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44 Fashion Roots in the Red Dirt

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Sherri Hill, a Minco native, has built an international clothing conglomerate with hard work and familial encouragement.

52 Prepare for the Fallout

Being ready for nuclear war doesn’t look much different than it did in the 1950s.

56 The Lure of Living Downtown

Dynamism. Walkability. Simplicity. Those elements have drawn many young professionals to the urban cores of Tulsa and Oklahoma City.

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From activists and politicians to inventors and volunteers, we owe a great deal to these women for rising above sexism, racism and a mountain of issues to make meaningful improvements to the state.

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We also have the inside scoop on Tulsa-based Polo Grill’s newest chef, and you get to meet the couple bringing locally sourced cuisine to Levain Kitchen & Bakery. Don’t miss our Destinations story about voluntourism in Guatemala – complete with vibrant photos and firsthand knowledge from our writer who traveled there herself.

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Life in the Bike Lane Oklahoma cities, citing safety and increased numbers of riders, create bike-friendly paths and designated lanes.

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THE FLEET FEET BIKE TRAINING GROUP RIDES ALONG A DESIGNATED BIKE ROUTE IN TULSA. PHOTOS BY JOSH NEW

ou’ve probably seen them at the park, on your way to work, on a major highway, or a back road. Bicyclists are everywhere and, with the growing popularity of this mode of transportation, more safety measures are needed.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported 818 cycling fatalities in 2015 (along with 5,376 pedestrian deaths) in the United States. Several Oklahoma cities have tried to provide safe travel

routes for bike riders, walkers and runners.

Darla Bennett, executive director of Muskogee County Transit, stresses the importance of bike-safe cities.

“Some people who use bikes as a primary means of transportation are not doing so by choice, but by necessity,” she says. “Therefore, the danger to those [cyclists] is increased.

The most at-risk in our communities are the impoverished. A bike-friendly city is a safer city for everyone.”

Bennett says visibility and education are keys to keeping people

safe. These include people wearing bright colors; using clearly marked paths, shared lanes and dedicated bike lanes; and organizing rides to increase visibility by sheer numbers.

She also encourages cities to create safe spaces for riders and teaching the community about sharing the road.

“People are being unnecessarily injured and killed,” Bennett says.

“And I would venture that it is an alarming number of children, young adults, and again, those who are using a bike as transportation out of need.

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vehicles. It is also about educating cyclists to ride responsibly.”

Muskogee has created dedicated bike lanes and connected some existing bikeways.

A cycling club organizes regular group rides to promote awareness of cyclists.

Oklahoma has slowly made its way to becoming a bikeable state. John Tankard, with the Oklahoma City Planning Department, says OKC has built more than 60 miles of multi-use trails since 1997 … with a master plan to make the city even more bike-friendly and safe. BikeWalkOKC, when adopted, will be the official map for bicycle and pedestrian improvements in the city.

“It’s the city’s first comprehensive bicycle and pedestrian plan, which identifies projects for new facilities for bicycling and walking in Oklahoma City,” Tankard says. “The plan also identifies policy updates … to improve cycling and walking in Oklahoma City.”

“A bike-friendly city is a safer city for everyone.”

Tankard acknowledges an increase in bicycling downtown and a spike in community members advocating for improvements for bikes. However, the theory of “if you build it, they will ride” also exists. The U.S. Census reported that in New York and Washington, the first two U.S. cities to introduce modern protected cycling lanes, bike commuting doubled from 2008 to 2013.

“Cyclists do not have the infrastructure, which means they have to occupy the same parts of the road that drivers do, opening them up for greater risk,” Tankard says.

“With this situation, fewer people feel safe cycling, so fewer people cycle, especially those riders who are not as confident as competitive cyclists – think children, the elderly.”

In 2015, Tulsa adopted a master plan

for improved, safe THE FLEET FEET BIKE cycling and pedesTRAINING GROUP FREQUENTLY RIDES IN TULSA trian paths called the TOGETHER. GO Plan. Tulsa, a BELOW: A BICYCLIST RIDES bronze-level bicycle ALONG THE ARKANSAS friendly community, RIVER IN TULSA. continues to improve its status as a safe, friendly place to ride, says Michael Schooling, president of the Tulsa Bicycle Club.

The Bicycle Advisory Committee of the Indian Nations Council of Governments has a list of goals that includes Tulsa becoming a silver-level by 2022. The League of American Bicyclists, a national organization for cycling advocacy, awards the bicycle-friendly status.

However, Schooling says the state still has “Wild West” open spaces and long distances, which can make one reluctant to mount a two-wheeled “steed.” It also wasn’t made for cyclists.

“Our communities have been designed with the automobile in mind as the primary form of transportation, so people perceive that it’s ‘too far’ to ride a bicycle to go anywhere,” Schooling says. “In reality, more than 50 percent of trips that we take are less than 12 miles. It just takes a shift in focus

and reset of perception to get to the point where you take the bike out of the garage, dust it off, and ride to the store, movie or restaurant.”

Many signs indicate that conditions for cyclists and pedestrians will continue to progress in Oklahoma, so Schooling encourages people to start riding.

“A vibrant downtown community is growing and showing us how bicycles can be used as reliable, convenient and fun transportation,” he says. “What’s not to like about where we’re headed? So, get your bike out and take a spin; you’ll have a ball.”

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CLUBS

All Aboard

Model railroading gets hobbyists’ engines running.

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RAILROAD CLUBS BUILD ELABORATE SETS, SUCH AS THE ONE ABOVE, DISPLAYED AT THE OKLAHOMA CITY TRAIN SHOW.

PHOTO COURTESY OK N-RAIL CLUB

n the first Saturday of each month, the Green Country Model Railroaders’ Association meets at its club on Charles Page Boulevard in Tulsa to greet model railroad enthusiasts, educate visitors and run sophisticated model trains on the group’s multi-level layout, a complex construction of various tracks and scenery.

Randall Smith, secretary for the association, has had a fascination with model trains since before he can remember.

“Apparently I have had some kind of toy train since I was 9 months old,” Smith says, “and my grandparents gave me a Lionel train for Christmas a couple of years after that. My first real model railroad came about in 1969, when my dad gave me the materials to build an HO layout, which he and I built in the garage.”

(Model railroading has about a dozen scales; an early scale was called the O. Later came a scale half its size, known as half of O or HO.) Green Country association board member Al Clark and Bruce Alcock, president of the OK N-Rail club in Oklahoma City, also link their passions for the hobby with nostalgic childhood memories. Clark remembers the exact year (1953) when his father built an American Flyer, which he “couldn’t touch until high school,” he says.

Alcock recalls at age 4 becoming intrigued with his father’s layout.

“Model railroading is not just about trains going around and round,” says Alcock, whose club meets monthly on OKC’s south side. “Some people do extensive research before planning their layout.”

For many hobbyists, the intricate nature and diversity of talents needed for model railroading are alluring.

“Building a complete model railroad covers a large set of skills and interests: carpentry to build the layout itself;

electrical to wire the layout; civil engineering to design the tracks and scenery; and of course, modeling skills, such as kit assembly and painting,” Smith says. “A club like GCMRA can be a great resource for people who need to build the skills in one area or another. In addition, club members may trade work in their respective areas of interest with others who have less interest or ability in those areas.”

Both clubs often travel with modular layouts to introduce the public to the joys and intricacies of model railroading.

In addition, Green Country members work with Operation Lifesaver to teach train and railroad safety, particularly to younger generations unfamiliar with rail as a mode of transportation.

Model railroading also provides an opportunity to connect with others, be they strangers with similar interests in the hobby or your own family.

“Oklahoma N-Rail currently has 35 members, including several families where both parents and children are members of the club,” Alcock says. “We encourage parents to join so their children can run trains on our layout. Model railroading can be a great hobby to be shared by all members of the family, especially considering the multi-faceted aspect of the hobby.”

Smith adds: “Model railroading makes a fantastic hobby since it covers such a large area. It offers something for almost every interest. Model railroads can be big or small, cheap or expensive, simple or complex. They can be built by individuals, groups of friends or formal clubs. A model railroader can build everything him or herself, purchase everything – including a complete railroad already built – or anything in between.”

Both clubs welcome new members and visitors. For more information, visit oknrail.org and gcmra.org.

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Grass May Be Where It’s At

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Peach Crest Ranch offers organic, pasture-raised beef and pork.

12,000-acre organic ranch just east of Sulphur might change your mind about what you eat for dinner.

Peach Crest Ranch offers prairieraised, grass-fed, antibiotic- and hormone-free, minimally processed beef and pork to consumers. Many have heard the term grass-fed, but don’t understand how it affects the quality of meat.

“Peach Crest Ranch takes great pride in the many health benefits that come from our beef,” owner/ president Susan Bergen says.

According to the Mayo Clinic and other studies, grass-fed and grass-finished (or 100 percent grass-fed) cattle contain up to a third less saturated fat and higher amounts of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidant vitamins like vitamin E than conventionally marketed beef.

Champions of regenerative grazing also stress its animal welfare and environmental impact. Experts state that grass-fed animals live longer out of confinement and that grazing herds also stimulate microbial activ-

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ity in the soil to capture water and sequester carbon.

“We believe that the animals need to be in the open prairie, the way nature intended,” Bergen says. “We believe in land preservation, never pillaging more than the soil can bear and always working to put back into it more than is taken out of it.”

Peach Crest’s passion for healthy animals is reflected in its Animal Welfare Approved (AWA) certification by A Greener World, which provides unbiased, independent audits of pasture-based farms.

“We are Oklahoma’s largest AWA cattle producer and we wear this badge with great pride,” Bergen says. “Through humane and conscious ranching, we … not only give back to our land but also provide a superior product.”

Since the early 1900s, the Bergen family has ranched across Oklahoma and farmed various crops.

Today, it’s committed to growth in modern ranching. The name Peach Crest Ranch was formed by Bergen and her daughter, Jessica BergenElliott, to carry on a tradition of sustainable agriculture.

“We maintain cattle operations

in four different locations, all with specific and objective goals for growth and well-being,” Bergen says. “Each location has been acquired at separate times, all with the intentions of sustainable growth and well-rounded profitability.”

The transition to grass-fed, antibiotic- and hormone-free cattle began in the early 2000s. Bergen’s passion for an enriched lifestyle led her to switch, and she has worked closely with the Noble Foundation in Ardmore for guidance.

“Through extensive research and a few trial and error moments, we have begun perfecting the ‘Peach Crest Way’ of letting Mother Nature provide for the cattle,” she says.

As for a price comparison, Madison Magill of Uptown Grocery in Edmond says Peach Crest Ranch meats, such as top round, bottom round, tenderloin, strip loin and ground beef, cost about 12 percent more than similar cuts of the store’s conventionally marketed beef. For more information about the Bergens’ products, go to peachcrestranch.com or visit Uptown Grocery, Buy For Less or Smart Saver.

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LEFT: THE MARLAND MANSION’S ELEVATOR HAS IMPRINTED BUFFALO LEATHER WALLS. PHOTO BY DAN MORGAN

BELOW: THE PRICE TOWER HAS UNUSUAL ELEVATORS. PHOTO COURTESY PRICE TOWER

skyscraper that architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed.

The elevators are also in a peculiar location.

“They are placed in the center of the tower and the elevator shafts are the main support structure of the building,” Atkins says.

“Wright used a cantilever structure to design the tower, which is very similar to a tree structure. The elevator shafts serve as the trunk of the building while the floors branch off.”

Philtower

HISTORY

Lift Your Spirits Some old elevators around the state bring back memories of a more lavish time and style.

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hen you step into most elevators today, gone are lavish interior designs, elaborately embellished outer doors, plush carpet and operators – elements of a time past.

Elevators now can travel as fast as 45 mph and have computerized controls, but some still have a little something from another era.

“When elevators are modernized, it is often only the control and safety systems that get replaced,” Tulsa author and historian Douglas Miller says. “Sometimes the cars, doors and cables are all original.”

The 320 South Boston Building in Tulsa, a 22-floor high-rise built in 1917, is an example of old meeting new. The 100-year-old Beaux Arts-style building’s elevators may have a few replacements, but the decorative design on the doors is a tribute to a long-ago era. There are other elevators throughout Oklahoma that also have something old and something new.

Marland Mansion

With fleur-de-lis imprinted buffalo leather walls, a wooden door and a brass safety gate, the elevator in the Marland Mansion in Ponca City has the same look and feel it did in 1926.

“You would think you were in a hotel in Paris in the 1920s, not a mansion in Ponca City, ” says David Keathly, executive director at E.W. Marland Mansion and Estate.

Marland, the former governor and oil baron, wanted a “Palace on the Prairie,” so he had the elevator installed when it was rare to see such a sight in a private residence, especially in Oklahoma, Keathly says.

The elevator, which fits only three adults, is one of the oldest in the state, yet with a few code updates and yearly maintenance, it runs like a dream for visitors to the mansion and museum.

Price Tower

Most elevators have rectangular floors, some are round or half-moon shaped, but the elevator at Price Tower Arts Center in Bartlesville is a little different. While the 1950s lifts don’t have extravagant interior designs, they catch your attention with their half-octagon shapes, part of the tower’s overall design theme of nature and geometry.

“Many of the shapes that are found in the building can be broken down into triangles … hence, why the shape of the elevator is half an octagon,” says Deshane Atkins, Price Tower curator.

The tower, known for its 30-, 60- and 90-degree angles, is famous because it was the only fully realized

The mechanics and other elements of the elevator may have been updated to meet building codes, but the heart of the Tulsa Philtower elevator still works.

Finished in 1928, the 24-story Philtower had six lifts with “elevator girls” as manual operators. Now with a modern interior and automated systems, three of the original six elevators are moved from floor-to-floor by a nearly 90-year-old motor, according to Richard Winton, a director at River City Development.

“The elevators were updated in the 1950s to be electro-mechanical and the cars were replaced at the same time,” Winton says.

“When we renovated the upper stories into loft apartments about 10 years ago, the elevators were again modernized to meet current safety standards, but the original motor from 1928 is still in use.”

While elevators have made many changes over the years, many still use the original motor, he says.

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Passow speaks after not having much sleep because of the birth of a baby three days earlier.

“I’m 76, and that’s too old to be chasing camels around,” she says.

“When they have their babies, especially in the cold, they can go into shock, so you’re running out to the barn every three or four hours.”

But the price is worth it.

“That little bull will sell for $4,500,” she says. “A baby female goes for $6,500. Yearlings go for $15,000.”

The Passows’ clients are owners of exotic pets throughout the western hemisphere.

They looked for an unusual business – “If you do what everyone else does, you don’t make money,” Wynona Passow says – that could accommodate Ralph Passow’s severe allergies.

They’re down to eight camels on-site after having 50 four years ago. Most of their herd are leased out for breeding or milking.

In Perry proper, a revitalization of the Courthouse Square Historic District draws hundreds of people downtown everyday.

“A lot of people come to town because of the square,” says Sue Sands, owner of Yankee Dime Mercantile, an antique store. “It has that Mayberry feel. You can walk around and get something to eat and shop. Perry Main Street is getting all the buildings filled and starting to put in loft apartments on the second floors. It’s lovely. It’s a comfortable place to be.”

A Dromedary ‘Mayberry’ In town is a refurbished courthouse square. Just outside is a camel farm.

Both draw visitors to Perry.

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ural and downtown evolutions mark how Perry has changed from just being known as the wrestling capital of Oklahoma and the home of Ditch Witch.

Wynona and Ralph Passow made an exotic wager on having income during their golden years. The payoff was an unusual business and tourist attraction.

Southeast of town, the Passows run a camel farm. They also have llamas, miniature donkeys and alpacas to entertain thousands of annual visitors, because some camels, especially the males, can get ornery.

“The mini-donkeys and alpacas are the nicest because they’ll come up and eat out of your hand,” says Wynona Passow, who began the business 20 years ago with her husband.

“We’re just dumb farmers who came across something that could make a lot of money in our retirement.”

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FAST FACTS POPULATION 5,018 GRAPPLING MECCA For 55 years, every wrestler at Perry High has been on at least one state championship team. Jack Van Bebber won Olympic gold in 1932. Danny Hodge won Olympic silver 20 years later, along with three national titles at the University of Oklahoma.

DITCH WITCH Ed Malzahn, grandson of a German blacksmith who set up shop in 1902, transformed the family business into Ditch Witch, Perry’s best-known company, by inventing the compact trencher.

TIE TO OKC BOMBING On April 19, 1995, Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Charlie Hanger stopped an unlicensed car on Interstate 35. The driver had a concealed, loaded weapon, so Hanger arrested Timothy McVeigh, who, 75 minutes earlier, had bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

Hanger, so by-the-book that friends joke that he would ticket his own mother, is now the Noble County sheriff.

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Fiddlin’ Around for 50 Years

Bluegrass legend Byron Berline has settled in Guthrie after achieving fame with music royalty.

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he sounds of bluegrass drift in the background as Oklahoma fiddle legend Byron Berline reflects on a career that has endured uncertainty.

“I think you’re successful when you can make a living doing what you love to do,” says Berline, who knew early on that fiddleplaying as an avocation was an “iffy” choice.

“You never know when the next paycheck is going to come. You hope you get a call and it works out.”

And it did for Berline … in a big way.

If you visit Berline in his Double Stop Fiddle Shop in downtown Guthrie, you might assume he’s a grandpa with a hobby.

But this 73-year-old has an impressive list of musical credits to his name. He’s recorded with Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Elton John, Rod Stewart, the Birds, the Rolling Stones and many other names any music enthusiast would recognize.

Berline, while living and working in Los Angeles for 26 years, also played music for and appeared in several movies and TV episodes.

“If you’re out there playing in public, then people see you and then they recommend you for this and that and the other, and that’s how that works,” says Berline, understating his talent.

One gig he remembers vividly was Stay Hungry, starring Sally Field and Jeff Bridg-

es. The film has one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s early roles. Berline provided the actual fiddle music, but he had to teach the man who would become The Terminator how to look like he was playing.

Berline’s roots are in Grant County, where he was the youngest of five children living on a farm. His father played the fiddle and, while his siblings were all musical, he learned violin from his dad.

“I don’t remember ever not playing the fiddle, to be honest. I just grew up doing it,” he says.

Berline’s musical career began while he studied physical education at the University of Oklahoma. He recorded his first album with The Dillards, a bluegrass band, in summer 1965. That same year, he was invited to the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island and met Bill Monroe, one of the early pioneers of bluegrass music.

Monroe asked him to come aboard then, but Berline

waited until he finished school before joining the band in 1967, when his career took off.

After more than two decades in California, Berline and his wife, Bette, moved to Guthrie, her hometown.

“One day I said, ‘This is enough; we’ve been out here long enough,’” Berline says. “‘Let’s move back to Guthrie, and I’ll find a place to put the instruments I’d been collecting.’”

Berline spends his time enjoying family, playing golf and having all his instruments in his shop, but he hasn’t left fiddle playing behind. He plays twice a month with the Byron Berline Band above the fiddle shop and travels to play and teach periodically.

The project he’s most proud of is the annual International Bluegrass Festival the first weekend in October in Guthrie; it brings in musical groups from all over the world.

In addition to his extensive recording, film and television career, Berline has traveled the world and played in all 50 states. He says he has done it all for the love of fiddleplaying.

“I feel like I’ve been on vacation for 50 years – that’s the way I feel,” he says.

BONNIE RUCKER

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The State INSIDER

The Heart Sings Brandon Jenkins, a sensitive tunesmith with a working man’s sensibility, had a lot of music left in him.

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ure, he’d already made plenty of it, giving us thousands of live performances, scores of original songs, and a good number of albums to enjoy and contemplate.

But he was only 48, after all, when he died a couple of months ago in a Nashville hospital, after being admitted for a serious heart problem. He never made it out, and those of us who loved him and the music he made are all the poorer for it.

As with all artists, musicians – especially those possessing a certain intensity of feeling and dedication to their art – like to talk about how they don’t like to be put in boxes, to be categorized or to be packaged. They want to be free to explore the places the process of creation takes them without regard to how someone might label the results.

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Those who find themselves engaged in making a living with what they do, however, usually must balance giving the audience what it wants with satisfying their own creative impulses. Many find that there’s an inverse ratio between doing what they want and the money they make for doing it. In other words, the more you enjoy and are satisfied by a particular artistic pursuit, the less chance you have of making a ton of cash with it. One of the best examples of this is the rise of bebop in the mid-1940s, when a group of great musicians left well-paying gigs with the big – and popular – dance bands to make more challenging jazz, which confused and alienated many who loved their previous, more accessible, work. There were certainly people who dug this new style, but the audiences, and the paychecks, weren’t what these innovators were used to as swing-band stars.

In the beginning – or, at least, when I first began writing about him – Tulsa-native Brandon Jenkins looked a whole lot like a rising country music star. With the canny R.C. Bradley, a former Jim Halsey Co. executive, managing him, Brandon burst onto the local scene in ’94, decked out in cowboy duds – topped by a black Stetson – as he opened for an impressive number of national country acts coming through town, including Tracy Byrd, the Mavericks and Willie Nelson.

Even at the beginning, however, there were signs that the balancing act was already going on with Brandon. I remember early on, for instance, that he wore a Jimi Hendrix T-shirt on stage under his western jacket – a minor style choice, but symbolic.

I think the first time I saw Brandon perform live was when he opened for Byrd at the Cain’s Ballroom in March of that year – doing all-original material. In my Tulsa World review, I wrote, “Although Jenkins is justifiably proud of his original stuff, it might be prudent for him to include a couple of cover songs early on, done in his style, to give those unfamiliar with his material a frame of reference.”

While I’m pretty certain it wasn’t because of that advice, Brandon did start playing a few covers in those situations, and his ostensible path to country stardom continued when Bradley steered him to Nashville.

This was in 1995. By late ’96, however, the situation had changed. R.C. was gone, dead from brain cancer at age 45, and Brandon was back in town with a new look to go with his new attitude.

“I fell into the trap of doing what I was supposed to do,” he told me for a December 1996 World story, referring to the Nash-

ville trip, “and once I was there I realized that it wasn’t what I was supposed to do. Here’s where I’m supposed to be, in Tulsa. If it was good enough for Bob Wills, it’s good enough for me.”

Then, he added a telling observation.

“It just seemed like it was more about business than music in Nashville,” he said, “and that side of it isn’t what I’m into. They say art is in the process, not the product, and not to put ’em down in Nashville, but there it’s about product. Here, it’s about the process.”

And while Brandon would spend the rest of his time between Tulsa, Austin, and even Nashville, his observation about product vs. process – commerce vs. art – would blaze the trail he took for the rest of his life. By the time we did that 1996 interview, the metamorphosis had already started. The black hat was gone. The tattoos came a couple of years later, as did the shaved head. He let his public persona evolve into what he was in real life: a brilliant, sensitive tunesmith with a working man’s sensibility and his own unique angle of vision.

Working with a variety of like-minded cohorts – including longtime collaborator David Percefull of Tulsa’s Yellow Dog Studios and songwriter-musician Scott Hutchison, among many other good and talented people – Brandon Jenkins reeled out genuine Okie art year after year, getting a good portion of it down on a variety of small record labels.

Along the way, he became associated with Red Dirt music, that Stillwater-birthed, earthy but intelligent amalgam of country, rock and blues popularized by the likes of Steve Ripley, Bob Childers, Cody Canada, the Great Divide and the Red Dirt Rangers. Brandon Ticketmaster.com | 1.800.745.3000 had the credentials: He’d spent some time playing in Stillwater venues, mostly while pursuing a degree in sociology at Oklahoma State University. Even the slack perimeters of Red Dirt, however, sometimes seemed too much of a straitjacket for him.

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Most everyone else did that as well – filing Brandon in “Americana” under the subhead “Red Dirt.” His work probably belongs there as much as it belongs anywhere, since, in the final analysis, what makes Red Dirt distinctive is its drawing from the twin wells of Wills and Woody Guthrie, the two Depression-era performers whose separate but equal approaches to their craft helped make our popular music different from anyone else’s. In Brandon’s “Gideon’s Bible,” for instance, you hear the hell-with-it abandon of Wills’ great escapist tunes; in “Government Housing Lot,” on the other hand, there’s no mistaking the sympathetic-populist concern of the Okemah-born Guthrie. Like the banner-carrying Red Dirt acts mentioned earlier, Brandon Jenkins melded those two influences into something that Saturday, May 12, 4-8pm could only have come from here. And, in many cases, it could only Bring family and friends to enjoy the Children’s Discovery Garden. have come from him.

As with the Red Dirt exemplars, Brandon ended up eschewing Music, food, drinks and activities for children of all ages! stardom and the big money that comes with it in favor of honesty, MEMBER TICKETS: $40 emotion, and – as he talked about in that earlier interview – the process of art. I was privileged to watch and listen to his explorations NOT-YET-A-MEMBER: $60 for nearly a quarter of a century, and even to talk with him at length about his work – and many other topics – over the years, always Children get in free with a paid adult looking forward to the next visit. In February, he made sure I saw Tickets available at TULSABOTANIC.ORG one of his Facebook postings, an impossibly early snapshot of me at one of his concerts, with the caption: “Back when the Tulsa World RAIN OR SHINE showed love … even John Wooley would come to my shows. Lol.” A few weeks later, he was gone.

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Ready for Prime Time Former University of Oklahoma Sooner Steven Parker looks to realize another dream with the NFL.

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teven Parker is a dreamer, and having his head in the clouds has served him well thus far.

One of his biggest goals while at Jenks High School was to play football at the University of Oklahoma. He achieved that marker and then some by starting every game as a defensive back for the Sooners during his final three seasons in Norman.

Like many seniors, Parker spent the past few months preparing for the NFL draft, April 26-28 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, as he looks to realize another dream – making it with a professional team.

“This process has been very exciting,” says Parker, who spent several weeks in March training in Tulsa in preparation. “I’ve taken it just with all the blessings in the world.”

OU’s season ended in early

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January, when Parker shifted his focus to improving his stock at NFL combines. He trained until March 10 at the Michael Johnson Performance Center, a McKinney (Texas) facility owned by the four-time Olympic gold medal runner.

He returned to Norman on March 14 for OU’s Pro Day where he and his former teammates took the field one last time to impress NFL scouts, coaches and other personnel.

“It was a blast,” Parker says. “It

was just an opportunity for us to showcase exactly what we’ve been doing the past couple months. I flourished and everybody else did as well.”

Parker, projected to be selected between the third and seventh rounds, will watch the draft with his parents, Francine and Steven Parker, who have since moved back to Oklahoma City from Jenks, plus other family and friends. No matter when his name is called, it will be an emotional experience.

“I’m probably going to cry …

I’m not going to lie,” Parker said.

“I’ll be hugging my mom, hugging my pops. I’m going to love every minute of it.”

Parker has nothing but gratitude for them.

His father “was the one who was having me up early in the morning, grinding, running hills at an early age,” he says. “I really do thank him for it because without him, I wouldn’t be here. He coached me one or two years, but I’d really say he coached me my whole high school career because he’s the one that let me get into football at an early age. I thank my mom as well.”

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Thank You, Mom There are myriad ways to make your mother feel loved this holiday.

his month’s most important day is approaching rapidly – May 13. Have you decided how to honor the most important woman in your life?

Mothers want to know that they are appreciated, whether it’s their first Mother’s Day or their 51st. It’s a special time to celebrate the women in our lives who nurtured us, kissed our boo-boos, filled our bellies with food and kissed away our tears.

We love the women who cheered for us from the sidelines and went without sleep while we suffered through childhood illnesses.

We value all they have done for us, and we have a national holiday to prove it. Put some serious thought into what to do for Mother’s Day,

and let us help you with some great ideas.

If you have small children who want to help treat Mom, let them create something special or homemade for her. She will cherish it forever.

But don’t stop there – she needs to be pampered, too. A spa day, with or without you by her side, a cruise, a day at the beach, or an impromptu shopping spree at her favorite store is a good start. Take her out for a fine dining experience, and if you’re going to go all out with a gift, make it something that lasts. A mother’s love is forever ... just like diamonds. Buy her some.

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Guatemala Beckons ‘Voluntourism’ allows participants to explore new countries while lending a hand to those in need.

M THE IGLESIA DE SAN ANDRES XECUL IS A MUST-VISIT.

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eaning “land of the trees,” Guatemala is the heart of the long-past Mayan world. With around 30 volcanoes and at least 25 ethnic groups, Guatemala attracts the rustic traveler who seeks both natural beauty and service projects. Leave the jewelry and fancy clothing at home and discover yourself with extraordinary experiences.

Antigua, a colonial town of cobblestone streets and illuminated architecture, is a UNESCO site that showcases Guatemala’s chic side with its cafes, jade jewelry stores and chocolate museum. Nearby cultural excursions are nestled in villages with winding roads. Indigenous people transport items on their heads with babies swaddled in slings. They’re dressed in woven textile patterns proudly representing their individual villages.

Mananas y Tardes in San Antonio, an interactive Mayan wedding customs ritual, captivated my tourism group with tortilla-making over a fire and seed-to-cup

coffee grinding. The next stop was Iximche, an archaeological park of ancient ruins including royal palaces, ball courts and temples. Mayan astrological symbols – explained among the pines of this promontory – transfixed us as we stood in a spot of balance and lit candles in a shaman-prepared shrine.

We practiced “voluntourism” (volunteering plus tourism) in Quetzaltenango, or Xela, whose bristling Central Park is reminiscent of European architecture. Entrees with hibiscus juice had us saying “provecho” (or bon appetit) after every meal, during which our group recapped the day’s work at a school. We painted playground murals and created a wall display for vocabulary lessons.

Most significantly, the school-service project, which supported infrastructure and classroom needs, culminated with the “valores” (values) and joy of children who gave us a musical performance. You’ll leave more than your service there; you’ll leave a piece of your heart. From the quaintest villages to the pulsating city MAY 2018 | WWW.OKMAG.COM

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nightlife, all Guatemalans embody the spirit of the country’s famous proverb: “Everyone is the age of their heart.”

The hot springs in Fuentes Georginas provided an exotic spa experience. One comes upon the sulphuric springs, ensconced in volcanic mist, after many hairpin turns in the mountains 10,000 feet above sea level.

Terraced farms sit along the way to this magical perch among a lush canopy. The verdant landscape and therapeutic, geothermal waters soothe visitors, especially at the boiling base of the waterfall. Buoyantly calm, we exfoliated to the point of natural percolation. Enjoying hot chocolate before descending into Xela, we sat entranced in the poolside cafe. Later that night, a lively salsa dance lesson knocked us out for deep sleep.

San Andres Xecul exposed us to a world-famous church, religious syncretism and village life. Dyed textile threads drying on rooftops, cave-like homes and panoramic views thrilled us at every corner of this mile-high ascent. An embroidery lesson with baby chickens fluttering nearby was unforgettable.

Chichicastenango, the Western Hemisphere’s largest craft market, swarmed with vendors and saturated colors. This mountaincrested town’s treasure is the 400-year-old San Tomas church. The buffet and live marimba music at the Santo Tomas Hotel provided respites from the teeming market.

The grand finale was Lake Atitlan, one of the most beautiful in the world. Under marshmallow clouds, gliding on glassy waters, our speedboat shot into azure, sacred waters where few boats are permitted. Arriving at San Juan

– an artisan community of cooperatives run by village women, coffeehouses and medicinal herb gardens – we admired murals decorating the relaxed, hillside markets. We toured an organic coffee farm and surrounding volcanoes – the creme de la creme of our cappuccino break.

A last night in Antigua ended with a posh dinner at Bistro Bourbon. We luxuriated at the chic Palacio Chico Hotel even with the sounds of nightlife outside. Weekends in Antigua never slumber.

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A home and two guest quarters on Grand Lake become a getaway for a Tulsa businessman.

By M. J. Van Deventer • Photos by Alyssa Rosenheck

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hen this Grand Lake home was built 18 years ago, it was, no doubt, stunning. But with the combined forces of time, Oklahoma’s mercurial weather and a lack of care, its beauty waned.

Fortunately, a prominent Tulsa businessman saw past the home’s faded glory. Now, he has returned this lakeside setting to its former beauty, and it has become an enticing weekend retreat and a showplace for entertaining his family, friends and business associates.

Not only are the home and its two guest quarters appealing to visitors, but the owner’s boat dock is just down the hill from his enclave, promising weekend adventures.

Working with the firm of Austin Bean Design Studio, the client has a set of three well-dressed beauties with a distinct flair.

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A FLOOR-TO-CEILING ARMOIRE IS AN IMPRESSIVE PIECE.

A DRAMATIC VAULTED CEILING WITH WOODEN BEAMS IS ACCENTED WITH TWIN CHANDELIERS IN THE LIVING ROOM.

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HIGH CEILINGS, AN UNUSUAL FAN AND BLACK LINEN FLOOR-TO-CEILING DRAPES ARE COMFORTING FEATURES IN THE MASTER BEDROOM.

TWO PRESERVED STRAW BOWLS ACCENT THE BEDROOM HEADBOARD. A BLUE BEDSPREAD AND A RED PATTERNED RUG SUGGEST A PATRIOTIC THEME.

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SILVER TRAVERTINE MARBLE WALLS AND FLOORS HIGHLIGHT THE DARK CABINETRY IN THE MASTER BATH.

As the Austin Bean designers in Tulsa began the project, they considered the various architectural levels within the main home and “worked around some less fortunate areas,” says the firm’s owner and designer, Mel Bean.

What they encountered was a home with all gold walls and mismatched colors of stain on woodwork and trims. Yet its dramatic architectural features of high ceilings, accented by wood beams, and floor-to-ceiling windows with compelling lake views were quite appealing.

The design team opted for a quiet color scheme of creamy-white walls and ceilings throughout the home. They added contrast by applying a dark gel stain to create handsome additions in cabinetry, wall trims and ceiling beams.

The pristine effect is the perfect complement to the furnishings, draperies and minimal accessories throughout the home. The soft white walls are now the showcase for the owner’s extensive contemporary art collection. Choosing unusual works of art for each area of the home, Mel and her staff worked with two Tulsa art galleries – M.A. Doran and Aberson’s Gallery – with the help of Kim Conder.

Occasional African-themed artifacts sprinkled throughout the home are conversation pieces, reflecting the owner’s penchant for traveling abroad.

To achieve the masculine spirit the owner desired, the firm used rich cognac leathers and shades of blue and gray in the upholstery.

Fabrics and tile choices also spoke to the theme. The lakeside setting prompted the use of durable outdoor fabrics in some upholstery. Bed linens and decorative pillows also highlight the recurrent theme with textured linens, suedes and leathers.

Other design decisions included floor-to-ceiling draperies to enhance large window areas, including the French doors leading to several balconies. Silver travertine walls are featured in the master bathroom. A handsome black iron railing around a balcony in a bedroom also plays to this textural motif.

There is a muted geometric theme that runs like a thread of continuity through the design story in many rooms. It is particularly evident in area rug patterns, the kitchen floor tile and several decorative pillows in bedrooms.

Particularly notable is a small round table, nestled between a quartet of chairs in a conversation area in the living room. It has two layers of vertical strips of fabric, accenting the table’s sides.

“The living room has enough drama to prompt conversation at any of the owner’s weekend gatherings,” Bean says.

Contemporary lighting fixtures are expressed in minimal chandeliers, pendant lights or unique ceiling fans that speak to the modernistic trend the owner desired.

“He was thrilled with the lighting design, and even added layers of lighting controls to create a soft, inviting mood in certain rooms,” Bean says.

The entire project involved 20 rooms throughout the three properties, including a bunk room, with custom beds in one of the guest houses.

At the end of the project, Bean believed her team accomplished their goals.

“We felt we had achieved what he asked us to do. We created a luxurious, masculine weekend escape setting for him. He’s given us very positive feedback on the project.”

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Cascades, Oases and Grasslands Waterfalls, lesser-known state parks, prairies and blooming gardens provide alternatives to popular getaway spots.

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f you’re looking for a secluded, natural adventure in Oklahoma, one that’s not a popular tourist destination, we offer some out-of-theway spots in the wilderness with tranquil sounds of water falling or flowing.

Between Bartlesville and Pawhuska sits Osage Hills State Park, dominated

by Sand Creek, which has three sets of cascades in about a 40-yard space.

From the top of the first cascade to the bottom is about 8 feet.

“The creek that makes the cascades is considered pristine, which means, basically, there’s no industrial, farming or biological pollution,” park manager Nick Conner says.

Visitors can see white-tailed deer, bobcats, raccoons, gray foxes, gray and red squirrels, turkey vultures, Mississippi kites and pileated woodpeckers, Conner says.

“We have photography classes that come through the park to specifically take pictures of wildlife,” He says.

About 30 miles northwest near Foraker is the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, a 39,000-acre tract owned and managed

by The Nature Conservancy. It has more than 2,000 roaming bison and is the largest intact tallgrass prairie in the world.

Sand Creek also runs through the

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preserve and a trail loop lets hikers view the gentle stream from various angles.

For a much longer road trip, head toward the Panhandle. Five miles northeast of Woodward is Boiling Springs State Park, which has two waterfalls. One runs from a tree line and the second runs from a small lake to a wading pool, which drains to the cascade, then into the North Canadian River. The namesake springs bubble so much that they look like they’re boiling.

“All the water in the park is springfed, including the 5-acre lake … and the water is 52 degrees year around,” says park employee Laura Hammontree, who calls it a “photographer’s paradise. We’re the place where you go to watch nature.”

In the northwest corner of the Panhandle (practically in Colorado) near Kenton is Black Mesa State Park and Nature Preserve, both about 15 miles from the tallest point in Oklahoma.

The park straddles placid Lake Carl Etling, which connects Swede and South Carrizo creeks. The Nature Conservancy also owns the preserve, home to golden eagles, scaled quails, black-billed magpies, pinyon jays, black bears, mountain lions and bighorn sheep.

Way back to the east, just a few

miles from the Arkansas state line near West Siloam Springs, is Natural Falls State Park. Its waterfall drops 77 feet (tied with Turner Falls as the state’s tallest). Visitors can view the cascade from above or below via a shady hiking loop. The steps are steep but worth the ascent and descent.

About 40 miles north in Grove, near Grand Lake o’ the Cherokees, is 8-acre Lendonwood Gardens, which has seven distinct botanical areas with several pools of water, each flowing into the next. The first cascade drops about 8 feet, says Donnie Crain, president of the Grove Area Chamber of Commerce. Lendonwood board member Pauline Hale adds that another waterfall trails down rocks from the hillside into a koi pond sitting below a Japanese pavilion.

Botanical highlights include the English Terrace Garden, with sunny beds and rhododendrons; the American Backyard Garden, where plants thrive with minimal water; the Oriental Garden, featuring shade plants; and the Azalea Garden, abloom in April with pinks, lavenders, reds and whites.

“There are over 1,200 different types of plants, a really amazing collection of rhododendrons, many varieties of day lilies and several varieties of dogwoods,” Hale says.

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Rise of Dental Implants A half-million people a year have screws, topped with crowns or bridges, placed into their jaws to replace missing teeth.

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he American Dental Association names implants as one of the biggest advances in dentistry in the past 40 years.

Three million Americans are reported to have had these procedures and the number is growing by 500,000 a year, according to the American Academy of Implant Dentistry.

“Dental implants are medical screws that are placed into either the upper or lower jaw,” says George Bohle, a prosthodontist with Dental Depot in Oklahoma City.

“The bone cells in the jaw, over a threeto-six-month period, grow to the implant and anchor it, becoming one with the bone.”

He says implants are typically made of a titanium alloy and are available in a variety of designs, diameters and lengths.

“Once anchored to the bone, the implants can be used for a variety of treatments,” Bohle says. “If the patient is missing a single tooth, then a post called an abutment is placed into the implant and a crown is put on top. If three or more teeth are missing in an area, then two implants can be separated and used for a bridge. These tooth replacements look, feel and chew like natural teeth.”

For individuals with a removable partial plate, implants can stabilize the prosthesis to help with function and comfort.

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“If all of the teeth are missing in either the upper or lower jaw, multiple implants can be placed, and a snapon, removable denture or a bridge that stays in place can be made,” he says. “The snap-on dentures work extremely well and come at a cost savings compared to the bridge that stays in place. The bridge that stays in place is held with set screws that tighten down to the anchored implants. The teeth on the bridge are made of either high density resin or from zirconia, which is an extremely hard material.”

Patient concerns center on the cost of the procedure and the amount of pain involved. Bohle says costs vary by provider and insurance coverage, but in Greater Oklahoma City a fair estimate is $1,300 to $2,200 per implant screw.

“As scary as it may sound placing a screw into your bone, there is little discomfort,” he says. “The bone does not have much feeling and typically it is the gums on top that are sore for about a week.”

He advises those who opt for the implants to be patient, as the process can take months.

“After surgery, there will be multiple followup appointments over the next three to six months to monitor the health of the implant and bone,” Bohle says.

“Once healed, the implant may need to be uncovered if it were left under the gums at placement. A mold or a digital scan will then be made and the laboratory will make the post and crown, bridge, or dentures to fit.

“There may be several appointments to verify that parts fit and to allow the patient to visualize the prosthesis prior to completion. Once complete, the prosthesis is cared for as if it was a natural tooth or in the case of a snap-on denture, removed daily, brushed and reinserted.”

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After a recent redesign, SimpliSafe offers safeguards to create a latticework of protection against intruders, power outages, downed Wi-Fi, crowbars and everything in between. Sensors are half the size of earlier versions with double the range, and SimpliSafe claims they are so precise that they can differentiate between the heat signatures of a human and an animal. SimpliSafe states that a video doorbell, outdoor camera and smart lock will be available soon, as well as voice integration with Amazon’s digital personal assistant, Alexa.

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Ring’s website indicates the equipment for Ring Alarm will start at $199, but doesn’t give a monthly service cost.

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Saint Francis Health System and Warren Clinic are dedicated to providing comprehensive women’s healthcare for the various stages of a woman’s life. With physician office locations throughout the community, Warren Clinic provides obstetrical and gynecological (OB/GYN) services, care for high-risk pregnancies, a dedicated OB/GYN hospitalist program, breast health services, access to advanced surgical technology and more.

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We honor Oklahoma women who dream, pioneer and advocate tirelessly to improve our state.

Oklahoma women have, for generations, made a tremendous impact on Oklahoma.

From activists and politicians to inventors and volunteers, we owe a great deal to women of the past for rising above sexism, racism and a mountain of issues to make meaningful improvements to the state. Today’s women carry a similar weight on their shoulders. Perhaps the issues at hand are different, but our women remain the same – dedicated, confi-

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dent, passionate and determined to make a difference.

Oklahoma Magazine asked hundreds of nonprofits across the state to nominate these impassioned women, and they delivered. Every woman nominated was impressive; each one is worthy of honor for her dedication to a chosen cause.

We’d love to feature them all, but instead, we bring you seven wonder women with different passions. They represent the selflessness of all Oklahoma women making sacrifices so others can have better lives. They prove, as does every woman who strives to make a difference in this world, that grace and strength can take us far.

Wendy Drummond Tulsa

Wendy Drummond has been actively involved in many nonprofits for 23 years, and currently serves on the national board for Girl Scouts USA, the Tulsa Botanic Garden and Visit Tulsa.

In addition, she is advisory director for the Tulsa Ballet, Emergency Infant Services and Lindsey House; chair of Tulsa’s Film, Music, Arts and Culture Committee; a trustee for the Tulsa Performing Arts Trust; and a past board member of numerous nonprofits. She is a Big Sister to a ninth grader in Jenks and has been with the Big Brothers Big Sisters program for three years.

She has chaired many nonprofit events, including Swim, Rattle and Roll; the Kaleidoscope Ball; and the Red Ribbon Gala. She is co-chair of this year’s Wine Experience for the Philbrook Museum and Icons and Idols for the Tulsa Ballet, both with her husband, Gentner Drummond. The couple also chairs the current capital campaign for Emergency Infant Services and have raised almost $6 million for a new building opening in 2019. Drummond says serving others is her passion; people often ask her how she manages her work-life balance and why she is involved in so many different causes. And the answer is simple: She doesn’t see her nonprofit involvement as work, but rather as a vital part of balancing mind, body and spirit. “At work, my mind is challenged daily. As I near my 50th birthday, I am committed to exercising five days a week and living a healthy lifestyle,” she says. “Serving those in need and making our community a better place to live for everyone is what calms my spirit and makes me feel whole.”

Drummond, who started law school on the same day that her youngest son started the first grade and earned her law degree from the University of Tulsa, practiced for a decade before becoming the chief executive officer of Premier Locations, US Cellular’s largest national agent with 47 stores in seven states.

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Heather Lunsford Oklahoma City

Heather Lunsford has made art her lifelong passion, and she shares that with children around the world in countries such as India and Nepal. It’s a rewarding form of volunteerism for an art lover.

“Kids I have worked with in developing nations often haven’t even had a pencil – so to take real art supplies, pastels, watercolor, collage, is extremely exciting for them,” she says. “They work so hard and are so grateful, that the feeling is invigorating. These kids have not ever had the chance to create art before, so they aren’t scared to make mistakes and try.”

Lunsford, an art consultant and collections manager for The Heritage building in Oklahoma City, earned her bachelor’s in painting and art history from Oklahoma State University. She then lived and worked in Spain as a bilingual designer in a home design and art gallery for five years.

When she returned stateside, she taught art in Spanish at the San Antonio Museum of Art and finished a graduate degree in business.

“While teaching there, I discovered how art can transcend so many barriers: money, social, race, language,” she says. “I became passionate about bringing art to kids who have never had the chance to create.”

Lunsford says if kids can learn to create art before they feel the pressure to conform to their peers (make it look perfect), then they’ll have a skill to carry forever. Lunsford typically travels with a charity out of Oklahoma City called 4 H.I.M., His Healing Helping Hands International Ministries.

“They work hard to bring skills and industry to people via micro-loans in the developing world. Many of these micro-loan projects support schools, so they have a built-in audience for me,” she says. “I take a portion of the sales of my artwork, and sometimes my clients will donate, to buy the tickets and pay my travel expenses. I plan to teach 200-300 kids a 30-45 minute art lesson.”

One of her fondest memories was during a trip to Togo.

“I took pipe cleaners and beads to a beach slum in Togo – and the kids were so creative.

I gave them a few ideas, bracelets, necklaces, etc., but they created eye glasses, hair ties and things I hadn’t thought of,” Lunsford says. “I saw those pipe cleaners and beads recycled for new art the whole time we were in the village. So, not only had we made art together, but they took those materials home and shared them with their families to make art together.”

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Art Consultant, volunteer art teacher

RIGHT: CHILDREN IN A TOGO POULTRY VILLAGE SHOW OFF THEIR SELF PORTRAITS DURING A RECENT TRIP OF LUNSFORD’S. PHOTO COURTESY HEATHER LUNSFORD

Lou C. Kerr Oklahoma City

Lou C. Kerr has been involved in so much philanthropic work over the last four decades, her resume spans six full pages. While it’s difficult to whittle down all her nonprofit involvement into a manageable list, Kerr has some favorite memories and projects that she feels have had a particularly lasting impact on Oklahoma.

“Education is a strong passion and one I have enjoyed helping with through board participation and involvement from the very beginning of our foundation work,” Kerr says. “My most proud moments were helping to create the Women’s Leadership Program at Oklahoma State University. It has been going on in Tulsa for nearly 30 years. Dr. Julie Weathers and the OSU School of Business continue to direct the process so young students, women, community leaders and others are able to acquire a quality education and be made aware of educational opportunities through programs to Oklahoma and other states.”

Kerr says most of the colleges in Oklahoma have known of the Kerr Foundation’s help.

“As a former chair of the Oklahoma Independent College Foundation, I have worked with nearly every college and university in Oklahoma in one way or the other. As a member of the select committee of Truman Scholars program, I was able to help students in Oklahoma acquire scholarships from the National program,” she says. “As a United Methodist Higher Education Foundation board member, I helped highlight the need for funds to Oklahoma students.

“OCU Societies was and is another of my proudest moments as the arts received funding need for the talented students attending Oklahoma City University. We have funded various programs in the fine arts schools at the University of Oklahoma, and many libraries and humanities programs throughout the state.”

Her work for senior citizens has also had great, and lasting, impact.

“Long before there was an Area Wide Area Agency or any type of help for seniors, I worked with Gov. Nigh and Gov. Bellmon to change the face of aging issues over the many years,” she says.

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Keri Spencer Muskogee

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Founder, Restoring Identities after Sexual Exploitation

A longtime attorney, Keri Spencer is no stranger to the difficulties families face. Spencer handled delinquency and Families in Need of Services cases as a deputy prosecuting attorney, then represented the state of Arkansas in foster care, adult protective services and administrative services until her family returned to her hometown of Muskogee in 2011.

Today, Spencer is on the pastoral staff of New Community Church in Muskogee and the founder of RISE, Restoring Identities after Sexual Exploitation, a long-term residence for girls ages 13-18 who have been victims of sex trafficking or commercial exploitation.

RISE came about as a logical result of the work of Priceless – an awareness ministry Spencer formed with her daughter, Kayla, in September 2013. Priceless hosts awareness events and educates the public and youth on dangers of sex trafficking in the United States.

“As I became more involved with the anti-trafficking movement in Oklahoma, including with the Child Trafficking Task Force in Tulsa,” she says, “I learned that the greatest need was a place for our minor girls to be able to go once they have been identified as victims to live in safety while they receive restorative services and begin the healing process from the traumas they suffer during their trafficking or exploitation experiences.”

RISE is licensed by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services as a residential facility and is funded through private donations. The facility opened officially Feb. 12, and has six beds with plans to expand to 12.

“The RISE board of directors, staff and myself all firmly believe that no one was put on this earth to be treated as property or raped for profit,” Spencer says. “It is our sincere desire to love these girls and walk with them as they heal and become healthy, happy, independent adults, free from the sex trade.”

Vicki Miles-LaGrange Oklahoma City

Vicki Miles-LaGrange has always had a passion for the United States government, she says. From an early age, she knew she would go into law by eagerly learning as much about the government and all its branches as she could.

“If somebody said, ‘What do you want to be?,’ I would always say I like government; it’s so necessary; it’s so important,” she says.

While growing up, she would tell her neighbor across the street – Melvin Porter, the first African-American elected to the Oklahoma Senate – that she was going to be a senator some day. After completing law school, MilesLaGrange did just that – beating Porter in a race for his seat and becoming the first African-American woman elected to the state Senate.

Her years in the legislature were some of the best of her life, she says, not the least because she was instrumental in passing legislation impacting women’s rights, civil rights and family law, but also because of her work on the International Judicial Committee, for which she visited numerous less-privileged countries and shared her knowledge to help governments, communities and attorneys in those countries through difficult times.

But Miles-LaGrange doesn’t toot her own horn for that work. Instead she credits it with changing her life.

“At the end of the day, I think I became a better person for having had that opportunity,” she says.

Miles-LaGrange says she credits her grandmother with teaching her what she calls her slogan.

“When I was a little girl, we used to go up to Fairfax, Oklahoma, and see my grandmother,” she says, “and she used to always say this: ‘Good, better, best. I must work harder than the rest, until my good is my better and my better is my best,’ and she told me you have to give the best you have to give, and your best will be enough.”

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Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Sarah Adams-Cornell Oklahoma City

Co-founder, Matriarch

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A citizen of the Choctaw Nation, Sarah Adams-Cornell takes a stand on important issues impacting Native American women, including domestic violence, activism, the Indian Child Welfare Act, sexual assault, and generational trauma. Adams-Cornell co-founded Matriarch, a nonprofit, intertribal, Nativeled program to empower women through education, community building and direct services to create positive change within their communities.

She and co-founder Kendra Wilson Clements began the Oklahoma City chapter in 2016 and added a Tulsa chapter in 2017. Their small groups meet twice a month to discuss a variety of issues with the purpose of healing, problem solving and teaching those tools to their children and families.

“Matriarch serves to empower Native women and help them to reclaim indigenous identity in the effort to build and support women leaders of their homes and communities,” Adams-Cornell says. “As Native women are empowered, so are their children, breaking cycles of violence and poverty and creating generations of health and hope.”

The groups incorporate culturally connected arts such as shawl and ribbon skirt making, pottery, painting and bead work.

“We are seeing incredible growth in our sisters, and the bonds formed have added a layer of protection through an incredibly strong support system,” she says. “It’s incredibly exciting to know we are successfully meeting a need in our communities.”

Adams-Cornell’s work doesn’t stop there.

“I’ve been working for the past few years to see Indigenous Peoples’ Day passed in Oklahoma City. Through this work, Live Indigenous OK was born,” she says. “Live Indigenous OK is a group of Native volunteers that track legislation in Oklahoma that will impact Native people. We host events to encourage indigenous people to run for office and run social media campaigns to remind OKC voters what our elected leaders voted for and against while in office. We hope to see progress as we ask the OKC City Council again this year to pass Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”

Marnie Taylor Oklahoma City

One of Oklahoma’s leading governance experts, Marnie Taylor has more than 35 years of leadership in volunteerism, board service, fundraising and community engagement.

She has served on more than 30 boards of directors and serves on the boards of the National Council of Nonprofits, Potts Family Foundation, ReMerge, World Neighbors and the Friends of the Governor’s Mansion.

After meeting and marrying her husband, Clayton, in Chicago, and moving to his home state of Oklahoma, Taylor realized how important it was to get involved, she says. “You just have to do what you say you’re going to do and roll up your sleeves,” Taylor says. “I quickly became immersed in community work, philanthropy, volunteerism and board service. And funny enough, I found a real niche in board governance.”

She has won numerous awards for her service to the community, including the Journal Record’s Woman of the Year in 2013, the Junior League of Oklahoma City’s Sustainer of the Year in 2011 and the 2018 President’s Spirit of Commitment Award.

“Faith is huge for me. My staff, my friends, my family and I talk about God’s gifts to us and how to use them. God has given me so much abundance in life. I feel like I owe it to Oklahoma, to our nonprofits, to our citizens to share those gifts,” she says. “This service is living out what Jesus said - love God with all your heart and love your neighbors as yourself. If we translate that as altruism or passion or drive, then I think I’ve helped to live out God’s purpose for me. That’s why I believe so much in doing good in all the ways I can and all the times I can.”

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President and CEO, Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits

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Fashion Roots

in the Red Dirt Sherri Hill, a Minco native, has built an international clothing conglomerate with hard work and familial encouragement.

If you’ve ever watched a televised beauty pageant – Miss USA, Miss America or Miss Universe, among others – chances are you’ve seen one of those gorgeous, accomplished women sporting a Sherri Hill original gown.

Hill, a Minco native, has also dressed the likes of entertainment royalty – Carrie Underwood, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande and Miranda Lambert, to name a few. She even gave Kendall Jenner, one of the most recognizable models in the world, her first-ever runway gig during New York Fashion Week 2011.

Hill’s life is indisputably full to the brim with success, but behind the glitz and glamour of the Sherri Hill brand is an Oklahoman whose love for family outshines all else.

As a child growing up in a rural town 40 miles southwest of Oklahoma City, Hill spent much of her time in her family’s retail store, Branum’s, where she got the initial touches of inspiration that would lead to a prolific career.

“We were a large family, and each of us was given the opportunity to work part time when we reached the age of 7,” Hill says.

The store, which sold everything from shampoo to school supplies to fabric, became the backdrop for Hill’s first fashion creations.

“I loved working there,” she says. “The fabrics were especially appealing ... my favorite part of the store. The cottons and practical prints became beautiful silks in my child’s imagination. I visualized amazing ball gowns

RIGHT: KENDALL JENNER (LEFT) WALKS WITH SHERRI HILL AND KYLIE JENNER (RIGHT) DURING A SHERRI HILL FASHION SHOW.

instead of practical blouses and day dresses.

At that time, I didn’t even know there was a career in design; I just loved the color.”

After she showed such an interest in fabrics, Hill’s father let her dress the store’s front window mannequins – an act of inclusion she wouldn’t forget.

“My father was especially encouraging and allowed me to feel I was an important part of the business,” she says.

Her childhood fascination bloomed into an adult trade. Hill attended the University of Oklahoma, where she studied fashion design and met her husband, Charles. After college, she spent years designing for major brands, but took a leap of faith and began her own label in 2008. The risk paid off: The Sherri Hill brand of evening wear, wedding gowns, prom dresses and accessories is sold in more than 1,000 stores in 30 countries.

Despite her accomplishments, Hill understands the fickle nature of fashion.

“I don’t think there is ever a time when a designer can feel, ‘I’ve made it.’ There can be successes, but in this career, you are only

LEFT TO RIGHT: MANY MISS USA WINNERS HAVE BEEN CROWNED WEARING SHERRI HILL CREATIONS, INCLUDING ERIN BRADY IN 2013, SHANDI FINNESSEY IN 2004, OLIVIA CULPO IN 2012, TARA CONNER IN 2006, ALYSSA CAMPANELLA IN 2011, OLIVIA JORDAN IN 2015, KARA MCCULLOUGH IN 2017, AND MISS TEEN USA 2015 KATHERINE HAIK.

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as good as your latest collection,” she says. “I think this healthy fear of failure is one of the strongest motivators. By the time we know a collection is successful, we have finished designing the next season.”

Hill’s appreciation for family is evident when she speaks about her highest career point, which isn’t watching one of dozens of Miss USA contestants win in her gowns or seeing her business soar to the highest levels of success. No, her pinnacle was when she “realized that my husband and all my children would be working together in a family business. Surrounding yourself with gifted, strong people makes success more likely. I am lucky that many of these talented people are family.”

The Sherri Hill corporate office moved to Austin, Texas, following a 2011 tornado that wiped out the brand’s warehouses and offices in Oklahoma. Two of Hill’s four children already lived there, making the move that much easier. However, Hill still “considers Oklahoma home” and attributes much of her success to those roots.

“My childhood in Oklahoma shaped my

career in many ways,” she says.

“Oklahomans are raised with a strong work ethic, combined with the confidence that if we work hard enough, anything is possible. The ability to dream big and the belief that hard work can make that dream reality is the best gift a designer can receive.”

MARY WILLA ALLEN

ABOVE LEFT TO RIGHT: ACTRESS CANDACE CAMERON BURE POSES WITH SHERRI HILL AND TWO-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL GYMNAST ALY RAISMAN. BRAZILIAN MODEL DANIELA BRAGA CLOSES A RECENT SHERRI HILL FASHION SHOW. SADIE ROBERTSON, GRANDDAUGHTER OF PHIL ROBERTSON (DUCK DYNASTY), CREATED A LINE OF PROM DRESSES WITH SHERRI HILL. SAILOR BRINKLEY-COOK, DAUGHTER OF SUPERMODEL CHRISTIE BRINKLEY, POSES WITH HILL AT A RECENT FASHION SHOW. BEFORE SHE WAS AN INTERNATIONAL SUPERMODEL, KENDALL JENNER (LEFT) GOT HER FIRST RUNWAY GIG FROM SHERRI HILL, WHO WALKS NEXT TO CASSIDY GIFFORD (RIGHT), DAUGHTER OF KATHIE LEE GIFFORD.

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WOMEN IN BUSINESS

Keller Williams Realty

Heidi Bents Realtor For the Oklahoma Region, Heidi Bents once again achieved “Double Gold Award” in 2017 as an associate of Keller Williams Realty. Bents ranks as one of Metro Tulsa’s “Top 100 Realtors” highlighting 2017 sales and volume index from Tulsa’s Greater Metro MLS. Heidi has also received the “Distinguished Realtor Designation” from the Expert Network, which is conferred upon the top 3 percent of U.S. realtors.

Since 1991, Heidi gratefully serves Oklahomans by providing concierge realty service and expertise for clients. Honoring each partnership by advocating client goals is key. For sellers, Bents offers proven target-market strategies with professional polish.

She patiently plays matchmaker, connecting buyers to their dreams of “home.” Securing desirable property and streamlining the transaction are added benefits. She specializes in luxury residential, new construction, resale, executive transfers, investors and farm/ranch.

Bents attributes success to a solid network built on trustworthy relationships with both clients and

associates. Her knowledge of local economic trends is crucial to understanding the local housing market.

As a Top Producer, she believes her strengths can be attributed to her business degree, the marketing tools she engages to reach the buying population and her background in residential design. Her eye for detail helps her successfully sell listings, and she’s not afraid to look for open-ended possibilities to maximize outcomes. Heidi thrives on negotiating and creative problem solving, resulting in a 100 percent success rate from contract to close.

“To me, the most successful transactions are wrapped with prayer, the realistic need of the client is met and everyone walks away from the closing table feeling like a winner.”

A mother of six, she understands the unique dynamics of the families she serves. Discovering people’s needs during a time of transition is where her knowledge of the marketplace shines.

“We begin as partners in real estate,” says Bents. “I intend to end as friends.”

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BA Med Spa and Weight Loss Center

Malissa Spacek Founder

BA Med Spa and Weight Loss Center has been serving men and women in the greater Tulsa area since 2010. Upon opening their doors in January 2010, founder and managing partner Malissa Spacek and her daughter Melody Hawkins, practice manager, along with their expert staff and business partner Dr. James Campbell, have continuously seen exponential growth in the number of patients they can serve, as well as in the types of treatments and services they can offer to help their patients look and feel their absolute best. 2018 marks another milestone of growth for this local business, as the BA Med Spa team moved into their brand new, state-ofthe-art location on April 2nd. “Having this new, high-

tech facility with over twice the amount of treatment rooms, the latest treatments and premier services has allowed us to easily expand the various ways we can improve the lives of the patients we serve everyday,” says Malissa.

Their goal is simple: to improve the lives of the patients they serve through many of their various services, such as weight loss, Botox and dermal fillers, permanent makeup, hormone replacement therapy, vaginal rejuvenation, laser therapy and Coolsculpting, just to name a few. If you are looking for a complete makeover, call the friendly staff at BA Med Spa today, where they will help you love the skin you are in.

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McDonald Land Services

Ella McDonald Founder

Growing up on a farm outside of Mill Creek, Oklahoma, Ella McDonald quickly learned there were no gender-specific jobs. When as a young woman she became interested in oil and gas, she knew she had the drive and ability to succeed, so she set out to prove oil and gas wasn’t just for the boys. After years on her own, she bet on herself, founding McDonald Land Services in 1982.

McDonald’s passion extends beyond business to supporting the communities in which she and her employees live and work. Over the past few years, they have collected toys for the children at OU Children’s Hospital, raised money for the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots program, walked for the

Susan G. Komen Foundation, and supported the Food for Kids Backpack Program in Oklahoma.

What started out as a one-woman enterprise has grown into a full-service land company, with a presence in all the major basins across continental U.S., served by regional offices in Washington and Nichols Hills, Oklahoma, Midland, Texas, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and Greenwood Village, Colorado.

The company, which has over 250 contract Landmen, provides oil, gas and wind energy leasing; land title services; right-of-way acquisition; and 2D and 3D seismic services to companies across the lower 48.

222 North Main, Washington 405.288.0946 • www.mcdls.com SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION

WOMEN IN BUSINESS

McGraw Realtors Grand Lake Diana Riley Patterson, top real estate associate for McGraw Realtors Grand Lake, was awarded 2017 $20 MILLION Club in Volume Sales overall at McGraw Realtors. She was also recognized for being in the top 150 Realtors in Tulsa. Having had her license for 39 years, she has only been in the business since 2006. Born and raised on Grand Lake and from a real estate family, her specialty is South Grand Lake, and she loves listing and selling waterfront and water view properties.

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1639 N 3rd St, Langley • 918.629.3717 southgrandlake.com • dpatterson@mcgrawok.com

Chatter Marketing, Inc.

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Chatter Marketing, Inc., a full-service creative firm led by President and CEO Heather Berryhill, specializes in advertising, marketing, public relations, branding and social media management. Heather has more than 20 years experience, and has developed her organization into a bustling firm with a team who brings creativity and a unique approach to every marketing strategy.

The overall result for the client? A message that consistently works – at every point of contact in a business marketing strategy.

9321 S. Toledo Ave., Tulsa • 918.906.7587 chattertulsa.com • heatherberryhill@chattertulsa.com 2001 Heather Berryhill.indd 2

Champagne Realty, LLC

Heather Berryhill President & CEO 4/7/18 10:03 AM

Jamie Parchman is a wife, mother, travel enthusiast and native Tulsan who has been in real estate for 10 years. As the owner and head broker of Champagne Realty, Parchman specializes in applying her expertise to assisting both commercial and residential buyers, sellers and investors through every step of the process, and handles all client files from start to finish with a passion for negotiation and friendly service.

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By Wendy King Burton

FALLOUT

Being ready for nuclear war doesn’t look much different than it did in the 1950s.

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DUACNKD

COVER

Many would be hard pressed to remember the last time a student had to participate in a nuclear incident drill (remember ducking under school desks?), especially since the end of the Cold War. But various threats from North Korea and an accidental emergency alert warning Hawaiian residents of a ballistic missile threat have the possibility of nuclear warfare weighing on many Americans’ minds.

The Federal Civil Defense Administration became a government agency Jan. 12, 1951, nearly six years after the United States dropped the only two deployed atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, during World War II. The Hiroshima blast killed approximately

80,000 people immediately; Nagasaki saw 40,000 perish immediately, and thousands more died later of radiation exposure.

The civil defense administration is no longer a government agency, but in the ’50s, part of its responsibility was to educate people on emergency preparedness and responses to a nuclear attack. From that effort came the familiar “duck and cover” instruction – school kids taught to take cover under desks or against walls to protect themselves from a nuclear detonation.

Advice from the FCDA included seeking the nearest shelter if you were outdoors when you saw the flash of light, and staying indoors as long as possible to avoid radioactive fallout.

Many families built bomb shelters and stocked them with food and water.

Preparing for nuclear war was a serious business back then.

Today, many people scoff at those simple instructions and laugh at the illustrated educational videos released by the FCDA. “How is hiding under a desk going to save me from a nuclear blast?” you might ask.

Shane Connor, in the business of answering such questions for the last 20 years, says people would be surprised at how that 1950s advice could save thousands of lives during a nuclear attack today.

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INFORMATION PREPARATION

Make sure your family has a plan in case of any emergency by keeping the following information in your supply kit or somewhere you can access it during a disaster.

• Designate neighborhood, out-of-neighborhood and out-of-town meeting places.

• Make a list of family members’ names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers with specific medical information on each.

• Write down where your family spends the most time each day with work addresses, school addresses and other places you frequent – and include those places’ evacuation locations, as well.

• Make wallet-sized emergency plan information cards for your family to carry with them – include important contacts and medical information on the cards.

HAZARDS RELATED

TO NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS Bright flash – could cause temporary blindness.

Source: Ready.gov/FEMA

Blast wave – can cause injury and may damage structures several miles from the blast.

Fire and heat – can cause burns or death, and damage to structures several miles from the blast.

Electromagnetic pulse – could damage electrical equipment and electronics several miles from the detonation.

Fallout – radioactive, visible dirt and debris raining down from several miles up that can cause sickness to those outside.

Source: ready.gov.

“It’s not that the information is not there or that it is not good; it’s that people are not receptive to it because they are convinced that if a nuke goes off and they don’t all die immediately, they’ll wish they had,” says Connor, co-owner of a company that recalibrates and recertifies old geiger counters, survey meters and dosimeters, and produces anti-radiation pills. “Ninety percent of the expected and projected casualties are 100 percent avoidable if the affected population knows ahead of time what to do and what not to do.”

That old “duck and cover” routine is definitely the way to go, he says.

“Think of it this way. If a nuke fell – there was a bright flash on the other side of Tulsa or Oklahoma City – everybody at home, at work, at school is going to impulsively rush to the nearest window to crane their neck to see what it was – and they will get there just in time for that delayed blast wave to shred them,” he says.

There are plenty of other considerations after a blast – most importantly, minimizing radiation exposure.

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days. But even chronic exposure to low levels of radiation over a long period of time can cause cancer, benign tumors, cataracts and potentially harmful genetic changes.

Because fewer people seem to build underground fallout shelters stocked with canned goods and blankets these days, it might be a good idea to have a plan for a nuclear attack.

According to ready.gov, a website launched by the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a national public service campaign in February 2003, fallout is most dangerous in the first few hours after detonation.

During this time, the fallout emits the highest levels of radiation, but it also takes time for fallout to hit the ground – often more than 15 minutes for areas outside the immediate blast zones.

This is probably the most important 15 minutes of your life – your chance to prevent significant radiation exposure from the onset. Most importantly, ready.gov says to get indoors. Brick or concrete buildings are the best.

Next, remove contaminated clothing and wipe or wash off unpro-

SUPPLY CHECKLIST You need specific supplies on hand in case of

ONLINE BONUS

Video: Civil defense safety, how-to’s and other retro videos will take you back 50 years.

Booklets: Read up on nuclear safety advice in books and pamphlets from the Cold War days – advice that still applies to nuclear incidents today.

Printables: Find printable checklists to help your family prepare.

Related Links: Learn more about nuclear preparation and history.

PREP FOR NUCLEAR FALLOUT IN HIGH STYLE

For “one percenters,” the luxurious Survival Condo, built in former Atlas missile silos in Kansas, should keep you safe. Homes sell for $3 million and up, and owners may live in them now or show up when a crisis occurs, according to the website, survivalcondo.com. These condos are touted as able to “withstand a nuclear explosion” and are said to be “one of the strongest structures built by man.”

In addition, the Survival Condo website says there are enough resources in place to last five years after a nuclear incident. With an indoor shooting range, wind turbine, aquaculture, hydroponic food, military-grade security, exercise facility, indoor pool, dog park, arcade, classroom, library, movie theater and high-speed elevator, it doesn’t sound like a bad place to spend the next five years – if you can come up with that kind of cash. The website indicates that banks won’t loan money for such condos, so it’s better to have cash in hand.

tected skin as soon as possible. Shower, if you can, but don’t use conditioner as it will help radioactive fallout stick to your hair instead of being washed off.

Finally, go to the basement or middle of the building, and stay away from the walls and roof.

If there’s power, tune into television or radio broadcasts for updates from authorities. Battery-operated and hand-crank radios will function after a nuclear detonation, but mobile phone, television and internet services may be disrupted. Stay indoors – wait to reunite with loved ones for at least 24 hours.

Being prepared, even somewhat, can make a difference between life and death. Invest in a battery-operated or hand-cranked radio for emergencies. Identify potential shelters where you live and work.

But if you are outdoors during a detonation, take cover as quickly as possible behind anything that might offer protection. Duck down in a vehicle. Lie face down on the ground to protect your face. Then get inside the nearest shelter. You’ll have 10 minutes or so before fallout arrives – use those minutes wisely.

any disaster, particularly when you may not have food, water or electricity for many days.

Routinely check on the freshness of each item.

❍ One gallon of water per person, per day, for at least three days ❍ At least a three-day supply of non-perishable food ❍ Battery-powered or hand-crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert and extra batteries for both ❍ Flashlight and extra batteries ❍ First aid kit ❍ Whistle to signal for help ❍ Dust masks, plastic sheeting and duct tape ❍ Moist towelettes, garbage bags and plastic ties ❍ Wrenches or pliers to turn off utilities ❍ Manual can opener ❍ Local maps ❍ Prescription medications and glasses ❍ Infant formula and diapers ❍ Pet food and extra water for pets ❍ Important family documents, such as insurance policies and identification papers/cards ❍ Cash or traveler’s checks ❍ Emergency reference material, such as a first-aid book ❍ Sleeping bags or warm blankets for each person ❍ Complete changes of clothing for each person ❍ Household chlorine bleach and a medicine dropper to disinfect water (treat water by using 16 drops per gallon) ❍ Fire extinguisher ❍ Matches in a waterproof container ❍ Feminine supplies and personal hygiene items ❍ Mess kits/utensils for cooking and eating ❍ Paper and pencils ❍ Books, games, puzzles or other activities for children

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The Lure of

Living Downtown DYNAMISM. WALKABILITY. SIMPLICITY.

Those elements have drawn many young professionals, like Claire Spears and Brady Ballew, to the urban cores of Tulsa and Oklahoma City.

Spears and Ballew operate a coffee shop and yoga studio in downtown Tulsa, and live just around the corner in Jacobs Lofts on First Street, their third downtown residence since July 2016.

“We were the first tenants in there,” Ballew says. “We’ve gone from 440 square feet to 1,200 square since we started living downtown. We wanted to be in a thriving area and to create that footprint of something new.”

He adds that he recently sold his car because “we both live and work downtown.

The only thing we’re missing is a grocery store, but we just have our groceries delivered with Shipt.”

Spears, a Tulsa native who graduated from Bishop Kelley High School, says she and Ballew have both lived in other cities where walking in a vibrant neighborhood – not driving from store to store or place to place – is the norm.

“Brady lived in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle, so he walked a lot,” Spears says.

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“When I was in graduate school at Cambridge in England, I didn’t have a car. I loved walking everywhere for everything I needed.”

The increased number of apartments and condominiums in Oklahoma City and Tulsa correlates to the thriving businesses in each city’s urban districts. More people living downtown means more restaurants and shops … and vice versa.

“We didn’t decide to live downtown because we had friends there; we just wanted an urban environment,” Spears says. “We wanted to experience new businesses opening. We didn’t want a traditional house and yard.

“We also just wanted to live simply and in re-purposed buildings. The Coliseum has been around since the 1920s. The Vandever is where my dad used to buy his suits. And the Jacobs is an old hotel. That’s all kind of neat.”

Those three residences are among scores of options in downtown Tulsa and OKC. With amenities such as rooftop pools and bars, large windows offering views of the cityscapes, proximity to live entertainment and the ease of commuting to work, living downtown is a great option.

BRADY BALLEW AND CLAIRE SPEARS ENJOY THE CONVENIENCE OF LIVING AND WORKING DOWNTOWN. PHOTO BY JOSH NEW

New and Upcoming

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Luxury Living

The Davenport Lofts, on North Main Street just south of the historic Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, should begin construction of its high-rise condominiums in late summer, says developer Lori Schram, adding that the development will feature large two- and threebedroom condos with a “very urban, contemporary style,” including floor-to-ceiling windows, open floor plans, private outdoor terraces, Gaggenau appliances, SieMatic cabinets, Italian-tile baths and three levels of interior parking. More than 50 percent of the condos have already been sold, Schram says. davenportlofts.com

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Jacobs Lofts on First Street, at Detroit Avenue in Tulsa, is in a walkable neighborhood. Just a couple blocks from the Performing Arts Center and dozens of restaurants, and minutes from the BOK Center and Guthrie Green, this luxury apartment building was built in 1918 as the Jacobs Hotel. It has been renovated into 28 apartments and lofts with a restaurant and store on the bottom floor.

Its first tenants arrived in August. The luxury apartments feature marble vanities, stainless steel appliances, finished concrete and hardwood flooring, and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Blue Dome District. jacobsloftsonfirststreet.com

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The Townhouse, modern apartments in a 1930s building, is a 6-minute walk or 1-minute bike ride to Oklahoma City’s Downtown Central Business District, Midtown or Arts District. The historic building was completely rehabilitated and no two units are alike. All feature stainless steel appliances, wood or concrete flooring, and plenty of windows and natural light; they share a roof-top patio. “This is a beautiful building, one of the few left of its kind downtown,” developer David Wanzer told The Oklahoman. “The views are incredible from this hill. You have great proximity to walk to Midtown, to work in the urban core, and it’s two blocks from the streetcar.” substancia.com

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The Dwellings at SoSA, near the Plaza District,

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A modern neighborhood in the heart of the city. Located near the Plaza District, CBD, Bricktown, and Midtown.

Central Business District, Bricktown and Midtown, will The dwellings @ SoSA offer you the opportunity to live in a sophisticated modern residence that is designed to be sleek, open, functional most of all,town unique!

The only townhomesOKC in downtown OKC available for sale with no be theand only luxury homes in downtown for shared walls. Each home boasts storefront windows, 9’ ceilings, 800sf +/- partially covered rooftop terraces with sale with no shared walls.

Each town home will boast spectacular OKC skyline views. HOA maintains: lawn care, private alley, some exterior maintenance at approx. $150/mo. storefront windows, 9-foot ceilings, partially covered

rooftop terraces, side courtyards, garages and covered stoops. The Dwellings at SoSA’s first phase has already sold out, and sales for the second phase are underway. northlinedevelopment.com

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The Flats on Archer, at Boston Avenue and Archer Street in Tulsa, will be an exclusive apartment community introducing spacious open layouts, private balconies, smart technology capabilities and high-end features.

Residents will enjoy a multi-level fitness facility, remote access garage parking, a pet washing station and a rooftop terrace. Positioned in the Arts District, this complex will be near restaurants, entertainment venues and community events. Units will be available Sept. 1, according to the website. www.theflatsonarcher.com

Left Frame Lofts, in the thriving, design-conscious Film Row in Oklahoma City, will have six high-end condominiums for sale by summer. The lofts will range from 1,400 square feet to 1,500 square feet, and feature an open-living concept with rooftop access for all tenants. Sales begin soon on the apartments, which will feature views of downtown, full automation with lighting, shades and audio, and a virtual doorman, developer Clint Newsom says. Left Frame is one block from the Paramount Theatre, a few blocks from the Myriad Botanical Gardens and close to plenty of pubs and eateries. leftframe.com

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The Cosmopolitan Apartments, at Denver Avenue and Riverside Drive in Tulsa’s historic Riverview neighborhood, are a project of Houston-based Bomasada Group. The complex, which opens in Spring 2019, will have 264 luxury apartments featuring one-, two- and three-bedroom units in a four-story structure wrapping a concrete garage. The development, along the Arkansas River, is minutes from downtown and soon-to-be-opened Gathering Place. Amenities include a social room with plush seating, televisions, a sound system, games and a catering kitchen. There will also be a fitness center with a yoga lawn, the Connect Bar Cyber Café, a bike zone, a pet salon, fire pits and a rooftop swimming pool. Bomasada developed The Enclave in Tulsa’s Brookside and The Metropolitan in downtown OKC.

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The Civic, in OKC’s Arts District just across the street from the Civic Center Music Hall, is within easy walking distance to some of the city’s hottest areas, including Midtown, Chesapeake Arena and Bricktown. About 74 percent of the 34 condominiums at The Civic have sold, says Jennifer Kragh with Dwell Urban Real Estate. “It’s a beautiful example of an urban infill residential community with a prime location,” she says. “It offers owners an exciting lifestyle.” Condominiums feature stainless steel appliances, open floor plans, covered parking, balconies and modern landscaping. thecivic-okc.com

Cirrus, in Midtown OKC, will be comprised of four modern, luxury townhomes in the SoSA (South of St. Anthony’s Hospital) neighborhood on the crest of a hill overlooking downtown.

The location is close, via walking or biking, to some of OKC’s best shopping, dining and entertainment options.

Each home will have three bedrooms, about 2,400 square feet of living space, fully-integrated smart home capabilities, a room-sized private terrace, and unmatched skyline views through large panoramic windows. Sales begin soon. thisiscirrus.com

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By Brian Wilson

Rekindling Your Barbecue Mojo.

In addition to marking the cultural beginning of summer, Memorial Day kicks off the outdoor cooking season as many people uncover their grills and smokers for the first time since autumn.

For seasonal or novice patio jockeys, we offer perspectives and pointers from those who grill, barbecue or smoke food year-round. The common denominators are learning from and embracing each experience while you (re)ignite a passion for cooking meats and vegetables with open flames, white-hot coals or aromatic smoke.

MAKE VEGGIES MAGICAL ON THE GRILL

Candace Conley, chef/owner of The Girl Can Cook!, says the trick to grilling vegetables is, “in the words of Thoreau, ‘Simplify, simplify.’”

Vegetables don’t need a lot of marinades, rubs or extra flavors to add a delicious dish to your cookout, she says.

Keep your grill at least 10 feet from “With a drizzle of olive your house oil, sea or kosher salt and Avoid grilling under an eave, roof or freshly ground pepper, vegcovering etables will absolutely sing,” Clean your grill after each use Conley says. “That simple Check regularly for leaks if you use preparation brings out all propane their natural sweetness and Grill on gravel, dirt or concrete if you use true flavors.” charcoal or wood Conley has some specific Keep a fire extinguisher nearby advice on grilling vegetables: Use a grill pan, even on

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an open outdoor grill, and tongs to control flare-ups and avoid losing vegetables through the grates. Conley doesn’t recommend grilling baskets, because it may be difficult to tell what’s ready to come off the grill.

Think about which vegetables you’re grilling simultaneously. Summer squash and zucchini cook well together, but don’t pair them with onions or bell peppers, which take longer to cook.

Parboil or “parcook” potatoes before grilling them.

“They are so dense, they will burn on the outside before cooking through,” Conley says.

Don’t overcook vegetables. You want their brilliant colors to show and not turn gray due to overcooking. Al dente is your friend.

Use medium to medium-high heat, and be patient. Don’t walk away, because it only takes seconds to burn it all up.

CHEF CANDACE CONLEY DEMONSTRATES GRILLING ASPARAGUS WRAPPED IN PROSCIUTTO. PHOTO BY JOSH NEW

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CHEF JASON CAMPBELL:

DON’T OVERLOOK LAMB

Jason Campbell, executive chef at Mary Eddy’s Kitchen x Lounge in Oklahoma City, brings a gourmet touch to the grilling table with a smoked lamb shoulder to drool over.

“When choosing a meat to smoke at a barbecue, lamb is often overlooked, but it is my favorite meat to put on the smoker for a few hours and then serve Use a digital thermometer with a probe. Insert the as smoked lamb gyros,” Campbell says. probe, set the desired temperature, close the lid “I like to use the shoulder, either boneand the alarm will go off when the meat is ready. in or boneless. I actually prefer the Fill a spray bottle with 50/50 ratio of apple juice boneless. If you get the boneless shoulKS A LAMB and apple cider vinegar, a few rosemary sprigs and CHEF JASON CAMPBELL COO der, you can unroll it, rub the seasoning IN AN INDOOR SMOKER. ER ULD SHO some garlic cloves and spray the meat every 45 on both sides and the inside, then roll PHOTOS BY BRENT FUCHS minutes or so. This creates a good bark on the meat. and tie it back up for maximum flavor.”

Experiment with different flavor combinations. Use Lamb shoulder has just the right this technique on any type of smoked meat. amount of fat, which helps baste the Use an electric coal starter coil. Place coals on meat as you smoke it and keep it juicy. the coil, plug it in and have hot coals in about 15 “Charred lamb fat is one of the best minutes. The cost is under $20. things on earth, and it cooks in half Soak wood overnight and reserve some dry wood the time as a pork butt, which can take to throw on the fire. The soaked wood provides the over eight hours to be ready to eat,” smoke and the dry wood maintains the temperature.

Campbell says. “My inspiration comes “I don’t like to use smoke during the entire cooking from the Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn in time,” Campbell says. “Just apply some smoke until Owensboro, Kentucky, famous for their it reaches the 160 degrees, and then maintain the smoked lamb. heat with the dry wood to cook the rest of the way.

“I prefer American lamb because it Too much smoke can be a bad thing.” has a milder flavor over the New Zealand or Australian lamb, which tastes more gamey. Another great cut of lamb for grilling or smoking is a lamb shoulder blade steak. You cook it to your desired temperature, just like a steak.”

Campbell gives his smoked lamb shoulder a Greek twist by seasoning with plenty of garlic, rosemary, cumin, crushed red pepper flakes and lemon zest.

He then lets it rest in the fridge overnight to let the flavors soak in the meat.

When smoking lamb, he prefers a temperature of 250-280 degrees to render the fat, and he uses apple wood because of its subtle flavor.

It takes four to six hours to become tender, and you want the lamb to reach 180 to 200 degrees.

“A pro move is to wrap the lamb in foil after it hits 160 degrees,” Campbell says. “Let it rest for about 45 minutes before slicing or pulling and save the remaining juice to pour back on the meat.”

Once smoked, he prepares gyros with all of the usual toppings – toC.R. HEAD OFFERS HIS TOP TEN TIPS FOR COMPETITORS. mato, onion and tzatziki sauce – and enjoys an ice-cold beer, he says.

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CHEF SCOTTY IRANI SAYS NOT TO OVERDO IT WHEN SEASONING RIBS. PHOTO BY BRENT FUCHS

CHEF SCOT T Y IRANI’S

RACK OF RIBS FOR BEGINNERS

Instead of starting with those brontosaurus-sized beef ribs or meaty pork ribs, take a few practice runs with baby back ribs, which are well-marbled and cook faster.

Before buying them, inspect the ribs. Avoid “shiners,” which are more bone (shiny bones) than meat.

When preparing ribs for the grill, peel the papery membrane (the pleura) off the back. Starting with a middle bone, slip in a slender implement, such as the tip of a meat thermometer, between the membrane and one of the bones under it. Using a kitchen towel or pliers to gain a secure grip, pull off the membrane … or ask your butcher to do this before you take the ribs home.

Don’t boil your ribs first. Yes, some people do this, but doing so makes stock and cooks away flavor.

Don’t be a typical guy. Too much seasoning or gallons of sauce does not make a better rib.

C.R. HEAD’S TOP 10 BARBECUE TIPS

For 25 years, C.R. Head of Head Country Bar-B-Q in Ponca City has prepared barbecue for others – from personal backyard gettogethers to catering jobs feeding 4,000 people. He says the basic principles apply to barbecue, no matter the size of crowd, with the most important being: Don’t give up. Head says he can “still toast a brisket every now and then, so just keep in mind that no one is perfect.”

Following are some tips he gives to beginners at events across the state. For more information, products and recipes, go to headcountry.com.

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Know the appropriate meat for your crowd.

Women seem to prefer boneless and lean options, while men tend to like ribs and steaks.

Select the right seasonings. If those at the cookout like extra spice, go for it, especially with a dense meat like brisket. However, with chicken, pork chops and hamburgers, you might go a little light. Experiment with what you use to find perfection for any meats and vegetables on the grill.

Marinate anything to add zest, including ground beef for burgers, but especially with steaks, pork chops and vegetables. Marinate food for about an hour before grilling, but go longer if you prefer a heavier flavor.

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Swab sauce on meats or veggies in the last few minutes of grilling so it does not burn.

The sauce can caramelize and give food extra flavor.

With steak, look for marbling, the fat intermingled within the cut. Marbling gives the steak amazing flavor.

For color and variety, add grilled veggies, which get a different flavor profile on the grill (as opposed to steaming, baking, frying or boiling).

Don’t forget the bread. Place some butter on it (or spread on each slice) and lightly wrap it in foil for a distinct taste.

Use a meat thermometer (it doesn’t have to

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be fancy) to make sure that meats reach the correct temperature: 165 degrees for chicken, 160 for hamburgers and 145 for pork.

Let the meat rest, even with steaks and burgers. Put meat in a covered container for 10-15 minutes so that it can pull in moisture and retain juices.

Cook meat from room temperature. Thaw frozen meat in the refrigerator before cooking, but take it out ahead of time before grilling. Seasonings and marinades can be used during this time; just leave the meat on the counter while the flavors get absorbed.

Bringing meat to room temperature before grilling helps to ward off burning it because it’s closer to the desired temperature.

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CHEF WILLIAM LYLE WHIPPED UP JUICY BURGERS FOR FRIENDS RECENTLY. PHOTO BY JOSH NEW

Pellet Technology

HANDS OFF FOR JUICY BURGERS

William Lyle, executive chef at Tulsa’s Summit Club, brings gourmet dishes to members, but he also enjoys an afternoon firing up the grill with friends. He puts the same effort into burgers that he does into seared skate wing.

“Start by sourcing the best possible ground beef at your local butcher/supermarket,” Lyle says. “Look for key words, such as local, organic or grass-fed. Never buy lean – always buy the 80/20 option.”

Keep seasoning simple, he says: “Take your typical salt, pepper and garlic grill seasoning and add paprika and brown sugar. This will guarantee better color and caramelization when grilling your burger.”

Most importantly, “Stop touching the meat,” he says with emphasis.

Place 5-7 ounces of ground beef onto a dinner plate and gently press it until it fills the plate. Apply seasoning liberally, and carefully flip the burger and apply more seasoning.

“This large, thin patty will caramelize faster, taste better and remain juicier than your typical over-handled ‘thick’ burger,” he says. “Only flip the burger once and never press. Finally, find a fresh baked bun and toast it in a pan – with butter if possible.”

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PHOTO COURTESY BIXBY BBQ’N BLUES FESTIVAL

It’s kind of a grill … without leaving grill marks. It’s kind of a smoker … without as much dense flavor getting into meat. It controls temperatures easily like a propane grill … but needs electricity. And it bakes food like an oven … only outside the house.

It is the increasingly popular pellet-fired grill, with an electric motor feeding compressedsawdust modules into a combustion chamber. An electric fan blows heat into the cooking/baking area (like a convection oven).

Because it combines several platforms, this hybrid is generally more expensive than a charcoal or gas grill and a conventional smoker. Some outdoor cooks swear by pellet grills; many purists disagree.

COMPETITIONS Following is a list of summer barbecue cookoffs around the state.

Bixby BBQ’n Blues Festival May 4-5 Grand Lake BBQ Festival near Langley May 18-19 Burnt Ends Barbeque Championship in OKC May 24-26 Boots and BBQ Festival in Claremore June 1-2 Smoke on the Water near Langley June 15-16 CASA All Fired Up for Kids BBQ in El Reno July 27-28 CASA Grab Root and Growl BBQ in Woodward Aug. 11 Hot Pursuit BBQ Cook-Off in Shawnee Sept. 7-8

A SMOKING GENIUS In his previous life as a health-care executive, Scott Grigsby wasted time viewing inappropriate stuff on the internet. His boss even chastised him for it.

“It wasn’t porn or anything like that,” the owner of Oklahoma City’s Everything Barbecue says. “I was that guy who got called out for always being online looking for smoking tips and barbecuing. That’s just what I’ve always done.”

Grigsby didn’t have an uncle who smoked whole pigs out in the woods or a father who hosted backyard barbecues.

“My dad was the worst cook on a grill known to man, so I taught myself,” he says.

At age 11 – and using a computer to access the then-nascent World Wide Web – Grigsby taught himself how to smoke and barbecue “every meat that can go on a grill. I’m a trial-and-error guy. I spent my time researching instead of watching sports on TV.” He left the health-care industry nearly 12 years ago to begin Everything Barbecue, where he combines his zeal for outdoor cooking with business savvy. He says his accumulated knowledge and experience add value to the equipment and products that he sells.

“If I have a guy come and he wants to learn how to smoke meat, we ask him a lot of questions, like

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how much time and commitment he wants to make,” Grigsby says. “If his eyes start to glaze over after about three minutes, we can tell he might want to try something different.

“But, if the guy has the time, then that’s a different story, because then we can talk to him about equipment, types of meats, preparation, rubs and sauces.”

Grigsby stresses that “working the pit” is vital, because consistent heat and smoke often determine the desired outcome.

“You have to see to the fire every hour,” says Grigsby, adding that variables (wind, ambient temperature, humidity and types of wood) make each experience at the smoker a bit different. “Many guys like the therapy of tending the fire and serving food that everyone likes. It’s delayed gratification.

“If you want instantaneous results, you’re not that guy.”

Grigsby often uses golf as an analogy for smoking meats.

“Having the type of equipment that suits what you want is one club in your bag,” he says. “Learning about the cuts of meat is another club.

Understanding what to do with the meat’s membrane is another club.

Gaining experience is another.”

Smoking meats requires experimenting and passion.

“It’s an art that requires dedication,” Grigsby says.

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One of the most popular grills in the world was invented in Tulsa: the Hasty-Bake. It’s no surprise there are a slew of made-in-Oklahoma barbecue products gracing store shelves today, including the following: NAME

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F O O D, D R I N K A N D O T H E R P L E A S U R E S

A Leap of Faith

Levain Kitchen & Bakery is the culmination of a couple’s dream.

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LEVAIN KITCHEN & BAKERY INCORPORATES FRESH, LOCALLYSOURCED INGREDIENTS IN ALL ITS DISHES. PHOTOS BY JOSH NEW

evain Kitchen & Bakery is relatively new to the Tulsa cuisine scene – having opened in December – but is already garnering positive reviews from customers smitten with the fresh ingredients and casual atmosphere of the eatery.

In Seville Row at 101st Street and Yale Avenue, Levain offers a modern look. Customers find chef Trey Winkle behind the counter, where he whips up delectable dishes like eggs

Benedict with a perfectly toasted English muffin and thick-cut ham, precisely poached eggs and crispy thyme potatoes.

Hash is also a popular breakfast dish, featuring sweet potato, chorizo, baby kale, guyere cheese, cauliflower and eggs.

Lunch highlights include a BLT on Levain’s signature sourdough with thick-cut bacon, arugula, fresh tomato and mayo served with house-made french fries, and a short rib sandwich on a baguette with blue cheese, pick-

led red cabbage, caramelized onions, arugula and au jus.

Among the favorites that customers ask for again and again are the warm Brussels sprouts salad with almonds, pickled red cabbage and parmigiano, and the warm salad featuring butternut squash, crimini mushrooms, red onions, arugula, quinoa and bacon.

“Both are autumn/winter items.

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LO C A L F L AV O R

MODERN TAKE ON OLD-WORLD CUISINE Jane’s Delicatessen in Tulsa mixes the traditional with the contemporary.

You wouldn’t expect to get the best pastrami in town from a guy who grew up watching his grandma can homemade preserves on a farm in Kay County, but Dane Tannehill, owner of Jane’s Delicatessen in Tulsa, is obsessed with getting it right.

That pastrami takes almost two weeks to make. He uses only the point of the brisket, soaks it in brine, rubs it with spices, cold-smokes it for hours and, finally, braises it in steaming vegetable broth. It melts in your mouth, pops with flavor, makes you smile.

“For me, that’s the best part,” Tannehill says, “tasting something I made and knowing that I created it.”

Tannehill crafts bagels, too, with the same care and dedication. He makes the dough, lets it

QUICK TIPS

PREP AWAY Rachel Suitt of NOIR in Oklahoma City says to always use fresh ingredients and simple recipes to make aweinducing signature dishes at home. And, she says, pre-prep, pre-prep, pre-prep - and in the right order – to save time and capitalize on flavor. For example, Suitt prefers to chop her garlic first, allowing her to use less and give it time for the alkaline to release a stronger aroma and more flavor before adding it to a dish.

RACHEL SUITT COOKS WTH FRESH INGREDIENTS AT NOIR IN OKC. PHOTO BY BRENT FUCHS

rise, then cuts and refrigerates it overnight.

The bagels are then boiled with baking soda and popped in the oven for authentic New York taste. And where else can you find a delicatessen that offers pierogies, Canadian poutine and entrees like Cornish hen in beet wine glaze? There’s something for everyone at Jane’s.

“I always loved that old TV show Cheers,” Tannehill says, “and I wanted to open a place where everyone would be happy.”

Visit janesdelicatessen.com for hours of operation and menus.

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we might offer a salad with asparagus and in the summer something with tomatoes and corn. We love the challenge of seasonal cooking. We also believe you’re getting the best product when you’re eating it in the peak of its season.”

Special dinner nights, however, amp up elegance with creative, gourmet dishes such as lamb with broccoli rabe, carrot and fennel; butternut squash with creme fraiche, sage, oyster mushroom and bacon; and brie tortellini with pear, almond and crimini.

Christina says that Trey, along with the entire staff including their pastry chef, Lia Lewis, create everything at Levain from scratch.

“Trey and I are very passionate about sourcing as much as possible from our local farmers,” she says. “Not only is the product usually better and fresher, but it is also another way of sustaining our community.

Why support a farmer halfway across the country when we can support our own right here?”

Trey got started in the restaurant business by chance about 10 years ago, and found quickly that he loved the industry, Christina says.

“He dove in head-first and has never looked back,” she says. “He has worked at some of Tulsa’s finest restaurants, including Doc’s and The Chalkboard. His most recent stint was as the executive chef at R Bar.” The couple spent many hours dreaming about opening their own restaurant, and especially opening a small place where they could focus on the food and their guests.

They were led to their location by their business partners, Bill and Angie Grant.

“The moment we saw it, we fell in love,” Christina says. “So we took a leap of faith and opened Levain just a few months later.”

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A Marine With Mojo Not much fazes Juan Cuadra, especially chaos, celebrities, crowds and challenging places to cater a dinner.

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he dinner is set for tomorrow evening, but preparations are well underway. The Cuban mojo pork is slowly simmering. By tomorrow, it should be fork-tender and bursting with flavor.

Dinner for 50 … and chef Juan Cuadra takes it in stride. He’s catered meals for thousands, cooked dinner for Michael Jordan and arranged parties for Jack Nicholson.

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him. But he’s excited about this (and every) Polo Grill wine dinner.

“It showcases my food, my experiences,” he says.

The theme of this dinner is Latin American cuisine, and it would be satisfying to report that Cuadra learned it from devoted parents somewhere south of the border. But he grew up in Miami, where his father was an engineer and his mother a dentist. They were devoted parents and taught him a lot (dedication, education, pride), but not about life in the kitchen.

In Miami, friends from Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil taught him their cooking styles. At the fabled Cordon Bleu cooking school (where he was first in his class), he studied haute cuisine. As a Marine, he took quick cooking jobs on his time off in Egypt, South Korea, Japan or wherever he was deployed … except for his two tours in Iraq (no time for cooking there).

In the Marines, he also learned to seek challenges.

He’s catered food for 10,000 people on the PGA tour and worked for Miami’s top catering company.

“Can I do this?

Can I control chaos?

Can I cater a wedding on a beach with no electricity, stoves, or water?”

Cuandra asks.

Yes, he can. Celebrities are less of a challenge.

“They can be demanding, but many like simple food, and they stick to what they like,” Cuandra says. “Michael Jordan always requested my Cuban sandwich. Jennifer Lopez liked my calamari fries (we serve them now at Polo) and the freshest vegetables.

When Tiger Woods was on tour, he liked a 5 a.m. breakfast laden with carbs to get him through the day. And as for Jack Nicholson, he’s a steak and bourbon man.”

Cuadra was chef at-large at tony resorts (such as Fairmont Turnberry Isle) and aboard several private yachts in the Caribbean. He also found time to cook for homeless people.

“I want my daughter to learn to give back to the less fortunate,” he says.

But here at Polo, a smaller fine-dining restaurant, he feels at home. The dinner arrives, and tables of well-heeled, experienced diners are dazzled by an array

of flamboyant, perfectly executed courses.

He loves to mingle with his clients, regale them with stories about each dish, with quips such as, “The dish you have in front of you has three of my favorite things in the world: chocolate, bacon and wine.”

“Both of my parents sacrificed so much,” he has said the day before. “I just couldn’t disappoint them.”

Tonight, they would be pleased.

BRIAN SCHWARTZ

CLOCKWISE: CUADRA PREPARED MAHI A LA PASTOR WITH ACHIOTE CREAM AT A RECENT DINNER.

CUBAN MOJO-STYLE PORK WITH GARLIC FRIED YUCCA WAS ALSO ON THE NIGHT’S MENU.

CUADRA ALSO PRESENTED ADOBO LAMB CHIPS WITH ROASTED CORN SALSA.

DESSERT WAS SUGAR GINGER BRIE TARTLET WITH SUGAR CIDER APPLES.

SHRIMP AND SCALLOP PERUVIAN-STYLE CEVICHE

1 pound small shrimp, peeled and deveined 1 pound scallops (for sea scallops, cut each into three or four even pieces) 1 hot red chili pepper Pinch fresh cracked black pepper to taste Pinch Kosher salt to taste 8 slices watermelon radish 8 limes 1 avocado 1 ripe tomato 1/2 English cucumber, peeled and seeded 2 shallots 1 small bunch cilantro 1 sweet potato

Juice the limes in a non-reactive bowl.

Add the shrimp and scallops.

Grind the black pepper in a spice mill.

Dice the red pepper finely, and add to bowl.

Mix well and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Dice cucumbers, tomatoes and shallots.

Remove scallops and shrimp from refrigerator

and add the cucumbers, tomatoes, chopped cilantro and shallots. Stir well and let sit for 15 minutes.

Dice avocado, add to the bowl and gently mix.

Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Pour off and reserve the marinade.

Blanch and shock sweet potato, and add to

mix.

Place ceviche in martini glass; garnish with cilantro and watermelon radish.

You may pour the reserved marinade (leche de tigre – milk of the tiger) into individual shot glasses for drinking.

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Exploring The Big Trail

RIVERBOAT LANDING SCENE, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. PHOTO COURTESY GILCREASE.

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Kismet brought Gilcrease’s newest collection of photos to Oklahoma.

ppreciate the magnificent landscapes of the American West – and an undiscovered John Wayne – in Gilcrease’s newest exhibition Exploring The Big Trail, which features a collection of 30 stereoscopic photographs taken during the filming of the 1930s motion picture The Big Trail. The collection was gifted to the museum by a long-time supporter of the University of Tulsa, who also happens to be the daughter-in-law of actress Marguerite Churchill, the romantic lead opposite Wayne in the film.

“It is likely that many, if not all, of these photographs are unique images never before presented in an exhibition,” says Mark Dolph, curator of history at the museum. “Exploring The Big Trail promises to provide valuable insights into the production of the film, an understanding of how the American West has been presented to audiences around the world, and the role Westerners played in shaping the mythology of the West.”

The film, along with being Wayne’s first-ever leading role (at the ripe age of 23), recreates the Oregon Trail migration; the movie was shot on location in the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, Jackson Hole, Yellowstone National Park and Sequoia National Park.

The movie also boasts “nearly 300 principal actors and 20,000 extras that included more than 700 Native Americans from five tribes,” says Dolph. “Along with the huge human cast, the crew wrangled more than 1,800 head of cattle and 1,400 horses, a herd of bison and 185 wagons. During the four months of production, the human and animal cast traveled by rail over 4,300 miles through seven states at a cost of over $2 million, an enormous sum in 1930.”

Prepare to be enthralled, Dolph says, as these photos are anything but ordinary.

“I shared Exploring The Big Trail’s exhibition concept and several images with a visiting museum director recently,” he says. “His reaction was ‘This is fun, not stuffy at all.’ I agree. I think our visitors will enjoy [the exhibition] in all kinds of ways, have lots of fun, but also learn something in the process – maybe without even realizing it.”

If you’d like to see the movie projected on archival 35mm film, visit Circle Cinema at 2 p.m. May 6 for a screening. Gilcrease members get a discount, and all movie-goers receive free admission to the exhibit with their tickets.

Exploring The Big Trail runs May 1-Dec. 31. Visit gilcrease.org for details.

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Celebrate Oklahoma

There’s no month like May when it comes to festivals in the state. Art, music, food, culture ... you name it – Oklahoma has it.

Tulsa International Mayfest celebrates its 46th anniversary May 17-20 (tulsamayfest. org). Enjoy live performances, a bevy of artists lining downtown streets, galleries, a kids’ zone and a miraculous amount of foodon-a-stick options.

“We truly have something for everyone to enjoy,” says Heather Pingry, Mayfest’s executive director. “It’s a family-friendly event and packs a lot of art and a lot of fun

IN TULSA PERFORMANCES

Shen Yun creates a program with all-new choreography and musical compositions.

chimes, and an unwitting young couple is drawn into George and Martha’s abusive, alcohol-fueled “fun and games.” tulsapac.com

BROWN BAG IT: TSO BRASS May 2 KATHLEEN WESTBY PAVILION Grab your lunch

THEATRE TULSA NEXT STAGE PRESENTS: MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY May 4-5, 11-13 TULSA PAC Anne

SHEN YUN May 1-2 TULSA PAC Every year, tulsapac.com

LYLE LOVETT AND HIS LARGE BAND May 2 RIVER SPIRIT CASINO AND RESORT A singer, composer

and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music with his 14 albums. riverspirittulsa.com

BEACH HOUSE May 5 CAIN’S BALLROOM Rebirth

and rejuvenation describe Beach House’s newest album.

cainsballroom.com

MODEST MOUSE May 10 BRADY THEATER See the

tulsapac.com

Washburn’s imaginative dark comedy propels us into a new civilization stumbling into its future. tulsapac.com

TULSA BALLET PRESENTS: SIGNATURE SERIES May 3-6 LORTON PERFORMANCE CENTER This politically

THEATRE NORTH PRESENTS: ZOOMAN AND THE SIGN May 12, 19-20 TULSA PAC Zooman is

bradytheater.com

and enjoy some time outside with beautiful music from the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra.

focused program reminds us of the dangers in allowing history to repeat itself, and inspires us to keep moving forward. tulsaballet.org

AMERICAN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS: WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? May 4-6, 10-12

TULSA PAC The doorbell

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a Philadelphia teen who terrorizes his community without regard to race.

tulsapac.com

THEATRE TULSA FAMILY PRESENTS: THE LION KING JR. May 18-20 TULSA PAC This Disney

classic became a stage sensation. theatretulsa.org

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alternative legends of Modest Mouse on their world tour.

I LOVE THE ’90S TOUR

JIMMY EAT WORLD May 16 CAIN’S BALLROOM Jimmy

Eat World is associated with an array of genres, including alternative rock, indie rock and pop punk. cainsballroom.com

ZZ TOP May 17 RIVER SPIRIT CASINO AND RESORT ZZ Top has the

cainsballroom.com

May 4

TULSA ARTS DISTRICT This year-round, monthly event features all of the galleries, studios, museums and part-time galleries of various shops opening their doors. thetulsaartsdistrict.org

LAND-SC(R)APING: DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENT AND AFFECT May 4-July 12 LIVING ARTS See the

newest Living Arts installation.

Angeles-based indie pop band LANY on its national tour.

Square hosts an eclectic mix of musical acts from Tulsa and the surrounding region. This week’s choice is power funk rock band Weston Horn and the Hush. uticasquare.com

VARIATIONS ON THE THEME OF LOSS Through May 20 108 CONTEMPORARY This exhibition brings together two Tulsa artist fellows who use fiber processes to explore complex and varied experiences of loss.

108contemporary.org

LIFTING THE LANDSCAPE: CHRISTOPHER CURTIS

Through Aug. 26

TULSA BOTANIC GARDEN

The work of renowned artist Christopher Curtis is featured at the garden’s first sculpture exhibit. tulsabotanic.org

SPIDER WOMAN WAS HERE Through July 22

PHILBROOK This exhibition

explores Spider Woman’s gift through a variety of Dine weavings. philbrook.org

livingarts.org

SPORTS ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY BASEBALL GAMES May 1, 11-13, 23-26 J.L. JOHNSON STADIUM

ORU plays several games in the Summit League this month. oruathletics.com

coxcentertulsa.com

TULSA ROUGHNECKS SOCCER MATCHES May 9, 12, 26

ONEOK FIELD Enjoy the spring weather at several Roughnecks soccer matches.

TULSA DRILLERS BASEBALL GAMES

roughnecksfc.com

ONEOK FIELD Enjoy the

EXPO SQUARE Enjoy

May 1-4, 14-20, 29-31

baseball season with the Drillers. milb.com

OKLAHOMA REGIONAL VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIPS May 4-6 COX BUSINESS CENTER With more than 200 teams and anticipated attendance of over 6,000 per day, expect an exciting weekend.

BREEDER’S INVITATIONAL May 12-26

riders of all skills levels as they showcase their prowess at this equestrian event. breedersinvitational.

azurewebsites.net

MONSTER JAM May 19-20 BOK CENTER Monster Jam

is adrenaline-charged family entertainment. bokcenter.com

COMMUNITY JENKS AMERICA FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL May 5 MAIN STREET This festival features a variety of popular food trucks and vendors from across the region. jenkschamber.com

COMMUNITY DANCE LESSONS May 6, 13, 20, 27 THE CLUBHOUSE ON MEMORIAL Dance lessons

medium Tyler Henry on his 5 Life Lessons I’ve Learned from the Departed national tour.

at this tour featuring Vanilla Ice, Salt-N-Pepa and Rob Base.

Up, the band’s newest album, comes seven years after the release of Helplessness Blues.

tulsapac.com

FIRST FRIDAY ART CRAWL

LANY May 30 BRADY THEATER See Los

riverspirittulsa.com

SUMMER’S FIFTH NIGHT CONCERT SERIES: WESTON HORN & THE HUSH May 31 UTICA SQUARE Utica

FLEET FOXES May 14 CAIN’S BALLROOM Crack-

of J.V. Green’s work reflects interest in human anatomy, identity and evolution.

in a variety of styles are held every Sunday. Your first lesson is free.

bradytheater.com

hardrockcasinotulsa.com

May 3-30

PAC GALLERY The content

undisputed claim to being the longest running major rock band with original personnel intact. In 2004, the Texas trio was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

May 11

HARD ROCK HOTEL AND CASINO Relive decades past

ART PAC GALLERY PRESENTS: BIOLOGICAL DETERMINISM

tulsaswingdanceclub.net

TYLER HENRY May 10 HARD ROCK HOTEL AND CASINO See Hollywood hardrockcasinotulsa.com

SECOND SATURDAY ARCHITECTURE TOUR May 12 633 S. BOSTON AVE. Join

local architects for their monthly architectural walking tour. tulsaarchitecture.org

SIXTH ANNUAL DIG: DAY IN THE GARDEN May 12 TULSA BOTANIC GARDEN

Bring family and friends to enjoy the Children’s Discovery Garden. tulsabotanic.org

TULSA GARDEN CLUB FLOWER SHOW May 19-20 TULSA GARDEN CENTER

Enjoy beautiful blooms and help out the Tulsa Garden Club. tulsagardencenter.com

HASTY-BAKE GRILLING CLASS May 31 TULSA GARDEN CENTER

Learn to grill among friends.

tulsagardencenter.com

CHARITABLE EVENTS JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT TULSA TYCOONS May 3 COX BUSINESS CENTER

Enjoy dinner, an auction and life-sized Monopoly games. jaok.org

THE 5 X 5 May 4-19 TAC GALLERY The Tulsa

Artists’ Coalition annual fundraiser features works that sell for $55 on a first-come, first-served basis. tacgallery.org

PHOTO COURTESY PASEO ARTS ASSOCIATION

Where & When COMMUNIT Y

into four days.”

Check out Germanfest, May 11-13, at the German-American Society of Tulsa’s Event Center, with polka bands, authentic German food and drinks, and children’s activities (gastulsa.org). Don’t forget about the Blue Dome Arts Festival, May 18-20, which honors and showcases local artists in the historic Blue Dome Entertainment District (bluedomearts.org).

Oklahoma City also brings the festival heat this month. The Paseo Arts Festival, May 26-28, welcomes 90 nationally juried artists from 20 states to showcase their works in the Paseo Arts District (thepaseo. org). The Downtown Edmond Arts Festival, May 4-6, also showcases and sells more than 100 local artists’ work (downtownedmondok.com). Try the Craft Beer Festival at the Cox Convention Center, May 18-19, to celebrate Oklahoma-made brews (oklahomacraftbeerfestival.com) or visit the OKC Whitewater Festival, hosted by RiverSport Adventures, for kayaking clinics, races and family fun May 19-20 (riversportokc.org).

RiverSport was selected to host a Red Bull Pump Track World Championship Event during the festival.

“This is incredibly exciting for RiverSport, and Oklahoma City,” said Mike Knopp, the OKC Boathouse Foundation’s executive director. “Red Bull is taking the new racing series to some incredible places in countries like New Zealand, France and Japan, and to be included in the list of cities they’ve chosen really shows how far Oklahoma City has come.”

CONCERT

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event honors three individuals and one company in categories including employee of the year, graduate of the year, achiever of the year and community partner. goodwilltulsa.org

JUNIOR LEAGUE OF TULSA’S 95TH ANNIVERSARY GEM GALA

GO RED FOR WOMEN LUNCHEON May 11 DOUBLETREE DOWNTOWN

Musical idol after idol graces the BOK Center stage.

First comes U2 on May 2; the band begins its North American Tour in Tulsa. BOK Center was chosen among a handful of venues, which include Madison Square Garden in New York and the Forum in Los Angeles.

Cinco de Mayo ushers in perennial pop favorite Justin Timberlake on his Man of the Woods Tour. BOK marketing manager Meghan Blood says these concerts are can’tmiss.

“Both of these concerts should be iconic, and we have to thank Tulsans for having such a great appreciation for live music,” she says. “If it wasn’t for them continuing to buy tickets, we couldn’t be as successful as we have been and will continue to be.”

Other shows at BOK Center this month include Five Finger Death Punch and Shinedown on May 10; Willie Nelson and Alison Krauss on May 16; and Depeche Mode on May 29. Visit bokcenter.com for details.

May 5

GRAND LAWN, TULSA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Gem

Gala celebrates the Junior League’s impact on the community while benefiting projects led by the women of the organization. jltulsa.org

TOM BOYD MEMORIAL CF GOLF CLASSIC May 7 CEDAR RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB Play some golf and help out a great cause: the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

cff.org/tulsa

TBH FRANK RHOADES GOLF CLASSIC May 7-8 PATRIOT GOLF CLUB This 38th annual event has morning and afternoon tee times, all in support of Tulsa Boys’ Home.

tulsaboyshome.org

GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF TULSA ANNUAL AWARDS LUNCHEON May 8 SOUTHERN HILLS MARRIOTT HOTEL This

Go Red for Women is the American Heart Association’s national movement to end heart disease and stroke in women. tulsagored.heart.org

CREATE May 12 HARDESTY ARTS CENTER

This immersive gala is unlike anything else in Tulsa and is the Arts and Humanities Council’s largest fundraiser of the year. ahhatulsa.org

WP NO. 11 (THE WHITE PARTY) May 12 THE VAULT Sponsors

and guests don all-white attire to dine and dance the night away in the Art Deco District while sampling craft cocktails specially made by Tulsa’s premier mixologists.

whitepartyok.com

CHIP IN TO REBUILD May 21 MEADOWBROOK COUNTRY CLUB Join Rebuilding Together Tulsa for this ninth annual golf tournament.

rebuildingtogethertulsa.org

IN OKC PERFORMANCES OKC PHIL PRESENTS: BEN FOLDS May 1 OKC CIVIC CENTER MUSIC HALL For more than 10

The famous Glenn Miller Orchestra is the most popular, sought-after big band in the world for concert and swing dance engagements.

years, Folds has shared the stage with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras, performing his pop hits and critically acclaimed concerto for piano and orchestra.

armstrongauditorium.org

OKC PHIL PRESENTS: THE MUSIC OF ABBA - ARRIVAL FROM SWEDEN May 4-5 OKC CIVIC CENTER MUSIC HALL Transporting you to

take the podium a final time as music director for the OKC Phil.

okcphil.org

the party atmosphere of the ’70s, this spectacular evening features ABBA’s greatest hits.

okcphil.org

CELTIC WOMAN May 8 OKC CIVIC CENTER MUSIC HALL Since its debut,

global musical sensation Celtic Woman’s concerts touch the hearts of a global audience. okcciviccenter.com

GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA May 10 ARMSTRONG AUDITORIUM

OKC PHIL PRESENTS: CLASSICS 8 – JOEL’S FAREWELL May 12 OKC CIVIC CENTER MUSIC HALL See maestro Joel Levine okcphil.org

GABRIEL IGLESIAS May 18 RIVERWIND CASINO, NORMAN It was during

his childhood that Iglesias developed a strong sense of humor to deal with the obstacles he faced. riverwind.com

PENN & TELLER May 25 RIVERWIND CASINO, NORMAN For more than

40 years, Penn & Teller have defied labels – and at times physics and good taste – by redefining the genre of magic and inventing a distinct niche in comedy. riverwind.com

CONCERTS THE CLEVERLYS May 4 TOWER THEATRE The

Cleverlys are a family bluegrass band from a thicket in Stone County, Arkansas.

towertheatreokc.com

STONE SOUR May 12 DIAMOND BALLROOM See

the Iowa-based rock trio Stone

Sour on its national tour.

diamondballroom.net

TECH N9NE May 17 DIAMOND BALLROOM The

American rapper and songwriter Aaron Yates, known as Tech N9ne, performs.

diamondballroom.net

ICONS ARRIVE

O N T H E S TA G E

Home-Grown Honorees

Pop musicians take center stage at Tulsa Symphony’s series finale, Pops III: Home Grown. Stepping away from symphonic pieces, this performance brings local piano player Barron Ryan, singer/songwriter Annie Elicott and saxophonist Clark Gibson to the stage.

“Each artist will present collaborative work with the orchestra, with a variety of arrangements and original material, as well as a closing number involving all performers,” says Doug Fletcher, the symphony’s artistic coordinator.

Fletcher says keeping things fresh, listening to ticket holders and honoring local talent are the keys to the

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afternoon at Tulsa Boys’ Home signature Kentucky Derby-themed fundraiser.

symphony’s long success.

“Our audiences have always requested showcasing our own musicians, which we love to do,” he says. “Building on that, the artistic committee supposed, ‘Why not showcase local ‘pops’ artists, too?’ Oklahoma is full of talent, and we’re glad to host musicians that don’t usually have a lot of crossover with a symphony audience.”

The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. May 12.

For tickets, visit tulsasymphony.org.

PHOTO COURTESY TULSA SYMPHONY

RUN FOR THE ROSES May 5 EXPO SQUARE Enjoy an

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PERFORMANCE

SPOON May 17 JONES ASSEMBLY The punk

A Shakespearean Tradition

Enjoy outdoor theater and a rich Oklahoma City tradition at Shakespeare in the Park’s first 2018 performance May 31-June 23. The company, founded in 1985, provides OKC with Shakespearean performances the way they were meant to be experienced – in a “theater in the round” atmosphere with grand acting and costumes.

“We mount a full, four-play season every summer outdoors at the Myriad Gardens Water Stage in downtown Oklahoma City and indoors at our intimate theater in the Paseo Arts District,” says Kathryn McGill,

rockers of Spoon perform.

the troupe’s artistic director. “Our educational outreach programming includes student matinees, Shakespeare Camp, our Short Shakespeare touring program and residencies and workshops to schools throughout the state. Every major city in the United States supports a professional classical theater company that serves the region, and we are proud to be a part of Oklahoma City’s growth.”

The season begins with A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Myriad Gardens Water Stage. For tickets, visit oklahomashakespeare.com.

thejonesassembly.com

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JAMES TAYLOR AND HIS ALL-STAR BAND May 25 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY ARENA Legendary singer/

LANY May 29 JONES ASSEMBLY LANY, a

FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY WALK May 4 PASEO DISTRICT Art

trio of indie rockers, performs. thejonesassembly.com

ART opening receptions showcase the new work of the gallery/ studio owners or the work of guest artists. thepaseo.org

of the work of Dylan Bradway, co-owner of DNA Galleries.

MEGALODON: LARGEST SHARK THAT EVER LIVED

DNA GALLERIES See some dnagalleries.com

SAM NOBLE OKLAHOMA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NORMAN A family of accomplished Native artists showcases their works of photography, ceramics and paintings that celebrate the vitality of indigenous cultures.

PHOTO COURTESY OKLAHOMA SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK

samnoblemuseum.ou.edu

SUPPORT LOCAL ART GROUP SHOW May 10-June 3 DNA GALLERIES Locals are the backbone of the artist scene in OKC; support them at this show. dnagalleries.com

PHOTO BY LIZ PARKE COURTESY BIG 12 CONFERENCE

Big 12 Conference tournaments abound in OKC – both the Phillips 66 Big 12 softball and baseball championships descend on the city in May. The softball championships return to the USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium on May 11-12. Pool play kicks off May 11 with the

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SAM NOBLE OKLAHOMA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NORMAN The Megalodon vanished 2.6 million years ago, but its fascinating story inspires lessons for science and shark conservation.

samnoblemuseum.ou.edu

IN THE PRINCIPLES OFFICE: TOM RYAN THE ART STUDENT Through Nov. 11 NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM Step into the classroom as Tom Ryan takes “General Illustration” with famed teacher Frank Reilly. nationalcowboymuseum.org

THE NEW ART: A

SPORTS WHEELER CRITERIUM May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

1701 S. WESTERN AVE.

BIG 12 BLOWOUT

Through May 13

OKCMOA View an array

Through May 6

DYLAN BRADWAY

Through May 6

top six teams in the league; the University of Oklahoma, the University of Texas and Oklahoma State University should vie for the top spot. Bracket play begins May 12. The winner of this championship earns an automatic berth into the NCAA Softball College World Series.

OU has the league and national championships the past two years.

Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark welcomes the baseball championships May 23-27. The top eight teams – based on winning percentage – battle it out in this two-division, doubleelimination tournament. OU and OSU are among the top teams in the league.

The winner earns an automatic berth in the NCAA College World Series. OSU is the defending Big 12 champion.

For tickets and more information on either championship, visit big12sports. com.

MILESTONE COLLECTION FIFTY YEARS LATER of styles, including abstract expressionism, post painterly abstraction, color field painting, minimalism and pop art, at this anniversary celebration. okcmoa.com

FLUENT GENERATIONS

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songwriter James Taylor and his All-Star Band, with special guest Bonnie Raitt, perform.

Each week, the Wheeler Crit provides an exciting weeknight outing for families across the community as people line the runway to cheer some of Oklahoma’s top cyclists. wheelerdistrict.com

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA SOFTBALL GAMES May 2, 5 MARITA HYNES FIELD, NORMAN See the

reigning NCAA champions, the OU Sooners, against Big 12 Conference foes. soonersports.com

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA BASEBALL GAMES May 4-6 L. DALE MITCHELL PARK, NORMAN Enjoy a handful

minor league baseball team.

milb.com

U.S. ROWING CENTRAL YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS May 5-6

RIVERSPORT RAPIDS Each year, this competition brings together top junior crews from Oklahoma and surrounding states. riversportokc.org

OKC ENERGY FC MATCHES May 5, 9, 19

TAFT STADIUM Enjoy regular season soccer matches with the OKC Energy FC. energyfc.com

FULL MOON BIKE RIDE AND RUN May 29 MYRIAD BOTANICAL GARDENS Enjoy a run or bike ride in the refreshing night air.

oklahomacitybotanicalgardens. com

of games with the University of Oklahoma’s baseball team.

NCAA WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

OKLAHOMA CITY DODGERS BASEBALL GAMES

ASA HALL OF FAME COMPLEX Oklahoma City is

soonersports.com

May 4-11, 17-20, 30-31

CHICKASAW BRICKTOWN BALLPARK See the city’s

May 31-June 6

home to the college softball World Series through 2035. okcallsports.org

COMMUNITY YOGA IN THE GARDENS May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

MYRIAD BOTANICAL GARDENS This is an all-levels class led

by Lisa Woodward

from This Land Yoga.

oklahomacitybotanicalgardens. com

DANCING IN THE GARDENS: SALSA NIGHT May 4

MYRIAD BOTANICAL GARDENS Enjoy the warm weather and learn a move or two.

okahomacitybotanicalgardens. com

DOWNTOWN EDMOND ARTS FESTIVAL May 4-6 NORTH BROADWAY AVENUE AND SECOND STREET More

than 100 artists exhibit and sell their works at this festival each year. downtownedmondok.com

OKC GARDEN FEST May 5 MYRIAD BOTANICAL GARDENS The festival features herbs, perennials, roses, produce, pottery, jewelry, wineries, food products and food trucks.

oklahomacitybotanicalgardens. com

CINCO DE MAYO May 5 RIVERWIND CASINO, NORMAN Celebrate Cinco de

Mayo in style. riverwind.com

GARDEN FESTIVAL IN THE PARK May 19 WILL ROGERS GARDENS

This annual event brings together the OKC Parks Department and the council of garden clubs for a fantastic day of family fun. travelok.com

GARDENS MONTHLY WALKING TOUR May 26 MYRIAD BOTANICAL GARDENS Expand your

Oklahoma plant knowledge and get inspiration for your garden with these educational walking tours. oklahomacitybotanicalgardens.com

CHUCK WAGON FESTIVAL May 26-27

NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM Join us for this fun-filled family weekend.

nationalcowboymuseum.org

CHARITABLE EVENTS MARCH FOR BABIES May 5 MYRIAD BOTANICAL GARDENS Enjoy a 2-mile walk to help the March of Dimes, which raises funds for premature babies.

marchofdimes.org

WOMEN BUILD May 5 CITYWIDE For about 12

weeks, women from across the community come together to build a home for a family.

This annual effort provides affordable housing for families in need via Habitat for Humanity. cohfh.org

H3 | HORSES, HATS AND HOPE May 6 THE RED BARN H3 is the

Alzheimer’s Association’s premier afternoon at the races.

We need your support to help #ENDALZ. h3okc.org

CHIP IN THE FOR ARTS

May 7

OKC GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB Allied Arts’ annual

tournament features teams and individuals playing an award-winning course.

chipinforthearts.com

OSTRICH EGG BREAKFAST

May 12

OKC ZOO The fundraiser

includes an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet and omelets cooked to order. zoofriends.org

SPLENDOR IN THE GARDENS May 17 PARK HOUSE EVENT CENTER/GREAT LAWN

This biannual, one-of-a-kind, farm-to-table, outdoor gala dinner is served in grand style at Myriad Botanical Gardens. myriadgardens.org

PHOTO COURTESY DURANT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID Through May 5 POLLARD THEATRE, GUTHRIE Ariel, an

adventurous young mermaid with a beautiful voice, longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. thepollard.org

BARTLESVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENTS: CELEBRATE AMERICA

Mosey down to Durant, the city of magnolias, the week after Memorial Day, and experience the Magnolia Festival.

This familyfriendly event, a staple since 1997, offers just about any type of entertainment you can fathom – craft vendors line the Choctaw Event Center floor, art shows inspire, the rodeo enthralls. Take the evening to enjoy the outdoor carnival or the Choctaw Nation Princess Pageant. Get active at the 5K run, or sit and marvel at the nightly fireworks. Theater enthusiasts can also visit the Magnolia Theatre, inside the event center, for daily entertainment.

No matter your interest, this annual event RODNEY CARRINGTON May 25-26

WINSTAR WORLD CASINO AND RESORT, THACKERVILLE See

comedian Rodney Carrington.

okcgored.heart.org

SUGARLAND May 4 CHOCTAW CASINO AND RESORT, DURANT The

encourages families to take action and live healthier lives.

PERFORMANCES

they were kids, Jock and Jeb Guthrie have played and sung together in one way or another.

MAY’S FOR MAGNOLIAS

OKLAHOMA CITY GO RED LUNCHEON May 18 OKC GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB Go Red For Women

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FEATURING THE ANNIE MOSES BAND May 5 BARTLESVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER

Combining classical virtuosity with pop, bluegrass and jazz, this family band has won fans around the country for more than a decade. bartlesvillecommunitycenter. com

ART OF MOTION SPRING PERFORMANCE May 19 BARTLESVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER See

a beautiful dance performance. bartlesvillecommunitycenter. com

GABRIEL IGLESIAS May 19 CHOCTAW CASINO AND RESORT, DURANT During his

childhood, Iglesias developed a strong sense of humor to deal with the obstacles he faced. choctawcasinos.com

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WINSTAR WORLD CASINO AND RESORT, THACKERVILLE Enjoy

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CONCERTS county superstars of Sugarland perform. choctawcasinos.com

popular rock band perform. choctawcasinos.com

AIR SUPPLY May 18 WINSTAR WORLD CASINO AND RESORT, THACKERVILLE See

BIG AND RICH May 5 CHOCTAW CASINO AND RESORT, DURANT Country

Air Supply perform.

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TRAVIS TRITT AND THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND

duo Big and Rich hit the stage.

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has something for you.

The Durant Riding Club Magnolia Rodeo runs May 25-26. The festival runs May 31-June 2. For a full listing of events, visit magnoliafestival.com.

COWGIRLS STADIUM, STILLWATER Cheer the

Cowgirls or the Sooners during this regular season rivalry game. okstate.com

RODEO MIAMI May 4-5 MIAMI FAIRGROUNDS This

event is filled with exciting acts, vendors and concessions. visitmiamiok.com

REAL OKIE CHAMPIONSHIP May 16-19

This tournament features 72 holes of stroke play.

LAKE EL RENO This historic race is as traditional as they come. triokc.club

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is one of the state’s oldest art shows featuring Native American work.

CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, BENTONVILLE (ARK.) This exhibition

Through May 5

DWIGHT YOAKAM May 11 WINSTAR WORLD CASINO AND RESORT, THACKERVILLE Dwight

JOHNNY RIVERS May 20 WINSTAR WORLD CASINO AND RESORT, THACKERVILLE Johnny

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rodeo events, food, live music and tons of family fun.

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country stars hit the stage.

HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS May 11 CHOCTAW CASINO AND RESORT, DURANT See this

WILL ROGERS STAMPEDE PRCA RODEO May 25-27 WILL ROGERS STAMPEDE ARENA, CLAREMORE Enjoy

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CHEROKEE HERITAGE CENTER, TAHLEQUAH This

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the Cowboys take on Texas Tech in a three-game series.

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MUSKOGEE GOLF CLUB

40 cities this spring, this is one of the hottest Christian bands around. firelakearena.com

Yoakam hits the Global Event Center stage.

GAMES May 17-19 ALLIE P. REYNOLDS STADIUM, STILLWATER See

Rivers performs on the Global Event Center stage. winstarworldcasino.com

HANK WILLIAMS JR. May 26 CHOCTAW CASINO AND RESORT, DURANT Southern

rocker Hank Williams Jr. hits the stage. choctawcasinos.com

SPORTS UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA SOFTBALL May 4

THE BEYOND: GEORGIA O’KEEFFE & CONTEMPORARY ART May

26-Sept. 3

CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, BENTONVILLE (ARK.) This exhibition brings

together three dozen of Georgia O’Keeffe’s works, alongside works by a select group of contemporary artists who expand on O’Keeffe’s legacy.

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Through May 28

features works from Crystal Bridges’ permanent collection and utilizes black and white to focus on elements such as composition and detail. crystalbridges.org

WILL BARNET: FORMS AND FIGURES Through June 3 FORT SMITH (ARK.) REGIONAL ART MUSEUM

Will Barnet was an American printmaker and painter known for his elegant portraits and visions of women and children. fsram.org

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Where & When

COMMUNITY FOOD TRUCK TUESDAYS May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

U.S. HIGHWAY 62 AND JACKSON AVENUE, BLANCHARD A different

food truck is featured each week to bring variety to your lunch. cityofblanchard.us

ENID TRI-STATE MUSIC FESTIVAL May 2-4 2402 E. MAIN ST. This unique festival promotes music for everyone.

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this year’s annual event is “American Grown with Czech Roots.” praguekolachefestival.com

BROKEN ARROW ROSE FESTIVAL May 5-6 CITYWIDE Enjoy kite-flying,

vendors, food trucks and, of course, beautiful roses.

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STILWELL STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL May 9-12 DOWNTOWN Thousands

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of visitors come to take part in the many festivities that make this festival a success.

TUMBLEWEED DANCEHALL AND CONCERT VENUE, STILLWATER The annual

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May 3-5

“Testicle Festival” features a calf fry meal and live Red Dirt music. calffryok.com

TWISTER ALLEY FILM FESTIVAL May 3-5 WOODWARD ARTS THEATRE Festival

directors Josh Hope and T.J. Treece bring their favorite indie films to Oklahoma. twisteralleyfilmfestival.com

COWBOY WAY MAYFEST

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SHEPLER PARK, LAWTON

This festival lets the public enjoy the arts while raising funds to keep the arts strong in the community and schools. lawtonafa.org

OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOY FAST DRAW SHOOTOUT May 18-20 CREEK COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, KELLYVILLE Come see

May 3-6

the fastest guns in the West.

Travel to southern Oklahoma for song, cinema, celebrity signings, poetry, storytelling, chuck wagon food and vendors.

HEARTLAND NATIONALS SAND DRAG RACE

GENE AUTRY MUSEUM

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OWASSO TRAIL DAYS May 3-6

76TH STREET NORTH AND U.S. HIGHWAY 169 This

festival celebrates Owasso’s heritage. owassochamber.com

BIXBY BBQ‘N BLUES FESTIVAL May 4-5 WASHINGTON IRVING MEMORIAL PARK It is the

state’s best barbecue and music all rolled into one. bixbyrotarybbq.com

ROSE ROCK MUSIC FESTIVAL May 4-6 304 MAIN ST., NOBLE The

festival begins on Friday evening with a carnival, art and craft vendors, great festival food, and band performances. nobleok.org

STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL AND KIDS FISHING TOURNAMENT May 5 WILD THINGS FARM, POCOLA The farm has more

than 90 acres for you to enjoy. wildthingsfarm.com

PRAGUE KOLACHE FESTIVAL May 5 CITY PARK The theme of

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ATOKA MOTORSPORTS

PARK Sand drag racing has been held since 1992. atokasanddrags.com

This month features the newest Star Wars offering, a classic Western on 35mm and a donkey-centric French flick.

Around Town

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OKLAHOMA RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL Through June 3 THE CASTLE OF MUSKOGEE

At Home

See a bevy of hard rock bands take the stage during this weekend-long festival.

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OWA CHITA SUNDAYS May 27

WASHITA BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, CHEYENNE Families are

invited to learn about the unique history and culture preserved and protected. nps.gov

SUMMERFEST May 31-June 2 MAPLE PARK, WAGONER Summerfest features family-friendly entertainment, including food and merchandise vendors.

Step back in time and enjoy the wonderment of a day in Renaissance England, right here in Oklahoma. okcastle.com

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In May the Force Be With Solo This column is a success if it can convince one person to see a film in 35mm (projected from actual film stock, not a digital copy).

It’s become difficult to see films this way, but the difference in picture quality is immediately obvious, and I always jump at the chance to see films in 35mm. Circle Cinema keeps 35mm projection alive in Tulsa, and this month the movie house showcases a classic Western in this format on May 6.

Nine years before he became a breakout star in Stagecoach, John Wayne made his lead debut in The Big Trail, from one of the great directors of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Raoul Walsh. Set along the Oregon Trail, the film has wide-screen shots that make it an excellent choice to view on actual film stock.

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“Object narrative” is a fancy term for stories centering not around humans, or single events, but the circulation of material goods.

It’s a strange, refreshing type of storytelling, and one of the weirdest, most successful entries in the style is Robert Bresson’s 1969 Au Hasard Balthazar, in new release from the Criterion Collection.

Revolving around a donkey transferred from owner to owner in the French countryside, the film is a strange blend of animal fable and religious allegory. Bresson’s films are famous for stripping away of affectation, and the performances are suitably minimal-

ist, which only heighten their emotional impact. As odd as it is to write about a movie with a donkey in the lead role, this film is a tearjerker.

In Theaters

There are plenty of reasons to be cautious about the upcoming release of Solo: A Star Wars Story. Original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were replaced partway through filming because of a culture clash with their Disney overlords. Ron Howard, hired to replace them, is (in this critic’s opinion) best known for films that exert great effort to rise just above mediocrity. On top of this, rumors swirl that Alden Ehrenreich, so charming in the Coen brothers’ Hail, Caesar!, has been uneven at best in taking over the role of Han Solo from Harrison Ford.

But, let’s be honest: You and I are going to see the film anyway because we can hardly resist at this point, and there’s still enough going for it to make the risk worthwhile.

The coup de grace is casting Donald Glover, who steals every production he’s in, as the young Lando Calrissian. The compulsively watchable Woody Harrelson, playing Han’s mentor, should also boost the level of acting, even if Ehrenreich isn’t up to snuff. And Disney’s emphasis on quality control means that, while the film’s ceiling isn’t as high as it might have been, it’s floor is quite a bit higher than it could be.

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CLOSING THOUGHTS

Ed Barth

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. Edward Barth, patron of the arts and humanities, is chairman of the board of trustees of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and a practicing lawyer as president of the Judicial Learning Center and Museum of Historical Society of the U.S. District Court for Western Oklahoma. The Oklahoma City native serves on the boards of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Foundation, the Oklahoma Arts Institute Foundation, and Oklahoma Humanities. Barth was chairman of the first Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area Projects initiative and the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. We caught up with Barth and got his thoughts on …

… his passion for arts and humanities.

I have been a staunch advocate for my clients and for my community. Beginning with grade school, my teachers stimulated me to pursue a professional career, as well as my interest in the arts and humanities.

Since I decided to remain in Oklahoma to practice law, I have always been dedicated to the improvement of our community. I firmly believe that strong arts and humanities programs are the cornerstones of a thriving, vibrant and growing community.

… arts and history enhancing his career and life.

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… staying in Oklahoma.

I had expected to begin my legal career in New York City or Washington D.C. However, I was offered an incredible opportunity to return to Oklahoma City to spend a year as law clerk to then Chief Judge Alfred P. Murrah of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. During that year, in which I learned so much about the law and the courts, my friend from high school, Richard L. Bohanon, persuaded me to stay in Oklahoma City and begin a law practice with him. That was one of the best decisions of my life.

READ MORE FROM J. EDWARD BARTH AT OKMAG.COM.

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The visual and performing arts and history are my passions. Wherever I travel, my curiosity inspires me to inquire about the history of the place and to explore the art museums, galleries and local performing arts. In law, it is always an exciting new challenge to learn about a client’s business and the nature of the client’s legal issues.

Art and law have much in common. The intellectual lens often used by attorneys to inquire about the “when, where, what, why and how” readily applies to the analysis of a work of art. Both rely on facts and interpretation to understand fully the experience. When you view a painting or sculpture through this lens, your knowledge is enhanced if you are informed about the historical context, the artist’s background, the materials and technique, the composition and the visual impact. It is also fascinating to discover the many nuances in both the law and art across differing disciplines and periods of time.

In both fields, there are always new pronouncements or perspectives to understand, and new ideas to explore.

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Mother’s Celebration & Music Fair MAY 12

Armed Forces Celebration & Native Drums MAY 19

Memorial Celebration MAY 26 & 27

Father’s Celebration & Native Creativity JUNE 16

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