I met Annah Chakola while wandering around The Girlie Show last fall. There are dozens of artists at The Girlie Show, but something about Annah’s booth, Boho Gypsy, kept drawing me back. From the colors and materials she uses to the stories behind her creations, it was all too easy to get hung up just [...]
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Spotlight: Mixology
Mixology is a brand new event in OKC. Conceived by a group of people from a variety of backgrounds in the performing arts, the event aims to give Oklahomans access to a multitude of artists as well as fostering the development of this growing community. Guests will be able to buy cocktails and watch [...]
List: The 11 Most Ridiculous Pieces of OKC Thunder Merchandise I Could Find
Let it never be said that the NBA is bad at branding. I remember all of the bitching and whining when the OKC Thunder logo was first announced; between the advertising genius of the NBA and the basketball genius of Durant and Co. , the city seems to have warmed up to that logo quite [...]
Spotlight: Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School
Real art school could take a few lessons from Dr. Sketchy’s.
SPOTLIGHT ON: Urban Wineworks
Do you like wine? Well, it may not matter; Urban Wineworks probably has something you’ll like. Open since late last year, Urban Wineworks is a stylish wine bar/ bistro that has a wine menu that caters to every taste; from their crisp, European-style chardonnay to their bold, full-bodied pinot taj, you can find [...]
Spotlight: Keep It Local OK
We interviewed co-founders Bryce Bandy and Chris Branson about their Keep It Local OK program. Branson said they’d looked at some of the different models of promoting local businesses in other cities and states. Initially Branson noticed this trend of local promotion on a road trip when they’d stopped in Austin, Texas. Branson [...]
The Asian District is A Little Saigon, A Little Oklahoma
Between the gold geodesic dome, the giant milk bottle, the distant spires of a neo-gothic church, the giant LED palm trees flickering in the distance, and the cell phone store shaped like a Buddhist Stupa, you could be forgiven for asking “where the hell am I?” The intersection of NW 23rd St. and Classen is [...]
Spotlight on: Elemental Coffee
Article by Helen Grant/Video by Kenny Madison. It is something of a spectator sport to walk into Elemental Coffee and order your favorite bean while roaster Micah Metheny is carefully crafting the next batch of Groove, Pursha, or Saucha over in the next room. In addition to providing coffee, Elemental Coffee also sells locally-produced food, [...]
Have Yourself A Local Little Christmas: The Last Minute Buying Guide
If your ambitions on wrapping up your Christmas shopping have yet to come into fruition, worry not. In these pages you will find a bevy of local shops where patrons do not suffer from overcrowding and high-stakes parking. Some locations will even let you schedule time to shop outside of normal business hours and, most [...]
How to Win At Black Friday
When it comes to planning a military campaign, Patton’s got nothing on me. The war in question involves fighting the hordes of holiday shoppers that will descend upon the malls and numerous retail outlets on the day after Thanksgiving – more fondly referred to as “Black Friday”. In order to successfully accumulate the greatest amount [...]
