BLOG: Lawmaker removes LGBT protections from rideshare bill
A bill that would regulate rideshare services like Uber and Lyft at the state level passed the Oklahoma Senate without any protections for same-sex riders.House Bill 1614 would require all rideshare...
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New leadership ready to drive state Democrats down long road
Joe Hartman (Provided)The dining room at Boulevard Cafeteria in Midtown is filled mostly with older citizens who have devoted much of their lives to advancing Oklahoma’s Democratic Party, a tall order,...
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FRINGE encourages growth for women artists, plans art show
Artwork to be displayed at FRINGE. (Provided)The Project Box, an art gallery located in the Paseo Arts District, will host the Oklahoma City Women’s Art Organization Group Art Exhibition, FRINGE’s...
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Deerpeople’s long awaited album catches energy of live show
Translating a live performance to an album is perhaps the most difficult thing for a band to do, especially when that band is excellent live.And particularly when that band has such a frenetic level of...
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OKC production company offers high tech gear, experience
Blake Sullivan with his two addys. (Provided)In Oklahoma City’s past, those in creative media industries like audio and film production found their opportunities in the metro stagnant at best. But like...
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Lyric Theatre’s new season starts June 23
The cast of Oklahoma! (KO Rineason)The groundbreaking Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! redefined musical theater when it first appeared on Broadway in 1943. Even those who have never set foot...
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UCO offers a summertime cool-down with a free movie
Meghan Braseull in front of Mitchell Hall Theatre in Edmond. (Garett Fisbeck)Unlike today, when folks hang their bare feet over the seat in front of them and cell phones light up the darkened theater,...
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A 40-year-old documentary about Leon Russell finally gets its home debut
Leon Russell in A Poem Is a Naked Person. (Janus Films / Provided)Forty years after filming, an intimate documentary of Oklahoma rock star Leon Russell made its official premier earlier this year at...
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Whimsical Oklahoma-based characters on display at The Project Box
“Krebs Dinner Belle” by Shel Wagner (Provided)Shel Wagner’s art is a cryptic love letter to Oklahoma. She likes to make portraits of people that don’t exist from discarded items. Her first solo...
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Throw on your dancing shoes and pearls for Broadway Ball
Michael Baron (GAZETTE STAFF / FILE)Two-tone wingtips, beaded sheaths and long pearls will be on display at this year’s Broadway Ball benefitting Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. The unique look of the...
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Book discussion series takes on America’s favorite pastime
Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story by LeAnne Howe (Provided)In many ways, baseball can be seen as the measuring stick of American history.The sport has been played in some iteration in this country...
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Chicken-Fried News: Joe Blunt
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt smells a skunk.Last week, Oklahoma and Nebraska jointly filed written arguments with the U.S. Supreme Court that requested permission to sue Colorado over its...
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Cover Story: Summer Wheat takes inspiration from 17th-century art and her...
(Photo by Garett Fisbeck)Daylight breaks through brightly colored panes that checker the glassed-in lobby. The reflected hues of stained glass signal something pure. Come nighttime, light from within...
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African-American community unites to combat troubling infant mortality trends
From left, Kamisha Busby, Karen Jacobs, Twyler Earl and James Dorn led the Infant Mortality Alliance, a new group working to reduce infant mortality in the African-American community in Oklahoma...
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OKCMOA exhibit chronicles over a century of our state’s cultural heritage
Don Eddy, “Private Parking V,” 1971. (Oklahoma City Museum of Art / Westheimer Family Collection / Provided)Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s Our City, Our Collection: Building the Museum’s Lasting Legacy...
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Cover Story: Even as local teen birth rates decline, they remain some of the...
(Illustration: Chris Street / Oklahoma Gazette)When teenagers Katia Harms and Zoe White recounted their first discussions with adults about sex, the two friends described bewildering and painful...
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Laron Chapman hopes his film shatters age-old Hollywood stereotypes
Laron Chapman (Garett Fisbeck)The silver screen has flashed many characters in front of Laron Chapman’s eyes: Italian mobsters, black gangsters, turban-wearing terrorists, smart and mysterious Asians...
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Letters to the Editor: June 15, 2016
Smart moneyIn this current political season, there have been a number of speeches and interviews stating “Make America Great Again!” America is and will continue to be a great nation, but as with all...
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Chicken-Fried News: Cowboy queen
Oklahoma is a lot of things. It’s where the wind comes sweeping down the plain. It’s where the waving wheat sure smells sweet.It’s also the namesake of the Queen of England’s favorite song.BBC Radio 2...
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Activist Paula Sophia Schonauer uses logic, compassion to confront intolerance
Paula Sophia Schonauer speaks at a protest for transgender rights at the Oklahoma State Capitol in this May 24 file photo. (Garett Fisbeck / File)Perhaps the people accustomed to living outside the...
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