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ON THE COVER

Oklahoma Gazette turns 35 this month. It has changed a lot in those years, as has our city. In this issue, OKG celebrates by featuring reader feedback; stories on the paper’s history and future; and highlights from our dining, arts and music communities. Grab your party hat, OKC. We’re here today because of your support. We love you. — Jennifer Chancellor, editor-in-chief

NEWS

LIFE

History: growing together

OKG picks

City: innovation

Education: Janet Barresi

Metro briefs

Food & Drink: OKBio BrewFest, Paseo Feast, Kurt Fleischfresser, The Barrel, OKG eat: practice makes perfect

Anniversary: OKG timeline and community feedback

Chicken-Fried News

Commentary

Culture: Oklacon

Letters

Halloween: haunted destinations

Visual Arts: Oklahoma Arts Council history, Terra

Performing Arts: An Inspector Calls, theater scene history

Sudoku / Crossword

Music: music scene history, Borgore, event listings, sʌn ɹaɪə

Film: Rudderless, Fury

Astrology

Classifieds

MISSION STaTEMENT Oklahoma Gazette’s mission is to stimulate, examine and inform the public on local quality of life issues and social needs, to recognize community accomplishments, and to provide a forum for inspiration, participation and interaction across all media.

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NEWS HISTORY

Growing together OKC and Oklahoma Gazette grew together as the paper chronicled the city’s revival.

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When Oklahoma Gazette first hit stands in 1979, it came at a turning point for Oklahoma City. The urban success story that OKC has become in recent years is wellknown, but before the vision and risk shown by city leaders and citizens 20 years ago, the city was in an era of decline. OKC had experienced decades of urban sprawl as the city center’s population declined at the hands of flight to suburban communities. The ambitious Pei Plan for downtown had seen the construction of the Myriad Botanical Gardens and the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building but failed to deliver the revival it had promised after dozens of buildings were imploded to make room for developments that never came. “At the city’s heart, there sets a nagging reminder that things seldom go as planned,” a 1985 Oklahoma Gazette article stated about the empty lots that remained. In that same article, Tiana Douglas, then the director of the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority, said the failed Pei Plan and Galleria retail development downtown was a hit to the city in the early ’80s. “The general consensus of a lot of people is that the original idea of several years ago ... may not be feasible downtown anymore,” Douglas said. OKG

Some 35 years ago, Oklahoma Gazette launched at a time when city neighborhoods were being abandoned for the suburbs. Since then, neighborhoods, including Crown Heights, have been reborn.

A metamorphosis

On the timeline between the Gazette’s launch and its 35th anniversary, OKC overcame a devastating attack, launched a series of sales tax-funded projects that have become a national model and positioned itself as one of the nation’s up-and-coming cities of the 21st century. OKG has helped tell the stories of how urban pioneers sold their vision to residents and the large projects that have redefined the downtown skyline. “The river of dreams finally has become a reality,” was the lead to a June 23, 1999, cover story on the opening of the Bricktown Canal as part of the original MAPS plan. “As observers watched the first trickle of water fill the concrete channel a few weeks ago, developers were watching Bricktown property values skyrocket and city

The Gold Dome officials realized they were seeing a project that once was considered a pipedream reach fruition.” In addition to telling the stories of large-scale developments, Gazette’s history includes coverage of the smaller success stories of old OKC treasures being given new life and the revival of urban neighborhoods. The Gold Dome, located at the

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corner of Classen Boulevard and 23rd Street, was a futuristic structure from the ’50s that has long struggled with redevelopment issues. A Gazette story last year reported on the new owners of the iconic building and its transformation into the new headquarters for TEEMCO. “TEEMCO believes the Route 66 iconic corner of NW 23rd and Classen Boulevard should be preserved for future generations to appreciate,” company spokesman Arrow Cunningham said. The Gazette provided a platform to encourage readers to consider investments in neglected parts of the city. “Transit has become a necessity,” former Oklahoma representative Jim Townsend wrote in a 1979 Gazette column about the need to invest more in public transportation. “Downtown Oklahoma City is

choked with traffic. The area is covered with high-rise parking garages. More are built every year, but the parking problem gets worse and worse,” it read. Fast-forward 35 years and public transit remains an issue that OKG continues to cover, including stories this year on increased public transit investments from City Hall and the possibility of a regional transit district to be considered by voters in coming years. Gazette has continued to cover other long-running issues as well. A November 1980 Gazette cover featured the headline “The 23rd Street Dilemma,” examining whether to make the uptown commercial strip friendlier to cars or whether to invest in more pedestrian features. It’s a conversation that continues today, as the street has become one of the city’s fastestgrowing commercial districts. OKG’s reputation is one of independent journalism and in-depth coverage of local arts and entertainment. However, it has also served as a paper of record for the city’s tough times in the 1980s, followed by revival in the 1990s and 2000s and the continued growth the future promises.

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Technical difficulties The Oklahoma City Council faces challenges when deciphering the appropriateness of new technologies.

Uber, Lyft and drones, oh my

This year, the Oklahoma City Council is debating regulations for rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft. Some believe they should be held to the same standards as traditional taxicab companies. Others feel these new companies are unique and, thus, require unique rules. “I think some people understand technology and what it can do for us and maybe some people haven’t studied it well enough to gain that level of confidence,” said Ward 5 Councilman David Greenwell, who argued for less oversight on Uber and Lyft. The use of personal cars and mobile apps to connect drivers and riders drew criticism from traditional taxicabs and challenged city leaders to consider the difference between the two services. The council was expected to offer a final vote on the issue during Tuesday’s meeting, held after this week’s press deadline. However, it is a policy issue that might signal a new era of innovations that will challenge the way cities operate. Uber and Lyft are examples of new technology uses that have been left up to city leaders, while others already are controlled by state and federal government. Also, companies like Amazon are experimenting with aerial drones as

There’s no question there are technology advances that are going to interrupt the way the city has always done business before. — Mick Cornett methods for delivering packages, and some believe they could soon be used to deliver everything from pizzas to mail. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) banned drones for commercial use, a rule highlighted this summer when the FAA told local realtors to cease using them to take photos and video of residences. However, as larger companies push for open access, federal rules could be relaxed, which would present cities and states with their own decisions to make about permitting the new technology. Charlottesville, Virginia, became the first U.S. city to pass an ordinance restricting drone use by police, and cities like Phoenix and Seattle have also considered new laws to restrict their use. “I believe in using technology to its fullest, but I would hate people to have pictures of my kids in the backyard, horsing around,” Phoenix councilman Michael Nowakowski told the Arizona Republic. “People abuse technology.”

Further challenges

Fear of potential abuse of new tech often feeds governmental and societal apprehensions of innovations, whether they be drones, self-driving cars or rideshare services. When Wikipedia, the crowd-sourced online encyclopedia, was introduced, it was criticized by some experts due to doubts about verification and accuracy. However, as it has grown, the site has set up safeguards to avoid intentional abuse. Trust is a necessity, and city officials who appeared most skeptical of rideshare services questioned the concept that someone would get into the car of a complete stranger, which is often warned against from an early age.

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A driverless Google car

However, a Pew Research Center study last year found that young adults tend to be more trusting, which leads them to embrace of innovation, especially if it connects people. New ordinances — or a lack thereof — are two ways city leaders might be asked to embrace new technology. How OKC provides services and communicates with citizens will also change. “We have to ask ourselves, ‘What are the expectations of citizens?’ and, at the same time, embrace these new technologies because they’re not going away,” Cornett said this month after unveiling a new mobile app that allows residents to report problems and access city information on their mobile phones. The city also is building a new website, and its transit system has experimented with a new mobile app. Another issue, the growth of online sales, also challenges leaders to develop ways to collect Web-generated taxes, and both states and the federal government will play a role in deciding how it will be done. Change doesn’t just mean considering the best use of gadgets and websites. The popularity of urban agriculture means many cities are updating ordinances to help encourage residents to grow their own food, meet new urban

demands and increase access to healthy foods. OKC recently updated its own agriculture ordinance, but the council declined to allow backyard chickens, an idea that sounded odd a few years ago but is now a norm in many urban environments. “We are going to have to change because the world is changing,” Greenwell said. “People expect us to.”

SH ANNON CORNMAN

Driverless cars traveling down Classen, aerial drones delivering an Amazon package to a house in the Plaza District and a pedestrian in Automobile Alley being notified of a friend across the street through a facial recognition feature in their glasses. It sounds like science fiction, but sooner rather than later, it might, in fact, be reality. Some of these things already are in development stages, and the possibilities of these new technologies will likely require creativity and outside-thebox thinking by city leaders. “There’s no question there are technology advances that are going to interrupt the way the city has always done business before,” Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett said. “I think Uber and Lyft, to a certain extent, offer a wake-up call for cities on how they are going to have to adapt to new technology.”

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No apologies Janet Barresi believes the state needs tough talk and decisions to improve education. BY BEN FELDER

Janet Barresi, Oklahoma’s outgoing state superintendent of public instruction, has become a model of what makes a political lightning rod. Elected in 2010, her four years in office were marked with battles with legislators over controversial school reform measures and negative press for her sometimes-brash style. Her very name has been used as a dirty word that state office candidates have used against their opponents. “I found out that the education establishment had one thing to do over the past four years, and that was to get me out of office,” Barresi said in an Oklahoma Gazette interview. “Congratulations. You were successful. But here’s the deal: The covers have come off, and you can’t close them back.” Barresi lost her primary battle this summer to Joy Hofmeister following a particularly tough legislative session in which a controversial third-grade reading retention bill and Common Core created frustration with many parents and educators. “Activism becomes easier if there is a big figure who is openly defiant and antagonistic toward the position of the activists,” wrote Brett Dickerson, a local activist who blogs on education. “Janet Barresi has been that bigger-thanlife, openly hostile, antagonistic figure for anti-reform education activists in Oklahoma.”

Taking hits

Barresi knew she would face resistance when she came into office, but rather than attempting to win over her opponents through suave political posturing and rhetoric — a style she says she was never comfortable with — she often responded with an unapologetic tone and, sometimes, a few tough words. Recently, she told a group of teachers to tell opponents to “go to hell” and compared her battle to biblical warfare. In that same video, Barresi acknowledges she is going to “take the hits,” but added, “I don’t care.” Even after her primary defeat, she did not coast quietly into the background. Her appointment of a new assistant

superintendent last month resulted in a flurry of criticism and calls for her to resign, which she refused to do. “I am not a politician. I had never run for political office [before this job], and the only reason I ran for this office is because it’s an elected office; you can’t get appointed,” Barresi said. “I always told myself that I will not conduct myself in office in a way that ensures I get re-elected.” When asked if she had ever been advised to modify her demeanor, Barresi smiled and looked at an advisor in the room. It was telling and indicated that she regularly has conversations with her staff on how her positions and tone could cost her on Election Day. “But that means I would have to play politics with adults and make adults happy,” Barresi said. “I won’t do that.” Barresi said she found an office four years ago that had been run by the “education establishment” and she believes it will go back to the way it was no matter which candidate is elected next month.

‘I believe in Oklahomans’

Barresi said her time in office generated positive change for education in Oklahoma, and she believes the people of this state are more aware of the challenges that face students. However, with her time in office ending sooner than she would like, she also believes the state’s education system is at risk of losing ground. “I believe in Oklahomans, and I believed they were just tired of this state being in bad shape,” Barresi said. “This is a tough conversation, but what I have to get Oklahomans to understand is the rigor is not there in our schools.” Barresi said the state’s expectations of its students are too low. “This was a state that was awash in low expectations for what kids could do, and it was stunning,” Barresi said. “As I interacted with Oklahomans ... it was frustrating when you tried to bring the good news of what is possible in education reform in our state. People said not every kid needs to go to college,

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Janet Barresi

This was a state that was awash in low expectations for what kids could do, and it was stunning. — Janet Barresi

or they would say kids just need to get a high school diploma and get to work. If you consider what the future holds for the state, career-ready and college-ready must mean the same thing.”

Passing the test

Pushback on standardized tests also put Barresi at odds with many teachers and parents, but she is adamant that they are necessary to improve education. “If you cut back on testing, you cut back on data. If you cut back on data, then you don’t know how districts are performing,” Barresi said. “Information is the key.” Low literacy performance by students statewide was another issue Barresi said she had to fight to address. “I was shocked at the level of literacy

when I came into office,” Barresi said. “Not many teachers are teaching phonicsbased reading. That’s a big problem of why kids are frustrated with reading.” She also said that some students need more help than others, and soon. “When we see that a kid is behind in reading, we need to give them the gift of time to master that skill. If a child is not given the time ... the child is never going to be able to catch up. That’s why I argued for third-grade retention,” she said. Performance-based funding, school choice and new academic standards also are issues Barresi supported, despite pointed opposition, which she admits might have played a role in her defeat. But Barresi also said she has one regret: The state will lose a level of frankness and courage from the superintendent’s office after she is replaced by either Hofmeister or Democrat John Cox in January. “People say we need to come together and talk about what needs to be done, but we’ve been doing that for 25 years. We know what we need to do,” Barresi said. “We need to stop being afraid to continue to work and make the hard choices that it will take to actually move our state forward.”

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Where does Rep. Joe Dorman stand on the issue of marriage equality? It’s a question some in the LGBT community feel the Democratic candidate for governor has avoided in an effort to avoid potentially alienating himself from conservative voters he might need in November’s gubernatorial election. Dorman didn’t provide an official comment regarding this month’s legalization of same-sex marriage in Oklahoma, but in previous interviews, he indicated that the court’s decision would be one he would support as governor. “We are just going to have to wait and see what the Supreme Court decides on that issue, and we will have to go from there and make sure the policies [are followed],” Dorman said as a guest in an August Oklahoma Gazette Capital City podcast. “I’m just waiting to see what the law says. I have my own personal feelings on that and just waiting to see what laws will be dictated down. As chief executive, I would have to follow the laws.” Dorman did call Gov. Mary Fallin’s 2013 attempt to withhold benefits to same-sex members of the National Guard “despicable.” “There is no way I would have done something like that,” Dorman said. Dorman also said he supported a public vote to decide the legality of same-sex marriage, which happened in 2004. At that time, 75 percent of voters endorsed a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex unions. Troy Stevenson of The Equality Network, a local LGBT advocacy group, said he reached out to Dorman on the issue and wished he would be more open about it. “I think he should be more outspoken on this, but it’s important to remember that the LGBT population

Julie “Juuri” Robertson is one of several artists working on murals along Western Avenue.

Murals add color

With her ash-black hair flowing behind her, Bella faces Western Avenue with her hands cupped in front of her, inviting passersby to join her. “We wanted this to be something that people would want to stop and take a picture with,” said Lauren Miller, one of three artists working on Bella’s mural at 37th Street and Western Avenue, which includes the Native American woman and other Okiecentric items. This is one of five murals going up along Western Avenue. Guests to the 12th annual Taste of Western Culinary Art event on Thursday can sample cuisine from area restaurants and vote on their favorite mural. After the event, the murals will remain as permanent public art, adding character to the

Artsy Fartsy up-and-coming neighborhood. “I think it just brings life [to the neighborhood],” Miller said. “For it to be an everyday part of someone’s life, to be able to look forward to driving past murals ... that’s important.” Learn more at visitwesternavenue.com. Watch a related Oklahoma Gazette video at wp.me/p4DEDrihX.

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“Academics, politicians and members of the media tell us how peaceful Islam is, but 1,400 years of Islamic history defies that statement,” said Paul Blair, the pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Edmond, at an event last week featuring lectures from people who believe that Islam is dangerous. Nearly 300 visitors also watched presentations that showed how Islam is a religion allegedly intent on taking over America by force. Rep. John Bennett, R-Sallisaw, who has gained attention in recent months for his anti-Islamic statements, attended and said he and some colleagues at the Capitol have created an antiterrorism caucus. He then urged the crowd to report suspicious activity to his group. “We want to hear from you, and we want to know what you are seeing,” Bennett said. “We will send that information to the appropriate law enforcement agencies.” MAPS 3 projects underway

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University of Oklahoma President David Boren makes no bones about the fact that the Norman university is at the top of its game for National Merit Scholars. According to NewsOK .com, this year’s freshman class boasts 311 National Merit Scholars representing 39 states, pushing national ranking to No. 1, a record for the university. Boren told the news outlet that these students make the school look great and help attract top-quality faculty. Here’s another bragging right for the University of Oklahoma: National Merit graduates apparently make great future donors, too. It’s nice to hear college news that doesn’t involve a juicy scandal.

Crank 3, anyone?

Remember the movie Crank, in which Jason Statham becomes an adrenaline junkie in order to save his life? (Like Keanu Reeves and that bus in Speed, but

FR FRiED NEWS instead of public transport, it’s Statham’s heart. And lots of uppers.) Remember the second Crank movie, Crank: High Voltage? It’s okay. We don’t either. Anyway, it looks like a 25-year-old Tulsa man tried to create his own Crank sequel. According to NewsOK.com, Tulsa police arrested a man in possession of “methamphetamine, eight guns and $6,000 in cash in his home.” The man could face conspiracy charges — because what exactly did he really think he was going to do with all that crap? — as well as charges for drug trafficking and possession of a firearm while committing a felony. Cops also found a bunch of body armor. All that guy needed was a camera crew, a leading lady and some extras — well, that and fake stunt guns instead of real ones.

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Dude could’ve been famous.

Cockroft presses send

Last week, Rep. Josh Cockroft, R-Wanette, was accused of plagiarism after posting a website column that shared identical portions of a Ryan T. Anderson-authored piece written for the Oklahoma Heritage Foundation. The Lost Ogle posted excerpts from both, and Cockroft responded by saying he mistakenly published speech-related notes. “After being made aware I had posted an errant column, I have removed it and replaced it with the correct version,” Cockroft wrote on his Facebook page. “The previous version was never meant to be published but was for my records alone, were personal notes for an upcoming speech and were published through an honest mistake. That version had many direct quotes without proper credit given to the author. I have

fixed the problem and promise to be more aware in the future.” It was an accident, y’all. For reals. Maybe. The incident also raised the question of whether or not Cockroft was going to give credit in his planned speech. However, a few days later, media discovered Cockroft’s column was also published (with lifted paragraphs) by his local newspaper. OK, OK. It’s possible that Cockroft mistakenly published his notes online as he was trying to save them — the Internet is hard — and emailed the same piece to Tecumseh’s Countywide News. The “send email” button does often look like a “save Word document button.” Right?

Stick it

Where would we be as a society

without Post-it notes? The truth is you probably won’t

like the answer. The small, convenient notepads — mostly made for people who are bad at remembering things or organizing cohesive thoughts — came in extrahandy for the Oklahoma City Council at a recent workshop. At the meeting, board members wrote legislative priorities for the next five years down on Post-its and then subsequently organized them into categories including education and transportation. From there, the notes were prioritized with little blue dots as each member labeled top priorities. The notes with the most dots won an oversized paper cone filled with bubblegum-flavored cotton candy. Er, we mean they were deemed the most important. Fun, huh? If this sounds like an elementary school exercise to you, we agree, even if participants were mostly gray-haired white males. Hey, whatever works!

Spiritual cleansing

If thoughts of Civic Center Music Hall being haunted by demons was keeping

you awake all night, you can start getting some restful sleep again. Roman Catholic Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, who was adamantly against a satanic black mass held in the hall in September, “pray[ed] prayers of exorcism over the place” the morning after — so now all the creepy crawlies and evil ghosties are gone and won’t interrupt any theater performances, no matter how questionable. He promised. Adam Daniels, a member of the Dakhma of Angra Mainyu satanic church, said the black mass was a mockery intended to diminish fear of the Catholic Church. While Breitbart News Network reported that 42 people attended the Black mass, an estimated 1,600 Catholic dissenters prayed outside the theater. But Coakley wanted to be more thorough.

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COMMENTARY

Ride to the future BY CHAD HODGES

Did you know that Oklahoma is 42nd lowest of 50 states in the ranking system designed by the League of American Bicyclists to determine the most Bicycle Friendly States? I would have never guessed we were ranked this low. Living here my entire life, I’ve never had the opportunity to spend much time riding on the streets of other states like Washington (No. 1), California (No. 9) or the closest to us, Colorado (No. 6). Most, if not all, of my time riding in other states is at a race or going to and from a race, so to me, it’s hard to imagine what it’s like riding in a city that ranks as low as we do. To improve our score, I think we need more bike lanes and a stronger cycling infrastructure to allow for us to commute to and from work. Also, perhaps drivers, more used to seeing cyclists on the streets, should be more

courteous. Perhaps cyclists, used to riding on busy streets, should be more aware of their surroundings. Perhaps a lot of things, but we’re 42nd and I say let’s own it. Most of my riding is done in the hills of southeast Norman, around the sod farm in Jones, on the flats out to El Reno and everything in between. Daily, I spend time riding in, out or through our downtown, often with a pit stop in Midtown at Elemental Coffee Roasters. Often, these rides take several hours and allow me opportunities to think and see things at a slower pace than I would in a car. Honestly, while riding, I don’t see a state that ranks No. 42. I see a state that is working toward something great, something more “bikeable,” and a community goal that will take time to reach. But it can — and should —

be done. For example, check out the Film Row district. The bike lanes are amazing. Not only are they clearly defined, but they are done in such a way that they actually accent the theme of the district. Check out the river trail. Soon you’ll be able to ride (walk, run, skate, etc.) an additional seven miles once the West River Trail, which begins at Lake Overholser and ends at the Oklahoma River Trail, is complete. Have you heard about the Wheeler District? It’s being developed with an emphasis of bikeability and walkability, and it hosted this year’s Wheeler Criterium series, which provided cyclists and spectators with 24 weeks of racing on a short/closed course. There are initiatives in the works to further grow OKC’s bikeability by developing bike lanes for easier

commuting, too. This year, OKC hosted the third annual Oklahoma City Pro-Am Classic, a three-day cycling event in Midtown, Film Row and Automobile Alley that drew hundreds of cyclists from around the nation as well as thousands of spectators. Just this week, on a ride around 100 miles long, we were only honked at by one motorist, and it was followed by a thumbs-up. So, Oklahoma, maybe today we’re 42nd, but I’m betting that when the next rankings are released, we’ve moved up a few notches. Let’s keep up the great work. Chad Hodges is the team manager for DNA Racing, an OKC-based cycling team, and has been a proud member of the cycling community for the last decade.

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

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

On Wednesday, I read Thomas L. Furlong’s letter (Commentary, Letters, “Is national comparison fair?”, Aug. 20, Oklahoma Gazette) which told us, “In that regard [spending to personal income ratio], I would contend Oklahoma education is not underfunded.” On Thursday, I saw the front page of The Oklahoman, which said, “Teacher shortage hits statewide.” From fiscal years 2008 to 2014, Oklahoma cut education spending per student by 22.8 percent (adjusted for inflation). That was more than any other state. I contend that Oklahoma education is woefully underfunded. — Michael Hopkins Norman Investment double-take

Mitt Romney makes his money by

buying businesses, reorganizing them and then selling them for a large profit. He disclosed in 2011 that he paid 13.9 percent of his $20 million annual income in federal income taxes. A generation ago, his father, George Romney, was president of the AMC car company [American Motors], which made millions of good, economical cars. He made a good salary for the 1950s and 1960s, about $500,000. He released 12 years of tax returns and he paid twice the taxes, about 30 percent, than his inventor son did. The tax system should not tax work twice as much as owning investments. — Randall L. Smith Butler Distributed generation

Oklahoma Corporation Commission is now holding committee meetings in accordance with Senate Bill 1456 to determine a surcharge to impose on people who contribute clean energy to the grid using net metering. The claim is that by reducing their utility bills, they avoid the portion of those bills that go to the maintenance of the power lines, thus shifting that cost onto other ratepayers. It ignores the benefits that people investing in their homes bring to the power grid.

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For one thing, most of the energy is used at generator’s home, so there are no transmission losses and no fuel burned to produce that electricity. Only around 20 percent of the energy from the fossil fuel reaches the customer; the bulk of it is lost in generation, voltage conversions and transmission. So the fuel saved is significant. Also, any excess generation will go to neighbor’s houses, with only minimal transmission loss. These contributions reduce the utility’s need to build new plants, they help it meet environmental regulations and they increase the generation capacity by reducing apparent demand. They help meet peak load requirements and reduce the loads on the transmission and

distribution subsystems. There have now been a number of studies done on the cost/benefits of solar energy and determining the best method to calculate them. As OG&E’s base charge is $18 per customer per month plus about 5.73 cents/kwh, we see that they are already charging for line maintenance and are benefiting greatly from distributed generation contributions. So we see that the assumptions of SB 1456 are unwarranted and that the actual effect of distributed generation is positive for everyone. — Joel Olson Moore

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BOOKS Jeff Provine Book Signing, author of Haunted Norman, 7-8:30 p.m., Oct. 22. Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 842-2900, fullcirclebooks. com. WED Strange and Scary Oklahoma, a spooky discussion hosted by local author David Farris, 7-8 p.m., Oct. 23. Southern Oaks Library, 6900 S. Walker Ave., 631-4468, metrolibary.org. THU John Dahlgren Book Signing, Edmond author of Passing the Cross, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 25. Coffee Commission, 309 S. Bryant Ave., Edmond, 285-8566, coffeecommissionedmond.com. SAT Mark Edward Harris Book Signing, professional photographer, 2-4 p.m., Oct. 26. JRB Art at the Elms, 2810 N. Walker Ave., 528-6336, jrbartgallery.com. SUN Tim Priebe Book Signing, author of Blog a Week: 52 Weeks of Business Blogging Topics, 6:30-8 p.m., Oct. 28. Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 842-2900, fullcirclebooks.com. TUE

FILM Pandas: The Journey Home, (U.S., 2014, dir. Nicolas Brown) a look into one of the most incredible conservation efforts in human history and the Wolong National Nature Reserve in the People’s republic of China where the giant pandas are living. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52nd St., 602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org. WED-WED Pompeii, an exclusive private viewing of the British Museum’s exhibit of Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, 7 p.m., Oct. 23. Cinemark Tinseltown, 6001 N. Martin Luther King Ave., 424-0461. THU

Reading books is fun and all, but talking about books is way cooler. Oklahoma City University’s book discussion series Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma continues with Bob Avey’s (pictured) Twisted Perception, a detective mystery chock-full of plot twists — so there should be plenty to talk about. The discussion commences 7 p.m. Tuesday in Room 151 of the Walker Center on the OCU campus, 2501 N. Blackwelder Ave. Admission is free. To register, call 208-5472 or email hwinn@okcu.edu.

Tuesday

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Memories of Murder, (South Korea, 2003, dir. Joon-ho Bong) two nerdy cops investigate a murder without any results and bring in another detective who soon leads to an assassin, 2 p.m., Oct. 26. Oklahoma City University, 2501 N. Blackwelder Ave., 208-5000, okcu.edu. SUN PROVID ED

Stray Dogs, (US, 2013, dir. Ming-liang Tsai) an alcoholic man and his children struggle to survive in Taipei until they meet a grocery clerk who may change their lives, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 23; 8 p.m., Oct. 25. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 236-3100, okcmoa. com. THU, SAT

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Botanical Chic, seasonal floral design demonstration and workshop led by George Catechis, master florist at The Fleuriste, 10 a.m.-noon, Oct. 23. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 445-7080, myriadgardens. org. THU Walking with Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular, based on the award-winning BBC television series, the story of dinosaurs’ 200 million years of life on Earth, 7 p.m., Oct. 23-24; 11 a.m., 3, 7 p.m., Oct. 25; 1, 5 p.m., Oct. 26. Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W. Reno Ave. THU-SUN Terror on 10th Street Haunted House, learn the ghostly history behind the house of horrors on this guided tour, 7-11 p.m., Oct. 24-29. Terror on 10th Street, 2005 NW 10th St., 232-1816, facebook.com/terroron10thstreet. FRI-WED Haunt the River, Halloween fun for everyone; Sky Scream zip line, Boo Zone, Ghost Bounce and other spooky adventures, 5-10 p.m., Oct. 24; 1-10 p.m., Oct. 25; 1-8 p.m., Oct. 26. Chesapeake Boathouse District, 725 S. Lincoln Blvd. FRI-SUN

Oklahoma City Halloween Parade & Costume Party: A Celebration of the Arts & Creativity Your old pals at Oklahoma Gazette officially hung up our Halloween Parade gear, but a host of volunteers and the folks at Air Comfort Solutions are keeping the tradition alive (so to speak). Slip on your costume and check out the floats, bands and all the creepy fun you know and love 7 p.m. Saturday in Automobile Alley. Entry fees for the parade benefit Allied Arts and are $75, but general admission is free. Visit okchalloweenparade.com.

Saturday

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Life in Color, world’s largest paint party featuring live music and entertainment, 8 p.m., Oct. 25. Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens, 602-8500, coxconventioncenter.com. SAT

FOOD Cheese 101, learn the style, type, age and nationality of cheese along with a few types of wine, 7:15 p.m., Oct. 24. Forward Foods, 2001 W. Main St., Norman, 321-1007, forwardfoods.com. FRI After Hours at Native Spirits Winery, live music and local wines, with costumes recommended but not required, 7:30-10 p.m., Oct. 24. Native Spirits Winery, 10500 E. Lindsey St., Norman, 329-9942, nativespiritswinery.com. FRI Saturday Cooking Class, learn how to prepare beef stew just in time for the cold weather, 10-11 a.m., Oct. 25. Uptown Grocery Co., 1230 W. Covell Rd., Edmond, 509-2700, uptowngroceryco.com. SAT

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The ABCs of What You Eat: Grapes, facts and nutritional benefits of grapes, 10 a.m., Oct. 28. Buy For Less, 2500 N. Pennsylvania Ave., 5256600, buyforlessok.com. TUE Tree to Table Benefit, cooking competition in which chefs must create dishes that highlight ingredients from trees: olives, apples, vanilla bean, avocados and more, 6:30 p.m., Oct. 28. Farmers Public Market, 311 S. Klein Ave., 2326506, okcfarmersmarket.com. TUE

YOUTH Storybook Forest, a fairy-tale forest with storybook creatures roaming the not-scary trail, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Oct. 23-29. Spring Creek Park, 7200 E. 15th St., Edmond, 359-4630, edmondok. com. THU-WED

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Magic Lantern Celebration, children go from studio to studio building a costume and then show it off at the Spin ’n’ Sparkle Dance Parade, 3-7:30 p.m., Oct. 26. Paseo Arts District, 3022 Paseo St., 525-2688, thepaseo.com. SUN

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Tune in to either 106.3 KGOU-FM or 105.7 KROU-FM on Saturday mornings, and you’re likely to hear Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know, a nationally syndicated Public Radio International humorous quiz/interview show with quippy banter and a live studio audience. A live recording of the show begins promptly at 10 a.m. Saturday (so get there early) at the Visual and Performing Arts Center Theater on the Oklahoma City Community College campus, 777 S. May Ave. Guests include local band Honeylark, The Lost Ogle’s Patrick Riley, Academy Award-winning producer Gray Frederickson and a representative from Cattlemen’s Steakhouse. Tickets are $25-$45. Call 682-7579 or visit tickets.occc.edu.

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Haunt the Zoo, trick-or-treating fun for everyone in which you follow the pumpkin path to fantasy-themed booths for tasty treats, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Oct. 26-29. Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington Pl., 424-3344, okczoo.com. SUN-WED Brick-or-Treat, trick-or-treat event in Bricktown featuring face-painting, candy-hunting and more fun, 4-7 p.m., Oct. 28. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 S. Mickey Mantle Drive, 218-1000, bricktownokc. com. TUE

Monster Dash, Halloween 5K and fun run to support Junior League’s community projects, 9 a.m., Oct. 25. Reaves Park, 2501 Jenkins Ave., Norman, 366-5472, visitnorman.com. SAT

PERFORMING ARTS

Ghost Runners 5k Dog Run, 5k benefiting the Heartland Weimaraner Rescue feauturing kids fun run and play zone, booths, treats, costume contests and more, 1 p.m., Oct. 26. Stars & Stripes Park, 3701 S. Lake Hefner, 297-2756, ghostrunners5k.com. SUN

Blithe Spirit, in this comedic play, a seance brings Charles Condomine’s first wife back to torment him over their marriage and then after a car accident, his second wife returns to join the chaos, 8 p.m., Oct. 23-25, 2:30 p.m., Oct. 26. Jewel Box Theatre, 3700 N. Walker Ave., 521-1786, jewelboxtheatre.org. THU-SUN

Golfing FORE Good Classic, four-person scramble golf tournament with awards and lunch to benefit the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, 9 a.m., Oct. 27. Oak Tree Golf & Country Club, 700 W. Country Club Drive, Edmond, 340-1010, heenanshomefurnishings.com/ golf. MON

Consider the Oyster, comedy by David MacGregor in which Gene breaks his leg and the oyster shell the doctor left in his leg to help it heal causes Gene to slowly turn into a female, 8 p.m., Oct. 24-25. Carpenter Square Theatre, 806 W. Main St., 232-6500, carpentersquare.com. FRI-SAT

VISUAL ARTS

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, musical based on the 1973 play, 8 p.m., Oct. 24; 11 p.m., Oct. 25. Reduxion Theatre Company, 1613 N. Broadway Ave., 651-3191, reduxiontheatre.com. FRI-SAT A Salute to Sgt. Pepper’s, presented by the OKC Philharmonic Pops Series and starring Classical Mystery Tour, a Beatles tribute tribute band, 8 p.m., Oct. 24-25. Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave., 297-2264, okcciviccenter.com. FRI-SAT The Steve Reynolds Program Talk Show, featuring Matt Silverstein, Honoree Jeffers and Team Nightstand with comedic warm-ups by Jessi Kyle, Exum, Jeramy Westbrook and Michael C. Hall, 9 p.m., Oct. 25. Opolis, 113 N. Crawford Ave., Norman, opolis.org. SAT

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OKC Barons VS. Texas Stars, minor league hockey, 7 p.m., Oct. 24. Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens, 602-8500, coxconventioncenter.com. FRI Monster Mash Cardio Extreme, Halloween spectacular fitness workout where you can change up

A Fragile Existence, photography exhibit by Mark Zimmerman explores the battle his wife fought against breast cancer. University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University Drive, Edmond, 974-2000, uco.edu. Burlesque Diva dia Muertos, a feminist-tribute exhibit by Marilyn Artus. AKA Gallery, 3001 Paseo St., 6062522, akagallery.net. Concepts & Models, a variety of experiential pieces being created for future exhibits that evolve with each showing. Firehouse Art Center, 444 S. Flood Ave., Norman, 329-4523, normanfirehouse.com. Glass Act, powdered glass exhibit. Jann Jeffrey Gallery, 3018 Paseo St., 607-0406, jannjeffrey.com. Jeff Sparks, mythology-inspired works. DNA Galleries, 1709 NW 16th St., 525-3499, dnagalleries. com. Legacy in Bronze, in celebration of Allan Houser’s 100th birthday, the exhibit features five large-scale bronze sculptures he created. Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., 521-3356, ok.gov. Linda Littlechild Exhibit, Oklahoma artist inspired by her travels in the United States and Europe. Gallery 66, 6728 NW 39th Expressway, Bethany, 314-2430, gallery66ok.com.

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Lotus Flowers & Butterflies, display of Oklahoma native Rick Sinnet’s larger-than-life, colorful paintings. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 4457080, myriadgardens.org.

Roots, exhibit of freestanding and wall-mounted metal sculptures made of found objects by Jim Dodson Jr. Governor’s Gallery, State Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931, arts.ok.gov.

My Generation: Young Chinese Artists, the new generations of artists examine their homeland from a global perspective, featuring painters, video artists, installation artists and more. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 236-3100, okcmoa.com.

Terra, New York artist Orly Gender’s work inspired by Oklahoma’s wide open spaces and red dirt. Campbell Park, NW 11th Street and Broadway Avenue. Read more on page 38.

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The Dirty Fabulous, works created with acrylic and oil on metal as part of an ongoing series since 1993. DNA Galleries, 1709 NW 16th St., 525-3499, dnagalleries. com.

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Oklahoma Arts Conference, bringing together the state’s arts industry by providing networking and development opportunities for artists, organizations, students and educators, Oct. 22-23. Embassy Suites Conference Center, 2501 Conference Drive, Norman, 364-8040, arts.ok.gov. WED-THU

And many more to choose from!

Thunderheads, highlights work of Oklahoma City artist David Holland. University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, 1727 W. Alabama Ave., Chickasha, 2243140, usao.edu. Westward HO!, exhibit featuring pastelist Dale Martin’s Western works. The Summer Wine Art Gallery, 2928 B Paseo St., 831-3279, summerwinegallery.com. PROVIDED

Out of the Box, eight companies were given a box of objects and given the task to create something “out of the box” that can take a picture, turn on a fan, turn on/off a clock, draw a picture or blow up a balloon. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52nd St., 6026664, sciencemuseumok.org.

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Oklahoma Aiukli If you have driven down Western Avenue lately, you might have noticed a massive public art project called Oklahoma Aiukli, a collaborative piece inspired by a 13-year-old Choctaw girl named Bella Aiukli. The project’s completion will be unveiled — along with an auction of the painting’s original concept — at the 12th Annual Taste of Western, 6-9 p.m. Thursday at Hoffmans Furniture, 3704 N. Western Ave. Tickets to Taste of Western are $50-$60. Call 371-2460 or For OKG visit ecooperstudio.com.

Thursday

music picks see page 49

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Mug overfloweth OKCBio BrewFest moves into a larger venue to make room for its burgeoning legion of local beer fans. BY GREG HORTON

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Last year’s OKBio BrewFest, an annual fundraiser that features local breweries, was such a success that it has moved into a ballpark. “We are excited about the new venue,” said Scott Meacham, president and CEO of OKBio and i2E. “It means we will have plenty of parking and plenty of space, and it means we can make this a bigger event every year.” This year, vendors include 14 breweries, distilleries and wineries. Many are return visitors, including Roughtail Brewing Company of Midwest City. Co-owner Blaine Stansell said Roughtail will be pouring four beers, including its new Pumpkin Latte Stout. “It’s 3.2 offering,” Stansell said of the percent of alcohol in the brew, “but the body is still excellent. Very similar to Guinness, in fact. We added lactose to beef up the body, and the vanilla beans and chocolate really add to the flavor.” In addition to the Pumpkin Latte Stout, Roughtail will also pour IPA, Polar Night and 12th Round. Black Mesa Brewing Company, fresh off its gold medal win at the World Beer Cup, also will be pouring a few beers. Brad Stumph, co-owner of Black Mesa, said it will offer Black Mesa Blonde, Alexander Supertramp Doppelbock and the Double ESB Endless Skyway Bitter. Many of the breweries — COOP Ale Works, Choc Beer Company and Anthem Brewing Company — are familiar to fans of local beer, but a few names are not as well-known around the metro. Elk Valley Brewing Co., also of Midwest City, just got approval for its first labels in spring. BrewFest will be a chance for Oklahoma City beer lovers to get out and meet brewmaster John Elkins. Two of the state’s distilleries, Prairie Wolf Spirits and Scissortail Distillery, also

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Guests enjoy the fine October weather and beer at BrewFest 2013. will be at the event, as will representatives from beer enthusiast groups like Yeastie Boys and Red Earth Brewers. There will be a lot of beer, discovery and tasting happening on Nov. 6, but the underlying goal of the festival is to raise the public profile of biosciences across the state. “The idea is to raise awareness of the Oklahoma Bioscience Association (OKBio) and to expose these excellent local breweries, distilleries and wineries to even more people,” Meacham said. Meacham believes this festival offers the best of both. He said OKBio has approximately 50 members, including companies in every size range. OKBio, established in 2008, is a nonprofit that helps provide focus and drives growth in the state’s burgeoning bioscience industry. “We have a very dynamic biomedical and bioscience community in Oklahoma,” Meacham said. “It’s a

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There will be a lot of beer, discovery and tasting happening on Nov. 6, but the underlying goal of the festival is to raise the public profile of biosciences across the state.

Ballpark allows for a lot of festival growth. The evening’s festivities include live entertainment from Hosty Duo, featuring longtime local guitarist Mike Hosty and two-piece drummer Michael “Tic Tac” Byars. The pair’s music incorporates everything from thigh-slaps to kazoo playing, foot-stomping to singalongs. Meacham said ballpark vendors will be open to sell food.

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growing sector that is increasing in importance in terms of the state’s economic growth.” i2E (Innovation to Enterprise) inherited BrewFest a couple years ago with a goal to expand. Meacham said tickets sell fast, but Chickasaw Bricktown

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Designated driver tickets are $15 and include two nonalcoholic drinks and a free t-shirt. Full-price general admission ($25) includes a 14-oz mug; a free t-shirt to the first 300 guests; and samples of local craft beers, wine and spirits. Free parking is available at Chevy Bricktown Events Center and on Joe Carter and Reno avenues. Live music from Hosty Duo.

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Paseo Feast serves up sustenance for both mind and body. The microfundraiser secures grants to promising Oklahoma artists and is presented by Paseo Arts Association. The ninth event in its fundraising series, Thursday’s event includes a cocktail party with appetizers and sweets. Feast is an acronym for Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics. It was founded two years ago by Paseo Arts Association (PAA) board members to help artists statewide. The concept isn’t new; it’s a trend in communities across the country. “Microfunding” feasts raise donations, much like a Kickstarter campaign, to share as small grants to new and emerging Oklahoma artists. “[Feasts] are very helpful and encourage communities across the country and the world to start their own micro-grant funding,” said Ashley Griffith, co-chairwoman of the event. Griffith helped build this campaign

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by modeling it after others in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Brooklyn. In fact, even the name is borrowed from Feast Brooklyn. Griffith was inspired. “With the help of an excellent committee, we sat down and figured out how to do this in Oklahoma,” she said. At Thursday’s event, patrons will receive a ballot along with their appetizers and sweets. As they nosh, artists will present multiple projects and guests can vote for their favorite. The artist with the most votes wins a grant comprised of the night’s proceeds, Griffith said. Featured presenters are Suzanne Henthorn, Beatriz Mayorca, Shaun Perkins, Holly Wilson and collaborative artists Yiren and James Gallagher. Griffith said PAA hosts three dinners a year and has raised $13,000. A fiveperson committee carefully selects five Oklahoma-based finalists for each event, Griffin said. Then, the committee reaches out to local venues to host the events. “Nothing is off the table. We try to help artists of all disciplines achieve their goals,” Griffith said. Amanda Bleakley, PAA executive director, said with 75-125 in attendance and growing, each Feast raises about $1,200-2,400 for grants, not including core event expenditures. Griffith hopes her Feast concept gains traction. “We wanted to share our experience and encourage others to start one in

A presentation is shared during a recent Paseo Feast fundraiser.

Nothing is off the table. We try to help artists of all disciplines achieve their goals. — Ashley Griffith

their community,” she said. As each Feast grows in popularity, PAA scouts local venues with more space to meet its needs. More space means more seats for ticket-buying guests, which means larger grants for artists. This Feast also is held in conjunction with Oklahoma Arts Conference (OAC), a state-organized event that brings together both the arts and cultural professionals to provide professional development and networking opportunities, Bleakley said. Griffith and two others will participate in a panel discussion about micro- and crowd-funding at OAC’s Oct. 22-23 conference.

MEET THE ARTISTS At Thursday’s Paseo Feast event, five finalists will give five-minute presentations of their work. They also will be available afterward to discuss projects with guests.

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Holly Wilson, Native in America Her project interprets how modern Native American children live through five individual yet overlapping themes. One theme uses Wilson’s own masks worn by youth in everyday situations. Shaun Perkins/Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry (ROAM), Poem Life “I didn’t choose the poem life; the poem life chose me,” she said. Her one-woman show showcases her mission to not only bring poetry to a larger audience, but to bring it out of the people she meets. NOMI (Yiren and James Gallagher), Greenbelt Meridian The collaborative duo creates a surreal visual corridor that winds through Tulsa’s Hardesty Arts Center to “actualize” collages of greenery, animated nature and “enclosure” as it relates to conservation and ancient city design. Beatriz Mayorca, Oklahoma Mad: Functional Art Mayorca developed a collection of timeless, clean and functional wooden furniture, lights and burlap rugs and pillows. They will be on display at Mainsite Contemporary Art in Norman in December. Suzanne Henthorn, Touched by Fire Henthorn’s goal is to remove the stigma of mental illness by showing that “ill” is not synonymous with “crazy.” She describes her work as a “visual journal” of her own experiences with mental illness and includes unusual self-portraits.

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Eat it up who do you walk for?

Over 30 years, chef Kurt Fleischfresser’s curiosity helped establish our city’s love of localized menus.

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If you haven’t noticed already, Oklahoma Gazette celebrates its 35th birthday this month, and oh, how times have changed. In 1979, this alt-weekly was in its infancy and chain restaurants ruled the landscape. Inventive, local fare was scarce. Thirty years ago, Kurt Fleischfresser was a work-study scholarship student at Oklahoma State University, working part-time in its cafeteria. So began a culinary adventure that transformed not only what Oklahomans eat but how they think about food. Today, chef Fleischfresser and his many apprentices, along with countless men and women who also adhere to his fondness for regionally sourced menus, embody a dining revolution that has provided this city with hundreds of locally owned eateries. We talked with him about his career and the changes in food culture in OKC over the past 35 years. Oklahoma Gazette: Is it fair to say that you transformed how Oklahoma City dines? Kurt Fleischfresser: I’m not sure I would go that far, but I think I have had a positive influence.

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OKG: What was it like to dine out in OKC 35 years ago? Even 10 years ago?

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KF: Thirty-five years ago, I was 19 and I had a great meal at The Great American Railroad. It was a grilled steak and huge shrimp grilled in-shell,

[and] that was as fancy as I would eat back then. Shortly after that, I started on the path to be a chef myself. I trained around the country, and then I moved back to Oklahoma for a position [here] … It was so hard to buy fresh fish or interesting veggies [and] anything that wasn’t steak. OKG: You trained at Le Vichyssois in Illinois, among other places, but you returned in 1988. What prompted your return? KF: Oklahoma had just passed liquorby-the-drink, Remington Park was being built; a lot of exciting things were happening. I wanted to take my training and use Oklahoma products to come up with a regional cuisine that was truly our own. OKG: What did you find most surprising about restaurant-goers during this time? KF: The thing I noticed the most is that Oklahomans loved to travel and eat at crazy restaurants out of town, but when they were here, they liked to eat a little more feet-on-the-ground style. It wasn’t that they didn’t have seasoned palates; it was just that there were different expectations. OKG: How did locals respond to your ideas about seasonal menus and local ingredients? KF: The first four menus I did

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Now The Coach House: owner, chef Vast: chef, oversees restaurant operations Irma’s Burger Shack: founding partner Western Concepts Restaurant Group: co-owner, executive chef (The Tasting Room, Sushi Neko, Musashi’s Japanese Steakhouse, The Lobby Cafe & Bar, Will Rogers Theatre)

Then Flint: oversaw restaurant operations Earl’s Rib Palace: developed original menu and recipes Portobello: developed menu with partner, changed concept to Deep Fork Deep Fork Grill: partner, developed menu The Metro Wine Bar & Bistro: founding partner, developed menu at Montrachet (in Tulsa), sister to The Metro Museum Cafe: owned Iguana Lounge: partner, developed menu

completely changed with each season — it was too much. When guests liked a dish, they expected to come back and order it again, [and] that’s when I learned to have a base of solid menu items and a variety of seasonal specials. The farmers and ranchers thought I was a little weird when I went and approached them [directly] for products for the restaurants; there was a big learning curve. Now, you have producers that will come and approach you, which is fantastic. OKG: Have you been tempted to leave again?

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KF: I’ve always had great faith in Oklahoma. I really enjoy living here and the people that are here. Luckily, I’ve been able to travel a lot, but it’s always great to come home. OKG: One consistent comment from Gazette readers is the impact it has on their dining choices. What impact do you feel it has had on readers? How well has it kept up with culinary trends and traditions? KF: I think the Gazette has done a great job of being a part of the local dining scene. It always emphasizes the positive while acknowledging what could improve. It has been great watching the food and drink section develop to where it is now. It touches on a lot of places, people and things each week, especially the great ethnic places in OKC. OKG: You’ve met and worked with many top chefs. Who has inspired you? KF: John Bennett, Jacques Pépin, Roland Passot, David Chang and Daniel Boulud, just to name a few.

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OKG: Who do you consider your peers? KF: Everybody in the independent restaurant community. There are too many to mention, but I am constantly learning just by observing what’s going on around me. OKG: How have you most changed in three decades, and how has OKC most changed?

Kurt Fleischfresser’s lamb chops with seasonal asparagus, potatoes, turnips and spinach at Vast, located atop Devon Tower.

KF: Personally, I am more confident and comfortable with my abilities. As for OKC, I love that there are now so many options [that] we are no longer a second-rate dining city.

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Western’s newest restaurant, The Barrel, offers traditional British pub fare, from fish and chips to spotted dick. BY GREG ELWELL

The Barrel 4308 N. WESTERN AVE. BARRELOKC.COM 525-6682 WHAT WORKS: HOT FISH AND CHIPS AND A NICE BRUNCH MENU. WHAT NEEDS WORK: ATTENTION TO DETAIL, ESPECIALLY ON THE BRUSSELS SPROUTS. TIP: CHECK OUT HOURS OF OPERATION AND MENUS. NOT EVERYTHING IS AVAILABLE ALL THE TIME.

It’s a little weird that the first thing most people tell me about The Barrel, Oklahoma City’s new British pub concept in the shell that used to be Cafe Nova, is that the spicy ketchup is really good. And it’s also a little weird that I totally agree. Isn’t it just Tabasco sauce in ketchup? I don’t even know. I just love it. Honestly, the early word on The Barrel, 4308 N. Western Ave., was not great. When I asked for opinions,

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There are other sides ($5 each) worth trying, too. The Pub Mac-n-Cheese mixes penne pasta, creamy cheese sauce and mushrooms with shreds of its namesake on top. most of my friends used some variation of the word “meh.” And that’s somewhat funny, because that’s how people used to talk about Nova, too. Is there something in the walls? No! Or at least I don’t think so. I’ve eaten there several times since it opened and discovered several immensely enjoyable dishes. The fish and chips ($10), only

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available on the dinner menu, are made with a classic beer-battered cod. You get four big chunks of fish, hot and crisp, with a big cluster of Barrel fries. The fish itself is tender and moist and flakes apart easily as you bite into it. Whether you dip it into the tartar sauce or drizzle malt vinegar on it, it’s a darn palatable plate of food. The fries could stand alone. Order a batch to snack on while nursing a few beers from the fairly extensive menu. And the spicy ketchup … Look, just get it. There are other sides ($5 each) worth trying, too. The Pub Mac-nCheese mixes penne pasta, creamy cheese sauce and mushrooms with shreds of its namesake on top. It’s not so rich that you can’t eat it all, but it probably wouldn’t hurt to share. However, the roasted Brussels sprouts were a letdown. And, believe me, I can’t believe I’m the kind of guy who orders Brussels sprouts in restaurants, either. Here’s what roasting does: It makes vegetables edible. A little oil, a little seasoning and the high heat of an oven will activate the inherent sweetness hidden in even the most terrible vegetables. Broccoli, cauliflower and even Brussels sprouts are better with an oven-char on them. The Barrel’s version, sadly, was lacking that color. This time, the heat didn’t deliver the flavor I was hoping for. A pinch more seasoning or perhaps a splash of a bright vinegar would help. Most of the folks I talked to tried the Barrel Burger ($8), so I tried it,

too. The sirloin patty certainly is filling and cooked to order, but its golden crown of rich, melted, smoked cheddar cheese makes this menu item king. The pretzel bun, crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside, is a distinctive touch, too, as it holds up to the juicy ingredients without tearing or becoming soggy. (Vegetarians and vegans be aware: There’s a Vegan Burger for $7, as well.) If you make it in for brunch on Saturday or Sunday morning, I recommend the shrimp and grits ($10). This is a holdover from the old Cafe Nova brunch that I sorely missed. The grits are creamy and infused with cheese. The shrimp is substantial and cooked well. Drizzled over the top of it all, The Barrel’s creole sauce serves a hint of heat. I added a poached egg ($2) because I will always add a poached egg, but I think the dish is plenty satisfying without it. For dessert, the very funny — though traditionally named — spotted dick ($7) is an oddity with a texture similar to pudding, and it’s laced with dried fruit. I found the flavor reminiscent of Fig Newtons. For a crowd, the milk jam and chocolate ($10) comes with a serving of fruit, pretzels and pound cake to dip in the milk jam — think dulce de leche — and chocolate sauce. I know some folks haven’t loved The Barrel, but my experiences were pleasant. Indeed, I found the wait staff helpful and the menu full of tasty options.

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Practice makes perfect The last thirty-five years flew by. We think these seasoned local eateries have a lot in common with Oklahoma Gazette (other than longevity): They’re not afraid to buck the trends and are unapologetically true to themselves. — By Devon Green Photos by Mark Hancock and Shannon Cornman

Papa Dio’s Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar 10712 N. May Ave. papadiosokc.com 755-2255

An institution run by three generations of the Bonadio family, Papa Dio’s welcomes all guests, from large family groups to intimate dates. It’s split in half, with a casual side that’s family-friendly and a more formal white tablecloth side. The restaurant offers over 160 menu items (not including daily specials).

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Interurban

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If you haven’t set foot in this unassuming converted house on historic Route 66, it’s high time you did. Knowing that consistency and quality are a winning combination, the CocaCola mural and the pink Cadillac out front are signs that you’ve hit the right place to try the official state meal.

This eatery has been around for so long that it’s often overlooked, and that’s a shame. Since Interurban was established in 1976, it has grown to include eight locations statewide. For nearly four decades, Interurban has maintained a solid menu with daily specials that vary by location. Practice does, in fact, make perfect.

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This restaurant/music venue/bar has long been a favorite stop for bands, and its show history is a veritable who’s who of music. If you were hanging out in OKC during the ’90s, chances are you saw The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Reverend Horton Heat and Michele Shocked at VZD’s. The venue serves daily specials, a fresh and varied lunch menu and locally sourced, fresh ingredients.

If there’s something that Okies love as much as good food, it’s a great story, and Legend’s has both. It started in 1967 as a pizza delivery service. Owner Lemuel B. Legend tooled around town, distributing pies via Rolls Royce roadster. In 1972, Lemuel expanded into the brick-andmortar special occasion destination known today. Maybe spending time with your in-laws isn’t always a blast, but meeting them at Legend’s will be.

Since the ’20s, The Mont has remained one of Norman’s most popular venues. It went through a string of ownership from 1969-’75 before it was bought by three OU fraternity brothers and its place in history and its menu were restored. Today, it offers quality food, a great patio and some of the best margarita swirls in the metro.

There are only a few dining experiences that come close to Jamil’s. The converted house on Lincoln Boulevard serves a diverse menu of gorgeous hand-cut steaks, classic sides and nods to the owner’s Lebanese heritage. If the food isn’t enough — trust us; it is — the service will keep you coming back for more.

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Oh, dear readers! Thank you for sharing your days (and nights) with Oklahoma Gazette for 35 wonderful years.

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We asked readers what they most loved most about reading Oklahoma Gazette, and you responded. We heard from foodies, puzzle lovers, artists, news junkies, city leaders, former employees (Yeah, they said nice things, too!) and dozens of others. Thank you, Oklahoma Gazette readers. We love you. 1985 Brian and Fawn hammons: For

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years, my wife and I have eaten breakfast on the weekends at local diners around Oklahoma City and Edmond. Every time we walk into one of our favorite establishments, we pick up the Gazette. The articles, stories and events inside the Gazette become part of our conversation that morning and direct us to fun activities and events the rest of the month. Congrats on your 35th anniversary!

Let me count the ways... The Gazette is the only weekly alternative newspaper worth reading in Oklahoma. It’s my go-to for happenings around OKC and Norman. I can always count on Gazette to give me an unbiased news story that is actually thought-out and very well-written, not to mention the bad-ass graphic designers and that amazing advertising director, Christy Duane, filling the paper with great advertisers. Happy 35th, Gazette!

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2004

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different than other local news outlets. todd Rudat: It’s free, informative, Daniel theisen: I love Gazette

for reporting all sides of a story or issue. Even if I don’t share the same viewpoint with your publication, at least I feel like the Gazette gives a more honest picture of truth than most other media outlets in Oklahoma City, by far. Plus, the coverage of arts and food is the best, especially new restaurants and food trends. I wish you still had movie showtime listings, but smart phones and Fandango have picked up the slack there. Thanks, Gazette! Valencia Brown: For the past 35

years, the Gazette has been informing Oklahoma of upcoming events, places of entertainment, new places to eat and visit for kids of all ages. I personally enjoy the Gazette for these reasons and am grateful for the information this paper gives.

touches on all things entertainment and is a great bathroom read. Love ya, OKG!

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karen miles: I love the Gazette’s

coverage of news stories with a viewpoint not seen elsewhere. I also like the Sudoku puzzle in each issue. I look forward to each Wednesday! kim Jameson: Until the web version

of the Gazette became available, friends and family saved and sent me copies after my move to Tennessee. I still pick up Gazettes when I’m home and take them back with me to put on my coffee table to stay really connected to my roots. No lie: I’ve heard on way more than one occasion, “How did you know what’s going on in OKC?” To which my answer has been, “It’s in the Gazette!” Congrats on 35 great years and keeping me connected!

Danielle Correll: I love that you can ana Bloom: It is my go-to guide

always rely on Oklahoma Gazette to see the exciting events for the month and the holiday seasons, also the fantastic places to eat and try. It’s always a go-to me for me each week!

to what is happening around town! Whenever family and friends visit, I look in the Gazette to see where I can take them.

Jordan Stricker: I love Oklahoma

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Gazette. Reading it often sends me back in time to fond memories of my youth in Norman.

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1979

December 1980

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Gazette moves to Maney House at 11th Street and Shartel Avenue

april 19, 1995

The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building is bombed, killing 168 people. The Gazette rises to the occasion with award–winning coverage. Also becomes part of the story as Phil Bacharach, the former editor-inchief begins correspondence with Timothy McVeigh, which provides a different angle to the story that other publications lacked. However, the FBI was not impressed and showed up at the Gazette.

1993

Gazette Headquarters moves to current location at 3701 N. Shartel Ave.

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It was 1989, and local graphic artist Matt Goad had just arrived from Arizona. He was wearing a Meat Puppets shirt in art class when another student informed him that he just read in the Oklahoma Gazette that the same band was playing that night in Norman. “Too good to be true. I ran out and snagged a copy, and sure enough, they were playing that night at a club called Rome,” Goad said. “It was my 19th birthday.” He said it was a serendipitous moment when he discovered something that he didn’t realize he needed. He was hooked. In the intervening years, he honed his craft as a designer and illustrator and has contributed countless ads and various illustrations for OKG news pieces. Today, he is the creative director at Funnel Design Group. As a musician, Goad’s former band Starlight Mints had a write-up around 1999. Continued on next page

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Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett is more than a fan of the Gazette;; for many years, he reported for us, too. They’re stories he framed and hung in his own production office, too, he said. “I wrote profiles of [OU Athletic Director] Joe Castiglione, [gymnasts] Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci, the OKC Blazers and Cavalry, [arena football coach] Bob Cortese and Bob Stoops,” he said. “I wrote the Stoops story before his first game at OU and was told at the time that it was one of the most popular Gazettes — that they were flying off the racks. I wrote a weekly sports column for the Gazette, as well.” Although he doesn’t recall the first time he was written about in the Gazette, he does remember his first reaction to it. Cornett was shocked that it was free. Yes, the cover price is one reason it’s so widely read, but Cornett believes there’s more to its prolonged popularity. “It hasn’t lost its primary focus on arts, entertainment and nightlife in Oklahoma City,” Cornett said.

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From Republican to Democrat, young to old, artistic to news-hound, fans pick up Oklahoma Gazette from more than 800 locations every week. Our first issue, printed Oct. 15, 1979, by publisher Bill Bleakley, had a circulation of 2,000 copies. Today, Oklahoma Gazette is still owned and run by Bleakley. It is the largest independent, Oklahoma-owned newspaper in the state with a weekly readership of more than 134,000. It’s available (and still free) across the metro. For our birthday issue, we sought insight from prominent readers and discovered that they stick with us because we write the stories that they want — and need — to read.

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“I thought we hit the big-time,” he said. Goad said he has valued OKG music reviews on local bands and art and mined events listings “since way before Facebook.”

Jim Roth was the first openly gay person to hold a public office in Oklahoma County. And he’s an all-around swell dude. His earliest memory of the Gazette is one he said he won’t forget. “I recall picking up a copy in the entry of Leslie’s Painted Desert on my way in for two-for-one beers with some law school friends in the early ’90s,” Roth said. “I would peruse the articles, search for restaurant coupons and read about live music venues, although mostly, as a dedicated OCU Law student, I lived vicariously through the Gazette because I didn’t have the time or money to do much else.” Roth also contributed to Oklahoma Gazette and was covered in its news section. The first time he was mentioned, he believes, was as a candidate for county commissioner in Oklahoma County’s District 1 in 2002. “I recall meeting with the editorial staff and describing why I was a candidate to reform county government and bring new ideas to local government,” he said. Roth enjoys the news and political coverage in the Gazette because he said it seems to “dig deeper than most news sources.” “The Gazette remains relevant and impactful because it manages to be forwardleaning enough to inspire, while being realistic enough to capture an accurate pulse of the broader community as it evolves,” he said.

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me what is going on, simple as that. Jacquelyn mcCloskey: I love you,

Gazette, because you are “the swag” of OKC! BEST reading material in town: interesting, exciting, ever-new. Everything I ever wanted to know I learned from the Gazette. It’s the coolest, latest, “up-to-date” news on OKC! Robert Jackson: It’s not The

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Fall means a lull in activities, cooler weather, pumpkin-carving and Halloween parties. For other people, it means six-foot-tall foxes, wolves and dragons converging on one of Oklahoma’s state parks. This isn’t your typical Halloween costume party. In fact, it has nothing to do with Halloween at all. Oklahoma is host to the world’s largest outdoor Furry convention, Oklacon. The convention has been held each year at Roman Nose State Park, just outside Watonga, since 2003. According to BlueOtter, one of the founders and current organizers of Oklacon (who only wanted his furry pseudonym — or fursona — used), “Furries are fantasy animal characters that have human characteristics and can vary in definition from realistic werewolves to cartoons like Garfield.” He added that people within the Furry community and those who attend Oklacon share common interests in anthropomorphism, or animals taking on human characteristics, but the level of interest can differ from person to person. From those who just like to create Furry-related artwork and stories to those who don fursuits, he said there’s a wide variety of different people that the event brings in. A common misconception is that Furries wear costumes and all desire to actually be the animal they portray. BlueOtter said that while this might be accurate for some of those who come to Oklacon, it is not necessarily representative of all of those who attend the event. He said that Oklahoma has long

above Oklacon furry convention participants: from left Zaf is Zachary McWilliams, Misora is Rachel Swyear and Kobalt Silverstar is Mark Franks.

had a large Furry community and what started as small gatherings would later lead to the beginnings of Oklacon. He added that the early 2000s were the start for many of the Furry conventions that take place around the country and draw in thousands of visitors each year. When planning a convention for Oklahoma, he envisioned a different experience than those found in a crowded convention center. “Walking into a 5,000-person convention can be daunting and disappointing if you’re trying to connect with a lot of other Furries you know primarily from online who are also doing the same,” he said.

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The convention has had visitors from all over the world. One came from Australia last year, and visitors from Canada and Wales are expected this year. The majority come from Oklahoma and neighboring states, but there are also those who make the trek from all over the U.S. Among the key aspects of the convention, apart from the scheduled daily events, are the contributions made to charities over the years. Oklacon has partnered with WildCare Foundation of Noble, Oklahoma this year. The foundation takes in injured animals, rehabilitates them and releases them back into the wild, including federally protected species such as golden and bald eagles. Oklacon 2014 runs ThursdaySunday. For more information on scheduled events and everything else Oklacon, visit oklacon.com.

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Scary jaunts There are a few horror shows outside the metro that are worth the drive for horror-seekers. BY DANNIEL PARKER

For some, Halloween is an excuse to scare people witless. That’s what it means to Bob Wright, part owner of the Thunderbird Trail of Fear Haunted Scream Park, 14501 E. Etowah Road, in Noble. It is strongly recommended by the website Travel Oklahoma. “We hold contests some evenings to see how many people we can get to pee their pants,” Wright said. “Sometimes we have people curl into the fetal position on the ground.” Wright said the haunt he built with co-owner Matt Achemire takes the extra step to get into the visitors’ heads psychologically. He uses a team of actors that break up the tension up with humor just to keep visitors on their toes. “We try to suspend your belief so you won’t think you’re in the real world anymore,” he said. The backstory is set in the country-side near Lawton, there was this family nobody liked to talk about: The Hackensaws. Rumor was the Hackensaw family was unnatural. A family of inbreds, they hunted down trespassers on their land. Since the Hackensaws moved outside of Noble a year ago, the number of missing persons reports filed is quite troubling. “Every once in a while, folks wander on down here,” said Purdy Hackensaw. “But they ain’t exactly missing ’cause we know where they’re at. I ain’t saying they’re all in Momma’s stew, but we know where they’re at.” Garrett Irvin is a marine stationed at Fort Sill who lives in Norman. He transforms into the menacing cannibal Purdy Hackensaw for a few weekends each year. To learn more, visit trailoffear.com.

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State of the arts Despite a barrage of fiscal challenges, Oklahoma Arts Council and similar organizations have persisted and prospered for decades. BY MOLLY EVANS

Oklahoma was one of the first states to establish a state agency for the arts, which it did in 1965. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation creating the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), which provided funding to arts organizations that promised a significant economic or cultural impact to the particular state. According to the NEA’s historical archives, “the breadth of American creativity and the power of federal authorities … had never established a permanent official body dedicated” to the arts. During this time, America’s baby boomers were growing up, going to college and becoming a generation of artists and art advocates — thus, the NEA was founded. That same year, Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon used his discretionary funds and those from the newly established NEA to create the Arts and Humanities Council — which today is known as Oklahoma Arts Council (OAC) — in order to secure the financial future of the arts, said Amber Sharples, executive director of OAC. The council also sustains a collection of more than 100 pieces in the State Art Collection housed in the Betty Price Gallery. Price was the director of OAC for 33 years,

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above Oklahoma Arts Council’s Amber Sharples and Joel Gavin. until 2007, when the collection was relocated to the Capitol. The collection was started in 1971 and has grown ever since. In addition to preserving decades of Oklahoma art, Sharples and the 13 members of the council process grant requests from arts organizations in Oklahoma’s metro, tribal and rural areas; provide professional development to those organizations to secure private funding; and promote arts education and accessibility. Since 1965, the council has been able to fulfill thousands of grants requests, funded through appropriations from the state Legislature and the NEA for more than 1,000 organizations throughout Oklahoma. Such organizations include OKC’s Red Earth Festival, which yields 30,000 visitors and 100 Native American tribes annually, and the Enid Symphony Orchestra, a staple of Northwest Oklahoma since 1906. Funding for the council from the state Legislature is less than one-tenth of the state’s budget, according to the OAC website. However, the amount of funding the agency receives has fluctuated in recent years, considering the recession, 2013’s House Bill 1895

and federal sequestration. This has made the ever-increasing grant requests from arts organizations harder to fulfill, Sharples said. As executive director, Sharples informs state legislators and policymakers about Oklahoma art’s economic, social and cultural impact. She saw the recent hardship as an opportunity to promote the arts even more directly, most recently during this summer’s interim study of the future of OAC. “When the opportunity came up to really engage policymakers to look at the needs of the state, the priorities, this gave us that opportunity, the platform to talk to them about that,” said Joel Gavin, director of marketing and communications for OAC. In fiscal year 2013, OAC was able to reward approximately $3.5 million in grants, but it received nearly $5 million in requests. Despite this disparity, Sharples said for every $1 in public funding awarded to state arts organizations like Red Earth and Enid Symphony, an average of $14 is matched in private funding. Douglas Newell, director of the Enid Symphony since 1983, said the symphony has received funding from

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OAC since 1965. Newell said without the public funding from OAC, the symphony would not be able to leverage local funds, which are raised through advertising in the concert programs, facility rentals, sponsored concerts and an annual drive. “When we write applications for grant funding, I try to be realistic and look at what’s happening with the economy, and I keep a very close look on what’s happening at the State Capitol,” Newell said. “It’s sort of like calculating the price of oil six months from now; you really can’t, but you have to plan on it.” Despite these fiscal challenges, Sharples remains optimistic. “We have looked at it as an opportunity and have really seen the different communities across the state defend the importance of the arts and having arts transform their communities,” she said. Newell said he has enjoyed his experience at the symphony over the last 30 years. “I’ve had a wonderful opportunity to grow both in its public knowledge of the organization and its capacity to serve the community and our region of the state, Northwest Oklahoma,” he said. “And that is in large part to the funding of the Oklahoma Arts Council.” For smaller cities and rural areas, OAC understands there are fewer monetary resources to fund arts programming, whether it’s an entertainment or educational event, Gavin said. But the large metro areas like Tulsa and Oklahoma City are just as important to support because of their hefty economic impact. “It’s important in metro areas as well to make them vibrant to draw businesses and creative workers,” Gavin said. According to fiscal year 2013 numbers, nonprofit arts and cultural organizations provided 10,200 jobs across the state and yielded $314.8 million in economic impact. “We’re really seeing that energy that’s making Oklahoma so competitive,” Sharples said. “We’re seeing a lot of individuals come home because it’s an exciting place to be right now because of the arts.”

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1.4 million feet of rope and 350 gallons of house paint aren’t exactly par-for-the-course supplies for a knitting project. But Orly Genger isn’t your average knitter. The fiber artist and sculptor got started making rope creations. In her professional work, she dealt in mixed media, primarily with plaster and reclaimed or salvaged materials. “I started with crocheting, with normal yarn, and then I did it with my hands, and then I made the transition to climbing rope,” Genger said. “I was just taken with how smooth and malleable it is.” The creations started to grow and change, and her enthusiasm did as well. Soon, she had abandoned her traditional sculptures for something far more intriguing. Along the way, she started working with salvaged lobster-fishing rope. “The transition to lobster rope was a little challenging at first because it was so rough,” Genger said. “But the texture had a quality to it that appealed to me.” She spends hours cleaning the rope of debris from its original purpose, picking out bits of lobster claws and fish bones to prepare it for the paint. “The paint serves two purposes: It provides the color, but then I use the type of paint that’s used on houses

so it works as a seal for the rope,” Genger said. Her newest work is an outdoor exhibit called Terra, which Genger and a group of volunteers are weaving into existence. They have been working on the installation since four semitrucks full of rope arrived on the first of the month. The process will take two full weeks, and the piece will inhabit the future location of Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center. While Terra is a very large project, it is not Genger’s largest. That distinction goes to Red, Yellow and Blue at Madison Square Park in New York City, which consists of huge, brightly colored loops and whorls winding through the park. The site of the Oklahoma installation inspired Terra — or at least filled in the details. While Genger had an idea of what she would create, she said she is never certain until she sees the location. “I think what appealed to me most was the red dirt,” she said. “The other thing that inspired me was the wind.” The 350 gallons of paint are a rich terra-cotta color that coats every inch of the rope. The piece will wind its way through the park — a visual representation of Oklahoma wind. “It’s never really fully formed until I see the space,” Genger said. “The space is what speaks to me and determines how it’s going to look.” The broad, sweeping expanse of space we have here in Oklahoma made her want to build. Visitors can view Terra through October of 2015.

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Lyric Theatre’s An Inspector Calls is a plainspoken and unassuming period piece.

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In its promotional materials, Lyric Theatre calls J.B. Priestley’s 1945 play, An Inspector Calls, a “Downton Abbey meets Sherlock thriller.” It’s more a mystery than a thriller, and it also has a definite dash of The Twilight Zone. However you describe it, Inspector remains a slight work in more ways than one, but the Lyric production — directed by Michael Baron — has a certain modest appeal. And the play makes a point that the eponymous inspector lays out in detail just in case you missed it. Inspector takes place in the dining room of the home of Arthur Birling, a factory owner and civic pooh-bah in Brumley, Great Britain, in 1912. The family is celebrating the engagement of their daughter, Sheila (Victoria Hines), to Gerald Croft (Paul Mitchell), scion of another Brumley manufacturer. The script never specifies what either company makes, but it doesn’t matter; Priestley views all the business class with a skeptical eye. With the women in tasteful, if costly looking, gowns and the men in white tie and tails (costumes are by Jeffrey Meek), the party is interrupted by the trenchcoated Inspector Goole (a taut Jonathan Beck Reed), who’s investigating the death of a local, working-class girl who committed suicide by drinking a strong disinfectant. Birling (Stephen Hilton, burly

even in evening dress) and his wife (Helen Hedman) possess the fragile selfconsciousness of the self-made business class. A tragedy has occurred, and all they worry about is how it will make them look to their peers. Employing eggshell-blue, patterned wallpaper and contrasting white wainscoting, Kimberly Powers’ jewel box set design portrays the Birling dining room as a diamond in the rough of the grim and grimy industrial age. The bright room hovers above dark piles of scrap metal, which the Birlings step into without even treading lightly. We soon see that Birling and his manufacturing counterparts consider their employees to be a sort of human scrap. It’s telling that the play’s premiere was in the Soviet Union; it didn’t play Great Britain until 1946. The Lyric production is fine, but it’s not likely to raise your pulse, and how much it raises your consciousness depends on you. Baron’s staging reflects a point of view that is sympathetic with Priestley. The actors maintain their British accents while giving satisfactory performances. Although by no means a great play, Inspector raises issues that remain relevant today in an intermissionless one hour and 15 minutes. How long will employers such as Birling be able to squeeze as much work as they can out of their employees while paying the lowest possible wages? Will the Birling children act on their concern for the working class? Another point Priestly makes is that actions and especially words might have consequences. The old childhood retort about sticks and stones breaking bones but words never hurting could not be further from the truth.

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Two of a kind As Oklahoma Gazette began to grow, so did Oklahoma City’s performing arts scene.

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Over the past few decades, the performing arts landscape in Oklahoma City has grown from a patchwork of small theaters and production companies into a hub of world-class performances and performers. For the last 35 years, Oklahoma Gazette has helped tell that story of evolution. “The Gazette was one of the first newspapers that paid a lot of attention to us,” said Kathryn McGill, who helped found Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park in 1985. “For local arts, there was not much media support [at the time], and Oklahoma Gazette was one of the first that came to follow us and report on us.” Over the past 30 years, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park has bounced around to different locations in the region, which included performances at the old Stage Center theater in downtown and stages in Norman and Edmond. Today, the company performs annually at the Myriad

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above Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park’s Kathryn McGill takes a trip down Gazette memory lane. Botanical Gardens Water Stage, and it recently earned membership as a Small Professional Theater from the Actors’ Equity Association. “This year, we became an actual professional theater ... we are under a professional contract with our actors and stage management, and that was always our goal from the beginning,” McGill said. “It just took us 30 years.” Lyric Theatre was founded nearly 20 years prior to the launch of Oklahoma Gazette, but it has undergone dramatic growth in the last 35 years, which Oklahoma Gazette has helped chronicle. In the 1990s, Lyric Theatre moved to Civic Center Music Hall in downtown; several years later, the company purchased a theater in the up-and-coming Plaza District, where it now holds some performances. Not only has Oklahoma Gazette

helped tell the story of Lyric’s growth, its columns have sometimes sparked conversation and debate about local theater, which has a history of offering classic shows along with more daring performances. “Last season’s Little Shop of Horrors ... prompted a few of Lyric’s staunchest purists to walk out of the show at intermission,” an article in the June 7, 1989, issue of Oklahoma Gazette read. “A rock ’n’ rolling houseplant was more than they could bear.” Lyric has earned national praise over the past several years, which includes being named one of the 10 great places to see the lights offBroadway in 2005 by USA Today. Oklahoma City Ballet transitioned to a semiprofessional group in 1979 and has grown in recent years, which includes rebounding from a nearclosing in 2008. “Cash-strapped after years of dwindling ticket sales, Ballet Oklahoma is nearly bankrupt and has suspended its fall season,” Oklahoma Gazette reported in July 2008. A year later, Oklahoma Gazette reported that the ballet company had reorganized and was ready to enter a new era, one in which it has doubled its annual budget and showcases more than 30 dancers from around the world. “It’s not all tutus and classical music,” Artistic Director Robert Mills told Oklahoma Gazette in 2009 as the ballet looked to transform its image. Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre began production in 2002 and was a product of the city’s emerging performing arts scene. “Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre, aka CityRep, began with a group of old friends who had

studied theater together at Oklahoma City University,” Oklahoma Gazette reported in 2007. “Behind their first modest season of three productions was a dream to establish and maintain Oklahoma’s first fully professional theater.” That same Gazette article quoted Michael Jones, founding company member and frequent CityRep director, stating that the growth of CityRep has been instrumental in raising the bar for arts in the city. “[CityRep] fosters state talent and raises the artistic profile of Oklahoma City,” Jones said. “I’m really proud of all the shows we’ve done and where we’ve come. I’ve seen a lot of theaters stumble, so I know how hard it is to sustain a theater company here.” Oklahoma Gazette’s birth in 1979 was also shared by the arrival of Joel Levine as director of the Oklahoma Symphony and then the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. Levine had served as music director of Lyric Theatre before that and has become one of the landmark faces of OKC’s performing arts scene over the past few decades. As Oklahoma City has experienced a renaissance over the past few decades, so too has its performing arts scene. Oklahoma Gazette has helped tell the story of that renaissance, providing a spotlight for the performers and artists who make OKC an artistic hub. “Oklahoma City has really taken off,” McGill said. “A lot of young people from outside of Oklahoma, from larger cities, [are moving here], and their expectations of what a city should be is different than what Oklahoma City has been. That has made a big impact on the performing arts community here and helped it grow.”

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The metro’s music scene has seen its fair share of changes over the years — many of them for the better. By Joshua Boydston

The turnover in music — for bands, venues, record stores, studios and everything else related to that world — is as high as you’ll see in any facet of modern society and culture, and Oklahoma’s music scene looks dramatically different than it did 35 years ago. There are some mainstays that have survived the test of time, but it’s mostly an entirely different landscape, the hottest music clubs and bands fading away as new ones took their place. But that’s something that can be said about any city, and the recent past has seen a greater stability and exciting new endeavors that feel primed for better endurance and a hotbed for growth. The national music industry has totally flipped on its head, but Oklahoma’s artists and cultural infrastructure are in the best state they have been in some time. It carries a storied past that seems to be building for a brighter future.

Local bands: the stars of the show

Oklahoma has been a wellspring for talent since its earliest days, giving the country its folk hero Woody Guthrie, the original female rock ’n’ roll queen Wanda Jackson, the massively influential Leon Russell and J.J. Cale. This is country territory and the

birthplace of many of the stars of honkytonk. Yukon’s native son Garth Brooks got his start in 1984 and eventually became the biggest name in American music, while Ada’s Blake Shelton currently reigns supreme both with his records and a hosting spot on TV’s The Voice. Vince Gill (born in Norman), Toby Keith (born in Clinton) and Reba McEntire (born in Chockie) all hail from the Sooner State and rose in popularity through the ’80s and ’90s and maintained star status today. Just years ago, Checotah’s Carrie Underwood stormed the scene, winning American Idol en route to a number of platinum-selling albums. Oklahoma — Stillwater specifically — was also important to the popularization of red dirt music, giving us names like Cross Canadian Ragweed and Jason Boland & the Stragglers. And Woody Guthrie’s legacy is carried on by a new breed of folk superstars, including Parker Millsap, John Moreland, Travis Linville, Grammy nominee John Fullbright and more. But there’s more than country and folk music played here, and our state boasts some of the top names in pop. Ryan Tedder (frontman for OneRepublic and writer and producer for everyone from Adele to Underwood) was born in Tulsa, which also gave us ’90s favorites

Hanson, Aqueduct and favorite Ben Rector. The All-American Rejects came from just down the road in Stillwater. There have been flashes of other scenes as well: hardcore hit in the ’80s, swing was big the late ’90s, screamo yelped through the mid-2000s and hip-hop hasn’t been as popular (or as recognized) as it is right now thanks to names like Jabee and Josh Sallee. But it is The Flaming Lips that placed a firm spotlight on the weirdos and freaks making music within our state, and it’s a scene that has flourished over the past two decades, making it nearly as influential as the state’s country offerings. “I think [The Flaming Lips’] influence is important for putting Oklahoma on the alternative-rock map and showing how a band of punks playing the Batman theme song can eventually morph into one of the very biggest indie rock bands,” said Ryan LaCroix, operations manager at KOSU and co-host of The Oklahoma Rock Show. The Lips came along around the same

Will Muir shows off the goods at Norman’s Guestroom Records. time as Defenestration and, subsequently, Chainsaw Kittens in the late ’80s and early ’90s, with Wayne Coyne and Tyson Meade going on to become the godfathers of modern alternative. That paved the way for groups like Starlight Mints, Evangelicals, Colourmusic, Other Lives and current luminaries Broncho and Horse Thief. Those bands have collectively spotlighted many other talented local bands for a scene that has never been so Oklahoma-centric. “Many of the best bands are being recognized, not just by scenesters but by more people who wouldn’t necessarily call themselves local music fans,” said Will Muir, manager of Guestroom Records’ Norman location.

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But what’s the point of bands if there aren’t any places to see them? There has been a near-constant changeover in Oklahoma City metro venues in the last 35 years, clubs changing names, style and ownership twice (or more) over for the clientele they serve today. Diamond Ballroom has long endured, though. Established in 1964, it has brought names like Little Richard, Fugazi, Motörhead and Modest Mouse over the years. VZD’s Restaurant & Club was founded about 10 years later and has hosted Red Hot Chili Peppers and Dixie Chicks, among others. The Blue Note Lounge — opened in 1961 — was home to some of the earliest Flaming Lips shows. Of course, others have come and gone or stopped hosting shows, like Velvet Underground, the numerous American Legion halls and The Green Door. “The Green Door really felt like home for so many people looking for punk, rockabilly and alternative music in Oklahoma City,” LaCroix said of the venue, which closed in 2006 but brought The White Stripes, Fall Out Boy and The Black Keys through town. Naturally, new venues always step in to fill those voids, like longtime favorites Opolis and The Conservatory, which picked up where The Green Door left off. The metro now boasts Chesapeake Energy Arena, The Deli, 51st Street Speakeasy, HiLo Club, OKC Farmers Public Market, Wormy Dog Saloon, folk paradise The Blue Door and more. “Some people still get upset about the lack of places to play, but trust me, it’s much better than it was years ago,” LaCroix said. More venues, like a renovated Chevy Bricktown Events Center, the potential rebirth of Tower Theater and Criterion — a two-story, 4,200-capacity venue set to open in late 2015 in east Bricktown — are on the way, too.

Wait, there’s more

There’s more to a music scene than just bands and clubs. Record stores, recording studios and even schools are just as important to a community’s growth. There were numerous music stores around the area — like the seminal Rainbow Records and string of Sound Warehouses — that shuttered, luckily replaced by Size Records in 2002 and Guestroom Records in 2003, each of which have two locations apiece in the metro. “There’s something special in that shared experience for the majority of the

people in the area,” Muir said. “It’s great to see OKC and Tulsa getting more record stores. This can only mean more people are buying music and maybe catching new-band fever.” More studios have popped up, too, making recording accessible and economical for local bands. Blackwatch Studios and Bell Labs Recording Studio have recorded hundreds of records for area artists. Blackwatch even brought in musicians Stephen Jenkins (Third Eye Blind) and Sufjan Stevens to show off what Oklahoma has to offer. The Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma (aka ACM@UCO) — a oneof-a-kind school helmed by Lips manager Scott Booker that preps students for a career in the music industry — has accelerated its growth, too. “ACM@UCO has brought together a whole new set of musicians that maybe wouldn’t have been able to connect otherwise,” LaCroix said. “I think when we look back on things in 10 to 15 years, we’ll see that ACM has been integral to growing Oklahoma music’s reach fairly significantly.” Other events like Norman Music Festival, The Flaming Lips’ March of 1000 Flaming Skeletons, Another Hot Oklahoma Night: A Rock & Roll Exhibit at the Oklahoma History Center and others have broadened the scene’s scope and impact.

On the horizon

There’s plenty of momentum heading into the future. The partnership between KOSU and The Spy FM gives the region an independent mouthpiece for local artists, as does the 35-year community partnership with Oklahoma Gazette. The roster of local of venues has stabilized, and pending additions will bolster the volume of acts crossing our state lines. Our scene goes deeper than that: Muir sees a do-it-yourself community that is stronger than ever before. “I dig nearly everything happening with the folks at Dust House [Studio]. [Its] individuality and mindful approach is refreshing. By the same token, there are some great experiments happening in noise and atmospherics in the last year or so — acts like Sarah Reid, Loom and Sun Riah.” All of this is happening while artists like Broncho (which opened for Billy Idol in early 2015), JD McPherson and John Fullbright also prove to be some of the fiercest new champions of Oklahoma and its music. The next 35 years will surely be as revolutionary as the past 35, but it’s looking like a horizon as bright or brighter than it has ever been.

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Infamous electronic dance music DJ-producer Borgore — birth name Asaf Borger — has plotted Oklahoma City’s Cox Convention Center as a stop on his systematic sonic takedown of the entire planet. Borgore has a unique approach to touring that few musicians could brave: simply to never, ever stop. “I’m touring all year,” Borger said. “It’s not like being in a band … I can write a song right now and go out and play it and see how the crowd responds.” He’s also looking forward to gifting the populace with a “good-ass party with hot chicks,” a milieu that irreverent Borgore is notorious for embodying. For the past five years, prolific, Israeli-born Borgore has been perfecting and spreading “gorestep,” his selfcoined flavor of EDM. “I think that when you listen to my music, you cannot think that it sounds like this or that. It always sounds like my music. It never sounds like someone else,” he said. “That’s gorestep.” Following his slew of successful remixes and his shiny 2012 EP Decisions featuring Miley Cyrus, Borgore released his first full studio album in July. The eclectic #NEWGOREORDER debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes Top Electronic Albums chart and achieved high ranks on a host of others. “It’s a little bit of dubstep and a little bit of house and a lot of things

that you can’t even name,” Borger said. Borgore’s inventive remixes of hits by Britney Spears, Metallica, M.I.A., Passion Pit and AWOLNATION, to name a few, give him a chance to deconstruct what the public knows and riff on the tracks he admires. “If I love the original song, it will be fun to make a remix out of it,” he said. His diverse obsessions include metal, pop and jazz, and the people he collaborates with can be surprising as well. A Clockwork Orange actor Malcolm McDowell appears on #NEWGOREORDER in addition to the team-up with Cyrus. “I’d never seen Hannah Montana, so all I’d heard was that there was this chick named Miley Cyrus and she was very hot and she was a brilliant singer, so we did this song,” Borger said, referring to the title track for Decisions. It was that collaboration with Cyrus that some people claim sparked the former child star’s striking transformation into the divisive altprincess she’s known as today. “It would have happened eventually; I was just part of it,” Borger said. In another life, Borger drummed in deathcore band Shabira. Among his other endeavors, he’s fostering a fleet of up-and-coming artists through his label, Buygore Records. “I feel like this is going to be a good year for us,” he said. “I’m really eclectic in my taste, and that’s how I want Buygore to be.” Borger visits his hometown, Tel Aviv, Israel, as often as he can. “Every two or three months, I visit home to be with my family,” he said. “They’re proud of me. Super proud. I think that the whole of Israel is proud.”

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

Karen Khoury, Legend’s Restaurant, Norman. PIANO

THuRsDAY, OcT. 23 Brent Saulsbury/Will Galbraith/Wayne Duncan, Friends Restaurant & Club. ROCK Brittany Stokes, Wormy Dog Saloon. COUNTRY Casting Crowns/Mandisa/Sidewalk Prophets, Cox Convention Center. CHRISTIAN

Chad Sullins, Wormy Dog Saloon. ROCK

Christian Pearson/Gary Johnson, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO

Lynyrd Skynyrd, WinStar World Casino, Thackerville. ROCK Moonlight Ford, Jazmo’z Bourbon St. Cafe. JAZZ New Politics/Bad Suns/SomeKindaWonderful, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa. ROCK Nora Jane Struthers/Tim Easton, The Blue Door. COUNTRY

Rick Jawnsun/Wink Burcham, Grandad’s Bar. ACOUSTIC Roy Lee Scott, Sliders. COUNTRY

DJ RnR, Chimy’s, Norman. VARIOUS

Shawna Russell, Riverwind Casino, Norman. COUNTRY

Eric Dunkin, O Asian Fusion, Norman. ROCK

Slowvein, Belle Isle Restaurant & Brewery. ROCK

Gary Johnson, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO

The Clique, Friends Restaurant & Club. VARIOUS

Kip Moore/Charlie Worsham/Sam Hunt, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa. COUNTRY

The Stir, The Paramount OKC. ACOUSTIC

Mutual Benefit/Suno Deko/Sherree Chamberlain, Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman. FOLK Replay, Baker St. Pub & Grill. COVER The Dave Thomason Band, Grady’s 66 Pub, Yukon. COVER This Will Destroy You/Future Death/Silent Land Time Machine, Opolis, Norman. ROCK

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Bandromeda, Bourbon Street Bar. ROCK

Jim the Elephant, Belle Isle Restaurant & Brewery. ROCK

Blake O the DJ, Colcord Hotel. DANCE

Karen Khoury, Legend’s Restaurant, Norman. PIANO

Borgore, Cox Convention Center. DANCE

Maurice Johnson, Avanti Bar & Grill. JAZZ

Cody Jinks, Wormy Dog Saloon. COUNTRY

Mitch Casen, Friends Restaurant & Club. COUNTRY

Cutter Elliott, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill. COUNTRY

Moonlight Ford, Jazmo’z Bourbon St. Cafe. JAZZ

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Honeylark, Oklahoma City Community College. FOLK

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Rebecca Brock, Uptown Grocery Co., Edmond. ACOUSTIC

Attica State, Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse. ROCK

Don and Melodee Johnson, Twelve Oaks, Edmond. FOLK

Avenue, Tapwerks Ale House & Cafe. COVER

Dylan Stewart, Grady’s 66 Pub, Yukon. FOLK

Bandromeda, Brewskeys. ROCK

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

Grassland, Bedlam Bar-B-Q. BLUEGRASS

Rick Jawnsun, Newcastle Casino, Newcastle. ACOUSTIC Roy Lee Scott, Sliders. COUNTRY Scott Keeton, Remington Park. ROCK Shawna Russell, Riverwind Casino, Norman. COUNTRY

Lucky, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. COVER YelaWolf/Rittz/Big Henry, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa. HIP-HOP

WeDNesDAY OcT. 29 Chuck Mead and His Grassy Knoll Boys/Stockyard Playboys, Grandad’s Bar. COUNTRY

Stat Band, Russell’s, Tower Hotel. R&B The Likes of Us, VZD’s Restaurant & Club. POP

Grant Wells, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO

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Urban Addiction, Baker St. Pub & Grill. VARIOUS

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

Edgar Cruz, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. ACOUSTIC Karen Khoury, Legend’s Restaurant, Norman. PIANO Smokey and the Mirror, The Blue Door. FOLK

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Taylor Thompson, Nonna’s Purple Bar. SINGER/ SONGWRITER The Pains of Being Pure at Heart/Skating Polly, Opolis, Norman. POP

mONDAY OcT. 27 Jimmy Eat World/Minibosses, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa. ROCK

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Stray Dogs

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By Zach hale

Certain aspects of sʌn ɹaɪə’s music suggest impenetrability, even if that wasn’t her intention. There’s the name, of course, though the alternate spelling, Sun Riah, appears to be a viable substitute. There’s also the fact that M. Bailey Stephenson’s fragile, heartbreaking songs are primarily performed with a harp, an instrument previously stamped as antiquated until contemporary folk artists like Joanna Newsom and CocoRosie unearthed it. Add in the fact that the Oklahoma City artist’s lyrics are longingly selfdenigrating and you have what would almost certainly be discarded as “pretentious” or “mood music.” All of which makes …, the Musical a remarkably brave endeavor. By exhibiting herself in such a vulnerable state, with art so personal and unorthodox, Stephenson courageously opens herself up to a potentially damaging degree of criticism. Yet the prospect of striking an emotional connection to her music does exist, depending on how one approaches it. As is the case with most music this ambitious, …, the Musical is likely to draw its fair share of detractors. But this is modest music without any sense of grandiosity — almost to a fault. Stephenson’s own description on her Bandcamp site is as apt as any: “recorded in a bedroom with a shitty mic, a tired and worn harp, a broken ukulele, and a lot of love and sadness.” Coupled with the album’s six-song, 28-minute runtime, Stephenson’s coy recording methods make for what is tantamount to a glorified demo. Its songs are rough around the edges, devoid of professional polish, and it won’t be mistaken for anything other

than a bedroom recording. But these are intimate and lonesome songs, and the album’s secluded undercurrent fits like a comfortably worn mitt. While still blossoming as a songwriter, whatever compositional growing pains Stephenson endures are made up for with her refined, often poetic lyricism. On “For Dorian,” for instance, she demonstrates a rarified maturity that few of her Oklahoma peers can boast: “A fragile kitten I couldn’t protect, a precious life I couldn’t accept/Between life-givers and life-takers, where do I fit?” Aesthetically, …, the Musical exists somewhere within Grouper’s reverb-drenched emotional wasteland or Jenny Hval’s creaky, jarring brand of psych-folk, as Stephenson utilizes loops, nature sounds and effects pedals to harbor an atmosphere ripe for her somber melody. In the album’s finest moments (“For Dorian,” the “For Simps” suite) her songs unfold gradually but purposefully and cleverly all the same. Such highs (or lows, depending on how you look at it) aren’t routinely met, but when they are, Stephenson attains an affecting emotional apex. Much like Newsom’s early unofficial recordings, sʌn ɹaɪə’s debut is far from fully realized, but it’s nonetheless a supremely emotional glimpse of songwriting potential. Stephenson clearly has studied some of the most engaging artists in the psychedelic/freak-folk scene; it’s now a matter of discovering her own creative voice. …, the Musical shows she has the artistic wherewithal to play to her strengths — which, coincidentally, are her weaknesses in her nonartistic life — but where she goes next could be even more exciting to follow.

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P R OVI DE D

LIFE FILM

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Rudderless

William H. Macy’s Oklahoma-set Rudderless is a heartfelt musical drama.

BY ZACH HALE

Believe it or not, Oklahoma has quietly become a hotbed for movie production over the last few years. Things really began to heat up with the 2013 release of the star-studded August: Osage County and Terrance Malick’s To the Wonder, both filmed largely in and around Bartlesville. But you could argue that Rudderless — the feature-length directorial debut of acclaimed actor William H. Macy (Fargo, Magnolia) — is as pivotal to the Oklahoma arts scene as any work in decades. The film, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January and is now playing at select Oklahoma theaters, was written by two Oklahoma screenwriters, Jeff Robison and Casey Twenter, whose script fatefully ended up in the hands of Macy’s manager in 2008. Macy then teamed with Robison and Twenter to tweak and refine the story, and principal photography began in Oklahoma City, Guthrie and Edmond last year. In addition to the local writing tiein, there are many familiar Oklahoma faces featured, including local musicians Chelsey Cope and Travis Linville, and cameos from KFOR newscasters Kevin Ogle and Linda Cavanaugh. It’s a movie that feels distinctly Oklahoman, and many local residents who took part in the film are understandably proud of the finished product, which — though not without its flaws — is a potent and heartfelt musical drama. The story follows Sam (Billy Crudup, Watchmen), a loving, if somewhat puerile, father whose college-aged son, Josh (Miles Heizer, TV’s Parenthood), was tragically killed in an on-campus shooting. A couple years after his son’s death, we find Sam living on a boat (filmed on Lake

Hefner), working as a house painter and hitting the bottle hard. When Sam rediscovers Josh’s home recordings — dumped on him by Josh’s mother, Emily (Felicity Huffman, TV’s Desperate Housewives) — he discovers a sense of purpose in the music and starts a band with awkward adolescent Quentin (Anton Yelchin, Only Lovers Left Alive). There is one problem, however: They’re playing Josh’s songs, and nobody knows it but Sam. The story — both in its concept and execution — is the film’s greatest strength, and it’s easy to see why Macy was taken by Robison and Twenter’s screenplay. There are moments of genuine heartbreak and occasionally quippy banter, and each scene has a subtle intrigue. The music, meanwhile, plays a significant role in the film, and the soundtrack — written by a host of musicians and performed primarily by a band consisting of Crudup, Yelchin and singer-songwriter Ben Kweller — is sure to be a big seller. If you’re into Mumford & Sons-style pop-rock (and a lot of people are), then you might as well just buy the soundtrack now. Unfortunately, many of the songs come across as contrived, more worried about their own accessibility than offering any semblance of edge or mystique. This is actually emblematic of much of the film, and Macy’s direction lacks a certain bite from which Rudderless could have benefitted. Furthermore, aside from Crudup, whose performance is stellar, there isn’t a whole lot to invest in from a character standpoint, and the film suffers a bit as a result. But because of its deftly written script, Rudderless is nonetheless an intriguingly earnest debut for Macy, another film the Sooner State can proudly display on its mantle.

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Few works — literary or cinematic — effectively merge romanticized war (a machismo-ridden and valorous endeavor to preserve the free world and hopefully return to a darling back home) with the assumed misanthropy of a grotesque battlefield. David Ayer’s Fury presents such a hybrid; despite a general lack of exposition (save a brief title card), the film provides a momentary glimpse into a violent institution while maintaining Hollywood luster beneath gallons of gore and expletives. Focusing on the crew of the eponymous tank, Fury dissects a group of would-be clichés. Wardaddy (Brad Pitt, World War Z) is first seen pouncing on a lone S.S. horseman from the bowels of a machine graveyard, establishing his demeanor as a scrappy guerilla fighter with a reckless paternal instinct for his crew. Shortly thereafter, Bible (Shia LaBeouf, Nymphomaniac), Gordo (Michael Peña, American Hustle), Coon-Ass (Jon Bernthal, The Wolf of Wall Street) and the remnants of a recently deceased gunner are introduced within the belly of the vessel. Returning to base, the men induct Norman (Logan Lerman, The Perks of Being a Wallflower), a displaced typist assigned to copilot Fury. In perhaps an allusion to Randall Jarrell’s “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner,” Norman’s first trial requires him to “wash out” his unfortunate predecessor, taking a few too many moments to ponder a piece of face with an eerily human presence. The narrative that follows, on an overt level, is rather linear: The crew propels the allied front forward, facing both unrealistic odds and copious emotional turmoil. To a grand effect, however, Ayer opts to focus on two distinguishing

variables. First, the film diminishes the notion of the men as paragons of righteousness, as both the nation they represent and their inability to retain their composure with the enemy at their mercy is never veiled with a moral backdrop. Rather, the men’s home is the war machine’s womb, and their sporadic animalism is conveyed as such, nothing more. Though Pitt inherently assumes the leading reigns readily, Lerman emerges as an accurate parallel to Wardaddy. Arriving as a greenhorn with minimal training, Norman is ferried by Wardaddy into an orgy of violence and drunken revelry. In a particularly disturbing instance, the sergeant physically forces Norman to execute a surrendering S.S. operative who begs hysterically for his child. After the hazing, Norman exhibits a gradual and robotic pleasure for slaying Germans, as well as an encouraged entitlement over prisoners of war, eventually spawning an appropriate war name: Machine. In contrast and shortly before the arrival of Norman, Wardaddy crouches down unseen to emit a wince of sorrow, not only for his fallen squadmate but seemingly for the violent constant that is his life. In doing so, Pitt plays the most disturbed and terrifying role of his career as he expertly bounds between tendencies of Eros and Thanatos. The rest of the cast do well to maintain the film’s trajectory but are dimly lit in comparison to the display Pitt and Lerman put forth. Though the film appears to opt for a general accessibility by means of Nazikilling, artillery and belching, Fury subtly slides a few rounds of critical concoctions, thus delivering a film far more contemplative than Ayer is known for.

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ARIES March 21-April 19 The driest place on the planet is the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. It gets about a half-inch of rain per year. And yet in 2011, archaeologists discovered that it’s also home to a site containing the fossilized skeletons of numerous whales and other ancient sea creatures. I’m detecting a metaphorically comparable anomaly in your vicinity, Aries. A seemingly arid, empty part of your life harbors buried secrets that are available for you to explore. If you follow the clues, you may discover rich pickings that will inspire you to revise your history. TAURUS April 20-May 20 Businessman Warren Buffet is worth $65.5 billion, but regularly gives away 27 percent of his fortune to charity. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates owns $78 billion, and donates 36 percent. Then there are the members of the Walton family, owners of Walmart, where 100 million Americans shop weekly. The Waltons have $136 billion, of which they contribute .04 percent to good causes. You are not wealthy in the same way these people are, Taurus. Your riches consist of resources like your skills, relationships, emotional intelligence, creative power, and capacity for love. My invitation to you is to be extra generous with those assets -- not as lavish as Buffet or Gates, perhaps, but much more than the Waltons. You are in a phase when giving your gifts is one of the best things you can do to bolster your own health, wealth, and well-being. GEMINI May 21-June 20 You have two options. You can be in denial about your real feelings and ignore what needs to be fixed and wait for trouble to come find you. Or else you can vow to be resilient and summon your feistiest curiosity and go out searching for trouble. The difference between these two approaches is dramatic. If you mope and sigh and hide, the messy trouble that arrives will be indigestible. But if you are brave and proactive, the interesting trouble you get will ultimately evolve into a blessing.

CANCER June 21-July 22 Astronauts on the International Space Station never wash their underwear. They don’t have enough water at their disposal to waste on a luxury like that. Instead, they fling the dirty laundry out into space. As it falls to Earth, it burns up in the atmosphere. I wish you had an amenity like that right now. In fact, I wish you had a host of amenities like that. If there was ever a time when you should be liberated from having to wash your underwear, make your bed, sweep the floor, and do the dishes, it would be now. Why? Because there are much better ways to spend your time. You’ve got sacred quests to embark on, heroic adventures to accomplish, historical turning points to initiate. LEO July 23-Aug. 22 What are those new whisperings in your head? Are they messages from your inner teacher? Beacons beamed back through time from the Future You? Clues from the wise parts of your unconscious mind? Whatever they are, Leo, pay attention. These signals from the Great Beyond may not be clear yet, but if you are sufficiently patient, they will eventually tell you how to take advantage of a big plot twist. But here’s a caveat: Don’t automatically believe every single thing the whisperings tell you. Their counsel may not be 100-percent accurate. Be both receptive and discerning toward them. VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 In the English-speaking world, a sundae is a luxurious dessert that features ice cream topped with sweet treats like syrup, sprinkles, and fruits. In Korea, a sundae is something very different. It consists of a cow’s or pig’s intestines crammed with noodles, barley, and pig’s blood. I expect that in the coming week you will be faced with a decision that has metaphorical similarities to the choice between a sundae and a sundae. Make sure you are quite clear about the true nature of each option. LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 The average serving of pasta on a typical American’s plate is almost 480 percent bigger than what’s recommended as a healthy portion. So says a research paper titled “The Contribution

of Expanding Portion Sizes to the U.S. Obesity Epidemic,” by Lisa R. Young and Marion Nestle. Muffins are 333 percent larger than they need to be, the authors say, and steaks are 224 percent excessive. Don’t get caught up in this trend, Libra. Get what you need, but not way, way more than what you need. For that matter, be judicious in your approach to all of life’s necessities. The coming phase is a time when you will thrive by applying the Goldilocks principle: neither too much nor too little, but just right. SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 “Children are the most desirable opponents at Scrabble,” declares Scorpio author Fran Lebowitz, “as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.” I don’t wholeheartedly endorse that advice for you in the coming days, Scorpio. But would you consider a milder version of it? Let’s propose, instead, that you simply seek easy victories to boost your confidence and hone your skills. By this time next week, if all goes well, you will be ready to take on more ambitious challenges. SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 You are entering a phase when you will have more luck than usual as you try to banish parasitic influences, unworthy burdens, and lost causes. Here are some projects you might want to work on: 1. Bid farewell to anyone who brings out the worst in you. 2. Heal the twisted effect an adversary has had on you. 3. Get rid of any object that symbolizes failure or pathology. 4. Declare your independence from a situation that wastes your time or drains your resources. 5. Shed any guilt you feel for taking good care of yourself. 6. Stop a bad habit cold turkey. CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Are you ready to be as affable as a Sagittarius, as charismatic as a Leo, as empathetic as a Cancerian, and as vigorous an instigator as an Aries? No? You’re not? You’re afraid that would require you to push yourself too far outside your comfort zone? OK, then. Are you willing to be half as affable as a Sagittarius, half as charismatic as a Leo, half as empathetic as a Cancerian, and half as inspiring an

instigator as an Aries? Or even a quarter as much? I hope you will at least stretch yourself in these directions, Capricorn, because doing so would allow you to take maximum advantage of the spectacular social opportunities that will be available for you in the next four weeks. AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 In the coming weeks I hope you will find practical ways to express your new-found freedom. All the explorations and experiments you have enjoyed recently were fun and provocative, but now it’s time to use the insights they sparked to upgrade your life back in the daily grind. Please don’t misunderstand what I’m saying. I love it when you are dreamy and excitable and farseeing, and would never ask you to tone down those attractive qualities. But I am also rooting for you to bring the high-flying parts of you down to earth so that you can reap the full benefits of the bounty they have stirred up. If you work to become more well-grounded, I predict that you will be situated in a new power spot by December 1. PISCES Feb. 19-March 20 The heavy metal band known as Hatebeak broadened the definition of what constitutes music. Its lead singer was Waldo, an African grey parrot. A review by Aquarius Records called Waldo’s squawks “completely and stupidly brilliant.” For Hatebeak’s second album, they collaborated with animal rights’ activists in the band Caninus, whose lead vocalists were two pitbull terriers, Basil and Budgie. In the coming weeks, Pisces, I’d love to see you get inspired by these experiments. I think you will generate interesting results as you explore expansive, even unprecedented approaches in your own chosen field. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes / daily text message horoscopes. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

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