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ELECTION

NEWS

Governing counties Political newcomers Carrie Blumert and Brad Reeves will face off for Oklahoma County District 1 Commissioner in Nov. 6’s general election. By Nazarene Harris

The trailblazer

Carrie Blumert epitomizes her life motto. “Work hard and be kind” is a simple saying she uses to help her keep fighting the good fight. With a smile on her face and pep in her step, the 31-year-old Oklahoma CityCounty Health Department program director has knocked on over 10 thousand doors during her campaign for Oklahoma County District 1 Commissioner. While Blumert has spent the majority of her life in Oklahoma and has lived in Oklahoma City for nearly a decade, campaigning has allowed her to get to know her neighbors like never before. “My experience has been overwhelming positive,” she said. “Ninety-nine percent of the men I’ve met have been incredibly kind and respectful, but I think a few are thrown off that a young woman is attempting to claim a powerful position.” In a positive way, Blumert said, Oklahoma has joined the nation in a cultural shift away from sexism. She’s proud to be part of the movement. If elected as county commissioner, Blumert will replace Willa Johnson, who is the only female elected official in Oklahoma County government. Johnson announced her retirement last year and her endorsement of Blumert this month. As proud as Blumert is to be an Oklahoman, she said there is always room for the state to improve. Blumert was raised in Ponca City by her father, Keith, an engineer, and her mother, Janice, a retired teacher. Her older sister, Bonnie, is a trial lawyer and an Oklahoma County public defender. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in social work from Oklahoma State University and a master’s degree in public

health from University of Oklahoma, Blumert moved to Oklahoma City to work for the county health department. Looking back, she said her whole life seems to have been orchestrated to lead her to the path she is on now. “I was never someone who thought about running for office,” Blumert said. “But I’ve always wanted to make a difference in some way and I’ve always been very passionate about local government. It’s at the local level where I believe the most difference can be made and felt.” Though Blumert is a Democrat, she said her parents are Republicans and her family has never been big on political talk. “I’m not concerned with advancing my party as much as I am about advancing issues,” she said. She said issues that impact District 1 residents include crime, mental illness and an ineffective Oklahoma County Jail that is overcrowded, understaffed and was improperly designed. “It’s a 13-floor high rise,” Blumert said. “If it looks a little odd, that’s because it is. The layout of a typical jail resembles nothing like the one we have. In fact, the architect who designed it had never designed a jail before.” With the requirement that at least one guardsman move with prisoners as they travel throughout the jail, multiple floors and few elevators create the need for additional staff. Blumert said her research into the jail has led her to believe that organizers who helped launch it in 1991 didn’t comply with code inspections and cut costs at the expense of producing a quality jail that could withstand the test of time. While the jail has a capacity limit of 1,200, it currently houses about 1,800 prisoners. The overcrowding has led to

increased mental illness and violence within the jail, Blumert said. The understaffing has resulted in a 48-hour lockdown period during the weekends when a lack of guardsmen means prisoners cannot leave their cells. If residents vote in favor of a temporary tax rise to pay for a new jail, Blumert said she would work religiously to ensure that one is properly created, staffed and managed. The current one, she said, would be torn down and the land sold. With her background and knowledge on community and mental health, Blumert said she will work toward crime deterrence to help create safer communities and bring prisoner numbers down in the county jail.

The family man

Though Brad Reeves was not born and raised in Oklahoma, the connection he feels to Oklahomans is real. Working his way from grocery store sacker to manager took the kind of hard work Reeves said Oklahomans are wired to endure after state ancestors worked their way out of the Dust Bowl and a Great Depression. “I’m a hardworking family man,” Reeves said. “That’s kind of a simple description, but it’s the best one I have.” Reeves was born in Kansas and moved with his family during his childhood to Oklahoma, Colorado and California following his fathers’ career in oil and gas. When he was 18 years old, his family moved back to Oklahoma, where he later met his wife, Stephanie. While still a teenager, Reeves began sacking groceries at an Albertsons in north Oklahoma City. Through hard work, he advanced to store manager and later to a multi-store manager. After more than a decade with Albertsons, Reeves moved on to a career in oil and gas and then became a deputy at the Oklahoma County Court Clerk’s office, a position he still holds today. Stephanie owns a small craft painting business. The couple has six children and lives in Oklahoma City, where the family enjoys the company of extended relatives including aunts, uncles and grandparents. The constant presence of family in his life reminds Reeves of what’s most important. Reeves said his time spent working at the county court clerk’s office combined Brad Reeves is the Republican candidate for Oklahoma County District 1 Commissioner. | Photo provided

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Carrie Blumert is the Democratic candidate for Oklahoma County District 1 Commissioner. | Photo Alexa Ace

with his business management skills make him an ideal candidate for Oklahoma County District 1 Commissioner. Though his predecessor would be a Democrat, the Republican candidate said he believes Johnson’s work has been impressive and that he’d like to build upon it. “I think she’s done a terrific job,” Reeves said. “I’m learning as much as I can now so that if I’m elected, I can hit the ground running and build upon the work she’s already done.” Reeves said he agrees with Blumert that work needs to be done to the Oklahoma County Jail but that he is not in favor of tearing it down and creating a new one altogether. “We need to work with what we have,” he said. “We need to continue putting a plan together and being transparent about that plan. We need to find a way to lower the prison population so we don’t have this overcrowding issue. But I don’t believe that creating a new jail is the answer.” He said that should he be elected, he would first request an objective assessment of the jail. “I’m not an expert on jails and what it takes to house inmates,” he said. “But once the inmate population decreases, I’d like to bring in a third party to review the jail and make recommendations on how we can improve the jail moving forward.” Reeves said part of what attracted him to the county commissioner seat is the role commissioners have on the Oklahoma County Budget Board, which creates a budget each year to satisfy county needs. “I look at our state and our cities as businesses,” Reeves said. “I look forward to working with the sheriff and other elected officials to divvy out our budget and invest in what voters believe are the district’s biggest priorities.” Reeves said he would also work to remove the dormant asbestos in the Oklahoma County Courthouse. According to the county commissioner’s website, the responsibilities of county commissioner include overseeing county roads, jails, health and welfare programs. District 1 includes parts of Del City, Oklahoma City, Midwest City, Spencer, Jones and Luther.

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ELECTION

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Incumbent Joy Hofmeister faces off against Democrat John Cox and independent Larry Huff for state superintendent. By Nazarene Harris

The incumbent

Having served as Oklahoma state superintendent of public instruction for over three years, Joy Hofmeister said she’s not interested in ushering in new policies, should she be voted into a second term. Rather, she said, she’d like to continue on the path she has been on since 2015 to create better schools that will result in brighter futures for Oklahoma’s children. “With every new idea, proposition and piece of legislation that I come across, I ask myself if its what’s best for our students,” Hofmeister said. “That’s what all of this boils down to.” In July, Oklahoma State Department of Education released findings of an indepth, 238-page study Hofmeister and her colleagues worked on over the past two years. The study resulted in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which lays out six specific goals Hofmeister expects schools to reach by 2025. Goals include reducing the need for emergency-certified teachers by 95 percent and reducing the need for remedial math and English courses by firstyear college students by 50 percent. To expect the best outcomes from students and administrators alike, Hofmeister said it’s imperative that schools address the health of their students. “We recognize that food insecurity has a direct impact on academic achievement,” Hofmeister said. “And we are the only state in the nation that’s listing child nutrition as an academic intervention.” By doing so, she said, the state Legislature has ensured that Oklahoma will John Cox is the Democratic candidate for state superintendent. | Photo provided

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receive the maximum amount of funding from federal nutrition programs. “That’s an example of what can be done at the state level to help our students in every district see and feel success,” Hofmeister said. While Hofmeister said she supported the teacher walkout in March, she is opposed to granting teachers further pay raises until per-pupil funding increases. Oklahoma currently ranks 49th in the nation for teacher pay and 48th for perpupil spending.

The advocate

In over three decades of working within Oklahoma public schools, Democratic state superintendent candidate John Cox said he has never been more concerned about education than he is now. “The last 10 years have been devastating for our schools,” Cox said. “Since 2008, we have seen $300 million come out of education funding each year.” Cox said the lack of funding is painfully noticeable. “The message we send to our teachers and our students is that they are not important — plain and simple,” he said. Raised in rural Adair County by a preacher father and a mother with a love of literature, teachers became heroes to Cox and his six siblings. Nearly all of the Cox children became teachers later in life. Intent on becoming a math teacher, Cox received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics education from Northeastern State University, a master’s degree in counseling and a doctorate degree in educational administration from Oklahoma State University. Cox’s first job out of college was as an eighth-grade math teacher in Jay, where he also served as an athletics coach and taught computer science. Cox later became superintendent of Peggs Public Schools, a position he still holds today. In 2015, he ran against Hofmeister for state superintendent. He lost the election but gained 45 percent of the vote. “I’m running for the same reasons I was running for back then,” he said. If elected as state superintendent this time around, Cox said he will raise the pay for first-year teachers

to $40,000 and will allow high school students to receive vocational training and certifications while in high school. “ T went y-t h r e e percent of Oklahomans graduate from college,” Cox said. “If a student decides that college is not for them or that they are not ready to start college immediately after graduating from high school, we still have a responsibility to him or her with the tools they’ll need to get a job and make a living.” Cox said students should have the option to study and train in fields like cosmetology, welding, auto mechanics, electrical work and even nursing. He said offering students the incentive to receive career training before they graduate will help lower dropout rates and benefit the economy.

The marcher

Long before Oklahoma’s public schools had to employ counselors, principals and certified teachers, 76-year-old Larry Huff learned in a one-room classroom in Spiro. He became the first person in his family to go to college, and when he became a teacher, he became a family legend. Huff earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Northeastern Oklahoma State University, a master’s degree in special education and a doctorate degree in educational psychology from University of Oklahoma. What followed was a lengthy career spent in and out of classrooms but always in the field of education. Huff worked as special education administrator for Oklahoma State Department of Education for over 30 years. For 15 years, he served as Oklahoma director for North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, a national organization that, until 2014, established criteria for schools. The organization is credited with establishing requirements that teachers receive certifications and specia l training before they teach their respective subjects and that schools hire librarians and counselors. “At one time, 250 schools in Oklahoma followed the standards set forth by the North Central accreditation association,” Huff said. “Today, less than a handful do.”

Joy Hofmeister is the incumbent Republican running for re-election as state superintendent. | Photo Alexa Ace

Huff and his wife Betty have been married for 57 years. Huff said in his years as a teacher, he never made more than $55,000 a year, but the couple managed to send their two daughters to college. Both of Huff’s daughters now teach in Oklahoma public schools. While the former educator has been retired for close to a decade, he said walking with his daughters in the teachers’ walkout in March led him to want back in the fight. “I’ve never seen as much dodging around, sidestepping and slipping out the back door as I have seen by this Legislature and how they react to teachers’ requests,” Huff said. “It’s a crying shame that teachers in Oklahoma have to beg the Legislature for a living wage.” Huff said if he’s elected state superintendent, he’ll raise the salary of all teachers to match the regional average and will work to increase security at every school within the state to protect students from the increased likelihood of domestic terrorism.

Larry Huff is an independent running for state superintendent. | Photo provided

STATE QUESTIONS

ELECTION

State Question No. 793

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Oklahoma County votes on new leaders and five state questions Nov. 6.

CONGRESSIONAL OFFICERS U.S. Representative District 04 Tom Cole Mary Brannon Ruby Peters

U.S. Representative District 05 Steve Russell Kendra Horn

STATE OFFICERS Governor

Kevin Stitt Drew Edmondson Chris Powell

Lieutenant Governor Matt Pinnell Anastasia A. Pittman Ivan Holmes

State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd John Yeutter

Attorney General Mike Hunter Mark Myles

State Treasurer

Randy McDaniel Charles de Coune

Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister John Cox Larry Huff

Commissioner of Labor Leslie Osborn Fred Dorrell Brandt Dismukes

Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready Kimberly Fobbs

Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony Ashley Nicole McCray Jackie Short

COUNTY OFFICERS County Assessor Larry Stein Mike Shelton

County Treasurer

Forrest Butch Freeman Daniel Chae

County Commissioner District 1 Brad Reeves Carrie Blumert

County Commissioner District 3

Kevin Calvey Thomas Gerald Parkhurst Jr.

This measure adds a new Section 3 to Article 20 of the Oklahoma Constitution. Under the new Section, no law shall infringe on optometrists’ or opticians’ ability to practice within a retail mercantile establishment, discriminate against optometrists or opticians based on the location of their practice, or require external entrances for optometric offices within retail mercantile establishments. No law shall infringe on retail mercantile establishments’ ability to sell prescription optical goods and services. The Section allows the Legislature to restrict optometrists from performing surgeries within retail mercantile establishments, limit number of locations at which an optometrist may practice, maintain optometric licensing requirements, require optometric offices to be in a separate room of a retail mercantile establishment, and impose health and safety standards. It does not prohibit optometrists and opticians from agreeing with retail mercantile establishments to limit their practice. Laws conflicting with this Section are void. The Section defines ‘laws,’ ‘optometrist,’ ‘optician,’ ‘optical goods and services,’ and ‘retail mercantile establishment.’

State Question No. 794

This measure amends the provision of the Oklahoma Constitution that guarantees certain rights for crime victims. These rights would now be protected in a manner equal to the defendant’s rights. The measure would also make changes to victims’ rights, including: (1) expanding the court proceedings at which a victim has the right to be heard; (2) adding a right to reasonable protection; (3) adding a right to proceedings free from unreasonable delay; (4) adding a right to talk with the prosecutor; and (5) allowing victims to refuse interview requests from the defendant’s attorney without a subpoena. The Oklahoma Constitution currently grants victims’ rights to crime victims and their family members. This measure would instead grant these rights to crime victims and those directly harmed by the crime. Victims would no longer have a constitutional right to know the defendant’s location following arrest, during prosecution, and while sentenced to confinement or probation, but would have the right to be notified of the defendant’s release or escape from custody. Under this measure, victims would have these rights in both adult and juvenile proceedings. Victims would be able to assert these rights in court and the court would be required to act promptly.

State Question No. 798

This measure will add a provision to the Oklahoma Constitution to change the manner in which the governor and lieutenant governor are elected. Currently, voters cast one vote for their

preferred candidate for governor and a separate vote for their preferred candidate for lieutenant governor. Under this measure, if approved, candidates for governor and lieutenant governor from the same party will run together on a single ticket and voters will cast one vote for their preferred ticket. The measure requires the Legislature to establish procedures for the joint nomination and election of candidates for governor and lieutenant governor. If passed, this new election format will be used beginning in the 2026 general election cycle.

State Question No. 800

This measure would add a provision to the Oklahoma Constitution creating a new trust fund. This fund would consist of (i) legislative appropriations, (ii) deposits from other sources, and (iii) investment income. Beginning July 1, 2020, 5 percent of revenues from the gross production tax on oil and gas will be deposited into the fund as well. The percentage of gross production tax revenues deposited into the fund will then increase by 0.2 percent per year. Monies in the fund will be invested by the state treasurer. The fund is exempt from constitutional restrictions on the state owning stock. The state treasurer is required to make prudent investment decisions and diversify the fund’s investments to minimize risk. After July 1, 2020, 4 percent of the fund’s principal will be deposited each year into the state’s general revenue fund. Principal will be calculated by using an average of the fund’s annual principal for the five years before the deposit. No more than 5 percent of the fund may be used to pay interest on bonds issued by the state or local governments. The fund will be called the Oklahoma Vision Fund.

State Question No. 801

This measure would provide a means for voters to allow school districts to expand the permissible uses of ad valorem tax revenues to include school op er at ion s . T he Ok l a hom a Constitution limits the rate of ad valorem taxation. However, it permits voters in a school district to approve an increase of up to five mills ($5 per $1,000 of the assessed value of taxable property) over this limit for the purpose of raising money for a school district building fund. Currently, monies from this building fund may only be used to build, repair, or remodel school buildings and purchase furniture. This measure would amend the Constitution to permit voters to approve such a tax to be used for school operations deemed necessary by the school district, in addition to the purposes listed above.

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New leaves

One of Oklahoma City’s oldest law firms is jumping into the state’s newest industry with both feet. By Matt Dinger

J. Blake Johnson is dressed in a black T-shirt and his jeans are tucked into a loose pair of high-tops. His hair blows across his face in the Saturday afternoon wind on a bar patio and he looks like the kind of guy who will be taking the stage with his band later that night. Instead, he’ll grind it out mulling complex legal issues. Johnson, 33, is a fourth-year associate at Crowe & Dunlevy, an Oklahoma City law firm founded in 1902. A new kind of law requires a new type of lawyer, and he has quickly established himself as its public face. Johnson is vice chair of the firm’s 15-member Cannabis Industry Practice Group, which already represents more than 100 marijuana and hemp businesses in Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas and Arkansas. Johnson is already no stranger to the spotlight. Since he began practicing law in 2015, he has represented a number of clients who have received their fair share of public attention, including 8

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former University of Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon and Oklahoma City band Hinder. He watched the marijuana industry grow as the legality of cannabis slowly began to shift. Johnson noticed that advocates in other states were using citizen petitions to get referenda on ballots. Then those ballot measures began passing, even in states where they had previously been voted down. “That’s when I think the whole game changed. We had a decided shift in public opinion about this issue years ago, and often legislatures are slow to catch up with public opinion,” Johnson said. “Plenty of states that you don’t think as Oregons or Californias on these kinds of issues all flipped. I became pretty confident at that point that it would never lose again at the ballot box.” When Oklahoma State Question 788 gathered enough signatures to make the ballot, Johnson staked his professional reputation on it passing. At first, he faced plenty of skepticism. In meeting

J. Blake Johnson and Eric S. Fisher are vice chair and chair of Crowe & Dunlevy’s Cannabis Industry Practice Group. | Photo Alexa Ace

after meeting, his message remained the same. “This is coming, and when it comes, an entire new industry is going to be birthed into existence overnight,” Johnson said. “We’d be behind the eight ball if we didn’t get out in front of it as soon as possible.”

The ground is just moving under our feet so rapidly and in such a complex way that there isn’t a well established doctrine for practicing this kind of law. J. Blake Johnson There were a lot of questions. Will there be business? Will this conflict with current clientele? Is it ethical? “It’s the nature of a big firm that change happens slow and that there are a lot of considerations. … There were very justifiable reasons that plenty of people were very concerned when the young associate said, ‘Let’s get into the cannabis industry,’” he said. The pitch worked. Though the group officially formed in September, Johnson said he and his colleagues have been working toward it since last fall. “It didn’t surprise me at all that once it was legitimized in some way by a vote that the firm would look at it no differently than the firm would look at liquor by the drink when that issue was somewhat controversial or gaming on tribal lands when that issue became a matter of some social dispute,” he said. The group has not yet filed any litigation in state or federal court but has been meeting with local decision makers and advocating privately on behalf of a clientele that is rapidly expanding. “The ground is just moving under our feet so rapidly and in such a complex way that there isn’t a well established doctrine for practicing this kind of law,” Johnson said. “Whichever [lawyer] claims to be an expert, that’s the one you shouldn’t hire because there’s no such thing, not just in Oklahoma, but really, there’s no such thing in America yet.” “Right now we’re in this Wild West state of things,” said Ryan K. Wilson, another associate in the cannabis practice group. “Blake was kind of the brain child and the mastermind behind seeing 788 on the horizon, but I think that Evan Way and myself were probably the two people right behind him who believed in what he was preaching to the firm,” Wilson, 29, said. While Johnson spends more time meeting with clients and working out the big-picture issues, Wilson’s exper-

tise is in data handling, database building, strategy and implementation. “If Blake is a rock star, I’m certainly the chart star,” Wilson said. Johnson lived for several years in California’s Bay Area. Wilson spent time as a consultant in Washington, D.C. Both returned to Oklahoma for law school. “I think that kind of colors our backgrounds too. We have both spent time in places where the stigma doesn’t exist as much as it does here,” Wilson said. “People are kind of coming around to the idea that this is something that we’re going have to live with and deal with and try to find a way to regulate it.” With 57 percent of voters on one side of the issue and 43 percent on the other, the realities of legal medical marijuana industry have made for strange bedfellows. “It is kind of indicative of the industry writ large that we’ve had clients come in the door of our firm who are people who would otherwise never come into our firm,” Wilson said. “People who have always thought of themselves as kind of like social outcasts. The hippie types who want to get into this because they’ve been in the culture for so long, and then we have established clients.” Cannabis has also paired hungry young lawyers like Johnson and Wilson with established attorneys like group chairman Eric S. Fisher. With nearly 25 years of experience in multiple facets of the law, Fisher brings a lot to the table. “I’m the adult in the room, if you will,” Fisher said. He was also one of the more skeptical members of the firm about the future of the industry in the state. “It was more than a year ago when Blake started talking about this. … I said, ‘Dude, you’re smoking weed. It’s never going to happen in Oklahoma,’” Fisher said, laughing. But it did happen, and not by a small margin. Medical marijuana in the Sooner State is moving forward at breakneck speed, with product expected to hit shelves within weeks. “Rarely do you have the opportunity to have an industry sort of pop up overnight. It’s more than one of those pop-up stores that you have around Christmas time. This is a popped-up industry that’s going to be around for a long time,” Fisher said. “This is the fastest growing industry in North America,” Johnson said. “The compound annual growth rate for cannabis operations in North America is growing at a rate faster than broadband internet in the 2000s, than mobile phones in the ’90s.”

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In one of those bizarre twists that only further proves that every weird story in Americana can be traced to include Oklahoma, James “Whitey” Bulger — one of the country’s most infamous crime bosses — will likely take his final breaths in Oklahoma, the same state where his syndicate of gangsters committed crimes that sent him on the lam for 16 years. Late last week, Bulger was transferred from a federal facility in Florida to one in Oklahoma City. Bulger is serving life sentences for orchestrating the murder of 11 people, which is only a portion of the death associated with his crew. Among those 11 was the killing of John Callahan, who was murdered because he was going to implicate Bulger’s crew in the Tulsa killing of Roger Wheeler. “It’s a peculiar irony that Whitey is back in that state,” Mary Callahan, John Callahan’s widow, told Boston Herald. “He probably doesn’t want to go there.” Wheeler — the former chairman of Telex Corporation and former owner of World Jai Alai — was executed in the parking lot of a Tulsa golf course after he allegedly uncovered an embezzlement scheme orchestrated by former FBI agent Paul Rico and Bulger, who was working for Rico as an informant. Bulger’s story served as the inspiration for Jack Nicholson’s character in The Departed, and he was later portrayed by Johnny Depp in Black Mass. Ironically, Rico died in Tulsa in 2004 awaiting trial for Wheeler’s death. Bulger was arrested in 2011 after 16 years as a fugitive and has been in failing health in recent years, according to the Herald. “That means he’ll probably die in Oklahoma,” Callahan told the Herald. “He deserves it. You’re not supposed to wish bad for anybody. It’s hard not to in his case.” We can’t really sum it up any better than one of the victims in one of Bulger’s many crimes, but a third Bulger film needs to be made: To Live and Die in OK.

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An Okiebred animal has done it again. One Oklahoma woman’s social media post went viral and made national headlines shortly after she outted her dog, Princess, for sneaking away each night to play stray at a local McDonald’s where customers and employees fed her massive quantities of fries and burgers. Oklahoma City resident Betsy Reyes posted the following on her social media account: “If you see my dog at the McDonald's on Shields, quit feeding her fat ass ... she’s not even a stray dog.” Oklahomans and our pet companions can’t seem to stay out of the national spotlight. In recent months, a woman’s post about a horse that

walked into a cattle feed store with his owner went viral, as did the story about a Stockyards City bull that managed to escape and terrorize the party crowd in Midtown one summer evening. However, this story has too many heroines to count. Step aside, Ol’ Nelly and Rodeo Bull; it’s Princess’ time to shine. For starters, the B knows how to lure the fellas in. It appears that Princess, who is definitely not a pursesized dog, literally just walks to McDonald’s every night and sits in the parking lot or drive-thru until she’s offered some of the good stuff. From french fries to Big Macs and McFlurries, customers and workers alike have apparently been spoiling the dog with loads of the fast-food chain’s goodies. You can’t say Oklahomans are not animal lovers. Reyes is a heroine as well since she knows how to supply us social media fanatics with a good laugh and clearly loves her dog enough to spy on her at night. It’s clear that Princess is one loved pup. Lastly, here’s to the awesome employees at the McDonald’s where Princess evidently feels at home. You sure know how to make a dog’s day. In a turn of events, a Twitter account user whose handle is @ QueenBGotMickyDs has posted the

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Pollo Campero 1414 NW 23rd St. | us.campero.com 405-601-1234 WHAT WORKS: The fried chicken is flavorful, and the corn salad and horchata are excellent sides. WHAT NEEDS WORK: I was hoping for more charred flavor from the grilled chicken. TIP: Order the yucca root or plantains over the french fries.

For millions of people in Central America, the sight of an orange box filled with crispy fried chicken from Pollo Campero produces the same feeling as a container with the golden arches in the United States. The popular chicken chain founded in Guatemala in 1971 first expanded north to the States in 2002, but it has exponentially increased its footprint in recent years and now boasts more than 70 locations in the U.S. Despite a U.S. headquarters in Dallas, the Oklahoma market was not on the company radar until the principal owners of CityBites Group (City Bites, The Cow Calf-Hay) contacted Pollo Campero with franchise applications. “We basically talked them into the market,” said Mike Woolf of City Bites and the newly established Campero of Oklahoma LLC. “It didn’t make sense because Guatemala now has a general consulate here.” The Guatemalan consulate opened in Oklahoma City in 2017, and the country estimates that 25,000 Guatemalan expats live in Oklahoma, according to a story in The Oklahoman. CityBites Group agreed to open five Pollo Campero

franchises in Oklahoma over the next 10 years. Its first Oklahoma location opened in OKC at 1414 NW 23rd St. on Aug. 21 and immediately set domestic sales records for the company, both one-day and over a six-day period, according to Woolf. “We had lines backed up past McKinley [Avenue] near [Oklahoma City University],” Woolf said. “They were over the hill on 23rd, and we had over 50 cars in line for the drive-thru. It was a lot of fun.” During the first few months of operation, Woolf said that the lore of Pollo Campero fried chicken has brought people from every neighboring state and as far away as Nebraska to get its famous fried chicken, which allows it to stand out in a crowded fried chicken market, even if you don’t have a preexisting relationship with Pollo Campero’s Central American roots. “Campero is completely different with the proprietary injection process and the breading with the Latin flavors that makes their fried chicken completely different from anything else you can get,” Woolf said. The chicken in the U.S. is supplied from three Tyson plants across the country; is fresh, never frozen; and uses an injection process for additional flavor. The chicken is breaded in-house, and the grilled chicken is marinated in spices and citrus.

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I was counting down the days until Pollo Campero opened. I wrote an ode to my favorite fast food franchise growing up in Southern California — El Pollo Loco — during my

review of the local El Primo Loco, and I was hopeful that Pollo Campero’s version of grilled chicken might hit the craving I so desperately need to be filled. I’m still searching for grilled chicken as good as El Pollo Loco, which is obscured by years of built-in nostalgia, but Pollo Campero’s overall offerings are well-executed — even if it’s a widely accepted fact among people who grew up with the original Pollo Campero that its U.S. operations aren’t quite as good as the Central American version. On a pair of recent visits — one drivethru and one dine-in — I was able to try most of Pollo Campero’s relatively small menu. For a long time, it only offered plates of chicken with a choice of sides, but it has added salads and sandwiches this year. I went through the drive-thru around 7 p.m. on a Saturday and didn’t bat an eye when the line was 10 cars long; it was about what I expected for the weekend dinner rush. I ordered a half-chicken plate with both fried and grilled chicken and tried the sides of rice, beans, french fries and street corn salad. The chicken certainly did not disappoint. The crust on the fried version is not as craggily as competitors like Popeye’s and KFC, but it packs smoky and citrus flavors. I thought the grilled version more cogently delivered a lot of those same flavors without getting muddled by the grease of the fryer, but I was hoping for more chargrilled flavor. My favorite side dish from that order was the street corn salad, which combines roasted corn, peppers, tangy cotija cheese, tomatoes and pepitas with dressing and is served cold. The rice and beans were well executed, but I was somewhat perplexed to find pinto beans when I know the Central American version serves black beans. The bits of chorizo floating with the beans were a nice touch, especially when mixing in the rice. A second recent trip to Pollo Campero for lunch included trying its grilled chicken

Pollo Campero’s new extra-crispy chicken sandwich features a thicker breading than the one found on its regular fried chicken. | Photo Jacob Threadgill

salad and crispy chicken sandwich. The chicken on the salad was served cold, which I assume is to keep its surrounding ingredients from wilting, but it was slightly disappointing. Nevertheless, it was an excellent quick-service restaurant (QSR) salad that ranks with Zaxby’s as one of the best in the QSR realm. It’s a nice touch that Pollo Campero provides real silverware and plates for its dine-in meals. The sandwich featured an extra-crispy variety of chicken that had an extra layer of batter than its traditional fried chicken. On first bite, I thought the crispy chicken sandwich might rival my favorite fast food item, the spicy chicken sandwich from Wendy’s, but the flavor didn’t carry throughout the sandwich. I liked the accompanying Campero sauce, a smoky and sweet version of the ubiquitous goldto-pink “house” sauces found at most QSR chains. Some of my favorite bites of the meal were dunking the yucca root fries, which were thick-cut and much better than the thin and unremarkable french fries, in the Campero sauce. The real treat for me on my second visit was Pollo Campero’s horchata. Woolf explained that they offer horchata de morro, which not every location carries. Native to El Salvador, the de morro version includes ground calabash seeds and a touch of cocoa for added richness and deeper flavor; it was a revelatory experience for me. “Most people get the horchata with ice, but I recommend getting it without [because it dilutes the final product],” Woolf said. “It’s a life-changer and the nectar of the Gods.” Even if you didn’t grow up with Pollo Campero, it delivers sides and an overall chicken product that is well worth your visit. I’m excited to watch it grow throughout the state over the next decade.

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The newest addition to Oklahoma City’s food truck scene certainly stands out in a crowd. Complete with a pink mohawk, Burger Punk lives up to its name. The concept is hamburgers and crinkle-cut fries that could serve as the mobile version of a pop-up kitchen leading to a potential brick-and-mortar location from 84 Hospitality Group (Empire Slice House, Easy E Slice Shop, Ponyboy, Gorō Ramen, ¡Revolución!). The unique design of Burger Punk comes from Houston-based designer Chris Nguyen. Hospitality 84 CEO Rachel Cope said she was inspired by Seattle’s Maximus / Minimus, which fashioned its truck into a giant steel pig. “I’m still waiting on the nose ring [for Burger Punk], but it’s not ready yet,” Cope said with a laugh during an interview with Oklahoma Gazette. “I tried to order spikes for the tires, but the lug nuts [on the truck] are a weird size, so I haven’t been able to find them yet.” Burger Punk makes use of an existing truck that Cope purchased from Shaun Fiaccone — the former Ciao Wagon meatball truck — about a year and a half ago. Cope said she got tired of looking at the blank truck and decided to use it as a test run for a burger concept. Burger Punk served its first burgers Oct. 10, and Cope said she has already had inquiries for a brick-and-mortar location. Burger Punk will be at Stonecloud Brewing Company, 1012 NW First St., Suite 101, every Saturday and the new Vanessa House Beer Co. brewery, 118 NW Eighth St., every Sunday. Burger Punk is not connected to an upcoming 84 Hospitality restaurant set for The Paseo Arts District in 2019. Cope

The Clash burger with American cheese, fried onions and jalapeños, nacho Doritos, hoisin mayonnaise, cilantro and lime is Burger Punk’s most popular item. | Photo provided

referenced successful Gorō Ramen, which she and executive chef Jeff Chanchaleune operated as a pop-up restaurant for a year before opening its 16th Street Plaza District location, as a model for Burger Punk. “As it gets more and more expensive to lease a space and build out a kitchen, we already had the kitchen [on the truck],” Cope said. “I like the idea of using something like this as a test, to make some small changes so that if we do go brick-and-mortar, we’re ready to fly and not going to make mistakes on the equipment we buy or the buns that we use.” Burger Punk is the first project for 84 Hospitality’s new head of culinary development, Andrew Eskridge, Gazette’s reigning best chef in its annual Best of OKC readers’ poll, joins the group after leaving The Jones Assembly. “I’ve got the two-headed monster of Jeff [Chanchaleune] and Andrew,” Cope said. “I think I have two of the most talented young guys in the city, so lucky me. Andrew has a lot of talent. He’s a super hard worker and very humble. He reminds me so much of Jeff in that way, and they’ve been fun to work with.”

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Eskridge developed the Burger Punk menu that includes six types of hamburgers with suggestions from Cope. The Clash has been its most popular item and includes American cheese, fried onions and jalapeños, nacho Doritos, hoisin mayonnaise, cilantro and lime. The OG Punk is its take on a classic cheeseburger with house dill pickles, lettuce and Punk sauce, which is available with two patties in the Misfit-in-Your-Mouth burger. The Eggy Pop features American cheese, bacon marmalade and a fried egg. The Velveeta Underground has roasted poblano, crispy onions and “liquid gold,” which despite the name, includes no Velveeta and is an Eskridge-made cheese sauce. The cheese sauce can also be added to Burger Punk’s crinkle fries. The Green Daze is Burger Punk’s plant-based burger, which uses Beyond Meat. Cope said she let her sister Chelsey, who is vegetarian, choose between Beyond Meat and its chief competition, Impossible Burger. It also features a pair of desserts: a house-made chocolate brownie with peanut butter chips and a vanilla milkshake with crushed Butterfinger and miso caramel topped with edible gold powder for show.

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The Burger Punk truck features a custom pink mohawk. | Photo provided

Ponyboy recently unveiled its new food menu from a recently renovated kitchen. The food menu developed by Cope and Chanchaleune builds off the bar, which is named after a main character in the Oklahoma-set novel The Outsiders. “Since Ponyboy is dedicated to the spirit of Oklahoma, we wanted to include a menu that reflected that,” Cope said in a press release. “From pimento cheese dip to deviled eggs, Oklahomans will definitely recognize these favorites.” Ponyboy puts a spin on Oklahoma classics. The deviled egg features a fried panko breadcrumb coating, creamy egg yolk and pickled red onions. The pimento cheese dip is served with pita bread and can be found on top of a bologna sandwich. Dad’s Bologna Sandy is bologna, American cheese, pimento cheese, pickled onions, coarse ground mustard and fried onions on a toasted brioche bun served with potato salad. The menu also features catfish dip; loaded cornbread with serrano peppers, cheese and corn served with chorizo gravy; and pecan pie topped with cinnamon whipped cream. The menu is available until midnight Sunday-Thursday and until 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Food orders can only be made on the first floor of the two-story bar. Follow @burgerpunkokc for updated Burger Punk locations. Visit ponyboyokc.com.

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the restaurant attached to the Hilton Garden Inn in Lawton. Sutanto also spent time as executive chef with 809 Sports Grill at the Hilton Garden Inn at 2809 Northwest Expressway. As he gained skills in all kinds of meal service — from catering and banquets to American fare — Sutanto often wondered what his own restaurant would become. “At first, I wanted to open fine dining or something in the middle, but it costs too much money to do fine dining,” Sutanto said. “I wanted to do a rice bowl concept, but not things you’d find at regular Chinese takeout with Mongolian beef and sweet-and-sour chicken.”

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With Chop Chop, Sutanto showcases a variety of Asian flavors in rice bowls and steam buns in a casual atmosphere that is heavy on takeout for downtown business workers during lunch, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The restaurant reopens 5-8 p.m. to serve dinner for the connected apartment complex and surrounding downtown dwellings and hotels. “The menu has a little bit of Indonesian influence and a little bit Chop Chop offers three kinds of steam buns, including the Japanese-inspired karaage chicken. | Photo Alexa Ace

Singapore, Filipino and Malaysian,” he said. “I put a little Chinese and Vietnamese in there too.” The most popular item has been the Shangri-La beef rice bowl ($9), which can substitute white rice for fried for an extra dollar, that includes mixed vegetables and an in-house pickled cucumber, with fresh wonton chips and vegetable spring rolls made fresh every morning. The sweet and sour beef showcases Chinese and Hong Kong flavors. The lemongrass chicken ($8) is his nod to Vietnamese food. The shrimp curry ($10) with sautéed onion and sweet peppers in a yellow curry sauce highlights Thai cuisine. One of his favorites is the pulled pork bowl ($8), which is in the Filipino adobo style, showcasing a marinade of soy, vinegar, garlic, sake and paprika, topped with a plum barbecue sauce.

The Shangri-La beef bowl from Chop Chop: Flavors of Asia | Photo Alexa Ace

The fried tofu bowl ($8) with shallots, chili and a sweet citrus soy glaze pays homage to Java and Sutanto’s home of Indonesia. “I mixed and matched a lot of recipes. Some of them are my mom’s, while others have followed and been successful at other restaurants,” he said. The steam buns are $8. The order includes three individual buns with either a side salad or french fries. “Not everything is authentic,” Sutanto said, referring to the french fries. “I wanted to add things for the American palate.” Steam buns come with a choice of fillings: the adobo pulled pork topped with the plum barbecue sauce, Chinese five-spice tofu with sweet chili glaze and Japanese-inspired chicken karaage — marinated chicken thigh in a tempura batter — with Sriracha mayonnaise. Chop Chop also offers shrimp wonton tostadas ($7), garlic and sambal sweet shrimp with Asian coleslaw and wonton nachos topped with either chicken or pork and the plum barbecue sauce, coleslaw and spicy mayonnaise. Sutanto works in the kitchen with the help of a front-of-the-house employee. His girlfriend comes in during the morning to make the day’s spring rolls. He’s still working to build a consistent customer base. The lunch crowd has been steady and he’s hoping to expand dinner, but he only recently expanded to dinner hours. He is offering $2 off any rice bowl order made for dinner Tuesday through Friday. “This was a taco place beforehand, but it’s been vacant for almost two years,” he said. “A lot of people don’t know that we’re here or think the location is still closed. One customer came in recently and asked how long we were open. They were surprised when I said three months.” Orders are available to eat in the restaurant, takeout and through an online delivery service found at chopchopflavorsofasia.com.

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The pork shank at Flint is big enough that it could be worthy of Fred Flintstone’s plate. Despite its size, you only need a fork to tear into the tender meat. Combined with sherry molasses reduction and topped with gremolata, the pork gets a sweet and savory finish. It’s paired with manchego cheese grits, tomatoes and kale for a hearty and filling dish.

Pozole is a dish that dates to pre-colonial Mexico and gets its name from the Nahuatl language’s name for hominy, the puffed corn in the dish. Because the Aztec culture believed humans were made from corn gods, the original dish often included human meat from human sacrifices. Thankfully, the variety from ¡Revolución! includes chicken instead but still has all the depth of flavor from its rojo broth.

Much like short ribs, the only way to cook oxtail is low and slow, either braised or in stew. Cultures all over the world have their version of oxtail stew, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find a more flavorful preparation than in the West Indies, specifically Jamaica. Luckily, Carican Flavors offers stewed oxtail on its menu, so you don’t have to spend all day tending to a pot.

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ARTS & CULTURE Maestro Joel Levine founded Oklahoma City Philharmonic in 1988. | Photo Alexa Ace

diagnosis became public knowledge. The orchestra named Alexander Mickelthwate, a German-born former director of Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (located in Canada’s Manitoba province), as his successor in spring 2017. The farewell concert’s program, which includes Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait” and Maurice Ravel’s Boléro, will conclude in the same way Levine launched the orchestra back in 1989: with a rousing rendition of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. “The subtext of the symphony from Tchaikovsky’s point of view is fate,” Levine said, “so it was one kind of fate in 1989, and it’s another kind of fate now.”

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During a leisurely skim through Variety magazine in his senior year at University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, an advertisement for a job opening as Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma’s seasonal music director caught Levine’s eye. It being the 1970s, he wandered over to a nearby pay phone to see if the position had been filled. It hadn’t.

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OKC Phil Maestro Joel Levine passes the baton as head of the orchestra he founded. By Ben Luschen

There is no telling which direction fate might take us. The angst of uncertainty is palpable in the first movement of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, penned by the Russian composer in the 19th century as a sonic treatise on the inescapable nature of destiny. Do things happen for a reason? Is history incidental or a series of events interwoven with purpose and intention? These were the cosmic questions Maestro Joel Levine sought to answer in October 1989, when Oklahoma City Philharmonic marked its anticipated debut with a stirring performance of Tchaikovsky’s fourth symphony inside a packed Civic Center Music Hall. There were other questions to be answered as well — questions not quite as lofty but no less profound. For about two years, Oklahoma City had been without a full orchestra. The major oil bust of the late 1980s left Oklahoma in the bottom of a deep deficit. As even the state’s core agencies faced budget cuts, Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra (OSO) — the full-time, publicly funded state orchestra that preceded OKC Phil and had served the entire state for more than 50 years — found itself in existential crisis. Orchestra wages went stagnant. Put

simply, musicians responsible for playing eight or more shows a week on a year-round basis in all corners of the state felt physically, emotionally and financially stretched to their limits. The musicians decided to strike in hopes of reaching a pay-raise agreement with OSO’s board. Levine, OSO’s former associate conductor who recounted the strike in a recent interview with Oklahoma Gazette, said the orchestra’s board (of which he was not a member) agreed that the musicians deserved more but simply could not find the money to give raises without eliminating some positions. With the condition the economy was in, no outside businesses or wealthy patrons were able or willing to assist. In 1987, OSO officially disbanded. The orchestra’s absence left a void, but one the community was capable of filling. Few were as well equipped to bring the music back to OKC as Levine, and he wasted little time in utilizing his contacts and resources to form OSO’s successor. Levine’s vision was for an orchestra that could more easily sustain itself by eliminating a difficult travel schedule and shifting its membership from full-time to part-time. Some outsiders were skeptical of the approach. To them, part-time meant

lower quality. Levine said what these people failed to realize was that OKC Phil was not going to be made of people who played music part-time, but of highly skilled musicians who also held other academic and freelance jobs. OKC Phil’s member musicians were playing music on a professional basis all day, just not always for the same employer. “Because of all the dust in the air,” Levine said, “there were some people wondering whether this dog could hunt and what level of orchestra it is.” To put any existing public concerns to rest, Levine chose Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, an epic piece with a triumphant ending and a challenging reputation among players, to showcase the orchestra’s skill. The new orchestra’s conductor wanted to leave no doubt that OKC Phil was going to pick up directly where OSO left off. Its performance left an impression. OKC Phil began its maiden season the following January with a near complete return in Classics series subscribers. Within two years, Levine said, the orchestra also gained back OSO’s previous Pops series subscriber base. That was three decades ago. Now Levine, who turned 70 in June, finds himself once again transitioning between chapters. The orchestra’s founding conductor and music director is retiring after a farewell concert 8 p.m. Saturday at the civic center, 201 N. Walker Ave. The concert originally was scheduled for May but was postponed as Levine recovered from the draining effects of chemotherapy. Levine announced his retirement from OKC Phil well before his cancer

I’m not wasting my time here; I’m having the experience of a lifetime. Joel Levine After an in-person interview, Levine was hired. Oklahoma might as well have been Lichtenstein for the lifelong Easterner. “I knew nothing about Oklahoma,” Levine said. “I’m not proud of this, but I actually had to look it up in the World Book — which was then the encyclopedia — to see where it was.” Levine’s experience at Lyric was a positive one, and it eventually led him to apply as OSO’s associate conductor when the position came open. After landing that gig in the 1988-89 season, he moved to the state full-time. There were several people who talked about starting a new orchestra after OSO folded, but Levine was in the best position to make something happen. OKC Phil began its first official season in 1990. Since then, Levine has conducted a number of memorable performances, perhaps none greater than playing for President Bill Clinton during the 1995 Oklahoma City Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing memorial service at State Fair Park. “You certainly don’t forget that kind of event,” Levine said. “I hesitate to list it as one of the best things that ever happened to the Philharmonic because it’s continued on page 22

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one of the worst things to ever happen to the city. But in terms of importance, in terms of what happened over the 30 years, that event was beyond important and I was thrilled we were asked to participate.” He also loved seeing Civic Center Music Hall transform into a toplevel acoustic hall through Metropolitan Area Projects Plan (MAPS) funding. Levine said the 1997 renovation was crucial to maintaining a level of quality that would keep people in the city interested in attending concerts. “I likened it to an expensive painting in a cheap frame,” he said. “You can totally destroy a painting if you frame it inappropriately.” Though a foreign land when he first arrived, Oklahoma is as much of a home to Levine as anywhere else has ever been. “I got to know Oklahoma better than my own home state of New Jersey by far,” Levine said.

‘His baby’

OKC Phil principal oboist Lisa HarveyReed said Levine personally offered her a position in the orchestra for its inaugural season. It was a fantastic opportunity, she said, because of how rare it is to be handed an orchestral job. Harvey-Reed has been playing with the orchestra since its inception. From the very beginning, it was clear to her that OKC Phil was an organization that sought to put the happiness of its musicians first. “The atmosphere was always very friendly, with the management as well as with Joel, because they wanted to

create the antithesis of how the old orchestra had ended in a bitter strike and folding situation,” she said. “It was a really rough time for those musicians.” Though the Saturday concert is Levine’s last as OKC Phil’s official conductor, it will likely not be his last time on the podium. He is scheduled to guest conduct the orchestra’s annual Christmas shows in late November and early December. “[Levine] is ready,” Harvey-Reed said. “It’s not as sad because he is encouraging that it is a good thing for everybody. He’s very gracious toward [new conductor] Alexander [Mickelthwate], and it’s a good situation. I know he’ll still be around. He’ll still come to concerts. This is his baby.” OKC Phil executive director Eddie Walker said the orchestra is primed to head into a bold new chapter, largely thanks to the foundation laid by Levine. “I am very encouraged for the Phil’s future,” Walker said. “The city seems to be at a tipping point in terms of a second wave of revitalization, and Joel’s decision to hand the baton to a new music director seems to be perfectly timed. Alexander’s new ideas and style are capturing great attention, and no one is more pleased about this than Joel.” Even though his final show won’t be an outright departure from the OKC Phil family, Levine’s farewell concert will be an emotional time for the musicians who have worked so closely with him for years or even decades. “Frankly,” Harvey-Reed said, “I’m hoping I can get through [the concert] without too many tears, but I’m sure that’ll be impossible. I’m tearing up just thinking about it. It’s music he loves and wants to conduct, obviously. It’s fabulous

music, but knowing that this is his big farewell, that’s going to be pretty tough.”

‘Circle of Life’

Saturday will be the first time Levine has been on the conductor’s podium since February. Doctors originally cleared him to conduct his farewell concert during its originally scheduled date in May, but it soon became apparent that Levine’s cancer treatment was taking a mighty toll on his endurance and stamina. “I don’t think they necessarily realized how physical the act of conducting is,” Levine said. “To stand there for two and a half hours and take an orchestra through that kind of repertoire is very physically demanding. It took a recovery.” Levine said he is feeling fine, at least for now. He is one of few men who ever receive a breast cancer diagnosis. According to American Cancer Society statistics, about 2,550 new cases of invasive male breast cancer will be discovered this year. About 480 of those will result in death. Watching Mickelthwate in his first year with OKC Phil, Levine has been excited by the support the community has shown him. As long as the new conductor shows the same amount of affection for the community as it shows toward him, Levine is confident the outof-towner will find a warm new home in Oklahoma City, just as he once did. “This was covered by Disney in The Lion King. It’s called ‘The Circle of Life,’” Levine said. “And if it works corLevine will spend part of his retirement working as OKC Phil’s archivist. | Photo Alexa Ace

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Levine’s farewell performance is 8 p.m. Saturday. | Photo Alexa Ace

rectly, that’s exactly the way it works. I’ve had a wonderful career here and friends and memories to last forever.” Following Levine’s farewell concert, he plans to continue working with OKC Phil as the orchestra’s historian and archivist. There are boxes and boxes of old documents and photographs that need chronicling. Levine said chronicling the orchestral history of the city is a passion of his, perhaps because a solid chunk of that history is also his own. Like anyone who spends time studying history, Levine knows that it often repeats itself. Maybe that is why he is so keen on ending his reign in the same way he started it: with Tchaikovsky’s Fourth and a triumphant celebration of cosmic destiny. It’s a concept he often communicated back to his Easterner buddies. “Everybody said, ‘What are you doing in Oklahoma?’ And I’d tell them what I was doing and they’d shut up; they were shocked,” Levine said. “I’m not wasting my time here; I’m having the experience of a lifetime.” Visit okcphil.org.

Maestro Joel Levine’s farewell concert 8 p.m. Saturday Thelma Gaylord Performing Arts Theatre Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. okcphil.org | 405-594-8300 $19-$73

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Sacred objects Two shows at JRB Art at The Elms explore the spiritual. By Joshua Blanco

For its November show, JRB Art at The time. No stranger to JRB, Smith was Elms, 2810 N. Walker Ave., transcends asked just what she would want to the normalcy of daily routines, giving include in the show. She then decided to showcase her collection of masks. viewers an opportunity to turn their attention inward for a moment of tranCombining natural materials like quil reflection. Spirit Masks and Sacred fur and feathers with porcupine quills, Show subtly challenges the psyche to shells and a variety of other found consider the true importance and objects, Smith creates a series of masks meaning of one’s own life in an aesrepresentative of spirit bundles traditionally carried by medicine men. She thetic display of insightful works. Spirit Masks is a solo presentation by describes the bundles as treasures that Diana J. Smith and will be held in the galhold certain significance to their lery’s main room. carrier, which she Sacred Show, on then translates to the other hand, is the form of a mask. a collection of “It’s all the pieces by five difthings that are imferent artists, all portant to that, and renowned for that’s kind of the feeling of it to me; their dedication it’s like they’re a and creative endeavors. shaman and they’ve “The great got their spirit part about this bundle there with show is that them,” she said. everybody To Smith, nature showing is a very and its beauty well-recognized appears to be one of artist,” said G. the most sacred Patrick Riley. parts of her life — a “This is not an sentiment clearly amateur kind of articulated throughshow. It’s very “Moondance 3” by Melodee Martin Ramirez out her work. professional.” “I just think the | Image JRB Art at The Elms / provided Riley, a presobjects themselves tigious artist whose works have been are beautiful. And working with them, displayed at museums like Smithsonian it’s just peaceful. It feels very natural,” Institution in Washington, D.C., will she said. “I just feel like art should be present never-before-seen pieces in beautiful and you should enjoy looking Sacred Show. at it. It’s completely inspired by nature The idea for the exhibit came from and my environment.” Dr. Joy Reed Belt, owner of JRB gallery. The masks, forged in a process inWitnessing the world around her volving clay and the found objects she collected, can take at least three days riddled in a state of anxious distress, she thought to put together an exhibit to finish. Having to keep up with the that would inspire people to think JRB project and another gallery in Santa Fe, Smith kept busy over the about their lives in a way they might not normally consider. months, trying to finalize her pieces. Still, she acknowledges the process as “I have always thought that it would her favorite part of being an artist. be good to have a spiritual or a sacred “The honest truth is the process is show — not any particular religion or anything, but just a sacred show — to the pleasure,” Smith said. “It seems give people time to reflect on beauty like every time I finish one, that’s my new favorite.” and wholeness and something other Images of her masks will also be inthan our 24/7 lives,” Belt said. cluded in the display, paintings she deSpirit Masks scribes as “a kind of spiritual type thing.” Belt has known Riley since she and her “Her stuff is very magical-looking,” husband opened JRB, and the two conRiley said. tacted artists they thought might be a good fit for the show and its theme. She Sacred Show also needed to find someone she could Despite Spirit Masks acting as a display feature for the monthly solo display. At of its own, it blends nicely with Sacred Belt’s request, Smith agreed to showShow. Rather than showcasing each case her work as part of the exhibition. artist in a different area separate from According to Belt, Smith had been wanting to display her masks for some continued on page 24 O KG A Z E T T E . C O M | O C TO B E R 3 1 , 2 0 1 8

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one another, each room branching off Smith’s exhibit houses a series of works from the artists blended together in a calculated fashion. “You could enter different rooms of my gallery and kind of have a different experience,” Belt said. “The subject matter of the works in the Sacred Show have been created to affect the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.” The gallery spaces mesh the artists’ interpretation of “sacred” into a cohesive unit that tells a story of their own. There, viewers can find the works of Claudia Wiley, G.L. August Loessberg, Lanny Fiegenschuh, Melodee Martin Ramirez, Marjorie Atwood and Riley. Riley explains Wiley’s work will be a demonstration of colorful boxes and pinball machine parts put together to represent a virtue such as wisdom or strength. Instead of pinball parts, Fiegenschuh uses car parts in addition to pots and pans to make objects resembling those from Mayan and Aztec culture with a twist of humor. Ramirez utilizes a more traditional approach to capture her concept of the sacred in nature. A well-known Dallas artist, her contribution to the show will consist of a number of oil paintings that romanticize the great outdoors with her landscape aesthetics. Loessberg’s photographs will be intermingled with the others’ sculptures and paintings. Often, his photography includes pictures of spiritual altar pieces. Riley himself will have sculptures of 10 totems incorporating pieces of musical instruments to illustrate the sacred melodies across the globe. “I love sacred music — sacred mantras from India, sacred chants from the American Indians, Gregorian chant from the Catholics, spiritual hymns,” he said. “I love all of that. I’ve

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left “Mask 68” by Diana J. Smith right “Eagle of the Blue Consciousness” by G. Patrick Riley | Photo JRB Art at The Elms / provided

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made some sculptures with trombone horns and flute parts, stuff like that. I put them into the sculpture to represent the music is sacred.” His works are not restricted to music alone. Those who attend will be in for a pleasant treat when they get the chance to explore the other totems offering a unique message to viewers. Before investing hours in a new piece, Riley finds it useful to meditate and turn on his creativity to allow for a free-flowing stream of consciousness that results in something meaningful. To Riley, “just letting the universe flow” is one of the most important practices of being an artist. “In the world, you have a lot of things to do, and so you can’t be creative and balance the budget and pay the bills and raise a family all at the same time,” he said. “So when I start making my art, I like to sit down and meditate a little bit on my creative self — what’s inside of me that’s creative. … If you don’t practice being creative, you never get to experience it.” He said he hopes people walk away from the show with a newfound understanding of themselves in terms of what they truly hold sacred and what that means to them on a personal level. Riley expressed the importance of this regarding the future of humankind. “If we all went around treating people sacred, we probably wouldn’t have a lot of problems that we have in the world today,” he said. These same thoughts are echoed by Belt, who hopes to communicate a similar notion through the JRB display. “I want them to walk out with a renewed perspective of the world,” she said. Visit jrbartgallery.com.

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Riding West

An exhibit at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art explores the art and advertising that transformed the way people viewed the American West. By Joshua Blanco

Get your ticket to ride across the pastoral landscapes of the American West in an exhibit that welcomes its viewers to climb aboard for a scenic voyage through time and history. For a limited time, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art presents over five dozen pieces by Thomas Moran and other prominent artists of the Gilded Age in a display brimming with the spirit of adventure and travel. Between the 1880s and 1930s, when American railway travel was at its peak, railroad companies across the United States and Canada commissioned artists to create a series of images intended to inspire travelers to journey west into a great civilization that was only beginning to unfold. In what seemed like a unique opportunity to further their careers, the artists created iconic images that have forever shaped the ways rail travel and the West are perceived in the social consciousness. Ticket to Ride: Artists, Designers, and Western Railways is free and runs through Dec. 31 at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm St., in Norman. The display consists of paintings and posters and also includes art from the original advertising campaigns com“Colorado River, Grand Canyon” by Louis Benton Akin | Image Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art / provided

missioned by the railways. “[The works are] arranged to make you understand how these objects together created our perceptions of the American West that still continue today,” said Hadley Jerman, curator of the exhibition. “We think of the Grand Canyon as being picturesque and kind of romantic in a way.” With a background in graphic design, Jerman was looking for a way to merge art and design history, focusing on its relationship to the American West. A graduate student at University of Oklahoma, Jerman was inspired by her own studies to write the catalog for her new exhibition, taking information from her dissertation to explain the overlap between early American travel and artistic expression.

Western story

And it took a lot of work to get these pieces together under the same roof. According to Kaylee Kain, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art director of communication, Jerman’s passion project has been in the works for the past two years. “It was a lot of research on the front end trying to figure out ‘Okay, whose stories do I want to tell?’ and ‘Where does that work exist?’ and ‘What might be interesting to people here?’” Jerman said. Only five objects on display come from the Fred Jones collection. The rest were sourced from museums both national and abroad, a process that took over a year to complete. Luckily, the staff wasn’t restricted to art galleries alone, as some railroad companies preserved the original works. In spite of a few minor complications, the exhibition was underway. Just how those pieces were to be presented, however, posed another challenge that called for a more creative approach. On her desk, Jerman rearranged the postage stamp-sized images of the works she intended to display until she discovered a sequence that told the stories she wanted to tell. “It became obvious when I saw all the work in front of me,” Jerman

said. “Making the galleries like a train trip would make sense, and it would be kind of cool to be able to emulate this journey through the West.” In doing this, she not only captures the persuasive messages of travel the artists were trying to convey, but she also communicates more personal descriptions of the masterminds behind the works. “[Like the passengers that rode them,] these artists weren’t tied to any one railway or any one location,” Jerman said. “They wanted to travel.” Dr. Joni L. Kinsey, professor of art and art history at the University of Iowa and longtime scholar of Thomas Moran, elucidated the evolving perception of travel in the time following the Civil War. “This period … was one of just tremendous expansion in visual imagery and travel, and together, they opened up peoples’ imaginations to places that they previously had never even known about,” she said. She described the blending of art with new forms of transportation — especially railroads — and new forms of publishing as a “three-part conjunction … that brought people to new places.” “If you were an armchair traveler at home, the places were brought to you in the form of these pictures,” Kinsey explained. “And that really was revolutionary. We take this sort of thing for granted now, but at the time, it was all incredibly new and eye-opening to people.” Kinsey will present her lecture, Thomas Moran and Visual Travel in the Gilded Age, part of the Wylodean Saxon Lecture series, 7 p.m. Thursday in OU’s Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium. “My material will certainly dovetail well with [the exhibit],” she said.

All Aboard!

But that’s not all there is to offer. In addition to the lecture by Dr. Kinsey and a gallery talk presented by Jerman on Nov. 13, the museum will also host its debut family special, All Aboard! a holiday-themed event intended for children and grown-ups alike. While it was a collaborative effort, Mark White, chief curator and interim director of Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, had been wanting to start a yearly holiday tradition for some time. “He was really interested in trying to do something that you weren’t really going see replicated in a lot of other museums,” said Melissa Ski, the museum’s director of learning and engagement. “He wanted something that was going to be more original and also speak to inter-

Ticket to Ride includes advertising used to encourage travel to the western United States. | Image Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art / provided

ests that could tie into the collection.” The event is 6-8 p.m. Dec. 13 in Sandy Bell Gallery and includes artistic activities, banjo lessons and a hot cocoa bar with the option to make your own one-of-a-kind cookie. Visitors can either eat their baked good on site or “take one home for Santa,” Ski said. Two model trains built by Oklahoma Model Railroad Association will also be displayed. One train was constructed with a Historic Route 66 theme while the other is expected to be a general design. A train-lighting ceremony is scheduled for 7 p.m. that night. “The funny thing is I think it’s the only part of the museum where there will be trains,” Jerman said, alluding to the irony of an otherwise trainless exhibit emphasizing artists commissioned by railways across North America. Those who enjoy the event can plan for another family-oriented gathering in the following year. “We already have the plans in place for next year,” Kain said. “We are going to do this every year, so people can count on that.” Visit ou.edu/fjjma.

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Musical compassion University of Oklahoma stages a perfectly timed musical about a Vietnam War-era Marine and a forgiving folk singer caught up in a toxic culture. By Charles Martin

Dogfight might be one the most interesting choices one could make for a University of Oklahoma stage production in 2018 — the year of #MeToo, Christine Blasey Ford versus Brett Kavanaugh, the year the term “toxic masculinity” went mainstream. University of Oklahoma explores these themes in its production of Dogfight Friday-Nov. 11 at A. Weitzenhoffer Theatre, 563 Elm Ave., in Norman. Four Marines prepare for a deployment that would ultimately land them in Vietnam by joining in on a competition with other Marines to find the ugliest woman in San Francisco and bring her back to a party to be judged. Originally a 1991 movie starring River Phoenix as Eddie Birdlace and Lili Taylor as Rose Fenny, screenwriter Bob Comfort based the story on his own experiences in the Marines, which lends a confessional tone to the movie. The cruel game was tough for audiences when the movie was released, as was Rose’s complex reasoning for forgiving Eddie when she finds out, but the depth of character motivations earned Dogfight acclaim among critics even as it was mostly overlooked in theaters. Along came Pasek and Paul (Justin Paul, Benj Pasek) and Peter Duchan in 2012 to adapt this difficult, obscure film Daryl Tofa plays Eddie Birdlace in Dogfight. | Photo provided

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into an off-Broadway musical. Pasek and Paul were already Tony Award winners for A Christmas Story: The Musical and would later win a pair of Academy Awards for La La Land. Though a deep dive into the desensitizing culture of the military might seem an odd project to be wedged between the two mainstream smashes, there are common themes within all three projects of men (and boys) struggling to square their emotions with the expectations of masculinity. And that conflict is at the heart of Dogfight. Birdlace is pulled from one side by his buddies, who are consumed with mission-oriented mindsets that minimize emotions. On the other side is Rose, a strong, forgiving force who wants to bring out Eddie’s better nature, even at the sacrifice of her own emotions. The story asks what is more valuable to society, a man’s heart or a man’s body?

respond to such vile treatment and Eddie’s resulting offer of atonement. Rose’s character is a folk singer, so her retreat into song for soulsearching makes sense, but the musical number also allows the audience to plunge those emotiona l depths with her. “You know the old adage, When stage characters can’t say any more, they sing, and when they can’t sing anymore, they dance? ” Cramer wrote. “Well, there is no real ‘dance’ in this show; a good deal of marching, but the adage is true nonetheless. The intimacy of Eddie and Rose exists because of Justin Paul, Benj Pasek and Peter Duchan. These artists have created an environment where two people from completely different walks of life find compassion for one another in ways of real understanding, not romance. It’s only when Rose shows Eddie her humanity and her deep well of empathy that Eddie can unlock his own. Song after song and moment after musical moment paints this intimacy for us. It is far more palatable here than in the film.”

Challenging nuance

The tremendous nuance needed to handle such a challenging topic is exactly what the director of the OU production, Lyn Cramer, believes the musical format does best. “A musical composer can take an expression, reaction, intention or a simple look from a film close-up and create an entire song around the feelings it creates,” Cramer wrote in an email to Oklahoma Gazette. “For example, when Rose finds out about the dogfight and confronts Eddie in the club, the result is empowering for her and almost a vindication for the audience as voyeurs. However, the pain and hurt that Rose feels is encapsulated in one of the most haunting and beautiful songs in the show, ‘Pretty Funny.’” Cramer points out that Rose is the strongest character in the film and her discovery only marks the halfway point in the story, not the climax. The real character work comes when Rose decides how to

The topical shows, the meaty shows always deliver in surprising ways. Lyn Cramer

Maintaining perspective

Maintaining audience buy-in for the Eddie character was a challenge in the movie because Comfort’s unflinching portrayal of a cultural of objectification rang true and Eddie’s struggle to shrug off the influence of his friends was believable. Though Cramer believes the story is perfect for our current cultural moment, she didn’t want to lean too hard in that direction. “We approached this show from a military standpoint,” Cramer wrote. “I approached all (the men’s) attitudes from a military perspective. We spent an extraordinary amount of time with Veterans of Vietnam, a Marine advisor and steeped in the history of the period. We have discussed the dogfight, per se, as an extension of their training. By dehumanizing their dates, they are able to treat them as objects rather than women with feelings and, thus, ready to kill men in combat without guilt.

The musical Dogfight is based on director Nancy Savoca’s 1991 drama starring River Phoenix and Lili Taylor. | Photo Warner Bros. / provided

Katja Yanko plays Rose Fenny in Dogfight. | Photo provided

These Marines cannot be treated as evil male characters or men with toxic masculinity. They are senseless and uneducated, not evil.” A pressing question of the time period was how to integrate combat veterans back into civilian lives after fighting an unpopular war, especially as the culture back home was undergoing rapid changes. This reality informs Rose’s decisions. There were cringing moments similar to horror movies where the audience could only watch Rose walk directly into a situation where she would find pain. But that she did so in order to find the good in Eddie makes for a compelling challenge; lead actors Daryl Tofa and Katja Yanko are going to attempt to pull off what Phoenix and Taylor didn’t quite succeed in. “Every show teaches you something whether you are directing, choreographing, or acting,” Cramer wrote. “The topical shows, the meaty shows always deliver in surprising ways. I try to stay open to the experience and take in everything I can as I work through the piece. Dogfight has been and continues to be one of the most exhilarating and rewarding experiences of my career.” Visit ou.edu/finearts.

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Merry macabre Last Podcast on the Left will perform a live show at Rose State College Nov. 9. By Jo Light

A conversation with podcaster and comedian Ben Kissel can veer with ease from talk of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer to the Jonestown cult massacre and then to the study of cryptids and aliens. These are just a few of the topics explored on Last Podcast on the Left, the podcast Kissel has hosted with fellow performers Marcus Parks and Henry Zebrowski since 2011. They have an upcoming live show 8 p.m. Nov. 9 at Rose State College’s Hudiburg Chevrolet Center, 6000 Trosper Place. One of today’s most popular comedy podcasts, Last Podcast on the Left has huge numbers of dedicated fans, and it can usually be found around the top of several podcast charts, garnering over 1 million downloads per week. Kissel, Parks and Zebrowski approach their gruesome discussions with irreverence and humor. Sometimes the gags are borderline inappropriate and maybe not to everyone’s tastes. But their jokes rest upon a framework of thorough research, another element for which they’ve become well known. The podcast has been running strong for over 330 episodes. Although it was conceived as a show about horror movies, the three soon realized they all loved true crime, too.

For Kissel, who grew up in Wisconsin, Dahmer loomed large in his childhood and gave him his first introduction to true crime as a cultural phenomenon. Later, he and Parks started Last Podcast on the Left and recorded two episodes about film before Zebrowski turned the talk to serial killers in episode three. “Henry came on, and he never left,” Kissel said. Despite the sudden change of gears, they found the switch to true crime and the supernatural was easy and happened organically. They realized that aliens, ghosts and serial killers strangely fall under the same morbid umbrella. They started out covering multiple stories each week but soon became hyper-focused, dedicating full episodes to single subjects and learning how best to cater to their audience. In this way, they built what Kissel called their “little coalition of fans” and saw their listenership skyrocket. Now they’re able to podcast full-time, and together, they own Last Podcast Network, which hosts diverse podcast programming. “Really, as an artist, it’s kind of a dream come true not to have to go to a day job and make money off of your art,” Kissel said. “I’d say it’s a miracle in many, many ways. We just feel really fortunate.”

from left Marcus Parks, Ben Kissel and Henry Zebrowski bring their podcast Last Podcast on the Left to OKC Nov. 9. | Photo Last Podcast on the Left / provided

Grisly research

The three co-hosts have gained particular respect for their extensive research into the show’s topics. Every week, Parks does roughly 40 hours of research for each new episode, sometimes reading multiple books for background information. Often, they will break down their bigger stories into several parts to cover them comprehensively. For example, they examined Timothy McVeigh and the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City in a four-part series last year. The episodes covered the gradual radicalization of McVeigh, the day of the attack itself and the subsequent investigation. The dynamic of the podcast usually consists of Parks’ detailed storytelling, Kissel’s insightful commentary and Zebrowski’s bursts of manic humor. Kissel explained that Parks outlines each episode with a 10- to 15-page script, which acts as a foundation and gives their discussion focus. “That allows Henry and I to jump off,” Kissel said. “Henry can do his characters. I can do my straight-man reactions, maybe have a zinger here or there, come in with a one-liner or a story or something. And we always have that script to go back to.” The comedy is entirely improvised. Kissel can utilize his 10 years of standup experience, while Zebrowski’s background as a character actor lends him an uncanny ability to slip in and out of wacky personalities. There is an obvious risk when comedians are trying to joke about mur-

derers and dark subjects on the fly, but Kissel said they are aware of that danger and try to walk a fine line. “We never try to make fun of any of the victims,” he said. “We always try to maintain our heart. We’re not sitting here laughing at any of the people that have suffered at the hands of these monsters. The only people that we laugh at are the monsters, and I do think that takes a certain power away from them.” Interest in true crime and the supernatural has exploded in recent years, or at least become more mainstream. Kissel said he believes there has always been a morbid curiosity about killers, but it might also be because listeners need the escape. “It’s kind of a darker time,” he said. “And I don’t know if this is accurate or not, but I feel like for a lot of people, they feel like we’re in a dystopian timeline right now.” He also acknowledged that a goal of the show is to humanize and “defang the monsters,” reducing criminals to their very human faults, a tactic that has also helped gain them loyal listeners. “BTK is not this unbelievable man of power,” Kissel said, referring to serial killer Dennis Rader by his wellknown nickname. “He’s just a little, dog-catching ass. He’s just a little prick. He’s a bad poet is what he is.” (For those unfamiliar, Rader worked as a dogcatcher in Wichita, Kansas, and also wrote poems about his own crimes.) Kissel said he’s happy the podcast has allowed him to travel with his best friends and commune with their fans. He added that they often receive messages from listeners who use the podcast to get through stressful periods. “It’s stuff like that that makes you feel like, ‘OK!’” he said. “‘We’re doing a little bit of good. We’re spreading a little bit of positivity, despite the fact that our subject matter is true crime.’ It’s kind of an irony.” The group toured extensively last year. This year, they have fewer dates but are filming a special at their Chicago show in December. Otherwise, they won’t record or post their live shows. Kissel hinted that the Oklahoma City performance will feature several topics, including cryptids, a professional wrestling segment from Kissel, a true crime story from Parks and a discussion on extraterrestrials from Zebrowski. Visit lastpodcastontheleft.com.

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Bio brew

i2E brings attention to life science businesses with OKBio BrewFest. By Joshua Blanco

Beer lovers across the state will gather next month for the seventh annual BrewFest to enjoy a taste of the up-and-coming brew scene in Oklahoma. With four wineries, four distilleries and 26 brewers coming together under one roof, those who attend will have an opportunity to sample a seemingly endless supply of craft beverages. Hosted by Oklahoma Bioscience Association, a nonprofit promoting growth and awareness centered on life sciences, the event offers companies a chance to showcase their latest products fresh from the tap. What started as a small get-together comprised mainly of those invested in the biological community eventually turned into a massive attraction drawing a crowd of individuals thanks to a calculated decision by another local business. In the year following the BrewFest debut, the i2E investment firm agreed to manage the various projects set forth by Bioscience Foundation, leaving the company in charge of what would soon become one of Oklahoma City’s premier events. “We were asked to take over managing the Oklahoma Bioscience Association since it falls in line with i2E’s mission and we work with many of the researchers and bio related startup companies,” said Sarah Seagraves, senior vice president of marketing at i2E. Stepping up to the challenge, i2E worked diligently to transform the small festival into a large gathering people look forward to every year. Though they could have just as easily nixed the event, i2E president and CEO Scott Meacham realized a certain value in its undertaking. To Meacham, this was an opportu30

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nity to bring awareness to the bio community in Oklahoma and the economic benefits it provides through research and job creation, fulfilling what he calls “the bigger purpose.” And he’s not the only one to recognize this. “It’s a very creative way to raise awareness for the community at large so that they know what’s going on in Oklahoma’s bioscience scene,” said Evan Fay, manager of innovation and entrepreneurship at Greater Oklahoma City Chamber. “The more we can do to elevate the bioscience community through events like this, the better our business landscape will be in the long-term.” BrewFest has become a twofold way for businesses to gain recognition while simultaneously giving back to their community. For example, Crowe & Dunlevy law firm has maintained its position as one of the event’s major stakeholders and continues to act as one of its ongoing sponsors. As a full-service intellectual property practice, the firm represents the sort of businesses benefitting from the event — an opportunity that could prove especially advantageous. “It’s a nice way for us to promote our name and our practice to clients in both the biotech and craft beer markets,” said attorney David Sullivan, director of Crowe & Dunlevy. “It’s an opportunity for us to support an event that promotes both industries in Oklahoma City. We’ve enjoyed the relationship, and it continues to grow.”

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vendors have been engaged in fostering a relationship between themselves and the community at large. In fact, there are a number of repeat breweries that look forward to expanding their horizons every chance they get. “We are able to make connections with those in our community, both people who are longtime fans of COOP and people who are trying us for the first time,” said Maggie Sylke, brand marketing specialist at COOP Ale Works. “Both of these are beneficial to us because we can meet the people who have gotten us where we are today and introduce new fans to a craft beer they’ll love.” Each year, COOP eagerly awaits Bioscience Association’s invitation to join for yet another chance to showcase the brews they work so hard to create. “Our favorite part about OKBio BrewFest is getting our beer into the hands of the Oklahoma City community,” Sylke said. Thanks to support from community and sponsors alike, companies like COOP will likely have the chance to continue sharing their product for years to come. So long as the vendors continue showing up and people keep planning to attend, Meacham sees no reason to turn away from the event he helped build. Though he sees it as a true asset to the city, he also acknowledges the occasion’s recreational value. “We all like to drink beer and good wine and maybe a spirit every now and then,” he said. “I personally enjoy it quite a bit. It lets me try a lot of these beers from these great Oklahoma craft brewers that I wouldn’t get to try otherwise.” It’s clear he’s not the only one who thinks so. Since its inception, i2E has successfully turned the small craft beer festival into what Fay now describes as an Oklahoma City staple. “It’s just a good kind of networking, kind of happy hour environment,” Fay said. In addition to the names Oklahomans know and love, home brewers will be given a chance to share with others a taste

OKBio BrewFest brings life sciences and craft beer together Nov. 8 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. | Photo i2e / provided

of their work before opening a brewery of their own — another facet that entices people to come sample a drink not readily available for public consumption. Having outgrown its original venue, BrewFest is consistently housed in a location capable of accommodating the masses of people now lining up to attend: Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, 2 S. Mickey Mantle Drive. Holding the event in the same venue has also made for a smoother setup. “After you’ve done it for a number of years at a time, it becomes kind of a pattern that you follow,” Meacham said. “From my perspective, it’s just making sure we’re covering our costs and again making sure I have good people that know what they’re doing and know how to put on a first-class event. I’m very lucky to have that.” Blaine Stansel, CEO and co-founder of Roughtail Brewing Company, has been particularly pleased with the way things are running. “It’s really straightforward, and they get all their ducks in a row,” Stansel said regarding i2E’s ability to manage the event. “At this point, it’s a well-oiled machine.” Those planning to attend BrewFest can pre-register. A 14-ounce mug and unlimited 5-ounce samples come with all ticket purchases. Attendance will be capped at 500 people, and a portion of the attendees’ costs are tax-deductible. “Just don’t drink too much and drive,” Meacham said. “That’s the only admonition.” The event runs 5-7 p.m. Nov. 8. Visit i2e.org.

OKBio BrewFest 5-7 p.m. Nov. 8 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark 2 S. Mickey Mantle Drive i2e.org $25-$35

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Overcoming ACEs

Bridges Out of Poverty offers Oklahomans a way to overcome childhood trauma and poverty. By Nazarene Harris

Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs as they are known in the health community, are gaining a lot of attention these days, according to nonprofit researcher Adrienne Elder. ACEs, resilience and holistic healing are trending topics in elementary schools, police departments and hospital rooms nationwide because the latest scientific evidence suggests that ACEs like abuse and neglect are not only common but are the culprit for societal ills that range from premature death, diabetes, heart disease and cancer to domestic violence, anxiety, depression and poverty. “Our culture is in the midst of a mind shift,” Elder said. “We’re going from ‘Let’s solve these problems that appear isolated and random’ to ‘Let’s address the cause of these problems long before these problems even arise.’” The movement to prevent ACEs begins with parents, Elder said. “We all know the story — like father like son, like mother like daughter — we know this to be true, yet we hardly talk about the evidence behind that truth,” Elder said. Resilience: The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope is a 2015 documentary that sheds light on ACEs and their prevention. The documentary has been shown in town hall meetings across the country and will be screened in Oklahoma City at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 8 at The Salvation Army of Central Oklahoma Area Command, 1001 N. Pennsylvania Ave. The film reveals daunting statistics: 28 percent of children nationwide experience physical abuse, 27 percent experience substance abuse and 20 percent experience sexual abuse. A child with two or more ACEs is twice as likely to develop heart disease, three times as likely to suffer from depression

and has an expected lifespan that is 20 years less than average. According to United Health Foundation, 32 percent of Oklahoma’s children experience two or more Adverse Childhood Experiences. A 2016 report from the American Academy of Pediatrics said that “new research has shown that neural connections, which are particularly vulnerable in the early stages of life, even infancy, can be disrupted and damaged during periods of extreme and repetitive stress, toxic stress, like that which is experienced during ACEs.” “We think, ‘Kids are young; they don’t know what’s going on and they won’t remember anyways,’” said Dr. Jack Shonkoff in Resilience. “Well, the child may not remember, but the body remembers.” Forty-four-year-old Tammy Parent doesn’t need a reminder of the trauma she endured as a child. Parent prevented her mind from going down memory lane, she said, with a methamphetamine addiction that lasted decades. “When my mom got sick, everything went downhill,” she said. “She became addicted to pills, and even though we were poor before that, it got a lot worse after.” Parent said her mother’s opioid addiction led to her parents’ divorce, being molested by one of her mother’s boyfriends, doing poorly in school and eventually repeating the pattern of poverty and addiction that seemed as inherited as anyone’s tangible family heirloom. Despite efforts Parent made to better herself, including earning a nursing degree, she eventually fell back to what she knew. “At one point, we were doing better than OK,” Parent said, referring to she and her husband, who is fighting addiction while in prison. “We were making over a hundred thousand a year.”

A PET scan shows the difference between the brain of a healthy child and the brain of a child who has experienced multiple ACEs. | Photo provided

Today, Parent lives in a rundown apartment in Muskogee. When rent money isn’t available, she lives in her car. Poverty expert Ruby Payne said poverty is a common result of ACEs. “Poverty is not black-and-white; it’s a language we learn from childhood that’s spoken in the mind and heart,” Payne said.

Getting Ahead

In 2000, Payne joined addiction counselor Philip DeVol and author Terie Dreussi-Smith to launch Bridges Out of Poverty, a nationwide program aimed at addressing individuals ACEs and moving them out of poverty. In Oklahoma, Bridges is offered by Department of Human Services and Oklahoma Department of Corrections along with several faith-based organizations. Bridges offers Getting Ahead classes that teach participants the “hidden rules” of each economic class and how to move from poverty to the middle class and from the middle class to wealth. Elder speaks to organizational leaders and trains staff to become Getting Ahead instructors. Participants receive free dinner and childcare with each class they attend as well as a monthly stipend. “They have made all the difference to me,” said Parent, who attends Getting Ahead classes in Muskogee.

Oklahoma-based nonprofit researcher Adrienne Elder provides ACEs knowledge and training to organizations across the state. | Photo Nazarene Harris

Parent said she will graduate from the Bridges program on Dec. 11. That same month, she said, she will reach her one-year sobriety marker. Having incurred several felonies related to her drug use, Parent said the Getting Ahead classes have offered a chance for redemption. “They are like my family,” she said. “It’s hard to talk about my past with people who don’t understand, but everybody in the class totally gets it.” She said that while her own daughter has unfortunately experienced her fair share of ACEs, she hopes her turnaround will break the family’s history of generational poverty. To see Resilience in Oklahoma City, visit eventbrite.com.

Resilience: The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope screening 9:30 a.m. Nov. 8 Salvation Army of Central Oklahoma Area Command 1001 N. Pennsylvania Ave. eventbrite.com Free

Officers from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections receive Bridges Out of Poverty training that addresses ACEs. | Photo Nazarene Harris

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BOOKS Mid-Oklahoma Writers a meetup for local writers featuring guest speakers and literary discussions, 7-9 p.m. Eastside Church of Christ, 916 S. Douglas Blvd., 405-732-0393. WED

FILM 40 Minutes or Less: Sound a screening of short films without dialogue presented by OKC Film Society, 6-7:30 p.m. Nov. 1. [Artspace] at Untitled, 1 NE Third St., 405-815-6665, 1ne3.org. THU Evil Dead 2 (1987, USA, Sam Raimi) Ash (Bruce Campbell) accidentally raises demonic spirits in an isolated cabin and deals with the blood-soaked consequences in this cult film famous for combining gory horror with slapstick comedy, 7-8:30 p.m. Nov. 11. Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd St., 405-708-6937, towertheatreokc.com. THU Finding Big Country (2018, Canada, Kathleen Jayme) a filmmaker goes searching for her childhood hero, retired Vancouver Grizzly Bryant Reeves, 7 p.m. Nov. 2. . FRI Friendly Persuasion (USA, 1956, William Wyler) pacifist Quakers have their faith tested when Confederate soldiers moves through their community, 1-2:30 p.m. Oct. 31. . WED

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, USA, Jim Sharman) see the cult classic musical at this interactive performance, now in its 17th year, Oct. 31, 10 p.m.1 a.m. Sooner Theatre, 101 E. Main St., 405-321-9600, Norman, soonertheatre.com. WED

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Wine-in Movie: The Rocky Horror Halloween (1975, USA, Jim Sharman) car trouble strands young couple Brad and Janet at mad scientist Dr Frank-NFurter’s castle in this musical sendup of sci-fi and horror films, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Oct. 31. Coal Creek Vineyard, 210 N. Sara Road, 405-381-9463, coalcreekvineyard. com. WED

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VHS & Chill Presents “Fantasy Rewind” watch a selection of vintage sci-fi, fantasy, and animation TV shows, with onsite concessions and beverages, 8-10:30 p.m. The Paramount Room, 701 W. Sheridan Ave., 405-887-3327, theparamountroom.com. WED

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, USA, Jim Sharman) car trouble strands young couple Brad and Janet at mad scientist Dr Frank-N-Furter’s castle in this musical sendup of sci-fi and horror films, through Oct. 31, Through Oct. 31. The Boom, 2218 NW 39th St., 405-601-7200, theboomokc.com. THU-WED The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947, USA, Roy Rowland) a rural community is bitterly divided in the aftermath of the Civil War, 1-2:30 p.m. Nov. 7. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 405-478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum. org. WED

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Land of Mine (2015, Denmark, Martin Zandvliet) a dramatic recounting of a program forcing German prisoners of war to clear land mines during World War II, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7. Meinders School of Business, NW 27th Street and McKinley Avenue, 405-208-5351, okcu.edu. WED

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Bar Wars local bartenders compete to win the award for “best cocktail,” while attendees can play classic boardgames, dance to music, and of course, drink, 7 p.m.-midnight Nov. 3. Farmers Public Market, 311 S. Klein Ave., 405-232-6506, okcfarmersmarket. com. SAT

Conversational Spanish Group Meetup an opportunity for all experience levels to practice speaking Spanish, 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 405-842-2900, fullcirclebooks.com. TUE Day of the Dead Street Festival hosted by the University of Oklahoma’s Office of Latino Student Life, this annual event features live performances, music, activities, street food vendors and more, 4-9 p.m. Nov. 4. Lloyd Noble Center, 2900 Jenkins Ave., 405-325-4666, lloydnoblecenter.com. SUN Feeling Groovy Fighting Asthma a benefit concert for the Brendon McLarty Memorial Foundation featuring Superfreak, 8 p.m. Nov. 2. Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd St., 405-708-6937, towertheatreokc. com. FRI Freak City Bloodbath an all-ages punk-themed Halloween party with a costume contest and live music from Pigments, PLUSH and Tara Reid & All the People She Knows, 9 p.m. Oct. 31. Mothership Connection, 1739 NW 16th St., facebook.com/flamboyant. cathedral. WED Go to College Without Student Loans an informational presentation featuring offering students tips for applying for scholarships, 6-8 p.m. Nov. 6. Rose State College, 6420 SE 15th St., 405-733-7673, rose.edu. TUE Governor’s Club Toastmasters lose your fear of public speaking and gain leadership skills by practicing in a fun and low-stakes environment, noon-1 p.m. Wednesdays. Oklahoma Farm Bureau Building, 2501 N. Stiles Ave., 405-523-2300, okfarmbureau.org. WED Service Industry Halloween Bash celebrate the end of the shift at this party with a costume contest and music by DJ DeXter, 8 p.m-2 a.m. Oct. 31. Kong’s Tavern, 563 Buchanan Ave., Norman, 405-310-4250, kongstavern.com. WED Halloween Masquerade Party enjoy cocktails and a costume contest at this festive fall celebration, 7-10 p.m. Oct. 31. Stag Lounge, 228 NE Second St., 405606-7171, stagokc.com. WED Halloween Shindig dissect owl pellets, go trick-ortreating, complete arts and crafts projects and more at this seasonal event, 6-9 p.m. Oct. 31. Museum of Osteology, 10301 S. Sunnylane Road, 405-814-0006, museumofosteology.org. WED Haunt the Hill a safe environment for trick-or-treating wjth decorations, a costume contest and activities and games, 5-7 p.m. Oct. 31. Historic Capitol Hill, 319 SW 25th St., 405-632-0133, historiccapitolhill.com. WED Heartland Husky Rescue Adoption Event meet puppies and dogs in need of homes, enjoy drinks and shop for merchandise to benefit the pet rescue and adoption agency, 5-8 p.m. Nov. 3. The Bleu Garten, 301 NW 10th St., 405-879-3808, bleugarten.com. SAT

Karen Kirkpatrick memorial exhibit and auction To honor the memory of Putnam City art educator Karen Kirkpatrick, 35 students and teachers have donated works to this exhibition and art sale, with the proceeds going to provide art supplies to area schools. Kirkpatrick, who died in 2017, chaired the state’s Youth Art Month to draw attention to art education and help provide funds for Oklahoma arts programs. This exhibition will also feature a selection of her paintings, sketches, mixed-media and found object art and papier-mâché dolls. The exhibit and silent auction open 6-10 p.m. Friday at Gallery One at The Paseo, 2927 Paseo St., and run through Nov. 17. Admission is free. Call 405-5244544 or visit paseogalleryone.com. FRIDAY Image provided

Human Rights, Close to Home keynote speaker Evelyn Mary Aswad, a law professor at the University of Oklahoma, will discuss the intersection of human rights and international business operations, 12:30-2 p.m. Nov. 3. Will Rogers Garden Center, 3400 NW 36th St., 405-943-0827, okc.gov. SAT

Multi-Tribal Day Native American tribes from across the country celebrate culture, traditions and cuisine with tribal dance demonstrations, chunkey, native hymns, storytelling, stickball and more, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 3 Free. Chickasaw Cultural Center, 867 Cooper Memorial Drive, Sulphur, 580-622-7130, chickasawculturalcenter.com. SAT

Innotech business and technology professionals gather to learn new strategies and seek networking opportunities, 8 a.m. Nov. 1. Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens, 405-602-8500, coxconventioncenter. com. THU

Music Industry Networking Night musicians, industry professionals and fans are invited to network at this regularly occurring meet-and-greet, 3-6 p.m. Oct. 31. The Root, 3012 N. Walker Ave., 405-655-5889, therootokc.com. WED

Intro to Magic: The Gathering learn how to play the popular card game and get a free intro deck, 7-10 p.m. Fridays. PB&J Games, 1201 NW 178th St. #117, 405-696-5270, pbandjgames.co. FRI

OKC Vintage Flea Market get your shopping done at the flea market with antiques, collectibles, vintage, crafts and more, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through Dec. 9. Crossroads Event Center, 7000 Crossroads Blvd. SAT-SUN

Jackpot Bingo enter for the chance to win a cumulative cash prize and enjoy food and drink specials, 8-10 p.m. Mondays through Nov. 25. Fassler Hall, 421 NW 10th St., 405-609-3300, fasslerhall.com. MON Jesus in the Juvy a benefit concert and dinner to raise money for presents and Christmas dinner for children locked up in juvenile hall, 6-9 p.m. Nov. 3. Eagle’s Crest Fellowship, 5956 NW 23rd St., 405-7875956. SAT Karaoke Costume Contest sing a favorite song in costume for a chance to win a prize and bring a dish for the potluck dinner. 8 p.m.-midnight Oct. 31. Hideaway Lounge, 4418 NW 39th St., 405-917-7011, facebook.com/pg/hideawaylounge66. WED

Board Game Day enjoy local craft beer while playing old-school board and arcade games with friends, 5-8 p.m. Sundays. FlashBack RetroPub, 814 W. Sheridan Ave., 405-633-3604, flashbackretropub. com. SUN

Let’s Fix This: Election Watch Party view the poll results at a bipartisan political party with guest speakers, live music and free food, 6-10 p.m. Nov. 6. Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd St., 405-708-6937, towertheatreokc.com. TUE

Board Game Night choose from more than 125 board games to play with family and friends with drinks and snacks available, 6-11 p.m. Tuesdays. PB&J Games, 1201 NW 178th St. #117, 405-696-5270, pbandjgames.co. TUE

Lost Lakes Haunted Forest the theme-park adds a frightening attraction for the Halloween season, through Oct. 31. Lost Lakes Waterpark and Amphitheater, 3501 NE 10th, 405-702-4040, lostlakeshauntedforest.com. FRI-WED

Chicago Steppin Class learn how to do the popular dance at this free weekly class, 7-9 p.m. Thursdays. L & G’s on the BLVD, 4801 N. Lincoln Blvd., 405-5242001, facebook.com/landgsontheblvd. THU

Mask show off your Halloween getup at this Halloween costume contest and fashion show, 8 p.m.- 3 a.m. Oct. 31. The Queen Lounge, 2306 N. MacArthur Blvd., 405-606-8616. WED

Coffee with Real Estate Investors network over coffee and discuss topics such as real estate investing, building a successful business and chasing the American dream, 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Starbucks, 5800 W. Memorial Road, 405-722-6189, starbucks.com. WED

Mindful Yoga Happy Hour practice mindful meditation with Bhante Santhapiya, followed by coffee, tea and conversation, 5-7 p.m. Fridays. Oklahoma Buddhist Vihara, 4820 N Portland Ave., 405-8106528, okbv.org. FRI

Oklahoma City Fashion & Talent Showcase a showcase presented by the Mental Health Association Oklahoma, 7-9 p.m. Nov. 1. The Paramount Room, 701 W. Sheridan Ave., 405-887-3327, theparamountroom. com. THU Open Fiber Night a weekly crafting meet-up for knitters, crocheters, spinners and weavers, 5-8 p.m. Thursdays. Yarnatopia, 8407 S. Western Ave., 405601-9995, yarnatopia.com. THU Paper Jam! a benefit concert for the University of Central Oklahoma’s department of design, 7-10 p.m. Nov. 7. UCO Nigh University Center, 100 N. University Drive, Edmond. WED Pearl Knotting learn to make a pearl necklace by knotting freshwater pearls on a silk cord, 2-5 p.m. Nov. 4. The Craft Room, 3017 N. Lee Ave., Suite F, 817455-2972, craftroom.us. SUN Pretty In Pink 80s Prom a dance party inspired by the classic John Hughes high school romance, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Nov. 3. FlashBack RetroPub, 814 W. Sheridan Ave., 405-633-3604, flashbackretropub.com. SAT Pumpkin Harvest Craft Festival shop for books and other items at this fundraiser for the Mabel C. Fry Public Library, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 3. Yukon Library, 1200 Lakeshore Drive, Yukon. SAT Silk Marbled Scarves Workshop learn to decorate scarves with this color-transference technique at a workshop lead by 1-4 p.m. Nov. 3. [Artspace] at Untitled, 1 NE Third St., 405-815-6665, 1ne3.org. SAT Unlearning Racism a safe space for the discussion of struggling with racism and its impact, 6:15-7:30

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p.m. Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2301 NE 23rd St., trinitypresbyterianchurchokc.wordpress.com. THU Wednesday Night Trivia test your knowledge on various subjects for the chance to win prizes, 8 p.m. Wednesdays. The Garage Burgers and Beer, 1117 N. Robinson Ave., 405-602-6880, eatatthegarage. com. WED Weekly Trivia put your knowledge to the test and let your intellectual superiority shine, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays. HeyDay, 3201 Market Place, 405-3103500, heydayfun.com. THU Weekly Trivia put your knowledge to the test and let your intellectual superiority shine, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Free. HeyDay, 200 S. Oklahoma Ave., Suite HD, 405-349-5946, heydayfun.com. WED

FOOD Beer & Beefsteak Banquet enjoy beef tenderloin, duck fat fries and Warsteiner beer at this traditional feast, 7-10 p.m. Nov. 4. Fassler Hall, 421 NW 10th St., 405-609-3300, fasslerhall.com. SUN Fall Into Freezer Meals learn to prepare meals using seasonal ingredients such as pumpkin, butternut squash and sweet potatoes and freeze them for later, 1-3 p.m. Oct. 31. Oklahoma County OSU Extension Center, 2500 NE 63rd St., 405-713-1125, okiemgs. okstate.edu. WED Live Trivia bring your friends for an evening of trivia, fun and food, 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Hudson’s Public House, 1000 NW 192nd St., 405-657-1103, henryhudsonspub.com. TUE The Lost Ogle Trivia for ages 21 and up, test your knowledge with free trivia play and half-priced sausages, 8-10 p.m. Tuesdays. Fassler Hall, 421 NW 10th St., 405-609-3300, fasslerhall.com. TUE Observation Cooking Classes watch a local chef create a variety of cuisines and sample each course as it’s prepared, 6:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays through Nov. 11. International Pantry, 1618 W. Lindsey St., 405-360-0765, intipantry.com. TUE-THU

Surf and Turf this weekly all-you-can-eat feast in the Bricktown Brewery features prime rib, snow crab legs, shrimp and more, 4-10 p.m. Thursdays. Remington Park, 1 Remington Place, 405-424-9000, remingtonpark.com. THU

YOUTH Drop-In Art learn to create works of art inspired by the museum’s collections, special exhibits, holidays and more, 1-4 p.m. Saturdays. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com. SAT

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Early Explorers toddlers and preschoolers can participate in fun scientific activities they can repeat later at home, 10-11 a.m. Thursdays, Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52nd St., 405-602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org. THU Explore It! get your questions answered of what, why and how about the natural world we live in, 11:30 a.m -noon Saturdays, through Dec. 29. Sam Noble Museum, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., 405-325-4712, samnoblemuseum.ou.edu. SAT Litttle Saplings this educational workshop teaches toddlers about gardening with songs, games and hands-on activities, 10 a.m.-noon every other Tuesday. Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno Ave., 405-445-7080, myriadgardens.com. TUE Saturdays for Kids: Journaling learn to create and decorate a bound journal at this free crafting workshop, 10 a.m.-noon, Nov. 3. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 405-478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org. SAT Storytime Science the museum invites children age 6 and younger to hear a story and participate in a related scientific activity, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52nd St., 405602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org. TUE

PERFORMING ARTS Anne Akiko Meyers with Mozart Orchestra of New York the world-renowned violinist performs a Mendelssohn concerto with a 45-piece orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1. Armstrong Auditorium, 14400 S. Bryant Ave., Edmond, 405-285-1010, armstrongauditorium.org. THU Arab After Hours a weekly belly-dancing performance featuring dancers from the Aalim Belly Dance Academy, 8:30-10:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Hubbly Bubbly Hookah & Café, 2900 N. Classen Blvd. Suite K, 405609-2930. TUE Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. an evil couple tries to steal a magic race car from an eccentric inventor and his children, Nov. 2-4, Edmond Fine Arts Institute, 27 E. Edwards St., 405-340-4481, edmondfinearts.com. FRI-SUN Cirque du Soleil: Crystal acrobats and aerial artists will be joined by ice-skaters for

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the first time in Cirque du Soleil’s history, Oct. 31-Nov. 4. Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens, 405-602-8500, coxconventioncenter.com. WED-SUN

The Sound of Music the Broadway touring production of musical based on the true story of the Von Trapp Family Singers, Nov. 2-3. OCCC Visual and Performing Arts Center Theater, 7777 S. May Ave., 405-682-7579, tickets.occc.edu. FRI-SAT

Comedy Open Mic Night try doing standup and/or watch other aspiring comics hone their acts, 10 p.m. Tuesdays. Othello’s Italian Restaurant, 434 Buchanan Ave., 405701-4900, othellos.us. TUE

The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Theater eat a four-course dinner while attempting to solve an interactive murder mystery, 6-9 p.m. Saturdays. Skirvin Hilton Hotel, 1 Park Ave., 405-272-3040, skirvinhilton.com. SAT Divine Comedy a weekly local showcase featuring a variety of comedians from OKC and elsewhere, 9 p.m. Wednesdays. 51st Street Speakeasy, 1114 NW 51st St., 405-463-0470, 51stspeakeasy.com. WED Electric Pizza hear new electronic compositions created by graduate students Jonathon Edwards, Breck McGough and Santiago Ramones, Nov. 4. UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth St., 405-359-7989, ucojazzlab. com. SUN Factory Obscura: The Procession a ceremony focusing on light, community and creativity and featuring tarot readings, a costume contest and a special performance by Perpetual Motion Dance company, 9 p.m.-midnight Oct. 31. Factory Obscura, 1522 S. Robinson Ave. WED First Wednesday Open Mic show off your talent or watch others perform, 7-9:30 p.m. first Wednesday of the month. The Paramount Room, 701 W. Sheridan Ave., 405-887-3327, theparamountroom. com. WED Four-String Open Jam bring a four-string banjo and join in on a community musical performance, or just sit back and listen, 1-4 p.m. Nov. 3. American Banjo Museum, 9 E. Sheridan Ave., 405-604-2793, americanbanjomuseum.com. SAT Funny AF Fridays hosted by Dope Astronauts, this weekly comedy showcase features a nationally touring headliner and local standups, 9 p.m. Fridays. Ice Event Center & Grill, 1148 NE 36th St., 405-2084240, iceeventcentergrill.eat24hour.com. FRI Insider: Tom Petty Tribute pay respects to the popular singer-songwriter with a live cover band, 9:30 p.m.-midnight Nov. 3. Belle Isle Brewery, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 405-840-1911, belleislerestaurant.com. SAT Kevin Hart the popular standup comic and movie star performs on his Irresponsible Tour, 7 p.m. Nov. 3. Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W. Reno Ave., 405602-8700, chesapeakearena.com. SAT Little Women a 21st-century chamber musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, Nov. 2-4. Kirkpatrick Auditorium, Oklahoma City University Campus, 2501 N. Blackwelder Ave., 405-208-5000, okcu.edu. FRI-SUN The Music Man the Thelma Gaylord Academy presents this classic musical about a traveling conman whose latest scam is complicated by romance with a librarian, Nov. 2-4. Lyric Theatre, 1727 NW 16th St., 405-524-9310, lyrictheatreokc.com. FRI-SUN Open Mic a weekly comedy show followed by karaoke, 7:30-9 p.m. Fridays. Don Quixote Club, 3030 N Portland Ave., 405-947-0011. FRI Open Mic hosted by Elecktra, this open mic has an open-stage, almost-anything-goes policy and a booked feature act, 6-11:30 p.m. The Root, 3012 N. Walker Ave., 405-655-5889, therootokc.com. MON Open Mic Monday a music and comedy open mic hosted by Amanda Howle, 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Triple’s, 8023 NW 23rd St., 405-789-3031. MON Open Mic Night with HuckWheat local musicians, comics and other performing artists take the open stage to practice their arts, 9-11:30 p.m. first Mondays. Hubbly Bubbly Hookah & Café, 2900 N Classen Blvd. Ste K, 405-609-2930. MON Pipescreams! a family-friendly Halloween concert presented by the American Organ Institute Organ Studio, 11 p.m. Oct. 31. Catlett Music Center, 500 W. Boyd St., 405-325-0538, musicaltheatre.ou.edu. WED

Public Access Open Mic read poetry, do standup comedy, play music or just watch as an audience member, 7 p.m. Sundays. The Paseo Plunge, 3010 Paseo Plunge, 405-315-6224, paseoplunge.org. SUN Random Jam Tuesdays a weekly music open mic for solo artists and full bands followed by a late-night jam session, 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Tuesdays. Bison Witches Bar & Deli, 211 E. Main St., Norman, 405-3647555, bisonwitchesok.com. TUE Rebels & Royals Drag King Show hosted by former Mister USofA Damian Matrix-Gritte, this monthly show features local drag kings and special guests 10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Fridays. Frankie’s, 2807 NW 36th St., 405-602-2030, facebook.com/ frankiesokc. FRI Red Dirt Open Mic a weekly open mic for comedy and poetry, hosted by Red Dirt Poetry, 7:30-10:30 34

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Those Who Lie Beyond an immersive performance art experience that requires visitors to move through the space interacting with actors and making choices to determine the outcome, Nov. 2-17. Factory Obscura, 1522 S. Robinson Ave. FRI-SAT

ACTIVE Co-ed Open Adult Volleyball enjoy a game of friendly yet competitive volleyball while making new friends, 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays. Jackie Cooper Gymnasium, 1024 E. Main St., 405-350-8920, cityofyukon. gov. WED Little Red Heart 5K & 1 Mile Walk a morning run or walk to benefit the nonprofit organ donation organization LifeShare Foundation, 9:30 a.m.-noon Nov. 3. Regatta Park Landing, 701 S. Lincoln Blvd., 405-702-7755, okrivercruises.com. SAT Monday Night Group Ride meet up for a weekly 25-30 minute bicycle ride at about 18 miles per hour through Eeast Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Mondays. The Bike Lab OKC, 2200 W. Hefner Road, 405-603-7655. MON

Open Badminton hit some birdies in some morning pick-up games of badminton with friends, 10 a.m.-noon Saturdays. Jackie Cooper Gymnasium, 1024 E. Main St., Yukon, 405-350-8920, cityofyukon. gov. SAT Walk With Ease Program an Arthritis Foundation-certified program designed to motivate people to get in shape and improve flexibility and stamina, 8:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday through Nov. 9. Oklahoma County OSU Extension Center, 2500 NE 63rd St., 405-713-1125, okiemgs.okstate. edu. MON-FRI Wheeler Criterium a weekly nighttime cycling event with criterium races, food trucks and family activities, 5-8 p.m. Tuesdays. Wheeler Park, 1120 S. Western Ave., 405-297-2211, okc.gov. TUE Wilderness First Aid Course learn how to handle emergency situations and injuries in outdoor situations at this basic-skills workshop, 8 a.m. Nov. 7-8. Threshold Climbing, Fitness & Yoga, 6024 Westlake Memorial Parkway, 405-470-3611. WED-THU

VISUAL ARTS American Indian Artists: 20th Century Masters an exhibition of Native art from the Kiowa Six, Harrison Begay, Tonita Peña and more, through May 12, 2019. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 405-478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org. SAT-THU Autumn Pop-Up view new work from the studios of Anthony Dyke, Susan Morrison-Dyke, Suzanne Mears and Christie Owen, through Nov. 9. Nault Gallery, Midtown, 816 N. Walker Ave., 405-604-7947, facebook.com/events/892178100981185/. FRI The Blind Rooms a multimedia experience created by the artist Juliacks in collaboration with University of Oklahoma students and combining audio narratives with visual and performance art, through Nov. 2. The Lightwell Gallery, 520 Parrington Oval, Norman, 405-325-2691, art.ou.edu. MON-FRI Daren Kendall: Threshold With Me view seven sculptural thresholds based on the seven terraces of Dante’s purgatory, through Dec. 30. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave., Norman, 405-3253272, ou.edu/fjjma. FRI-SUN Fall 2018 Group Exhibition an exhibition of works from local artists including Kjelshus Collins, John Davidson, Shanina Graves and more, through Nov. 30. The Art Hall, 519 NW 23rd St., 405-2315700, art.theriseokc.com. FRI A Few of our Favorite Things view a selection of artwork from the center’s collection, including contemporary and traditional works by Native American artists, through Oct. 31. Red Earth Art Center, 6 Santa Fe Plaza, 405-427-5228, redearth.org. WED The Garden Chronicles Plus an exhibition of paintings by artist George Bogart, through Nov. 2. Norman Santa Fe Depot, 200 S. Jones Ave., Norman, 405-307-9320, pasnorman.org. FRI Mechanical Animal: A Robot Art Show a multimedia celebration of the (wo)man-machine, with an art exhibition, live music, local film screenings and more, 6:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nov. 3. 51st Street Speakeasy, 1114 NW 51st St., 405-463-0470, 51stspeakeasy.com. SAT

In the Principles Office: Tom Ryan the Art Student Learn the principles of art as Tom Ryan did with his instruction on “general illustration” with famed teacher Frank Reilly, through Nov. 11. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., 405-478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org. SAT-SUN

Ink & Draw a weekly meetup for illustrators, artists and comic book creators,

The Radical Choice to See What You Are Looking At Avant-garde performance artist Paul Waddell will bounce a tennis ball, attempt to set up a tent and execute several other surreal and/or awkward actions in an art gallery in an attempt to recontextualize the way we ignore the homeless, the mentally ill and other misunderstood and underrepresented members of society when they are literally right in front of us and to encourage critical analysis of consumerism, our place in society and the human experience in general. Somehow, this performance is reportedly also very funny. Take a gander 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Melton Gallery at University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University Drive, in Edmond. Admission is free. Call 405-974-2000 or visit meltongallery.com. THURSDAY Photo provided 4-6 p.m. Sundays. The Paseo Plunge, 3010 Paseo Plunge, 405-315-6224, paseoplunge.org. SUN Into the Fold: The Art and Science of Origami features origami artists from around the world and displays the techniques of artful paper folding and other unique applications of origami, through Jan. 13, 2019. Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52nd St., 405-602-6664, sciencemuseumok.org. FRI-SUN

National Geographic Photo Ark a collection of images captured by National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore to preserve current species for future generations, through Dec. 16. The Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington Place, 405-424-3344, okczoo.com. WED-SUN The New Art: A Milestone Collection Fifty Years Later an exhibition including longstanding highlights and rarely seen works celebrating the museum’s purchase of a 154-piece contemporary art collection in 1968, through Dec. 30. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 405-236-3100, okcmoa.com. SUN

Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movement an exhibit exploring the revolutionary artworks of Victorian Engliand featuring many works not previously seen outside the UK, through Jan. 6, 2019. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, Norman, 405-2363100, okcmoa.com. SAT-SUN Welcome Home: Oklahomans and the War in Vietnam explores the impact of the war on Oklahoma families as well as the stories of Vietnamese families relocated to Oklahoma, through Nov. 6, 2019. Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 405-521-2491, okhistory.org. MON-THU Whiteout at Campbell Art Park an outdoor artwork made by hundreds of transparent white spheres embedded with white LED lights and animated in large-scale patterns, through March 31, 2019. Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing Blvd., 405-951-000, oklahomacontemporary.org/exhibitions/upcoming/whiteout-atcampbell-art-park. WED-THU

Paseo Arts District’s First Friday Gallery Walk peruse art from over 80 artists with 25 participating business for a night of special themed exhibits, refreshments and a variety of entertainment opportunities, 6-10 p.m. first Friday of every month. Paseo Arts District, 3022 Paseo St., 405-525-2688, thepaseo.org. FRI Pop Stars! Popular Culture and Contemporary Art an exploration of contemporary pop art inspired by Andy Warhol, Nick Cave, R. Luke DuBois and others, through Feb. 28, 2019. 21c Museum Hotel, 900 W. Main St., 405-982-6900, 21cmuseumhotels. com. SUN-THU Sandra Patterson and Paul White an exhibition of oils on canvas and porcelain and watercolor and acrylic paintings, through Nov. 30. Porcelain Art Museum, 2700 N. Portland Ave., 405-521-1234, wocp. org. MON-FRI Seeds of Being curated by students enrolled in the university’s Native American Art & Museum Studies Seminar, this exhibition examines the impact of art in indigenous communities, through Dec. 30 Free, Through Dec. 30. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave., 405-325-3272, ou.edu/fjjma. TUE-SUN Still Looking: The Photography Collection of Carol Beesley Hennagin an exhibition of selections from Hennagin’s extensive collection, including works by Edward Weston, Frederick Sommer and more, through Dec. 30. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave., Norman, 405-325-3272, ou.edu/ fjjma. TUE-SUN Studio Gallery’s Featured Show an exhibition featuring paintings, photography and handmade jewelry created by a variety of artists, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, through Oct. 31. The Studio Gallery, 2642 W. Britton Road, 405-752-2642, thestudiogallery.org. THU-WED

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Molly Burch is scheduled to perform Nov. 7 at the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma’s Performance Lab. | Photo Kelly Giarrocco / provided

Flowering Burch

Austin-based Molly Burch navigates heartbreak and stress on First Flower. By Jeremy Martin

Molly Burch’s debut was inspired by a devastating breakup and featured the subject of most of its songs on lead guitar, but she said recording the follow-up was even more difficult. Songs such as “Downhearted,” “Please Forgive Me” and “Torn to Pieces” from Burch’s first album Please Be Mine detail intense heartbreak and loneliness, but by the time she recorded them with guitarist Dailey Toliver, the two had reconnected musically and romantically. “We broke up, we got back together,” Burch said. “I had written that entire album and we got back together and then started playing in Austin as a duo.” A verse from “Fool,” for example, confesses: “Truth be told, I feel crazy / For ever thinking you were mine / Every day feels so hazy / Will it get better with time?” Some of the personal revelations in the songs still felt raw when Burch and Toliver began playing them together, she said, but the repetition of rehearsing and per forming them helped dull the edges. “I think when I first showed him the songs, there was a lot of emotion behind it,” Burch said, “but now we are so used First Flower by Molly Burch | Image provided

playing them, we’ve definitely moved past that, and now they are just songs that we play and don’t really think about it.” Burch is scheduled to perform Nov. 7 at Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma’s Performance Lab, 329 E. Sheridan Ave., in support of her latest album, First Flower, released in October. Despite the romantic complications surrounding her previous record, which drew favorable comparisons to Angel Olsen and Dusty Springfield, Burch said the creative process for First Flower felt more difficult. “I would say it was more intense, just because I had never written like that before,” Burch said. “My first album I wrote over the course of a couple of years and had been playing them live, and we recorded the album really fast over a couple of days, and for First Flower, I wrote all the songs last fall and had a whole new band setup and took a little more time in the studio.” The chorus for the album’s t it le track repeats the phrase “You are my man,” and its final verse con-

cludes, “Just like the first flower that blooms in spring / To me you are, you are my everything / I like the way you hold me / Hold me, don’t let go / You don’t have to tell me, baby / I already know.” The more melancholy “Next to Me” paints a less rose-colored picture of a long-term relationship. This time out, Toliver — the only musician to play in Burch’s backing band on both albums — was there to help write the songs, but that wasn’t the only change for Burch. “First Flower, it was a new experience having this intention of writing an album,” Burch said. “I also had just gone through so many changes before writing it, like signing to [record label] Captured Tracks and touring a lot and all these new experiences. I had moved to a really small town south of Austin, so I was coming from the extreme overstimulation of touring, and then I was in this new situation of being very isolated. So I was definitely dealing with a lot of anxiety and uncertainty about writing this album.” Burch’s anxiety comes through in songs such as “Dangerous Place” and “Good Behavior,” which protests, “Do you see that I’m trying? / It can be tough when things keep changing / One day I’m there and then I’m not.”

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Burch, who grew up idolizing singers Billie Holiday and Nina Simone and studied jazz vocal performance at University of North Carolina in Asheville, said she originally suffered from stage fright but singing itself has stopped being a source of her stress over time. “I used to get intense performance anxiety to the point where I just couldn’t do it, and now, since I’ve had many years of experience — I went to college for performance — it takes a lot for me to

get super nervous,” Burch said. “I don’t really have performance anxiety anymore, but that took many years to get over. But now it’s more day-to-day anxiety, social anxiety. I’m just a really anxious person.” After hearing people tell her that Please Be Mine helped them deal with their own heartbreak, Burch wanted to be equally open about her social anxiety. “I really wanted to touch on that a lot because it’s something that I deal with, and I always have,” Burch said. “It was something that I was dealing with a lot while writing it, so it kind of made sense at the time. I just ultimately wanted to have this album have a more positive, hopeful tone, but also be just as honest as my first one.” When Hurricane Harvey hit Texas in August 2017 and thunderstorms stranded them in their former home in rural Lockhart, Texas, Burch said she and Toliver saw an opportunity to shut out the pressures and distractions of the outside world and focus on First Flower. “I think because I had so much time on my hands and I was pretty isolated, I was able to get into a groove a bit,” Burch said. “I think it was just supercozy to know that we couldn’t leave our house. Sometimes I can procrastinate, especially when I have no one telling me that I have to do something. So I think that was a nice time to just really push ourselves to do it. … There was a sense of urgency.” While Burch felt pressure recording her follow-up, the album itself captures the laid-back feel of the older jazz ballads and musical soundtracks Burch said she loves for their “chiller vibe.” But Burch, who said she also loves Ariana Grande, Rhianna and Empress Of, brings her own style and perspective to the music. As she sings in “To the Boys,” “I’m not a quiet singer / But I’m a quiet talker / They tell me to be louder / No, I won’t even bother / That’s not my style / I don’t need to scream to get my point across / I don’t need to yell to know that I’m the boss / That is my choice / And this is my voice.” Avant-garde folk act Seph(ra), fronted by UCO lecturer Sephra Scheuber, is scheduled to open the concert, and performances will be followed by a Q&A with Burch. Tickets are $10. Visit acm.uco.edu.

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Hippo Campus takes on toxic masculinity on its latest album, Bambi. By Jeremy Martin

Hippo Campus guitarist Nathan Stocker said the band’s new album, Bambi, is fire. Actually, make that a fire. “Landmark is kind of, like, dusk-ish, you know, sunset kind of, like, about to be chill,” Stocker said of the band’s 2017 debut, “and Bambi is when the sun is all the way down and you’re having a fire with your friends but you don’t know how to talk to each other because of toxic masculinity. … It’s like we found this fire that we were all standing around and we were like, ‘OK, how can we all become better people after getting warm together?’” The band, which also includes frontman Jake Luppen, drummer Whistler Allen, bassist Zach Sutton and trumpet player DeCarlo Jackson, collectively wanted to talk about the effect toxic masculinity has in their own lives, Stocker said, because of the obvious effect it’s having on America. “We always want to be as honest as possible with the way that we portray ourselves in our music, and obviously in our country’s climate right now, socially speaking, men are the problem,” Stocker said, “and we’re trying to figure out how to not be.” Unfortunately, taking an honest look at the ways they contribute to the problem became complicated by their inability to fully communicate with each other during the songwriting process, which Stocker compared to a therapy session. “There was an element of weird, like, ‘Oh, I have something to say but we don’t know

how to say it directly, so we’ll just write a song about it,’” Stocker said. “And some of the songs were kind of about each other, but a lot of them are also about other people in our lives. Relationship maintenance quickly became the theme, and mental health and whatnot. … It was also kind of like, ‘Aw, damn! How passiveaggressive could we be with the songs that we were writing?’ It’s only healthy if you get what you need to say out but also deal with it in real life too; don’t just let that shit fester. … Again, the patriarchy, man, it’s a son of a bitch.”

High school, musical

The fact that the majority of the St. Paul, Minnesota, band formed in high school made some of the conflicts within the band feel more personal. “It’s weird because you spend so much time with somebody and it’s like, ‘They know everything about me,’” Stocker said, “but then it breaks down and you’re like, ‘Wow! there’s still so much work to do when it comes to this relationship.’ So it’s, like, a daily thing. I don’t think anybody will ever have it figured out entirely, but that’s what makes the human experience worth it, I guess. You keep trying. … It’s like a marriage. You’ve gotta work on that shit every day.” The bandmates, unable to fully communicate with each other and wanting to explore different songwriting methods from their previous releases, decided to split up to

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each work on their own contributions before bringing them to the group. “We kind of just wanted to not start songs with a guitar riff and jam in a band,” Stocker said. “Well, that’s not entirely true; some of us wanted to do that, but we got into writing individually just to see how far we could take our individual visions for a song, and then we would bring them to the table and see which ones could vibe together.” Despite the disjointed writing process, the finished product sounds like a cohesive musical statement, and Stocker credits producer B.J. Burton (Bon Iver, Low) for linking the chains. “It’s kind of weird how that happens,” Stocker said. “You start with one song and then you’ve got another song and then, ‘Whoa! Wow! Look at this weird road we’re going down!’ And then there’s an album and it’s like, ‘How the fuck did we get here?’ … It was a real eye-opening experience listening to the album in one sitting, front to back. It’s like, ‘Whoa! What kind of journey is this?’” Even after hearing the album, Stocker said he’s not entirely sure his contributions on “Why Even Try” and the song formerly know as “Burn the Room,” which he said was renamed “Bubbles” for “some fucking reason,” took the form he’d wanted them to. “I’m just trying to figure that out. It’s still so confusing to me, having different versions of songs in my brain, pre-existing replicas of them,” Stocker said. “It’s kind of hard to know which one is more valuable, I guess, which is kind of stupid. I mean, they’re all good. They all, at the end of the day, serve their own purpose, but I am happy with how everything turned out. It’s a crazyweird record, but it’s all right. It’s cool.”

Blaming Beatles

Songs, like people, transform over time, and it’s not always evident that the alterations are improvements. “You’re like, ‘Oh, man! I don’t know why something changed when I just wanted it to be the same way as it was,’” Stocker said. “You feel that with old songs too. The songs that people love and the songs that you know and love, you’re different now and the way that you play them is different, and it’s like, ‘Wow! How do we adapt that live?’ It’s really kind of stressful sometimes. … But why try? Make it something new. Let it exist in a different way.” While he’s not sure the album offers any solutions, recording Bambi helped the young men in Hippo Campus more clearly identify the problems they struggle with. “I don’t know about answers, but the most important part was definitely just asking the questions in the first place,” Stocker said. “I don’t know if the answers exist, but the important thing is that the questions do.” The album’s effect on the band’s fans is also difficult to judge, Stocker said, because the discussion surrounding it seems one-sided. “Our fan base is mostly female, and talking about masculinity and the way that it should be is definitely a topic, but when it comes to actually employing different methods of changing the way that we approach it, it’s kind of hard to do just because we don’t have a large male audience,” Stocker said. “We don’t get to talk to as many male fans as female fans, and I think both parties are definitely significant in that conversation.” When asked why Hippo Campus’ fan base is so predominately female, Stocker briefly discusses the way the band was marketed in its early days on social media before pointing the finger back several decades to one of rock’s first heartthrob phenomena. “I think the Beatles are to blame,” he said. Visit thejonesassembly.com. Hippo Campus plays Monday at The Jones Assembly, 901 W. Sheridan Ave., with The Districts. | Photo Pooneh Ghana / provided

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FRIDAY, NOV. 2 Bob Log III/Billy Joe Winghead, Opolis. ROCK Clint Scholz Band, Okie Tonk Café. COUNTRY

Bryce Merritt/KALO Released Oct. 26, Edmond-born, Nashville-based pop maven Bryce Merritt’s Chroma: III continues his colorcoded EP series with radio-ready “Cool” and “Good Taste,” which smartly matches smooth, R&B-inspired vocals and ultra-modern dance music. OKC’s KALO, fronted by mesmerizing Israeli guitarist and vocalist Bat-or Kalo, plays blistering blues-rock that doesn’t hesitate to color outside the lines. They should complement each other quite nicely. Taste the rainbow 8 p.m. Saturday at Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd St. Tickets are $20-$22. Call 405-708-6937 or visit towertheatreokc.com. SATURDAY Photo provided

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You have officially arrived at the heart of the most therapeutic phase of your cycle. Congratulations! It’s an excellent time to fix what’s wrong, hurt, or distorted. You will attract more help than you can imagine if you summon an aggressive approach toward finding antidotes and cures. A good way to set the tone for your aggressive determination to feel better is to heed this advice from poet Maya Angelou: “Take a day to heal from the lies you’ve told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

U2’s singer Bono, born under the sign of Taurus, says that all of us suffer from the sense that something’s missing from our lives. We imagine that we lack an essential quality or experience, and its absence makes us feel sad and insufficient. French philosopher Blaise Pascal referred to this emptiness as “a God-shaped hole.” Bono adds that “you can never completely fill that hole,” but you may find partial fixes through love and sex, creative expression, family, meaningful work, parenting, activism, and spiritual devotion. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I have a strong suspicion that in the coming weeks you will have more power to fill your Godshaped hole than you’ve had in a long time.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

“Most of our desires are clichés, right? Ready to wear, one size fits all. I doubt if it’s even possible to have an original desire anymore.” So says a character in Gemini author Tobias Wolff’s short story “Sanity.” Your assignment in the coming weeks, Gemini, is to refute and rebel against this notion. The cosmic rhythms will work in your favor to the degree that you cultivate innovative yearnings and unique urges. I hope you’ll make it your goal to have the experiences necessary to stir up an outbreak of original desires.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) If you’re a typical member of the Cancerian tribe, you’re skilled at responding constructively when things go wrong. Your intelligence rises up hot and strong when you get sick or rejected or burned. But if you’re a classic Crab, you have less savvy in dealing with triumphs. You may sputter when faced with splashy joy, smart praise, or lucky breaks. But everything I just said is meant to be a challenge, not a curse. One of the best reasons to study astrology is to be aware of the potential shortcomings of your sign so you can outwit and overcome them. That’s why I think that eventually you’ll evolve to the point where you won’t be a bit flustered when blessings arrive. And the immediate future will bring you excellent opportunities to upgrade your response to good fortune.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

“Each of us needs something of an island in her life,” said poet John Keats. “If not an actual island, at least some place, or space in time, in which to be herself, free to cultivate her differences from others.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Leo, you’ll be wise to spend extra time on your own island in the next two weeks. Solitude is unlikely to breed unpleasant loneliness, but will instead inspire creative power and evoke inner strength. If you don’t have an island yet, go in search! (P.S.: I translated Keats’ pronouns into the feminine gender.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

I’m rooting for you to engage in experimental intimacy, Virgo. I hope you’ll have an affinity for sweet blends and incandescent mixtures and arousing juxtapositions. To get in the right mood for this playful work, you could read love poetry and listen to uplifting songs that potentize your urge to merge. Here are a few lyrical passages to get you warmed up. 1. “Your flesh quivers against mine like moonlight on the sea.” —Julio Cortázar 2. “When she smiles like that she is as beautiful as all my secrets. —Anne Carson 3. “My soul is alight with your infinitude of stars . . . The flowers of your garden blossom in my body.” —Rabindranath Tagore 4. “I can only find you by looking deeper, that’s how love leads us into the world.” —Anne Michaels

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Of course I want you to have more money. I’d love for you to buy experiences that expand your mind, deepen your emotional intelligence, and foster your ability to create inspiring forms of togetherness. My soul would celebrate if you got access to new wealth that enabled you to go in quest of spiritual fun and educational adventures. On the other hand, I wouldn’t be thrilled about you spending extra cash on trivial desires or fancy junk you don’t really need. Here’s why I feel this way: to the extent that you seek more money to pursue your most righteous cravings, you’re likely to get more money.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

“Penetralia” is a word that means the innermost or most private parts, the most secret and mysterious places. It’s derived from the same Latin term that evolved into the word “penetrate.” You Scorpios are of course the zodiac’s masters of penetralia. More than any other sign, you’re likely to know where the penetralia are, as well as how to get to them and what to do when you get to them. I suspect that this tricky skill will come in extra handy during the coming weeks. I bet your intimate adeptness with penetralia will bring you power, fun, and knowledge.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Sagittarian poet Rainer Maria Rilke suggested that we cultivate an alertness for the ever-present possibility of germination and gestation. On a regular basis, he advised, we should send probes down into the darkness, into our unconscious minds, to explore for early signs of awakening. And when we discover the forces of renewal stirring there in the depths, we should be humble and reverent toward them, understanding that they are as-yet beyond the reach of our ability to understand. We shouldn’t seek to explain and define them at first, but simply devote ourselves to nurturing them. Everything I just said is your top assignment in the coming weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

You’re in a phase of your cycle when your influence is at a peak. People are more receptive than usual to your ideas and more likely to want the same things you do. Given these conditions, I think the best information I can offer

you is the following meditation by Capricorn activist Martin Luther King Jr. “Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Aquarian environmentalist Edward Abbey spent much of his life rambling around in the great outdoors. He was an emancipated spirit who regarded the natural world as the only church he needed. In an eruption of ecstatic appreciation, he once testified that “Life is a joyous dance through daffodils beneath cerulean blue skies and then, then what? I forget what happens next.” And yet the truth is, Abbey was more than a wild-hearted Dionysian explorer in the wilderness. He found the discipline and diligence to write 23 books! I mention this, Aquarius, because now is a perfect time for you to be like the disciplined and diligent and productive version of Abbey.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

For renowned Piscean visual artist Anne Truitt (1921– 2004), creating her work was high adventure. She testified that artists like her had “to catapult themselves wholly, without holding back one bit, into a course of action without having any idea where they will end up. They are like riders who gallop into the night, eagerly leaning on their horse’s neck, peering into a blinding rain.” Whether or not you’re an artist, Pisces, I suspect your life in the coming weeks may feel like the process she described. And that’s a good thing! A fun thing! Enjoy your ride.

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