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NEWS City Clinic signed a 10-year lease for 10,000 square feet at 1708 NE 23rd St. “What I’ve been trying to do is get people excited about what’s about to happen, whether its a friend or a business owner,” Jabee said. “For so long, there wasn’t anything to see. It has to be done first before people see that we can revolutionize the city on this side of town, but also that people can work together for things like this.”
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Locals with a desire to write another chapter in Oklahoma City’s renaissance story drive the redevelopment project on NE 23rd Street. By Laura Eastes
The story behind the first development project along Oklahoma City’s NE 23rd Street in 38 years begins somewhere in the 1980s, when kids from traditionally black neighborhoods like Ross Heights, Culbertson, Capitol View, Creston Hills and Lincoln Terrace walked up and down NE 23rd Street. The commercial corridor between Interstate 235 and the Oklahoma River was a mix of businesses, restaurants and houses of worship with a few boarded-up storefronts. Years later, as these children progressed into adolescence, the city blocks were nearly hollowed out. Witnessing the economy and opportunities dry up in northeast OKC never left the minds of the millennials who became professionals living and working in the area. As downtown OKC and the city’s various urban commercial districts began to transform into beautiful and flourishing places, native eastsiders asked, How do we make the OKC renaissance story our story? That question is now the key driver in today’s northeast OKC urban comeback, beginning at the intersection of NE 23rd Street and N. Rhode Island Avenue.
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Williams, who goes by the stage name Jabee, joins Sandino Thompson, Quintin Hughes and Jonathan Dodson in the development team of a two-phase project along NE 23rd Street. Next spring, a $4.3 million investment in phase one brings health services to the community with Oklahoma City Clinic as its anchor. In phase two, another multi-million dollar investment, restaurants, retail and a creative work space will be added to a rehabbed city block, which now houses local staples A Family Affair Restaurant and La Moor Beauty Supply. “The east side deserves something first,” explained Dodson, who is a partner in Pivot Project, also led by developers Ben Sellers and David Wanzer. Pivot Project is well-known for urban projects like Tower Theatre, Main Street Arcade and the Sunshine Cleaners building. Like past Pivot Projects, Dodson said the northeast OKC project will bring new and authentic businesses, which will be between 60 to 70 percent minority-owned, to the area. “So much of the renaissance is happing on the west side of I-235,” said Dodson, who first became interested in northeast OKC after an introduction to Thompson a few years ago. “We felt like this was an opportunity to do something on the east side. Part of our story is that we give the tenants ownership. They get to share in the wealth they help create.” Four years ago, the northeast commu-
from left Sandino Thompson, Jonathan Dodson and Jabee Williams stand at the entrance of what will become the Oklahoma City Clinic. | Photo Megan Nance
nity’s young professionals, creatives, innovators and entrepreneurs — those who grew up in the neighborhoods south and north of NE 23rd Street — began meeting to discuss an eastside renaissance and how to correct decades of slow progress, Thompson said. The answers were not simple. They found that development depended on many moving parts, from accessing capital and public financing to the assistance of well-known urban planners and gaining the community’s support. If any parts were missing, development of any kind wouldn’t happen.
For so long, there wasn’t anything to see. Jabee Williams “The community has been united in a way I haven’t seen in 38 years of living in Oklahoma City,” Thompson said. “People are on the same page. We go and talk to people who have lived here forever. They have shared what they tried, what worked and what didn’t. We have people around the table who are working to maintain what we have.” The table discussion is the opportunity to invest in a community’s future, explained Jabee and Thompson. Around that table, the development team has already received the support of the Oklahoma City Black Chamber of Commerce, Perry Publishing & Broadcasting Company, First Security Bank, Citizens Bank of Edmond, Northeast Renaissance Redevelopment Project, local elected leaders, prominent urban developers and more. Oklahoma
Before Oklahoma City Clinic leaders were joined by members of the development team and elected leaders to break ground for the new clinic, Eran Harrill, CEO of the city’s Black Chamber of Commerce, explained that it took visionaries to look past the crumbling automotive shop building to see its future as a health facility, but also a catalyst for future development. “We believe we provided a total health care experience,” Scott Potter, the clinic’s COO told the crowd. The Oklahoma City Clinic is a 95-yearold health organization designed to treat adults with Medicare. In addition to its clinic space, the construction plans call for a classroom, which clinic leaders say will allow for education events and community meetings centered on health education. Various research supports that high-risk health conditions including diabetes, obesity, hypertension and high infant mortality rate are prevalent among residents of northeast OKC ZIP codes, including 73111. The Oklahoma City Council pledged a $1.3 million tax increment financing (TIF) agreement towards the development’s first phase. TIF is a tool utilized by municipalities to spur development that would likely not occur without an incentive. In 2014, Councilman John Pettis Jr., who also grew up in northeast OKC in the 1980s, championed the development of a TIF district to support the Northeast Renaissance Urban Renewal Plan. The plan was designed to benefit the blighted NE 23rd Street corridor between Interstate 235 and the Oklahoma River as well as spur development along and near NE 36th Street. TIF funds were secured for the development of the $7 million Northeast Shopping Center along NE 36th Street. Save-A-Lot will anchor the redevelopment. Pettis described the TIF as “bringing true opportunity for those who live and work in northeast Oklahoma City.” So is the development unfolding at the intersection of NE 23rd Street and Rhode Island Avenue. Last week, Jabee, Dodson and Thompson walked around the property, explaining their vision. This development will change the economic trajectory of NE 23rd Street. In simpler terms, they are building a community gathering spot, where people of all ages want to come for dinner, shopping or health care needs. “People want to see something happen, and they want to do something to make something happen,” Thompson said. “But now, we’ve got to do it.”
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Oklahoma cities score poorly for LGBT equality in a new study, but Freedom Oklahoma believes gains, even small, are coming. By Laura Eastes
The City of Edmond’s equal opportunity employment statement is clear. In four sentences, the statement outlines that city employees and potential employees will be considered without attention to race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, pregnancy, disparity, genetic information and military service. The inclusion of sexual orientation among the classes protected was added to the statement over the last year. By including sexual orientation as a protected class, Edmond is stating its commitment to protecting lesbian, gay and bisexual people in its workforce. The change garnered little public attention, except among those who knew to look for it, explained Freedom Oklahoma’s Troy Stevenson. “It didn’t take much,” said Stevenson, the executive director of a statewide political advocacy organization that advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. “It wasn’t even a change with how they treated their employees. It was a change in what was written down in their policy. They were already doing the right thing, but it wasn’t in writing.” By municipal leaders expanding their commitment to treating employees equally, Edmond’s score on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2017 Municipal Equality Index rose to 20. Since 2013, the civil rights organization has examined the laws, policies and
services of municipalities and rates them on the basis of their inclusivity of LGBT people who live and work there. In 2016, the first year HRC included Edmond in its index, northern Oklahoma County city scored a 14. A perfect score is 100. So far, no Oklahoma cities have attained the coveted top score. Top scores send clear messages to LGBT communities and their supporters about which cities stand firm on the ideals of inclusion, acceptance and opportunity. How cities reach a top score does not involve extreme change. According to Stevenson, it can be as simple as a municipality updating internal policies to ensure nondiscrimination in employment. “It’s not all major groundbreaking change,” said Stevenson.
Low-score state
Last week, HRC — in partnership with the Equality Federation Institute — issued the 2017 Municipal Equality Index report examining 506 of America’s cities, including eight in Oklahoma. The index rates cities based on 22 criteria falling under five categories, which are nondiscrimination laws, a municipality’s employment and contracting policies, inclusiveness of city services, law enforcement and municipal leadership on matters of equality. Oklahoma City scored 41 out of 100 points in the index, while the average
crimination laws. Norman’s resolution didn’t meet those criteria. We disputed, and we plan to talk about it next year to make sure the resolution is counted and their score is changed.”
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As executive director of Freedom Oklahoma, Troy Stevenson works closely with municipal leaders in Oklahoma at reviewing policies to promote equality. | Photo Megan Nance
score for cities in Oklahoma is 20, which falls below the national average of 57. Norman scored 42 points, Tulsa scored 34, Edmond scored 20 points, Lawton scored 17 points and Broken Arrow scored 12 points. Both Moore and Stillwater failed to earn any points. Of the 506 American cities scored, 11 earned scores of zero. Sixty-eight cities, including nearby Dallas, Fort Worth, Denver, St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, scored 100 percent on the index.
It’s about making all people feel that their community is their home and where they belong. Breea Clark As a member of the national Equality Federation, Freedom Oklahoma assisted in the data collection for the report. Despite Oklahoma cities scoring in the bottom tier, Stevenson argued Sooner cities have made progress toward LGBT equality in recent years. Further, he contends that scores should be higher for Tulsa and Norman. Tulsa failed to receive 12 points for reporting hate crime statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In late 2015, Norman City Council extended the city’s civil rights protections to include LGBT residents. The city’s resolution, which updated Norman’s discrimination policy from 1986, was not counted in the nondiscrimination category. “We’ve done a lot of work in Norman in the last few years,” Stevenson said. “The index has very strict guidelines on nondis-
In Oklahoma’s third most populous city, the motto is “Building an Inclusive Community.” The message, which is prominently displayed on Norman’s city government website and other municipal branding opportunities, is a charge city leaders take seriously, explained Councilwoman Breea Clark. In addition to tackling issues around LGBT discrimination, the council adopted a resolution recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which replaced Christopher Columbus Day. This past spring, Clark initiated the community discussion about renaming DeBarr Avenue, which was named after a one-time vice president of the University of Oklahoma Edwin DeBarr. The university official from the 1920s was a high-ranking member of the KKK. “We are really modeling what Oklahoma cities can look like,” Clark said. “I am hoping to share the benefits of being an inclusive community. It’s not just about the quality of life. It’s about making all people feel that their community is their home and where they belong.” Norman’s motto and its nondiscrimination resolution send a message to not only its current community members but prospective community members, Clark said. Without such policies, a city could hemorrhage quality professionals or dissuade others from locating there, which can ultimately impact a city’s economy, culture, education and quality of life. “The generation that is coming has an expectation of inclusivity,” Clark said. “If you want them to live in your community, they need to feel they are a piece of it, that they belong.”
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Cities have an incredible power to effect change with municipal protections, especially because there are no statewide LGBT nondiscrimination protections. Mayors and other elected leaders can be at the forefront of change in their communities, Stevenson said. “When it comes to a city council member or the mayor, they see their constituents every day and they work with their constituents every day,” Stevenson said. “It is much more concrete when people are suffering from inequalities. … There is direct access to the city councils and mayors.” Since the HRC began issuing American cities equality scores, cities have taken note of their scores and many municipal and civic leaders have contacted Freedom Oklahoma for help, Stevenson said. In addition to Norman and Edmond, Freedom Oklahoma has worked with municipal leaders in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and parts of rural Oklahoma, like Ada and Tahlequah. In the coming months, Freedom Oklahoma plans to host town halls in Moore and Stillwater to bring awareness to the community about lack of protections.
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Oklahoma Gazette’s Oct. 11 cover story, “Perfect storm,” beautifully covered the lightning-fast turnaround in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s fortunes with the addition of Carmelo Anthony and Paul George to the starting lineup. But never mind on-the-court talent in the post-KD era; these guys need a makeover. Well, not Russell Westbrook — in a perfect world, Russ would be setting mandatory dress codes for the entire nation, from Wall Street to Rodeo Drive. In a Russ world, clergy would rock orange Louis Vuitton bomber jackets and Dover Street Market tops while grandfathers show off their Alexander Wangs on mall walks. But while the Thunder recently unveiled a knock-your-Nike-socks-off alternative uniform, a Gazette reader taking a break between sweaty spin classes at Midtown YMCA used the “Perfect storm” cover as an opportunity to give the standard uniform some new flavor. Armed with what appeared to be four markers, the budding Vivienne Westwood or Jason Wu marked up the cover to give Westbrook, Anthony and George a striking aquamarine and sky-blue ensemble with bold vertical striping. George received one black sock — business on the left, party on the right. We at Chicken-Fried News instituted Fashion Forward Fridays once the new editor came on board because he hates casual wear and pushed us to don tri-corner hemp hats and Muppet-skin Capri pants instead of our usual Dockers and Under Armour golf shirts. So if a lovingly defaced Gazette cover can help the Thunder score a field goal from beyond the three-point line on the court of couture, CFN will shed tears when the entire team is flown to 2018 Fashion Week in Milan.
When you were a kid, did you ever try to fix a mistake and then only end up making it worse? The milk has already spilled out of the carton, and you try to get it back in, only to spread it all over the floor. A pair of inmates at the Choctaw County jail in Hugo escaped to make a visit to their girlfriends to smoke marijuana, but they were only gone for less than two hours. According to a Facebook post from Choctaw Sheriff Terry Park, trustees Rakeem Lennox and Harley Davidson (yes, his name really is Harley Davidson) used their good status to pick up a key to the laundry room and abscond on a Cheech and Chong-style adventure around 10:30 p.m. “(They) weren’t quite trusties [sic] to be trusted,” Park told The Oklahoman. Lennox and Davidson walked back to the jail just after midnight and will be facing additional charges for their escape. The men were originally in jail for drug possession, which goes to show that they didn’t learn from their time in prison. Maybe they thought that if they came back on their own accord, all would be forgiven. We guess they weren’t exactly thinking with a clear mind, but that logic is a stretch.
Doses of disappointment
The only thing certain after three weeks in a special session is that lawmakers are still staring down a $215 million budget hole. Another certainty is from Oct. 16 to Oct. 20, lawmakers couldn’t work on a solution, as the Capitol closed for scheduled electrical renovations. At Chicken-Fried News, we are struggling to wrap our heads around the reason Oklahoma lawmakers have failed to patch up this budget. We get it. This is a big task. We get it. It will take compromise. We get it. Not all lawmakers are going to be happy. We get it. Not all Oklahomans are going to be happy. Here’s the thing: Lawmakers were elected to make difficult decisions and pass a budget. Lawmakers were apparently disappointed that no budget agreement has been reached after three weeks. According to NonDoc, “dueling ‘disappointed’ pronouncements” were released to the media on Oct. 13. Gov. Mary Fallin wrote she was “disappointed in the lack of progress” in her press release. “We must see progress in filling the $215 million budget hole with reoccurring
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The fine decision-makers at Stuart Public Schools — the one-school district overseeing public education in the small town of Stuart near Holdenville — made headlines earlier this month when they voted to institute a policy stating all students, athletes and spectators are “expected” to stand for the national anthem at school events “without any gestures of demonstration or protest,” according to a report by McAlester News-Capital. Stuart is not exactly known as a hotbed of anti-nationalist political activism, so we’ll assume this is a preemptive measure by the local school board rather than a reactionary one. Stuart superintendent Tracy Blasengame said the policy has been put in place to teach its students to be good citizens. Also, one never knows when former Vice President Joe Biden will show up for a game, and who would want to offend him? But hold on, folks! Rumor has it that there is some obscure law preventing the school district from imposing an all-out ban on anthem protests — an increasingly forgotten federal relic called the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Today, it is more commonly known as that pesky thing that keeps gun ownership rights from being the undisputed No. 1 rule on this country’s official list of great American things.
Blasengame suggested that the right to free speech might have kept the school board from going as far as it would have liked. “The policy can’t be clear,” she told the News-Capital. “That is how you paint yourself into a corner with something — ‘If you are going to do this, then I am going to do this.’ Nobody will be the national anthem police.” No specific punishment is listed for those who do not stand or protest the anthem. Discipline will be handled on a case-by-case basis, though dealing with this unnecessary policy sounds like it would be punishment enough.
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Ay, Caramba! Sure, it’s easy to tell an adult not to eat something shaped like Bart Simpson’s dumb head, but try telling a kid that. Police in the small Pittsburg County town of Hartshorne faced this conundrum head-on and warned residents about the perils of eating unknown substances shaped like fun stickers earlier this month after they received a call about pills found
on the ground near the corner of 12th Street and Cherokee Avenue. KFOR.com reported the pills were shaped like a grenade, a heart and Bart Simpson’s noggin — a fourth was crushed beyond recognition. The news station also reported that officials said the pills were ecstasy and not just some fun, slumber party candy-making session gone awry. We’re not exactly sure why a dealer or pill-taker would leave their whimsically shaped drugs on a random street corner, but a Facebook post by the Hartshorne Police Department warmly invites them to visit and talk to the police chief about their lost items. The post also warned residents not to disturb crime scenes and to immediately call the police station if they found something odd on the ground, but they were much nicer about it than we would have been. So, as drug dealers get more creative about ways to peddle their wares to your unsuspecting, innocent children, it’s probably best to explain that it’s never a good idea to eat something shaped like cartoon characters or anything you’d find drawn in a coloring book unless you’re 100 percent sure about what it’s made of.
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La Brasa is chef James Vu’s chance to share his love of food from around the world. By Jacob Threadgill
La Brasa International Cuisine 1310 NW 25th St. | 405-524-2251 What works: Pollo a la brasa lives up to the hype, and Korean short rib tacos are like a more flavorful Sunday pot roast. What needs work: The plating is cute but impractical. Tip: Try the chicken without dipping sauces.
Executive chef and restaurant owner James Vu doesn’t shy away from the spotlight at La Brasa, 1310 NW 25th St. The restaurant’s website features Vu prominently, and that’s the way he wants it. La Brasa opened in September 2013 as strictly a Peruvian restaurant where Vu, a trained chef, worked the front of the house. After the first year, Vu took over as culinary director and transitioned the menu to incorporate flavors from around the globe with a nod to some of his favorite dishes and restaurants across the country. “It’s my interpretation of South American and Peruvian flavors with a little bit of Asian fusion,” Vu said in a phone interview with Oklahoma Gazette, noting that the full name of the restaurant includes the phrase “international cuisine” for a reason. “Everything from the ambiance to the flavors and plating is based on my travels to Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas and Miami.” Vu said that he travels to Miami once or twice a year because the city has a large Peruvian community and he has gone into the kitchen at La Mar, the restaurant of renowned Peruvian chef Gastón Acurio, to pick up tips and ask questions. A nother Miami restaurant, Wynwood Kitchen & Bar, in the
Wynwood Walls district of the city helped inspire the ambiance of La Brasa. Wynwood Walls is filled with all types of street art, which served as the model for Oklahoma City’s Plaza District art walls, and Vu brought the street art flair inside La Brasa. When you walk into La Brasa, it immediately feels like more than a restaurant. The flashy and ornate chandeliers and neon lights almost give it the feel of a nightclub. It’s intentional on Vu’s part. “The trend in New York and Los Angeles is going towards what people are referring to as ‘Clusteraunts’ where a restaurant will bring in DJs on the weekends,” Vu said. “That’s what I want La Brasa to get to gradually. I want people to take steps with me.” La Brasa hosts a DJ on Saturday nights for a Latin dance night featuring salsa and reggaeton. Trendy lights, DJs and weekend brunch cater to the millennial population, but the restaurant wouldn’t be popular if it wasn’t for the food. The pollo a la brasa is essentially the national dish of Peru and serves the namesake of the restaurant. The chicken sits in a wet marinade with over 20 spices for at least 36 hours before it hits a charcoal rotisserie. I couldn’t make my first trip to the restaurant without ordering its signature dish, and I was not disappointed. I ordered the half chicken ($16) with a side of cilantro rice and chimichurri asparagus. The main dish arrived on wood plank in the shape of Oklahoma’s outline. I thought it was a neat trick at first, until
I started to dissect the bird. The shape of Oklahoma isn’t exactly conducive to collecting chicken bones — there’s not much room on the panhandle. I had to commandeer a side plate to get into the chicken, but it was well worth the effort. The flavor combination of the marinade and the hints of charcoal made it memorable. I don’t remember having such an intense reaction to chicken skin since I was a kid peeling off the crunchy outside of a KFC thigh. The La Brasa version is smoky, a little spicy and totally delicious. I actually preferred the chicken without the addition of either a creamy cilantro or pepper aji, both of which are traditional Peruvian sauces and tasty on their own merit, because it covered up the unique flavor of the chicken. Accompanying the chicken were cilantro rice and asparagus, the latter of which was the star of the side dishes. The cilantro rice was fine, but it pales in comparison to the cilantro rice at Moore’s Himalayas Aroma of India. The asparagus picks up the chimichurri, which is like a South / Central American pesto, along with the smokiness of the grill and acidity of pickled onions. The Peruvian version of pollo a la brasa is often served as street food with a side of French fries and salad. The half order of chicken supplied enough meat for three meals. I put leftovers inside a grilled tortilla for a next-day lunch. I opened the meal with an order of Korean kalbi tacos ($12). Three tacos in warm corn tortillas are topped with beef short rib cooked in a Korean barbecue marinade, Asian slaw, kimchi and chipotle mayo. Slow-cooked short ribs are one of my favorite ways to eat beef, but I can sometimes be wary of ordering when eating out because it can be dry and overcooked. The La Brasa version tasted like
your grandma’s pot roast with a little heat and Korean spices. The slaw and kimchi provided crunchy and soft versions of cabbage, with a little heat from the mayonnaise. I would’ve liked to see one more crunchy element on the taco — perhaps peanuts — but overall, I was happy with the dish that could’ve sufficed for a meal. Vu said the Korean tacos are his nod to Los Angeles’s Kogi food truck that first introduced Korean-Latino fusion to the masses. Vu is of Vietnamese descent but admitted that Korean food is one of his favorites. “I grew up going to Korean House in Del City, and I go to Washington, D.C. where I have a lot of cousins, some of whom are married to Koreans, so I’m always around it,” he said. “No trip to Los Angeles is complete without visiting
I wanted the menu to reflect places I’ve been and the food I’ve enjoyed from around the world. James Vu Koreatown for barbecue.” In addition to the signature chicken, Vu said the ceviche trio ($22), misoglazed Chilean sea bass ($37), dolsot bibimbap ($22) and lomo saltado ($20) are the most popular dishes. Vu’s sea bass is an homage to chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s miso-glazed black cod. Bibimbap is a traditional Korean dish featuring marinated beef, grilled rice and lots of colorful vegetables. The lomo saltado combines sliced beef tenderloin with tomatoes and onions and is tossed in a soy sauce and red wine vinegar. “The flavors range from Korean and Vietnamese to Peruvian, Argentinian and Brazilian,” Vu said. “I wanted the menu to reflect places I’ve been and the food I’ve enjoyed from around the world.” Visit labrasaokc.com.
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The Urban Mission’s food resource center is on track to distribute more than 1 million pounds of food to families in need this year. By Jacob Threadgill
Much to her chagrin, in four decades as executive director of nonprofit The Urban Mission, Peggy Garrett has never had to worry about job security. Founded in 1972, The Urban Mission supplies approximately 20,000 people per year with fresh food and an afterschool program that gives children a warm meal. “I’ve always said that I’d like to be put out of a job if people weren’t hungry or had to scramble around to feed their kids, but job security is high,” Garrett said. “I can tell when the economy starts to get better because the line gets shorter.” Since moving to a new facility at 3737 N. Portland Ave. in 2000, The Urban Mission has expanded its efforts to feed those in need. In 2012, it became the state’s first pilot program to open a food resource center, a large facility where clients pick and choose from donated fresh food, usually enough to last for two weeks. “It’s a really good system,” Garrett said. “It’s just like going to the grocery store.” Urban Mission partners with Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and local grocery stores to supply the food. Potential clients bring identification, proof of residence in the coverage area and income qualifications to be eligible. Clients can walk through the facility and peruse a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, a stark contrast to the mystery boxes they once received. They pay with points that are assigned based on the number of family members. Healthy products are worth less than sweets and dairy. Garrett said the program, which was the first in the state, thanks to a partnership with Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and outside grants, is on track
to give away more than 1 million pounds of food in 2017. There are now 13 similar programs in the state. The food resource center services about 50 families per day, according to its coordinator Alex Jackson. “We’ve seen an increase in volume of people in need,” Jackson said. “Over the years, food stamps have been cut and work has been hard to come by for people. It’s frustrating to see but also encouraging to see the community and volunteers rally around to support them.” Jackson and Garrett said senior citizens and the disabled rely heavily on the food resource center because fixed incomes often can’t cover those living month-to-month. “Too many people are having to choose between buying medicine and food,” Garrett said.
The Urban Mission’s food resource center was the first of its kind in Oklahoma when it opened in 2012. | Photo provided
Looking ahead
She arrived at The Urban Mission seven years after it was founded to help start an after-school program. Kids get help with their schoolwork, have access to a warm meal and play in a garden outside. The mission is looking to upgrade the after-school program’s outdated computers, which are more than a decade old, Jackson said, by providing tablets for the children. The Urban Mission will use the annual fundraiser Music & The Mission to help upgrade the after-school program and continue growth of the food resource center as well as other seasonal programs, like a backpack giveaway. Music & The Mission is 6 p.m. Thursday at Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive. The event includes dinner and performances by Will Rogers impersonator Doug Watson and the Classen School of Advanced Studies’ choir. Tickets are $95.
Urban Mission clients are encouraged to choose healthy products. | Photo provided
“Our administrative costs are less than 2 percent, so almost all of the donations go to pay for programs,” Garrett said. “The food resource center takes up a lot of money, but the after-school program is so important because it helps kids make smart decisions.” Garrett shows no signs of slowing down. She said The Urban Mission exists to fill the gap when other services aren’t available. She reflected on a recent phone call from a client who used the food resource center while waiting two years to get approved for disability benefits. “We live by the golden rule. We treat people the way we want to be treated,”
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And the bologna isn’t the typical slice of mystery meat on white bread with mustard. The brewery’s version is shaved, cooked on a flattop for caramelization and served with a mustard cheese sauce on a brioche bun. “It’s surprising people,” Warfield said.
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Bricktown Brewery gets twisted with its latest menu shake-up. By Sean Isabella
A large sticky note full of items sits in Buck Warfield’s office, signifying the ever-changing ideas and continuous dialogue needed to keep a restaurant menu attractive. This particular list, however, includes not-so-typical offerings that will eventually dwindle down to six dishes as part of Bricktown Brewery’s new Twisted Comfort Foods menu. The concept, which debuted in February and rotates every eight weeks, features quirky takes on old classics like Spam fries and a hot bologna sandwich. “If we do something that you’ve never seen done quite that way, that’s twisted. That’s what we’re looking for to deliver on the promise of ‘I’ve never seen anybody do that,’” said Warfield, Bricktown Brewery’s president since 2011. “Sometimes, they are going to be great. Sometimes, they aren’t. We’re OK with that.”
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Between Warfield and his two partners, Matt Thomas and Mike Beighey, who both double as vice presidents of operations, there are many years of restaura nt ex perience powering Bricktown Brewery. Yet Warfield still has his doubts, like when Beighey offered up the idea of deep-frying a slow-roasted St. Louisstyle rib to add to the brewery’s alreadyexpansive menu and beer offerings. “I kind of poo-pooed it,” Warfield said. “I’m waiting to shoot down this chicken-fried rib. He brings it out. I said, ‘That’s really good.’” Just like that, Warfield was sold. It became one of the six items that debuted Aug. 21 at Bricktown Brewery’s 12 locations in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Texas, joining jalapeño Spam fries, a bacon and tomato grilled
Hot bologna sandwich | Photo Garett Fisbeck
cheese with tomato soup, a hot link corn dog, Boom Boom Shrimp macaroni and cheese and a hot bologna sandwich. What would typically take a chain months to plan and test new recipes takes as little as a few weeks for Bricktown Brewery. Warfield, Thomas and Beighey handle all the research and development, coming up with as many as 12 to 20 items before trimming it to six. “We make decisions,” Warfield said. “We don’t do focus groups. We don’t do tasting groups. “If we like it and we’re proud of it, we’re willing to put it in front of them.” Some of the ideas are new and, quite frankly, random, like the Spam fries, which come in a green Spam can and are served with Sriracha ketchup. So how did Warfield come up with that idea? He didn’t. “I read about it,” he said.
We don’t try to be too fancy, but we try to give things flavors that surprise you. Buck Warfield Other items spawn from previous concepts. Years ago, the brewery featured a corn dog with a Schwab’s hot link instead of a traditional hot dog. Not all items are quirky, though. Instead, all it takes is a unique spin or variation on a traditional staple. For example, the chicken-fried rib is served with barbecue sauce that features a blueberry balsamic reduction. Standard macaroni and cheese is elevated with fried shrimp covered in a sweet and tangy sauce.
Prior to Warfield’s arrival, Bricktown Brewery served what he described as an Applebee’s-type menu with large portions mostly consisting of frozen food. “You weren’t hungry when you finished, so it served its purpose, but there was nothing particularly interesting about it,” he said. Warfield wanted an emphasis on scratch cooking, honing in on larger portions that maintained quality. That meant fresh meat for the burgers and hand-breading the chicken for chickenfried steak with maple gravy. “We don’t try to be too fancy, but we try to give things flavors that surprise you,” he said. The brewery’s concept for the Twisted Comfort Menu spawned from an idea to create menu items sold at a lower price point. (Items range from $5 to $12.) The rotating options are an alternative to a discount or limited-time offer promotion many chains use. The “twisted” part created more buzz. “It gives us a reason to have new items, which I think is fun,” Warfield said. “The new items are something to talk about on social media.” Warfield said the new concept accounts for 8 percent of food sales. Top sellers include the macaroni and cheese and the chicken-fried ribs. Once new items are released, the partners waste little time planning the next batch of unique eats. Warfield said seasonal dishes could possibly include a pork pot roast over jalapeño cheese grits or a Shepherd’s pie with bison meat. Previous options included a cornflake-crusted catfish, bacon macaroni and cheese with pretzel croutons and a replica of the Shake Shack burger. Some, like the spicy chicken sandwich, generated enough buzz to land a full-time slot on the menu. The changes are part of the brewery’s constant growth from one brewpub when Warfield came aboard in 2011 to 11 additional satellite restaurants and a new production brewery. To maintain consistency with the new menu items at all 12 locations, Bricktown Brewery uses a centralized recipe management system called Chef Pad. Each restaurant has notebooks and screens where employees can look up recipes with presentation photos. “We want to live in that level of detail,” Warfield said. “What’s our batting average there? It’s not 100. It’s probably not 90, but it’s probably in the 80s, and that’s what we do for a living.”
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How do you feel about tentacles? Would you eat something that can stare back at you? Even in the midst of the safe and non-spooky chicken-finger craze, the metro area is home to plenty of foods not fit for the faint of heart. While some of the dishes in this list might sound suspect, every one of them is certifiably delicious. This Halloween season, picky eaters should challenge themselves and fearlessly tackle the foods from which others flee. By Ben Luschen Photos by Garett Fisbeck and Gazette / file
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The undead are not the only ones craving braaaains these days. In fact, the ironbellied cowpokes that frequent Cattlemen’s Steakhouse for breakfast have already been ordering calf brains and eggs for years. This is not a place that likes to waste animal parts. Cattlemen’s is also famous for its specialty lamb fries, which are kind of like chicken nuggets except made with 0 percent chicken breast and 100 percent lamb testicle.
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We Americans love our meat — well, as long as it does not resemble in any way the animal from which it came. But when one orders a whole Peking duck at Golden Phoenix, one gets the whole Peking duck, head and all. For those feeling bored or lonely, it can be nice to have an extra head at the table to talk to and gossip with during dinner. Give it a name, even! Or don’t — whichever you’re comfortable with.
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Ah, octopus. It’s like the chicken of the ocean — if chickens were eight-armed, big-brained sea predators with the power of camouflage, that is. Many landlocked Okies have a hard time palliating the mollusk. (No one ever has to worry about suction cups on a cow.) But the seafood geniuses at Mariscos Mazatlan can change stubborn minds with their beautifully plated Mar y Tierra (sea and land), a combination of octopus, shrimp, beef and other meats.
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The first time someone sees duck fat fries on the Mutts menu, it’s natural to feel a little skeptical. Duck fat certainly does not sound like something someone would want to eat. But the first bite of Mutts’ duck-fat fried potatoes drizzled in truffle oil is always enough to convert even the most squeamish eaters. Order them covered with chili and cheese and they will come out from the kitchen in a shiny silver dog dish. But don’t let the receptacle frighten you. This is people food at its finest.
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Open up a restaurant in Oklahoma called International House of Cow Stomach, Tendon and Fatty Flank Soup (IHOCSTFFS) and no one is likely to visit the establishment. Open up a restaurant with pho somewhere in the name and patrons will flock from near and far for a bowl of the popular Vietnamese noodle dish. To be fair, there are plenty of less intimidating meats Yukon’s Pho Hieu can include in its comforting soup bowls, but not much complements pho quite like the traditional odds and ends.
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While the aforementioned pho is very much in Oklahoma City’s culinary mainstream, there are members of the public who still turn their nose up at Mexican menudo, a soup dish similarly made with tripe (beef stomach). The red chili broth also includes hominy and onions. Time will tell if the soup gains as wide a popularity here as it already has in some other cities. Until then, Taqueria El Rey has an expansive menu of tacos, burritos and other options from which to choose.
We can’t say what it is like to French kiss a cow, but if it is like eating the chewy lengua (beef tongue) tacos at Edmond’s Taqueria Carnitas Michoacan, sign us up! The street taco is gaining popularity in the metro area after years of Tex-Mex dominance. With that, ideally, comes an appreciation for adventurous meats like lengua, cabeza (beef head) and buche (pork stomach). If none of those sound appealing, Carnitas Michoacan offers azada (steak) and pollo (chicken) varieties as well.
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ARTS & CULTURE Ryan Drake will be DJing upstairs where the show’s art will also be on display. Cox said the show should include around 25 artists and 60 total pieces. The Speakeasy will likely develop a special Burton-themed menu for the night. A contest to name the best Burton-themed costume might also be held. Unlike anything else The So Help Me’s have organized in the past, Cox wants this show to be more than a concert. “I love having that visual aspect, because I don’t want it to just be a show,” she said. “I want people who are interested in art to also get a little bit more out of it.”
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51st Street Speakeasy celebrates Halloween with a massively anticipated Tim Burtonthemed art show. By Ben Luschen
It did not seem to matter how many times Lindsey Cox said the name, because For the Recently Deceased seemed destined to take on a life of its own. The art and music showcase based on the work of iconic director Tim Burton, whose dark wit and imagination has spawned classics like Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas, has quickly spread across the region. On the event’s official Facebook page, more than 1,000 people have said they will attend, while an army of nearly 30,000 more have said they are interested in attending. Guests are encouraged to come in costume as their favorite Tim Burton character. For the Recently Deceased: A Tim Burton Art Show runs 6 p.m.-1 a.m.
“Beetlejuice” by Dallas Morgandale | Photo provided
Saturday at 51st Street Speakeasy, 1114 NW 51st St. Admission is free through 9 p.m. with a $5 cover after that. Cox, guitarist and one of two lead vocalists for The So Help Me’s, a self-described existential rock band based in Oklahoma City, said the show was originally set up as a themed Halloween gig for the band. The fact that a Burton tie-in might give the event wild viral appeal never occurred to the group. In addition to The So Help Me’s, which is scheduled to play at 11 p.m., three other bands are booked for the event, including Colorado’s Tyto Alba at 9 p.m., OKC indie rock group Foxburrows at 10 p.m. and psychedelic folk rockers Helen Kelter Skelter at midnight.
Cox said The So Help Me’s have held a themed Halloween show at the Speakeasy the last two or three years, but nothing nearly to the scale of For the Recently Deceased. She was on her front porch, brainstorming ideas for this year’s show with guitarist John Wilkerson, when they first thought of giving the show a Burton theme. It seemed like a good enough idea. “I mean, who doesn’t like Tim Burton?” she said. After they cleared the idea with the Speakeasy, Cox created a Facebook event page for the show and shared a link with an artist opportunity group on the site. She did not think much of it again until she checked the page later that night and saw hundreds of people already committing to attend. For many, the idea of a pop culturethemed art show at the Speakeasy is nothing new. Local event production duo James Nghiem and Mike Allen have worked with the venue for the last few years to throw art shows themed after directors Wes Anderson and Quentin Tarantino, guerilla street artist Banksy and the video game Street Fighter, among other things. Nghiem and Allen hosted a Buffy the Vampire Slayer art show at the venue on Oct. 21. While they are not involved in a hands-on way, For the Recently Deceased has the duo’s enthusiastic support. Allen designed the show’s promotional poster, and Cox said Nghiem has been a helpful guide as she has worked to organize a show like this for the first time. Cox is comfortable managing the workload associated with the show so far, though its wild popularity is both a blessing and a curse. The Speakeasy has an attendance capacity of around 500. “If it gets out of my hands and too many people show up, there’s really nothing I can do about that,” she said. “That’s the only part that’s out of control, just the amount of people interested.”
‘Banana Boat’
“Demon Barber of Fleet Street” by Van Lango | Image provided
Cox said she can pinpoint the beginning of her fascination with Burton’s films. It was while she was watching Beetlejuice for the first time, during the iconic scene at the dinner table in which everyone is possessed to break into a rendition of Harry Belafonte’s “Day-O,” otherwise
“Grade A” by Amanda Sawyer | Image provided
known as “The Banana Boat Song.” If the band has the time to learn the song, The So Help Me’s is planning to perform it during its set in front of what will likely be an abundantly receptive crowd of Burton fans. “It’s a must,” Cox said. Burton won a 2008 Golden Globe Award for best musical or comedy with the Johnny Depp-starring film adaptation of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. He most recently helmed the 2016 teen fiction adaptation Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Burton is directing a live-action remake of Disney’s Dumbo, slated to premiere in 2019, and announcements for his involvement in a planned sequel to Beetlejuice have been made. As for The So Help Me’s — a sextet that also includes Sophia Massad on vocals, keys and guitar; Lucas Gillette on bass; Harvey Crowder on synths and Ethan Neel on drums — other themed shows might be in the group’s future. Cox hinted at the possibility of a Harry Potter-themed gig. Tying shows to a particular theme keeps things fresh for both the band and the audience. “We’re trying not to be kitschy and only do themed shows,” Cox said, “but I generally like to have some sort of theme going along with each show.” Fans might have to wait a while until any future So Help Me’s themed show occurs. Cox said the band will likely take a break from local shows beginning next month to focus on recording a new project — perhaps its full-length debut. Its Relativity EP was released in 2016. Show attendees who are not interested in hearing any of the music are encouraged to show up early while it is still free. If everyone shows up after 9 p.m., the show could turn into a logistical nightmare and ensure frustrations. That is something Cox wants to avoid at all costs. “I don’t want people to be angry,” she said. “I want people to have a good time because it’s Halloween.”
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A program gives residents affected by homelessness an outlet through art. By Jacob Threadgill
After her mother died, Oklahoma City native Lee Jones’ life spiraled out of control. She lost her best friend and confidant, and with nowhere left to turn, she eventually found herself homeless. Curled up outside in the winter, surrounded by a few heaters that did little to stave off the oncoming cold, Jones clenched a piece of lace that belonged to her mother and hoped things would get better. Her lifeline came through Homeless Alliance, a nonprofit organization that partners with agencies to aid the homeless population, which the organization estimates affects 5,400-6,800 people annually in Oklahoma City. Homeless Alliance provided Jones with essentials like blankets, shampoo and access to warm meals, but it also gave her a creative escape.
Fresh start
Twice a week, the alliance opens the doors of its WestTown Day Shelter for the Fresh stART program. The program is modeled after Austin’s Art from the Street and invites volunteer artists to act as guides for homeless individuals who can use art as an escape but also a means to improve their lives. In 2017, Fresh stART artists will have their work on display for sale at seven public galleries. Their works will be available at The Underground, a coffee shop in Midwest City, the entire month of November. One of the works on display is a blueRocky Sumter showcases a few pieces of art in progress. | Photo Jacob Threadgill
Lee Jones has participated in the Fresh stART program for two years. | Photo Jacob Threadgill
and-gold acrylic piece inspired by the pattern of Jones’ mother’s lace that kept her company at rock bottom. “Art class brings me peace and joy,” Jones said, noting that her mother paid for a few art classes when she was a teenager. “I had to stop painting because I had to take care of my kids and my mom, but then [my boyfriend] Rocky brought me to art class. I can talk to anyone here, and there are so many happy moments.” Two years into the program, Jones said that she has sold six pieces of art, including her very first one created in the studio. She’s now living in a house with her boyfriend Rocky Sumter and has a job.
Art class brings me peace and joy. Lee Jones “I’m doing so much better personally,” Jones said as she put the finishing touches on a bright red dragon. “I love it here and all of the people I’ve met. I originally learned to paint using oil; now I’m learning with acrylics.”
Business side
The volunteers don’t teach classes; they make their own art and serve as guides for the program participants. The alliance provides starter essentials for the program, collected through donations. After they begin to make sales, they can buy more supplies.
Unlike his girlfriend, Sumter had no background in art. He found the alliance and began sweeping the room that houses Fresh stART when he was invited to join. Last year, Sumter said he sold over $1500 worth of his art at three shows. “I thought it was pretty cool when I sold my first piece, but it didn’t really sink in until an art teacher told me that all I had to do was to sell one piece to consider myself a known artist,” Sumter said. Sumter has used the funds from his art as a supplement with another job to find housing for he and his girlfriend. A house means he has his own studio and a jolt of creativity. “I started doing art that I couldn’t do on the streets,” Sumter said. “I get a lot more done. The hardest part is keeping it clean. It’s clean right now, but I can’t wait to sling some paint around.” Homeless Alliance deputy director Kim Woods said Sumter is one of the program’s most talented painters but he has begun to work with mixed media, like a shimmering jewel box, which he said was inspired by God to create art with found materials. The box is filled with donated earrings, springs and watch pieces and transforms when he turns on lights and pumps in music from Bluetooth speakers that he installed into the box. “My name is Rocky, and we’ve decorated our house in a rock ’n’ roll style,” Sumter said. “I’m not too much into country music. It’s too depressing; I like my life to be upbeat.”
Helping hand
The Fresh stART program began in 2012 and hosted approximately 150 people last year. At an art show in June, 52 pieces of artwork were sold. The artists get to keep 80 percent of the
Art by Lee Jones | Image submitted
proceeds while the remainder goes back to the program to fund supplies. The Homeless Alliance day shelter serves an average of 300 people per day where they have access to breakfast and lunch, warm showers and computers. The alliance also houses a shelter for pets, which often serve as vital protection for the homeless, Woods said. In addition to operating the 35,000-squarefoot campus, which includes apartments for the chronically homeless and veterans, the alliance publishes The Curbside Chronicle. Woods said the Fresh stART program stands out from the variety of services provided at the alliance because it is therapeutic while providing a creative outlet and a new source of income. “All these people are in here doing art; that’s a few hours two days a week where they’re not doing something else on the streets,” Sumter said. “You’re in an environment where you’re not tempted to do wrong.” Visit homelessalliance.org.
Fresh stART Art Show 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays Nov. 1-30 The Underground | 1621 S. Douglas Blvd. homelessalliance,org | 405-415-8410 Free
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Oklahoma City native Hui Cha Poos developed a love of dance as a child, watching productions like A Chorus Line and Peter Pan. After a successful dance career in Los Angeles that saw Poos earn screen time in multiple movies, music videos and a variety of star-studded performances, she moved back to Oklahoma to become a dance teacher at the University of Central Oklahoma in 2002. “I realized we were graduating a lot of dancers who were incredible, but we found that if they didn’t seek employment in New York, Los Angeles or elsewhere, they’d stick around here and didn’t continue to dance because there wasn’t much more than the ballet or modern dance company at that time,” Poos said in a phone interview with Oklahoma Gazette.
Beyond dance
Poos founded RACE Dance Company, which stands for Radical Application of Creative Energy, in 2011 to provide a new professional company for the city’s dancers and also broach the topic of social awareness through dance. “It makes sense to do something more with dance than to just be an entertainment source,” Poos said. “One of the greatest ways to communicate and reach certain parts of the public that wouldn’t normally be open [to social issues] is through dance and movement. … We want to give a different perspective and reach audiences in a ways that are both entertaining and RACE Dance Company, as seen in last year’s Christmas performance, hits the stage Friday for Murder on the Dance Floor. | Photo Britt’s Eye View / provided
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thought-provoking.” RACE puts on a variety of shows throughout the year, each with their own theme and target audience. Friday’s show, Murder on the Dance Floor, is aimed at adults while Dec. 8’s Hip Hop Nutcracker is more family-friendly. “We thought Halloween would be a good time because people are more open to being scared and a little more free,” Poos said. “It’s not a real murder, just killing the dance floor, having fun on the floor without worrying about anything else.”
We want to give a different perspective and reach audiences in a ways that are both entertaining and thought-provoking. Hui Cha Poos
Killing it
The October event at The Paramount Room, 701 W. Sheridan Ave., will include two performances, one at 8 p.m. and another at 10 p.m. Guests must be 18 years old to enter and 21 to drink. Tickets are $20, which includes access to a cash bar. For those attending the 10 p.m. performance, a Halloween costume contest will be held for tickets to Hip Hop Nutcracker. A dance party will go until midnight after the 10 p.m. performance. The eclectic, high energy shows feature 15 new dance numbers, with one holdover from last year’s Halloween show, a dance performed to Lady Gaga’s
Hui Cha Poos | Photo provided
“Teeth.” The group had less than a month to put together the show, which will range from jazz and hip-hop to contemporary and burlesque. “In a really short amount of time, we’ve managed to get together a really great show,” Poos said. “Most of our dancers are professionals, and we’ve had two rehearsals a week, so you’re learning a new number each rehearsal. We’re moving really fast, and that’s an impressive aspect of this company.” Like every RACE show, Poos finds ways to work in social awareness on topics such as gender, race and equality issues, and the Murder on the Dance Floor show is no different. Poos said the show is a reaction against the social norms of modesty that tell a woman they aren’t allowed to be both strong and sexual. “The social climate makes women feel like they can’t be those things,” Poos said. “Even while performing numbers based on murder, we’re changing social awareness. The audience is seeing women that are strong and sensual and don’t apologize for it. It’s an impact that isn’t meant to be in-your-face.” The December performance of Hip Hop Nutcracker takes a traditional ballet set in the background of a perfect nuclear family and wealth and grounds it in reality. RACE works with 70-80 children enrolled in Oklahoma City Public Schools and tailored Hip Hop Nutcracker to be told through the perspective of one of the performers. “There is an awareness of being in a single mom household and having to look at things he’s able to treasure rather than the things he doesn’t have,” Poos said. “There’s a full circle story told through his eyes.” Visit racedance.com.
Murder on the Dance Floor 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday The Paramount Room | 701 W. Sheridan Ave. racedance.com | 405-410-4978 $20
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Canterbury Voices teams up with Kyle Dillingham and Horseshoe Road and the Mustang High School choir to perform a bluegrass mass. By Jeremy Martin
The high, lonesome sound of bluegrass isn’t typically filed under “classical music,” but Randi Von Ellefson, professor of music at Oklahoma City University and artistic director of Canterbury Voices choral society, said that might just be a matter of perspective. “It depends on how you define classical,” Von Ellefson said. “It’s not dead white European composers, if that’s the definition of classical music; that’s not what it comes from. But bluegrass is its own kind of tradition. It certainly comes from a gospel tradition. I mean, there’s a lot of mixing of early Appalachian church music and of shape-note singing and all these things.“ Conducted by Von Ellefson, Canterbury Voices’ 120-person adult chorus collaborates with Kyle Dillingham & Horseshoe Road and the Mustang High School choir to combine these traditions 8 p.m. Friday in Bluegrass and Blue Jeans, an evening of folk, gospel and classical music scheduled to take place. Dillingham, a classically trained violinist who has performed at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, said these musical traditions don’t intuitively go together. “Bluegrass and classical music don’t really line up that well or naturally with an ease,” Dillingham said. “It has to be a very fine intention to make that work by a talented composer.” The program for Bluegrass and Blue Jeans culminates in composer Carol Barnett’s A World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass, a half-hour work Dillingham described as one of the only pieces of music he could think of that elegantly combines bluegrass and classical music. He and Horseshoe Road previously performed the piece with the Edmond Community Chorale. “When Canterbury Voices called us and asked us if we would be interested in performing, it was so exciting,” Dillingham said, “because I remember the work we put into learning that piece
and really making it our own. We felt it was something we really wished we could do again. It’s an awesome piece of music and very exciting for the audience.”
Challenging chords
A World Beloved is extremely challenging for the performers involved, he added, but it’s also extremely satisfying. “What’s really tricky about this piece and demanding for the instrument ensemble is you really have to switch back and forth at times, where now I need to play very classical, I need to play real violin, and then suddenly flip into this thing where I’m out under a tree, having a jam session at a bluegrass festival in western Oklahoma,” Dillingham said. “What that means is that no two performances are going to be alike. There’s room for the piece to truly be alive and give every audience a fresh experience. I really don’t know of any works quite like this one.” Though A World Beloved is a distinctive composition, Von Ellefson said getting ready for the performance is very similar to any he has conducted in his four decades of experience. “It’s the same problems of preparation that I deal with every time I do a concert,” he said, “which is that people have to get inside the music and get inside the style. So if they are unfamiliar with the style, it takes a little more time. … If we’re doing a Mozart piece, it must become something that lives for us, but it’s Mozart’s work. Same thing with Verdi’s Requiem or a contemporary piece. How do we make it feel like we’ve lived in that world?” The main difference between a typical bluegrass jam and the more traditional choral pieces Canterbury Voices usually performs, Von Ellefson said, is sheet music, or lack thereof. “Traditional bluegrass is much more improvisatory and not specifically written out,” Von Ellefson said. “That would be
Canterbury Voices, the Mustang High School choir and Kyle Dillingham and Horseshoe Road perform A World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass on Friday. | Photo Canterbury Voices / provided
the problem if you’re writing something for choir. You can’t just get a 120-voice choir and say, ‘OK; now just improvise on this.’ They’ve got to have notes.” Though the choir’s vocal arrangements are meticulously noted, Dillingham said some portions of the composition allow instrumentalists room to improvise in the bluegrass tradition. “But what’s marvelous about A World Beloved,” Dillingham said, “is that the composer really pulls these things together and takes the form of that classical mass and just delicately weaves in the bluegrass idiom and even requires at some points that the ensemble … naturally play from their instincts in that bluegrass style. … It needs that interactive, interpretative element.” Before the mass, the choirs and Dillingham and Horseshoe Road will play more traditional folk and Americana. “I think it would be important, psychologically, for the audience to hear our music,” Dillingham said, “to hear that true, solid traditional sound … because the way the bluegrass and the classical is blended specifically in this piece, if you don’t have that context set initially, it might be skewed and changed the experience.” Canterbury Voices’ Moore youth choruses are scheduled to perform before the evening’s program begins, and an exhibit from the American Banjo Museum will be on display. And as the event’s name suggests, Von Ellefson said, casual attire is encouraged. “We hope to not only attract people that know Canterbury and our tradition of doing great work, I think,” Von Ellefson said, “but also new people that might be curious, that this might be a new kind of fun experience — a little outside of the box for them and a little outside of the box for us.”
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Events throughout the metro offer ghosts, costumes, trick-or-treating and train rides. By Jeremy Martin | Photos provided
3737 NW 36th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73112 www.drabekandhill.com
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Skeletons aren’t just creepy — they can also be educational, like the prehistoric fossils on display at Sam Noble Museum. The free event offers visitors a chance to tour the museum’s many informative exhibits in family-friendly costumes, visit a face-painting station and post selfies on Instagram and Twitter to compete in a social media costume contest. No bones about it; your family will have tons of festive fun.
This is one Halloween party that isn’t for the kiddies — in fact, no one under the age of 18 will be admitted to this variety show featuring burlesque and belly dancers and an aerial performer. Audience members are eligible to win door prizes from local businesses and spirited libations will be available for the 21-and-older crowd.
4 p.m.-7 p.m. Thursday Sam Noble Museum 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman samnoblemuseum.ou.edu 405-325-4712 | Free
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8 p.m. Friday Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center 3000 General Pershing Blvd. adelewolf.com 405-951-0000 | $25-$40
Downtown Norman Fall Fest 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday E. Main St., Norman normanfallfest.com | Free
Costumed trick-or-treaters and carnival rides fill Main Street for this festival, now in its fifth year. Little hobgoblins can get their free candy fix from area businesses and their mummies and deaddies can purchase more substantial fare from local food trucks and take in live performances.
Edmond Historic Ghost Tours
Run the Boolevard
Even if you don’t believe in ghosts, you can still do your own haunting in Edmond on tours through historic downtown locations. You’ll be spirited away to the town’s past by guides dressed as renowned local figures from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Run like the devil, but for a good cause. Proceeds from this race benefit the Orvis Risner Elementary School Parent Teacher Association, which provides classroom supplies, technology and other extracurricular learning opportunities to students. Kids age 12 and younger can participate in a fun run
6 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday-Saturday Downtown Edmond edmondhistoricpreservationtrust.com 405-715-1889 | $7
8 a.m. Saturday Orvis Risner Elementary School 2801 S. Rankin Ave., Edmond runtheboolevard.com | $15-$30
inside the school. Family-friendly costumes are encouraged, and food trucks, bounce houses and other activities will also be onsite.
Trick Orr Treat
10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday Orr Family Farm 14400 S. Western Ave. orrfamilyfarm.com 405-799-3276 | $13.50-$34.50
The extra “R” in Trick Orr Treat stands for, well, it’s actually just the name of the family that first turned their farm into an amusement park in 2003. In addition to the standard seasonal attractions available for farmgoers — the corn maze, hayrides, zip lines, a barnyard petting zoo — special Halloween events include a costume contest, a family-friendly film screening and, of course, trick-or-treating. Stick around after the park closes for fireworks.
Halloween on the Green Turn the Town Upside Down!
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1700 NE 63rd St. nationalcowboymuseum.org 405-478-2250 | Free-$5
Celebrate the season the cowboy way in Prosperity Junction, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s replica cattle town. Sip sarsaparilla, chew on some saltwater taffy, decorate paper lanterns and make and name a magic wand. Er … some of that stuff might be a little more historically accurate than others. Be on the lookout for representatives from Oklahoma Children’s Theatre dressed as beloved children’s characters.
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday Ed Lycan Conservatory 3400 NW 36th St. okc.gov | $5
A refurbished garden from the 1920s, Ed Lycan Conservatory is haunted only by natural beauty, with plenty of giant glass windows to let the sunlight in, so don’t expect to get scared unless you suffer from botanaphobia (fear of plants) or nelophobia (fear of windows). Instead of scares, this family-oriented event features face-painting, coloring and sugar skull decorating. Participants can also pot their own plants to take home.
Day of the Dead Festival
1 p.m.-7 p.m. Sunday 16th Street Plaza District NW 16th Street between Classen Boulevard and Pennsylvania Avenue plazadistrict.org 405-367-9403 | Free
Observed in Mexico and throughout Latin America, Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a celebration of the dear and departed. Traditional music and dance performances, an art show, food trucks, children’s activities and a traditional La Catrina walking procession featuring calavera (skull) costumed participants in the Plaza District will help attendees appreciate and honor the holiday.
Halloween Steam Train
9:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m. and 3:15 p.m., Saturday; 1:15 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. Sunday Oklahoma Railway Museum 3400 NE Grand Blvd. oklahomarailwaymuseum.org 405-424-8222 | Free-$15
All aboard the Halloween train departing from the depot at Oklahoma Railway Museum and pulled by a vintage steam locomotive. Costumes are encouraged, goodie bags are provided to passengers and miniature golf and moon bounce activities will help young rail-riders blow off additional steam.
Magic Lantern
3 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Sunday The Paseo Arts District NW 30th Street and Dewey Avenue thepaseo.org 405-525-2688 | Free
If you’re sick of all the scares, Magic Lantern in The Paseo Arts District is billed as a “night of light instead of fright” and celebrates autumnal artistry, allowing participants to fashion their own costumes with the help of professional artists who will also craft a site-specific labyrinth and perform choreographed dance pieces created especially for the evening.
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Fun & Frights
Trunk or Treat First Baptist Church of OKC and Grace City Community Church sponsor a fun, free night of candy, games, and pony rides.
October 28, 6-8pm Do you need a safe place to go trick or treating? Join us for a fun evening of candy, costumes, and kids! We will have decorated cars to trick or treat, carnival games, bounce houses, pony rides, food, and more. This is a
FREE event for the whole community, so come join us! Park in the south lot of First Baptist Church, located at NW 11th and Harvey. The event is in the north parking lot.
Halloween events & activities for little ones. GraceCityCC.church fbcokc.org 1201 N. Robinson Ave • OKC • 405-232-4255
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Frightening features
Haunted attractions throughout the metro offer frights of every kind, from zombies to haunted houses. By Jessica Williams | Photos provided
KATT Haunted Forest
7:30 p.m. Thursday-Tuesday Lost Lakes Amphitheatre and Water Park 3501 NE 10th St. kattshauntedforest.com 405-702-4040 | $20-$35 | 13+
Experience a heart-pounding 20 minutes in the nightmare-infested Haunted Forest around Lost Lakes. Expect ghosts, zombies, monsters and versions of everyone’s favorite Stephen King clown at every corner. A full-service bar waits at the end of the haunt with adult beverages and a fire pit to help ease your terror.
The Sanctuary OKC
8 p.m.-10 p.m. Oct. 19-31 and Nov. 3-4 12101 N. Interstate 35 Service Road thesanctuaryokc.com 405-237-2803 | $15-$35
Assume your favorite horror movie role inside The Sanctuary’s Hollywoodinspired venue, complete with detailed set design and special effects. To truly get into the mood, read up on The Sanctuary’s extensive “history” as a creepy sanitarium run by a mad staff of doctors. This venue takes pride in its lifelike props and realistic scenes. Get in line early to get your adrenaline rush this season.
NightFall Haunted Territory
7:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. Friday-Sunday and Monday-Tuesday, 8 p.m.-11 p.m. Sunday 2820 NE 50th St. facebook.com/nightfallhauntedterritory 405-973-6100 | $20
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front of a campfire, watching scary movies and listening to screams coming from a nearby haunted house. Nightfall Haunted Territory is for party animals and weekend relaxers alike, with thrills for all.
Frontier City FrightFest
6 p.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Sunday 11501 N. Interstate 35 Service Road frontiercity.com 405-478-2140 | $34.60-$36.60
When the sun goes down, the ghouls come out at Frontier City’s famous FrightFest this month. If you can survive the park’s three scare zones, make your way into the Nightmare Haunted House for full-fledged scares, enjoy the FreakShow Deluxe or dance with various undead characters throughout the park. Monsters emerge at 6 p.m.
Haunt the Zoo
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Oklahoma City Zoological Park and Botanical Garden 2101 NE 50th St. okczoo.com 405-424-3344 | $7-$18
Celebrate the season’s festivities in a family-friendly setting at OKC Zoo. Take the kids trick-or-treating and visit a trail of 25 themed booths or take a ride on the Ghost Train. It’s a whole new way to see wildlife and celebrate Halloween. Don’t forget a family photo by the giant pumpkins!
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Zombie Apocalypse Paintball at Orr Family Farm 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Nov. 4 and 11th Orr Family Farm 14400 S. Western Ave. orrfamilyfarm.com 405-799-3276 | $20
The undead are back with a vengeance this month at Orr Family Farm. Help take back the farm on a war wagon with a paintball gun in tow. With glow-inthe-dark paintballs, you can rest assured that your targets have been hit even after sunset (prime zombie hours).
Guthrie Haunted Scaregrounds
7 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday, Tuesday and Nov. 3-4 4524 Riverside Circle, Guthrie guthriehaunts.com 405-243-7671 | $15-$25
Over 30,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor terrors ensures a good scare for anyone brave enough to step foot on the Haunted Scaregrounds. This super haunt features a ghoul-stricken house, plenty of outside entertainment and interactive attraction Insomnia. Remember to wear clothes you don’t mind getting splattered with a little blood.
Battle Park Zombie Hunt
7:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. Oct. 20-28 and Nov. 3-4 14805 W. Industrial Road, Guthrie battleparkok.com 405-433-2223 | $5-$21
There are many ways to kill a zombie. Battle Park gives you three options to save the world from a total apocalypse. Newbies can practice paintball-shooting skills at the Zombie Hunt Target Shoot and then join the Battle Wagon on a Zombie Hunt Ride. Zombie Hunt Trail lets seasoned soldiers fight zombies on foot with paintballs. All zombies are unarmed, unless you count their voracious hunger for brains.
Thunderbird Trail of Fear Haunted Scream Park
6:30 p.m.-10 p.m. Oct. 19-31 and Nov. 3-4 14501 E. Etowah Road, Noble thunderbirdtrailoffear.com 844-332-3327 | $15-$35
Hardcore Halloween fans, rejoice; Thunderbird offers three major attractions at its fifth annual Scream Park. The Magic Guild showcases tricks and illusions, The Rotting Dead: Reckoning features an intense hayride through a virus-riddled landscape full of infected “rotters” and Hackensaw Haunted Hill holds a cannibalistic family. If you’re feeling hungry afterward, try The Gut Hut and then check out The Apothescary souvenir shop.
Reding Farm Haunted Maize Harvest of Fear
7 p.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday 614 Reding Road, Chickasha redsiloproductions.com 405-222-0624 | $15-$30
Enjoy scares that make you jump in one of Oklahoma’s largest corn mazes at Reding Farm. Walk — or maybe run — through a labyrinth of terrors or keep off the ground with a Haunted Hayride.
Newcastle Nightmare
7:30 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday 900 N. Portland Ave., Newcastle newcastlenightmare.net 405-488-5274 | $10-$25
The Halloween season means there’s action-filled adventure at Newcastle Nightmare. The Haunted Trail and Graveyard dares guests to escape various ghosts and spooky creatures, with twists and turns at every corner. If you have it out for zombies, take a ride on a trailer to destroy the undead with paintballs. Find your way through the Dark Maze, but be careful not to wake the deceased from their slumber.
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Not For Sale: Hip Hop Jam Noon-10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 | Fairgrounds Tickets at bit.ly/NFSJam. • Hip hop workshops • Cash prizes for cypher battles and B-boy/B-girl battles • Art projects
• Performances by local DJs and emcees • Food trucks • Live graffiti showcase • Drinks sold after 7 p.m.
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Sowing seeds
A local filmmaker brings in The Harvesters but faces challenges taking it to market. By George Lang
Nick Sanford prepared for the usual challenges facing Oklahoma filmmakers, like cataclysmic weather, when he shot The Harvesters in 2016. Every minute and every dollar counted during the creation of the crowdfunded horror film, yet by the time production wrapped, Sanford and his crew had avoided nearly every possible pitfall. But the true horrors awaited him in the editing room. “It was just two guys, two dumbasses in one apartment trying to do the work of what would normally be 20 or 30 people,” Sanford told Oklahoma Gazette. “We had to cut it together, and then we had to sound mix it. You have entire teams doing sound mixing, and it was just me and the editor.” Sanford and editor Andrew McDonald had little time to cut The Harvesters. Over the span of three coffee-filled days and nights, they barreled toward their nonnegotiable deadline. They had to finish it on Sunday, get on a plane for Los Angeles on Monday and screen it on Tuesday. “We were so far behind trying to get the sound mix done, we stayed up three days straight,” Sanford said. “I almost had to go to the hospital trying to get this damn sound mix done.” The Harvesters tells the story of Jane (Alissa Ford), an aspiring Oklahoma journalist who grows tired of covering the folksy neighborhood events in fictional Bailyville. Then, a couple goes missing on Halloween morning, pushing Jane into a tense investigation into the deeply guarded secrets of her hometown. Sanford loves grindhouse, the subgenre of cheap-and-dirty maximalist exploitation, and the trailer for The Harvesters hews close to the style of those films. He’s also a perfectionist who wanted to mix the film in 5.1 surround sound, but as the deadline loomed, he saw it was not meant to be. “So, I was like, we’ll mix it in stereo, and on the poster, we’ll put ‘In Stereo Surround,’ like they did on The Empire Strikes Back and Back to the Future,”
Alissa Ford right plays small-town journalist Jane in The Harvesters. | Photo provided
he said. “There was a very limited time in the late ’70s and early ’80s when films were mixed in stereo. Before that, it was all mono, and in the mid-to-late ’80s was when surround sound started coming. So we thought, ‘If we have to do that, we might as well embrace it.’ If this movie was made in 1981, this is how it would sound.” That mix came in on time, and on Oct. 18, 2016, The Harvesters debuted in front of its first audience in Los Angeles. “It didn’t just go great,” Sanford said. “I mean, it was fine. A handful of people were like, ‘Yeah!’ and then the other 90 percent were like, ‘Eh, OK.’ There were a couple of scares that got laughs, stuff like that. So we tweaked it a little bit … and we had a private cast and crew screening a month after that, and we got screams.” Sanford and McDonald continued to tweak The Harvesters and rescreened it for a local audience in August at the Old School Business Center, 201 N. Broadway, in Moore. It was a small but enthusiastic crowd, which kept Sanford going. What comes next is up for grabs. His ideal scenario would be to get a theatrical distribution, but such deals are increasingly rare in the current film economy. Sanford wants The Harvesters available on Blu-ray at least. However, he’s not bullish on Netflix. “It’s hard to put into words,” he said. “I remember the days when we’d go to Blockbuster or the other weird video store, Movies, etc., and you’d pick up the box and you’d look at the box to see if you’re interested in it. Then you’d rent it and you’d have to bring it back in three days or you’d get a late charge. “Now, we’ve got Netflix and shit, and there’s stuff that’s been on my queue for five years that I’ll die not watching,” Sanford said. “It’s screwing up the way we watch movies. But, you know, beggars can’t be choosers, so I’ll take just about anything.”
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There might be no better holiday for bingeing films than Halloween. Let Oklahoma Gazette guide your introverted holiday with these staff picks.
impresses on audiences. Move over, Chucky, because Busey’s possessed gingerbread man, brought to life on screen through frustratingly wonky claymation and even worse digital manipulation, might be the crudest killer in all of gore-centric cinema.
Teeth (2007) Netflix
By George Lang and Ben Luschen
Sure, Halloween is a holiday for going out. Put on your costume, take the kids out around the neighborhood, go out to that party your friend is hosting. But Halloween is also a holiday easily observed by the hermits among us, especially in a digital era with more digital streaming platforms than choices of candy bar in the fun-size variety sack you purchased for trick-or-treat and “accidentally” ate by the next day. This time of year can be a dream for movie lovers. Though horror rules the Halloween roost, there are plenty of less terrifying (and some downright bizarre) films to enjoy as well. If your idea of an ideal costume is just you wearing Batman pajamas spending countless hours on the couch, Oklahoma Gazette has curated a short list of streaming options for your viewing pleasure. deep. Starring Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams as Chris and Rose, a biracial couple spending the weekend at Rose’s parents’ secluded estate, Get Out is Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner mixed with the cult creepiness of The Stepford Wives and the original Wicker Man. Come for the lancet-sharp satire, stay for the undiluted terror of really getting to know Mom and Dad.
Hellraiser (1987)
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If you thought opening up that $5 value box from the fast-food taco place was a bad idea, at least consider yourself fortunate that its interior did not contain a literal portal to hell. For the horror fan who thought they had already seen it all, Hellraiser popped up in ’87 to prove there were still extremes of violence and torture yet to be fully explored on film. One particularly memorable detail is the character who would later become known as Pinhead, the leader of an ungodly horde of human soul harvesters whose face is pricked with dozens of steel pins.
The Babadook (2014)
The Omen (1976)
Raising a child is difficult under the best circumstances, but this Australian import qualifies as the most difficult to watch parental horror film since the heyday of Rosemary’s Baby. Amelia (Essie Davis) is raising her troubled 6-year-old son Sam (Noah Wiseman), who suffers from insomnia and is obsessed with an imaginary villain. When that monster shows up as the subject of a pop-up book on Sam’s shelf, all the terrors of single motherhood and freaky top-hatted boogeymen break loose on poor Amelia. This is not recommended for new parents or people freaked out by kinetic children’s literature.
This is a horror movie so ahead of its time that they actually decided to remake it 40 years later and still weren’t able to reach the bar set by the original. What makes the Richard Donnerdirected classic so timeless is the manic curse certain characters fall under when child spawn of Satan Damien is around. Gregory Peck and Lee Remick star as the parents facing the horribly regrettable task of raising the literal antichrist. Movies allegedly based on true accounts of demon children terrorizing helpless parents have become somewhat of a Hollywood trope, but The Omen remains relevant by combining haunting mystery with graphic frights.
Netflix, Showtime
Get Out (2017) HBO Now
Jordan Peele’s feature film debut speaks to deep cultural divides over race and class, but even if American society wasn’t going through its current mind-losing convulsions, this new horror masterpiece would still cut
awful hazing practices, unsettling eroticism, ultraviolence and insatiable bloodlust. Raw is full of visceral shocks in the most literal sense. American viewers with subtitle aversions will quickly discover that horrific cannibalism transcends language barriers.
As the entertainment industry confronts decades of female subjugation, sexual violence and exploitation, perhaps it is time to revisit this acclaimed art-house horror laced with biting satire. Teenager Dawn (Jess Weixler) joins a Christian group called The Promise, wears a purity ring and speaks on the virtues of abstinence, but after one of her fellow abstainers tries to rape her, Dawn discovers she has a sharp, protective genetic adaptation. Though it delivers on grossly uncomfortable gore, Teeth is more black comedy than true horror. Still, it must have been nice watching Harvey Weinstein squirm in his seat at Sundance. He should be forced to watch this on a loop.
Google Play Movies
The Gingerdead Man (2005) Hulu, Yahoo View
OK, so if you’re looking for highbrow artsy horror to namedrop and impress friends at your next costume party, maybe look elsewhere. If you’re looking for proud Okie son Gary Busey voicing a cursed and murderous cookie character out for revenge in B-movie brilliance, this is the easy (and only) pick. It is not fear as much as utter bewilderment director Charles Band
Raw (2016) Netflix
A lifelong vegan gets a mouthful of the meaty stuff, and suddenly everything goes south like a sharp blade hitting the abattoir floor. This French-Belgian import has it all: social consciousness,
The Witch (2016)
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Robert Eggers’ directorial debut is noticeably light on sucker-punching jump scares and gratuitous gore, and these relative absences have led to far too many people writing off this modern horror classic as “not scary.” The 17th-century period piece finds terror by unsettling and disturbing audience psyches. Whereas many fillin-the-blank Hollywood horror titles manipulate viewers’ fight-or-flight instincts, The Witch operates in the conscious psyche. With dialogue lifted directly from primary sources of the era, the movie paints a picture of cold and empty colonial New England so vivid and real that anticipation for the inevitable onset of a hellish nightmare becomes almost too much to bear. O kg a z e t t e . c o m | O c to b e r 2 5 , 2 0 1 7
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WEDNESDAY, 10.25 North Pointe Fall Festival, enjoy activities for the children, professional face painting, a balloon artist, large inflatables, an outdoor movie, fun games, cotton candy, popcorn, snow cones, lots of candy and more, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 25. North Pointe Baptist Church, 5300 NW 220th St., Edmond, 405-348-9935, northpointe.tv. WED
THURSDAY, 10.26 Chester’s 2017 Pumpkin Patch, between hayrides, a petting zoo, giant slides, a three-acre maze and more, you are sure to make many memories at the farm this fall and head home with a free pumpkin from the patch, through Oct. 26. Chester’s Party Barn and Farm, 5201 Cimarron Road NW, Piedmont, 405-373-1595, chesterspartybarn.com. Haunt the River, if you are tired of the same old Halloween parties come Haunt the River and enjoy the decorated boat, haunted tunes, light snacks and cash bar for adults only, through Oct. 26. Oklahoma River Cruises, 1503 Exchange Ave., 405-702-7755, okrivercruises.com. Haunt the Harn, a safe Trick-or-Treating event with hayrides, games and candy, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 26. Harn Homestead, 1721 N. Lincoln Ave., 405-235-4058, harnhomestead.com. THU Sugar Skull Painting Class, enjoy a fun-filled fashionable evening where you can paint, sip, snack and shop. Create your own sugar skull and personalize it with your favorite colors, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 26. Vada Boutique, 4327 N. Western Ave., 405455-7004, facebook.com/vadaboutiqueok. THU
FRIDAY, 10.27 Fall Festivities Fireworks, after the farm closes, stick around for a beautiful fireworks show during the cool fall nights. Every show is different for a perfect ending to a fun-filled day with your family, through Oct. 27. Orr Family Farm, 14400 S. Western Ave., 405-799-3276, orrfamilyfarm.com. Celebration of Baphomet for Halloween, wear a Halloween costume and bring your friends to enjoy pizza, debauchery and Baphomet. Get a Tarot reading, play on the Ouija board and take part in the celebratory ritual at midnight, 8 p.m. Oct. 27. Sauced on Paseo, 2912 Paseo Drive, 405-521-9800, saucedonpaseo.com. FRI Downtown Norman Fall Festival, come in costume to trick-or-treat at local businesses. Over 20 moon bounces and rides, tons of arts activities and performances, food trucks and much more, 6-9 p.m. Oct. 27. Downtown Norman, 122 E. Main St., Norman, 405-637-6225, downtownnorman.com. FRI Greens and Goblins Event for Kids, an alternative Trick-or-Treat event where kids pick veggies in the garden, play farm games and end with roasting some organic S’mores and storytelling. Enjoy pumpkin tic-tac-toe and checkers, paint a pumpkin, harvest a bag of heirloom veggies to take home and pet farm animals, Oct. 27-31. Providence Farms, 14475 S. Western Ave., Edmond, 405-359-8359, facebook.com/providencefarmsok. FRI -TUE HallowMarine, for a safe, fun, indoor alternative to traditional Halloween activities bring your costume for trick-or-treat among the tanks, play games, jump around on a huge pirate ship and wave hello to the diving mermaid and pirate in the Coral Reef, Oct. 27-31. Oklahoma Aquarium, 300 Aquarium Drive, Jenks, 918-296-3474, okaquarium.org. FRI -TUE Local Celebrity Halloween Show, enter a costume contest to win Fastpass tickets for two to The Sanctuary Haunted House. Enjoy Jon Mooneyham spinning vinyl and Count Gregore reading an excerpt of Dracula with musical accompaniment. Featured bands include Kali Ra, The Lost End and Dresden Bombers, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 27. VZD’s Restaurant & Bar, 4200 N. Western Ave., 405-6023006, vzds.com. FRI Macabret: A Spooktacular Halloween Revue, over 50 actors and musicians come together to perform classic creepy songs during musical theater performances, Oct. 27-29. UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. 5th St., Edmond, 405-359-7989, ucojazzlab.com. FRI -SUN
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Mummy and Son Dance, bring your little monsters ages 4-14 to enjoy a haunted room, prizes, treats and a special dance to celebrate All Hallows’ Eve, 7-9 p.m. Oct. 27. Moore Central Park and The Station, 700 S. Broadway Ave., Moore, 405-793-5090, cityofmoore. com. FRI Science Overnight: Supernatural Nature, join an up close and personal look at all manner of creepers and crawlers and learn how important they are to the health of our ecosystems, 6 p.m. Oct. 27. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2020 Remington Place, 405602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org. FRI VHSANDCHILL’s: It Came from the VCR! Halloween Party, bring out your creepiest costumes and compete for fun prizes in a costume contest during the Halloween bash on Historic Film Row. There will be plenty of horror movies playing on VCRs throughout the night, free food, prizes and beer by Anthem Brewery Co., 9 p.m. Oct. 27. IAO Gallery, 706 W. Sheridan Ave., 405-232-6060, iaogallery.org. FRI
SATURDAY, 10.28 Gallow Walkers, a paranormal folk opera of a twisted tale about a hangman/ werewolf and a bordello singer/vampire. See the dark side of love: obsession, shame, lust, jealousy and wrath, 8 p.m. through Oct. 28. Oklahoma Shakespeare on Paseo, 2920 Paseo, 405-235-3700, michaeltoddmusic.com. SAT Haunted Castle Halloween Festival, celebrate 21 years of thrills with a combination of indoor and outdoor attractions with activities, vendors, games, shows, rides, shops, food and fun for all ages at Oklahoma’s Largest Haunted attraction with over 62 acres of spine chilling thrills and excitement, through Oct. 28. The Castle of Muskogee, 3400 W. Fern Mountain Road, Muskogee, 918-687-6325, okcastle.com. P Bar Farms Haunted Maze, ghouls, zombies and other horrific creatures venture into the P Bar Farms corn maze to terrorize any person who enters. Bring your courage to the haunted maze, then check out the haunted barn decorated in a frightening manner for Halloween, Oct. 28. P Bar Farms, 10108 N. 2440 Road, Weatherford, 405-556-1069, pbarfarms.com. A Tim Burton Art Show, come dressed as your favorite Tim Burton character and enjoy art inspired by his movies in the upstairs gallery. Enjoy Ryan Drake spinning upstairs and bands rocking the stage downstairs, 8 p.m. Oct. 28. 51st Street Speakeasy, 1114 NW 51st St., 405-463-0470, 51stspeakeasy.com. SAT Bike, Boo’s and BBQ, enjoy a spooktacular familyfriendly event for a full day of tricks, treats, bikes and eats, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 28. Harley-Davidson World, 6904 W. Reno Ave., 405-631-8680, harleydavidsonworld.com. SAT Blaze’s Haunt for the Horses Fall Trail Ride, participate in a self-paced or guided horse trail ride, wear your favorite costume for the Halloween costume contest, enjoy raffle prizes and bob for apples in the livestock tank with all proceeds benefiting the rescued horses of Blaze’s, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 28. Honey Lee Ranch, 7201 N. Douglas Blvd., 405-664-9666, honeyleeranchok.com. SAT Downtown Edmond Old Fashioned Fall Festival, enjoy the activities and games that line the street as a way to celebrate the coming of autumn, Oct. 28. Downtown Edmond, 28 E. Main St., Edmond, 405359-4483, downtownedmondok.com. SAT Fall Festival, a festival for children and pets with food trucks, face painting, clowns, balloons, trickor-treating, pooch parade, photo stations for your children and pets, prizes, decorating pumpkins, shopping local vendors, animal rescues, pet products, pet tags, games and more to benefit The Underdogs Animal Rescue, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 28. Tony’s Tree Plantation, 3801 S. Post Road, 405-6021851, oklahomagypsyglam.com. SAT Gypsy Glam Roadshow Fall Festival, enjoy face paintings, an animal rescue, food trucks, a pooch parade, trick-or-treating, pumpkin decorating and more with your family and pets, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 28. Tony’s Tree Plantation, 3801 S. Post Road, 405602-1851, oklahomagypsyglam.com. SAT Halloween Comic Fest 2017, blending your love of all things Halloween with comics and themed activities, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Oct. 28. Speeding Bullet Books & Comics, 614 N. Porter Ave., Norman, 405-360-6866, speedingbullettcomics.com. SAT
Halloweekend, enjoy a weekend of Halloween candy, themed beers, a costume competition, prizes, a puppy costume party and more, Oct. 2829. Stonecloud Brewing Company, 1012 NW 1st St., 405-602-3966, stonecloudbrewing.com. SAT-SUN
Howl-O-Ween Parade and Costume Contest, bring your pups out to the park in their favorite costume to compete to see who will be crowned top dog in the costume contest. A portion of each entry benefits the Central Oklahoma Humane Society and prizes are awarded for the top 3 winners and doggy bags for the first 20 owners to register, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Oct. 28. Frontier City, 11501 N. I-35 Service Road, 405-478-2140, frontiercity.com. SAT Lumpy’s Halloween Tour, head to any of the Lumpy’s locations and jump on board one of the party buses. Each location has its own theme, live music, specialized drink and a costume contest at midnight, 8 p.m. Oct. 28. Lumpy’s Sports Grill, 5909 Northwest Expressway, 405-728-7000, lumpyssportsgrill.com. SAT Soul Train Old School Costume Party, featuring tunes by DJ Specs, live performances, best costume and celebrity look-a-like contest with proceeds benefiting The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in memory of Don Cornelius, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Oct. 28. Jive Supper Club & Lounge, 7000 Crossroads Blvd., 405-921-8559, facebook.com/ JiveLoungeOkc. SAT Trick ORR Treat and Costume Contest, enjoy the festivities at this favorite fall event while Trick-ORRTreating around the farm. Enter in the costume contest for a chance to win a prize for best costume, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Oct. 28. Orr Family Farm, 14400 S. Western Ave., 405-799-3276, orrfamilyfarm.com. SAT
Trunk or Treat, UCO students and local businesses decorate their vehicles and dress up to hand out candy in a family friendly environment during the third annual Edmond Parks and Recreation event, 5-7 p.m. Oct. 28. Mitch Park, 1501 W. Covell Road, Edmond, 405-359-4630, edmondparks.com. SAT Wonderfully Wicked Halloween Party, children meet and take photos with their favorite villainous characters from films and stories, provided by OKC’s Forever After Parties. Dress in your Halloween costume and head to the photo booth where props await then enjoy storytime with Miss Julie and Halloween-themed crafts, Oct. 28. Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 405842-2900, fullcirclebooks.com. SAT World Movie Premier of Are You Afraid of the Dark: A Tribute, view the film based on the much-loved original horror television show by the same name. See it first at the ScareGrounds during the world premiere, Oct. 28. Guthrie Haunts Scaregrounds, 4524 Riverside Place, Guthrie, guthriescaregrounds.com. SAT
SUNDAY, 10.29 FrightFest, enjoy a Trick-or-Treat trail to show off your costumes and pick up a sweet treat then stop by the pumpkin patch to select the best pumpkin to carve. Walk through over 30 rooms in the haunted house to find ghouls, monsters and other terrible things lurking around every corner, through Oct. 29. Frontier City, 11501 N. Interstate 35 Service Road, 405-478-2140, frontiercity.com. Guthrie Ghost Walks, hear tales of history, heartbreak, murderous intentions and mysterious happenings while walking among the classic Victorian/Edwardian architecture of downtown Guthrie, Oct. 29. Downtown Guthrie, 212 W. Oklahoma Ave., Guthrie, 405-293-8404, guthrieghostwalk.com. SAT A Haunted History of Music, from the curse of the 9th symphony to musicians selling their souls for talent, the dark history of the music will be unveiled in a true story telling manner, 5-7 p.m. Oct. 29. The Depot, 200 S. Jones Ave., Norman, 405-307-9320, pasnorman.org. SUN Hallowine Party, bring the kids to trick or treat while you partake in a wine tasting. Walk the vineyards and enjoy festive bottle crafting, raffles, costume contests and more, 3-6 p.m. Oct. 29. Canadian River Vineyards & Winery, 7050 Slaughterville Road, Slaughterville, 405-872-5565, canadianriverwinery.net. SUN Magic Lantern, a night of light instead of fright offering youth and families a unique, positive, and arts-focused event the weekend before Halloween. Enjoy a labyrinth, one-of-a-kind costumes and choreographed original dance pieces, 3-6:30 p.m. Oct. 29. Paseo Arts District, 3022 Paseo St., 405-525-2688, thepaseo.org. SUN OU Day of the Dead Festival, a centuries-old Latin American holiday celebrating the lives of departed family and friends. Engage in Dia de los Muertos traditions including ceremonial processionals and remembrance altars, where deceased loved ones are honored with sugar skulls, live performances, food trucks and more with proceeds supporting the Association of
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Latino Alumni and Friends, Oct. 29. Lloyd Noble Center, 2900 S. Jenkins Ave., Norman, 405-3254666, lloydnoblecenter.com. SUN
MONDAY, 10.30 Halloween Toddler Dance & Costume Parade, join for a rockin’ good time of unstructured play as toddlers and their caregivers dance along to kid-friendly and slightly spooky tunes, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Oct. 30. Southern Oaks Library, 6900 S. Walker Ave., 405-631-4468, metrolibary.org. MON
TUESDAY, 10.31 Terror on 10th Street Haunted House, face your fears in an actual house of horrors where you will find a new nightmare around every corner. Take a guided tour of the home where you will learn the ghostly history behind the house of horrors, through Oct. 31. 10th Street Haunted House, 2005 NW 10th St., 405-232-1816, facebook.com/terroron10thstreet. Pumpkin Patch, enjoy a day of trains, pumpkin picking, games, giveaways, crafts and activities for all ages, through Oct. 31. The Gate Church, 7700 N. Council Road, 405-728-7700, thegatechurch.tv. Haunt the Zoo for Halloween, a unique trick-ortreat tradition providing a safe and fun alternative for children. Venture among the various themed booths, festive props and carved jack-o-lanterns, friendly mascot characters and more, through Oct. 31. Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington Place, 405-427-2461, okczoo.org. The Rocky Horror Picture Show, join The Boom for an interactive sing-a-long version of your favorite Halloween themed performance, 8 p.m. through Oct. 31. The Boom, 2218 NW 39th St., 405-601-7200, theboomokc.com. NightFall Haunted Territory, an adult haunted attraction outdoor haunt, combined with a kid’s area featuring a hay maze, bounce houses, pumpkins and a full Halloween costume store, through Oct. 31. NightFall Haunted Territory, 2820 NE 50th St., 405973-6100, nightfallhauntedterritory.com. Fall Fun Fest, enjoy games, candy, prizes, inflatables, a cake walk and fun for all while wearing your favorite costumes, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31. Southgate Baptist Church, 740 SW 4th St., Moore, 405-7946646, southgatebaptist.com. TUE Guyutes Halloween Party, wear your costume for a chance to win and celebrate Halloween with drink and food specials, 9 p.m. Oct. 31. Guyutes, 730 NW 23rd St., 405-702-6960, guyutes.com. TUE Halloween Bash, hangout with skeletons and enjoy hourly costume contests, Halloween-themed crafts, games, indoor monster hunting and trick or treating, 6-9 p.m. Oct. 31. Skeletons: Museum of Osteology, 10301 S. Sunnylane Road, 405-8140006, skeletonmuseum.com. TUE Taste and Learn: Pumpkin Spice Gummies, discover the benefit of gelatin from naturally raised animals. Learn why gelatin is a beneficial superfood and sample some delicious homemade gummies to celebrate Halloween the healthy way, 12-1 p.m. Oct. 31. Natural Grocers, 7013 N. May Ave., 405-8400300, naturalgrocers.com. TUE KATT’s Haunted Forest, a 20 minute walk of terror around the Lost Lakes forest with all of your worst nightmares hidden behind every corner and no separation between you and the haunts within the forest, through Nov. 1. Lost Lakes Ampitheater, 3501 NE 10th St., 405-702-4040, kattshauntedforest.com. Halloween Candy Exchange: Operation Troop Treats, children and families in the Midwest City area will exchange Halloween candy for toys and send deployed U.S. troops a sweet reminder of home this holiday season. In addition to the candy shipment, Kool Smiles dentists donate 200 dental care kits and the funds to cover the assembly and shipment of 200 Operation Gratitude care packages, through Nov. 4. Kool Smiles Midwest City, 73110, 1200 S. Air Depot Boulevard, Midwest City, 844-881-8519, mykoolsmiles.com. Fall Okie Sampler, shop from hundreds of amazing local artists, makers, crafters, junkers and vendors while enjoying your favorite Fall activities like local shopping, a pumpkin patch, a 3-acre maze, a petting zoo, hay rides, pony rides, food trucks, live music and more, through Nov. 5. Chester’s Party Barn and Farm, 5201 Cimarron Road NW, Piedmont, 405-373-1595, okiesampler. com. SAT Zombie Apocalypse Paintball, enjoy a spectacular glow-in-thedark paintball attraction while shooting live zombies, through Nov. 11. Orr Family Farm, 14400 S. Western Ave., 405-799-3276, orrfamilyfarm.com.
At the heart of the popular Open Streets events is the health message around active transportation – getting around using human energy. By Laura Eastes
If you’ve visited one of the highly successful Oklahoma City-County Health Department’s Open Streets OKC events, you’ve witnessed local residents challenging their friends in a tug-ofwar, others striking dance moves (salsa, line and belly), kids playing hopscotch, teens taking turns hitting a wiffle ball and much more. It’s a family-friendly event made possible by the health department’s Wellness Now Coalition, an initiative that dates back to 2010, when the county’s health statistics were grim, causing leaders to call for change. Three years into the coalition’s existence, its leaders introduced Oklahoma County residents to the first Open Streets event, a street festival focusing on health and wellness. Perhaps just as importantly, Open Streets’ mission promotes active transportation. “Oklahoma City is not easy to walk,” explained Carrie Blumert, manager of the Wellness Now Coalition. “I don’t know anyone who can walk to and from home and work. Unless you live downtown, you probably can’t. Cities that provide residents with active transportation are overall healthier. We want to bring that awareness to Oklahoma City.” Open Streets returns to south OKC 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Thousands of people are expected to stroll along S. Robinson Avenue between SW 29th and SW 15th streets to interact with more than 40 community organizations, each a member of the Wellness Now Coalition. At the seventh installment of Open Streets, participants can test their rowing skills with help from the Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation, enter an obstacle course created by Junior League of Oklahoma City, jump rope with Latino
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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K raises funds, builds awareness and strengthens the community of cancer survivors. By Jeremy Martin
Shortly after her 50th birthday, Vickie Weigel had a mammogram, and the results were good. Although the American Cancer Society estimates more than 250,000 women in the United States receive breast cancer diagnoses every year, Weigel didn’t appear to be one of them. “They didn’t see anything to be alarmed about, and everything was fine,” said Weigel, recalling her short-lived relief in 2013. “About two weeks later — it wasn’t very long — I noticed a place on my left breast. I really didn’t think much about it. I thought, ‘I don’t know; can you sleep on your breast wrong?’” Fortunately for Weigel, a patient advocacy manager at ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Oklahoma City, her job at a cancer treatment clinic made it hard to forget the potential danger. “I just happened to be in a meeting about breast cancer awareness,” she said. “So here were all of these people that knew everything about breast cancer, and I just leaned over to one of the doctors and I said, ‘I just got a clear mammogram, but should I be concerned about this?’”
They really do things that make a difference to people who are in the middle of this battle. Vickie Weigel
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A subsequent ultrasound revealed she did have cause for concern. After a biopsy, pathology and MRIs, doctors diagnosed Weigel with stage three infiltrating ductal carcinoma in her left breast. Following multiple surgeries, 16 weeks of chemotherapy and 32 proton treatments, which concluded in 2014, Weigel was in remission. As an official 2017 Portrait of Hope survivor for OKC’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K, scheduled to begin 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium, 2801 NE 50th St., Weigel said she wants to raise funds for the American Cancer Society and raise awareness for its many useful resources and programs. “They really do things that make a difference to people who are in the middle of this battle,” she said. One program Weigel said she benefited from in her own battle is called Look Good Feel Better. “Of course, I lost my hair and my eyebrows and my eyelashes, and as a woman, that’s pretty difficult to do,” Weigel said.
Vickie Weigel is a Portrait of Hope survivor of breast cancer. | Photo provided
“So you go to this class with other women who are going through the same thing, and they show you how to put on fake eyelashes and do your makeup. ... They teach you how to wear the wraps and the turbans and everything around your bald head, and they have wigs that are available to people, and they help you figure out which one looks the best on you.” Since the Making Strides walk began nationally in 1993, the American Cancer Society reports that more than 13 million participants have raised more than $810 million. Weigel said the 5K offers a chance to connect with the community of cancer survivors. “I’d been involved in other cancer walks before, but this one, when I went to it, it was very personal,” she said. “It was very intimate. It really focuses on the survivors and their families. It had a very honoring feel to it. … It’s really very touching.” Even participants who’ve never been diagnosed with the disease or known someone who was are adopted into the community, Weigel said. “If you’re not walking or running for someone that you know, you get connected very quickly to the survivors that you meet out there,” she said. “It’s a great way to really help others that have to face this. You learn a lot just in case someone in your family has this diagnosis at some point.”
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K 7:30 a.m. Saturday USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium 2801 NE 50th St. makingstrideswalk.org | 800-227-2345
CALENDAR collectors and add to your inventory, Oct. 28. Crossroads Event Center, 7000 Crossroads Blvd. 405-481-1743 new-foundations.com/TDC SAT
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Wizard World Comic Con, join fellow fans to celebrate the best in pop culture of gaming, novels, collectibles, anime and more, Oct. 27-29. Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens, 310-6488410, wizardworld.com. FRI -SUN
BOOKS Why Won’t You Apologize: Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts, enjoy a luncheon with author Harriet Lerner as she provides a unique perspective on what a good apology requires and how we can restore compromised and broken relationships while covering a wide variety of common situations and questions, 12 p.m. Nov. 1. St. Lukes United Methodist church, 222 NW 15th St., 405-232-1371, stlukesokc.org. WED Read for Adventure, the OKC Zoo and Metropolitan Library Systems have partnered to publish the children’s book, Our Day at the Zoo and to create a community Read for Adventure program enabling readers to check out the new book from any of the 19 metro library locations through March 31, 2018. Metropolitan Library System, 300 Park Ave., 405231-8650, metrolibrary.org. MON .
FILM Sergeant Rutledge, (USA, 1960, John Ford) respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer, 1 p.m. Oct. 25. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 405-478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org. WED Jewish Film Festival, join the 4th annual Oklahoma Jewish Film Festival featuring four nights, eight films and the best new films of Jewish culture from Israel and around the world, through Oct. 25. Circle Cinema, Tulsa, 10 S. Lewis Ave., Tulsa, 918-5853504, circlecinema.com. My Darling Clementine, (United Kingdom, 1946, John Ford) Western retelling the tale of the Shoot-out at the OK Corral, 1 p.m. Nov. 1. National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 405-478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org. WED
HAPPENINGS Oklahoma Arts Conference: True North, help artists, organizations and communities discover where the arts are headed in meeting important needs across society in the 21st century. During the conference, attendees will learn how they can align their principles, goals and activities with the trajectory of the arts industry to ensure the maximum relevance of their work, through Oct. 26. Central National Bank Center, 302 S. Grand Ave., Enid, 405-521-2931, arts.ok.gov. The Turkish Immigrant Experience in Germany, join Dr. John Hitz for a look into the complex relationship between these two great countries, touching upon cultural crossover, statesmanship, immigration and labor, Oct. 25. Max Chambers Library, UCO Campus, 100 N. University Drive, Edmond, 405-974-2000, uco.edu. WED
Halloween Halloween is just around the corner, and Michael Meyers is back! Watch the 1978 Halloween film directed by John Carpenter 7 p.m. Tuesday at Harkins Theatres Bricktown 16, 150 E. Reno Ave. Tickets are $5. Visit harkinstheatres.com. TUESDAY Photo bigstock.com
Salon des Bon Vivants, Oklahoma’s newest contemporary art showcase and sale featuring celebrity host Kim Fields and Los Angeles artist Jack Storms benefiting OKA+ Schools. Enjoy artwork from some of the country’s most highly respected artists, live entertainment, cocktails and a live auction, 6-9 p.m. Oct. 26. CHK, Central Boathouse, 732 Riversport Drive, 405-552-4040, boathousedistrict.org. THU Purification Ceremony: Zen Buddhism Lecture, the Abbot of Chung Tai Chan Monastery in Taiwan and all Chung Tai branches lead a Purification Ceremony and Three Refugees and Five Precepts service. Enjoy a rare lecture on Zen Buddhism and a vegetarian meal to follow, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 26. Buddha Mind Monastery, 5800 S. Anderson Road, 405-869-0501, ctbuddhamind.org. THU Norman Swap Meet, buy and sell parts for cars, trucks, street rods and more. Parts and memorabilia for sports cars, boats, bikes, scooters, models, race cars, hot rods and aircraft will be for sale and features indoor and outdoor booths, Oct. 26-28. Cleveland County Fairgrounds, 615 E. Robinson Ave., Norman, 405-651-7927, normanswapmeet. com. THU -SAT Oklahoma Toy-Diecast-Comic Con, enjoy a show that is all things collectibles from action figures, sports cards, comics and much more. Mingle with
Oklahoma Archives Bazaar, celebrate American archives month and learn about archival resources in Oklahoma. Enjoy libraries and museums from across the state showing off their amazing collections and services in one room, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 28. Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 405-521-2491, okhistory.org/historycenter. SAT
Basic and Advanced Graffiti and Independent Study, enjoy a series of three classes to learn the culture and history of graffiti and basic practices included in hip-hop culture with handson techniques and activities, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 28. Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing Blvd., 405-951-0000, oklahomacontemporary.org. SAT
OKC Fashion Week, preview clothing collections during an evening of glamour. Experience fashion at its best while raising proceeds for St. Jude’s Hospital, 8-10 p.m. Oct. 28. Main Street Arcade, 629 W. Main St., okcfashionweek.com. SAT
SMO Storytime Science, children age 6 and under read a story and follow it up with a fun, scientific activity that is included with general admission, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 31. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2020 Remington Place, 405-602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org. TUE
Oklahoma Community Forum with Congressional Candidate Ed Porter, featuring speakers on issues and providing everyday Oklahomans a platform to tell their stories, 9-11 a.m. Oct. 28. Teamsters Local Union No. 886, 3528 W. Reno Ave., 405-439-3874, teamsterslocal886.com. SAT
SMO Early Explorers, toddlers and preschoolers explore science through hands-on activities that can be easily replicated at home during a comeand-go weekly event, 10-11 a.m. Nov. 1. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2020 Remington Place, 405602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org. WED
Wewoka Sorghum Festival, experience familyfriendly events during the community annual Sorghum Festival. Enjoy a parade, historic re-enactions, a car show, an art and photography show, a poker run, a tractor Show, a 5K Run, food and craft vendors, 1800’s Sorghum Mill, live music and more, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 28. Wewoka Ave., Wewoka Ave., Wewoka, 405-683-3636, sorghumfestivalok.org. SAT
Artistry in Wood, featuring the work of local and regional artisans exhibiting and demonstrating wood carving, turning and scroll saw art. Enjoy browsing through endless booths of wood and tool vendors, Oct. 28-29. Oklahoma State Fair Park, 3221 Great Plains Walk, 405-819-0460, okcarver.org. SAT-SUN Oklahoma Mineral and Gem Show, explore educational displays, watch expert demonstrations and discover a variety of unique items including beautiful jewelry and rare minerals. Participate in hands-on activities and educational exhibits from museums, view skilled experts demonstrating metal engraving, silversmithing, beading, wire wrapping and more, Oct. 28-29. Oklahoma State Fair Park, 3221 Great Plains Walk, omgs-minerals. org. SAT-SUN Cards Against Humanity Tournament, good wine and dirty minds come together for the ultimate Cards Against Humanity tournament. Only two of the most horrible minds will win gift cards, 8 p.m. Nov. 1. The Pritchard Wine Bar, 1749 NW 16th St., 405-601-4067, pritchardokc.com. WED
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Wine Down Wednesday, enjoy a new wine special each week with friends while enjoying beautiful views of downtown Oklahoma City, 2-10 p.m. Nov. 1. O Bar, 1200 N. Walker Ave. 405-989-8170, obarokc. com. WED
YOUTH Bodies Revealed, exhibition showcasing real human bodies preserved through a revolutionary process allowing visitors to see themselves in a fascinating way like never before, through October 29. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2020 Remington Place, 405602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org. Family STEM Night, students in fifth grade and up and their families use touch screen tables to collect and analyze evidence critical to the prosecution and conviction of those responsible for the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 26. Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, 620 N. Harvey Ave., 405-235-3313, oklahomacitynationalmemorial. org. THU
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Explore Evolution, explore the evolution of life and learn about all of Earth’s organisms, from rapidly evolving viruses to whales that walked, though Dec. 31. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, 405-3254712, samnoblemuseum.ou.edu.
Tracing Your Roots, learn the basics of genealogy with topics including: how to begin your genealogical search, record keeping, software, using newspapers for genealogical research and more, 1-4:30 p.m. Oct. 28. Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 405-521-2491, okhistory. org/historycenter. SAT
Sip & Paint on The Patio, enjoy a low-key activity for you and your friends. Grab a paintbrush, a glass of wine or cocktail and have fun with all supplies included, 4-9:30 p.m. Oct. 29. Flint, 15 N. Robinson Ave. 405-605-0657 flintokc.com. SUN
Extra Life OKC Do you live for the thrill of virtual reality, console games and board games? Children’s Hospital Foundation’s fundraising event Extra Life has it! Play games to win prizes 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Nov. 4 at Immersion House, 3301 W. Main St. Unable to attend? Watch the broadcast on Twitch to donate. Visit extra-lifeokc.com.
Festival at the Farm, enjoy outdoor fun and shopping from over 100 local eye-catching shops, mouth-watering food trucks, music, talented artisans, inflatables, petting zoo, face painting, a costume contest and more, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 28. Kirkpatrick Family Farm, 1001 Garth Brooks Blvd., Yukon, 405-350-8937, facebook.com/ kirkpatrickfamilyfarm. SAT
YES, a radically inclusive LGBTQ+ youth group for ages 13-21 featuring movies, music, dinner, monthly fandom nights with positive, knowledgeable staff and peers, 7 p.m. Oct. 26. Expressions Community Center, 2245 NW 39th St., 405-570-1638, bethechange.org. THU
An Evening of Poetry Introducing a new series, Close Encounters of the Cultural Kind, Oklahoma City Community College’s Cultural Programs Office hosts the first performance, An Evening of Poetry with Oklahoma Poet Laureate Jeanetta Calhoun Mish and slam poetry champion Lauren Zuniga. Enjoy a lyrical performance 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Bruce Owen Theater on OCCC’s campus, 7777 S. May Ave. Tickets are $15. Visit occc.edu. THURSDAY Photo Oklahoma City Community College/provided
When the Earth Shakes, learn all about the science of earthquakes, tsunamis and tectonic plates while being immersed in interactive exhibits explaining the science behind earthquakes, through Jan. 2. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, 405-325-4712, samnoblemuseum.ou.edu.
PERFORMING ARTS Hedwig and the Angry Inch, see the innovative, heartbreaking, funny and gender-bending electric musical story and winner of four Tony Awards including best musical revival, through Oct. 28. The Pollard Theatre, 120 W. Harrison Ave., Guthrie, 405-282-2800, thepollard.org. Rock of Ages, a high-energy rock musical built around classic rock songs from the ‘80s. This worldwide hit musical takes you back to the times of big bands with big egos playing big guitar solos and sporting even bigger hair, through Oct. 29. Lyric Theatre, 1727 NW 16th St., 405-524-9312, lyrictheatreokc.com.
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CALENDAR Elizabeth Brown: Synthesis (Re)Action, sculptor and mixed-media artist known for her abstract depiction of biological forms, rich in surface and color with a focus in organic sculpture, using synthetic materials that reference natural shapes and surfaces remaining elusive in their definition, through October 26th. Melton Gallery, 100 N. University Drive, Edmond, 405-974-2000, uco.edu.
Master Strokes: Dutch and Flemish Drawings From the Golden Age, showcasing 93 works from the 16th-20th centuries including masterpieces by Rubens, Rembrandt and Sir Anthony van Dyck. Works by lesser-known artists are also included as well as designs of architecture and the applied arts, Oct. 28-Jan. 21. 2018. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com.
Exhibit and Holiday Sale, several members of the Cotton County Art Council display their works and display pieces for sale, 1-5 p.m. Nov. 1-Dec. 23. Chisholm Trail Heritage Center, 1000 Chisholm Trail Pkwy, Duncan, 580-252-6692, onthechisholmtrail. com.
Not For Sale: Graffiti Culture in Oklahoma, view the exhibition showcasing graffiti created by some of the state’s most talented artists in honor of hip-hop Month in Oklahoma City. Artists paint directly on the walls of the gallery, transforming Oklahoma Contemporary into a vivid and exciting display of styles, through Nov. 30. Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing Blvd., 405-9510000, oklahomacontemporary.org.
Featured Artist: Karyn Ortega, view the work of the Lawton artist who specializes in western and equine art, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through Nov. 5. Chisholm Trail Heritage Center, 1000 Chisholm Trail Pkwy, Duncan, 580-252-6692, onthechisholmtrail.com. Fluvial Terra and Book Arts, featuring paper and installation work by Megan Singelton that was inspired by her travel west from Missouri to Oklahoma and Kelly Campbell Berry who resurrects beauty in salvaged books, through Oct. 28. [Artspace] at Untitled, 1 NE Third St., 405-815-6665, artspaceatuntitled.org.
Oklahoma City Philharmonic Discovery Series: Phil’s Feathered and Furry Friends A musical ensemble of Phil the Penguin and his feathered and furry friends at Oklahoma City Philharmonic is fun for the whole family. Meet all the critters, from sharks and dinosaurs to kitties and birds, 2 p.m. Nov. 5 at Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave. Tickets are $9. Visit okcphil.org. Nov. 5 Photo Oklahoma City Philharmonic/provided
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continued from page 35 Noises Off, presenting a manic menagerie of hijinks and hilarity as a cast of itinerant actors rehearse and perform a struggling production. This dizzy well-known romp is a festival of delirium, through Oct.29. Reynolds Performing Arts Center, 560 Parrington Oval, Norman, 405-325-7370, ou.edu.
The Lord of the Flies, after a plane crashes on a deserted island the only survivors are a group of schoolgirls they live in a land of bright exotic birds and deep blue seas, but at night their dreams are inhabited by a terrifying beast, Oct. 26-28. Oklahoma Children’s Theatre, 2501 N. Blackwelder Ave., 405-606-7003, oklahomachildrenstheatre. org. THU -SAT Gabriel Inglesias, celebrating 20 years in standup comedy, Iglesias is currently on the new world tour, FluffyMania World Tour: 20 Years of Comedy, 9 p.m. Oct. 27. WinStar World Casino, 777 Casino Ave., Thackerville, 580-276-4229, winstarworldcasino. com. FRI Steve Martin & Martin Short, enjoy the comedians for the show An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life, including stand-up, film clips, musical numbers and conversations about their lives in show business, 8 p.m. Oct. 28. River Spirit Casino Resort, 8330 Riverside Pkwy., Tulsa, 918-299-8518, riverspirittulsa.com. SAT Rodeo Opry, Oklahoma’s Official Country Music Show providing quality, family-friendly entertainment every Saturday night since 1977; support live music and the best performers representing country, folk, blues, gospel, rock, bluegrass and more, 7:30-10 p.m., Oct. 28. Rodeo Opry, 2221 Exchange Ave., 405-297-9773, ohfo. org. SAT The Birds, Diane and a man she met on the road have taken refuge in a remote farmhouse to escape a swarm of birds mercilessly attacking humans. Based on the short story by Daphne Du Maurier and the classic 1963 film by Alfred Hitchcock, through Nov. 4. Carpenter Square Theatre, 806 W. Main St., 405-232-6500, carpentersquare.com.
ACTIVE Inaugural Ballpark Beer Mile, a one-mile run inside and around Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark including four beers per participant, an after-party, a costume contest and live music throughout the night, 5 p.m. Oct. 28. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 S. Mickey Mantle Drive, 405-218-1000, milb.com. SAT 8th Annual Ghost Runners 5K Dog Run, enjoy great vendors and local businesses represented, including animal rescues from around the area with adoptable dogs, as well as free family-friendly games and activities. Come hungry for the cookout and beverages, and visit the rescue tent for raffle tickets to support medical and foster care expenses, 12-4 p.m. Oct. 29. Stars and Stripes Park, 3701 S. Lake Hefner Drive, ghostrunners5k.com. SUN
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Co-Ed Open Adult Volleyball, play with your friends in a competitive, but friendly, volleyball game with fun for couples and a great way to make new friends, 6-8 p.m. Nov. 1. Jackie Cooper Gymnasium, 1024 E. Main St., Yukon, 405-354-1895, yukonok.gov. WED Gardens Walking Tour, participate in the walking tour “Plant for Color” and “ Plants for Water Conservation” highlighting plants in each season around the Gardens. Enjoy the guided tours or pick up a self-guided tour handout, 10 a.m. Oct. 28. Myriad Botanical Gardens & Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory, 301 W. Reno Ave. 405-445-7080. SAT Learn-to-Swim Program, giving residents of all ages and financial situations the opportunity to learn to swim with proper technique and basic water safety at their own pace offered by the King Marlin Swim Club, ongoing, Lighthouse Sports, Fitness and Health, 3333 W. Hefner Road, 405-845-5672, marlinswimamerica.com.
VISUAL ARTS Art After 5, enjoy a late-night art gallery experience and live music on the roof terrace with the best views of downtown OKC and a relaxing atmosphere, 5-9 p.m. Oct. 26. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com. THU Bert Seabourn: Abstract Expressionist, view works of the painter of Native American subjects, figures, landscapes and other subjects. Working in acrylic, oil and watercolor, Seabourn uses a technique of dripping, smearing and splattering the paint, through Oct. 29. The Depot, 200 S. Jones Ave., Norman, 405-3079320, pasnorman.org.
Fuego Friday, watch ceramic demonstrations and kiln-firing events sponsored by the OU Ceramics program, the Red Clay Faction and the Student Government Association spotlighting the School’s ceramics program and facilities, 5-10 p.m. Oct. 27. Oklahoma City University School of Visual Arts, 1601 NW 26th St., 405-208-5000, okcu.edu. FRI Hahn, Oswalt and Loessberg, modern realism figurative painter George Oswalt, fantastical figurative painter Elizabeth Hahn and abstract photographer G.L. August Loessberg are three noted artists and longtime friends exhibiting their work together for the first time, through Oct. 29. JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N. Walker Ave., 405-5286336, jrbartgallery.com. Heiroglyphics 2017: The Spirit of our People, showcasing the works of Ginna Dowling on what she calls contemporary community hieroglyphs telling the unique stories of individual worth and empowerment in relation to creative thought, through Nov. 23. Oklahoma Contemporary Showroom, 1146 N. Broadway Drive, 405-951-0000, oklahomacontemporary.org. Hidden Messages, the art of Hidden Messages investigates identity and place through ceramics and mixed media featuring artists Marilyn Artus and Amy Sanders, through Nov. 25. Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Gaylord-Pickens Museum, 1400 Classen Drive, 405-235-4458, oklahomahof.com. Kiln to Table, a focus on functional ceramics including bowls, mugs, vessels, casseroles and other items by Buck Dollarhide, Daniel Harris and others 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 26-28. CMG Art Gallery, 1104 NW 30th St., 405-256-3465, cmgartgallery.com. Life and Legacy: The Art of Jerome Tiger, one of Oklahoma’s most celebrated artists, Jerome Tiger, produced hundreds of works of art and won numerous awards throughout the country. Celebrate the life and legacy of this remarkable painter, through May 13, 2018. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 405478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org.
Ray Harryhausen Mythical Menagerie, Mythical monsters, skeleton warriors and Greek gods have invaded Science Museum Oklahoma’s smART Space art galleries in a comprehensive exhibition of the original models, prototypes, bronzes, sketches and storyboards of the fantasy films of stop-motion animation pioneer Ray Harryhausen, through Dec. 3. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2020 Remington Place, 405-602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org. Reclaiming My Humanity, an exhibit of artist Brett McDanel’s newest sculptural statements include works from installation scale to smaller pedestal and wall placements. Enjoy lectures, demonstrations, pop-up exhibits, interactive installations, special performance events and more, through Nov. 10. Kasum Contemporary Fine Arts, 1706 NW 16th St., 405-604-6602, kasumcontemporary.com. Sole Expression: The Art of the Shoe, features the creations of 25 local, national and international shoe designers and artists; guests examine how the shoe has been interpreted in art throughout history and the science and engineering behind specific shoe designs, through December. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2020 Remington Place, 405-602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org. Spring Show Exhibit, enjoy the works of oil painter Phebe Kallstrom and handmade jewelry artist Whitney Ingram, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. through November. The Studio Gallery, 2642 W. Britton Road, 405-7522642, thestudiogallery.org. Teacher Appreciation Month, to celebrate teacher appreciation month, all pre-K through 12th grade educators and their families visit the museum for free, through Oct. 31. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, 405-325-4712, samnoblemuseum.ou.edu. The New Art: A Controversial Collection Fifty Years Later, the 150-piece permanent collection purchased from the Washington Gallery of Modern Art is dedicated to the collection of contemporary art and features abstract expressionism, postpainterly abstraction, color field painting and pop art, through May 13, 2018. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa. com. We the People: A Portrait of Early Oklahoma, enjoy a selection of Henry Wantland’s photography from his family’s arrival to Stillwater in 1891. Images documented over a two-decade span can be viewed during a temporary exhibition, through January 2018. Will Rogers World Airport, 7100 Terminal Drive, 405-478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum. org.
Body, curated to examine how the body has been used to address the themes of movement, fragmentation and mechanization, geometry and identity, through Dec. 30. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave., Norman, 405-325-3272, ou.edu/ fjjma. Cartoons & Comics: The Early Art of Tom Ryan, the drawings of acclaimed Western artist Tom Ryan are displayed showcasing his creativity, talent and humor from his teenage imagination, high school and coast guard years and his school paper’s sports page, through April 1, 2018. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 405478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org. Distinguished Visiting Artist: Robert Taylor, view the works of the Tulsa-based artist combining significant symbolism with traditional and contemporary Native American themes in his evocative paintings burrowing from multiple styles and genres such as surrealism and magic realism to create mystical and often enigmatic images of nature, tribal life and spiritual rituals, through Dec. 30. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave., Norman, 405-325-3272, ou.edu/fjjma. Exhibition: Master Strokes: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Golden Age, presenting some of the most important works from the Victoria and Albert’s outstanding collection of Dutch and Flemish drawings, showcasing works from the 16th20th centuries, including masterpieces by Rubens, Rembrandt and Sir Anthony van Dyck, Oct. 28-Jan. 21. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com.
Unmasked 2017 The inaugural Unmasked gala features live music and theatrical performances; hors d’oeuvres and libations; and even a costume contest. Wear your costume or cocktail attire for Oklahoma Behavioral Health Association’s new annual fundraiser 7 p.m. Friday at Will Rogers Theater Event Center, 4322 N. Western Ave. Tickets are $80.12. Visit facebook.com/oklahomabehavioralhealthassoc or call 405697-6200. FRIDAY Photo bigstock.com
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Oklahoma Hip-Hop Festival hosts a tribute to The Roots as the annual event regroups for the future. By Ben Luschen
There are a few names that frequently pop up in the common debate over who is the greatest rapper of all-time: Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Rakim, Nas, Jay-Z, Eminem. Gregory Jerome, a rapper and community activist originating in Oklahoma City, said there is one name frequently left out of the discussion that shouldn’t be: The Roots’ vocalist Black Thought. “You’re not catching too many emcees out here who are recording an album with a live band,” Jerome said. “Now, you might see them performing with one every now and then, but to put out album after album, 20 years plus? Come on, man.” Black Thought, whose birth name is Tariq Trotter, is the verbose lyrical wordsmith behind the Philadelphiaformed hip-hop band most known for its Afro-sporting drummer Questlove and its residency as the house band for host Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show. Jerome, now based in California, is also founder of Oklahoma Hip-Hop Festival, an event he said is taking a one-year regrouping hiatus after two initial years. In its absence, he is throwing a one-off tribute to The Roots called The Next Movement: A Tribute to the Legendary Roots Crew. The event is 6-10 p.m. Nov. 5 at Venu Lounge, 224 E. Main St. Tickets are $10-$25. Contrary to some of the city’s more casual hip-hop events, Jerome wants The Next Movement to be a night of mature sophistication and called it a “black carpet event.” Music from The Roots will be playing all night long. Oklahoma City jazz and hip-hop group Culture Cinematic, with a few added members, will act as the event’s house band. Headlining the tribute is Brooke Taylor, a Los Angeles-based neo soul artist who has appeared on The Steve Harvey Morning Show and collaborated with Murs and other hip-hop artists. Other performers include Jerome, R&B vocalist Ckai Dawson, rapper Spence Browne, rapper Original Flow, singer
Roderick Porter, DJ G-MCK and DJ Quest. Jerome said the musical diversity found in the jazz- and soul-influenced Roots will be present in the night’s lineup. That same diversity The Roots are known for is also part of the reason Jerome has Black Thought in his list of top five emcees. “He can even sing hooks that are soulful hooks,” he said. “It’s not a Drake hook — it’s soulful.” In an era when even some of hip-hop’s best and most popular music is produced entirely on a computer, Jerome said The Roots has always stood out for its use of a full band. “You can’t even compare it,” he said. “You can have Timbaland, you can have No I.D., you can even bring in 9th Wonder on production, but once you put live instrumentation to hip-hop, it changes the whole dynamic. You can’t beat it.”
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Jerome first thought of holding a Roots tribute show not only to honor the group’s impact on hip-hop as a whole, but also as a personal thank-you to an act that has meant so much to him and his career. Tribute shows like this are common throughout the country but are usually reserved for bands that are dead or disbanded. “I wanted to pay homage to them — give them flowers while they’re still here,” Jerome said. “Instead of waiting till everything is over and done with, I wanted to pay tribute to these guys for being so influential to me and to hip-hop itself.” Though known by a wider audience for their appearances on television, The Roots are known within hip-hop and music circles for poetic, jazzy and soulful hip-hop albums like 1996’s Illadelph Halflife, ’99’s Things Fall Apart, and 2011’s Undun, as well as collaborative records with John Legend and Elvis Costello. In addition to producing most of his own band’s music, Questlove has also worked
as a producer for artists like D’Angelo, Al Green, Erykah Badu and Common. Jerome was in college in 2005 at Middle Tennessee State University, studying the music industry and launching his rap career, when he was asked to open for The Roots in Memphis. It was a night he said would go on to shape how he approached the rest of his music career. “Being able to call Black Thought just Black, like ‘Yo, Black, what up?!’’ and he pounds you up?” Jerome said, reminiscing. “I gave him my album — my solo project. That was a moment I’ll never forget, to shake hands with this dude and give him my album personally while I’m still in college.” Part of The Roots’ legacy will forever be its work as an ambassador for hiphop. With a regularly scheduled appearance on network television, no rap group has ever been more visible. The band’s sophisticated sound helps break down misconceptions people outside of the genre have for hip-hop. Jerome said one reason for The Next Movement is to break down more barriers and give fans a night of mature hip-hop indulgence. “I was like, ‘Let’s give Oklahoma an experience. Let’s give them something they’ve never experienced before,’” he said.
Back on track
Jerome might not have been able to host The Roots perform “Let It Go” using only classroom instruments with center Jimmy Fallon
Oklahoma Hip-Hop Festival founder Gregory Jerome opened for The Roots in 2005 in Tennessee. | Photo Gazette / file
a full version of the Oklahoma Hip-Hop Festival this year, but he is confident the event will return soon. The festival originally got its start to help fund Jerome’s nonprofit educational hip-hop program Elemental Hip-Hop, which helps teach art to students through hip-hop culture. Jerome said bringing a regular, successful hip-hop festival to OKC would also be a major boost for the area. Because there are no other pure hip-hop festivals in the region, he believes it is an event to which interested people in surrounding states would flock. “This is a huge opportunity for Oklahoma City as a whole,” he said. “Not only socially, but economically.” Since beginning the mission to bring such an event to life, Jerome said he has been learning what works and what does not. “It’s like a little baby,” he said. “You’ve got to crawl before you can walk, and then you fall down and bump your head or whatever the case may be. But as long as you continue to grow, it continues to get better.”
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MUSIC “It’s one show,” he said. “It’s not like three different bands. It’s like a unified front.” The Broken Crowns tour will continue through the end of the year. Matisyahu said when there is togetherness in a group of touring partners, it makes road life much more bearable. “When you’ve got a unified front, and we’re talking about 30 people or something like that — it’s not the hugest operation, but it’s a lot of people — and when everyone is vibing and taking care of each other, it makes a big difference,” he said. “It comes across through the music, and it comes across through the show.”
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A redefined Matisyahu makes a tour stop with Common Kings Nov. 1 at The Jones Assembly. By Ben Luschen
When discussing popular hip-hop music trends, one that usually is not mentioned is the chart-topping spiritually themed rap song. Yet those who take a look at the list of top-selling rap artists and singles the last few years might be surprised by what they find. Chicago rapper-singer Chance the Rapper won a Best Rap Album Grammy in 2016 for his streaming-only mixtape Coloring Book, which at times feels more like a rap-influenced gospel album than the other way around. This year’s topselling rap album is Kendrick Lamar’s Damn, which lacks Chance’s overall gospel music influence but is richer with philosophical theology. But years before either of these rappers were finding wide commercial success with religious themes, suburban New York emcee and vocalist Matisyahu had songs on the U.S. Top 40 incorporating Jewish Orthodox tradition. Matisyahu, the Hebrew and stage name of the man born Matthew Paul Miller, is most remembered as the white, longbearded Hasidic artist who scored 2000s rap-influenced reggae and dancehall hits like 2004’s “King Without a Crown” and 2009’s “One Day”
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(the latter was co-written by Bruno Mars). It was a landmark day for his fans when he shaved off his trademark beard in 2011. Today, with bleached hair, the former highly recognizable artist can now walk the streets in comparative anonymity. The vocalist spoke by phone with Oklahoma Gazette ahead of his Nov. 1 show at The Jones Assembly, 901 W. Sheridan Ave. Matisyahu said he is excited to see other artists having success while expressing their faith in their art — even if their beliefs differ from his own. “Hip-hop is always going in different directions at once,” he said. “You have the whole trap thing going on, and at the same time, you have Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper and that kind of thing. I think it’s cool when things venture out into different directions and find a nice middle ground.” Outspoken spirituality is not the only trend that had Matisyahu as a forerunner. In today’s rap and pop worlds, dancehall and Caribbean sounds are in vogue, as heard on several songs from Justin Bieber, Drake and Rihanna. Of course, it would be a mistake to count Matisyahu as a true originator in either musical spirituality or the dancehall style. He doesn’t keep his influences or inspirations hidden and said he is interested in watching how trends from certain cultures sometimes bleed into others. “Before you saw hip-hop artists with skinny jeans and all that kind of thing, that was happening in the Caribbean culture first,” he said. “Around Jackie Robinson Park in Crown Heights back in the early 2000s, the young West Indian kids already had that style going. Then you saw that style cross over into the hip-hop world.”
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‘Unified front’
His current Broken Crowns tour began earlier this month, but Matisyahu said he feels like his life has been one long road run since 2004. He estimates that he plays 250-300 live dates each year. Aside from Matisyahu and his band, the tour also includes the California reggae rock and pop quartet Common Kings and Orphan, an instrumental hip-hop trio of 22-year-olds. Matisyahu said he first connected with Common Kings after hiring his new manager Ivory Daniel. Both are managed through Daniel’s company Regime Management and became quick friends. Matisyahu collaborated with Common Kings on the new single “Broken Crowns,” which was released to digital platforms Oct. 13 and takes its title from the name of their shared tour.
It’s one show. It’s not like three different bands. It’s like a unified front. Matisyahu Orphan is a group heavily inspired by Matisyahu’s music and made up of three sons of Lubavitch rabbis. Matisyahu has known one of the members since he was 8 years old. The vocalist said he has been in the music business long enough to know that it is rare when everyone involved in a tour gets along swimmingly. He has known bands that have gone on the road with acts they don’t like and bands that don’t even have peaceful cohesion within their own group. “A lot of times, you tour and the opening acts, they’re more strategic — placed there by the agents or to help sell tickets,” he said. That is not the case on the Broken Crowns tour, Matisyahu said. He knows it is cliché, but the grouping feels like family.
Matisyahu’s most recent album is Undercurrent, a record that he has called the most accurate portrayal of himself as an artist. The album was recorded with his live band, which includes drummer Joe Tomino, bassist Stu Brooks, guitarist Aaron Dugan and Big Yuki on keyboards. Matisyahu said Undercurrent’s reflection of his true artistic self was not a question of control. He said there has never been a time when he did not have creative control over his music. It was more about who he was collaborating with. To him, it always felt like he would be doing one thing in the studio and a different thing on the stage. “Every time I’ve gone in to make a record, it’s not been the purest example of where I was at musically,” he said. “It’d almost be a side project.” Undercurrent features just eight songs but runs for over an hour. There is no song shorter than five minutes, which is practically unheard of in modern popular music. Matisyahu said on this album, he spent a lot of time in improvised jam sessions while developing the new project. “I decided I wanted to put the focus on improvisation,” he said. “We recorded it and went back and developed songs out of them that are longform songs that are much more like the show than a separate thing.” The result is an alternative and indie rock soundscape that lets each musical idea come to complete fruition. It might not be the sound some people expect from Matisyahu, but the live band sound isn’t a style he is new to either. The truth is there is no one sound to expect from Matisyahu. What one remembers the artist for is largely dependent on when they started listening. “That’s just who I am,” he said. “I’ve always been interested in different things, different styles. That’s the good thing about it; you don’t have to be stuck in any one thing.” Visit matisyahuworld.com.
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This reviewer noticed minute and grows until exploding into two things during a quick gloss over the industrial discord. It Metacritic page for the makes sense given the new album context of the lyrics, Masseduction: a wellwhich seem to be about one-upping earned abundance of one’s actions to glowing reviews for further extremes to Tulsa-born Annie Clark’s sixth studio please another. album under the St. Masseduction | provided Masseduct ion Vincent name and tarcomes in with a fury geted advertising and sets the stage for promising to reveal the “Top 3 Bipolar the project’s greatest earworm, “Los Treatment Methods” upon a single click. Ageless.” The song appears to be inAssuming the latter is not a revealing tended as a complement — or perhaps insight into a certain someone’s private foil — to “New York,” the album’s leading search history, one could logically consingle. Both songs are about heartache clude that words and phrases from the but approach the topic in very different online review aggregator’s Masseduction ways. “Los Ageless” is big, gritty and page were used to prompt the ad. anthemic while “New York” is stripped It’s not an abstract theory. The followdown and more rawly emotional. Clark saves her most emotive tunes up to St. Vincent’s Grammy-winning 2014 self-titled LP presents listeners with and her best songwriting for the tail end a broad variety of sounds and styles of Masseduction. “Slow Disco” won’t ranging from intimate singer-songwritleave many dry eyes, as tender violins er to pulsating techno and ambient noise. lead into a somber last hurrah. The album closes on “Smoking Section,” While it is hard to label Masseduction in any one particular genre or tone, the which is simultaneously beautiful and result is more like richness of character hauntingly distraught. “And sometimes than a personality split. I go to the edge of my roof,” the song’s As cliché as roller coaster comparidark, poetic lyrics go. “And I think I’ll sons can be, the front end of this album jump just to punish you. And if I should is a true sonic thrill ride. “Pills,” a statefloat on the taxis below, no one would notice, no one will know.” ment on modern medicated society, Word that Clark would head into a features a maddening but glorious singsongy melody that feels like something poppier direction on Masseduction lifted out of the dark, Bizzaro version concerned some fans, especially given of Disneyland. The song is somewhat the success of her last record and insurprisingly co-produced by rapper crease in popularity. But, with no small Kendrick Lamar’s right-hand studio thank-you to producer, fun. guitarist collaborator Sounwave. But perhaps and pop genius Jack Antonoff, who the pairing should not be a shock, given helped guide this stellar effort, Clark the beatmaker’s propensity for soniproves that her talent and creativity cally fitting narrative and thematic transcend style. With Masseduction, song concepts. St. Vincent shows there is no shame in The following title track features duplicity. Clark’s ripping guitar to form a standout banger on an album full of them. “Sugarboy” ratchets up the beats per
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LIVE MUSIC These are events recommended by Oklahoma Gazette editorial staff members. For full calendar listings, go to okgazette.com.
WEDNESDAY, 10.25 Dead Horses, Tower Theatre. FOLK John Mark McMillan, Tower Theatre. SINGER/SONGWRITER
Lee Rucker Duo, The Lobby Bar. JAZZ Pax, The Bleu Garten. ROCK
THURSDAY, 10.26 Annie Oakley/Kyle Reid, The Deli, Norman. FOLK Camera/Net, Opolis, Norman. ROCK Chris Trapper, The Blue Door. ROCK Dirty Red and the Soul Shakers, Oklahoma City Museum of Art. BLUES Imelda Marcos/Jarvix/Astral Planes and more, Resonator, Norman. ROCK Kent Fauss Duo, Louie’s Grill & Bar. COUNTRY Listener/Levi the Poet/Comrades and more, 89th Street-OKC. ROCK
Narcotic Wasteland/Dreaming Dead/Extinction Level Event, Thunder Alley Grill and Sports Bar. ROCK
FRIDAY, 10.27 737 Band, Wicked Piston. ROCK Blunts & Blondes/Bass Stampede, Kamps. ELECTRONIC David Ryan Harris/Justin Young, VZD’s Restaurant & Bar. SINGER/SONGWRITER
Conor Oberst, The Criterion. SINGER/SONGWRITER
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Erick Taylor, Bricktown Brewery. ACOUSTIC Gum/Junebug Spade/The So Help Me’s, Tower Theatre. VARIOUS Heartbreak Rodeo, El Toro Chino Restaurant, Norman. ACOUSTIC John Carnuccio, Full Circle Bookstore. ACOUSTIC Jordan Law, Flint. ACOUSTIC Kali Ra/The Lost End/Dresden Bombers, VZD’s Restaurant & Bar. ROCK
Sunshine Hahn, The Lobby Bar. SINGER/SONGWRITER
The Yawpers/American Shadows/The Electric Rag Band, Blue Note Lounge. VARIOUS Tyler Lee Band, Riverwind Casino, Norman. BLUES
SUNDAY, 10.29 Brent Blount, Flint. ACOUSTIC
MONDAY, 10.30 Cloudcatcher/Cobrajab, The Blue Note. ROCK Jarvix/Social Creatures/Snailmate and more, Earth Rebirth, Norman. VARIOUS Misty Snatch/Chase Vegas/Elecktra and more, The Root. VARIOUS
TUESDAY, 10.31 Breaking Benjamin, Diamond Ballroom. ACOUSTIC
DJ Chipmunk/DJ Witchy Pooh, HiLo Club. DJ
Los Eskeletos/The Prof.Fuzz 63/Wicked Shimmies, Your Mom’s Place. ROCK
VARIOUS
Mark Stuart, The Blue Door. SINGER/SONGWRITER
Shelly Phelps Band, Noir Bistro & Bar. BLUES The 411 Band, Riverwind Casino, Norman. BLUES The Old What Four Band, Grady’s 66 Pub, Yukon. COUNTRY
Garrett Dale and Friends, The Blue Note. Hippo Campus/Remo Drive, ACM Performance Lab. VARIOUS Third Eye Blind, The Jones Assembly. ROCK
WEDNESDAY, 11.1 Blake Lankford, Blue Bonnet Bar, Norman. COUNTRY
SATURDAY, 10.28
Oceans Ate Alaska/Invent Animate/Dayseeker and more, 89th Street-OKC. ROCK
Brothers Griiin, The Jones Assembly. DJ
The Devils Cut, Red Brick Bar, Norman. ROCK
Chase Rice, The Criterion. COUNTRY
Cody & Jess, Bricktown Brewery. ACOUSTIC Elizabeth Speegle Band, Bedlam Bar-B-Q. JAZZ Greg Jacobs/Gene Williams, The Blue Door. SINGER/SONGWRITER
Jamie Bramble, Full Circle Bookstore. ACOUSTIC Jim the Elephant, Oklahoma City Limits. ROCK Katie Wicks/DJ Diverse/DJ J20 and more, Kong’s Tavern. DJ
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Spaghetti Eddie, Tower Theatre. VARIOUS Station 5150/Stafre and The Hitones, Sauced on Paseo. VARIOUS
King 810/Sweat/Bodysnatcher, 89th Street-OKC. ROCK
Christophe Murdock and The Pallbearers/ Killhaven, Your Mom’s Place. PUNK
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Kid Cudi Cleveland rapper Kid Cudi brings his Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’ tour to Oklahoma City Nov. 2 in honor of his latest album. Collaborating with Plain Pat and Mike Dean, Cudi released his sixth album last December. The concert begins at 8:30 p.m. at The Criterion, 500 E. Sheridan Ave., and tickets are $39.95. Visit thecriterionokc.com.
Live music submissions must be received by Oklahoma Gazette no later than noon on Wednesday seven days before the desired publication date. Late submissions will not be included in the listings. Submissions run as space allows, although we strive to make the listings as inclusive as possible. Fax your listings to 528-4600 or e-mail to listings@okgazette.com. Sorry, but phone submissions cannot be accepted.
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free will astrology Homework: Name your greatest unnecessary taboo and how you would violate it if it didn’t hurt anyone. FreeWillAstrology.com.
whole truth and nothing but the truth, and ask to receive the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Watch out for a fake pizza-delivery driver who’s actually trying to issue you a legal summons. Be careful you don’t glimpse a blood red sky at dusk, in case it’s a prophetic sign that your cell phone will fall into a toilet sometime soon. Beware of the possibility that a large bird carrying a turtle to its nest accidentally drops its prey into a rain puddle near you, splashing mud on your fancy clothes. JUST KIDDING! All the scenarios I just described are stupid lies. The truth is, this should be one of the most worry-free times ever. You’re welcome, of course, to dream up a host of scary fantasies if you find that entertaining, but I guarantee that they’ll be illusory. Halloween costume suggestion: an indomitable warrior.
I share Vincent Van Gogh’s belief that “the best way to know life is to love many things.” But I also think that the next twelve months will be an inspiring time for you to be focused and single-minded in your involvement with love. That’s why I encourage you to take an approach articulated by the Russian mystic Anne Sophie Swetchine: “To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.” Halloween costume suggestion: a lover celebrating a sacred union to the love of your life, to God or Goddess, or to a symbol of your most sublime ideal.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
“Yes, We Have No Bananas” is a silly novelty song that became a big hit in 1923. Its absurdity led to its wide use for humorous effect. For example, on the kids’ TV series The Muppet Show, puppets made out of fruits and vegetables sang parodies of the tune. That’s why I find it droll that the “No Bananas” songwriters stole part of the melody from the “Hallelujah Chorus,” the climax of classical composer George Handel’s religious oratorio Messiah. I’d love to see you engage in comparable transmutations, Taurus: making serious things amusing and vice versa. It’s a time when you can generate meaningful fun and playful progress through the art of reversal. Halloween costume suggestion: a tourist from Opposite Land or Bizarro World.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
In the next two weeks, you may have to navigate your way through careless gossip, distorted “facts,” superficial theories, hidden agendas, fake news, and official disinformation. To prevent problems in communication with people who matter, take advantage of the Halloween spirit in this way: Obtain a bicycle helmet and cover it with aluminum foil. Decorate it with an Ace of Clubs, a red rose, images of wrathful but benevolent superheroes, and a sign that says “No Bullshit Allowed.” By wearing this crown, you should remain protected. If that’s too weird for you, do the next best thing: Vow to speak the
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
What is the material object you want most but don’t have? This is an object that would serve your soul’s highest purposes, although not necessarily your ego’s. Here’s another question: What evocative symbol might help keep you inspired to fulfill your dreams over the course of the next five years? I suggest that you choose one or both of those things to be the inspiration for your Halloween costume.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Did you get a chance to go to circus school when you were a kid? How about magic school? Or maybe detective school or time-travel school or superhero school? Probably none of the above, right? Much of your education revolved around what you HAD to learn rather than what would be fun to learn. I’m not saying it was bad you were compelled to study subjects you felt ambivalent about. In the long run, it did you good. But now here’s some sweet news, Virgo: The next ten months will be a favorable time to get trainings and teachings in what you YEARN to learn. Halloween costume suggestion: a student.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Now is an excellent phase
in your cycle to scour bathrooms, scrub floors, shampoo
carpets, and wash windows. But the imminent future will be an even more favorable period to purify your motivations, tonify your emotions, purge your lessthan-noble agendas, calm down your monkey mind and monkey heart, disinfect the moldy parts of your past, and fact-check the stories you tell about yourself. So which set of tasks should you focus on? It may be possible to make great strides on the second set as you carry out the first set. But if there’s not enough time and energy to do both, favor the second set. Halloween costume suggestion: a superhero who has wondrous cleaning powers; King Janitor or Queen Maid.
the existence of exotic help coming from spiritual realms. Right? Well, no. *Not* right. There is in fact another real world that overlaps the material world, and it operates according to different laws that are mostly imperceptible to our senses. But events in the other real world can have tangible effects in the material world. This is especially true for you right now. Take advantage! Seek practical answers and solutions in your dreams, meditations, visions, and numinous encounters. Halloween costume suggestion: white-magic sorcerer or good witch.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Many years from now, in your last hours on earth, you will have visions that show you how all the events in your life were crucial to your life story. You will understand the lesson that was provided by each twist and turn of your destiny. Every piece of the gigantic puzzle will slip into place, revealing the truth of what your mission has been. And during that future climax, you may remember right now as a time when you got a long glimpse of the totality. Halloween costume suggestion: the happiest person on Earth; the sovereign of all you survey; the wise fool who understands yourself completely.
“You never sing the same song twice,” said chanteuse Billie Holiday. “If you sing it with all the same phrasing and melody, you’re failing your art.” That’s an extreme statement, but I understand what she was driving at. Repeating yourself too much can be debilitating. That includes trying to draw inspiration from the same old sources that have worked in the past. I suggest you avoid this behavior in the coming days. Raise Holiday’s approach to a universal principle. Fresh sources of inspiration are available! Halloween costume suggestion: a persona or character unlike any you’ve ever imagined yourself to be.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
How can you enjoy the lavish thrills of rebirth later unless you die a little inside now? It’s the trickiest phase of your cycle, when your energies are best used to resolve and graduate from the unfinished business of the last ten months. I suggest that you put the past to rest as best as you can. Don your funniest sad face and pay your last respects to the old ways and old days you’ll soon be leaving behind. Keep in mind that beauty will ultimately emerge from decay. Halloween costume suggestion: the mythical phoenix, which burns itself down, then resurrects itself from its own ashes.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
There are no such things as magic healings and miraculous redemptions and impossible breakthroughs. Right? Hard evidence provided by science precludes
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
You might be able to pass for normal, but it will be better for your relationship with yourself if you don’t. You could try to tamp down your unusual urges and smooth your rough edges, but it will be smarter to regard those urges and edges as fertile raw material for your future happiness. Catch my drift? In the coming weeks, your main loyalty should be to your idiosyncratic intelligence. Halloween costume suggestion: the beautiful, interesting monster who lives in you.
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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