The Tulsa Voice | Vol 2. No. 13

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SHANE BROWN // COURTESY BLUE WHALE COMEDY FESTIVAL

N E W S & C O M MEN TA RY 10 // B usking for progress Ray Pearcey, analogist

Tulsa charities respond to anemic funding cityspeak

12 // T he rains came Barry Friedman, kibitzer

Gov. Fallin needs help viewsfromtheplains

FOOD & DRINK 14 // A peaceful retreat Maurie Traylor, gastronome

The Tropical offers top-notch options for all eaters t u l s a f o o d 18 // L iving the dream Beau Adams, proud dad

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Local artist. Native Tulsan. Five-year-old. d ay d r i n k i n g

BLUE HUMOR

A GUIDE TO THE BLUE WHALE COMEDY FESTIVAL

A RT S & C U LT URE

BY JOSHUA KLINE

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Real talk: A summer checklist

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Joe O’Shansky, frustrated clown

Molly Bullock, funny lady

The rise of the local comedy scene

Native humor goes viral

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PUBLISHER Jim Langdon MANAGING EDITOR Molly Bullock ART DIRECTOR Madeline Crawford CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Joshua Kline ASSISTANT EDITOR John Langdon CONTRIBUTORS Beau Adams, Barry Friedman, Mitch Gilliam, Valerie Grant, Zac King, Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton, Joe O’Shansky, Ray Pearcey, Matt Phipps, Michelle Pollard, Megan Shepherd, Maurie Traylor, Andy Wheeler GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Morgan Welch, Georgia Brooks PHOTOGRAPHY/MULTIMEDIA Greg Bollinger AD SALES MANAGER Josh Kampf INTERNS Brittany Jackson, Rachel Leland, Mary Stegall THE TULSA VOICE // June 17 – June 30, 2015

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Megan Shepherd, art maven

Zac King, squat popper

Eclectic festival switches things up

The mainstreaming of the squat

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MITCH GILLIAM // 40 R E G U L A R S // 8 newswire // 16 voice’schoices, boozeclues 20 dininglistings // 38 thehaps // 42 musiclistings // 44 thefuzz 45 news of the weird // 46 free will astrology // 47 crossword CONTENTS // 5

editor’sletter

S

ince I first laid eyes on the internet sensation, “Shelter Puts Dogs In A Photobooth To Get Them Adopted – The Results Were Perfect” (highly recommended), The Tulsa Voice has partnered with local shelters and rescue groups to spotlight adoptable animals.

The Fuzz debuted in the Voice a few issues back, and we’re finally celebrating the first adoption to come from it. Congratulations to Larri, an Australian Shepherd/Border Collie mix featured in our May 6 issue. We just learned of the adoption and are waiting to hear from Larri’s new dad. Dog Dish has gener-

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ously offered to give him a free bag of dog food.

Check in with The Fuzz near the back of each issue, and let us know if you’ve taken in one of these guys or gals. If you’d like to sponsor The Fuzz, contact josh@langdonpublishing.com.

Another recent, frequently humorous addition to the Voice is Help Yourself, a wellness column. Natural movement instructor Zac King has plenty to say about body integrity, bras and underpants and—in this issue—the oft-misunderstood squat. Whatever you think of King’s non-traditional take, each installment includes an application you can test out at home.

Lastly, Your Voice debuts near the front of this issue. This is your space to tell us what’s on your mind, in any medium.

In words or pictures, send your shout-outs and shut-the-frontdoors to voices@langdonpublishing.com. Please limit submissions to 200 words and edit your own derogatory language. a

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Congrats to Barry Friedman for the extremely accurate account of the fall and resurrection of TCSO's new spokesperson, Terry Simonson.

Apparently no other reporter in the area has a long enough memory, access to Google, or the journalistic fortitude to remember the fairly recent checkered past of this "prince of a public servant.”

But if Simonson's past integrity and published thoughts on race relations make no difference to TCSO in his hiring, why should it make a difference to the rest of us? Obviously, it does to Friedman. Within the text of "Glanz and Company," Friedman gives us ample reason to ask the same questions to the same issues he brings to our attention.

We should listen.

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NEWS & COMMENTARY // 7

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by Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton

The Box yard

CRATING DOWNTOWN The Blue Dome District is about to unpack a new development.

On June 9, Nelson-Stowe developers announced plans for The Boxyard, a new retail-focused project that will be made up of more than 30 320-foot repurposed shipping containers.

In addition to local retailers, The Boxyard will have a handful of small restaurants and will host community events and live music atop the containers.

The project at the southeast corner of 3rd and Frankfort is slated to open in early 2016.

TCSO PETITION GROUP HITS SIGNATURE NUMBERS EARLY A grassroots group seeking a grand jury investigation into the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office exceeded the required signatures more than a week before the deadline.

June 9, We The People Oklahoma announced that more than 6,000 people had signed its petition in the aftermath of Eric Harris’ April shooting death by a reserve deputy.

The petition calls for Sheriff Glanz’ removal and an investigation into the shooting, the training and qualifications of reserve deputies, an alleged buy-a-badge program, records violations and more.

If the Tulsa County Election Board verifies at least 5,000 signatories as registered Tulsa County voters, the petition advances to the Tulsa County Court Clerk’s office, where a judge has up to 30 days to certify the results before calling in potential jurors to start the grand jury process.

CATHOLIC DIOCESE QUITS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION GROUP OVER GAY PRIDE PARADE // The Catholic Diocese of Tulsa has resigned from the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice. In a June 6 letter to OCCJ leadership (which was simultaneously sent to the Tulsa World), Rev. Monsignor Patrick Gaalaas attributed the resignation to their marching in the Tulsa Pride parade behind an OCCJ banner.

The June parade was the first since same-sex marriage was legalized in Oklahoma.

“To march in such a parade seems to us to be a deliberate and full-throttled expression of support for the so-called gay agenda, a central component of which is same-sex marriage,” Gaalaas wrote. “Unless a clear statement can be made by OCCJ that its participation does not imply support for same-sex marriage or be seen to condone sexual acts outside of marriage, we have no option but to withdraw from membership.”

Originally the Tulsa chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews since 1958, OCCJ changed its name and became an independent non-profit organization in 2005. Its ongoing mission is to “fight bias, bigotry and racism, and promote respect and understanding of all people” in Oklahoma.

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LOCAL STATE SENATOR SUED OVER MISSING MONEY Claiming embezzlement, the Better Business Bureau filed a civil lawsuit June 5 in Tulsa County District Court against state Sen. Rick Brinkley (R-Owasso).

The former BBB executive is accused of taking more than $1 million from the organization over 15 years and using it to finance, among other things, his mortgage, pool cleaner, personal credit card bills and gambling.

Despite maintaining he did nothing wrong, June 8, Brinkley resigned from his posts as assistant majority floor leader, vice-chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and chair of the Senate Pensions Committee.

STATE SUPREME COURT WON’T INTERVENE IN OPEN RECORDS SUIT

On June 8, the Oklahoma Supreme Court declined a governor’s office request to intervene in a records lawsuit stemming from Clayton Lockett’s botched 2014 execution.

The court unanimously denied the application to assume original jurisdiction over an open records suit filed in Oklahoma County District Court by Ziva Branstetter, the Tulsa World and BH Media Group.

Branstetter (now editor-in-chief of The Frontier) and the World submitted execution-related records requests to the governor’s office and the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety. More than a year later, the request remains unfulfilled.

State officials have argued the request has not been denied and the lawsuit should be dismissed—a request denied by the Oklahoma County District Court. Attorneys for Gov. Mary Fallin and her co-defendant, Public Safety Commissioner Michael Thompson, argued that the lower court cannot rule because the Open Records Act had not (in their view) been violated. a June 17 – June 30, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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NEWS & COMMENTARY // 9

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Busking for progress Tulsa charities creatively respond to anemic funding

by RAY PEARCEY

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ow would you feel if you had to perform for your dinner?

“Busking” is hard work. These improvisational street performances are pretty common in many American cities, though less so in Tulsa. Urban legend has it that people like Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Bob Hope and Jimmy Buffett rocketed to fame and fortune by busking.

Buskers have no promotion, no supporting crew, no financial guarantee. They rely on the donations of passing strangers to survive, and nothing is certain. Sadly, two of Oklahoma’s most important services—education and women’s health—rely heavily on charities that operate in a similar manner.

A scene from ‘Mothers’ // Mat t Phipps

Supporting teachers The Pencil Box (916 W. 23rd St.) is a free, non-profit store where teachers can find supplies for their students and classroom.

“We believe all students deserve quality school and art supplies,” director Nancy Bolzle told me. “The purpose of our program is to offer to disadvantaged students a wide variety of materials that support productive learning and equalize the classroom for all students.”

Bolzle said Tulsa teachers spend an average of $500 to $1,000 or more each year out-ofpocket to provide their students and classrooms with necessary supplies the state can’t afford to cover. Oklahoma Watch ranks our state 47th in the nation for education funding.

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The Pencil Box’s shelves stay stocked with support from national and local businesses, foundations and individual donors.

Eligible schools include public and non-profit schools with at least 70 percent of their students enrolled in the National School Lunch Program. Participating teachers pay a $35 annual fee, which helps provide a financial base for the program and creates a vested engagement between teachers and the store. Teachers from public and non-profit schools, eligible and not, can earn a shopping trip each month by volunteering three hours in the store.

Oct. 15, The Pencil Box will host a gala fundraiser called Cock-

tails for Crayons. To learn more, visit pencilboxtulsa.org.

Women’s health This month, Dina Fine Maron wrote in Scientific American that our country’s maternal mortality rate has more than doubled in the past few decades.

Community Service Council (CSC) is working to change that.

CSC is the “think and do tank” for social services in Green Country.

According to its studies, the mortality rate for mothers as they’re giving birth is higher in Oklahoma, on a per capita basis, than in any other state in America. CSC recently released “Mothers,” an intriguing documentary (narrated by me and created by Voice contribu-

tor Matt Phipps) about the health of moms in Oklahoma. You can view it on Vimeo.

National comparison shows that Oklahoma devotes among the fewest public dollars to women’s reproductive health and young children. Planned Parenthood of the Heartland (PPH), the longstanding and dogged organization that provides tangible assistance in many forms to women and families, is funded almost exclusively by private donors.

Hence, more busking. Thurs., June 18 at Dust Bowl Lanes & Lounge, PPH will host its first-ever charity night, Blue Whale Bowl, in partnership with the Blue Whale Comedy Festival.

In addition to the fun, PPH executive Kate Neary-Pounds said the event would help “bring awareness to the importance of accessible, quality reproductive and sexual health care for men, women and teens in Tulsa.”

Emceed by comedian and Tulsa native Josh Fadem with DJs Johnny Pemberton and Spencer LG, Blue Whale Bowl runs from 8 p.m. to midnight. See the Voice’s festival guide on p. 23 for details. a Ray Pearcey, a technology, public policy and management consulting professional, is managing editor of The Oklahoma Eagle and is a regular contributor to The Tulsa Voice.

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NEWS & COMMENTARY // 11

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The rains came Gov. Fallin needs help

by BARRY FRIEDMAN Hypocrisy is a dish best served wet.

of the ten states with the highest non-payment rates are solidly Republican.”

“I’m asking the federal government to approve this request as quickly as possible so both state and federal aid can be used to support local recovery efforts.”

Before we begin, what’s the magic word?

Anyway, that was Gov. Mary Fallin a few weeks back wanting1 federal tax dollars to help us clean up after all the rain and flooding in the region, which, according to one prominent GOP radio host, was potentially caused by a government “weather weapon.”2 Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott made a similar request3 to the feds after his state was devastated by (according to a Right Wing Watch caller) an angry God fed up by all the sodomy and witchcraft4 going on. Thing is, Abbott, at the urging of the state’s truly unhinged,5 had just a week earlier called out the Texas State Guard to protect his citizens from a takeover by the four branches of the U.S. military in the state for training exercises.

So, watching him go Tricorn hat in hand to the feds was great fun.

Good thing our governor was never that frivolous (and moronic) in attacking the federal government.

President Obama wants us to believe that Oklahomans owe that success to the federal government — to the Department of Energy, to the EPA, to the IRS, or maybe even to him. Mr. President, we know better.

As we say in Oklahoma, that dog won’t hunt.

Oops.6 Yeah. That was Fallin during the 2012 Republican National Conven12 // NEWS & COMMENTARY

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tion, defending the honor of our forefathers and their pooches by reminding the party faithful that we in Oklahoma have always had boots with straps and never needed anyone’s help getting them on.

They built tent cities overnight. They farmed the land and they worked hard. And, in 1897, eight years after the land run, a handful of adventurous pioneers risked their own money — not the federal government’s money — to drill Oklahoma’s first oil well, the Nellie Johnstone.

Oh, for the love of the overture to Oklahoma!— hold the icing, I’m hyperglycemic. Sure, we and our hunting dogs made it on our own, but only if you don’t factor in the Homestead Act,7 the railway acts,8 the Morrill Act,9 the small matter of the feds removing10 Native Americans from their land, and years of receiving more in federal assistance than we ever paid in taxes. Without the federal government, many of us here would be stranded, uneducated and guests

of several11 Native American tribes (not that there’s anything wrong with that)—and then Rodgers and Hammerstein would have had to come up with a different ending.

“If you live in Oklahoma and have suffered storm damages, please report your losses to FEMA,” Fallin said. “Doing so will help to support the case for additional federal assistance for the many Oklahoma families and businesses in need.”

So that’s her message now to a proud, can-do state, founded on self-reliance, hard work and overcoming adversity? The more we ask for, the more help we’ll get.

Sucking from the teets of American taxpayers and manipulating the federal purse strings, while touting our independence?

Priceless.

Red State America is actually pretty accomplished12 at it.

Put another way, again by the American Conservative, “On the other hand, eight

Well, knock me over with a tax cut and call me Saul Alinsky.

Oklahoma is part of that group that gets more than it gives (more on that in a moment), so we might want to lighten up on crowing about the elasticity and resilience of those bootstraps, especially since someone else has been buying us the boots.

Fallin is not alone, though, in loving the federal government only when we’re underwater or hit by an F5. Here’s our illustrious snowball-throwing senior senator explaining13, as only he can, why the American people can trust Oklahomans with a bailout but not those grifters in other states.

“That [Sandy aid bill] was totally different,” Inhofe told MSNBC. “That was supposed to be in New Jersey; they had things in the Virgin Islands, they were fixing roads there.

They were putting roofs on houses in Washington, D.C. Everyone was getting in and exploiting the tragedy that took place. That won’t happen in Oklahoma.”

Of course it won’t.

(There was also former Senator Tom Coburn’s insistence14 during the debate that before disaster relief was given to those affected by Hurricane Sandy—and later even to residents of Moore [ your friends and neighbors] during 2013’s aforementioned F5—it should be offset with spending cuts to others in need. Some call his behavior consistent; I’ll go with monstrous.)

There was a wonderful moment15 in “The West Wing” when President Josiah Bartlett, during a debate with the GOP presidential June 17 – June 30, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

candidate, tees off on this notion of the states flexing their muscles for the cameras.

There are times when we’re fifty states and there are times when we’re one country, and have national needs. And the way I know this is that Florida didn’t fight Germany in World War II or establish civil rights. You think states should do the governing wall-to-wall. That’s a perfectly valid opinion.

But your state of Florida got $12.6 billion in federal money last year-- from Nebraskans, and Virginians, and New Yorkers …

12.6 out of a state budget of $50 billion, and I’m supposed to be using this time for a question, so here it is: Can we have it back, please?

1) KFOR: Gov. Fallin requests federal assistance for storm-ravaged counties 2) Alternet: Conspiracy Nut Alex Jones Says Government was Behind Oklahoma Tornado 3) KHOU: Obama approves governor’s disaster request for Texas counties 4) PoliticusUSA: Right-Wingers Claim Texas Flooding Caused Not by Climate Change but Witchcraft and Sodomy 5) Austin Chronicle: Jade Helm and Tinfoil Hats 6) The Huffington Post: Mary Fallin Republican Convention Speech Boosts Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan 7) Oklahoma Historical Society: Homestead Act

8) A-OK Railroad: History of the A-OK Railroad (1888-present) 9) Our Documents: Morrill Act (1862) 10) U.S. Department of State: Indian Treaties and the Removal Act of 1830 11) Oklahoma Historical Society: Oklahoma American Indian Nations 12) Slate: Blue State, Red Face: Guess Who Benefits More From Your Taxes?

13) Grist: Inhofe supports tornado aid, says it’s “totally different” from Hurricane Sandy aid 14) Death and Taxes: Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn will not accept federal disaster aid unless he gets budget cuts 15) “The West Wing”: Game On

16) Oklahoma Watch: Oklahoma No. 7 in Reliance on Federal Funds)

“Views from the Plains” appears each issue and covers Oklahoma politics and culture—the disastrous, the unseemly, the incomprehensible … you know, the day-to-day stuff.

Barry Friedman is a touring standup comedian, author and general rabble-rouser.

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quit smoking so they’ll never start.

What does this have to do with us?16 Of each dollar spent by Oklahoma government during the 2011 fiscal year, more than 43 cents was provided by the federal government, Miller said in his latest Oklahoma Economic Report, released Friday. Only six states relied more on federal funds.

Ahem.

Back in 2012, when Gov. Fallin spoke to those Republicans in Tampa, she said this about Mitt Romney: He knows it is hard-working American families, not federal bureaucracy, that have built our great and glorious nation.

Yeah, but sometimes your bureaucracy helps remove indigenous people (from land they found great and glorious) or carts away saturated drywall or lays railroad track or provides almost half your budget. So considering all the United States of America has done and is presently doing for Oklahoma, perhaps our governor, instead of belting out show tunes, should say Please and Thank You—or send the feds back their money when it gets here. a THE TULSA VOICE // June 17 – June 30, 2015

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Clock wise from left, Pad Ma-Khuer, Renoo in the garden, Mango St ick y Rice

A peaceful retreat The Tropical offers an edible landscape and top-notch options for all eaters

by MAURIE TRAYLOR | photos by VALERIE GRANT

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great dining experience is like a great read: It combines the familiar with the unexpected, the typical with a bit of mystery, the known with a hint of the unknowable.

A meal at The Tropical is such a dining adventure, filled with the consistency of great service and traditional dishes along with unexpected delights.

The Karnchanakphan family, who brought Lanna Thai Restaurant to Tulsa more than a decade ago, owns The Tropical, a peaceful retreat sequestered amidst the bustling retail corridor at Memorial and 49th Street. Though it’s only a few feet from one of Tulsa’s busiest thoroughfares, the restaurant’s entry garden is more than just a collection of plants. Here,

Renoo, a Thailand native, harvests fresh herbs and vegetables for the menu. Tomatoes, eggplants and peppers line the courtyard fence and stylishly mingle with Japanese Maples and lilies. This scene is a great example of edible landscaping: a garden that marries beauty and function. It’s an idyllic backdrop for the patio and a great spot to enjoy a seasonal drink before dinner (try the Green Dragon, Mai-Tai or June Bug).

General Manager Sisouphanh “Pan” Phommarinh and her staff are quick to offer suggestions from the menu, which features both traditional Thai dishes and distinctive new creations. It’s easy to see why the Chicken Curry Puff—deepfried pastry stuffed with chicken, curry and savory seasonings—is a

popular starter. It’s a summer appetizer that I’ll carry to backyard barbecues. Vegetarians shouldn’t miss another standout, the generously sized Tropical Lettuce Wraps which is flavored with a house secret that gives it a textural crunch.

“Flavors of the Grill” is another highlight: a selection of four house-made sauces, six toppings and three sides with any of the five fish entrees. I had the Butterfly Rainbow Trout with Triple Tastes Sauce (a sweet, sour and spicy mix) and Sweet Pepper Mango, which paired beautifully with steamed vegetables.

Thai Classic Entrees, such as Tropical Pad Thai, can be made with chicken, beef, pork or tofu.

All the entrees can be substituted with shrimp, salmon or the

Seafood Medley (shrimp, scallops, calamari and salmon).

As expected, wok dishes are a staple of The Tropical.

Unexpectedly, the choices and flavor pairings are remarkable.

Kaprao, an onion and bell pepper stir fry served with jasmine rice, delivers spicy heat. The Pad Ma-Khuer visually impresses with eggplant, bell peppers and sweet basil. I enjoyed both immensely—especially knowing that the jasmine, eggplant, basil, tomatoes and other flavors were fresh from the garden outside.

For dessert, order the Mango Sticky Rice. Sprinkles of black sesame seeds perfectly finish this not-too-sweet dish, which makes a lovelyw for warm weather patio dining. a

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Tucked inside Dwelling Spaces, Joebot’s Coffee Bar is the perfect place for a pick-me-up, and you might catch some local stand-up talent if you stop by during Blue Whale Comedy Festival. Lemon poppy-seed bread, muffins, chocolate-covered coffee beans, sausage rolls—ample snacking awaits. Check in on a Wednesday to try a doughnut. Though any of Joebot’s espresso, Americano, macchiato and pour-over coffees (and a variety of teas) will do, the latte is the most requested menu item. Just add some ice to beat the heat.

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Albert G’s in the Blue Dome District has a Q fix for every taste—brisket (sliced and chopped), pulled pork, polish sausage, ribs and bologna. Their $8 sandwiches come with many savory side options. Try the sliced brisket sandwich for a quick bite. The brisket is dry rubbed and slow-cooked overnight. MON-THURS 11 a.m. -9 p.m. , FRI-SAT 11 a.m.

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Living the dream Grey Adams: Local artist. Native Tulsan. Five-year-old.

by BEAU ADAMS [Author’s note: This edition of Day Drinking is ultimately self-serving. This interview with my son is my Father’s Day gift to myself, and I thank my editor for indulging me.]

Place: The Phoenix To Drink: Dead Armadillo (Beau), Cookie and an ice water (Grey) The Tulsa Voice: So, you know any good jokes?

Grey Adams: Yeah, I know a lot of ‘em.

TTV: Tell me a joke.

GA: Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom?

TTV: I don’t know, why?

GA: Because the “P” is silent.

TTV: That’s pretty good.

GA: It would also work for pteranodon.

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GA: I was born here in Tulsa, in a hospital in South Tulsa, I think.

plate from the table after I eat, I feed the dogs, I pick up my dirty clothes and put them in the hamper. Oh, and try not to fight with mom and dad.

TTV: And have you ever lived anywhere else?

TTV: What subject do you like to study most at school?

GA: No, I’ve lived here my whole life.

GA: What does “subject” mean?

TTV: I guess it would. Where were you born?

TTV: What are some of the jobs you think you might like to do when you get older?

GA: I’d like to do some kind of job with the word “ologist” in it. Like paleontologist, marine biologist, archaeologist—those kinds of things.

TTV: That’s interesting. I think “ologist” means “the study of ”— usually those people are some kind of scientist. What do you do for money right now?

GA: I have an allowance.

TTV: How do you earn it?

GA: I do a lot of jobs. I clear my

TTV: Like science, art, math, things like that.

GA: Well, I really like art. I like all kinds of art—drawing, painting, collage.

TTV: Why do you like art? Is it just because you’re good at it?

Do you think you’d like it if you weren’t good at it?

GA: Well, yeah, I think I would still like it. I feel good when I do it.

TTV: Does it make you feel calm or excited?

GA: Mostly calm. I also like to study the master artists.

TTV: Like whom?

GA: Well, I’ve studied Marc Chagall, Georgia O’Keefe, Claude Monet, Mark Rothko, Jasper Johns, Jackson Pollack, Grandma Moses— TTV: Do you have a favorite?

GA: Marc Chagall. I really like his stain glass windows.

TTV: You have any summer plans?

GA: Yes. I’m going to the beach— to Cape Cod. I’ve never been to the beach or even seen the ocean before. I hope we will see tide pools, and we will definitely see some crabs in there. We might see lobster boats and lobster traps.

We’ll go swimming in the ocean.

Oh, and we’re going to fly in some planes to get there.

TTV: Are you excited about that?

GA: Yes! I’ve been on a plane before, but I can’t remember it because I was a baby then.

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TTV: Do you enjoy travel?

GA: Yes! Well, I love to see new things, if that’s what you mean.

TTV: Is there a place you’d like to travel that you haven’t seen yet?

GA: Yeah, I’ve only been to five different places so far. I want to go to Chicago to see “Sue,” the T. Rex, and I’d like to go to Europe.

GA: I don’t know. It’s just how I feel.

TTV: Would you want to have a girlfriend?

GA: I guess so. I could go to the movies or go to dinner with her after I raised my baby.

TTV: Do you think much about the future?

TTV: What’s in Europe that you want to see?

GA: I’ve always thought: Is the future even real?

GA: Lots of art.

TTV: Ha! That’s a good question.

What do you think?

TTV: What’s the meaning of life?

What are humans here to do?

GA: The meaning of life is to survive.

TTV: Is that hard to do?

GA: Sometimes it really is. Human beings are really fragile and squishy. They don’t have exoskeletons like insects do. Like if you do something where you hurt your brain, it’s really hard to fix it. Even most doctors couldn’t fix a brain if it were hurt bad enough.

GA: I’m asking you.

TTV: Well, here’s what I think: Nothing is real except for right now. This very moment. It’s really all we ever have. Like right now, I’m reaching out and touching your hand and I’m looking into your eyes—this is real.

GA: Yeah. This is real life. But I do feel like I’m in a dream.

GA: Not always. But right now, because it’s, I don’t know, it’s too wonderful.

GA: Yeah. I’ll stick to the cookie on my plate now.

TTV: Let’s talk about Father’s Day. It’s coming up.

TTV: Good thinking. What do you think your life will be like when you grow up?

GA: I know. I need to go with mom to pick out a gift.

TTV: Why not?

GA: I don’t know, I just don’t feel like having any, maybe just one kid. If I had one kid, that would be fine.

TTV: Well, I think that as you grow older your feelings might change.

GA: Well, when kids are babies, they are a lot of work, and since I don’t want to have a wife, I think that would be a lot of work for me.

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TTV: Did you just eat some cookie off of the floor?

GA: Well, I have a lot of things I want to do, but I don’t think I will have any kids.

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TTV: I don’t really need a gift.

GA: Why? TTV: I don’t know. I just don’t need anything. I have everything that I need. You’re my gift. And I think you should really reconsider on the whole idea of being a father—it’s really just the sweetest thing. It’s changed my life for the better in every way.

GA: Okay, I’ll think about it. And I’m also going to live with you and mom my whole life.

TTV: You may rethink that as well.

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SOUTH TULSA

Big Al’s Health Foods Bill’s Jumbo Burgers Billy Ray’s BBQ Brothers Houligan Calaveras Mexican Grill Capp’s BBQ Corner Café Duffy’s Diner El Rio Verde Freddie’s Hamburgers Guang Zhou Dim Sum Hoot Owl Coffee Company Jim’s Coney Island Las Americas Super Mercado & Restaurant

BBD II Baja Jack’s Burrito Shack Bamboo Thai Bistro Bellacino’s Pizza & Grinders Bodean’s Seafood Restaurant The Brook Camille’s Sidewalk Café Cardigan’s Charleston’s Cimarron Meat Company Dona Tina Cocina Mexicana El Guapo’s El Samborsito Elements Steakhouse & Grille The Fig Café and Bakery First Watch Five Guys French Hen Gencies Chicken Shack Gyros by Ali Hebert’s Specialty Meats Helen of Troy Hideaway Pizza India Palace

Lot a Burger Maxxwell’s Restaurant Moonsky’s Cheesesteaks and Daylight Donuts Mr. Taco Oklahoma Style BBQ Philly Alley Pie Hole Pizza Pollo al Carbon Rib Crib BBQ & Grill The Right Wing Route 66 Subs & Burgers Tacos Don Francisco Tally’s Good Food Cafe Umberto’s Pizza

PEARL DISTRICT El Rancho Grande The Phoenix Café Lola’s Caravan

Ike’s Chili Papa Ganouj JJ’s Hamburgers

BROOKSIDE Antoinette Baking Co. Biga Billy Sims BBQ Blue Moon Bakery and Café The Brook Brookside By Day Café Ole Café Samana Charleston’s Claud’s Hamburgers Cosmo Café & Bar Crow Creek Tavern Doc’s Wine and Food Egg Roll Express Elmer’s BBQ La Hacienda Lokal The Hen Bistro Hibiscus Caribbean Bar and Grill HopBunz In the Raw

Keo Lambrusco’Z To Go Leon’s Brookside Lokal Mazzio’s Italian Eatery Ming’s Noodle Bar Mondo’s Ristorante Italiano Old School Bagel Café Pei Wei Asian Diner R Bar & Grill Rons Hamburgers & Chili Señor Tequila Shades of Brown Sonoma Bistro & Wine Bar Starbucks Sumatra Coffee Shop Super Wok The Warehouse Bar & Grill Weber’s Root Beer Whole Foods Market Yolotti Frozen Yogurt Zoës Kitchen

UTICA SQUARE Brownies Gourmet Burgers Fleming’s Goldie’s Patio Grill McGill’s Olive Garden P.F. Chang’s China Bistro

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BLUE D OME The Krazy Olive La Crêpe Nanou La Flama Mahogany Prime Steakhouse McNellie’s South City Mr. Goodcents Subs & Pastas Napa Flats Wood Fired Kitchen Naples Flatbread & Wine Bar Nordaggio’s Coffee OK Country Donut Shoppe Pita Place Redrock Canyon Grill Ripe Tomato Ron’s Hamburgers and Chili Sushi Hana Japanese Fusion Thai Village Tres Amigos Mexican Grill & Cantina White Lion Whole Foods Yokozuna Zio’s Italian Kitchen

Pepper’s Grill Polo Grill Queenie’s Café and Bakery Starbucks Stonehorse Café Wild Fork

Albert G’s Bar & Q Dilly Diner El Guapo’s Cantina Fassler Hall Joe Bots Coffee Joe Momma’s Pizza Juniper

Lambrusco’z McNellie’s S&J Oyster Company STG Pizzeria & Gelateria Tallgrass Prairie Table Yokozuna

DECO DISTRICT Atlas Grill Billy’s on the Square Boston Avenue Grill Deco Deli

Elote Café & Catering Mod’s Coffee & Crepes Tavolo The Vault

DOWNTOWN 624 Kitchen and Catering All About Cha Stylish Coffee & Tea Baxter’s Interurban Grill Bohemian Pizzeria The Boiler Room The Boulder Grill Café 320 Casa Laredo Coney Island Daily Grill Foolish Things Coffee Grand Selections for Lunch The Greens on Boulder Lassalle’s New Orleans Deli

Lou’s Deli MADE Market in the DoubleTree by Hilton Mazzio’s Italian Eatery Naples Flatbread & Wine Bar Oneok Café Oklahoma Spud on the Mall Seven West Café Sheena’s Cookies & Deli Steakfinger House The Sushi Place Tabouli’s Ti Amo Topeca Coffee Williams Center Café

TERWILLEGER HEIGHTS Bill & Ruth’s Blue Rose Café Burn Co. BBQ The Chalkboard Dalesandro’s

Elwoods Mansion House Café Ron’s Hamburgers & Chili La Villa at Philbrook

GREENWOOD Abear’s Fat Guy’s

Lefty’s on Greenwood

MIDTOWN Albert G’s Bangkok Thai Super Buffet Bravo’s Mexican Grill Bros. Houligan Celebrity Restaurant Daylight Donuts Supershop Eddy’s Steakhouse Felini’s Cookies & Deli

Golden Gate Lambrusco’z Mary Jane’s Pizza My Thai Kitchen PJ’s Sandwich Shoppe Phill’s Diner Trenchers Delicatessen

I-44/BA INTERCHANGE Big Anthony’s BBQ Bill & Ruth’s Subs Billy Sims BBQ Binh-Le Vietnamese Chop House BBQ D’Oro Pizza Desi Wok Fiesta Cozumel Gogi Gui Growler’s Sandwich Grill Hideaway Pizza Himalayas – Aroma of India Ichiban Teriyaki Jumbo’s Burgers Las Bocas Las Tres Fronteras Le Bistro Sidewalk Cafe Mamasota’s Mexican Restaurant & Bar Mazzio’s Italian Eatery

Monterey’s Little Mexico Nelson’s Buffeteria Pho Da Cao Pickle’s Pub Rice Bowl Cafe Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Roo’s Sidewalk Café Royal Dragon Sezchuan Express Shawkat’s Deli & Grill Speedy Gonzalez Grill Spudder Steak Stuffers USA Tacos Don Francisco Thai Siam Tokyo Garden The Tropical Restaurant & Bar Viet Huong Villa Ravenna Watts Barbecue

NORTH TULSA Amsterdam Bar & Grill Admiral Grill Bill & Ruth’s Christy’s BBQ Evelyn’s Golden Saddle BBQ Steakhouse Hank’s Hamburgers

Harden’s Hamburgers Hero’s Subs & Burgers Los Primos Moonsky’s Cheesesteaks and Daylight Donuts The Restaurant at Gilcrease White River Fish Market

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Lot a Burger Monterey’s Little Mexico Ollie’s Station Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Sandwiches & More Union Street Café Westside Grill & Delivery

Asahi Sushi Bar Baker Street Pub & Grill Billy Sims BBQ Bistro at Seville Bluestone Steahouse and Seafood Restaurant Brothers Houligan Brothers Pizza Bucket’s Sports Bar & Grill Charlie’s Chicken Chuy’s Chopsticks El Tequila Fat Daddy’s Pub & Grille Fat Guy’s Burger Bar Fish Daddy’s Seafood Grill Fuji FuWa Asian Kitchen Firehouse Subs The Gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse Haruno Hungry Howie’s Pizza In the Raw on the Hill Jameson’s Pub Jamil’s Jason’s Deli

Jay’s Original Hoagies Keo Kit’s Takee-Outee La Roma Lanna Thai Logan’s Road House Louie’s Mandarin Taste Marley’s Pizza Mekong River Mi Tierra Napoli’s Italian Restaurant Oliveto Italian Bistro Ri Le’s Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Ridge Grill Ron’s Hamburgers & Chili Savoy Shogun Steakhouse of Japan Siegi’s Sausage Factory & Deli Ti Amo Italian Ristorante Wrangler’s Bar-B-Q Yasaka Steakhouse of Japan Zio’s Italian Kitchen

BRADY ARTS DISTRICT Caz’s Chowhouse Chimera Draper’s Bar-B-Cue Gypsy Coffee House Hey Mambo The Hunt Club Laffa Lucky’s on the Green Mexicali Border Café

Oklahoma Joe’s Prhyme Downtown Steakhouse The Rusty Crane Sisserou’s Spaghetti Warehouse The Tavern Zin Wine, Beer & Dessert Bar

CHERRY STREET 15 Below Andolini’s Pizzeria Café Cubana Chimi’s Mexican Food Chipotle Mexican Grill Coffee House on Cherry Street Doe’s Eat Place Full Moon Café Genghis Grill Heirloom Baking Co. Hideaway Pizza Jason’s Deli Kilkenny’s Irish Pub & Eatery La Madeleine

Lucky’s Restaurant Mary’s Italian Trattoria Mi Cocina Oklahoma Kolache Co. Palace Café Panera Bread Phat Philly’s The Pint Qdoba Mexican Grill SMOKE. Te Kei’s Tucci’s Café Italia Zanmai

EAST TULSA Al Sultan Grill & Bakery Big Daddy’s All American Bar-B-Q Birrieria Felipe Bogey’s Brothers Houligan Casa San Marcos Casanova’s Restaurant Charlie’s Chicken Cherokee Deli Darby’s Restaurant El Centenario El Gallo Loco El 7 Marez El Refugio Azteca Super Taqueria Fiesta Del Mar Flame Broiler Frank’s Café Fu-Thai Garibaldi’s The Gnarley Dawg Hatfield’s

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ROSE DISTRICT BruHouse Daylight Donuts Family Back Creek Deli & Gifts Fiesta Mambo!

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June 26

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FRINGE - THE BARD IN THE BRADY-TWELFTH NIGHT June 26-27 Guthrie Green

FRINGE - BEYOND THE TOMB: MAY’S STORY June 26 Tulsa Spotlight Theatre

Heller Shorts: A Little Bit Longer Now June 18-21

FRINGE - LOCURAS EN WICHITA (WILD IN WICHITA) June 26-27 Nightingale Theater

The Way Bent Review June 18-21 Trio Spiritoso 18 to 21 June 18 BLUE WHALE COMEDY FESTIVAL June 18-21 Venues: Dwelling Spaces, Vlue Flag, Legends Dance Hall, Fassler, Fly Loft, Guthrie Gree, Circle Cinema, Fur Shop, Boomtown Tees, Dust Bowl Lanes Lineup: Michael Ian Black Natasha Leggero, Nikki Glaser, Nick Thune …. And SOOOO many more!

FRINGE - I WISH YOU ACTUALLY LIKED ME (AND OTHER FAMILIAL IMPOSSIBILITIES) June 19-21 Nightingale Theater

FRINGE - CONFESSIONS OF A MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRL June 26-28 Living Arts, West End FRINGE - WELCOME TO JEWN June 26 Comedy Parlor

Thomas Williams — Holding Out for a Hero June 27 FRINGE - PHUNBAGS June 27 Comedy Parlor FRINGE - TINKERBELL IS DEAD (AND ROLLING OVER IN HER GRAVE) June 27 IDL Ballroom Appassionata Duo in Concert June 28

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BY JOSHUA KLINE // June 18-21, the 2nd annual Blue Whale Comedy Festival brings national and local comics to downtown venues, plus film screenings, workshops, roundtable discussions and a roast of Tulsa businessman and Dist. 4 Councilor Blake Ewing.

The lineup’s a ma jor improvement from its inaugural year, with well-established headliners like Michael Ian Black, Natasha Leggero and Nikki Glaser and fast-ascending stars like

Dan St. Germain and Nick Thune. As with every fest, there’s no way you’ll catch everything, it’s possible you’ll unwittingly miss a great under-the-radar act, and some brutal Sophie’s choices are likely. To help you skirt any ma jor tragedies, here’s the Voice’s shortlist.

Tickets cost $5-$35, and passes run $75-$180. Get your tickets and find the full schedule at b l u e w h a l e c o m e d y f e s t i v a l . c o m .

Killing us softly

ALAN STARZINSKI AND APARNA NANCHERLA with Jane Bevan and Jeremiah Walton, Comedy Parlor, 328 E. 1st St., 6 p.m.

Young, witty and self-deprecating, both Starzinski and Nancherla personify the warm quirk and diversity of new millennial comedy. Starzinski is boisterous and sweet; Nancherla wields her deadpan charm to great effect with wry observations about race and culture.

THURSDAY, JUNE 18 All of tonight’s events overlap. If you put a gun to my head and made me choose, I’d probably have to go with Comedy Bowling—because good causes are good and Planned Parenthood needs all the support it can get around here. If you can’t bear to miss Tim Bagley, consider that he’s also performing Friday night at the Comedy Parlor.

COMEDY SHORTS CONTEST, Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave., 7 p.m.

Short film submissions will screen throughout the night, and the audience and a panel

of judges (including yours truly) will select the two best films for awards. $5 if you don’t have a Blue Whale pass.

BLUE WHALE BOWL: BENEFITING PLANNED PARENTHOOD, Dust Bowl Lanes and Lounge, 211 S. Elgin, 8 p.m.-midnight Comedian and Tulsa native Josh Fadem will emcee this comedy bowling tournament. $35-$40 (Includes food, drink and bowling).

FREE SCREENING OF JUDD APATOW’S 2007 CLASSIC, “KNOCKED UP,” Guthrie Green, 8:30 p.m.

Hosted by veteran character actor Tim Bagley, who had a small part in the film as gynecologist Dr. Pellagrino. (“Oh, you DO look like your sister!”)

Double whammy

Friday, June 19 FREE HAPPY HOUR COMEDY, Dwelling Spaces, 119 S. Detroit Ave., 4:30 p.m.

Features local laffers Jeff Thomas, Ryan Green, Drew Welcher, Andrew Deacon, Ryan Howell and Dan Fritsche.

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NICK THUNE, CHRIS CUBAS AND MICHAEL ZAMPINO, The Fur Shop backyard, 520 E. 3rd St., 7:30 p.m.

If you’re not acquainted, queue up Thune’s Netflix special, “Folk Hero,” and get to know his particular brand of absurdist comedy. It’s not for everybody, but fans of weirdo one-liner comics like Demetri Martin and Mitch Hedberg will likely be smitten with Thune’s quiet non-sequiturs. Sadly, Thune’s performance might conflict with the next two must-see shows…

THE 1491s, Fassler Hall, 304 S. Elgin., 8 p.m.

This Native American sketch comedy troupe satirizes issues of race, cultural appropriation and general Ameri-

can idiocy. They are hilarious.

They are important. They were largely responsible for one of the most controversial (and funniest) recent episodes of “The Daily Show.” They include Oklahoma filmmaker Sterlin Harjo and artist Ryan RedCorn. We can’t stress this one enough: Go see them.

DAN ST. GERMAIN, Blue Flag, 116 S. Elgin (formerly the site of White Flag Burger Bar), 8 p.m.

St. Germain appears at first glance to be yet another rotund, hairy, angry white man-child in the vein of Zach Galifianakis or Jack Black (or a billion others), which might be off-putting considering their overpopulation in the comedy world. But he’s an exceptionally funny and intelligent comedian, brimming with impotent rage and exasperation at his own failings and the world around him. If that description brings to mind Louis CK, it shouldn’t.

They’re in the same ballpark, but St. Germain has a strong, original voice all his own.

NATASHA LEGGERO, Legends, 514 E. 2nd St., 9:30 p.m.

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As MVP of the recent Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber, Leggero stole the show with the wittiest, meanest and funniest takedowns of the night.

Slow and steady

Saturday, June 20 IMPROV WORKSHOPS WITH TIM BAGLEY AND ALAN STARZINSKI (respectively), Fly Loft, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION with Toby Morton, Nikki Glaser and Maronzio Vance, Comedy Parlor, noon.

LIVE COMEDY PARLOR RECORDING OF THE BONE ZONE, a Los Angeles-based comedy podcast with Randy Liedtke and Brendon Walsh, featuring special guest Johnny Pemberton, 4 p.m.

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Then, the difficult decisions begin.

NIKKI GLASER, ERICA RHODES, DREW WELCHER AND SETH DEES, The Fur Shop backyard, 7:30 p.m.

If you don’t know Glaser from her aforementioned talk show with Sara Schaefer, you might recognize her work with Amy Schumer—she’s a recurring guest on Schumer’s “Inside Amy Schumer,” she has a part in Judd Apatow’s upcoming “Trainwreck” (starring and written by Schumer), and she was one of the titular comics in the special, “Women Who Kill” (available on Netflix). Glaser’s a pro, and funny as hell.

SARA SCHAEFER AND CHRIS CUBAS with Stan Silliman Blue Flag, 116 S. Elgin., 6 p.m.

Schaefer is perhaps best known for her work with Nikki Glaser, including podcast You Had to Be There and MTV talk show “Nikki and Sara Live.” But her newly released debut solo stand-up album, Chrysalis, demands consideration. Schaefer uses her personal failings to paint a complex, sympathetic portrait of what it means to be a 30something woman today.

FADEM’S VARIETY SHOW, The Fur Shop attic, 520 E. 3rd St., 6:30 p.m.

If you’ve ever seen Booker T. grad Josh Fadem perform, you know he’s bonkers crazy and really, really funny. For the variety show, he’s backed up by Ryan Green, Rick Shaw and Johnny Pemberton. Beware—it overlaps with Sara Schaefer, but if there’s a way

MICHAEL IAN BLACK, JOE DEROSA, Tafadzwa Gwaze, Legends, 514 E. 2nd St., 9:30 p.m.

Black is unfortunately best known as a recurring talking head on VH1’s obnoxious but highly addictive “I love the 70s/80s/90s,” but it’s his work with David Wain and Michael Showalter that makes comedy junkies swoon. They found-

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ed the sketch troupe Stella, created MTV cult classic “The State” and made numerous movies together, including “Wet Hot American Summer.”

Recently, Black has focused more on writing, penning well-received memoir “You’re Not Doing it Right” and co-authoring the humorous travelogue, “America, You Sexy Bitch,” with Meghan McCain.

Going out with a bang Sunday, June 21 ROAST OF BLAKE EWING, Fassler Hall, 11:30 a.m.

In addition to offering his downtown businesses as festival venues, Dist. 4 Councilor Blake Ewing has graciously agreed to a public roasting. The outspoken Ewing is famous for ruffling feathers and engaging with his critics (see: my Facebook page), so there’s no shortage of material. As with any roast, it’s sure to get brutal, but Ewing will likely get the last word.

Kudos to him for the act of self-sacrifice.

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OKC Comedy Presents: Brody Stevens James Nghiem, Spencer Hicks, and Cameron Buchholtz Fassler Hall 8 P.M. - 9 P.M. Alan Starzinksi’s For the Love of Improv Mirage Machine and Smiling Politely Comedy Parlor 8 P.M. - 9 P.M. The Ryans Ryan Drake, Ryan Howell, Ryan Baker and Ryan Green Blue Flag 8 P.M. - 9 P.M. Michael Ian Black Joe DeRosa Tafadzwa Gwaze Hosted by Andrew Deacon Legends 9:30 P.M. - 10:50 P.M. Cian Baker, Brittany Daniels, and Tyson Lenard Hosted by Jane Bevan Comedy Parlor 10 P.M. - 11 P.M. After Party w/ The G oddamn Comedy Jam (GDCJ) DJ Spencer LG The Fur Shop 10 A.M. - 2 A.M.

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A Whale in the room The rise of Tulsa’s comedy scene

by JOE O’SHANSKY “Everybody gets their start with this shit right here.

Five minutes at an open mic.

No other profession works that way. Nobody walks into an ER and they say, ‘So you wanna be a surgeon? All right, here’s a scalpel, you’re going to do five minutes on this guy.

If everything goes well you’ll come back and do seven.”

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I love stand-up comedians. Always have. Even the shitty ones. Which is another way of saying I’ve always wanted to be one of them.

Yet, there’s a sizeable gulf between cracking your friends up at the bar and purposefully capturing lightning in a bottle for strangers’ enjoyment. The stage, the audience and the microphone are the great equalizers.

Steeped in Carlin and Pryor from childhood, I put stand-up comedians in the same space as my favorite bands. They were, and are, rock stars—alchemists who elicit involuntary and visceral reactions, noble fools who sometimes change everything. Had a terrible day? Nothing a good comedian can’t handle.

Tulsa’s comedy lighthouses, The Looney Bin and Comedy Parlor, are no longer the sole outlets for people seeking a night of laughs and the would-be comedians who deliver them. Over the past couple of years, stand-up nights and open mics have been popping up like dandelions.

When I met veteran comic and burlesque emcee Hilton Price at the Cellar Dweller (the murky lighting and red brick walls seemed a fitting backdrop), it was only an hour before his set at Enso. Wait. Enso?

“My first show was a Looney Bin show, because that’s where I thought you were supposed to do comedy,” Price said. “But now

you have four or five places doing shows. That’s the most places doing comedy in Tulsa that there’s ever been.”

Turns out, venues as diverse as Enso, The Yeti, Lot No. 6, The Shrine, The Amsterdam Room and the VFW’s Centennial Lounge—none of which are traditional comedy clubs—offer weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly performance opportunities for professionals and beginners alike.

And we have more working local comedians now than ever.

Price takes an egalitarian view of what some would consider the competition—of which there’s quite a bit. Names like Peter Bedgood, Michael Zampino, Diana Jarvis, Drew Welcher, Dan Fritschie and Sheila Naifeh pop up routinely in my conversations and on social media, pimping appearances or being witty in 140 characters. But they just scratch the surface, especially with the explosion of open mics.

“There’s a ton of people, [but] you hate to think about it being too many people,” Price said. “You don’t want anyone to be discouraged. You never want anyone to want to stop, because they might be the one who really ends up mattering. I’ll never say it’s oversaturated.

It needs to be organized well.”

As part of the Blue Whale Comedy Festival, Price will host Byron Bowers, Erica Rhodes and Allison Saft Fri., June 19 at 6:30 p.m. at The Fur Shop.

“How do you get to Carnegie Hall?

Practice, practice, practice.”

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diligence of a craftsperson. And the only way to know if what thou hath wrote be gold is to say it in front of a group of (ideally) drunk people.

Tahlequah resident Shawna Blake has only been doing standup for a year, though you’d never know it from her easy confidence onstage. Part of that stems from her time in debate. She’s overcome the biggest obstacle to performing live: stage fright.

The night I spoke with Blake, she performed at the Parlor as a part of Comedic Distraction, a “Whose Line Is It Anyway”-inspired competition hosted by comic and emcee Tyson Lenard. A graduate of Bedgood’s workshop at the Comedy Parlor, Blake’s endgame is to be a nationally touring comedian. “Just do it” might be a reductive Nike slogan, but it applies here.

“It takes a lot of work; I’ll do any gig I can get,” Blake said.

“The first show I did was Peter’s graduation show, and I did like 10 minutes there, and I’d worked on those over the course of a couple of months. Now I probably have 30 or 40 minutes of material. I can do 30 minutes and feel confident.”

Now something of a staple on the circuit, Blake performs in Tulsa and regionally, working clubs, special shows and private parties from Rogers and Fort Smith to Norman and Stillwater.

“I do this show in Rogers—The Big Chill—which is a really good show,” Blake said. “A big room.

I’ve done it five times now, and it’s a lot of the same people. So if they put you on, you’re going to have to come up with new material every time—a new 10 or 15 minutes. I’m like ‘Yeah, I’ll do that.’ And the last time, I was like, ‘I don’t have anything!’ like two days before the show. I just have to do it.”

At Blue Whale Comedy Festival, Blake will perform June 20 at 7:30 p.m. in The Fur Shop backyard. In addition to her set, Blake will host the Erica Rhodes and Nikki Glaser show at The Fur Shop.

Blake said the festival is “an amazing experience that provides a lot of opportunities for local comics to work with really great talent and big names.”

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“This will be a testament to Tulsa's commitment to comedy,” she said.

The festival’s popularity seems to parallel the growth of our rich comedy scene, whose left-of-center underground appeal somehow still feels undiscovered. It’s something like a D-Fest for comedy. That much-missed music showcase of local, regional and national indie

bands snowballed from obscurity into a national draw for Tulsa. At its peak, D-Fest boasted 140 acts on 10 stages across downtown and more than 70,000 attendees. Blue Whale isn’t there yet, but there’s no reason to think it couldn’t achieve a similar level of renown.

Price said Blue Whale “seems like a reaction to the growth of the scene more than a catalyst.”

“It’s trying to be home for the locals and be a home to bring in some big names for a fun party weekend, and so far that’s what it’s doing,” Price said. “… But it seems sort of independent of the scene now.”

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While in Minneapolis for a film screening, Tulsa filmmaker Sterlin Harjo1 and Pawhuska designer Ryan RedCorn2 met with writer and producer Migizi Pensoneau, who’d recently started making comedy videos. Along with activist Dallas Goldtooth and artist Bobby Wilson, the group shot “New Moon Wolf Pack Auditions!!!!” The silly, lo-fi short lampooned the teen vampire series’ regressive portrayal of Native Americans by depicting an imagined casting call. Harjo and RedCorn drove home the next day on a high, beginning to see the ensemble’s potential.

Overwhelming response to the video (it currently has more than 264,000 hits) prompted them to choose a name—the 1491s—and make more videos. Their audience quickly expanded beyond YouTube-savvy young adults to kids and elders.

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videos for native people,” Harjo said. “There was a space for us to do it, because no one else had done it.”

Another early 1491s hit was “Smiling Indians,” a powerful response to the stoic, unsmiling portraits of Native Americans by early-1900s photographer Edward S. Curtis. In March 2011, Melissa Block interviewed RedCorn about “Smiling Indians” on All Things Considered3.

The 1491s made national headlines in September 2014 when three members appeared in a segment (4) on “The Daily Show” featuring a panel discussion about the Washington Redskins mascot.

In a sorely misguided recap5 of the episode (addressed at length

by Native Appropriations6), The Washington Post pitted aggressive natives against the embattled Redskins name. Subsequently, 1491s member Migizi Pensoneau gave a troubling but enlightening account7 of the taping in the Missoula Independent—a story The Huffington Post quickly snatched up8. Don’t watch the segment

without reading Pensoneau’s story; it’s an essential companion piece.

Whether you’re already a fan or just getting acquainted before their appearance at Blue Whale Comedy Festival (8 p.m. Fri., June 19 at Fassler Hall), Harjo walked us through a quick guide to the 1491s, based on a brief selection of their videos. Find more at 1491s.com.

The Tulsa Voice: “New Moon Wolf Pack Auditions!!!!” does a hilarious job of calling bullshit on the real “Twilight” wolf pack. The series’ use of native actors and spotlight on Quileute culture have been celebrated, but it mostly just looks like objectification—they’re animals, and they’re shirtless, and some of them have trouble with their tempers.

Sterlin Harjo: Yeah. Well here’s the problem. Everyone knows how hard it is for a native actor in the industry. So, we’re just taking baby steps. It’s like, thank God they cast natives— fuck, I mean, it’s

werewolves, and it’s a vampire teen movie, but they did cast Indians.

So there’s a sense of pride of like, wow, they’re all in this big Hollywood movie; let’s let all that other shit slide.

Just imagine that most everyone in your inner circle is Native American. And there’s certain things that you identify with … so any time you turn on the TV and there’s a Western, you’re seeing Indians, but it’s nothing that you can relate to. But you’re still so excited because there’s Indians on the screen. It’s like, at least you’re getting a mention. At least they haven’t totally forgotten about you.

But also, that’s the success of the 1491s—we do make fun of ourselves, and we do make fun of people that will exploit their culture to get a leg up. The wolf pack auditions is about Indians who are really going after it and exploiting themselves just to get a role in a film. And that’s why it was successful—because we’re making fun of ourselves, instead of just making fun of white people.

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That’s what our logo is—an arrow shooting itself.

TTV: “Strip Hand Game”—Not that funny. What am I missing?

SH: It’s a very Indian thing. Hand Game is sort of an intertribal game that a lot of different nations adopted. It’s kind of a guessing game, and people really get into it. There’s two sides, and there’s referees and score keepers.

So the idea was to take that and make it a strip poker. It is something that not everyone’s going to get, and we knew it going into it.

TTV: What about the collaborations with native comedian Tito Ybarra, especially “Self Defense” and “Singing Lessons?” I get that Ibarra was a powwow singer, so “Singing Lessons” is funny for that reason— SH: It is definitely a more Indian side of our humor. It’s requested a shitload. It’s a perfect example of what Indian humor is to me. I love Ricky Gervais’ “The Office”

because I feel like it’s very similar to Indian humor. One of the funniest things, I think, is when somebody really goes out on a limb and gives it their best and just fails miserably, just crashes and burns, and then the look on their face— it’s just like all these expectations.

That, to me, is Indian humor. It’s also watching Dallas (Goldtooth, who plays the singing instructor) acting like he knows what he’s doing. It’s funny when people try to be, there’s a word for it—it’s called chiefy—it’s when Indians try to get on a high horse a little bit.

TTV: And “Self Defense”—?

SH: I just think that’s kind of dude humor, honestly. It’s one of our early ones, and it was one shot. And we don’t hit it right every time.

TTV: “Willy Jack” (son of Billy Jack) really tickled me, but I also didn’t get it.

SH: “Billy Jack” is this 1970s Redsploitation movie about this guy

that’s half-Indian and is a martial arts expert, and his name’s Billy Jack. He wore this flat-billed kind of Indian-looking cowboy hat and had his shoes off all the time and would get in these scraps with white guys. It was a popular film, so people that know it, know it. So it’s kind of taking that and turning it on its head—this nonviolent son of his.

What’s great about Bobby (Wilson, who plays Willy Jack) is that he was kind of a street kid. He’s from Minneapolis, and he was a graffiti artist. He had to learn how to be funny and talk to everyone.

They automatically love him, and that translates to videos, too.

TTV: “Deer Hunter” is kind of confusing.

SH: Me and Migizi and Bobby do some pretty weird shit together.

The deer hunter video was kind of like, “Let’s see if the fans will go with us down this alley.” Every tribe has trickster stories, and they are sometimes pretty fucked up.

Where I’m from, it’s turtle and

rabbit. And it’s these teachings on life told through stories. The message sometimes is hard to get, and you really have to think about it. And for us, “Deer Hunter” was like that, where it’s fucked up, and I don’t know what you’re supposed to take away from it, but it’s something—there’s a lesson in there. a

1) The Tulsa Voice: Life preserver 2) Buffalo Nickel Creative 3) All Things Considered: ‘Smiling Indians’ Depicts a Lighter Side of Native Americans 4) “The Daily Show”: The Redskins’ Name – Catching Racism 5) The Washington Post: The Daily Show springs tense showdown with Native Americans on Redskins fans 6) Native Appropriations: White tears and aggressive Indians: Native activists on the Daily Show 7) Missoula Independent: “I’ll fucking cut you.” Behind the scenes of the 1491s’ segment on “The Daily Show” 8) The Huffington Post: Behind the Scenes of Our Tense Segment on The Daily Show

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ulsa summers can be brutal. At the hellish peak (usually in July) it’s tempting to burrow into your couch with A/C, Netflix and pizza, but there are so many more fulfilling things to do in this town. For those who lack imagination, I’ve done you a solid and curated a list of cool things to do during these warm months.

Find a swimming pool Summer is hot and pools are required. Every year, people wander around complaining, “It sooooo hawwwt!” in a Fran Drescher-like nasally whine. We are not having it this year. Shut your whiney yapper.

Find a pool. Get in it. Or...

Find a swimming hole The scorching heat is actually pretty great when you find a nice swimming hole. There are several around here to choose from: Blue Hole, Spring Creek and Flint

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Creek. I personally have an amazing place I like to escape for a weekend, but I’m not about to tell any of you because it seems that every time people discover a nice place, they trash it. The Illinois River used to be shameful but, I heard it has improved recently.

We should all be embarrassed of the cans and other crap (“Thanks, Tyson Chicken!”) in our waterways—I once saw a bass swimming with one flip-flop around its face. We can do better.

Attend Center of the Universe Festival The list of headliners for this amazing source of people-watching has drawn a lot of heat from the hipster crowd (some of the same people who worshipped Mumford and Sons two years ago, so take that for what it’s worth).

But the festival, which runs July 24-25, actually has some amazing music if you can stop complaining

long enough to listen. Either way, Just. Quit. Complaining.

Hike Turkey Mountain Our urban wilderness recently fought off a multi-billion-dollar developer, so there’s still a great place to enjoy a walk, run or ride. But go in the mornings if possible. It won’t be as hot and you might even have time left in the day to enjoy...

Catch a Fire: The Legacy of Bob Marley Hosted at the Woody Guthrie Center until September 13, Bob Marley’s influence as a musician and a peacemaker is documented with a slew of previously unseen photographs, short films and even a drum kit. His music is required at all summer festivals (even Smooth Jazz ones). He was one of the greatest people to walk this earth.

All you have to do to experience his legacy is find parking in the Brady Arts District. Good luck.

Barbecue One of the best things about summer is smoking or grilling food. Even if you’re a vegan, some grilled Brussels sprouts and asparagus are pretty tasty. But throw some pork butt or a rack of ribs on a smoker with a cooler full of your favorite beverages and a friend or two? You’re likely to remember the laughs as much as the food. (Free tip: invest in a good meat thermometer, lest you remember the food in the worst way.)

Peruse Social media The only thing better than enjoying the outdoors is seeing someone else enjoying them! Stay at home and practice your snark on someone’s adventure pictures, or hone your hashtag game with phrases only you understand. Because everything is lame and nothing is fun and smoked meats are gross and water is disgusting and music is dumb and the outdoors sucks. #sarcasm a June 17 – June 30, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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rojection on buildings, random shit everywhere. That’s what we’re talking about.”

Director Chad Oliverson is talking about Tulsa Fringe. No, it’s not a leather vest accent or the latest hipster haircut. It’s the newest DIY performing arts festival sweeping through Tulsa this month.

Actors, dancers, musicians and street performers organize and price their own non-juried shows at Fringe-affiliated venues. They pay to rent the venues and retain all ticket proceeds. Several sister festivals are wrapped into Tulsa Fringe, including Busker Carnival, SummerStage and a close relationship with the Blue Whale Comedy Festival (see p. 23).

The festival’s origins stretch back to Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1947, after being excluded from Edinburgh International Festival, non-traditional performers banded together to play in pubs, basements, ware-

houses and parks—literally on the fringes of the main festival. Tulsa Fringe sprung out of SummerStage, a decades-old juried theatre festival. Though SummerStage showcases some of Tulsa’s best professional talent, Oliverson said it slowly became obvious that there were limitations to the traditional theater setting.

After a 2014 test-run, Tulsa Fringe is now an official (albeit loosely organized) festival. In addition to local venues, Tulsa Fringe will pop up on street corners and in alleys.

“The question is always, ‘How can we make this as organic as possible?” Oliverson said.

So what can we expect from Tulsa Fringe this year?

In short, “unexpect the expected.”

Tulsa Fringe continues through June 28. Some events are free, and others run $3-$20.

Visit summerstagetulsa.org for details.

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A comedic look at whether or not any of us can actually bounce back from a childhood fraught with family dysfunction—especially around the holidays.

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Welcome to Jewn June 26, Comedy Parlor

Written by former South Park writer Toby Martin, Welcome to Jewn unpacks offensive and acceptable humor and lingo from a Jew’s perspective. Mature audiences.

Confessions of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl June 26-28, Living Arts

Tinkerbell is Dead (And Rolling Over in her Grave) June 27, IDL Ballroom

A one-woman show written and performed by the ultra-savvy Anna Bennett that uses four distinct female characters (and a heavy dose of foolish fandango) to examine gender roles in presentday pop culture.

The ninth annual performance of the beloved Theatre Pops show combines traditional monologues and stand-up to showcase 2-4 minute segments that run the gamut of emotion and hilarity. Mature audiences.

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rom meticulously cut dresses to patterned gloves, Fayetteville artist Emily Chase’s intricate paper garments explore the role of clothing in human identity. Her Fragile Armor exhibit (showing at Living Arts through July 10) suggests how restrictive fashions, often worn to preserve and strengthen identity, affect the psyche. Though extravagantly ornate, Chase’s pieces are deceptively thin—the reality of superficial self-expression. a

MORE TO SEE >> “Identity and Inspiration” Philbrook Downtown Through June 29 Exhibition of Native American baskets, jewelry and pottery

“Bookworks IV” Philbrook Through July 5 The latest installment of a series examining books as pieces of art

FiberWorks 2015 Living Arts Through July 10 Features fiber-based works like knitting, needlepoint, embroidery and quilting

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19-20 The Rack Pack: Vintage Vegas Janet Rutland & Cindy Cain

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Drop it low

The mainstreaming of the squat

by ZAC KING

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hat comes to mind when you think of squatting? Maybe it’s weight lifters, red in the face and grunting as they hoist unmanageable loads. If you’re a worldly sort, maybe you picture an Easterner waiting for a bus—yeah, they squat in public. Now, imagine yourself squatting down to socialize in a coffee shop.

Westerners are accustomed to chairs that are close to our butts. Think about it—the car, the classroom, the office, the bathroom—our lives are filled with chairs, couches, benches and props. For most of us, the only time our glutes go to work is walking from chair A to chair B. The squat is a natural resting posture for humans. The way infants explore their surroundings reminds us of this fact. Children squat with perfect form and spend considerable time in this position.

The squat is also our natural defecation position. If you were in the woods, with no modern comforts, how would you go?

Could you poop standing up, or while straining to hold a half-squat at the height of a non-existent chair?

Let’s begin with a bit of anatomy. Standing kinks the end of the gastrointestinal tract to contain waste. The muscle that slings around the rectum, called the puborectalis, causes this restricting curvature. As the hips descend past the knees, this muscle releases and our excretory parts align to do their job.

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Consider the western toilet— that iconic slab of porcelain, that pedestal on which we accomplish so much reading and browsing.

People dedicate inordinate amounts of time to No. 2’s due to improper diet and hydration and embarrassment of loud noises.

But proper posture and alignment also play a role in healthy evacuation. The typical western toilet elevates the hips, pitting the puborectalis against the natural flow of waste (unless you find that unusually low public pot that induces excretory euphoria).

The Mayo Clinic recommends spending less time tensed over the toilet and sitting less in general1.

Sitting and straining brings

tension to the anus, pressurizing the vasculature. This can create ballooning in anal veins, AKA hemorrhoids. Getting your ass to the grass relieves tension in the pelvis and allows the ano-rectal tract to align and expand.

Squatting also lengthens and expands the abdomen to support increased flexion at the hip. This encourages full diaphragmatic breathing into the belly and chest, rather than the shallow breathing we develop from constant fightor-flight tension in modern life.

Deep breathing presses the belly into the front of the legs, gently massaging the bowels and getting things moving. Try it—squat down and find your weight in your heels

(use books or shoes under your heels if they float off the floor).

Keeping your head sprouted, take a few belly breaths and see if you notice any new movement.

Ready to install your expensive new hole-in-the-ground toilet and start experimenting? Thankfully, you can find affordable props online or construct them at home. You might recall the SquattyPotty’s2 turn on ABC’s “Shark Tank.” The simple stool—now a mainstream product running $25-$80 at Target— elevates the feet to bring the knees above the hips. For a cheaper alternative, I’ve used yoga blocks, books and cedar post sections to get a deeper squat on the pot.

The patented step-ups come in a range of heights because, let’s face it—some people can drop it lower than others. Just find your comfort level, and increase your depth incrementally. Fast learners can look for adjustable models, or if you’re squatting on stacked books, just add a novel a day!

Squatting isn’t just for the water closet—play with the position while eating breakfast (I love cracking pistachios on my porch like a caveman), sending morning emails, scanning Instagram or on breaks at the office. Whatever your applications, remember that you might need to use a wedge to make your squat relaxing. a Zac King is a natural movement instructor at DEEPmovement Studio.

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Staged Unique live entertainment of all kinds takes over Tulsa this month. Blue Whale Comedy Festival has put together another great weekend of yuks and guffaws for their second go-round (see our festival guide on p. 23). And Tulsa Fringe and the PAC’s SummerStage offer drama, musicals, new original works by local writers and dance and cabaret performances (see ArtSpotting on p. 34 for more). Here’s the skinny on all that’s going down.

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Trio Spiritoso: 18 to 21

Tulsa Awards for Theatre Excellence

Thurs., June 18, 7:30 p.m., $5-$10 Charles E. Norman Theatre, PAC, tulsapac.com An evening of passionate, mysterious and intriguing music for flute, oboe and cello from the 18th through 21st centuries performed by Tulsa musicians Carol Hilborn, Amy Pickard and Gordon Robson.

Sun., June 21, 7 p.m., $10, Cain’s Ballroom, cainsballroom.com Celebrate the 2014/15 season of theatrical productions in Tulsa at the seventh annual T.A.T.E. at Cain’s Ballroom. The T.A.T.E.s are about more than trophies—winning productions receive cash awards to help sustain the vibrant local theater community. And because no event at Cain’s is complete without a little honky-tonkin’, Red Dirt Rangers will be on hand to provide the right mood to cut a rug.

The Way Bent Revue 8 p.m Thurs., June 18 through Sat., June 20; 2 p.m. June 21, $20-$30 Liddy Doenges Theatre, PAC, tulsapac.com A musical variety show jam-packed with some of the best of Broadway. Presented by and starring Rebecca Ungerman, with Nicole Billups, Lisa Cole, Machele Miller Dill, Roderick Hudson, Tabitha Littlefield, John Orsulak, Seth Paden, Jennifer Rae Paxton and Dionne White.

Heller Shorts: A Little Bit Longer Now 8 p.m. Thurs., June 18 through Sat., June 20; 2 p.m. June 21, $15-$18 Robert J. LaFortune Studio, PAC, tulsapac.com Heller Theatre’s sixth annual presentation of original, locally written, acted and directed short plays. Featured playwrights are Susan Apker, David Blakely, Hunter Cates, Stephanie Colburn, Rhonda Gallagher, Daniel Hitzman, Nick Lutke and George Romero. The June 19 performance will be followed by a “talk back” session with the writers and directors.

The Rack Pack Fri., June 19 and Sat., June 20, 7:30 p.m., $18 Charles E. Norman Theatre, PAC, tulsapac.com Cindy Cain and Janet Rutland take a trip to old Las Vegas, singing crooner classics popularized by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Bobby Darin and others.

Next to Normal 8 p.m. Fri., June 19 and Sat., June 20; 2 p.m. Sat., June 20 and Sun., June 21, $28, John H. Williams Theatre, PAC, tulsapac.com Presented for the first time in Tulsa, Next to Normal is a Pulitzer Prize winning hybrid of hard-rock musical and hard-hitting drama about a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and its effects on her family.

Directed by Vern Stefanic and starring Cathy Rose, Mike Pryor, Cody McCoy, Hannah Finnegan, David Moreland and Thomas Williams. Presented by Theatre Tulsa.

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Brian Posehn* Wed., June 24, 8 p.m., $25-$30, IDL Ballroom, idlballroom.com Brian Posehn, dedicated metal-head, comedian and the writer of several comics (you might know him from “The Sarah Silverman Program”), comes to town to tell you fart jokes. His IDL Ballroom show just a few days after Blue Whale Comedy Festival is perfectly timed to remedy the onset of comedy withdrawals.

Vintage Wildflowers Thurs., June 25, 7 p.m., $15 Robert J. LaFortune Studio, PAC, tulsapac.com Multi-instrumentalists and singers Abby Bozarth, Dana Fitzgerald Maher and Audrey Schmidt play a unique blend of Celtic, folk and bluegrass music. Vintage Wildflowers has performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. and the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour.

Into the Woods 7 p.m. Thurs., June 25 through Sat., June 27; 2 p.m. Sat., June 27 and Sun., June 28, $20, John H. Williams Theatre, PAC, tulsapac.com Sand Springs Community Theatre stages Stephen Sondheim’s fairy tale to end all fairy tales. Magic spells, lecherous princes and giants abound in this amalgamation of the stories of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel and Cinderella that shows “happily ever after” might not be all it’s cracked up to be.

Pat Hobbs: Firsts Fri., June 26, 8 p.m.

Robert J. LaFortune Studio, Tulsa PAC, tulsapac.com In his first cabaret show, Pat Hobbs takes the audience on a multimedia trip through his theatrical and personal firsts, from his almost 50 years entertaining Tulsa audiences to the sweet and funny tale of his longtime marriage to his husband, John.

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Fractured Eye Fri., June 26 and Sat., June 27, 8 p.m., $15-$18 Liddy Doenges Theatre, PAC, tulsapac.com Fractured Eye features original works by two Oklahoma dance companies. Tulsa’s The Bell House presents Frame, in which doors, blankets, string and shafts of light become frames that shape our view and capture the hidden narratives of our relationships. Space beyond the frame becomes as important as that within in this piece that’s humorous, sorrowful and challenging. OKC’s Perpetual Motion presents The Fault Line, a multimedia performance featuring film and aerial apparatuses and earthquakes as a metaphor for instability and unpredictable life changes.

C-C-C-Combo Breaker!

Fri., June 26 and Sat., June 27, 8 p.m., $7-$10 Charles E. Norman Theatre, PAC, tulsapac.com Coping with the loss of his live-in girlfriend, Chris invites his friend John to move in to help pay rent in this new original play by Tulsans JohnTom Knight and Chris Jett. As Chris’ addiction to videogames and other habits grows stronger, so does his self-destructive relationship with his cynical friend.

Locuras en Wichita Fri., June 26 and Sat., June 27, 7:30 p.m., $12-$15 Nightingale Theater, tulsalatinotheater.com Tulsa Latino Theater presents Locuras en Wichita (Wild in Wichita), an award-winning and unconventional romantic comedy set in an assisted living center in Wichita. The English-language play tells the story of an elegant Puerto Rican woman and a Mexican bad boy who fall in love while in assisted living, much to the disapproval of their adult children. Directed by Mabel Sanchez and starring Eduardo Mora, Shadia Dahlal, Eduardo Saudedo and Maria Carmona.

Bard in the Brady Fri., June 26 and Sat., June 27, 7 p.m.

Guthrie Green, guthriegreen.com Guthrie Green pays homage to the great bard, William Shakespeare, with two free performances. Portico Dans Theatre will kick it off with Triple Will—based on Twelfth Night—followed

by Theatre Tulsa’s full production of Twelfth Night.

Thomas Williams: Holding Out for a Hero Sat., June 27, 8 p.m., $20-$30 Robert J. LaFortune Studio, PAC, tulsapac.com Thomas Williams presents his debut cabaret performance, which explores the idea of heroism and features Top 40 hits and songs from Broadway and Disney.

Appassionata Duo Sun., June 28, 4 p.m., $12-$20 Charles E. Norman Theatre, PAC, tulsapac.com In a concert by violist Jeff Cowen and harpist Jill Wiebe, you’re just as likely to hear their take on music by Claude Debussy as Guns N’ Roses. Classical and classic rock—enough said.

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THE BEST OF THE REST EVENTS Mid America Ford and Shelby Nationals // Started in 1974 as a small picnic with 16 Shelby owners in attendance, the Mid America Ford and Shelby Nationals have blossomed into a huge, five day event, making Tulsa a hub for Shelby and Ford owners from across the country and attracting thousands of gearheads and Carroll Shelby enthusiasts. Events include open track and drag racing days at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit and Tulsa Raceway Park, a Ford and Shelby trade show at the event’s home base, the Southern Hills Marriott, Brady Ford Fest, during which Shelby and Ford owners descend upon and take over Brady Arts District on Thursday, June 18, and the All Ford Super Show on Sunday, the 21st at the Southern Hills Marriott. Get all the details at midamericafordmeet.com to make sure you won’t miss any of this celebration of high-performance American muscle. // 6/17-6/21, Multiple locations, midamericafordmeet.com MOREcolor // Started in the 80s, MOREcolor is Oklahoma’s oldest and largest juried art exhibition.

This year the exhibition is bigger than ever before, boasting 169 works by 56 local and regional artists. Opening night of the three-day exhibition will feature live entertainment from 6 to 9 p.m. Sponsored by Oklahomans for Equality. // 6/18-6/21, Dennis R. Neill Equality Center, okeq.org/ COMEDY VFW Comedy Night // 6/17, 8:00 pm, Centennial Lounge, facebook.com/centenniallounge577 Tulsa Comedy Showdown w/ Brett James, Todd Fullerlove, Thomas King, Paul Hooper, Sam Norton, Seth Dees, Dan Fritschie // 6/17, 7:30 pm, Loony Bin, $7, loonybincomedy.com/tulsa Dave Landau, Matt Holt // 6/18, 7:30 pm, $2, 6/19, 7:30 pm, 10:00 pm, $10, 6/20, 7:30 pm, 10:00 pm, $10, Loony Bin, loonybincomedy.com/tulsa Cian Baker Says Laugh It Up, Tulsa // 6/21, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com Ryan Combs Improv Troupe // 6/22, 10:30 pm, Soundpony, thesoundpony.com VFW Comedy Night // 6/24, 8:00 pm, Centennial Lounge, facebook.com/centenniallounge577 Tim Gaither // 6/24, 7:30 pm, $7, 6/25, 7:30 pm, $2, 6/26, 7:30 pm, 10:00 pm, $10, 6/27, 7:30 pm,

10:00 pm, $10, Loony Bin, loonybincomedy.com/tulsa

By George! // 6/25, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com Welcome to Jewn // 6/26, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com Army of Stand Ups // 6/26, 10:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com Kathy Griffin // 6/26, 7:00 pm, River Spirit Event Center, $60$90, riverspirittulsa.com Phunbags // 6/27, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com Unusual Suspects // 6/27, 10:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com Comedic Distraction w/ Open Mic hosted by Tyson Lenard // 6/28, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com Soundpony Comedy Night // 6/29, 9:30 pm, Soundpony, thesoundpony.com Ha Ha Stand Up Comedy // 6/29, The Shrine, tulsashrine.com SPORTS Tulsa Drillers vs Arkansas Travelers // 6/17, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com Tulsa Drillers vs Arkansas Travelers Thirsty Thursday Doubleheader // 6/18, 5:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com Tulsa Drillers vs Arkansas Travelers // 6/19, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com Tulsa Drillers vs Arkansas Travelers // 6/20, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com Tulsa Athletics vs Ft. Worth Vaqueros // 6/20, 7:30 pm, Athletics Stadium, $7, tulsaathletics.com Tulsa Athletics vs Liverpool Warriors // 6/27, 7:30 pm, Athletics Stadium, $7, tulsaathletics.com Tulsa Roughnecks vs Sacramento Republic // 6/25, 7:30 pm, ONEOK Field, $8-$45, tulsaroughnecksfc.com Tulsa Roughnecks vs LA Galaxy II // 6/27, 7:30 pm, ONEOK Field, $8-$45, tulsaroughnecksfc.com Tulsa Shock vs New York Liberty // 6/26, 7:00 pm, BOK Center, $13-$173, shock.wnba.com Tulsa Shock vs Seattle Storm // 6/28, 6:00 pm, BOK Center, $13$173, shock.wnba.com ARTS & CULTURE // 39

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New kids on the block Loft project on the Cain’s block seeking empty-nesters

by MITCH GILLIAM

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ori Schram rose from her seat at Chimera, offered her hand and warmly insisted on buying me breakfast. Sipping coffee out front, she and her husband, Doug, greeted every passerby.

The Bixby transplants moved to the Brady Arts District in 2012 and fell in love with the neighborhood. Now, they’re the two most public of four partners in the Davenport Urban Lofts project neighboring Soundpony. Carefully surveying their foreheads as we spoke, I saw no sign of horns or pentagrams. Yet, for better or worse, they’ve become the face of downtown’s latest hot-button development moment.

Construction on the 24-unit, 6-story Davenport Urban Lofts is planned for 2016. Long represented only by vinyl banners reading, “Davenport Urban Lofts, Starting at $450K,” the project was officially announced in early June via Channel 6 and the Tulsa World.

Aside from a stray comment about “rising tides lifting all ships,” and someone (who missed the $450K starting price) welcoming downtown housing for young people, online reaction to the condos was negative. In addition to questions of price and utility, the common lament was: There goes the Pony.

The Schrams are bewildered by the level of opposition they’ve encountered (their banners were cut down, and someone stormed into their leasing office to complain).

The Urban 8 and 100 Boulder condo projects are also underway downtown, and neither has been met with venom. But those projects sit between happening

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districts—Davenport will bookend Tulsa’s loudest block of live music and tower 6 stories above Soundpony, a key player in the district’s rebirth.

The Pone If you’re still recovering from Tulsa Tough, you’ve probably been under the influence of Soundpony (the event’s unofficial pub). A local cycling advocate, co-owner Mike Wozniak has also worked with Emerson Elementary to form a bike club for kids age 9-12.

“When you own a business,” Wozniak told me, “people tend to take you seriously and give you a podium in the community.”

When Wozniak, Josh Gifford and Mickey Payne started that business in 2006, the Brady district was a ghost town (though the partners note that Caz’s, Mexicali and The Gypsy were true early adopters). Staking a house, a car and a life insurance plan as collateral, the team nervously put faith in the foot traffic desert.

Sustained in their first years by Cain’s patrons, the bar began hosting every genre of live music. Giving bands a percentage of liquor sales, Soundpony’s music model was adopted by new neighbor The Crystal Pistol (now the Yeti).

With an endless stream of touring acts, Soundpony has helped usher the Cain’s neighborhood into its present era as a nationally known music corridor.

One fear wrapped up in the Davenport project is noise complaints from tenants (music at Soundpony goes until 1:40 a.m.).

Because of their location in the Central Business District, Davenport residents can call the police if they hear music after 11 p.m. As new money floods the area, there’s also the concern that the Pony’s landlord might refuse to renew their lease and sell to a wealthier interest.

Blending in In response to questions about the need for affordable housing downtown, the Schrams said the

lot size limited the number and size of units, and that the cost of materials also drove up the price.

They and their partners, Jeff and Kathy Weaver, plan to live in the condos and hope that offering units for sale will build a permanent vertical neighborhood in the district they love.

“We have no desire to do anything but blend into the fabric that’s here,” Lori said. “But there is some natural resistance that happens, and I’m not terribly concerned.”

Some view the ousting of Lone Wolf ’s food truck, a neighborhood staple, as a tear in the fabric. They were given two weeks to find a new spot when the lot sold.

“We were definitely kicked out,” said Lone Wolf co-owner Philip Phillips.

The Davenport and Soundpony owners had dinner recently.

Wozniak told me they were just trying to be positive about the situation, even if he felt that someone was “parking a Mercedes next to our art-car.”

If what’s best for Davenport turns out to be a worst-case scenario for Soundpony, well, “we’ll just have to move,” Wozniak said.

“We will be devastated, emotionally and financially, but we know the Pony family will go with us.”

The Davenport project isn’t set in stone. If they don’t sell enough units by an undisclosed deadline, “we won’t do it,” Doug said. They won’t even break ground. But that possibility doesn’t dampen Lori’s optimism for the district’s growth.

“We won’t be able to recognize this street in a few years!” she said enthusiastically, staring toward the I-244 overpass on Main. a June 17 – June 30, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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Throwback Thursday DJ Jeff Bianca & guest Ali Shaw

Christine Jude

Brandon “Had SAT 6/20 Enough” Young Birthday Bash

THU 6/25

BETA PLAY W/ THE TRAGIC THRILLS

JUN 18

Throwback Thursday w/ DJ Jeff Bianca

SAT 6/27 Resurxtion “Depeche Mode 1.5”

BRAD JAMES BAND JUN 21

SUN 6/28 Sunday Lunch @ noon

W/ AMERICAN BEAUTY

MONDAY ’S Karaoke Night 9pm-close TUESDAY ’S $2.50 Select Cocktails Karaoke 8pm-midnight

GUY FORSYTH, THE BOOGIE, LITTLE JOE & STEVE PRYOR

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WEDNESDAY ’S Free Miller Lite Cans until their gone & Whiskey Wednesday!!

THURSDAY ’S Ladies Night SUNDAY ’S Karaoke 5-9pm

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THE BIG TREE (ALLMAN BROTHERS TRIBUTE)

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UNCLE LUCIOUS DARREL COLE

PAUL THORN BAND

JIMMY “JUNIOR” MARKHAM & THE TULSA SOUND OLD DOMINION

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musiclistings Wed // Jun 17 Cain’s Ballroom – The Mowgli’s, Vinyl Theatre, Firekid – 8 pm – ($15-$18) Cellar Dweller – Mike Cameron Collective – 9:30 pm Colony – Tom Skinner Science Project Crow Creek Tavern – Dan Martin – 9 pm Downtown Lounge – Scattered Hamlet – 8 pm Full Moon Cafe - BA – Ayngel & John – 9 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street Amanda Preslar w/ Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 7 pm Hunt Club – The Brothers Moore – Mercury Lounge – Hillfolk Noir – 10 pm Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:30 pm Soundpony – Ten Foot Beast, Silver Screen Monsters, Gutter Villain – 10:30 pm

Thur // Jun 18 918 Event Center – Crazy P – 7 pm Boom Boom Room – DJ MO – Boulevard Trash – American Dischord, Merlin Mason, The Riot Waves Centennial Lounge – Clinton Switzer & Friends – 8 pm Colony – Wink Burcham Full Moon Cafe - BA – Piano Man Tom Basler – 8 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Toast & Jam w/ C. Redd and Cynthia Jesseen – 10 pm Fur Shop – Autopilot Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek Chad Lee – 8 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Scott Ellison – 3 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – 2AM – 7 pm Hunt Club – Shelby Car Show, Dante Schmitz Mercury Lounge – The Bellfuries – 10 pm OK Jazz Hall of Fame – *Juneteenth Kick-Off – 7:30 pm Soundpony – Holy White Hounds – 10:30 pm The Shrine – Beta Play, The Tragic Thrills, Capital Why’s, Capitol Cars – 9 pm – ($5) Vanguard – In the Valley Below, Kopecky – 8 pm – ($1.45-$5) Woody’s Corner Bar – Tyler Russell – 8 pm

Fri // Jun 19 American Legion Post 308 – Round Up Boys Baker St. Pub – Empire Grey – 9 pm Blue Rose Cafe – Bryce Dicus – 8 pm Boulevard Trash – Fi$cal Spliff, Vagittarius, The Riot Waves Brady Theater – The Smashing Pumpkins, YB, Katie Cole – 8 pm – ($44) Cain’s Ballroom – Kevin Fowler, Curtis Grimes – 8 pm – ($13-$26) Centennial Lounge – Brujoroots – 9 pm Colony – *Steve Pryor Ed’s Hurricane Lounge – Smokin’ Crawdadz – 9 pm Elephant Run – 4Going Gravity – 9 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Pianos – 9 pm Guthrie Green – *Juneteenth Music Jubilee – 5 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Stonehorse – 9 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Joe & Grant – 5:30 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Lost On Utica – 9 pm Hunt Club – Jay Falukner Mercury Lounge – Paul Benjaman Band – 10 pm Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – Jumpsuit Love – 9 pm 42 // MUSIC

Peppers Grill - South – Jennifer Marriott Band – 8:30 pm Soundpony – Team Nightstand – 10:30 pm The Shady Tree – ViLiFi – 8 pm The Shrine – *Susan Herndon CD Release Party – 9 pm – ($8) Vanguard – Dryvr, Drek, Long Pig, Left Straight Down – 9 pm – ($6-$8) Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Czech – 8 pm

Sat // Jun 20 Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Boulevard Trash – Basses Loaded, Less than Human Bull and Bear Tavern – *Dean DeMerritt Jazz Tribe w/ Sean Al Jibouri and Clay Welch Centennial Lounge – Erin O’Dowd – 9 pm Cimarron Bar – Darell Christopher and The Ingredients – 8 pm Colony – The Stoop Kids Dixie Tavern – Skytown – 8 pm Downtown Lounge – Forever In Disgust, In Ten Cities, Elysium, Savage Spawn, Left Straigh Down – 8 pm Electric Circus – Falkirk, DJ Kylie, Dedboii – 9 pm Elwood’s – Benny Bassett – 3 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Pianos – 9 pm Guthrie Green – Juneteenth Music Jubilee – 5 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Joe Worrel – 9 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Travis Kidd – 5:30 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – FM Live – 9 pm Hunt Club – Dante and the Hawks – Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – Jumpsuit Love – 9 pm Peppers Grill - South – Jeff Graham – 8:30 pm Soundpony – *The Flyin Balalaika Brothers – 10:30 pm The Shrine – Swan Lake Gentleman’s Society – 10 pm – ($5) Vanguard – My So Called Band – 9 pm – ($10)

Sun // Jun 21 Bodean – Dean DeMerritt Jazz Tribe Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Night Thing – Dirty Knuckle Tavern – The Blue Dawgs – 3 pm Elwood’s – Brian Nelson, Stewart Ray – 7 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 6:30 pm Fur Shop – Darku J Guthrie Green – *Greyhounds, Dustin Pittsley, Pidgin Band – 2:30 pm Mercury Lounge – RC and the Oklahomies – 5 pm Mercury Lounge – EVERYMEN – 10 pm OK Jazz Hall of Fame – *Annie Ellicott’s Father’s Day Celebration – 5 pm – ($5-$20) Soundpony – Darku J – 10 pm The Shrine – *Brad James Band, American Beauty – 5 pm – ($5) Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Good Ground

Mon // Jun 22 Boulevard Trash – Of Feather and Bone, Hollow Earth Colony – Open Mic hosted by Cody Clinton Juniper – Dean DeMerrit, Olivia Riise and Frank Brown

Tue // Jun 23 Boulevard Trash – What We Do In Secret Centennial Lounge – Open Mic & Jam – 8 pm Colony – David Hernandez Elwood’s – Dan Martin – 6:30 pm Guthrie Green – Starlight Concert Band - Spirit of ‘76 – 8 pm

Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Brian Capps – 7 pm Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham – 10 pm OK Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams – 5:30 pm Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:30 pm The Shrine – The Vibe Project – 9 pm – ($10)

Wed // Jun 24 Cellar Dweller – Mike Cameron Collective – 9:30 pm Colony – *Tom Skinner Science Project Dusty Dog Pub – Scott Ellison – 6:30 pm Full Moon Cafe - BA – Ayngel & John – 9 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Amanda Preslar w/ Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 7 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Preslar Music Showcase – 6:30 pm Mercury Lounge – Strahan & The Good Neighborsz – 10 pm Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:30 pm Vanguard – Chase Bryant – 8 pm

Thur // Jun 25 Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Cain’s Ballroom – Corey Smith, Cody Bryan Band – 8 pm – ($15-$30) Centennial Lounge – Lowland – 8 pm Colony – Beau Roberson – Enso – *Heavy Glow, Groucho – 8 pm Full Moon Cafe - BA – Piano Man Tom Basler – 8 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Toast & Jam w/ C. Redd and Cynthia Jesseen – 10 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Rusty Meyers Band – 8 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Travis Kidd – 3 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Fuzed – 7 pm Hunt Club – Ego Culture Soundpony – KD – 10:30 pm The Shrine – Guy Forsyth, The Boogie, Little Joe, Steve Pryor – 9 pm – ($5-$7) Woody’s Corner Bar – Ben Neikirk – 8 pm

Fri // Jun 26 727 Club – Bryce Dicus American Legion Post 308 – Whiskey Bent Boulevard Trash – *Riot Waves, Violent Affair Dual Release Show Brady Theater – *Turnpike Troubadours, Paul Cauthen – 8 pm – ($25) Cain’s Ballroom – Hayes Carll, Ryan Culwell – 8 pm – ($18-$33) Centennial Lounge – Steve Pryor – 9 pm Colony – Adam Carroll w/ Chris Carroll – ($10) Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Pianos – 9 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Bobby D Band – 9 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Scott Ellison – 5:30 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Stars – 9 pm Hunt Club – Paul Benjaman Band Mercury Lounge – Two Tons Of Steel – 10 pm MidKnight Route 66 Lounge – Marc J – 10 pm OK Jazz Hall of Fame – Let Freedom Sing w/ Baky’s Playzure, Dr. Z, Quahlity Vibes – 8 pm – ($10) Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – Another Alibi – 9 pm Peppers Grill - South – Dean DeMerritt’s Jazz Tribe w/ Annie Ellicott – 8:30 pm Soundpony – House of Lightning – 10:30 pm The Shrine – Jankins, Sleepwalkin Home, Madewell, The Kayfabe – 9 pm – ($5) Vanguard – *Austyn King, Janna EP release Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Spin – 9:30 pm

Sat // Jun 27 727 Club – Scott Ellison Band – 9 pm American Legion Post 308 – Cody Clinton Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Boulevard Trash – Cat Dead Details Later, Just Another Monster, Worse than Before, Mammoth Man – ($7) Bull and Bear Tavern – Dean DeMerritt Jazz Tribe w/ Annie Ellicott Centennial Lounge – Steve Pryor – 9 pm Colony – *Jacob Tovar & The Saddle Tramps Elwood’s – The Whiskey Prophets – 7 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Pianos – 9 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – The Tiptons – 9 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Hi Fidelics – 5:30 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Annie Up – 9 pm Hunt Club – Nicnos Mercury Lounge – Sam and the Stylees – 10 pm Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – Another Alibi – 9 pm Peppers Grill - South – Barton and Long – 8:30 pm Soundpony – Soul Night w/ DJ Sweet Baby Jaysus – 9 pm The Shrine – Let’s Zeppelin – 9 pm – ($8.25-$10)

Sun // Jun 28 Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Night Thing Dirty Knuckle Tavern – The Blue Dawgs – 3 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 6:30 pm Fur Shop – Darku J Guthrie Green – MilkDrive, Trout Fishing in America, Cherokee Maidens & sycamore Swing – 2:30 pm Mercury Lounge – Carter Sampson – 10 pm OK Jazz Hall of Fame – Modern Oklahoma Jazz Orchestra w/ Greg Abate – 5 pm – ($5-$20) Soundpony – Audra and the Whippoorwills – 10 pm Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Mikey B

Mon // Jun 29 Colony – Open Mic hosted by Cody Clinton Juniper – Dean DeMerritt and Frank Brown

Tues // June 30 Centennial Lounge – Open Mic & Jam – 8 pm Colony – Erin O’Dowd Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Preslar Music Showcase – 6:30 pm Fur Shop – Pleasures, Who & The Fucks, Dead Shakes Guthrie Green – Starlight Concert Band w/ Kelly Ford and Spotlight Brass - Things That Go Bump in the Night – 8 pm Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham – 10 pm OK Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams – 5:30 pm Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:30 pm The Shrine – The Vibe Project – 9 pm – ($10)

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As newborns, he and his siblings were found abandoned on the side of the road. After bottle feeding and some time with foster families, everyone but Concho found a forever home. Concho loves people, but doesn’t like to share the spotlight with other dogs.

One-year-old JACY enjoys long walks and lots of hugs. Jacy plays fetch and swims in her kiddie pool but mostly enjoys just spending time with her people. She’s great with kids and is a wonderful cuddle partner. Jacy isn’t cat-friendly.

She’s a selective dog lover but enjoys their company once she’s accepted them.

Though MONICA’s only 8 months old, she’s very laid back and likes to check things out before getting involved. Monica likes playing with cat toys and being held, petted and brushed.

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Two-year-old MELODY knows what she likes (playing with other kitties and being held, petted and brushed) but will let you know when she’s had enough. She’s great at hide-and-seek and chasing laser pointers. A bird-watching enthusiast, Melody loves to be up high and spends a lot of her day just hanging out.

Quite the spitfire, ROSIE excels at playing. She’ll tuck her tail and run like no other! Rosie loves her toys, her car rides and her people. Once playtime is over, she’s all too happy to curl up in your lap for some much needed rest. At 5 years old, Rosie’s a little set in her ways—she’s not a cat lover and can be too dominant for some dogs.

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news of the weird

by Chuck Shepherd

The Entrepreneurial Spirit In May, Texas health officials shut down the flea market sales of sonogram DVDs at Leticia Trujillo’s stall at San Antonio’s Traders Village. Though the nature of the equipment was not described in news reports, sonograms can be produced only under a doctor’s prescription and by licensed personnel, but pregnant flea market customers underwent a procedure (“just like a doctor’s office,” said Trujillo) that yielded a 12-minute DVD image, along with photos, for $35–that Trujillo subsequently defended as for “entertainment” purposes only and for those without health insurance.

Living Small Apartment buyers in ridiculously expensive Hong Kong are now eagerly paying up to the equivalent of $500,000 (U.S.) for units not much bigger than a U.S. parking space (and typically physically self-measured by the applicant’s wing-span). An agent told The Wall Street Journal in June that, for example, standard furniture does not fit the units and that having guests over requires sitting on the window sill. (The Journal pointed out that a typical such “mosquito” apartment unit in Hong Kong is 180 square feet, way smaller than the 304 of a basketball court’s “lane” subject to a “3-second” violation.) A government lottery for subsidized units rewards barely one of every 100 applicants.

War Is Hell Some jihadists who have traveled to Syria to join ISIS have complained recently (according to a Radio Free Europe dispatch) that they cannot secure work as “martyrs” because of discrimination by incumbent fighters. One “pro-ISIS” cleric, speaking for Chechens, said they “are so fed up with the long waiting lists in Syria” that they head to Iraq, where the lists are shorter. Said one, Saudis controlling suicide rosters in the Syrian theater “won’t let anyone in.” Their “relatives go to the front of the line using (their connections).”

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Sexual Assaulters’ Defense League In April, Judge Marc Kelly in Orange County, California, defied a 25-year-minimum statutory sentence for punishing the sexual abuse of a 3-year-old girl by Kevin Rojano — cutting the term to 10 years because the man did not “intend to harm” the girl (except that he became “inexplicably” “aroused” when she walked into his garage). “There was no violence or callous disregard for (her) well-being,” the judge said.

The child-abuse sentence of a sports club official in Buenos Aires was reduced in 2014 to little more than three years, it was recently revealed, because, said the judges, the 6-year-old boy had earlier been sexually molested by his father and had already made a “precocious (sexual) choice” (“apparently a reference to homosexuality,” according to a May Associated Press dispatch).

Weird Science Among caterpillars’ natural defenses against being devoured by birds is their ability to contort themselves into odd shapes for disguise–perhaps most ingeniously (according to researchers writing in the current Animal Behaviour journal) as bird droppings. The authors created artificial dough-based squiggles that were either straight (resembling the caterpillar) or bent (to

resemble poop), and found that birds zeroed in on the straight ones about three times as often.

From the Third-World Press Kenya’s The Standard reported the May proclamation by prominent Nairobi lawyer Felix Kiprono that he had fallen in love (long distance) with Malia Obama (who is, famously, part-Kenyan) and is prepared to offer President Obama 50 cows, 70 sheep and 30 goats in exchange for her hand. “If my request is granted,” he said, he would not “resort to the cliche of popping champagne” but rather would “surprise (Malia) with mursik, the traditional Kalenjin sour milk,” and affi x the “sacred plant,” sinendet, queen-like, around her head.

A News of the Weird Classic (March 2011) Timothy Walker, 48, was hospitalized in Burlington, North Carolina, in February (2011) after he fell off of the top of an SUV while holding down two mattresses for the driver, who apparently rounded a curve too fast.

Three people were hospitalized in Bellevue, Washington, in January (2011) when their van exploded as the ignition was re-engaged. They were carrying two gallons of gasoline in an open container and had been feeding the carburetor directly, through

an opening in the engine housing (between the seats), as the van was in motion. (No explanation was reported.)

Ironies According to Nathan Hoffman’s lawsuit, he was prepped for eye surgery that day in May 2014 when the clinic employee handed him a small-lettered liability-limitation form to sign.

He was told that the surgery at the LASIK Vision Institute in Lake Oswego, Oregon, could not proceed without a signature, and despite hazy vision, he reluctantly relented, but things went badly. The form limits lawsuit damages to a money-back $2,500, but Hoffman demands at least $7,500 (to cover the so-far two additional surgeries elsewhere to correct LVI’s alleged errors). a

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free will astrology

by ROB BREZSNY

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22):

I’m getting itchy to see you blow your own cover. I would love you to come all the way out of your hiding place, even if just for a while, and see what happens if you make full disclosures and brave displays. My hope is that you will close the gap between the real you and the images that people have of you. Does that sound interesting? Or have you become so fond of being a big riddle that you can’t imagine any other way to be? Maybe I can tempt you to be more self-revelatory if I add this: Taking your disguises off even briefly will enable you to discover intriguing secrets about yourself.

And then once you put your disguises back on, you will seem more mysterious than ever.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Would you like to stop pushing and struggling for a while? Is there a clenched attitude you would love to let go of? Do you wish you could take a break from having to give so much and try so hard and be so strong? Then do it! Now would be a good time to take a sabbatical from any situation that feels too demanding or frustrating. You wouldn’t incur the wrath of the gods or the twists of karma if you sneaked away to indulge in some recreational frivolity. For the foreseeable future, “relax” and “surrender” are your words of power.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Theologian Karl Barth speculated that when the angels get together to praise and honor God with music, they perform the compositions of Bach.

But when they are playing for each other, they are more likely to choose Mozart. I guess that’s because Mozart’s stuff is loose and free and inventive compared to Bach, who’s formal and sober and systematic. Mozart is more for parties, while Bach is for serious occasions. I’m seeing the coming days as a time when you, like the angels, should be especially willing to express yourself in very different ways, depending on the audience.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Before E. Annie Proulx became a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, she wrote a series of how-to books, including a dairy foods cookbook and an instructional text on making your own hard cider. But the manual of hers that I especially want to call your attention to right now is Plan and Make Your Own Fences & Gates, Walkways, Walls & Drives. It might be inspirational for you to read it. You’re in a phase when it makes perfect sense to create new paths for yourself to travel on. This will allow you to forgo at least some of the paths that others have built and that can’t actually take you where you need to go.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A new cycle will begin for you after your birthday. Between now and then you will be wrapping up the current cycle. I invite you to do so with a flourish. Don’t just wait around passively for the themes of the last 11 months to fade away or go to sleep. Instead, set an intention to bring them to a climactic close. Schedule a splashy graduation or a grand finale. Plan a cathartic party or a celebratory rite of passage. Take a playful leap of faith or try that magic trick you’ve been saving for the perfect moment. Or all of the above!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin deep,” said author Jean Kerr. “That’s deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?” In accordance with the current astrological omens, Virgo, you should feel free to play around with that impish idea.

Just for now, appreciate and enjoy the surfaces of things. Make decisions based on first impressions and instant analyses. Give your attention and energy to what looks appealing to you, and don’t think too hard about stuff that presents a boring appearance.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Now is a favorable time to wish upon a star. In other words, you can enhance the likelihood that your wish will come true if you choose this phase of your cycle to enlist the assistance of a higher power. It’s your duty to make sure, however, that you wish upon the right star.

Pick a higher power that can truly help you with your wish, not necessarily one that has worked for other people’s wishes. Here’s another crucial detail: Be precise in formulating your wish. No foggy thinking or sloppy language allowed!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you are fully committed to being both honest and kind,

Place the numbers 1 through 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once.

NOVICE

you will have more power to heal other people than you’ve had in a long time. You will have a resemblance to a magic potion or a wonder drug. Here’s a caveat, however: The therapeutic influence you have to offer might be scary to those who aren’t ready to be cured. The solutions you propose could be disruptive to anyone who is addicted to his or her problems. That’s why I advise you to be discerning about how you share yourself. P.S. The medicine you are generating is not too potent for your own use. It’s exactly what you need to transform limitation into liberation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Each of us has at least one pesky ghost or nagging demon that occupies a dark corner of our psyches. It may have been there for years, or we might have picked it up more recently during a phase of temporary insanity. In any case, most of us can benefit from conducting a periodic banishing ritual.

Now would be prime time for you to do just that. Ready? With your imagination, draw a clockwise circle of your favorite-colored light on the floor or ground. Next, identify an image that makes you feel happy and safe, and visualize four versions of it at the four cardinal points, hovering three feet above your circle. Then say this: “I dissolve any hex and banish any pest that has been draining my energy. I purge any wasteful emotions, unsound ideas, and trivial desires that I may have grown attached to.” To put the seal on your magic, laugh for two minutes.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): By my estimation, 97 percent of the population is chronically starving for the pleasure of being listened to with deep empathy and focused intelligence. Very few of us enjoy the prolonged and undivided attention of a receptive ally on a regular basis. It’s rare to be in the presence of a person whose sole agenda is to be innocently curious about you. Your assignment, Capricorn, is to go on a quest to remedy this shortfall. Figure out how you can get the skillful listening you’re missing. (P.S. One way to prime the magic is to offer yourself up as a skillful listener to others.)

MASTER

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): At this year’s Grammy Awards ceremony, British singer Sam Smith won in four categories. His tune “Stay with Me” was named Song of the Year. In one of his acceptance speeches, Smith expressed appreciation for the difficult muse who inspired the song. “I want to thank the man who this record is about, who I fell in love with last year,” he said. “Thank you so much for breaking my heart, because you got me four Grammys.”

I invite you to come up with a comparable expression of gratitude, Aquarius. What experience that seemed like tough luck at the time has actually turned out to be a blessing? Now would be a perfect time to acknowledge and relish and make full use of the unexpected grace.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Bay of Fundy is a branch of the Atlantic Ocean between the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. It’s renowned for its tidal range. When high tide comes, the water may be as much as 53 feet higher than what it is at low tide. The shift back and forth happens twice a day. I’m wondering if in the coming weeks your emotional ebb and flow will have a similar variability.

According to my reading of the astrological omens, you could experience both very high highs and very deep depths. Please note that when I say “depths,” I don’t mean sadness or despair. Rather, I’m talking about a profound ability to feel your way into the heart of things.

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ACROSS 1 Kind of training 6 Broods 11 Approached hostilely 19 Model wood 20 Put a coat on the house 21 Artistic honoree 22 Many an early aviator 24 Uncivilized 25 Single, e.g.

26 “___ say more?”

28 “___ Ha’i” 29 Air Force heroes 30 The Evita of “Evita” 32 Barber’s motion 35 Sacred beetle of ancient Egypt 38 Slacken up 40 Snake that bit Cleopatra 43 Valueless 45 Has the power to 46 Like some fence wire 48 One taking orders 51 Oolong, for one 52 “Fidelio” solo 54 Medical advice, often 55 Trade association?

57 Part-time employees, for short 59 Italian lawn bowling 62 “Much ___ About Nothing” 63 Explorer ___ de Leon 64 Gawks 66 Flightless birds 68 Book of biblical songs 70 It clinks in drinks 71 Infertile stretches of land 74 Feel feverish e.g.

75 Manual worker 79 Gooseflesh-raising 80 Established the validity of

84 Sky blue 85 Relative of 66-Across 88 Move to the music 90 Derogatory, as remarks 91 Male opera roles 93 Yanks 95 In the earth, now 96 Computer keyboard key 97 Sheltered from the sun 99 Like some auto trim 101 Fleur-de-___ (symbol on Quebec’s flag) 102 Prefix meaning “new” 103 1,051, once 104 Lower in esteem 106 Ready for a commitment?

108 Cookout intruders 111 Unit of weight for gems 113 Full of hackberry trees 114 Freight-train stowaway 117 Third canonical hour 119 Type of collision 123 Baton wielder 127 Brittle, transparent candy 129 Little cupid 130 It starts with “sacro” 131 Hedgehog feature 132 It doesn’t require union membership 133 Bumper sticker word 134 English exam finale, perhaps DOWN 1 Good grades 2 Great grades 3 Camera shop products, briefly 4 “The end ___!”

5 Game show with a host that drove

6 They may be before your eyes 7 Egypt and Syria, once (Abbr.)

8 Depict by drawing 9 Bit of football gear 10 What a driveway leads to 11 Pie ___ mode 12 Low-___ diet 13 Havana’s home 14 Certain exams 15 Small finch 16 ___ chi (martial art) 17 Pilot’s announcement, briefly 18 Cub-scout unit 23 Clasp worn by men 24 High school class, for short 27 Attracted 31 Water nymph, in mythology 33 Criminal trial concern 34 President Franklin 35 Does some jazzy improvisations 36 Proofreader’s inverted “v” mark 37 The Jungian inner self 38 What sponges do 39 “You ___!” (“Absolutely!”)

41 Razor-sharpening leather 42 Resident animal 44 Word with “pointer” or “printer” 47 Civil War soldier, briefly 49 Grp. of lawyers 50 Patches 53 Not supported by experience 56 Spray alternatives 58 Confidential matters 60 Parrot’s beak part 61 Dog-___ (like some book pages)

65 “Understand?”

67 “Buona ___” (Italian greeting) 69 Tree product 72 There are three in a third 73 Comfortable in one’s own skin 75 Father-in-law of Jacob 76 Plant with fragrant flowers 77 Levar or Richard 78 Kidney-related 81 String quartet instrument 82 Astronomer Hubble 83 Slow on the uptake 86 Battlefield doc 87 “___ it or lose it” 89 It’s a matter of pride 92 Electrical unit 94 :-) 98 Call one’s bluff 99 Jeer 100 All together 105 Best-selling doll 107 Pancake toppers 109 Bush protector 110 Achy areas 112 Did dinner 113 At attention 115 “Little Women” woman 116 “Beetle Bailey” dog 118 Lake, city or canal 120 Armor plate that protects the chest (var.)

121 “Peter Pan” pet 122 Squirrel’s nest 123 Longtime Chinese chairman 124 Volume-boosting equipment 125 Football great Namath 126 “Opt” anagram 128 Resinous secretion

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