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Despite that, the entire time I was drinking, I never thought it was a problem. Showing up to work hungover and smelling like booze never crossed my mind as a bad thing. In my mind, I was saying, “At least I’m here.” I thought I was a working alcoholic and doing a really good job but my performance was, in a word, dismal. I was fired, but if I’m being honest, I would have fired my ass long before that. I was given every opportunity to get help but I was too deep in the hole to ever think about it seriously. I used my past Publisher Bryan Hallman successes to land a job out of town. This was a Editor’s note: Bryan has never kept his recovery secret. He | Photo Berlin Green horrible decision. But I was making horrible dehas watched his staff pass cans around the office. He bought us a cisions daily. Hell, I was making them hourly. round when he dropped by to congratulate us at the bar for getting Sixty-five days later, I was asked to leave. I had let alcohol ruin another job I loved.

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For years, Oklahoma City’s craft brewery scene has surged with little to no sign of slowing down. A burgeoning market with plenty of demand, it seemed a safe route for those with brew-dreams to take a chance, instead, it was a road full of challenges and uncertainty as the COVID-19 pandemic spread last year.

Pandemic imminent

Sitting in a conference room a few doors down from his taproom in northwest Ok la homa City, Charn Langford, CEO of Broke Brewing Co., recalled how he was just about to open his brewery when he started hearing about the virus.

In early January, 2020, Langford said he and some friends were drinking beer at the brewery and as he pulled out a Corona, one of his friends made a joke about the beer and the virus. He said the joke didn’t make much sense because at that time he hadn’t heard of the virus that had already spread from Asia to Europe.

Looking into it, Langford said he didn’t think it would amount to much.

“It’s not going to come here, and if it does, I’m sure it won’t be any big deal, it’ll be like swine flu or something. It will be all on the news for 2 months and then it will be over,” Langford said of this reaction to hearing about the virus over a year ago. “(We) joked around about it and proceeded to move on to the next topic. Little did we know that it was going to take up an entire year of everybody’s life and collective consciousness would just only be about that.”

After years of hard work to realize

his dream, the brewery opened its doors to the public on Feb. 29, 2020, only to be forced to close for inperson service 17 days later as the city required all bars to close response to the growing number of Covid cases.

“That whole time period, it was a lot of shock, disbelief. That washes over you and you’re left with ‘what now? We’re too far into it,’” Langford said of how he felt during the roughly two-month shutdown. “At that point we were two years in from when we started talking about doing a brewery and then making plans and purchasing equipment, finding a space, build out,

everything. I mean, we’re too invested, we’re not stopping. That was something that was never really a question.”

Pushing any notion of closing down shop, Langford said he quickly started thinking of how they were going to shift plans and work on simply surviving. A canning operation, that was originally planned for months down the road, quickly became a main focus and a learning experience as the company dealt with supply shortages, including the cans themselves, due to the pandemic.

Selling their canned beer helped to bring in a little revenue, which kept the lights on and allowed for the purchase of more grain to brew more beer, but the doors needed to be open for any kind of sustainability for such a new business.

On May 15, 2020, the bar closure

order was lifted, and Broke Brewing was allowed to pour again. Langford said unlike more established brewers in the state that he said had the luxury of waiting to see when they wanted to reopen, he had to go forward and get the beer flowing.

“It was like, ‘oh, we’re allowed to open? Okay, we’re doing it.’ It felt risky even at the time, it’s like, ‘how bad is it?’

Even then, there were still more questions than answers about Covid. Now, on the other side of it, we know so much more,” he said.

Following all recommended guidelines of space and cleanliness, Langford said people started trickling in, many from nearby neighbors that were more than likely getting a bit stir-crazy from quarantining from home. In the following months, those neighborhood customers became taproom regulars, and a tight bond was formed.

“The people that we had coming in every week were locals that live in these neighborhoods around. We figured out where our collective comfort level was and what precautions needed to be in place. If we noticed that our customStonecloud Brewery ers were uncomfortable Mural By Carlos Barboza | Photo Phillip Danner about this or that, then we would change things. We kind of grew to be in each other’s bubble,” he said.

During the summer, Langford said he started seeing new faces coming around, what he dubbed “COVID tourists.” As restrictions continued to t ig hten across t he country, Langford recalled guests from neighboring states and from as far away as California continued on pg 7

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coming to enjoy the level of freedom Oklahoma City.

Business continued steadily into the fall and winter, but a freak ice storm in late October led to widespread power outages around the city and those early patrons the brewery had depended on and befriended were soon depending on the brewery.

Without power for only about a day, Langford said their taproom soon became a haven for their neighbors needing a warm place to hang out, an outlet to charge their phone and a tasty beer to help forget about the dark and cold of their homes.

As things continue to normalize in the city and around the country, Langford said business is good and sales

are trending upward. Despite the rough launch, he’s still able to focus in on the positives in a sea of negative.

“Now, things are opening up, we get tons of fresh faces. At the beginning, we had our people that came in, and it was just those people. It’s been kind of neat, we have a really great relationship with all of those people. They still come in all the time. Some of the reminisce about the times when they were like, ‘it was like my private little bar,’” he said.

“It was really fun. Those parts of it.”

We got a Couple of Days in

Located off of Film Row in Oklahoma City, Core4 Brewing Company is another among the city’s latest brewery taproom concepts. Like Broke Brewing

Fair Weather Friends Brewery and taproom | Photo Phillip Danner

Co., the concept for Core4 had been kicking around for a couple of years before they were able to open their doors, said co-founder Amy Simon.

“We signed our lease on this in October of 2018. It was until I think the next summer, June, our building permit finally got approved to start build up,” she said.

Leading up to their 2020 opening, Simon held a similar belief that COVID-19 would have little impact on Oklahoma.

“After the first of the year. I think kind of like everybody, we’re like ‘it’s an Asian issue’ kind of like some of the diseases before and we shouldn’t have to worry about it, it’s not going to get here,” Simon said.

“By the week before opening we started to get really nervous, because that’s when they start saying ‘well, there’s a couple of cases in Oklahoma and this is spreading in other cities, we’re starting to shut down.’ So, we knew that something bad was probably coming,” she said.

With a grand opening of March 14, 2020, customers had precious few days to sample the brewery’s beer before the city shut down.

“Got a couple of days in,” Simon said.

“Probably the most dramatic week I’ve probably had in my entire life. As far as highs, ‘everything is great, we opened our business and we’re so excited’ to ‘oh my gosh, what’s happening to the world?’ It was scary.”

Like Langford, Simon said shutting down the new business was off the table and they remained open, selling 32 oz. growlers out the door until restrictions were eased in May, 2020.

Opening back up wasn’t a choice either, as they had no reserve money and were “just barely getting by,” Simon said. So, they took all necessary precautions, spacing out tables and requiring all those inside their space wear a mask, and they customers started showing up.

Made up of a mix of people they had already known, service industry

Beer slush at Core4 Brewery in Filmrow Alley | Photo Phillip Danner

workers and craft beer enthusiasts, Simon said they did fairly well after opening back up.

By June, they started having live music and events as they catered to those going longing for a sense of normalcy after having to shelter in place.

At the time, the number of new COIVD19 cases had remained steady for the state and Gov. Kevin Stitt had just announced the state would be entering Phase 3 of the “Open Up and Recover Safely plan.”

“In Oklahoma, it wasn’t a crazy outbreak, the hospitals weren’t overloaded, and I think at that point there were still a lot of people that weren’t too concerned,” Simon said. “It seemed like it took a long time in Oklahoma before it really blew up as bad.”

Business waned for Core4 in the winter, which Simon said is somewhat typical for businesses and restaurants, but a sharp rise in the number of COVID-19 cases also likely played a contributing role.

After a dreary few months, peppered with ice and snow storms, business picked up substantially once spring arrived.

“Once March hit again, people were ready to get out, the weather was warming up. We had our anniversary party. There were people that came out we hadn’t seen in a year, they hadn’t been here, they’d barely been out of their house. It was kind of like of a reunion,” she said.

Hopeful for things going forward, Simon said she’s excited for the summer travel season and the out-of-state visitors that will be walking the streets of downtown Oklahoma City, but while the state seems to be operating almost at pre-pandemic status, there are still lasting effects.

“We’re just really anxious for true business travel to pick back up, which I continued on pg 8

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think it’s going to take a while because we kind of shifted how we do things a little bit,” Simon said.

Late Start

For Adrienne Jaskula, it has been a nearly 12-year journey with her husband, Reed Jaskula, to open their own brewery.

The couple met in college, and both had a passion for craft beer, a passion which soon became a career.

“I kind of focused a little bit more on the sales, distribution, logistics, taproom-focused side of owning a brewery.

He focused on kind of working his way up the ladder in brewing,” Adrienne Jaskula said. “We both worked in Cleveland for a brewery called Platform and we opened probably four locations for them before we got the opportunity to move to Oklahoma. Reed opened Prairie OKC here and that’s kind of what brought us to town and I opened Stonecloud. It’s been in the works for a long, long time.”

Originally, their brewery, FairWeather Friend, was on schedule to open between late summer and early fall of 2020, with construction beginning in February, 2020.

“We were absolutely crushed by the pandemic. We were supposed to open in August to October of last year. We started construction a month before shutdown.

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Lively Brewery and Taproom | Photo Phillip Danner

of ways. Cost of construction materials went up dramatically, freight went up dramatically,” Adrienne Jaskula said.

More than a year later, she said it’s still difficult to get some materials they need, referencing an 8-week wait for a single part.

“We were delayed by 8-10 months and with the same amount of money on the line and no way to get things wrapped up and open and no even partial opportunity for revenue. It was a huge challenge,” she said.

When asked about government loans to help offset costs, Adrienne Jaskula said they qualified for one round of the Paycheck Protection Program, which would cover paying her husband, but weren’t eligible for any other assistance programs.

“We didn’t qualify for anything else because we didn’t have a loss in gross revenue because we didn’t have gross revenue,” she said.

Opening up to the public on May 16, Adrienne Jaskula said they now qualify for another government assistance program that they’re hopeful for.

“We do, in fact, qualify this time for the restaurant revitalization fund and I tell you I pray all day, every day that we get some help from that, because we absolutely could use it,” she said.

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brewery to be a space that’s familyfriendly and lends itself to lounging rather than a quick drink and run.

“In Cleveland, where we’re from, it’s very much like a family thing to go to a brewery for a day. It was kind of sad for us when we first moved here to see children were not allowed in taprooms, they weren’t necessarily family friendly when they could,” she said.

In the space she and her husband have developed, Adrienne Jaskula said she hopes to see a taproom frequented by a diverse group of people, and their woodfired pizza oven is a key ingredient.

“Having food, which is kind of really important to us, some people want to sit and hang out, they can bring their kids and have something to eat,” she said.

The reception so far has been very positive since their opening in mid-May, even despite not having a traditional grand opening, which Adrienne Jaskula said is fairly vital to beginning success

for a new business but chose not to host one due to the continuing pandemic.

She said some people are still a bit apprehensive to come out, but their large patio has been busy as many choose to spread out outdoors when they weather cooperates.

“I think we’ll be fine, I think we’ll do well. It’s just getting going after the hurdles of getting the brewery open at a time where we had the pandemic and we had snowpocalypse, and we had the ice storm from hell and we had every possible crazy random thing thrown at us,” she said.

“It’s been a crazy journey for sure.

But we’re there.”

Broke Brewing beer flight and taproom. | Photo Berlin Green

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Welcome to Oklahoma, America.

This is occurring in an era when the decriminalization of the next wave of psychoactive substances — entheogens, namely psilocybin or psychedelic mushrooms — are rapidly being decriminalized or outright legalized.

“Why is marijuana illegal? It grows naturally upon our planet.

Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit paranoid? It’s nature. How do you make nature against the fuckin’ law?” Bill Hicks asked in his last stand-up special before his death nearly 30 years ago.

So how do we?

Even United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas opined last week, “A prohibition on interstate use or cultivation of marijuana may no longer be necessary or proper to support the federal government’s piecemeal approach.”

That’s right. One of America’s most conservative justices said that our cannabis laws are out of date. It only took a patch-

Even though — per capita — Oklahoma has gotten the cannabis question more correct than anywhere on the planet, the state’s highest court is still living in The Twilight Zone, or at least something syndicated in black-and-white.

A “That marijuana possession is legal in Oklahoma for those who are issued a valid medical marijuana license does not change the fact that marijuana possession otherwise is generally a crime in Oklahoma. Several states have determined that decriminalization of marijuana does not equate to blanket legalization and thus, the odor (or presence) of marijuana remains a factor indicating criminal activity despite statutes which decriminalize marijuana possession in certain circumstances,” Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Gary L. Lumpkin.

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With the state’s unemployment numbers fluctuating wildly, Gov. Kevin Stitt has decided to reinstate the “Oklahoma Standard” set by Republicans towards how much they’re willing to actually love their neighbor.

Which is to say, as little as required by their gerrymandered laws.

“We are pleased to report that the unemployment rate for Oklahoma fell to 4 percent for May 2021 ... Pre-pandemic in February of 2020 the state’s unemployment rate was at 3.1 percent.

This indicates there is still room for improvement in helping people rejoin the state workforce,” Oklahoma Employ ment Securit y Commission Executive Director Shelley Zumwalt told the Tulsa World.

In order to cattle prod people out of the house and into the labor market, “Stitt announced May 17 that he was canceling the state’s participation in temporary federal pandemic-related unemployment

benefit programs, including a $300 weekly payment,” the Tulsa World reported.

Stitt doesn’t have the balls to say the quiet part out loud, so we will: In a period of unparalleled social and economic tumult, he is betting that one percent of people still needing a hand are really just a bunch of lazy, greedy bastards sprawled on their sofas surrounded by empties rather than the single parents, gig-workers, artist types and every other person, who on one level or another were left with a world decimated by the professional and personal tsunami that washed over each and every one of us in the last 16 months. Some of us happened to end up on higher ground than others. But Republicans can’t even be bothered to toss a rope.

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Ice Cream It’s the time of year again.

When your thermostat can’t go any lower and the best way to cool down is with a sweet treat, these seven locations make their own ice cream sure to excite your taste buds as you escape the heat.

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If you want to go to a neveria, but are worried about a potential language barrier, Snack Attack is perfect. Owned by the same family that operates Refresqueria Las Delicias (1107 SW 59th Street), Snack Attack offers many of the treats like tamales, homemade ice creams, agua frescas and nachos, but cater to an Englishspeaking audience.

Connected to a taqueria with the same name, this 23rd Street location is a onestop shop for some of the best al pastor tacos in the city (carved from a spinning roaster with an open flame called a trompo) and homemade ice cream. Once you’ve eaten a meal, head next door when you can finish with fresh, home-made ice cream and agua frescas.

Kaiser’s has the history, but no brand is more synonymous for Oklahoma City ice cream than Roxy’s. With three storefronts, and a host of retailers and restaurants both selling standalone Roxy’s products or using their homemade ice cream in dishes, there’s no debating the biggest ice cream influencer. Try a classic like its cookies and cream or venture to a seasonal flavor.

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It’s a machine Capitals Ice Cream founders often referred to as “The Swirler,” that makes this midtown location (as well as its Cities Ice Cream location in Edmond) standout from the pack. The machine, which was popularized in New Zealand where abundant fresh fruit is whipped into ice cream, whips all sorts of mix-ins into one cohesive bite that is sure to please your taste buds and attract likes on social media.

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The combination of pizza and ice cream is the perfect combination, no matter your age. Connected to Birria Birria Craft Pizza, customers can add ice cream to their order or walk into BiBi’s independently. The power of customization is in the customer’s hands. Choose from 12 regular flavors or two vegan varieties, and then you get to customize your own sundae or cone with sauces and toppings.

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Since opening its first location in south OKC (10740 S. May Ave. Suite 116), this one-stop shop for everything sweet (gelato, cakes and pastry) expanded into Edmond last year. Peruse the interesting selection of gelato (don’t sleep on the rice flavor) and sorbet, but also don’t forget about cakes, which can also be ordered in glutenfree and vegan-friendly versions.

Depending how long you’ve lived in Oklahoma City, Kaiser’s has taken on many iterations over the years: traditional soda shop, vegetarian restaurant and even an underground punk club. No matter which Kaiser’s of the past to which you most relate, Kaiser’s commitment to providing homemade ice cream in an old-school setting with such treats as a black cow ice cream soda, malts and sundaes that unites everyone.

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Summer wine collection at George’s | Photo Berlin Green

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Not every small corner liquor store advertises with fake British rock stars, monkey costumes, and straight-fire raps about Dustin Hoffman’s 1974 Lenny Bruce biopic “Lenny,” but that’s only because no other liquor store has infinitely-acclaimed local filmmaker Mickey Reece handling their social media. The Instagram for George’s Liquors in OKC may be, as a certain viral Imgur post recently put it, “buck wild,” but if you’re going to be spitting rhymes in a bathtub and singing songs of praise for dorm room whiskey staple R&R to get customers into your little local booze shop, then you better have the goods to pay off that curiosity.

Fortunately, owner Cody Wilson is dedicated to making sure that the store’s selection lives up to the wacky, left-field hype.

“It’s all about just listening to the customers,” Wilson says, noting that while the personal tastes of himself and his staff are major factors, the driving

force is always just paying attention to what the market demands and what kind of interesting and unexpected items their customers seek out and request directly.

George’s has been around on Main in downtown OKC for a few decades now, but Wilson and his wife Savannah took the reins in late 2019 and, with Cody’s best buddy Reece on board, they aimed to turn the shop into the personalitydriven and personally-curated specialty store that they wanted to see. As a longtime employee of north Oklahoma City high-end liquor outlet The Well, and then as an industry mainstay repping for Prairie Artisan Ales, Cody has been a fixture around the Oklahoma liquor scene for years, but it wasn’t until parting ways with the repping game and seizing the opportunity to buy George’s that he got to design a store exactly the way he wanted to see it.

The key to that vision? Exclusive releases.

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“We’ve done, I think, thirteen private barrels in less than two years,” Wilson beams, and that’s just him counting the exclusive whiskey bottlings. They’ve also had special, George’s-only beer releases in collaboration with some of the biggest local brewers, and loads of unique and sometimes wild wine offerings, all personally selected for the shelves by Wilson and his staff.

So just what kind of serious goodies does George’s have behind all that wild, weirdo comedy? Let’s take a look, shall we?

LOADS of Private Barrel Whiskies:

Wilson takes an enormous amount of pride in George’s selection of speciallybottled whiskies, most of which are shared with his old friends at The Well.

These include a brand new release from Barrell Bourbon (this one is a full nine years old and is a whopping, flavorful heat bomb at over 126 proof,) a barrelpick from Kaiyō (the first ever Japanese barrel-pick in Oklahoma) and, possibly most unique of all, an exclusive bottling from Del Bac, an all-American single malt (distilled the Scottish way, from 100% malted barley, but smoked with pure, American mesquite, resulting in some chocolatey, smoky goodness.)

Lots of Love for Local Beers: It’s no secret that Wilson is one of the Okie beer industry’s biggest cheerleaders, and he’s gone out of his way to curate a selection that rivals any other in the state. “My personal favorite beers are generally the rotating options from Heirloom, American Solera, Stonecloud, and Big Friendly,” Cody says, resisting all efforts to narrow his favorites any further. “Collaborations with local breweries are important to us. We had a collab with Prairie release earlier this year and one with American Solera releasing for Father’s Day.” Of course, being just around the corner from Stonecloud also puts them in great standing with one of the state’s leaders for the creamy, rich Double IPAs and boozy-sweet, barrel-aged Stouts that Oklahoma beer geeks flip over. “We sell a lot of Stonecloud,” Wilson confirms.

“They don’t open until 3pm, and people get thirsty before then.”

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Right inside the door you’ll find a perfectly-placed selection of refreshing, summery wines, mostly rosés and the relentlessly trendy “orange wines” (white wines that have been crushed and fermented with their skins intact, resulting in often drier, nuttier, and spicier flavors.) Cody’s favorite chillable summer wine, however, is the much more adventurous pet nat, or “pétillant naturel,” a potentially ancient style of sparkling wine made by dropping active yeast right into the bottle, making for a crisp, funky wine perfect for any fan of sour beers. “Pet Nats were easy to love coming from a beer background,” he raves. “They’re so damn funky and delicious.”

This is all just scratching the surface, of course, and Cody reassures us that more is one the way. He plans to continue expanding the store’s extensive selections of Mezcals, Japanese whiskies, and cocktail mixers and liqueurs (he says that during the pandemic, customers relished the chance to make creative cocktails at home), all with the help of the local, independent distributors with which he works so closely.

And are there any more exclusives on the horizon? Well, George’s preparing for an offering from one of the world’s most beloved bourbon distillers who it turns out has a serious sense of humor.

“We got invited out to Louisville to pick a Buffalo Trace barrel solely because of our Instagram content.”

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Battle Unicorn Angry Scotsman ABV: 3.9 percent As sweet as it is fierce, the Battle Unicorn won’t throw you until the dirt if you polish off the four-pack in a single sitting. This fruited Berliner weisse (German white) ale comes on strong with its raspberry and blackberry notes with a second wave of serious tartness. The sour bite gets less intense with each swig, but the sweetness never dulls. While Pride month may be over, Angry Scotsman is keeping the party going into the scorching months with this unique offering. A portion of the proceeds from the Battle Unicorn also goes to the OKC Pride Alliance, who were responsible for Pridefest at Scissortail Park this year.

Spicy Pickle Monster Prairie Artisan Ales ABV: 5.3 percent

With all the breweries around the state, it’s hard to stay on top of all the new permanent releases, much less the seasonal selections. Fortunately, we’ve done at least some of the work for you, focusing on a handful of sours and fruited beers (yes, cucumbers are a fruit) available from Oklahoma brewers this summer. With their lower alcohol content, these offerings pair well with summer session activities and won’t compound your dehydration so quickly.

Watermelon Slice T-Shirt Stonecloud Watermelon sour ABV: 5.3 percent Beer Advocate ranked Stonecloud among its top ten craft breweries in the state and for good reason. They consistently put out a dizzying array of new limited releases and seasonal beers in addition to their core lineup, which is also constantly expanding. Available in fourpacks of pint cans from the taproom for a limited time, the Watermelon Slice T-Shirt contains 2,000 pounds of watermelon brewed into a blonde foeder sour (foeder — pronounced food-er — is characterized by its large barrel, which you obviously need if you’re blending 2,000 pounds of melon into your beer). The watermelon flavor hits first, with a sour finish and an aftertaste that combines both flavors. If fruity beers aren’t your thing, check out the Stonecloud Lite, a refreshing pilsner in the style of major beer producers, or the Lagaritaville, a Mexican-style cerveza with a hint of lime.

While this one seemed like a novelty beer, after noticing at least two other pickle-flavored offerings at the Oklahoma Brewer’s Fest, it seems like these dilldominated sour ales might become a bit of a thing. The name lives up to its taste, with spicy pickle flavors balanced by a trio of lemon, lime and orange that tastes almost exactly like it sounds. The spice doesn’t provide as much of a kick as the pickle, which is bolstered by the trio of citrus fruits. Since Prairie was one of the first Oklahoma breweries to start leaning heavy on non-traditional beer ingredients in their brews, it stands to reason that they would be one of the first to take a crack at an ale that gives a hangover as much as it takes it away (look up pickle cures for hangovers if you don’t believe me).

Life is a Pie-Way Anthem Brewing Co. ABV: 7.4 percent Taking a step away from full-fledged sour ales for our final selection is a cider summer offering from Anthem. Made from apples and black cherries, this one tastes more like a cross between a sour ale and a seltzer anyway. The apple is more muted than the black cherry flavor, with a strong sour kick that masks the stout alcohol content at 7.4 percent (which is high for a sour, ale or a seltzer). Available, at least for now, as an exclusive release available in On-Cue Express stores, Life is a Pie-Way is a taste of home baked goods in a can. If your grandma was drunk anyway.

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FOOD #EatNorman Restaurant Week #EatNorman Restaurant Week RETURNS! The event will take place July 2-11 during which time Norman residents and visitors will be encouraged to dine-in and order-out from participating restaurants who will feature price-fixed menu options including chef specials, local favorites, creative cocktails and other offerings. A portion of all proceeds made from Restaurant Week-related menus will be donated to a Norman-based nonprofit (Pantry Partners is the 2021 beneficiary).

Price-fixed menu options ranging from $11, $22 or $33 per person, Through July 11, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

Various Locations in Norman, Oklahoma, N/A, 405-366-8095, eatnormanrestaurantweek.com.

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FILM SONIC Summer Movie Nights: The Greatest Showman Bring lawn chairs or a blanket and picnic, or enjoy offerings from a variety of local food vendors, activities, and entertainers. The fun begins at 8pm, films screen at 9pm., Wed., July 7. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 405-445-7080, myriadgardens.com. WED, July 7 SONIC Summer Movie Nights: The Croods: A New Age Bring lawn chairs or a blanket and picnic, or enjoy offerings from a variety of local food vendors, activities, and entertainers. The fun begins at 8pm, films screen at 9pm., Wed., July 14. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 405-445-7080, myriadgardens.com. WED, July 14 SONIC Summer Movie Nights: Labyrinth (celebrating 35 years!)

Bring lawn chairs or a blanket and picnic, or enjoy offerings from a variety of local food vendors, activities, and entertainers. The fun begins at 8pm, films screen at 9pm., Wed., July 21. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 405-445-7080, myriadgardens.com. WED, July 21

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Blackberry Festival The McLoud Blackberry Festival, which began and stroll Western Avenue 9am-noon. Kids activities, music & food! Want to register your car? Visit visitwesteravenue. in the 1940s, is one of the oldest continual Werewolves Within A snowstorm traps town com/wheels-on-western., Sat., July 17, 9 a.m.-noon. Will Rogers Theatre, 4322 N. Western Ave., 405-604-3015, willfestivals in the state of residents together inside the local inn, where newly rogerstheatre.com. SAT, JULY 17 | Photo provided Oklahoma. Originally a arrived forest ranger Finn and postal worker Cecily celebration of the local must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth LIVE on the Plaza LIVE on the Plaza is the Plaza rodeocinema.org. WED & THU, July 7 & 8 cash farm crop, blackberries, the festival combined behind a mysterious creature that has begun terDistrict’s second Friday artwalk. Each second Friday, with an annual town picnic to form a larger event, rorizing the community in this hilarious whodunit., HAPPENINGS Plaza District businesses stay open late with featured July 9-10. McLoud Veterans Memorial Park, corner Wed., July 7, 4:30 p.m. and Thu., July 8, 7 p.m. Rodeo artists, live music, special events, local shopping Close Encounters: Western Wildlife The of 6th and Park St., 4059646566, mcloudchamber.

Cinema, 2221 Exchange Ave., 405-235-3456, rodeoand much more!, second Friday of every month. animals of the American West are as iconic as the com/2021-blackberry-festival.html. FRI & SAT, July cinema.org. WED & THU, July 7 & 8 Plaza District, 1618 N. Gatewood Ave., 405-426-7812, landscapes they inhabit. Among boulders, forests, 9 & 10 plazadistrict.org/calendar/2019/7/12/live-on-theZola Zola, a Detroit waitress, is seduced into a weekrivers, and lakes, they burrow, forage, soar, hunt, COOP Ale Works Beats & Bites plaza-dance-on-the-plaza. FRI, July 9 end of stripping in Florida for some quick cash -- but and ultimately, inspire. They inspire conservationists Festival, The popular COOP Ale Works the trip becomes a sleepless 48-hour odyssey involving to protect and preserve their habitats. They inspire Nutella “Breakfast with Animals” “Breakfast Beats & Bites Festival, featuring live music a nefarious friend, her pimp and her idiot boyfriend., traffic jams at Yellowstone and other national parks with Animals,” a 10-event series occurring across the and local food trucks, will make its return Wed., July 7, 7 p.m. and Thu., July 8, 1:30 & 4:30 p.m. with their rock star celebrity; and they inspire artnation from June until September, will allow families to Riverwind Casino this summer. Nearly 25 food Rodeo Cinema, 2221 Exchange Ave., 405-235-3456, ists as they have for centuries. $12.50 * Senior and to start their day off right by eating a delicious meal trucks will serve delicious fare at each event, includChildren discounts available, alongside spectacular animals like hippos, giraffes ing barbeque, desserts, wine, shaved ice, as well as Mondays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 and cheetahs. The star of the menu with be pancakes Greek, American, Mexican favorites and more. Face p.m. through July 11. National with Nutella, which will be complimented with other painting, clothing and jewelry vendors will also be Cowboy & Western Heritage menu items that vary by zoo, including fruit, breakavailable. Also making appearances will be Rumble Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., fast pizza, hash browns and more. Guests will be able the Bison, the OG&E ThunderBolt and the Goldsby (405) 478-2250, nationalcowto have private chats with Zookeepers at various Fire Department., Sat., July 10. Riverwind Casino, boymuseum.org/exhibition/ exhibits to hear anecdotes, exciting facts, and what 1544 W. State Highway 9, 405-322-6000, riverwind. close-encounters-westerntheir furry, scaly or feathery friend might eat to start com. SAT, July 10 wildlife. Through July 11 their own day. 50$, Saturdays, 8-11 a.m. through Aug. Midtown Cool Down On the third Wednesday 31. The Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington Place, Dino Safari Be in awe as you of June, July, and August, participating Midtown 405-424-3344, okczoo.org. Through August 31 trek through the Zoo’s Pollinator restaurants and bars will be providing a special Garden to discover life-sized Sherlock Holmes - The Exhibition The great happy hour menu featuring over-the-top, tropical, or animatronic dinosaurs that demSherlock Holmes has summoned you – and his is an fruit-forward drinks from 4pm to 6pm for Midtown onstrate movement and sounds invitation not to be refused. In Sherlock Holmes – Cool Down., third Wednesday of every month. like the prehistoric creatures.

The Exhibition you will be transported into Sherlock through Aug. 18. Midtown OKC, NW Eighth St., 405See them roaring and breathing Holmes’ London to solve a mystery in a world newly 235-3500, midtownokc.com. WED, July 21 right before your eyes! This new introduced to his groundbreaking methods. This immersive experience connects OSU-OKC Farmers Market at Scissortail Park interactive experience will delight audiences of guests to many of their favorite Oklahoma City’s largest outdoor market features all ages as it showcases areas of forensic science dinosaurs through 15 one-of-aan all-made and grown-in Oklahoma producer-only that enabled Sherlock Holmes to solve crimes, and kind animatronic displays and marketplace providing access to more fresh prodbrings to life the historic underpinnings of author 8 skeleton replicas. Learn how ucts to serve the community. Located at the corner Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s rich and vibrant stories., dinosaurs evolved over time and of Oklahoma City Boulevard and South Robinson Through Sept. 6. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2020 where they roamed as well as Avenue, the Scissortail Park Farmers Market will be Remington Place, 405-602-6664, sciencemuseumok. what the OKC Zoo is doing to open, rain or shine, every Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 org/sherlock-holmes. Through September 6 fight extinction of Oklahoma’s p.m. through October. Scissortail Park, 300 SW SevSouthwest Street Rod Nationals Enjoy a full beloved lizard, the horny toad, enth St., 405-445-7080, cissortailpark.org/osu-okcweekend of activities including auto exhibits and also known as the Texas horned farmers-market-at-scissortail-park. SATURDAYS shows, a street rod parade, swap meet, arts and lizard., Through Oct. 31. The Picasso July Veggie Dinner Join Picascrafts, children’s games and much more.

The SouthOklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remso Cafe on the third Tuesday of each month west Street Rod Nationals features more than 1,900 ington Place, 405-424-3344, for a four to five-course menu; featuring specialty automobiles from all over the southwest okczoo.org. Through Oct 31 a fresh and creative take on vegetarianand other areas of the United States and Canada., Historically Local Council inspired fare. Enjoy with or without wine pairings.

July 9-10. Oklahoma State Fair Park, 3220 Great Grove/Castle Falls Tour Dinner begins at 6:30. Reservations 405.602.2002 / Plains Walk, 405-948-6700, okstatefair.com. FRI & The only castle in Oklahoma Seating is limited., Tue., July 20. Picasso Cafe, 3009 SAT, July 9 & 10 City, whose construction began Paseo St., 405-602-2002, picassosonpaseo.com.

Spelling Beezy Pour: OKC’s Liquid Lounge preson 1- 23-45, is celebrating its TUE, July 20 ents its first annual Spelling Beezy! Come compete 75th anniversary by hosting a in our adult spelling bee (or cheer on your friends) historically local tour monthly.

YOUTH - we’ll have food trucks, great prizes, drinks, and Standard tour time is 12PMmore! Admission is free; $10 to be a speller. All spell1PM. Just west of the city, the Second Saturday: Play BIG! If there’s one thing we ers receive a free drink ticket. For questions or to original castle is now Castle know how to do, it’s play BIG! July’s Second Saturday SUMMERTIME SUMMERTIME follows the intersecting stories of 27 enter to spell, email pourokc.events@gmail.com., 21+ Falls Restaurant with an acwill be full of art- and design-inspired ways for families youth spoken word poets over a single day in Los Angeles. The director’s only. Free, Sat., July 10, 7-10 p.m. Pour: OKC’s Liquid companying Grande Hall., There to play and create big inside our wonderfully cool (in ground-breaking vision began at a poetry showcase where performers from Lounge, 814 W Sheridan Ave, Suite F, 918-760-8394, is NO Charge but registration is temp and attitude) new facility. Build your own city across the City of Angels recited fearlessly personal texts about themselves, facebook.com/events/262182155694129?ref=newsfe requested. Registration @westout of massive blocks, draw with gigantic crayons and their communities, and their relationship to their city. The project was then SAT, July 10 ed. endistrictokc.com/events/ Free, pencils, play colorful oversized games with friends developed around their individual poems and interwoven into a larger, unified, third Saturday of every month. and so much more! This event will be all about big fun, Square and Line Dancing Class Put on your and gloriously moving narrative experiment -- part contemporary musical and Castle Falls Restaurant & Event so come on in to enjoy an afternoon of mega-sized boots and join Scissortail Park for FREE square and line part sociological art. SUMMERTIME explores themes of identity, community, Center, 820 N. MacArthur Blvd., memory-making with us., Timed tickets required to dancing classes on the Love’s Travel Stops Stage!, Sun., and intersectionality through the unique perspectives of this diverse ensem405-942-6133, http:castlefalls. attend this event. Free timed ticket required., Sat., July July 18, 5-7 p.m. Scissortail Park, 300 SW Seventh St., ble., Rodeo Cinema, 2221 Exchange Ave., 405-235-3456, rodeocinema.org. com. SAT, July 17 10, 12-3 p.m. Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 11 405-445-7080, scissortailpark.org. SUN, July 18 OPENS FRI, JULY 16 Photo provided

Wheels on Western Join Western Avenue Saturday, July 17 for Wheels on Western! Check out the classic cars

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NW 11th St., 405-951-0000, oklahomacontemporary.org/ learn/public-programs/second-saturday. SAT, July 10 Thick Descriptions Saturday Virtual steAm Learning Journey Are you 6-12 years old and interested in a virtual steAm (science, technology, engineering, Anthropology, and math) Learning Journey?, Join us virtually on the second Saturday of every month as Ms. Allisyn Burleigh discusses Oklahoma topics using steAm! Her topics include language, culture, biology, and much more!, Ms. Allisyn holds a Masters in Early Childhood Education from the University of Central Oklahoma and is a Pre-K teacher. She’s also the founder of a tutoring service called BK Tutoring. o.oo, second Saturday of every month, 11-11:30 a.m. through Nov. 13. 405-397-0584, thickdescriptions.org/contactus. SAT, July 10

PERFORMING ARTS Art AfloatShowboat Concert Series Art Afloat is bringing local artists together to take over the Bricktown Canal every Thursday night, to be called the Art Afloat Showboat Concert Series., Thursdays. Bricktown Water Taxi, 111 S. Mickey Mantle Drive, bricktownwatertaxi.com. THURSDAYS

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Dope Poetry Night Dope Poetry Night at the Ice Event Center Bar and Grill is every Wednesday starting at 7:30 p.m. Sign-ups begin at 7 p.m.Only the first 25 poets., Come to experience a place where you can be you unapologetically, a place where your voice and presence matter, a place where you’re accepted and loved, where smiles, laughter, thoughts, and feelings are shared, and it’s all free. Just remember to wear a mask. Ice Event Center & Grill, 1148 NE 36th St., 405-208-4240, facebook.com/Ice-Event-CenterGrill-384104648334867. WEDNESDAYS

Yoga Tuesdays an all-levels class; bring your own water and yoga mat, 5:45 p.m.-7 p.m. Tuesdays. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 405-445-7080, myriadgardens.com. TUESDAYS | Photo provided storytellers and comedians are also welcome. Let’s swap haikus, not cooties — and spit verses, not germs (Masks are encouraged).

Free, Wed., July 21, 7:3010:30 p.m. Ponyboy, 423 NW 23rd St., (405)3142789, ponyboyokc.com.

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Fritz Scholder: Beyond Stereotypes After relocating to Santa Fe, New Mexico, for a teaching position, American artist Fritz Scholder (Luiseño) stated he saw one too many over-romanticized and generalized depictions of Indigenous people “looking at the sunset.”

With his Indian series, started in 1967, Scholder sought to replace the tourist-approved narratives perpetuated by white artists with the realities he witnessed every day. By combining realism and spirituality with vivid colors and expressive brushstrokes, Scholder created radical new imagery of modernday Indigenous life., Wednesdays-Sundays.

All Day Frose B-Day Partay Back by popular demand, The Jones through Nov. 7. Oklahoma Assembly will be celebrating it’s 4th birthday next month with their All Day Frosé City Museum of Art, 415 B-Day Partay. This is an all day and free event, celebrated in true Jones Assembly style Couch Drive, 405-236with a day full of food, spirits, music, and of course frosé. The Jones Assembly, 901 W. 3100, okcmoa.com/ Sheridan Ave., 405-212-2378, thejonesassembly.com. SAT, JULY 17 | Photo provided visit/events/scholder/.

Opera on Tap-OKC presents: No Justice, No Peace Fundraising Event Mark your calendars for the first fundraising event for the No Justice, No Peace opera, coming to the Oklahoma City stage in June 2022., This fundraising event will be a great opportunity to learn more about the collaborative project, meet the cast and listen to some selections from the opera performed live! Free, donations appreciated!, Sat., July 17, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Ellis Island Coffee and Wine Lounge, 3324 S Bryant Ave Suite 130, 580-7866979, fb.me/e/2qcY5oXDP. SAT, July 17 Patio Peepshow by Terre Rouge Patio time at 51st Street Speakeasy!, Thursdays 8:30p-11:30P., Come & go private performances., A true carnival red light style, vintage private peepshow with all local cast members!, Responsibly see your favorite local artists behind the glass in a social distanced, contact free, outdoor, environment., $2 Tokens sold walk up at event., $5 weekly burger special., No tickets needed, come and go. 2, Thursdays, 8:30-11:30 p.m. through Aug. 27. 51st Street Speakeasy, 1114 NW 51st St., 405463-0470, fb.me/e/48rXuc7Q3. THURSDAYS Red Dirt Poetry Open Mic Red Dirt Poetry is back! Our first post pandem-MIC will be at Ponyboy! Everyone will get 6 minutes to get their expression on. We are a poetry mic but musicians,

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A Life in Looking: The Creighton Gilbert Collection Through themes of religion, architecture, allegory, portraiture, and humor, A Life in Looking: The Creighton Gilbert Collection explores a collection built on seven decades of expertise by this impressive scholar, educator, and connoisseur., first Tuesday-Sunday of every month. through Dec. 31. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave., 405-325-3272, ou.edu/fjjma/exhibitions1/CreightonGilbert. Through December 31 The Painters of Pompeii This historic presentation of the art of painting in ancient Rome will be presented exclusively at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art before returning to Europe., Wednesdays-Sundays. through Oct. 17. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com/visit/events/ pompeii/?mc_cid=2401a21905&mc_eid=a34bef7305.

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A room with a View: Scenes of the Italian Countryside Artists from around the world have long been captured by the enduring appeal of the Italian countryside. Its sweeping vistas, at times sprinkled with ancient ruins, make for an enticing subject for artists in a variety of mediums. American artists in particular traveled to Italy throughout the nineteenth century to study not only the great masterpieces of an-

cient and Renaissance art, but also to sketch and paint the campagna, or countryside, basked in a beautiful glow., Wednesdays-Sundays. through Nov. 7. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com/visit/events/room-with-a-view. FRI-SUN, Through November 7

Second Friday Art Walk In keeping with the CDC’s guidelines to a safe reopening, we will limit the 2nd Friday Norman Art Walk to a virtual broadcast experience that celebrates art, artists and our local businesses on Friday, July 10 that we can all enjoy from home., tour shops studios, venues and galleries to view visual art exhibits, hear live music and more, 6 p.m. second Friday of every month. Downtown Norman, 122 E. Main St., 405-637-6225, downtownnorman.com. FRI, July 10 Women of the Banjo A special exhibit at the American Banjo Museum Women of the Banjo chronicles the contributions of women to the colorful past, vibrant present, and unlimited future of the banjo. From prominent contemporary performers such as Alison Brown and Rhiannon Giddens to pop icons Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton and many others, historic insights, instruments, stage attire, and a glimpse of ever-changing fashion trends all help in the telling of this important aspect of banjo history., Through May 31, 2022. American Banjo Museum, 9 E. Sheridan Ave., 405-604-2793, americanbanjomuseum.com/current-exhibits/special-exhibits.

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Whatever you’re into, Tower Theatre’s Don’t Call It A Comeback series, co-sponsored by Oklahoma Gazette, launches July 16 and continues until the venue’s anniversary party on Aug. 7. Full-capacity shows resume Aug. 12 with Shakey Graves. All of the concerts are free, but some will be hosted at Ponyboy, which is adjacent to the Tower Theatre, for ages 21 and older only.

July 18: Igor and The Red Elvises with Klamz Between The Leningrad Cowboys and Gogol Bordello fall Igor and The Red Elvises, a Russian-American musical pastiche with more than a dozen studio albums under their belt. Klamz, a three piece rock-punk outfit (and not the other way around) are a lot of fun. Like bushy mustaches and mullets fun.

No additional acts have been announced for this show.

Recommended track: “Everybody Polka!” by Igor and the Red Elvises

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July 16: Husbands with Hey Steve The concert series begins with Husbands, a punk-tinged swirl of rock, and Hey Steve. Formerly known as Republican Hair, Hey Steve is the brainchild of Oklahoma-born Nashville songwriter Luke Dick, whose Red Dog documentary on Hulu is also a must-watch.

July 23: The Vandoliers with Jason Scott The Vandoliers are a Dallas band most easily described as a cow punk band, but the kind of alt-country that’s signed to Bloodshot Records. If you know, you know.

Jason Scott is a strong, straightforward alt-country musician. We’re not saying that like it’s a bad thing. Trust us.

Also playing are Happy Colored Marbles: A Ween Tribute and The Flycatchers Recommended track: “Sixteen Years” by The Vandoliers

Also playing are Heartspace, Mad Honey and Stepmom.

Recommended track: “Dead Head” by Hey Steve

July 17: The Texas Gentleman with Twiggs A swirl of Americana, The Texas Gentlemen are touring on the release of their second record, last year’s “Floor It!!!” Oklahoma City’s Twiggs are … well, we don’t know the hell they are. Their last single sounds like the Beastie Boys getting down with The Black Keys.

Photo provided

Also playing are Labrys, Lord Buffalo and Mikah Young.

Recommended track: “Elf Rights” by Twiggs

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July 30: Bobby Sessions with Jabee A soulful rapper who carries the legacy of Def Jam Recordings, Bobby Sessions is touring on the heels of his new record, Manifest. He also appeared on a track with Megan Thee Stallion for the Coming 2 America soundtrack. No further introduction is necessary for Jabee Williams. You know him. You love him. You’ve probably already run into him out and about in the community this year.

Also playing are Josh Sallee, K.O. and Nia. Recommended track: “Cog in the Machine” by Bobby Sessions

July 31: Thunder Jackson with Wildermiss Thunder Jackson makes hella catchy synthpop reminiscent of everything you like about the genre with a bit of a neo-soul twinge, which blends well with the upbeat indie rock of Wildermiss.

Also playing are Chelsea Days, Daniel Mudliar and Keathley.

Recommended track: “Find Yourself” by Thunder Jackson

Aug 1: Ottoman Turks with 40-Acre Mule Wildermiss | Photo provided

July 24: Old Man Saxon with Ayilla Old Man Saxon delivers downtempo hip-hop jams reminiscent of late 80s and early 90s jams. Saxon was also a contender on Netflix’s Rhythm & Flow.

Tulsa-based Ayilla complements him with more slow neo-soul and hip-hop tracks.

Ottoman Turks play the kind of sludgy, fuzzy riffs with a country twist you didn’t know you wanted. Vocals as smooth as a gravel road round out the sound, which contrast with the old-school blues rock crooning from 40-Acre Mule’s frontman.

No additional acts have been announced for this show.

Recommended track: “35 to Life” by Ottoman Turks.

Also playing are L.T.Z., Tony Foster Jr. and Trip G. Recommended track: “Worship the Sky” by Ayilla

July 25: Spunk feat. Blaque Dynamite To call Spunk Adams an Oklahoma jazz staple would be an understatement.

The OKC saxophonist is more aptly described as a jazz-funk fusion musician. Blaque Dynamite is in a league of his phone, a jazz drummer who also doubles on microphone duties. Additional acts to be added later.

Recommended track: “Stop Calling Me” by Blaque Dynamite

Aug 7:

Don’t Call It A Comeback Anniversary Concert We’ll just let this lineup speak for itself: Brothers Griin, Calliope Musicals, Audio Book Club, Swim Fan, Lincka and Fox Burrows. What more do you need to know? Just go!

Recommended track: “Boots” by Audio Book Club Photo provided

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These are events recommended

by Oklahoma Gazette editorial staff members. For full calendar listings, go to okgazette.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 17 Anti-Mortem, 89th Street-OKC. with Scattered Hamlet, Sixth Gear and Punky Bluester “Don’t Call It A Comeback” Summer Concert Series: The Texas Gentlemen, Tower Theatre. with Twiggs, Labrys, Lord Buffalo, Mikah Young

WEDNESDAY, JULY 7

Live from the Lawn: Talk of the Town Orchestra, Scissortail Park. Big band

King 810, 89th Street-OKC. with Will Grim Brown

style, ballroom dance band

FRIDAY, JULY 9

SUNDAY, JULY 18 American Aquarium, The Jones Assembly. With Emily Scott Robinson

Caustic - Release Show, 89th Street-OKC. with

Black Magnet The Tooth Agony Carvist Tar Creek

Gunfighters Dilemma, VZD’s.

Pony Bradshaw and Chris Jones, Ponyboy.

“Don’t Call It A Comeback” Summer Concert Series: Vandoliers, Tower Theatre. with Jason Scott, Happy Colored Marbles: A Ween Tribute and The Flycatchers

SATURDAY, JULY 10

Sunday Twilight Concert Series: Injunuity, Myriad Gardens. Native American

Carniflex, 89th Street-OKC. with Uncured, Among the Missing, Xerophthalmia and Antipath

Midas 13, Alley Club. Cover Nelly, First Council Casino.

Read Southall Band, The Criterion. with special guests, Wight Lighters & Chance and the Takers

fusion

MONDAY, JULY 19 Jason & Shawna of Ravens Three, Sean Cumming’s Irish Restaurant. Celtic pub and fiddle tunes

SUNDAY, JULY 11 Sunday Twilight Concert Series: David Chamberlain, Myriad Gardens. Southern rock/country

MONDAY, JULY 12 Jason & Shawna of Ravens Three, Sean Cumming’s Irish Restaurant. Celtic pub and fiddle tunes

TUESDAY, JULY 13 Crobot, 89th Street-OKC. with Locust Grove

FRIDAY, JULY 16 American Aquarium, Cain’s Ballroom. With Emily Scott Robinson

Live music submissions must be received by Oklahoma Gazette no later than noon on Wednesday seven days before the desired publication date.

Late submissions will not be included in the listings. Submissions run as space allows, although we strive to make the listings as inclusive as possible.

Fax your listings to 528-4600 or e-mail to listings@okgazette.com.

Sorry, but phone submissions cannot be accepted.

“Don’t Call It A Comeback” Summer Concert Series: Husbands, Tower Theatre. with Hey Steve, Heartspace, Mad

Honey and Stepmom

Speak, Memory Adirondack Vinyl Release Show, 89th Street-OKC.

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ON SALE NOW AUG 12, Jason Isbell, Cain’s Ballroom AUG 17, Kesha, The Criterion AUG 21, Samantha Crain, Tower Theatre AUG 26, Moon Taxi, The Jones Assembly AUG 28, My So Called band, Tower Theatre SEP 9, Blue October, Tower Theatre SEP 15, Toadies and Reverend Horton Heat, Cain’s Ballroom SEP 16, Toadies with Reverend Horton Heat, Diamond Ballroom SEP 19, The Wood Brothers, Tower Theatre SEP 20, The Wood Brothers, Cain’s Ballroom SEP 26, Pixies, Cain’s Ballroom SEP 26, Avatar, Diamond Ballroom SEP 28, Colony House, The Jones Assembly SEP 29, Dropkick Murphys and Rancid “Boston to Berkeley II”,

Zoo Amphiteatre OCT 2, Koe Wetzel, Zoo Amphiteatre OCT 5, Omar Apollo, Tower Theatre OCT 13, Josh Abbott Band, The Jones Assembly OCT 15, NF, Zoo Amphitheatre OCT 18, X Ambassadors, Cain’s Ballroom OCT 19, Matt Kearney, The Jones Assembly OCT 22, Nahko and Medicine for the People, Cain’s Ballroom NOV 11, Dr. Dog, The Jones Assembly NOV 15, Chvrches with special guest Donnal Missal, Cain’s Ballroom NOV 17, Thundercat with special guest Channel Tres, Cain’s Ballroom NOV 18, Black Label Society: Doom Trooping Over North America,

Diamond Ballroom MAR 14, Kaleo, Cain’s Ballroom MAR 15, Kaleo, The Jones Assembly MAR 21, Leif Vollebekk, Tower Theatre

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Everyone knows about 420, but there’s a second, lesser holiday for the stoniest of stoners: 710. Taking place on July 10, the day is a celebration for concentrated cannabis, as 710 upside-down spells “oil.” The most common concentrate is the liquid that fills vape pens, a distilled form of the plant, but serious hash heads have lots of other toys in their box. Here is a brief rundown of some of the most common forms of concentrated cannabis.

Distillate

Shatter

There’s more than one way to fill a vape pen, but the most common way is with distillate. Distillate can be made using both hydrocarbon and carbon dioxide extraction methods, but usually strips the resulting product of terpenes from the original cannabis flower and are usually re-added or replaced by noncannabis terpenes. In addition to filling vape pens, distillate can be used as a topical, added to cannabis flower to increase its punch or mixed into foods and beverages.

Often amber in color, shatter is named for its brittle quality that can allow it to be broken or shattered. A little sticky and very pure, shatter can also be extracted in a way that results in a more elastic quality, which is why some forms of this concentrate are called “pull ‘n’ snap.”

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Diamonds and sauce THC-A is THC acid, the precursor to THC, and diamonds are a term for the crystals formed from it that is found in “sauce,” or a runny terpene concentrate. The heat and pressure used prompt natural cannabinoid separation. The sauce can be further separated out, leaving the THC-A as a dry crystal substance.

Hash Hash, also known as hashish, is created by using temperature and pressure to extract and press the cannabis trichomes into a denser form. It can be made multiple ways, including dry sifting with a screen into kief and then compressing it or using ice water or dry ice. Some forms of hash are made by using solvents like butane, ethanol or hexane.

Rosin and resin Rosin a lso uses a combination of heat a nd pressure to squeeze sap from resin from f lower, k ief or hash a nd tra nsfor m it into a n oil. Live resin is made by ta k ing ca nnabis f lower a nd freezing it before a nd a f ter ex traction. The freezing ca n a llow most of t he pla nt ’s ter penes to be preser ved in t he f ina l product, whereas ma ny ot her met hods destroy t he delicate compounds.

Wax Wax is also a hash oil extracted with butane that is whipped during extraction into different consistencies. “Budder,” for example, is sticky and more spreadable while “crumble” is thicker and flakier and “sugar” has the consistency of wet or semidissolved sugar.

Kief Kief is the separated trichomes, or resin glands, of the cannabis plant. Appearing as a dry powder, it is most often produced by mechanical separation using fine mesh screens. Kief is often added to bowls or joints to enhance their potency, as most kief is at least 50 percent THC, the psychoactive compound in the plant.

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PUZZLES NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE | FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS

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largest marine reserve 88 The Cougars of the N.C.A.A. 91 New York has 28 of them 94 Smartphone advises on

poker bets?

98 High-hat attitude 99 ‘‘Told you so’’ 100 Off-road ride, for short 101 Org. whose plans are up

in the air?

104 Georgia-based insurance giant 106 Unnamed somebody 109 Ones making you duck down?

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Yankovic parodied as ‘‘Yoda’’ 112 Doctor acquires antibiotics?

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Nash reads ‘‘Parsley/is gharsley’’ 116 Macabre illustrator Edward 117 One kind of plastic 118 Indian wedding adornment 119 Even ____ 120 Connecticut-based

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Year, in Brazil Cherokee and Navajo Southern university beefs up campus security?

Unlike bread on Passover Pierce-Arrow competitor Popular Hyundai ‘‘O mio babbino caro,’’ e.g.

Key part: Abbr.

Keenness of judgment Chinese zodiac animal Fellow imposes a strict palm fruit regimen?

Something that can be tried or cracked Dead giveaway?

Put away some groceries? ____ school Convenient transport

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through urban traffic 64 Go bad 65 One seeing things with a

critical eye?

67 ____ cannon (sci-fi weapon) 68 Good spice to add to

guacamole (try it!)

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(nickname for a good

massage therapist) 72 U.F.C. fighting style 73 Heretics flout them 77 Early Ron Howard role 78 Actress de Armas writes

‘‘Mr. Gas’’ and ‘‘Ms. Rag’’?

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musical artists of 2020 83 Target of a pop-up blocker

1 Snacks from some trucks 2 Honolulu’s ____ Stadium 3 Sought feedback from 4 Willy, in ‘‘Free Willy’’ 5 Telecom with a pink logo 6 Reaction to a stomach punch 7 Chow 8 Add new caulking to 9 Roosevelt credited with

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without your consent’’ 10 Closest of pals, for short 11 Hillary Clinton vis-à-vis

Wellesley College 12 Move to a new table, maybe 13 Hip-hop duo ____ Sremmurd 14 What ‘‘...’’ may represent 15 José Martí, by birth

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sexual attention 17 False 18 Some strong solutions 24 DuPont patent of 1938 25 Skip it 29 Boston airport 32 Work in the kitchen?

35 Abounded (with) 36 St. Kitts, St. Lucia and St. Vincent 37 Saint on the big screen 38 Pulitzer winner ____ St.

Vincent Millay 39 Spur 40 Shake an Etch A Sketch, e.g.

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dad jokes 43 Important stretches 44 ‘‘____ Too Proud’’

(hit musical about the Temptations) 49 Visits overnight 51 Ingredient in a Negroni 52 Sporty trucks, in brief 55 Lots 56 Lets hit it!

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confetti when texted on

an iPhone 63 Big name in synthesizers 65 Cardamom-spiced brew 66 !!!

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the door 68 Yoga pose with an

arched back 69 ‘‘High-five!’’

70 Like fuchsia and turquoise 71 Actor Aziz 74 Spanish hand 75 Spanish love 76 Application figs.

78 Practiced 79 Birds’ bills 80 What an integral can be

used to calculate 81 One of the Obamas 83 Jellied garnish 87 Low bows 89 Kind of question 90 Old wheels 92 ____ Park, Colo.

93 Raw deal from a restaurant?

95 Categorize 96 ‘‘There’s no one on me!’’

97 Document with two accents 101 Water clover and adder’s-tongue 102 Fight setting 103 Purity test 104 Popular dog 105-Down 105 See 104-Down 107 Daughter of Ned Stark

on ‘‘Game of Thrones’’ 108 Smelt things?

110 Payment often made

around January 1 112 Tour grp.

113 Little eggs 114 Business-card abbr.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY - WEEK OF JULY 8 Homework: Send word of your most important lesson of the year so far. Newsletter@freewillastrology.com ARIES (March 21-April 19)

Poet Joshua Jennifer Espinoza writes, “i name my body girl of my dreams / i name my body proximity / i name my body full of hope despite everything.” I love her idea that we might give playful names and titles and descriptors to our bodies. In alignment with current astrological omens, I propose that you do just that. It’s time to take your relationship with your beautiful organism to a higher level. How about if you call it “Exciting Love River” or “Perfectly Imperfect Thrill” or “Amazing Maze”? Have fun dreaming up further possibilities!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

The English language, my native tongue, doesn’t ascribe genders to its nouns. But many languages do.

In Spanish, the word for “bridge” is *puente*, which is masculine. In German, “bridge” is *Brücke*, which is feminine. A blogger named Tickettome says this is why Spanish speakers may describe a bridge as strong or sturdy, while German speakers refer to it as elegant or beautiful. I encourage you to meditate on bridges that possess the entire range of qualities, including the Spanish and German notions. In the coming weeks, you’ll be wise to build new metaphorical bridges, fix bridges that are in disrepair, and extinguish fires on any bridges that are burning.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

Académie Française is an organization devoted to preserving the purity and integrity of the French language. One of its ongoing missions is to resist the casual incorporation of English words, which the younger generation of French people is inclined to do.

Among anglicisms that don’t have the Académie’s approval: podcast, clickbait, chick-lit, deadline, hashtag, marketing, timelapse, and showrunner. The ban doesn’t stop anyone from using the words, of course, but simply avoids giving them official recognition. I appreciate the noble intentions of the Académie, but regard its crusade as a losing battle that has minimal impact. In the coming weeks, I advise

you to refrain from behavior that resembles the Académie’s. Resist the temptation of quixotic idealism. Be realistic and pragmatic. You Geminis often thrive in environments that welcome idiosyncrasies, improvisation, informality, and experimentation—especially now.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

Cancerian author Vladimir Mayakovsky wrote a poem about how one morning he went half-mad and conversed with the sun. At first he called the supreme radiance a “lazy clown,” complaining that it just floated through the sky for hours while he, Mayakovsky, toiled diligently at his day job painting posters. Then he dared the sun to come down and have tea with him, which, to his shock, the sun did.

The poet was agitated and worried—what if the close approach of the bright deity would prove dangerous?

But the visitor turned out to be friendly. They had a pleasant dialog, and in the end the sun promised to provide extra inspiration for Mayakovsky’s future poetry. I invite you to try something equally lyrical and daring, dear Cancerian.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

A blogger named Bunny-Gal writes, “I almost completely forgot who I was there for a while. But then I dug a hole and smelled the fresh dirt and now I remember everything and am okay.” I recommend you follow her lead, Leo—even if you haven’t totally lost touch with your essence. Communing with Mother Earth in the most direct and graphic way to remind you of everything you need to remember: of the wisdom you’ve lost track of and the secrets you’ve hidden too well and the urgent intuitions that are simmering just below the surface of your awareness.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

I can’t understand the self-help gurus who advise us to relentlessly live in the present moment—to shed all awareness of past and future so as to focus on the eternal NOW. I mean, I appreciate the value of doing such an exercise on occasion for a few moments. I’ve tried it, and it’s often rejuvenating. But it can also be downright

foolish to have no thoughts of yesterday and tomorrow.

We need to evaluate how circumstances will evolve, based on our previous experience and future projections.

It can be a deadening, depleting act to try to strip ourselves of the rich history we are always embedded in.

In any case, Virgo, I advise you to be thoroughly aware of your past and future in the coming days. To do so will enhance your intelligence and soulfulness in just the right ways to make good decisions.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Psychotherapist and author Clarissa Pinkola Estés poetically refers to the source of our creativity as “the river under the river.” It’s the deep primal energy that “nourishes everything we make”—our “writing, painting, thinking, healing, doing, cooking, talking, smiling.” This river beneath the river doesn’t belong to any of us—is potentially available to all—but if harnessed correctly it works in very personal ways, fueling our unique talents. I bring this to your attention, Libra, because you’re close to gaining abundant new access to the power of the river beneath the river.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

In formulating personal goals, Scorpio author Brené Brown urges us to emphasize growth rather than perfection. Trying to improve is a healthier objective than seeking flawless mastery. Bonus perk: This practical approach makes us far less susceptible to shame. We’re not as likely to feel like a failure or give up prematurely on our projects. I heartily endorse this strategy for you right now, Scorpio.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

In a letter to Jean Paul Sartre, author Simone de Beauvoir described how she was dealing with a batch of challenging memories: “I’m reliving it street by street, hour by hour, with the mission of neutralizing it, and transforming it into an inoffensive past that I can keep in my heart without either disowning it or suffering from it.” I LOVE this approach! It’s replete with emotional intelligence. I recommend it to you now, since it’s high time to wrangle and finagle with parts of your life story that need to be alchemically

transformed and redeemed by your love and wisdom.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

In one of his poems, Capricorn-born Kenneth Rexroth complains about having “a crooked guide on the twisted path of love.” But in my view, a crooked guide is the best kind. It’s unwise to engage the services of a love accomplice who’s always looking for the simplest, straightest route, or who imagines that intimate togetherness can be nourished with easy, obvious solutions. To cultivate the most interesting intimacy, we need influences that appreciate nuance and complexity—that thrive on navigating the tricky riddles and unpredictable answers. The next eight weeks will be an excellent time for you Capricorns to heed this advice.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Aquarian singer Etta James (1938–2012) won six Grammy Awards and is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Grammy Hall of Fame, and Blues Hall of Fame.

She testified, “Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don’t know what I’m sorry about.” Wow! I’m surprised to hear this. Most singers draw on their personal life experience to infuse their singing with authentic emotion. In any case, I urge you to do the opposite of Etta James in the coming weeks. It’s important for the future of your healing that you identify exactly what you’re sorry about.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn,” writes Piscean self-help author John C. Maxwell. His statement is useful, but it harbors a problematic implication. It suggests that you can experience either winning or learning, but not both—that the only time you learn is when you lose. I disagree with this presumption. In fact, I think you’re now in a phase when it’s possible and even likely for you to both win and learn.

Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes /daily text message horoscopes.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY - WEEK OF JULY 12 Homework: Tell me how you like it the best. Write to Newsletter@FreeWillAstrology.com ARIES (March 21-April 19)

In his poem “Litany,” Aries poet Billy Collins testifies that he is “the sound of rain on the roof.” He also claims to be “the moon in the trees, the paper blowing down an alley, the basket of chestnuts on the kitchen table, and the shooting star.” He does make it clear, however, that he is not “the bread and the knife” on the table, nor the “crystal goblet and the wine.” What about you, Aries?

What are all the unexpected phenomena that you are?

Are you, as Billy Collins suggests, “the dew on the morning grass and the burning wheel of the sun and the marsh birds suddenly in flight”? Now would be an excellent time for you to create your own version of such colorful biographical details.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

“Why else keep a journal, if not to examine your own filth?” wrote poet Anne Sexton. And yes, Sexton did have a lot of filth to explore, including the physical abuse of her daughters. But most of us don’t need to focus so obsessively on our unlovely aspects. Keeping a journal can be also be about identifying our dormant potentials and secret riches. This approach is especially valuable for you Tauruses right now. According to my understanding of the astrological omens, the coming weeks will be a favorable time for deep introspection that frees capacities and powers you have only partially activated up until now.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

Journalist Sam Anderson marvels at his young daughter’s project: a small plastic dome-like structure that houses a community of ladybugs. All they need to consume, for weeks at a time, are “two water-soaked raisins.” I don’t think you’ll need to be permanently as efficient and hardy as those ladybugs, Gemini, but you may have to be like that for now. My advice? Don’t regard it as a hardship.

Instead, see it as an opportunity to find out how profoundly resourceful and resilient you can be. The skills you learn and refine will prove valuable in the long run.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

Cancerian poet Linda Hogan says she doesn’t like to be parched. She wants to be like “a tree drinking the rain.”

I think every Cancerian has similar dreams: to be forever immersed in interesting feelings, awash with intimate longings, flowing along in rhythm with the soul’s songs.

The coming weeks should be an especially favorable time for you to enjoy those primal pleasures. It’s probably best to avoid an outright flood, but it’s fine to invite a cascade.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

Actor Lupita Nyong’o had a starring role in Steve McQueen’s film 12 Years a Slave. She praised his directorial skills. She loved the fact that he told her, “Fail, and then fail better.” Why? “That kind of environment, where failure is an option, is magical,” she said. It allowed her to experiment freely, push herself beyond her previous limits, and focus more on being true to the character she was playing than trying to be a “good actor.”

I think these are excellent ideas for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Virgo-born Wayne Shorter is a legendary jazz composer and saxophonist. He has been making music for over 60 years, often with other legendary creators like Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock. The New York Times described Shorter as “jazz’s greatest living small-group composer and a contender for greatest living improviser.”

Bass prodigy Tal Wilkenfeld, who is 53 years younger than Shorter, tells the story of a show she performed with him. Just before going on stage, Shorter came up to her, sensing she was nervous, and whispered some advice: “Play eternity.” Now I’m offering that same counsel to you as you carry out your tasks in the coming days. Be as timeless as you dare to be. Immerse yourself in visions of the biggest picture you can imagine.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Libran author Paula McLain says the word “paradise” is derived from the ancient Persian word pairidaeza, which meant “walled garden.” For her, this association suggests that making promises and being faithful to our promises is key to creating happiness with those we care

for. Paradise requires walls! To cultivate real freedom, we need discipline. If we hope to thrive in joyous selfexpression, we must focus on specific goals. I bring these thoughts to your attention because now is a fine time to work on creating, refining, and bolstering your own personal version of paradise.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Thousands of 28-pound bars of 24-carat gold are stored in the Bank of England’s underground vault. To gain entry to the treasure trove, bankers use metal keys that are three feet long. They must also utter a secret password into a microphone. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you Scorpios can soon gain access to a more metaphorical but nevertheless substantial source of riches. How? The key is a certain scene in your imagination that has recently begun to coalesce. It is an emblem of a future triumph or breakthrough that you will accomplish. As for the password, which you will also need, it’s vigorous rigor.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Somehow I have lived all these years without ever coming across the rare English word “selcouth.” Today, as I meditated on the exotic astrological portents coming up for you, that word appeared—arriving on my phone via text message from my Sagittarius friend Lila. She told me, “I have a feeling life is about to get intensely SELCOUTH for us Sagittarians.” I looked up the unfamiliar word and found these synonyms: unusual, marvelous, strange, magnificent, scarce, awesome, unfamiliar, wondrous, weird, amazing, rare, exotic.

Those terms do indeed coincide with my interpretation of your immediate future. So Happy Selcouth to you dear Centaur! Celebrate with full amazed appreciation!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Lexicographer Jonathon Green provides us with the following 19th-century slang words for the sex act: horizontal refreshment, strumming, playing at romps, cully-shangie, taking a turn at Mount Pleasant, dancing the blanket hornpipe, honeyfugle, giving a hot poultice for the Irish toothache, and—my favorite—fandango de pokum. In accordance with astrological potentials, I’m

recommending that you consider trying them all out in the next four weeks. In other words, experiment with shifting your approach to belly-bumping. If you don’t have a partner, do it in your fantasy life.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

If a lover or spouse is always churning up fantasies of you in their imagination, they may be less than totally tuned in to the real you. Rather, they may be focused on the images they have of you—maybe so much so that they lose sight of who you truly are and what you are actually doing. The same possibility exists for other allies, not only lovers and spouses. They may be so entranced by their stories about you that they fall out of touch with the ever-changing marvel that you are always becoming.

That’s the bad news, Aquarius. Here’s the good news: The coming weeks will be a fine time to correct such distortions—and revel in the raw truth about you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

Here’s how art critic Walter Pater characterized the work of Piscean artist Michelangelo: “sweetness and strength, pleasure with surprise, an energy of conception which seems to break through all the conditions of comely form, recovering, touch by touch, a loveliness found usually only in the simplest natural things.” I’ve been waiting for the arrival of astrological aspects that would mean you’d be an embodiment of that description. And now they are here. Congrats! For the next 13 days, I will visualize you as a fount of ever-refreshing grace—as a fluid treasure that emanates refined beauty and wild innocence.

Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes /daily text message horoscopes.

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