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3rd Act Theatre’s annual fundraiser performs at local breweries this July.

Tags: Arts, 3rd Act Theatre Company, Shakespearean, comedy, Drunk Classics, Much Ado About Nothing, archetypal theatre, Shakespeare, Anthem Brewing, Roughtail Brewing Co, Angry Scotsman Brewing, Much Ado About Drinkin

Tags: Chicken-Fried News, oklahoma gazette, chicken fried news, Oklahoma County Clerk, David Hooten, News

After winning the battle against Stage IV ovarian cancer, Tarah Warren found a way to pay it forward to those still fighting.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Oklahoma Gazette, Citizen Spotlight, OKC Citizens, Tenaciously Teal

Tags: Best Of Intro & Extras, Oklahoma Gazette, Best of OKC, reader's poll, 36th year, food, drink, arts, culture, entertainment, life, wellness, goods, services, cannabis, covid

Margaret Cho finds the sweet spot between compassion and cruelty at Bricktown Comedy Club.

Tags: Arts, comedy, Margaret Cho, Bricktown Comedy Club, Masked Singer

Stand-up comic Hari Kondabolu makes his Oklahoma debut at The Paramount Room.

Tags: Arts, comedy, Hari Kondabolou, The Paramount Room, political jokes, Warn Your Relatives, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, The Simpsons, The Problem with Apu, Cameron Brewer

Basketball-themed comedy benefit show Why Not? returns to OKC.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Demetrius “Juice” Deason, Russell Westbrook, Why Not? Comedy Show, comedy, Tower Theatre, Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County, Jabee, Will “Spank” Horton, The Plastic Cup Boyz, Comedy Central, The Next Level, Taneshia “Just Nesh” Rice, Layups2Standup, basketball, NBA

A new downtown venue bringing national comic headliners is now open.

Tags: Metro, Bricktown Comedy Club, comedy, Bricktown, BARK Entertainment, Adam Norwest, Gamers Arcade Bar, Chris Presley, D.C. Young Fly and Friends, John Heffron

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Fiction Issue, fiction, Oklahoma Gazette, Gazette reader, Jeremy Lowe, poetry, poem, Franz’ Cure, vampire

Comic, author and television host Chelsea Handler stops at The Criterion on her Life Will Be the Death of Me tour.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Chelsea Handler, The Criterion, comedy, Life Will Be the Death of Me ... and You Too!, Hello Privilege, racism, privilege, #MeToo

RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio’s It’s Jester Joke tour brings biting insult comedy to Oklahoma.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Bianca Del Rio, Hudiburg Chevrolet Center, Rose State College, Midwest City, RuPaul’s Drag Race, comedy, It’s Jester Joke Comedy Tour, drag queen, Dame Edna Everage, Barry Humphries, Blame It On Bianca Del Rio, Hurricane Bianca, From Russia With Hate, Rachel Dratch

An Oklahoma judge blocked a law that presents medical abortion as an option. But is this backed by science?

Tags: State, Big If True, Oklahoma Gazette, factchecking Oklahoma, factchecking, abortion, medical abortion, Oklahoma County Judge Don Andrews, temporary injunction, Assistant Solicitor General Bryan Cleveland, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, progesterone, pregnancy, Contraception, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, abortion pill reversal, Dr. George Delgado, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, control group, Issues in Law and Medicine, American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Past editors look back on Oklahoma Gazette’s 40 years and reflect on its success.

Tags: Metro, Oklahoma City, news, Oklahoma Gazette, OKG40, OKG 40, Bill Bleakley, historic preservation, local journalism, journalism, The Oklahoman, Randy Splaingard, Rod Lott, Phil Bacharach, Murrah Bombing, alternative news weekly, alt weekly, Penn Square Bank, yuppies, yuppie, editorial page, opinion, commentary

Historian Bob Blackburn reflects on Oklahoma City’s major changes throughout the past 40 years.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Bob Blackburn, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City, news, Oklahoma Gazette, OKG40, OKG 40, Bill Bleakley, historic preservation, oil and gas, local economy, arts, entertainment, food, drink, local journalism, alternative weekly, alternative voice, Penn Square Bank, First National Bank, Cheever’s Cafe, Cheever’s, MAPS, Oklahoma City Thunder, Chris Paul, OKC Thunder, Thunder, Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, Bricktown, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Hornets, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, mediocrity

A year after buying Oklahoma Gazette, its publisher reflects on its impact on his life and sees a bright future.

Tags: Commentary, Oklahoma Gazette, OKG, OKG40, OKG 40, Peter J. Bryzcki, Pete Brzycki, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Bill Bleakley, Tierra Media Group, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, journalism, local journalism, Pepperdine University, California, Southern California, OKCTalk, OKCTalk.com, Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Reuters, Bloomberg, Paramount Pictures, Disney, Capitol Records, MBA, UCLA, art, entertainment, food, drink, print journalism