations, river water often means there are communities

Greg Wilber, Heidi Wallace, Eric Lam, Ted Monhollon, Logan Kunka and Michelle Henry at the USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C., in late April. The group presented a point-of-use water treatment system used in Honduras.

We need to look at modifications that make it possible to provide clean water to other locations. — Greg Wilber

upstream that dump human waste and other organic waste into the river, increasing the levels of pathogenic organic carbons. Wilber said treated water in the United States has a TOC rating of 0 milligrams per liter, Seis de Mayo is 6 to 8 and the new locations are 20 or higher. Wilber said the competition revealed that the filters would work up to a TOC rating of 20 but failed beyond that level. “That means we need to look at modifications that make it possible to provide clean water to other locations,” Wilber said. Wilber and the team are currently looking for additional research money to help with the project. Also, the U.S. Department of State issued a travel advisory for Honduras in December of last year because of increasing crime and violence levels, creating additional headaches for travel plans to the country. Wilber said the target villages are far outside the areas of concern and the school would not take students to a dangerous area.

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Better than vinegar Local beekeepers talk about the art and science of their craftt. BY DEVON GREEN

Most of us take honey for granted. We think of a person swathed in a beekeeping suit and hives that look like the illustrations in Winnie the Pooh. It turns out it’s a little more complicated, but you can keep bees in your tiny lot right here in the city. Rick Hall is a beekeeper and a teacher of beekeeping. He runs a small company, OK Bees, offering honey, pollination services and bees for sale. He’s also the guy to talk with when you want to learn about bees and how to have your own. Hall teaches a beekeeping class that covers the basics needed to get started keeping bees. The class meets early in the year at Oklahoma State University — Oklahoma City (OSUOKC), 930 N. Portland Ave. Hall started with a single hive and now manages about 100. He said that he was not only drawn Kevin Gant to the appeal of honey and managing bees but there are several things going on in the bee world that concern him. Namely, there are several worrisome diseases affecting bee populations that piques his interest. “It’s been said that bees are like the canary in the coal mine — whatever is affecting the bees will affect us,” Hall said. He is particularly interested in colony collapse disorder, which causes the adults in a hive to leave, something against their basic nature. No one is quite sure why it happens, but local farmers, including Hall, think it might have to do with certain types of pesticides called neonicotinoids. They are chemically similar to nicotine and work on the nervous systems of most insects. While

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they are relatively harmless to mammals, which is appealing to farmers, they might have devastating affects on bees. American honey bees are not a native species. They were brought over during the colonization of America by Europeans in the late 17th century. According to Rick Hall, we have a variety of nationalities, and they possess different innate characteristics. “Italian bees are very docile. Russian bees tend to be more aggressive. A beginning beekeeper, I would sell you Italian bees because they are easier to work with,” said Hall. There are also big differences in the temperaments of bees that have stationary hives versus ones that move around a lot. “Wouldn’t you be a little more irritable if you had to pick up your house and move it every couple of weeks?” he said. With his pollinating business, Hall takes his hives to different locations throughout the state to help farmers pollinate crops. This also benefits the bees, especially when pollinating canola because it is high in protein for the bees. There’s a demand for honeys that the bees produce as a result of pollinating certain crops. “When the black locusts bloom, we’ll find a grove of that and you’ll end up with black locust honey, and people know to look for that,” Hall said. Hall was instrumental in getting Senate Bill 716 passed in 2013. The bill allows individual beekeepers to sell up to 6,000 pounds of honey annually without an inspection, which helps keep it a

It’s been said that bees are like the canary in the coal mine — whatever is affecting the bees will affect us. — Rick Hall

cottage industry, Hall said. Kevin Gant is a local farmer and producer who is relatively new to beekeeping. He started out with Rick Hall’s course a few years ago and is no stranger to the fact that bees are delicate creatures. Before our recent winter was over, he lost one of his two hives. Most beekeepers don’t harvest any honey the first year. This gives the bees a chance to build up their hive and reserves. Since it was February when Gant lost his hive, he can wait on a swarm, when Rick Hall works with a beehive on private property in Tuttle.

a portion of bees leaves a crowded hive, or wait until next year when he can stock up from bee sellers. When beekeepers purchase a nucleus – a “starter hive,” they buy about 3,000-5,000 bees. One of them is the all-important queen, who has been nurtured since she was a larva to perform her queenly duties. In a swarm, when the hive is getting low on resources to support the number of bees in the hive, nurse bees, who take care of the larvae, start feeding a few of them royal jelly. The bee out of these select few that hatches first is instantly queen. And in her queenly duties, her first order of business is to destroy any competition. The existing queen leaves to find a new hive, leaving the “new” queen to her hive. You can find out more about beekeeping classes at okbees.org. You can purchase fine local honey at a variety of places, including Urban Agrarian, 1235 SW Second St.; Buy For Less grocery stores; and through the Oklahoma Food Coop at oklahomafood.coop.

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The Chickasaw Nation is one of the largest and most powerful tribes in Oklahoma, with land holdings covering 18 counties rich with both natural and cultural attractions. The tribe makes its home in the southeastern part of the state, which — unknown to many — holds a wealth of tourism opportunities. Exhibit C is a new art gallery and retail space opening at 1 E. Sheridan Ave. in the heart of Bricktown. The gallery plans to be a one-stop shop promoting the culture and art of the Chickasaw people while encouraging visitors to explore further.

There are so many attractions right there in the corner of the state that so many are not aware of. — Paige Williams

“We are really hoping the millionplus visitors who visit Bricktown will go to Chickasaw Country next time they pass through Oklahoma,” said Paige Williams, director of tourism at the Chickasaw Nation Division of Commerce. “There are so many attractions right there in the corner of the state that so many are not aware of, including the Chickasaw Cultural Center in Sulphur and the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center in Duncan.” The gallery is around the corner from Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, which the tribe obtained the naming rights to in 2012. Its red brick facade

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opens up into a long, deconstructed space. Above the welcome desk sits the gallery’s plain but sophisticated logo. “We wanted something that generated interest and is a little bit mysterious,” Williams said of Exhibit C’s name. Large blocks of earthy colors and soft lighting break up the gallery’s warehouse feel. The overall effect is soothing, with large, cream-colored couches tucked off to the side and natural light streaming in. It’s an old building with much of the structural detail intact but deconstructed — the pipes and HVAC are visible, and there are no walls closing any part of it off. Each area has its own section, and they all feed into one large, unrestricted space. The artists for the first several months will be from the Chickasaw Nation. In future months, they could potentially open the gallery to any artists from the southeastern part of the state. But for now, the focus is on members of the tribe. The featured artist for the opening is Mike Larsen, whose work also hangs in the Oklahoma State Capitol and the Chickasaw Cultural Center. The featured artist will rotate every four months or so. The art on display is all for sale, and there will be something for every price point. Some of the artists, like Margaret Roach Wheeler, made special items for sale. Wheeler’s series of scarves is among the keepsakes available at the gallery. Visitors can also purchase the full line of Bedré chocolates, including its chocolate-covered potato chips. Guests can also peruse a number of books produced by the Chickasaw about the history and people of its Nation.

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Local shop Guestroom Records has become synonymous with Steve Keene’s album-minded paintings, which appeal to music and visual art enthusiasts alike.

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If you wander into Guestroom Records in either Oklahoma City or Norman and aren’t too focused on the jawdropping amount of vinyl on display, you’ll notice a particular artist takes up a lot of space on the walls. Steve Keene’s vibrant paintings are frenetic renderings of beloved records, from Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York to Mission of Burma’s ONoffON. They are, without a doubt, one of the store’s best-selling items, with hundreds of his paintings sold to local music and art fans.

It was kind of amazing to get my work all over the country. — Steve Keene

Justin Sowers, one of Guestroom’s owners, said stumbling upon the New York artist was happenstance. “We ran into a lot of them on eBay,” Sowers said, “a bunch of his little bitty ones that were selling super cheap, and we bought them all and sold them all.” Part of Keene’s charm is that his works are painted by hand yet still affordable, selling for $25 each. After Guestroom’s owners saw how quickly the first collection sold nearly eight years ago, its management got in touch with

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Keene and began ordering from him directly. “We haven’t gotten a lot of his [paintings] this year,” Sowers said. “It’ll be kind of a flurry of them and then nothing for a while.” Keene’s art is part personal creativity and part fan art, loving tributes to some of the biggest and smallest artists of today and yesterday. If a glance at the wall at Guestroom is any indication, Keene is a big David Bowie fan. He’s also partial to The Velvet Underground, The Beatles and Sonic Youth. “You would go to record stores or book stores and you would see fanzines where they talked about their favorite band or their favorite record or something like that, and I tried to mimic that,” Keene said. “My paintings are dirt cheap, and they’re treated as something that you could pick up and take them anywhere and drop them off.” Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams recently declared June 14 Steve Keene Day, coinciding with the artist’s new show, The Steve Keene Experience, in the Brooklyn Public Library. But with Keene, you don’t get artistic pretension. He’s very clear about his art — it’s meant to be affordable because it’s meant to be shared and loved. “I have been doing art for 20 years, and it started in the music community,” he said. “I would do my paintings and then I would bring them to bars or shows, and it was kind of amazing to get my work all over the country. A band would buy my pieces and then give them to friends hundreds of miles away. I really didn’t know how efficient it would be.” Keene can knock out a dozen or

more paintings in a day. And while it gives them a somewhat manufactured appeal, there’s no hint of mass production. Each painting is unique, varying in some way from those before it and those after it. There’s a manic excitement in the making of his pieces, which shows through in the finished works. They are colorful and a little messy, yet they capture the spirit of the bands he admires.

Keene has never been to Oklahoma, but he is not convinced of New York’s superiority when it comes to art or lifestyle. “Most places are just as cool as New York — especially now,” he said. “I’d like to come to Oklahoma someday. It seems like a cool place. I mean, they buy lots of my art.”

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OKC Improv kicks off its Wet Hot Improv Summer run this weekend at Broadway Theater with its most ambitious lineup to date. In addition to expanding programming to also include Friday nights, the organization will hold the inaugural Oklahoma City Improv Festival during the second week of the run. OKC Improv Program Director Kyle Gossett said the festival is a result of the organization seeking new and exciting ways to raise awareness about improv as an art form and viable entertainment option here in Oklahoma. “With the festival,” Gossett said, “we get to bring in great national talent like L.A.-based duo Dave Hill and Matt Jones, plus our friends and peers from places like Dallas and Springfield (Missouri).” In addition to performing at the famed iO West Theater in L.A., Hill has appeared on Reno 911, while Matt Jones is best known for his reoccurring role as Badger on Breaking Bad. There will be three opportunities to catch Hill and Jones at the festival. On July 11, they will perform a special lottery show at 10:30 p.m. with local

improvisers selected at random. They will return as a duo to headline the 9 p.m. show Saturday before guest starring with OKC’s own musical improv troupe Off-Book at 10:30 p.m. Hill and Jones will also teach four workshops during the festival. Other featured groups performing during the festival include Manick, Dave & Terry, Dallas’ Kyle & Drew, Springfield’s The Jeff Show and OKC’s own Heel Turn and Twinprov. For those ready to laugh sooner, the run opens Saturday with a special 20th Anniversary performance by OKC’s longest-running troupe, Everybody and Their Dog. Its founding members, all theater actors, were drawn together by a shared sense of play and the creative freedom that comes with improv, like the fact that typecasting doesn’t exist. “You can play any person/animal/ mineral/vegetable at any age, of any sort, and often several in a single show,” said Dog cofounder and OKC Improv Managing Director Sue Ellen Reiman. “The limit is only your imagination.” For the first 10 years, Everybody and Their Dog was pretty much the only improv game in town. Now, there are around 30 local groups active at any one time in OKC that have coalesced into a thriving community. Reiman said that because they never perform the same show twice, every performance still elicits an adrenaline rush as she and her cast mates step onto the stage and into the unknown.

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Hometown legend Scott Verplank will make his Champions Tour debut during the 2014 U.S. Senior Open Monday through Sunday, July 13 at Edmond’s Oak Tree National golf club. BY BRENDAN HOOVER

Oak Tree National member Bob Tway will be among the 156 golfers vying for the U.S. Senior Open title in Edmond Monday through Sunday, July 13.

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Through a combination of age and injury, Scott Verplank’s golf career is at a crossroads. The 28-year PGA Tour veteran will make his Champions Tour debut when the 2014 U.S. Senior Open begins next week at Edmond’s Oak Tree National golf club. A favorable showing could mean another turning point in Verplank’s career. “I’m going to have to play well to have a chance,” he said. Since undergoing surgery on his left wrist in 2011, only a month removed from a tie for fourth at the PGA Championship in Atlanta, Verplank, who turns 50 on July 9, has struggled to make cuts and even finish golf tournaments. He made only nine starts on tour in 2012, including a tie for 54th at the Masters Golf Tournament. In 2013, he made four of 14 cuts on tour and failed to record a top-10 finish for the second consecutive season. This year, Verplank has made one cut out of 11 events played, a tie for 72nd at the Sony Open in Hawaii in January. He withdrew from the Northern Trust Open in February and hasn’t hit a competitive shot since missing the cut at the FedEx St. Jude Classic in early June. “My body has just not responded the way I want it to since I had that surgery,” said Verplank, a five-time PGA Tour winner. “I’m not thrilled about that.” Verplank received an exemption into the U.S. Senior Open because he played in the 2007 Presidents Cup Matches and 2006 Ryder Cup Matches. Despite the setbacks, the anticipation of playing at home in front of family and friends has sparked excitement for playing in future senior and PGA Tour events, Verplank said. “Having a big tournament right

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“I really hadn’t played Oak Tree hardly at all up to that point, so I really didn’t have any home course advantage. It was just a great week.” he said. Opened for play in 1976 and renovated in 2008 under the guidance of famed golf architect Pete Dye, Oak Tree National has stood the test of time. The par-71, 7,219-yard layout forces players to hit their driver on most holes, and the finishing hole (normally No. 9, but the USGA has switched nines for this event) would play very difficult into a strong south wind, Verplank said. Oak Tree National also hosted the 2006 Senior PGA Championship, won by Jay Haas, and the 1988 PGA Championship, won by Jeff Sluman. This will be the 20th USGA championship and the first U.S. Senior Open held in Oklahoma. Oak Tree National members Bob Tway, Willie Wood and Gil Morgan will also be among the 156 golfers vying for the U.S. Senior Open title.

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Scott Verplank smiles as he walks across the 16th green during the final round of the 93rd PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club on August 14, 2011 in Johns Creek, Georgia. there in my backyard, that’s a cool thing. I’ve kind of started feeling anxious, in a good way,” he said. “I know it won’t take much to get me back going in that direction. I think I’ll be fine.”

It has been almost 30 years since Verplank, then a standout at Oklahoma State, won the 1984 U.S. Amateur at Oak Tree National, sinking a 25-foot putt on the 33rd hole to defeat Sam Randolph 4 and 3.

The U.S. Senior Open is a huge undertaking, with more than 2,500 volunteers and more than 100 corporate partners coming together to put on the event, championship director Jeff Ewing said. The planning process began in 2011, when Ewing and his team first met with City of Edmond officials. Since then, Ewing has developed a great working relationship with city, county and state officials as well as various chambers of commerce and corporate partners. More than 120,000 spectators are expected to attend, and tournament officials project an economic impact of more than $15 million to the Edmond and Oklahoma City economy.

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Popular uprising Running is a hot health trend across the country, and some believe it is helping Oklahoma get off the ‘fat’ lists. BY CONRAD KERSTEN

Whether one drives, walks or runs down the metro area streets, they might notice herds of men and women in an assortment of colorful running gear on the roads. That is because five-kilometer runs, mud runs, color runs and most other types of “uns” and marathons are on the uptick. Five-kilometer runs are gaining popularity thanks to unique events and training programs to help even the biggest sofa spud get active. There has been a 17.5 percent increase in them nationally between 2011 and 2012, according to runningusa.org, a website devoted to advance the growth of the running industry. Nontraditional races, such as mud runs or color runs, have also shown a dramatic increase, with more than 4 million finishers in 2013. Sixty percent of those who participated in a nontraditional run had never ran in a 5k before, according to the RunningUSA website. Half-marathons and marathons had a record high 2.5 million finishers in comparison. “[Nontraditional runs] are the fastest growing segment of the running industry,” Jeffrey Kidder said. Kidder is the managing director of Hers Projects, a local nonprofit organization that helps women develop and cater healthy habits to fit their lifestyle. Kidder questions the sustainability of nontraditional runs because these runs are not timed and have no winner. Kidder also notes that the novelty of these runs might wear off sooner other than later. “For me, if it gets 56-year-old Ed or 17-year-old Cindy, who are basically inactive ... off the couch, then maybe that is the spark they need,” Kidder said. Another way running is experiencing

Jeffrey Kidder, center, runs at Lake Hefner with his daughter Darrian, left, and wife Sheila. Kidder is managing director of Hers Projects. a growth in popularity is through programs designed to slowly introduce people to the sport. Kidder’s RunHers program has a “Couch to 5k” plan. Jon Beck, who owns Red Coyote Running and Fitness with his wife, Burke, offer a program called the “Newbie Running Program.” “It is hard [to start running],” Beck said. “The biggest reason is people run too hard or too fast the first time.” The new runner programs by Red Coyote, RunHers and others aim to gradually introduce aspiring runners to running. Red Coyote’s program takes place over nine weeks and slowly teaches people to run, which makes running more accessible to the average person and subsequently helps encourage the growth of the sport, Beck said. “The first program we did, we had 40 people,” Beck said. “This fall, we had over 200.” Beck has also seen a growth in the number of events offered. In 2012, there were approximately 15,000 5K events and 6.2 million 5K race finishers nationally, according to runningusa.org. While running’s rising popularity might not last forever, both Kidder and Beck agree that any increase in physical activity is a good thing for Oklahomans. “[Oklahoma] always falls on those unhealthy or fattest lists,” Beck said. “I think it is changing.”

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Major League tunes

Texas-based experimental rockers Chipper Jones bring a host of influences and skills to the metaphorical dugout. BY JOSHUA BOYDSTON

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Austin indie duo Chipper Jones is little more than a year old, but the musical collaboration has been a lifetime in the making. Guitarist James Lambrecht and drummer Charlie Martin grew up on the same block in their hometown of Dallas, one that Martin describes as an “old-school, romantic kind of upbringing” where all the families become more than neighbors — a tight-knit community. Their families were friends, as were Lambrecht and Martin, if not exceptionally close. But when Lambrecht’s family shipped down to Austin, the relationship seemed dead.

The two would bump into each other again a decade later at the University of Texas and continued to do so, as their friends and musical exploits overlapped at venues and bars around Austin. Eventually, the childhood buds decided to accept their destiny and jam together. “We met up and played together and just hit it off immediately,” Martin said. “We landed on such similar interests but different aspects thereof. It made for this perfect partnership.” As friends and bandmates, they are more of an odd couple than identical twins. The two share a similar background and affinity for organic electronic music and post-rock, and each one’s approach is different yet complementary. “What he does is very technical, this layered looping and very precise, intricate style of playing. I’m more primal and minimal, this sort of tropical influence,”

California dreamin’

L.A.-via-Oklahoma trio Modern Pantheist found its creative spark after moving to the West Coast.

BY JOSHUA BOYDSTON

Modern Pantheist with The Wurly Birds and Larry Chin 9 p.m. Sunday Blue Note Lounge 2408 N. Robinson Ave. thebluenotelounge.com 600-1166 $5

Chris Anderson was a fixture of the Oklahoma music scene for much of the past 10 years, both as the chief force behind The Electric Primadonnas and co-founder of The Wurly Birds. And he prospered here, with each project garnering sizable local — even regional — followings. But he couldn’t fully ignore the part of him that beckoned him elsewhere. “Destiny,” Anderson bluntly answered when asked what prompted his move to

California. He applauds and champions the imagination of his home state, noting Oklahoma might even trump California in that department. But Anderson is also aware that it might not have been the healthiest place for him to pursue music. “I fell into an inward spiral of creative insanity with The Electric Primadonnas because I wanted to do everything with it,” he said. “It’s so easy to take on too much in Oklahoma and then, unfortunately, spread oneself thin.” Modern Pantheist, his new band and sole focus, is the perfect fit between creatively ambitious and practical, adding an urgent sense of purpose that didn’t necessarily have a hold of Anderson before. The group formed soon after Anderson

Martin said. “That’s the sound we started to cultivate — making something that is accessible but could be seen as more leftfield. The words math rock and postrock get thrown around, but it’s a different kind of balance.” It makes for a sound that is wholly familiar but, arguably, unique to Chipper Jones, blending sweeping instrumentals with the lush, forest-floor bounce of Youth Lagoon. The best comparison might be to fellow Austin act Explosions in the Sky. But while Explosions drew its sound out of the dramatic, football-filled Texas nights (as heard in Friday Night Lights — both the movie and TV show), Chipper Jones is informed by a different sport. Martin played a season of college baseball and has a stepbrother playing for the Detroit Tigers’ Triple-A affiliate. He’s also good friends with Atlanta Braves catcher Evan Gattis, made his trek out to the West Coast and met a fellow transplant, veteran musician and drummer Dave Ferrara. (The band would later add bassist Chris Sandler). “We all came out to Los Angeles, and we all take it very seriously,” Anderson said. “It’s a struggle to make ends meet there, and you have to be serious about whatever you’re serious about.” Ferrara echoed those sentiments. “None of us are locals here,” he said. “We came here to accomplish something.” Modern Pantheist has made quick work of things, too. Formed in 2012, the duo has already released its fulllength, self-titled debut in July of last year, followed by the eight-song Sun Abuse EP released this May. “We record like madmen,” Anderson said. “When we want to do something, we get it done, and we get it done quickly.” The trio’s big, trippy sound borrows heavily from The Beatles, amplified by modern psych-rock bands like Tame Impala with a little classic soul added for good taste. “We’re trying to make a big sound with just three guys,” Sandler said, “and we’ve been doing a good job of it.” Though Sun Abuse is barely a month old, Modern Pantheist already has enough new material for a second full-length, and — thanks to Ferrara’s own downtown

explaining the band playfully being named after the retired, MVP-winning Braves third baseman. “I was never that into him as a player, but I loved that name,” Martin said. “James had this romantic idea of Chipper Jones being this all-American type of guy, and we have always been influenced by Explosions in the Sky, so there was this great kind of parallelism there.” That connection can be heard on Two Rooms, the duo’s debut EP featuring a few singles, a collection of improvised interludes and a soundscape all tracked live and released in April. “It’s a different thing for a band like us to do,” Martin said, noting the next album would be a standard, multitrack recording. “You’d expect a folk band to put out a live album, but maybe not so much an instrumental pop group. And we like doing things differently.”

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L.A. recording studio — the band plans to release yet another album within a year’s time while hopefully adding a keyboardist into the fold. Playing Sunday at Blue Note Lounge, Anderson is excited to share everything he has created in his new home away from home, eager to reunite with his favorite “community of freaks.” “It’s inspiring,” he said of Sunday’s show. “There’s an energy there and excitement for showing people what I’ve been up to rather than it just slowly dripping out over time.”

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Stephen Speaks, Redrock Canyon Grill. ACOUSTIC The Clique, Friends Restaurant & Club. VARIOUS Young Widows/White Reaper, The Conservatory. ROCK 411, Remington Park. R&B

Mark Vollertsen, Redrock Canyon Grill. ACOUSTIC

SATURDAY, JULY 5

The Friends No BS Jam, Friends Restaurant & Club. VARIOUS

Amber Hayes, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill. COUNTRY

Grant Wells, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO

THURSDAY, JULY 3 Acoustic Terrace Thursdays, Myriad Botanical Gardens. ACOUSTIC Brent Salisbury/Will Galbraith/Wayne Duncan, Friends Restaurant & Club. ROCK

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Banana Seat, Russell’s, Tower Hotel. COVER Chipper Jones/The Hitt Boyz/Foxburrows/Milk Jr, VZD’s Restaurant & Club. ROCK David Chamberlain, Wormy Dog Saloon. COUNTRY Derek Harris, Aloft Oklahoma City Downtown. ACOUSTIC Don and Melodee Johnson, Twelve Oaks, Edmond. JAZZ

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Young Widows, The Conservatory, Friday, July 4

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Cody Cooke, Wormy Dog Saloon. COUNTRY David Morris, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO Eli Young Band, WinStar World Casino, Thackerville. COUNTRY Emily Northcutt, Myriad Botanical Gardens. COUNTRY Justin White and the Horn Wreckers, Grandad’s Bar. COUNTRY KingFish, Jazmo’z Bourbon Street Café. JAZZ Replay, Baker St. Pub & Grill. COVER

Eric Dunkin, Colcord Hotel. VARIOUS Famous Seamus and the Travel Bongs/Sirens, Grandad’s Bar. BLUEGRASS Grant Stevens, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO KingFish, Jazmo’z Bourbon Street Café. JAZZ Los Romeros: The Royal Family of Guitar, Oklahoma City University. ACOUSTIC Psychotic Reaction, Istvan Gallery. ROCK Replay/Mitch & Allen, Redrock Canyon Grill. COVER

Stars, Redrock Canyon Grill. ROCK

Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band, WinStar World Casino, Thackerville. ROCK

The Dave Thomason Band, Grady’s 66 Pub, Yukon. COVER

Rusty and The Nails, Newcastle Casino, Newcastle. ROCK

FRIDAY, JULY 4 Christian Pearson/Gary Johnson, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO Drive, Buck Thomas Park, Moore. ROCK

SK Love/Feathered Rabbit, HiLo Club. ROCK Smokestaxx, Belle Isle Restaurant & Brewery. BLUES

Gardens. SINGER/SONGWRITER

SquadLive, Riverwind Casino, Norman. COVER

MONDAY, JULY 7

Ted Nugent, Frontier City. ROCK The Clique, Friends Restaurant & Club. VARIOUS

Equilibrium, Lower Bricktown Plaza. R&B

The Donkeys/Jeff Richardson/Bored Wax, Opolis, Norman. ROCK

Eric Dunkin, Tapwerks Ale House & Cafe. ROCK

The Sleepy Truckers, Bricktown Music Hall. ROCK

Jared Sutton/Jarrod Baker, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill. COUNTRY

White Shockolate, Tapwerks Ale House & Cafe. DANCE

John Dunbar and the Midwest Tragedy, Grandad’s Bar. COUNTRY JV’s Filling Station, Paseo District. BLUEGRASS KingFish, Jazmo’z Bourbon Street Café. JAZZ

411, Remington Park. R&B

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Kristen Stehr, Riverwind Casino, Norman. COUNTRY

Edgar Cruz, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. ACOUSTIC

Lower 40, Grand Casino, Shawnee. COUNTRY

Modern Pantheist/The Wurly Birds/Larry Chin, Blue Note Lounge. ROCK

Reckless Kelly, Riverwind Casino, Norman. COUNTRY

The Donkeys, Opolis, Norman, Saturday, July 5

Drive, Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse. COVER

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Sorry, other shows. Any time Willie Nelson comes to town, it’s just gonna be our pick. That’s the way it goes. Not to mention, the country icon is bringing Alison Krauss and Jason Isbell with him, so we really were left with no other options. See the acclaimed and beloved singer-songwriters perform in an outdoor setting (because, you know, it’s Willie) 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 9 at The Zoo Amphitheatre, 2101 NE 50th St. Tickets are $39.50-$99.50. Call 602-0683 or visit thezooamphitheatre.com.

Samantha Crain, Myriad Botanical Gardens. COUNTRY

Seahaven/Weatherbox/Fade/Ghost Lake, The Conservatory. ROCK

Small Town Sound, Wormy Dog Saloon. COUNTRY

Sky Smeed/Susan Herndon Trio, Myriad Botanical

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 Grant Wells, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO

Tequila Songbirds/The Coltranes/Sex Snobs, Blue Note Lounge. VARIOUS

Steve Crossley, Redrock Canyon Grill. ROCK

Touche Amore/Tigers Jaw/Dads, The Conservatory. ROCK

The Friends No BS Jam, Friends Restaurant & Club. VARIOUS

TUESDAY, JULY 8

Zomboy/Cookie Monsta/Eptic, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa. ELECTRONIC

Brother Gruesome, HiLo Club. ROCK

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Grant Stevens, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO Kierston White/Eliza Bee, VZD’s Restaurant & Club. COUNTRY Mitch Casen, Friends Restaurant & Club. COUNTRY Tribute to Bob Childers, The Blue Door. COUNTRY

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White zen

BY JOSHUA BOYDSTON

The Tequila Songbirds have become just as beloved as about any group around these parts. And how could they not? Featuring a revolving cast of the Sooner State’s most badass female performers, it’s a power hour of some of the best songwriting coming out of central Oklahoma. Sure, they might not technically be family, but they are clearly a band of sisters all the same, bonded by the same brand of whiskey running through their veins. It started as a song swap, and Samantha Crain, Ali Harter, Sherree Chamberlain, Camille Harp, Kaitlin Butts, Eliza Bee and plenty more have all made their appearances. But it’s Kierston White who has always acted as the glue that holds them together, despite the fact that the rest of the cast all had a record or more to their name pre-Songbirds — but not White. That changes with Don’t Write Love Songs, the Norman singer’s debut LP. Recorded at Blackwatch Studios and produced by Crain, the eight-song effort goes a long way in showing that White is just as capable of soaring on her own as she is alongside her flock. It’s a quaint collection of songs that celebrate heartfelt sentiments and perceptive lyricism. Opener “Alcohol” features the album’s most catchy and ambitious arrangement, and its more traditional follow-up, “Love Songs,” is just as infectious. “Big Star” flirts with the big, anthemic folk hooks so in vogue as of late, but most of the offerings are even-keeled and steady. “Warren” and “Soft Shoulders” are defined by

their pretty, stripped-down simplicity, although “Happy Noon Beers” and “Ride On” might saunter a little too much for their own good. Still, it’s refreshing to have the mix toned down in order to allow White and her voice to assume the forefront — enough to let those two important elements shine without the room feeling empty. It’s hard to say if Don’t Write Love Songs is more of country or folk album; it has a definite twang, but it’s refined, and its open-diary frankness is pinned to some adept hook writing. It likely is something in between, recalling the most prairiefriendly work of Neko Case or, at her most restrained, Kerosene-era Miranda Lambert. But the best things are never just one thing; they are a little bit of everything. And White’s songs are exercises in duality: tough but tender, stubborn but receptive, guarded but vulnerable. That dichotomy is very literally addressed in “Soft Shoulders,” and it’s a theme that runs through each of the rest, her lyrics saying one thing but the tone of her voice saying another. It’s not so much confused as it is wholly aware of the fact that what you think and what you feel rarely ever live in accord. It’s also why an album called Don’t Write Love Songs has no shortage of them, because White knows a good song reconciles what you want with what you need.

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After 50 years, The Beatles’ movie debut, A Hard Day’s Night, still rocks.

BY PHIL BACHARACH

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The chord that begins The Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night” is among the most justly famous in rock ’n’ roll. It is a prelude to pure exuberance, a sustained burst of electrified possibility. The song, of course, lives up to the promise of that chord, as does the 1964 movie of the same name. Recognized as one of the best films of the 1960s, A Hard Day’s Night captures the irresistible chemistry of The Beatles, the phenomenon of Beatlemania and the stirrings of what would be a worldwide cultural explosion. The movie, newly restored and remastered, celebrates its 50th anniversary this weekend with a special theatrical release. Among the selected theaters is the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive. Shot in black-and-white, the film remains as fresh and fun as it was when the world was first swooning over John

Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. “After more than three decades, it has not aged and is not dated,” wrote the late film critic Roger Ebert. “It is one of the great life-affirming landmarks of the movies.” A Hard Day’s Night also set the gold standard for rock ’n’ roll movies, infusing wit and inventiveness into what had become a dull genre. Influential Village Voice critic Andrew Sarris called A Hard Day’s Night “the Citizen Kane of jukebox musicals.” Even Bosley Crowther, The New York Times’ decidedly old-guard film critic, hailed it at the time as “a whale of a comedy” — although he added that “the frequent and brazen ‘yah-yah-yahing’ of the fellows when they break into song may be grating.” United Artists executives had conceived the film as a cash-grab to capitalize on Beatlemania before what they assumed would be the fad’s inevitable waning. Essentially a fictionalized account of 24 hours in the lives of the Fab Four, the movie was given a seven-week shooting schedule, its budget a modest $500,000. The rushed production didn’t bother director Richard Lester, an American who had been working in British

television. The Beatles had seen Lester’s Oscar-winning short, The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film, which he had made with Peter Sellers, and the young band sensed a kindred spirit. Screenwriter Alun Owen crafted a story line that highlighted The Beatles’ personalities and banter. Lennon later claimed much of the script was dispensed with (“We were a bit infuriated by the glibness of it and the shittyness of the dialogue,” he recalled), but it helped sketch the personas that would endure: John, the cynical smartass; Paul, the cute one; George, the wise observer; and Ringo, hapless but happy. For good measure, British TV actor Wilfrid Brambell appeared as Paul’s devilish — and notably “clean” — grandfather. A Hard Day’s Night is an exhilaratingly irreverent blend of jokes, slapstick, faux documentary, musical, French New Wave — you name it. It finds magic in curious places, whether the band members are jumping around in a field or fielding questions at a press conference. “How did you find America?” a reporter asks John. “Turned left at Greenland,” replies the Beatle. Ringo, when asked if he is a “mod” or a rocker”: “No, I’m a mocker.”

A Hard Day’s Night is an exhilaratingly irreverent blend of jokes, slapstick, faux documentary, musical, French New Wave — you name it.

And then there is the music. Beatles hits are front and center, including “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “And I Love Her,” “I Should’ve Known Better” and the insanely catchy title track, which Lennon penned in a single night. Lester mused on the film’s enduring appeal in a 2007 interview with The A.V. Club. “If you want to have a film that lasts,” he said, “you either find your way to an original version of some universal truth, which is deadly serious and very valuable, or you make a profoundly silly movie. And I think we did the latter, because somehow silly doesn’t date as badly as earnestness.”

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Choice comedy Obvious Child tackles a heavy-hitting issue with both nuance and hilarity.

BY AIMEE WILLIAMS

Stand-up comedians are known to mask vulnerabilities in self-deflecting insult humor or shock-value oneliners rather than embrace their flaws as part of their material. In Obvious Child, heralded as an “abortion comedy,” director Gillian Robespierre relies on the kind of vulnerability unique to many 20-something women — unplanned pregnancy — but manages to depoliticize the “A” word with a humanistic, intimate perspective. The film opens with Donna (Jenny Slate, TV’s Parks and Recreation) on stage at a Brooklyn comedy club in the middle of a joke about her underwear stains. Paralleling Slate’s own comedic style, Donna is a no-holds-barred kind of comedian. But she’s organically raunchy, as if the routine is a hysterical stream of consciousness — not quite improvisation yet not selfaware enough to rehearse. After a chortle-inducing performance, Donna’s uptight hipster boyfriend breaks her post-show high and ends the relationship because he’s seeing another woman. Donna’s subsequent spiral downward sets the stage for a wealth of hilarity and brilliant dialogue, including a drunken on-stage meltdown; visits to her quirky, puppet-making father (Richard Kind, The Angriest Man in Brooklyn); and, most importantly, a hook-up that gives the film its reputation as an abortion flick. A chance run-in with clean-cut business grad Max (Jake Lacy, TV’s The Office), who happens to be one of her mother’s students, affords Donna some necessary distraction in her post-breakup misery. Weeks after the fling, Donna discovers she’s pregnant. Completely unequipped for motherhood, an abortion is a no-brainer. She attempts to inform

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Max of the pregnancy and impending abortion (which she has to schedule on Valentine’s Day) on an impromptu dinner date, but she instead presents a timely fart joke. Obvious Child succeeds in its inversion of the clichés typifying male-centric comedies — where a Seth Rogan or Adam Sandler movie would be self-deprecating and humorously bitter, Obvious Child’s characters can present their flaws (hilariously) without defeatism. Furthermore, with its obvious geographical and thematic associations to the show, the film avoids the Girls rut of central character narcissism and self-destruction. Obvious Child is an addition to the growing canon of insightful comedies by and about young women. Thematically and stylistically, it stands on the shoulders of lowkey feminist antecedents like Lake Bell’s In a World... and Diablo Cody’s Juno. Much like the lead characters in the aforementioned films, Donna is perpetually likable and relatable in her mistakes and hang-ups, and she has clearly defined goals. The head-on approach to abortion largely defines Obvious Child. Robespierre presents abortion as it is — that is to say, the film does not make more or less of the decision to abort — and therefore depoliticizes the procedure so it merges fluidly with the rest of the story line. The only qualm viewers might have with the depiction is with the spa-like setting of the clinic where Donna waits with other women after her abortion. It is a beautiful scene of solidarity, but it’s largely idealized. Above all, Obvious Child presents the best case for cinematic and comedic honesty. After that, everything else (even abortion) falls perfectly into place.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Homework: Compose an exciting prayer in which you ask for something you’re not “supposed” to. Tell me about it at uaregod@comcast.net.

ARIES March 21-April 19 Would you like your savings account to grow? Then deposit money into in it on a consistent basis. Would you like to feel good and have a lot of physical energy? Eat healthy food, sleep as much as you need to, and exercise regularly. Do you want people to see the best in you and give you the benefit of the doubt? See the best in them and give them the benefit of the doubt. Would you love to accomplish your most important goal? Decide what you want more than anything else and focus on it with relaxed intensity. Yes, Aries, life really is that simple -- or at least it is right now. If you want to attain interesting success, be a master of the obvious. TAURUS April 20-May 20 Your urge to merge is heating up. Your curiosity about combinations is intensifying. I think it’s time to conduct jaunty experiments in mixing and blending. Here’s what I propose: Let your imagination run half-wild. Be unpredictable as you play around with medleys and hodgepodges and sweet unions. But don’t be attached to the outcomes. Some of your research may lead to permanent arrangements, and some won’t. Either result is fine. Your task is to enjoy the amusing bustle, and learn all you can from it. GEMINI May 21-June 20 The American painter Ivan Albright (1897-1983) was a meticulous creator. He spent as much time as necessary to get every detail right. An entire day might go by as he worked to perfect one square inch of a painting, and some of his pieces took years to finish. When the task at hand demanded intricate precision, he used a brush composed of a single hair. That’s the kind of attention to minutia I recommend for you -- not forever, but for the next few weeks. Be careful and conscientious as you build the foundation that will allow you maximum freedom of movement later this year.

CANCER June 21-July 22 The Venus de Milo is a famous Greek statue that’s over 2,100 years old. Bigger than life size, it depicts the goddess of love, beauty, and pleasure. Its current home is the Louvre Museum in Paris, but for hundreds of years it was lost -- buried underground on the Greek island of Milos. In 1820, a farmer found it while he was out digging on his land. I foresee a comparable discovery by you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. You will uncover a source of beauty, love, or pleasure -- or perhaps all three -- that has been missing or forgotten for a long time.

LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 In the last two decades, seven Academy Award winners have given thanks to God while accepting their Oscars. By contrast, 30 winners have expressed their gratitude to film studio executive Harvey Weinstein. Who would you acknowledge as essential to your success, Libra? What generous souls, loving animals, departed helpers, and spiritual beings have contributed to your ability to thrive? Now is an excellent time to make a big deal out of expressing your appreciation. For mysterious reasons, doing so will enhance your luck and increase your chances for future success.

LEO July 23-Aug. 22 According to an ancient Greek myth, Sisyphus keeps pushing a boulder up a steep hill only to lose control of it just before he reaches the top, watching in dismay as it tumbles to the bottom. After each failure, he lumbers back down to where he started and makes another effort to roll it up again -- only to fail again. The myth says he continues his futile attempts for all eternity. I’m happy to report, Leo, that there is an important difference between your story and that of Sisyphus. Whereas you have tried and tried and tried again to complete a certain uphill task, you will not be forever frustrated. In fact, I believe a breakthrough will come soon, and success will finally be yours. Will it be due to your gutsy determination or your neurotic compulsion or both? It doesn’t matter.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 You have permission to compose an all-purpose excuse note for yourself. If you’d like, you may also forge my signature on it so you can tell everyone that your astrologer sanctified it. This document will be ironclad and inviolable. It will serve as a poetic license that abolishes your guilt and remorse. It will authorize you to slough off senseless duties, evade deadening requirements, escape small-minded influences, and expunge numbing habits. Even better, your extra-strength excuse note will free you to seek out adventures you have been denying yourself for no good reason.

VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Many of America’s founding fathers believed slavery was immoral, but they owned slaves themselves and ordained the institution of slavery in the U.S. Constitution. They didn’t invent hypocrisy, of course, but theirs was an especially tragic version. In comparison, the hypocrisy that you express is mild. Nevertheless, working to minimize it is a worthy task. And here’s the good news: You are now in a position to become the zodiac’s leader in minimizing your hypocrisy. Of all the signs, you can come closest to walking your talk and practicing what you preach. So do it! Aim to be a master of translating your ideals into practical action.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 In the Inuktitut language spoken in northern Canada, the term iminngernaveersaartunngortussaavunga means “I should try not to become an alcoholic.” I encourage you to have fun saying that a lot in the coming days. Why? Now is an excellent time to be playful and light-hearted as you wage war against any addictive tendencies you might have. Whether it’s booze or gambling or abusive relationships or anything else that tempts you to act like an obsessive self-saboteur, you have more power than usual to break its hold on you -- especially if you don’t take yourself too seriously. CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Percival Lowell (1855-1916) was an influential astronomer who launched the exploration that led to the discovery of Pluto. He also made some big

mistakes. Here’s one: Gazing at Venus through his telescope, he swore he saw spokes emanating from a central hub on the planet’s surface. But we now know that Venus is shrouded with such thick cloud cover that no surface features are visible. So what did Lowell see? Due to an anomaly in his apparatus, the telescope projected shadows from inside his eyes onto the image of Venus. The “spokes” were actually the blood vessels in his retinas. Let this example serve as a cautionary tale for you in the coming weeks, Capricorn. Don’t confuse what’s within you with what’s outside you. If you can clearly discern the difference, your closest relationships will experience healing breakthroughs. AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 “I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.” So said British writer G. K. Chesterton. Now I’m passing his advice on to you just in time for the Purge and Purify Phase of your astrological cycle. In the coming weeks, you will generate good fortune for yourself whenever you wash your own brain and absolve your own heart and flush the shame out of your healthy sexual feelings. As you proceed with this work, it may expedite matters if you make a conscious choice to undergo a trial by fire. PISCES Feb. 19-March 20 “I awake in a land where the lovers have seized power,” writes Danish poet Morten Sondergaard in his fanciful poem “The Lovers.” “They have introduced laws decreeing that orgasms need never come to an end. Roses function as currency. . . The words ‘you’ and ‘I’ are now synonymous.” A world like the one he describes is a fantasy, of course. It’s impossible. But I predict that in the coming weeks you could create conditions that have resemblances to that utopia. So be audacious in your quest for amorous bliss and convivial romance. Dare to put love at the top of your priority list. And be inventive! Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes / daily text message horoscopes. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

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