Friday 24 May
OKG Newsletter
Kelley Chambers
Seeking C-Town
Daily nonstop flights make it easy for OKC residents to check out how much Cleveland rocks.
Features
Kelley Chambers
Headlines out of Cleveland, Ohio, have been anything but positive these last few weeks, but don't let that color your view of the city that overlooks Lake Erie.
Like a rock
Two metro high school stadiums built in the Depression era are due a makeover
News
Kelley Chambers
Gary Armbruster said he wants to make one thing clear: No one is tearing down Taft Stadium’s historic rock wall that has faced N. May Avenue for more than 70 years.
Son shines
A rising star in his own right, Beatles son James McCartney brings a welcome low-key show to The Blue Door.
Music
Kelley Chambers
By no fault of his own, James McCartney has one of the most famous faces on the planet. He looks like the cute Beatle, but he has reddish-blond hair and a rounder face.
This museum kills fascists
With a collection numbering 10,000 the Woody Guthrie Center opens in Tulsa.
Visual Arts
Kelley Chambers
For much of her life, what Nora Guthrie knew about her father, Woody Guthrie, came from his body of work, a smattering of memories and the recollections of the folk stars who admired and learned from him.
After Aubrey
Nonprofits and retailers wonder about their relationship with Chesapeake in a post-McClendon environment.
News
Kelley Chambers
Some could argue that in addition to being in the energy business, Chesapeake Energy is in the Oklahoma City business. From shopping centers to the support of nonprofits and the arts, many rely on Chesapeake dollars. With the departure of Chesapeake co-founder and CEO Aubrey McClendon, many who benefit from the company’s philanthropic efforts wonder what’s next.
Bricktown Holiday
News
Kelley Chambers
A Holiday Inn Express with 124 rooms will replace the former Steffen’s Ice Cream building in Bricktown. A building permit filed with Oklahoma City listed the job value of the project at $18 million.
Going downtown
Renovation plans are underway for the next home of OCU law school.
News
Kelley Chambers
The Oklahoma City University School of Law will move downtown over the next two years after the university last month purchased the former Central High School building. The school currently is spread among four buildings on the OCU campus.
Rejuvenating the strip
OKC Pride works with community leaders on a revitalization plan along 39th Street.
News
Kelley Chambers
For years, the area around N.W. 39th and Pennsylvania has been home to a loose-knit collection of bars and businesses catering to Oklahoma City’s gay and lesbian community. But Jeremy Crites, president of OKC Pride, said it has lacked a sense of community.
Taking root
Downtown OKC’s first grocery store hopes to grow with the burgeoning area.
Food and Drink Features
Kelley Chambers
Matt Runkle is quick to point out he did not abandon Norman in favor of Oklahoma City as the home of Native Roots Market.
KD’s kitchen
Lower Bricktown will feel the rumble from Thunder player Kevin Durant.
Food and Drink Features
Kelley Chambers
If you have a compliment or complaint about the food or service at KD’s, a restaurant slated to open in about a year in Lower Bricktown, don’t hesitate to have a word with the restaurant’s owner, Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant.
At the top
Vast offers one-of-a-kind views in a sophisticated new dining space.
Food and Drink Features
Kelley Chambers
Dining at Vast, on the 49th and 50th floors of Devon tower, 333 W. Sheridan, it is difficult to look at anything other than the view.
Second shot
A revised plan for Bricktown’s Kevin Durant restaurant gets a go from Urban Renewal.
Food and Drink Features
Kelley Chambers
After receiving a stern talking-to at September’s Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority meeting, developer Randy Hogan went back to the drawing board for a planned Lower Bricktown building to house a Kevin Durant-branded restaurant.
Rise up
Big plans are in store for a retail space at N.W. 23rd Street and Walker Avenue, to be redubbed The Rise.
Stay golden
The iconic Gold Dome building gets a new owner at a foreclosure auction.
News
Kelley Chambers
The geodesic gold dome at N.W. 23rd Street and Classen Boulevard has a new owner after a foreclosure auction today. David Box, CEO of Box Talent and Box Real Estate, was the sole bidder on the 1958 building.
Top of the city
Dine in the sky this coming October!
Food and Drink Features
Kelley Chambers
Vast, the restaurant atop the Devon tower, is set to open Oct. 24.
