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26 | Hamilton homage 16 | Goodbye Leon Russell Tulsa rockers The Bourgeois covered the late Leon Russell’s “Tight Rope” and shared the inspiration behind the track’s inception.
Okie comedian Cristela Carrizales landed the hottest ticket on Broadway, “Hamilton: An American Musical.” She detailed her trip to New York City and shared survival tips for the Big Apple.
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NATHAN POPPE LOOKATOKC EDITOR NPOPPE@OKLAHOMAN.COM
ABOVE: Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge [PHOTO BY STEVE GOOCH]
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’m writing this surrounded by warm laundry and freshly baked sugar cookies. Basically, it’s heaven right now. And what better environment to welcome you to the final 2016 issue of LOOKatOKC and share a few of my New Year’s resolutions. Before I do that, I’d like to thank everyone who picked up this magazine and to everyone who helped fill its pages. A small army of people make this happen every two weeks. I couldn’t do it without them. A special thanks to Doug Hoke for contributing his photos to this issue. You should follow Hoke on Instagram because he’s great at showing a side of Oklahoma City you might be missing. Now, to share some resolutions. If you see me outside of this magazine feel free to check on my progress. 1. Gain 30 pounds. It’s always good to keep expectations low, and if I don’t keep all my
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resolutions, then I’m OK with failing at this. 2. Become a regular at the Tower Theatre. I live next door to the Uptown venue and have eagerly awaited its doors to open again. Also, check out Steve Lackmeyer’s story in this issue to learn about the progress of another OKC venue, The Jones Assembly. I definitely wouldn’t mind spending some more time in Film Row. 3. Run a 5K. They might have to roll me over the finish line, but it’s going to happen in 2017. I’m also OK with failing at this. 4. See 300 concerts. I landed about 75 performances short of this goal in 2016, but I’m confident that with enough naps it can be done. 5. Conquer the Wichita Mountains. On Labor Day, my buddy Tommy and I went on a hike in Lawton, but it was cut short when the mountains tried to swallow Tommy. We will return and show that pile of rocks who’s boss.
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LEFT: An elk watches for signs of danger at the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge. [PHOTO BY PAUL HELLSTERN]
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FLAWED FABLE Modern holiday tale offers small delights, stumbles over narrative BY DENNIS KING For LOOKatOKC
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ith its swirling, sparkly, snowglobe vision of New York at Christmastime and its Oscarordained cast of A-list actors, “Collateral Beauty” appears to have all the rich ingredients of a bona fide holiday hit. But as the movie from director David Frankel (“The Devil Wears Prada”) and screenwriter Allan Loeb (“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”) attempts a delicate balancing act between dazzling Manhattan Yuletide glitter and heartwrenching existential angst it often trips up on its own painfully earnest intentions. Two-time Oscar nominee Will Smith (“Ali,” “The Pursuit of Happyness”) ably heads the cast as mystical Madison Avenue ad guru Harold, whose charmed life comes crashing down with the cancer-related death of his darling 6-year-old daughter. Backing up Smith in the heavily allegorical story are such Oscar worthies as Edward Norton (three nominations, including 2014’s “Birdman”), Kate Winslet (winner for “The Reader”), Helen Mirren (winner for “The Queen”)
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This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Will Smith in a scene from “Collateral Beauty.” [PHOTO BY BARRY WETCHER, WARNER BROS./AP]
and Keira Knightley (nominated for “Pride and Prejudice” and “The Imitation Game”), along with stalwarts Michael Pena and Naomie Harris. With that extraordinary cast — traipsing around a New York City dressed in her most twinkly Christmas finery (Fifth Avenue store windows, Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, twirling ice rinks and snowy brownstone streets lit by glimmering lights) — the film certainly delivers rich moments of delight. But as it attempts to blend in dollops of heavy melodrama it sometimes stumbles over its own conspicuous narrative devices.
‘COLLATERAL BEAUTY’ PG-13 1:37 ★ ★ ½ ★ Starring: Will Smith, Helen Mirren and Edward Norton. (Thematic elements and brief strong language)
There’s the decidedly contrived plotline in which the deeply grieving Howard, in the darkest of funks, seeks answers from the universe by writing letters to a trio of abstractions: Love, Time and Death. Then there’s the rather clunky machination in which Howard’s ad agency friends construct a ghostly scam — employing a trio
of underemployed Broadway thespians — to jar Howard from his paralyzing grief and force him to recognize that even in terrible loss there can be moments of meaning and hope (read that, “collateral beauty”). The story’s obvious touchstones include such old holiday reliables as “A Christmas Carol” and “It’s a Wonderful Life,” which assume feel-good charity from audiences. And perhaps it’s Grinchlike to refute that in this case. Some moviegoers, will find much solace in this modern fable, but for skeptical others the film’s multiple spoons-full of sugar do not necessarily help the medicine go down.
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Q&A WITH DENIS VILLENEUVE
Director talks work ethic, iPhones and his favorite Icelandic composer From left, Amy Adams and director, Denis Villeneuve on the set of the film “Arrival” by Paramount Pictures. [PHOTO PROVIDED BY JAN THIJS]
BY NATHAN POPPE LOOKatOKC Editor
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enis Villeneuve has seen the future. That’s how he described recently wrapping principal photography on “Blade Runner 2049,” an upcoming sequel to one of the most revered sci-fi films ever made. “It has been a very intense and rewarding experience,” he said during a phone interview. “That shoot was a monster.” The French Canadian director, 49, doesn’t allow himself much time to relax. He shot the Oscar-nominated 2015 thriller “Sicario” and the newly-released box office hit “Arrival” back-to-back. “It’s a way of working that creates a nice tension, a kind of distance from one project to the other that I enjoy,” Villeneuve said. “But that is pretty exhausting, and I’m not sure I will do that in the future. I will try to focus more on one project at a time in the future.”
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Villeneuve has emerged in Hollywood as an intense, bold voice. He makes grown-up movies on budgets normally reserved for comic book characters and angsty wizards. I talked with Villeneuve about his work ethic on “Arrival,” iPhones and his favorite Icelandic composer.
Q: I’ve watched your three other most recent films and noticed that you’re not afraid to put your characters through a lot of stress. “Prisoners” feels like a parent’s worst nightmare, “Sicario” was torture for an FBI agent and “Arrival” is like the biggest foreign language test imaginable. What’s your aim for making things so harsh on these characters? Villeneuve: It’s tough to comment on inspiration. Why am I choosing to tell a specific story instead of others? It’s always related with ideas that are linked with some apprehension or fear that I have with reality. It’s
true that my past movies were quite intense and some of them quite dark and for me to do. “Arrival” was a kind of an emotional and mental break out of that darkness. I was able to do “Sicario” because I knew that I was doing “Arrival” after and that was giving me a lot of energy, to know that “Arrival” was coming. To answer to your question, I don’t know why. Maybe ... because I’m lacking talent, and I need the strong, tense, dark stories to be able to create something with a camera. ... Some filmmakers are very strong, doing things about everyday life. I’m not there yet. Maybe in 20 years I’ll be able to do that.
Q: In what way did “Arrival” allow you to relax? Being able to make something that’s a little less intense and violent? Villeneuve: No, it’s not about the violence. It’s about SEE Q&A, 9
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Q&A CONTINUED FROM 8 the hope. It was the idea to make a movie with light instead of shadows. The idea to have a project where my main protagonist will be on a journey where she will open herself to a new way of seeing the world which will bring her a new form of humility and that idea of that humility that was bringing a lot of peace inside me. I felt that it was relevant and meaningful and it was optimistic and I needed that. I need optimism right now in my life, myself. I think that other people do, too.
Q: Before you made “Arrival,” did you watch any other alien invasion or sci-fi genre films? Villeneuve: No. I’ve seen a lot of alien movies in my life, and I didn’t need to watch them again to know what needed to be done and what I needed to avoid in order to walk in the same path as someone else. I was really obsessed with the idea to try to find something new, and I knew that it would be possible because the story was so fresh, was so original with the subject, the themes, the ideas behind the short story were so powerful and new that I felt that I had the responsibility to make sure that I will not fail by bringing images that
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would have been seen before. Of course, there are some moments where I was directing “Arrival,” we were in some zone sometimes where I felt that we were making some homage or some references but beside that we tried to be in the new zone as much as possible, as pretentious as it can sound.
Q: Are you at all concerned where people see your movies or how they consume them? Villeneuve: Definitely. When I compose, when I create images, it’s always thinking about the big wide screen. The way I edit the movie, I always say to myself this will be fantastic on the wide screen in a movie theater. On the iPhone, I have no idea. My movies are always designed for theater. I’m old fashioned in that regard.
Q: I’m a pretty big fan of Johann Johannsson’s film scores, and you’ve worked with him multiple times. What makes him a fit?
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Villeneuve: When I worked on “Prisoners” with Johann, I was deeply moved by his talent, by his soul and by his beautiful sensibility. Johann loves to walk into unknown territories. He creates things that have not been heard before. He’s really a singular voice in today’s cinema. He has his own universe, he has his own planet, and I have massive respect for. He’s someone that works
without ego. Meaning that as a composer, he really wants to make sure that I’m happy with what is given to me. He doesn’t see my movie as a support for his music. He is composing music for my film, you know, and it’s a very long process. Johann doesn’t arrive at the end of the process. ... He started to compose the music before I even started (“Arrival’s”) principal photography.
From left, director Denis Villeneuve and Jeremy Renner on the set of the film “Arrival” by Paramount Pictures.
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West Village, a $70 million mixed-use development is being built by Mark Beffort, Andy Burnett, Zach Martin and Hall Capital. [RENDERING PROVIDED]
LIVE, WORK, PLAY Momentum is building along Film Row BY STEVE LACKMEYER | For LOOKatOKC Construction has begun on West Village, a $70 million mix of housing, retail and office space that will surround the 21c Museum Hotel along Film Row. The development, which includes The Jones Assembly restaurant and music venue, is being led by the Hall family at the 100-year-old Ford Model T assembly plant at 900 W Main. Patriarch Fred Jones started his automotive career at age 24 when the plant opened and eventually bought it from Ford
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Motor Co. in 1967. Fred Jones Manufacturing moved out of the plant in 2013, and the building reopened earlier this year as the home of the 134-room 21c Museum Hotel and ADG, an architectural, engineering and planning firm. Fred Hall, CEO of Hall Capital and grandson of Fred Jones, said recently he expects the development will spark even more growth on the west side of downtown. SEE WEST VILLAGE, 11
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WEST VILLAGE CONTINUED FROM 10 “The response to 21c has exceeded our wildest expectations, and anticipation is building for the opening next year for The Jones Assembly,” Hall said. “The last piece of our master plan is this exciting mixed-use project, West Village. The addition of this game-changing project will complete the revitalization of this emerging area and anchor the west end of downtown Oklahoma City.” The project is designed by Dallas-based Arrive and will be built by local contractor CMS Willowbrook. The development will include 345 residences, 9,000 square feet of commercial space and 805 structured parking spaces. Another 66 curbside parking spaces will be added throughout the development. The development will be built to the east, south and north of the former assembly plant. Development of the sprawling former auto assembly property followed years of spurned attempts by various parties to buy the plant from the Hall family. Speaking to Oklahoma City Rotary Club 29 in December, Hall said he promised his grandfather not to sell what the automotive pioneer called the family’s “Camelot.” “We knew the building could do greater things,” Hall said. “We were looking for the fuel to polish it. It was a property my grandfather said to me to never sell.” Hall Capital teamed up with downtown developers Mark Beffort, Andy Burnett and Zach Martin on the project. Hall said the entire development, including the hotel and The Jones Assembly, totals $200 million. The Jones Assembly, at 901 W Main, just south of the 21c Museum Hotel, is set to open in mid-2017 and will be booked “nightly” with Nashville musicians and former Oklahoma artists wanting to make a return visit to their home state, Hall said. The venue is being opened by acclaimed singersongwriter Graham Colton, restaurateur Brian Bogert, along with chef and Oklahoma City native Brittany Sanger. It includes a full restaurant and an outdoor bar and performance stage inside two warehouses that were once owned by John A. Brown’s Depart_ ment Stores. Hall said his family has investments in Nashville and extensive ties to Nashville artists. He said the opening act at The Jones Assembly will either be Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald or the Kings of Leon. “I believe in a statement in development that is called ‘live, work and play,’ ” Hall said. “Once we get the apartments done, we will have 350 people living there, we will have the hotel, and we will have restaurants. … I will be living, working, playing there myself.”
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West Village, when complete, will include the recently opened 21c Museum Hotel; ADG, an architectural, engineering and planning firm; 345 apartments; offices; retail; 805 structured parking spaces; and The Jones Assembly, a restaurant and music venue. [DRAWING PROVIDED] Martin, whose other projects include the redevelopment of the Mideke Building in Bricktown, said he believes the West Village project will spur even more investment in the once-neglected west side of downtown. “Just two years when we started, the west side of downtown looked pretty dicey,” Martin said. “Yet in just the past two years, we have the Main Street Arcade open (being leased for offices, restaurants and retail), the Sunshine Cleaners building is opening (home to a brewery and retail), the 21c is open, The Jones Assembly is about to open and the new boulevard is just a couple of years away. It’s just amazing what is happening — the west side of downtown is becoming cool.”
I believe in a statement in “ development that is called ‘live, work and play.’ Once we get the apartments done, we will have 350 people living there, we will have the hotel, and we will have restaurants. … I will be living, working, playing there myself. — Fred Hall, CEO of Hall Capital
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Owner Khadija Jarrad takes desserts out to customers during the lunch rush at Lola’s Family Restaurant in Oklahoma City. [PHOTO BY CHRIS LANDSBERGER]
Lo-lo-lo-lo-Lola’s BY DAVE CATHEY | For LOOKatOKC The radiant smile Khadija Jarrad imbues her dining room with at Lola’s Family Restaurant, 9148 N MacArthur Blvd., belies a succession of tragedy that would’ve permanently stolen the impulse from most folks. Since buying the restaurant with her husband 14 years ago, Jarrad’s mother back in her native Morocco died, she lost her husband to cancer and her cook of 10 years when he was killed by a car as he attempted to cross the Northwest Expressway on foot. For good measure, a service truck slammed into the south side of diner and caused enough damage to close it for three months.
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Family dining and dessert sweet like cherry cola
Thanks to the bond she has with her many regular customers, Khadija’s smile hasn’t dimmed nor has her passion for cooking. “I always loved to cook,” she said. “Since I was a young girl.” But don’t look for Moroccan cuisine on her menu. Jarrad prepares standard diner fare for breakfast and lunch and a wide array of desserts. “We make everything from scratch,” Jarrad said. “We cook everything to order.” Omelets, sandwiches, burgers ... and what diner would be complete SEE LOLA’S, 14
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Smothered chicken fried steak at Lola’s restaurant in Oklahoma City. [PHOTOS BY CHRIS LANDSBERGER]
Taco salad at Lola’s restaurant in Oklahoma City.
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Fried catfish at Lola’s restaurant in Oklahoma City.
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LOLA’S CONTINUED FROM 12 without a good chicken-fried steak? Jarrad makes a tasty one with a rich brown gravy but said that dish was the hardest of all to learn to make. Her hard work to master it is obvious once you take a bite. And because she’s in Oklahoma, Jarrad offers an Indian Taco. But rather than listen to me prattle on, listen to what her regular customers had to say about why Lola’s Family Restaurant is “an extension of home.” Nancy Landrum: I would like to tell you about our neighborhood favorite hangout. It is Lola’s Family Restaurant. There are eight of us that meet every Saturday morning where a table is reserved for us. (We call ahead and let management know how many will be there, etc. because it entails a grouping of tables.) This neighborhood group started out about nine years ago when I started meeting my daughter for breakfast on Saturday morning. Soon our elderly neighbor wanted to join us; then my husband finally figured out that he was missing out on something so he wanted to come. Our neighbor started bringing his nephew who visited him quite frequently on Saturdays. My daughter’s friend from church was regularly eating by himself at the restaurant so we asked him to sit with us. Our neighbor eventually died and his nephew moved into his house, so he and his mother became regulars every week. Another neighbor lost his wife after a long illness and was anxious to get to know his neighbors better so he joined the group. Over the years our group has experienced two deaths and one marriage. We are not the only group that meets at Lola’s on Saturdays. There are at least three other groups of four, and several couples who faithfully show up each week. It truly does feel like a “Family” Restaurant. SEE LOLA’S, 15
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Chocolate peanut butter pie at Lola’s Family Restaurant in Oklahoma City.
Chocolate cake from Lola’s Family Restaurant in Oklahoma City.
Coconut cream pie at Lola’s Family Restaurant in Oklahoma City.
Coconut cake at Lola’s Family Restaurant in Oklahoma City [PHOTOS BY CHRIS LANDSBERGER]
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Owner Khadija Jarrad gets a hug from customer Cordelia Brandon at Lola’s Family Restaurant in Oklahoma City. [PHOTO BY CHRIS LANDSBERGER]
LOLA’S CONTINUED FROM 14 I’m not an “adventurous” eater. I usually have two poached eggs, hash browns, wheat toast and lots of hot decaf coffee. Occasionally I have a big bowl of oatmeal with a choice of many toppings, such as brown sugar, bananas, raisins, blueberries, etc. Pat Burns: I would just like to tell you that our group comes every Saturday morning for our breakfast club. There are eight to 10 of us — all ages and all walks of life. ... When my grandchildren come over to stay with me, we have to have breakfast at Lola’s. She (Khadija) prepares Happy Face Pancakes for them, remembers
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their names and gives them hugs. She is just a unique person for sure. Jerry Knight: I am a native of Charleston, South Carolina, and I’ve had some delicious coconut cake from some fabulous local restaurants. I ordered the coconut cake at Lola’s and it was as delicious — actually more so than any around here! My mouth is watering just thinking of it. Can’t wait until I can get back there! Cordelia Brandon: I have been eating at Lola’s Restaurant for many years. ... The food is very good and is well prepared. All the desserts are home made by Khadija and are the best I have ever eaten. Her chocolate cake is especially delicious, and I can’t leave out her coconut pie. Everything on the menu is good but some days you’ll find a special dish on the menu such as beef
stroganoff or pesto chicken to name a few. Marguerite Irwin: Lola’s is a magical sort of place: good food, friendly, warm, and often entertaining atmosphere where customers become friends, good friends. The magic comes from the owner, Khadija Jarrad. No way to explain, just need to experience her in action. A week ago I discovered the chicken fried chicken. Let me just say, “!!!!” Khadija has recently introduced crispy French toast, the special on Monday mornings. Incredible! Khadija makes all the salad dressings. She makes all the spectacular desserts, no mixes here. My husband and I moved here from Illinois eight years ago and, apart from our daughter, we didn’t know a single soul. We discovered Lola’s, have made dear friends, and found our true home away from home.
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THE BOURGEOIS
From left, The Bourgeois is Vance Young, Zach Mobley and Ty Clark. [PHOTO PROVIDED BY DERRICK WEBER]
THE BOURGEOIS SHARES SEARING LEON RUSSELL COVER BY NATHAN POPPE LOOKatOKC Editor
2016 has resembled a circus in more ways than one. So what better time for Tulsa’s The Bourgeois to offer a rowdy “Carney” tribute to Leon Russell and to gift fans with a little something extra despite a strange, tragic year in rock’s mythology. Frontman/guitarist Zach Mobley, drummer Ty Clark and bassist Vance Young visited the Tulsabased studio Valcour Sound and recorded a cover of Russell’s 1972 track “Tight Rope.” The song remains one of Russell’s most popular recordings. The famed Oklahoma-born songwriter, band leader and session musician died in his sleep last month at age 74. “I personally found the lyrics fitting because it mirrors that battle we all fight inside ourselves, some more than others, yet we only show you what we want you to see,” Clark shared via email. “That can also be said about the state of society, at the moment. The world is definitely on a tight rope and on one side there is hate and the other there is hope.” Clark remembered hearing the news of Russell’s
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passing while rehearsing last month. He also caught one of Russell’s final performances at SXSW this year. The Bourgeois had been looking to record a cover in its downtime recently and had originally planned on working on a David Leon Russell’s “Carney” Bowie song. album cover. [IMAGE PROVIDED] “After Leon passed, it just became obvious that covering a fellow Tulsan would be the more proper thing to do. Then we found a little bit of time about two weeks ago to arrange something,” Clark said. “We kept all the lyrics, teased you with a bit of the original music’s vibe in the beginning and then we completely rewrote the rest to where it’s now The Bourgeois’ song with Leon’s lyrics. Zach did a ridiculously rad job in that guitar lead, which kept
the ‘circus’ feel of the song.” Clark said 2017 is shaping up to a busy year for his bandmates. “We’re definitely looking forward to releasing our finished LP, we’ll probably go to SXSW and hopefully we’ll do NMF (Norman Music Festival), again. That’s always a blast,” he said. “I think what we really look forward to doing is putting the attitude back into the toothless state of ‘alternative rock,’ getting heard by as many people as possible and inspiring people the way we’ve been inspired by the bands we love.”
TRACK DEBUT You can also check out an exclusive debut of The Bourgeois’ “Tight Rope” cover on NewsOK.com/ blogs/middleofnowhere. It’s significantly heavier and louder than Leon Russell’s original recording, but The Bourgeois do a great job of making the song feel new again. It’s also a reminder of Russell’s strength as a songwriter.
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DECEMBER 29: Eddie Izzard, WinStar World Casino. (Thackerville) 30: BRONCHO, ACM@UCO Performance Lab. 31: Don Henley, WinStar World Casino. (Thackerville) 31: American Aquarium, Wormy Dog Saloon. 31: Turnpike Troubadours, Cain’s Ballroom. (Tulsa) 31: Opening Night 2017, Downtown OKC.
JANUARY 1: Hangover Ball feat. Mike McClure, Jason Boland, John Fullbright, Cain’s Ballroom. (Tulsa) 7: Dionne Warwick, Grand Casino. (Shawnee) 13: Bell Biv Devoe, SWV, WinStar World Casino. (Thackerville) 13: Bill O’Reilly and Dennis Miller, BOK Center. (Tulsa) 15: Winter Wind Concert feat. Guy Forsyth and the Hot Nut Riveters, The Depot. (Norman) 18: Carrie Fisher, Civic Center Music Hall. 28: Joel McHale, Riverwind Casino. (Norman) 28: Oklahoma Uprising, Anthem Brewing Company. 29: Dawes, ACM@UCO Performance Lab.
FEBRUARY 2: Eric Church, BOK Center. (Tulsa) 8: Riff Raff, OKC Farmers Market. 9: Ariana Grande, BOK Center. (Tulsa) 15: Grouplove, Cain’s Ballroom. (Tulsa) 16: Tacocat, Opolis. (Norman) 21: Bon Jovi, Chesapeake Energy Arena.
MARCH 1: Dropkick Murphys, Cain’s Ballroom. (Tulsa) 7: Green Day, BOK Center. (Tulsa) 9: Parker Millsap, Sooner Theatre. (Norman) 11: Miranda Lambert, BOK Center. (Tulsa) 17: Willie Nelson, WinStar World Casino. (Thackerville) 21: Dawes, Cain’s Ballroom. (Tulsa) 24: Shovels & Rope, Matthew Logan Vasquez, Cain’s Ballroom. (Tulsa)
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Dylan LeBlanc [PHOTO PROVIDED BY ABRAHAM ROWE]
JAN. 19 It’s not every day an act comes through town with a resume as impressive as Dylan LeBlanc’s. The Americana singer-songwriter has duetted with Emmylou Harris and opened for Bruce Springsteen. LeBlanc also has ties to the Muscle Shoals music community, which shaped his 2016 effort “Cautionary Tale.” In his bio, LeBlanc called the new record an honest effort and it lives in a similar vein to Ryan Adams’ brand of emotional country music. If you want to take it easy and soak in an intimate, quieter experience at the Power House then start your weekend a little early with this show. It’s one you’ll have hated to miss. — Nathan Poppe
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Picture this PHOTOGRAPHER DOUG HOKE CAPTURES THE FACE OF OKLAHOMA ONE PORTRAIT AT A TIME BY DOUG HOKE For LOOKatOKC
Photography is a broad craft. Subjects can include nature and wildlife, people, architecture, sports, fashion and the list goes on. In the span of my 43-year-old fascination with photography, I have done it all. But portraits have always been my favorite. Seeing the list of people that were coming to The Oklahoman’s video studio gave me easy access to some of the movers and shakers of the metro and
Oklahoma. So, I decided to take advantage of it through a series of portraits, I simply refer to as “The Oklahoman Video Series.” My goal was to simplify the process and try to strip down to the essence of the person as best I could. I borrowed techniques from one of the great portrait and documentary photographers, Richard Avedon. Black and white, one light, simple background, minimal instructions. For most, I only captured four or five exposures. Simple, but rich in detail and expression.
Lance McDaniel, filmmaker and deadCenter Film Festival artistic director
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Peter Dolese, of the Arts Council of Oklahoma City.
Uwe Von Schamann, former University of Oklahoma kicker
Kent Rollins, cowboy cook and poet, and his wife, Shannon.
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Billy Sims, Heisman Trophy winner and restaurateur
George Nigh, former Oklahoma governor
Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett
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David Boren, University of Oklahoma president
Jane Jayroe, former Miss America (1967)
Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci, Olympic gold medalists
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Michael Knight, Michael Jackson illusionist
Katy Hirsch, Eliza Hare and Abigail Lafont, zombie actors from “OKC Dead,” a Reduxion Theatre Company production
Joy Reed Belt, art gallery owner
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Gary Batton, Choctaw Nation chief
Kyle Dillingham, violinist
Raven Chavanne, USA softball player
Shelley Griffin, left, and Heather Thibodeaux, of the Oklahoma City Roller Derby
Rick Sinnett, artist
Kendra Wall, an Oklahoma City resident who was an Ewok in “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi”
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‘A NIGHT OF HYGGE’ | OKC MUSEUM OF ART
OPENING NIGHT | DOWNTOWN
J A N . 1 2 • 6 T O 9 P. M . The Oklahoma City Museum of Art invites all to experience the warmth and inspiration of “A Night of Hygge: Coziness. Friends. Art Share.” On the shortlist for 2016’s Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year, “Hygge” represents the Danish art of surviving winter through coziness, friends and living well. “A Night of Hygge” — pronounced “hue-gah” — will feature spiked hot chocolate (cash bar) and light bites, adult story time in the galleries, subversive cross stitch, nonconformist needlepoint, live music and a 100 percent digital fireplace. Admission is $5. Cozy up with friends around (battery-operated) candlelight, have a drink and enjoy the galleries.
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DEC. 31 & JAN. 1 Ring in the new year at Opening Night 2017. Since 1987, Opening Night has been a place for patrons to enjoy the performing arts and “open” the New Year in the spirit of community. Downtown Oklahoma City is the setting for a variety bands, food trucks, fireworks, and a children’s craft and performance area. The day begins with the festive Finale 5k and all the excitement concludes with a fireworks extravaganza at midnight. Wristbands are $8 in advance, $10 the night of the event and are available at 7-Eleven stores, MidFirst Bank locations, and the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. On the night of the event, you may purchase wristbands at sales locations across the event. Performers include David Bruster and the Walkabouts, Jabee, L.T.Z., Moetowne Alex and the Nightview Band, Orquesta d’Calle, OKC Improv, Ali Harter, Michael King, Yung Tray, Susan Herndon, Sativa Prophets, Kinsey Charles and Bricktown Clowns. Go to www.artscouncilokc.com/opening-night for a full schedule.
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Welcome 2017 with burlesque, cabaret acts, belly dancing and circus arts at the Adele Wolf 2017 New Year’s Eve Bash at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, State Fair Park, 3000 General Pershing Blvd. Doors open at 9 p.m. and the show starts at 10 p.m. Tickets are $25 to $40 in advance. Attendees must be 18 to enter and 21 to drink. Go to www.adelewolf.com for tickets and information or call 445-1696.
Saddle up and get ready to cheer at the International Finals Rodeo at State Fair Park, 3001 General Pershing Blvd. in Oklahoma City. Every year, the top 15 cowboys and cowgirls from across the U.S. and three Canadian provinces travel to the State Fair Park to compete for world championship titles in seven standard rodeo events. Fans can watch bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, cowgirl barrel racing and bull riding. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $120 for all sessions. Single sessions may be purchased individually. Tickets are available at the State Fair Jim Norick Box Office from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday 948-6800 or at www.okstatefair.com.
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Hamilton highlights homage Cristela Carrizales landed the hottest ticket on Broadway Cristela Carrizales takes a selfie in the Richard Rodgers Theatre. [PHOTO PROVIDED]
BY CRISTELA CARRIZALES For LOOKatOKC
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y name is Cristela Carrizales, and I’m obsessed with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit show “Hamilton: An American Musical.” Unfamiliar with the show, are you? OK, just put this reading on pause, pick up your closest interweb interaction device and listen to the opening number. Listen to how Miranda, in just under four minutes, details the first 17 years of Hamilton’s life. Go do that, then come back here so I can tell you about my visit to New York City. Welcome back. If you were a middle-of-the-road student like me, you probably just learned more about Alexander Hamilton’s formative years than you did in your high school history class. I’m sure that at some point I knew that Hamilton was George Washington’s most trusted aide during the Revolutionary War, or how he was our nation’s first treasury secretary, or how he created the First National Bank of The United States, U.S. Mint and U.S. Coast Guard. But in the (many) years that have passed since my junior year of high school, Hamilton has been
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relegated to “that dude on the $10 bill.” Being the studious Broadway nerd that I am, I knew exactly who Miranda was before his meteoric rise to Hamilton fame. The son of a Puerto Rican immigrant, he grew up in the diverse area of Washington Heights, a neighborhood 15 subway stops and a world away from the bright lights of Broadway. He graduated from Wesleyan University and during his college years began working on a piece that would land him his first Tony Award, “In The Heights.” I heard about Miranda in 2007, when information trickled down from New York City about a man who was writing a musical infused with hip-hop, salsa/merengue and the sounds of his neighborhood. I was immediately intrigued. Confession: I’m a Mexican-American Broadway nerd, and the American musical anthology doesn’t really hold a lot of parts for someone like me. Shocker, I know. Add being plus-sized to the requirement, and your musical existence begins and ends with “Bloody Mary.” But with this new musical, Miranda would usher in a new hope and sound for the Great White Way.
I heard about Miranda in 2007, when information trickled down from New York City about a man who was writing a musical infused with hip-hop, salsa/ merengue and the sounds of his neighborhood. I was immediately intrigued.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of “Hamilton” performing at the Tony Awards at the Beacon Theatre in New York. In April, “Hamilton” won the Pulitzer for drama and current Treasury Secretary Jack Lew reversed a plan to bump Hamilton from the $10 bill after fans kicked up a fuss. [PHOTO BY EVAN AGOSTINI, INVISION/AP]
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SOCIAL MEDIA STORM Miranda has turned social media accessibility into an art form. In fact, most of his fans call him Lin because we feel as if we know him (and most of us would faint if we actually met him). I’ve had a couple of brief social media interactions with him before “Hamilton” — the occasional Facebook comment like, him answering my question about his Garfield mug, schooling me when I made a joke about Terrance Mann looking like Tim Curry — but nothing like on Aug. 16. The Carrizales’ “Hamilton” musical obsession is a family affair. My 6-year-old cousin Adelyn sings “Satisfied” at the top of her lungs in the car (and recently at her school talent show). On her first day of school picture, she quoted the musical, “There’s a million things I have done, but just you wait, just you wait.” I thought, “Lin should see this because it was far too adorable.” So, I sent a simple tweet with her picture: You know, when you baby cousin quotes @Lin_Manuel on her 1st day of school sign. #RiseUp #HerShot. Within two hours, he replied with a happy, crying emoji. That’s when it started. I logged into my account and found that my feed had blown up. I literally had hundreds of notifications. Likes, retweets, retweets with comments. I even attracted a Twitter troll. My tweet had gone viral, which began to feel creepy considering it was the face of my cousin’s child. It didn’t stop. My previous tweets had gotten, maybe, three likes. I thought, “Is this how Kim Kardashian feels? It must be how Kim Kardashian feels.” But the hardest part? My most popular tweet to date had a typo in it. I will never outlive the self-inflicted shame.
ON THE ROAD I’ve been to New York City twice. Both times to see Miranda’s musicals. In 2010, I saw “In The Heights” weeks before it closed, and on Oct. 18, I got to see the hottest ticket on Broadway, “Hamilton:
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An American Musical.” This only happened because in 2015, I sat at my work computer as a new wave of tickets was being released to the public. As the panic of a potential sellout came over me, hands shaking, I bought two tickets. I bought them for face value (well, face value + fees and charges + the outrageous APR my credit card demands). But I didn’t care — I was armed with nothing more than two tickets to a show a year in the future, a dream and a credit card statement. As the date approached, I felt it only right to make that Tuesday an “Homage to Hamilton.” I would visit important places in Hamilton’s history and honor this remarkable but unsung (irony alert) Founding Father. Then, I realized that Hamilton’s footprint is all over Manhattan and a true homage could take days. If you’ve ever been to NYC, you know the average per-minute cost of being there lies somewhere between “your firstborn” and “your soul.” Therefore, I decided on a highlights homage, a “Homagalito to Hamilton” as it were. My friend, Kendon Lacy, and I would visit Fraunces Tavern, Bowling Green, Wall Street, Trinity Church and Hamilton’s Grange. Our day would not go in biological order, but more “subway-logical” order. If you’ve ridden the subway, you can appreciate this.
‘RAISE A GLASS TO FREEDOM’ 12:15 p.m. — Arrive at Fraunces Tavern Manhattan’s oldest building and former stomping grounds of Washington, Hamilton, other Founding Fathers and Revolutionary War bad boys. There’s a museum attached to the property now, housing artifacts from the Revolutionary War. But Hamilton wouldn’t have sauntered through the museum — he would have been hanging out in the tavern. Obviously, that’s where we head. Seated at the bar, we order a beer and whiskey each (because America) and soak up the atmosphere, imagining what it might have been like over 200 years ago. Fascinating and stinky are two adjectives that come to mind. SEE HOMAGE, 29
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Fraunces Tavern is a landmark museum and former restaurant in New York City, situated at 54 Pearl Street at the corner of Broad Street. [PHOTO PROVIDED BY CRISTELA CARRIZALES]
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area of the graveyard. Pennies are laid on Eliza’s stone. I wonder if these wreaths and flags have always decorated this spot or if the musical has brought people here, like me, to pay their respects. It’s been said that the musical’s popularity helped to keep Hamilton on the $10 bill. The writers of “Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson” wonder where they went wrong.
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‘HEED NOT THE RABBLE WHO ‘SCREAM REVOLUTION’ 1:15 p.m. — Arrive at Bowling Green
Charging Bull statue on Wall Street.
Once upon a time there was a 4,000 pound gold-plated statue of King George III that lived in Manhattan’s oldest park. In 1776, the Sons of Liberty pulled the statue to the ground as an act of revolutionary rebellion (they also sawed off all the crown finials on the fence posts because “we’ll show you King George”). Today, the park primarily serves as series of park benches surrounding a fountain where the financial district crowd can enjoy lunch, derriere a derriere. I begin to wonder why this is on my “Hamilton” tour.
‘HIS FINANCIAL SYSTEM IS A WORK OF GENIUS’ 1:19 p.m. — Arrive on Wall Street
The Grange is a National Park Service site in Manhattan that preserves the relocated home of U.S. Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Trinity Church Cemetery is the final resting place of Alexander Hamilton. [PHOTOS PROVIDED BY CRISTELA CARRIZALES]
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Hamilton is lauded for his financial work after the Revolution. As treasury secretary, undoubtedly his greatest achievement was his orchestration of a federal plan to absorb state debt. He is the mastermind behind our current financial system. Therefore, it makes sense to take a moment to honor him by fighting over who’s next in line to take a picture with a statue of a bull. Crawl all over that bull to get that picture. Never has a statue been more popular since Michelangelo’s “David” or all those buffalo in downtown OKC.
‘WHO LIVES, WHO DIES, WHO TELLS YOUR STORY’ 1:25 p.m. — Arrive at Trinity Church Even in the heart of the busy financial district, once you enter the graveyard of Trinity Church, sound seems muffled. Many visitors examine the stones of the buried, people that time and weather has gifted with anonymity. One grave stands above the rest, adorned with wreaths, American flags and other sentimental tokens. The Hamiltons are buried near each other and honored together in this
‘WE’LL GET A LITTLE PLACE IN HARLEM AND WE’LL FIGURE IT OUT’ 3:10 p.m. — Arrive at The Grange Alexander Hamilton only ever owned one home. It was originally in Harlem but was moved to its current location in 2008, an area appropriately named “Hamilton Heights.” Hamilton bought the home as a country retreat to entertain family and friends. It is a two-story home with white shutters, large, two-story side porches and enough yellow shiplap to get the Joanna Gaines seal of approval. You can visit inside the home if you are not a day too early like me. It hasn’t lost its magnificence. In Hamilton’s day, it would have taken him 90 minutes via coach to get from Wall Street to home (or roughly the time it takes to get out of Norman* with all the construction). *Can also insert Edmond.
‘WHAT TIME IS IT? SHOWTIME!’ 6:32 p.m. — Arrive at the Richard Rodgers Theatre I’m immediately told I have to throw away my Magnolia Bakery cupcake before entering the theater to pick up our tickets. I don’t think twice — it’s a small sacrifice. The line is pouring out onto the sidewalk and I can feel my excitement grow. I have waited a year for this show, and now I am going to drop some serious coin at the gift counter. I’m looking at you, $70 hoodie. My subway-pounded legs slowly make their way up to the first mezzanine, and I get in the drink line, precariously balancing my Playbill, gift counter purchases and a tumbler of red wine. I get to my seat and start with the obligatory selfies. The lady behind me SEE HOMAGE, 30
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HOMAGE CONTINUED FROM 29 offers to take my picture with the set. She’s the real MVP. The lights begin to dim, and the clapping begins. Who cares if most of the original leads are gone; you can feel the electricity in the air as the music begins. Remember, you already heard it at the top of this article, wasn’t it exciting? Oh, maybe you didn’t do it. OK. Finish this article and pick up your closest interweb interaction device. Don’t stop listening until you want to buy tickets. Cristela Carrizales is the artistic director of both The City Cabaret OKC and OKC Improv.
Bowling Green is a small public park in the Financial District of Manhattan. [PHOTOS PROVIDED BY CRISTELA CARRIZALES]
A smattering of Pro-Tips to make your Hamilton Day in NYC a raving success PRO-TIP #1: KEEP YOUR TICKETS AT WILL-CALL
The Richard Rodgers Theatre is a Broadway theater located at 226 W 46th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, in New York City.
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Will-call is the best way to keep your tickets safe until you’re ready to see the show. Pick them up 30 minutes prior and get in line. Broadway houses are tiny and you’ll spend most of your waiting time outside since Civic Center-type lobbies don’t exist. If you lose your tickets, no one is going to say, “Hey, let’s go to the Richard Rodgers and see if the box office can match these tickets to their rightful owner!” They’ll probably say, “Never gonna see ‘Hamilton’ now! Never gonna see ‘Hamilton’ now!” (Keep listening
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to the soundtrack and you’ll get that joke). You’ll also save yourself the hassle of spending an hour on the phone with Ticketmaster moving your tickets to will-call. Ask me how I know.
PRO-TIP #2: FORGET YOUR PERSONAL SPACE BUBBLE We all know that people from states with more room in them like a personal bubble where only invited guests are welcome. Let it go, Okies. You will be close to people in NYC. Space is a premium and that means yours. If there is space enough on the
subway car for a butt between your butt and the stranger’s butt next to you, someone WILL put their butt there. You have been warned.
PRO-TIP #3: NEVER PASS UP AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN Unless you are rich enough for taxis and have all the time in the world (hello, traffic), you will be utilizing the subway system and its endless staircases. You will be pounding the pavement and it WILL pound you back. You may at some point look longingly at your travel partner with tears in your eyes and beg for
an Uber. You can get through it. Just pregame the ibuprofen, wear comfortable shoes and sit between two strangers on the subway car. Your legs will thank you.
PRO-TIP #4: WINE IN A SIPPY CUP All the theatres now have found a new way to get more money out of you, adult sippy cups! Twenty two bucks gets you a generous glass of wine. You get to keep the cup and it does have the “Hamilton” logo on it, so you can kind of look at it as a souvenir. That said, the cup lid leaks and they do not refill. So, if you want more wine, you want more cups. Wear a
dark shirt. I had on light gray and looked like I had lost a wino knife fight by the end of the night. Heck, just wear dark clothes period. The subway is not the cleanest place on earth.
PRO-TIP #5: WATCH EVERYTHING When you’re watching the show, it can be really easy to just watch the leads. They are glorious and engaging. However, the choreography is incredible, so make sure you are taking in the full stage. So much is happening it can be easily missed. Geek out and stand at the cast door to get a picture.
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ABOVE: Clown Ron Vavak and nine other members of the Bricktown Clowns marched in this year’s parade. BELOW: Two girls share a saddle to ride on horseback in the annual Cowboy Christmas Parade on Exchange Avenue.
ABOVE: Liam Carey waves to people in old cars as he watches the parade. BELOW: A young girl is prepared for rain.
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ABOVE: A girl covers her sombrero, hoping to keep it dry, as she rides on horseback during the parade. TOP, RIGHT: Riders on horseback wave to people along the route of the parade. RIGHT: Dressed as a reindeer for the holiday effect, a small horse is led in the parade with other therapy equine animals during the parade.
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Rains during the parade forced Santa to trade his normal mode of transportation for a front seat in an Oklahoma City fire truck from Station.
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1 & 2 bed, newly remodeled, ch/a, 1830 NW 39th 524-5907
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CFA-TICA REG. PERSIAN KITTENS $1200. kittcatsmeow.com
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'85 Wesco pwr unit gen. air comp. pump, good cond $2500. 406-0297
HEAT YOUR SHOP InfraRed Tube Heaters, NG/LP, $400-$2000, Steve, 405-823-2917.
Himalayan Persian Kittens 5 CFA www.mylittleangels.com $500 each 405-412-1627
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BUST YOUR PROFIT. Get rid of those big-gut, small-butt, Angus, Hereford & Brangus bulls. Get the new MODERN Limousin bulls from Kusel Limousin -- For more GROWTH, MUSCLE. GENTLE, EASY CALVING. Your herd deserves the best. Most $1,800 $2,900. Satisfaction guaranteed. John Kusel ¡ 580-759-6038 Delivery Available. Earn PROFITS Northern Bred Hfrs & Pairs Ai'd to Special Focus -2 BW 18 CED. Pairs ready mid Feb. Start calving Feb 1. All shots + scourguard. OCV & BVD free. Very gentle all from reputation ranch. Weigh 1050.Kingfisher $1700 405-880-4215 6 Head of Charolais Influenced bred Heifers & Cows, sired by a son of Yellow Jacket & Monopoly, due to calve March & April to a son of GCC Gold Standard. These will make excellent Club Calf Cows $1700/head ¡ 580-759-9694 8 Head Registered Bred Heifers for sale, due to calve March 1st for 18 days, bred to registered Angus bull sired by EXAR Upshot. $1,700/head ‘ 580-759-9694 16 BRANGUS HEIFERS $900EA. BRANGUS BULLS $1500ea Bison, OK 580-478-6729 or 580-758-3650.
Boston Terrier AKC Puppies 3 female 3 male. 8wks. UTD on shots, wormed, vet checked, declaws removed. Both parents are own premises. $850. 405-245- 0233
$1500, 918-652-5535 www.thunderridgebulldogs.com French Bulldog Puppies male/female $1500. 405-203-5978
Schnauzer Mini Puppies 2 Schnauzer mini puppies for sale. 1M, 1F, black, 7 weeks old $500.00 Call or Text 405-412-1276 Schnauzers, ACA toy, 2M, ears done, s/w, $750, 405-627-0419.
Catahoula Puppies - will make excellent stock dogs. Working parents. $75 405-222-8612.
German Shepherd Pups, AKC
Catahoulas, 1M, 1F, blue eyes, 9 wks, blk/wht, $300, 405-926-0811
GORGEOUS white bundles of fur! s/w, vet ckd, $500 405-824-9674
Chihuahua, TEACUPS, 8wks, 1st shot, tiny $250cash 405-788-2870
Labradoodles F2BB, red, blonde, 3F & 4M, DOB 11/23, ready
CHIHUAHUA ACA, Long hair now taking deposit for Christmas Lavender, Creme, blk & whites $350ea (405) 326-6462, 637-5622
CHIHUAHUAS, Reg Tiny TEACUP, super cute, $350 cash , 405-808-8744.
Shidoodle Puppies: Tiny, Okemah Sunday 3pm $500. 918-426-0169
Lab Pups AKC yellow, choc & red, champ bldline $795. 405-899-4132
after 1/11, s/w/dc/mc, $1200. Taking deposits now. 405-401-6158 text or call. German Shepherd Pups, AKC reg. 6wks, 5M 2F, $750. 405-696-6759
German Shepherd Puppies, AKC, 12 weeks, s/w, $500, 405-829-1166 or 405-574-5753
to good home. 405-604-7382
Airedale AKC Reg
LABRADOR RETRIEVER AKC registered pointing Labs s/ w/dc pop parents hunt champion blood lines blacks and chocolates $500 silvers $800 Kathy 580/657/8552 Min Pin 17wk 1m Blk&Tan S/W/T $180 405-306-9476
Great Christmas gifts! ready now 5M 2F $700cash. 405-708-9657
Shih Tzus, ACA, 1M, 2F, brown & white, $650, 405-627-0419.
SIBERIAN HUSKY, AKC, 8 wks, s/w, POP, 3 red & white M, blue eyes, $400, 405-534-3377, no text.
Appliance & A/C Service, 27 years exper, $40 service call, 371-3049.
Cracked Mortar/Brick Repair www.precisionbrickworks.com Free estimates!(405)652-1213
Siberian Huskies, 2F, silver/ white, 1 all white, blue eyes, $500, perfect Christmas presents. 580-530-0922 Yorkie, ACA, 1F, ready 12/29, tiny, s/w, $1250, 405-627-0419.
Yorkie Poos, 1M 1F, s/w, 8wks, $500. 580-465-1107 Yorkies, ACA reg., 8wks, s/w, $500-$600. 580-465-1571
Drives, Patios, All Types, Lic./Bond./Ins. Free Est. 769-3094
Drives, Patios, All Types, Lic./Bond./Ins. Free Est. 769-3094 Tearouts/Repours, Drives, Patios, & More, Lic Ins Free Est 794-8505
Pekingese, M, ACA reg, 11wks, s/w, $300. 580-465-1571
AKITA, AKC Reg, 9 weeks Great for Xmas $350 ea 878-6697 Coton de Tulear 3.5mo m nonshed/all shots 450 423-805-8464
Dachshund, Mini, ACA, 2M shots & wormed, fancy colors $250 negotiable, Seiling 580-922-3441 BASSET puppies READY FOR CHRISTMAS Born 11/23/16. 2 Fe, 1 m $500 Ph. No. 580-220-9280 Sayre, ok
Lab AKC Pups Born 11-19-2016. Ready to go at 6 wks or a little before.Champion bloodlines.Parents are excellent retrievers w/ great temperaments. 5 chocolates, 3 females, 2 males. 2 black males. $500 call or text 405-880-4419 Lab Puppies, AKC, 7wks old, 3 black F, 1 yellow F, 2 black M, 1 yellow M, $375ea. 580-430-8336
CHIHUAHUA PUPPIES 2 males 1creme, 1 choc. Ready for Xmas eve $ 200ea 405-414-6001 4 Mixed Breed Puppies for Christmas, 2M 2F, FREE
French Bulldogs, AKC,
DOBERMAN PUPPIES, M&F, red, 6 weeks old, $350 each, 580-658-0406 or 917-974-0206
DOBERMANS, AKC REG, red & rust, black & rust, M & F, 2 litters, 3 & 12 generations of champ bloodlines, s/w/t/dc, $350-$750, 405-220-6118, 405-823-0390 »» 405-382-8250
GOLDENDOODLE BABIES Ready Now! S/W/MC/DC vet cked~pictures/info on rubyrundoodles.com $1500-$1600 medium sized email rubyrunken nel@yahoo.com 405 320-1198
POODLES AKC Puppies, Teacup & Tiny Toy, $1,000-$1,500. ’ 405-481-5558 ’ 350 Fine Pets At FREE TO LIVE 4mi N of Waterloo on Western ALL Dogs & Cats $80 Shts/Neut 282-8617 »» freetoliveok.org
Goldendoodle Pups Just in time for Christmas. 3 male 1 female. Black w white f1. Super cute!!! $800-$1,000 918-285-6375 Goldendoodle Christmas Puppies Gorgeous male puppies! Perfect for gifts! $1500. 405.590.8072
QUALITY FENCE, FREE EST, on new & repair, 405-317-0474.
Home Repair & Remodel. Roofing. Siding. Free Estimate. 410-2495.
ROTT PUPS, GERMAN, BLACK, 1M, 3F, 8 wks, S/W/T/DC, POP, $400 ea, 405-590-5006
HAVANESE, AKC, 8wks, $450-$600. 405-328-8508
RESIDENTIAL HAULING AND CLEANING, 765-8843.
Eng. Bulldogs AKC 2 Females. 10 weeks. UTD on Shots. Delivery/Financing. Family raised with children and cats. Asking: $2000 (918) 960-0722 Belgian Malinois 9 weeks old, M/f's, POP, shots, wormed, imprinting started. Been around children, Awesome for home and personal protection.. Ready for Christmas, call for more information. Serious inquires only please. $700 (405)397-7058
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TRUE MINIATURE PIGS, will be tiny, $200-$400. 405-481-5558
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ENGLISH BULLDOG PUPPIES AKC Registered, 3F, 8 wks old, vet checked, s/w, Champ sired,
$1,500 EA
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Lab AKC Akc labs. 1st Shots, wormed and vet checked. Full registration. POP $500. 220-9159
ROTTWEILER PUPPIES, Dad is National & International Champion, $1000-$1500, 405-481-5558. Rottweilers, AKC pups, world ch, Gonnzo Earl, $650, 405-227-4729
Horse hay quality Bermuda, round bales, avg. wt. 840, net wrapped, fertilized & sprayed, $40/bale. 405-207-3829 Pauls Valley
»GENE’S TREE SERVICE» Insured-Free Est. 682-2100. L&R Tree Service, Low Prices, Ins, Free Est, Firewood, 946-3369.
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