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African Takeover struggles to bridge Tulsa’s great divide

Ten Commandments whining is a monument of hyprocisy BARRY FRIEDMAN // 8

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A RT S & C U LT URE 28 // Sunny D Zac King, exhibitionist

Reasons to show more skin this summer

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editor’sletter

In undertaking the cover story for this issue, I unwittingly waded into murky waters.

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s you’ll read, the story of African drumming and dance in Tulsa is a complicated one that has as much to do with African tradition as it does with our city’s race relations.

African dance instructor Deena Burks is uniquely positioned in that gauntlet.

Burks finds herself at the heart of racial tensions in Tulsa because of her deep involvement with African arts. Despite

her demonstrated commitment to practicing traditional African drumming and dance, Burks (who is not black or African) is regularly suspected of cultural appropriation and wrongfully crossing Tulsa’s longstanding racial boundaries.

Unexpectedly, holding a mirror to our divided community meant that I’d have to face my own conflicts over race and culture. The cover shoot was central to these

dilemmas: I would try to hash out the story’s nuance in writing, but how would we represent it visually? Would we be lambasted for putting Burks on our cover in African attire doing African dance? Did our hesitations mean we had missed the point of the story completely?

As the project lurched forward and its complexities crystallized, the story sometimes felt nearly impossible to get right. But now

I know that talking about race isn’t about getting it right. It’s about having the courage to do the work, the humility to ask for guidance (or forgiveness), and the dedication to keep moving when the way forward isn’t clear. a

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When I saw the cover of the “Picture of Health” issue, I was excited that you all were going to be covering such an important topic. The transformative power of mindfulness is becoming well known and well documented with scientific research. As a mindfulness-based psychotherapist, I see its power to transform people’s lives and help them move through everything from divorce and death to coping with depression and anxiety.

I have complete respect for Mr. Tobias. It is no easy thing to live such an ascetic lifestyle in the modern world. I have no doubt that for a certain segment of people, he is exactly what they are looking for. I also do not doubt he helps others. I myself am a yogi and meditator. But by focusing on this individual who lives in this ascetic manner and speaks in these abstractions, I don’t believe you accurately represent mindfulness and what it has to offer or invite many people to explore it.

I have numerous clients who have incorporated mindfulness and learned to embrace the total experience of life. They still eat meat, go to regular (and at times mundane )jobs, enjoy alcohol and the occasional party, fight with their families, etc. There are many paths to a mindful life. There are many ways to learn to let go of desire and wanting and be happy. I don’t believe that was represented in your article.

Kindest Regards, Dennis England, LCSW

Just about the time I think Barry Friedman is starting to be rational, he goes on a rant that makes me puke. Do I fundamentally disagree with his belittling of Ok Congressmen/women? Hell no, but he rants about some because they compare “bills” by some lawmakers to be like the Nazis (which is somewhat true. READ: Sally Kern). Yet he is the very epitome of fascist rulemaking. He should at least get his facts right, do a little history study before ranting and spreading faulty information, hate and discontent. It’s people like him that should be required to get a License in order to publish or make public utterances. Oh, is that “protected” by the First Amendment? So is gun ownership and use. There are no “…except for___” in the First Amendment, just as there are no “…except for____” in the Second. It’s obvious he has NEVER attended a gun show much less bought a gun there from a merchant. I dare him!

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Selective indignation Ten Commandments whining is a monument of hyprocisy

by BARRY FRIEDMAN

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ell, that1 took about 5 zeptoseconds.

worry, because it wasn’t that religious14.

“The placement of this monument shall not be construed to mean that the State of Oklahoma favors any particular religion or denomination thereof over others …”

Of course not.

Thanks, by the way, for the two tiny Star of David engravings at the bottom—so thoughtful, so welcoming, so condescending.

The fi rst commandment on the monument reads:

Oklahoma Republican representatives Tuesday called for judicial reform and the impeachment of seven Oklahoma Supreme Court justices who ruled that the 10 Commandments statue be removed from the Oklahoma Capitol.

For the love of Exodus, really?

You disagree with a decision made by the Oklahoma Supreme Court and immediately call for the impeachment of its judges?

Pout much?

This is the same group of statewide Republicans that threatened to impeach2 the court when it initially blocked the Clayton Lockett execution in 2014. The justices ultimately caved to the threat and allowed the execution to go through—and didn’t that end well?

(Incidentally, the Supreme Court of The United States [SCOTUS] recently ruled3 in favor of Oklahoma’s grisly execution protocols, prompting exactly no Democrats to call for their impeachment.)

Republicans’ handwringing the past two weeks has caused chafing. First SCOTUS reaffi rmed Obamacare4, then it said states could not stand in the way of same-sex marriages5. And now that the Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled the Ten Commandments monument unconstitutional, GOP offi cials are bemoaning6 the smoldering ruin of Jeffersonian Democracy our nation has become.

State Rep Kevin Calvey (R-OKC), who recently threatened to set himself on fi re7, said the commandments have an “unde8 // NEWS & COMMENTARY

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niable historical signifi cance as a foundation for U.S. law” and that “the court is imposing its own elitist political prejudices on the people.”

Yes, that’s the new party line—the statue is historical, not religious (oh, quit laughing)—and I’m shocked, shocked, that anyone would think otherwise.

And now we take you to Montpelier Station, Virginia, where James Madison8 is spinning in his grave: Every new and successful example, therefore, of a perfect separation between the ecclesiastical and civil matters, is of importance; and I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity the less they are mixed together.

And here’s John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on the subject.

Adams9: “The government of

the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.”

Jefferson10: “Christianity neither

is, nor ever was a part of the common law.”

More important than what our founders wrote in letters to contemporaries is what they wrote in the Constitution. The words “God,” and “Ten Commandments” never appear. Had they wanted us to follow Jesus or be reminded of the Commandments’ “historical signifi cance,” they probably would have mentioned it. Meanwhile, they began the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion …” which seems to frown upon Christian-centric edifi ces in front of state capitols. This, too: Elected politicians swear on a Bible (if they choose to swear at all) to support and defend the Constitution—not the other way around.

The statue is part piety, part punch line, part con. Paid for by Senator Mike Ritze (R-Broken Arrow), it has been misspelled11, driven over12 and sold as a historical monument13. Back when the monument was religious, the senator reminded us not to

I AM the LORD thy God Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me

Perfectly valid, unless you’re partial to the Jewish translation.

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other Gods before me.

That last part, the business about being brought out of Egypt, is kind of a big deal to Jews. Maimonides15, in fact, argued it was the greatest Commandment.

(And not for nothing, but Jews actually have 613 Commandments16, so to really be inclusive, you’re going to need a bigger monument.)

Let’s move along to the fourth commandment.

Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy.

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chair of the Islamic Council of Oklahoma, explains why this, too, is problematic: “Islam recognizes the Ten Commandments with one exception.

We have no Sabbath per se. Friday is the day of the weekly congregational prayer, but every day is a holy day; every day there are fi ve prayers; every day is a gift from God.” So, your monument that doesn’t “favor” any denomination omits a seminal moment in one religion and a foundational precept in another. No wonder members of other faiths don’t want to pose for selfi es with it.

Marlin Lavanhar, senior minister at All Souls Unitarian Church, is tired of the grandstanding: “The version of the commandments in the current Oklahoma statue uses the most common Protestant wording and is inconsistent with the versions used by Catholics and Jews. I wish these legislators would stop trying to appeal to their constituents by building statues of the Ten Commandments and would instead try to attract people by simply living the commandments.”

Bam! You don’t have to be NPR’s Nina Totenberg to see the disingenuousness.

“It is becoming increasingl y clear that the term ‘judicial independence’ has become a liberal code phrase for ‘undemocratic liberal dictatorial powers,’” Cal vey said. “It is sad that the once-worthy concept of ‘judicial independence’ has been perverted by those engaging in politics from the bench.”

Please.

Where was his and his party’s sadness when SCOTUS handed George W. Bush the 2000 election17, when it established18 corporate personhood, or when it curtailed19 voting rights in Shelby County v. Holder? Where were the outrage and Justice Scalia’s warnings20 about “nine unelected judges subordinating the will of the people” when the court OK’d21 Christian prayers to open public meetings?

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The GOP only decries judicial overreach when it loses. It is—wait for it—a monument of selective indignation. a 1) KOCO: Reps call for impeachment of justices who ruled to remove 10 Commandments statue 2) Tulsa World: Some Oklahoma Supreme Court justices could face impeachment 3) Examiner: SCOTUS: It is constitutional to use controversial sedative in executions 4) CNN: Supreme Court saves Obamacare 5) The New York Times: Supreme Court Ruling Makes Same-Sex Marriage a Right Nationwide 6) FOX News: Ten Commandments: Madness strikes in Oklahoma 7) KFOR: Oklahoma lawmaker threatens to set himself on fire over abortion ruling 8) Separation of Church and State Home Page: James Madison on Separation of Church and State 9) John Adams Historical Society: John Adams Quotes on Government 10) Quotepedia.com 11) News9: Misspellings Mark Ten Commandments Monument At Oklahoma State Capitol 12) KTUL: Driver Arrested After

Running Over Ten Commandments Monument 13) News9: Man Behind Ten Commandments Monument At State Capitol Speaks Out 14) KFOR: Case dismissed: 10 Commandments monument deemed constitutional 15) Congregation B’nai Avraham: Maimonides 613 Series 16) Judaism 101: A List of the 613 Mitzvot (Commandments) 17) PBS: Bush v. Gore (2000) 18) Supreme Court of the United States: CITIZENS UNITED v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 19) SCOTUSblog: Shelby County v.

Holder 20) Christian Post: 6 Best Quotes From Scalia’s Gay Marriage Dissent 21) Slate: Let us Pray

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From top l eft, MASA empanadas and arepa, Maria’s Hash and the MASA truck in the East Village District

Keep on truckin’ MASA and Lone Wolf plan walk-in locations

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ome days, it’s tempting to go from breakfast to brunch to lunch to dinner at our local food trucks. That’s only getting easier as some of our favorite truckies announce expansion plans. By summer’s end, MASA food truck will open a casual, takeout-focused physical location at 7996 S. Sheridan Road.

And Lone Wolf—in addition to seeking a midtown or south Tulsa home for a second food truck—is moving next door to their former commissary kitchen at 37th and Harvard, where they will open a “take home” front-of-house.

MASA Robert Carnoske and Chad Wilcox have created something amazing with the MASA food truck.

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fl avors, they offer true Latino fusion (as suggested by their pre-Columbian-infl uenced logo).

Carnoske and Wilcox fi rst bonded over their love for food as students at Bishop Kelley High School. Later, though living in different cities, they dreamed of one day opening a late-night food truck that served the kind of exotic fare they favored but couldn’t fi nd in Tulsa.

Formerly a Sunday brunch staple at Hodges Bend, they’re now taking the truck to OKC, hitting local festivals and partnering with Mixed Company for wine pairings and cocktail dinners. At the walkin location, look for MASA’s full menu of worldly treats (only select items are available on a regular basis from the truck).

Among my MASA favorites is Maria’s Hash ($9), one of the

most exciting, delicious brunch items I’ve ever eaten. Served on a banana leaf, the hash combines Colombian chorizo, cubed plantain, avocados and pico de gallo, topped with a fried egg. The fl avors come together perfectly—the plantains not quite ripe but sweet enough to beautifully balance the savory chorizo. The dish evoked nostalgia for my mother’s home country—though I’ve never had a brunch quite like this in Colombia.

One thing I certainly had back in Colombia was the addictive empanada—a small, half-moon shaped delicacy—and MASA does it justice. Perhaps I’m biased due to my heritage, but the Colombian empanada reigns supreme. The corn masa dough isn’t so thick that it overwhelms its fi lling, and it’s fried as opposed to baked.

(Like my mom always said, “If I

wanted something baked, I’d order a cookie.”)

Carnoske, who also has a Colombian mother, clearly understands the allure of the fried empanada. MASA offers four variations (3 for $7 or 6 for $12) with the option to mix and match: The Sunrise (eggs, sausage, red bell peppers, onions and peppinade); The Veggie (spinach, black beans and water chestnuts); the T.C.B. (Thai chilies, chicken and basil) and The Colombiana.

The Colombiana features perfectly seasoned pork, beef and potato and comes with ají, a traditional South American sauce. The ají’s authentic Colombian fl avors of citrus, garlic and cilantro taste so good you’ll almost want to drink it like a gazpacho.

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The much-loved Mr. Nice Guys food truck is also expanding!

Look for their upcoming walk-in location at their commissary kitchen (until recently, they shared the space with Lone Wolf) at 37th and Harvard.

From top l eft, brunch at The Fur Shop, dishes from Lone Wolf’s brunch menu and the Lone Wolf food truck

myself in the hash and Colombiana, as they transported me to a country that I know and love so well. As food trucks are wont to do, MASA roams during the week; keep tabs on them through social media and at masatulsa.com.

LONE WOLF For three years, the Lone Wolf food truck has been slaying Tulsa’s taste buds with its consistently outstanding Vietnamese-French fusion cuisine. Now, owners Philip and Danielle Phillips are giving the brick-and-mortar brunch joints a run for their money with their own eclectic take on the anything-goes meal.

Available Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. in The Fur Shop backyard, the menu requires a longer cook time than their standard fare.

Thankfully, this gives you ample

opportunity to build your own Bloody Mary and settle into the spacious outdoor patio seating.

(Those 21 and over may also sit inside). Wherever you set up camp, a food runner will deliver your order to you.

I fi rst tasted the Beignets (4 for $4.95), which made a brief appearance on Lone Wolf ’s original menu back in 2012 but have been otherwise absent until now.

The warm, fl uffy, powdered-sugar-dusted pastry, essentially a French doughnut, is in the style of the world-famous confection from Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans.

Next up was the French Toast Brioche ($5.50), served with a delicious ginger and peach bourbon syrup, miso butter and mint crème fraiche. They’ll add fruit to this dangerous combination for an additional $3. Along with the Beignets, this dish pays admirable

tribute to the sweet side of brunch and works great as a sharable appetizer or a complete meal.

I also sampled the Kimchi Melt ($8.50), a delicious burger on toasted brioche (baked fresh in-house) served with caramelized onions, kimchi, Havarti and Lone Island sauce. A mixture of Lone Wolf ’s famous Thai chili aioli and pureed house-made pickles, the Lone Island sauce is Philip’s fi ery twist on Thousand Island dressing.

For protein, choose the quarter-pound beef patty or a vegetarian-friendly chickpea fritter. Thin in that distinctively Okie style, the beef patty was delicious and dressed to taste like something far more exotic.

For me, the piece de resistance was the French Omelet, served with sweet potato and beet home fries ($8.50). The omelet varies weekly, but the one I enjoyed

was made with roasted tomato, Havarti, basil, scallions and basil aioli.

It’s simply the best omelet I’ve had in Tulsa. The eggs, cooked to buttery perfection, had a custard-like consistency. The sweet potato and beet home fries were a welcome change from traditional home fries and packed with the perfect amount of fl avor to complement the omelet. I will return for this dish again and again.

Take-home offerings at Lone Wolf ’s physical location will include aiolis, marinades, kimchi, pickled daikon and carrots, bread, meats, pre-prepped fried rice bowls, cold traditional banh mi sandwiches and more. In addition to selling everything you need to replicate your own Lone Wolf meal at home, they’ll even give you prep tips. They also plan to host small-group cooking classes at the same location. a

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G N I V O M ITH W SE O P R U P African Takeover struggles to bridge Tulsa’s great divide

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he lead-up to the African Takeover July 19 at Living Arts seemed like the perfect time to spotlight Tulsa’s African drumming and dance community.

What I didn’t know when I set out to write this story is that we have no unifi ed drumming and dance community. As I soon learned, the fractured state of African arts in Tulsa raises questions about authenticity, cultural appropriation and historical literacy—all of which leads us back to Tulsa’s fraught racial history.

There’s the predominantly white group of drummers at Living Arts, African congregants who drum and dance as part of a religious community, black drummers and dancers from north Tulsa, and artists who take varying degrees of liberties with African traditions. Though this story is by no means an exhaustive profi le of Tulsa’s drummers and dancers, it’s my attempt to shed light on their complex and multi-layered challenges.

+ The drumming community that now holds Wednesday night classes at Living Arts originated in the mid ‘90s with local musicians Leslie Brown, Josh Massad, Joan Crager, Michael Back, Rob Bowe, Jeff Porter and others. Inspired by their fi rst exposure to African arts at a gathering in Vermont, Brown and her colleagues began networking to bring African teachers to Tulsa. The community has evolved over the years but has never become racially diverse, despite, according to Brown, efforts to reach out to black Tulsans.

African-dance instructor Deena Burks returned to Oklahoma three years ago after more than a decade of workshops and dancing around the U.S. Burks, who has studied under several African masters and spent time in Guinea and Senegal, thought that her deep knowledge of traditional African drumming and dance would give her credibility in Tulsa’s arts community.

Despite having local musicians like Brown and Porter behind her from day one, Burks, who is not black or African, said she’s been met with ongoing race- and gender- based resistance to her instruction as well as a general lack of enthusiasm for authentic African arts. She’s been working to build support for traditional drumming and dance in Tulsa, but she didn’t anticipate the extent to which racial tensions would stifl e her progress.

“There’s clearly defi ned color lines here, and it’s been really tedious,” Burks said.

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The distinction between playing with rhythm and learning authentic African drumming and dance is a matter of respect and integrity. Shekhem-t Ausart grew up in Jamaica, lived and danced in New York City for 30 years and moved to Tulsa 15 years ago. The protégé of internationally known African dancer Pearl Primus, Ausart has danced on and off Broadway as well as in Africa. Ausart said it’s critical to receive instruction from an African master teacher or someone who learned from one.

“I’m not saying that you cannot master the rhythms,” Ausart said. “You cannot claim to be and do something if you have not connected with those who are representative of that process. Now, what you want to say is, ‘I am beating a drum.’ But you don’t know African rhythms. Because every single rhythm has a meaning, has content, it has purpose. It has effect, it’s connected to an entire circle of life.”

AFRICAN TAKEOVER: A Cultural Art Festival at Living Arts African Takeover celebrates African traditions through music, visual and performing arts, culture and food. Proceeds from the event will help cover the costs of bringing guest Senegalese art18 // FEATURED

ists Sidya Cissokho and Thiane Douf to Tulsa for the month of July.

The festival will include visual arts, a traditional dance and drum performance by Third Eye Vision and Cissokho, and a live Afro Pop/Afro Jazz band with Cissokho and local musicians.

In addition to music, there will be spoken word performances, a fashion show, traditional Sen-

Burks makes a point to educate her students about each rhythm’s ethnic group of origin, ceremonial purpose and correct movements. When she does deviate from tradition, she’s transparent about it.

“I try to adhere to how my teachers teach me,” Burks said. “I try not to even present it in a western way—because people want to hear it and see it broken down in notation and stuff. I do resort to that if I need to teach a drummer to really get them to learn something. But I try to present it in a non-western way as well.”

Authentic drumming and dance also requires deep knowledge of the art’s cultural origins.

“African dance is that intermediary that connects spirit, mind and body, connects you to your individual soul, that of your ancestry, everybody in your family, but also the greater community in which you live,” Ausart said.

“That is the holistic approach to African dance.”

Traditional drum making, from harvesting the tree to cutting the animal for its skin, is undertaken with ceremony and prayer. Synthetic drums aren’t made with the same care, don’t hold the same meaning and might do more harm than good because the drums affect the physical body and the spirit.

“When you beat the drum, it awakens the pulse in the heart,” Ausart said.

Specifi c gestures also have physical, energetic and spiritual purposes and implications. Ausart gave the example of a fertility dance that’s used for women trying to get pregnant and also performed at planting time. It brings blood into the womb, strengthens the ovaries and raises Ayida Damballah (a term for life force, otherwise known as Chi or Kundalini).

“Fertile earth, fertile woman, beautiful child,” Ausart said. “So everything is connected to that circle of life. Before you start dancing, before you start moving, you need to understand those internal principals, so then when you dance, you’re not just dancing—you know that every movement that you’re doing is connecting you to something higher, something greater than just your own person.”

+ Jeanette Robbins-Biles, who’s danced for 12 years and taught African dance locally and at Vanderbilt University, was initially among those skeptical of Burks. She had a change of heart when they attended the same conference in Boulder. Almost everyone at the event was white.

“And they were getting it,” Robbins-Biles said. “They were dancing just as well—because they have a base of a community of people that have been dancing for 10 years. It’s a shift. And Tulsa, culturally, has not shifted.”

The shift she described is from watching to participating, and from superfi cial drumming and dancing to deep immersion in African tradition.

Robbins-Biles says it will take time to build an inclusive and authentic culture of participation here.

“Until Tulsans are really willing to engage in cultures other than their own, it won’t thrive,” she said.

Despite her initial reservations, Robbins-Biles is now Burks’ biggest supporter in Tulsa—which is great, because local support for African arts is apparently pretty hard to come by. Local arts organizations’ responses to Burks’ African Takeover (and the corresponding visit of two Senegalese guest artists) have been lukewarm and worse.

“They won’t return our phone calls, emails, all that,” Robbins-Biles said. egalese food and a Caribbean flash mob.

A professional dancer, drummer and musician, Cissokho grew up touring the world with his father, a well-known Senegalese musician. A master of the djembe, the Dunduns, the Balafon, the Sabar dance of Senegal and the traditional dances of Guinea and Mali, he has also worked with artists including Shakira, Angelique

Kidjo and Stevie Wonder. Cissokho lives in North Carolina.

Douf is a fashion model and musician in Dakar, Senegal. Although he has come to America as a performer, Douf aspires to be a film actor and make the cover of a top fashion magazine such as GQ. Tickets to African Takeover cost $5 for entry or $10 for entry and food.

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FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, African dance instructor Deena Burks has hosted Senegalese artists Sidya Cissokho and Thiane Douf in Tulsa as guest musicians.

They’ve held drumming and dancing classes at Always Talent House, Living Arts, Owen Park and Lacy Park and are doing several public performances in addition to African Takeover.

+ There’s still time to catch a performance or experience a class while Cissokho and Douf are in town.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 at Living Arts 6:30 p.m. African dance 7:30 p.m. African drum THURSDAY, JULY 16 at Lacy Park 6:30 p.m. African dance FRIDAY, JULY 17 at Ambassador Lounge (see p. 41 for details).

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by Sidya Cissokho and Thiane Douf SUNDAY, JULY 19 at Living Arts 5-9 p.m. African Takeover: A Cultural Art Festival TUESDAY, JULY 21 at Always Talent House 7:30 p.m. African dance WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 at Living Arts 6:30 p.m. African dance 7:30 p.m. African drum FRIDAY, JULY 24 at FAILURE:LAB (see p. 30 for details) 7-9 p.m. performance by Sidya Cissokho TUESDAY, JULY 28 at Always Talent House 7:30 p.m. African dance WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 at Living Arts 6:30 p.m. African dance 7:30 p.m. African drum THE TULSA VOICE // July 15 – August 4, 2015

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(ABOVE) Sidya Cissokho l eads a drum class at Living Arts (BELOW) DEENA BURKS and JEANETTE ROBBINS-BILES PHOTOS BY GREG BOLLINGER

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“I don’t know why. If you have some Senegalese people here in town for a month, are you not going to take advantage of that?”

Ausart has also gotten behind Burks and African Takeover. Her Nubian Heritage Arts organization is underwriting the fees for the Lacy Park facility, and Ausart is helping to promote the festival.

“It’s been a long three years, a long road,” Burks said. “But I have had breakthroughs, and things are happening. And I’m elated to be accepted into Lacy Park this time.”

In order to build a unifi ed and stable African arts community, Robbins-Biles and Ausart emphasized that Tulsa needs a strong core of traditional African instruction. Sponsoring extended residencies for master teachers and nurturing the community will require more resources and better artist compensation—a notorious weakness for Tulsa. “(In New York) I lived, played and made money as an artist,” Ausart said. “I get on stage, I work for an hour, hour-and-a-half and make two or three grand. I come to Tulsa, and they say, ‘Fifty dollars.’ And I’m looking at them like, what? To do what?”

Instead of trying to live on such meager sums, Ausart created a summer arts program, founded nonprofi t Nubian Heritage Arts and connected with the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust’s Chad Oliverson and Shirley Elliott, who were extremely receptive to her work. She described a time when she went to the PAC with performers from north Tulsa. Though they’d been performing in Tulsa for decades, they had never stepped foot in “the big house,” as they called it.

“That’s why Shirley Elliott and Chad Oliverson were so welcoming,” Ausart said. “They were of a mindset that we need cohesion, we need diversity, we need inclusion.”

In addition to a lack of support for artists, dance and drum classes are cost-prohibitive for many Tulsans. As an alternative, Ausart suggested a reciprocal approach that requires non-monetary forms of engagement and service from participants.

“Just building a dance community changes things,” Robbins-Biles said.

“It gives you something to look forward to. It gives you something extra to do. There are very few cultural events in Tulsa that are non-white.”

Still, all the money in the world won’t build a legitimately diverse arts community. Our lack of interracial collaboration appears to be a symptom of a deeper issue.

“There has been a breach in the human process in Tulsa,” Ausart said.

“That was the genocide that happened in 1921.”

“I’ve worked with this community, and there is a sense of shame and guilt with many people, which creates an oppression within their spirit.

And that further negates the trust that could be established between these two groups of people.”

“There is this great divide. And the fi rst question is why? And the why comes back to: There is a hurt; there is a pain somewhere. The pain is in white people, and the pain is in black people, and never the twain shall meet, until that honest conversation takes place. There is a culture in America that says, ‘If I pay you money for so and so, that makes it ok.’ This has nothing to do with money. This has everything to do with healing wounds, the spirit of reconciliation.”

“The conversation of 1921 has not happened for real yet. And if you do not identify an illness in terms of its real cause, then you will never heal. …

That’s how I see 1921. It’s a cancer that is still eating at Tulsa as a whole. …

1921 happened. Own it. It happened—your ancestor did this part; your ancestor did that part. Take off the rose colored glasses and call it what it is.”

Ausart said she sees Burks as an ambassador for African dance and a potential conduit for reconciliation. In addition to connecting black Tulsans with the strength and spirit of their heritage, Ausart said African drumming and dance have the power to bring healing to Tulsans of all backgrounds.

“The spirit of black people here has been broken,” Ausart said. “And through the dance, through the drumming, and trying to bring that older part of their culture back in, (African arts can) help them to reconnect so they can put that experience in its proper place and be able to move on.” a July 15 – August 4, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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had Oliverson is the marketing and promotions manager for the Downtown Coordinating Council (DCC), a collaboration of area leaders, landholders and business owners. In May, the council launched “IDL Life,” a campaign to promote all things downtown.

I spoke with Chad about DCC members’ goals for downtown, their projections for the future and how they’re thinking about potential development problems.

The Tulsa Voice: What are you excited about in downtown?

Chad Oliverson: I am excited about downtown living. People are hopeful for more things downtown, whether it be a grocery store or more places to shop. With the concentration of more people, these things naturally follow. There are people who want less expensive

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living, and I understand the cost concern. It’s kind of the rule of real estate—“Location, location, location.” Downtown is where all the activity is and where things are happening. And there is a growing demand for downtown residences.

TTV: Where do you see problems for downtown?

CO: One of the biggest concerns I hear from people constantly is parking, parking, parking. Actually, we have a lot of parking downtown. It’s about changing the culture. It’s about paying for parking. I get that. I live there too.

But if you go to another city, that happens everywhere you go. We don’t get to park right out in front of where we want to be. That’s going to take a cultural change.

TTV: I live in the Brady Arts District. One of the problems I have is that they talk about encouraging

residential development, but right now, I have to move my car every two hours or I get a ticket. It’s a giant pain in the ass.

one trolley. Something, bigger, safer and faster. What is that journey like for our pedestrians? How do we make it walkable and rideable?”

CO: [cracking up]

TTV: I just like that you’re even using the words ‘connectivity’ and ‘bicycles’ and ‘pedestrians.’ That is not a conversation that was happening 10 years ago.

TTV: It is! I don’t have a nicer way of saying it. I have gotten a boot on my car and had some heated words with the parking police over some of the city’s more ridiculous ordinances. It’s maddening.

CO: I can understand that. We are hoping to see more parking. There have been discussions of parking garages with retail on the bottom or residential on top or some combination of the two, instead of just putting a parking garage.

At the heart of many DCC discussions is transportation, whether it’s train or bike share, and parking is part of that: circulators and connectivity. They are thinking down the line—“Maybe we need more than

CO: You know, it wasn’t. You’re right. But there wasn’t a need for it. For those of us who live downtown, it exists now. I would have loved to have had a bike share 10 years ago. They are talking about it now, and they are very serious about it. This is how you get from point A to point B in the manner that you want to do it. If you want to walk, let’s make that a wonderful walk. If you want to bike, let’s do that as well. That’s the conversation we are having, and to watch this work being done to make this happen is really exciting. a July 15 – August 4, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS // Assistant Editor John Langdon’s, top picks in yellow

FRIDAY // JULY 24 MAIN STAGE

GUTHRIE GREEN

OKLAHOMA SHOWCASE

5:30 5:45 6:00 6:15 6:30 6:45 7:00 7:15 7:30 7:45 8:00 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 9:15 9:30 9:45 10:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00 12:15 12:30 12:45 1:00 1:15

BAR 46

CAZ’S CHOW HOUSE

Bowlsey

HUNT CLUB

INNER CIRCLE

KALO

Red Dirt Rangers

MAJESTIC

MASON’S

Handsome Ghost

Roger Jaeger

Elms

The Loaded Dice

Admirals

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

SOUNDPONY

THE YETI

VAN GUARD

The Ricecookers

Bent Knee

Hey Judy

Sunday Lane

Sphynx

Chateau

Branjae & the Filthy Animals

The Secret Post

Night Drive

Ben Marshal

American Authors

DEAD SHAKES Taddy Porter

And There Stand Empires

CLOCKWORK

The Bourgeosis

Milo Greene

Calliope Musicals

Jay Coop Music

Down Home Band

Noizmekka Big Sam’s Funky Nation

Jumpship Astronaut

All About A Bubble

klondike5 String Band

Roots of Thought

Aftermidnight

WHEN Fri. and Sat., July 24 and 25.

Gates open at 5pm.

Kudos

Zeke Duhon

Kawnar

Deerpeople

The Dusty Pearls

Tycho KiiD H4WK

Kelli Lynn and the Skillet Lickers

Verse & the Vapors

SATURDAY // JULY 25 MAIN STAGE

GUTHRIE GREEN

OKLAHOMA SHOWCASE

5:30 5:45 6:00 6:15 6:30 6:45 7:00 7:15 7:30 7:45 8:00 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 9:15 9:30 9:45 10:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00 12:15 12:30 12:45 1:00 1:15

BAR 46

CAZ’S CHOW HOUSE

HUNT CLUB

INNER CIRCLE

Blair Alise & the Bombshells

Moongiant

MAJESTIC

MASON’S

SATURN ROOM

The Young Vines

Hannah Wolff

Ripple Green

SOUNDPONY

THE YETI

VAN GUARD

Honeylark

Fort Lean

Nicnos Aaron Pierce CHAPPO Minus the Bear We the Ghost

Smooth Hound Smith

Bright Like the Sun

ROXY ROCA

Empire Machines

Wyland

Repel The Robot

MONKH

MIKE GOLDEN & FRIENDS

iamDes

Kongos

Leggy The Capital Why’s

Paul Benjaman Band

Grown Up Avenger Stuff

Mother Mother

Eric Himan

Carnegie

LSP Los Seis Pistos

Foxfeather

Skating Polly

Jabee FM Pilots Bear Hands

Dante & the Hawks

The Wright Brothers

Red Wood Rising

Steve Liddell Band

R!U!O!K! Alan Doyle

Larry g(EE)

Josh Sallee GRiZ Society Society

Captain Munch

Oilhouse

The Fabulous Minx

The Last Slice

Lizard Police

Conrad Clifton

WHERE The Brady Arts District. The two general admission gates are located at the corners of M.B. Brady and MLK Jr. Blvd and on Boston between M.B. Brady and Archer; the VIP gate is at Main and M.B. Brady. Yes, this means the Brady District is closed both nights to non-festivalgoers.

BUT WHERE ARE THE STAGES The Main Stage is located on the southeast corner of Easton and Boulder. The Oklahoma Showcase Stage is at the corner of M.B. Brady and Boulder. The Bank of Oklahoma stage is at Guthrie Green off M.B. Brady between Boston and MLK Jr. Blvd.

WHERE ARE THE CLUB VENUES The Yeti, Soundpony, Inner Circle Vodka Bar, The Hunt Club, Vanguard, Saturn Room, Bar 46, Caz’s Chowhouse, Majestic and Mason’s. If you don’t know where they are, consult a map.

Or Google. Or a Google Map. HOW MUCH General admission weekend passes are $87.55, single-day passes are $56.55, and VIP weekend passes are $262.65.

FOOD Food trucks will line Cameron and Main.

Birds of Night Summit

Three Days Grace

CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE FESTIVAL

Allie Lauren

Nuns

Helen Helter Skelter

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HOW, WHERE, WHEN

Bruce Flea

Panic!

At the Disco

P I R R E ‘ T LE

Desi and Cody

Brujo Roots

Horse Thief Misterwives

SATURN ROOM

TALLOWS

WHAT ABOUT PARKING Be prepared to walk a few blocks, or take an Uber.

If you’ve never used Uber, you can get a $25 first-timer’s credit with the code COUFEST14.

IS THERE FREE PUBLIC WI-FI Good lord, yes, if you can’t go a few hours without checking your email, there are several designated wi-fi hotspots across the festival grounds. Check the COU map for exact locations.

SOURCE: CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE FESTIVAL, CENTEROFTHEUNIVERSEFESTIVAL.COM THE TULSA VOICE // July 15 – August 4, 2015

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PARALLEL UNIVERSE C enter of the Universe fest brings millennial nostalgia and homegrown talent BY MEGAN SHEPHERD GREG BOLLINGER

Let’s first acknowledge the obvious: The lineup for this year’s Center of the Universe Festival is confusing. Early aughts Top 40 staples Panic! at the Disco and Three Days Grace share the bill with disparate acts from various genres—everything from NOLA big brass and Seattle indie rock to Oklahoma red dirt—plus a few dozen of our state’s fi nest rock, rap, folk and electronic acts. I’m not sure which universe we’re in here, but I feel pretty good about being at the center of it. With tickets running a steep $87.50 for the weekend, you’ll want to get your money’s worth, and we’re here to help with recommendations.

View the full schedule on page 23 and purchase tickets at centeroftheuniversefestival.com.

HERE’S OUR SHORTLIST FOR THE WEEKEND: F R I DAY , J U LY 2 4 6:30 p.m. at Guthrie Green HORSE THIEF: The coherence and consistency of its songs makes Horse Thief seem well beyond its years, but this young band is the recent product of OKC’s Academy of Contemporary Music. Vibrantly psychedelic in places and hauntingly dreamy in others, Cameron Neal’s folksy, melodic croon carries the rest of the Horse Thief outfi t through drum-driven cadences that roll over one another like waves.

7 p.m. at Main Stage MISTERWIVES: Misterwives’ hit single “Refl ections” sounds like Ryn Weaver, Joanna Newsome and Zella Day had a karaoke battle at a skating rink (possibly while on drugs). Why not? Bring your dancing shoes!

9 p.m. at Oklahoma Showcase Stage TADDY PORTER: After spending the past six months hopping between Oklahoma and Nashville, Taddy Porter is looking forward to performing on familiar turf. The Stillwater quartet recently fi nished recording their third album, Tame the Wolf. Though details are hush-hush, drummer Doug Jones promises the work will be a nod to the “good ol’ days.” Expect the same hard-hitting, southern-blues rock‘n’roll you’ve come to know and love from the homegrown band.

10 p.m. at Main Stage PANIC! AT THE DISCO: Let’s be honest: If you remember Panic! at the Disco’s infectious, vaudevillian pop-punk hit, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” you’re probably a little curious about what these guys have been up to the past 10 years. As the only remaining founding member, Brendon Urie has managed to keep the band going through all the genre hopping and lineup changes. And truth be told, the horns on latest single “Hallelujah” are pretty catchy.

11 p.m. at Guthrie Green BIG SAM’S FUNKY NATION: The name says it all. Big Sam’s Funky Nation is New Orleans soul, funk and jazz rolled into one big 26 // FEATURED

groove-centric brass band. Few things are better than a slide trombone, and Big Sam handles his like a pro with rapid-fi re pulls and wails. There’s no way you’ll stay seated for this one.

Midnight at Soundpony VERSE & THE VAPORS: Derek Clark, AKA Verse, beckons to socially conscious greats like Mos Def and Common, with the same tight confi dence and smooth fl ow. Verse & the Vapors are leading Tulsa’s hiphop renaissance at the moment, and from the samples and beats to the thoughtful, evocative lyrics, Verse’s sound is the real deal.

Midnight at Vanguard DEERPEOPLE: Deerpeople’s hefty roster of uniquely talented musicians gives their sound a strange edge, and their use of unusual time signatures and chord structures lends itself well to intense, high-energy tunes. Violins, fl utes and horns collide with guitar riffs, booming drums and weird toy instruments. Oh, and costumes, confetti and general merriment. Paste Magazine named them one of the “10 Oklahoma Bands You Should Listen to in 2014.” Whatever your take on their zany sound, one thing’s for sure: Few local acts put on a live show as punched up, quirky or fun as Deerpeople.

S A T U R DAY , J U LY 2 5 7 p.m. at Main Stage MINUS THE BEAR: Now in its 15th year as a band, Seattle-based indie rock act Minus the Bear has ushered us through multiple phases of music and life. There’s something exquisite about indulging Minus the Bear for an hour or so—breezy but beat-driven, and savvy with electro-touches. Do so, and you’re likely to walk away with a big, nostalgic grin on your face.

9 p.m. at Vanguard SKATING POLLY: OKC’s Skating Polly is everything you love about Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill, ‘90s grunge and ‘70s punk smashed together.

Stepsisters Peyton Bighorse and Kelli Mayo formed the band back in 2009 before either of them was old enough to drive (or land a learner’s permit, for that matter). Raised on heavy-hitting punk classics, the two started messing around with a drum kit and bassitar, and awesome noises were born. After six years of making music together, they’ve carved out a sharp sound that is at once gritty, thrashing, tender and youthful. Self-described as “Ugly Pop,” Skating Polly are true riot grrrl descendants, young feminists who aren’t afraid to get political (see their recent Vice interview). They’ve managed to squeeze in a stop at COU between national and international tours with punk icons Babes in Toyland.

9 p.m. at Oklahoma Showcase Stage PAUL BENJAMAN BAND: A fi xture in the local music scene, Paul Benjaman is a product of the classic Tulsa Sound and has worked with the likes of Nickel Creek and T Bone Burnett. He is as much a part of Tulsa’s musical past as he is its future. Soak up the band’s bluesy rock riffs, jazzy piano jams and country swing this weekend. a July 15 – August 4, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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Sunny D

Reasons to show more skin this summer

by ZAC KING

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he wide-brimmed hat, gigantic eye gear, sporty water shirt and face caked with sunscreen—we hate the sun, and apparently she hates us. We’ve all heard by now that sun exposure can burn your retinas to bits, paint you with freckles and splotches and cause adhesions and skin failures that lead to cancer. Yet, our life-giving sun lightens your mood, helps you heal and makes your skin sexy as hell. Best of all, its enveloping rays feel like hugs from your mother. The sun is essential for our habitation of the earth—what if hiding from it is to our detriment?

Those scary UV rays initiate the skin’s synthesis of the fat-soluble secosteroid we call Vitamin D, which is not technically a vitamin at all. This precious hormone helps our intestinal tract absorb magnesium, calcium, iron, zinc and phosphorous—minerals in which many of us are defi cient, especially magnesium1. Vitamin D is also essential for manufacturing serotonin, our happiness chemical. Vitamin D defi ciency is strongly correlated to an increase in ailments such as depression, heart attack, arthritis and multiple sclerosis2.

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D3. Our typical sun exposure is minimal at best, and most of our food favorites are extremely low in this compound. Avoiding the sun might help you avoid skin cancer, but new research shows that more than three-fourths of cancer patients have low levels of Vitamin D4. This study includes participants with serious cancers such as colon cancer, lymphoma and breast cancer.

Introducing incremental periods of sun exposure when rays are the strongest (noon to 3 p.m.) can help boost your levels. Dr. Joseph Mercola says easing into it gives your melanocyte cells time to produce protective pigmentation5. The pigmentation, also known as a suntan, allows you to stay in the sun longer without overexposure. Slow transitions are particularly essential if you’re someone who burns easily and typically avoids the sun.

So how does sunscreen fi t into this picture? Many popular sunscreens have been exposed for having lower SPF than labeled6.

Further, chemical sunscreens contain unsavory compounds such as retinyl palmitate (a synthetic Vitamin A imposter), which has been linked to an increased risk of skin cancer7. Other questionable chemicals include oxybenzone, with its odd hormonal interac-

tions, and titanium oxide, which may cause skin irritations.

At this point, a cliché from the father of modern medicine, Hippocrates, is in order: “Let food be thy medicine, and thy medicine thy food.” In addition to fi ghting disease, foods apparently can increase the SPF factor in your skin.

A study in the British Journal of Dermatology found that those who consumed tomato paste (high in a wonderful phytonutrient called lycopene) along with olive oil for three months had a decreased risk of sunburn8. And foragers take heed: Consuming most berries also increases your skin’s natural sun protection9.

Once you’ve gotten acquainted with sunlight, consider the many dietary sources of Vitamin D. The top contenders come from the water. My personal favorite is the oyster, which also happens to be a potent aphrodisiac. Oysters and mollusks contain 794 international units of vitamin D per cup. That’s 200 times the Recommended Dietary Allowance. For the wilder Okies, channel catfi sh provide about the same dose per fi llet. Just make sure you’re fi shing in clean lakes and eating the oysters from reliable sources.

Supplementation is fi shy, but select sea supplements are legit. On

your next visit to a natural market, look for Carlson’s fermented cod liver oil pills. This is one of very few supplemental staples in my cabinets. Each serving is packed with Vitamin D, and their fi shing is certifi ed sustainable.

Plant-based Vitamin D is hard to come by, and many forms of it are not found in any plant sources.

Finding your way into the light is therefore even more pressing for vegetarians and people consuming limited animal products. Luckily, Garden of Life has an amazing— and almost complete—Vitamin D pill that’s available at natural grocery stores. a 1) Mercola.com: Magnesium—The Missing Link to Better Health 2) WebMD: Benefits of Vitamin D 3) Nutrition research: Prevalence and correlates of vitamin D deficiency in US adults 4) WebMD: Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Advanced Cancers 5) Mercola.com: Little Sunshine Mistakes that Can Give You Cancer Instead of Vitamin D 6) ConsumerReports: 5 Things You Must Know About Sunscreen 7) WebMD: Sunscreen Safety 8) British Journal of Dermatology: Tomato paste rich in lycopene protects against cutaneous photodamage in humans in vivo: a randomized controlled trial 9) VivaWoman.net: 5 Super Berries I Eat To Boost My Internal SPF July 15 – August 4, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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Performers in FAILURE:LAB | COURTESY

Fail hard FAILURE:LAB makes friends with discomfort

by ALICIA CHESSER hree weeks ago, during a solo modern dance performance at the PAC, I fell.

With a splat. In front of paying viewers. Like an 8-year-old kid on a Slip’N Slide.

Now, I’m a grown woman, a professional. I know how to measure the ratio of energy input to gravitational force. But in that moment, calculated perfection was apparently less compelling than calculated risk. In other words, I just went for it.

My landing was a failure. Not my fi rst onstage, and presumably not my last. Not to mention the countless disasters in rehearsal, the wrong turns in concept development and the fl ubs in working with colleagues and collaborators.

Being a performing artist? It’s magical. It’s a mess. And sometimes, it’s both.

“I have a long history of painfully bombing vocal auditions,” theater artist Anna Bennett says.

“Like, they wouldn’t let me in the 5th grade talent show.”

Sara Cruncleton of the Nightingale Theatre recounts a particularly painful burlesque performance:

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“How about dislocating my knee while naked except for a bird beak, feet and tail feathers? The whole audience came outside and cheered me on as I got carted off to the hospital.”

For Tulsa Ballet Artistic Director Marcello Angelini, failure is “not achieving 110 percent in each and every task I tackle every day.”

“The knowledge that what I do can be done better is the engine that makes me want to be better,” Angelini says.

Performing artists work and sweat and strive for perfection.

We’re supposed to be more than human—athletes of God, as Albert Einstein reportedly said of dancers.

But can failure be okay? Does it have to have “fear of ” tacked to the front of it? What if we see it as a natural byproduct of healthy, courageous boundary-pushing?

Grand Rapids-based FAILURE:LAB, a storytelling and performance group, believes that talking about failure is a cathartic way to “explore the space between resilient people and people who give up,” says program co-founder Jonathan Williams. This world-trav-

eling TED-inspired project, which visits Tulsa on July 24, shares stories about failure interspersed with periods of refl ection so listeners can process what they’ve heard.

Williams says that FAILURE:LAB, which also has a curriculum for businesses, aims to tell the backstory behind success.

“The storytellers have to stop before they tell you what they did to overcome,” he says. “The idea is, if I can trust you with a huge struggle in my life, it opens you up. Instead of judging me, you’re going to be thinking about your own life.”

“Vulnerable narrative is a timeless thing, but we’ve gotten away from it,” he says. “The exponential changes of the last 30 years have driven a lot of fear and led to a lot of digital isolation. If we’re going to be trying so many things in the face of so much change, we’re going to have to be way more comfortable with trial and error.”

The subject of failure touches a tender spot in the reality of theater-making, and that reality is what I want to cover in this column. What is performance

but an experience of humanity that’s richer, more colorful, more intimate? Creating that experience doesn’t happen without risk. And there’s no risk without a willingness to fail. According to Williams, the more we talk about what goes wrong, the more encouraged we’ll be to try again.

Failure keeps us honest. Being honest about our failures keeps us laughing, and humble, and open to trying hard things. And we need— and need to celebrate—laughing, humble, honest, bold artists more than we know.

Performance artist Marianne Evans-Lombe puts it this way: “I believe it requires extraordinary courage to create bad work— to let that work see the light. So it follows that, if I have the courage to make the bad work, to fail, then I will have the courage, when I need it, to make the great.” a FAILURE:LAB comes to the PAC’s John H. Williams Theatre Friday, July 24 at 7 p.m.

Alicia Chesser is the artistic director of Tulsa Modern Movement and the founder of the blog Tulsa Dances.

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ast month, I reported on the Davenport Urban Lofts, a high-end condo project (units start at $450k) set for construction in 2016 on the Cain’s block. Not long after the story ran (see the Voice’s June 17 issue), OKC-based media blog The Lost Ogle picked up the story, and an independent petition against the lofts appeared on Change.org. The petition asked how Davenport residents expect to deal with the rowdiness of surrounding venues and concluded that it’d be best for everyone if Davenport found another location.

Citizen response to the loft project has run the gamut—the petition had nearly 2,300 signatures at the time of writing; baby-boomer apologists have taken aim at The Lost Ogle’s “ageist” rhetoric; commenters have rattled sabers at invading “rich” Tulsans, while others have shot back, “How the hell is money a bad thing?” Between the cannon fi re in the comment forums, former Okies have brought recon from distant battlefi elds. One expat, a veteran of the Bay Area tech boom, wrote, “C’mon Tulsa— you can do this right—I believe in you.”

Web comments are far from academic sources, but San Francisco truly did not “do this right.” The area’s infl ux of tech workers (and demand for luxury condos to house them) infl ated rent by 13.5 percent last year (a 1-bedroom apartment in the Mission District cost more than $3,000 per month)1. Despite 32 // ARTS & CULTURE

surging costs, housing is in such short order that Bay Area homes have been selling for, on average, $62,000 above asking price2. Between 1992 and 2011, the number of Bay Area businesses that closed or relocated increased by more than 880 percent3.

Matt Shapiro, who grew up in Tulsa before heading West in ‘94, recently lost his longtime Mission District venue, the Elbo Room.

His landlord did not renew their lease and signed the demolition papers before obtaining permits for the condos that will replace it.

“Less than 10 units,” Shapiro said, laughing. “That’s not solving the housing crisis.”

Some see Tulsa as “the next Austin,” yet a combination of condos, rising rent and outdated noise curfews has “the live music capital of the world” closing venues and festivals at a record pace4.

Such scenarios might seem farfetched for Tulsa—urban growth is what our city wants. But without progressive noise laws and zoning tools, the 2015 Condo Battle might be remembered as just the fi rst in a long, diffi cult War of Petitions.

So much noise A salient part of the Davenport question isn’t ageist or classist but an ist-less concern about noise complaints. Although the Davenport project lists “live music venues” as a neighborhood plus, future tenants have every right to complain about noise.

Our noise ordinance bans “any radio, phonograph, or any

musical instrument in any manner or in such volume, particularly during the hours between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.”5 Under this law, not only the Yeti and Soundpony but The Fur Shop, Mercury Lounge, Fassler Hall, Downtown Lounge, The Colony, Vanguard, The Hunt Club and countless others have been operating illegally. Davenport isn’t Tulsa’s fi rst luxury development near a venue, and it certainly won’t be the last.

This year, San Francisco placed a Band-Aid on its hemorrhaging entertainment districts with legislation preventing residents from suing venues over noise6. The groundbreaking law also requires developers to work with venues and neighbors to make sure tenants know the lease they’re about to sign is a noisy one. Tulsa might be years away from a Bay Area-sized sound dilemma, but it won’t be a crisis if we plan ahead.

Dist. 4 Councilor Blake Ewing said Tulsa’s archaic noise ordinance is worth revisiting. A revision to protect entertainment districts would begin with a public hearing, which Ewing plans to host some time in August.

Talking in code Smart growth goes beyond protecting live music. Davenport’s partners modeled their design after other facades in the Brady Arts District, but detractors fear its height and overall look will be out of place. Another concern, even from proponents of the project, is that a lack of

ground-level retail and services will add nothing to the district’s desired walkability and make it a missed opportunity for sales tax revenue. Despite the validity of those concerns, the proposed development is within code.

The current zoning code for the Central Business District allows a variety of property uses, many of which would clash with the existing culture and aesthetic. INCOG’s Susan Miller said changing the code wouldn’t be easy because downtown property owners, who have a say in the code, are likely to balk at shrinking uses.

Still, the City is in the process of updating its zoning code and has included the tool of Plan Based Overlays. With this tool, property owners can customize an overlay on a defi ned area to preserve certain neighborhood characteristics and pump the breaks on questionable developments.

The zoning code update has been a long time coming. The current proposed draft of the code update prohibits Plan Based Overlays within the Inner Dispersal Loop because, Miller said, “certain property owners did not like the idea.”

Carlos Moreno of TulsaNow, a grassroots organization for sustainable development, said leaving Plan Based Overlay out of the code is a bad idea.

“You’re going to have even more residential issues inside of the IDL, because the chamber wants to attract more residents July 15 – August 4, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

pains

How thoughtful development will build an inclusive community

BY MITCH GILLIAM

Downtown Tulsa | GREG BOLLINGER

there,” Moreno said. “Sooner or later, you’re gonna need rules.”

At upcoming public hearings over the zoning draft in September (dates to be announced), Tulsans can voice concerns about the draft directly to decision makers before City Council holds its own public hearings and takes a fi nal vote.

Amanda DeCort, executive director at Tulsa Foundation for Architecture, suggested residents make these meetings a priority.

“When it comes to this zoning code update,” she said, “every Tulsan needs to be awake.”

Urban removal Increasing property values (and subsequent rent increases) are the zinger hidden in these development questions. When artists are priced out of their communities, they go to new districts. Following them are trendy restaurants, rising property values and eventually high-end developments—also known as gentrifi cation. This is not Tulsa’s fi rst big brush with gentrifi cation—the north side of our city is a product of it.

Since the race massacre of 1921, the Greenwood District has seen more downs than ups. With Greenwood smoldering and its surviving black citizens in camps (unable to leave unless a white person came and claimed them as an employee), The Tulsa Real Estate Exchange worked to move Greenwood north.

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residents. The Exchange also aimed to turn Black Wall Street into an industrial zone for white business.

Working from a tent amidst Greenwood’s rubble, B.C. Franklin fought and overturned the code.

But the message to black Tulsans was clear—white Tulsans tried to steal their district after destroying it and then provided no help in rebuilding. Even the name “Tulsa Race Riot” was a scheme. Used to deny black citizens the chance to fi le insurance claims, the name insinuated they had merely set fi re to their own property. A few remained and rebuilt Greenwood, creating a midwestern Mecca for jazz and blues. Those who didn’t leave the state entirely headed to rural communities or just went north7.

Urban renewal, or “urban removal,” ran I-244 directly through the heart of what was once Black Wall Street, and several attempts at a spot on the National Historic Registry failed8. Greenwood residents themselves contested one such bid when they discovered the State Historic Preservation Offi ce had labeled the area “The Tulsa Race Riot District” and drastically shrunk its historic boundaries9. As Greenwood withered to less than a block in the absence of protections, the Brady Arts District built atop two blocks of the former community10.

‘Gentrification with justice’ In addition to encroaching upon Greenwood, downtown development trends are likely to send a fl ood of new faces to Kendall Whittier, an area that is nearly 50

percent Latino. Though Kendall Whittier welcomes growth, area leaders are wary of gentrifi cation and are working deliberately to stem the tide.

Kendall Whittier Main Street Director Ed Sharrer says Kendall Wittier is experiencing a rebirth thanks in part to Circle Cinema and downtown Tulsa’s recent success. But business gentrifi cation is a constant concern, he said.

Sharrer mediates between property owners and prospective tenants to attract development that fi t in the district. He strives for neighborhood synergy—a vision that might mean just one “good bar” for the main square. Sharrer said he and Kendall Whittier Main Street property owners envision a neighborhood where Tulsans can get dinner at Calaveras, catch a movie at Circle Cinema and fi nish their night with a drink.

“We don’t want to become a little drunk Disneyland,” he said.

Based on the philosophy of gentrifi cation with justice, Growing Together—a partnership supported by the Community Action Project of Tulsa County—focuses on education, mixed income housing and community vibrancy in the Kendall Whittier area. Growing Together’s Kirk Wester said area leaders are aware of downtown’s growth and are prepared for an infl ux of people seeking more affordable housing.

“We’re ahead of the game,” Wester said, citing 230 empty lots as a buffer between them and the impending housing crunch.

Wester said Growing Together seeks to attract more develop-

ments—and the right kind of developments. The organization is also working with the developers for “control of the future,” which means they intend to secure First Right of Refusal clauses with developments in the neighborhood. This would allow Growing Together to buy back properties and have a hand in the area’s property values.

There’s a clear connection between Tulsans’ recent conversations about the Turkey Mountain outlet mall, the Gathering Place sidewalk and the Davenport project. They each point to the reality that without intelligent planning, we risk squandering the fi nite land available to our city, and worse—further marginalizing fellow citizens. If we want to move beyond our petition-prone state of feverish reactivity, some challenging and forward-thinking conversations need to take place now. a 1) Zumper: San Francisco Apartment Rents Rose by 13.5% in 2014 2) San Francisco Chronicle: Houses selling for above asking price complicates appraisals 3) City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors: Policy Analysis Report 4) Pitchfork Media: The Crisis Of Gentrification Hits The Austin Music Scene 5) Tulsa City Ordinances, Title 27, Chapter 14, Section 1400 6) SF Station: San Francisco Passes Legislation to Protect Clubs from Noise Lawsuits 7) Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation 8) This Land Press: Steps To Nowhere 9) This Land Press: The New Battle Over Greenwood: Listing on the National Register of Historic Places 10) U.S. Department of the Interior: Final 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Reconnaissance Survey, p. 39 ARTS & CULTURE // 33

thehaps My Big Gay Italian Wedding

Thurs., July 16 through Sun., July 26 ATC Studios, americantheatrecompany.org American Theatre Company celebrates marriage equality with this music and dance filled extravaganza by Anthony Wilkinson. The musical satirizes the controversy surrounding same-sex marriage with largerthan-life characters, overbearing mothers and a meddling ex-boyfriend.

Live Aid 30th Anniversary

Sun., July 19, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., free with WGC admission Woody Guthrie Center, woodyguthriecenter.org On July 13, 1985, the world came together to fight hunger and help those who could not help themselves. Two simultaneous concerts at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia were broadcast around the world to raise awareness and funds to fight famine in Ethiopia. The concerts featured Queen, U2, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Sade, The Who, Elton John, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Run DMC, Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, threefourths of Led Zeppelin, Phil Collins (who flew across the Atlantic on the Concorde to perform at both venues) and many more. The 16-hour live broadcast was one of the biggest televised events ever, reaching an audience of nearly 2 billion people worldwide.

Woody Guthrie Center celebrates the 30th anniversary of this momentous occasion with two screenings of different segments of the concerts (from 1-2 p.m. and 2:30-3:30 p.m.), preceded by fascinating inside stories of Live Aid from music video historian and pop culture archivist Bill Uhre.

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Ron White Sat., July 25, 8 p.m., $60-$80 The Joint, Hard Rock Casino, hardrockcasinotulsa.com

7/25 Tokyo in Tulsa 2015: Mecha vs Kaiju

Fri., July 17 through Sun., July 19, $20-$60 Cox Business Center, tokyointulsa.com Tokyo in Tulsa is a pop culture convention centered on Japanese animation and gaming. The event showcases art, writing, music and fashion as well as console, PC, arcade, tabletop, CCG and LARP gaming attractions and tournaments. See presentations and panels from Robotech and Tripwire Interactive; Tulsa native manga artist Brooke Stephenson (known by her pen name Ogawa Burukku); voice actors for Dragonball Z and numerous other shows and video games; Kyle Hebert; Wendy Powell and Chris Cason; Paizo Publishing game designer Stephen Radney-MacFarland and many more. The event will also feature cosplay contests, performances by Hollow Mellow and Mika Kobayashi and a Saturday night rave featuring DJ Maxi Malone DJ Zach Fast and hosted by Infam0us.

Crosbie Heights Community Bike Ride

Sat., July 18, 9:45 a.m., WaterWorks Art Center, facebook.com/crosbieheights Just west of downtown, Crosbie Heights is one of Tulsa’s oldest neighborhoods and home to Newblock Sculpture Park, The Cave House, Joe Station Bark Park and some fantastic views of the downtown skyline.

The neighborhood was selected by the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission for a revitalization and development plan. On this bike tour, you’ll see the sights and architecture of the neighborhood, meet community members and learn about the neighborhood’s history and future. Hop on your bike and meet up at WaterWorks Art Center.

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Call him Tater Salad. The scotch-drinking, cigar-smoking, Grammy nominated Blue Collar Comedy Tour member and author of a New York Times Best Seller visits The Joint to tell stories from his Texan perspective.

Dodgebrawl

Sat., July 18 starting at 10 a.m.

BOK Center, bokcenter.com Look out, T-Town. It’s Dodge Brawl time. The epic dodgeball tournament is back, and we’ve got your number. That’s right, The Tulsa Voice is bringing a team, and we’re coming for you. Gather a team of six and BRING IT ON. Simultaneously, Live Great 918: Tulsa Fitness Fair will take place in the BOK Center’s main concourse. Meet with gym and fitness vendors, see demonstrations by local trainers, learn about healthy food choices from chefs and nutritionists and look into healthy lifestyle options for kids and adults of all ages.

The Greenbelt Meridian Project Sat., July 18 through Sun., Sept. 6, Hardesty Arts Center

Convinced of the need to return a piece of land back to nature, Tulsa artists James and Yiren Gallagher have set out to create a stretch of open land that will circle the earth and be called the Greenbelt Meridian. The art installation on display at AHHA represents a conceptual segment of this “no shoes, no fences, no roads, no buildings, no man’s land” corridor. The goal of the project is to petition the president to establish a national monument along the 100th Meridian at the Texas/Oklahoma border and to make that area the first section of a worldwide Greenbelt Meridian. The project would create a buffer against the environmental repercussions of human endeavor and also celebrate resilience.

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thehaps Crate Digger: An Obsession with Punk Records Tues., July 21, 7 p.m.

Holy Mountain, booksmarttulsa.com

As a musician, zine publisher, mail-order music distributor, show promoter and bootlegger, Bob Suren lived his life in the punk scene of Florida’s east coast. Now based in Austin, Suren has compiled his memories of shows, tours, run-ins with punk legends and the life in between into his book Crate Digger. Suren will read from the book at surely the most appropriate place in town, Holy Mountain.

The Wes Anderson Experience 2: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Thurs., July 23, 7 p.m.

Philbrook Museum of Art, booksmarttulsa.com Last year’s standing-room-only Wes Anderson Experience was such a hit, Booksmart Tulsa is doing it all over again, this time with an emphasis on Anderson’s most recent flick, “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” Dress up as your favorite Wes Anderson character and enjoy an evening with special guests including critic Matt Zoller Seitz (author of The Wes Anderson Collection), art by John Hammer, specialty drinks, food from Euro Pranzo, music by British Invasion of Tulsa and a screening of “The Grand Budapest Hotel” in the Philbrook Gardens.

Doug Benson

Sun., July 26, 8 p.m., $20 The Loony Bin, loonybincomedy.com Movie-lover, comedian and devout pothead Doug Benson is the host of two podcasts, “Doug Loves Movies” and “Getting Doug with High.” He also hosted Comedy Central’s short-lived but hilarious show, “The Benson Interruption,” and was the subject of the documentary “Super High Me.” High Times named him “Stoner of the Year” in 2006. Benson returns to Tulsa to tell wholesome tales of good old-fashioned fun... or something like that.

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THE BEST OF THE REST EVENTS

Red, White & Brew // BA Buzz hosts this inaugural craft beer festival and benefit for Soldier’s Wish.

Enjoy live music on an outdoor stage, artwork and crafts from local artists and artisans, tasty food truck eats and of course, many delicious local craft beers.

In addition, Rose District restaurants will host craft beer demos and area stores will have sales and discounts in conjunction with the fest. Soldier’s Wish honors the bravery and sacrifice of soldiers, veterans and their families by granting them wishes. // 7/18, 4:00 pm, The Rose District, thebabuzz. com/red-white-and-brew-2/ The Home & Garden Expo of Oklahoma // With over 400 booths, this summertime home and garden show is packed with products, ideas and answers to your home and garden questions. // 7/24-7/26, River Spirit Expo Center, Expo Square, krmg.com/news/lifestyles/ home-garden/ Tulsa County Free Fair // Tulsa County Free Fair features 4-H and community exhibits, learning events, competitions and the Friday night Festival of Fun, with family-friendly entertainment. // 7/30-7/31, Exchange Center, Expo Square, oces.tulsacounty.org/ freefair.html Cats // Theatre Tulsa Family presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s beloved tale of feline fables, featuring fifty of Tulsa’s talented young performers. // 7/16-7/19, John H. Williams Theatre, PAC, $20, tulsapac.com/ Peter Pan // Fly to the second star to the right and straight on ‘til morning to see the adventures of the boy who wouldn’t grow up.

Encore! Tulsa whisks you away to Neverland, where the battle between motherless pirates and lost boys eternally wages. // 7/247/25, Tulsa Little Theatre, $15, encore-tulsa.com/p/peter-pan.html Remembering Mukesh: Nitin Mukesh Live in Concert // Nitin Mukesh is a popular Indian playback singer for Hindi films and son of legendary playback singer Mukesh Mathur. The family’s talent extends to Nitin’s son, Bollywood star Neil Nitin Mukesh.

Nitin returns to the PAC to perform hits from yesteryear as well as Bha jans—Hindu devotional songs. // 7/31, 7:30 pm, John H. Williams Theatre, PAC, $61.50$71.50, tulsapac.com/

COMEDY

Laugh Local Comedy Night // 7/15, 8:00 pm, Centennial Lounge, facebook.com/centenniallounge577 Hurricane Hump Day w/ Gerald Harris // 7/15, 7:30 pm, Loony Bin, $10, loonybincomedy.com/tulsa/

Laughing Matter // 7/16, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com/

Unusual Suspects // 8/1, 10:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com/

Greg Morton, Gabe Kea // 7/16, 7:30 pm, $9, 7/17, 7:30 pm, 10:00 pm, $12, 7/18, 7:30 pm, 10:00 pm, $12, Loony Bin, loonybincomedy. com/tulsa/

Sunday Night Stand Up // 8/2, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com/

Blue Dome Social Club // 7/17, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com/

Tulsa Drillers vs Arkansas Travelers // 7/15, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com

The Mic Drop // 7/17, 10:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com/

Tulsa Drillers vs Arkansas Travelers // 7/16, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com

Improv Freaks! // 7/18, 8:00 pm, $10, 7/25, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com/

Tulsa Drillers vs Arkansas Travelers // 7/17, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com

Ryan’s Drinking Problem // 7/18, 10:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com/

Tulsa Drillers vs Arkansas Travelers // 7/18, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com

Cian Baker says Laugh it Up, Tulsa // 7/19, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com/

Tulsa Shock vs Minnesota Lynx // 7/19, 3:30 pm, BOK Center, $13$173, shock.wnba.com/

Soundpony Comedy Night // 7/20, 9:30 pm, Soundpony, thesoundpony.com/

Tulsa Shock vs Washington Mystics // 7/21, 11:30 am, BOK Center, $13-$173, shock.wnba.com/

Laugh Local Comedy Night // 7/22, 8:00 pm, Centennial Lounge, facebook.com/centenniallounge577

Tulsa Drillers vs Arkansas Travelers // 7/23, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com

Julie Scoggins, Chad Miller // 7/22, 7:30 pm, $7, 7/23, 7:30 pm, $2, 7/24, 7:30 pm, 10:00 pm, $10, 7/25, 7:30 pm, 10:00 pm, $10, Loony Bin, loonybincomedy.com/tulsa/

By George! // 7/23, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com/ Comfort Creatures // 7/24, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com/ Hammered! A Drunk Improv Show // 7/25, 10:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com/ Sunday Night Stand Up // 7/26, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com/ Laugh Local Comedy Night // 7/29, 8:00 pm, Centennial Lounge, facebook.com/centenniallounge577

SPORTS

Tulsa Drillers vs Arkansas Travelers // 7/24, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com Rumble on the River XIII - USA vs Japan // 7/24, 7:00 pm, River Spirit Event Center, $25-$60, riverspirittulsa.com/ Tulsa Drillers vs Arkansas Travelers // 7/25, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com Tulsa Drillers vs Arkansas Travelers // 7/26, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com Tulsa Drillers vs Springfield Cardinals // 7/27, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com WWE Smackdown TV // 7/28, 7:00 pm, BOK Center, $17-$102, bokcenter.com/ Tulsa Drillers vs Springfield Cardinals // 7/28, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $2-$35, tulsadrillers.com

The Swinger David Scott, Rick D’Elia, Tomcat // 7/29, 7:30 pm, Loony Bin, $7, 7/30, 7:30 pm, Loony Bin, $2, 7/31, 7:30 pm, 10:00 pm, Loony Bin, $10, 8/1, 7:30 pm, 10:00 pm, Loony Bin, $10, loonybincomedy.com/tulsa/

Tulsa Drillers vs Springfield Cardinals // 7/29, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com

Homemade Fireworks // 7/30, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com/

Tulsa Roughnecks vs Vancouver Whitecaps 2 // 7/31, 7:30 pm, ONEOK Field, $8-$45, tulsaroughnecksfc.com/

Homemade Fireworks // 7/30, Hunt Club, thehuntclubtulsa.com/ Dear Diary! // 7/31, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, 8/1, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com/ Winston’s Improv Revenge // 7/31, 10:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com/

Tulsa Shock vs Phoenix Mercury // 7/30, 7:00 pm, BOK Center, $13-$173, shock.wnba.com/

Tulsa Shock vs Minnesota Lynx // 8/1, 7:00 pm, BOK Center, $13$173, shock.wnba.com/ Tulsa Roughnecks vs Arizona United SC // 8/2, 7:30 pm, ONEOK Field, $8-$45, tulsaroughnecksfc.com/ ARTS & CULTURE // 35

musicnotes

Jason Isbell at Cain’s | KEVIN PYLE

Small moments

Jason Isbell and John Moreland captivate Cain’s

by A. JAKOBER

“T

his is a song called ‘Cleveland County Blues,’” John Moreland bellowed to his enthusiastic Tulsa audience on a recent Monday evening. “It’s about how you shouldn’t move to Norman.”

The crowd laughed at the dig—Moreland recently relocated to Norman and then promptly moved back to Tulsa.

He launched into the song with the heartbroken words, “My baby is a tornado in the endless Oklahoma sky.” The mood of the room immediately shifted.

The Tulsa native opened for Jason Isbell at Cain’s Ballroom with an acoustic set of songs from his latest album, High on Tulsa Heat. Throughout the evening, Moreland captivated the crowd with his earnest take on love, loss, 36 // MUSIC

growing up and growing old in Oklahoma. His songs have a way of capturing the small, signifi cant moments that get away from so many of us. If anyone ever asks you what it’s like to grow up in Oklahoma, a copy of Heat is a good place to start.

I attended the concert with a close friend who lives and breathes the music of Jason Isbell. Thanks to this friend, I was already familiar with Isbell’s backstory—his departure from the Drive-by Truckers, his newfound sobriety and the accompanying creative resurgence with his acclaimed solo project, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.

After Moreland’s set, as the house lights dimmed and the stage again lit up announcing the imminent arrival of Isbell, my

friend said, “I might genuinely cry tonight.”

If the enthusiasm of a Jason Isbell crowd isn’t enough to win you over, Isbell himself surely will.

“This is a brand new damn song,” he announced before launching into “If it Takes a Lifetime,” the opening track from Isbell’s upcoming Something More Than Free. “Hell yeah!” fans loudly returned.

Standouts of the evening included a handful of songs from Isbell’s heralded 2013 breakthrough, Southeastern. Album opener “Cover Me Up” offered a moment of sentimentality, while the upbeat drum intro to “Stockholm” elicited vigorous cheers before Isbell had even begun singing. But the high point of the evening came near the end of the

set when Isbell treated fans to his Drive-By Truckers classic, “Decoration Day.” “When I was younger, I knew I had these songs that were going to be heard,” he told the crowd.

“But I hadn’t done anything yet.

So, I took the stories that family had passed down and told me— ‘These are the stories you don’t ever tell anybody!’—and turned them into songs. Don’t tell them I said that…” With the opening chords, the crowd roared.

The song—a dark story about familial resentment and generational sin—is a mammoth ballad driven by cutting guitars and extended instrumental sections.

Fulfi llment washed over me and a smile crossed my face. I looked to my friend, the Isbell follower, and saw tears of joy. a July 15 – August 4, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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musiclistings Wed // Jul 15 Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective – 5:00 pm Cain’s Ballroom – Saint Motel, The Moth & the Flame – 8:00 pm – ($10.45-$13) Colony – Tom Skinner Science Project Elwood’s – Bo Phillips – 7:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - BA – Ayngel & John – 9:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Amanda Preslar w/ Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 7:00 pm Hillman’s Garage – *Kill Vargas, Swap Meat, The Daddyo’s – 9 pm Hunt Club – The Brothers Moore IDL Ballroom – The Griswolds – 8:00 pm – ($12-$15) Mercury Lounge – *American Shadows, The Danner Party – 10:00 pm Mix Co – Mike Cameron Collective – 9:00 pm Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:30 pm Soundpony – The Sisters Sweet, Audra and the Whippoorwills – 10:00 pm

Thur // Jul 16 Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Boulevard Trash – Out of Time, Head Creeps, Iron Born, Heavens Final War, Shame, Mouth – 7:30 pm – ($10) Brady Theater – 3 Doors Down, Seether, Aranda – 7:30 pm – ($39.50, $57.50) Centennial Lounge – Randy Brumley – 8:00 pm Colony – Jacob Tovar & The Saddle Tramps, Wink Burcham, Kevin Gordon Enso – The Young Vines – 7:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - BA – Piano Man Tom Basler – 8:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Toast & JAM w/ C. Redd and Cynthia Jesseen – 10:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Darrel Cole – 8:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Scott Ellison – 3:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Phil Vaught – 7:00 pm Hunt Club – Ego Culture Mercury Lounge – The Sisters Sweet – 10:00 pm River Spirit Event Center – The Beach Boys – 7 pm – (SOLD OUT) Soundpony – Merel and Tony Happy Hour Show – 6:00 pm Soundpony – Knifight – 10:00 pm The Shrine – The Big Tree - Allman Brothers Tribute – ($5) Woody’s Corner Bar – Ben Neikirk

Fri // Jul 17 727 Club – The Risky Business Band – 7:00 pm Cain’s Ballroom – Cherokee Maidens & Sycamore Swing w/ Hankerin’ 4 Hank – 7:30 pm – ($18-$20) Centennial Lounge – Scott Ellison – 9:00 pm Club Route 66 – Slang – 9:00 pm Colony – Adrienne Gilley and the Can of Weird Crow Creek Tavern – RPM – 9:30 pm Downtown Lounge – Whiskey Dick, Saint Christopher – 8:00 pm 38 // MUSIC

R.I.P TOM SKINNER Elwood’s – Scott Musick, Restless Spirits – 8:00 pm Enso – Heavy Glow – 10:00 pm Enso – Groucho – 8:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Piano Show – 9:00 pm Fur Shop – Kelli Lynn and the Skillet Lickers – 8:00 pm Gypsy Coffee House – Andrew Michael – 9:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Phil Vaught – 9:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Travis Kidd – 5:30 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Stars – 9:00 pm Hunt Club – Decker and the Dusty Pearls IDL Ballroom – Roxshow - Tribute to Foreigner, Journey and Bon Jovi – 8:00 pm – ($10-$15) Lennie’s Club – David Dover – 9:00 pm Lokal – Scissortails Duo Mercury Lounge – Barnyard Stompers, Whiskey for the Lady, The Dirty Okie – 10:00 pm Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – Imzadi – 9:00 pm River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Annie Up – 9:00 pm River Spirit Event Center – The Beach Boys – 7:00 pm – (SOLD OUT) Smitty’s 118 Tavern – Joshua Yarbrough, Sneaky Pete – 8:00 pm Soul City – Wink Burcham, Levi Parham, Ali Harter, Nellie Clay – 8:00 pm – ($10) Soundpony – Afistaface – 10:30 pm The Shady Tree – Mine Enemies Fall, Severmind, Enslaved by Fear Vanguard – I Prevail, Dangerkids, Fit for Rivals, Dayseeker, The Animal in Me – 7:00 pm – ($15-$18) Woody Guthrie Center – *Samantha Crain CD Release – 7:00 pm – ($15) Yeti – The Danner Party Zin Wine Bar – Mark Gibson – 9:00 pm

Sat // Jul 18 Blue Rose Cafe – I Said Stop!

Blue Rose Cafe – Daydream Empire – 8:00 pm Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Boulevard Trash – The Blakstar Experience, Tampered Evolution, Abstract Entity, Brass Knuckle Riot, Obscure Sanity, Enslaved by Fear – 7:00 pm – ($5) Brady Theater – *Danzig, Pennywise, Cancer Bats, Dryvr – 7:30 pm – ($34) Cain’s Ballroom – Cody Canada & The Departed, Chance Anderson Band, Bo Phillips Band – 8:00 pm – ($16-$31) Centennial Lounge – Bull Finger – 9:00 pm Cimarron Bar – Seven Day Crash – 8:00 pm Colony – The Dirty Okie

Electric Circus – Falkirk, DJ Kylie, Dedboii – 9:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Piano Show – 9:00 pm Gypsy Coffee House – superdarren65 – 9:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Phil Vaught – 9:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Stars – 9:00 pm Hunt Club – Dante and the Hawks Lennie’s Club – David Dover – 9:00 pm Lokal – Erin O’Dowd, Adrienne Gilley Mercury Lounge – Humming House – 10:00 pm Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – Imzadi – 9:00 pm Peppers - South – Scott Musick River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Banana Seat – 9:00 pm Sandite Billiards & Grill – Cole Porter Band – 8:00 pm Soundpony – *2nd Annual Slack Celebration/Mr. Burns Mixtape Release – 10:00 pm The Joint @ Hard Rock Casino – The Swon Brothers, Corey Kent White – 8:00 pm – (435-$45) The Shrine – Murdock Birthday Bash – ($6-$8) Vanguard – Colin Babb, Wyatt Sanders, Foster Pace, The Lukewarm, Dad - The Band, The Crystal Cassettes – 7:00 pm – ($10)

Sun // Jul 19 Bohemian Pizza – Mike Cameron Collective – 9:00 pm Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing Dirty Knuckle Tavern – The Blue Dawgs – 3:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 6:30 pm Fur Shop – Darku J – 9:00 pm Mercury Lounge – Brandon Clark – 10:00 pm Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Sandy and Chuck Gardner – 5:00 pm Soundpony – *Girl Club, Noun Verb Adjective - Happy Hour Show – 6:00 pm Soundpony – Bitforce, Doug Funnie – 10:00 pm Vanguard – Mouth of the South, Darkness Divided – 2:30 pm – ($3$10) Vanguard – Jesse Lawson, Tad Caraway and Forrest Skaggs – 8:00 pm – ($4-$35) Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Good Ground

Mon // Jul 20 Colony – Open Mic hosted by Cody Clinton Fur Shop – Cypher 120 – 8:00 pm Guthrie Green – Open Mic – 7:30 pm Guthrie Green – Starlight Concert Band - Way Out West – 8:00 pm Juniper – Dean DeMerritt and Frank Brown – 6:30 pm Mercury Lounge – Sky Smeed and Tyler Gregory – 9:00 pm

Tues // Jul 21 Boulevard Trash – Dog Company, Merlinmason, Monochrome – 8:00 pm – ($5) Brady Theater – *Stephen Stills – 8:00 pm – ($49.50, $69.50)

Centennial Lounge – Open Mic & Jam – 8:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Preslar Music Showcase – 6:30 pm Guthrie Green – Starlight Jazz Orchestra – 8:00 pm Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic – 7:00 pm Lokal – Paul Benjaman Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham – 10:00 pm Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams – 5:30 pm Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:30 pm Soundpony – *The Sour Notes Happy Hour Show – 6:00 pm Vanguard – The Last Slice, The A-Okays, Be Like Max, Joystick – 8:00 pm – ($10-$12) Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Skibblez

Wed // Jul 22 BOK Center – Fall Out Boy, Wiz Khalifa, Hoddie Allen – 7:00 pm – ($29.75, $69) Colony – Tom Skinner Science Project Crow Creek Tavern – Dan Martin – 9:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - BA – Ayngel & John – 9:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Amanda Preslar w/ Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 7:00 pm Mercury Lounge – My Brother’s Keeper – 10:00 pm Mix Co – Mike Cameron Collective – 9:00 pm Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:30 pm

Thur // Jul 23 Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Centennial Lounge – The Plums – 8:00 pm Colony – Beau Roberson Downtown Lounge – Holy Grail, Death Vision – 8:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - BA – Piano Man Tom Basler – 8:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Toast & JAM w/ C. Redd and Cynthia Jesseen – 10:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Austin Cobb Band – 8:00 pm Hunt Club – Fine as Paint Mercury Lounge – Dale Watson and Ali Harter – 10:00 pm Mix Co – *Adrienne Gilley & the Band-O-Fun – 8:30 pm Soundpony – Psychic Heat – 10:30 pm

Fri // Jul 24 Brady Arts District – Center of the Universe Festival Centennial Lounge – Calvin Youngblood – 9:00 pm Colony – Chris Combs & The Dirty Warriors Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Piano Show – 9:00 pm Fur Shop – Grass Crack – 8:00 pm Gypsy Coffee House – Ms. Marilyn McCullock, Wheat Penny – 9 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Rivers Edge – 9:00 pm

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ART GALLERY & BAR

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THU 7/16 Comedy Night FRI 7/17

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Resurxtion: Duran Duran

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

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7/17 – SAMANTHA CRAIN

Lennie’s Club – David Dover – 9 pm Lokal – D-Lay Duo Mercury Lounge – Nic Armstrong & The Thieves, Ill fated – 10:00 pm Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – *Dark Side of the Moon Redux - Ghost Quartet ft. Sarah Maud – 7:30 pm – ($15-$25) Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – The Jumpshots – 9:00 pm Peppers - South – Dean DeMerritt Jazz Tribe ft. Pat Kelly – 8:30 pm The Shady Tree – Fight the Fade, Skytown, Anu Woody’s Corner Bar – Brandon Jackson Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Spin

Sat // Jul 25 Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Boulevard Trash – The Riot Waves, Plymouth Brady Arts District – Center of the Universe Festival Centennial Lounge – *Blues Society of Tulsa Solo/Duo Competition – 9:00 pm Coffee House on Cherry Street – Haven Alexandra Colony – Carter Sampson w/ Erik the Viking Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Piano Show – 9:00 pm Gypsy Coffee House – Onyx Owl, Hector & Alissa Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Kinsey Sadler – 9:00 pm Lennie’s Club – David Dover – 9:00 pm Lokal – Jack Wolfe Trio Mercury Lounge – The Damn Quails – 10:00 pm Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – The Jumpshots – 9:00 pm Peppers - South – Terry Cooper and Brea Anderson Slo Ride Saloon – The Blue Dawgs – 9:00 pm The Shady Tree – Wanda Watson Band, Julie and the Retrospex The Shrine – School of Thought Battles – ($10)

Sun // Jul 26 Bohemian Pizza – Mike Cameron Collective – 9:00 pm Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing Dirty Knuckle Tavern – The Blue Dawgs – 3:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 6:30 pm Fur Shop – Darku J – 9:00 pm Hideaway - Bartlesville – Red Dirt Rangers – 6:00 pm 40 // MUSIC

7/21 – SOUR NOTES

7/30 – SPORTS

8/1 – AMANDA X

Mercury Lounge – Brandon Clark – 10:00 pm Peppers - South – Youth Showcase – 2:00 pm Soundpony – Darku J – 10:00 pm The Shrine – *Mike Dillon Band – ($5-$10) Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Mikey B

Thur // Jul 30

Cain’s Ballroom – Alvin Crow & The Pleasant Valley Boys, The Round Up Boys – 7:30 pm – ($20-$35) Colony – Wink & Ali Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Piano Show – 9:00 pm Magoo’s – David Dover – 9:00 pm Mercury Lounge – Quaker City Night Hawks, Battling Giants – 10:00 pm Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – Lost On Utica – 9:00 pm Soundpony – Soul Night w/ DJ Sweet Baby Jaysus – 10:00 pm Vanguard – Mike Jones, Young Verse, Ben Sommers, Jay Reid, Steph Simon – 8:00 pm – ($18-$40) Zin Wine Bar – Joshua Yarbrough – 9:00 pm

Mon // Jul 27 Colony – Open Mic hosted by Cody Clinton Elwood’s – Mark Gibson – 7:00 pm Fur Shop – Cypher 120 – 8:00 pm Guthrie Green – Open Mic – 7:30 pm Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective – 5:00 pm

Tues // Jul 28 Centennial Lounge – Open Mic & Jam – 8:00 pm Elwood’s – Dan Martin – 6:30 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Preslar Music Showcase – 6:30 pm Guthrie Green – *Starlight Jazz Orchestra - Tribute to Billy Strayhorn – 8:00 pm Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic – 7:00 pm Lokal – *Travis Fite Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham – 10:00 pm Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams – 5:30 pm Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:30 pm The Tin Dog Saloon – The Blue Dawgs – 9:00 pm Vanguard – Deleasa, The House on Cliff, Time Atlas, Run 2 Cover, My Only Escape, Six Stories Tolk, Drew Ryniewicz – 7:00 pm – ($12-$30)Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Mikey B

Wed // Jul 29 Colony – Tom Skinner Science Project Crow Creek Tavern – 4Going Gravity – 8:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - BA – Ayngel & John – 9:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Amanda Preslar w/ Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 7:00 pm Hunt Club – The Brothers Moore Mix Co – Mike Cameron Collective – 9:00 pm Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:30 pm

Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Centennial Lounge – Gypsy Cold Cuts – 8:00 pm Colony – Dylan Stewart Elwood’s – Hosty Duo – 8:00 pm Foolish Things – *SPORTS CD/ Cassette Release Show Full Moon Cafe - BA – Piano Man Tom Basler – 8:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Toast & JAM w/ C. Redd and Cynthia Jesseen – 10:00 pm Mercury Lounge – *Travis Linville, The Rough & Tumble – 10:00 pm Soundpony – Ancient River, Who & The Fucks – 10:30 pm The Joint @ Hard Rock Casino – Bret Michaels – 8:00 pm – ($40-$60) Woody’s Corner Bar – Tyler Russell Yeti – Dirty Mugs, The Devils Cut

Fri // Jul 31 Boulevard Trash – *El Escapado, The Teasers – ($5) Brady Theater – *Alice in Chains – 8:00 pm – ($49.50-$59.50) Cain’s Ballroom – Chris Stapleton – 8:30 pm – ($17-$32) Centennial Lounge – Bull Finger – 9:00 pm Colony – *The Afrodelics Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Piano Show – 9:00 pm Gypsy Coffee House – Sen Moore, Acoustic Freight Train – 9:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Duke Mason – 9:00 pm Hunt Club – Eric Himan Lokal – Pete and Jennifer Marriott Mercury Lounge – Brandon Jenkins – 10:00 pm Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – Lost On Utica – 9:00 pm Peppers - South – Barton and Long River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Groove Pilots – 9:00 pm River Spirit Event Center – The Charlie Daniels Band – 7:00 pm – ($30-$50) Soul City – Dean DeMerritt Jazz Tribe – 9:00 pm Soundpony – Pagiins, Dead Shakes, Ten High – 10:00 pm The Shady Tree – Nicnos, Swampfox, Neoromantics The Shrine – *Rakim – ($25-$30)

Sat // Aug 1 Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Boulevard Trash – *Amanda X, The Spirit of the Beehive, Lizard Police, The Daddyo’s – 8:00 pm – ($6)

Sun // Aug 2 Bohemian Pizza – Mike Cameron Collective – 9:00 pm Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing Dirty Knuckle Tavern – The Blue Dawgs – 3:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 6:30 pm Guthrie Green – Lem Sheppard, Beau Roberson, Uncle Funkus – 2:30 pm Soundpony – *Ringo Deathstarr, Dead Shakes – 10:30 pm Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Good Ground

Mon // Aug 3 Colony – Open Mic hosted by Cody Clinton Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective – 5:00 pm Mercury Lounge – Drag the River – 9:00 pm Soundpony – Battling Giants – 10:30 pm

Tues // Aug 4 Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Preslar Music Showcase – 6:30 pm Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic – 7:00 pm Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham – 10:00 pm Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams – 5:30 pm Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:30 pm The Tin Dog Saloon – Dan Martin – 9:00 pm Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Skibblez July 15 – August 4, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

venuespotlight AMBASSADOR LOUNGE 9457 E. 31st Street 918.810.4315 THURS-SUN 7 p.m.-2 a.m.

BY JEANETTE ROBBINS-BILES HAILING FROM NAIROBI, KENYA, Gibson Owilli has created a laid-back Tulsa venue for reggae, soca and African music.

The club opened in January near 31st and Mingo and hosts DJs and soccer games regularly.

Growing up in Kenya, Owilli became interested in moving to the U.S. as he soaked up American breakdancing, hip-hop and R&B on the TV and radio. He came to the U.S. more than 15 years ago for a college scholarship and stayed to begin a new life in Oklahoma.

Every time I’ve visited the Ambassador Lounge (which is often), I’ve been greeted with a warm welcome from Owilli and the bartenders. The club has a unique, no-judgment atmosphere where people from all backgrounds can come to enjoy music, African food or a soccer game. There is no other bar in Tulsa where you’ll regularly meet Africans, Jamaicans, West Indians and other internationals. Multicultural venues like the Ambassador Lounge are exactly what we need to build a more progressive, inclusive entertainment scene in Tulsa.

“I want to represent the diversity of Tulsa and show Africans relaxing in their own clubs,” Owilli said. “This may ignite a passion for traveling to Africa and sharing the experience throughout the continent.”

The No. 1 reason to visit the Ambassador Lounge is the music. The club hosts top local and international DJs, impromptu BBQ on Sundays, ladies’ night on Thursdays, Reggae on Friday nights and African music on Saturdays.

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The beats are intoxicating, and the dance floor is big enough to accommodate most large groups. Admission is usually free, but the lounge charges a cover when celebrity DJs make an appearance.

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up at the Ambassador Lounge: JULY 17 AT 10 P.M. Senegalese drummers Sidya Cissokho and Thiane Douf will perform live drums and music. Here’s your opportunity to experience live traditional African rhythms before the African Takeover cultural arts festival Sunday, July 19 at Living Arts. (Learn more on p. 18) The show will include djembe drumming, dancing and crowd participation. During the breaks, a DJ will play music.

JULY 18 AT 10 P.M. Native Jamaican DJ Merrick has a huge local and national following. To get a taste, listen to his radio show Sundays from from 9-10 p.m. on 105.3 FM. Merrick Evans is a professional selector from Kingston, Jamaica. He’s now a resident of Tulsa and one of the best selectors in the state.

In Jamaica, there’s a difference between a selector and a DJ. A selector has a central role at a reggae dancehall party and has the influence of bringing in new music and up-and-coming reggae bands.

Selectors are also very vocal to get the crowd engaged.

JULY 24-25 World entertainer DJ Simple Simon—well known in the reggae and dancehall world for more than a decade—will be in Tulsa for two wild nights. DJ Simple Simon is also a selector from East Africa known for spinning the best in reggae and dancehall. He’s the executive producer of Africa’s premier reggae and dancehall video mixtape Riddim Up as well as its TV Reggae & Dancehall video mix show, Riddim Up Live. a MUSIC // 41

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‘Creep,’ ‘Mekko’ and ‘A Poem Is A Naked Person’

by JOE O’SHANSKY Creep “Creep” is one of the most unexpectedly effective fi lms of 2015.

For his debut feature, writer/ director Patrick Brice collaborated with Mark Duplass to create a supremely unnerving fi lm that should be viewed with as little advanced knowledge as possible (avoid the trailer).

Aaron (Brice) is a freelance videographer whose response to a

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Craigslist ad for a day’s video work leads him to a remote cabin in the woods. Josef (Duplass, who also co-wrote the largely improvised script) is his enthusiastic subject and employer—a husband and soon-to-be father dying of brain cancer who hired Aaron to create a video document of “the man he was” for his yet-unborn child.

Things feel weird almost immediately. Josef talks to Aaron with an assumed familiarity, acting as if they’re already the best of friends within minutes of meeting. His desperate need for connection is admirably genuine but intensely uncomfortable. Aaron, despite being wary of Josef ’s needy openness, fi nds himself reluctantly succumbing to his affable charms.

Josef is a weirdo, but he’s also intelligent, funny and sympathetically awkward.

But social awkwardness eventually gives way to something darker.

Josef refuses to let the day end, and Aaron becomes trapped in a nightmare of manners.

As a writer and director, Brice exhibits the same sense of emotional awareness and affi nity for characters that he displayed in “The Overnight”—the intricacies (and intimacy) of strangers becoming friends under strange pretenses. Brice expertly toys with our expectations in both fi lms, though “Creep” is, tonally, a different animal. In “The Overnight,” the trepidation eventually falls away.

“Creep” gleefully ratchets up the tension with a self-assurance that’s amazing, considering this is Brice’s fi rst fi lm.

The humor of both fi lms disarms us for the same purpose, and “Creep” is often funnier than its lighter counterpart. That’s largely due to Duplass, who subverts his earnest, nice-guy screen presence with a sinister, subtly revealed rottenness.

Brice is a fi ne actor, but his true strengths lie in his knack for naturalistic storytelling, sculpting tangibly real characters and eliciting charismatic performances.

“The Overnight” and “Creep,” released simultaneously on different platforms, represent a formidable one-two punch from a young fi lmmaker with a bright future.

“Creep” is available now on Netfl ix Instant.

Mekko Oklahoma-based auteur Sterlin Harjo earned acclaim out of the gate with his fi rst Sundance entry, a short fi lm called “Goodnight Irene.” The award-winning, Holdenville-born writer/director made his fi rst feature, “Four Sheets to the Wind,” in 2008 and returned to Sundance with his next two fi lms: the Zen-like elegy “Barking Water” and “This May Be the Last Time,” a haunting documentary of indigenous hymns told through the lens of Harjo’s grandfather’s mysterious disappearance in 1962.

The bedrock of native culture, family and respect is the golden thread that unifi es each of Harjo’s July 15 – August 4, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

fi lms, along with the bucolic Oklahoma setting.

With his latest, “Mekko,” Harjo folds those elements into a more direct genre thriller, and the results are at once familiar and revelatory.

Mekko (Rod Rondeaux) is an ex-con on parole after 19 years in prison. His old hometown is now a ghostly, Picher-esque Superfund site, the groundwater poisoned from lead mining. So he travels to Tulsa with the hope of staying with his sister and leaving his past (and his demons) behind.

Rebuffed when she doesn’t believe he’s changed his stripes, Mekko falls in with an old friend and acclimates to life on the streets.

When a wheelchair-bound derelict (Scott Mason) turns up dead, Mekko is set on a collision course with Bill (Zahn McClarnon), a psychopathic drug dealer who gets off on beating the shit out of the helpless addicts who owe him money (kind of like a sub-prime lender with a crowbar). The fi lm builds to an explosive confrontation between Bill and the stoic Mekko.

Crafting an intoxicating tale, Harjo blends his vérité sensibilities with an evocative character study steeped in taut drama. The fi lm elicits moments of profound emotion (and Harjo’s typically warm sense of humor) as Mekko seeks to reclaim his dignity while holding fast to his humanity.

Rondeaux gives a natural, utterly opaque performance suffused with world-weary calm— an unaffected counterpoint to McClarnon’s chilling turn as Bill, whose barely restrained malevolence takes on the near-mythical qualities of the legends that shaped Mekko’s life.

The fi lm looks great, as lensed

by Shane Brown and edited by Matt Leach, Blackhorse Crowe and Harjo, and the story is strong enough to make the familiarity of the locale an afterthought.

Circle Cinema will screen “Mekko” on July 18.

A Poem Is A Naked Person After years of legal wrangling, Les Blank’s documentary “A Poem is A Naked Person,” perhaps his THE TULSA VOICE // July 15 – August 4, 2015

magnum opus, is fi nally receiving a proper release.

Comprised of footage shot by the legendary documentarian from 1972-1974 at Leon Russell’s studio compound on Grand Lake, “Poem” captures moments during Russell’s most fertile period as a songwriter. Blank provides a view of the pivotal collaborations that infl uenced decades of rock ‘n’ roll and etched an indelible mark on Oklahoma history.

The fi lm’s lack of a discernible narrative contributes to its guerilla elegance. Scenes of pastoral life and Russell’s rural Oklahoma neighbors are interspersed with more esoteric images that act as borders between the live performances and fl y-on-the-wall moments of rehearsal. The fi lm eventually takes on an unmoored, dreamlike quality. That’s not to say it’s random; Blank’s innate sensibility is as perceptive as it is instinctual. The result is a mélange of enigmatic history and wonderfully immediate glimpses of legendary titans at the height of their creative powers. Blank transports us to their world.

Leon Russell hated it, though I’m not quite sure why. He comes off as a cool character, for what it’s worth. And the fi lm was considered

by Blank himself to be his best. Regardless, that’s why it only received an offi cial premiere just last March at the SXSW Film Festival (with Russell’s blessing), after years of Blank exhibiting it himself. For free.

Apparently, he loved it that much.

Fortunately, Blank’s son Harrod waded through the legal issues and championed the fi lm’s release after his father’s death in 2013. And rightly so. The performances alone, from Russell and his band (including appearances by Willie Nelson and George Jones, among others) make “A Poem Is A Naked Person” a profoundly important document.

It’s a wholly unique fi lm, even in the realm of Les Blank’s stellar career of peerless timepieces.

“A Poem Is A Naked Person” opens August 5 at Circle Cinema with Leon Russell, Harrod Blank and co-producer Maureen Gosling in attendance. Visit circlecinema. com for details. a

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One-year-old KASSANDRA is already a mother of two! Being a mom is great and all, but Kassandra’s ready to experience life on her own. An 8-pound Siamese with sableand-white fur, she loves hanging out in laps and being petted and brushed.

The Tulsa SPCA has been helping animals in our area since 1913. The shelter never euthanizes for space and happily rescues animals from high-kill shelters. They also accept owner surrenders, rescues from cruelty investigations and hoarding and puppy mill situations. Animals live on-site or with fosters until they’re adopted. All SPCA animals are micro-chipped, vaccinated, spayed/neutered and treated with preventatives.

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by Chuck Shepherd

Least Competent Criminals Gary Elliott, 19, was arrested shortly after someone had ripped a hole in the ceiling of Al’s Army Navy store in Orlando, Florida, and — expertly shimmying down a rope, then back up — made off with about 70 guns in a bag. (“It must be Spider-Man,” was proprietor Neal Crasnow’s first thought.) However, minutes after the burglary, Elliott came to a police officer’s attention on the street, bleeding, carrying the large bag — and pedaling away on his “getaway” vehicle, which was a genuine tricycle (yes — three wheels!).

Family Values In a recent BBC documentary, the son of renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking (Tim, now 36) revealed that his dad is “hugely competitive” and showed him “no compassion at all” when he was growing up. Tim said two of his few avenues of coping with such a famous, oblivious father were when he used to race around in his dad’s specialized (and expensive) wheelchair (pretending it was a go-kart) and, for those deliciously awkward moments, adding cuss words to his father’s synthesized speech software.

Latest Religious Messages Jihadists governing ISIS’ Euphrates province recently outlawed the popular hobby of breeding pigeons and threatened violators with fl ogging and imprisonment.

The ban was initially thought to be aimed at frustrating pigeon-messaging to the outside world, but the published prohibition mentions other justifi cations — the hobby’s frivolity (wasting time that could better be spent praying) and the special offense to God (because pigeons are “uncovered,” with exposed genitals).

In a June YouTube video reported by various news sites, Tempe, Arizona, pastor Steven Anderson (Faithful Word Baptist Church) prayed for God to “rip out the heart” of Caitlyn Jenner, for whom Anderson expresses “a perfect THE TULSA VOICE // July 15 – August 4, 2015

hatred” for announcing she was no longer Bruce.

On his “700 Club” TV program in June, Pat Robertson patiently explained to a grieving mother why God could have allowed her 3-year-old son to die of illness — that God saw the big picture and knew, for instance, that the kid could have become a serial killer or contracted a hideous disease, and that she should be relieved that God took him early.

Leading Economic Indicators Sweden has unemployment issues, like most countries, but, still, the Oliver & Eva sex shop was not prepared for the deluge when the nation’s Employment Service website posted its opening to hire a “sex toy tester.” Until the service was forced to pull the announcement, applications were coming in at the rate of one every 20 seconds, with 14,000 emails greeting the employer the fi rst morning.

The sex shop emphasized that the tester must be “driven,” “methodical” and “with patience” and a knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

Themes Adam Hirtle, 30, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, checked into a hospital on June 10 after intentionally shooting himself in the foot with a .22-caliber handgun — twice, “curious” to see how it felt (with and without his boot to compare pain levels).

Jeremiah Raber, 38, recently commenced a crowdfunding campaign for a kids’ sports version of his “Nutshellz” jockstrap — according to Raber the strongest such apparel in the world, made from breakthrough “Dyneema” (supposedly half the weight of Kevlar but twice as strong).

Recently, using a “.22 long rifl e,” Raber had business partner Matt Heck shoot him directly in the delicate area, but according to Raber, he felt just a “tap.”

Aerobatic Drivers A 79-year-old woman in Markgroeningen, Germany, hit a ditch coming down a hill and fl ipped through a wall into the second fl oor of a storage depot, resulting in only minor injuries (June).

A car speeding over a ramp sailed off a road in Durban, South Africa, crashing back-end-fi rst through the roof of a one-story home, resting with the front end pointing straight up. Neither driver nor resident was hurt (July).

evidence of drug-dealing, a UPS driver appeared at the door to make a routine delivery — of four pounds of marijuana.

A News of the Weird Classic (July 2010) Things looked grim for Carlos Simon-Timmerman, arrested by U.S. border agents in Puerto Rico for bringing a child-sex video home from a holiday in Mexico. The star of “Little Lupe the Innocent” looked very young, and federal prosecutors in April (2010) called an “expert witness” pediatrician, who assured the jury, based on the girl’s underdevelopment, that she was a minor. However, Simon-Timmerman’s lawyer had located “Lupe” via her website, and she cheerfully agreed to fl y in from her home in Spain with her passport and other documents to prove, at a dramatic point in the trial, that she was 19 (and “legal”) when the video was made. Simon-Timmerman was acquitted. a 7/1 SOLUTION: UNIVERSAL SUNDAY

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free will astrology

by ROB BREZSNY

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22):

July is barely half over, but your recent scrapes with cosmic law have already earned you the title of “The Most Lyrically Tormented Struggler of the Month.” Another few days of this productive mayhem and you may be eligible for inclusion in the Guinness Book of World Records. I could see you being selected as “The Soul Wrangler with the Craziest Wisdom” or “The Mythic Hero with the Most Gorgeous Psychospiritual Wounds.” But it’s my duty to let you know that you could also just walk away from it all. Even if you’re tempted to stick around and see how much more of the entertaining chaos you can overcome, it might be better not to. In my opinion, you have done enough impossible work for now.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “People who have their feet planted too firmly on the ground have difficulty getting their pants off,” said author Richard Kehl. That’s good advice for you in the coming weeks. To attract the help and resources you need, you can’t afford to be overly prim or proper. You should, in fact, be willing to put yourself in situations where it would be easy and natural to remove your pants, throw off your inhibitions, and dare to be surprising. If you’re addicted to business-as-usual, you may miss opportunities to engage in therapeutic play and healing pleasure.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “A failure is a person who has blundered but is not able to cash in on the experience,” wrote American author Elbert Hubbard. In light of this formulation, I’m pleased to announce that you are likely to achieve at least one resounding success in the coming weeks. At this juncture in your destiny, you know exactly how to convert a past mistake into a future triumph. A gaffe that once upon a time brought you anguish or woe will soon deliver its fully ripened teaching, enabling you to claim a powerful joy or joyful power.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The poet Mary Ruefle describes reading books as “a great extension of time, a way for one person to live a thousand and one lives in a single lifespan.” Are there other ways to do that? Watching films and plays and TV shows, of course. You can also listen to and empathize with people as they tell you their adventures. Or you can simply use your imagination to visualize what life is like for others. However you pursue this expansive pleasure, Scorpio, I highly recommend it. You are set up to absorb the equivalent of many years’ experience in a few short weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian rapper Nicki Mina j is not timid about going after what she wants. She told Cosmopolitan magazine that she’s “high-maintenance in bed.” Every time she’s involved in a sexual encounter, she demands to have an orgasm. In accordance with the current astrological omens, Sagittarius, I invite you to follow her lead -- not just during your erotic adventures, but everywhere else, too. Ask for what you want, preferably with enough adroitness to actually obtain what you want. Here’s another critical element to keep in mind: To get exactly what you want, you must know exactly what you want.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A college basketball player named Mark Snow told reporters that “Strength is my biggest weakness.” Was he trying to be funny? No. Was he a bit dim-witted? Perhaps. But I’m not really interested in what he meant by his statement. Rather, I want to hijack it for my own purpose, which is to recommend it as a meditation for you in the coming weeks. Can you think of any ways that your strength might at least temporarily be a weakness? I can. I suspect that if you rely too much on the power you already possess and the skills you have previously mastered, you may miss important clues about what you need to learn next. The most valuable lessons of the coming weeks could come to you as you’re practicing the virtues of humility and innocence and receptivity.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In Margaret Mitchell’s novel Gone with the Wind, Rhett Butler delivers the following speech to Scarlett O’Hara: “I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken -- and I’d rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and

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

see the broken places as long as I lived.”

Your oracle for the near future, Aquarius, is to adopt an approach that is the exact opposite of Rhett Butler’s. Patiently gather the broken fragments and glue them together again. I predict that the result will not only be as good as new; it will be better. That’s right: The mended version will be superior to the original.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Australian actress Rebel Wilson has appeared in several successful movies, including Bridesmaids, Bachelorette, and Pitch Perfect. But she didn’t start out to be a film star. Mathematics was her main interest. Then, while serving as a youth ambassador in South Africa at age 18, she contracted malaria.

At the height of her sickness, she had hallucinatory visions that she would one day be “a really good actress who also won an Oscar.” The visions were so vivid that she decided to shift her career path. I foresee the possibility that you will soon experience a version of her epiphany. During a phase when you’re feeling less than spectacular, you may get a glimpse of an intriguing future possibility.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Stop Making Sense” was originally the name of the film and music soundtrack produced by the Talking Heads in the 1980s, and now it is the central theme of your horoscope. I think your brain would benefit from a thorough washing. That’s why I invite you to scour it clean of all the dust and cobwebs and muck that have accumulated there since its last scrub a few months back. One of the best ways to launch this healing purge is, of course, to flood all the neural pathways with a firehose-surge of absurdity, jokes, and silliness. As the wise physician of the soul, Dr. Seuss, said, “I like nonsense. It wakes up the brain cells.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When you read a book that has footnotes, you tend to regard the footnotes as being of secondary importance. Although they may add color to the text’s main messages, you can probably skip them without losing much of the meaning. But I don’t recommend this approach in the coming days. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, footnotes will carry crucial information that’s important for you to know. I mean this in a metaphorical sense as you live your life as well as in the literal act of reading books. Pay close attention to the afterthoughts, the digressions, and the asides.

MASTER

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The English word “quiddity” has two contrary definitions. It can refer to a trivial quibble. Or it can mean the essential nature of a thing -- the quality that makes it unique. I suspect that in the coming weeks you will get numerous invitations to engage with quiddities of both types. Your first task will be to cultivate an acute ability to know which is which. Your second task: Be relentless in avoiding the trivial quibbles as you home in on the essential nature of things.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “A poet must not cross an interval with a step when he can cross it with a leap.” That’s an English translation of an aphorism written by French author Joseph Joubert. Another way to say it might be, “A smart person isn’t drab and plodding as she bridges a gap, but does it with high style and brisk delight.” A further alternative: “An imaginative soul isn’t predictable as she travels over and around obstacles, but calls on creative magic to fuel her ingenious liberations.” Please use these ideas during your adventures in the coming weeks, Cancerian.

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ACROSS 1 West and Jemison 5 What sirens do 10 Course taken after trig, often 14 Pull with difficulty 18 Reach an accord 20 Athenian marketplace 21 Blue Bonnet, e.g.

22 “If all ___ fails ...”

23 Writing implements 25 Cooked in a wok 27 Transmission stuff 28 Large book size 30 Valuable rock 31 More like a fish 34 Give a ___ the back 35 Tom, Dick or Harry 38 Poi ingredients 39 On ___ (without a contract) 41 Theme of a composition 43 Hall of Fame NFL coach Chuck 45 English race place 46 “... ___ he drove out of sight ...”

47 Verdi’s classic opera 49 Teensy 50 Alpine transport 51 Close, as an envelope 53 TV dinner name 56 Hotel freebie 57 Fleming who created 007 58 Socks cover them 60 Sudden strong breezes 62 Chaplin of early films 64 European blackbird (var.)

65 Olympic racing sleds 66 Blockhead 67 Major network 69 Barnyard mama 70 Contents of many barrels

71 73 75 79

4 Place for some old ships 5 Hoglike Asian animals 6 “Good grief!”

7 Floor-washing tool 8 Introductory remarks 9 Divination deck 10 Trig function 11 A chorus line 12 “Aloha” accompanier 13 City near San Diego 14 From this point forward 15 Baba who tangled with thieves 16 “It’s no ___!”

17 Was in charge 19 Join the Army 24 Requiring payment 26 Cook chicken, in a way 29 “That’s funny!” in texts 31 Radio interference 32 “Rock the ___” (hit song for the Clash) 33 Deep mysteries 34 Social legend Mesta 35 Awry 36 Not at all 37 Votes in office 40 Ring, like bells 42 Yankee great Mickey 44 Jeans brand 48 Cause of hand-wringing 51 Check for odors 52 ___ out a living 53 Old French coin 54 Type of bison 55 From square one 58 Struck with fear 59 Push through a crowd 61 Fruit that sounds unattractive 63 Lion’s sound

Harbor structure Grow dark Simplest to do 1,000 large calories 80 Hard time, to inmates 83 “Malcolm X” director Spike 84 Common Market letters 85 Uniform decoration 87 Classic toy: ___ A Sketch 88 Pottery baker 89 Keyboard key 90 Ball girls (Abbr.)

91 Delivery vehicle 92 “Boxcars” at Reno 93 Bypass 95 Where “e’en” is seen 98 Dutch cheese 100 “Crazy” singer Patsy 101 Make busts 103 Sixteen ounces 105 Australis and borealis 107 Mai ___ (rum drink) 108 Be there in spirit?

109 Disassemble, aboard ship 110 Simple kitchen appliance 114 Inmate’s dream 119 Any of five Norwegian kings 120 Bering and Caspian 121 “Peter, Peter, Pumpkin ___” 122 America’s bird 123 Popular meat 124 Ripped 125 Lip application 126 Groan’s partner DOWN 1 “Treasure Island” prop 2 Mature 3 East ender?

65 Aquarium bottom-feeder 67 Contract provision 68 Get-out-of-jail money 71 Some snails 72 Filled with activity 74 Suffix with “high” or “low” 75 List-shortening letters 76 Magical drink 77 1997 Jennifer Lopez biopic 78 Present and future 79 Hot or iced drinks 80 Frilly neckpiece 81 Check your arithmetic 82 Sicilian volcano 86 Most energetic 88 2.2 pounds 91 Like certain shark fins 92 Book copier of old 94 Delay 96 Far from abundant 97 Crossword solver, apparently 99 Estate houses 102 Once around the track 104 Unfasten, in a way 106 Caterer’s coffeemaker 108 Use one’s ears 109 Aspirin has several 110 Corn holder 111 Pub offering 112 Scottish refusal 113 Keanu in “The Matrix” 115 “What was ___ think?”

116 Big item in Hollywood?

117 Pie ___ mode 118 Baseball legend Griffey

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