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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

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, James Cooper, Ward 2, city council, okc, covid, 2020, year in review

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: Chicken-Fried News, chicken fried news, cfn, norman, unite norman, recall, petition, city council

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 approves resolutions, Oklahoma County jail trust moves forward with a jail transition and residents lobby at the Capitol.

Tags: Metro, News, news briefs, briefs, city council, Oklahoma City Council, Oklahoma County jail, Oklahoma County jail trust, jail trust, Central Oklahoma Transportation & Parking Authority, Jason Ferbrache, Streetcar, JoBeth Hamon, Nikki Nice, One Red Oak, Marcus Garvey Leadership Academy, Harmony School Apartments, Myriad Botanical Gardens Crystal Bridge, Crystal Bridge, Myriad Gardens, Greg Williams, Department of Corrections, Michele Minietta, Don Givens, William Monday, Oklahoma Capitol, capitol, Freedom Oklahoma, Together Oklahoma, State Question 802, Medicaid expansion, Emily Virgin

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