News
Clifton Adcock
A bill currently at the Legislature would help clear the way for Oklahoma City to allow racing events on city streets.
Thursday 23 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: oklahoma
Start your engines
A measure that makes way for another professional sporting event is cruising through the Legislature.
News
Clifton Adcock
A bill currently at the Legislature would help clear the way for Oklahoma City to allow racing events on city streets.
OKC to SXSW
Local musicians will play a three-day showcase at South by Southwest with the festival’s official seal of approval.
Music
Stephen Carradini
If South by Southwest sounds like an esoteric compass setting or vaguely reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock movie, it’s time for a redefinition.
National pride
Republic Gastropub flies the flag for upscale pub food and beer. Lots and lots of beer.
Restaurant Reviews
Jenny Coon Peterson
Republic Gastropub
5830 N. Classen Blvd.
286-4577
www.RepublicGastropub.com
Don’t count out the tea party
The average Oklahoman aligns more with the tea party philosophy of limited government and lower taxes.
Commentary
Kyle D. Loveless
In the recent Oklahoma City Council elections, all of the candidates aligned with the tea party movement lost. Critics, news pieces and bloggers across the metro and state were using these losses as a setback or high-water mark of how much influence the tea party folks have in Oklahoma.
Eight is enough
City officials and consultants ponder how to include a ‘headquarters hotel’ in the convention center plans.
News
Clifton Adcock
Eight locations around downtown Oklahoma City are being eyed as possible sites for the MAPS 3 convention center.
Brawl in Bricktown
Who let the Dawgz out? Doesn’t matter, because the Bricktown Brawlers promise a better indoor football experience.
Sports
Dean Anderson
Bricktown Brawlers vs. West Texas Roughnecks
3:05 p.m. Sunday
Cox Convention Center 1 Myriad Gardens
bricktownbrawlers.com, 602-8557
Summer Wars
Had me a blast. Not even the anime-adverse are immune to the charms of ‘Summer Wars,’ a Japanese adventure with crossover appeal.
Science Fiction
Rod Lott
Summer Wars
7:30 p.m. Thursday, 5:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch
OKCMOA.com, 236-3100
$8, $6 seniors
‘Marijuana is here to stay’
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.
SXSW FAQ
Well, frequently asked by Oklahoma Gazette, that is. We polled 12 local acts about their expectations for South by Southwest.
Music
Stephen Carradini
If Oklahoma sounds a bit quieter today than usual, it’s for good reason: A slew of state musicians are in Texas, at Austin’s South by Southwest music conference, running through Saturday.
Counterpoint: ‘Fear stifles innovation’
Oklahoma needs a fair and quick legal system
Commentary
Fred Morgan
“We need lawsuit reform now!” I am confident that is a statement you have heard for years, from doctors, politicians and the business community. But what is often left unsaid is how lawsuit reform (or the lack thereof) would impact each and every Oklahoman.
