Food and Drink Features
Carol Smaglinski
We’ve stolen a glimpse into the crystal ball. Here are the trends that could be headline grabbers in 2011.

Letters to the Editor
R. Cass
I must agree with Roy Williams (“Point: Revise outmoded liquor laws”) that discussions about such hot-button topics as expanding the sale of wine and beer into grocery stores are healthy to a free-market economy and should always be welcomed.

Letters to the Editor
Ron Ferrell
When I moved to Oklahoma City in the 1980s, there was “liquor by the wink,” and the other loophole was to bring your own bottle in order to have a cocktail, or become a member of that club. Liquor by the drink was illegal, but there were ways around the law.

Features
Gazette staff
Employers may take advantage of high unemployment by offering lower-than-usual salaries to new hires, warns a corporate recruiting consultant.

CFN
Gazette staff
“Our family is relieved that justice has been served in honor of David, and so many others. We are grateful for all the immense sacrifices that so many have made to bring about this justice.

Music
Gazette staff
Although Grupo Montéz de Durango forges a heavy-percussion sound influenced by traditional Mexican music, the multi-member act is based in Chicago.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Woody Guthrie Folk Festival featuring Jimmy LaFave, Stoney LaRue, Shawn Mullins and more
Wednesday-Sunday
Okemah
woodyguthrie.com 918-623-2440
Free