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SixTwelve is ramping up arts education with its First Friday concert series in the Paseo.

Tags: Music Features

After shuttering through the pandemic, The Blue Door has reopened its doors after undergoing a facelift but the venue’s signature charm — its intimate and songwriter-focused room — has remained intact.

Tags: Music Features, Oklahoma City, The Blue Door, OKC music, OKC Entertainment

Learn about your city on the seat of a bicycle.

Tags: Fall Guide, bike, bike tours, ride okc, fall, fall guide, fall activities, things to do, okc, oklahoma city

Tags: Metro, Oklahoma City, City of Oklahoma City, Fourth of July, Independence Day, city offices, trash, recycling, EMBARK, OKC Streetcar, OKC Animal Welfare, Household Hazardous Waste Facility, parks, senior centers, family aquatic centers, pools, Will Rogers Gardens, Martin Park, municipal court

Tags: Metro, City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City-County Health Department, OCCHD, COVID-19, coronavirus, proclamation, social distancing, sanitization, Oklahoma State Department of Health

Tags: Metro, Oklahoma City, City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Municipal Court, COVID-19, coronavirus, Oklahoma Department of Public Safety

Tags: Metro, city of oklahoma city, Oklahoma City, bars, restaurants, closures, David Holt, COVID-19

Tags: Metro, Oklahoma City, state of emergency, David Holt, COVID-19, coronavirus

Oklahoma City Council established the MAPS 4 Citizens Advisory Board despite some concern about the name.

Tags: Metro, News, city news, MAPS, MAPS news, City council, city council news, council news, JoBeth Hamon, David Holt, Mark Stonecipher, Todd Stone, James Cooper, Nikki Nice, Citizens Advisory Board, advisory board, MAPS advisory board, subcommittees, citizen, resident, citizenship, Oklahoma City, inclusion, inclusivity, Innovation District, Freedom Center, neighborhoods, connectivity, venues, community, MAPS 3, ADG, consultant, MAPS implementation

A Midtown retailer caters to both amateur and professional mixologists wanting to raise the bar with better ingredients and supplies.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, OKG Shop, Barkeep Supply, Vault Ice, Winship’s Bitters, bartending, bartenders, mixologists, mixology, craft cocktails, cocktails, mixed drinks, Julia McLish, bar, demonstration bar, drinks, Josh Cockle, Old Fashioned, Daiquiri, Ludivine, spirits, atomizer, bar bible, cocktail recipes, The Bar Book, Jeffrey Morgenthaler, ice, Seth Stevenson, Whiskey Cake, Norman, Oklahoma City, mixology scene, restaurant, bar, hotel, chemistry, UV filters, water softening, flavors, taste, guaiacol

One of the city’s most unhealthy ZIP codes could receive a Healthy Neighborhood Overlay zoning.

Tags: Metro, News, community news, Oklahoma City, 73111, health outcomes, healthy neighborhoods, healthy neighborhood overlay district, food insecurity, food security, zoning, food conservation and energy act, Nikki Nice, Geoffrey Butler, 18 year gap, life expectancy, small-box retail, small-box store, dollar stores, Planning Commission, Oklahoma City Council, city council, ordinance

OKC-based LGBTQ+ webseries Scandalous Tales returns for a second season.

Tags: Film, streaming, TV, webseries, Scandalous Tales, Oklahoma City, LGBTQ+, Alexandria Carr, YouTube, John LeVan, filming, Tomisha Riddle, Asa Laveaux, sensitive topics, religion

City and community leaders broke ground last week on a park honoring a local Mexican American war hero.

Tags: Metro, News, community news, Oklahoma City, Manuel Perez Jr., Manuel Perez Park, Perez Park, Donna Cervantes, Cruz Cardenas, David Holt, Doug Kupper, Parks & Recreation, park, community park, Scissortail Park, groundbreaking, World War II, Medal of Honor, Calle Dos Cinco, Historic Capitol Hill

A motor coach company boasting first-class service is starting a route between Oklahoma City and Dallas.

Tags: Metro, News, Oklahoma City, City News, travel, commute, Dallas, Texas, OKC-DAL, Oklahoma City-Dallas, Dallas-Oklahoma City, Vonlane, Alex Danza, Southwest Airlines, Sheraton Downtown, Sheraton, Sheraton Oklahoma City Downtown Hotel, DoubleTree Love Field Hotel, Red River Showdown, OU/TX, Texas Exes, University of Oklahoma, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, motor coach, bus

Oklahoma’s average Municipal Equality Index ranking is 32, about half of the national average.

Tags: State, News, Oklahoma news, state news, Human Right Campaign Foundation, Human Right Campaign, HRC, Municipal Equality Index, MEI, Allie Shinn, Freedom Oklahoma, Jose Vega, Oklahomans for Equality, LGBTQ, LGBT, LGBTQ+, Norman, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Edmond, Lawton, Broken Arrow, Stillwater, Moore, nondiscrimination, Stephanie Montelongo, human rights commission, Dennis R. Neill Equality Center