April 21, 2011 Weekend

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RUN WALK RIDEWhether you prefer to exercise on foot or on a bike, take a look

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GET OUTSIDE AND GET MOVINGWe’ve tracked down the best walking, running and biking trails in Tulsa.

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Tix on 6 6At the movies 10

Jake’s Cafe 16Restaurant news 18

Jenks Herb & Plant Festival 19On TV 22

STILL ROCKINGGeorge Thorogood makes his way to the Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa on Friday. Jason Ashley Wright spent a few minutes talking to him about his latest album and why his music has been so enduring.Page 9.

DAYS GONE BYArnold’s Hamburgers in west Tulsa harkens back to the ’50s, with its jukebox, Elvis prints and neon signs. But it’s the burgers and shakes that keep families coming back year after year.

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‘RISEN’For many, it wouldn’t feel like Easter without a visit to Victory Christian for its annual production. This year, “Risen,” will include a multimedia component and an elaborate set.

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HEATING UPCompadre’s Mexican Grill & Cantina started in a tiny convenience store in Broken Ar-row, and the owners haven’t looked back. Scott Cherry stopped in recently to try the food that has made this local chain such a success.Page 5.

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5 questions with Jack Wing

‘THE VOICE’ OF THE TULSA RUN

Jack Wing is enjoying an active lifestyle again after beating cancer. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World file

BY KIM BROWNWorld Scene Writer

Cancer interrupted Jack Wing’s 32-year tenure as “the voice” of the Tulsa Run.

But he has recovered, and he’s got cabin fever.After battling cancer — he was diagnosed with mul-

tiple myeloma in 2009 — he’s looking forward to a hospi-tal-free spring. The longtime announcer for the Tulsa Run says that though he’s no longer running (the cancer caused bones in his back to break), he’s still working up a sweat around town.

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What have you been up to lately? I’m doing fantastic. I saw my

oncologist a couple of weeks ago, and he said, “I don’t want to see you for a year.” My hair is back, and it’s curly — I’ve never had curly hair. It’s a totally different look, but it has come back the same color. And my beard’s back, too.

Have you been exercising?I’ve been working out five

days a week, an hour and a half each pop. My running days are over, but that’s OK. I had running for many, many years, and I don’t regret it. I do the treadmill, elliptical, hand crank and some spinning. And every other day I do a round of weights. I lost every muscle in my body — I went down to 164 pounds when I had cancer, and I’m back to 173. There’s no question that it’s very impor-tant to keep yourself in good physical and mental shape. Get out there and sweat.

What are some of your favorite places to be outside in Tulsa?

I live right on Riverside Drive,

so I walk out the front door and we’re on the (River Parks) trail. My wife is a marathoner, and when she goes to run, I ride my bike with her. When she’s in marathon training, she pumps it up to 18 miles, and I go along with her and one of her girlfriends with a backpack carrying their water. They call me Backpack Jack.

Do you ride your bike on your own?Yes, last week my goal was to

ride up the hill to Turkey Moun-tain and back — it’s 13 miles round-trip. And I did it. It’s a good bike ride, it gives you that big hill on Turkey Mountain.

What are you plans with the Tulsa Run this year?

I’m going to be on the micro-phone at the start and finish line. Last year was the first I missed in 32 years — it was hard not to do it.

This year I plan on being up on scaffolding at the start and finish. You meet so many great people. If I hadn’t had so many people praying for me, I don’t know. … I was very blessed.


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IT IS DIFFICULT to put your finger on why brothers Jer-emiah and Joe Lindsey have

shown a magic touch with their Compadre’s Mexican Grill & Can-tina restaurants.

They stress customer service, but so do many restaurants, successful or not.

The food is solid Tex-Mex, good but not extraordinary.

The $2.99 margaritas are a draw, but nothing that would make or break a business.

Maybe it is a combination of those things, or something more mysteri-ous, but whatever, it must be more than just good luck that their restau-rants have thrived since they convert-ed on old convenience store into their first Compadre’s at 101st Street and 145th East Avenue in Broken Arrow. That was in 2005, and the place has been packed ever since.

In 2006, they opened an Owasso location, last year they took over a former Mexicali Border Cafe spot on the hill at 71st Street and Sheri-dan Road, and a couple of weeks ago they opened their newest restaurant at Oklahoma 51 and Oneta Road, in a new shopping center roughly be-tween Broken Arrow and Coweta.

In a couple of months, the origi-nal store will move a few yards west into a new shopping center on 101st

Street.“For sure our first store took off bet-

ter than expected,” Jeremiah Lindsey said. “We knew we had a good prod-uct, but we did grow quicker than we thought we would.”

The original store should be the plushest of the four when it moves, but we decided to go ahead and check out the new Compadre’s at Oneta Road.

The Compadre’s Dinner ($8.99) has been a staple item since the first res-taurant opened, and it still is a tasty choice. It includes a mix of grilled steak, bacon, sausage, onions, green peppers and tomatoes, served with rice, beans and warm tortillas.

Another signature dish, the Com-padre’s salad ($8.99), features a bed of romaine lettuce topped with fajita chicken or shrimp (we chose the lat-ter) and pepperjack cheese, and gar-

nished with slices of fresh avocado and thick, house-made potato chips. It came with an avocado ranch dress-ing on the side.

Except for some black spots on the avocado, the salad was fresh and fla-vorful and included at least a dozen small shrimp.

The Burrito de la Casa ($8.49) was a monster, a foot-long tortilla filled with beans, shredded cheese and beef, then topped with creamy, some-what salty white queso, sour cream, guacamole and jalapenos. The gua-camole had bits of cilantro, onion and tomato.

The complimentary salsa was thin, peppery and a bit spicy. Better was a warm roasted salsa that was milder but more flavorful with cilantro, ol-ives, tomato chunks, green peppers and pepper seeds.

We shared a flan ($3.25) that had a smooth texture and nice cara-mel taste. I preferred it without the

whipped topping, which had an off flavor.

Compadre’s has an extensive menu with a wide variety of fajitas, tacos, enchiladas, regional entrees, seafood and burritos. A lunch menu has 10 items for $5.95 to $9.35.

The restaurant has two dining ar-eas and a separate bar room. The ba-sic house margarita is $2.99 ($4.99 with Patron), and a 32-ouncer, served in a giant cocktail glass, is $6.99.

Our server, Jesse, was efficient and informative.

thursdayBY SCOTT CHERRY | World Scene Writer, 918-581-8463 | [email protected]

Tex-Mex eatery discovers elusive recipe for success

The Compadres Dinner (foreground) has been a staple since the first restaurant opened, and the newest location for the eatery also offers $2.99 margaritas. Photos by MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World

COMPADRE’S MEXICAN GRILL & CANTINA

24188 E. Oklahoma 51, Broken Arrow918-574-2667Food •••Atmosphere •••Service •••(on a scale of 0 to 4 stars)11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday; accepts all major credit cards.

THE SPECIALSMonday — half off meal with one of equal value (dine-in only).Tuesday — a free kid’s meal with each adult dinner.Wednesday — enchiladas $5.39 (dine-in or carry-out).Thursday — fajitas for two with queso and two margaritas $19.99.

Jeremiah Lindsey, who owns Com-padre’s Mexican Grill & Cantina with his brother Joe, relaxes in their new-est restaurant, located between Broken Arrow and Coweta.


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VenuesBOK Center ................................................866-726-5287200 S. Denver Ave., tulsaworld.com/bok

Brady Theater ........................................... 918-582-7239 105 W. Brady St., tulsaworld.com/brady

Cain’s Ballroom ....................................... 918-584-2306423 N. Main St., tulsaworld.com/cains

Living Arts of Tulsa ..................................918-585-1234307 E. Brady St., tulsaworld.com/livingarts

Mabee Center ..........................................918-495-60007777 S. Lewis Ave., tulsaworld.com/mabee

Tulsa Performing Arts Center ................918-596-7111110 E. Second St., tulsaworld.com/mytix

MuseumsGilcrease Museum ...................................918-596-2700 1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Road , tulsaworld.com/gilcrease

Philbrook Museum of Art ........................918-749-79412727 S. Rockford Road, tulsaworld.com/philbrookSherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art ....918-492-18182021 E. 71st St., tulsaworld.com/jewishmuseum

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BOK CENTERBob Seger & The Silver Bul-let Band, 7:30 p.m. April 28. $75.

Foo Fighters, 7:30 p.m. May 17. $25-$49.50.

Josh Groban, 8 p.m. May 20. $75, $95.

Widespread Panic, 8 p.m. June 19. $35.

New Kids on the Block-Backstreet Boys, 7:30 p.m. July 17. $31.50-$91.50

Def Leppard, 7:30 p.m. July 19. $35-$125.

Professional Bull Riding, 8 p.m. Aug. 12; 7 p.m. Aug. 13. $12-$102.

Keith Urban, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 18. $27-$61.50.

Taylor Swift, 7 p.m. Sept. 21. $27-$71.50.

BRADY THEATERKe$ha, Monday. Doors open at 7 p.m. SOLD OUT.

The Moody Blues, May 3. Doors open at 7 p.m. $57.50-$77.50.

Steely Dan, July 12. Doors open at 7 p.m. SOLD OUT.

Earth Wind and Fire, May 20, Doors open at 7 p.m. $47.50-$65.

Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, June 24, Doors open at 7 p.m. $45-$64.

CAIN’S BALLROOMUmphrey’s McGee, Thursday. Doors open at 7 p.m. $19.

Luke Bryan, Saturday. Doors open at 7 p.m. SOLD OUT.

Bowling for Soup, April 28, Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show begins at 7:30 p.m. $20.

Social Distortion, April 29, Doors open at 7 p.m. Show begins at 8 p.m. $35.

Slightly Stoopid, April 30, Doors open at 7 p.m. Show begins at 8 p.m. $19 plus fees for advance tickets, $24 plus fees at the door.

Flogging Molly, May 2, Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show begins at 7:30 p.m. $34.

Wilco, May 8. Doors open at 7 p.m. SOLD OUT.

Lucinda Williams, May 10. Doors open at 7 p.m. $29.

Ninth-annual ’80s Prom, May 13. 8 p.m. $17.

CONVENTION CENTERPlies and Paul Wall, 7 p.m. May 7. $23-$43.

OK Play! Children’s Expo, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. June 18-19. Free. $5 for “Bounce Zone.”

Antiques Roadshow, July 23. Ticket lottery applicants can check pbs.org/antiques starting May 6.

EXPO SQUAREGreat Southwest Home Show, QuikTrip Center. April 28 through May 1.

Tulsa Flea Market, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays. Exchange Center.

Metcalf Gun Show, Exchange Center. April 30-May 1.

Thomas & Friends Live on Stage, “Thomas Saves the Day,” Pavilion. April 30-May 1. $16-$35.

GILCREASE MUSEUMHome Lands: How Women Made the West, through May 15.

America: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of a Nation, through Jan. 2.

HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO TULSAGeorge Thorogood, 8 p.m. Friday. $45-$55.

The Oak Ridge Boys, 7:30 p.m. April 28. $35-$45.

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Craig Ferguson, 8 p.m. April 30. $50-$65.

Blake Shelton, 8 p.m. May 6. $55-$65.

Xtreme Fight Night, May 13, 8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. $41-$101. Must be 21 and older.

PHILBROOK MUSEUMTypeface: Tapping Tradi-tion for Innovation, 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Free with admission.

BookSmart Tulsa, “Genius, Madness and Murder,” 6:30 p.m. April 28 at Mabee Lobby. Free with admission.

Family event, Reuse, Recycle, Remix, 2 p.m. April 30. Free with admission.

The Adkins Collection, Native American and Southwestern paintings, pottery, baskets and jew-elry, through May 22.

RIVER SPIRIT CASINOThe Fab Four, Beatles tribute band. 7 p.m. April 29. $30-$50.

John Michael Montgom-ery, May 13, 7 p.m. $39-$59.

SPIRITBANK EVENT CENTERPiccadilly Circus, May 31-June 1. Times and prices TBD.

OK Video Game Expo, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. June 18. $5.

TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Tulsa Ballet: “Creations in Studio K,” 7 p.m. April 29, May 4-6; 2 and 7 p.m. April 30 and May 7; 2 p.m. May 1 and May 8, Studio K, 1212 E. 45th Place. 918-749-6006.

Swimming in the Shal-lows, 8 p.m. April 28-30; 2 p.m. May 1; 8 p.m. May 5-7; 2 p.m. May 8, Charles E. Norman Theatre. $20.

Tulsa Opera: Norma, 7:30 p.m. April 30 and May 6; 2:30 p.m. May 8, Chapman Music Hall. $10-$98.

Artbike 2011, PAC Gallery, May 5-June 1.

TULSA DRILLERS HOME SERIESAll games at ONEOK Fieldvs. Springfield, 7:05 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday. $5-$15.

vs. Arkansas, 7:05 p.m. May 3, 11:05 a.m. May 4, 7:05 p.m. May 5. $5-$15.

TULSA SHOCK HOME GAMESAll games at the BOK Centervs. San Antonio, June 10

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vs. Seattle, June 21

vs. New York, June 23

vs. Minnesota, June 30

vs. Phoenix, July 8

vs. Los Angeles, July 15

vs. Atlanta, July 26

vs. Chicago, July 28

vs. Seattle, July 30

TULSA TALONS HOME GAMESArena Football League games at the BOK Centervs. Iowa, Saturday

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vs. Kansas City, May 21

vs. Utah, June 11

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fridayBY JASON ASHLEY WRIGHT | World Scene Writer, 918-581-8483 | [email protected]

Blues rocker keeps focus on music, not the industry

GEORGE THORO-GOOD HAS never had a Sam Adams

beer.“How do you like that?”

said the blues-rocker, whose hit “Who Do You Love?” has been featured on the brew’s commercials.

He hasn’t had the chance — well, more like doesn’t need one, we gathered — to see the hit television series “Glee,” which covered his song “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” this season.

“I don’t care what they say, good or bad, as long as they keep me in the conversation,” he said in a recent phone in-terview.

He’ll be the talk of the town, no doubt, when he brings his signature blues-infused rock ’n’ roll to Tulsa this weekend at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

The Destroyers have ex-panded through the years, by the way, with drummer Jeff Simon and bassist Billy Blough, plus guitarist Jim Suhler (a Texan who was brought aboard in 1999) and saxophonist Buddy Leach, who joined in 2003.

Hopefully, their set list Friday night will not only include the standards we mentioned earlier — includ-ing what is arguably Thoro-good’s most famous hit, “Bad to the Bone” — but songs from his and the Destroyers’ upcoming Capitol/EMI al-bum, “2120 South Michigan Avenue.” Their 17th studio offering, the album’s name is derived from the address of Chess Records’ Chicago headquarters.

For 30-plus years, Tho-rogood and the Destroyers, who have sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, have stayed on music’s radar — sometimes peripherally,

depending on the year, but there nonetheless. After the early-’80s success of “Bad to the Bone” came 1988’s album “Born to Be Bad” with its hit, “You Talk Too Much.’’ The ’90s saw more hit-making with 1993’s “Get a Haircut,’’ followed into the new millen-nium with 2003’s “Ride ’Til I

Die” and 2006’s “Hard Stuff.” The band’s 2004 compila-tion, “Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock,” went gold, spent 60 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s blues chart, and won the magazine’s award for blues record of the year.

But he didn’t go into all that in our conversation. All that stuff came from a press release.

Instead, we talked about his influences, which you can hear on the new album, with his rollicking treatment on classics by a who’s-who of the blues, including Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy, Sonny Boy Wil-liamson and Little Walter, along with new material by himself, producer Tom Ham-bridge and Richard Fleming.

His favorites are Berry and Diddley. “Those are the guys who took the blues and turned it into something else,” Thorogood said. “They’re the ones that brought rock to the consciousness of the world.”

Berry’s important to his-tory, he said, not just music history. History, period.

“Can you imagine a time when they weren’t there? When rock didn’t exist?”

Nothing against the indus-try now (or maybe so), but it doesn’t excite him much, he said. “It’s such a business now. It’s a corporate busi-ness, a multi-billion dollar industry — even though they say the industry’s going to s---.”

When he was in his teens, “the biggest commodity was time,” he said. No iPod, no

video games, no Internet. “There was one-50th as many artists then.”

“People’s careers have come and gone, and I don’t even know who they are,” he said.

Not his, though. From his new albums to the classics that are showing up on TV, movies and advertisements, people still know him.

“It’s great to be here,” he said, paraphrasing a famous quote from George Burns.

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What: “Bad to the Bone” singer and his band answer the ques-tion “Who Do You Love?”When: Friday, doors open at 7 p.m.Where: Hard Rock Hotel & Ca-sino Tulsa, 777 W. Cherokee St., CatoosaTickets: $45-$55, tulsaworld.com/hardrockcasino or 918-384-ROCK.

‘I don’t care what they say, good or bad, as long as they keep me in the conversation.’

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This weekend: What’s opening in theaters

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family1 hour, 46 minutes, starring Tyler Perry, Loretta Devine and Bow Wow, rated PG-13

Tyler Perry wears a dress. Domestic dysfunction breaks out. Hilarity ensues. Madea gathers the family when a health crisis threatens. Loretta Devine and Bow Wow are among the co-stars.

African Cats1 hour, 29 minutes, narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, rated PG-13

April 22 is Earth Day, mean-ing that Disneynature — the people behind “Earth” and “Oceans” the past two years — returns with a new nature-themed documentary. Watch as a pair of big cat families interact and teach their young how to survive in the wild.

Of Gods and Men2 hours, 2 minutes, starring Michael Lonsdale and Lambert Wilson, rated PG-13

When a collection of Trap-pist monks come under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, they must decide whether they will leave or stay in the impoverished Algerian community where they’ve been stationed. In French and Arabic.

BY MICHAEL SMITHWorld Scene Writer

Water For Elephants2 hours, 2 minutes, starring Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson and Christoph Waltz, rated PG-13

Sara Gruen’s novel is adapted for the big screen, with Robert Pattinson as a veterinary student who leaves school following the death of his parents and who then takes a job with a traveling circus. Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz co-star.

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First-run movies ending Thurs-day: Rango, Just Go With It, Gnomeo & Juliet, Black Swan

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Hop•• 1 hour, 35 minutes, rated PG

“It doesn’t take long to de-termine when a family film isn’t very smart. It doesn’t take long, sitting amongst an army of children in a theater, to realize that if they’re not laughing, it isn’t very funny, either, even for its target audience. It’s not that there are no laughs in ‘Hop,’ but there are remarkably few in this combination of live action and animated characters.”

— Michael Smith, World Scene writer

Source Code•••• 1 hour, 33 minutes, rated PG-13

“I love science-fiction movies that revolve around outlandish ideas, but which can make me suspend my disbelief and end up rooting for the impossible. A disabled soldier made whole by a 10-foot-tall avatar? A plutonium-fueled DeLorean traveling back in time? Love it.

‘Source Code’ is special in this sense as well, with Jake Gyllenhaal playing a U.S. Army helicopter pilot who wakes up in the body of another man, with the chance to stop a bomb from blowing up. The tick-tick-ticking of this plot device is absolutely Hitchcockian, and the picture is smart, funny and more romantic than I could have imagined.”

— Michael Smith, World Scene writer

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BY BRANDI BALL | World Scene Writer

MELISSA BUNTING IS an out-doors enthusiast who caught the bug by taking strolls in her

neighborhood.“My mom had just had surgery, and the

doctors told her to walk every day,” Bunting said. “She was stubborn about getting out and exercising, so I went to her house every day at noon, and pushed her out the door.”

All it took was a week, and Bunting was hooked. And her mother, MaryAnne Mitch-ell, soon ditched her daughter for a neigh-borhood walking group.

So Bunting joined a running club. Seven 5ks and a half-marathon later, she

was leaving everyone in her dust.“Tulsa has such extensive trails that you

never get bored,” Bunting said. “When I get tired of looking at the river, I head over to the wooded areas. When I get tired of that, I just go to LaFortune and people-watch while I’m running.”

With close to 80 miles of maintained trails in Tulsa, there is something for every skill level, and trails are evenly scattered geo-graphically.

Bunting’s family, like her interest in run-ning, has grown since she took those first steps eight years ago.

“I took two breaks in between, but they were circumstantial,” she said, referring to the time after her two boys were born. “In-stead of completely stopping, though, I used only paved trails so I could take the stroller along.”

Now, two days a week when her oldest son is not in preschool, Bunting takes the trek to Zink Park at 31st Street and Trenton Avenue.

“It really makes the exercise a family experience,” she said. “My son Caden plays on the toys, and then I stick both kids in the wagon and pull them around on the trail. It is a really safe area, perfect for young moms.”

Just because your life changes, doesn’t mean you can’t have a healthy lifestyle, Bun-ting said. The local parks and trails make it easy to be active.

“Now I just need to convince my hus-band,” she said with a laugh. “Maybe I’ll be sneaky and stick the newspaper on his pillow.”

Brandi Ball [email protected]

Trails offer experiences for variety of enthusiasts

TOP TO BOTTOM: Turkey Mountain trail, Oxley Nature Center at Mohawk Park, River Parks West and LaFortune Park (right). Tulsa World file photos

THE GREAT OUTDOORS


WALK THIS WAY

With more than 60 trails and parks in the area, it’s hard to narrow down the best. De-

pending on what you’re looking for — quiet, noisy, lighted, paved, non-paved, flat or hilly — it just comes down to personal choice. Here are some of the most popular spots for walking, running and biking in various parts of the city.

Mingo Trail41st Street to 11th Street — 3.75 milesMemorial Road to 81st Street — 3.39 miles

The best place to access the trail is Hicks Park, located at 35th Street and Mingo Road. The trail is fairly easy with some minor hills as the trail crosses under bridges. The trail passes a storm-water retention area that doubles as a soccer complex near 21st Street and Skelly Drive (Interstate 44). There is parking there that can be accessed via the Skelly Drive access road.

River Parks West TrailRuns 8 miles from Southwest Boulevard (also known as the 11th Street bridge) to 71st Street

In midtown at both the 21st Street Bridge and Midland Valley pedestrian bridge, you can cross to the River Parks East Trail. Also runs by the Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area (bor-dered on the south at 71st Street). Con-nects to the Katy Trail (Sand Springs Trail at Gilcrease Road), Newblock Park Trail, Creek Turnpike Trail and Jenks Aquarium Trail.

The off-road trails near 56th Street and Riverside Drive are a great spot for sport biking.

River Parks East TrailRuns 14 miles along Riverside Drive, from 11th Street near downtown, south to 101st Street

The east bank trails feature separate cycling and pedestrian lanes from 11th to 71st streets.

By far the most popular trail for runners, walkers and bikers, it winds through midtown along the Arkansas River. There’s even a spot to rent free bikes at 96th Street and Riverside Drive.

Turkey MountainThree marked trails totaling 6.7 milesSeveral unmarked trails (approximately 25 miles)Main entrance is at 68th Street and Elwood Avenue.

Steep hillsides combine with thick

vegetation to offer a challenge to trail runners, hikers and bikers. The area is about seven miles from downtown and has views of the Arkansas River. There are three marked, color-coded trails requiring various ability.

Creek Turnpike TrailRuns 4.1 miles from 96th Street and Riv-erside Drive to Memorial Road and runs parallel to the Creek Turnpike

Has some moderately difficult climbs and descents, as it follows the grade-separated crossings at many of the

intersections with arterial roads. It is known as one of the Tulsa area’s most challenging trails.

You can access the trail from Hunter Park, one of the city’s largest parks near 91st Street and Yale Avenue. Hunter Park has its own half-mile walking trail that connects to River Parks and the Mingo Trail.

Mohawk Park5701 E. 36th St. North

Mohawk Park is a sprawling 2,800-acre park that contains the Oxley

Nature Center. Oxley has 800 acres of protected land with 9.1 miles of hiking trails. The trail system is made up of many individual loops and stretches of trail (from 0.3 miles to 1.3 miles) linked together. The courses are smooth and mostly flat.

LaFortune ParkCircles 3 miles from 51st Street and Yale Avenue to 61st Street and Hudson Avenue

LaFortune Park isn’t paved, which makes it a good choice for those with knee or shin problems. Walk or run among tennis courts, playgrounds, a duck pond and the LaFortune Park Golf Course.

Osage Prairie TrailThe 14.5-mile trail begins at OSU-Tulsa and continues to Oklahoma 20 in Ski-atook.

Located on the old Midland Valley Rail bed, it was abandoned until Vision 2025 funds were used to develop it for recreational use. There are several access points along the trail, equipped with bike racks, water fountains, park-ing and benches. Through the length of the trail, scenery varies from the down-town Tulsa skyline to rural farmland and ponds beyond the tree-lined path. As the trail winds through downtown Sperry and Skiatook, ornamental lights flank the trail.

Zink Park31st Street and Trenton Avenue

With its playground and lighted walk-ing trail, it is a favorite of moms and toddlers. The midtown location offers a safe, contained place for a mom to push a stroller and for the kids to play. On warmer days, kids like to jump around on the splash pad after burning energy on the monkey bars.

Chandler Park6500 W. 21st St.

These limestone cliffs wind through the hillside and are a popular spot for locals and visitors to rock-climb. Most of the rock is vertical to overhanging.

If you travel further down along Avery Drive, cliffs are about 40 feet compared with 20 to 25 feet in the main area of Chandler Park.

If you are a beginner or just need a map, contact the park’s main office at 918-591-6053.

Sources: INCOG; Tulsa County Parks Department;

Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness


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THE GREAT OUTDOORS

View a larger and more complete map of pedestrian and bicycle trails in the Tulsa metro area on our website. tulsaworld.com/trailsmap


WALK THIS WAY

With more than 60 trails and parks in the area, it’s hard to narrow down the best. De-

pending on what you’re looking for — quiet, noisy, lighted, paved, non-paved, flat or hilly — it just comes down to personal choice. Here are some of the most popular spots for walking, running and biking in various parts of the city.

Mingo Trail41st Street to 11th Street — 3.75 milesMemorial Road to 81st Street — 3.39 miles

The best place to access the trail is Hicks Park, located at 35th Street and Mingo Road. The trail is fairly easy with some minor hills as the trail crosses under bridges. The trail passes a storm-water retention area that doubles as a soccer complex near 21st Street and Skelly Drive (Interstate 44). There is parking there that can be accessed via the Skelly Drive access road.

River Parks West TrailRuns 8 miles from Southwest Boulevard (also known as the 11th Street bridge) to 71st Street

In midtown at both the 21st Street Bridge and Midland Valley pedestrian bridge, you can cross to the River Parks East Trail. Also runs by the Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area (bor-dered on the south at 71st Street). Con-nects to the Katy Trail (Sand Springs Trail at Gilcrease Road), Newblock Park Trail, Creek Turnpike Trail and Jenks Aquarium Trail.

The off-road trails near 56th Street and Riverside Drive are a great spot for sport biking.

River Parks East TrailRuns 14 miles along Riverside Drive, from 11th Street near downtown, south to 101st Street

The east bank trails feature separate cycling and pedestrian lanes from 11th to 71st streets.

By far the most popular trail for runners, walkers and bikers, it winds through midtown along the Arkansas River. There’s even a spot to rent free bikes at 96th Street and Riverside Drive.

Turkey MountainThree marked trails totaling 6.7 milesSeveral unmarked trails (approximately 25 miles)Main entrance is at 68th Street and Elwood Avenue.

Steep hillsides combine with thick

vegetation to offer a challenge to trail runners, hikers and bikers. The area is about seven miles from downtown and has views of the Arkansas River. There are three marked, color-coded trails requiring various ability.

Creek Turnpike TrailRuns 4.1 miles from 96th Street and Riv-erside Drive to Memorial Road and runs parallel to the Creek Turnpike

Has some moderately difficult climbs and descents, as it follows the grade-separated crossings at many of the

intersections with arterial roads. It is known as one of the Tulsa area’s most challenging trails.

You can access the trail from Hunter Park, one of the city’s largest parks near 91st Street and Yale Avenue. Hunter Park has its own half-mile walking trail that connects to River Parks and the Mingo Trail.

Mohawk Park5701 E. 36th St. North

Mohawk Park is a sprawling 2,800-acre park that contains the Oxley

Nature Center. Oxley has 800 acres of protected land with 9.1 miles of hiking trails. The trail system is made up of many individual loops and stretches of trail (from 0.3 miles to 1.3 miles) linked together. The courses are smooth and mostly flat.

LaFortune ParkCircles 3 miles from 51st Street and Yale Avenue to 61st Street and Hudson Avenue

LaFortune Park isn’t paved, which makes it a good choice for those with knee or shin problems. Walk or run among tennis courts, playgrounds, a duck pond and the LaFortune Park Golf Course.

Osage Prairie TrailThe 14.5-mile trail begins at OSU-Tulsa and continues to Oklahoma 20 in Ski-atook.

Located on the old Midland Valley Rail bed, it was abandoned until Vision 2025 funds were used to develop it for recreational use. There are several access points along the trail, equipped with bike racks, water fountains, park-ing and benches. Through the length of the trail, scenery varies from the down-town Tulsa skyline to rural farmland and ponds beyond the tree-lined path. As the trail winds through downtown Sperry and Skiatook, ornamental lights flank the trail.

Zink Park31st Street and Trenton Avenue

With its playground and lighted walk-ing trail, it is a favorite of moms and toddlers. The midtown location offers a safe, contained place for a mom to push a stroller and for the kids to play. On warmer days, kids like to jump around on the splash pad after burning energy on the monkey bars.

Chandler Park6500 W. 21st St.

These limestone cliffs wind through the hillside and are a popular spot for locals and visitors to rock-climb. Most of the rock is vertical to overhanging.

If you travel further down along Avery Drive, cliffs are about 40 feet compared with 20 to 25 feet in the main area of Chandler Park.

If you are a beginner or just need a map, contact the park’s main office at 918-591-6053.

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TRAIL LEGEND

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THE GREAT OUTDOORS

View a larger and more complete map of pedestrian and bicycle trails in the Tulsa metro area on our website. tulsaworld.com/trailsmap

http://tulsaworld.com/trailsmap


Voice talent, beautiful scenery makes ‘Rio’ a delightBY KIM BROWNWorld Scene Writer

Small-town exotic bird makes it to the big, bright city. Just your average day in “Rio,” the fun and certainly fluffy animated film from the makers of “Ice Age.”

Kid-friendly and cuddly, “Rio” has a sweet story line and bright colors, perfect for 3-D viewing. But although it’s fun to watch the feathers fly in your face, the voice per-formances are what steal the show.

Jesse Eisenberg (“The So-cial Network”) lends the voice for Blu, a domesticated blue macaw from Minnesota who finds his way back to his na-tive country to propagate his species. He is apparently the last living male of his kind.

His human companion Linda (Leslie Mann) is reluc-tant to take him away from his snuggly home, but a Brazilian bird doctor persuades her to fly off to Rio de Janeiro.

Blu meets his lovely female counterpart, Jewel (Anne Hathaway), who seems per-fect for him. The only prob-lem is Blu isn’t exactly a bird-ie’s man — he’s a bit of a bird nerd, delightfully so. And be-cause he’s been a home bird his whole life, he can’t fly.

Writer-director Carlos Saldanha (who also helmed the “Ice Age” movies) does a

nice job of creating a semi-serious situation — Blu and Jewel quickly get captured by smarmy bird smugglers, led by creepy cockatoo Nigel (Jemaine Clement) — giving the audience an adventure to follow.

But there’s also time to en-joy the view. The animation of this brilliant city is impres-sive, and we’re lucky to get a bird’s eye view of its most famous landmark, the Christ the Redeemer statue. The timing of their trip is during

the city’s biggest celebration, Rio Carnival, which adds even more dazzling visuals.

This cadre of silly charac-ters — voiced by Jamie Foxx, the Black Eyed Peas’ will.i.am, Tracy Morgan and others — keeps the tone light, just as a G-rated film should do. Sure, there are a couple of winks intended for adults, but un-like its other complicated ani-mated counterparts, such as “Rango,” the kids can actually follow along with “Rio.”

And there are, of course, a

couple of messages: Blu’s fear of flying and Jewel’s quest for freedom are themes to which both children and adults can relate.

Eisenberg is a natural in this role, and Hathaway proves with her singing tal-ent that she’s a perfect choice for more animated fare.

So together in “Rio” they make the perfect couple — feathers or no feathers.

Kim Brown [email protected]

Small-town exotic bird Blu (center) sets off on an adventure to learn how to fly in “Rio.” Courtesy

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Burger joint harkens back to ‘Happy Days’ era dinersI HAVE GRANDKIDS

WHO never have seen an episode of “Happy

Days,” so they don’t know about Richie, Joanie, Potsie, The Fonz or Ar-nold’s Drive-In.

That means Arnold’s Ham-burgers, a fixture in west Tul-sa for the past 25 years, has, for many, outlived the mem-ory of the fictional eatery on which it was loosely based.

Like the TV sitcom, Arnold’s Hamburgers has a 1950s set-ting, with red and blue neon reflecting off a glass-block order counter, gray-and-pur-ple booths, metal cafe chairs and prints of Elvis, Lucy and James Dean on the walls.

Music from that era — I heard the Fleetwoods, Ricky Nelson and Dion, among oth-ers, when I was there — is pumped through the speak-ers of an otherwise nonwork-ing 1953 Wurlitzer Hi-Fi Ste-reo jukebox.

Conveniently, Arnold’s also reflects the name of the own-ers, Vicki and Frank Arnold.

“People who ate here as children are bringing their own children, and they come from all over,” Frank Arnold said.

“Like a lot of businesses, we’ve been down a little, but we’re still kickin’. We still serve 500 to 600 hamburgers a day.”

We were part of that num-ber on a recent evening when we ordered a regular double with all the trimmings — mustard, onion, lettuce and tomatoes — and a double cheeseburger with every-thing except onions.

The burgers had a good, old-fashioned flavor, and the seasonings cooked into the ground beef were pretty salty, which made a large — and I mean large — cherry lime-

ade ($1.55) taste like a slice of heaven.

Onion rings ($2.09) were medium-sized and crunchy, and if you don’t bite all the way through, the onion will slide out of the ring. Fries were ordinary.

A plus for Arnold’s are

the shakes and malts ($2.09 small, $2.29 large) in choco-late, vanilla, strawberry, ba-nana and cherry. We had va-nilla and chocolate malts, and both were wonderful.

Diners don’t have many de-cisions to make at Arnold’s, which I count as another plus. You have hamburgers — singles, doubles, triples, one cheese, two cheese — from $2.79 to $5.59, along with a grilled chicken sandwich ($3.79), fried chicken sand-wich ($3.79), chicken club sandwich ($4.22) and a bone-less chicken basket ($4.89).

“The boneless chicken is something we added to the menu, and it’s good,” Arnold said. “We get it from the same

people who used to supply the old Rex’s Chicken.”

In addition to shakes, malts, cherry limeade and standard soft drinks, Arnold’s also serves root beer in a frosted mug, another tempt-ing beverage choice.

A junior burger for the

younger ones is $1.40, with cheese $1.50.

Throw in fries and onions rings, and that’s the entire menu.

The Arnolds also operate the Frank Arnold Ministries and organize and stage gospel concerts in a nine-state area.

The Arnold’s Hamburgers neon sign frames the quintessential diner meal: a double cheeseburger, onion rings and chocolate shake. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World

ARNOLD’S HAMBURGERS

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WEST-SIDE ROOTSFrank Arnold got his start in the restaurant business work-

ing at Carl’s Coney Island in the Crystal City Shopping Center when he was a student at Webster High School.

When he was 21, he bought a coney place in Catoosa and ran it for five years. He was out of the business for three years before returning to west Tulsa and opening Arnold’s Hamburg-ers.

“This is home for me,” he said.


Hardworking brothers’ new-career gamble pays off

IT WAS 12 years ago when brothers Basel and Michael Jasasra decided time with

family was more important than long hours at high-powered jobs.

Basel Jasasra was food-and-bever-age manager at the Embassy Suites, and Michael Jasasra was in charge of food service and retail at Tulsa International Airport.

“It was just too much, and we were never home,” Michael said. “So, we decided to be partners, and we opened Jake’s Cafe.”

Although it was an admirable life change, Basel said few people gave them much hope of making it with the breakfast-lunch restaurant at the intersection of Houston Street and Aspen Avenue (81st Street and 145th East Avenue).

“I think there had been at least three different restaurants in this space before us, and even some of our friends didn’t think we could make it here,” said Basel, whose nickname is Jake.

But make it they did, in large part due to the brothers’ personalities. They are warm and gracious hosts, and they’re quick to refill coffee cups and run table errands when servers are overwhelmed.

Basel’s wife, Fatima, formerly breakfast manager at Embassy Suites, oversees the kitchen.

“She owns the kitchen,” Michael said. “She is a fabulous cook.”

We recently stopped in for a Sun-day breakfast, landing at one of the two tables vacant at that time.

My pulse was feeling strong that morning, so I went for the Jack’s Country Breakfast ($5.19), one of four new breakfast items to be added to the menu last week.

It started with biscuits topped with, in order, two sausage patties, a layer of cream gravy (a straight white gravy, no sausage) and two eggs (I asked for over-medium), along with a side of hash browns.

You notice this is your basic egg, sausage and biscuits-and-gravy breakfast, but for those of us who like to mix it all together, this dish does it for you. The hash browns were crispy and golden on top and had a good flavor.

A veggie omelet ($6.19), my wife’s more rational choice, was filled with sauteed onions, green peppers, mushrooms, celery and tomatoes, and it came with a choice of hash browns, grits or sliced tomatoes, and toast, biscuits-and-gravy or three buttermilk pancakes. The pancakes were light and fluffy, and they came with butter and syrup.

We also tasted an order of French toast ($3.99) with bacon ($1.99) and hot syrup, and it was excellent.

The other new breakfast items are a fiesta skillet, breakfast burrito and muffin melt sandwich.

The lunch portion of the menu fea-

tures a variety of traditional Ameri-can sandwiches and entrees, such as pork chops, fried chicken tenders, grilled chicken breast, chicken-fried steak, roast beef sandwich, club sandwich, patty melt and tuna melt. Lunch prices range from $4.99 to

$7.99.A children’s menu for ages 10 and

younger includes 10 items for $2.49 to $3.49.

Our server, Crystal, kept the steaming coffee coming and was professional and efficient.

Since the restaurant opened, the brothers have replaced all of the table tops with ones that feature local ads covered in a shiny acrylic finish. Bathrooms, too, have been refurbished.

“We still have some improvements to make,” Michael Jasasra said. “We want to keep our customers happy.”

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Get the dish on what favorite eateries are serving upGo West for Easter

Go West, 6205 New Sapulpa Road, will serve an Easter buffet with such choices as brisket Benedict, trout ran-chero, split-roasted whole hog, smoked roast beef, ceviche, Caesar salad, cheesy potatoes and an array of desserts from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is $29 for adults and $12 for ages 12 and younger, plus tax and gratuity. Reservations required: 918-446-7546.

Pei Wei to host online cooking class Thursday

Pei Wei Asian Diner will host a free, online cooking class at 8 p.m. Thursday, featuring a live demonstration of three Asian barbecue recipes by executive chef Eric Justice.

The recipes:Yakitori — Grilled chicken

with three sauces, including sichimi togarashi, yuzu ponzu and garlic soy.

Southeast Asian satay — Coconut curry pork grilled and served with Vietnamese herbs and sauces.

Shanghainese ribs — Roast-ed pork ribs with five-spice rub, finished on the grill with a Shanghainese sauce.

The demos can be viewed on the Pei Wei website at tulsa-world.com/peiwei.

Oliveto Italian Bistro adds chalkboard specials

Oliveto Italian Bistro, 8922 S. Memorial Drive, has added a variety of chalkboard specials that will run through May.

The new dishes include calamari della casa ($8.75), calamari rings breaded in a panko bread crumb mixture and served with marinara sauce and horseradish aioli; tilapia Parmesan ($11.50), a pan-seared tilapia fillet topped with marinara and melted provo-lone and mozzarella; chicken marsala ($13.50); pasta bianco ($11.75), sauteed clams with herbs, white wine and Asiago cheese over angel hair pasta; a bistro burger ($7.50), a three-meat pizza ($6) and creme brulee cheesecake ($5.50).

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MORE THAN 200 volunteers at Victory Chris-

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This year, the church’s an-nual dramatic Easter produc-tion will include new filmed elements to add to the multi-media live performance, said Ryan Stafford, director of productions for the church.

“This is the first year we’ve done something like this. Part of the genesis of it was when we did a production in the fall, an original production called

‘The Mission.’ We did part of it live and part of it filmed on locations and places down-town and in the area.”

The resulting production “got us thinking about how we could do that for other things.”

So the church’s annual Eas-ter production of “Risen,” which is typically seen by some 18,000 people over Eas-ter weekend, seemed like the perfect fit.

“We wanted to show scenes of some of the miracles Jesus has done,” Stafford said. “So we thought it would be great to film them, so we don’t have

to (perform) some of them in front of the tomb or another set piece.”

Viewers will watch the live dramatic production, which focuses on the final week of Jesus’ life. Then the filmed scenes will be cut into the show to broaden the story, Stafford said.

To make the scenes seem as authentic as possible, a group of volunteers and profession-als created a set of Jerusalem in the church’s gymnasium and got to work bringing in sand, building sets, putting actors and extras in costumes and makeup and setting up

lights.The filmed scenes will help

viewers “get outside of our set,” Stafford said, by having them look up at the 60-to-70-foot movie theater screen.

“It’s such a dominant fea-ture, and we wanted to use it,” he said of the screen. “We think the biggest thing, overall, is to graphically and vividly offer an experience of the things Jesus did. For those who are Christians, it’s a reminder, and it’s impactful. And for those who are not, it’s an eye-opener.”

Stafford said it takes hun-dreds of volunteer hours from members of the congregation to put on the production.

“We are literally amazed ev-ery year it gets pulled off,” he said. “We kind of joke and say that it’s the Easter miracle.”

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‘30 Rock’ show-within-a-show faces cancellationBY RITA SHERROWWorld Television Editor

“TGS” canceled? Say it ain’t so or, even better, see what Liz Lemon and compa-ny do to try to stop the pend-ing move on “30 Rock.”

Also up this weekend is the first of the final five epi-sodes of “Smallville” on CW and “Dr. Who,” who ends up in the Utah desert and the White House on his first vis-it to the United States.

Hank Hooper is about to lower the cancellation boom on “TGS,” but Jack con-vinces him to let Lemon and the cast and crew produce a 100th episode on “30 Rock.” Meanwhile, off the set, Jack is doubting his decisions, and Jenna is contemplating motherhood. It airs at 9 p.m. Thursday on NBC, channel 2, cable 9.

More powerful than a lo-comotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound and directed by series star and executive producer Tom Welling, Friday night’s epi-sode of “Smallville” has it all. A fame-hungry superhero from the future, Booster Gold, sweeps into town and starts saving the day, much to the delight of Metropolis residents. But when an alien weapon fuses itself to a boy who becomes the Blue Bee-tle and then starts attacking

the city, it’s Superman to the rescue. This is the first of the final five episodes of the se-ries. Be there or else, 7 p.m. Friday, CW, channel 19, cable 12.

He’s back and on Ameri-can soil for the first time. Four envelopes are sent. Each with a date, time and map reference, unsigned, but TARDIS is shown in blue. Who sent them? Who is the intended recipient of the first envelope?

It’s up to the Doctor, who is reunited with Amy, Rory and River Song in the middle of the Utah desert, to find the answers. “Doctor Who” returns at 8 p.m. Saturday with the first of a two-parter that sends them to the White House. It airs on BBC Amer-ica, cable 176.

And, on a more somber note, Discovery Channel is debuting its documentary “Megaquake: Hour That Shook Japan” at 9 p.m. Sun-day on cable 30.

The special examines sci-entifically what happened on March 11 and tells the story through the eyes of those who survived the mo-ment a 9.0 earthquake and a massive tsunami took more than 12,000 lives in their country.

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“TGS” is in danger of cancel-lation when Jack (Alec Baldwin, right) convinces Hank Hooper that Liz (Tina Fey, left) and the cast should be allowed to produce the show’s 100th episode on “30 Rock.” Also pictured is Jack Mc-Brayer as Kenneth Parcell. ALI GOLDSTEIN/NBC

Matt Smith stars as Dr. Who, who makes his first trip to the United States — Utah to be exact — in the two-part season opener of “Dr. Who.” 8 p.m. Saturday on BBC America, cable 176. BBC

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TU band to play with jazz artistBY JAMES D. WATTS JR.World Scene Writer

Two of Kansas City’s great-est contributions to Ameri-can culture — jazz and bar-becue — came together last year, when saxophonist Bobby Watson released “The Gates BBQ Suite.”

Gates is one of Kansas City’s most venerable barbe-cue establishments, found-ed in 1946 and still family-owned.

And Watson, who grew up in Kansas City, Kan., is one of the country’s leading alto saxophonists, whose career has included being a member of groups such as Art Blakey Jazz Messengers and as lead-er of the acclaimed ensemble Horizon.

Watson will perform with the TU Big Jazz Band at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Okla-homa Jazz Hall of Fame, 111 E. First St. He will be doing a two-day residency as a visit-ing artist at the University of Tulsa.

Watson returned to his hometown to accept the first William D. and Mary Grant Distinguished Professorship

in Jazz Studies at the Univer-sity of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and to serve as director of the uni-versity’s jazz programs.

Soon after resettling, Wat-son started thinking about creating a large-scale work that would celebrate his hometown, allow him to exploit skills and experi-ence he had gathered from a quarter-century of working with many of the top jazz art-ists in the country, and give the young musicians he was teaching a chance to stretch.

Watson premiered the sev-en-part “Gates BBQ Suite” in December 2008 on the UMKC campus Conservatory’s Con-cert Jazz Band. This student ensemble also worked on the recording the piece.

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The Jazz Hall of Fame’s other show this weekend also involved food, but in a literal and well as spiritual way.

Hall of Fame inductee Joey Crutcher will lead the tradi-

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