From cainsballroom.com – Described by Spin as “one of the greatest living voices in rock today,” and by SF Weekly as “the whole package”, Grace Potter continues to impress both critics and audiences with her musical achievements and captivating live shows.
Heralded as one of today’s best live performers, Grace Potter has played every major music festival from Coachella and Lollapalooza to Bonnaroo and Rock in Rio. She’s had the honor of sharing the stage with artists such as The Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson, Robert Plant, the Allman Brothers, Neil Young, Mavis Staples, and The Roots to name just a few. Most recently, she was given the honor of performing, along with Sheryl Crow, a tribute to the late Glenn Frey at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. For an artist who has built a devoted fan base through her electrifying live show, Potter seems hell-bent on breaking out of the box when it comes to studio work. She refuses to be defined by a single genre. Over the last three years, she has seamlessly transitioned from collaborating with the Flaming Lips for a Tim Burton film, to songwriting and producing for soundtracks and theme songs for film and TV, to multi-platinum, Grammy nominated country duets with her friend Kenny Chesney, to most recently joining The Rolling Stones on stage for an inspired rendition of “Gimme Shelter.”
In late 2015, at the invitation of The First Lady, Michelle Obama, and TV host Conan O’Brien, Grace performed for the troops in Qatar (where she was joined on stage by the guitar-playing O’Brien). In the fall of 2015, Grace was honored with the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, her home state of Vermont’s highest honor in the creative sector. Earlier in 2015 Potter received the ASCAP Harry Chapin Vanguard Award by WhyHunger honoring her for her work with several charitable organizations. On August 14th, 2015, Grace released her critically acclaimed solo album, Midnight, to a #17 debut on the Billboard 200 chart.
Perry, Okla., native and WWE champ Jack Swagger. Courtesy WWE Inc.
Perry, Okla., native and WWE champ Jack Swagger. Courtesy WWE Inc.
Mon., June 6 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in OKC
From chesapeakearena.com – The WWE flagship broadcast, Monday Night RAW, returns to Chesapeake Energy Arena on June 6. This will be your chance to see your favorite WWE Superstars live in action!
SEE WWE SUPERSTARS INCLUDING: Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt and the Wyatt Family, New Day, Alberto Del Rio, Ryback, Kevin Owens, Dolph Ziggler, Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks, and many more!
WWE offers the best value in entertainment, with tickets starting at $20. Tickets to Monday Night RAW at go on sale Fri, April 15 at 10:00 AM and are available at www.ticketmaster.com, the Arena Box office, and charge-by-phone 800-745-3000.
[dropcap]On[/dropcap] June 16-18, some of the biggest names in country, rock and Americana music will gather in Muskogee for a festival estimated to bring in between $5 million and $8 million to the area in its first year. And it all started with an abandoned airport.
“There are a lot of moving parts, and you wait for the stars to line up,” says Jim Blair, executive director of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
The event is being held at Hatbox Field, an airport built in the 1930s and closed for landings in 2000. Part of the area was then used for walking trails, and the City of Muskogee built a water park and a sports complex on the grounds. But the city continued to look for new ways to use the area, and a team brought in from the University of Arkansas suggested working with the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame to host a music festival on the grounds. The suggestion was a natural fit, and work began on organizing the festival two years ago.
[pullquote]“We set out to be more of an eclectic music festival, and we see this as an opportunity because of the venue, which is hard to find if you’re in Tulsa or Oklahoma City.”[/pullquote]
Blair says the event wouldn’t have been possible without the City of Muskogee Foundation, which city officials created in 2008 from funds raised by leasing the Muskogee Regional Medical Center to Capella Healthcare for 40 years. The foundation has already used around $38 million supporting and promoting programs and facilities in Muskogee.
Net proceeds of G Fest will be used to further the goals of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame and to continue to develop the infrastructure of the Hatbox complex for future festivals. The festival is funded through a joint effort by The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, the City of Muskogee, the City of Muskogee Foundation and Muskogee Tourism. Blair says he expects the festival to continue to grow, noting that Bonnaroo, a music festival held in Manchester, Tennessee, brings around $50 million to the area each year.
The festival has sold tickets to people from across the U.S. as well as Canada and the U.K. The lineup and location both help factor into the appeal of G Fest.
“We set out to be more of an eclectic music festival, and we see this as an opportunity because of the venue, which is hard to find if you’re in Tulsa or Oklahoma City,” Blair says.
The Avett Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show, Kacey Musgraves and Turnpike Troubadours are headlining G Fest, which has around 85 different musicians and bands in the lineup. The festival showcases many Oklahoma and regional acts, including The Swon Brothers, John Fullbright and Jason Boland and the Stragglers.
Photo courtesy G Fest.
Blair says the festival will pay tribute to Merle Haggard, originally scheduled to be a headliner before his death on April 6. The California native cowrote and performed “Okie from Muskogee,” one of his biggest hits, and was part of the inaugural class for the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
“That shook some people up, because he did have such an influence on so many of even today’s young artists,” Blair says.
Tickets and more information on G Fest are available at gfestmuskogee.com.
Multiplatinum singer and actress Selena Gomez will be playing at the BOK Center on June 19 as part of her Revival Tour. The tour supports her latest album, which was released last year. The singer will be receiving support from Joe Jonas’ band DNCE and Bahari on the tour.
Gomez has had a long career as an actress before releasing her first album, Kiss & Tell, in 2009 as lead singer of the band Selena Gomez & the Scene. In 2013, she released her first solo album, Stars Dance, which she followed with Revival in 2015. For tickets and more information visit BOKCenter.com.
[dropcap]Oklahoma[/dropcap] Film + Music Office Director Tava Maloy Sofsky is getting a chance to use 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry to help her native state. After graduating from The University of Oklahoma, she moved to Los Angeles to begin her film career and was mentored by veteran producer Doug Claybourne and has worked with film industry likers such as Francis Ford Coppola, Steve Spielberg, Oliver Stone and Robin Williams. As director of OF+MO, she works to support and promote Oklahoma’s film and music industries by connecting filmmakers and music professionals to the state’s resources, including the Oklahoma Film Enhancement Rebate Program, diverse locations and professional support. We met with Sofsky to get her thoughts on…
…the benefit of bringing film, television and music production to the state.
The State of Oklahoma will benefit from national, if not worldwide, exposure by three television projects utilizing our diverse locations and local resources. American Ninja Warrior 8 alone has caused Oklahoma to garner a great deal of attention from media stories that have reached an audience of almost 200 million people with over 1.2 billion page views. The total dollar value of the media attention is approximately $4.5 million dollars. That’s a huge impact to the state, not to mention the publicity Oklahoma will gain from the other film and television projects filming around our state over the next several months. The impact on Oklahoma has a long shelf life, especially when you consider the digital world of media on top of film tourism benefits.
…the impact of the film and music industry in Oklahoma.
The film and music industry is playing an important role in the sustainability and growth in our economy. Due to the thousands of jobs for the creative class and VOTECH industries (hair, make-up, catering, electrical, transportation, construction, etc.) and the production service companies and businesses benefiting from these industries, the cultural and economic impact is significant.
…turning Oklahoma into a major site for entertainment production.
Oklahoma is already becoming a major hub for filming and music production. It doesn’t (or shouldn’t) happen overnight, but I’m happy with the steady growth. There is a resurgence happening in the state with artists and crew members moving home to expand their careers to new film and music production companies being born every month. With the certainty and longevity of our rebate program, which keeps our crews and artists hard at work, you will start seeing larger sound stages and production facilities being built and more talent being attracted to our state.
…her favorite part of being OF+MO director.
I’ve always been a connector and encourager, so I love that my job is just that. I get to connect like-minded people to the resources they need, whether it be a filmmaker in Hollywood who is seeking local crew, equipment and talent or a local filmmaker scouting a specific location. Same for our musicians – there are so many opportunities that we connect artists to as well, which is rewarding knowing we are developing the infrastructure of these industries in our great state.
…using film and music to promote Oklahoma.
I truly believe that if we can get filmmakers on a plane, they do (and will) fall in love with our people and places. There is nothing like the experience you have by filming and working in Oklahoma!
[dropcap]When[/dropcap] the temperatures rise in Oklahoma, everyone likes a frozen treat. Ice cream is a traditional favorite, but many companies in Oklahoma are providing more choices than ever – but what’s the difference between ice cream and gelato? Frozen yogurt and frozen custard? No matter what you decide on, though, the end result is guaranteed to be delicious.
Ice Cream
While many companies use different techniques to make ice cream, the basic recipe is milk and cream sweetened with something such as cane sugar, beet sugar or sucrose and combined with fruits or other flavors. The mixture of ingredients is stirred and cooled below the freezing point of water.
Companies are becoming even more creative with their flavors, working in a mixture of ingredients – while chocolate and vanilla are old standards, ice cream that includes everything everything from caramel to chocolate chip cookie dough has been common for ice cream makers.
Raena Mutz, who owns Roxy’s Ice Cream Social in Oklahoma City with her husband, Shane, says the most popular flavors in the store are cookies and cream and salted caramel. The company typically doesn’t stray from traditional flavors so people know what to expect, Mutz says, but that doesn’t mean the company doesn’t experiment.
“We did a few batches of vegan (non-dairy) flavors that are now a part of our permanent menu because they were an instant hit,” Mutz says. “German chocolate is our best-selling vegan flavor.”
Mutz says the store does a Philadelphia-style ice cream, which tends to be more smooth and creamy. And despite all the varieties of desserts available, she expects ice cream stores to continue to be a hit among people looking for a frozen treat.
“Ice cream is an ingrained part of American culture,” she says. “George Washington liked ice cream so much he had ice cream equipment installed into the Capitol so he could serve himself and guests.”
Photo courtesy STG Pizza & Gelateria.
Gelato
Gelato may be the Italian word for ice cream, but anyone who has tried the two varieties knows the differences between the desserts go beyond the language in which the name is spoken.
“Gelato is made with milk instead of heavy cream like ice cream,” says Mike Bausch, owner of STG Pizzeria & Gelateria and Gelateria STG in Tulsa. “That makes gelato lower in calories and fat while not being so thick it coats the tongue, preventing the proper, full experience of flavor.”
The process used to make gelato is also different, which results in certain flavors really standing out, he says.
“In gelato, flavors like pistachio or mint really pop because they aren’t added after the fact to a vanilla ice cream base,” he says. “Rather they are a part of the blending and crafting process. Gelato is churned much slower than ice cream, making it significantly more dense with flavor.”
The slower churning process incorporates less air, which leads to the denser texture.
Bausch decided to bring gelato to Tulsa because the local gelato didn’t match what he found in Italy when participating in pizza competitions. His restaurant purchased the same machines used in Italy and learned the same process used to make the gelato, replicating the experience down to the spoons.
Some of the most popular flavors of gelato at STG are pistachio, fragola (strawberry), sorbet (no milk) and stracciatella, which is similar to chocolate chip.
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Frozen Custard
What do you get when you take ice cream and add egg yolk? Thick, delicious frozen custard.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires frozen custard contain at least 1.4 percent egg yolk solid by weight. The egg yolk creates a dessert that is thicker and often creamier than ice cream, and that difference creates a new experience that many people love, says Scott Redler, Chief Operating Officer of Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, which is based out of Wichita Kansas and has restaurants throughout Oklahoma.
“Many of our guests are pleasantly surprised when they taste our frozen custard and find it’s creamier than ice cream,” Redler says. “We use a special churning process that eliminates excess air and ice crystals; it creates a product that’s smooth and rich.”
Freddy’s offers chocolate or vanilla frozen custard, but many options are available to change the taste to suit your mood, including using toppings and mix-ins.
If just the egg yolk doesn’t create a treat thick enough for you, Redler suggests trying a “concrete,” where all the toppings are blended into the frozen custard and create a treat that’s a bit thicker than a traditional shake.
“When it’s freshly made, you can even turn it upside down, hence the name ‘concrete,’” he says.
Frozen Yogurt
Frozen yogurt replaces much of the heavy cream used in ice cream with yogurt, making it lower in calories and fat than many frozen desserts.
One of the main draws for many frozen yogurt shops is the large number of available toppings ranging from granola to gummy bears. Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt, an Oklahoma City-based chain of frozen yogurt stores with locations across Oklahoma, also keeps a large number of flavors in each store.
“Our indulgent flavors tend to be the most popular with our customers, however, some of our flavors are born from trends and customer suggestions we receive online and in store,” says Orange Leff President Geoff Goodman. “We like to say that we have no R&D department. We listen to our customers and stay on top of food and industry trends.”
Orange Leaf makes its frozen yogurt from a dehydrated yogurt base that is prepared daily with fat-free milk. The store also offers options like gluten-free, no-sugar-added and vegan yogurt.
[dropcap]Imagine[/dropcap] Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory with the classical considerations of pre-revolutionary France and a healthy dose of Pinterest-inspired DIY style. Sound confusing? Maybe even alarming?
Stop thinking and start eating. Pinkitzel, a sweets-and-toy boutique that has delighted downtown Oklahoma City for years and has opened a store in downtown Tulsa, is way too much fun to question. The name of the eatery comes from the Yiddish word “kitzel,” or “to tickle.” Tickled pink is definitely an accurate reaction to this whimsical sweet space. Pinkitzel is a total assault on the senses for everyone who has ever wanted to roll around in candy like it was money. Old-school gummy, jelly bean and taffy buffets rub elbows with upscale chocolates and buckets of vanilla bean, root beer or orange creamsicle cotton candy. The boutique offers a robust selection of traditional packaged candies as well, plus a few more exotic offerings like Thanksgiving or wasabi gumballs from Seattle novelty company Archie McPhee.
Pinkitzel’s famous cupcakes (which, by the way, they can deliver) are almost overshadowed by a bevy of other baked goods. The macaroons, while imported from New York, are fresh and chewy and come in a kaleidoscope of colors and flavors such as Earl Grey, pistachio, espresso and more. And what goes better with sweets than flavored milks, bacon hot chocolate or local coffee? Toys. From whimsical pirate and unicorn finger puppets to vintage-inspired sewing kits and donut socks, kids are probably going to want one of everything. Adults may be drawn to a colorful wall of paper gifts, journals and Tokyo Milk lotions – and the donut socks.
Pinkitzel is located at 150 North E.K. Gaylord Blvd. in Oklahoma City, and at 201 S. Denver Ave. in Tulsa. More information on Pinkitzel sweets and services can be found at www.pinkitzel.com.
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] crowd is gathered outside Linda Ford and Lisa Becklund’s home in Depew – it’s time to feed the goats.
Making her way through the group with recycled ginger ale bottles turned into feeding bottles, Ford demonstrates how to feed the baby goats who are eagerly awaiting their dinner.
The Living Kitchen is almost exactly halfway between Oklahoma City and Tulsa, right off Route 66 in Depew. The dining experience, which takes place at Ford and Becklund’s home and often sells out within two days of going on sale, includes a farm tour and a gourmet, certified-organic, eight-course dinner, picked fresh that day and served on the screened-in back porch of Ford and Becklund’s cabin.
The dinners often have themes such as “lavender field and forage” or “star-gazing”, and they combine locally sourced meat with vegetables and plants picked out of the garden and on the land, and fresh dairy from the goats. Guests are invited to bring their own alcoholic beverages, and a suggested pairing for each course is sent out the week before the dinner. Ten years after a humble dinner to raise money to pay for goat feed, The Living Kitchen now hosts dinners almost every Friday and Saturday night during April through October.
“They get to see an actual farm and see where the food really comes from,” says Ford, who has a fulltime job off the farm and handles the farm tours and marketing. “I think sometimes farm to table – it has such a varied interpretation restaurant to restaurant, almost like all-natural or something like that where it doesn’t have a very specific meaning.”
This disconnect from the farm is part of why Ford and Becklund love what they’re doing – they see older patrons who grew up on farms and millennials who have never set foot on one come together to appreciate fresh food from the Oklahoma soil.
Photo by Marc Rains.
“I think a working farm has been lost in translation, and we’re trying to reestablish that connection,” says Becklund, the chef who creates each dinner’s menu. “It goes beyond a marketing ploy and a catchword – we want to encourage people to look for places that support local farms and show them what it’s like when there isn’t a middle man in farm to table. There really is a farm they get to see.”
The optional farm tour, which kicks off the dining experience, takes diners from their goat feeding to see the rest of the farm’s residents – including two fluffy white farm dogs and a small group of llamas that protect the goats from coyotes and predators in the fields. The 10-acre farm also has a milking barn and a repurposed school bus, which Ford and Becklund lovingly refer to as the “hen-a-bago,” as it now serves as a mobile chicken coop.
Though Ford and Becklund will tell you it’s the goats that are the stars of the evening (and the goats are very cute), it’s the dinner that really shines and brings diners like Christy Craig of Tulsa back season after season.
Sitting at a recent dinner, Craig notes that the people to the left of her were from Tulsa, and to her right were people from Checotah and Oklahoma City – all strangers, brought together by a love of food and a desire to experience and connect with nature and what they were eating.
“I love this table and that people are so open,” she says. “Whether it’s this dinner or the two I’ve previously been to, everyone I’ve been at the table with were the same way – I had conversations and got to know people from all over Oklahoma.”
Over the three seasons she has visited The Living Kitchen, Craig says although the food has changed on each menu, the experience has been consistent.
“In a way, it not evolving has been the most comforting part of this experience,” she says. The chef has been so welcoming and laid-back and consistent, and so it feels homey in a new place, like you’re having a family dinner.”
When Becklund moved to Oklahoma from Seattle 12 years ago, she didn’t expect to work in anything close to a restaurant – her goal was to create a self-sustaining farm and be able to sell her crops at local farmers markets.
After realizing her garden wasn’t really large enough to sell and sustain the farm, she decided at the end of the season she would host a casual dinner for others in the farmers market community, charge a small fee, and that could buy just enough feed to get the goats through the season.
That first dinner 10 years ago was such a success that the dinner soon turned into dinners, and by the time Ford moved out to live on the farm full time, word had spread in the Tulsa and Oklahoma City communities and the demand for more seats at the table had grown substantially.
Now in their 10th season and doing dinners almost every weekend, Ford and Becklund can look back on their humble start and appreciate the opportunity they get each week to make a difference in the lives of people across the state who come to eat at their table.
“It’s a privilege every dinner we do,” Becklund says. “When I moved here, I thought all of Oklahoma would be horse-and-buggy and I would have a lot to learn from every single being in this great state, and I have, but I also found that I have something to contribute, which is a great privilege.”
[dropcap]When[/dropcap] Oklahoman Madalyn Smith Harmon heard the message on her voice mail, it sounded perfectly normal. “This is Rachel from Card Members Services,” the caller stated. “There is nothing wrong with your credit card account, but we would like to give you the opportunity to reduce your interest rate. Press one if you would like the opportunity.”
It seemed like a good idea. “We get that call so often that I thought I would press one and see what they could do,” Harmon explains. “Long story short, they wanted my credit card number and my checking account number. I said, ‘Are you crazy? This conversation is over.’”
Thankfully Harmon, who is in her sixties, recognized the scam for what it was and avoided trouble. But others aren’t so lucky. According to The True Link Report on Elder Financial Abuse 2015, each year the elderly are defrauded of as much as $36.48 billion. And much of that money is taken through means that are unethical and deceptive but technically legal. This can make it hard to fight fraudsters, and it means seniors need to be especially on their guard against those who would steal their money.
Senior citizens are an especially tempting target for many reasons – they tend to have more ready cash, for one thing. They may be more trusting of strangers, or less likely to think fast on their feet. But even the most astute of people can be taken in by these schemes, which often masquerade as an offer to help someone in need.
For Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak, fighting elder fraud is crucial to the state’s well-being.
“Crooks target seniors because they think they’re an easy target,” Doak says. “The scams have gotten more sophisticated, with crooks using social media and the internet to find out where you live, where you work and who you’re related to. Once they have that information, it’s easier for them to steal your money.”
These scams can happen over the phone, by email or in person. Common tricks include fraudsters claiming to be IRS agents, debt collectors, health care representatives, or even a long-lost child or grandchild in trouble. And with the increasing health needs of an aging population, phony anti-aging products, fake prescription drugs and funeral and cemetery scams are becoming more common.
Clues that you may be the target of a scammer are varied, but they boil down to a few key elements. Fraudsters often claim to be someone you would normally trust, such as a representative of a bank or credit card company. They typically resort to fear tactics, such as threatening you with jail time or high fines unless immediate action is taken. Their goal is simple – to get you off-balance and force you to act fast, before you have time to think.
The best way to avoid being taken in by scammers is to be educated and aware. The Federal Trade Commission’s website recommends several red flags to be on the lookout for. First and foremost, don’t make any assumptions. Just because the caller ID says IRS or the name of your bank, that doesn’t mean it’s accurate. Caller IDs can be faked, and so can email addresses. Trust your gut. If something doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t.
Also, don’t be rushed into making decisions or taking action. Research charities before you decide to donate. Fraudsters will often claim to be doing charity work, especially after a disaster such as a severe storm or a wildfire.
To help fight elder fraud and make the public aware of how to protect themselves from scammers, the Oklahoma Insurance Department is hosting ten free conferences throughout the state. The conferences started in May and will continue through July.
“Our seniors should be protected from scammers,” Doak says. “These Senior Fraud Conferences will teach Oklahomans how to spot the red flags and avoid being a victim.”
Conference topics include Medicare fraud, insurance and funeral trust fraud, investment fraud, banking fraud and current senior scams. Each seminar is free for seniors and includes breakfast. Insurance professionals can attend a conference for four hours of Continuing Education (CE) credit. The cost for CE credit is $30. Those interested in attending can RSVP by registering online at map.oid.ok.gov or calling 800-763-2828.
Tips for protecting yourself
Be aware that you are at risk from not only strangers, but those closest to you.
More than 90 percent of all reported elder abuse is committed by the person’s own family members.
Stay involved and don’t isolate yourself.
Isolation is a large risk factor for elder abuse – limit your risks by staying involved in your community.
Never buy or give anything to someone who calls or visits unannounced.
While exceptions can be made for situations such as local children selling items door-to-door, a good rule of thumb is to never donate if it requires you to write your credit card information on a form.
Shred all receipts with your credit card number.
Identity theft is a huge business, and using a paper shredder is one of the best ways to protect yourself.
Sign up for the Do Not Call List.
Signing up for the National Do Not Call Registry (donotcall.gov) will stop telemarketers from contacting you.
Use direct deposit for benefit checks.
Using direct deposit for checks ensures they go straight into your bank account and are protected from being stolen from your mailbox.
Never give credit card, banking, Social Security, Medicare or other personal information over the phone unless you initiated the call.
Misuse of Medicare dollars is one of the largest scams involving seniors, and your Medicare information should be protected the same way as credit card, banking and Social Security information.
Be skeptical of all unsolicited offers and do your research.
The best way to avoid scams is to be an informed consumer. Call and shop around before making a purchase and carefully read all contracts and purchasing agreements before signing.
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] Oklahoma City Museum of Art will open Matisse in His Time: Masterworks of Modernism from the Centre Pompidou, Paris on June 18, providing an opportunity to see art from Henri Matisse that has never been exhibited outside of Europe.
The OKCMOA is the exclusive venue for the exhibition in North America for the show, which was organized by the Centre Pompidou in collaboration with the OKCMOA. The exhibition will host more than 100 works of art, and around 50 pieces of Matisse’s art will be available for viewing.
Courtesy of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
“We think this will be a national exhibition,” says Michael Anderson, who is serving as curator for the exhibition. “We’ve already had people from as far away as Hawaii buy tickets.”
The exhibition provides an opportunity for the museum to show art that has not always been available in the Midwest. Anderson said one of the museum’s goals is to continue to bring major works of art to the area. He notes that while there are many Matisse exhibitions, they normally are hosted in major cultural capitals like New York.
Courtesy of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
The exhibition was made possible by forging relationships with art organizations in Europe, and those relationships will help the museum continue to show similar exhibitions in the future. Anderson notes the Musée d’Orsay, the leading museum for impressionist paintings, located in Paris, is also lending art for the show.
Anderson adds that OKCMOA President and CEO E. Michael Whittington has been working to build those relationships, and the museum expects they will pay off with future exhibitions.
“We’re just beginning to create these relationships that will allow us to be the venue for other significant exhibitions in this region,” Anderson says.
For more information on Matisse in His Time or to purchase tickets, visit okcmoa.com.
Frozen Yogurt
The best way to avoid being taken in by scammers is to be educated and aware. The Federal Trade Commission’s website recommends several red flags to be on the lookout for. First and foremost, don’t make any assumptions. Just because the caller ID says IRS or the name of your bank, that doesn’t mean it’s accurate. Caller IDs can be faked, and so can email addresses. Trust your gut. If something doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t.
