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A 10-mile stretch of 23rd Street is a journey into the heart of the multiculturalism — and sometimes the segregation — that defines Oklahoma City. Story by Ben Felder. P.4
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One street, one city OKC’s “second main street” is a journey into the heart of the city’s complicated patchwork of culture, race and income.
Top left A canon sits at the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Will Rogers Chapter 29 at 5300 NW 23rd St. Top right Patrons rest at a bus stop near 23rd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Left Kondo Masekela sits outside of an automotive shop in east OKC. Center Oklahoma City University. Right Walking east on NW 23rd Street from N. McKinley Avenue.
BY BEN FELDER
Editor’s note: Oklahoma Gazette reporter Ben Felder recently walked a 10-mile stretch of 23rd Street to learn more about the residents and businesses along the corridor. There is more than one Oklahoma City along 23rd Street. In fact, there are numerous communities, each representing a piece of the city’s mosaic not always visible from the postcard images of a sparkling downtown or those in a chamber of commerce promotional video. A 10-mile stretch of 23rd Street cuts through the hubs of OKC’s three largest minority groups and includes blocks of decay and blocks of urban renewal. 23rd Street is home to a cupcake shop that caters to uptown’s young upper class that is flowing back into the urban core, and just a few blocks down is a soul-food restaurant that serves mostly blue-collar workers getting off the bus from work. What makes 23rd Street interesting — and possibly a true portrait of Oklahoma City — is that it’s not a
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melting pot of integrated communities but rather a street that is sharply segregated by race and income. Combined, the 73105 and 73111 ZIP codes that straddle 23rd Street just east of Interstate 235 are 78 percent black. In the 73103 ZIP code immediately west of I-235, 70 percent of the residents are white, which makes I-235 one of the state’s deepest lines of segregation. Just a few miles west, a 60-block neighborhood between Western and Pennsylvania avenues has one of the highest concentrations of Asians in the city, according to census data compiled by a joint university project called Mixed Metro. If you were to walk along the 10-mile stretch of 23rd Street in the heart of the city, you would gain a close-up view of our city’s extremes of wealth and poverty; the multicultural communities that call this city home; and the way invisible lines have been drawn as a way to create a form of segregation that has a direct impact on a neighborhood’s economy, schools and safety.
Northeast
At Hammons Automotive on NE 23rd Street, a timely car repair can be the difference between employment and a missed paycheck. The shop caters mostly to lower income customers who live in this predominantly black neighborhood and rely on a quick repair in order to avoid a missed day at work. “There is a mentality that to cross [I-235] is to enter a different part of Oklahoma City,” said Kondo Masekela, who was interviewed at Hammons Automotive while waiting on a car. “I hope this changes, because your skin color shouldn’t matter.” Masekela said he felt the city’s investment in urban renewal and crime prevention had yet to make it to the northeast part of town. And while he said the neighborhood appears to be slowly desegregating as other minority groups move in, the community remains mostly a black neighborhood. Residents of the 73105 ZIP code earn an average of $29,825 a year, according to tax returns filed in 2005. That is not only more than $10,000 lower than the state average
but $26,000 lower than the average individual salary a person makes in the predominately white communities west of I-235. It’s a regular site to see some of the norhteast’s blue-collar workers grabbing lunch at A Family Affair, just a few blocks down 23rd Street from Hammons Automotive. “We have a lot of regulars,” said Brandi Jones, who owns the restaurant with her husband. “We deal a lot with the working men in the community.” Jones said it’s not uncommon for workers from the state Capitol to visit for lunch and she has a decent number of white customers. But she said there are many people who view crossing I-235 as a dangerous act. “It’s because this is the black part of town,” said Jones when asked why whites might perceive NE 23rd Street to be a dangerous community. “You see more black people [in this community] than you do any other races, and they stereotype us as being violent. You get a lot of people who refuse to come to the CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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The 73107 ZIP code, which includes neighborhoods that straddle 23rd Street between Interstate 44 and Pennsylvania Avenue, is 29 percent Hispanic, according to Census data. Nearly 26 percent of residents speak Spanish at home.
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east side because of what they hear.” While Jones said she doesn’t see her neighborhood as any more dangerous than other parts of town, Masekela said violence and gang activity is a problem. “But that’s because of a lack of [police] presence,” Masekela said. “There are more opportunities for these young men to get into trouble over here.” Jones also remarked on the lack of economic development in the community. Although that could change as a proposed $20 million grocery store and development is planned for the intersection of Martin Luther King Avenue and NE 23rd Street.
According to research by several universities for a project called Mixed Metro, this 60-block community of OKC has one of the highest concentrations of Asians in the city. More than 19 percent of residents in the 73118 ZIP code, which includes this community, were born in Vietnam, according to Census data.
Residents of the 73105 ZIP code earn an average of $29,825 a year — $10,000 lower than the state average and $26,000 lower than the average individual salary in the predominantly white communities west of Interstate 235.
Other side of the tracks
The cultural change along 23rd Street isn’t quickly apparent as you cross under I-235 into the neighborhoods west of the interstate. There is still some grit and decay, but the business corridor that runs from Robinson to Classen has become a poster child for urban renewal as new restaurants, shops and other developments have popped up in recent years. While NE 23rd Street is home to fast food joints, auto shops and low-income day cares, the same street west of I-235 includes trendy restaurants, food trucks and bars. The
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business community isn’t the only difference between the two sides; as predominantly black as the east side is, the west side of the highway is overwhelmingly Caucasian between the interstate and Classen. “This feels like a diverse street,” said Michael Taylor, a resident of Jefferson Park, a neighborhood north of 23rd Street. “But there are different types of perspectives people have depending on which part of the street you are on. If you say you are hanging out on 23rd Street, I would think
In the 73103 ZIP code just west of Interstate 235, which includes the neighborhoods north and south of 23rd Street, 70 percent of the residents are white. Average incomes are also more than $26,000 higher than those east of I-235.
people would assume good things about this side and not so good things about [east] of the highway.” While blacks make up the majority of residents east of I-235, less than 12 percent of the population west of I-235 along the 23rd Street corridor is African-American. The racial disparity and income levels aren’t the only differences between each side of the interstate. Marcus Garvey Leadership Charter School and Thelma R. Parks Elementary, schools that serve the predominantly black neighborhoods along 23rd Street east of I-235, both received F grades from the state’s school report card system this year. Just a mile to the west, in the white community of Mesta Park, Wilson Elementary School received an A grade. Another mile down 23rd Street is Gatewood Elementary, where 72 percent of the students are black, Hispanic or Asian. Gatewood received a D grade. How much a person makes, the safety of one’s neighborhood and how good a school one’s child attends is all different depending on which part of 23rd Street one lives. And the part of 23rd Street a person lives on is often dependent on his or her skin color.
An American city
Patterns of segregation and levels of violence and poverty being more
The neighborhoods that straddle NE 23rd Street between I-235 and Interstate 35 include the 73105 and 73111 ZIP codes, which are 78 percent African-American.
prevalent in minority communities are nothing unique when it comes to urban life in America. Like many cities across the country, Oklahoma City is home to a multicultural population, but those different cultures tend to be segregated to different parts of the city that do not always receive the same level of services. “Black-white segregation is a phenomenon that is dragging on and on,” John Logan, a demographer at Brown University, told NPR in an interview on his research of 2010 census data. Logan added that American cities are still plagued by racial segregation and there is currently a growing rate of segregated Hispanic and Asian communities across the nation, along with continued segregation of African American communities. 23rd Street is hardly the only example of segregation in the region, as it merely serves as an example of the type of divides that can be found in many other places. However, a 10-mile stretch of 23rd Street offers a glimpse of the type of people who call OKC home, the way cultures tend to segregate to certain neighborhoods and the way those communities are treated differently.
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Electoral dysfunction
Laws exist to help regulate the financing of municipal elections, but sources say they’re nearly impossible to enforce.
BY BEN FELDER
Editor’s note: Watch for more 2014 election coverage from Oklahoma Gazette in upcoming issues. When it comes to financing municipal elections, there are no rules. At least there are none that can be enforced. “It’s awful,” said Lee Slater, director of the Oklahoma Ethics Commission, when asked to describe the state’s laws governing campaign finance reporting related to elections for city offices. Slater’s office collects campaign finance reports for all state elections, along with races in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. While the department has some power to enforce finance laws for state-level races, Slater said his hands are tied when it comes to mayoral and
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“It’s awful,” says, Lee Slater, director of the Oklahoma Ethics Commission, of the inability to enforce municipal election finance laws.
council elections in the state’s two largest cities. The Political Subdivisions Ethics Act requires political committees to register with the Oklahoma State Ethics Commission within 10 days of organizing and to also list a registered agent with the state. However, the same act doesn’t give Slater’s office any ability to enforce or investigate violations when it comes to municipal races. Enforcement of campaign finance laws is left to the district attorney. But David Prater, district attorney for Oklahoma County, says
his office doesn’t enforce those laws either. “We have not been able to move forward on any case, even on cases we have had complaints on,” said Prater, blaming complexities and inconsistencies with the law. When asked about potential violations, Prater said state law prohibits him from confirming his office has received any complaints or an investigation is underway. “I couldn’t tell you if someone had called to complain about a specific group,” Prater added.
Unable to follow the money
Based on the Political Subdivisions Ethics Act, it would appear an outof-state nonprofit violated state law by failing to file a campaign finance report on its spending in this year’s Oklahoma City mayoral election. Catalyst Oklahoma, which is listed as the agent behind a series of fliers and Internet ads that backed Mick Cornett and his reelection campaign, did not file any campaign statements with the state.
We have not been able to move forward on any case, even on cases we have had complaints on. — David Prater
Slater said his office has received complaints about Catalyst Oklahoma, but he is unable to do anything about it. As Prater said, he is unable to confirm his office has received any complaints. Catalyst Oklahoma is registered with the Secretary of State’s office, and Catherine Ledyard, Mary Keogh and Deborah Reusch are listed as incorporators and are employed by the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Ledyard did not provide comment on her connection to Catalyst Oklahoma and directed all inquiries to a media specialist who was unable to be reached by deadline. Another organization that mailed fliers during the mayoral campaign was a group called Progress OKC,
which promoted the growth of OKC without referencing a specific candidate. The fliers included images owned by the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, but no campaign finance reports were filed by the organization. A basic understanding of the law would appear to imply that Catalyst Oklahoma, and possibly Progress OKC, might have violated state law by not filing a campaign finance report with the ethics commission. However, the Political Subdivisions Ethics Act also states, “The [ethics] commission has no jurisdiction to enforce criminal penalties ... for violation of statutes governing municipal and school board campaigns.”
Senate Bill 1745
Slater said his office is “powerless” to enforce campaign finance violations related to municipal elections, but a bill recently signed into law could change that. Senate Bill 1745, which was signed by Gov. Mary Fallin on Monday, gives the ethics commission jurisdiction over municipal races. The bill, authored by Sen. A.J. Griffin, R-Guthrie, and Rep. Todd Russ, R-Cordell, originally covered all cities in the state. However, following some lobbying by the Oklahoma Municipal League, an amendment was filed to only include cities with a population of more than 10,000 or an annual budget of more than $10 million. The amendment still limits the ethics commission’s power over municipal races, but OKC mayoral and council races are included. “The officials we elect at the local municipal level are just as important, if not more important, than state positions,” Griffin said. “We want to bring uniformity to the election process.” Griffin said changing the bill to include only large cities was an effort to not discourage individuals in small towns from running for office. However, campaign finance statements are still required. SB 1745 simply ensures that an agency is able to enforce the law. Before the bill was passed, money could flow into OKC races without any record of where it came from, Slater said. “It’s such a mess right now that it’s highly unlikely anyone would be able to catch anyone doing something wrong [with campaign finance] reports,” Slater said. “The rules are internally inconsistent, out of date and we don’t have any enforcement authority. Something needs to change.”
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The race in House District 88 is a tight one, with four Democrats fighting for the vote.
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An activist, a cop, a professor and a businessman are all vying to represent one of the state’s most Democratic House districts. Four candidates will face off in next month’s House District 88 primary with the winner taking the seat that is being vacated by Rep. Kay Floyd, D-Oklahoma City, who is running for state Senate. The four candidates appear to fall in line with the party on most issues. Each supports Medicaid expansion, which the Republican Legislature has opposed. Each is supportive of marriage equality and argues for more education funding.
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The candidates
However, the four candidates come to the race with diverse backgrounds and view the role of a member of the minority party differently. Jason Dunnington, a professor of sociology at Oklahoma City University and former Nazarene pastor, could be considered the frontrunner, as he has the largest war chest of funds and has earned the endorsements of several Democratic leaders, including Rep. Scott Inman, D-Del City, the House minority leader. Like each of the other candidates in the race, Dunnington realizes a Democratic House seat doesn’t always carry with it a lot of power in Oklahoma. But he considers himself a part of a new generation of Oklahoma Democrats who can help the state shift back to the left in the coming years. “We need to have the long view,” Dunnington said of taking back the state for Democrats. “We need a [representative] who can not only help champion for Democratic values in the Statehouse but also help recruit other Democrats that can win in some of the seats that are competitive.” Also running is Paula Sophia, a former OKC police officer who
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retired from the force this year in order to run for a seat in the district she formerly patrolled. Sophia likes to tell stories from her time as a cop when she displayed problem-solving skills and compassion for the diverse population that calls central OKC home. “People are people, and they have the same basic needs,” Sophia said. “I want to be a voice for knocking down barriers that are fairly artificial. Even if I didn’t know a specific culture, if my approach was sincere, I can build trust.” John Gibbons was the founding president of Citimac Mortgage Lending; serves as president of the 39th Street Revitalization District; and is the co-owner of The Boom, a cabaret and nightclub in OKC. It was while he was president of Citimac that the mortgage industry collapsed in 2008, and it left Gibbons losing nearly everything he had. “[The recession] almost destroyed everything I had been building,” Gibbons said. “It has made me more radical as a Democrat; it has made me more of an activist.” Another candidate who had a close encounter with the collapse of the housing market is Mark Faulk, who watched Wall Street shudder through
the lens of a camera. A documentarian and activist, Faulk produced The Wall Street Conspiracy, a film on the fraud and corruption of America’s economic engine. Faulk has made a career out of trying to shine a light on injustice, whether it’s equal pay or prison reform. While Faulk realizes a position as a Democrat in Oklahoma’s Capitol will carry little voting power, he plans to use the position as an opportunity to speak out for progressive issues. “A lot of the Democrats that we have, while they may vote right, they are not what I would call strong voices in the Legislature,” Faulk said. “I think that our legislators have to go back and engage with the people more, and I haven’t seen that in decades.” The primary election is June 24 and the final day to register to vote is May 30. With four candidates in the District 88 primary, there is a chance none will receive at least 50 percent of the vote, which would trigger a runoff election between the top two voter getters on Aug. 26. There is no Republic candidate running in District 88.
House primaries to watch District 89 House District 89 is home to another hotly contested Democratic primary, as Mary Sosa, Virginia Poindexter, Shane Stone and Chris Bryant are all running for this south OKC district. The seat is being vacated by Rep. Rebecca Hamilton, D-Oklahoma City.
District 95 Rep. Charlie Joyner, R-Midwest City, was first elected in 2007 to House District 95. But he faces two challengers in his Republican primary next month. Max Wolfley and Brent Rinehart vie for this east metro district, which includes portions of Midwest City and Tinker Air Force Base.
District 91 Five candidates are vying for an open Republican seat in District 91 as current Rep. Mike Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City, reaches term limits this year. Chad Olsen, Chris Kannady, Scott Esk, David Monlux and Jon Painter are running for this district, which includes south Oklahoma City west of Moore.
District 99 Rep. Anastasia Pittman, D-Oklahoma City, who currently serves in House District 99, is seeking a state Senate seat in 2014. That leaves on an opening in this east Oklahoma City district where three Democrats are running in the June primary. They are George Young, Eleanor Darden Thompson and Steve Davis.
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Women, power OKC’s City Hall hires more females for leadership positions than comparative cities, including Dallas and Tulsa, do. BY BEN FELDER
Compared to other city halls in the region, Oklahoma City’s has the most cracks in its glass ceiling. Thirty-three percent of the city’s department heads are female. And while that might not seem like a lot, it’s a better rate than Dallas, Tulsa, Kansas City, Wichita and Little Rock, all of which are below 25 percent. OKC also has a higher rate than local suburbs Edmond and Yukon. “We want the most qualified person for our jobs,” said City Manager Jim Couch. “But if that person is a woman, I think that’s a bonus.” Couch, who oversees the hiring of the city’s department directors, said diversity is something he pays attention to at City Hall. He was proud to learn about the city’s rate, which was calculated by Oklahoma Gazette. “It’s always been a focus of mine,” Couch said about diversity among employees. “When I was director of water utilities, I had six division heads, and four were minorities and two of them were women. I was really proud of that.” Couch recently hired a man and a woman when filling two department head openings at City Hall. Doug Kupper was hired as the new parks and recreation director last month, and Aubrey Hammontree was named the city’s planning director after serving in an interim basis. Also, many of the female directors
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We encourage that diversity. We recruit from various segments of the community. — Dianna Berry
have worked their way up at City Hall, which indicates an atmosphere in which advancement is open to candidates of both genders. “[Oklahoma City] is a great employer because you can move up and move around,” said Jane Abraham, the city’s community and government affairs manager. “Employee development for either men or women seems to be based on your abilities. I’ve never felt discriminated against being a woman.” Abraham’s first position with the city was as a business manager in the fire department. She later moved to the finance department before entering her current position, where she monitors legislative issues that impact the city. “It’s been just a great place to work,” Abraham added. “I’ve always felt opportunities were just as open to me.”
Dianna Berry, another female director, oversees the city’s human resources department and said her experience over the past 30 years at City Hall leads her to believe the city is a diverse employer. “Oklahoma City is probably one of the most diverse employers,” Berry said. “We encourage that diversity. We recruit from various segments of the community, and it is a very friendly and welcoming place for females.” In the quest for employment equality, advancement is one objective while salary is another. In Oklahoma, women make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families. At City Hall, the average salary for male department heads is $143,656, according to data requested by Oklahoma Gazette. The average salary for female directors is $131,475. In total, women account for 25 percent of the city’s 4,824 employees. OKC’s rate of female directors leads the region’s major cities, but it is still a rather low number compared to men. Municipal government can be a male-dominated industry, Berry said, partly because some of the training necessary has not always been a focus for female students. Some positions require engineering education, which has traditionally been more sought out by men, according to Marsha Slaughter, the city’s utilities director.
above Female department heads for the City of Oklahoma City. “Working in utilities is typically a person with an engineering background,” said Slaughter, who has an engineering degree. “Around 20 percent of the practicing engineers today are women. But 20 years ago, it was 16 percent; and 40 years ago, it was a quarter of one percent.” When asked about OKC’s acceptance of female leaders, Slaughter also remarked on the election of Patience Latting in 1971 as not only the city’s first female mayor but the first female mayor of a major American city with a population over 350,000. “City Hall is asexual,” said Kristy Yager, the city’s public information and marketing director. “When I talk to other people in other business environments, I hear about sexual harassment or some amount of that. I have never ever in my 17 years here seen that.” Like many of the other female employees at City Hall, Yager said she feels the work environment is accepting of women because the top priority has been to hire talented workers. “[Couch] hires people with very high standards and that have a good reputation,” Yager said. “We hire really good people, both men and women.”
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Going bananas Edmond students and teachers act locally to fight global terrorism. BY DANNIEL PARKER
About 40 students and teachers from the University of Central Oklahoma amassed outside of Sprouts Farmers Market in late April. They wielded picket signs with slogans like “Chiquita Funded Terrorism” and “My Family Won’t Eat Sprouts.” Back in 2007, Chiquita Brands International agreed to pay a $25 million criminal fine after the company admitted that it paid terrorists to safeguard its Colombian farming areas for close to a decade, the Associated Press reported. Ire was raised again last month when the company asked a U.S. appeals court to toss out a case filed by thousands of relatives of Colombians killed in its civil war, arguing that the case doesn’t belong in American courts. In response, the students protested at UCO and convinced school leadership to stop carrying Chiquita products. The recent success of the student group has pushed it outside of campus boundaries and into the streets.
Pushing for change
Bruce Barringer, director of dining services at UCO, also works for Chartwells, a subsidiary of Compass Group, a corporation that provides global food and staff services. In April, he met with a group of student activists from a health equity class taught by Sunshine Cowan. Barringer said he won’t abide funding terrorism. Students convinced Barringer to cease carrying Chiquita bananas at the Edmond college campus. “My students said that’s not enough,” Cowan said. “They said, ‘You need to share this with your national supervisors and ask it not to be carried at
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Students from the University of Central Oklahoma protest Chiquita bananas recently at Sprouts Farmers Market in Edmond. any other universities.’” UCO switched to Del Monte, and Barringer took the information to his corporate contacts. Now, Chartwells is considering whether it should carry Chiquita produce on its menus nationwide. “Chartwells is a socially progressive corporation. If there is validity to what the students say — and I think there is — then I think they will respond affirmatively,” Barringer said.
Why Chiquita? Why now?
The answers are complex. Chiquita Brands International officers paid money to right-wing paramilitary groups and leftist rebels, several designated as terrorist groups by the U.S. Money allegedly went to AUC (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, or United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia), the National Liberation Army and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), CBS News reported. Chiquita representatives said the payments were made to protect its employees’ safety. Colombia’s ongoing conflicts have killed anywhere from 50,000-220,000 people, according to multiple media estimates. AUC was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 2001, according to data from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Also in 2007, the U.S. Federal Government agreed let Chiquita accept a plea agreement to charges that it did, indeed, engage in payments to the terrorist group. Now, families, too, want the company to pay. Chiquita is the largest banana seller in the United States and sold its Columbian subsidiary, Banadex, back in 2004. That the company is still fighting the current group lawsuit after it plead guilty to working with terrorists in a civil war that has killed tens of thousands of people is what angers these local students and teachers.
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Each student would lose 25 cents from his or her annual $150 food budget if the school dropped Chiquita. That number inspired many students. Mark Johnson, a 34-year-old UCO graduate student, said that’s a fair price to pay to fight terrorism. Johnson said that during research of his thesis paper on why Columbia leads the world in internal displacement he kept circling back to the actions of AUC and FARC. Last fall, Cowan invited Johnson to speak to her Consumer Health and Media Advocacy class. The pair didn’t expect much of a response. Instead, the class created and sent information booklets to local grocers to teach them about the Chiquita legacy. Most recently, they contacted Sprouts Farmers Market in Edmond. Senior McKenzie Hart, 22, said she wanted to meet with local Sprouts leaders specifically because its “responsible retailing” statement on its business website says the grocer is “partnering with suppliers and vendors to ensure that the products we sell are responsibly sourced.” “The assistant manager said that carrying Chiquita products was a corporate distribution issue and there was nothing he could do at store level,” said Hart. The students banded together to make their message louder. “We’ve looked closely with Chiquita’s business practices and believe the company is committed to corporate responsibility,” Sprouts spokeswoman Donna Egan told Oklahoma Gazette following the protest. That hasn’t swayed the Edmond activists, Johnson said. “Sprouts say they are rooted in global responsibility, but they can say that all they like. We want to see action. Until there is, we plan on continuing with our protests,” he said.
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Remember when Oklahoma City didn’t have an NBA team? Well those dark ages are gone. OKC not only has a team but it’s also really good, and the fans reward the team accordingly with their support. We knew our city had great fans, and that it was a great NBA city, but it was confirmed by Sports on Earth writer Shaun Powell, who ranked OKC the No. 1 NBA city in USA Today. In a video on the paper’s website, Powell ranked the top five cities for professional basketball. He included the Portland Trailblazers and Golden State Warriors, teams that have had spotty records but today still garner fan support, and the once-mighty Chicago Bulls. Michael Jordan is long gone, but Powell said the team still sells out its games. But OKC took the top spot. Powell said we have the best fans and the loudest arena, which he mentioned isn’t hard with players like Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook on the floor. But what perhaps won his heart over
FRiED NEWS was a gesture about five years ago by Thunder fans when the team was eliminated in the playoffs. Powell said fans stood and cheered for the team despite the loss. “Not only is that loud, that’s class,” Powell said in the video.
Left of center
This gives the phrase “straight-line politician” a whole new meaning. Chad Alexander, former Oklahoma Repubican Party chairman and lobbyist, was recently arrested after a traffic stop when Oklahoma City police found pills and street drugs in his vehicle, NewsOk.com reported. To quote Spicoli’s immortal line from Fast Times at Ridgemont High, “Hey bud, let’s party!” He was released last week after posting $5,000 bail. Police say they found nine oxycodone pills and 3.25 grams of cocaine after he was “straddling lane lines” while driving, a court affadavit showed. We can hear the jokes now: “If you would have just stayed to the right ...”
It’s a different world since 2008
Promise keeper — not
BOK Financial Corporation, a Tulsabased bank that operates many different financial institutions across the county, recently settled out of court on an age and gender discrimination lawsuit that accused the bank of firing two employees of the Bank of Albuquerque. The settlement agreement called for BOK to pay $230,000, along with the promise they wouldn’t do it again. In a statement following the settlement, BOK said, “It’s important to note that the events in question took place in 2008.” The world was a different place, uh, back in the day. Like, 8 years ago. It’s not like Mad Men or something. This was only eight years ago. BOK also said it “settled the claims to avoid incurring additional ongoing legal expenses.” While the bank might have been accused of throwing away its employees, throwing away its money is something it just won’t do.
Wes Welker, Kentucky Derby champion. Wes Welker is not a horse — or a jockey (though he could have fooled us). He is a wide receiver for the Denver Broncos. But he still won the Kentucky Derby, or at least made a boatload of cash off it. The former Heritage Hall standout attended the granddaddy of all horse races earlier this month, and he reportedly handed out $100 bills as he was leaving. That’s the Kentucky Derby equivalent of making it rain, people. (No word on what type of hat he was wearing at the time.) “He said he just won the Kentucky Derby and proceeded to walk down the line until the police officer stopped him,” Marc Blanford, one of the beneficiaries of Welker’s humanitarianism, told USA Today. “I think six of us ended up with $100 bills.” That was thoughtful of him, but the lavish Mr. Welker probably could have spared some of that chump change to New Jersey resident Nick Boyle, who claims he won a contest on Twitter in which Welker never paid up. According to TMZ, Welker challenged his followers to name his recently acquired racehorse (again,
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Praying with Reba
Oklahoma native Reba McEntire wants you to pray with her. Let’s take a moment. Shall we? According to theboot.com, McEntire is growing weary of the state of the world. She’s releasing a new song called “Pray for Peace” and wants your help. She wants you to send her videos of you praying for peace. “I’d like for you to help me with creating a video that spreads this message. I’d love to see you, your family, your friends, anyone, praying for peace,” she said. If you want to help McEntire pray for peace — and maybe even appear in the video for her new song — instructions are available on her website, reba.com. There are special praying
motions to go with the song, as well. You can also hear a short sample of the song in the instructional video.
Take that, bad guy
After almost a year, justice has been served. Paul Edward Factor of Oklahoma City was accused of stabbing a dog in the face at Beck’s Garage (4217 N. Western Ave.) after a night of carousing last August. According to NewsOK.com, Factor turned himself into Oklahoma City Police last week. An arrest warrant was issued after an aggressive social media campaign to track him down. The owner of VZD’s Restaurant & Club, just across the street from Beck’s Garage, promised a year’s worth of burgers to the person who apprehended the man. According to police, Factor attempted to burgle a home next to the garage and was unsuccessful. He then took his rage at his pathetic life and poor choices out on Beck’s dog. Lucy is a 3-year-old mastiff, who has since
recovered. She was found with a pocketknife lodged in her face, under her right eye. Because that’ll show ’em. According to the report, the dog-stabbing ne’er-do-well was released on a $30,000 bond.
Fallin, Queen of Hearts
Texas might execute more people in number, but Oklahoma executes more of its own per capita, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. That’s a status Gov. Mary Fallin probably doesn’t want to lose anytime soon. To quote the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland: “Off with their heads!” But this isn’t a children’s story. When the state’s Supreme Court attempted a stay of execution for Clayton Lockett, Fallin accused the court of overstepping its bounds. She then pushed ahead with the execution and threatened to have the judges impeached.
The court backed down, and Fallin rushed forward with Lockett’s execution. In doing so, the conservative leader inadvertently gave anti-death penalty advocates fuel for why the practice should be abolished. Whoops. The state used an “experimental” combination of drugs on Lockett, which some claim botched the convicted murder’s execution, making it potentially unconstitutional because his death was seen by some experts as “cruel and unusual punishment.” Things like this haven’t stopped Gov. Fallin before. In January, another Green Mile inmate was heard saying, “I feel my whole body burning,” when he was executed by lethal injection. Fallin pushed on. Because, you know, she’s tough on crime. It’s not like politicians are feeding these inmates to the wolves. Or drawing and quartering them. Or even just giving them a pill to go quietly into the afterlife. If such a thing exists. On with the body count.
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COMMENTARY
Kevin Durant is an American role model BY BRANDON BUCKNER
It is important to expand our dialogue about Oklahoma City Thunder player Kevin Durant, who recently was awarded the National Basketball Association’s Most Valuable Player award. I respectfully disagree with the source or sources close to Kevin Durant who believe Durant “carries himself like someone from Middle America,” which Ben Felder reported in his May 6 news article (“MVP award grows Durant’s brand and spotlight on city,” May 6, Oklahoma Gazette). In my experience as an expatriated Oklahoma Citian living in the Washington, D.C. area, Durant carries himself precisely like someone from his home of Prince George’s County, Maryland. Durant trumpeted “PG County” in the first minute of last week’s
speech, which was, even by Durant’s standards, beautiful in its overflowing gratitude and authenticity. It was raw and inspiring and a testament to the attractive quality of vulnerability. My friends from PG County, rest assured, are as proud as my fellow Oklahomans to be represented by the man behind that podium, a legitimate hometown hero who transcends his sport. They won’t let you forget for one second where he came from, and neither will Durant. For me, sharing him with the PG Counties of the world is part of the beauty of the Kevin Durant experience. A trifecta of claimants is formed by adding the University of Texas, where Durant spent one year as a Longhorn before becoming the uniting figure whose
wingspan bridged the Red River. The Kevin Durant bandwagon has enormous payload and has needed it over the years to endure his pilgrimage. What’s fascinating, and even more refreshing, is this cord formed by such disparate strands and, beyond D.C. or Austin or Oklahoma City or even Seattle, the practically universal admiration for a professional athlete who, for once, so deserves it. Yes, the award and speech grew “Durant’s brand and spotlight on city” as the headline reads. Durant is more than Oklahoma City could ever dream of in a figurehead for its rise to the global stage. His positive effect on the city’s image cannot be overstated. But if Oklahoma City is to act like a global city, which I believe it is, it is important for us to elevate these conversations accordingly.
Opinions expressed on the commentary page, in letters to the editor and elsewhere in this newspaper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of ownership or management.
That Durant praised his Thunder teammates or hometown fans is not evidence that he will end his NBA journey in Oklahoma City, as I’ve seen argued in the social sphere. It only demonstrates that he will continue to win admirers for who he is as a leader on and off the court. “Basketball is just a platform in order for me to inspire people,” Durant says, and his life story affirms that. The global perspective, which Oklahoma City is so fond of touting, is not that Durant’s speech conferred an elevated status to Oklahoma City or demonstrated virtues of Middle Americans but that it elevated the social consciousness of what we can all hope for in a role model to inspire us. Buckner is a former Oklahoma City-based sports editor and reporter, former Daily Thunder contributor and graduate of OCU and OU.
LETTERS Oklahoma Gazette provides an open forum for the discussion of all points of view in its Letters to the Editor section. The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity. Letters can be mailed, faxed, emailed to jchancellor@okgazette.com or sent online at okgazette.com. Include a city of residence and contact number for verification. Music future is bright
The first time that I encountered the genius of John Fullbright was via a radio program. The show is produced by the owner of The Blue Door, and it shares its name with the title of Joshua Boydston’s excellent cover story on the artist (“For the sake of the song”; May 7, 2014; Oklahoma Gazette). The song was “Fat Man,” and I was awestruck by both the lyrics and the presentation. It reminded me of something that could have been in The Threepenny Opera by Brecht and Weill. I thought to myself, “This young man is destined for greatness.” The other day, a few paces further down the road, I encountered him once again, this time on the cover of Gazette. It may not be the cover of Rolling Stone, but it is certainly a step in the right direction. I am not one who requires external validation of my taste in music. I simply
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know what I like. Among other things, I like the fact that you saw fit to feature this brilliant writer and performer in your publication. Thank you. — John D. Carlson Oklahoma City Appropriate cultural relations
In the May 7, 2014, edition of Oklahoma Gazette, on the bottom lefthand corner of page 46 was a University of Central Oklahoma Academy of Contemporary Music advertisement for a The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger concert. It featured the portrait of the great Choctaw War Chief Pushmataha, who many believe was assassinated in Washington, D.C. while on a delegation arguing against our forced removal to Indian Territory (aka Oklahoma). The image was not used in a desecrating way, but it was misused. I was at a loss as for why it even came to be used and began a series of inquiries: firstly, to Gazette’s general manager David Rhea, and secondly to ACM Public Relations Director Liz Johnson. Ms. Johnson contacted Scott Marsh of Levelland Productions (responsible for the concert). He, in turn, contacted me. What struck me immediately was their tone and sensibility. It was encouraging and reasonable. Each, in
a most expeditious manner, developed a full history of how the image came to be used, and it could not have been simpler: an online stock photography site. Throughout the inquiries, there was no scapegoating. And let’s face it, that in itself these days is a miracle. I understand that one of the fundamental tenets of our great union is the freedom of expression. I am equally reminded of one word literally carved into the base of the U.S. House of Representatives lectern: tolerance. Our republic can only work with ever-increasing mutual respect. We have become a very complex composition of peoples and histories. Moreover, it has been my experience as an expat for a significant portion of my life that no one immigrates because it’s great and grand in his or her home country.
Quite the opposite. How we treat each other’s past is the working out of our republic. With the recent debacles involving cultural misappropriation, ignorance is no longer an acceptable explanation but an immature excuse. We are a great republic with the violent contradictions of history and ideals. And how we demonstrate mutual respect and compassion will only enrich our Oklahoma life. I have been so encouraged by Liz Johnson, Scott Marsh and David Rhea’s response to a Choctaw concern. This is not a misplaced sentimentality but a genuine aha moment where we four recognized what our Oklahoma needs. Yakoke/Thank you. — D.G. Smalling Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma citizen
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BOOKS Cory Brown, author to read and sign his book What May Be Lost, 7 p.m., May 22. Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 842-2900, fullcirclebooks. com. THU
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Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday, 5:30 & 8 p.m. Sunday, 2 p.m.
Le Week-End, (UK, 2013, dir. Christian Vincent) British couple return to Paris many years after their honeymoon in an attempt to rejuvenate their marriage, 7:30 p.m., May 22; 5:30, 8 p.m., May 23-24; 2 p.m., May 25. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 2363100, okcmoa.com. THU–SUN
FOOD Artisan Bread Baking: European, explore the history and making of some of the heavy-crusted breads of Europe, 6:30 p.m., May 21. Francis Tuttle Technology Center-Rockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell Ave., 7174900, francistuttle.edu. WED Annual Beans and Cornbread Luncheon, fundraiser benefitting OKC Metro Alliance, noon, May 22. St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 222 NW 15th St., 232-1371. THU
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Gourmet Cheese Tasting, specialty cheese tasting and gourmet appetizers, 6:30 p.m., May 22. Uptown Grocery Co., 1230 W. Covell Rd., Edmond, 509-2700, uptowngroceryco.com. THU Paint N Cheers, creative social art classes, 6:30 p.m., May 22-23; 2 p.m., May 25; 6:30 p.m., May 27. Paint N Cheers, 1614 N. Gatewood Ave. 524-4155, paintncheers. com. THU–FRI, SUN, TUE
Pinot’s Palette, paint, drink, have fun, 7-9 p.m., May 22; 7-10 p.m., May 24; 2-4 p.m., May 25. Pinot’s Palette, 115 E. California Ave., 602-3850, pinotspalette.com. THU, SAT–SUN N ATI ON A LCOW BOY M US E UM .ORG
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The Artistik Palette, the social painting place, 7 p.m., May 23. Artistik Palette, 5820 E. Reno Ave., Midwest City. FRI Magical Family Night, treat your family to a kidfriendly meal with mystifying magic performed table side, 4 p.m., May 27. The Melting Pot, 4 E. Sheridan Ave., 235-1000. TUE Sushi Making, learn to make seaweed-rolled sushi for Makizushi with cooked seafood and vegetables, 6:30 p.m., May 27. Francis Tuttle Technology CenterRockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell Ave., 717-4900, francistuttle.edu. TUE Aunt Gilah’s Brownies, for 85 years, Aunt Gilah made the best brownies imaginable, 6:30-9:30 p.m., May 28. Francis Tuttle Technology Center-Rockwell Campus, 12777 N. Rockwell Ave., 717-4900, francistuttle.edu. WED
HAPPENINGS The Buzz about Bees Workshop, explore the numerous benefits honeybees provide mankind, 9:30 a.m., May 22. Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City, 900 N. Portland Ave., 947-4421, osuokc.edu. THU The Line, free poverty-awareness luncheon, 11:30 a.m., May 22. City Rescue Mission, 800 W. California Ave., 232-2709. THU Summer Color, discover which plants bloom the most in the hot summer, 9:30-10:30 a.m., May 24. tlc Garden Centers, 105 W. Memorial Rd., 751-0630, tlcgarden. com. SAT March Against Mansanto, aimed at informing the public, calling into question long-term health risks of genetically modified foods, 5-7 p.m., May 24. Harkins Theatre, 150 E. Reno Ave., 231-4747. SAT Oklahoma City Hot Wheels Association Show, toys and collectibles, buy, sell and trade, club t-shirts and custom diecast cars, May 26. Crown Center, 13300 S. Western Ave., 833-1296, greaterokchotwheels.com. MON
24th Annual Chuck Wagon Gathering and Children’s Cowboy Festival If you don’t know what a chuck wagon is, A) What the heck? You call yourself an Oklahoman? and B) Find out at the 24th Annual Chuck Wagon Gathering and Children’s Cowboy Festival, where tasty chuck wagon food samples and activities for the kiddos will have you saying, “Yee-haw!” Corral the family and join the two-day fest 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St. Admission is $15 and free for museum members and children 12 and under. Call 478-2250 or visit nationalcowboymuseum.org.
Saturday-Sunday 2014 Mutual of Omaha Tour Bus, share and record your “aha” moment with Mutual of Omaha, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., May 27. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 445-7080, ahamoment.com. TUE Buddha Mind Meditation Class, instructed meditation practice and lecture on Buddhist principles, 7-9 p.m., May 27. Buddha Mind Monastery, 5916 S. Anderson Rd., 869-0501, ctbuddhamind.org. TUE
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Friday
Sunrise Splash Pad/Movie in the Park, featuring Finding Nemo and grand opening of the splash pad, free activities, music, popcorn, 6:30 p.m., May 22. Sunrise Park, 550 S. Yukon Parkway. THU Don’t Fry Day, opportunity to learn about ways to help reduce rising rates of skin cancer and to promote sunsafe behaviors, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., May 23. Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington Pl., 424-3344, okczoo.com. FRI Story Time with Julie, hear the best and newest children’s books, 10:15-11 a.m., May 24. Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 842-2900, fullcirclebooks.com. SAT Superhero Puppet, children transform everyday collage materials into a powerful superhero puppet that saves the day, 11 a.m., May 24. Lakeshore Learning Store, 6300 N. May Ave., 858-8778, lakeshorelearning.com. SAT Weekend Keeper Connections , from anemones to zebras, learn about your favorite Zoo animals from the people entrusted to care for them, 11 a.m., May 24-25. Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington Pl., 424-3344, okczoo.com. SAT–SUN
End of School Sensory Friendly Dance Party, all ages and free to the public, donations accepted to benefit Music Moves Mountains’ “All Abilities Rock” program, 6 p.m., May 24. Sonder Music, Dance & Art, 225 E. Gray St., Norman, 474-9734, sondermusic.com. SAT
PERFORMING ARTS Sister Act, when a worldly singer witnesses a mob crime, the police hide her as a nun in a traditional convent where she has trouble fitting in, 7:30 p.m., May 21-22; 8 p.m., May 23; 2, 8 p.m., May 24; 2, 7 p.m., May 25. Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave., 297-2264, okcciviccenter.com. WED–SUN Madison Allen’s Comedy Night, live stand-up comedy, 9:30 p.m., May 22. VZD’s Restaurant & Club, 4200 N. Western Ave., 524-4203, vzds. com. THU Henry V, taking place during the Hundred Years’ War between France and England, Henry V debates whether he has the right to claim French territories under a property contract, 8 p.m., May 23-24; 2 p.m., May 25. Reduxion Theatre Company, 914 N. Broadway Ave., 651-3191, reduxiontheatre.com. FRI–SUN Other Desert Cities, family reunion of sorts, and the tension is palpable, as Baitz’s characters are both funny and intense, 8 p.m., May 23-24. Carpenter Square Theatre, 800 W. Main St., 2326500, carpentersquare.com. FRI–SAT
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One-Man Star Wars Trilogy, Charles Ross plays all characters, sings the music, flies the ships and fights the battles all in 60 minutes, 7:30 p.m., May 28. Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave., 297-2264, okcciviccenter.com. WED
SandRidge Sky Zip Ever seen somebody zip-lining and said to yourself, “That person is crazy, but I kinda wanna do it too”? Now’s your chance, as SandRidge Sky Zip is back for another year of soaring across the Oklahoma River. Kids and adults alike can zip their way to the Sky Zip ribboncutting 4-6 p.m. Thursday at the Boathouse District, 725 S. Lincoln Blvd. Individual one-day passes are $20-$50. Call 552-4040 or visit boathousedistrict.org.
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SPORTS PBA’s Summer Swing, qualifying and match play rounds for the Professional Bowlers Association, May 21-25. Grand Casino, 777 Grand Casino Blvd., Shawnee, 964-7777, grandcasinoshawnee.com. WED–SUN 20th Annual Great Plains Rodeo, men and women compete for best all-around, top speed and top roping, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., May 24-25. Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, 3001 General Pershing Blvd., 948-6700, ogra.net. SAT–SUN YogaVerve, donation-only class, all proceeds go to a local nonprofit, 10:30 a.m., May 25. YogaVerve, 16501 N. Shawnee Ave., Edmond. SUN
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Cletus Smith, includes watercolor still-life and landscapes. Summer Wine Art Gallery, 2928 B Paseo St., 831-3279, summerwinegallery.com. Design a Duck, seeking proposals for new round of the Samo Ducky Project, proposals due May 23. Norman Arts Council, Mainsite Contemporary Art, 122 E. Main St., 360-0086, normanarts.org. Fiberworks 2014, features weaving, needlework, basketry, softsculpture and beading, both traditional and innovative in nature. IAO Art Gallery, 706. W. Sheridan Ave., 232-6060, iaogallery.org.
OKC Redhawks vs Omaha Storm Chasers, minor league baseball, 7:05 p.m., May 27-28. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 Mickey Mantle Drive, 218-1000, okcredhawks.com. TUE–WED
Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, gain a global perspective on the food and the environment through photos. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, 325-4712, snomnh.ou.edu.
VISUAL ARTS
Indigene, original photographs of indigenous people taken over the past five years, many document the Hadzabe tribe of Tanzania. The Caliber, 48 NW 8th St., 641-4500, facebook.com/TheCaliber.
A Walk Through the Soul, paintings by Karam, an artist from Seoul, Korea whose impressionist oil paintings are derived from her emotions. Paseo Originals Art Gallery, 2920 Paseo St., 604-6602, paseooriginals.com. Art After 5, downtown workers, adventurous concert and film goers and the art crowd gather for art and cocktails on the skyline, 5 p.m., May 22. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 236-3100, okcmoa. com. THU
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Chambers, Chambers and McKnight, artwork on display in the Project Space Gallery. IAO Art Gallery, 706 W. Sheridan Ave., 232-6060, iaogallery.org.
Lifetiles, wall pieces that appear to come to life, move and change as the observer passes by. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52nd St., 602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org. North of Reno, black-and-white photographs of architectural elements from selected buildings in Oklahoma City. JRB Art at the Elms, 2810 N. Walker Ave., 528-6336, jrbartgallery.com.
Art: Architecture with Wade Scaramucci, free lecture series, noon, May 21. Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing Blvd., 951-0000, oklahomacontemporary.org. WED
Not Just Another Day in May, curated photography exhibit marking last May’s storms in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing Blvd., 951-0000, cityartscenter.org.
Better Than Wallpaper, Beth Hammack’s new body of work consists of her large, trademark abstract paintings. JRB Art at the Elms, 2810 N. Walker Ave., 528-6336, jrbartgallery.com.
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Mock darkroom Back in the olden days, you needed this thing called a camera to take a photograph. You also had to let the photo sit in a room with a dark red tint before you could see what was on it. Mark Zimmerman, the University of Central Oklahoma’s assistant professor of photography, is recreating this long-lost darkroom phenomenon as part of the Ansel Adams and Brett Weston exhibits currently on display at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive. Museum admission is $5-$12 and free for members. Call 236-3100 or visit okcmoa.com.
Wednesday–Sunday, Tuesday–Wednesday, ongoing SiO2, glass works by John Byrne, Rick and Tracey Bewley and father-son duo Chris and Micah McGahan. Paseo Originals Art Gallery, 2920 Paseo St., 604-6602, paseooriginals.com.
Outta the Ball Park, featuring artists Alan Ball and Nancy Park. Contemporary Art Gallery, 2928 Paseo St., 601-7474, contemporaryartgalleryokc.com.
Small - The New Large, paintings, prints and drawings utilizing colors that appeal in small sizes. Jann Jeffrey Gallery, 3018 Paseo St., 420-5707, jannjeffrey.com.
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Bacon shows up in some unusual places around the metro, from cocktails to cupcakes. BY ANGELA BOTZER
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First, go for the bubbles at Pops with a Chocolate Covered Maple Smoked Bacon Soda. It is described on the soda’s Facebook page as tasting like a cold hot chocolate seltzer with a salty finish and the scent of bacon. “We blow through this soda at an ungodly amount,” said Pops employee Dalton Couch. It’s made with pure cane sugar, and all the flavors in the tongue-twisting title come through individually as they blend together. This is a wickedly addictive soda.
Bricktown Candy Co. 100 E. California Ave.
This candy store in Bricktown offers swirly bacon lollipops and gummy bacon. There are also bacon mints, bacon gum balls and bacon cotton candy that shouldn’t be missed. “We have bacon maple gelato,” said employee Janissa Chandler. “We have a lot of people asking for it when we occasionally run out. It’s that popular.” Packard’s New American Kitchen
A Canada, Eh? cupcake with bacon from Cupcakes to Go Go in Edmond.
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For a bacon happy hour, get the Honey Pepper Bacon Old Fashioned cocktail at Packard’s. “We use our own honey pepper bacon and infuse the bourbon here, in house,” said manager John Ross. Added to this cocktail are maple syrup and bitters and a perfectly carved, floated piece of orange peel. This drink is smooth — the orange flavor hits first, followed by a mellow bacon bourbon finish. “It’s one of our top three sellers,” Ross said.
The Daily Donut 10911 N. Western Ave.
We use our own honey pepper bacon and infuse the bourbon here, in house. — John Ross
Mondays are bacon doughnut days at The Daily Donut. “We sprinkle a generous amount of bacon on top of either our chocolate or maple doughnuts,” said Michael Tran. “The maple bacon is definitely the more popular one. I think it reminds people of having bacon and pancakes with maple syrup for breakfast.” Pinkitzel Cupcakes & Candy 150 N E.K. Gaylord Blvd.
Bring home the bacon in your very own (inedible) bacon wallet from Pinkitzel. The store has a wide variety of baconthemed items. Who could be without bacon toothpicks, bacon bandages, or bacon soap? And for proper dental hygiene, there’s bacon toothpaste and bacon dental floss. “The Sizzling Bacon Candy is very popular. People come back for it after trying it once,” said salesman Philip Smart. Cupcakes to Go Go 2524 W. Edmond Road, Edmond
Bacon-flavored candy items at Pinkitzel Cupcakes & Candy.
The Canada, Eh? cupcake is a pure bacon indulgence at Cupcakes to Go Go. It is a bacon-maple French toast cupcake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting and is lightly drizzled with maple syrup and topped with bacon. “Once people get past the ‘bacon in the cupcake’ idea, they really love it,” said employee Emily Embrey.
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Bacon played a part in the 2001 movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring when two naive characters were cooking bacon, which, in turn, tipped off the evil ringwraiths about the location of their camp. Frodo Baggins knew the risks of being spotted with a burning campfire and the smell of bacon, but by that point, his foes were on their way. Fortunately, ringwraiths won’t keep us away from our love of bacon here in Oklahoma City — and it’s not just on the breakfast table. Here are some more unusual places for bacon aficionados to find it.
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Studies in fast food Sonic Corp. is one of those companies that many Oklahoma City natives forget is local — until, that is, one ventures down to the Bricktown Canal and sees the company’s huge corporate headquarters at 300 Johnny Bench Drive. On May 6, the company broke ground for a test kitchen at its headquarters. Previously, new items went from the design stage to a reality in the office and at the retail store next door, 208 Johnny Bench Drive. The company has simply outgrown this way of doing things and wanted a centralized location where creativity can happen. In other words, Sonic now has its own site for culinary creation. “Not only is it a place where our innovators can create, but it’s also a place where they can make sure that what they are making comes out in the drive-in,” said Jason Acock, assistant manager of corporate communications at Sonic. The majority of the space will be for creation, both in food and design. Those on the food team will occupy the kitchen for developing new tastes, and those on the practical side will help with determining the best way to deliver the end results to customers. The Culinary Innovation Center also will feature video cameras to broadcast cooking demonstrations and meetings to any of its stores around the country. A bar in the kitchen will include seating for six with a separate room that can hold 40 people for
above Rendering of the Sonic Culinary Innovation Center. presentations and discussions. “It’s just not an ideal situation for what we want to do with our innovation team. Having this kitchen is going to be a real treat for them. They won’t even have to walk across the parking lot to test some stuff,” Acock said. Sonic is constantly working to develop and improve its products. The team at Sonic is already creating products for next year’s menu. Sometimes they make small changes to existing favorites, and sometimes they roll out a whole new product line. The company did that last year with hot dogs when it introduced the pretzel dog. On April 1, Sonic made an announcement about its newest flavor of ice cream shake: kale cream pie. It made us wonder if those innovators were using their powers for good. But on the heels of that gag release (and April Fool’s Day) came the announcement of legitimate new flavors, including chocolate-covered jalapeño and salted caramel. Sonic is once again working with Van Hoose Construction on the 3,429-square-foot test kitchen. Van Hoose built the company’s corporate headquarters in Bricktown a decade ago. Completion is set within the next three to four months.
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WHAT WORKS: LAMB SHANKS AND KABOBS ARE TENDER AND TASTY. WHAT NEEDS WORK: THE FALAFEL ISN’T NEARLY AS GOOD. TIP: CALL-AHEAD ORDERING CAN SHAVE OFF PLENTY OF WAIT TIME.
For the life of me, I don’t know the difference between Mediterranean food and Middle Eastern food. I firmly believe that politics have no place in food. Where would you even put it? Fpooloticsd? C’mon. That’s gibberish, and you know it. So if there’s some political reason everything is Mediterranean now, I don’t know it. I just know I like eating it. And that includes Basil
Mediterranean Cafe, 211 NW 23rd St., the new tenant in an old KFC and Long John Silver’s building. The food is not, by and large, “fancy.” But I don’t know anyone who goes out specifically looking for fancy foods. I’m not acquainted personally with many princesses or dukes. But even those lace-wrapped VIPs should be willing to slough off their doilies like so much snake skin and hunker down with a gyro ($4.50). Much like pizza, it’s hard to find a bad gyro, and I quite like the thin, crispy slices of meat in Basil’s iteration. One suggestion: ask for extra tzatziki sauce. Another suggestion: eschew the falafel ($4.50). I am an ardent fan of falafel, but these are too dry and not terribly flavorful. There are better items on Basil’s menu. For instance, the chicken souvlaki
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Have a (snow) ball this summer Nothing is better when you’re roasting in the sun than a flavored ball of snow, with sugary-sweet syrup poured over finely shaved and packed ice. There are some serious snow cone stands in OKC. Cool your taste buds when the temperatures get to right below “blast furnace.”
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Wesley McSwane has been building up and out since opening his first location at Northwest Expressway and N. Rockwell Avenue eight years ago. Since then, he has expanded to four locations, two of them open year-round, with 60 flavors to choose from plus 11 sugar-free options. The Edmond location, 1433 E. Danforth Road, is open all year and also sells smoothies with fresh fruit and ice cream or yogurt. As a bonus, a gummy bear sits atop all of Shimmers’ treats.
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Lauren Wheat said she and her husband, Jamie, went to Hawaii to do their research. The couple wanted to bring the authentic flavor and technique of Hawaiian shave ice to OKC. Huey’s also offers the addition of ice cream in the bottom and sweet cream on top. You can spot it around town at local businesses like A Date With Iris, 4201 N. Western Ave., and Sun & Ski Sports, 10109 N. May Ave., or book Huey’s for your next private event through its website.
From the parking lot of Homeland at 1724 W. Lindsey St. in Norman, Eskimo Sno has expanded to four locations in Norman and one in south Oklahoma City. At each, you will find the same quality of ice and more than 150 flavors. For a real treat, try the owner’s favorite, the Margarita Swirl, a strawberry and margarita snow cone topped with freshly squeezed lime juice. It also caters with a truck that will bring the fun and flavor to your next birthday party or event.
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This concept has been almost 20 years in the making in the mind of owner and creator Gale VanCampen. This yearround location offers premium shave ice in 72 flavors. On top of that, she also owns Hot Dog OKC, the hot dog cart you can find most days at the corner of 202 E. Sheridan Ave. She offers Hot Dog OKC’s full menu at SnoConeys. For us, it means delicious summer food all year round west of the metro. For VanCampen, it’s a dream come true.
This venerable Edmond institution recently changed hands from one family to another. The Koenigs took over the stand and moved it to its present location three years ago. Island Sno offers 130 flavors and is open 1-11 p.m. seven days a week through the summer; it closes for the year in September. Find out what Edmondites already know: Island Sno offers family friendliness and quality shave ice.
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Jeremy Norman and his family have been slinging snowballs in Moore for 16 years. A few years ago, they built one of the largest shave ice stands in Oklahoma in Moore. They named their largest size The F5. They wanted to present it in a unique way, so they serve it in a hollowed-out pineapple with vanilla ice cream in the middle. Summer Snow offers more than 150 different flavor combinations.
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Andrew Ousley has taken over the stand from the Buck family, who operated it in the same location for years. He opened May 1, just in time for our first record-breaking hot days. Ousley offers 150 flavor options and more than 10 sugar-free flavors with the option to add candy, sour spray and sour straws. Of course you can get ice cream added to that. Check out social media for current hours. Starting in June, it will be open noon-10 p.m. seven days a week.
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Stretch, breathe, repeat Oklahoma City YogaFest at Paseo celebrates all things yoga. BY EMILY ANDERSON
Oklahoma City YogaFest at Paseo 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Old Trinity of Paseo 100 N. Lee Ave. oklahomacityyogafest.com $12-$50
Oklahoma City is booming with new sports teams, businesses and events. This rapid growth in athletics also extends to the yoga community with five new studios that opened within the last year. Because of this, Martha McQuaid of Spirit House Yoga and Christina Forth of yogainoklahoma.com decided to bring the yoga community together for Oklahoma City YogaFest at Paseo, a two-day festival to spur camaraderie between like-minded yoga enthusiasts.
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YogaFest will occur in conjunction with Paseo Arts Festival, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday at Old Trinity of Paseo, 100 N. Lee Ave. in the Paseo Arts District. There will also be an evening yoga soundbath event starting Saturday at 7 p.m. The event will feature yoga instructor Trinity Mays and the band Quantum Calm. It will include music from native instruments such as the didgeridoo and chimes. Forth said this will lead students into a deep state of relaxation and restoration. Oklahoma City YogaFest will feature teachers from each studio in Oklahoma City and a broad range of styles and techniques. It is friendly to beginners, and everyone is welcome. “We will have great local teachers, an inclusive community and fun,” Forth said. “We want people to come
enjoy community and skilled teachers, teachers who have trained and traveled around the country.” Forth bragged on Oklahoma City’s own McQuaid and said she is one of the top teachers in the nation. “I used to be a professional
This is a chance to meet friends and have fun. — Christina Forth
musician,” McQuaid said. “I spent too much time in my head and needed to spend more time in my body. I took [yoga] teacher training and found myself in a different career.” She then opened Spirit House Yoga and just celebrated its 10-year anniversary. Yoga has become more mainstream, reaching more people. Forth said it’s different than the gym. It brings stress reduction, pain reduction and health benefits. This is a huge factor and contributes to it reaching so many people. Forth said YogaFest is a way to
Above, Martha McQuaid and Christina Forth at Spirit House Yoga. connect with the body in more than just exercise. “This is a chance to meet friends and have fun,” Forth said. “It’s for all levels and will be a mix of styles, with something for everyone. [The yoga community in OKC] are little islands. This YogaFest brings us together for a play date.” Along with the chance to practice yoga, there will also be tables in the courtyard of the church with information on the local studios and healing providers. McQuaid said it will be an opportunity to connect with healers, massage therapists, acupuncturists and naturopaths who specialize in alternative medicine. Space is limited, so get tickets early. It is $50 per day for six classes. The evening event is $25, and single classes are $12 each. Forth said that most yoga weekend workshops can cost up to $250, so this is a steal. It is recommended that participants bring their own mats, blocks and other props. Some will be available, but it’s better to bring one from home. For a full schedule of each class and times, visit oklahomacityyogafest. com or the Oklahoma City YogaFest Facebook page for the chance to win class giveaways.
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High flyers A weekend air show will feature free family fun and a pilot who almost didn’t make it. BY PARIS BURRIS
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For Jason Flood, the Discover Aviation & Airshow Spectacular on Saturday is more than a chance to pilot his airplane for enthralled spectators; it’s his second chance at life. Flood is one of 15 pilots performing at noon at the Sundance Airport, 13000 N. Sara Road, in Yukon. The event will include skydiving, 15-minute helicopter rides, a flight simulator, a bounce house for kids, food vendors, booths and snow cones, said Heather Sterzick, Sundance Airport manager. The free event is open to the public. Flood is just happy to be flying, and to be alive. A crash in 2011 nearly ended his life. He piloted a Bellanca 8GCBC during one of his regular shifts flying advertising banners on Aug. 2, 2011, in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. Flood’s plane crashed due to engine error at 250 feet while trying to hook an advertising banner in the field. The majority of what Flood knows about the accident was retold to him by a police officer who found him lying unconscious among the wreckage. Flood suffered multiple injuries. He had broken ribs, he fractured his left heel and right ankle, his liver was lacerated, he lost his left kidney and spleen and he suffered a ruptured aorta. Doctors told Flood they performed a 17-pint blood transfusion at the hospital to save his life. Flood was kept in an induced coma for three weeks. Once he awoke, he attempted to figure out where he was and what had happened. “It just wasn’t a good, warm,
fuzzy feeling to wake up to,” Flood said. “I never thought I’d fly again, nor did I think I’d ever walk again.” The plane crash did not deter Flood from continuing his passion for aviation. Four months later, he was back piloting a Piper J-3 Cub training airplane and flying from New Jersey to Maryland. Ten months after the crash, Flood went on to place second in the Wildwoods AcroBlast competition, an aerobatic contest in his home state of New Jersey. He relishes every opportunity to be able to pilot airplanes and perform for spectators at air shows. “I just sit up there sometimes and cry to myself when I watch the sunset
I just sit up there sometimes and cry to myself when I watch the sunset and fly. — Jason Flood and fly,” he said. Event performers include Kate Kyer, Justin Lewis, Kyle Franklin, Greg Koontz and the Alabama Boys and more. The skydiving and helicopter rides are first come, first served. Those interested in skydiving must be between 8 and 18 years of age, Sterzick said. Guests are advised to bring their own chairs, as a crowd of about 5,000 is expected. Some indoor activities will be available. For more information, visit sundanceairport.com/discoveraviation. Britton Lee, in her 1940s AT-6, Britton, with pilot Tom Hennebry at Sundance Airport. SH ANNON CORNMAN
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Guests stroll through the Paseo Arts Festival, which runs Saturday through Monday.
The Paseo Arts District is rich with expressionist history, which is celebrated in the 38th annual Paseo Arts Festival. BY DEVON GREEN
Paseo Arts Festival 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday The Paseo Arts District NW 30th & Paseo St. thepaseo.com 525-2688 Free
Some might say The Paseo was Oklahoma City’s first district, its first art community. Established in 1929 as a shopping center away from downtown, it included a dance hall, a coin-op laundry and a swimming pool. It was christened paseo, meaning “walk” in Spanish, and was built in a time when public transportation was much more accessible and foot traffic was much more common. The district was hit hard by The Great Depression but weathered changes in culture. Jazz clubs and beat poets moved in during the late 1950s. The hippies took over (and some would say never left) during the ’60s. The first Paseo Arts Festival took place in 1976. During the 1980s, the district was nearly devoid of its colorful past. While the city weathered the oil bust and the Penn Square Bank failure, businesses along the vibrant street slid into decline and were boarded up. Commercial properties were slated for conversion into warehouses rather than storefronts. What was once a thriving arts district full of lively counterculture was near extinction. John Belt, a prominent attorney, bought his first property in the area — almost by accident — during this time.
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With a twinkle in his eye, he would tell anyone who listened about how he came to be the driving force behind the revitalization of the district. The next thing he knew, he had acquired most of the neighborhood, and he had no plans to make it a stodgy row of warehouses.
We are for the arts and the artists. We really want to give them support. — Colin Rosebrook
Belt passed away in March of last year, but his memory lives and breathes in every part of the district, which now boasts restaurants, shops and a thriving artistic community. With its beautiful art deco architecture and vibrant color schemes, the Paseo is once again home to more than 20 galleries and almost 100 individual artists. His legacy is the sense of community and tolerance that he and his wife, Joy Reed Belt, sought to preserve when they started their quest over 30 years ago. Joy Reed also owns JRB Art at the Elms, 2810 N. Walker Ave., a gallery that hosts a wealth of emerging and established artists. She is also the president of Paseo Arts Association (PAA). Now in its 38th year, the Paseo Arts Festival has grown from a small gathering to
something that has made art communities look to it for inspiration. “I started looking back, and it was more of a festival where you set up on the street,” said Collin Rosebrook, founder of Paseo Pottery, 3017 Paseo St. “You know, with bricks and boards rather than actual professional booths.” Rosebrook, festival chair, has been involved in the event for 24 years in some way or another. Much like the neighborhood, the festival’s evolution has been grassroots. “We had to start somewhere,” Rosebrook said. Most people are unaware how the artists are chosen. The call for entries goes out in the fall of the previous year. The jury that chooses those who will be part of the festival is comprised of area experts, which makes the festival unique. “I talked about it to people in the art community in Dallas, and they were impressed,” Rosebrook said. “We could end up teaching the people in Dallas a thing or two.” The festival is also a fundraiser for PAA, but they don’t take any of the artist’s sales. “We are for the arts and the artists. We really want to give them support,” Rosebrook said. “We really are [with this festival and PAA] building up the artists and
the art community.” In addition to the art, there is plenty more going on with the festival, including live music, a food court and a children’s area. And it isn’t just any children’s area or picnic area; there will be activities for budding artists, like a mural and a “sound wall” with salvaged materials that children can express their creativity with in a noisy way. These activities will be around 612 Paseo, a new community center that will open in late summer. James Varnum, part of the team behind 612, said the festival is a great opportunity for 612 to introduce itself to the community, like a soft opening. Varnum is also the brains behind efforts to make the festival produce as close to zero waste as possible. Picnicland is going to be the center for the festival’s dining space and green initiatives. There will be recycling available for food vendors and their customers as well as a water truck that will dispense filtered, cold water. The Paseo Fringe Film Festival takes place on the lawn Friday through Sunday at 8:30 p.m. and will feature themed nights with free family-friendly movies under the May sky — a great way to wrap up a day in one of the city’s most iconic neighborhoods.
A festival patron performs on a didgeridoo.
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Paul Snyder’s “King of the Hill”
The Nature in Art Series depicts the natural world from a uniquely local perspective. BY DEVON GREEN
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Since before we became modern human beings, we have interpreted the natural world in our art. Nature in art is ubiquitous, and the new series of exhibits at The Nature Conservancy’s Oklahoma City office aims to draw that into sharp focus. The Nature Conservancy recently moved their offices to Midtown to be more connected to the community. “We decided to go streetside and become part of the local community, and here in Midtown is a perfect opportunity for us,” Katie Hawk, director of communications at the conservancy, said. Being in the heart of H&8th Night Market, the state’s most popular food truck event, doesn’t hurt either. The market and street festival takes place on the last Friday evening of the month at the intersection of Hudson and NW 8th Street from March through September. Last year, the festival held a bison-inspired art show featuring 12 local artists. “We decided we wanted to take things a step further with this one,” Hawk said, “so we expanded the concept.” The Art in Nature Series features five local artists (one each month) who find their inspiration in the world around them. There will be an opening reception mid-month and a closing reception during H&8th for each of the artists. Their art will be on display in the conservancy’s offices and will be up for auction from the opening reception to the end of the night market, with 30 percent of the proceeds going to the nonprofit.
“This is a great opportunity for us to network, not only with our supporters and people who love nature but also reach out to the art community and be an integral part of the H&8th event,” Hawk said. The artist featured in May is Paul Snyder, whose work will be available through May 30. He creates portraits of wild animals, so his work is big, bold and in-your-face. His piece portraying the steely gaze of a water buffalo, titled “Back Off,” conveys the immediacy of the animal’s power and grace as well as its formidable presence.
I always try to create a certain mood with each piece. — Paul Snyder
“In some instances, the inspiration comes from a texture of the fur or skin,” Snyder said. “I always try to create a certain mood with each piece.” You get the impression that he has met these animals up close. His regard for them comes through in his brushstrokes. “Growing up in Colorado afforded me many opportunities to experience the wonder of the nature firsthand,” he said. Some of his first experiments were the tinfoil sculptures of animals he would bring to preschool show-andtell. He half jokes that some of the kids probably thought he was weird, but it’s a theme that started early and has never stopped. “My appreciation for animals never ceased,” he said. “I use them as the focal points in my paintings, drawings and sculptures.”
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It was enough to make a less resilient theater company pack up and quit. Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park has survived fires, floods and the death of a founder yet remains a household name in Oklahoma City. This year, it celebrates its 30th year of presenting the revered poet’s words as they were meant to be experienced. Kathryn McGill founded the company in 1985 along with Jack O’Meara, and their mission was and remains simple. “We have an enthusiasm for language,” McGill said. “We believe that words have power.” The company is also passionately devoted to getting the word out about Shakespeare’s legacy and the power of seeing his words performed. It devotes much of its time to education, hosting a Shakespeare competition and traveling through the state with its education program, taking great pride in working with students and teachers to make Shakespeare come alive in context. “They realize that Shakespeare can be fun and funny, and they get into it,” McGill said. So what does the company have planned for the next 30 years? “Well, first of all, we’re throwing a
party,” McGill said. There will be wine, food and a performance by harpist Gayla Blanc from the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. Urban Wineworks will provide the wine and hors d’oeuvres. Guests can also look forward to a performance of a scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The company has one more thing to celebrate that evening: McGill will announce that 2014 will be the first year Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park will officially be an Actors’ Equity Association theater. Equity is the union that represents actors and stage managers in the United States. McGill said that even though they have always tried to maintain standards that would meet Equity’s qualifications, a formal designation will be a boon for the company’s reputation and its actors. In the course of her association with the company, Mandee ChapmanRoach has worn several hats, including company member and stage actor as well as director of the Young Company Theatre Camp with Erin Sloan. She has seen the company grow and change for nearly half of its life. “I think [our success] is because of Kathryn McGill,” Roach said. “She’s so ready to collaborate and so flexible.” Roach is also fulfilling a personal goal that she has had since becoming an actor: she will play the role of Lady Macbeth in the upcoming season. “When I was younger, I saw the performance and thought, ‘I have to do this; I have to say those words,’” she said. She will get to play the deceitful murderess in September.
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Steve Lackmeyer and Jack Money book signing Cornerstone: The YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City, 125 Years 3 p.m. May 31 Full Circle Bookstore 50 Penn Place 1900 Northwest Expressway fullcirclebooks.com 842-2900
The YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City has been a part of Oklahoma City as long as it has been a city, all 125 years. The Y has been involved in some of OKC’s most important historical moments like the Great Depression, the Civil Rights era and the women’s rights movement. To commemorate its role in the community, the YMCA called on veteran journalists Jack Money and Steve Lackmeyer to write a book about its history, Cornerstone: The YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City, 125 Years. The limited edition book describes the YMCA’s role as a mirror that has reflected the city’s history over the years, Lackmeyer said. Throughout a four-year process of extensive outlining, archival research, 10 in-depth interviews and plenty of late nights at IHOP, the writers, who met as journalists in 1990, produced a historical volume full of lighthearted and funny moments as well as Shakespearian-esque drama. “Cornerstone really tells it all,” Lackmeyer said. “You realize when you look at the YMCA: mind, body, spirit. That triangle is a cornerstone in itself
above In a circa 1920s photo, boys work out at the Second Street YMCA. of everything they’ve done. We’ve seen them play this pivotal role in helping keep our young people on the right track by providing quality of life, by providing a spiritual outlet for folks, by being there as a city group, by sharing our struggle in the Civil Rights era ... They’ve been a cornerstone.” And the YMCA will continue to serve this necessary role in the community. YMCA’s Chief Operating Officer Kelly Kay said the organization will continue to reach out to new areas of the community in order to strengthen services and adapt to its changing needs. “We try to have as many different touch points for families. We have a lot of different opportunities where we can impact the lives of kids and families in our communities,” Kay said. Across Oklahoma in 2013, the YMCA served 416,937 members and provided $2.2 million in financial assistance to almost 22,000 people in order to ensure that every family had access to the Y. Cornerstone is the fourth book the authors have written together. They wrote books about Oklahoma City’s revitalization, the Skirvin Hilton Hotel and the history of Devon Energy Corp. “We’re very appreciative that the YMCA chose us to tell [its story] and trusted us to tell it,” Money said. Cornerstone: The YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City, 125 Years is available at ymcaokc.org.
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Love him or hate him, there’s no avoiding Skrillex in 2014 — and the dubstep icon wouldn’t have it any other way. BY JOSHUA BOYDSTON
Skrillex with Dillon Francis, What So Not and more 5:30 p.m. Friday The Zoo Amphitheatre 2101 NE 50th St. thezooamphitheatre.com 602-0683 $51-$83.50
Skrillex is nothing if not hard to ignore. He makes statement music, and the brash, noisy but melodic electronic tunes he has become so notorious for invite a love-it-or-hate-it response with little ground between. For all the kids who view Skrillex as bigger and better than The Beatles are voices deriding him as the worst thing to happen to music in decades. In less than five years, that signature style has taken him from an underground favorite to a six-time Grammy award-winner and cultural icon skewered by the likes of South Park and Saturday Night Live, a breakneck pace worthy of his now-legendary drops. Skrillex is the first to claim that if he was aiming to please everyone, he’d have absolutely none of it. “You should be polarizing. It’s a good thing, I think,” said Sonny Moore, the man behind Skrillex. “You can have a piece of art that you don’t even notice or a piece of art that causes you to react. I think it’s cooler that people
can passionately notice me, even in a negative way. It shows that I’ve done something that they understand enough to even have that emotion, rather than not noticing at all. It’s not as polarizing as [you’d] think. The real world and Internet are different things entirely, and the festivals I play … the numbers trump a lot of the hate.” It’s something about the perfect intersections laced across his musical journey — the time spent fronting hardcore band From First to Last, his equal fascination with club music and alt-electronic heroes Daft Punk and Justice — that tapped squarely into the psyche of EDM listeners new and old. Moore hacked into those who had yet to be hacked into, inspiring a movement that has made a distinct imprint on much of the music the decade has given us so far in the process. His Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites and Bangarang EPs were big successes in their own rights, but the influence carries well beyond the songs found on each. “I think it was me taking different influences together and finding something there,” Moore said. “It was all about the timing, and me taking a certain route inside a certain scene became a whole new thing entirely.” That thing is dubstep, or at least
You should be polarizing. It’s a good thing, I think. — Sonny Moore
what most Americans know as dubstep. The more aggressive, bass-heavy take — referred to rather derogatorily as “brostep” by EDM purists — has Skrillex as its poster child, whether he likes it or not. However, his new album, Recess, shows he has more up his sleeve than his persona might suggest. Embracing the more subtle nuances of an Aphex Twin or Squarepusher, he brings along an eclectic cast of collaborators — jungle icons The Ragga
Twins, Chance the Rapper, Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos and more — crafting his most ambitious and sprawling work to date. “A lot of my core fans know that I’m more versatile than I get credit for,” Moore said. “It might seem out of the blue for someone who doesn’t really know more than the word dubstep and a funny haircut, but I think the people that know me in-depth expect that out of me. The way I look at it, all the aggression and melody is there; it’s just adding more to the palate.” But at the end of the day, Moore is OK with the misconceptions. He’s selfaware enough to title Recess’ opener “All Is Fair in Love and Brostep” and gleefully accepted an invitation to do some sound design work for the upcoming Transformers: Age of Extinction film, content to accept any and all criticism with a smile. He might be a punch line to some, but it’s hard to hear the laughs over a sea of tens of thousands dancing their hearts out to something he created. “I’m not trying to get away from anything; I’m just making music,” Moore said. “It’s not something that you need to take so seriously and overanalyze. You put it on, and it does what it does. It’s how it’s always been. It’s supposed to be fun.”
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Hooked on stereophonics The ever-ambitious girls of Skating Polly joined forces with Norman-based studio Hook Echo Sound to learn the nuts and bolts of the recording process. BY KEVIN PICKARD
Chris Harris has been recording and producing music for over 15 years. The Depth & Current frontman started a commercial studio in his house in 1999, but by 2008, it was time for a change of venue. “I had recorded all the bands I know personally — and all their friends that they could vouch for personally,” Harris said. “It got to the point where I had strangers wanting to come in and record, and I just didn’t want to have strangers
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in my home, so that’s when I started looking for a space.” After a stint sharing space in Trent Bell’s Bell Labs Recording Studio, Harris founded his own studio, Hook Echo Sound. For the last couple years, he has run Hook Echo Sound by himself in Norman. Other than the occasional freelancer, Harris has engineered and produced the bands that have come through solely on his own. But that is changing now, thanks to Skating Polly.
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The duo, consisting of stepsisters Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse, started their ugly-pop band in 2009 at the respective ages of 9 and 14. Harris actually played an essential role in this process, helping them score their first show and put out their first two records. Five years later, Mayo and Bighorse have become partners in Hook Echo Sound. “I’ve wanted one of these freelancers who comes through to eventually take over all the recording stuff for me,” Harris said, “but it’s just never really worked out. [Mayo and Bighorse] have an enthusiasm for songs and music that a lot of other people don’t have. I think that has been what’s missing from a lot of the other people I thought might’ve been able to take over someday.” Skating Polly recorded a large portion of its first album, Taking Over the World, on its own. The techniques they used, however, barely scratched the surface of what the two are capable of, and partnering with Harris is a significant step forward in realizing that potential. “It was pretty simple,” Mayo said of recording the debut. “It was just like,
record a track; stop the track; turn it up if you want.” As Harris explains, there is a significant difference between engineering and producing. “The engineer is the one who’s responsible for putting microphones in front of instruments, mixing the sound, handling the gear,” he said. Anybody can be trained to do these things. Producing, — Chris Harris on the other hand, is not so strictly technical, and it requires a skill that not many have. “What you can’t train is having the taste to hear a sound and say, ‘That is working for this song,’” Harris said. He is confident that the members of Skating Polly have the taste to succeed as producers. “[Mayo and Bighorse] have such a way with arrangements and melody and the things that make songs great,” Harris said. “In a couple of years, if you put them in the studio with a young band that was good but didn’t really have any direction, they’re going to be able to end up turning it into really great music.”
Peyton and Kelli have an enthusiasm for songs and music that a lot of other people don’t have.
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The son of a producer who himself was the son of a songwriter, Tulsa’s Hank Hanewinkel III has it streaming through his veins. He dedicated much of his youth to The Red Alert, a nowlaid-to-rest rock trio that employed his similarly afflicted sister and uncle to form a full-blown family affair. That might explain why everything about Opportunities, his debut album as Nuns, comes across so fluently and effortlessly; it’s not so much a second language as the only one he has ever really known. But it’s nurture that allows nature to thrive, and there’s a lifetime of artistic consumption and creative dialogue informing Opportunities, a purposeful cherry-picking of classic melodies, ’90s alt-rock radio hooks and modern psychedelic swirls. It’s concise and coherent, especially for a debut, with instincts and learned habits colliding in a perfect way. The album — each part played and recorded by Hanewinkel — bears the kind of fruit that first outings rarely do. The Friday Night Lights-worthy levels of roller coaster emotions and epic, big sky beauty on “You Mean So Much to Me” have no business being divined so early on, a chill-inducing break in the bridge that would make Explosions in the Sky proud. Fringes of emo mark the start of “Resurrect This Pawn,” but lest the moody antics prove too strong, it’s thrown in a reverb-soaked psych spin cycle, tumbling to a muted stoner-metal conclusion. The post-punk-inspired guitar points of “The End” and “Novice Authors” are fun surprises, and the
trippy traipses “Beautiful Little Fool,” “The Clear Light” and title track “Opportunities” espouse Tame Impalaflavored mind-expansion and The Verve Pipe’s earnestness to equal degrees. These all come together most succinctly and successfully in “I Don’t Know Where I Stand,” a timelessly catchy single that plays the same in 2014 as it would have in ’74. From Hanewinkel’s boyish coos and throbbing percussion to the star-shower synth flurries and prominent, searing guitar, the planets align for a hard to argue with, pitch-perfect pop-rock song. And while Opportunities doesn’t offer much in the way of failed attempts, its undeniable solidness proves a little rigid at times. Too polished? Too contained? Maybe. The record never gets overexcited, almost to a fault. There are doors that are pulled when they should be pushed instead. Hanewinkel tiptoes over borders when it would work better to sprint through them. “Colours” builds beautifully but stops short of the heights it had the momentum to ascend to, while “Nothing’s Ever as It Seems” goes unhinged in riveting bursts but too quickly anchors home. Both are good songs that could have been just that much better. Even Nuns’ loosest moments are given a calculated length to roam from, but those tethers are born more from maturity than fear of the unknown. Hanewinkel knows what he’s doing and does it well, and the sharpness with which he executes Opportunities is worth marveling at again and again.
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The last time Twisted Sister played Rocklahoma, it traveled on nine planes through 15 time zones. “It’s easily the craziest shift in weather we’ve ever experienced,” said Jay Jay French, guitarist and founding member of the New York band. “We went from the Arctic Circle to Pryor.” In case you were wondering, that was a summertime heat wave of 50 degrees
Fans expect to see a great show, and that’s what we give them. — Jay Jay French up north to a 110-degree blast here. This will be the band’s third visit to the Rocklahoma music and camping festival, founded in 2007. The festival was one the first to feature a rock- and metal-only format, along with three days of onsite camping. Last year, it brought in about 20,000 fans a day over the three-day event. And French loves it. The Iron Men of Rock ’n’ Roll have played 33 countries and headlined in nearly every PROVID ED
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one, with more than 9,000 live shows played since it formed in 1972. (Yeah, that long go.) But things have changed. “We don’t get paid to play; we get paid to travel,” he joked. But it’s true. These days, the band plays about 10 festivals a year, and audiences range from 20,000 to 100,000 at each one. French is authentic. He’s intense but personable, cynical yet endearingly honest, each word emphasized by his thick New York accent. He also has no problem playing songs that were radio hits 30 years ago. “We don’t force people to listen to new songs
when we know they come to see us perform our hits,” he said. “They expect to see a great show, and that’s what we give them.” Indeed, the band licenses its hits for just about anything. In fact, today, “I Wanna Rock” and “We’re Not Gonna Take It” are still two of the top-earning songs from the ’80s. “They put our kids through college,” French said. “Those songs are worldwide anthems. They’re why we’re still here today.” This year is the 30th anniversary of the Twisted Sister album Stay Hungry, which spawned both hits. Both are possibly forever embedded in pop culture, for better or worse — and
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sometimes even for the hilarious. “We were playing a stadium show in Mexico and realized that the audience wasn’t singing the same lyrics we were (to “We’re Not Gonna Take It”),” French said. The band stopped to listen. “Huevos con aceite!” fans yelled — “Eggs and oil!” According to French, the song was used for a butter commercial in Mexico, and during South American shows, the band now also sings those lyrics with the song. Needless to say, the fans go wild. “Do we ever get tired of playing these songs? No! Not ever,” he said. “I get asked that all the time. How do you think Mark Metcalf feels?” Metcalf plays the father in the 1984 video for “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” In the intro, Metcalf, his face distorted, growls to his son, “Whaddya wanna do with your life?” The boy immediately morphs into frontman Dee Snider in all his lipstick and blue eye shadow glory. Snider snarls back, “I wanna rock!” “He still can’t go anywhere without being asked to say that line,” French said. Those 20 seconds of a four-minute rock video have become an iconic moment that generations of people relate to.
“We see kids at shows, especially in Europe, that tell us all they listen to is music like ours because ‘our-age music sucks,’” French said. “What’s wrong with being part of pop culture? Nothing.”
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LIVE MUSIC WEDNESDAY, MAY 21 Brandon Jackson, Grand Casino, Shawnee. COUNTRY Cedric Burnside, VZD’s Restaurant & Club. BLUES Cover Me Badd, Baker St. Pub & Grill. COVER Dave Matthews Band, BOK Center, Tulsa. ROCK Doe Eye/Akiba/Walking Relic, The Conservatory. ROCK Eagulls/Twin Peaks, Opolis, Norman. ROCK Grant Wells, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO North Meets South/The Deli All-star Jam, The Deli, Norman. ROCK
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Jacob Becannen, Nonna’s Purple Bar. ACOUSTIC Jason Boland and the Stragglers, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa. COUNTRY Mark Vollertsen, Redrock Canyon Grill. ACOUSTIC Maurice Johnson, Avanti Bar & Grill. JAZZ Mike Turner, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO Morgan Band, Tapwerks Ale House & Cafe. COUNTRY Nick Veroza, Wormy Dog Saloon. COUNTRY Scott Keeton/Jake Moffat Band, Remington Park. ROCK Skrillex/Dillon Francis/What So Not, Zoo Amphitheatre. ELECTRONIC Slowvein, Oklahoma City Limits. COVER Suede Panther, Belle Isle Restaurant & Brewery. R&B The Clique, Friends Restaurant and Club. COVER The Harmed Brothers/Tom Marshall, Grandad’s Bar. ROCK The Steepwater Band, VZD’s Restaurant & Club. ROCK
The Wurly Birds, Blue Note Lounge. ROCK
Ian Moore, The Blue Door. ACOUSTIC
Turbine Toolshed, Vintage 89, Guthrie. VARIOUS
Kyle Reid/Camille Harp/Tequila Songbirds, The Deli, Norman. ROCK
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Replay, Aloft Oklahoma City Downtown. COVER Rockchild, Red Brick Bar, Norman. ROCK Stars, Redrock Canyon Grill. ROCK The Clique, Friends Restaurant and Club. COVER The Dave Thomason Band, Grady’s 66 Pub, Yukon. COVER Wise Guys, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. ROCK
FRIDAY, MAY 23 100 Bones, Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse. ROCK Avenue, Riverwind Casino, Norman. COVER Bill Hearne/Terry Buffalo Ware, The Blue Door. BLUEGRASS Blake Lankford, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill. COUNTRY Borderline, Sliders. COUNTRY Dylan Hammett, Aloft Oklahoma City Downtown. SINGER/SONGWRITER
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Skrillex isn’t just an empty haircut; he’s arguably the most successful electronic musician on the planet. Love him or hate him (we recommend loving him), the 26-year-old dubstep phenomenon kicks off his Mothership Tour with fellow DJs Dillon Francis, What So Not and others 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Zoo Amphitheatre, 2101 NE 50th St. Glowsticks optional. Tickets are $44.50-$75. Call 602-0683 or visit thezooamphitheatre.com. Check out our full feature and interview with Skrillex on page 41.
SATURDAY, MAY 24 100 Bones, Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse. ROCK Addictions Mistress, Oklahoma City Limits. ROCK Annie Up, Riverwind Casino, Norman. POP Audio Eden, Remington Park. COVER
Native Lights, Blue Note Lounge. ROCK
Brandon Jackson, Colcord Hotel. COUNTRY
Patrice Pike, VZD’s Restaurant & Club. SINGER/ SONGWRITER
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MONDAY, MAY 26 The Handsome Devils/Alan Orebaugh, The Deli, Norman. VARIOUS
Casino, Russell’s, Tower Hotel. R&B
Psychotic Reaction/The Disposables/Lotta Tuff, Opolis, Norman. ROCK
Drive, Thunderbird Casino, Norman. ROCK
Raven Three, Full Circle Bookstore. VARIOUS
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Mike Turner, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO
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Troy Hardin, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill. ACOUSTIC
Deli All Star Jam/North Meets South, The Deli, Norman. VARIOUS
West 51, Kickapoo Casino, Harrah. COUNTRY
Grant Wells, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO
Grant Stevens, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. PIANO
Empty Bottles, The Deli, Norman. COVER
Jacob Becannen/Mark Vollertsen, Newcastle Casino, Newcastle. ACOUSTIC
Helen Kelter Skelter/Gum/Eureeka, Opolis, Norman. ROCK
Jan Borderline, Sliders. ROCK
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What She Said, Belle Isle Restaurant & Brewery. ROCK
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Steve Crossley, Redrock Canyon Grill. ROCK The 1975/Bad Suns, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa. ROCK Urban Addiction, Baker St. Pub & Grill. ROCK
Ancient River/Psychotic Reaction/Dead Shakes, The Conservatory. ROCK Edgar Cruz, Red Piano Lounge, Skirvin Hilton Hotel. ACOUSTIC Jamie Bramble, Uptown Grocery Co., Edmond. ACOUSTIC Kishi Bashi, Bricktown Music Hall. ELECTRONIC Los Horoscopos de Durango, Frontier City. LATIN Mike Hosty, The Deli, Norman. BLUES
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Open Jam with the Band, The Point After. VARIOUS Susan Herndon/Tom Skinner, The Blue Door. ACOUSTIC
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In Jaws, Steven Spielberg famously delayed before letting movie audiences see the shark. It generated suspense, but the decision was more a pragmatic one since the mechanical fish broke down so often during shooting. Unreliability isn’t much of a problem in the world of CGI, however, with filmmakers able to conjure up almost anything short of a decent Katherine Heigl movie. But even with an arsenal of special effects wizards, Godzilla takes its cue from the School of Less Is More, shrewdly holding off on showing the prehistoric big guy until they are good and ready. It’s indicative of the assured, classical filmmaking on display. The latest reboot of the creature first unleashed on the big screen by Japanese filmmaker Ishirô Honda in 1954, Godzilla is coy enough to tantalize its audience with some leg — albeit the scaly type. When director Gareth Edwards finally does unveil Godzilla and his nemesis, a radiation-sucking MUTO (short for massive unidentified terrestrial object), the monsters are almost always shown from the point of view of humans. The vantage point forces us to consider the ginormous creatures from the puny perspective of, well, people. That doesn’t mean the film is as adept at capturing humanity, although it’s not for lack of trying. Screenwriter Max Borenstein kicks things off in Japan in 1999, when a mysterious
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seismic event destroys a nuclear reactor in the fictitious city of Janjira. Caught in the breach is the husband-and-wife engineering team of Joe and Sandra Brody (Bryan Cranston, TV’s Breaking Bad, and Juliette Binoche, Words and Pictures). Sandra is engulfed in a radioactive cloud; Joe has the heartwrenching task of watching her die. Cut to 15 years later. The couple’s now-grown child, Ford Brody (Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kick-Ass 2), is a Navy bomb technician living in San Francisco with his wife (Elizabeth Olsen, Kill Your Darlings) and 4-year-old son. The bland but likable Ford barely has time to settle down for leave before he must fly to Japan to bail his dad out of jail. Apparently, Joe has become a scenerychewing conspiracist certain that the government is covering up what caused the reactor’s destruction. One thing leads to another, and both father and son wind up in nowquarantined Janjira. They stumble
upon a top-secret monster-monitoring project spearheaded by a pair of scientists played by Ken Watanabe (Inception), who wears an expression of perpetual constipation, and a barely used Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine). If the characters are more archetypal than realistic and occasionally on the dumb-dumb side (e.g. military brass decide to nuke a monster that feeds on radiation), at least the picture wins props for a few unexpected and ambitious plot turns. The production, meanwhile, is impeccable. For someone whose only
other directorial credit was 2010’s low-budget (if inventive) Monsters, Edwards maintains a rhythm of sharp, fluid storytelling. Equally strong are the work of cinematographer Seamus McGarvey (The Avengers, Anna Karenina) and an army of special effects craftsmen. There are enough scenes of spectacle to satisfy the most disaster-addled viewer, as a gargantuan spiky dinosaur and oversized quasicockroaches lay waste to Honolulu, Las Vegas and San Francisco. Even monsters, it seems, have had it up to here with tourists.
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ARIES March 21-April 19 I believe your persuasive powers will be stronger than usual in the weeks ahead. The words coming out of your mouth will sound especially interesting. I also suspect that your intelligence will get at least a temporary upgrade. The clarity of your thoughts will intensify. You will see truths you have been blind to in the past. Innovative solutions to long-running dilemmas are likely to occur to you. The only potential snag is that you might neglect to nurture your emotional riches. You could become a bit too dry and hard. But now that I’ve warned you of that possibility, let’s hope you will take steps to ensure it won’t happen. TAURUS April 20-May 20 If there was a Hall of Fame for scientists, physicist Isaac Newton (1642-1727) would have been the charter member. He was like Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry were to rock and roll, like Babe Ruth was to baseball. The theory of gravity and the three laws of motion were his gifts to the world. He made major contributions to mathematics and optics, and was a central figure in defining modern science. There is also a legend that he invented the cat door, inspired by his pet felines. Whether or not that’s true, it serves as an excellent metaphor for this horoscope. It’s an excellent time for you to apply your finest talents and highest intelligence to dream up small, mundane, but practical innovations. GEMINI May 21-June 20 During the next 12 months you will have exceptional opportunities to soak up knowledge, add to your skill set, and get the training you need to pursue interesting kinds of success in the coming six to eight years. What’s the best way to prepare? Develop an exciting new plan for your future education. To get in the mood, try the following: make a list of your most promising but still unripe potentials; meditate on the subjects that evoke your greatest curiosity; brainstorm about what kinds of experiences would give you more control over your destiny; and study three people you know who have
improved their lives by taking aggressive steps to enhance their proficiency. CANCER June 21-July 22 The moon shows us a different phase every 24 hours, which makes it seem changeable. But in fact, not much actually happens on the moon. It has no atmosphere, no weather, no wind, no plant life, no seasons. There is some water, but it’s all frozen. Is there anything like this in your own life, Cancerian? Something that on the surface of things seems to be in constant motion, but whose underlying state never actually shifts or develops? According to my analysis, now would be an excellent time for you to revise the way you understand this part of your world, and then update your relationship with it. LEO July 23-Aug. 22 Have you thought of organizing a crowdfunding campaign to boost your pet project or labor of love? I suggest you get serious about it in the next four weeks. This coming phase of your cycle will be a favorable time to expand your audience, attract new allies, and build a buzz. You will have a sixth sense about how to wield your personal charm to serve your long-term goals. More than usual, your selfish interests will dovetail with the greater good -- perhaps in unexpected ways. VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Years ago I had a Virgo friend who was a talented singer. She had technical skill, stylistic flair, and animal magnetism, making her worthy of being a lead vocalist in almost any great band. And yet when she was asleep and had dreams of performing, she often found herself standing in the shadows, barely visible and singing tentatively, while her back-up singers hogged the spotlight at center stage. Moral of the story: Some of you Virgos are shy about claiming your full authority. It doesn’t always come easy for you to shine your light and radiate your power. And yet you can most definitely learn to do so. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to make progress in this direction. LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 “There is always an enormous temptation in all
of life,” writes Annie Dillard, “to diddle around making itsy-bitsy friends and meals and journeys for itsy-bitsy years on end . . . I won’t have it. The world is wider than that in all directions, more dangerous and bitter, more extravagant and bright.” Your assignment in the coming weeks, Libra, is to transcend whatever is itsy-bitsy about your life. The alternative? Head toward the frontier and drum up experiences that will thrill your heart and blow your mind. SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 We are all searching for someone whose demons play well with ours,” writes novelist Heidi R. Kling. That’s good advice for you to keep in mind these days, Scorpio. Those little imps and rascals that live within you may get you into bad trouble if they feel bored. But if you arrange for them to have play dates with the imps and rascals of people you trust, they are far more likely to get you into good trouble. They may even provide you with bits of gritty inspiration. What’s that you say? You don’t have any demons? Not true. Everyone has them. SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 “When people tell you who they are, believe them,” writes blogger Maria Popova (Brainpickings.org). “Just as importantly, however, when people try to tell you who you are, don’t believe them.” Those suggestions are especially crucial for you to keep in mind these days. You are entering a phase when your best relationships will be up for review and revision and revitalization. To foster an environment in which intimacy will thrive, you’ve got to be extra receptive, curious, tolerant, and tender. That’s all! Not hard, right? A good place to start is to proceed as if your allies know who they are better than you do — even as you ask them to return the favor. CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 “Kludge” (pronounced klooj) is a slang word that refers to a clumsy but effective fix for an engineering problem. It’s a cobbled-together solution that works fine, at least temporarily, even though it is inelegant or seems farfetched. Let’s use this concept in a metaphorical way to apply to you. I’m guessing that you will be a kludge master
in the coming days. You will be skilled at making the best of mediocre situations. You may have surprising success at doing things that don’t come naturally, and I bet you will find unexpected ways to correct glitches that no one else has any idea about how to fix. AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 I hesitate to compare you to your fellow Aquarian Kim Jong-il. When he was alive and ruling North Korea, he was an egomaniacal tyrant. You’re definitely not that. But there are certain descriptions of him in his official biography that remind me of the kinds of powers you may soon exhibit. He was called The Great Sun of Life and Highest Incarnation of Revolutionary Comradely Love, for instance. Titles like that might suit you. It is said that he invented the hamburger. He could command rain to fall from the sky. He once shot eleven holes-in-one in a single round of golf, was a master of gliding down waterslides, and never had to use a toilet because he produced no waste. You may be able to express comparable feats in the coming weeks. (Do it without falling prey to excessive pride, OK?) PISCES Feb. 19-March 20 Even if you had a sensitive, nurturing mommy when you were growing up, and even if she continues to play an important role in your life, now would be a good time to learn how to mother yourself better. You are finally ready to appreciate how important it is to be your own primary caregiver. And I’m hoping you are no longer resistant to or embarrassed about the idea that part of you is still like a child who needs unconditional love 24/7. So get started! Treat yourself with the expert tenderness that a crafty maternal goddess would provide. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes / daily text message horoscopes. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.
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Lease financing available on 2014 BMW 320i Sedan vehicles, only at participating BMW centers on leases assigned to BMW Financial Services NA, LLC/Financial Services Vehicle Trust through June 1, 2014. Monthly Lease payments of $319.00 for 36 months based on MSRP of $36,875.00.
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