Good Fortune

Music
Phil Bacharach
Your lucky numbers are 12 and 31, as ’80s metro mainstays The Fortune Tellers make a ballyhooed reunion on New Year’s Eve.

 

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Male call

Restaurant Reviews
Carol Smaglinski
Devoted to perfection, The Cow Calf-Hay focuses on burgers, that all-time, feel-good food for guys.

 

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Chicago marathon

Music
Chris Parker
Chicago outlasts the scorn of the 1980s to establish itself as one of the biggest pop acts of all time.

 

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Athlete altruism

Features
Dean Anderson
The University of Oklahoma’s women’s basketball team and coach Sherri Coale give back to community.

 

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Bang on!

Despite setbacks, Bang Tango is in the glam-metal game for the long haul, making lots of noise along the way.

Music
Chris Parker
It all happened pretty quickly. One moment, Bang Tango singer Joe Lesté was just Joe McElyea, a 19-year-old from San Diego, Calif. The next, he was a rock star with a major-label deal and a hit video on MTV.

 

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Miniature magic carpet ride

Sooner Theatre produces 'Aladdin Jr.' with young actors

Kids
Courtney Silva
From “Beauty and the Beast” to “The Little Mermaid,” numerous Disney classics have been adapted for the stage, and now it’s Sooner Theatre’s turn.

 

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Amazing haul turned Thunder into contender

Sometimes sucking is the best thing to do.

Sports
Clark Matthews
The news of the Thunder’s 112-107 loss to the Denver Nuggets Jan. 19 was lost in the wake of surprise headlines when Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov announced that afternoon that his team, the New Jersey Nets, was no longer interested in acquiring Denver star Carmelo Anthony.

 

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Ground floor

Going up? The Burning Hotels were when they changed their sex-punk sound. Now dancier, the act aims straight for the penthouse suite.

Music
Joshua Boydston

The Burning Hotels with the Pretty Black Chains
7 p.m. Friday
Warpaint Clothing Co., 1710 N.w. 16th
www.warpaintstore.com, 602-1581
free

 

Wednesday, February 9, 2011