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See ‘The Grinch’ at the Tulsa PAC

Want to win a family four-pack of tickets tos ee “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christ-mas” at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center?

This hit show comes to the PAC Nov. 4-9.

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Chuck Blackwell waves to a well-wisher Tuesday at the news conference announcing he is among the 2014 inductees into

the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. At right is his wife, Romayne Blackwell. MIKE SIMONS/tulsa World

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can you identify this week’s landmark? Last week’s picture was from the IBM Building on Sixth Street and Boston Avenue. Michele Johnson was last week’s winner. Did you also guess it?

It’s an Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame edition of the Weekend playlist.

The songs added to the playlist include perfor-mances from each of the five inductees to the Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony and concert is set for Saturday night at Cain’s Ballroom. This year’s inductees — JJ Cale, Lowell Fulson, Elvin Bishop, Jim Keltner and Chuck Blackwell — each made significant contribu-tions to music, especially rock and blues. They were early originators of what would be known as the Tulsa Sound, which combines elements of country, blues and rock in a laid-back but energetic groove.

The playlist includes songs from John Lennon, Leon russell and Taj Mahal, as well. Those recordings featured this year’s inductees. Here are a few of the songs. Check out the rest on Spotify.

• JJ Cale, “Call Me The Breeze” • Elvin Bishop, “Fooled Around And Fell

In Love” • John Hiatt, “Thing Called Love” • Lowell Fulson, “Why Don’t We Do It In The

road” • Leon russell, “Tight rope”

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Want to see two of the hottest shows at Cain’s Ball-room? For free?

Cake is headed to Tulsa on Sunday, and alt-J is on Nov. 4. We have tickets to give away to both sold-out shows.

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Pho at Pho V-nam & Vietnamese Sandwich8122 S. Harvard Ave.$8.99 large bowl

A number of restaurants in town serve good pho, that staple of Vietnamese cuisine, but the pho at Pho V-nam is hard to beat. The rich, sumptuous beef broth comes from roasting the stock bones, lending a smoky sweetness to the finished soup. Pho V-nam offers several variations, including homemade meatballs, lean brisket and seafood.

HAlloween is jusT a few days away, which means we’re inundated with images of ghosts and goblins, and surround-ed by all manner of zombies and little girls wanting to dress

up like the characters from “Frozen.”Maybe it’s time to shut out all the spooks and scares of this

season and indulge in a bowl full of something warm, comforting and infinitely more satisfying than a bag full of little chocolate bars misleadingly labeled as “fun size.”

Here are five of the best soups being ladled up at local restau-rants.

By jamEs D. Watts jr. | World Scene Writer5 Our favorite comforting soups

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tortilla soup is served at Full moon Cafe. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World

Tortilla Soup at Full Moon Cafe1525 E. 15th St.$5.49 with one refill.

“Tortilla” is a bit of a misno-mer because a serving is topped with only a few slivers of fried flour tortilla as a garnish. But a spoonful of this spectacularly cheesy, green chile-spiced soup, and you won’t care what it’s called. You’ll just rethink your menu to take advantage of that free refill.

Hot and Sour Soup at Guang Zhou4003 E. 11th St.$4.95 small/$8.95 large

Guang Zhou is famous among aficiona-dos of Chinese cuisine for its weekend dim sum, but the rest of the menu is top-notch, as well. The hot-and-sour soup served here is the best in the city, perfectly balanced between the sharp heat of red chiles and the tang of vinegar. This is the hot-and-sour soups all other hot-and-sour soups hope to be when they grow up.

sweet Carrot soup is served at juniper. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

Sweet Carrot Soup at Juniper324 E. Third St.$6 cup/$9 bowl

juniper’s chef justin Thompson makes it a point to base his menus on what is available lo-cally and seasonally, but his sweet Carrot soup has been a mainstay of this restaurant’s lunch and dinner menus since its opening. it’s finished with a dollop of chive creme fraiche and a drizzle of Fresno chili oil.

Tom Kha Gai at Lanna Thai7227 S. Memorial Drive$10.95

At most restaurants, soup is an appetizer — a promise that some-thing heartier is on the way. At lanna Thai, soup is a meal in and of itself. This long-lived Thai restau-rant offers several soups, including Tom Kha Gai. This is a tart and spicy chicken soup with onions, mushrooms and tomatoes seasoned with galangal, kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass, sweetened with tama-rind juice and coconut milk, topped with green onions and cilantro.

the tom Kha Gai soup plate is a popular dish at Lanna thai. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World


Hard rock Hotel & casino tulsa777 S. Cherokee St., Catoosa, hardrockcasinotulsa.com, 918-384-7800

Nick Swardson, 8 p.m. Nov. 2. $35.

Oak Ridge Boys, 8 p.m. Nov. 7. $35-$45.

Paul Rodgers, 8 p.m. Nov. 13. $45-$55.

Mike Tyson, 8 p.m. Nov. 20. $60-$75.

Live Boxing Featuring Wes Nofire, 8 p.m. Nov. 21. $42-$75.

Brian Setzer Orchestra, 8 p.m. Dec. 11. $45.

Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals, 8 p.m. Dec. 29. $35-$40.

osaGe casino951 W. 36th St. North, osagecasinos.com, 918-699-7667

Gene Watson, 7 p.m. Nov. 20. $15.

Cowboy Troy, 7 p.m. Dec. 11. $10.

Bok center200 S. Denver Ave., bokcenter.com, 866-726-5287

Eric Church, 7 p.m. Nov. 1. $25-$59.50.

Walking With Dinosaurs, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11 and 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12. $29.50-$59.50.

Casting Crowns, 7 p.m. Nov. 22. $20-$45.

WWE Raw, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 1.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4. $41.50-$73.50.

The Black Keys, 7 p.m. Dec. 20. $35-$69.50.

Cirque du Soleil’s “Varekai,” Jan 21-25. On sale Oct. 31.

The Harlem Globetrotters, Feb. 6 and 8. $24-$120.

Brady tHeater105 W. M.B. Brady St., bradytheater.com, 918-582-7239

Joe Bonamassa, Nov. 8. Doors at 7 p.m. $79-$125.

Sleeping with Sirens & Pierce The Veil, Nov. 13. Doors at 6 p.m. $25-$29.50.

Don Williams, Nov. 14. Doors at 7 p.m. $35-$55.

Chrissie Hynde, Nov. 21. Doors at 7 p.m. $35-$65.

Bush, Dec. 1. Doors at 6 p.m. $35-$41.50.

Ryan Adams, Dec. 6. Doors at 7 p.m. $29.50-$45.

Melissa Etheridge, Dec. 7. Doors at 6:30 p.m. $39.50-$69.50.

In This Moment, Dec. 9. Doors at 6 p.m. $22-$24.

So You Think You Can

Dance, Dec. 12. Doors at 7 p.m. $29.50-$49.50.

Blue October, Dec. 14. Doors at 6 p.m. $25-$31.50.

Alice Cooper, Feb. 7. Doors at 6:30 p.m. $45-$85. On sale Oct. 31.

cain’s Ballroom423 N. Main St., cainsballroom.com, 918-584-2306

Shovels & Rope, Oct. 29. Doors at 7 p.m. $17-$32.

David Nail, Oct. 30. Doors at 7 p.m. $20-$35.

The Floozies, Oct. 31. Doors at 7 p.m. $14-$25.

Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame Induction and Concert, Nov. 1. Doors at 7 p.m. $30-$125.

CAKE, Nov. 2. Doors at 7 p.m. SOLD OUT.

City and Colour, Nov. 3. Doors at 7 p.m. $25-$40.

alt-J, Nov. 4. Doors at 7 p.m. SOLD OUT.

Atmosphere, Nov. 5. Doors at 7 p.m. $25-$40.

STS9, Nov. 6. Doors at 7 p.m. $28.64-$42.50.

Rock n’ Folk n’ Chili Cook-Off, Nov. 8. Doors at 5 p.m. $15-$20.

Savoy, Nov. 12. Doors at 7 p.m. $16-$31.

JD McPherson, Nov. 14.

Doors at 7 p.m. $17-$32.

Dropkick Murphys, Nov. 16. Doors at 6:30 p.m. $24-$39.

RELIENT K, Nov. 18. Doors at 6 p.m. $17-$32.

Cole Swindell, Nov. 20. Doors at 7 p.m. $23-$38.

Eli Young Band, Nov. 22. Doors at 7 p.m. $28-$43.

Carnage, Nov. 23. Doors at 7 p.m. $26-$41.

Jason Boland & the Stragglers, Nov. 28. Doors at 7 p.m. $16-$31.

Pop Evil, Nov. 29. Doors at 6 p.m. $9.75-$18.

The Leftover Last Waltz, Nov. 30. Doors at 6 p.m. $27.37.

Netsky, Dec. 4. Doors at 7 p.m. $15-$30.

Mayday x Murs, Dec. 6. Doors at 7 p.m. $15-$17.

Aaron Lewis, Dec. 7. Doors at 7 p.m. $25-$40.

Stoney LaRue, Dec. 12. Doors at 7 p.m. $23-$38.

Red Dirt Christmas, Dec. 20. Doors at 7 p.m. $18-$33.

Turnpike Troubadours, Dec. 26-27. Doors at 7 p.m. $25-$40.

Clutch, Jan. 9. Doors at 7 p.m. $20-$35.

Railroad Earth, Jan. 28. Doors at 6:30 p.m. $21-$36.

Cold War Kids, March 3. Doors at 7 p.m. $20-$35.

river spirit casino8330 Riverside Parkway, riverspirittulsa.com, 918-299-8518

Rick Springfield, 7 p.m. Nov. 7. $40-$60.

Foreigner, 7 p.m. Nov. 13. SOLD OUT.

Travis Tritt, 7 p.m. Nov. 15. $30-$50.

cox Business center100 Civic Center, coxcentertulsa.com, 877-885-7222

Wizard World Tulsa, Nov. 7-9. 3-day passes sold out. Single-day and VIP passes still available at wizardworld.com/tulsa.html.

Brian Regan, 8 p.m. Nov. 15. $37.50-$42.50.

tulsa perForminG arts center110 E. Second St., myticketoffice.com, 918-596-7111

Koresh Dance Company, 7 p.m. Oct. 29. Williams Theatre, $40.

John Southern, 12:10 p.m. Oct. 29. Kathleen Westby Pavilion, free.

Tulsa Ballet: “Carmina Burana,” 8 p.m. Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 3 p.m. Nov. 2. Chapman Music Hall, $20-$115.

“Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4-6 and 9; 8 p.m. Nov. 7; 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Nov. 8; 2 p.m. Nov. 9. Chapman Music Hall, $20-$60.

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Amy Cottingham, 12:10 p.m. Nov. 5. Kathleen Westby Pavilion, free.

Morgenstern Trio, 3 p.m. Nov. 9. John H. Williams Theatre. $20.

An Evening with David Sedaris, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12. Chapman Music Hall, $19-$49.

”Mixed Feelings,” 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15. Liddy Doenges Theatre, $10.

”The Lost Elephant: A Comedy Concerto,” 3 p.m. Nov. 16. Chapman Music Hall, $10

”Live & On Stage,” 8 p.m. Nov. 17-18. John H. Williams Theatre, $20.

“The Little Mermaid Jr.,” 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20-21, 2 p.m. Nov. 22-23. Liddy Doenges Theatre, $16.

“The Adventures of Robin Hood,” 7 p.m. Nov. 21. Williams Theatre, $10.

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 24. Chapman Music Hall, $25-$75.

Tulsa Symphony: “Simply Romantic Holiday,” 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6. Chapman Music Hall, $25-$70.

”A Christmas Carol,” 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11-12, 16-20, 22-23 and 2 p.m. Dec. 13-14, 21. John H. Williams Theatre, $26-$32.

Tulsa Ballet: “The Nutcracker,” 7 p.m. Dec. 12, 19-21 and 2 p.m. Dec. 13-14 and 20-21. Chapman Music Hall, $20-$99.

”Once,” 7:30 p.m. Jan. 6-8; 8 p.m. Jan. 9; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Jan. 10; and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Jan. 11. Chapman Music Hall.

”August: Osage County,” 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8-10 and 15-17; 2 p.m. Jan. 11 and 18. Liddy Doenges Theatre, $20-$25.

Mabee Center7777 S. Lewis Ave., mabeecenter.com, 918-495-6000

The U.S. Army Field Band, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1. Free

VeggieTales Live!, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 7. $10-$20.

Hawk Nelson, 7 p.m. Nov. 12. $10-$20.

OklahOMa Jazz hall Of faMe111 E. First St., okjazz.org, 918-281-8600

Dave Pietro with the NSU Jazz Ensemble, 5 p.m. Nov. 2.

Ella Fitzgerald Tribute Concert with Cynthia Simmons, 5 p.m. Nov. 9.

Chuck and Sandy Gardner, 5 p.m. Nov. 23.

tulsa OilersBOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave., tulsaoilers.com, 918-632-7825

vs. Missouri, 7:35 p.m. Oct. 31.

vs. Wichita, 4:05 p.m. Nov. 2.

vs. Missouri, 7:05 p.m. Nov. 4.

vs. Quad City, 7:35 p.m. Nov. 14.

tulsa revOlutiOnCox Business Center, 100 Civic Center, tulsarevolution.com, 918-978-0900

vs. Oxford City FC, 7:05 p.m. Nov. 14.

vs. Dallas Sidekicks, 7:05 p.m. Nov. 22.

vs. Wichita B-52s, 7:05 p.m. Nov. 29.

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“Limited full service with a bar is the fastest-growing segment in the industry,” Banks said. “Hop Bunz is the next generation of burger places. It’s a grown-up ver-sion of a traditional burger restaurant.”

In this case that means a line of gourmet burgers, most priced $8 to $12, a full bar, craft beers on tap, Kobe beef hot dogs and a few salads, sides and dipping sauces.

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Hop Bunz Crafted Burgers & Beer is tapping into one of the hottest trends in the country, according to Michael

Banks, director of operations and partner.

Above, the classic burger at Hop Bunz includes certi-fied Black Angus beef, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions, pickles and Dijonaise.

At right, 10 craft beers are on tap at Hop Bunz, 3330 S. Peoria Ave.


frozen custard, in addition to regular shakes for the kid-dies, who also are welcome in the new Brookside eatery.

Diners order at a counter, and food is brought to the tables. From then on, it’s full service to take care of any further needs. Those sitting at the handsome bar receive full service from the get-go from the barkeep.

Our firefighter friend Phil asked to tag along on this one. He already had dined there twice and wanted another look with us.

From the list of 14 burgers, we chose wild mushroom-and-Swiss ($8.50), Juicy Lucy ($8) and Old Hickory ($8.75). We added over-medium eggs ($1 each) to the mushroom-and-Swiss and Juicy Lucy. We also had onion rings ($4) and fried pickle chips ($4.50).

We were offered “pink” on the mushroom-and-Swiss and hickory and accepted. The mushroom-and-Swiss was close to medium-rare, but the hickory was beyond medium.

It’s tricky to get the two thin patties on each burger medium-rare, “something we are still perfecting,” ac-cording to Brad Rockholt, market partner.

That said, the flavors were appealing. The hickory included Black Angus beef, Tillamook cheddar cheese, fried onion strings and Head Country BBQ sauce.

The mushroom-and-Swiss had beef, Swiss, herbed-sau-teed mushrooms, balsamic reduction and mayo. The mushrooms must have been sauteed with garlic because the burger had a distinct garlicky flavor.

Because cheese is cooked into the beef on the Juicy Lucy, it can be prepared only one way — not cooked

enough and the cheese won’t melt, too much and the cheese burns.

This burger, which also included lettuce, tomato, caramelized onions and Di-jonaise, was delicious. The eggs on both burgers were cooked past over-medium but still were tasty additions.

Some of the burgers may be ordered as sliders with 3½-ounce patties of all-natural Black Angus beef, and regular burgers may be ordered with all-natural beef patties for $2 extra.

The onion rings weren’t the stringy kind I like best, but they were far superior to thicker varieties I’ve had in the past. The thin-cut, lightly battered pickle slices were yummy. We had regular ranch dressing and a spicy chipotle ranch for dip-ping sauces.

For dessert, we shared three adult shakes ($7.75 each) — mint chocolate (fro-zen custard, chocolate and mint liqueurs, crushed mint

cookies, chocolate syrup), oatmeal cookie (custard, Irish creme, butterscotch and cinnamon liqueurs, oatmeal cookies) and bourbon and caramel (custard, Jim Beam bourbon, caramel). They were rich and sweet, and we couldn’t taste the alcohol.

The modern, sleek dining room, which formerly held Wolfgang Puck Bistro, is decorated with enlarged black-and-white photos of familiar Tulsa and Okla-homa themes that have been painted in intriguing colors.

A covered patio with

doors opening to the side-walk includes 10-top and 12-top tables. White twin-kling lights strung through the trees outside are a nice touch at night.

Hop Bunz is part of the locally owned Los Cabos Mexican Grill & Cantina and Waterfront Grill family, headed by James Black-eter Sr. and his son, Jimmy Blacketer. Hop Bunz has an additional 25 local investors.

“Hop Bunz is something we’ve been working on for two years,” Jimmy Blacketer said. “We have plans for more to follow this one.”

A second Hop Bunz is under construction at 109th Street and Memorial Drive in the new Vineyard on Me-morial shopping center and should open in mid-January.

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Michael Banks (left), director of operations and partner, and co-owner Jimmy Blacketer pose inside the new Hop Bunz.

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A lunch crowd gathers in the main dining room of the new Hop Bunz.

The chicken enchilada burger is made with ground chicken, pepperjack cheese, fried egg, tortilla strips, pico de gallo and salsa verde.

The Old Hickory burger is prepared with Black An-gus beef, Tillamook cheddar cheese, fried onion strings and Head Country BBQ sauce.


native. “We have projection screens in the bar on the ground floor and on the third floor, as well. This is the only time we have brats on the menu, too.”

Knotty Pine in BA adds items to the menu

Knotty Pine BBQ, 1425 W. Kenosha St. in Broken Arrow, has added a variety of items to its menu.

New dishes at the 2-year-old restaurant include house-made chili, hand-battered jalapeno onion rings, hand-battered bite-size chicken and jalapeno chicken, spicy bacon mac-and-cheese and banana pudding.

“We have mostly stayed true to the Knotty Pine roots while tweaking a few items,” said owner Regan Rice. “We have worked to carve out a unique niche for some of our signature items.”

El Guapo’s slates Turn Tulsa Pink tequila dinner

El Guapo’s Mexican Cantina, 332 E. First St., has scheduled a Turn Tulsa Pink

tequila dinner at 7 p.m. Nov. 6.

Dishes in the four-course dinner will be paired with tequila cocktails.

Cost is $50 per person, plus tax and gratuity. For reservations or more infor-mation, email [email protected].

Denny’s introduces apple Danish French toast

Denny’s, 45 N. Sheridan Road and 121 N. 129th East Ave., has introduced apple Danish French toast, a dish created by home cook Ryan Abramson on TNT’s “On the Menu” competition.

The dish features a mix of whipped cream cheese and warm apple filling stuffed between slices of French toast drizzled with cinna-mon sauce and served with hash browns topped with chorizo sausage and onions.

Cost is $7.99. Two eggs and a choice of bacon or sausage may be added for $2 more. The dish will be available for a limited time.

— Scott cherry, World Scene Writer

Biga sets Italian food-truck festival Sunday

Food trucks will converge in the parking lot at Biga, 4329 S. Peoria Ave., for the restaurant’s first Italian Fest, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Trencher’s Deli will join food trucks Mangiamo, An-dolini’s, Mr. Nice Guys and Local Table for the event.

Food items will include prosciutto-fig panini, meat-ball sandwiches, baked ziti, pizza, cannoli, Italian tacos, fried calamari, risotto balls, zeppole, and sausage and peppers on Trencher’s bread.

Italian sangria, beer and wine will be available inside Biga.

La Madeleine to host kids Halloween party

La Madeleine Country French Cafe, 1523 E. 15th St., will host a Halloween party for kids from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

The event will include a costume contest, photo booth, art projects, game sta-tion, free hot chocolate and a trick-or-treating room for kids of all ages.

The party is free. La Madeleine will be collect-ing donations for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital throughout the event.

“There will be other non-profits at the event, as well as different Tulsa organiza-tions, all coming together for a great cause,” said La Madeleine general man-ager Andrea Butler. “Each organization will have a table where they can pass out candy to give children and their families a safe and fun alternative to traditional trick-or-treating.”

Savastano’s invites Bears fans to watch games

The Chicago Bears might have been struggling a bit lately, but that’s no reason not to come out and cheer for Da’ Bears each week at Savastano’s Pizzeria, 8211 E. Regal Place (106th Street and Memorial Drive).

“We still have half the sea-son left,” said owner Frank Savastano Sr., a Chicago

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By SCOTT CHERRyWorld Scene Writer

Oklahoma Kolache Co. already is taking flak from kolache purists.

“Everybody wants to be the first to call us out on be-ing authentic, but we’re not trying to be,” said Matt Kel-ley, who owns the new eatery with wife Brooke. “We are a New World kolache place.”

A traditional kolache (pro-nounced ko-LAH-chee) is an Old World Czech dish that is roughly a baseball-sized pastry of soft yeast dough filled with sweetened cheese or fruit.

Some kolaches at Oklaho-ma Kolache Co. are open at the top, but most are totally enclosed, and fillings include everything from pork belly and ham-and-egg to house-made kielbasa and a little number called The Fat Elvis with peanut butter, bacon and banana.

“I tell my people in the kitchen that nothing is off base when developing our kolaches,” Matt Kelley said.

He said his interest in kolaches started when his father, Steve, brought him an article a year ago from the New York Times titled, “The Kolache: Czech, Texan or All-American? (All Three).”

“So, with respect for a traditional food but also seeing a blank canvas to cre-ate savory and sweet treats restricted only by our imagi-nations, we started,” Kelley said. “First we came up with the perfect dough, a little sweet, soft and yeasty, crusty on the outside. Name a food item, and we have wrapped it in dough and baked it.”

Published reports indicate New World kolache shops are becoming common in larger Texas cities and even across the large region of central Texas known as the Czech Belt.

Many Oklahomans have been introduced to kolaches at the annual Kolache Festi-val in Prague, which honors the town’s Czech heritage.

Oklahoma Kolache Co. is

open 6-11 a.m. Monday-Satur-day, so customers are looking at breakfast or an early lunch.

We dropped in for break-fast on a recent weekday and ordered two kolaches each — pork belly with blackberry sage jam ($3.50), ranchero meat, jack cheese, black beans and egg ($3.25), wild mushroom and Swiss ($2.99) and the Florentine ($2.99).

The pork belly kolache was the only sweet one, due to the delicious jam. The pork in ours had a little fat and delivered a big flavor.

The ranchero meat was hand-chopped from a New York strip steak and cooked with poblano peppers, jalapeno peppers, onions and dried spices in Negro Modelo beer. Pairing it with the cheese, black beans and egg made it my favorite.

My wife preferred the mushroom and Swiss, a traditional combo dominated by the mushroom flavor. The spinach in the Florentine benefited from the addition of pine nuts, which weren’t listed on the menu.

The day we were there, Kelley had sent back a new, high-tech coffee machine that never operated cor-rectly and hoped to have a new machine to offer a line of specialty coffees by the time of this writing. Tulsa’s DoubleShot Coffee Co. will roast the coffee beans.

Oklahoma Kolache Co. has five 2-top tables and is a pleasant place to pass the time. It is decorated with an-tique black-and-white photos, a Czech movie poster and an antique door that holds a variety of copper pots.

It is located in a small space next to the Kelleys’ fine-din-ing restaurant, Lucky’s.

“We plan to make it a small, private dining option for Lucky’s or to host private parties for up to 15 guests,” Brooke Kelley said. “Servers can access both restaurants through the shared kitchen.”

For those wanting sizable takeout orders from Okla-homa Kolache Co., it is best to call ahead.

“We bake the kolaches as needed, so we need a little time for the larger orders,” Matt Kelley said.

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At left, assorted kolaches at the Oklahoma Kolache Co. are boxed for a takeout order.

Above, Erika Santiago (left) and Bertha Lopez make kolaches at the new Oklahoma Kolache Co.

Brooke and Matt Kelley opened Oklahoma Kolache Co. about a month ago.

A chicken, apple, sausage and cheddar cheese kolache is one of 11 kolache choic-es on the menu at Oklahoma Kolache Co. Photos by MIKE SIMONS/ Tulsa World

OKLAHOMA KOLACHE CO.1534 E. 15th St.918-295-8822Food: •••Atmosphere: •••Service: order at counter(on a scale of 0 to 4 stars)6-11 a.m. Monday-Saturday; accepts all major credit cards.


By NICOLE MARSHALL MIDDLETONWorld�Scene�Writer

Zombies. Freaks. supernatural spooks.For Halloween haunted houses, attractions

and trail rides, these are the current popular themes.

and clowns, always clowns.“i don’t know if clowns ever stopped being a trend

in our industry,” said rhett Holmes, owner of the Hex House.

“Clowns really freak people out. We try to always keep a couple of them around.”

instilling fear in the eager throngs of Halloween revel-ers every year requires a lot of work, planning and, of course, an element of sur-prise. similar to the horror movie industry, these spooky attractions keep stepping up the fear factor to keep patrons coming back year after year.

“i think every haunt own-er has their own philosophy on this what you should do, but the way we have always approached things is to

make some changes every year,” Holmes said.

they seek feedback and review video cam-era footage to determine which parts of their two attractions, the Hex

House and rise of the living Dead, might need refreshing, he said.

an annual haunted house

fright factor

Hex House actor James Fox scares Tabitha Culp (left) and Kara Thomas at the Hex House. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World

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Actors are ready to scare visitors in the Domus Horrificus Hallow-een attraction at the Castle of Muskogee in Muskogee. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World

tulsaworld.com/weekend from the covertrade show for industry insiders also offers ideas on the newest scary props, cos-tumes and technology.

Pneumatic technology cre-ated specifically for the fear business has skyrocketed in the last two decades, Holmes said.

“We watch the trends and watch the technology. Wireless has opened up a lot of opportunities for us for things as simple as lighting and sound,” Holmes said. “We have sound for specific areas, not these big speakers with sound piped in over-head for the entire place.”

Sound, sights and even smells are controlled to create the creepiest environ-ments possible, Holmes said.

“You can buy scents to put in the fog machine that smell like death and the outdoors,” he said. “They have everything from fresh meat to burnt flesh and rot-ting corpse. We don’t use all of those putrid smells, but if there is something that you can dream up, there is a vendor who sells it.”

The use of animatronics to emulate a human — or a creature in some cases — has boomed in the haunted at-traction realm.

“You can buy Hollywood-quality stuff now to use,” he said.

Frightful themes often mimic popular culture, Holmes said.

“Zombies are still ex-tremely popular from shows like ‘The Walking Dead.’ There are still a lot of people looking for supernatural scares, due to movies like ‘Insidious,’ ‘The Conjuring’ and ‘Annabelle,’ ” he said.

The Hex House takes the fear factor to another level because actors can jump out and grab the guests.

“We try to teach the actors to be in character and to play a role,” Holmes said. “You can’t just stand in a corner and jump out and say, ‘Boo!’ ”

And when guests to a haunted attraction lose con-trol of bodily functions — an occasion that Holmes said happens on a near nightly basis — the actors know they are doing their job.

There are even awards for the actors who give guests the ultimate scare.

“They take great pride in that,” Holmes said. “Obvi-ously, we don’t want anyone to have a panic attack or any-thing of that nature. We do have medical professionals on staff.”

Some attractions strive to have the scariest themes, but others focus on drawing families to attractions that have a range of scary levels, such as the Castle of Musk-ogee’s Halloween Festival.

“We aren’t just trying to be a scary house. We wanted to become a whole festi-val, where people can feel comfortable to bring their whole family,” said owner Jeff Hiller.

The Castle of Muskogee has 10 separate events that range from enchanting for the children to frightful for brave adults.

There’s even a torture chamber that some find the creepiest part, said Hiller, a former preschool teacher. It features torture devices built from actual plans for devices used on people in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Guests can also opt to hunt zombies with an infrared rifle while roaming around a dark castle.

Hiller said they make changes at the Castle of Muskogee every year to keep regular customers amused.

There are 170 actors roam-ing the grounds in costumes including Freddy Krueger, the Mad Hatter and the Ghostbusters, Hiller said.

“The actors train for three full weekends before we open,” Hiller said. “We want them to learn how to scare people while not overstep-ping the line.”

A combination of fog, eerie lighting and haunting sounds act as the scariest stimuli, Hiller said.

“We have been doing this 19 years, and we keep getting bigger and better all of the time.”

Nicole Marshall Middleton 918-581-8459

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Here�are�some�of�the�spookiest�things�to�see�and�do�this�season:

Castle of Muskogee Halloween festival3400 W. Fern Mountain Road, Muskogee; 918-687-3625Find�10�Halloween�events,�including�the�Dark�Castle�compound,�Trail�of�Blood,�Torture�Chamber�and�Haunted�Hayride�at�this�60-acre�theme�park.�For�kids,�the�Castle�features�a�pumpkin�patch,�trick-or-treating�and�live�enter-tainment�for�the�whole�family.Hours: 6 to 10 p.m. Oct. 31, Nov. 1Cost: Some attractions are free, others cost $2 to $15.

PsyCHo PatH1517 E. 106th St. North, Sperry; 918-288-7685The�woods�are�shrouded�by�a�blanket�of�fog.�All�you�can�see�is�the�narrow�path�taking�you�deeper�and�deeper�into�the�darkness�...�where�creatures�wait�behind�every�twist�and�turn.�The�Dark�Ride�begins�with�a�journey�through�the�haunted�forest�on�a�dark�and�mysterious�path�where�you�will�board�your�“scareage”�that�will�take�you�on�a�haunted�adventure.�Or�get�your�scares�at�Shadow�Box,�the�haunted�house.Hours: 7-10 p.m. Oct. 30 and 7-11 p.m. Oct. 31, Nov. 1.Admission: $10-$30

tHe 13tH ward2300 E. Kenosha Street (71st Street); 918-355-4550With�more�than�30,000�square�feet�of�terrifying�entertainment,�The�13th�Ward�submerges�you�into�a�chaotic�dimension,�where�savage�patients�run�un-controlled,�and�illusions�are�reality.�The�13th�Ward�is�not�for�the�faint�of�heart.Hours: 7:30 to 10 p.m., Oct. 30; 7:30 to 11 p.m., Oct. 31, Nov. 1Admission: $15

tHe Hex House, rise of tHe living dead8314 E. 71st St., Tulsa; 877-980-7882The�theme�is�“a�dark�chapter�in�Tulsa’s�haunted�past.”�This�is�an�experience�geared�toward�adults.�Expect�to�be�“fully�submerged�in�an�altered�reality”�with�24,000�feet�to�explore.The�Hex�House�contains�some�original�props�from�the�old�Phantasmagoria�ride�at�Bell’s�Amusement�Park.�Rise�of�the�Living�Dead�is�a�zombie-filled�haunted�attraction.Hours: 7:30-11 p.m., Oct. 30-Nov. 1.Admission: $20-$32

nigHtMare at guts CHurCH4300�S.�91st�East�Ave.,�Tulsa;�918-622-4422A�haunted-house�style�attraction,�featuring�a�“dramatic�presentation�of�life-and-death�scenarios,”�according�to�its�website.Hours: Opens at 7 p.m. Oct. 30- Nov. 1Admission: $12-$20

Clowns like this one on the Trail of Blood at the Castle of Musk-ogee are a common theme at haunted houses. “Clowns really freak people out,” said Rhett Holmes, owner of The Hex House. “We try to always keep a couple of them around.” JAMES�GIBBARD/Tulsa�World


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The Hex House contains some original props from the

old Phantasmagoria ride at Bell’s Amusement Park. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World

OTHER HALLOWEEN FUNHalloween BallThe 10th annual Halloween Ball will be held at the IDL Ballroom on Oct. 31. The night features several DJs, a cos-tume contest and cash prizes. Go to IDlballroom.com for more information. Must be at least 18 to enter.Tickets: $8 advance, $10 at the door$5 covered parking North of IDL BallroomHours: opens at 8 p.m.

CaneBrake resort anD restaurant Howl-o-ween BasH33241 E. 732nd Road, WagonerGet a sitter for the kids and drum up an outlandish costume, HOWLiday is back. SPOOKtacular dinner 6-9 p.m. Live music with The Blue Grass Drag Queens 7-10 p.m. Suggested donation, $25. Do-nations benefit the Wagoner Area Neighbors Turkey Fund. Adults only.Hours: 6 p.m. until midnight Wednesday, Oct. 29

CampBell Hotel Halloween party2636 E. 11th St.; 918-744-5500The Campbell Hotel and Event Center hosts a huge Hal-loween party every year with prizes, candy and games.Hours: 5-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31Admission: Free

GutHrIe GreenHalloween at Guthrie Green means family-friendly fun and movies under the stars. Two Halloween movies will play in the park Oct. 30 and 31. First is “Beetlejuice” at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 30. “Rocky Horror Picture Show” will be shown at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31.

Hallow marIne300 Aquarium Drive, Jenks; 918-296-3474The Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks celebrates Halloween with costumes, trick-or-treating and carnival games. All regular exhibits will be open, too.Hours: 6:30-9 p.m. Oct. 29-31Admission: $7-$10

HaunteD Halloween preCInCtRiverside Division, 7515 Riverside DriveFor the fifth year, officers from the Tulsa Police Department’s Riverside Division will host the Haunted Halloween Precinct on Thursday, Oct. 30, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.Families can look at police equipment including, the he-licopter, armored vehicle, and

patrol cars, while visiting with the officers who use them. Children 12 and younger can play games and receive safe treats at the free event.

wooDlanD HIlls mall “mall-o-ween”7021 S. Memorial DriveKids and parents are invited to the annual Simon Kidgits Club “Mall-O-Ween” for family-friendly Halloween fun. Enjoy cauldrons full of candy, fun and activities. In addition, families will enjoy mall-wide trick-or-treating while supplies last. For additional informa-tion, please contact Woodland Hills Mall at 918-250-1449.Thursday, Oct. 30, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.Admission: Free

Hallowzooeen6421 E. 36th St. North, Tulsa; 918-669-6600Spooky (but not too scary) trick-or-treat event for the whole family. Activities include Goblin Stops full of treats, a Haunted Train Ride around the zoo, carnival-style games in the Pumpkin Patch Playroom, a hay maze, face-painting and much more.Hours: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 29-31Admission: Tickets are $8 for nonmembers and $7 for mem-bers. Haunted Train tickets are $4, and the Cross-eyed Carousel is $1 — both are optional at-tractions.

HaunteD tulsa DeCo wIne tourLearn the history of some of Tulsa’s most iconic Art Deco buildings while enjoying a flight of Girouard Vines wines at each stop. Visit the Fire Alarm Building, Boulder on the Park, The Atlas Building, Westhope and the Spotlight Theatre. Mary Cogan will be performing throughout the night at the winery. For more information call 918-510-5653.Hours: Thursday, Oct. 30, 6 p.m.Cost: $38 per person

nIGHtmare on seConD street Fun run & walk418 E. Second St.With Halloween in the air, Nightmare on Second Street Fun Run & Walk will take place at Fleet Feet Blue Dome. It’s a Spooktacular-themed event, fun for all ages with a costume contest for people and pets. There will be in-store trick or treating with candy, drinks and more. Runners and walkers can enter the costume contest just before the race.Hours: Thursday, Oct. 30, 6 p.m.


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PumPkin PatchesPleasant Valley Farms22350 W. 71st St. South, 918-248-5647Pleasant�Valley�plants�more�than�90�varieties�of�pumpkins�from�13�countries�each�year.�Come�for�the�hayrides,�face�paint-ing,�a�corn�maze�and�haunted�mansion.Hours: 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 29-30 and Nov. 2, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Oct. 31-Nov. 1

liVesay Orchards39232 E. 231st St. South, Porter; 918-483-2102Board�a�wagon�for�a�hayride�out�to�the�pumpkin�patch�where�you�can�take�as�long�as�you�want�to�find�the�perfect�pumpkins.�The�pumpkins�come�in�all�sizes,�shapes�and�colors.�Livesay�also�sells�a�great�assortment�of�fall�decorations:�gourds,�hay�bales�and�Indian�corn.Hours: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 29-31Admission: $4 per person, includes hayride to the pumpkin patch. Children 2 and younger are free. Pumpkins cost extra, and you will pay for your pumpkins at the end of the hayride.

carmichael’s PrOduce171st Street and Mingo Road, Bixby; 918-366-4728Come�for�the�pumpkins�and�stay�for�the�hay�rides,�pony�and�carnival�rides,�petting�zoo,�and�sorghum�cane�maze.�Carmi-chael’s�pumpkin�patch�has�been�a�tradition�for�many�years.Hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 29-31Cost: Activities range from $2-$5.

PumPkin tOwn6060 S. Garnett Road, Tulsa; 918-294-8308A�petting�zoo,�hay�train,�inflat-able�slides,�hay�forts,�pumpkin�bowling�and�a�pumpkin�blaster�are�some�of�the�fun�activities.�There�are�also�pony,�tractor�train�and�slide�rides.�Among�

the�newest�attractions�this�year�are�campfire�sites�that�can�be�reserved�for�$40.�Reservations�are�required.Hours: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 29-30, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 31-Nov. 2Admission: $8 Wednesday and Thursday, $10 Friday through Sunday

PumPkin FestiVal at shePherd’s crOss16792 E. 450 Road, Claremore; 918-342-5911Free�activities�include�the�pump-kin�patch,�petting�zoo�and�hay�maze.�Package�rates�available�for�$5,�$6�and�$8�per�person.Hours: 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 30-31

annabelle’s Fun Farm444584 E. 110 Road, Welch: 918-

323-6352Activities�include�pig�racing,�train�rides,�pumpkin�bowling,�corn�maze�and�pony�rides.�During�this�season,�a�portion�of�every�admission�goes�to�Opera-tion�Christmas�Child,�a�project�of�Samaritan’s�Purse.Hours: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday, through Nov. 1. Tuesday through Fridays are reserved for school groups with reservations.Admission: $9.95 at the farm, $8.95 online

sand sPrings PumPkin Patch FestiVal17516 W. Eighth St., Sand Springs; 918-640-1869Ride�a�pony,�play�in�the�games�

tent�or�pet�some�of�the�fun-lov-ing�farm�animals.�Kids�can�also�have�fun�exploring�a�hay�maze�or�getting�their�faces�painted.Hours: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 29-31Activities cost: $5 Monday through Friday, $6 Saturday and Sunday

First united methOdist church OF OwassO PumPkin Patch13800 E. 106th St. North, Owasso; 918-272-5731Enjoy�pumpkins�and�mazes�at�this�patch.Hours: Noon to dusk Oct. 29-31.

rhema bible church harVest carniValNinowski Recreation Center, located next to the Rhema Park on Rhema’s campus, on Kenosha (71st Street) just east of Aspen (South

145th East Avenue) in Broken Ar-row. 918-258-1588, ext. 2295.A�Halloween�alternative�for�children�that�provides�a�safe,�action-packed,�candy-filled�party.�Open�to�infants�through�fifth-graders�and�their�parents,�Harvest�Carnival�offers�80�game�booths�and�a�whopping�5,000�pounds�of�candy.�The�games�and�candy�are�free.�Costumes�are�encouraged.Hours: 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 31

st. stePhen’s united methOdist church400 W. New Orleans St. (East 101st Street), Broken Arrow12th�Annual�Pumpkin�Patch�through�Oct.�31.�For�more�infor-mation�call�918-455-4202Hours: 10 a.m. -7 p.m. Oct. 29-31

Georgia Monks, 6, from Tulsa plays on pumpkins at Carmichael’s Pumpkin Patch in Bixby. JAMES�GIBBARD/Tulsa�World�file


By Jerry WoffordWorld Scene Writer

Cain’s Ballroom’s action-packed fall season continues this week with a show each night through Nov. 6. But for now, let’s just look at the next seven days.

Starting with Wednesday, the folk-rock act Shovels & rope returns to Cain’s. The husband-and-wife duo of Cary Ann Hearst and Mi-chael Trent are set to play after Willie Watson opens the show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.

david Nail brings his I’m a Fire tour to Cain’s on Thurs-day. Native Run opens the show at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $20 in advance, plus fees.

Don your best costumes and dancing shoes for the

electronic dance duo The floozies, performing Hallow-een night. The show is set for 7:30 p.m., with Freddy Todd and local electronic music producer COTU opening the show. Tickets start at $14, plus fees.

The oklahoma Music Hall of fame Induction and Concert is Saturday and includes an all-star lineup of Tulsa Sound musicians set to per-form. This year’s inductees include Elvin Bishop, Jim Keltner, Chuck Blackwell, JJ Cale and Lowell Fulson. See more on page 20. Tickets are $30 in advance.

The band Cake takes the stage the next night at Cain’s. Doors open at 7 p.m. for the sold-out show.

City and Colour, the alias of Canadian musician Dal-

las Green, is set to perform at Cain’s on Monday with Clear Plastic Masks opening the show at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $25 in advance, plus fees.

Another sold-out show is set for Tuesday. The indie rock group alt-J is set to per-form, with Lovelife opening the show at 8 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased online at cainsballroom.com or at the Cain’s box office, 423 N. Main St.

Jerry Wofford [email protected]

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Concerts at Cain’s

The folk-rock duo Shovels & Rope will perform

Wednesday at Cain’s Ballroom. LESLIE RYAN MCKELLAR/Courtesy

Cake, alt-J just two filling the week’s lineup


Now showingMovie Rating (on 4• scale)Gone Girl ••••Rudderless •••Fury •••The Skeleton Twins •••This is Where I Leave You •••The Drop •••Guardians of the Galaxy •••Maleficent •••St. Vincent •••Lucy •••The Giver •••The Equalizer ••A Walk Among the Tombstones ••The Good Lie ••The Judge ••Into the Storm ••Transformers: Age of Extinction •

— MIchAEL SMITh, World Scene Writer

OPENING THIS WEEKBjork: Biophilia Live, concert film, NR

There’s just something about “St. Vincent.”

Few of the characters seem like real people; they’re always bigger than life or too snarky. But we can identify with their lives and their many flaws and tribulations.

There’s not a single sur-prise in “St. Vincent,” an old-fashioned kind of character-study comedy that a Peter O’Toole or a Paul Newman might have starred in late in their careers.

But much like those actors were so good at portraying the old guy, the odd guy, the curmudgeon who can be a bit nasty, so is Bill Murray here. This is one of his best and most extended performances in more than a decade, and he’s so good that we’re will-ing to forgive the film’s flaws.

Murray plays an old Brooklyn guy who drinks too much, gambles too much and gets angry too much.

We know the old guy who yells “Get off my lawn!” and we know Murray, and we know both are to be laughed at for their testiness.

We know the woman going through a divorce, played by Melissa McCarthy in a straight-ahead working-mom role that allows her more than her usual buffoon role.

We also know her son, who’s new at school and is bullied from day one. Jaeden Lieberher makes a charming-ly effective debut as Vincent’s new neighbor who finds an old drunk to be a colorful, educational baby sitter.

Maybe we don’t know the stripper/prostitute played

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by Naomi Watts in a zany comedic appearance, with a thick Russian accent and the belly of a woman in her third trimester of pregnancy.

But as she works the pole in a local club, and her belly causes her to lose her balance and tumble over awkwardly, we know enough to chortle at Watts and her go-for-it gump-tion in this role.

The film feels like one awkward, uncomfortable laugh after another. Some-times we’re laughing in spite of ourselves as we watch Vincent take the boy to the horse track and teach him how to defend himself.

It’s all predictable stuff, especially the boy’s school project — Are there everyday saints among us? — that is wrapped up in a conclusion that feels forced.

It also feels rushed and falsely sentimental, and yet, doggone it, it may still bring a few to tears. Not every actor can make this kind of overly familiar material work, but Murray still has a bit of magic when it comes to crowd-pleasing.

— MIchAEL SMITh, World Scene Writer

Bill Murray (left) and Jaeden Lieberher star in “St. Vincent.” ATSuShi�NiShijiMA/The�Weinstein�Company/AP


By JERRy WOFFORDWorld�Scene�Writer

While country, blues and rock were holding their own as genres in the late 1950s and 1960s, Tulsa was incubating a new style that smashed all three together for something new.

What would be known as the Tulsa Sound was born out of the clubs of the time and from rambunctious, young musicians. As one of the pioneers of the sound, JJ Cale is quoted as saying they were just trying to play like the blues players they admired but in falling short they made the Tulsa Sound.

This week, the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame is recog-nizing the contributions of those many musicians who helped build that sound that continues to influence rock music today.

The 2014 inductees to the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame are Elvin Bishop, Jim Keltner, Chuck Blackwell and posthumous honors for JJ Cale and Lowell Fulson. The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame Concert and Induc-tion ceremony honors five Oklahoma musicians known for their influence and their inventive music, and it’s the first induction class to focus on one particular genre and location.

Performing at the cer-emony Saturday are Bishop, Keltner and Blackwell, as well as Jamie Oldaker, Walt Richmond, Gary Gilmore, David Teegarden, Don White, Jimmy Markham, Rocky Frisco and many more.

Doors open at 7 p.m. Saturday at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St. Tickets are $30 in advance and $33 the day of the show, plus fees. Tickets can be purchased at cainsballroom.com or the Cain’s box office, 423 N. Main St.

Elvin Bishop was born in California but moved with his family to Tulsa at age 10.

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Don White (left), Jimmy Markham, David Teegarden

Sr. and Chuck Blackwell attend a news conference announc-ing the 2014 inductees into

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His teenage years were spent in Tulsa in the 1950s as the Tulsa Sound was growing.

Bishop made waves as a blues musician but rose to fame with his rock work, including his biggest hit, “Fooled Around and Fell in Love,” which was released in 1976 and reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His recent work has focused on the blues.

Jim Keltner became popular among musicians as a go-to session drummer, perform-ing with several groups and performers, including three members of The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Joe Cocker and more.

Keltner continues to work throughout the industry, performing on at least eight albums released this year, including Eric Clapton’s tribute to JJ Cale.

Chuck Blackwell started play-ing the drums in Tulsa bars and clubs when he was 13. He made a name for himself at a young age, which helped him land spots performing with Cocker, Little Richard, Taj Mahal and more.

Lowell Fulson will be hon-ored posthumously. Known for his big blues guitar sounds, Fulson was born in Tulsa but moved to Califor-nia where he helped grow

the West Coast blues scene.

JJ Cale was play-ing fre-quently in Tulsa after graduat-ing from Central

High School in 1956. He also moved to Los Angeles with many of the Tulsa Sound folks but returned to Tulsa.

Clapton would record Cale’s “After Midnight,” which gave his career new life.

Cale was regarded by many as one of the best electric guitarists to pick up the instrument. He died in July 2013, at age 74, in California.

Jerry Wofford [email protected] JJ Cale performs at Cain’s Ballroom in 2004. Tulsa World file

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By JIMMIE TRAMELWorld�Scene�Writer

Fans of the “Harry Potter” movies want to see Tom Felton.

Felton wants to meet fans who crush on things like “Harry Potter.”

Consider the meeting ar-ranged.

Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in the eight films, is going behind the camera to direct a documentary about fandom for BBC Three. The first stop on his pop culture convention tour will be Wiz-ard World Tulsa, scheduled Nov. 7-9 at Cox Business Center. Come see him and you may wind up in docu-mentary footage.

According to a BBC

announcement, the docu-mentary will be titled “Tom Felton: Meet the Fanatics.”

While on set in Spain for another project, Felton took part in a phone interview to

talk about the documentary and his pending trip to Tulsa.

“The whole thing is based around ‘super fans’ and what makes them such a great part of society,” Felton said.

“I think a lot of people think that it’s OK to be crazy passionate about a football team or a sports team of any kind, but for some reason when they hear that middle-aged men are obsessed with ‘Star Wars’ or ‘Harry Potter,’ that (is perceived) as a weird thing,” he said. “I want to change the perception of that and show what an amazing, positive world it is and how it completely changes peoples’ lives and brings a lot of hap-piness to a lot of people.”

Felton and his crew want to know a few things about

con-goers they might meet in Tulsa. If you’re a super fan of something, what is that something? And why? Email responses to [email protected].

Jimmie Tramel [email protected]

‘Potter’ actor to shoot film at Tulsa comic con

Tom Felton will be among celebrity guests at Wizard World Tulsa next month — and it will be a work trip. He’s directing a documentary about fan culture. ChriS�PizzellO/invision/AP

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Wizard World TulsaWhen:�nov.�7-9Where:�Cox�Business�Center,�100�Civic�CenterTickets:�range�of�$35�to�$400�(the�highest-priced�of�several�“viP�experience”�packages;�three-day�tickets�are�sold�out;�tickets�available�at�wizd.me/tulsaworld

The�harvest�Art�Faire,�benefit-ing�the�Animal�rescue�Founda-tion�of�Tulsa,�is�set�for�Saturday.The�annual�event,�created�

by�Amy�Adkins,�owner�of�Mrs.�Dehaven’s�Flower�Shop�since�2009,�will�be�held�10�a.m.-3�p.m.�in�the�shop’s�parking�lot�at�15th�Street�and�Boston�Avenue.ArF�will�have�puppies�avail-

able�for�adoption�on�site�and�the�family-friendly�event�will�also�include�a�food�truck.The�sixth-annual�event�will�

feature�more�than�30�local�art-ists�and�their�artwork�including�paintings,�handmade�jewelry,�pottery�and�original�photos.�Popular�Tulsa�artist�Christopher�Westfall�will�be�attending.�West-fall�was�the�recipient�of�the�Best�of�Painting�award�at�last�May’s�Tulsa�international�Mayfest.

— Rita SheRRow, world Scene writer

Sixth annual Harvest Art Faire is set for Saturday


Eric Church comes to the BOK Center

Although Eric Church has one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed country albums of the year, he’s still something of an outsider.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the BOK Center with Dwight Yoakam and Brandy Clark opening the show.

Tickets start at $25 plus fees and are available at bokcenter.com, by phone at 866-7-BOKCTR or at the BOK Center box office at the corner of Third Street and Frisco Avenue.

Church released “The Outsiders” in February, his fourth album and second No. 1 album. The album was praised for its country and Southern rock elements that don’t fit in either box.

The album and Church were nominated for four

Country Music Associa-tion awards, including male vocalist of the year, album of the year and two for single of the year. In 2012, Church won the CMA for album of the year for “Chief.”

— Jerry Wofford, World Scene Writer

Eric Church is set to perform at the BOK Center on Nov. 1. CHRIS PIZZELLO/Invision/AP


SUNDAY�|�NATGEO�WILD‘Safari Live’

The TV event known as Big Cat Week doesn’t start on National Geographic Wild until Nov. 28, but you can get in the spirit starting online Sunday.

As part of the fifth annual event, “Safari Live” at WILD-SafariLive.com at 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. begins this weekend. Safari guides Pieter Preto-rius and Hayden Turner take viewers into South Africa’s Sabi Sands Park to bring them face to face with wild-life including lions, leopards, elephants and buffaloes.

SUNDAY�|�HBO‘Olive Kitteridge’

Oscar-winner Frances McDormand and Oscar nomi-nee Richard Jenkins lead a great cast in the adaptation of Elizabeth Strout’s “Olive Kitteridge,” a miniseries airing 8-10 p.m. Sunday and Monday on HBO, cable 300.

The film tells the sweet, funny and tragic story of a small New England town filled with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy as seen through the eyes of a woman with a wicked wit, a troubled heart and a strong moral center. The cast also includes Bill Murray, John Gallagher Jr., Peter Mullan, Rosemarie DeWitt and Zoe Kazan.

Anna Faris and Emmy Award-winner Allison Janney return as stars of the pull-no-punches situation comedy “Mom,” back for a second season at 7:31 p.m. Thursday on CBS, channel 6.

In the season premiere, Bonnie is furious when Chris-ty’s poor financial decisions threaten the family’s living situation. Add to that the fact that Christy agrees to help out a newly sober woman (Jaime Pressly).

The series follows a single mother dealing with her alcoholic past, working as a waitress and living with her mother — who is a recovering alcohol and drug addict — and her teenage daughter who just became a mom. Start-ing this week, “Mom” will be preceded by the return of “The Big Bang Theory” to Thursdays on CBS.

THURSDAY | CBS

‘Mom’�season�2�beginsSUNDAY�|�SMITHSONIAN�‘King Tut’s Final Mystery’

The Smithsonian Chan-nel delves into the DNA and death of King Tutankhamun in the special “King Tut’s Fi-nal Mystery,” airing at 7 p.m. Sunday on DirecTV channel 570 HD and AT&T channel 118.

Based on the physical features of the king, his ancestry, and the details of the young pharaoh’s mummi-fication, surgeon and medical researcher Hutan Ashrafian offers a new theory of how Tut died. He believes the boy king was not murdered and did not die of an accident. Rather, he probably suffered from an inherited condition: temporal lobe epilepsy. An accident during an epileptic seizure could be the final solution to the mystery.

BY Rita SheRRow | World Scene Writer 918-581-8360 | [email protected] | Blog: tulsaworld.com/tvtypeWEEKEND TV

Mother Bonnie (Allison Janney, left) is furious with daughter Christy (Anna Faris, right) for making poor financial decisions in the second season premiere of “Mom,” airing at 7:31 p.m. Thursday on CBS, channel 6. SONJA�FLEMMING/CBS


CHOREGUS PRODUCTIONSKoresh Dance Company

There is one more chance to catch the Koresh Dance Company in performance.

The Philadelphia dance group, led by choreogra-pher Ronen Koresh, is in the midst of a three-year project to showcase the depths and breadth of the company’s artistry. For this performance, the company is performing three works that juxtapose Middle Eastern music with classi-

cal favorites and Koresh’s athletic, expressive chore-ography.

Performance: 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Tulsa PAC, 110 E. Second St.

Tickets: $15-$40. 918-688-6112, myticketoffice.com

When Ma Cong and Nic-colo Fonte were first asked to create the two works that Tulsa Ballet will per-form this weekend, their reactions weren’t all that enthusiastic.

Cong claims that the prospect of making a bal-let to Carl Orff’s dramatic cantata “Carmina Burana” made him “collapse to the floor.”

Fonte, on the other hand, simply and emphatically said he had no desire to create a ballet to Ravel’s “Bolero.”

Both choreographers

ultimately took on these challenges. Cong’s “Car-mina Burana” established him as a choreographer, and Fonte’s “Bolero” has become an international hit.

For “Carmina Burana,” Tulsa Ballet’s dancers will be joined by the Tulsa Sym-phony Orchestra, Tulsa Opera and Tulsa Oratorio Chorus.

Performances: 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, Tulsa PAC, 101 E. Third St.

Tickets: $20-$115. 918-596-7111, myticketoffice.com

See ‘Carmina Burana,’ ‘Bolero’ this weekend

artsBY James D. Watts Jr. | World Scene Writer 918-581-8478 | [email protected] | Blog: tulsaworld.com/artsblog

CELEBRITY ATTRACTIONS‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’

The story of how a sour, small-hearted crea-ture known as the Grinch decided to put an end to the joys of Christmas is one of Dr. Seuss’ most popular tales.

It’s also gone through a number of incarnations, from the 1957 book to the classic 1966 animated TV special to a live-action film in 2000.

“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” is now a stage musical, one that has be-come a staple of the holi-day season since opening on Broadway in 2007. The show makes its Tulsa debut as part of Celebrity Attractions’ season.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Nov. 5-6, 8 p.m. Nov. 7; 11 a.m., 2, 5 and 8 p.m. Nov. 8; 2 and 7

p.m. Nov. 9.Tickets: $20-$65. 918-

596-7111, myticketoffice.com

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA‘The War to End All Wars’

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I, at one time called “the war to end all wars.”

University of Tulsa faculty members Machele Miller Dill and Steven Marzolf have writ-ten and directed a unique the-ater piece that tells the story of the conflict through a dramatic mix of songs, poems and often wrenching letters from sol-diers and their families.

A special exhibition of mate-rial from McFarlin Library’s extensive World War I collec-tions will be on display in the lobby of the Lorton Perfor-mance Center prior to the per-formance, and a reception and conversation with the creators and performers will follow.

Performance: 5 p.m. Saturday, Lorton Performance Center, 550 S. Gary Ave.

Tickets: Admission is free

Hyon-Jun Rhee and Youhee Son (front) dance in Ma Cong’s “Carmina Burana.” Courtesy

Koresh Dance Company performs Wednesday. Courtesy

The stage musical of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” opens Tuesday at the Tulsa PAC. Courtesy

TULSA BALLET


Fall is finally here, and there’s plenty to do this weekend.

and plenty to look forward to.Celebrate our great Oklahoma heritage at the native

american festival or at the Will Rogers Days four-day event. Take in a concert by the U.s. army Band or enjoy at few laughs at the nick swardson show.

Here’s what’s going on:

Native American Heritage Festival

a powwow singing workshop, a stomp dance, Cherokee storytelling, arts and craft workshops will be featured during the 16th annual native american Heritage festival on satur-day, nov. 1, at Rogers state University.

The festival, which is free and open to the public, is set for 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the Centennial Center on the RsU campus in Claremore, 1701 W. Will Rogers Blvd.

The RsU native american Heritage festival is co-sponsored by the RsU native american student asso-ciation, RsU Department of fine arts, along with support from the Oklahoma arts Council and the national Endowment for the arts.

for more information on the festival, call 918-343-7566.

Will Rogers Days in Claremore

four days of events mark-ing Will Rogers’ birthday and the 1938 opening of the Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore start on saturday.

Will Rogers Days, nov. 1-4, start at 10 a.m. saturday with a parade through downtown Claremore and continue with the indian Women’s Pocahontas Club traditional program, wreath-laying and a lunch at 1 p.m. at the mu-seum, 1720 W. Will Rogers Blvd., Claremore.

On Monday, it’s Children’s Day at the museum from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Reservations are required.

and Tuesday is birthday cake with entertainment by a champion trick-roper at the Will Rogers Ranch in Oologah from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The ranch is at 9501 E. 380 Road in Oologah.

all events are free and open to the public.

for more information go to willrogers.com/events.

Household hazardous waste collection

The Metropolitan Envi-ronmental Trust (the M.e.t.) will host the fairgrounds Pollutant Collection event on saturday and sunday, nov. 1-2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tulsa fairgrounds, 15th street and sandusky avenue, Gate 7 by the former Driller’s stadium.

it’s a free opportunity to

dispose of residential haz-ardous waste.

This free event occurs twice a year in the spring and fall for residents of Bixby, Broken arrow, Claremore,

Collinsville, Coweta, Glen-pool, Jenks, Owasso, sand springs, city of Tulsa and Tulsa County.

Household items will be accepted such as cleaners,

SPOTLIGHT By NicolE Marshall MiDDlEtoN World Scene Writer | [email protected]

a statue of Will rogers riding his horse at the Will rogers Me-morial and Museum in claremore JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa�World�file


pesticides, fertilizers, automotive fluids, cooking oil, batteries, all fluo-rescent light bulbs, small ammuni-tion, smoke alarms, aerosol paint, hobby paint, pool chemicals, and items containing mercury, gasoline, and unused or out-of-date prescrip-tion medications. Items that won’t be accepted include: tires, latex paint, electronic waste, recyclables and commercial waste.

For more information, please contact Michael Patton at [email protected] or at 918-830-2233.

Army Band

The U.S. Army Field Band’s Jazz Ambassadors bring their 100-year history of outreach through music to Tulsa on Saturday.

The band is set to perform a free show at Oral Roberts University’s Christ Chapel, 7777 S. Lewis Ave., northeast of the Mabee Center. The show is set for 7:30 p.m. Call 918-495-6421 for more information.

The band is also set to perform at Northeastern State University’s Center for the Arts in Tahlequah at 7:30 p.m. Call 918-772-0065 for more information.

The band performs jazz standards and favorites from Duke Ellington to Count Basie to Glenn Miller. The show also features a selection of pa-triotic songs as a salute to veterans.

Go to armyfieldband.com for more information.

Nick Swardson

Actor and comedian Nick Sward-son brings his brand of off-color hu-mor to The Joint on Sunday, his first time to perform in Oklahoma.

Swardson has been featured in several roles on film and TV, includ-ing on “Reno 911!” as the roller-

skating Terry, “Grown Ups” and “Grandma’s Boy.” He has also been featured on several stand-up com-edy specials. At 22, he taped his first Comedy Central half-hour stand-up special, making him the youngest person to do so.

Tickets will be available at hardrockcasinotulsa.com, by calling 918-384-ROCK or at The Joint box office inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa, 777 W. Cherokee St., Catoosa.

Looking ahead: Eat Street Tulsa

The annual food truck festival in

the Blue Dome District is back and bigger than ever.

On Saturday, Nov. 8, more than 30 local food trucks will be rolling into the streets at Second Street and Elgin Avenue from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

In addition to every type of food you could crave, festivities will include live music on-stage, a kids zone, a food truck challenge and cold beer served up by Arnie’s Bar. Admis-sion is free.

Teaming up with Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa this year, Eat Street Tulsa hopes to help raise awareness and support for those needing a meal delivered to their homes.

Try the banh mi sandwich and kimchi fries with candied bacon from Lone Wolf Banh Mi food truck at Eat Street Tulsa on Nov. 8. JOHN CLANTON/Tulsa World file

Nick Swardson will perform at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa on Sunday. Courtesy

tulsaworld.com/weekend spotlight

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