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Tournament!

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Friday, December 11th as part of Live! on the Plaza.

 

$5.00 registration fee.  Winner takes all.  Register between now and 8:00 PM the day of the tournament at Paula and Company Realtors – 1706 NW 16th St.  Tournament play begins at 8:00 PM at Paula and Company.  No late registrations.

 

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Joel Garcia
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Every second Friday of the month the Plaza District brings all kinds of people together. We rock out to great bands, look at beautiful art work and drink some of the best beer! This month Billy Joe Winghead was our featured band and they know how to keep a crowd going, along with there awesome music outside. Paula And Company Realtors featured artist this month was Tam Nguyen bringing her best acrylic-on-canvas paintings. Not only does The Plaza District bring in the fun every month but they also have the best businesses west of Classen, Paula And Company Realtors, No Regrets Tattoo, Evoke Coffee Catering, Josh McCullock Photography,Gibson Events, DNA Galleries, Collected Thread, PhotoArt, Lyric Theater, and the BRAND NEW Velvet Monkey and that’s just to name a few. I encourage everyone of all ages to come every second Friday of the month to see the awesome art work from Oklahoma City’s local artists and have some fun while touring the businesses!

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Unique and diverse.  Distinct and eclectic. This is the Plaza District.  We came here a short time ago and in that short time I have seen all of Americana flash before me as if a final dying vision.  It is not linear nor defined by dimension. It is everything now.  Existence is not designed nor planned.  It is.  Things are not created.  They are.  It is as if all of America has and is spilling forth from this very cross section of 16th and Gatewood.  At first thought, I believed that the Plaza District was being recreated from the Primordial Ooze like a Phoenix from the Ashes.  But I now know that the Plaza District is the Primordial Ooze.  It is the giver of life, creativity and humanity.  It is the first “glimpse” of Plato’s Forms.

So in this tradition I am reposting a post to my blog a post found via a link from my facebook news feed leading me to a blog post that was a repost of a post that was circling about facebook.

If that makes sense to you please explain it to me because I got lost somewhere.

Without further ado here it is.

 

16 things on 16th Street

December 19, 2008 by plazadistrict

So I had seen this thing floating all over facebook and I thought it would make for a nice entry. Here are 16 random things about the Plaza District:

 

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 16 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 16 people to be tagged.

You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you. You don’t have to answer if you don’t want to.

 

1.) The Plaza District is off NW 16th between Indiana and Blackwelder, no it’s not by the Paseo District (we heart Paseo…it’s just a FAQ)

2.) Last weekend, an 8 year old who shall remain nameless said quote, “this place really needs a bar”. It’s true. Though we could really hold off on an R&M Lounge II

3.) Don’t mess with the Plaza District, Curtis will find out.


4.) DNA Galleries has the cutest pitbull you will ever see


5.) If you go into Collected Thread and don’t feel happier after you leave than before you came in…then well, that’s just not possible

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6.) Go ask No Regret’s Tattoo about the weirdest parts they have tattooed. Good stories

 

7.) Don’t tell Cuz you have any native American blood. But do say hi and wave every time you see him.

Cuz

 

 

 

 

 

10.) It is quite possible you could experience the most cultured night of your life within two blocks. The next few lines will tell you how:

 

11.) Amble into the store on the corner of 16th and Indiana, Guate Imports. Go to the cooler, pull out an old-school bottled soda, head to the

back and find the most authentic, delicious Guatemalan food in the OKC. Buy some random ingredients to take home to make a dish yourself.

 

 

12.) Before the show, you notice shops are still open so you head to Bad Grannies Bazaar to find an array of recycled arts, crafts and vintage collectibles.

You notice a group of young folks gathered outside Convergence Collective, so you stop to have a listen at the latest show, a hip new band from OKC.

Across the street you will see the professional photography studio of Keith Rinearson, PhotoArt Studio and his fabulous renovation of the old cleaners building.


 

13.)Then you jet to the east end of the district and find the artwork of emerging local artists at DNA Galleries, you purchase a piece and acquire your first original artwork.

Next door at Collected Thread you purchase an intricately detailed handmade clutch and hand sewn ornaments for your Christmas tree.


14.) Next, you get a free dance lesson at Performance Dancewear, and then you head to Paula & Co, when, to your surprise you find that even realtors have a creative side and show artwork of local artists!


 

15.)Then you head over to see the newest show at Lyric at the Plaza, taking in the great performance and fantastic renovation of the old plaza theatre by Elliot + Architects.Lyric at the Plaza


16.)After the surge of creativity you have just experienced, you decide it’s the perfect time to get that tattoo you have always wanted…so you head over to No Regrets Tattoo

where you can discuss the perfect composition of that tattoo you have dreamed of!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joel Garcia
Joel Garcia

Halloween is coming up and there is no more appropriate theater than Rocky Horror.  They are even having some midnight shows.  If you have never seen this show it is quite different.  The first time I saw it I almost didn’t finish it.  But I have later become to appreciate its absurd beauty.  I have been enjoying watching the people in wardrobe as they come in and out of the Theater which is right next door.  Just thought I would mention it in case you all were bored and seeking out some unique entertainment.

For more info http://www.lyrictheatreokc.com/onstage_plazatheatre

Joel Garcia
Joel Garcia

Check out the Plaza District.  Read the rest of this entry »

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I simply wanted to Thank everyone who attended the Last Cookout of 2008.  We had a great turnout with a great diversity of people.  Almost everyone we meet is Read the rest of this entry »

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