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n the spring of 2015, at the urging of local law enforcement, then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence temporarily lifted a ban on needle exchange programs in response to the Hoosier State’s roaring HIV epidemic. I had just moved to the southern Indiana college town of Bloomington— about an hour-and-change northwest of rural Scott County, where more than 200 people had become infected, largely as the result of using dirty needles to inject prescription opioids. Pence would make headlines months later with his signing of Indiana SB 101 (the Religious Freedom Restoration Act), which gave business owners a license to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people. You couldn’t walk down the street in Bloomington without passing sign after sign bearing the same prophetic message:
STOP MIKE PENCE—YOUR RIGHTS COULD BE NEXT! In the face of overwhelming opposition from business owners, faith leaders, LGBTQ+ communities and their allies, Pence backtracked on the discriminatory legislation, just as he reconsidered his “moral opposition” to the state’s ban on needle exchanges. His bungling of the former cemented his national image as a fundamentalist weirdo, and his slow response on the latter lead to the most devastating HIV outbreak in state history. Making daily life harder for gay couples, or keeping safe methods of injection out of reach for those struggling with drug addiction, must somehow feel to powerful reactionaries like the right thing to do. But as soon as the NCAA threatens to pull the Final Four from your basketball-obsessed state, and corpses
start piling up in local morgues thanks to your rigid and retrograde ideas about morality, things start looking different fast. I would encourage our own Gov. Kevin Stitt to visit his hometown of Tulsa and see the work being done by local community advocates Andrea Haddox and Hana Fields (p. 12). They head up a coalition called SHOTS (Stop Harm on Tulsa Streets) which offers free, clean syringes and the opioid overdose-reversal medication Narcan to those in crisis. We in Oklahoma have lost hundreds of our friends, neighbors, and family members to drug overdoses caused by prescription painkillers. Conservatives clutch their pearls at the idea of harm reduction, but as Haddox points out: “People can’t recover if they’re dead.” With our new Republican governor making positive noises
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about criminal justice reform (p. 31) and possibly expanding Medicaid—see Barry Friedman’s skeptical column (“Heal Thyself ”) in our Feb. 20 issue—now is the time to make our case for the common-sense reforms we know will make our city and state a more humane and compassionate place to live. Elsewhere in this issue, we’ve got prescriptions for fixing Oklahoma’s broken parole system (p. 7); helping people without homes in Tulsa (p. 27); moving to renewable sources of energy (p. 16) and more. Are you reading, Kev? We need your help! a
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STROKE OF GENIUS Executive action on parole reform could save Oklahoma millions by DAMION SHADE for OKPOLICY.ORG
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ov. Stitt’s State of the State address signaled a serious desire to make criminal justice reform a signature piece of his agenda. He’s made positive comments regarding several bipartisan bills fi led this legislative session aimed at stemming Oklahoma’s incarceration crisis. However, there are a few reforms which the Governor could enact immediately through executive action. If these executive reforms are made in conjunction with investments from the Legislature, they will produce significant longterm savings. Several of these reforms are related to last year’s landmark parole bill, HB 2286. The law created a process called “administrative parole,” which will allow some nonviolent offenders to be released on parole without having to go through a parole hearing process. This single parole reform represents a massive cost savings for the state. Administrative parole is estimated to reduce the prison population by 3,750 with an annual cost savings of $16.7 million when fully implemented. Unfortunately, building the systems needed to implement administrative parole has been slow and complicated by the process of changing board members with a new administration. By appointing reform-minded parole board members; creating more efficient, timely dockets; and continuing his push to increase parole board funding, Gov. Stitt could help realize the potential of administrative parole and lower the cost of incarceration in Oklahoma. Oklahoma’s parole system is deeply broken. Parole releases declined 77 percent between 2008 and 2017. Administrative parole was intended to alleviate this problem, but whether recent reforms are effective will depend on the composition of the new parole board. The past three years prove that altering the parole board’s makeup can have a real impact. Between 2016 and 2018, Okla-
homa’s favorable parole board votes for nonviolent offenders increased from 27 percent to 33 percent, largely due to the appointment of a single prominent justice reform advocate. Kris Steele was appointed to the board in 2017, and he favored parole for nonviolent offenders in 50 percent of cases. Steele’s swing vote on the five-person board changed the outcomes for many nonviolent offenders up for parole. Gov. Stitt now has the power to appoint three new board members. In addition to granting parole more often, appointing more reform-minded members could also help improve inmates’ trust in the system by making it run more smoothly and fairly. Gov. Stitt has also proposed approximately $12 million in additional funding from the Legislature this session for prison diversion programs and to expedite pardon and parole requests for eligible Oklahoma inmates. This front-end investment should lead to real savings for taxpayers over time due to lower incarceration costs. Better funding should also strengthen public safety. Parole officers in this state average around 100 cases per officer, much higher than the average of 70 noted in studies of best parole practices. Hiring more officers and lowering caseloads can reduce recidivism by allowing officers to spend more time on higher-risk offenders. Since 2016, a broad coalition has developed around criminal justice reform in Oklahoma. Millions in tax dollars will be saved and thousands of people released home to their families if policymakers get this right. Gov. Stitt has a historic opportunity to use his executive authority to help create a parole process that begins restoring justice to Oklahoma’s criminal justice system. a
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Markwayne Mullin sells out his people by BARRY FRIEDMAN
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ay what you want in defense of Second District Rep. Markwayne Mullin—and I can only imagine how exhausting such an act would be—the man doesn’t embarrass easily. Throughout his career, his derp, like the foam on a well-made cappuccino, has risen to the top and stayed there, frothy and proud. There was his petulant observation while standing in a supermarket check-out line that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was a “complete fraud” because he happened to be standing behind a good-looking couple—the man, he said, “built like a brick house … with muscles all over him” and the woman “in spandex … like she came from a fitness program”—who were paying with a SNAP card.1 Then there was his visible regret that the racist loons could not prove President Obama was a Kenyan usurper, and how Mullin may have said he no longer “[gave] a shit” about the issue. (You be the judge—watch the video. Operators are standing by.)2 There was his decision to run for a fourth congressional term because God informed him it was important to have members of the Oklahoma delegation on key House committees3; there was his ignorance when he talked of the nation and its “four” branches of government4; there was his dismissal of the “bullcrap” suggestion that constituents paid his salary because he, Mullin, paid taxes and didn’t want or need the job anyway5; and there was the laughable attempt to protect the honor of Donald Trump Jr. by offering to wrestle Stormy Daniels’ onetime attorney Michael Avenatti.6 8 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
First, here’s Dr. John Norwood, general secretary of the Alliance of Colonial Era Tribes, on the insidiousness of Trump’s verbal assaults: “Pocahontas was a historic figure, so just simply using the name is not a racial slur,” Norwood, a member of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation, said. “However, the use of it in a derogatory fashion to insult someone degrades the name and all it represents, and then it becomes a racial slur. The president was attacking a claim by Senator Warren about American Indian ancestry, and to insult that claim by calling her ‘Pocahontas’ turns the name into a racial slur.” 10
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Mullin, plumber by trade, former wrestler, is a walking punchline for anyone who can conjugate subjects and verbs and cares about dignified representation. He is only the second Republican in 100 years to represent the Second District (the last being St. Thomas of Coburn), a district so deeply red it’s more of a Shiraz. Mullin will be there as long as he wants, as frightening a thought as that might be. (I actually supported his decision to run for that fourth term7, even after promising his constituents he would retire after his third, even after his tortured explanation.)8 And even if he hates Washington, he likes being a politician, all his barking to the contrary. Who can blame him? Who wouldn’t, upon reflection, prefer to walk
the halls of the Rayburn House Office Building looking for bill co-sponsors rather than standing ankle-deep in water in the Hard Rock Hotel restroom changing out a busted angle stop? That Mullin has turned arrogance, ignorance, simple-mindedness, rationalizations, and incuriousness into an art form is not surprising, but his spinelessness of late is. And that’s what I’m talking about here. According to one account, Trump called [Massachusetts US Senator] Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas’ at least 26 times between 2014 and the end of 2017. 9
What do the president’s comments have to do with Mullin? In a moment.
Let’s repeat: 26 times, the President of the United States belittled the Massachusetts senator (and Oklahoma native) with this racist taunt—which is precisely the number of times Markwayne Mullin, an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation, said nothing about it. You can believe that Warren used what she calls her Native American heritage to advance her career, as Mullin does—she didn’t, in my view, but that’s another story— but to allow Donald Trump to so gleefully mock the heritage of which he is otherwise proud is unsettling, bordering on unforgivable cowardice. Making matters worse, Mullin piled on. Sen. Elizabeth Warren “absolutely” has used her claims of Native American heritage to get ahead with voters and in her career and should be disbarred, Oklahoma Rep. Markwayne Mullin, a member of the Cherokee Nation, said Friday. 11 March 6 – 19, 2019 // THE TULSA VOICE
Aside from everything else … disbarred? From what? She’s not licensed to practice law. She was a law professor at Harvard, congressman. She’s the senior senator from Massachusetts. Senators aren’t disbarred. Try to keep up. It wasn’t just the Pocahontas reference, either. Trump, as part of his ongoing campaign of petty insults against Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), responded to a video stream she posted by writing, “If Elizabeth Warren, often referred to by me as Pocahontas, did this commercial from Bighorn or Wounded Knee instead of her kitchen, with her husband dressed in full Indian garb, it would have been a smash!” 12
What does Trump have to do to get a rise out of Mullin? Do a tomahawk chop before boarding Marine One? You’d think the president mentioning a headdress and the commercial prospects of “Bighorn” or “Wounded Knee” would bother Mullin, right? Wrong. In another instance, ostensibly to honor Navajo code talkers, the president said this: “You were here long before any of us were here. Although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her Pocahontas.” 13
No, they don’t call her that—you do. Trump turned to one of the Navajo code talkers, who served in World War II, and said: “But you know what? I like you. Because you are special. You are special people, you are really incredible people.”
You’d think, surely, at this point, Mullin would tell the president to knock it off. You’d once again be wrong. And what the hell was going on here? “We’re not trying to play politics,” Mullin said. “My family literally still live … I drove in this morning an hour and a half to get to the studio where my family literTHE TULSA VOICE // March 6 – 19, 2019
ally stopped walking on the ‘volunteer walk,’ and I use that as a loose term. I still live on the Indian allotment land that my family has.” 14
The Trail of Tears was a walk in the same way Auschwitz was full of employment opportunities. After receiving some criticism for this characterization, Mullin explained he was referring to the fact his family was among the “old settler” Cherokees who came to Indian Territory before the forced removal—and that, he says, is what he was referring to as a “voluntary walk.” A conflicting account, which described his family as having “[walked] on the Trail of Tears,” was then scrubbed from a press release on his website. (Unlike Senator Warren, apparently, the congressman can spin his family folklore however he wants.) Let’s continue. Meanwhile, Trump’s racism, about which Mullin is silent, has a pedigree going back decades.
serving in the House of Representatives17 and has 23 separate announcements—press releases, legislative actions he has introduced or advocated on behalf of programs for Native Americans— expressing his concern. If only this bothered him as much. “Will she run as our first Native American presidential candidate, or has she decided that after 32 years, this is not playing so well anymore? See you on the campaign TRAIL, Liz!” 18
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A proper goodbye Oklahoma non-profit helps parents suffering infant loss by HOLLY WALL
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rittany Martin was 39 weeks pregnant with her third child when she and her husband Josh arrived at Lakeside Women’s Hospital in Oklahoma City on June 19, 2014, for an induction of labor. It’s a process that typically begins with the application of electronic fetal monitors that trace the baby’s heartbeat and monitor uterine contractions. The Martins were excited, anticipating the arrival of their new baby. As Brittany’s nurse began to apply the monitors, she noticed her having a difficult time locating her son’s heartbeat. The look on the nurse’s face caused a flash of panic in Brittany, but the nurse reassured her: “He must be hiding.” Several nurses and three dopplers later, they still couldn’t find her son’s heartbeat. Remembering that morning, Brittany writes: “I felt like I was in a horrible nightmare. I could see my husband standing in the back of the room, completely horrified, and saw the feeling of helplessness on his face as I was swarmed with doctors and nurses. I just kept willing myself to wake up from the dream. It didn't feel real. Time moved so slow. Each breath hurt. I tried to be still and silent so I could hear the sound of Jaxon's heart. I willed myself to hear his heart. But, after an hour of ultrasounds, doctors, and monitors, they confirmed what we had already realized was true. Jaxon’s heart was no longer beating.” What was supposed to be one of the best days of the Martins’ lives had just turned into the worst. Brittany proceeded with labor, knowing that ultimately, the 10 // NEWS & COMMENTARY
Jaxon Foundation co-founder Brittany Martin stands with a Caring Cradle, which gives parents more time to grieve the loss of their baby. | NICK OXFORD
baby boy she would give birth to, Jaxon Kade, would be dead. “All the pain is the same,” Brittany writes about the experience. “The contractions still hurt; and it still takes hours. You still must deal with your milk coming in and take the needed time for your body to heal. The only difference is that the pain in your heart far exceeds all of the physical pain.” Jaxon was born a little after 4 p.m. that day. Instead of preparing to bring their new baby home,
the Martins had to prepare for his funeral. They had to decide whether or not they wanted photos of him, a lock of his hair, what to do with his body, which funeral home to use—when all they wanted was to hold and love their baby. Death is an ugly process with little regard for a mother’s broken heart. Brittany and Josh quickly began to see its effects on Jaxon. For my day job—night job, if you want to be technical about
it—I’m a registered nurse in the labor and delivery unit of a local hospital. Most people, when they hear that, gush a little: “Oh you work in the happy place.” Usually, it is a happy place. But when it’s not, it’s the most devastating place on Earth. I’ve cared for families during the loss of their infants, cried with them, taken photographs of their babies, and preserved their tiny hands and feet in ink and plaster. We try to give the parents as much time as possible to spend with their babies, knowing that once they leave the hospital, that will likely be the last time they’ll see their child. Sometimes, though, as decay takes hold, hastened by the warmth of their delivery rooms, it’s harder to preserve those perfect infants, and we ask, as gently as possible, if we might take them somewhere cooler. The brutal truth is, that cooler place is a refrigerator. The cold slows the process of decay, and when we take them back to their families, with cool skin and clean clothes, they look a little more like the babies the families want to remember. Brittany says her biggest regret in dealing with the aftermath of Jaxon’s birth and death was not spending more time with him. She only held him for about 90 minutes, and his older siblings never got the chance to see him. “I became scared to touch Jaxon,” Brittany writes. “I wanted to remember him the way he was. Beautiful. Soft. My baby. It broke my heart. They took him away to the morgue much sooner than I would have liked, because I couldn't handle seeing the decaying process begin.” March 6 – 19, 2019 // THE TULSA VOICE
A few months after Jaxon’s birth, Brittany began scouring the web, searching for support groups that would help ease her grief, and also looking for a way to turn her sadness into something that might help another family experiencing the same loss. In one of her searches, she came across something called a CuddleCot, a refrigerated Moses basket that can help preserve a baby’s body in its parents’ delivery room up to five days. It gives them time to grieve their loss, without separation, and to take their time with photographs and mementos. It was exactly what the Martins wished they’d had when Jaxon was born. Manufactured in the United Kingdom, there were only four CuddleCots in the U.S. at the time, none of them in Oklahoma. The Martins decided to have a fundraiser with the goal of raising enough money to donate a CuddleCot to Lakeside Women’s Hospital, where Jaxon was born. Avid off-roaders, the couple decided to have a 4x4 show, with monster trucks, Jeep clubs, vendors, food trucks, and activities. They held their event on Oct. 15, 2016, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. Instead of raising enough money for one CuddleCot, they raised enough for three, all of them going to Oklahoma City-area hospitals. The next year, in 2017, the Martins founded the Jaxon Kade Foundation, with the mission of providing a CuddleCot—or more recently a Caring Cradle, a Florida-manufactured refrigerated bassinet on wheels, which looks similar to the cribs newborn babies are kept in while they’re in the hospital—to every hospital in Oklahoma. Brittany said the Caring Cradles are more expensive than the CuddleCots, but they’re also more inconspicuous. Since they look like hospital cribs, they add an element of normalcy to the grieving parents’ experience. All of the proceeds raised at the annual 4x4 show, and through personal donations to the foundation, are used to purchase CuddleCots and Caring Cradles for local hospitals, donated in remembrance of a baby who has died. Each device costs the foundation between $2,765 and $4,800. THE TULSA VOICE // March 6 – 19, 2019
So far, the foundation has provided the bassinets to Lakeside Women's Hospital, St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, OU Children's Hospital, Integris Health Edmond Hospital, Integris Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon, Integris Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Integris Bass Baptist Hospital in Enid, and Stillwater Medical Center. On March 13, the foundation will present bassinets to Hillcrest Medical Center, Hillcrest Hospital South, and St. John Medical Center in Tulsa. The hospitals are not charged for the bassinets, and the only stipulations placed on them are that they provide them at no cost to their patients, and that they use them. “If they don’t use it within six months of receiving it, we ask them to return it so we can use it somewhere else,” Brittany said. Representatives from St. John’s Labor and Delivery and NICU units said they serve approximately 40–50 families experiencing perinatal-neonatal loss each year. “A cooling device provides the ‘gift of time’—a time for memory-making with a child whose life is too short, which can support early bereavement for families experiencing perinatal-neonatal loss,” representatives wrote in a joint statement. “Having both [a CuddleCot and Caring Cradle] available will allow St. John L&D and NICU to provide additional support in the early bereavement processes of more than one family simultaneously.” The nurses said they anticipate using the Caring Cradle and CuddleCot approximately three to six times a month. “If we’d had something like this, we would have used it,” Brittany said. “We can’t take away the pain other families are feeling, but maybe we can do something to make it a little better. “There aren’t any words you can give to another mom who’s lost a baby,” she said. “There aren’t any words that are good enough. Sometimes it’s just knowing they’re not alone, that there are other people who care, even though we can’t do anything to make their pain go away.” a
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Empowering recovery Tulsa coalition responds to the opioid epidemic with ‘a radical act of love’ by CASSIDY MCCANTS
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s the connection between abstinence-only sex education and heightened teen pregnancy rates illustrates, it’s clear that simply telling someone not to engage in a potentially risky activity is not as effective as comprehensive education and harm reduction. Why, then, are so many reluctant to apply this common sense in treating drug abuse, particularly now, as the opioid crisis continues to grow—and particularly here in Oklahoma, where we’re second in the nation for Hepatitis C cases and 29th for overdose deaths? Maybe we just haven’t thought long and hard enough about treatment alternatives. SHOTS, or Stop Harm on Tulsa Streets, is a local group aiming to help us rethink the ways in which our city and state treat drug addiction and abuse. Headed by Andrea Haddox, an OU social work graduate student, and Hana Fields, a Tulsa native and activist—both former heroin users themselves—SHOTS has a mission of “reducing the harms associated with drug use and promoting health equity through compassionate, non-judgmental community services, education, and advocacy.” This goal and its principles are referred to generally as harm reduction—it’s the idea that people will engage in risky behavior regardless, so it’s best to ensure they do so as safely as possible. But harm reduction is still pretty controversial. A common critique of this philosophy is that it “enables” drug users—and it’s easy to understand where this response comes from, considering the ways in which our culture promotes tough love. Like most
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Activists Hana Fields (left) and Andrea Haddox lead Stopping Harm On Tulsa Streets. | GREG BOLLINGER
harm reduction coalitions in the country, SHOTS provides condoms, Narcan (naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication), and clean syringes to anyone in need. “Providing Narcan to people who use drugs does not enable them; it saves their lives. People can’t recover if they’re dead,” Haddox said. “Bottom line is that a lot of our friends are dead,” Fields said. “We know a lot of people with Hepatitis C, some with HIV. There are facts to support that we need this here, but it really started from an emotional reaction.” So far, Tulsa has been overwhelmingly receptive to their work. The group has received support from several local organizations, such as HOPE Testing, and they are exploring partnerships with Tulsa CARES and other like-minded institutions who work with IV-drug users.
Fields and Haddox were introduced by a mutual friend in October of 2018, and they’ve been eagerly working together to raise awareness of the importance of this alternative way of thinking ever since. The pairing seemed meant to be. Haddox had always been interested in harm reduction, so when she learned Fields had been handing out Narcan on her own, she reached out. Now, just a few months later, SHOTS has a volunteer base of about 30, and their presence in town is constantly growing. They had a table at both the Tulsa Women’s March and the Equality Center’s Trans Resource Fair in January, and their Facebook fundraiser gained more than $1,000 in a couple of weeks over the winter holidays in 2018. Narcan is a big focus for SHOTS. “We want to make sure everyone has access to it, whether
you use drugs, you know somebody who uses drugs, or you have a prescription for opiates. We give it out for free,” Haddox said. Haddox and Fields think of harm reduction as “a radical act of love,” and it’s one that has proved effective. SHOTS doesn’t push abstinence-based recovery— instead they aim to “meet people where they are, not where [others] expect them to be.” It’s crucial to this conversation to note that when drug users are given harm reduction tools, they are five times more likely to go to treatment, according to the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition. Both of these women are doing this work purely out of passion for the mission, not for pay. The group is now taking on the daunting process of grant-writing in order to build something sustainable. A more long-term goal for SHOTS is to write an open letter to the city about the benefits of harm reduction—including organized needle exchanges. To promote their cause, the group is planning a benefit/awareness concert for a weekend in April. If you’re interested in getting involved, Haddox and Fields encourage you to research on the intricacies of harm reduction. You can follow the SHOTS page on Facebook and reach out with any questions if you’d like to know more information. The group will also be presenting on overdose awareness March 15–17 at the Second Annual Street Medic Training Weekend. “We just want to open the conversation,” Haddox said. “It’s needed. People are dying for this.” a March 6 – 19, 2019 // THE TULSA VOICE
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COME HOME ‘A.L.I.V.E.’ Local author teaches kids how to survive interactions with police
“WHAT IS THE JOB OF A POLICE OFFICER?” Sanya Whitaker Gragg has noticed a disturbing pattern since she started asking this question to schoolchildren across the country two years ago. “[Some] answers are: ‘To protect us,’ you know. ‘To get the bad guys.’ But when I go to other schools, I get really different answers,” she said. “It might be: ‘To take my dad to jail.’ ... ‘To throw my brother on the ground and handcuff him for no reason.’ I remember very distinctly one little boy—my goodness, he had to have been in the second grade—who said, ‘To kill us.’ Gragg is the author of the illustrated book for kids, “Mama, Have You Heard the News?” It tells the story of 10-year-old Avery, panicked after yet another killing of a young, unarmed black man at the hands of a police officer, who turns to his parents for guidance. “I just really don’t understand,” Avery tells his mom. “I thought cops were the good guys. But every day I watch TV, they’re taking someone’s life.” A former counselor for Tulsa Public Schools, Gragg had been toying with the idea of writing a children’s book on the topic for years—but after the 2016 killing of Terence Crutcher, in her own backyard, it took on a new urgency. “Once that happened, I said: ‘Maybe I do need to go ahead and write this.’” Gragg’s book centers on “the talk” had by many black families, in which children are warned about the dangers of life as a person of color in America, and given practical instruction on how to best protect themselves from violence. “Basically if you THE TULSA VOICE // March 6 – 19, 2019
ask anyone who’s black [about “the talk”], they’re usually not referring to the birds and the bees,” Gragg said. “We’d been having this conversation with our boys for many years, probably since they were 10 or 11. It’s a tough conversation,” she said. “Because when your kids are that young, you just want them to be kids—right? But you also know that unfortunately it’s a reality in our country … that you really have to pay attention, and you really have to make sure you do certain things [when interacting with police] so that you aren’t perceived to be reaching for a weapon, or being disrespectful.” Gragg puts this troubling but necessary tradition in a new context for young readers, with illustrations by Kim Holt and catchy, sing-song prose that teaches children to survive interactions with law enforcement and come home ALIVE: A — ALWAYS use your manners L — LISTEN and comply I — IN control of your emotions V — VISIBLE hands always E — EXPLAIN any movement
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Gragg stresses that her book “isn’t anti-police, but anti-police brutality.” The goal, she says, isn’t to denigrate anyone. The goal is to save lives. “As a mom, that’s really my main objective,” she said. “I just need my boys to walk in the door. If we need to file a report after and get badge numbers … we can do that later. But I tell them: ‘I need you to walk in the door.’” — JEZY J. GRAY NEWS & COMMENTARY // 13
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A day in the Dome Exploring a Tulsa gem, from sunup to sundown by TTV STAFF
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ocals know The Blue Dome District as one of Tulsa’s most walkable and whimsical entertainment districts, but when was the last time you really took a good look around? Growing from its roots as Downtown’s stop on historic Route 66, the area has some of the highest density and variety of businesses in the IDL, making it a magnet for Tulsa newcomers and natives alike. To help you re-discover what makes the district a true Tulsa gem, here’s how to make the most of a day in the Dome—from sunup to sundown. MORNING Start the day with breakfast at Dilly Diner, which has become an anchor establishment in the district for good reason. The breakfast burrito is the proper and correct move— featuring Fassler Hall chorizo, fluffy scrambled eggs, Monterey Jack cheese, with a pile of peppers and onions, topped with cilantro crema and creamy avocado. (Its powers are heightened if the night before included too many beers at Fassler Hall.) Eggs benedict are arguably the classic brunch meal, and while takes on the dish can be found on brunch menus everywhere, two of Tulsa’s best offerings are right around the block from each other on 2nd Street. For the bravest of brunchers, the Crab Cakes Eggs Benedict at Peacemaker Lobster and Crab and the Pork Belly Eggs Benedict at Yokozuna would make an epic surf and turf showdown. AFTERNOON For lunch, grab a piece of Italy at Andolini’s Sliced. The Napoletana Margherita—though not sold by the slice—is the gold standard for authentic Italian ‘za,
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establishment, New Midtown Adult Superstore—whose neon sign is probably the district’s second-most-recognizable landmark. If you like to pair your day drinking with some friendly competition, stop into Arnie’s Bar for shuffleboard, Reds Bar for beer pong putt-putt, hit the lanes at Dust Bowl, or get lost in The Max Retropub’s library of classic video games and pinball machines.
Night sets on Tulsa’s Blue Dome District, a magnet for Tulsa newcomers and natives alike. VALERIE WEI-HAAS
baked to perfection in Andolini’s 900-degree wood fired oven. If you manage to walk out the door without getting a scoop of their always-delicious gelato, try the ice cream at Rose Rock Microcreamery in The Boxyard. Their namesake flavor has strawberries and candied pecans—two Oklahoma staples. At this point you might think you’ve reached your limit, but the truth is you’re never too full for a Chicken Slider or two from Open Container. Don’t skimp on the jalapeño jam. If the weather’s cool, warm up with a bowl of spicy Tonkotsu
ramen at Jinya Ramen Bar. (You’ll be able to warm up with something a bit stiffer next door at The Tulsan Bar, which we’re expecting to open any day now.) You can walk off all that food and support local artists by stopping at Tulsa Artery, which features handcrafted gifts, books by local authors, and one-of-a-kind Tulsa memorabilia, and Boomtown Tees, which features countless T-shirts that are uniquely Tulsa. Speaking of shopping: the full Blue Dome experience is incomplete without a visit to the District’s longest-running retail
EVENING Once you work up an appetite again, dinner at Juniper is always a treat. Their seasonal menu is a reliable knockout, and staples like the risotto and the beef stroganoff are savory and comforting year-round. Pair your appetizer or dinner with a cocktail crafted with house-made infusions like serrano citrus vodka or cucumber dill gin. Spend sunset on El Guapo’s patio with one of their famous margaritas—the hibiscus is a crowd favorite—or take in the sights with a Mother Road Mule at Roof Sixty-Six Bar then head back down to street level to dance the night away at The Unicorn Club. Finally, catch a show! The Fur Shop has one of the city’s best open mic nights for stand up comedy, and its outdoor stage is among the most unique settings for live music in town. IDL Ballroom shows run the gamut from comedy to performing arts to touring and legacy acts. You can catch live local music almost every night at Rabbit Hole Bar and Grill. After last call has come and gone, you reflect on the day that’s passed. How you’ve feasted and cavorted like royalty. It’s a shame it has to end. But then again, does it? Hurts Donut is still open. a March 6 – 19, 2019 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Beer nerds Brains and brews collide in Tulsa’s monthly science salons by FRASER KASTNER cience lovers from all across Tulsa gathered at Heirloom Rustic Ales on Valentine’s Day for the brewery’s latest installment of its popular Think & Drink series. The event, a partnership between Heirloom and the nearby STEMcell Science Shop, brings Tulsans to the Kendall Whittier neighborhood for scientific discussion—and, of course, beer. STEMcell co-owners Terry and Jessie Mudge were inspired to bring science to the public sphere by Booksmart Tulsa’s literary lectures. “We always wanted a science version. Preferably big names … but we’re starting off with local scientists and professors to give people a glimpse into the hard science world,” Terry said. “We’re trying to get a diverse range of scientists in professions and fields just so that people can scratch their scientific itch.” “It’s like a TED Talk with booze,” Terry said. “Not so stuffy, just kind of a casual conversation about nerdy stuff.” The event has been a hit, which Terry partially credits to Kendall Whittier’s Second Thursday Art Walk. Many art studios and businesses in Kendall Whittier are open late during the monthly event, allowing Tulsans to get up close and personal with the up-and-coming district. “The Second Thursday thing, and hosting these events, helped our decision to move our business [to Kendall Whittier],” Terry said. “Because one thing we always wanted was to work with other businesses and have a community.” The event fits right in at Heir-
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STEMcell Science Shop owners Jessie and Terry Mudge sip on offerings from Heirloom Rustic Ales. GREG BOLLINGER
loom, whose owners have backgrounds in science. “Brewing is somewhere in between science, art ... creativity, somewhere in that realm,” said Zach French, co-owner of Heirloom. “It’s, on the basic level, biochemistry and microbiology, and then trying to create something in the way an artist or a chef would utilizing those tools of science.” Think & Drink has attracted attention from Tulsa’s scientific community. “All of the people we’ve had to speak have been voluntary, and they’ve all been really excited to do it,” Terry said. The event provides an opportunity for professors to talk about passion projects, or ideas that interest them, instead of simply covering classroom material. Clean energy was the topic of February’s event, which featured a talk by Dr. Edith Newton
Wilson, founder, president, and CEO of Rock Whisperer LLC, a sustainable-energy consulting fi rm in Tulsa. Dr. Wilson, a geologist by training, spoke with the crowd about the merits of moving to sustainable energy sources over traditional sources such as coal or oil. The topic can be a hard sell in Oklahoma, where the oil and gas industry is especially powerful. But over the hour-long lecture, Wilson made a strong case for a transition to cleaner, renewable sources of fuel, arguing that renewable energy is becoming more efficient, accessible, and economically feasible. Wilson compared investing in fossil fuels to building a better rotary phone in the age of smartphones. “In many ways we are moving backwards,” she said. Despite issuing warnings about rising sea levels and other effects
of climate change, Wilson struck an optimistic tone. She said that she has been giving this lecture for some time now, and every time she updates the information in it, the news looks better for clean energy. As the crowd sipped Heirloom saisons, sours, and IPAs, Wilson went on to show that coal, our largest source of fossil fuels, can only produce a total of 900TW of energy. The sun, on the other hand, produces 23,000TW every year. The sun produces more energy in one year than could be harvested out of every crumb of coal in the world. This is the kind of socially aware, science-driven data people can expect to come away with from Heirloom’s monthly salon. Terry and Jessie try to book lectures about topical issues, to show how understanding science can inform our daily lives in 2019. “We’ve been trying to choose more relevant topics like clean energy because that seems to be what people come out for.” Past events have brought out large crowds, particularly their event on recreational marijuana. “It was a week before the election day, maybe the week of,” Terry said. “There were a lot of questions, a lot of discussion.” Next month’s Think & Drink event will cover the topic of rare diseases. They will be partnering with the Global Foundation for Peroxisomal Disorders, which helps fund research and promotes education related to Zellweger spectrum disorders. The event will be held Thurs., March 14 at Heirloom Rustic Ales. a March 6 – 19, 2019 // THE TULSA VOICE
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drink about it B Y T T V S TA F F Watering holes, speakeasies, juke joints, and honky-tonks. If you’re looking for a social setting and an adult beverage or two, great options abound in Tulsa. Whether you’re after a dimly-lit hideaway or a high-octane dance party, in the market for live music or local brews, there’s a barstool with your name on it.
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In addition to their private label wines, Bird & Bottle offers tons of cocktail choices—including a $4 martini. Any of them are sure to pair nicely with the kitchen’s assortment of bistro-inspired dishes and charcuterie plates. The Fried Brussels & Bacon is one small plate packed with flavor, and you can’t go wrong with any of the flatbreads or sandwiches, especially paired with delectable cocktails like the Splinter Smash or the Nightingale. 3324-A E. 31st St., 918-895-6468, facebook.com/BirdBottle-2085549131674007
SOUNDPONY 409 N. Main St. | 918-582-7669 thesoundpony.com
BAR 46 107 N. Boulder Ave. 918-398-7114 | bar46tulsa.com
THE TAVERN 201 N. Main St. | 918-949-9801 taverntulsa.com
BULL IN THE ALLEY 11 E. Reconciliation Way 918-949-9803 bullinthealley.com
VALKYRIE 13 E. Reconciliation Way 918-295-2160 valkyrietulsa.com
CAZ’S PUB 21 E. Reconciliation Way 918-585-8587 | cazspub.com
WELLTOWN BREWING 114 W. Archer St. 918-221-8893 welltownbrewing.com
CHIMERA CAFÉ 212 N. Main St. | 918-779-4303 chimeratulsa.com CLUB MAJESTIC 124 N. Boston Ave. 918-584-9494 clubmajestictulsa.com DUET 108 N. Detroit Ave. 918-398-7201 | duetjazz.com ELGIN PARK 325 E. Reconciliation Way 918-986-9910 elginparkbrewery.com GLACIER BEAN TO BAR 209 E. Archer St. 918-933-6484 glacierconfection.com THE HUNT CLUB 224 N. Main St. | 918-599-9200 thehuntclubtulsa.com INNER CIRCLE VODKA BAR 410 N. Main St. | 918-794-2400 icvodkabar.com LEFTY’S ON GREENWOOD 18 N. Greenwood Ave. 918-794-0017 leftsongreenwood.com MAINLINE ART & COCKTAILS 111 N. Main St. | 918-704-3330 mainlineartbar.com
Duet The underground club has made waves in Tulsa by attracting jazz greats and giving the local scene a new home. In that swirl of rhythms, tones, and playful improvisation, Duet’s drinks are a perfect accompaniment. A curated wine and beer list lays the foundation for the soaring solo performances of on-tap Negroni and craft cocktails for every mood. Food isn’t relegated to the upstairs restaurant; the club has its own menu of soulful bar bites. 108 N. Detroit Ave., 918-398-7201, duetjazz.com 22 // FEATURED
PRAIRIE BREWPUB 223 N. Main St. | 918-936-4395 prairiepub.com SATURN ROOM 209 N. Boulder Ave. 918-794-9422 | saturnroom.com SHE THEATRE AND LOUNGE 321 E. Reconciliation Way 918-218-3305 | shetheatre.net SHUFFLES: BOARD GAME CAFE 207 E. Archer St. 918-728-7252 shufflestulsa.com
Blue Dome & East Village ARNIE’S BAR 318 E. 2nd St. | 918-583-0797 arniesbar.com CENTENNIAL LOUNGE AT VFW POST 577 1109 E. 6th St. | 918-585-9148 facebook.com/vfwtulsa DEAD ARMADILLO CRAFT BREWING 1004 E. 4th St. | 918-949-9233 dabrewery.com DUST BOWL LANES & LOUNGE 211 S. Elgin Ave. 918-430-3908 dustbowllounge.com ENSO BAR 104 S. Detroit Ave. 918-551-7447 | ensobar.com FASSLER HALL 304 S. Elgin Ave. 918-576-7898 | fasslerhall.com THE FUR SHOP 520 E. 3rd St. | 918-949-4292 facebook.com/TheFurShopTulsa HODGES BEND 823 E. 3rd St. | 918-398-4470 hodges-bend.com JAMES E. MCNELLIE’S PUBLIC HOUSE 409 E. 1st St. | 918-382-7468 mcnellies.com
OPEN CONTAINER 502 E. 3rd St. | 918-895-5016 facebook.com/ opencontainertulsa RABBIT HOLE BAR AND GRILL 116 S. Elgin Ave. 539-664-4232 facebook.com/rabbitholetulsa REDS BAR 325 E. 2nd St. facebook.com/redsbartulsa ROOF 66 121 S. Elgin Ave. | 918-779-4445 facebook.com/roofsixtysixbar UNICORN CLUB 222 E. 1st St. | 918-551-7447 facebook.com/unicorntulsa VINTAGE WINE BAR 324 E. 1st St. | 918-764-9255 winebartulsa.com
Deco District & Terwilleger Heights AMERICAN SOLERA SOBO 108 E. 18th St. | 918-779-7763 americansolera.com BLUE ROSE CAFÉ & ELWOOD’S 1924 Riverside Dr. 918-582-4600 bluerosecafetulsa.com BOSTON TITLE & ABSTRACT 522 S. Boston Ave. 918-301-0744 CELLAR DWELLER 417 W. 7th St. facebook.com/cellardwellertulsa MERCURY LOUNGE 1747 S. Boston Ave. 918-382-0012 mercurylounge918.com MIXCO 3rd St. and Denver Ave. 918-932-8571 | mixcotulsa.com ORPHA’S LOUNGE 112 W. 4th St. | 918-587-7232 facebook.com/orphas-lounge295832053865259
THE MAX RETROPUB 114 S. Elgin Ave. | 918-895-6200 facebook.com/themaxretropub
THE PENTHOUSE ROOFTOP BAR AT THE MAYO HOTEL 115 W. 5th St. | 918-582-6296 themayohotel.com
NEW ERA: FINE FERMENTATIONS 321 S. Frankfort Ave. neffbrewing.com
WHISKEY 918 514 E. 2nd St. | 918-794-7424 facebook.com/whiskey918
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THE STARLITE 1902 E. 11th St. | 918-701-0274 thestarlite.net
BLACKBIRD ON PEARL 1336 E. 6th St. | 918-936-4936 blackbirdonpearl.com
TULSA EAGLE 1388 E. 3rd St. | 918-592-1188 facebook.com/Tulsa-Eagle207853843286
COSMO CAFE 3334 S. Peoria Ave. 918-933-4848 | cosmo-cafe.com
THE WILLOWS FAMILY ALES 418 S. Peoria Ave. 918-895-6798 willowsfamily.com
CROW CREEK TAVERN 3534 S. Peoria Ave. 918-749-9100 facebook.com/crowcreektavern
CABIN BOYS BREWERY 1717 E. 7th St. | 918-933-4033 cabinboysbrewery.com THE CIGAR BOX 1326 E. 15th St. | 918-585-1424 cigarboxtulsa.com THE COFFEE BLUES 315 S. Trenton Ave. 918-938-7100 thecoffeeblues.com
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BRICKTOWN BREWERY 3301 S. Peoria Ave. 918-895-7878 bricktownbrewery.com
DOC’S WINE & FOOD 3509 S. Peoria Ave. 918-949-3663 docswineandfood.com
DRAKE’S TAVERN 1546 E. 15th St. | 918-295-5850
BUCKANEER BAR 1120 S. Harvard Ave. 918-584-4867 facebook.com/buckaneer.bar
EMPIRE 1519 S. Peoria Ave. 918-599-9512 empiretulsa.com
FOOLISH THINGS: BAR AND BISCUIT 3524 S. Peoria Ave. 918-289-4156 barandbiscuit.com
ED’S HURRICANE LOUNGE 3216 E. 11th St. | 918-587-4610 facebook.com/edshurricane
R BAR 3421 S. Peoria Ave. 918-392-4811 | rbartulsa.com
KILKENNY’S IRISH PUB 1413 E. 15th St. | 918-582-8282 tulsairishpub.com
FUEL 66 TULSA 2439 E. 11th St. | 918-861-4110 fuel66tulsa.com
LOCAL CIDER & ANGRY BEAR MEAD 1724 E. 7th St. | 918-505-4861 facebook.com/localciderok
HEIRLOOM RUSTIC ALES 2113 E. Admiral Blvd. 918-292-8757 heirloomrusticales.com
SHARKY’S ON BROOKSIDE 3415 S. Peoria Ave. 918-742-9500 sharkysonbrookside.com
LOT NO. 6 1323 E. 6th St. facebook.com/lot-no-6203910122982599
RENAISSANCE BREWING COMPANY 1147 S. Lewis Ave. 918-409-0551 renaissancebeer.com
MAIN ST. TAVERN 1325 E. 15th St. | 918-561-6745 facebook.com/mstcherrystreet MARSHALL BREWING TAP ROOM 1742 E. 6th St. | 918-292-8781 marshallbrewing.com NOLA’S CREOLE & COCKTAILS 1334 E. 15th St. | 918-779-7766 nolastulsa.com NOTHING’S LEFT BREWING CO. 1502 E. 6th St. | 918-645-6171 nothingsleftbrew.co OKLAHOMA DISTILLING CO. 1724 E. 7th Ave. | 918-505-4861 okdistilling.com ROOSEVELT’S 1551 E. 15th St. | 918-591-2888 rooseveltstulsa.com SOUL CITY GASTROPUB & MUSIC HOUSE 1621 E. 11th St. | 918-582-7685 tulsasoul.com
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UNIVERSITY OF WASH 3132 E. 15th St. | 918-960-2889 universityofwash.com THE WEL BAR 1124 S. Lewis Ave. 918-984-9001 motherroadmarket.com
Nola’s Craving Cajun-Creole cuisine with a stiff craft cocktail? Head over to Nola’s and experience the esteemed Hoodoo étouffée, Skiffer crab cake dinner, or Gri Gri Shrimp with cheese grits—all of which pair beautifully with Nola’s famous Hurricane ($8 on Mondays). Another is the classic New Orleans cocktail Brandy Crusta, whose lemon-forward flavors are the perfect complement to gulf favorites like fresh oysters and crawfish queso. 1334 E. 15th St., 918-779-7766, nolastulsa.com
THE WAREHOUSE BAR & GRILL 3346 S. Peoria Ave. 918-742-9005 the-warehouse-bar-grill. business.site
Midtown BAD ASS RENEE’S 6373 E. 31st St. 918-992-5161 facebook.com/Bad-Ass-Renees849376481863496
WHITTIER BAR 2405 E. Admiral Blvd.
BIRD AND BOTTLE 3324-A E. 31st St. | 918-895-6468 facebook.com/Bird-Bottle2085549131674007
YELLOW BRICK ROAD PUB 2630 E. 15th St. | 918-568-6455 facebook.com/YBRTulsa
BLEACHER BUMS SPORTS BAR 5073 E. 51st St. | 918-627-6999 facebook.com/bleacher.bums.3
Brookside
BULL & BEAR TAVERN 5800 S. Lewis Ave. 918-895-7655 facebook.com/bullandbeartavern
Nothing’s Left
41 BROOKSIDE 4133 S. Peoria Ave. 918-949-3393 facebook.com/fortyonebrookside
THE COLONY 2809 S. Harvard Ave. 918-794-4208 thecolonytulsa.com
ANOTHER ROUND 3307 S. Peoria Ave. 918-747-6994 anotherroundbrookside.com
CRAWPAPPY’S BAR AND GRILL 3344 E. 51st St. | 918-743-3342 facebook.com/ crawpappys.barandgrill
The beermasters at Nothing’s Left Brewing Co., located in the heart of the Pearl District, have quickly established themselves with their flagship Galaxy Pale Ale, a citrus symphony with low hop bitterness, and the summertime sweetness of their Strawberry Blonde Ale. The crew is always experimenting, so drop in to see what’s on tap— like the tropical Big Mood NEIPA, “the first [New England IPA] you won’t have to lie to your friends about liking.” 1502 E. 6th St., 918-645-6171, nothingsleftbrew.co FEATURED // 23
GRUMPY’S TAVERN 4775 S. Harvard Ave. 539-664-5784 facebook.com/ grumpystavern4775 JUICEMAKER LOUNGE 3508 S. Sheridan Rd. 818-209-6345 facebook.com/juicemakermusic
Rabbit Hole Down a long hallway off Elgin Avenue, Rabbit Hole Bar and Grill abounds with tastes and sounds. In addition to rotating beer taps and drink specials, the restaurant and venue features live music nearly every night (and karaoke on Wednesdays!) showcasing local and touring bands and DJs of a wide range of genres and styles. Pair a local pint with Okie Fries appetizer, a Tulsa twist on poutine with fries covered in gravy and Muenster cheese. 116 S. Elgin Ave., 539-664-4232, facebook.com/rabbitholetulsa
THE RUN 3141 E. Skelly Dr. | 918-746-8271 facebook.com/elephantrun TIN DOG SALOON 3245 S. Harvard Ave. 918-747-6663 facebook.com/tindogbar UNCLE BENTLY’S 4902 S. Sheridan Rd. 918-664-6800 facebook.com/unclebentlys WYLD HAWGZ 6151 E. 31st St. | 918-949-4434 facebook.com/wyldhawgz
North Tulsa KISS MY ALE PUB 5336 E. Admiral Pl. 918-992-5410 facebook.com/kisserintherye NINE BAND BREWING CO. / THUNDER BAR & GRILL 951 W. 36th St. N 877-246-8777 osagecasino.com RETRO GRILL AND BAR 800 N. Peoria Ave. 918-587-3876 facebook.com/retrogb30
Shuffles Shuffles Board Game Café is the best of all worlds. The full-service bar, restaurant, and retail gaming store features an extensive beer list and a cocktail menu with playful spins on old favorites. Try the Shuffles Mule or the Blackberry Sage Tequila Smash, featuring Monte Alban Blanco, grapefruit, sage, and blackberries. It’s the perfect complement to Shuffles’ chicken tenders—or the perfect peace offering after your three-hour game of Settlers of Catan gets too heated. 207 E. Archer St., 918-728-7252, shufflestulsa.com 24 // FEATURED
STEVE’S 727 CLUB 727 N. Sheridan Rd. 918-836-8529 facebook.com/727club WHITE CROW TAVERN 7103 E. Pine St. | 918-836-7522 facebook.com/White-CrowTavern-149761328389459
East Tulsa 71ST STREET DEPOT 7110 S. Mingo Rd. | 918-252-4185 facebook.com/ seventyfirst.streetdepot AVENUE 21 12570 E. 21st St. facebook.com/avenue21tulsa BOUNTY LOUNGE 6529 E. 31st St. | 918-664-5078 facebook.com/ theBountyLoungeTulsa CAROUSEL LOUNGE 4666 S. Mingo Rd. 918-664-2676 CASUAL COCKTAIL 2719 S. Memorial Dr. 918-664-1637 CHEERZ PUB 5412 S. Mingo Dr. 918-663-9462 facebook.com/cheerzpubtulsa CIMARRON BAR 2619 S. Memorial Dr. 918-621-4644 facebook.com/ cimarronbartulsa918 CRYSTAL SKULL 1005 S. Sheridan Rd. 918-949-9800 crystalskullbar.com DIXIE TAVERN 3161 S. 129th E. Ave. 918-619-9119 facebook.com/dixie.taverntulsa FAT DADDY’S PUB & GRILLE 8056 S. Memorial Dr. 918-872-6206 facebook.com/fatdaddyspub FLYING MONKEY TAVERN 424 S. Memorial Dr. 918-576-6705 facebook.com/ theflyingmonkeytavern FOUR ACES TAVERN 11035 E. 41st St. 918-664-5656 facebook.com/four-aces-tavern288681211175349 FOX & HOUND PUB & GRILLE 7001 S. Garnett Rd. 918-307-2847 | foxandhound.com FRIENDLY’S TAVERN 12630 E. 31st St. 918-622-3194 facebook.com/ friendlys.taverntulsa
THE JIM SPORTS BAR 9701 E. 61st St. | 918-615-3430 facebook.com/thejimsportsbar KNUCKLEHEADS 16002 E. Pine St. 918-439-9995 facebook.com/ knuckleheadstulsa KNUCKLEHEADS TOO 3156 S. Mingo Rd. 918-728-2335 LAST CALL 4307 S. Sheridan Rd. 918-628-1123 facebook.com/last.call.9275 LENNIE’S CLUB & GRILL 8181 E. Skelly Dr. 918-743-6600 facebook.com/lenniesclub MAGOO’S 5002 S. Memorial Dr. 918-663-3364 | tulsamagoos.com MARKET PUB 5058 S. 79th E. Ave. 918-627-3777 facebook.com/marketpubtulsa MIDLETON’S BAR AND GRILL 9711 E. 81st St. | 918-940-2740 facebook.com/midletons MR. LUCKY’S PUB AND GRILL 8240 E. 41st St. | 918-628-0222 mrluckyspub.weebly.com NO PLACE SPORTS BAR 11730 E. Admiral Pl. 918-437-3777 facebook.com/ noplacesportsbartulsa PJ’S PUB AND GRILL 9999 S. Mingo Rd. 918-806-6869 pjspubandgrill.com PIPPIN’S TAPROOM 6808 S. Memorial Dr. 918-973-3607 pippinstaproom.com THE REVUE 822 S. Sheridan Rd. 918-836-5272 therevuetulsa.com STILLHOUSE BAR AND GRILL 8922 S. Memorial Dr. 918-286-6847 TOWN PUMP LOUNGE 4960 S. 83rd E. Ave 918-622-4811
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RABBIT HOLE, SHUFFLES, WHITTIER: GREG BOLLINGER; WEL BAR: FORSYTHE CREATIVE
DUSTY DOG PUB 5107 S. Harvard Ave. 918-933-5473 facebook.com/Dusty-Dog-Pub185258361485143
South Tulsa
West Tulsa
5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE BAR / SCOREBOARD SPORTS BAR 8330 Riverside Pkwy. 888-748-3731 riverspirittulsa.com
AMERICAN SOLERA 1803 S. 49th W. Ave. 918-949-4318 americansolera.com
BLUE TURTLE TAVERN 6350 S. Lewis Ave. 918-745-2077 facebook.com/BlueTurtleTulsa BREAKROOM TAVERN 8888 S. Lewis Ave. 918-417-7192 facebook.com/breakroomtavern LOUIE’S GRILL & BAR 6310 E. 101st St. 918-298-5777 louiesgrillandbar.com MCNELLIE’S SOUTH CITY 7031 S. Zurich Ave. 918-933-5250 | mcnellies.com PATRICK’S PUB & GRILL 6520 E. 91st St. | 918-494-7972 facebook.com/patrickpubgrill PUB W 4830 E. 61st St. | 918-551-6675 pubdub.com ROOSTERS COCKTAILS 7875 E. 71st St. | 918-994-6047 facebook.com/ roosterscocktailstulsa
GROWLER USA 8115 S. Olympia Ave. W. 918-991-4872 | growlerusa.com JUMPIN J’S 1630 W. 51st St. 918-445-3037 facebook.com/ jumpin-js-306091329075 SCOTTY’S LOUNGE 3119 W. 61st St. | 918-445-0234 facebook.com/scottyslounge SKYLINE LOUNGE 6604 W. Skyline Dr. 918-445-6181
Broken Arrow BABY RUTH’S SPORTS BAR 1601 S. Main St. | 918-940-7799 facebook.com/babyruthsba BLIND BUFFALO POUR HOUSE 200 W. Albany St. 918-416-8100 facebook.com/blindbuffaloba
STOGIES CIGAR HOUSE AND COCKTAILS 207 S. Main St. | 918-872-7882 facebook.com/stogiesba WHISKEY DOG 2408 W. New Orleans St. 918-286-7111 facebook.com/whiskeydogbargrill
Jenks THE CIGAR BOX WHISKEY BAR & TAP HOUSE 500 Riverwalk Ter. 918-417-7777 cigarboxtulsa.com ELM STREET PUB 329 S. Elm St. | 918-296-0448 facebook.com/elmstreetpub GEORGE’S PUB 108 N. 1st St. | 918-296-9711 georgespubs.com MARYN’S TAPHOUSE AND RAW BAR 400 Riverwalk Terrace #180 918-946-2796 marynstaphouse.com
Sand Springs
CJ MOLONEY’S 1849 S. Aspen Ave. 918-251-1973 facebook.com/cjmoloneys
THE IRON PONY SALOON 20915 W. 8th St. 918-245-1158 facebook.com/cowboy2thebone
DEB’S ACTION LOUNGE 832 S. Aspen Ave. 918-258-1773
THE OFFICE ON MAIN 109 N. Main St. | 918-246-7428 facebook.com/theofficeonmain
SUTURES 7133 S. Yale Ave. 918-481-5007 facebook.com/suturesbartulsa
JAMESON’S PUB 1385 N. Aspen Ave. 918-286-1990 facebook.com/jamesonspubba
SANDITE BILLIARDS & GRILL 7822 W. Parkway Blvd. N 918-245-2859 sanditebilliardsandgrill.com
TREYS BAR & GRILL 7891 E. 108th St. | 918-970-4950 treystulsa.com
THE ROOFTOP 214 Main St. | 918-806-2603 facebook.com/therooftopba
Catoosa
WHITE LION PUB 6927 S. Canton Ave. 918-491-6533 facebook.com/White-Lion-Pub440462695233
SCOOTER’S SOUTH 40 7500 Old Highway 51 918-451-0200
THE STUMBLING MONKEY BAR & GRILL 8219 S. Yale Ave. 918-921-3530 facebook.com/ stumblingmonkeybar
THE WINE LOFT BAR 7890 E. 106th Pl. 918-970-4766 thewinelofttulsa.com
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With so many cuisines available at Mother Road Market, finding that perfect pairing drink can be a challenge. The folks at The WEL Bar have got you covered. Go local with rotating taps—featuring seasonal offerings from Tulsa favorites like American Solera and Cabin Boys Brewery— or talk to one of the knowledgeable bartenders about the perfect cocktail to tame the flame from the highest heat level at Chicken and the Wolf. 1124 S. Lewis Ave., 918-9849001, motherroadmarket.com
SMITTY’S 118 TAVERN 118 E. Main St. | 918-995-2277 facebook.com/smittys-118tavern-775738289111190
BROKEN ARROW BREWING CO. 333 W. Dallas St. 918-286-8101 brokenarrowbrewingco.com
SHOT HAPPENS 8101 S. Harvard Ave. 539-664-5016 facebook.com/bar81st
WEL Bar
THE LODGE EATERY & PUB 2036 S. Miller Dr. 918-739-3825 facebook.com/catoosalodge TRACK 5. / RIFFS / TOBY KEITH’S I LOVE THIS BAR AND GRILL 777 W. Cherokee St. 800-760-6700 hardrockcasinotulsa.com a
Whittier Bar The newest new kid on the block is sure to be a gamechanger for the Kendall Whittier neighborhood. Tucked between Fair Fellow Coffee Roaster and the Pollos Asados food truck, Whittier Bar is the classic watering hole the growing district has been waiting for. Whittier Bar keeps it clean and classy with its simple dive vibe, serving up classics like a killer old-fashioned and half-price wine on Wednesdays. 2405 E. Admiral Blvd. FEATURED // 25
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“While the wine list is as boutiquey and interesting a one as you’ll find in a similar place in New York or San Francisco, the staff are so friendly and unpretentious that you feel like you’re getting away with something.” — David Wondrich, the James Beard Award-winning author of Imbibe!, naming Vintage to his global top ten list
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Lilly getting warm at their campsite on a bitter night that dipped below 15 degrees.
MINDING THE GAP THE LONG ROAD TO ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN TULSA BY DAMION SHADE
THE TULSA VOICE // March 6 – 19, 2019
PHOTOS BY JOSEPH RUSHMORE
W HEN ELI WAS 11, HE LIVED IN A white Chevy Astro with his grandpa. They slept in parking lots, or in different neighborhoods across East Tulsa—anywhere that felt safe. Eli was just a regular kid. His two prized possessions at the time were his red Wrestlemania lunchbox, and a blue denim jacket given to him by his aunt. On the days he went to school, he walked home to wherever their van was parked for the evening. His grandpa bounced around different places, with Eli in tow, for almost a year before finding steady work. They stayed in a Motel 6 some nights. Eli’s grandpa would work for a few weeks or months, but eventually his arthritis would become debilitating and he’d be forced to stop working. The van they’d been sleeping in finally broke down last winter, and like many families experiencing homelessness, they suddenly needed options. Stories like this are too common in Oklahoma. More than 5,800 people expe-
rienced homelessness in Tulsa in 2018, according to a report by the Community Service Council. Each January, on one of the coldest nights of the year, the Council sends out street teams to count individuals and families in need of shelter. These 24-hour time periods of data collection are called “point in time counts.” This annual process has helped Tulsa develop a better safety net: a network of church-based and secular organizations, nonprofits, and government programs for individuals and families in need of safe, affordable housing. Thanks in part to the efforts of these dedicated local providers, Eli and his grandpa have a home today—but there are still too many vulnerable Tulsans falling through the cracks. On Feb. 21, Mayor GT Bynum held a ceremony at the Greenwood Cultural Center to announce the strategic planning kickoff for a new initiative to end homelessness FEATURED // 27
in Tulsa. “A Way Home Tulsa” is a collaborative project led by providers and organizations coordinated by the Community Service Council. The goal is to take more than 100 different groups working to empower struggling Oklahomans and to better coordinate their care. The factors that contribute to families experiencing homelessness are complex, and studies of successful interventions have shown that the most effective strategy is a wide continuum of care. This strategy is founded on the notion that there’s a broad spectrum of issues that drive people towards these difficult outcomes, and only a collaborative structure which brings everyone to the table can fix them. Tyler Parette is the program manager at the City Lights Foundation of Tulsa, a nonprofit offering programs aimed at serving homeless and low-income people, along with any other Oklahoman in need. Every Thursday night, their “Night Lights” initiative provides food and resources for vulnerable Tulsans under the I-244 overpass just west of downtown. “For any of us, there are a set number of steps that we are away from homelessness. Not all of those steps are decisions,” Parette said. “Many of these steps are events that happen to us. Could be some type of a diagnosis, where you lose your job, lose your ability to work, lose your ability to pay rent in some circumstances, and lose your ability to pay your utilities which could lead to an eviction.” Parette has worked on these issues in Oklahoma for several years, and he remains hopeful that a more focused initiative could help more people. “[We need] to move the needle forward on the progress that we’re making, and definitely keep [ourselves] from sliding backwards,” he said. “Which, if you look at point in time counts, that’s definitely something we’re afraid of. We’re afraid we’re not moving forward. There are real gaps that exist in the process of empowering vulnerable families, and I hope we can spend more time in all of our organizations thinking about those gaps.” Parette drew a graph to illustrate the problem. The Y-axis was a person’s ability to recover from the negative impacts of homelessness: hunger, detrimental health effects, increased likelihood of experiencing violence or involvement with the justice system, to name just a few. The X-axis is when people become eligible for some sort of intervention. Right now, the gap between these two lines is one of the major problems the mayor’s new strategic initiative hopes to solve. Too often, people aren’t eligible for services until they’ve already experienced so many negative effects from homelessness that their recovery process is much longer and more resource-intensive than would have been necessary with an earlier intervention. “One of the reasons the Community Service Council has these annual counts is to try and determine where more resources are needed, and which interventions have 28 // FEATURED
(ABOVE) People in the homeless community in Tulsa congregate near downtown as Night Light Tulsa sets up food, clothing, and medical donation sites on Jan. 24. Night Light Tulsa sets up every Thursday evening at the intersection of Brady Street and Maybelle Avenue. (BELOW) Lilly and Jessica walk down Denver Avenue in downtown Tulsa on their way to set up a campsite for the night, choosing to stay together for safety and warmth.
been successful, and which haven’t,” said Heather Hope Hernandez, former chief of external affairs at the Community Service Council, who worked on this year’s count. “It’s often difficult to match resources with the people most in need.” The Department of Housing and Urban Development has specific legal definitions for homelessness, and these standards determine an individual's eligibility for federal dollars. Organizations competing for scarce government resources are often unable to fund projects which step outside the narrow confines of these legal parameters. If a person isn’t a veteran, or they don’t have children, or they’ve found temporary housing for a few days, they may fall outside of the parameters of federal funding. This is because organizations who receive HUD funding are often not collaborating on the gaps between their care.
“Philosophical differences between groups is one of the things preventing organizations from working together. Different beliefs on how people—or even which people—should be served are stopping us from being as effective as we could be,” Parette said. “I think the way that we move past that is recognizing that service happens on a very broad continuum, and that no one organization in Tulsa is going to be able to solve homelessness on their own.” Each organization in Tulsa is uniquely equipped to cater to very specific populations that experience homelessness,” he continued. “There are organizations that focus on families, veterans, those with mental illness or any of a wide array of issues related to homelessness. For those individuals who don’t check any of those boxes, I couldn’t even tell you how large a population that might be.”
One of Parette’s recent clients epitomized this condition. She occasionally stayed at the Salvation Army or Day Center, along with a couple of other shelters in town. She needed housing. She had been diagnosed bipolar, but wasn’t taking medication. She was skeptical of organizations and their ability to help her, because she had been turned away by so many. People told her they couldn’t help, and that she’d have to wait to receive care. This woman was essentially stuck on the edge of that HUD definition of chronic homelessness. She had not been out on the street long enough to qualify for housing services—and waiting on the street only increases the chance of experiencing greater trauma. City Lights doesn’t specifically provide housing, and other HUDfunded organizations could not house the woman either. Any group that directs HUD dollars to ineligible individuals could be in jeopardy of losing their HUD funding. Essentially this woman was in what Parette calls a “purgatory” of having to wait in shelters even though she was actively looking for a way to transition out of them. This is basically the social services equivalent of what health care providers call a “coverage gap.” This woman is still on the streets today—stuck, angry, and frustrated by the system's failure on her behalf. Another important piece of this problem is the question of trauma. ACES is an acronym for adverse childhood experiences. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention defines ACES as traumatic childhood experiences with a tremendous impact on future violence, victimization and lifelong health. Oklahoma has the highest rate of people in the country who have reported experiencing two more of these adverse childhood experiences before age 17. Trauma is one of the clearest indicators that someone is at greater risk of experiencing homelessness. This means that trauma-informed care is a big part of strengthening Tulsa’s safety net, according to Lauren Turner, mental health policy analyst at the Oklahoma Policy Institute. “It seems to me like it is an intersection of a lot of systemic problems that hurt people who are particularly vulnerable,” Turner said. She sees these issues as part of a network of problems, from economics to family dynamics and the criminal justice system. “Where are people supposed to live and work after being justice involved? Currently, there are a lot of agencies doing a lot of great work in the behavioral health arena, but the lack of investment means that there are still a lot of gaps that people who are particularly vulnerable to slip through.” The development of more resources towards trauma-informed care for each of these problem areas is another vital step towards altering the conditions which help drive systemic poverty in Oklahoma. Melissa Baldwin, director of criminal justice reform for the Mental Health Association of Oklahoma, agrees. “We put too March 6 – 19, 2019 // THE TULSA VOICE
Joseph (left), answers questions for the the Community Service Council census as volunteer Nick Gleason takes down his information.
much of a burden on our local police to solve these problems. Often these officers are not given adequate training and support to deal with those who’ve experienced mental illness and trauma.” Baldwin has recently helped develop a pilot rapid-response team to assist law enforcement in providing better care for those who may be struggling with untreated mental illness. Prison is a costly and often inhumane remedy for people who may simply need treatment, and often a person’s inability to access that treatment only exacerbates the conditions which led them to crisis. “Whether someone has been in the foster care system, or they had abusive parents, or even if they experienced homelessness as a child with their parents. All of those would count as traumatic experiences and so the likelihood that they would then continue to experience homelessness into adulthood is really high,” Baldwin said. “This is why we’re trying to provide better mental health training for our officers, and we want to make it easier for individuals to access help before they ever encounter law enforcement.” Perhaps the single biggest impediment to ending this problem is the relative invisibility of the poor. Providing resources to Oklahomans experiencing homelessness is complicated by the fact that most of us THE TULSA VOICE // March 6 – 19, 2019
simply don’t come into regular, meaningful contact with those in need. “The coverage gaps in service to homeless populations are unique in that people experiencing homelessness have a difficult time advocating for themselves. Most organizations that serve this community are already overcapacity, and so looking for ways to fill these gaps isn’t something they even have the resources to begin to do,” Parette said. The only way to combat the invisibility of people who are falling through the cracks is by building relationships and learning the stories of actual people dealing with impact of long term poverty. The stigma of homelessness is one of the most pernicious barriers to change. “When no one in our city believes that people experiencing homelessness can be different, then those people are unlikely to believe in themselves,” Parette said. A man named Harvey is one of the individuals who has most encouraged Parette on his journey to build these relationships. He’s an Army veteran who was struggling with addiction and living in the River West neighborhood by City Lights. Harvey had seven brothers and sisters. He dropped out of school and joined the Army after his girlfriend got pregnant. He had three kids and was a welder, driving heavy machinery after his service. After Harvey and his wife
got divorced, he lost his home in Missouri and ended up back in Tulsa—turning to drugs to cope with a number of painful experiences, including the loss of a woman he loved to cancer. “Being homeless is hard to do,” Harvey said. “It’s hard to know who to trust. I didn’t care about me anymore. I didn’t care about anything.” One day, Harvey was walking by the City Lights building, desperately lost and looking for help. He prayed that “God would either let [him] die or help [him] find a way to get clean.” A group of volunteers had written God Loves You and other encouraging words in sidewalk chalk in front of building. Harvey read the message on the sidewalk and walked through the doors. That day started a long process towards recovery. Harvey now volunteers at City Lights, between 30 and 40 hours a week. He offers simple advice on the best way to help those in need: “Try not to judge. They’re already there in the ditch trying to reach out. Someone that is hungry, and they don’t feel like they’re worth anything. That’s a child of God right there. Give them that ability to uplift. Make them feel that they’re worthy of something. I needed that when I was out there. I know there are people who need that even worse than me.” a
“We’re afraid we’re not moving forward. There are real gaps that exist in the process of empowering vulnerable families, and I hope we can spend more time in all of our organizations thinking about those gaps.” — TYLER PARETTE, program manager at the City Lights Foundation of Tulsa FEATURED // 29
CODE FOR SUCCESS New computer class gives women inmates valuable job skills BY KRISTI EATON
CHASITY CHOATE KNOWS THE BASICS of computers—how to use Microsoft Excel and Word, for example. But the inmate at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, who has been behind bars for about eight years, has missed a lot when it comes to staying abreast of technological changes. Choate is part of a class of 18 women at the medium-security prison taking part in a new program to learn computer coding, the first of its kind in Oklahoma. “Everybody knows that our country isn’t very felon-friendly,” said Choate, who was convicted of kidnapping and robbery or attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon in 2011. “It’s just what it is right now. I know we have some great people out there trying to change that for our workforce. The truth is, a lot of Americans are felons and getting a job as a felon is very difficult. This training is going to help to get back into the workforce.” Choate spoke during a recent event highlighting the start of the class. “When I get out there and go to a job interview and there is somebody with my credentials who is not a felon, and there is me, what’s the likelihood of them picking me?” she said. “But now I will have this, so not only can I give them what they’re looking for but provide technology as well.” For years Oklahoma has incarcerated more women than any other state in the nation. Last year, the state overtook Louisiana as the No. 1 incarcerating state for men as well. Newly-elected Gov. Kevin Stitt has said criminal justice reform is a central tenet to his administration. “I want to make sure that we do everything we can to provide a great future for people who are incarcerated … that starts with job training, technology, business skills, and we need more of these public-private partnerships to create careers coming out of incarceration,” he said. During his State of the State address in February, Stitt said he was requesting $1.5 million in his budget for Women in Recovery, a prison diversion program that teaches life skills and offers counseling. He also spoke about a woman named Melinda—a daughter, mother, and Oklahoman. She also was a drug offender. “When I met her, she was looking for hope, for a better life for her son, and for an opportunity to change course.”
Women incarcerated at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in McLoud participate in a program to learn how to code in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python. | KRISTI EATON
Today, Stitt said, she has been employed at his Gateway Mortgage Group for 13 years. “Her entry into the workforce was key to remaining sober and to becoming a thriving individual in our society,” he said during the address. During the Mabel Bassett event, Stitt implored the women to take advantage of the class and not allow their past to define them. He said they can move forward. “I tell people all the time you’re just a few right decisions from really moving the needle and being back in society and taking care of your families,” he said. “It’s also a great reminder that we are only a few bad decisions from being exactly where you’re at. I know that each and every one of you, whatever mistake you made, you’d take it back, and so we believe in second chances in Oklahoma.” After he spoke, Stitt toured the classroom where the women will work eight hours a day, five days a week, learning HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and Python. The curriculum is also expanding to include web and logo design, data visualization and UX/UI. Inmates are not allowed to use the internet in prison, so they will use a speTHE TULSA VOICE // March 6 – 19, 2019
cial software programming platform that mimics the internet while also giving them a live coding experience, according to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. The class at Mabel Bassett is one of many launched by The Last Mile, a nonprofit which started in 2010 as a six-month entrepreneurship program at San Quentin State Prison in California. The program offered its first computer coding class in 2014 and has since grown to 10 prisons in the U.S. “The Last Mile is more than a training program. It’s a pathway to acceptance,” said executive director Beverly Parenti. She said the Department of Corrections was a little skeptical when they were first approached about the program, but ultimately gave the thumbs up. Parenti noted that the program has a zero-percent recidivism rate and that Google employees will act as remote instructors to the women for their two six-month class sessions. Rapper MC Hammer, a Last Mile board member whom Parenti has counted as a supporter since day one, spoke at the Mabel Bassett event. “It’s not something to be proud of,” Hammer said of Oklahoma’s female incar-
ceration rate. “Human beings need to be free. We were made to be free.” In addition to the Last Mile, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the George Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation are also supporting the coding program. Aly Tamboura is a graduate of The Last Mile. He was in prison just two years ago and now works for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which tackles issues like education, science, and the criminal justice system. “Oklahoma … has faced immense challenges on the criminal justice reform front, but has also shown a great deal of forward momentum on solutions … voters have signaled that criminal justice reform is a priority,” he said. Tamboura told the women that when he was incarcerated, he often wondered what he would do with his life once he was out. “I’m here to tell you that my life is great now,” he said. “That’s largely due to The Last Mile and learning to write computer code.” The only difference he sees between the women at Mabel Bassett and other software designers is that the women
have faced greater challenges during their lives. “You guys are just beginning to learn a skill that will change the trajectory of your life.” Most people would give up after experiencing what these women have been through, Tamboura said. “But it makes you strong. You will be able to get through things that other software engineers haven’t had to endure. You look at things through a different lens.” The women in the program cannot have a history of cyber or sex crimes, disciplinary infractions for at least 18 months, and no life-without-parole sentences. They also must have a high school diploma or equivalent, and be within 36 months of release, according to the DOC. Toc’Quianna Culver is another student in the class. She was convicted in 2007 of second-degree murder. She has less than three years left behind bars. She said the new coding class will help her because coming back to prison as an inmate will no longer be a choice. “I can come back when I’m ready to give back, and I can leave on my own terms,” she said. “I don’t have to worry about my financials. It’s just a wonderful thing.” a FEATURED // 31
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ore than a dozen women are coming together for an art show that examines and celebrates aging, and they want to let you in on a secret: Life gets better over time. “I have been happier the last several years than I have ever been in my entire life,” artist Kim Doner said. “It’s like you’re on a roll. You start letting go.” Artist and curator Melanie Fry has embraced aging because she can do as she pleases. “If it doesn’t involve fun or play, screw it, I won’t do it,” said Fry, a semi-retired psychotherapist. “I will not participate in anything that does not bring me joy, or that I can’t bring joy to other people [with]. It just isn’t worth it. That’s one of the lessons I’ve learned as I’ve aged.” That’s what ignited the spark for “Firefl ies: A Crone’s Tale,” which will feature work by women ages 55 and older. A longtime Tulsa theatre actress—you may remember her as Joyce Martel—Fry learned early on about the unique social expectations women face. But as time passed, she cared less about the expectations of others and more about her own. “When I turned 45 or 50 and I got real silver hair, I became invisible and noticed that I didn’t seem to have as much value in the culture. Since about 60 I’ve really been working on the inside,” she said. “I really want to be healthy. I want to teach, or show or explore with women, what selfcare really is.” That’s the idea behind “Firefl ies,” opening March 8 at Liggett Studio. The show explores aging and womanhood. “I want other women to express their experience aging and what it looks like 32 // ARTS & CULTURE
From left: Artists Melanie Fry, Cynthia Marcoux, and Kim Doner pose for a photo with the mannequin on Marcoux’ front porch. | GREG BOLLINGER
in their internal lives and their culture and their families—their legacies, what they’re going to leave to people,” Fry said. Aging has just meant more freedom for Doner, whose work will be featured in the show. She started illustrating more than 30 years ago and has worked on countless children’s and young adult books, doing some writing as well. “The pieces I’m doing for the women’s show are all going to have chameleons in them,” Doner said. She identifies with the way chameleons adapt to their surroundings. “I have my thumb in all sorts of pies, and I always have,” Doner said. “Some people say, ‘Don’t you focus on anything?’ And it’s like, well, yeah—I focus on everything!”
Cynthia Marcoux, another artist in the show, stressed the importance of pursuing what interests you, even if it isn’t especially productive. She expanded her skillset after working for 28 years as the exhibits artist at Tulsa Zoo. “I learned how to do practically everything—sculpture, concrete work, plasterwork—and I learned how to use everything. Now if I want to try something, I try it,” Marcoux said. She recently tried her hand at taxidermy, though she quickly realized that wasn’t for her. Colored pencils are her primary medium, but lately she’s been working on a beaded Barbie doll, which will be on display at the show. In addition, “Firefl ies” will include a performance component
on March 30—for women only. “I’m trying to get the balls on the performance night to wear a two-piece bathing suit because I want to discuss my body,” Fry said. “It’s a 67-year-old body that has kicked ass and served me well. I was a performer. If you saw any pictures or anything like that, I had a great body. Now I’m just a little lumpy old lady, and I think, ‘Oh bummer, I don’t have that anymore,’ but man I love what I got.” The women-only performance night is meant to encourage an environment where they can feel more at ease. Fry hopes to foster a sense of community among women—one that she’s found later in life with the artists featured in the show. This community of women artists has given Marcoux a sense of belonging that she didn’t necessarily expect to find. “I never thought at this age I would be making a lot of good friends, but I have made some really good friends just in the last couple of years from meeting these women,” she said. “And they’re all very supportive and wonderful.” Connection is a priority for Fry, who started a senior co-housing community a few years ago. While doing research for the project, she discovered something profound: “The most important thing about aging and gaining in a healthy way—yes, diet and exercise are important—but it’s community. It’s connection. It’s engagement.” a
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Runway fundraiser celebrates women across the globe by NICCI ATCHLEY
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chieving despite the odds is one of our most powerful cultural narratives. When someone succeeds in spite of difficult life circumstances, we recognize the added dimension of their achievement along with the courage and struggle required to make it a reality. The women behind the International Women’s Fashion Show—Lee Ann Crosby, Crystal Ifekoya, Latoya Rose, Leatrice Parker, and Ellie Hudson—are living examples of this. Despite having endured a variety of horrors and hardships, from sexual assault to homelessness, they are all thriving and connected through their work as mothers, entrepreneurs, community leaders, and activists. It’s for those very reasons that Crosby, Ifekoya, and Rose united to organize the event as a celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The upcoming event is a fundraiser benefitting local nonprofits Women Helping Other Women (WHOW), Just a Push Foundation, and Tulsa Women’s March. As one of three organizers, Crosby explained her motivation behind the fashion show and her work with Just a Push Foundation. “I wanted women to know that they can get through any situation. It was the women at the Madonna House who helped me when I needed it. I’ve wanted to show that little push can empower women to go to the next level, whether it’s going back to school, advancing in their career, or starting their own business.” The event is billed as an art
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Crystal Ifekoya (left) and Lee Ann Crosby, International Women’s Fashion Show organizers, sport runway ready outfits in downtown Tulsa | GREG BOLLINGER
party, fundraiser, and fashion show—but it is also a political statement about the empowerment of women across the globe. It’s an opportunity to reach across cultural barriers, and it’s an outlet for both burgeoning and experienced fashion designers and hair and makeup artists to celebrate and showcase their craft. “This event and cause is important to us because we need to mobilize as women. Regardless of background, we need to come together more. We each have our own struggles within our own culture,” Rose said. “Our goal is to facilitate understanding and build a bridge between our diverse cultures.” On the runway, you can expect to see models selected from Clary Sage and Paul Mitchell schools dressed in traditional culture
pieces, as well as custom and adapted designs representing African, Bovarian, Panamanian, Mexican, Indigenous American, Hawaiian, Venezuelan, Vietnamese, German, Scottish, and U.S.-inspired styles accompanied by equally eclectic music and dancing. It will be colorful in every way. “It isn’t appropriation; it’s inspiration,” said Hudson, show participant and burgeoning young designer. Attendees can expect to see a traditional Scottish tartan designed by Hudson that is cut in a contemporary and edgy silhouette that would look right at home in the repertoire of rockstar designer Gwen Stefani. At 65, Parker is thrilled to have the opportunity to stay on the cutting edge and finds herself inspired by her younger colleagues. “This is
not a job to me. None of this feels like work,” she said. “When I first came up, opportunities weren’t available in my era of the 60s and 70s. Participating in WHOW and the fashion show has created wonderful opportunities for an ‘ol gal like me. “I’m having fun. I’m so happy that millennials have embraced me and my ideas and my designs. I’m seeing and getting involved in all these different arts opportunities all over the city that didn’t exist before. Tulsa, for me, has arrived.” That spirit shows up in Parker’s multi-colored, 70s-inspired crocheted designs. Glamour aside, the horrors that these women have collectively either witnessed or experienced and survived to get to this point are enough to cripple anyone’s ambition. They’ve each risen up and out of it all, and found a way to build healing endeavors and nonprofits that reach far beyond themselves. They don’t carry shame in their fashionable handbags. Glamour builds hope, and these women are proud to be fighters. They’ve taken back their power, and they’re happy to share it by teaching and empowering other women. When they strut on that catwalk, it will be with heads held high, knowing they’re aligned with their mission, succinctly summarized by Crosby: “To create unity in the community.” a
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Coach Larry Nsien (second from right) flashes a smile as he works on paperwork with Roughnecks staff. | COURTESY
Ch-ch-changes Roughnecks shake things up with all-new staff by JOHN TRANCHINA
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fter a difficult 2018 season in which they finished 32nd among 33 United Soccer League clubs, the Tulsa Roughnecks FC responded with some dramatic organizational changes. Now, with Tulsa about to open the new season on March 9 with a home game against Portland at ONEOK Field, there is a lot of optimism surrounding the Roughnecks and their almost completely-overhauled team. “[There is] a ton of talent on the team, good enthusiasm, good camaraderie already for a bunch of new guys coming together,” said coach Michael Nsien. “We just want to continue to gel and be as sharp as we can before the first game.” Nsien is just about the only returning member of the club’s management. A big structural change brought a new partowner, Barry Williams, along with a new, soccer-specific front office staff. The Roughnecks previously shared its office personnel with the Tulsa Drillers baseball team. “It really just outgrew their staff capabilities,” said Williams, who is also the part-owner of the Women’s Premier Soccer League’s Tulsa Fortuna, which played its fi rst season last year. “I think when it started, it was very
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good, in terms of the synergy, where you had the same staff being able to sell baseball and soccer. But because the sport grew and the demand grew in terms of cultivating that fan base, cultivating that team, having scout teams to go out and look for players, the right coaches—it just got overwhelming.” So the new management group hired a brand new staff, got new offices not at ONEOK Field, and completely disconnected from the Drillers. “We have completely separated the marketing, the management of the team, as well as game day operations and team operations,” said Williams, who is also the team president. “It just felt like it was necessary in order for us to be successful. We pretty much wiped the slate clean. I think where we are now, in terms of chemistry and culture, these guys are priority number one, not the Drillers or the Dodgers.” Even Nsien, who took over as interim coach last June from David Vaudreuil and guided the Roughnecks to a 3-11-5 mark over the fi nal 19 games, had to interview again for his position before he was re-hired by the new regime. “Coach Nsien last year was interim head coach. He was only here on a temporary contract,”
said new Roughnecks general manager Wayne Farmer. “When we were looking at coaches, we interviewed people from all over the world—but for us, his resume, his experience, and he’s a Tulsan. We want someone that’s going to care out there, who’s going to work hard and represent the city, and Michael Nsien is the best person for the job.” Just one player, former Union High School star D.J. Dean, returns from the TRFC squad that scored just 36 goals and surrendered 77 while stumbling to a 3-19-12 overall record last season. Nsien sought out new players high on character. “One of the things I identified last year was just a little bit of a lack of culture, of team chemistry,” Nsien said. “So one of the fi rst things when I was deciding on players was, ‘What kind of a person are they? Do they work in the community? Do they have any issues in the locker room? Are they coachable? Are they humble?’ These are the characteristics, besides being a good soccer player, that I was looking for, and I feel like I did a good job on that.” Dean, who appeared in 13 games for Tulsa last season— starting three—after joining the squad mid-season, is one of five players on the team this year with
local ties, highlighting the new regime’s emphasis on bonding more closely with the existing Tulsa soccer community. “It’s 100 percent important, because your families, your friends, you know so many people that can come out and support you, and then the fans also know that you’re from their city, so they’re going to support you even more,” Dean said. “It’s crazy to know how many fans come out and actually support us. It’s motivating because we’re playing for these people.” Other Roughneck players with Tulsa ties include former ORU defenders Matt Rogers and Colton Haskin, former Bacone College and Tulsa Athletic midfielder Tyrone Blackwell, and former TU midfielder Akeil Barrett. Having that local flavor was important to Nsien. “They have to be good enough, obviously, to play at this level, but we want to give every kid in Tulsa at least an idea that, ‘Hey, it could be me,’” said Nsien, 38, who played at Booker T. Washington High School before going on to play at the University of Dayton, and eventually spending some time with the Los Angeles Galaxy of the MLS. “We hope to create in the city that kids aspire to be a Tulsa Roughneck.” a March 6 – 19, 2019 // THE TULSA VOICE
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Find your indoor and outdoor home improvement needs at the Greater Tulsa Home & Garden Show. Mar. 7–10, $10, River Spirit Expo at Expo Square, tulsahba.com
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The International Women’s Fashion Show will benefit Women Helping Other Women and Just a Push Foundation. See pg. 34 for more. Mar. 8, 6 p.m., Bernsen Community Life Center, whownetwork.org
Antoinette Baking Co. will host Pi(e) Day: A Celebration, which will feature classic pies, mini pies, hand pies, whoopie pies, moon pies, pot pies, and Frito chili pies. Mar. 14, 7 a.m.–6 p.m., antoinettebakingco.com
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Living Arts will host Alternative Archives, a series of talks on memory and passing on our histories featuring an artist, a historian, a chef, and a curator from the Gay and Lesbian Archives of Mid-America. Mar. 8–9, livingarts.org
Spend Spring Break at Gathering Place for five days of kids’ activities and adventure. Mar. 18–22, gatheringplace.org
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In their home game season opener, Tulsa Roughnecks FC will take on the Portland Timbers 2. Mar. 9, 7 p.m., $12–$40, ONEOK Field, roughnecksfc.com
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 at Tulsa Air and Space Museum with a discussion led by James Donovan—the acclaimed author of “Shoot for the Moon”—followed by a new show in the museum’s planetarium. Mar. 19, 7 p.m., tulsamuseum.org
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY
EVENTS Nothin’ To See Here // Artist Aaron S. Coleman created this exhibition of miniature collages. 3/7-28, Henry Zarrow Center for Art and Education, gilcrease.org/zarrow Fireflies: A Crone’s Tale // This exhibition features works by women over age 55., 3/8-4/6, Liggett Studio, liggettstudio.com Tulsa Bird Fair // 3/9, Clarion Inn Tulsa International Airport, facebook.com/ tulsabirdfair Mom Prom // The ultimate ladies night out, benefitting Assistance in Health Care Tulsa., 3/9, Greenwood Cultural Center, tulsa.aih.org Wax Masters Record Show // 3/10, Chimera, chimeratulsa.com The First Street Flea // 3/10, The First Street Flea, thefirststreetflea.com Tulsa Botanic Blooms // 3/14-4/21, Tulsa Botanic Garden, tulsabotanic.org Inkslingers - Ides of March // The art collective shows new works accompanied by live music., 3/15, Rabbit Hole Bar and Grill, facebook. com/RabbitHoleTulsa/ Wild Bunch @50 // W.K. Stratton and historian John Wooley talk about the history and making of 1969’s “The Wild Bunch.”, 3/16, Circle Cinema, magiccitybooks.com
Tulsa’s largest St. Paddy’s celebration is a convergence of two parties held outside T-Town drinking institutions.
MCNELLIE’S street party features an outdoor stage and plenty of green beer and will begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 16 and will continue on Mar. 17 starting at 10 a.m. mcnellies.com ARNIE’S BAR will hold out until the day itself to host its 63rd annual St. Pat’s party, with six bands playing Irish music all day and six of Tulsa’s favorite food trucks. Mar. 17, gates open at 10 a.m. arniesbar.com
Tin Dog Saloon 20th Anniversary Party // 3/16, Tin Dog Saloon, facebook.com/ tindogbar The Little Craft Show // 3/18, Heirloom Rustic Ales, heirloomrusticales.com
COMEDY Open Mic // 3/6, Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577, facebook.com/ vfwcomedyopenmic/ Trixx // 3/6-9, The Loony Bin, tulsa.loonybincomedy.com
In addition to the festivities in the Blue Dome District, celebrations and events will take place throughout the weekend, including:
TULSA IRISH FEST: a two-day, family-friendly celebration with Irish music, dance, culture, and activities. Mar. 15, 3–9 p.m., Mar. 16, noon-9 p.m., Guthrie Green, tulsairishfest.org ST. PATRICK’S DAY RUN: the 37th annual 5K run kicks off racing season in Oklahoma and benefits Special Olympics Oklahoma. Mar. 16, 8:30 a.m., RunnersWorld Tulsa, sook.org SHAM-ROCK BASH: live music from four bands, games, door prizes, food trucks, and beer releases at Cabin Boys Brewery. Mar. 16, 11 a.m.– midnight, cabinboysbrewery.com SHAMROCK THE ROSE: Broken Arrow’s street party in the Rose District features a beer garden pouring beers from 16 local and regional breweries, as well as live music, vendors, and food trucks. Benefits Soldier’s Wish. Mar. 16, 5–9 p.m., facebook.com/shamrocktherose SAINT PATRICK’S DAY IN THE BONEYARD: two days of live music, beer releases, and food trucks at Dead Armadillo Brewery. Mar. 16–17, noon– 11 p.m., dabrewery.com ST. PATRICK’S DAY CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL: features Irish music and dancing, obstacle courses, Oklahoma’s only candy food truck, and a variety of activities at Bixby’s Charley Young Event Park. Mar. 17, 2–5 p.m., facebook.com/bixbycity See our music listings for more St. Patrick’s Day events. THE TULSA VOICE // March 6 – 19, 2019
Bruce Bruce // 3/7, Hard Rock Casino The Joint, hardrockcasinotulsa.com Roast Battle w/ Brian Joseph, Isaac Baket, Nicole Miller, Adam Benson, Ashlyn Johnson, Terrell Norton, David Jordan, Chris Carter, Laura Cook, Shawn Singleton, Danielle Balletto, Caleb Kempf // 3/7, Renaissance Brewing Company, renaissancebeer.com
Jus Courtney, Latrina Brown, Adrienne Watkins, Moffett, Stevo, Randall Lopez // 3/15, Retro Grill & Bar, facebook.com/ retrogb30 Laughing Matter Improv They’re Magically Delicious // 3/16, pH Community House, facebook.com/laughingmatterimprov Young Guns II // 3/16, Rabbit Hole Improv, rabbitholeimprov.com Open Mic hosted by Ryan Green and Andrew Deacon // 3/18, The Fur Shop, furshoptulsa.com GretchYo Open Mic hosted by Andrew Deacon // 3/19, Reds Bar, facebook.com/ gretchyo
PERFORMING ARTS Margaret Singer and Barbara McAlister // 3/6, Tulsa PAC - Kathleen Westby Pavilion, tulsapac.com Bernstein Centennial Signature Chorale Concert // 3/7, The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art, jewishmuseumtulsa.org Platon // The internationally acclaimed photographer will speak about The People’s Portfolio, which aspires to enlist the public to fight for human dignity., 3/8, Tulsa PAC - Chapman Music Hall, tulsatownhall.com Peter and the Wolf // 3/9, Studio K, tulsaballet.org Second Sunday Serials // 3/10, Agora Event Center, hellertheatreco.org PJ Masks Live!: Save the Day // 3/14, BOK Center, bokcenter.com Ok, So Story Slam: Confessions // 3/14, IDL Ballroom, oksotulsa.com Professor Smart // This wacky scientist demonstrates fascinating concepts through cool experiments and physical comedy., 3/14-15, Tulsa PAC - John H. Williams Theatre, tulsapac.com Power of Diversity // Signature Symphony will perform Tchaikovsky’s Concerto for Violin in D major, op. 35, and Amy Beach’s Symphony in E minor (Gaelic), 3/16, Van Trease PACE, signaturesymphony.org
SPORTS ORU Baseball vs Dallas Baptist // 3/8, J.L. Johnson Stadium, oruathletics.com
Friday Night Live // 3/8, Clark Youth Theatre, clarkyouththeatre.com
ORU Baseball vs Dallas Baptist // 3/9, J.L. Johnson Stadium, oruathletics.com
Funny Makes Laugh // 3/8, Rabbit Hole Improv, rabbitholeimprov.com
ORU Baseball vs Dallas Baptist // 3/9, J.L. Johnson Stadium, oruathletics.com
Laura Cook, Mac Bryan, Landry Miller, Lauren Turner // 3/8, The ReVue, therevuetulsa.com
Freestyle Cage Fighting 57 // 3/9, Stoney Creek Hotel & Ceonference Center, facebook.com/fcfmma
Young Guns // 3/9, Rabbit Hole Improv, rabbitholeimprov.com
TU Softball vs Drake // 3/10, Collins Family Softball Complex, tulsahurricane.com
Open Mic hosted by Ryan Green and Andrew Deacon // 3/11, The Fur Shop, furshoptulsa.com
ORU Baseball vs Missouri State // 3/13, J.L. Johnson Stadium, oruathletics.com
GretchYo Open Mic hosted by Andrew Deacon // 3/12, Reds Bar, facebook.com/ gretchyo Open Mic // 3/13, Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577, facebook.com/ vfwcomedyopenmic/ Michael Mack // 3/13-16, The Loony Bin, tulsa.loonybincomedy.com
ORU Baseball vs Purdue Fort Wayne // 3/15, J.L. Johnson Stadium, oruathletics.com Fight 2 Win 105 // 3/16, Expo Square, f2wtix.com ORU Baseball vs Purdue Fort Wayne // 3/16, J.L. Johnson Stadium, oruathletics.com
Carrot Top // 3/14, Hard Rock Casino The Joint, hardrockcasinotulsa.com
ORU Baseball vs Purdue Fort Wayne // 3/17, J.L. Johnson Stadium, oruathletics.com
Black St. Patrick’s Day w/ Mr. Metaphoria, Tavie Thepoet, Mo Braggs, Sharita Renee,
Northeastern Oklahoma Autocross // 3/18, Fair Meadows, neoklascca.org ARTS & CULTURE // 39
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Byron Berline (center) performs during the final community jam session on the second floor of his iconic Double Stop Fiddle Shop in Guthrie, which burned in a fire on Feb. 23. | TOM DUNNING
Play through the pain Iconic Oklahoma music shop burns down, but the show must go on by KIMBERLY BURK
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yron Berline is grieving for the treasure trove of stringed instruments lost in the fire that destroyed his Double Stop Fiddle Shop & Music Hall in Guthrie on Feb. 23. “Each instrument has its own soul, and that’s the hard part about it for him,” said Thomas Trapp, lead guitarist in the Byron Berline Band. “He talks about each one of them as he would a person. Some of them were from the 18th century. They made it this long, and now they will never be heard again.” But some will live to be played another day, thanks to the luthiers from across the country who have offered to restore the heat- and water-damaged instruments that were stored in safes as part of Berline’s personal collection. Berline’s treasured 1923 Gibson Lloyd Loar mandolin suffered only minor damage, Trapp said. “It was in one of the safes upstairs, in a special case that saved it. He was able to pull it out and play it that day. It was still in tune. It’s a legendary instrument. When he pulled it out of the safe, a lot of the pain went away real quick.” His friends also helped ease
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the pain, Berline said a few days after the fire. “I just want to thank everybody who has been so supportive,” Berline said. “I have heard from people all over the world. They seem to grieve as much as we do. The memorabilia as well as the instruments—it’s all gone now.” Lucas Ross, an Oklahoma City television personality, was among those who reached out to offer support and help re-build Berline’s archive of memorabilia. Ross, a fellow banjo player, gave Berline a photo of himself and his wife, Bette, taken with the actor and banjo extraordinaire Steve Martin at WinStar Casino. Berline said he expects others will be able to help him replace some of the photos and career memorabilia he kept in the store. Guthrie musician Verla Raines is among the friends who have offered moral support and organized fundraisers and benefit concerts. “Byron Berline has inspired, encouraged, taught and mentored so many young people just fi nding their way in the music world,” Raines said. “He welcomes young and old to his Saturday jams, to
his monthly Music Hall show, to the international bluegrass festival, which awards scholarships for youth to receive musical instruction. Byron’s welcoming smile and laid-back personality endears him to those who meet him and hear his stories of his 64-year music career.” BYRON BERLINE: FROM ‘BLUEGRASS BOY’ TO OKLAHOMA ICON After graduating from the University of Oklahoma, Berline launched his career in 1967 as a Bluegrass Boy with the legendary Bill Monroe. He served two years in the U.S. Army, then moved to Southern California and became a member of The Flying Burrito Brothers. He won the National Oldtime Fiddle Contest Championship three times and founded a band called Sundance, which Oklahoma native and country music star Vince Gill later joined as a mandolin player. Gill was traveling in Australia and New Zealand the week of the fire, according to his mother, Jerene Gill, of Oklahoma City. She said he was back home a few weeks ago and they made a trip to Guthrie.
“They played a little music and we visited with Bette and Byron,” Jerene Gill said. “He’s just a wonderful, kind person.” Byron and Bette moved to her hometown of Guthrie and opened the shop in 1995. Bette is a pianist who has played on some of Byron’s albums. Among the musicians Berline has recorded with are the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Elton John, The Byrds, Earl Scruggs, Willie Nelson, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Doc Watson, The Eagles, and The Doobie Brothers. Berline took his talent to Tulsa last October for an appearance at Gathering Place on the QuikTrip Great Lawn, along with bluegrass musicians Shelby Eicher, Tommy Crook, Cowboy Jim Garling, and Sam Bush. He has also played at Cain’s Ballroom with the Red Dirt Rangers. That spirit of collaboration helped Berline launch the Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival in 1997, according to OIBF board member Doug Hawthorne of Stillwater. “He had traveled around the world and gotten to know a lot of musicians … and they had March 6 – 19, 2019 // THE TULSA VOICE
treated him well, and he wanted them to know Oklahoma and to pay back some of their favors,” Hawthorne said. “The festival is a nonprofit corporation,” Hawthorne said. “Nobody involved makes a dime with the exception of our coordinator. We put a lot of resources each year into our children’s tent. We run 1,000 to 2,000 school children through that tent every year on field trips. We award scholarships to young musicians for instruction on acoustic instruments.”
lost are absolutely priceless. It’s a real loss for anybody who loves old musical instruments.” Berline said he and his wife were on vacation in Mexico when the fi re broke out. Firefighters told him it started on the back porch of the flower shop next door, a building Berline also owned, and was fueled by south winds as high as 50 mph. Trapp said a family member was running the store and was
able to grab a few things, including the mandolin and fiddle Berline uses on stage. He said other instruments used by band members along with the PA system were lost, but the band does not plan to miss a show. Berline said the March 9 and March 23 concerts that would have been played in his upstairs Music Hall will be at the Guthrie Community Church. He is currently considering locations to
re-open the shop. Trapp said witnessing Berline’s resilience has been amazing. “Seeing him in the face of this disaster and still be able to pick up the pieces and go on—it’s not that he’s unaffected by it, but it’s not going to keep him from being able to smile and enjoy the rest of his time on Earth. He’s got to be the best man walking the planet. There’s nobody like him.” a
PASSING THE FIDDLE: A NEW GENERATION RISES FROM THE FLAMES Members of the Guthrie family band known as RussellClan were mentored by Berline and eventually invited to play at the bluegrass festival. “Byron has inspired and encouraged the children in their music,” RussellClan matriarch Maris Russell said. “He has given them instruments over the years as well as opportunities to play in his fiddle shows and festivals. I believe the children are better musicians because of Bryon, but they are also better people because of his kind, humble example.” “Byron is so encouraging and always has time for us,” said RussellClan member Sadie Russell, 17. “You know that he cares about you as a person, no matter what level of music you can play.” Singer-songwriter Buffalo Rogers grew up in Guthrie and as a teenager started hanging around Double Stop after taking up the harmonica. “I bought my first fiddle there,” he said. Rogers said he is still not much of a fiddle player, but did go on to learn guitar, banjo, accordion, and mandolin. He said he attended the Saturday morning jam sessions with Berline and more experienced musicians and was allowed to join them “probably sooner than I should have.” Rogers said he plans to attend and hopes to be asked to play at some of the benefit concerts. One is scheduled for March 31 at the Tower Theatre in Oklahoma City, and another is tentatively planned for later in the spring in Guthrie. “It’s a real tragedy and loss to the community,” Rogers said. “Some of the things that were THE TULSA VOICE // March 6 – 19, 2019
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Bound for Glory Books – *David Dondero, Dave Dean’s Musical Forklift, Eric Strauss, Kris Rose – ($5-$10) Cellar Dweller – Grazz Trio Coffee House on Cherry Street – Open Mic Duet – *Collective Improv with Mike Cameron Hard Rock Casino - Track 5. – Phil Vaught Juicemaker Lounge – Jared Tyler Band Mercury Lounge – Beau Roberson Miami Nights – Jazz Night w/ Tim Shadley & Edwin Garcia New Era: Fine Fermentations – The Whiskey Misters Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – *Nathan Eicher +3guitars (Josh Westbrook, Stephen Shultz, Taron Pounds) – ($10) River Spirit Casino – Travis Fite Soundpony – DJ Mooneyham The Colony – Tom Skinner Science Project w/ Anthony Pierce The Fur Shop – From Parts Unknown, The Mules The Hunt Club – Aaron Goodvin The Vanguard – As We Are, Out of Sink, Second Glance, The Backward Few – ($10)
Blackbird On Pearl – Brad James Band – ($5) Cabin Boys Brewery – Brent Giddens Cain’s Ballroom – Wade Bowen, Jamie Lin Wilson – ($20-$22) Chimera – *Let’s Session Vol. 3 dance battles w/ DJ Somar, DJ D.L. – ($10-$20) Duet – The Free Samples – ($10) Elote Café – Second Wind Fair Fellow Coffee Roasters – *Tulsa Sound Sampler w/ Adrienne Gilley and Pete Tomshany Gypsy Coffee House – Terry Aziere Hard Rock Casino – Live 80, DJ Mib, Caleb Fellenstein Hard Rock Casino – Noe Palma, DJ Maverick IDL Ballroom – We Are Tulsa Music Awards – ($25) Inner Circle Vodka Bar – DJ Feenix Juicemaker Lounge – Jennifer Marriott Band Mercury Lounge – *Grazzhopper, Sleeping Jesus – ($5) Paul Benjaman Band – Paul Benjaman Band Rabbit Hole Bar & Grill – *Burger Records Revolution 7 w/ Mr. and the Mrs., Tom Boil, Headlight Rivals, Carlton Hesston Soundpony – High & Tight w/ DJ Kylie Spinster Records Tulsa – Candy Fly, Cherokee Rose – ($5) The Colony – Smoochie Wallus – ($5) The Hunt Club – Hosty The Max Retro Pub – DJ AB The Run – DJ MO The Starlite – DJ Robbo, DJ Xylo Sesame The Starlite – *Dead Clown reunion show w/ MU The Vanguard – Greyson Chance – ($15-$45) The Venue Shrine – Bunnies of Doom reunion show w/ Destro, Bandknife, The Shame – ($5-$7) Whittier Bar – Darku J
Cain’s Ballroom – ZOMBOY, Space Laces, BadKlaat, Luzcid – ($20-$40) Cellar Dweller – Grazz Trio Chimera – Kidd Quit, Goodfella, The Noise Estate – ($3-$5) Coffee House on Cherry Street – Open Mic Colorfeed A/V – *Momma’s Boy, Drugs & Attics, Pale Tongue, Junfalls Duet – *Peter Bernstein, Larry Goldings, Bill Stewart Trio – ($35) Hard Rock Casino - Track 5. – Rusty Meyers Juicemaker Lounge – Jared Tyler Band Mercury Lounge – Beau Roberson Miami Nights – Jazz Night w/ Tim Shadley & Edwin Garcia Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Eicher Wednesday – ($10) River Spirit Casino – Travis Fite Soundpony – *Fudge, Men of Action, Acid Queen The Colony – Tom Skinner Science Project The Venue Shrine – Shooter Jennings – ($17-$20)
Thurs // Mar 7 Blackbird On Pearl – Jake Marlin Chimera – TSAS Rock Immersion plays Nirvana Duet – Trevor Galvin – ($5) Fair Fellow Coffee Roasters – Casii Stephan and the Midnight Sun Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – After Party, Motordog Hard Rock Casino - Track 5. – Bobby Ray, DJ Demko Juicemaker Lounge – Jerrell “Toast” Jackson farewell jam w/ the Juicemaker All Stars Mercury Lounge – Paul Benjaman MixCo – Eclectic Disposition Rabbit Hole Bar & Grill – Kudos, Teddy Jae River Spirit Casino – DJ 2Legit Soul City – Don & Steve White w/ Casey Van Beek Soundpony – Daisychain, The Dull Drums The Colony – Jacob Tovar’s Western Night The Colony – David Hernandez - Happy Hour The Hunt Club – Brandon Clark The Run – Zinners Jam The Vanguard – bloom., Ben Quad – ($10) The Venue Shrine – Afton Music Series – ($12-$15) The Willows Family Ales – Feral Ghost Tulsa Moose Lodge #862 – Don Morris, Mike Peace & Friends
Fri // Mar 8 American Legion Post 308 – Joe Harris Blackbird On Pearl – Golden Ones, Cliffdiver, All for More – ($5) Cabin Boys Brewery – Micaila Leader Cain’s Ballroom – *St. Paul & The Broken Bones, John Calvin Abney – ($27-$42) Dead Armadillo Brewery – Matt Sanders Duet – New Orleans Dance Party - The S.E.A.R.C.H. Committee feat. Adam Ledbetter – ($10) Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – That 80s Band, DJ 2Legit, Daniel Jordan Hard Rock Casino - Track 5. – Reckless Kelly, DJ Demko Heirloom Rustic Ales – *Dismondj, Xenogenius Heirloom Rustic Ales – Kevin Price Band IDL Ballroom – Downlink, Phiso, Fury, Domewrekka – ($20-$25) Juicemaker Lounge – *Levi Parham & Them Tulsa Boys Mercury Lounge – *Admirals single release w/ Me Like Bees, Vehicles – ($5) Rabbit Hole Bar & Grill – Henry + The Invisibles, Funk Tulsa – ($10) Retro Grill & Bar – DJ Walt Soul City – Susan Herndon - Happy Hour Soundpony – T-Town Throwdown The Colony – *Bandelier, Desi and Cody – ($5) The Colony – Justin Bloss - Happy Hour The Fur Shop – Tequila Kim The Hunt Club – November The Max Retro Pub – DJ Kylie The Run – Infinity The Vanguard – Weatherpeople, Jonathan Troy, Darku J, Ject – ($5) The Venue Shrine – The Nerve
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Sun // Mar 10 Cain’s Ballroom – Burn Co. Barbecue Brunch w/ Boone Mendenhall – ($15) East Village Bohemian Pizzeria – Mike Cameron Collective Hard Rock Casino - Track 5. – Blake Turner Juicemaker Lounge – Senator Kevin Matthews Birthday Celebration w/ spoken word and live jazz Rabbit Hole Bar & Grill – *Vagittarius, Acid Queen, Brother Lee & The Leather Jackets River Spirit Casino – Brent Giddens Soul City – Dustin Pittsley’s Blues Brunch Soul City – Bruner & Eicher Dinner Show Soundpony – The Harlequins, Sleeping Jesus, Cucumber and the Suntans The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing The Colony – Singer/Songwriter Open Mic Matinee w/ Cody Clinton The Hunt Club – Preslar Music The Run – DJ MO The Vanguard – *Alan Doyle, Class Zero, Overslept, If Only, If Only, Cliffdiver, NeoRomantics – ($10) The Venue Shrine – The Earth as We Know It, Set/ Display
Mon // Mar 11 Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective Mercury Lounge – Chris Blevins Rabbit Hole Bar & Grill – Chris Foster River Spirit Casino – Travis Kidd Soundpony – The Cambria Iron Co., Wallace & Conley, Feral Ghost The Colony – Seth Lee Jones The Run – Jermey Orcutt & Friends
Tues // Mar 12 Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic Juicemaker Lounge – Faye Moffett Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz & Blues Jams Rabbit Hole Bar & Grill – *VOLK, Fabulous Minx River Spirit Casino – Faye Moffett Soul City – Steve Pryor’s Tuesday Bluesday The Colony – Dane Arnold & The Soup The Colony – Deerpaw The Run – Campfire
Thurs // Mar 14 Brady Theater – Switchfoot – ($30.50-$34) Duet – Brad Henderson – ($5) Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Zodiac, Travis Kidd Hard Rock Casino – Alaska and Madi, DJ Demko Mercury Lounge – Paul Benjaman pH Community House – Dinosoul, Heckdang, Birds Beak, My Heart and Liver are the Best of Friends Rabbit Hole Bar & Grill – *Murderburgers, Get Married, Hummin’ Bird, Søaker River Spirit Casino – DJ 2Legit River Spirit Casino - Paradise Cove – Chris Young – ($70-$85) Soul City – The Begonias Soundpony – DJ A Dre The Colony – Jacob Tovar’s Western Night The Colony – David Hernandez - Happy Hour The Hunt Club – Brad Pilgrilm The Run – Zinners Jam The Venue Shrine – Austin Lucas – ($7-$10) Tulsa Moose Lodge #862 – Don Morris, Mike Peace & Friends
Fri // Mar 15 American Legion Post 308 – Double “00” Buck Blackbird On Pearl – *Caitlin Jemma, The Calamities, Rachel Bachman – ($5) Cabin Boys Brewery – The Gales Centennial Lounge at VFW Post 577 – Gypsy Twang – ($5) Chimera – *Bane, Abyssal Rites, Hersker, Blind Oath – ($5) Duet – *Grammy Nominated – ($8) Fassler Hall – St. Patty’s Kick Off Party w/ Jabee, Flock of Pigs, Dj Laine – ($5) Guthrie Green – Tulsa Irish Fest w/ Skerryvore, Crannua, Cassie and Maggie Hard Rock Casino – Chinatown, DJ 2Legit, Scott Ellison Hard Rock Casino - Track 5. – Darrel Cole, DJ Demko Mercury Lounge – Larkin, The Hooliganz – ($5) Rabbit Hole Bar & Grill – *Inkslingers - Ides of March w/ Plastic Psalms, Girls Club, Bandknife Soul City – Susan Herndon - Happy Hour Soundpony – Afistaface The Colony – Chris Blevins & Chris Jones – ($5) The Colony – Justin Bloss - Happy Hour The Hunt Club – RPM The Max Retro Pub – DJ Moody The Run – Stars The Vanguard – Bowling for Soup, Through Being Cool, When the Clock Strikes, Anchorway – (SOLD OUT) The Venue Shrine – Ally Venable Band – ($10) The Willows Family Ales – Burn Tulsa Pre-Party Tulsa Event Center – *E-40 – ($30-$100)
Sat // Mar 16 Bad Ass Renee’s – Solidify, Sign of Lies, ThirteenX, Murderous Mary – ($5) Brady Theater – John Mellencamp – ($37-$127) Cabin Boys Brewery – Sham-Rock Bash w/ Finnegans Awake, Cairde na Gael, Tulsa Metro Pipe Band, Desi and Cody
Dead Armadillo Brewery – St. Patrick’s Day in the Boneyard w/ Doc Fell & Co., Finnegan’s Awake, Tulsa Metro Pipe Band Duet – Elizabeth Speegle w/ Jeremy Thomas – ($10) Guthrie Green – Tulsa Irish Fest w/ Crannua, Cassie and Maggie, Cleghorn, Goode Academy of Irish Dance, Skerryvore Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Replay, DJ Mib, 80’z Enuf Hard Rock Casino - Track 5. – Rachel Stacy, DJ Maverick Juicemaker Lounge – I.C.HOTT – ($5) Living Arts – *Almighty’s St. Patty’s Day Party w/ DJ Almighty, DJ Wallie Mayne, Tigga, Creo & Foolie, ChasingRyan, Parris Chariz, 4chianno, St. Domonick, Hakeem Elijuwon, Grand National, Savvy Kray, Cutty Forever – ($15-$20) Mercury Lounge – South Austin Moonlighters – ($5) Retro Grill & Bar – DJ KO Soundpony – Pony Disco Club w/ Darku J, Ject, George Turbo Studio 308 – Retro Rockets St. Patrick’s Day Blow Out The Colony – *Count Tutu – ($5) The Fur Shop – The UKs, Clint Vines and the Hard Times, The Mules The Hunt Club – St. Paddy’s Day w/ The Brothers Moore The Max Retro Pub – DJ AB The Run – After Party The Vanguard – Skank Patrick’s Day w/ Deals Gone Slack, The Penny Mob, The Big News, Loose Wires – ($7) The Venue Shrine – Arrhythmia, Meyendhi, Psyonix, Feenix, Yeshwah – ($10)
Sun // Mar 17 Arnie’s Bar – Arnie’s St. Patrick’s Day w/ Larkin, Cairde na Gael, Celtic Cheer, Tulsa Honors Orchestra, Finnegans Awake, Hell’s Fringe Border Band Cain’s Ballroom – Getter, badXchannels, Midoca – ($20$25) Dead Armadillo Brewery – Zen Dogs East Village Bohemian Pizzeria – Mike Cameron Collective Fassler Hall – St. Patrick’s Day Beats & Brunch w/ DJ A Dre Hard Rock Casino - Track 5. – Daniel Johnson Juicemaker Lounge – St. Patrick’s Day Celebration w/ DJ Good Ground Retro Grill & Bar – St. Pat’s Day Brunch w/ live pick up band River Spirit Casino – Brent Giddens Soul City – Dustin Pittsley’s Blues Brunch Soul City – Bruner & Eicher Dinner Show Soundpony – *Monoculture, Colourmusic The Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing The Colony – Singer/Songwriter Open Mic Matinee w/ Cody Clinton The Fur Shop – Few Miles South The Run – DJ MO
Mon // Mar 18 Duet – Ashlee Elmore, Josh Wesbrook & Dean Demerritt Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective Mercury Lounge – Chris Blevins Rabbit Hole Bar & Grill – Chris Foster River Spirit Casino – Travis Kidd Soundpony – Scott Yoder, Cucumber and the Suntans The Colony – Seth Lee Jones The Run – Jermey Orcutt & Friends The Vanguard – Absinthe Father, The Sonder Bombs, Downward, Charlotte Bumgarner – ($10)
Tues // Mar 19 Bound for Glory Books – Dayden Shea, Old Wolves, Michael Strike and The God Damn Band Gilcrease Museum – *Devre Jackson, Chuck Fluker, Dean Demerritt and Damon Daniels Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic Juicemaker Lounge – Faye Moffett Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz & Blues Jams River Spirit Casino – Faye Moffett Soul City – Steve Pryor’s Tuesday Bluesday Spinster Records Tulsa – FOA, All for More The Colony – Dane Arnold & The Soup The Colony – Deerpaw The Run – Campfire The Venue Shrine – Fates Warning – ($17-$20) Woody Guthrie Center – *Eugene Chadbourne presents the music of Phil Ochs – ($5) March 6 – 19, 2019 // THE TULSA VOICE
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PSYCH-OUT Chloë Grace Moretz and Isabelle Huppert in “Greta” | COURTESY
Gorgeous filmmaking can’t elevate a laughable genre exercise IMAGINE A RUN-OF-THE-MILL, LOW-RENT teen movie thriller made for the art house crowd and you start to get an idea of what a bizarre cinematic crossbreed “Greta” is. At his provocative height, Irish director Neil Jordan could bring a story about race and gender fluidity to a Best Picture nomination, as he did in 1992 with “The Crying Game.” Today, however, he hasn’t made a relevant film since the last century. It should come as little surprise, then, that “Greta”—well-made and preposterous in equal measure—seems so desperate. With a premise as basic as a Hollywood scream machine, Chloë Grace Moretz (“Suspiria”) plays Frances, a young adult New Yorker who falls victim to an unexpected stalker, a seemingly sophisticated but lonely older woman named Greta (French acting legend Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”). Picking up a forgotten purse from a subway seat, Frances returns the bag to its owner, Greta, at her home. Frances is still grieving the death of her mother, and Greta is estranged from her daughter—so, natch, they instantly fill those surrogate roles. It’s all a snare set by Greta, however, who has more cruel, possessive notions of what maternal bonding should look like. The whole setup is belabored, eliciting more impatience than tension as you’re waiting for “Greta” to get to where it is inevitably going. It might be fascinating if these characters were any deeper than archetypes but, with familiar backstories and a compulsory personal connection, the forced plot mechanics churn forward with obligatory beats rather than psychological intrigue. The performances don’t invest anything beyond surface level, either, but
sympathies to Moretz who’s given some flat dialogue, two key relationships (a best friend roomie, and a dad) that exist as narrative catalysts and expository devices, while being required to make ill-advised decisions when Frances should (and does) know better. Odder still is Huppert who, despite the delicious trappings of the part and being no stranger to tantalizing turns, feels weirdly out of her element. These women never seem credible as the scenario increasingly hinges on stupidity, occasionally punctuated by silly moments that play like a Saturday Night Live digital short parody of the genre. This would all be easily, instantly dismissed if the filmmaking wasn’t so lush and confident. The pyscho-horror aesthetic is thick and rich, with cinematography from Seamus McGarvey that evokes classic Hitchcock and early Polanski. Javier Navarrete’s score is a mix of attacking strings and queasy ones, and Greta’s home has a cozy, affluent character set off by a torture basement—perfect for that independently wealthy sociopath who sets public transit murder traps. There are nuggets here of what could be: a creepy chewing-gum taunt by Greta being one, a clever texting-deception being another, but an inherent laziness in the script (including a brief, gimmicky misdirection stunt about one hour in) doesn’t refine these pockets of potential. I’m as primed for suspense and outlandish melodrama as the next popcorn-muncher, but no matter how precise and gorgeous the craft may be, when a film isn’t convincing, it isn’t thrilling. “Greta” is neither, which makes it a cheap movie that doesn’t look it. — JEFF HUSTON March 6 – 19, 2019 // THE TULSA VOICE
A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE CIRCLE CINEMA
OPENING MARCH 8 EVERYBODY KNOWS Penélope Cruz stars as a woman who attends a family wedding where secrets come out into the open. Javier Bardem co-stars in this latest film from Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi (“A Separation”). Rated R. THE IRON ORCHARD In 1939, a young man rises from the brutal oilfields of West Texas to become a risk-taking oil drilling wildcatter. Rated R.
Ray Romano and Mark Duplass in “Paddleton” | COURTESY
TRAGIC BROMANCE Ray Romano and Mark Duplass pair up for an unsatisfying buddy comedy THERE’S NOT A LOT GOING ON WITH Michael and Andy, the two central characters played by Mark Duplass and Ray Romano in Netflix’s latest release “Paddleton.” They’re both white men somewhere north of 40, living on their own—neighbors who share an unlikely friendship centered around homemade pizza, kung-fu movies, and Paddleton, a made-up game that consists of paddling a ball off a wall in hopes of it ricocheting into a trash can. When Michael, the younger, more affable of the pair, receives a terminal cancer diagnosis, he opts to end his life on his own terms. The duo embarks on a surprisingly emotional journey when Michael recruits Andy to aide in his final wish by taking a road trip to secure the medication that will allow Michael to self-exit. Unfortunately, with the exception of a few moving moments, there isn’t much going on with “Paddleton” either. Directed by Alex Lehmann, who previously directed Mark Duplass in the far superior “Blue Jay,” the film—with brother-collaborator Jay Duplass as executive producer—bears all the hallmarks of what we’ve come to expect from a Duplass Brothers production: emotionally stilted men, stumbling through the minefield of adulthood and relationships, oftentimes to painfully all-to-real effect (albeit comedically so). From a script written by Duplass and Lehmann, “Paddleton” frequently succeeds in depicting the goofy awkwardness of these isolated men. Both live alone. THE TULSA VOICE // March 6 – 19, 2019
Both work the nine-to-five grind at their run-of-the-mill day jobs. This perfunctory loneliness becomes the binding agent between two men who, out of fear and anxiety, have allowed their best selves to pass them by. Michael and Andy are simpatico because they understand the value of meeting new people, yet dread letting anyone know them for fear of seeing their shortcomings. It all has the potential to be quite moving, like a “Fault in Our Stars” for the “Sideways” crowd. “Paddleton” frequently suffers from the aimlessness that often plagues most films from the “mumblecore” genre—a style of loosely-made and even more loosely-acted acted film born out of the rise of digital filmmaking in the early aughts. And while “Paddleton,” and Duplass to a greater extent, tries to distance itself from that category, it feels like the natural progression of a genre born out of a DIY aesthetic that cared more about getting the authenticity on screen than the dramatic impact. Shot in the loose, handheld style all too common in these kinds of films, “Paddleton” frequently feels shaggy and overly lived-in. While Romano is delightfully cranky as the antisocial Andy, and Duplass does what he does so well as the innocent, wide-eyed optimist, “Paddleton” feels more like a loosely-drawn character sketch than a fully-formed idea—like a collection of workshopped scenes between two actors instead of a satisfying work of cinema. — CHARLES ELMORE
SAMANTHA’S AMAZING ACRO-CATS This documentary follows a self-taught animal trainer who creates America’s first-ever traveling cat circus. Not Rated.
OPENING MARCH 15 APOLLO 11 Previously unseen 65mm archival footage gives an epic look at the Apollo 11 mission that went to the moon 50 years ago. Rated G. CLIMAX Following a dance rehearsal, a night-long celebration turns into an LSD-laced orgy and hallucinatory nightmare. From filmmaking provocateur Gaspar Noé. Rated R. WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY A vast archive of photos and documents reveal the most detailed account of life and death in the Warsaw Ghetto of the Nazi Jewish Holocaust. Not Rated. BIRDS OF PASSAGE This harrowing epic from Columbia depicts the violent decade when indigenous families went to war to control the drug trafficking business. Not Rated. NOTE BY NOTE: THE MAKING OF STEINWAY L1037 This documentary follows the creation of a Steinway concert grand piano, from forest floor to concert hall. Not Rated.
SPECIAL EVENTS A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER (1988) Considered by many as the best of the classic horror series, Circle’s Graveyard Shift presents this 35mm film print special event. Rated R. (Fri. & Sat. March 8 & 9, 10 p.m.) A CHILD OF THE PRAIRIE (1925) Second Saturday Silents presents this western about a cowboy who seeks revenge on the man that kidnaps his wife and daughter. Bill Rowland accompanies on the Circle’s 90-year-old pipe organ. $5 admission; $2 for 16 & under. (Sat. March 9, 11 a.m.) THE PROVIDERS Free documentary presentation about three healthcare providers that bring aid to rural people living on the margins. (Mon. March 11, 6 p.m.) NIGHT IS SHORT, WALK ON GIRL Anime Club presents this story of a young woman who indulges in partying, drinking, and book fairs— and the upper-class man who pursues her. Rated PG-13. (Fri. & Sat. March 15 & 16, 10 p.m.) THE WILD BUNCH (1969) A 35mm 50th Anniversary presentation of this Sam Peckinpah western, groundbreaking for its violence. Pre-screening book-signing before at 2 p.m., a “making of” Q&A follows. (Sat. March 16, 3 p.m.) WINGS (1929) 90th Anniversary screening of the first Academy Award winner for Best Picture, about two men who love the same woman (Clara Bow) and become fighter pilots in WWI. (Sun. March 17, 7 p.m.) WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? Free documentary presentation of the critically-acclaimed look at the life and legacy of PBS icon Fred Rogers. (Mon. March 18, 6 p.m.)
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free will astrology by ROB BREZSNY
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Who was the model for Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic painting Mona Lisa? Many scholars think it was Italian noblewoman Lisa del Giocondo. Leonardo wanted her to feel comfortable during the long hours she sat for him, so he hired musicians to play for her and people with mellifluous voices to read her stories. He built a musical fountain for her to gaze upon and a white Persian cat to cuddle. If it were within my power, I would arrange something similar for you in the coming weeks. Why? Because I’d love to see you be calmed and soothed for a concentrated period of time; to feel perfectly at ease, at home in the world, surrounded by beautiful influences you love. In my opinion, you need and deserve such a break from the everyday frenzy. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Genius inventor Thomas Edison rebelled against sleep, which he regarded as wasteful. He tried to limit his time in bed to four hours per night so he would have more time to work during his waking hours. Genius scientist Albert Einstein had a different approach. He preferred ten hours of sleep per night, and liked to steal naps during the day, too. In my astrological opinion, Aries, you’re in a phase when it makes more sense to imitate Einstein than Edison. Important learning and transformation are happening in your dreams. Give your nightly adventures maximum opportunity to work their magic in your behalf. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Danish flag has a red background emblazoned with an asymmetrical white cross. It was a national symbol of power as early as the fourteenth century, and may have first emerged during a critical military struggle that established the Danish empire in 1219. No other country in the world has a flag with such an ancient origin. But if Denmark’s Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who’s a Taurus, came to me and asked me for advice, I would urge him to break with custom and design a new flag—maybe something with a spiral rainbow or a psychedelic tree. I’ll suggest an even more expansive idea to you, Taurus: create fresh traditions in every area of your life! GEMINI (May 21-June 20): On June 7, 1988, Gemini musician Bob Dylan launched what has come to be known as the Never Ending Tour. It’s still going. In the past 30+ years, he has performed almost 3,000 shows on every continent except Antarctica. In 2018 alone, at the age of 77, he did 84 gigs. He’s living proof that not every Gemini is flaky and averse to commitment. Even if you yourself have flirted with flightiness in the past, I doubt you will do so in the next five weeks. On the contrary. I expect you’ll be a paragon of persistence, doggedness, and stamina. CANCER (June 21-July 22): The otters at a marine park in Miura City, Japan are friendly to human visitors. There are holes in the glass walls of their enclosures through which they reach out to shake people’s hands with their webbed paws. I think you need experiences akin to that in the coming weeks. Your mental and spiritual health will thrive to the degree that you seek closer contact with animals. It’s a favorable time to nurture your instinctual intelligence and absorb influences from the natural world. For extra credit, tune in to and celebrate your own animal qualities. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Between 1977 and 1992, civil war raged in Mozambique. Combatants planted thousands of land mines that have remained dangerous long after the conflict ended. In recent years, a new ally has emerged in the quest to address the problem: rats that are trained to find the hidden explosives so that human colleagues can defuse them. The expert sniffers don’t weigh enough to detonate the mines, so they’re ideal to play the role of saviors. I foresee a metaphorically comparable development in your future, Leo. You’ll get help and support from a surprising or seemingly unlikely source. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Imagine a stairway that leads nowhere; as you ascend, you realize that at the top is not a door or a hallway, but a wall. I suspect that lately you may have been dealing with a metaphorical version of an anomaly like this. But I also predict that in the coming weeks some magic will transpire that will change everything. It’s like you’ll find a button on the wall that when pushed opens a previously imperceptible door. Somehow,
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you’ll gain entrance through an apparent obstruction. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Not all of the classic works of great literature are entertaining. According to one survey of editors, writers, and librarians, Goethe’s Faust, Melville’s Moby Dick, and Cervantes’ Don Quixote are among the most boring masterpieces ever written. But most experts agree that they’re still valuable to read. In that spirit, and in accordance with astrological omens, I urge you to commune with other dull but meaningful things. Seek out low-key but rich offerings. Be aware that unexciting people and situations may offer clues and catalysts that you need. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Many of you Scorpios regard secrecy as a skill worth cultivating. It serves your urge to gather and manage power. You’re aware that information is a valuable commodity, so you guard it carefully and share it sparingly. This predilection sometimes makes you seem understated, even shy. Your hesitancy to express too much of your knowledge and feelings may influence people to underestimate the intensity that seethes within you. Having said all that, I’ll now predict that you’ll show the world who you are with more dazzle and flamboyance in the coming weeks. It’ll be interesting to see how you do that as you also try to heed your rule that information is power. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian actress and producer Deborra-Lee Furness has been married to megastar actor Hugh Jackman for 23 years. Their wedding rings are inscribed with a motto that blends Sanskrit and English, “Om paramar to the mainamar.” Hugh and Deborah-Lee say it means “we dedicate our union to a greater source.” In resonance with current astrological omens, I invite you to engage in a similar gesture with an important person in your life. Now is a marvelous time to deepen and sanctify your relationship by pledging yourselves to a higher purpose or beautiful collaboration or sublime mutual quest.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 1997, a supercomputer named Deep Blue won six chess matches against Chess Grand Master Gary Kasparov. In 2016, an Artificial Intelligence called AlphaGo squared off against human champion Lee Sodol in a best-of-five series of the Chinese board game Go. AlphaGo crushed Sodol, four games to one. But there is at least one cerebral game in which human intelligence still reigns supreme: the card game known as bridge. No AI has as yet beat the best bridge players. I bring this to your attention, Capricorn, because I am sure that in the coming weeks, no AI could out-think and out-strategize you as you navigate your way through life’s tests and challenges. You’ll be smarter than ever. P.S.: I’m guessing your acumen will be extra soulful, as well. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): At regular intervals, a hot stream of boiling water shoots up out of the earth and into the sky in Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park. It’s a geyser called Old Faithful. The steamy surge can reach a height of 185 feet and last for five minutes. When white settlers first discovered this natural phenomenon in the nineteenth century, some of them used it as a laundry. Between blasts, they’d place their dirty clothes in Old Faithful’s aperture. When the scalding flare erupted, it provided all the necessary cleansing. I’d love to see you attempt a metaphorically similar feat, Aquarius: harness a natural force for a practical purpose, or a primal power for an earthy task.
Think of the last person you cursed, if only with a hateful thought if not an actual spell. Now send them a free-hearted blessing. t h i s w e e k ’ s h o m e w o r k // T E S T I F Y AT F R E E W I L L A S T R O L O G Y. C O M . 46 // ETC.
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JUPITER is a giant goofball. This energetic 10-month-old enjoys the company of people, and loves to play and talk. At 72 pounds, he would do best in a home with children over 12 years old. Jupiter has heartworms, but SPCA will continue to treat him after he’s adopted.
ACROSS 1 Costume part with eyeholes 5 Thyme and others 10 Clearasil target 14 See 108-Down 18 Serena Williams’ org. 19 Enticing smell 20 Multicolored horse 21 Big name in watches 22 Nurse’s “Immediately!” 23 *Famous Hollywood eatery (unscramble letters 3-8!) 25 Excedrin alternative 26 Prime Japanese protein 28 Comedian Carvey 29 Attire 31 Noggin 32 Championship games 34 Have a TV dinner, say 35 Hit the ceiling 38 Dom Perignon name 39 Astronomical distance 41 Wear away 42 *Big burger side (4-8) 45 Motorist’s org. 48 Hardy heroine 49 Small drum 50 “The Maltese Falcon” actor Peter 51 “Squawk Box” network 52 NYC boutique neighborhood 53 Jason’s ship 54 Myopic Mr. 55 “Awesome!” 56 Like Bob Dylan’s voice
Sweet SAMMI is quick to makes friends with everyone. She’s been known to chase cats outside but may do better with them indoors. Sammi will take some patience and work to get her acclimated to the indoor life she deserves, but she is so eager to please!
Shy little DOMINO is 10 years old and loves keeping it mellow. He has the sweetest face and the cutest little black, button nose. It takes him time to warm up, but he loves to be talked to softly and will even talk back if you earn his trust.
58 Enthusiastic review 59 Salt additive 60 Sometimes-yellow vehicle 63 Ambivalence, or a hint to the starred answers’ hidden parts 67 Newspaper VIPs 68 It has a Prime service 70 Actor Epps 71 Psychic’s deck 73 Kids learn to tie them 74 Wise people 76 Plucked instrument 77 Attire for Judge Judy 81 Polo brand 82 Bitter 83 Yearned 84 Sits in an oak barrel 85 Marshy area 86 *Railroader of song (5-7) 88 Get rid of 89 Picturesque cave 92 Corrida cries 93 Croissant seller 94 Came up 95 Barbecue restaurant necessity 98 Princes, for queens 99 Wield the gavel 101 Palindromic act 102 Where grunts get grub 106 Banded gemstone 107 *Floor plan units (4-7) 110 Garfield’s companion 111 Defeated candidate 112 Influence 113 “Way cool!” 114 Pound of poetry 115 Suffix for hip
116 Badminton barriers 117 Grand ___ National Park 118 Search for DOWN 1 Cologne scent 2 Regarding 3 Attempt 4 *She played Penny Lane in “Almost Famous” (2-5) 5 ___ corpus 6 Dropped the ball 7 Overhead expense? 8 Audi competitor 9 Southernmost UC campus 10 Huge concert venue 11 Pinkish lipstick shade 12 Catch, as a thief 13 “Orinoco Flow” singer 14 Pontius ___ 15 *Sweet-sounding Don McLean hit (6-10) 16 Lucky number 17 Rink maneuver 21 Spanish bar bites 24 “Inferno” poet 27 ___ noire 30 Intrinsically 32 Do without 33 Former VP Agnew 35 Understands 36 Crosswordcolored cookie? 37 Snack 38 Butcher, as a joke 40 Sleek design prefix 42 Mustachioed Seuss character 43 Phish Food, e.g., for Ben & Jerry’s 44 Man of many words? 46 Evening, in German
The Tulsa SPCA has been helping animals in our area since 1913. The shelter never euthanizes for space and happily rescues animals from high-kill shelters. They also accept owner surrenders, rescues from cruelty investigations, hoarding, and puppy mill situations. Animals live on-site or with foster parents until they’re adopted. All SPCA animals are micro-chipped, vaccinated, spayed/neutered, and treated with preventatives. Learn about volunteering, fostering, upcoming events, adoptions, and their low-cost vaccination clinic at tulsaspca.org.
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Orchard measures Bathroom bowl Cow’s chew Nursing parents, informally Average Singer Tori Solution How losses are often written Ariz. neighbor Astound *Savory pan drippings (5-9) Cattle drive orphan Apple music app Apt singer for a Cheerios jingle? Last letter, to a Brit *Sprinter’s footwear (4-8) “Shoo!” Fire felony Bedsheet fabric Shrek, for one Put up with Glimpse Took the stage False teeth cleaner One of two in a deck Without Personnel list Basketry willow Fenway Park’s home Jargon Young ___ novel Loud rings Take care of Buds “Monday Night Football” channel Food being grown in labs Woodworking tool Old Italian bills Main problem? With 14-Across, Spanish greeting Payment
COUGAR is affectionate with people and is usually a very quiet kitty. He’s a senior kitty and is on the “fluffy” side at 20 pounds, so he needs a family who is committed to keeping him to healthy. Cougar would do best as the only feline in the family.
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GROVER, a two-year-old Lab mix, is happiest when he is around people—especially when going on walks! When you talk to him, his silly halftail wags nonstop. He would like some kids to play with, as long as they are big enough he can’t knock over.
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