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Tough bike racing, the Tulsa Run, the Route 66 Marathon and the NCAA basketball finals. The Tulsa area offers more than 80 miles of pedestrian and bicycle trails for a great way to see Tulsa.

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Our city is home to the world’s greatest collection of western art at the Gilcrease Museum as well as Italian Renaissance displays at the Philbrook Museum. It’s a treasure trove for lovers of architecture from mid-century modern housing to the downtown Art Deco District and our iconic BOK Center, designed by the internationally acclaimed architect César Pelli.

Tulsa is also a city on the move. In the next few years, we will open the greatest city park in America at Tulsa’s River Parks, become the home to an Olympic sport, and build a lake in the center of the city to create new recreational opportunities for our entire region.

I’m pleased so many of you have made your home in Tulsa. If you’re visiting our city, please enjoy your stay here. I also want to invite you to come back often to experience opportunities you won’t find anywhere else.

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C ON THE COVER

F FEATURES 18 BEAT THIS

With a singular vision and focus that struck him from an early age, Jason Gilardi has successfully built a career that’s kept him behind a drum kit in one manner or another through three decades and counting.

72 82 BUN AND GAMES

There are all kinds of fun and games to be had at Dave & Buster’s, but make sure you enjoy the family-friendly sports bar’s unique drinks and great food too.

22 PR SHEROES

Female-owned public relations and strategy firm sixPR may not be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but they’ve provided their clients with plenty of super results.

86 CLASSIC PERFECTION

Still serving their famous Caesar salad, steaks, coldwater lobster and skillet-fried chicken, Celebrity Restaurant is like a moment frozen in the mid-‘60s and a monument to Tulsa’s culinary history.

24 SAVOR SUMMER

We don’t need to tell you that the summer months are precious. That’s why we gathered a list of great ideas so you can make it your best one yet.

36 HOUSE WORK

76

76 HIGH STEAKS

As much as Green Country loves barbecue and comfort food, this is a steak state.

The history of our steakhouses runs deep, and the genre continues to grow and evolve with varied takes on prep and presentation.

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92 BANK ON IT

Banking in a shipping container could present many challenges, but Blue Sky Bank has flourished in The Boxyard, building relationships with businesses and employees downtown.

D DEPARTMENTS

86

8 $91.80 in 48 Challenge 10 Music + Concerts +

Comedy

COVER CREDIT Photographer: Sarah Eliza Roberts Model: Megan Marie Scyrkels Clothes: Modern Mess Venue: The Boxyard Ice Cream: Rose Rock Microcreamery

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Linda Powell and her family have worked diligently to offer a unique dining and sightseeing experience at Molly’s Landing that offers something hard to find anywhere else in Green Country.

Home improvement projects can be fun but can become the thing of nightmares with flaky contractors, repairs gone awry and overblown budgets.

24 As the mercury soars, so does the fun when you’re armed with our ultimate roadmap to summer entertainment. With water parks, indoor amusement, lakes, state parks, museums, shopping and a plethora of cold drinks and treats, there’s always something going down in the 918 when things turn hot.

90 MOLLY’S GAME CHANGER

12 Happenings 14 Street Talk

47 Sports Schedule

68 Cocktail Confidential

49 Downtown Locator

72 Eats + Treats

50 Tulsa Locator

74 Food for Thought

52 Homegrown Heroes

90 Masters of Flavor

56 Green Country Scene

92 Get to Know

16 Conversation Starter

58 Style + Shopping

94 Shelf Life

18 Sound Check

60 Health + Fitness

96 Showtime

42 Sports Central

62 Weigh-In

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SO, PROVIDING AN ENVELOPE OF CASH AND TELLING PEOPLE TO SPEND IT IN 48 HOURS ISN’T EXACTLY A CHALLENGE, BUT IT MAKES THIS ASSIGNMENT SOUND A LOT MORE INTERESTING.

We stopped by the LandShark Pool and Bar at River Spirit Casino Resort for a taste of the mixed drinks and cold beer. The margaritas were delicious and hit the spot on a hot Memorial Day. The DJ was perfect and we look forward to going again.

COST: $17.34

STOP #2

The classic Olé queso and sopes were our choice of appetizers at Café Ole, and since the Tecates are $2 on Tuesdays, we decided to indulge. The queso was creamy with the right hint of spice.

Our mouths watered with the chicken tinga and the albondiga meatball Sopes. The flavors were spot on. Can’t wait to go back and try the other dishes.

STOP #3

COST: $27.33

The mission posed to Dana and James Whittaker was to spend $91.80 (we used the local area code for the amount) in two days.

And if they could find fun and free activities … bonus.

Before dinner, we dropped by to check out Dwelling Spaces at The Boxyard downtown. We grabbed an awesome button pin, and enjoyed all the cool T-shirts, coffee mugs and artwork. Great place to bring your out-of-town family and guests for some Oklahoma pride.

COST: $10.80

The only catch was that they had to spend it at places, events or shops profiled in the June 2018 issue of Preview 918.

While at The Boxyard, we couldn’t pass up the chance to try one of the newer restaurants downtown, Sabores.

With great margaritas, mixed drinks and salsa, we were satisfied with the Taquitos Dorados with their rich flavor and crunch. From the tacos to the soups, Sabores offers a lot of variety with a great atmosphere.

COST: $36.33

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H HAPPENINGS JULY LIVE MUSIC VENUES 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE BAR | RIVER SPIRIT CASINO RESORT

8330 Riverside Parkway | Tulsa

BLACKBIRD ON PEARL

1336 E. 6th St. | Tulsa

BOK CENTER

200 S. Denver Ave. | Tulsa

MUSIC+CONCERTS+COMEDY 1 KANSAS

The Joint: Tulsa | Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa | Catoosa

BRADY THEATER

9 DEF LEPPARD

777 W. Cherokee St. | Catoosa

CAIN’S BALLROOM

3

BUSH

5

KARAOKE NIGHT WITH TULSA KARAOKE DJ NIGHTS

423 N. Main St. | Tulsa

CROW CREEK TAVERN

3534 S. Peoria Ave. | Tulsa

DOG IRON SALOON | CHEROKEE CASINO 20900 S. 4200 Road | Claremore

GUTHRIE GREEN

111 E. M.B. Brady St. | Tulsa

Safari Joe’s H2O | Shark Beach Bar | Tulsa

ANNIE GUTHRIE

Woody Guthrie Center | Tulsa

20 RANDY BRUMLEY BAND

11-14 TONY TONE

Soul City | Tulsa

The Loony Bin | Tulsa

Safari Joe’s H2O | Shark Beach Bar | Tulsa

IDL BALLROOM

LADIES NIGHT WITH BACK ROAD STORY

BOK Center | Tulsa

10

Brady Theater | Tulsa

BOK Center | Tulsa

JOURNEY

105 W. M.B. Brady St. | Tulsa

CABIN CREEK | HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO TULSA

19 SUGARLAND

BOK Center | Tulsa

11-15

230 E. 1st St. | Tulsa

HANK WILLIAMS JR.

The Joint: Tulsa | Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa | Catoosa

WOODY GUTHRIE FOLK FESTIVAL

Various locations | Okemah

410 N. Main St. | Tulsa

JIMMY BUFFETT’S MARGARITAVILLE | RIVER SPIRIT CASINO RESORT

TOVAR 6 JACOB AND THE SADDLE

NIGHT WITH 12 ‘80S RADIO NATION

TRAMPS

8330 Riverside Pkwy. | Tulsa

5 S. Boston Ave. | Tulsa

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Tulsa Performing Arts Center | Tulsa

BOY GEORGE AND CULTURE CLUB

1747 S. Boston Ave. | Tulsa

OKLAHOMA JAZZ HALL OF FAME

1964 … THE TRIBUTE

Safari Joe’s H2O | Shark Beach Bar | Tulsa

Soul City | Tulsa

MERCURY LOUNGE

Soul City | Tulsa

Paradise Cove | River Spirit Casino Resort | Tulsa

8330 Riverside Pkwy. | Tulsa

BILL MAHER

THE B-52S

PEORIA SHOWPLACE | BUFFALO RUN CASINO & RESORT

PITBULL

PARADISE COVE | RIVER SPIRIT CASINO RESORT

DESI AND CODY

Paradise Cove | River Spirit Casino Resort | Tulsa

Brady Theater | Tulsa

1000 Buffalo Run Blvd. | Miami

Paradise Cove | River Spirit Casino Resort | Tulsa

RIFFS | HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO TULSA 777 W. Cherokee St. | Catoosa

THE SHRINE

112 E. 18th St. | Tulsa

SOUL CITY

1621 E. 11th St. | Tulsa

SOUNDPONY

409 N. Main St. | Tulsa

8

GABRIEL IGLESIAS

Paradise Cove | River Spirit Casino Resort | Tulsa

INNER CIRCLE VODKA BAR

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21 KALO

Soul City | Tulsa

28 DON WHITE BAND Soul City | Tulsa

NIALL HORAN

BOK Center | Tulsa

JOHNNY IRION

BAND OF HORSES

Woody Guthrie Center | Tulsa

Cain’s Ballroom | Tulsa

DONNY & MARIE

The Joint: Tulsa | Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa | Catoosa

WHITE 14 STEPHEN GROUP

29 KILLER QUEEN

Brady Theater | Tulsa

Soul City | Tulsa

THE COLONY

2809 S. Harvard Ave. | Tulsa

THE FUR SHOP

520 E. 3rd St. | Tulsa

SOUL CITY GASTROPUB RESIDENT SHOWS AND EVENTS

THE HUNT CLUB

224 N. Main St. | Tulsa

THE JOINT | HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO TULSA

777 W. Cherokee St. | Catoosa

THE VANGUARD

1621 E. 11th St. | Tulsa MONDAY: CLOSED | TUESDAY-FRIDAY: 4 P.M.-MIDNIGHT | SATURDAY: 1 P.M.-MIDNIGHT | SUNDAY: 1 P.M.- 10 P.M.

TUESDAYS:

222 N. Main St. | Tulsa

WOODY GUTHRIE CENTER

102 E. M.B. Brady St. | Tulsa

WOODY’S CORNER BAR

325 E. 2nd St. | Tulsa

YETI

417 N. Main St. | Tulsa

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LIVE EVENT TRIVIA NIGHT (7 P.M.)

WEDNESDAYS:

THURSDAYS:

RANDY BRUMLEY

ROBERT HOEFLING

FRIDAYS: SUSAN HERNDON

DON AND STEVE WHITE

THE BEGONIAS

SCOTT MUSICK AND FRIENDS

(5 P.M.)

(8 P.M.)

(5 P.M.)

(8 P.M.)

(5:30 P.M.)

(BI-WEEKLY AT 8 P.M.)

SUNDAYS: DUSTIN PITTSLEY TRIO GOSPEL BRUNCH (2 P.M.) BRUNER AND EICHER (6:30 P.M.)

SUNDAY

07.01

THURSDAY

08.09

DONNY & MARIE

5PM

FRIDAY

MARTINA MCBRIDE

8PM

6PM

07.08

BLONDIE

8PM

08.10

SATURDAY

09.01

LIGHTING IT UP SCAN TO PURCHASE TICKETS

Schedule subject to change.

SUNDAY

KANSAS

RINGO STARR

8PM

AI ALSO IN JULY JULY 1

JULY 12-15

Sequoyah State Park and Lodge | Hulbert

Bartlesville Community Center | Bartlesville

THE LITTLE MERMAID

BIG OM YOGA RETREAT

THE AMERICAN DREAM

AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART JULY 4

INDEPENDENCE DAY

Rhema Bible Church | Broken Arrow

Expo Square | Tulsa

SEUSSICAL JR.

Tulsa Performing Arts Center | Tulsa

JULY 4 JULY 1-2

AMERICAN BUCKSKIN ROPING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW Expo Square | Tulsa

JULY 1-3

TULSA HOLIDAY SUMMER CIRCUIT

ARTS, CRAFTS, MUSIC AND CAJUN FESTIVAL Grove Civic Center | Grove

TULSA FREEDOMFEST BOOMFEST AT RIVERWALK

RiverWalk Crossing | Jenks

JULY 6

HUCKLEBERRY FESTIVAL City wide | Jay

JULY 1-AUG. 20

X: 40 YEARS OF PUNK IN LOS ANGELES Woody Guthrie Center | Tulsa

JULY 3

FANTASY IN THE SKY Skiatook Municipal Airport | Skiatook

12 JULY 2018

TOKYO IN TULSA

Cox Business Center | Tulsa

JULY 13-15, 20-22

LIZZIE

Osage County Fairgrounds | Pawhuska

FIRST FRIDAY ART CRAWL

Various locations in Tulsa Arts District | Tulsa

JULY 7-8

ALL STAR TEAM ROPING FINALS Expo Square | Tulsa

JULY 8-15

CIRCLE CINEMA’S 90TH ANNIVERSARY Circle Cinema | Tulsa

JULY 17

THUNDER YOUTH BASKETBALL CAMP Cascia Hall Preparatory School | Tulsa

JULY 17-19

CAMP WOOLAROC: AN ADVENTURE IN LEARNING

Woolaroc Museum and Wildlife Preserve | Bartlesville

Tulsa Performing Arts Center | Tulsa

JULY 18-20

JULY 14

Tulsa Fair Grounds | Tulsa

Tulsa River Parks | Tulsa

Expo Square | Tulsa

JULY 1-4

INTERNATIONAL ROUND-UP CLUB CAVALCADE

JULY 13-15

Guthrie Green | Tulsa

ROCKETS OVER RHEMA

JULY 16-22

TULSA COUNTY FREE FAIR

DODGEBRAWL BOK Center | Tulsa

AUSTRALIA’S THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER

JULY 19-21

PORTER PEACH FESTIVAL Downtown Porter

Paradise Cove | River Spirit Casino Resort | Tulsa

JULY 20-22

JULY 14-15

ROCK AND MINERAL SOCIETY GEM AND MINERAL SHOW

Expo Square | Tulsa

Expo Square | Tulsa

Tulsa Performing Arts Center | Tulsa

JULY 14-21

JULY 21

PONY OF THE AMERICAS NATIONAL CONGRESS Expo Square | Tulsa

GREEN COUNTRY RV AND BOAT SHOW

HAIRSPRAY

AQUAPALOOZA AT GRAND LAKE

Cherokee Area at Grand Lake State Park | Disney

ALSO IN JULY AI JULY 27-29

HOME AND GARDEN EXPO

Expo Square | Tulsa

JULY 28

DOUG VARONE AND DANCERS

Tulsa Performing Arts Center | Tulsa

JULY 28-29 JULY 22

PARENTS’ DAY JULY 23-28

AMERICAN BUCKSKIN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW

R.K. GUN AND KNIFE SHOW

Expo Square | Tulsa

JULY 28-AUG. 4

CRAIG COUNTY FREE FAIR Craig County Fairgrounds | Vinita

Expo Square | Tulsa

JULY 29 JULY 26-28

WHOLE HAWG DAYS AND POKER RUN Downtown Eufaula

EXCHANGE CHOREOGRAPHY FESTIVAL Tulsa Performing Arts Center | Tulsa

BEIJING DANCE THEATER Tulsa Performing Arts Center | Tulsa

TARANTULA ON FILM

Woody Guthrie Center | Tulsa

JULY 30-31

PARSONS DANCE Tulsa Performing Arts Center | Tulsa

JULY 26-29

GLOC PERFORMANCE BOAT CHALLENGE Grand Lakeside Marina | Grove

JULY 31

THUNDER YOUTH BASKETBALL CAMP

Mvskoke Dome | Okmulgee

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I always wished I could fly. But I know wisdom is the best thing to wish for.

JENNY

Bring back family and friends who are no longer with us.

I think I’d like to be able to subtly manipulate entropy.

I’d like to be lucky.

Kind of like Domino in the Marvel universe.

D AV I D

LINDSEY Eat Taco Bueno and Chick-fil-A every day and never gain weight.

Endless energy.

M A D DY

NICCOLE

Able to teach anybody anything.

TA R A LY N N To have uncommon restraint.

JOE

Fluent in other languages.

JESSICA

To have a photographic memory because I’ve always wanted to be that person who wins trivia night. And it would also really benefit my research job.

Freeze time. I struggle balancing time for myself, family, friends, work and pleasure. Being able to freeze time would assure that I have adequate time to spend with the people I care about and improve myself.

ETHAN Know every language spoken by humans and animals.

G R AC E

Find the things that were lost or misplaced.

DEBBIE

Grow money on trees.

SOLOMON

ABIGAIL

Teleport or read the minds of people.

BRIDGET I would love to be able to teleport.

To get somewhere instantaneously, not having to travel or be stuck in traffic or anything would be awesome.

ERIKA

Transport myself to any place or time.

MERIAH

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Function without any sleep and never get tired.

I could get so much more done during those extra six or seven hours.

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CS CONVERSATION STARTER THE OAK RIDGE BOYS, WHO CROSSED OVER FROM GOSPEL MUSIC INTO COUNTRY AND ON INTO POP IN THE MID-1970S, HAVE RETURNED TO THEIR ROOTS WITH AN ALBUM ELVIS WOULD BE PROUD OF: 17TH AVENUE REVIVAL.

BY DONNA LEAHEY

With a distinctive four-part harmony and four decades of hits and awards, The Oak Ridge Boys are still going strong.

Performing and touring aren’t enough for these boys; they’re still creating new music and exploring new sounds in their latest album, 17th Avenue Revival.

The Oaks, as they’re known, have 12 gold, three platinum, and one double platinum album along with one double platinum single and more than a dozen national No. 1 singles and over 30 Top 10 hits. The lineup has remained steady since 1973. That’s 45 years of making country music their own.

In 1972, Richard Sterban brought his powerhouse of a bass voice to the group, eventually driving the doo-whop of their best-known hit, “Elvira.”

16 JULY 2018

Q. THE OAK

RIDGE BOYS WERE INDUCTED INTO THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME IN 2015. WHAT DID THAT MEAN TO YOU?

STERBAN.

It was a tremendous honor.

Probably the greatest thing that has ever happened to us and it’s still difficult to find

the words to describe how special it was.

Q. TELL US ABOUT YOUR LATEST ALBUM, 17TH AVENUE REVIVAL.

A. It’s the thing we’re

most excited about right now. 17th Avenue Revival was produced by Dave Cobb, who is probably the hottest guy in Nashville right now as far as making music and

producing records. With him lending his name to this project, that alone gives the project a lot of credibility.

We were honored to work with him.

Q. WHAT WAS

THE INSPIRATION?

A. After we were

inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, we talked amongst ourselves; we felt like we wanted to

CONVERSATION STARTER CS

to title the project 17th Avenue Revival. And the title has a couple of meanings. A lot of the music on this project is really touching a lot of people.

So, it represents a revival of the soul, of the spirit.

But it also has to do with the revival of that old recording studio that we recorded the project in: RCA Studio A — right on 17th Avenue South in the heart of Music Row in Nashville.

It’s probably the most historic recording studio in Nashville.

Elvis recorded there, Dolly Parton recorded there, Hank Williams, the list goes on and on.

Chet Atkins created the Nashville sound right there in that studio.

Q. IS THIS TOUR do something special to commemorate it. We knew we wanted to work with Dave Cobb. We worked with him about 10 years ago on a project called The Boys Are Back. He took us down some roads musically that we had never traveled before. It was a critically acclaimed project.

So, we got in touch with Dave Cobb and he says, “Sure, I feel like we’re family. I’ll be glad to work with you guys anytime.”

PROMOTING 17TH AVENUE REVIVAL?

A. Well, it kind of is. We’re

a group that works a lot. We average about 150 days a year on the road, and this year is no exception. We’re touring behind this album right now.

When we come to Tulsa, we’re still going to do our hit songs that people expect to hear.

You can count on the fact that we’re going to do “Elvira.” All our hits that we’ve had over the years, we’re going to squeeze

A. There probably would

not be an Oak Ridge Boys without Jim Halsey and his leadership and guidance.

I remember several years ago we were kind of a struggling act, looking for a direction.

We worked a couple of dates opening for Roy Clark, who Jim Halsey was managing at the time, and he heard us. He got together with us after the show and he said, “You guys are three minutes away from becoming a major act in our business.” He felt like he could help us.

We entered into an agreement with Jim. And you know, to this very day, we have never signed a management contract with him at all. It’s strictly a handshake agreement. About 45 years now, and we’re still going strong.

Jim is very special to us. He’s guided our paths almost every step of the way. Jim is, I think, 87 years old. He’s still doing it in a big-time way. He’s still in his office every day working hard and directing the path and guiding the way of The Oak Ridge Boys. He’s certainly our leader and we wouldn’t be where we are without him.

Q. BEFORE

JOINING THE OAK RIDGE BOYS IN 1973, YOU WERE PART OF THE QUARTET BACKING ELVIS PRESLEY.

Q. YOU’VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT HIS GOSPEL ROOTS RESONATING WITH YOU. DID HIS ROCK ‘N’ ROLL RESONATE WITH YOU AS WELL?

A. There’s no question

about that. One of the things that made me want to be a singer was Elvis. There was something about his music; it was very special.

For me personally, the fact that he always had a quartet appealed to me personally.

But I really believe, as much as he loved rock ‘n’ roll, he loved gospel even better. His favorite thing was to sing gospel songs.

Some of my favorite memories of being with Elvis involved singing gospel with him. It seemed like every day we were on tour, he would want to find a piano and we would gather around and we’d sing gospel quartets. He loved the black spirituals especially. I know Elvis would love this new project, 17th Avenue Revival, because it’s really the kind of music that he loved. It’s right up his alley.

THE OAK RIDGE BOYS

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as many of them into the show as possible. We may even throw in a few patriotic songs to honor our country and our troops and our veterans.

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He wanted us to think of Elvis, Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and some of the other old rock ‘n’ roll guys. What made us love what they did? The first singing they ever did was in church. It was gospel music. We all grew up singing in church as well. It isn’t an all gospel project, but we wanted to recapture that feeling of an old-time revival meeting. It turned out better than we anticipated.

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With a singular vision and focus that struck him from an early age, Jason Gilardi has successfully built a career that’s kept him behind a drum kit in one manner or another through three decades and counting.

BY G.K. HIZER PHOTOS BY MARC RAINS Some people know him as the drummer from ‘90s alt-rock band Caroline’s Spine, while others may recognize him as the man behind the kit for ‘80s tribute band Dead Metal Society. And some simply know him as their drum teacher. Although he’s a dedicated husband and father as well, anyone who knows Jason Gilardi outside of his private life identifies him as a drummer, first and foremost, and he’d have it no other way.

With a singular vision and focus that struck with him from an early age, he’s successfully built a career that’s kept him behind the drum kit in one manner or another through three decades with no end in sight.

Born and raised in California, Gilardi may have felt like a normal kid, but a couple mitigating factors did make him different: his parents, Annette Funicello and agent Jack Gilardi.

An actress and singer, Funicello began her professional career as a child performer at the age

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of 12 and rose to prominence as one of the most popular Mouseketeers on the original Mickey Mouse Club. Funicello also helped popularize the successful Beach Party genre alongside co-star Frankie Avalon during the mid-1960s.

Even with high-profile parents, however, Gilardi had his own vison and paved his own path.

He knew at a young age that he wanted to be a drummer and professional musician and has succeeded at doing just that.

“Looking back, I think the initial spark was the first time I saw Kiss [the band] on TV and Peter Criss’ giant drum set.

I was 7, and when you’re that young, how can that not be cool,” he recalls. “Kiss was like a cross between superheroes and rock stars.

“My earliest memories are my grandma’s folding chairs and salad forks. I’d set up her folding chairs around me and pound them with the forks.

Eventually, she got tired of me breaking her silverware and suggested, ‘Maybe you ought to consider getting him a set of drums.’”

Gilardi was fortunate enough to be one of the few in his family (besides his mother, of course), to have some natural sense of rhythm, not to mention parents who were very supportive from the start. Initially self-taught, his mother suggested he start drum lessons at the age of 13. But when he landed with an older jazz drummer who had no interest in what Jason wanted to learn and play, that didn’t last long.

Eventually, he did find an instructor who he could draw from and he continued to develop his chops, which prepared him for the next stage in his development.

After graduating from high school, Gilardi’s father wanted him to go to college. Focused on being a professional musician, he had no interest and the two eventually met in the middle, with Gilardi attending the Musicians Institute. At the Institute, Gilardi finally found himself surrounded by musicians as focused and dedicated as he was.

Out of that experience, Gilardi’s first real band was the thrashmetal outfit, Stick Man. “I think

we played four shows,” he says with a laugh. “So I’m 18 years old, working in a record store in L.A., and my best friend’s sister is dating a guitarist, Mark Haugh.

He tells me he’s in this band, Caroline’s Spine. They’ve got a CD out and they’re looking for a drummer. Well, I heard the CD and I loved it, so I auditioned and nailed it.”

Having formed in Los Angeles, though, Caroline’s Spine was a small fish in a big pond. After struggling to get bookings, the group took its future into its own hands, bought a cheap van, and hit the road. Starting out by going out for two weeks, then coming home and working for four weeks, the band began touring incrementally, gradually growing the length of time on the road and shortening the time spent at home. A year later, the band found itself touring on a full-time basis, playing up to 250 shows a year.

“Basically, we were living in the van, like brothers on a mission.

I’ve got a lot of good memories from my time in Spine,” he shares.

“I got to see a lot of places I never thought I’d see or visit, like small towns in Alabama. Being from

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L.A., I had grown up thinking why would anyone go there?

But I met a lot of great people that way — and when you go to the little towns that don’t normally see touring bands, they all show up ready to rock and are grateful that you came.”

That period of heavy touring also introduced Gilardi to Tulsa in 1995. “Scott Jones [bass] and Haugh were originally from Oklahoma, and they said if we wanted to tour through Tulsa, they had a friend who could book a couple of shows for us,” says Gilardi. “That allowed me to meet a lot of cool people and make some instant long-lasting friendships. After that, we played Tulsa a lot and stayed with Scott and Mark’s parents, so it kind of became a home on the road for us.”

Finally, in 1996, Caroline’s Spine reached what Gilardi references as a full-circle moment, as the band opened for Kiss on the band’s reunion tour. After growing up as a fan and pinpointing Kiss as the initial inspiration to be a musician, Gilardi finally found himself both onstage and meeting his role models.

“As a child, I never got to see Kiss in full makeup,” Gilardi shares. “The first time I got to see them was on the Animalize tour [1984], so to get to open for them, you can’t put into words how happy we all were. Then, on the first night, the tour manager goes, “Oh, by the way, here’s front row tickets.’ Our manager hadn’t even told us. So, as fans of the band, not only did we get to open for them, but we got to

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see them for the first time from the center of the front row. That really brought it all full circle for me.”

That moment was merely a launching point for Caroline’s Spine, however, as the band’s major label debut on Hollywood Records, Monsoon, and hit single, “Sullivan,” were released in 1997. The band continued to tour heavily into 2000, and that’s when Gilardi met a crossroads of sorts.

“Our touring started to slow down and in 2000, we took a month break,” Gilardi says. “At that point, I had the choice to go home and stay with my parents or stay here and start a new life.

I flew home, got my car and my stuff and moved to Tulsa.”

Gilardi settled in easily and made friends quickly. By the time the Caroline’s Spine’s classic lineup (including lead singer Jimmy Newquist) officially split in 2007, Tulsa was home. “My new home could have been anywhere, but there’s something about Tulsa and the people here; it’s just been a really good fit,” he says. “Plus, I eventually met my wife here, so it’s been a great thing for me.”

As Caroline’s Spine wound down, Gilardi started teaching drums and has become one of Tulsa’s most sought after instructors.

“I’ve spent 15 years as a private instructor at Drum World, teaching everyone from age 6 to 60,” Gilardi explains. “It’s been an extremely rewarding job and every now and then

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you see someone who reminds you of yourself or you see that spark that makes you think, ‘They could really take this somewhere.’

handful of different groups, including New Science, Killer Grins, Dogsway and Amped, but his current project is Dead Metal Society.

“At first it was a little harder because I treated all of my students as if they all wanted to be professional drummers, like I did. Now, I realize that some just do it as a hobby, some do it to get some aggression out, and some do it just because it’s something they’ve always wanted to do. It’s all about having fun: if someone wants to be able to play in a band, that’s great, but if they just want to be able to play with their favorite songs at home, that’s cool too.”

“We only play one or two weekends a month, because we’ve all got families and because we all love the band so much, we don’t want to burn out. That makes us all look forward to playing even more,” he says. “It’s great, because the vibe is like it was when we were in our 20s. We’re still excited to play every show and it’s still a lot of fun. Every time we have a show, I still wake up with that spark in my eye, ready to go.”

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Although Gilardi has settled in as one of Tulsa’s premier instructors, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t play out anymore.

Over the years, he’s been in a

“I’ve been really fortunate,?”

Gilardi says. “Any time I start to complain, I slap myself and tell myself to shut up and be grateful. I get to do what I always wanted and play drums for a living. I’ve got a beautiful, supportive wife and a beautiful baby girl. What more could I ask for?”

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“I feel lucky, because I’m building long-lasting relationships and I get to see young up-and-coming musicians as they develop and I get to share with them the lessons I’ve learned over the years” says Gilardi. “I have to knock on wood every day that my job is sitting around drums and passing on what I know to my students.”

Ultimately, a career with the drums has truly come full circle, with Gilardi passing on his experience and dedication to a new generation of students while still enjoying playing some of his favorite songs.

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It’s really about building relationships. Gilardi finds out what his students like, gets to know them, suggests bands that they’d like and makes it fun. The best part, though, is that he gets to pass on what he’s learned and shares lessons that he wishes someone had taught him when he was getting started.

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Both Curley and Fernandez are experienced public relations professionals. Curley was recently named Public Relations Professional of the Year by the Public Relations Society of America Tulsa Chapter. Fernandez has performed many years of promotion for Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Fort Worth Zoo and the Tulsa Zoo, among other clients.

Today, sixPR represents many organizations, mostly in Oklahoma, though they have represented clients in Kansas, Arkansas and Texas as well. “Our clients include higher

Often, sixPR handles projects that allow them to make a local impact in the Tulsa community, something they are proud of.

An example is their work with other local PR teams on the Vision Tulsa campaign, which is focused on the area’s economic development.

“That was another great experience — three firms working together on a project for the betterment of our city,” Fernandez says. “I absolutely loved working with all of them.

We all had different strengths and worked well together. And it worked! Vision won, and Tulsa is a better place because of it.”

For those who may be considering hiring a PR firm, Fernandez says to think about public relations in its fullest sense. “PR is not just articles in the newspaper and TV interviews,” she says. “It covers a wide range of strategies and tactics. When we meet with a potential client, we listen to them and their needs first. Then we put together a proposal based on their needs. But it may

Right now, sixPR is staffed entirely by women — something that Fernandez and Curley didn’t plan, but that they are happy to embrace. And it sets sixPR into a powerful group of small businesses in the U.S. According to 2017 statistics from the National Association of Women Business Owners, more than 11.6 million businesses are owned by women, employing nearly 9 million people, and generating $1.7 trillion in sales.

“I love being a woman-owned business,” says Fernandez. “It’s a great environment because most of us are working moms, so it’s not a big deal to see our children in the office or dogs too. We are very family and pet friendly in that way. In fact, we’ve put all our children to work at some point or another.”

In the long run, though, Fernandez says it’s not gender that makes a great PR person or firm; it’s the ability to get the job done. And that’s where sixPR excels. “What matters is our experience and our ability to make sure we meet our client’s needs,” she notes.

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“We’ve been with River Spirit Casino Resort since the groundbreaking of their historic $635 million expansion,” says Fernandez. “We’ve helped them with all of their grand openings — six in all — over the past four years. That has been an amazing experience to be a part of something that is such a great asset for our city.”

“And if it’s not the right fit for us — or if we think another agency might serve them better — we let them know and steer them in another direction or refer them to another agency.”

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Co-founded by Sheila Curley and Marnie Fernandez, sixPR opened its doors for business five years ago, but the idea had been in Curley’s head for quite some time before that. When Fernandez met her, it was as though the business was always meant to be.

Among their most well-known clients locally is the River Spirit Casino Resort, which built a tower of hotel suites and launched Margaritaville as part of its dramatic expansion, which is expected to draw more tourists, performers, and business conferences to the Tulsa area.

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education institutions, oil and gas companies, construction companies, city municipalities, hotels and various corporations, just to name a few,” says Fernandez.

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r e m m u S r Q o v a S Q We don’t need to tell you that the summer months are precious.

That’s why we gathered a list of great ideas so you can make it your best one yet.

BY MICHELE CHIAPPETTA AND ROB HARMON

It is officially summer in Oklahoma, and you know what that means. No, we’re not talking about 90-100 degree

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weather. We’re talking about summer fun! After all, what is this season for if it’s not to enjoy the sun, lap up ice cream, perfecting the cannonball in the pool or lake, and the hours that make the days seem long, lazy and inviting?

Of course, you want to make the most of your time too, because let’s face it, these summer hours are precious and you can’t get them back. You don’t want to waste them. Instead, you want to make memories that will last long after the mercury drops.

The good news is, you don’t have to go away on a fancy trip or drop a ton of cash to get the most out of the summer season with everything that’s happening from downtown to Grand Lake and all points in between.

We’ll even prove it to you. We’ve compiled our comprehensive official guide to a Green Country summer blast that you won’t soon forget. Take these ideas and use them, and you’ll realize you can easily fill up your days with a ton of activities that make summer such a great time of year to live, work, and play in Green Country.

J ust Add Water Cool, relaxing pools of water are exactly what our bodies crave when temperatures rise to the triple digits, and Tulsa has some really nice ones. From kiddie playgrounds and thrilling slides to lazy rivers, lakes and pools, beat the summer heat at these spots that are sure to keep the entire family cool.

If you’re lucky enough to own your own pool, then you’re set — but the rest of us need a place to get wet and wild. Neighborhood pools, splash pads, YMCA pools and, of course, SAFARI JOE’S H2O WATER AND ADVENTURE PARK are all excellent places to take yourself

or the kids for a little cool down.

Not every neighborhood has a community pool, but Tulsa has quite a few of them.

Some have very affordable swimming season memberships, and some don’t even require that you live in the neighborhood. The SUNGATE and FOREST CREEK neighborhood pools in south Tulsa, for example, are open to all Tulsa residents. Tulsa County Parks Department pools are also great places for chilling out, and for a lot less than neighborhood pool memberships too. The CHANDLER, LAFORTUNE, and SOCO REC CENTER pools offer convenient hours, lifeguards on duty at all times and inexpensive daily rates.

Most YMCAS have indoor or outdoor pools and are available for swimming laps or open pool sessions and provide membership fees for individuals and families. If you’re on a limited budget, ask if you qualify for their discounted rates.

One of Tulsa’s hottest places to get cool is SAFARI JOE’S H2O. Ride the flumes or take a dip in the wave pool, and then enjoy petting exotic animals like lizards, birds and turtles.

Nowhere else in Green Country can you do all that in one place. Daily and season passes are available to help you get your H2O fix.

A beautiful spot for summer relaxing, the ILLINOIS RIVER in Tahlequah is a favorite destination for those who love to kayak and canoe. Public access points are located every few miles along the river, so you won’t have any trouble finding a place to launch from. If you want to float down the river but don’t own the equipment, businesses out there can hook you up with canoes, kayaks, rafts and inner tubes.

Indoor Amusement When it’s 100 degrees outside, sometimes the last thing you want to do is go hang where everyone’s sweating like crazy and getting the worst sunburn of their lives. Doesn’t sound like fun, does it? Taking the family for some inside adventures may be the answer to all that unbearable heat.

Tulsa’s got some extremely fun indoor entertainment facilities. DAVE AND BUSTER’S, for example, offers fun for kids and adults alike, plus some wildly delicious food. INCREDIBLE PIZZA is amazing because it’s all-you-can-eat pizza and drinks and then lots of video games, trampoline park, laser tag and an indoor roller coaster. Then there’s ANDY B’S, with its clean, smooth bowling lanes lined with huge screens playing music videos. That’s cool. And they also have a video game arcade and a go-cart track as well.

And you certainly can’t talk about having extreme fun in Green Country without mentioning Broken Arrow’s XTREME RACING AND ENTERTAINMENT. In all the world, there are only a few other places that offer the level of virtual reality game experiences it provides. Oh yeah, and they have a killer kart racing track like none other in the state.

During these hot summer months, it’s not exactly easy for some of us to get our exercise in, unless we retreat indoors. CLIMB TULSA offers indoor climbing adventures that are fun, yet also a great workout. Don’t forget SKATELAND TULSA either. They’re still around after all these years, and skating in the air conditioning is a great way to beat the heat. An indoor trampoline park, SKY ZONE features freestyle bouncing,

dodgeball, basketball rims for dunking and enough to completely tucker out the kids in time for bed.

One of the newest additions to the 918 is in Owasso at WHEELS AND THRILLS. The family entertainment center offers laser tag, arcade games, play zone (with slides, swings, and a lot more) and a massive indoor skating rink.

Have a craving to throw an axe indoors?

Head to Jenks and check out GOT WOOD AXE THROWING. Throwing axes is a great date night, corporate outing, team building event or bachelor or bachelorette party. Take the kids and establish once and for all who has lumberjack blood flowing through their body.

For the artistically inclined, visit places like TULSA STAINED GLASS, PINOT’S PALETTE, DECOPOLIS, and ZIEGLER ART AND FRAME. They all offer painting and other art classes to help you work on your creative side and forget that the weather outside is frightful.

Check the schedules for times when the whole family can do it.

An easy place to escape to the great indoors for some amusement is THE LOONY BIN comedy club. Improv, stand-up, and sketch comedy shows are a great way to blow off steam, wind down, catch a few drinks, and enjoy the cool air as you chow down on hot and mild wings. Check their website for some of the newest, upcoming comics in the biz.

In the Archer building, check out a new board game café called SHUFFLES. With an open-box board game library, milkshake counter and a full service bar at your disposal, you can D&D the night away or learn something new like Capital Lux.

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Sports Baseball, soccer, golf — they’re all perfect activities during the summer for those who love the drama of athletic events. Individual training sports like yoga in the park, jogging and miniature golf are also some of Tulsans’ favorite summertime mustdos. Fortunately, we’ve got lots of opportunities for summer sports fun in Tulsa.

For years, the DRILLERS (baseball) and ROUGHNECKS (soccer) have seen some great athletes come through — Gabe Kapler, Ivan ‘Pudge’ Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa, to name a few. Charlie Mitchell, who actually played with Pele, even coached here for the ROUGHNECKS back in the day.

Thanks to ONEOK FIELD, you can catch soccer or baseball on a summer night with the family, and you’ll be reminded of those wonderful days when school was out and summer was one long holiday.

Yoga is big in Tulsa. Many yogis gather for yoga in the park at places like GUTHRIE GREEN or CENTENNIAL PARK and get the most out of their minds, bodies and souls. Doing yoga outside in the wide open is a rejuvenating experience. But yoga isn’t the only fitness activity you can enjoy outdoors. Jogging along the RIVER PARKS TRAIL, LAFORTUNE or TURKEY MOUNTAIN trails is fun exercise, and so is a bike ride on the bike trails along Riverside Drive.

Tulsa also has some world renowned golf courses if swinging the sticks is your thing. Among the top 100 golf courses in the world would be SOUTHERN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB, right here in Tulsa.

Public courses like MOHAWK, BAILEY RANCH and BATTLE CREEK are excellent places for the average Joe or Jane to grab a tee time and smash some balls down the center of the fairway, or the rough, whichever the way the

State Parks Oklahoma’s state parks are as green as it gets during the summer, and it’s a shame not to at least take a day to appreciate how gorgeous they have become. Hills of lush green grass, mountains lined with tall pines, breathtaking waterfalls and thousands of miles of lakeshore are ready to be explored by anyone willing to stop and take it in. Exploring the wonder of the wide-open spaces and hidden away nooks and crannies of our state parks will make you wish summer would never end.

A 77-foot cascading waterfall is truly a pleasure to see inside the scenic northeastern OKLAHOMA NATURAL FALLS STATE PARK. Hike up to the observation decks and

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view the splendor of the gorgeous land we live in. Tree covered valleys shade visitors from the summer sun, providing an escape from the rest of the world that can only truly be found in nature.

Several areas of GRAND LAKE STATE PARK have their own unique charm and natural atmosphere and are well worth mentioning, but the TWIN BRIDGES area of the park is especially known for its quietness and excellent fishing. Take the family to stay at one of the 100 different tent campsites. Teach someone to fish in one of the best fishing holes in the park.

Enjoy the volleyball court and horseshoe pits and fun the day away in this lazy little getaway off of HIGHWAY 37 close to Fairland.

Family-friendly recreation areas and cabins surround the stunning lake at GREENLEAF STATE PARK. The community pavilions and shelters make it a fantastic spot for a summer celebration, not to mention the 18-hole miniature golf course.

Volleyball and basketball courts are also available for a little friendly competition among the campers.

Other state parks close to the 918 — KEYSTONE, LAKE EUFAULA, OSAGE HILLS, SEQUOYAH STATE and TENKILLER — are all beautiful in their own right. Just an hour or two away, these parks make the perfect summertime day trip. Along the way, some of Oklahoma’s prettiest roadside scenery awaits.

ball bounces. Don’t forget about CHEROKEE HILLS GOLF COURSE, which is part of the HARD ROCK TULSA complex.

For a more relaxed round of miniature golf, try out the ALL STAR SPORTS COMPLEX, MAIN EVENT, or the glowin-the-dark course at INCREDIBLE PIZZA. For levels of fun, get in the swing of things at FLYINGTEE in Jenks near the Arkansas River.

The multilevel entertainment complex that is FLYINGTEE continues to be a popular day and night destination for families, friends and couples. Guests can find climate-controlled hitting bays furnished with deluxe amenities and personal attendants. The interactive driving range is a good time for all, and the innovative technology lets guests test their skills through multiple types of games for both advanced players and beginners.

Cool Treats You’ve been working hard the last few months to prepare for this time of the year, getting your swimsuit body ready and all. Why not reward yourself for being so good by being bad? Nothing says summer like high-calorie sweet treats, ice-cold ice cream and tasty, melt-in-your-mouth gelatos from some of Tulsa’s best purveyors of cool treats and sweets.

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is all about homemade, small batch ice cream that is fresh and creative, daring you to try a new flavor such as Smoked Watermelon and Lavender Honey. They also do affogato for coffee lovers, tasty waffle cones, and a lot of love for ice cream making.

Lakes and Rivers Pools, splash pads, and water parks are great — but don’t neglect opportunities to enjoy your wet fun in the beauty of natural waterways. Many of the area’s state parks are connected to lakes — like LAKE KEYSTONE, LAKE TENKILLER, and FORT GIBSON LAKE, to name a few. Many of these spots are within an hour or two of Tulsa, so it’s easy to get there and back in a day. Most invite visitors to fish, kayak, float on inner tubes, boat, and camp.

When you’re planning your day trip or weekend getaway, be sure to research the different lakes to see what is unique to the area. Near LAKE EUFAULA, for example, you’ll find the small town of Krebs, which features fabulous Italian spots like ISLE OF CAPRI and PETE’S PLACE, and also one of Oklahoma’s oldest craft breweries, CHOC BEER. GRAND LAKE is a great spot to visit for the Fourth of July weekend, when you can see fireworks from the nearby town of Disney across the water. At LAKE OOLOGAH, hikers will love the WILL ROGERS COUNTRY CENTENNIAL TRAIL — 18 miles of trail stretching from the spillway through scenic KITE HILL and north to beautiful BLUE CREEK PARK.

With the abundant selection of truffles, macarons, fresh nuts, fudge and other candies, SWEET BOUTIQUE is every bit as delicious as anything Willie Wonka could have envisioned. Swing by to taste test items, chat with the friendly owners, and satisfy your sweet tooth.

Next time you’re wandering the TULSA ARTS DISTRICT in downtown Tulsa, be sure to pop into GLACIER CONFECTIONS. Glass cases of elegantly crafted truffles and other chocolate delights await you here — and you’ll find it hard to pick just one, so plan on buying at least a few to sample. They make it all in-house with the finest ingredients. It’s a great way to treat that special someone.

With 16 flavors of artisan ice cream, Jenks’ RUSTIC GATE offers shakes, malts, sundaes and floats in addition to a large assortment of sweets and shaved ice. There’s even a patio if you want to get a little sun.

Ice cream’s creamier Italian cousin, gelato is increasingly popular, and fortunately it’s easy to find in Tulsa. Visit NAPA FLATS for its fresh-made flavors, which can be enjoyed in their stop-in shop or as dessert after a sit-down meal. Swing by STG PIZZERIA to check out its gelato counter. You’ll find just about any flavor you can imagine if you visit enough spots.

If old-fashioned malts, shakes, and sundaes are more your jam, they all can be found at the soda fountain at IDA RED’s downtown location. IDA RED uses authentic ingredients used by soda fountains in the 1940s and 1950s to recreate a taste that is hard to find elsewhere. The New York style egg cream — a flavored soda drink that doesn’t actually use eggs as an ingredient — is surprisingly refreshing during the summer.

If you’re looking for a sweet treat that feels a bit healthier than ice cream and chocolate, visit any of the area’s several EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS stores. They all offer fresh fruit salads in single portions for walk-in customers. The Owasso location offers fresh fruit smoothies. All offer samples and small boxes of chocolate covered strawberries to-go. Bigger orders must be placed ahead of time, but they’re great for parties and gifts.

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Window Shop From well-known national chains to innovative mom-and-pops, Tulsa has a fine share of places to shop — or even just to browse if you want to get out of the house without actually spending any money.

Wander around the PROMENADE MALL, taking full advantage of its attached movie theater to make a day of your time there. And of course, stop by the WOODLAND HILLS MALL and enjoy a sweet time at LOLLI AND POPS for some candy treats while you enjoy the largest selection of stores in Tulsa under one roof.

Walk along Jenks’ Main Street for antique stores such as MISS MCGILLICUTTY’S and RIVER CITY TRADING POST. Then head up to midtown to visit the amazing I-44 ANTIQUE MALL. And don’t forget to check out the vintage and new furniture and home items at 360º HOME. For unique clothing that you won’t find anywhere else in the area, hit boutiques

like JULES BOUTIQUE, ABELINA’S BOUTIQUE, BEAU & ARROW, and MODERN MESS, or browse the vast selection of jeans, boots, and other Western wear at either of the two DRYSDALES locations. Locally themed T-shirts and other items can be found downtown at BOOMTOWN TEES, DWELLING SPACES and IDA RED. The CHILDREN’S ORCHARD offers new and gently used children’s clothes.

For an experience like no other, visit the shops at THE BOXYARD, built from shipping containers and featuring everything from science-themed items and clothing, to comic books and coffee.

For art and locally made frames to display it, check out ZIEGLER ART & FRAME, which is a ton of fun to browse because it’s so big. Or visit THE TULSA STAINED GLASS to check out their handmade items, get the tools to make your own, or sign up for a class to express your own creativity in glass form.

Outdoor Movies, Shows and Performances Summer is a perfect time to take your indoor fun outdoors. Many of the activities you do inside during cold weather move outside during the summer. Movies and shows are no exception. And there are plenty of places around Green Country that feature an outdoor big screen, live music, and stage productions to fit the bill.

For old-fashioned movie fun for the whole family, cruise on over to the ADMIRAL TWIN DRIVE-IN. This dual-screened theater has been a piece of local history since it opened in 1951. Enjoy your choice of double features on IMAX sized screens from the comfort of your tailgate or pop-up chairs.

Tickets are just $7 for ages 12 and up, and just $3 for ages 3 to 11. For family movies, visit the RIVERWALK AMPHITHEATER on Monday nights at 7 p.m.

Movies, music, plays, fitness, food — you’ll find it all at GUTHRIE GREEN in downtown Tulsa. This vibrant urban green space draws people for concerts every Sunday 2:30-6:30 p.m., food truck Wednesdays 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., and free communal fitness such as yoga classes, boot camps, and partner fitness.

Movie nights happen too, as well as special events that you can learn about on their website or Facebook page.

If you haven’t ever been, the PICTURE IN SCRIPTURE AMPHITHEATER at the south end of Grand Lake is biblical fun for the whole family. For over 30 years, they’ve been bringing Bible stories to life through award-winning biblical dramas such as The Man Who Ran and The Elijah Factor.

This year, you can catch the opening of a new show, The Damascus Road, about the apostle Paul’s conversion to Christianity.

Shows take place June 29-Aug. 4 every Friday and Saturday night.

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Air-Conditioned Adventure A key to surviving Oklahoma summers that can ratchet up to temperatures in the 90s and 100s for days, even weeks, at a time? Knowing where to get into the air-conditioning while still having fun. We’ve got plenty of that here. Here are some spots where you can enjoy cool temps when it’s blazing hot outside.

No doubt you have heard of the PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART, located in a 1920s villa with a stunning garden and outdoor movies during the summer, and the GILCREASE MUSEUM, with one of the largest American West exhibits anywhere and gorgeous grounds to walk. But don’t forget other great options, like the TULSA AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM, the J. M. DAVIS ARMS AND HISTORICAL MUSEUM in

Claremore, the Oklahoma MUSIC HALL OF FAME in Muskogee, the WOODY GUTHRIE CENTER in Tulsa, the OKLAHOMA AQUARIUM in Jenks, the CHEROKEE HERITAGE CENTER in Park Hills, and the WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL MUSEUM in Claremore, among others.

With 24 branches around the area, the TULSA CITY-COUNTY LIBRARY features a massively expansive summer events calendar for the 2018 Summer Reading Program. Check out http://‌tulsalibrary.‌org/‌events for specific info. The library also features various events throughout the year such as writing workshops, local author and artist events, cosplaying events, speakers, story time and other activities for children of all ages, onsite classes, and

more. The CENTRAL LIBRARY in downtown Tulsa has flight simulators, a Maker Space that includes a 3D printer and vinyl cutter, an on-site Starbucks (the only Starbucks in a public library in the entire county), and other cool offerings.

Of course, you can always visit one of the many movie theaters in the area. But also check out live performances, which happen all over the place in Tulsa and the surrounding area. There are plays put on by locals, musicals from touring companies out of Broadway, and everything in between. Some of our favorite spots for live performances include the TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, BROKEN ARROW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, the TULSA BALLET, and the TULSA OPERA.

Pampering Summer fun is hard work, isn’t it? So, why not schedule some time to pamper your body and relax your mind? There are numerous spots to visit that offer massages, facials, manicures, pedicures, saunas, and other self-care options that will have you feeling revitalized in no time.

Among some of the area’s great places to check out are SPA810, INDIGO SPA & SALON, FOUR SEASONS SPA, AQUARIAN AGE MASSAGE, EMERGE SPA AND SALON (at RIVER SPIRIT CASINO RESORT), and the spa at the HARD ROCK TULSA.

Naturally Local The natural beauty of Green Country is all around us and easy to see during the summer months. Some of the most relaxing getaways in the Tulsa area are our city parks.

Many times, admission is free or relatively inexpensive, and you don’t have to fight crowds.

Nearly nine miles of trails to get lost on (most under tree cover, we might add), shelters that provide much-needed shade, views of animals and plants city folk just don’t see every day and so much more — it’s all at OXLEY NATURE

CENTER AND REDBUD VALLEY.

Stop at the interpretive building first. Enthusiastic staff will answer any questions you have about the trails and wildlife with informative instruction before you start your awesome adventure.

Tucked inside WOODWARD PARK, the arboretum contains almost one hundred different trees and shrubs on display for study and appreciation. There’s no place else around where you can see and feel so many different species of trees. An education in nature awaits.

Over 170 acres of nature is at our disposal just eight miles or so from downtown Tulsa at the TULSA BOTANIC GARDEN. What a pretty drive it is to the heart of the garden. Once you’re there, discover gardens and trails galore. All along the CROSS TIMBERS TRAIL, the flora and fauna of the tallgrass prairies inspire you to take your time to enjoy it all. Start the day early so you can enjoy as much as possible. Visit again because there’s no way to see the whole thing.

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Taprooms Let’s face it — Green Country loves a good drink. And with the vast variety of breweries, neighborhood bars, speakeasies, and a whole host of other options, you don’t have to search hard to find what you’re looking for. Here are some suggestions based on whatever it is you’re craving or how stylish or relaxed you want your drinking experience to be.

Hops connoisseurs and home-brew fans enjoy every opportunity to taste a beer they’ve never tasted before. If that’s you,

then you’re in luck, because Tulsa has several breweries you can visit. You’ll find locally made beers, ales, stouts and more from places such as BRICKTOWN BREWERY, MARSHALL BREWING COMPANY, DEAD ARMADILLO CRAFT BREWING, RENAISSANCE BREWERY, CABIN BOYS BREWERY, PRAIRIE ARTISAN ALES, and others.

Many local restaurants and bars serve local ales. And many places serve imports too. If what you’re craving is a lengthy list of choices to inform your palate, places like MIXCO,

MCNELLIE’S, GEORGE’S PUB, and MARYN’S TAPHOUSE AND RAW BAR are all fantastic.

Sometimes, you just want no-nonsense, flat-out bar service with ample liquors to pick from and bartenders who know how to mix a drink. The TULSA ARTS DISTRICT has plenty, from THE HUNT CLUB to CAZ’S PUB. Neighborhood favorites like FAT DADDY’S PUB AND GRILLE (south Tulsa) and ARNIE’S (downtown Tulsa) are excellent choices where everybody just might know your name after all.

Just Add Sunscreen There’s a ton of fun to be had in the great outdoors, many of them perfect for the family. We recommend taking full advantage of nature — just be sure to slather on plenty of sunscreen, don a hat, and grab a bottle of water before you head out.

The little ones in your family will love a visit to the 85-acre TULSA ZOO, with its new LOST KINGDOM featuring Asia’s rarest species, as well as exhibits focusing on life in various environments. Give your kiddos a wonderland experience at the CHILDREN’S DISCOVERY GARDEN (part of the TULSA BOTANIC GARDEN). Visit the watery splash pads at one of the area’s many parks or visit the tot-sized amusements at the BARTLESVILLE KIDDIE PARK. For the adrenaline junkies in Green Country, take a zip-line tour at POSTOAK LODGE & RETREAT. You’ll soar over the tree canopy and enjoy a spectacular view while rushing through the air.

Just south of Tulsa, grab the gang and head to JANDEBEURS MOTOR SPORTS PARK. It’s a 170-acre park and clubhouse in Okmulgee that offers prepped dirt bike tracks, racing and rentals. It has a kids-only track that’s fun and safe, as well as six other tracks and two trail loops for bigger bikes and riders. Superfriendly owners and staff offer lessons and plenty of guidance for anyone from novice and timid to free spirits and pros.

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After Dark Not in love with being out in the steaming Oklahoma heat? Have a 9-to-5 job that makes it hard to enjoy being outdoors at noon? Bit by a vampire and now you can’t bear the sunlight? We hear you. A lot of people prefer to have their summer fun in the cooler, shadier hours that hit after 5 p.m. Fortunately, Tulsa offers a lot to do after the sun goes down.

Enjoy local art, live entertainment, and great food and drinks at downtown TULSA’S FIRST FRIDAY ART CRAWL. It’s a great way to

check out the restaurants in that part of town, like MEXICALI, visit ANTOINETTE’S BAKERY and GLACIER CHOCOLATES for sweet treats, and specialty drinks at places like CHIMERA and CAZ’S CHOWHOUSE. Stop by SOUL CITY for local music and great bar specials just about every night of the week. Check out a concert at CAIN’S BALLROOM or the BOK CENTER. Lots of restaurants and bars host live music as well. And don’t forget to check out UTICA SQUARE’S SUMMER’S FIFTH NIGHT, which despite

Casinos If casinos are your happy place, we have plenty to choose from. At RIVER SPIRIT CASINO RESORT, you can enjoy live performances at PARADISE COVE, grab a stellar drink at MARGARITAVILLE, cool in the pool at the swimup LANDSHARK POOL BAR or treat yourself to pampering in the spa.

At HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO TULSA, enjoy the rock star lifestyle in one of their VIP suites,

which feature a fabulous view. Dine at MCGILL’S ON 19 or TOBY KEITH’S I LOVE THIS BAR & GRILL in between trips to the slot machines or table games.

Catch some music at THE JOINT or swing away at the beautiful and challenging CHEROKEE HILLS GOLF COURSE. And keep an eye out for music, food, and other events at the OSAGE CASINO HOTEL, scheduled to open near downtown Tulsa this fall.

its name actually features live music every Thursday night through the end of August.

Cruise Route 66 Find out why so many people revere ROUTE 66 by actually taking a day trip to explore parts of it. The magic of the ‘50s flair still can be found in the signs of old buildings along 11TH STREET — like the towering MEADOW GOLD SIGN. Check out the BLUE WHALE in Catoosa, a roadside America piece of kitsch that hearkens back to days when watering holes were more common than backyard pools.

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In terms of historical and artistic spots, visit the TOTEM POLE PARK in Foyil, which displays the original, highly decorated creations of Oklahoma folk artist Ed Galloway. Car lovers should check out the cool vehicles on display at DARRYL STARBIRD’S NATIONAL ROD & CUSTOM CAR HALL OF FAME MUSEUM. There

are tons of other spots along ROUTE 66 you can visit too. So do a bit of research and then hit the road like Jack Kerouac.

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So, you’ve been dying to redesign your master bathroom and pattern it after a Paris retail shop on Champs-Elysées you saw in a magazine. And that back room with the dusty boxes and the two worn-out La-Z-Boy recliners has been waiting for you to convert it into a state-of-the-art home theater for next year’s bowl games or movie nights. But the weather’s not been ideal and last season’s holidays sucked up all your time, love, money and energy.

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Well, it’s July now and that means summer is here, and it’s time to start checking off those home-improvement tasks you’ve been putting off. Remodeling projects can be fun but can also unfortunately become nightmares. Stories of flaky contractors, repairs gone awry, overblown budgets and trips to the emergency room can kind of make you forget about any of those projects you’ve been considering.

Renovating your home is about improving your life and the lives of those around you.

It doesn’t have to be a completely stressfilled time, trying to accomplish all the projects the spouse has been encouraging you to get around to.

Consider these few tips and be on your way to enjoying your newly improved home.

trick, but many times that’s just a quick fix that looks ugly and will have to be addressed again soon. Don’t be that guy or gal. Find out what tools are needed before starting.

Otherwise, you’ll try to complete the job with the wrong tool and regret it.

DIY or not DIY?

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Is this the question you’ve been asking? Here are some other questions that can help you get the answer. Have you done a project like this before? How comfortable do you feel undertaking it? Do you have a habit of starting and not finishing things? Do you have the energy and time to do it right?

Do you have all the money and supplies to see it done? If you answer these questions honestly, you’ll know whether to do it yourself or hire a professional.

There are improvements we’d all like to make to our homes. However, some are easier to recoup the investment from than others. Updating the kitchen and bathrooms are always wise. Adding sprinklers and energy efficient fixtures and appliances are smart choices too. But converting a garage into a family room is not. Or, if you planned to put carpet in any of the rooms, this also is not the best idea.

Like kitchens and bathrooms, a garage and nice hardwood floors are a must these days for homebuyers.

Find the best contractor When you know you’re not the one to tackle the job, finding the right professional is the key to a successful home improvement.

Getting recommendations from friends and family, looking at reviews online and meeting with the contractor in person beforehand are a few traits of a winning contractor search.

Knowing your professional’s insurance coverage, as well as the licenses and permits they carry, is also extremely important.

Know your budget These improvements are supposed to add enjoyment to your life, not stress. It’s already challenging to complete some of these projects. Don’t go into it blindly, without knowing how much it’s going to cost to remodel your guest bathroom, for example.

Get estimates and see if you’ve got the money.

If you do, great! If not, save for it, and do it when you can relax more about the cash.

Use the right tools Here’s something some of us still haven’t learned — you can’t use a hammer for everything. Sometimes a power drill is the best tool. Sometimes duct tape does the

Get the permits There’s home improvement and then there’s home remodeling. Yes, remodeling your house may improve your home, including the value of it. But there are some remodeling projects that most municipalities require a permit to even begin. Demolishing a load-bearing wall, adding electrical circuits and wiring, or even installing a new solar-powered water heater, to name a few, can require a permit. Doing the project without a thumbs up from the city may result in hefty fines, as well as be unsafe.

Go ultra-efficient While you’re looking to improve your home, consider all the new ways to save energy, such as energysaving appliances and LED lighting. In the kitchen, a shiny new refrigerator always makes a big difference. Even

more so if it’s a top-freezer refrigerator.

The 16-20 cubic feet models use about as much energy as a 60-watt bulb. Also, since the average household dedicates 5 percent of its energy budget to lights, switching out old light fixtures for more efficient LEDs is a no-brainer.

Update the entryway When people enter your house, what’s the first thing they see? You only get one first impression. The entryway is an easy way to improve the look of your home’s interior. Add an antique pine bench or line the walls with coat racks to hang coats, bags, hats and anything else you need. Is your entryway dark? Be creative. Lighten it up with bright-colored paint. Is it a tight space? Clear it out, except for a nice framed print or two.

Get help If you’re going the DIY route, fine. Lots of home improvement projects can be done without a professional. But keep in mind, you can still say ‘I did it myself’ and ask a buddy or two to help. It makes the project go faster, it’s a bonding time, and it gives you extra sets of eyes and an excuse to crack open a beer or two to celebrate when the work is done.

Be safe It can’t be said enough: be safe. When making home improvements, following recommended safety standards is best. That includes shutting off power when working with electricity, proper tool use, ladder safety and keeping a tidy work area to help avoid falls. A trip to the local emergency room for you or your helpers will not make the project fun or go by fast.

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GET RECOMMENDATIONS Use your friends, family and neighbors as resources. If they’ve used a contractor or handyman in the past and approve of the person or company’s work, pay attention to the endorsement. On the other hand, avoid contractors who contact you unsolicited, and don’t hire someone based solely on an ad or coupon.

SEE WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING A quick Internet search should yield plenty of reviews for home improvement companies and even individual workers. If the reviews are negative or lukewarm, find another company. Also, check with the Better Business Bureau for complaints.

CHECK CREDENTIALS Especially in this area where undocumented workers can be common, be sure the workers you hire are licensed, bonded and insured. That will help protect you from unnecessary liability.

ASK FOR REFERENCES Call the contractor’s previous customers and ask if they were satisfied with the work. Go out and look at the work for yourself if possible.

GET MULTIPLE BIDS Before hiring a contractor, get at least three written estimates for your project. If prices differ by a wide margin, consider obtaining additional bids. Beware of any bid that is substantially lower than the others; it may indicate the contractor made a mistake or didn’t include all of the work requested.

ASK FOR EVERYTHING IN WRITING Nothing is a done deal until it is put onto paper. Don’t agree orally to a price or to details about the project, as that could lead to misunderstandings later.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Under federal law, you have three days to cancel most contracts that are signed in your home or outside the contractor’s regular place of business.

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THINK YOU’RE TOO “CITY” TO FOLLOW THE ACTION AT ONE OF THE RODEO EVENTS COMING YOUR WAY THIS SUMMER? BRUSH UP WITH OUR ABRIDGED GUIDE TO ALL THE EVENTS.

BY JENNIFER ZEHNDER

PHOTOS BY DAN HUBBELL

ARE YOU RODEO READY? The sport of rodeo is one part wanderlust, two parts skill and gumption, and all parts cowboy and cowgirl. America’s romance with the more-than-centuries-old competition actually has its origins in the working ranch and cattle practices of our neighbors in Spain and Mexico. Each year, rodeo contestants traverse the nation with championship dreams and a healthy appreciation for the hard work it takes to get one. Lucky for us, Oklahoma is chock-full of opportunities to see those dreams in action at professional rodeo competitions across the state.

Think you’re too “city” to follow the action? Brush up with our abridged guide to rodeo events, and take a few minutes to catch up with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Justin Shaw as he offers perspective on this one-of-a-kind sport, as well as his tip for getting the most out of your trip to a rodeo event.

EI GH T- SE C O ND RID E In rodeo’s roughstock events — bareback riding, saddle bronc riding and bull riding — a contestant and his animal are judged on their individual performances for a combined total of 100 points. Using only one hand, a cowboy must ride their mount for eight seconds. If a rider fails to “mark out” (set his spurs above the horse’s shoulders for the first jump out in bareback, saddle bronc only), touches his animal, equipment or self with his free hand, or bucks off before eight seconds (all roughstock events), he will be disqualified.

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SADDLE B RONC R I DI NG Rodeo’s classic event pairs rider and saddled bronc for a lively Old West “dance.” With a braided rope bronc rein connected to the horse’s halter in one hand and a free hand to help balance himself, a cowboy marks out his mount from the chutes. Once the animal’s

feet hit the ground, the rider works to match his spur strokes with each buck and jump. The horse is judged for power, speed and agility, while the rider is scored on his body control and spurring technique.

RACIN G TH E CLOCK

BA RE BAC K R ID IN G Bareback riding is just that — sitting atop a bucking horse without a saddle.

In this event, a cowboy has only a leather rigging, his balance and his grit to keep him aboard. The same objective applies as in the saddle bronc competition: make the mark out of the chute and pull together a controlled, synchronized spurring/ bucking ride.

It’s a race against the clock for cowboys and cowgirls competing in rodeo’s timed events — steer wrestling, tie down roping, team roping and barrel racing. A barrier — rope stretched across the opening to the arena from each competitor’s threesided box — allows cattle a head start in the roping and steer wrestling competitions. When fractions of seconds matter, penalties can mean the difference between first place and last. For example, a 10-second penalty is given for “breaking the barrier” before it has been released; in team roping, a five-second penalty is tacked on for not roping both hind legs; and in barrel racing, five-seconds can be added to a rider’s time by knocking over a barrel.

ProRodeo by the Numbers*

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PRCA-sanctioned rodeos held in 38 states and three or four Canadian provinces

$48M+ 4,727 1,195 EIGHT

total payout at PRCA rodeos in 2017

cowboys (including permit holders)

contract personnel (performers and workers) world champions are crowned each year at the 10-day National Finals Rodeo in December

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B UL L R ID ING Bull riding is billed as rodeo’s most dangerous sport as cowboys often become targets once they dismount — whether by force or choice. Luckily, rodeo clowns are there to help distract and dissuade bulls from their marks. Committed to his ride by a one-handed hold on a bull rope (wrapped around the bull’s girth), contestants ride forward and “over their hand” to remain centered. Spurring is an option; however, staying aboard is the primary goal. A rider relies on leg strength, upper body control and a healthy dose of bravado to cover his heavyweight, yet surprisingly agile, counterpart. The cowboy’s score is based on his ability to stay in the middle and in control, whereas the bull earns points for its maneuvers and level of difficulty.

FANS are

T IE- DOWN ROPI NG Born from the ranching ways of old, tie-down roping showcases the ability of a cowboy and his horse to work together to rope and restrain a calf.

After the roper drops a loop over the calf ’s head, his horse stops and pulls the rope tight as the roper dismounts, runs down his rope, lays the calf down and ties three legs together. The clock stops when the cowboy throws his hands up after the tie. The calf must stay tied for six seconds after the contestant remounts or else he is disqualified.

demographically similar to NASCAR fans; likely to also enjoy hunting, fishing and camping

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ST E E R W R ESTLI NG Steer wrestling is an event of leverage, strength and coordination. While on horseback, a steer wrestler and his hazer, who rides on the right side of the steer, work in tandem to control the steer’s direction. Once into position alongside the running bovine, the steer wrestler slides down his horse onto the steer. The cowboy digs his heels into the ground and “wrestles” the steer off its feet by grabbing its horns, pointing its chin up and “tipping” him over. The time posts when the steer is down with all four legs in the same direction. An average run can range from three to 10 seconds.

with ProRodeo’s Justin Shaw Justin Shaw serves as media director for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., the PRCA is the largest and oldest rodeosanctioning body in the world.

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With so many sports, activities and distractions vying for competitors and audience attention these days, how is rodeo faring?

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Our demographic numbers indicate that our fanbase grew more than 20 percent between 2016-17, as there are now more than 43 million people who identify as rodeo fans. In a day-and-age when sports like the NFL and MLB are seeing declining attendance and TV ratings, rodeo continues to ascend. Our fans are among the most loyal and supportive in the world, and they have shown that support by continuing to break attendance records at many of our biggest rodeos over the past three years. The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo — the Super Bowl of rodeo — has taken place for 10 straight nights in Las Vegas each year since moving there in 1985. We’ve sold out every performance for the past 30-plus years at the event.

TE A M RO P ING Team roping is a two-person event in which a header and heeler work together to rope both ends of a steer.

The header leads the chase after the barrier releases. After catching the steer by the head or horns, the

BA R R E L R AC I N G An event traditionally dominated by women, barrel racing showcases the speed and agility of a horse and rider on a cloverleaf pattern around three barrels. In this race against the clock, contestants sprint into the arena and circle each barrel, being careful not to overturn them. Each run is timed within hundredths of a second, which makes even a little mistake costly.

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header dallies (wraps his rope around his horn) and moves the steer into position for the heeler to catch the two hind legs and dally. The clock stops when the steer is stretched between the two facing riders.

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What is it about rodeo that keeps people tuned in?

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Rodeo is unlike any other sport on earth. The competitors are not paid a salary, pay for their own travel expenses and they pay to play. The competitors show up at a rodeo and pay entry fees, then all compete to win their share of the prize pool. There is no guaranteed payday, which means that a cowboy’s performance will dictate whether he leaves with a check or not. PRCA athletes really do compete for the love of the game, and that’s something which is relatable to the fans. The journey a cowboy takes from a rookie to a world champion is inspiring, and that speaks to the people as well. The amount of skill it takes to compete at a high level in any of the rodeo events requires many years of hard work in the practice pen, and the finished product that fans see keeps them coming back for more.

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What tips would you give folks for getting the most out of a rodeo event?

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Our rodeos are more than just competition on the arena dirt — they are entertainment productions. There are announcers keeping the crowd involved and giving out information and rodeo clowns engaging with the fans and making them laugh. There is a whole music and video production element. Many rodeos have pyrotechnics and laser shows, as well as specialty acts in between events. It’s so much more than each ride and run. The main tip is take in the rodeo as a whole — it’s meant to be a unique experience that a fan can’t get anywhere else in the sports world.

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TULSA DRILLERS Home games are played at ONEOK Field (Tulsa) July 1 | @ Frisco RoughRiders | 7:05p July 2 | @ Frisco RoughRiders | 7:05p July 3 | @ Frisco RoughRiders | 7:05p July 4 | vs Midland Rockhounds | 7:05p* July 5 | vs Midland Rockhounds | 7:05p* | 918 Night July 6 | vs Midland Rockhounds | 7:05p* | 918 Night July 7 | vs Frisco RoughRiders | 7:05p | 918 Night July 8 | vs Frisco RoughRiders | 7:05p | 918 Night | Kids Eat Free Night (12 and under) July 9 | vs Frisco RoughRiders | 7:05p | 918 Night July 11 | @ Northwest Arkansas Naturals | 7:05p July 12 | @ Northwest Arkansas Naturals | 7:05p July 13 | @ Northwest Arkansas Naturals | 7:05p July 14 | @ Northwest Arkansas Naturals | 6:05p July 15 | vs Arkansas Travelers | 7:05p | Kids Eat Free Night (12 and under) July 16 | vs Arkansas Travelers | 7:05p July 17 | vs Arkansas Travelers | 7:05p | Hispanic Heritage Night July 18 | vs Arkansas Travelers | 7:05p | Bark in the Park Night July 19 | @ Northwest Arkansas Naturals | 7:05p July 20 | @ Northwest Arkansas Naturals | 7:05p July 21 | @ Northwest Arkansas Naturals | 6:05p July 22 | @ Northwest Arkansas Naturals | 2:05p July 23 | vs Springfield Cardinals | 7:05p July 24 | vs Springfield Cardinals | 7:05p | Hispanic Heritage Night July 25 | vs Springfield Cardinals | 7:05p | Bark in the Park Night July 26 | @ Arkansas Travelers | 7:10p July 27 | @ Arkansas Travelers | 7:10p July 28 | @ Arkansas Travelers | 6:10p July 29 | @ Arkansas Travelers | 6:10p July 30 | @ Springfield Cardinals | 6:30p July 31 | @ Springfield Cardinals | 6:30p

Aug. 1 | @ Springfield Cardinals | 6:30p Aug. 2 | vs Arkansas Travelers | 7:05p | Cody Bellinger Jersey Giveaway Aug. 3 | vs Arkansas Travelers | 7:05p* Aug. 4 | vs Arkansas Travelers | 7:05p | Back to School Backpack Giveaway Aug. 5 | vs Arkansas Travelers | 7:05p | Kids Ice Cream Bowl Giveaway Aug. 7 | @ Corpus Christi Hooks | 7:05p Aug. 8 | @ Corpus Christi Hooks | 7:05p Aug. 9 | @ Corpus Christi Hooks | 7:05p Aug. 10 | @ San Antonio Missions | 7:05p Aug. 11 | @ San Antonio Missions | 7:05p Aug. 12 | @ San Antonio Missions | 6:05p Aug. 14 | vs Corpus Christi Hooks | 7:05p | Hispanic Heritage Night Aug. 15 | vs Corpus Christi Hooks | 7:05p | Bark in the Park Night Aug. 16 | vs Corpus Christi Hooks | 7:05p | Cody Bellinger Bobblehead Giveway Aug. 17 | vs San Antonio Missions | 7:05p* Aug. 18 | vs San Antonio Missions | 7:05p | OKC Thunder Night Aug. 19 | vs San Antonio Missions | 7:05p | Hornsby Baseball Giveaway Aug. 21 | @ Arkansas Travelers | 7:10p Aug. 22 | @ Arkansas Travelers | 7:10p Aug. 23 | @ Arkansas Travelers | 7:10p Aug. 24 | @ Arkansas Travelers | 7:10p Aug. 25 | vs Springfield Cardinals | 7:05p* Aug. 26 | vs Springfield Cardinals | 7:05p | Kids Ice Cream Bowl Giveaway Aug. 27 | vs Springfield Cardinals | 7:05p Aug. 28 | vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals | 7:05p | Hispanic Heritage Night Aug. 29 | vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals | 7:05p | Bark in the Park Night Aug. 30 | vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals | 7:05p | Golf Hat Giveaway Aug. 31 | vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals | 7:05p* | Margaritaville Night * Fireworks See Tulsa Drillers’ website for more details on giveaways and special nights

TULSA ROUGHNECKS FC Home games are played at ONEOK Field (Tulsa) July 7 | @ Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 7:30p July 14 | @ Saint Louis FC | 7:30p July 21 | @ Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC | 7p July 28 | vs Fresno FC | 7:30p ——————————————————— Aug. 8 | vs OKC Energy FC | 7:30p Aug. 11 | vs C olorado Springs Switchbacks FC | 7:30p Aug. 18 | @ Real Monarchs SLC | 9p Aug. 25 | @ Saint Louis FC | 7:30p Aug. 29 | @ Swope Park Rangers | 7:30p

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HH HOMEGROWN HEROES Hidden in plain sight is one of America’s saddest and greatest tragedies — a heartbreaking crisis that most people in the United States would say isn’t happening in their backyard.

The numbers say otherwise.

Every two minutes a child is being prepared for sexual exploitation, according to a best estimate made by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). That and other statistics like it on the number of children involved in sex trafficking across the world are staggering. But the numbers are a far cry from the actual devastating reality that young people face because of the demand in the United States and around the world for sexually exploited children.

U.S.-based websites and apps that bolster the trafficking of women and children are

quietly part of the multi-billion dollar industry. In the age we live in, where nearly seventy percent of children between 11 and 14 years old have smart phones, grooming children for prostitution and pornography is easier than ever.

It’s an impossible situation with a beaten, intimidated population of victims who are afraid to come forward, many of whom have been groomed by predators initially claiming to have their best interest in mind.

In the end, these victims become slaves. Fortunately, where most Americans turn a blind eye and pretend it’s a problem

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Selfless Spirit Striving to educate, equip and empower Green Country and the rest of the nation on how to better help children stay safe from predators is the DEMAND PROJECT’S plan to prevent sex trafficking. BY ROB HARMON || PHOTOS BY MARC RAINS

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happening somewhere else, one Tulsa couple has decided enough is enough, regardless of the seemingly insurmountable numbers.

Jason and Kristen Weis, founders of the Demand Project in Tulsa, were living in Colorado at the time when they made the decision to stop acting as if sexual trafficking was someone else’s problem.

Jason says that if he were to use one word to describe what caused him to devote so much time and energy to the cause, it would be the word rage.

“There was one night where in the news they had a story about a father who sexually assaulted his own daughter,” says Weis, “a toddler about 2 years old. When I heard that he had videotaped it and put it on the Internet for thousands of people to watch, that was the fistclenching rage moment for me. That’s what really prompted everything after that point.”

The Demand Project’s mission is to eradicate sexual exploitation, specifically those victimized as children.

Preventing sex trafficking, lewd proposals to children and child pornography is where much of the project’s energy and efforts are targeted. Prosecution is another aspect of the project’s roles in the Tulsa area, where Weis is a detective with Jenks law enforcement.

Participating in rescue and restoration efforts are also additional facets of the Demand Project’s impact across the country. With the help of a growing number of willing donors and volunteers, resources are being used by

HOMEGROWN HEROES HH the organization to tackle this terrible situation that even in Green Country is impacting many children.

Striving to educate, equip and empower Green Country and the rest of the nation on how to better help children stay safe from predators is the Demand Project’s plan to prevent sex trafficking. Weis says through educational workshops, the basic aspects of sex trafficking, like ‘grooming’ for example, can be better understood by the average citizen, which helps stop sex trafficking before it even begins.

“Grooming is a process. It’s not an event,” says Weis. “If you can picture a pot of water on a stove burner; it starts out cold, then gets warmer and warmer.

It’s simmering and then it’s boiling. That’s grooming. It’s that process of desensitizing.”

Predators use social media platforms to become friends of young children and sometimes parents become unwitting accomplices. For example, children as young as 10 years old, says Weis, can end up having their own Instagram account, taking pictures of themselves using iPads. The parents believe that since there is no data plan on these devices, it is harmless.

But not so.

The Demand Project provides workshops, led

by Weis, for all those who want to be informed and more capable of joining the fight against the sex trafficking industry.

Things like Facebook page safety settings, emojis and their current meanings among teenagers, ongoing Snapchat and Twitter trends, live-streaming concerns and so much more are discussed in great detail in the project’s prevention workshops.

In an area of service that isn’t always so full of good news, the Demand Project’s most positive impact made recently is on a national scale. The organization’s newly established Mount Arukah is a home dedicated to restoring the lives of children and adults recently rescued from the sex-trafficking industry.

A secluded complex over 50 acres in Oklahoma, with over 60 beds, it will serve many children in desperate need of a new life beyond sex trafficking. Arukah, which is a Hebrew word essentially meaning ‘restoration to perfect health,’ seems to be an appropriate name for the facility.

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“In Jenks,” says Weis, “I’ve got kids who will leave their home in Jenks and go to the outskirts of the school so they can get Wi-Fi. They’re not even in the actual building. They’re on the road or in an alleyway, just so they can get free Wi-Fi. Just because you don’t have a data plan does not mean your kids don’t have access to predators from around the world, in

Tulsa, Chicago, L.A. or even across the street.”

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FULL CIRCLE FROM ITS SILENT ERA SUCCESS IN THE ‘20S, TO BEING SHUTTERED BEFORE BEING REOPENED IN 2004, THE CIRCLE CINEMA IS BACK TO PROMOTING COMMUNITY CONSCIOUSNESS WITH A MODERN ART-HOUSE LOOK AND FEEL.

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This Tulsa icon is about to celebrate its 90th anniversary, but it certainly doesn’t feel old.

Oklahoma Walk of Fame.

The building is even on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Circle Cinema opened at 10 S. Lewis St. (at the corner of E. Admiral Boulevard) in 1928, during the era of silent films, but it is as vibrant and healthy as it’s ever been, especially since it was refurbished and reopened as a modern arthouse cinema in 2004.

The motto of Clark Wiens, president and co-founder of the Circle Cinema Foundation, is “community consciousness through film,” and that mission is behind every film they bring in, including occasional free showings.

“The idea was, I wanted to use movies to teach tolerance. We’re trying to educate our community, in a diverse and the most eclectic way we can, about everything,” Wiens said. “As long as it’s not anti-Semitic or obscene, we’re showing it.

Sure, we’d like to have people pay for it, but some deals we don’t make a dime on and lose thousands. That’s really what’s driven the boat all along, educating our community. My goal’s always been that 20-25 percent of the titles would be free, so The Circle has four different that anybody can come to it. screens, with seating varying But if you don’t make money from about 50 to 225 and on one side, you can’t give shows primarily independent it on the other. So I always films, foreign movies knew we’d have to have a and thought-provoking commercial enterprise to documentaries, as well be successful.” as revisited classics ( for example, they recently had The Circle Theater first the 1980s Tulsa favorite The opened July 15, 1928, with Outsiders, which includes a a showing of the silent film scene filmed at the Circle), Across the Atlantic, and often with relevant guest was located on the original speakers and audience Route 66 alignment. While discussions. With a nice it had a pretty prominent blend of modern amenities place in Tulsa society for and a historical, old-school much of its existence, the appeal reflecting its original theater began to struggle in design, the theater also has the 1970s. As the Whittier the original 1928 restored Square neighborhood Robert Morton pipe organ, around it declined, business an art gallery space and an suffered and in 1978, the The festivities surrounding the big 90th birthday will include special film screenings with guests such as Tulsa actresses Mary Kay Place, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and Peggy Dow Helmerich during the week of July 8-15.

The epic nature of those events underscores just how vital a piece of the Tulsa community the theater has become since it was purchased and renovated by the Circle Cinema Foundation.

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“And then I probably had a period of about five years, I would come down here at 6

Among the many impressive films showing during the 90th anniversary celebration will be I Want You (1951), featuring Helmerich, who will be answering questions afterward; The Gaucho, a 1928 silent film with live organ accompaniment; and a rough cut of the documentary Fathers of Football, about the Wagoner High School football team.

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“The whole area was rundown.

At first, people were telling me they wouldn’t go that far north, and they wouldn’t be here at night, all the things that went with it, and I have to say to a certain extent that I could understand their feelings,” says Wiens, who attended the University of Tulsa but also lived in San Francisco before returning.

“When we finally got it, I envisioned a parking lot in the back and the walkthrough, which was unique to theaters.

Most of the time you got to come around to the front. I said, ‘That’s not going to work,’ so we did that and we put up an extreme amount of lights.

“You just keep doing things and it got better, and more people came and we brought unique films — different films, independent films,” says Wiens, who until recently also owned a lumber business. “It started prospering and people started to be willing to come down.

I never doubted that I would succeed. I’ve been in business and if you just work harder and get up earlier and work later, put your mind to it and make it your goal, it can happen.

I never doubted it.”

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Considering the neighborhood still wasn’t in the best shape when the Circle re-opened in October 2004, Wiens had a lot of work to do to convince people to give it a try. He also went above and beyond the call of duty to keep the immediate surroundings acceptably clean.

Eventually, the situation improved and the Circle Cinema continued to grow.

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It remained shuttered, as Wiens says, “for nine years, the homeless lived in here and they forgot where the restrooms were.” But then he and Circle Cinema Foundation co-founder George Krabis, who recently died, bought the building in 2003 and started the arduous task of restoring it.

a.m. Sunday and pick up all the beer bottles they’d thrown out of the windows. It was the building next door, and I would talk to them. I tried to find out who was responsible, and I couldn’t. I couldn’t have people coming here to watch movies and driving over glass in the alley, so I just did it.”

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Circle started showing adult movies. Then in the late 1980s, reflecting the makeup of the area around it, it became Cine Centro and displayed strictly Spanish-language films before closing completely in the mid-‘90s.

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FROM OLD SCIENCE BOOKS AND CHEMISTRY SETS TO SCIENCE-THEMED TUMBLERS AND OTHER GIFT ITEMS, THE STEMCELL SCIENCE SHOP’S CAREFULLY CURATED PRODUCTS WILL HAVE YOU FEELING LIKE YOU’RE IN A SCIENCE MUSEUM AS MUCH AS A RETAIL STORE. BY MICHELE CHIAPPETTA & PHOTOS BY CHELSI FISHER

If you’ve been blinded by science, can’t get enough of the gadgets on Star Trek, or want your children to be the ones inventing cellphone apps instead of playing on them, then you want STEM. That’s short, of course, for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, and it’s an area of study that’s becoming more and more the trend of the future.

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science books and chemistry sets to science-themed tumblers and other gift items — at one of the Boxyard’s most innovative stores, The STEMcell Science Shop.

Terry Mudge, who co-owns the business with his wife, Jessie, says he created the store out of his own personal passion for all things scientific. “I always loved science and interesting scientific tools and trinkets,” says Mudge.

“For a long time, the only place I could find these cool items was the often-overlooked industrial category on Amazon. With the rise of STEM initiatives across the country, I realized there were a lot of people seeking out these hard-to-find products.

“Being an entrepreneur, I realized there was a huge hole in the market, and an entire niche interest — the science shop —

was being ignored. While The Boxyard project was in its early stages, I heard they were seeking interesting business ideas. I mentioned my idea for a science shop, and it took off.”

Like the other shops at The Boxyard, STEMcell must function within a cozy shipping container. The dynamic challenge of appealing to local shoppers within a small space means that

probably my favorite part of my job,” says Mudge.

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Some of his favorite finds include “the full-size Allosaurus replica skull made by the same crew who does the Jurassic Park props, pieces of the Space Shuttle flown in outer space, a large chunk of the infamous Chelyabinsk meteor, and coming soon, regolith that’s been engineered to be an exact match to that found on Mars,” he says.

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all The Boxyard shops must be creative about what they offer and how they draw in visitors.

STEMcell, says Mudge, is no exception.

All in all, Tulsans who have visited STEMcell love the shop. “The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive,” says Mudge. “I think this is because we provide a unique experience.

We even get visitors from out of state who have come just to visit our store. Not a day goes by when we don’t get asked to open a location in another city.”

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“Many people, companies, libraries, and schools locally have 3D printers,” notes Mudge. “In fact, we are one of the few local suppliers of 3D printing filament, and we have formed friendships with many

STEMcell also provides student, educator, and homeschool discounts as well as bulk discounts on almost everything.

“If anyone needs a ton of beakers for your bar, 3D printers for your classroom, or decor for a sciencethemed event, we’d love to hear from you,” he says. And bonus — they’ll price-match.

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STEMcell offers items for both adults and children — with variety enough to intrigue just about anyone. “Shopping around for interesting items is

One of the most intriguing items STEMcell carries is 3D printers and supplies — both because he loves sharing cutting-edge technology with others and because, as it turns out, there’s a large 3D printing community in Tulsa.

If you like the idea of enjoying new STEM items each month, Mudge suggests checking out STEMcell’s new subscription box, MATTER. “It is possibly the first science subscription box not targeted to kids,” he says.

“Every month, subscribers all over the world receive a box of items, specimens or artifacts with interesting properties. The idea is to explore how all physical matter in the universe is made of the same exact components but behave and interact with each other wildly differently.”

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“With our store being so small, we really have to be very selective about what we carry, but it also allows us to change things out easily to keep the store feeling fresh every time people come in,” he says. Among those carefully

curated products are a lot of genuinely cool items that will have you feeling like you’re in a science museum as much as you’re in a retail store — making it a great place to browse as well as shop.

“Our geological specimens are very popular. Some people collect them, some people decorate with them, and a few think they have super powers [they don’t].

We also carry plenty of small, interesting trinkets that we change out often due to their popularity. These have included strong magnets, materials with interesting properties, and blood type testing kits. We also carry actual professional science equipment that you won’t find anywhere else, including microscopes, chemistry gear and wind turbines. Probably our most popular items [and unexpectedly so] are our science home goods. Posters, drink ware, and decor are very popular gifts for fellow science‑lovers.”

regular customers who now come to us to get their printing materials locally instead of shopping online.”

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Friday-Saturday: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

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OF COURSE YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF SUNSCREEN, BUT SOMETIMES, NO MATTER HOW DILIGENT YOU WERE WITH REAPPLYING, YOU STILL END UP GETTING TOO MUCH SUN.

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HEALTH + FITNESS HF We all know sunscreen is important, but unfortunately, sunburns still happen. Maybe you reapplied your SPF (sun protection factor) multiple times while you were lying out by the pool, but you still managed to get a nasty burn. Or maybe you were outdoors unexpectedly and didn’t come prepared with sunscreen.

Or perhaps the SPF in your sunscreen just isn’t high enough.

Dermatologists recommend using a sunscreen with an SPF of at least 30, which blocks 97 IT’S SHOWER OR BATH TIME Take frequent cool baths or showers to help soothe your burn.

Add one cup of apple cider vinegar to a bath to help balance the pH (acid or alkalinity) of sunburned skin and promote healing. As soon as you get out of the bathtub or shower, gently pat yourself dry, but leave a little water on your skin.

Then, apply a moisturizer to help trap the water in your skin.

CREAM Use a moisturizer with aloe vera or soy to help soothe sunburned skin.

If a certain area feels especially uncomfortable, you may want to apply a hydrocortisone cream that is available without a prescription.

Do not treat sunburn with “-caine” products (such as benzocaine), as these may irritate the skin or cause an allergic reaction.

percent of the sun’s UVB rays.

Obviously, SPFs with higher numbers block slightly more of the sun’s UVB rays, but unfortunately, no sunscreen can block 100 percent of those potentially harmful rays, according to the American Academy of Dermatology.

Having a burn can be crazy painful. It hurts just to put your clothes on. Then you start peeling, and it looks like you have a bad case of dandruff.

And heaven forbid someone blisters, as blisters form to help your skin heal and protect you from infection. Plus, sunburned blisters that are picked at or popped can become infected.

Leave them alone and let nature take its course.

KEEP PROTECTING Take extra measures to protect sunburned skin while it heals.

Wear clothing that covers your skin when outdoors. Tightlywoven fabrics are best. When you hold the fabric up to a bright light, you shouldn’t see any light coming through. Obviously, continue to apply sunscreen with a high SPF on your sunburned skin to prevent more burning.

WATER AND PILLS Pop a couple of aspirin or ibuprofen. This can help reduce swelling, redness and discomfort.

And while you’re at it, drink extra water. A sunburn draws fluid to the skin’s surface and away from the rest of the body. Drinking extra water when you are sunburned helps prevent dehydration.

HELP IN THE FRIDGE Try some home remedies using items in your fridge. Apply cool, not cold, milk with a clean cloth to your sunburned skin. The milk will create a protein film that helps ease sunburn discomfort.

Yogurt can also do the same trick.

Likewise, cucumbers can also be soothing to peeling, sunburned skin. Chill the cucumbers, then mash them in a blender to create a paste and apply to sunburned areas, including the face.

BLISTER BUSINESS If your skin blisters, allow the blisters to heal. Blistering skin means you have a second-degree sunburn. You should not pop the

VITAMIN THERAPY Vitamin E is an antioxidant and can help decrease the inflammation caused by a sunburn. Use vitamin E oil on the

tries to give your sunburned shoulders a massage.

For those times when you find yourself with an unwelcomed sunburn, it’s important to begin treating the burn as soon as you notice it. Fast treatment will help your sunburn heal faster and relieve stinging skin. Plus, proper treatment may prevent nasty peeling.

Here are a few handy tips to help your sunburn heal as quickly as possible. skin or take a regular dose of the supplement. Vitamin E oil also can be rubbed onto peeling skin to promote healing.

GO MAKEUP FREE Hasn’t your skin been through enough? Give your skin a break from things like fragrance-laced makeup and other chemical-laden products, which can inhibit the healing process. But not everyone can confidently walk around bare-faced so, if you must use face makeup, try a tinted moisturizer rich in antioxidants and free of synthetic fragrances and other irritants.

WHEN TO CALL A PRO Watch for warning signs. You should seek medical help if you have severe blistering over a large portion of your body, fever and chills, or are woozy or confused.

Don’t scratch or pop blisters, which can cause infection. Signs of infection include red streaks or oozing pus.

Although a sunburn can seem like no big deal, remember a sunburn can cause long-lasting damage to the skin. This damage increases a person’s risk for getting skin cancer, making it critical to protect the skin from the sun. So even if you’ve already fallen victim to one or two sunburns this summer, be sure to do everything you can to protect from future burns.

SUN SAFETY You know you’re supposed to slather on a high-SPF sunscreen before going out in the sun, but these eight steps will help you double up on that protection.

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Limit time outside when the sun’s rays are strongest, between 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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As soon as you spot some redness, get out of the sun and start treating it immediately.

Timely intervention helps reduce the amount of damage being done to the skin’s cells, which will help the skin heal.

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Apply sunscreen before heading outside. It takes about 15 minutes for the skin to absorb sunscreen and for it to start protecting you.

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Cover as much of your body as possible when going outside. Wear a wide-brimmed hat, long sleeves and pants or carry an umbrella.

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Reapply sunscreen at least every two hours to remain protected.

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Apply about an ounce of sunscreen for head-totoe coverage. If you’re using a spray, apply it until you can see an even sheen on your skin.

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If you’re going to be exercising outdoors, look for water-resistant sunscreen, which must specify whether it protects for 40 or 80 minutes of vigorous activity so that you know how often to reapply it.

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Apply sunscreen yearround. You can burn any time, even when it’s cloudy or temperatures are cool.

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THE FRENCH ARE WIDELY ADMIRED FOR BEING THIN, BEAUTIFUL, AND ALLURING, BUT THEY ARE ALSO WIDELY KNOWN TO CONSUME ALL OF THOSE DIET OFFENDERS. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?

By Tiffany Duncan The year is now a little over halfway over, and I’m happy to report that I’ve lost over 10 pounds! Although my original goal was to lose 30 pounds — and I guess tentatively still is — if I start to feel like I’ve reached a weight I feel healthy and good at before that mark, then I will stop to maintain that. Plus, I know that muscle weighs more than fat, so that may start to come into effect at some point also.

Either way, I am starting to feel better than I have in a while.

I think a lot of that has to do with reaching the right dose of thyroid medicine that’s finally working for me. Back in 2015, after I’d just gotten married, I started to feel very exhausted and lethargic.

One factor playing into my exhaustion was that I was working 40 hours a week at a coffee shop that required me to often rise before the sun and sling lattes for eight hours a day on a concrete floor. There was nothing I cared about more after finishing my shift than getting back to our little brown couch and napping for a couple of hours.

But it started to get worse.

Even on the weekends, I couldn’t get off the couch. As a newlywed, this was more

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than problematic; instead of going on date nights and hanging out with our friends, I just wanted to sleep. I was confused and frustrated by my inability to summon even the smallest amount of energy, or to get excited about anything anymore. I literally felt like a husk of a human, a walking zombie. It took me two years before I finally realized there was something more going on with me than simply being tired from work.

When I finally took my exhaustion to my primary care physician in 2017, she immediately wanted to

check my blood work to see if it indicated a thyroid issue, as the thyroid is largely responsible for the body’s energy levels and metabolism.

Sure enough, my lab results came back showing my thyroid levels were so off, she told me it was astonishing I was even functioning at all. Since then, we’ve slowly worked to find a supplemental thyroid dosage that works for me.

Two months ago was the last time she upped my dosage, and I’m starting to see that we’ve hit the magic number.

I wake up with more energy than I can remember feeling

in a very long time, and am able to get excited about things again, hang out with friends more, and work out with some zing again. But most of all, it’s nice to see those numbers on the scale start dropping again.

Unfortunately, however, my doctor thinks my low thyroid might also be an indication of PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). PCOS can make it extremely hard to lose weight, among various other uncomfortable side effects.

But for now, my thyroid medicine seems to be helping me out, and I’ll just have to deal with everything else as it comes. If you feel irrationally exhausted all the time and have trouble maintaining a comfortable weight, it may be an indication of a thyroid malfunction. Asking your PCP about it might not be a bad idea — I know I’m extremely thankful I did.

This month I also came across a book I highly recommend.

I’ve heard some chatter about it in the past, but I finally decided to check it out. It’s called French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano. The French are widely admired for being thin, beautiful, and alluring, but they are also widely known to consume all of those diet offenders like bread, cheese, butter, chocolate, and wine. How is this possible?

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In her book, Guiliano lays out just exactly how the French are able to stay so svelte while also enjoying some of life’s most decadent and divine pleasures. I love this book because her philosophy surprisingly lines up with my entire goal for the year, which is losing weight through moderation, not deprivation. The secret, she poses, is that the French see food as a friend, not as an enemy, or as something to run to when needing comfort.

In the introduction, Guiliano states: “French women take pleasure in staying thin by eating well, while Americans typically see it as a conflict and obsess over it. French women don’t skip meals or substitute slimming shakes for them.

They eat with their heads, and they do not leave the table feeling stuffed or guilty.” On the following page she also says, “The trick is to manage and gratify your appetites, while determining how, when, and what to reduce.”

Krav Maga class at Tulsa Central Library

It didn’t take long for someone to notice I had no clue what I was doing. You know that little punching ball apparatus that boxers in movies are always rhythmically and smoothly pummeling during their warm up? Well, obviously never having interacted with one of these in my life, I was making my attempts to tame the stupid thing when one of the said muscly men told me

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Curious to learn more, I looked up San Soo Tulsa’s website and noticed they offered a free three-day guest pass to

try out all of the classes they offer: Krav Maga, kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Kung Fu San Soo. I decided to try out the kickboxing first, even though I was intimidated. At first the class was just about as awkward as I thought it was going to be: large muscly men were beating and kicking the crap out of punching bags all around me, and I was desperately trying not to seem like I’d never punched anything in my life.

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(a form of military self-defense developed in Israel). I took both classes through San Soo Tulsa. The Krav Maga class was a free event put on at the downtown Tulsa Central Library in the outdoor Tandy Garden, and it was my first official self-defense class. Some crazy stuff is happening in the world these days, and as a woman I’m tired of feeling unprotected and vulnerable.

So I grabbed a friend and we took the class together. Of course, it was uncomfortable having to be in someone else’s personal space while both of you are sweaty and awkwardly trying to do as the instructor says, but it’s a whole lot better than being unprepared for the worst. Plus it’s a good workout — a definite win-win.

Kickboxing is definitely something I would like to continue to do two or three times a month, money permitting. I highly recommend everyone try it at least once.

San Soo Tulsa is a familyowned business dedicated to teaching and encouraging others to be able to defend themselves when necessary, while also getting healthy and fit in the process.

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I also tried not one but two new workouts recently: kickboxing and Krav Maga

Luckily the head instructor, Michael McDougal, realized I was in dire need of some extra guidance and pulled me off to the side for some one-onone instruction. And it was a blast. He was an excellent and encouraging teacher, and he taught me the six basic boxing punches: left jab; right cross; right hook; left hook; right uppercut; left uppercut. I felt like Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby sans her ripped abs and general badass-ery, unfortunately. Maybe one day.

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Guiliano lays out how anyone suffering from the average American eating habits (meals eaten on the run; calories consumed from stress; outrageous portions; tight waistbands; guilt, guilt, guilt) can recalibrate their relationship with food and drop 30 pounds in less than a year — all while still enjoying the things American fad diets say we mustn’t touch.

Seem too good to be true? It isn’t. The French are living proof that it’s possible to live this way.

I wasn’t supposed to do that with my gloves on. Oh. Right.

Cue embarrassment.

Utilizing as many free and cheap resources as she can find in the 918 area, routinely forsaking her fitness comfort zone to discover effective workouts, and cooking more intentionally from home, Duncan is publicly documenting her progress in each issue as she works to lose 30 pounds in 2018.

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Summertime delights to keep you hydrated, happy and get the party started at the speakeasy-style bar MixCo.

By Gina Conroy Photos by Sarah Eliza Roberts There’s something about the warm weather that ushers in the summer party season, beckoning cocktail lovers to throw back a few extra just to stay cool.

And what better way to stay cool than with some favorite local craft cocktails.

However, if you tend to drink more in the summer to beat the heat, you may be doing more harm than good, especially if you’re not keeping properly hydrated.

Alcohol in the summer affects your body differently than the colder months.

Matt Land, general manager of MixCo — a neighborhood bar located in the heart of downtown Tulsa — and craft cocktail creator says, “Staying hydrated while drinking is extremely important, especially during our summers.”

When you’re drinking more cocktails to stay cool, you’re also consuming more alcohol. While alcohol causes dehydration during any season, it’s especially dangerous in the summer because dehydration interferes with your body’s ability to regulate temperature, and this increases your risk of sickness and contributes to that nasty hangover in the morning.

“Anything that’s in a tall glass with soda water or other mixers might keep you a little more hydrated, but for the most part, make sure you’re drinking water while you drink and when you’re out in the heat,” says Land. “Don’t pound five cocktails in a row without having a glass of water.”

To help beat the heat and keep you hydrated, MixCo offers water with their popular shims (low-alcohol cocktails) so that you can stay hydrated while enjoying your summer craft cocktails.

Here are just a few to get the summer party started.

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It took Land many integrations to get the balance right, but after five months, the result produced an extremely smooth cocktail with floral accents.

“It’s a gin-forward drink that is both delicate and complex,” says Land.

The Basic B*tch Ingredients: Vodka, St. Germain, Blueberries, Lemon Juice, Champagne By far MixCo’s best-selling cocktail where people come just for the drink, the Basic B*tch is made with just the right combination of floral and sweet.

“We created this cocktail as a joke for a wedding party,” says Land. “We tried to put everything a typical 20-something girl who loves sweet drinks would like in one glass.”

Zen Arcade Ingredients: Scotch, Rosemary Syrup, Lemon Bitters MixCo’s summertime Old Fashioned references one of the most influential rock albums of the ‘80s: Hüsker Dü’s second studio album of the same name.

“The lemon and rosemary play very well with the heather from the scotch,” says Land. Crafted with blended scotch, rosemary, and lemon bitters, it makes for a real fresh summertime cocktail.

Negroni Spagliato Ingredients: Campari, Sweet Vermouth, Sparkling Wine This super refreshing, slightly bitter herbal, orange cocktail is a twist on the modern classic.

The Sputnik Sweetheart

One of MixCo’s more popular cocktails, this bright, citrusy, floral drink is perfect for the warmer seasons.

Land says MixCo is constantly working on new cocktails, including a Fernet-Braca menu, a bitter amaro from Sicily. Currently, they are creating new cocktails for their “Christmas in July” event with some of the proceeds going to a couple of charities.

“We like to define ourselves as a really nice neighborhood bar,” says Land who is excited about their latest addition, a patio that seats about 45 people. MixCo will have music and shows this summer on the patio.

MixCo offers music Thursday nights, and jazz each Saturday with no cover.

“Sometimes we play blues Friday nights,” says Land. “Sometimes rock ‘n’ roll.

Sometimes DJs.” Parking is free for MixCo customers whenever their doors are open.

“Sparkling wine is substituted for gin in a classic Negroni,” says Land. “That’s where the spagliato comes from. It means mistake in Italian.”

But this drink is no mistake. Negroni Spagliato is one of MixCo’s favorite modern classic summer cocktails.

Ingredients: Vodka, Lillet, Orange Juice, Lemon Juice, Orange Flower Water

Though craft cocktails are MixCo’s specialty, they also offer a full kitchen, a wide variety of local craft beers, and a solid local wine selection through their partnership with Provisions, a tulsainfluenced, Woody Guthrie wine program.

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Lillet, a fortified wine with herbs and spices, combined with light apricot and floral notes offers a clean, sweet taste. Some might even say it tastes like summertime in a glass.

“It’s very approachable and one of our best-sellers,” says Land.

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“I’m a huge history buff, so I wanted to do something that combined my knowledge of history and drinking,” says Land. “You don’t find many cocktails with both gin and whiskey. It seemed fun to combine two things that didn’t really go together.”

variation on a knickerbocker cocktail from the mid-1800s, named after a Spoon song from the 2014 album They Want My Soul.

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A staple on the menu, The Longest War references the 100-year war between England and France and plays off spirits from the two opposing countries.

This cocktail created by Hank Hanewinkel, who was chosen to tend bar at the White Party charity event for Family & Children’s Services, is made with a seven-year rum and has a perfect blend of stone fruits, vanilla, clove and black pepper. It’s a

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Ingredients: English Gin, French Whiskey, St. Germain, Sweet Vermouth

Ingredients: Aged Rum, Vermouth, Plum Juice, Black Pepper, Lemon Juice, Thyme

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POOLSIDE PARTY PLEASERS

A FEW T N E S E R , WE PR D IMBIBING. E T A W F BODY O RUNCHING, AN E T I R O V R FA UNCHING, C U O Y R A E M GENCE N BODY HAPPILY L U D N I DENCE D KEEP EVERY N E P E D N N I EBRATE FESTIVE VIBE A L E C U O A S Y TO L E N D A RECIPES

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EATS + TREATS ET The month of July really means one thing to all of us here in Oklahoma: hot, hot, hot. But it’s also the month of long golden daylight hours, tank top tan

lines from grilling in the sun, lazy sun-soaked mid-afternoon naps, and cookouts and pool parties lasting well into the evening.

With Independence Day and long stretches of time to fill with the kids out of school, July is the best month to get with your people by a body of water somewhere simply

to talk, laugh, eat, drink, and stay cool. Here are a few poolside party pleasers to lend a festive vibe and keep everybody happily munching, crunching, and imbibing.

POOLSIDE DIP

Adapted from therecipecritic.com Few things are more satisfying after a long swim session than wiping your hands on a beach towel and dunking salty chips in a cool, creamy dip. And this highly addictive mix of sour cream, cream cheese, and other lip-smacking ingredients will not disappoint.

INGREDIENTS:

8 oz. cream cheese, room temp.

4 oz. sour cream 1 red bell pepper, finely diced 1 jalapeno, finely diced (leave seeds in for more of a kick) 1 15 oz. can black beans, drained (may substitute black olives if preferred) 1 15 oz. can sweet corn, drained 1 package Ranch seasoning mix

SPARKLING POOL PARTY PUNCH

Adapted from our-reflection.blogspot.com The perfect combination of sweet, tart, and sparkly, this fruity punch is the perfect complement to a hot summer day (could also add rum or vodka for a 21 and up crowd).

DIRECTIONS:

1. Combine all ingredients and refrigerate until just before serving.

2. If desired, place in individual serving cups for a more festive flair.

INGREDIENTS:

2 cans frozen lemonade concentrate ½ gallon cranberry juice 1 46 oz. jug red fruit punch (Hawaiian Punch recommended) 1 quart chilled ginger ale 1 46 oz. can pineapple juice 2 lemons, thinly sliced Ice

FRUIT AND PRETZEL FLAG

Adapted from savingbydesign.com For a real patriotic treat that also perfectly balances sweet and healthy, this eye-catching centerpiece makes a great grab-n-snack option.

INGREDIENTS:

DIRECTIONS:

1. Pour a generous amount of ice into a rather large serving vessel before pouring in the rest of the ingredients.

2. Place sliced lemons into the top of the jar for garnish.

1 small container blueberries 1 large container strawberries 1 bag white chocolate pretzels DIRECTIONS:

1. After slicing the green tops from the strawberries,

assemble all ingredients into the shape of an American flag, just as pictured.

2. Refrigerating the dish for at least an hour before placing out into the sun is advisable, as the white chocolate will melt slightly in the heat.

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FT FOOD FOR THOUGHT Thanks to modern conveniences like zip-close bags and easy access to ice, it’s incredibly easy to make smooth and delicious ice cream right at home, even without an expensive contraption.

White Ice cream has a very long and storied past, believing to have origins spreading back as far as the Chinese Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). But it would be hardly recognizable compared to what we call ice cream, as it was a frozen milk-like concoction made of fermented cow, goat, or buffalo milk mixed with strange and exotic ingredients for flavor and texture like camphor.

But ice cream as we now know it and love it was conceptualized in Europe — primarily in Italy, France, and England. It all began when chilled, nondairy drinks became all the rage as far back as ancient Roman times. Laborers were sent high up into the mountains to gather snow or ice and store it in ice pits that were dug in the ground.

Then, in the 17th century, chefs within the kitchens of royalty and the aristocratic classes began to experiment with warm custard and cream recipes that had been around since the Middle Ages. They

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reconfigured these into combinations of chilled cream, sugar, eggs, and flavorings like strawberry, chocolate, lemon, orange flower water and even eggplant — all forerunners for what modern day ice cream would eventually become.

BY TIFFANY DUNCAN PHOTOS BY CHELSI FISHER

an explosion of popularity, then roadside pop-ups and chains like Dairy Queen, and eventually the mass-market for ice cream as it is today. In 2008, Americans consumed 3.5 billion liters of ice cream, with no signs of slowing down since.

Whether it’s because ice cream invokes Frozen confections were for centuries a nostalgic childhood memories or is simply divine treat for the ruling classes only, as it a great go-to when the sweet tooth strikes, was expensive and extremely time consuming one thing is true: we all clearly scream for to make before modern machinery, with ice cream. cooks sometimes churning cream for hours upon hours to get it to freeze. But all of that Thanks to modern conveniences like began to change when Nancy Johnson had a zip-close bags and easy access to ice, it’s mechanical ice cream machine patented in also incredibly easy to make smooth and 1843. More advances were made after that, delicious ice cream right at home, even and by the latter half of the 19th century, without an expensive ice cream maker.

Europe and America both were flooded with If the kids are getting restless as summer street vendors selling cheap glasses of ice starts to set in, or if you are looking for a cream from ramshackle carts to the masses. fun alternative date night activity, making ice cream at home is incredibly fun and With the invention of soda water came rewarding. Grab whatever toppings you the iconic, classic American soda shops in might like and follow this recipe.

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INGREDIENTS:

1 cup half-and-half 1.5 Tbsps. sugar 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1/3 cup kosher or coarse salt 1 quart-sized plastic zip-close bag 1 gallon-sized plastic zip-close bag DIRECTIONS:

1. Combine halfand-half, vanilla, and sugar in the small plastic bag.

Seal bag tightly, making sure to press out any air trapped inside the bag.

2. Mix ice and salt in the gallonsized bag. Place the small bag into the large plastic bag and seal tightly.

3. Shake the bag vigorously for about 5 minutes.

You can even make it fun by tossing it back and forth to one another (but you might need to wear winter gloves as it gets very cold).

4. After about 5 minutes, the liquid inside the smaller bag has hardened.

Without opening the bags, let them sit on a plate or a towel for another few minutes, rearranging the ice in the larger bag so it’s surrounding the smaller bag.

5. Take out the smaller bag from the larger bag and briefly rinse one corner of the bag under cold water to remove any salty residue. Using scissors, snip the corner of the bag and squeeze out ice cream into a cup or cone. Serve immediately.

Ice Cream

Difference

In the U.S. ice cream is a mixture of milk, cream, and sugar, and must contain no less than 10 percent milkfat. Commercial ice cream also contains a significant amount of “overrun,” an industry term for the amount of air that is legally

allowed to be whipped into the ice cream during production (the faster the ice cream is whipped, the more air that gets inside). Overrun is responsible for that sometimes less than desirable “airy” or “fluffy” texture in cheaper ice creams.

Premium and Super-Premium Ice Cream Premium ice cream contains around 13-15 percent milkfat, and Super-Premium 16-20

percent. Both also contain far less air, resulting in a rich and creamy product.

Soft-Serve Soft-Serve is ice cream that contains very low milkfat — 3-6 percent — more air, and is produced and served at a

slightly warmer temperature than regular ice cream, resulting in a less hard, less packed variety.

Gelato Meaning “frozen” in Italian, gelato’s amazingly rich, dense texture is primarily the result of being whipped much slower than ice cream, allowing for less air to get into the mix — only 20 percent as opposed to ice cream, which is 60 percent and higher. If you were to pick up a pint

of ice cream and a pint of gelato, the gelato will weigh more as a result of having less air. Gelato is also served at a slightly higher temperature than standard ice cream, allowing for its silky smooth body. It also contains less butterfat than ice cream, between 4-8 percent.

Sorbet/Sorbetto Sorbet is the French term, and Sorbetto Italian.

They both mean a frozen product containing absolutely no dairy, only sweetened fruit juices or water, and sometimes wine. Many are tempted

to think that sorbet is healthier because it has less fat, but be careful; sorbet will often contain more sugar than its dairy cousin. There is also very little air present within sorbet.

Frozen Custard Like ice cream, frozen custard is made from a combination of sugar, milk, and cream. Also like ice cream, it must contain at least 10 percent milkfat. But the first big difference is custard must additionally incorporate egg yolks. Though some commercial ice creams might possibly include egg yolks in their base, a true custard must contain 1.4 percent egg yolks by weight. The second

main difference is a professional custard machine works almost no air into the mixture while it’s being made, and the resulting custard will be served straight from the machine. Both the egg yolk content and the machine give custard its rich, decadent body. Custard’s higher dairy content may also be why it upsets some people’s stomachs more than regular ice cream.

Frozen Yogurt Frozen yogurt, like ice cream, is a dairy product mixed with sugar, but it does not contain any cream. Instead, frozen yogurt is made with cultured milk, resulting in

a slightly tarter frozen dessert that is much lower in fat (but be careful not to go overboard with the compensatory sugary toppings).

Nitro Ice Cream Making its big debut in Oklahoma at the Tulsa State Fair some years ago, Nitro Ice Cream is a scrumptiously smooth and sweet frozen treat. It’s made of the same components as regular ice cream (milk, sugar, cream) but

with the addition of nitrogen, it is rapidly frozen in under five minutes. This quick freezing method allows the fat and water molecules to stay very small, resulting in an extremely creamy product.

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PRHYME: DOWNTOWN STEAKHOUSE

High Steaks As much as Green Country loves barbecue and comfort food, this is a steak state. The history of our steakhouses runs deep, and the genre continues to grow and evolve with varied takes on prep and presentation.

BY MICHELE CHIAPPETTA AND ROB HARMON

Beef is just about as American as apple pie. Our fair country is so fond of steak dinners that we average eating about 54 pounds of beef each per year. It’s a good time to be a carnivore.

That’s a lot of red meat, and the trend isn’t going to disappear. Beef is still in, baby.

And that means you can find a trusty, tasty steak meal at just

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about any restaurant you visit in Green Country.

Of course, what makes a great steak stand out is its flavor.

You need a combination of quality meat, proper aging and culinary know-how to marinate and prepare that slab of red, juicy goodness.

Fortunately, Tulsa and the surrounding areas offers a rich,

beefy selection of great steaks to enjoy, plus some superbly talented chefs to prepare them. You can go from classic steakhouse to international style cuisine and still enjoy the savory steak options all week long and then some.

We’ve gathered a list of places — some obvious, some perhaps surprising — where you can get a thick, juicy, sizzling slab of

beef to enjoy the next time the carnivore in you is craving it.

At the end of the day, the search for the “best” steak begins and ends with you. We present a few of our favorites that deliver scene-stealing add-ons, impeccable aging and sourcing, and smoky, fatty flavor to help you decide which best suits your style and occasion.

Baxter's Interurban Grill 717 S. HOUSTON AVE., SUITE 100

TU L SA

Juicy, certified Angus beef is probably all we really need to say. Baxter’s does everything with subtle attention to detail.

Walking into the restaurant, you’ll instantly feel welcome, but you don’t exactly think, ‘this is a steakhouse.’ You’ll be thinking that when you leave, though. The Five Star Filet is exactly what its name describes. Soft and tender meat you could cut with a butter knife, this choice meat melts on the tongue.

Chimi's Mexican Restaurant 1304 E. 15TH ST. TULSA 5320 S. HARVARD AVE. TULSA 6709 E. 81ST ST. TULSA

Chimi’s may be one of Green Country’s favorite Mexican restaurants. And there’s no denying it. Its legendary menu is chock-full of unique, and yet classic, Mexican fare. If you haven’t tried the carne asada platter, you’re missing out on one of the most tender and moist rib-eyes this side of the border. It’s so tasty, you’ll wonder why you waited so long to discover it.

Bluestone Steakhouse & Seafood 10032 S. SHERIDAN ROAD T U L SA

Caz's Chowhouse 18 E. M.B. BRADY ST. T U LSA

Celebrity Restaurant 3109 S. YALE AVE. T U LSA

Excellence in dining is what you can always expect from the Tackett family’s Bluestone Steakhouse and Seafood restaurant. Steak lovers come here for the extensive choices of entrées. Porterhouses, ribeyes, strips, filets and a serious wine selection to match makes a night out at Bluestone a very special event. It clearly doesn’t have to be an anniversary or prom to visit. Any evening you choose a table at Bluestone is a steak experience you will not soon forget.

It’s not a stretch to say Caz’s Chowhouse is one of the kings of comfort food. Their rib-eye fits that description. Full of flavor and more than capable of pleasing the most famished appetite, this steak dinner will leave you feeling completely satisfied. The Chowhouse has such a relaxed, down-home feel, the entire experience will make you want to stay long enough to relax, enjoy yourself and maybe even get one of their amazing desserts.

There can be no argument that one of Tulsa’s most elegant dining establishments to enjoy a top-shelf steak is the award-winning Celebrity. In fact, it’s had such a reputation worldwide since the 1960s that Mickey Mantle, Bob Hope, Tim Conway and many other stars have enjoyed a meal there. They treat their customers right and never disappoint. If you’ve never made the opportunity to reserve a table, do so. You will not regret it.

Dave & Buster's

El Chico

Fat Daddy's Pub and Grille

6812 S. 105TH E. AVE. T U L SA

Pure entertainment. That’s what we always say about Dave & Buster’s. And it’s one hundred percent true. What you can always expect from their steak dinners: USDA Choice beef.

One hundred percent. Mouthwatering, quality meat, joined with Dave & Buster’s flair for having a good time, and you’ve got yourself the perfect recipe.

Add their loaded garlic mashed potatoes on top of all that, and we’re talking mind-blowing customer satisfaction.

9825 E. 21ST ST. T U LSA

It’s hard to beat a perfectly grilled steak within the confines of cantina. We love El Chico’s entire menu, but their 11-ounce boneless rib-eye steals the show with its cascabel marinade. The fantastic aroma of the grill rising off the plate and the meat’s juiciness in every bite makes it the right choice for any steak lover. It just reminds you why you love steak so much and why El Chico has been a favorite of Tulsans for so many years.

8056 S. MEMORIAL DR.

T U LSA

This neighborhood bar and grill has made a name for itself, not just in south Tulsa but all over. And not just as a sports bar, but as an awesome place to get an affordable steak. You’ll have a hard time finding a more tender piece of beef for the price. They’ll cook it the way you want it and serve it quickly with a smile. The atmosphere at Fat Daddy’s still feels like a friendly, neighborhood bar even though people are coming from miles around to get in on the action.

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In the Raw 3321 S. PEORIA AVE. TULSA 6151 S. SHERIDAN ROAD

TULSA

216 S. MAIN ST. B ROKEN ARROW

The only people surprised by the perfectly seasoned 8-ounce filet served at In the Raw are those who’ve never had it.

And that number is dwindling because more and more people are raving about this amazing steak. Served with wasabi mashed potatoes and glazed asparagus, this meal is worth every single penny. Enjoying a superb meal like this in a place with such great atmosphere to begin with is a no-brainer every time.

Molly's Landing 3700 N. OLD HWY 66 CATOOSA

Catoosa is a short trip from Tulsa when you consider making your destination Molly’s Landing. This place can handle a large crowd, all the while making each individual table feel special. Anyone who has visited this gem will tell you it is a true treat worth repeating. The menu, from top to bottom, is stellar, but one of the biggest reasons Molly’s has many repeat customers is their fantastic steaks. The tender red meat of their filet mignon is simply everything there is to love about steak — flavorful and pleasing to the palate.

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Jamil's 3823 E. 51ST ST. T U L SA

This Lebanese-inspired restaurant has been serving up delicious food to loyal Tulsa fans for four generations and counting. Open only for dinner, Jamil’s serves meals prepared to perfection, including authentic Lebanese dishes such as hummus, tabouli and cabbage rolls. Among their meals are their famous, thick, hickorygrilled steaks. Jamil’s offers a great variety for red meat lovers, including filets, Kansas City strips, T-bones, Delmonico bone-in rib-eyes and smoked prime rib.

Napa Flats Wood‑Fired Kitchen 9912 RIVERSIDE PARKWAY T U L SA

On the east side of the Arkansas River, across from the Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks, Napa Flats not only has beautiful views, but it also offers perfectly fantastic food.

The premium Braveheart Black Angus beef steaks are woodfire grilled to perfection and some of the best tasting meat found anywhere. Served with the trendy Argentinean-style chimichurri sauce, it starts melting on the tongue like you wouldn’t believe. In a casual, yet refined atmosphere, steak lovers can always expect to enjoy a delicious dinner in addition to excellent service.

Maryn's Taphouse and Raw Bar Juniper 324 E. 3RD ST. T U LSA

Juniper’s succulent, 10-ounce grilled tenderloin, smothered in chimichurri butter sauce, is one of the best steak experiences you can have in Tulsa. And it’s just a reflection of the overall Justin Thompson Restaurant experience you get at Juniper and its sister establishments (PRHYME, Tavolo and MixCo).

Exceptional, award-winning service is driven by a passion to please at Juniper, and their tenderloin more than hits the mark, as does anything else you have the pleasure to order.

ol'Vine Fresh Grill 3523 S. PEORIA AVE. T U LSA

The ownership and management of ol’Vine aspire to always provide fresh, inspired meals that instantly please and leave a lasting impression. That is exactly what you’ll get when you order the menu’s filet or strip steaks. All-natural Angus Beef, wood-grilled with the greatest skill and attention to detail, these dishes are what makes ol’Vine a favorite to many of Brookside’s visitors. And they’ll help you choose from a wellcurated wine list to go along with that juicy red meat.

400 RIVERWALK TERRACE, SUITE 180 JE NKS

Maryn’s has been making an impact since opening. Located on the west banks of the Arkansas River in RiverWalk Crossing, Maryn’s Taphouse and Raw Bar is a unique combination of hot meals and raw bar selections. Part of the reason for that would certainly be the handcut filets and rib-eyes. Combined with some of the best sides out there — smoked macaroni and beer cheese, asparagus and lobster hash or the absolutely fabulous zucchini and squash, to name a few — it’s a menu choice you’ll never regret.

PRHYME: Downtown Steakhouse 111 N. MAIN ST. T U LSA

High quality and service never seems to be an adequate way to describe this Tulsa Arts District steakhouse. PRHYME is a cut above what might be described as excellent anywhere else. A sensational dining experience coupled with meat and exquisite wine is yours for the taking here. Only the best cuts of Prime beef will do when it’s time to pull out all the stops.

Ruth's Chris Steak House RIVER SPIRIT CASINO RESORT | 8330 RIVERSIDE PARKWAY

SMOKE. Woodfire Grill

TUL SA

1542 E. 15TH ST. T U LSA

Elegant dining awaits you the next time you’re visiting River Spirit Casino Resort. The topshelf Ruth’s Chris Steak House is famous for serving its steaks sizzling-hot on a 500-degree plate so the last bite is just as warm and delicious as the first.

You can choose from larger or smaller cuts of filets and other steaks. One of the favorite options is the porterhouse for two — a massive, 40-ounce serving of prime beef that marries the rich flavor of a strip steak with the tenderness of a filet.

Sabores If you think an authentic Mexican restaurant can’t do steak well, it’s time to think again — and then head to The Boxyard to chow down at Sabores. You’ll love the festive atmosphere and the quality dishes and drinks. Their juicy, flavorful steak is a marinated skirt steak with an across-theborder flair — caramelized onions and chorizo on top — served with rice and beans.

Steak at SMOKE.? Duh! Of course there is. SMOKE. is beef central in a lot of ways.

And that’s a good thing for Green Country residents who love a good steak served with a touch of culinary elevation.

Savory, juicy choices include the 18-ounce rib-eye, 8-ounce beef tenderloin and 16-ounce New York strip. And not to worry if you’re having dinner with someone who doesn’t love red meat, because there’s a divine cauliflower steak on the menu too.

Sushi Hana

Tavolo

The Bistro at Seville

9904 RIVERSIDE PARKWAY TULSA 3739 S. PEORIA AVE. TULSA

A charming spot known — obviously — for its creatively delectable sushi rolls and sashimi, Sushi Hana also offers plenty of other meals for those who don’t dig the taste of fish. The miso soup, chicken teriyaki and Thai-style fried rice come to mind. But if what you really want is beef, go for the peppercorn steak teriyaki, which never disappoints. Or opt for the steak carpaccio, served with the usual Sushi Hana pops of color and style.

THE BOXYARD | 502 E. 3RD ST., UNIT 27 T U L SA

427 S. BOSTON AVE. T U L SA

This delightful, cozy, urban Italian bistro concentrates on seasonal dishes and handmade pastas that elevate what it means to eat Italian food right.

Along with menu items like the prosciutto and gorgonzola flatbreads that feature Italian ingredients with a twist, you’ll enjoy their perfectly grilled tenderloin filet medallions with herb pesto. Side that with seasonal vegetables and the parmesan risotto, and you’ll feel like you’re on vacation in Capri.

10021 S. YALE AVE., #103 T U LSA

The Bistro at Seville offers excellent service in a charming, casually upscale atmosphere.

You’ll see the attention to details in their commitment to locally sourced ingredients and exquisite meals. For steak lovers, The Bistro offers a 6-ounce or 8-ounce filet topped with jumbo blue crabmeat and Béarnaise sauce.

They’re also known for their bacon-wrapped filets, made with tenderloins, basted in a secret marinade; and their classic beef stroganoff, made with tender filet tips tossed in a creamy mushroom sauce atop fettuccine.

Stone Mill BBQ & Steakhouse 2000 W. RENO B R OK EN A R R OW

Broken Arrow residents know a secret that the rest of Green Country needs to get in on.

We’re talking, of course, about Stone Mill, a fan favorite if ever there was one. The rustic look and feel, the tasty food — it’s perfect for a family night out.

All their steaks are grilled with a secret seasoning recipe.

Choose a well-aged, juicy, flavorful filet mignon, rib-eye, Kansas City strip or sirloin.

The Cookhouse 9701 E. 61ST ST. T U LSA

A favorite of Tulsans for its homemade comfort food meals, The Cookhouse is friendly, laid back and in a word, delicious. And they don’t skimp on local flair either; you’ll find Porter peach cobbler and homemade pecan pie on the menu, for example. Their grilled meals include some home-style flavored steaks, including a 12-ounce rib-eye, 10-ounce sirloin and 8-ounce club steak, all served with fresh rolls, potatoes and another side, like the kind of meals you’d eat at the farmhouse.

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Also Check Out Amelia’s 122 N. Boston Ave. | Tulsa BC Steakhouse 5209 S. Sheridan Road | Tulsa Bull in the Alley 11 E. M.B. Brady St. | Tulsa Click’s Steakhouse 409 Harrison St. | Pawnee Fireside Grill River Spirit Casino Resort | 8330 Riverside Parkway | Tulsa Freddie’s Bar-B-Q and Steakhouse 1425 New Sapulpa Road | Sapulpa Hammett House 1616 W. Will Rogers Blvd. | Claremore Mahogany Prime Steakhouse 6823 S. Yale | Tulsa McGill’s 1560 E. 21st | Tulsa 6058 S. Yale | Tulsa McGill’s on 19 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa | 777 W. Cherokee St. | Catoosa

The Spudder The Ridge Grill

6536 E. 50TH ST. T U LSA

The Tavern

The Ridge Grill believes in giving its customers great meals that produce memorable moments with family and friends. The soothing, welcoming atmosphere encourages diners to enjoy a relaxed visit with loved ones, and the meals don’t disappoint either. If you like the taste of Black Angus beef, you’ll love the tenderloin filet or the rib-eye. And if you like your steak with extra flair, try the tenderloin with peppercorncognac cream.

This eclectic, oil-and-gas themed restaurant was originally launched in 1976 and named after the “spudder,” a cable tool rig made for drilling shallow wells. The walls of the restaurant are lined with petroliana for memorabilia lovers. And you won’t regret visiting either for the atmosphere or the sizable steaks, like their signature steak, The Gusher — a 22-ounce bone-in rib-eye.

There are plenty of other steak options too, including a surf and turf with lobster tail or a steak paired with two quail.

The Tropical

Ti Amo

Waterfront Grill

9999 S. MINGO T U L SA

201 N. MAIN ST. T U LSA

On a lively corner of the Tulsa Arts Districts sits a classy, yet unfussy eatery popular among visitors to downtown.

The Tavern ratchets up the pub experience with its wellcurated list of artisanal beers, world-class wines and specialty spirits, as well as culinary delights made with fresh, local ingredients. Among their entrees are a fabulous 8-ounce filet served with mushroom demi, and a 16-ounce strip served with seasoned frites.

Michael V’s 8222 E. 103rd St. | Tulsa Mid-American Grille 101 Cobblestone Drive | Pryor Montana Mike’s Steakhouse 3825 SE Adams Road | Bartlesville Murphy’s Steak House 1625 SW Frank Phillips Blvd. | Bartlesville Oklahoma Joe’s Bar-B-Cue 333 W. Albany St. | Broken Arrow 19361 NE Robson Road, A | Catoosa 25 W. 5th St. | Tulsa 6175 E. 61st St. | Tulsa Oren 3509 S. Peoria Ave., Suite 161 | Tulsa Polo Grill 2038 Utica Square | Tulsa Redrock Canyon Grill 9916 Riverside Pkwy. | Tulsa Rincón Mexican Grill and Cantina 6219 E. 61st St. | Tulsa Sterling’s Grille 2905 E. Frank Phillips Blvd. | Bartlesville The Artichoke Restaurant 2610 N. 3rd St. | Langley The Chalkboard 1324 S. Main St. | Tulsa The Parrot Steakhouse and Grill 2530 S. Main St. | Grove Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa | 777 W. Cherokee St. | Catoosa Trails End BBQ 8888 N. Garnett Road | Owasso Villa Ravenna 6526 E. 51st St. | Tulsa Western Country Diner 1905 S. Sheridan Road | Tulsa Wild Fork 1820 Utica Square | Tulsa

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8125 E. 49TH ST. T U L SA

When you’re craving a culinary trip to Southeast Asia — delivered in elegant, hip style — visit The Tropical.

This hidden delight just north of 51st Street and Memorial Drive is worth the visit for their delightful service and locally grown ingredients. Check out their garden as you walk inside — it’s amazingly green. Their 10-ounce New York strips and rib-eyes are served with a spicy Thai steak sauce. And if you want to try a more traditional Thai dish, go for the Nuah Num Tok made with marinated beef, grilled and sliced with onion and tossed in a fresh lime juice dressing.

219 S. CHEYENNE AVE. T U LSA 6024 S. SHERIDAN ROAD T U LSA

Now in its third decade, Ti Amo serves Italian food with a distinctly Mediterranean flair that draws on traditions in southern Italy and Sicily to please your palate. Delicious sauces and perfectly crafted meals, along with attentive service, guarantee you’ll enjoy your time there. Along with veal, chicken, shrimp, pasta and more, you’ll love their steaks — the Ti Amo 8-ounce filet topped with brandy peppercorn cream sauce; the 12-ounce center-cut choice New York strip topped with veal demi-glace; and the Costata Di Manzo, a 16-ounce grilled, bone-in rib-eye topped with veal demi-glace.

120 AQUARIUM DRIVE J ENKS

Known for its gorgeous outdoor patio and walls of windows that offer a fantastic view of the Arkansas River, the Waterfront Grill specializes in serving hickory wood-grilled, Allen Brother steaks from Chicago.

If you’re not in the know, Allen Brothers have been providing top chefs with award-winning steaks since 1893. The Delmonico steak frites, the prime center-cut filet, the prime rib-eye, flat iron steak, and slow-roasted prime rib are all amazing.

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There are ALL kinds of fun and games to be had at Dave & Buster’s, but make sure you enjoy the family-friendly sports bar’s unique drinks and great food too.

By Donna Leahey

You already know Dave & Buster’s is a great place for games and fun with friends. You already know you can grab a burger and a beer while you’re there. You might not know just how delicious that burger, or steak, or salmon will be. Dave & Buster’s is more than a place for games; it’s a family-friendly sports bar with a lot more to offer than Galaga and skee ball.

Dave & Buster’s is a blocky building with that orange logo inviting you in to eat, drink, and play. Inside, there’s a spacious high-ceilinged dining area. A big bar lined with stools and booths has plenty of TVs for sports. And then there’s the gaming area. Lights, bells, music, and shouts of glee beckon you to pick up a

Photos by Marc Rains

guitar for Guitar Hero, a plastic rifle for some shooter fun, or a joystick for some old school arcade fun. There are games of skill, games of chance, and games of just plain good times.

When your fun is done, you can take your tickets to the big glittery sign that says “WIN!” for your loot. The prizes run the gamut from bouncy balls to Avenger bobble-heads, wineglasses, and plushies. Big winners can score high-end prizes like a PlayStation, Xbox, or Wii U. There are all kinds of fun and games to be had at Dave & Buster’s, but make sure you find your way to your table to enjoy their unique drinks and great food.

“Dave & Buster’s does a good job of getting traditional and new Americana and Tex-Mex refreshment,” says Eric Raible, general manager of the Tulsa location. “We refresh the menu twice a year. My favorite part of the menu is how updated it is.”

The menu starts with options you’d expect from a sports bar with popular choices like pretzel dogs, a dip trio, or loaded tots. The dip trio is a new addition to the menu, a platter with rich and spicy slow-smoked brisket jalapeno white queso, flavorful guacamole made from scratch, and a tasty vegetarian black bean dip, all served with fresh tortilla chips. It’s a great, sharable way to start off an evening of fun and food.

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When Pigs Fly is more than an expression of disbelief; at Dave and Buster’s, it’s a yummy combo plate.

Crispy chicken tenders share the spotlight with slow-roasted pulled pork sliders topped with bacon and smoked Gouda cheese sauce and a smoked chile and tomato aioli.

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The entrees look more like a steakhouse and less like a sports bar. Dave & Buster’s steaks are 100 percent USDA Choice beef. You can enjoy steak, ribs, pasta, shrimp, chicken, or salmon. All the steaks are beautifully cooked and seasoned to order and after one bite you may forget you’re in a restaurant with arcade games. The New York strip is a favorite, a 12-ounce steak lovingly handseasoned, fire-grilled, and topped with tasty frazzle onions.

Give some consideration to the firegrilled salmon. Dave & Buster’s does right by this center-cut Atlantic salmon.

It’s rubbed with Louisiana spices and perfectly grilled. It’s served with a dollop of peppercorn garlic butter that makes the meal. This is a meal you’ll want to come back for again and again.

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For some great eat, drink, and play values, check out the Eat and Play combos, available Sunday through Thursday and during the day Friday and Saturday. These are special deals that get you a meal and a Power Card for games at one special price. You can choose from three levels depending on your appetite and budgets.

Be sure to check out $2 tacos Tuesday, and half-price games Wednesday.

Happy hour is Monday through Friday from 4:30-7 p.m. and Sunday through Thursday 9-11 p.m. Happy Hour specials include half price on select appetizers and special prices on certain drinks.

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Another of the new menu items is the chicken and waffles sliders. Mini Belgian waffles serve as the buns for hand-breaded chicken and applewood smoked bacon. The classic southern treat goes handheld and bite-sized, and you have got to see these little treats to believe them.

Dave & Buster’s adult drinks are quirky and fun, with clever novelty touches like glowing “ice cubes,” sea monsters perched on the edge of your glass, or miniature red plastic cups perched on the edge of your glass. You can get adult snow cones made with Smirnoff flavored vodkas, Midori, Cruzan flavored rum and more.

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You can finish up with a bananas Foster pie or a decadent chocolate fondue, but if you want something special to share, you have got to see the Brookie Sundae Tower. This confectionary architectural marvel is a sweet stack of ice cream with brookies — a chocolate brownie mixed with Ghirardelli chocolate chip cookie. The whole thing towers over the plate with a crown of whipped cream and a cherry.

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Dave & Buster’s burger menu is loaded with delicious burgers, sliders, ribs slowcooked in-house, and more. The Buster’s Cheeseburger is a thick, flame grilled burger of 100 percent Angus beef, topped with cheese and served on a brioche bun will all the trimmings. It’s a solid burger, but you’re at Dave & Buster’s for a good time, right? Go a little wild and try the Triple Bacon Burger. The seared Angus patty is topped with applewood smoked bacon, peppered bacon pork belly, and topped with a rich bacon and smoked Gouda sauce. If that’s not decadent enough for you, it also comes with manchego and cheddar cheese and a zesty garlic aioli.

If you’re looking for a little lighter fare, there are salads, sandwiches, and more.

Be sure to check out the cheese-crusted street tacos, a very Dave & Buster’s take on traditional street food. You can get them with pulled green chile chicken or slow-roasted ancho pork.

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Or try the ancho Caesar lettuce wraps, a fresh take on an old favorite, with sliced chicken breast, Parmesan, bacon, and generous slices of avocado on romaine leaves.

Sunday-Thursday: 10 a.m.-Midnight Friday-Saturday: 10 a.m.-1 a.m.

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Still serving their famous Caesar salad, steaks, cold-water lobster and skillet-fried chicken, Celebrity Restaurant is like a moment frozen in the mid-‘60s and a monument to Tulsa’s culinary history.

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Crushed red velvet and dark oak. Etched mirrors and sparkling strings of light. Frank Sinatra’s smooth crooning.

Classic recipes. Celebrity Restaurant is like a moment frozen in the mid-‘60s and a monument to Tulsa’s culinary history.

Still serving their famous Caesar salad, steaks, cold-water lobster, and skillet fried chicken, Celebrity Restaurant has been a part of Tulsa’s life for 55 years.

Paula Osko and her brother Nick Samara manage Celebrity, staying true to their father Mike’s vision. “Dad opened Celebrity in 1963 when 31st Street and Yale Avenue was the edge of town,” says Nick. “He had in mind places like Chicago’s Pump Room, New York City’s Russian Tea Room, and the 21 Club. He wanted a classic fine dining feel, a nice club feel.”

The exterior building is a blocky white stucco with party lights surrounding the entrance, a red awning and a red door. “It’s retro,” Nick says of the decor. “It’s a surprise when you come off the streets.”

He’s not wrong. The windowless building seems mysterious and the interior is opulent with details you’d expect in an English gentleman’s club, like inlaid tables, hanging chandeliers, and a bar with stained glass accents. You can just imagine the Rat Pack lounging casually against the bar, martinis in hand.

If you think the decor is opulent during the summer, make sure you come back during the holidays. Celebrity lights up for Christmas with garlands, lights, and decorations festive enough to warm the Grinchiest heart. It continues through Valentine’s Day, with everyone contributing to the decorations. “The decoration is an in-house affair,” says Osko. “We all get in on it.”

Celebrity and Samara family patriarch Mike are important fixtures in the history of dining in Tulsa.

He was recognized with a Lifetime Award from the Oklahoma Restaurant Association and is known as a pioneer in Oklahoma’s restaurant industry. Celebrity Restaurant was honored with the first liquor license in Oklahoma because of Mike’s work advocating for the legalization of liquor-by-the-drink in Oklahoma. “Before that, we had to have your name on file in order to serve a drink,” Nick explains. “That card file was a who’s who of Tulsa.”

Celebrity stays true to its name, attracting celebrities from all over. “When they’re in Tulsa, people tell them to come here,” says Osko. People like Mickey Mantle, Bob Hope, Jonah Hill, astronauts, musicians, governors, and all the old school Tulsa names have enjoyed Celebrity’s atmosphere and menu.

Almost everything about Celebrity is unique. In a time when most restaurant menus are a dizzying list of choices, Celebrity sticks to a few items that they excel at making delicious. “We have a limited menu that we consistently do the best we can,” says Osko.

The best they can do is very good, indeed. Their original menu had five entrees: a filet mignon, a New York strip, beef kabob, cold-water lobster tails, and skillet-fried chicken. You can still order the same meal your grandparents had when they got engaged.

Celebrity is famous for its Caesar salad for good reason. This is not some bland salad topped with dressing from a bottle — this is the real thing. The flavor is strong, with bright acidic tones and garlicky enough that you can feel it on your tongue. It’s one of the house specialties and is a great way to start your meal. At dinner, you can request the special treat of having your Caesar made fresh at your table.

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Celebrity’s filet, an 8-ounce center cut of aged Angus tenderloin, is a revelation. It’s a beautiful steak to look at, and remarkably tender and juicy. The flavor is meaty, and it’s set off by a seasoning blend that complements it perfectly. Celebrity has been serving this divine steak as long as they’ve been open, along with their 14-ounce New York strip. A relative newcomer to the Celebrity steak family is the 16-ounce rib-eye, a broiled, beautifully marbled cut of savory, juicy beef.

Their chicken isn’t casually tossed in a deep-fryer; instead, it’s sizzled with care in a seasoned cast iron skillet and comes out crispy, juicy and delicious. “A lot of people tell us it’s just like their grandmother used to make,” says Osko.

With biscuits and homemade gravy, the only thing that could make it better is enjoying it with grandma.

There are only a few places in all of Tulsa that serve a true cold-water lobster tail, and Celebrity is one of them. Lobster from extremely cold water is firmer and has sweeter flavor.

“It’s hard to get that true cold-water lobster,” says Osko.

“It’s hard to get and it’s pricy, but it’s what we’ve always served.” The lobster tail dinner comes with not one tail, but two. They’re 6- to 8-ounce tails, seasoned, cooked to tender perfection, and served with drawn butter over a tea light. It’s a decadent treat you will want to savor.

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Some other great options on the menu include the tart and minty Syrian salad which, like the Caesar, can be made table-side on request. Consider starting with Celebrity’s crab corn fritter, housemade hummus, or the delicious marinated grilled shrimp. Some other delightful choices of entree include the fried catfish, grilled salmon, or their pan sautéed New Zealand whitefish.

For an extra special treat, consider the surf and turf options.

You can add one or two of those decadent cold-water tails to any steak to make it a meal worthy of a celebrity.

Celebrity does take reservations and, while they’re not required, they are preferred. Osko strongly recommends making a reservation Thursday, Friday, or Saturday and throughout December.

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Celebrity’s list of desserts is mouthwatering and tempting.

The classic buttermilk pie is a popular standout, as is Osko’s favorite: the creme brulee. “It’s a good choice after you’ve had a full meal,” she says, “but you still want dessert.”

Consider enjoying a brandy ice either with dessert or as your dessert. It’s another Celebrity classic, made with brandy, creme de cacao, and ice cream.

Monday-Thursday: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 5-9 p.m.

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Linda Powell and her family have worked diligently to offer a unique dining and sightseeing experience at MOLLY’S LANDING that offers something hard to find anywhere else in Green Country.

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The bridge was historic, so it could not be demolished, Powell explains. But there was no place to move it, until Molly’s Landing stepped in. Two sections of the bridge — 220 feet long, 40 feet high and well cared for — now offer a twinkle-light illuminated entrance that charms visitors.

After parking, visitors climb stairs to the entranceway. As you do, you’ll notice a garden with seasonal plants (such as tomatoes in the summer, herbs in the winter) that are used in the kitchen to prepare meals.

There’s an outdoor chessboard that might remind you of Alice in Wonderland, among other intriguing outdoor decorations and greenery.

“It gives you a breath of fresh air from city life,” says Powell.

Of course, no restaurant experience is satisfying without great food — and Molly’s Landing excels in that arena.

Their menu concentrates largely on steaks and seafood, served to perfection by the stellar kitchen staff. One of Powell’s sons, Russ, handles the purchase and preparation of all the meat, and his attention to detail is evident in every juicy bite on your plate.

“Russ is very particular about the meat that comes in the door,” says Powell. The steaks are a customer favorite for their flavor — they’re smoked with mesquite and cooked on a grill that was built personally by Russ.

Molly’s is also known for its fresh grilled seafood; the shrimp is a customer favorite. In addition, all the meats are seasoned with Powell’s secret seasoning recipe,

In fact, with the growth of home-brewing, Molly’s is taking advantage of their garden to offer something unique to customers.

“We’ve put in a hops garden,” she says, “and we will be able to sell hops to those who make their own beer.” Other items for sale in their gift shop (open Wednesdays through Saturdays) include their seasonings, which are quite popular, a variety of turquoise jewelry, and other sundries.

Finally, a piece of advice if you’ve never eaten at Molly’s before: save room for their desserts, which are made in-house by Jerry Lewellan, a staff member who has been with Molly’s Landing for nearly 30 years.

“Jerry is responsible for all of our fabulous desserts,” says Powell.

“He can make a carrot cake that is just fabulous. So is his peach cobbler and the white chocolate cheesecake.” Customers can even order a full cake for home parties, she says; just order ahead of time.

Powell is appreciative to her staff, many of whom have been with the restaurant for many years. “I could not do this without them. They are very important,” she says.

And she also appreciates her customers, many of whom have been coming to Molly’s for years.

For repeat customers, there is a birthday club you can join.

Just sign up when you visit the restaurant and receive a very nice gift the next time you have

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The spot’s connection to Route 66 comes across in many ways as you visit Molly’s Landing. As you drive up to the parking area, you’ll pass over a historic bridge built in 1936 and originally located on westbound Route 66. When the bridge needed to be replaced for traffic safety, there was a dilemma.

Another of Powell’s sons, Doug, oversees the bar, another area where the restaurant shines. The drinks menu is expansive and trustworthy, no matter what you order. “We have a fairly large selection of wine and some of the craft beers that are so popular nowadays,” Powell notes.

a birthday. Also if you go to the Molly’s Landing website, you can print a coupon for $15 discount (good when you purchase two dinners and either dessert or an appetizer). It’s just one of many ways in which Molly’s Landing gives back to its guests.

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“There’s something special about water,” Powell says. “People want to be near it. They want to be able to see it. Also, Highway 66 is quite famous. So we purchased the property.”

Many of the items are cherished mementos — some belonged to Powell’s children over the years, others to customers who donated items, and some are even from Powell’s own childhood, such as the roller skates she had when she was in seventh grade. There are items at every table that could start a conversation, all in an atmosphere intended to relax and please. “We are comfortable dining,” says Powell. The dining experience is laid-back, intimate and special, whether you’re dressed to the nines for the opera or wearing jams after just visiting one of the nearby Green Country lakes.

which she credits with making their dishes so tasty. “I raised six children with that recipe,” she says with a smile. “Spices are very important. You can’t have a good dinner without them.”

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Owner Linda Powell opened the restaurant 35 years ago after moving to Oklahoma from Arizona. And it’s clear that she and her family have worked diligently to offer a unique experience that offers something hard to find anywhere else in Green Country.

The building is located just off the Verdigris River, one of the traits that drew Powell to the property.

And when you walk inside, you’ll discover one of the most eclectically decorated, invitingly intimate dining spots anywhere. The walls and ceilings of the enormous log cabin, constructed specifically to house the restaurant, are lined with an impressive variety of décor — from beaded lamps and statuettes to Route 66 and other Americana-style signs.

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Just down the road from the American landmark known as the Blue Whale in Catoosa sits an unassuming, yet superbly delicious dining spot charmingly known as Molly’s Landing. And if you’ve never been there or haven’t been in a long while, it is high time to visit for some of the best steaks, seafood, and service you’ll find anywhere in Green Country.

Monday-Saturday: 4-10 p.m.

Sunday: Closed

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Banking in a shipping container could present many challenges, but Blue Sky Bank has flourished in The Boxyard, building relationships with businesses and employees downtown.

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The boxcar and shipping container began revolutionizing the freight industry in the 1830s.

Now, less than 200 years later, the storage units are being used to build houses, shopping complexes and restaurants. Though not its original use, the recycled architecture is growing in popularity every year.

Just east of downtown Tulsa, you’ll find The Boxyard, home of local stores, food spots, a barber shop and, nested in the southeast corner of the complex, a bank.

Blue Sky Bank, formerly Citizens Bank of Oklahoma before 2016, was first chartered in 1905 in Osage County.

After many years and name changes, the bank came to midtown Tulsa in 2004, and last year, Blue Sky Bank opened their newest location at The Boxyard.

Banking in a shipping container could present many challenges. There’s limited space, so every inch has to be planned to the last detail. There’s no running water (only in the boxcars that serve food and the barber shop). The space is narrow and long.

You know how there are shotgun houses and shotgun kitchens? You could call Blue Sky’s downtown branch a ‘shotgun bank.’ It’s two shipping containers wide,

and it sits at the southwest corner of The Boxyard, making it one of the few spaces at the shopping center with external windows.

“We opened [a location] at The Boxyard to appeal to different groups and have a broader presence. It was an opportunity that presented itself to us,” says Jane Adler, senior vice president.

Adler also says she’s noticed more name recognition since opening The Boxyard location. “[Business] has picked up since we’ve been here. We’ve been building relationships with businesses downtown.

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They also supplied water to the vendors at the Blue Dome Arts Festival in May, says Adler.

Beyond the stretch of colorful canvases is a waiting area with sleek cushioned benches against the wall, making the space flow freely. Before reaching the back wall, right in front of an air conditioning unit is branch operations lead Crystal Barnett’s desk.

A variety of glass decor is displayed on shelves in the conference room just feet away. Sunlight pours into the room from the window, and there’s a noticeable difference in temperature between the conference room and just outside in front of Barnett’s desk. The natural light goes a long way,

“The restaurants helped a lot,” Rushing adds.

Besides being the only Tulsa bank in a boxcar, Blue Sky is unique in other ways, as well.

When people wonder what’s different about Blue Sky, Rushing tells them it all boils down to one key thing: “We’re locally owned.”

“We get to see our customers.

We know their businesses. We go to their businesses,” Rushing says. “The relationships we build become important to our customers as well. We have customers that drop in to The Boxyard just to grab a cup of coffee and catch up like old friends. Earlier this year, we had a need for our floating teller, Crystal [Barnett], to work at our 41st Street branch for a few weeks and there was nearly an uproar at The Boxyard. She’s been at The Boxyard branch since the day it opened and knows every customer who walks in the door. Needless to say, everyone was very excited about her promotion to branch operations lead and permanent return to The Boxyard in June.”

The principal owners of Blue Sky, Gentner and Wendy Drummond, are no strangers

to the area, and Rushing says they’re very supportive of small and local businesses, as well as establishing businesses. Gentner, a decorated combat pilot in Operation Desert Storm, has a law office in midtown, and is running for State Attorney General.

“We have this, the Blue Sky Way,” she says. “Every employee has a booklet outlining the mission and values of the company, such as work hard and be the best you can be and make your handshake matter.

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Blue Sky makes an effort to be involved in the community, specifically the arts. The first round of work they had on display was from the Tulsa Girls Art School.

“People are starting to come down here more now that they know,” Adler says.

“We didn’t just change our name; we’re changing our culture. The Blue Sky Way is about being the best version of ourselves in order to build strong relationships with our customers. We don’t treat our customers like account numbers. It’s important to us to get to know our customers as people. We strive to truly understand their individual banking needs in order to create the best financial solutions for them.”

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This art is changed every quarter of the year, says Rushing.

Outside is an ATM, one of the only in the area that you can access without going inside a business. If you bank with Blue Sky that ATM can make deposits for you, as well.

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The metal walls and glass windows, doors and dividers provide mixed media for the space, which is bright and open — not necessarily what you might expect in a freight container. A teller greets you from behind the glass immediately to the right when you walk inside. Paintings hanging on the wall to the left, rich with color and texture, capture the attention of the room.

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started banking with us as well,” says branch manager Sarah Rushing.

Monday-Friday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Saturday: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Sunday: Closed

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SKYSCRAPER HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION

ANT-MAN AND THE WASP

Set between the events of Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War, Scott Lang, now under house arrest, tries to balance his home life as a father with his responsibilities as Ant-Man. When Hope van Dyne and Hank Pym present him with a new mission to bring to light secrets from their past, Lang teams up with Van Dyne, who is the new Wasp.

Cast: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Pena RATING: NR

Taking place six years after the events of the previous film, the story centers on Dracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of their family, both human and monster, and friends as they take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula suddenly becomes attracted to the ship’s mysterious captain, Erika.

Now it is time for Mavis to be the leader of the “Drac Pack” and rally up everyone so they can stop Erika, who is secretly the great granddaughter of Abraham Van Helsing, the notorious monster slayer and Dracula’s ancient archenemy, and save Dracula before it’s too late.

Cast: Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg

Former FBI agent and amputee Will Sawyer lives in the tallest and “safest” skyscraper in Hong Kong with his family. The skyscraper itself, known as The Pearl, houses several floors that function as their own society and despite the risks highlighted by Sawyer, who is the building’s head of security, his bosses insist that it is impenetrable. True to Sawyer’s belief, the building comes under attack by terrorists, forcing Sawyer to take action. Matters are complicated further when he finds himself framed for the attack, and his family trapped above the resulting fire line.

Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han

MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN

Ten years after the first film, on the Greek island of Kalokairi, Sophie is pregnant while running her mother’s villa. Self-conflicted because she can’t do it by herself, but with Tanya and Rosie’s guidance, Sophie will find out more of Donna’s past and how she came to start up her villa, met each one of Sophie’s dads, and raised a baby on her own.

Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski RATING: PG-13

RATING: PG-13

RATING: PG

THE EQUALIZER 2 DON’T WORRY, HE WON’T GET FAR ON FOOT THE FIRST PURGE

To push the crime rate below 1 percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of the oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.

Cast: Marisa Tomei, Lex Scott Davis, Y’lan Noel RATING: R

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EIGHTH GRADE

A teenager tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth-grade year before leaving to start high school.

Cast: Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson RATING: NR

On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara RATING: R

Robert McCall learns that one of his longtime friends, Susan, has been murdered. McCall decides to return to his old ways and seek out and find and punish the perpetrators.

Cast: Denzel Washington, Ashton Sanders, Pedro Pascal RATING: NR

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THE GAUCHO (1927)

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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT

When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences.

As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begins to question his loyalty and his motives. Hunt finds himself in a race against time, hunted by assassins and former allies while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.

Cast: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg RATING: NR

A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes and is blessed with healing powers. A shrine is built on the site, and a city grows around it, rich with gold from the grateful worshipers.

Ruiz, an evil and sadistic general, captures the city, confiscates the gold and closes the shrine. But the Gaucho (Douglas Fairbanks), the charismatic leader of a band of outlaws, comes to the rescue.

JULY 20

GAUGUIN: VOYAGE TO TAHITI

Focuses on French painter Paul Gauguin and his affair with a younger lady in Tahiti in 1891.

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RATING: PG NR = A rating was not available as of June 18, 2018

Release dates and ratings are subject to change.

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TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES

Existing in the same continuity as their silly yet still-active spin off show, the Teen Titans find out that all the other DC superheroes seem to have films produced. So the five seek out the perfect director for their debut on the big screen. After constantly being rejected for not being taken seriously, the team searches for an archenemy to prove they are worthy of a movie, finding potential in the supervillain Slade.

Cast: Will Arnett, Kristen Bell, Scott Menville

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CIRCLE CINEMA FILM FESTIVAL AND 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Debut of Circle Cinema Film Festival will include new features, silent classics, documentaries, special guests (Mary Kay Place, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Peggy Dow Helmerich and others), filmmaker discussions, receptions and much more.

See website for schedule and ticket information. (Learn more on Page 56.)

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LIVES WELL LIVED DEEP RED

Italian horror master Dario Argento weaves a twisted tale of murder and the musician and medium who team up to uncover the killer’s dark buried secrets.

Celebrates the incredible wit, wisdom and experiences of adults aged 75 to 100. Through their intimate memories and inspiring personal histories encompassing over 3,000 years of experience, 40 people share their secrets and insights to living a meaningful life.

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Check Circle Cinema website for times, costs, additional events and more details.

Release dates, showings and ratings are subject to change.

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