Saturday 25 May
OKG Newsletter
Greg Horton
Show me The Greens
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
The Greens Country Club, 13100 Green Valley Drive, and local entrepreneur Clarke Harris are sponsoring an end-of-summer beach party to raise money for the Oklahoma chapter of the Make- A-Wish Foundation.
Human food
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Chef Kurt Fleischfresser is hosting a fundraising dinner for Posthuman, an independent film project made by Oklahomans, at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Will Rogers Theater, 4322 N. Western.
‘Hope’ springs
Televangelists Joel and Victoria Osteen bring their popular but controversial gospel to town with ‘A Night of Hope.’
Features
Greg Horton
Joel Osteen
7 p.m. Thursday
Mardel Christian Store
4848 Northwest Expressway
mardel.com
773-1717
A Night of Hope
7:30 p.m. Friday
Chesapeake Energy Arena
100 W. Reno
chesapeakearena.com
602-8700
$15
Spice of life
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
A recently opened store in Oklahoma City hopes to spice things up, literally.
Like a rock
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
After being badly damaged in a May 30 fire, Redrock Canyon Grill is scheduled to reopen in mid-October.
Red, red wine
As the temperatures cool, keep the palate warm with Pinot Noirs, an excellent transitional wine from summer to fall.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
The return of football is a welcome reminder that sub-90-degree temperatures mean red wine is once again an appropriate choice.
Feeling thirsty?
Tip your glass in the name of charity! Thirst for a Cause raises money for the Oklahoma Hospitality Foundation.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Thirst for a Cause 2012
6:30-9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19
Jim Thorpe Museum & Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame
4040 N. Lincoln Blvd.
thirstwine.com
942-8181
$75-$89
Tucker up
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
On Friday, Tucker’s Onion Burgers opens its second Oklahoma City location at Classen Curve at 5740 N. Classen Blvd.
New brew
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Two Oklahoma breweries have doubled their fall releases, meaning more seasonal sampling for beer lovers.
Digging deep
Students from an Edmond college are digging up history on an archaeological trip in Israel.
News
Greg Horton
Students from Edmond’s Herbert W. Armstrong College recently traveled to Israel to work on an archaeological dig site possibly linked to King Solomon.
Seasonal selections
A number of OKC chefs are busy working on fall menus.
Vouch for it
The Homeless Alliance provides an alternative to spare change.
News
Greg Horton
When Shane Warren Speegle told an Oklahoma City police officer he made $60,000 last year by panhandling, the story quickly went viral thanks to The Huffington Post. Locally, KOCO Channel 5 broadcast the story, but with no way to verify Speegle’s income, it might be wise to take his claim with a dose of skepticism.
Like it dirty?
Shaken or stirred, a martini can be enjoyed in more ways than one.
Evergreen wine
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
In a spring wine-tasting at Ranch Steakhouse, 3000 W. Britton, a group of restaurateurs, wine professionals and food-service staff blind tasted some of Napa Valley’s best wines side-by-side with Washington wines. For both Cabernet and Merlot, the room overwhelmingly chose the Washington offerings.
