I really didn't think that the next time I made a career move my next step would be just as clear. I thought I had been just tremendously lucky that everything in my life, everything in my passions, everything in my background and skill, drew me so directly to the Chamber, and I didn't think it would happen like that again. But it happened exactly like that again, and I feel so grateful. It was so painful to leave the work that I loved, to leave the people that I loved, to leave the membership department, but this was the right thing to do, and it was so clearly the right thing to do that I was able to take that step.
Now, backing up, did I think at the beginning of my career I would be the president and CEO of Allied Arts almost 18 years later? No, I did not. I came to Oklahoma City for my first job out of graduate school to be the event manager at The Journal Record. I really thought, with my two journalism degrees, that I'd work there a couple, three years, get my career started, and then I would move back to Dallas, because that's where most of my friends from college were. It was kind of the expectation, coming from rural Texas, that I eventually might end up in Dallas or Houston.
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It's the magic of Oklahoma City. It's what the Chamber has been building for decades: To make it a place where a young person from Dallas would be able to see the opportunity. It was so amazing. I've been in downtown or the core of the city for all these years. I started out in Rick Dowell's building that's across the park from the Chamber for just a couple of months, and then The Journal Record moved down to Corporate Tower closer to the Myriad Gardens. There was so much development down here even then that you could just feel the momentum, like you were going to get to be part of what it was becoming and not try to integrate yourself into what it already was. That was incredibly appealing to me and turns out it has been the right thing for my career.
The thing that surprised me the most should not have surprised me! It's how many of our staff here at Allied Arts are artists! On a team of 13, we have two percussionists. We have someone with a master's degree in viola performance who also plays the violin and gigs with the largest mariachi group in town. We have a ballroom dancer, a vocalist in Canterbury, a visual artist and an intern who's working on a degree in dramaturgy. So many people on this team are actively engaged as artists. Now, it seems so obvious that they would convene here. When they talk about our work, when they ask for money to support the practice of the arts, it means something really special to them because it's their practice, it's their art, and that's incredibly meaningful. I feel so much gratitude to get to support them furthering their passion and what they love.
Something that is very much in the front of my mind 120 days in is that without the agencies we help to fund, Allied Arts doesn't exist. So, as we go through this next year, my first year, it is of utmost importance to me to do everything I can to build relationships with those agencies, and that we as an organization have a very close ear to the needs of those agencies. How can we promote them more? How can we support them more? We're always doing everything we can to try and fund them more. Last year, the City of Oklahoma City allocated $1 million in ARPA funds to the arts, and Allied Arts implemented the disbursement of that funding. I helped take those checks to the agencies and got to see the impact the funding had on them. From a tiny agency that received a $5,000 check, to one of the big names in the community that got a $100,000 check, every one of them needed what they got. And the need is not shrinking.
The past few years have had such an impact on arts agencies, on their ability to hold live performances and their ability to host fundraising events. So, there is still a tremendous need to support those agencies above and beyond right now. Allied Arts, Arts Alliance Tulsa and the Oklahoma Arts Council had a $10 million request to the state when allocating their ARPA funds. That bill passed unanimously out of the working group, passed overwhelmingly out of the House and the Senate, and then was vetoed on the very last day of the special session. It is very important to me that we do everything we can to bring that bill back when the Legislature reconvenes, because I can promise you these agencies still desperately need that money.
The way to help that is probably the most familiar to the Chamber audience is through the workplace campaign! Allied Arts runs this tremendous workplace giving campaign every year. Shannon or Enid from our team, both former band directors and percussionists, will come to your workplace, talk about the important work that these agencies do, and even bring in some of those incredible agencies for you to meet. If you're interested, they'll have you participate in a creative arts activity, which is so much fun! It is a great way to engage your employees in team building. It's a really great way for companies to position themselves as employers of choice because they celebrate fun, they celebrate creativity and they support the community. So, if you haven't already signed up for your workplace campaign, sign up today!
Avid skier and Australian-in-Manhattan Jay Riedl has skied throughout the western United States and Canada, but she has a special place in her heart for the slopes around Park City, Utah. In fact, she's loved them all.
Park City is my first wife. She has all the qualities I'd been looking for in a ski resort marriage: a reliable and dependable partner who challenges me with diverse terrain that can still surprise me, no matter how much time we spend together.
She's terrific for going out. Such diverse culinary tastes. Zoom, Robert Redford's classic American upscale restaurant, serves fantastic food in a cozy yet refined interior. That little French place, Bistro 412, has incredible mussels in white wine sauce. From dive bars (No Name Saloon) to cool gastropubs (Tavern), Park City has everything. To say nothing for the annual Sundance Film Festival.
Bedroom-wise, well, talk about variety. Sometimes the mood calls for old-world charm with a not-too-pricey Euro vibe (Zermatt Hotel). Sometimes for posh, fancy, and sleek (The Sky Lodge); sometimes just for posh and fancy (Waldorf Astoria at Canyons Resort).
Still. Beauty is only skin-deep, and I pride myself on not being too superficial. Perhaps I was looking for a bit more adventure or something just more and different in my ski resort marriage. Things didn't last long.
Then Snowbird came into my life with a bang. I knew immediately that she would be my third wife. Dangerous like no other ski resort, she took my breath away. (Or maybe that was just the altitude.) I didn't marry Snowbird for her accommodations or her restaurants, though we had one hell of a brunch with a view at The Aerie.
Fly: Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is 30 miles from Park City, and all the resorts and mountains mentioned in this story are within a close driving distance. You'll go from airport to slopes in no time.
Getting around: The mountains in the area are connected by resort-owned and public shuttles, and Park City has a free city-wide bus service. You can get route info and maps from the Utah Transit Authority. There are many car and taxi services in town, so it's easy to get around without renting a car, though a car always affords more flexibility.
We visited during the Crayola IDEAworks exhibit (now gone), but the rest of the museum was very cool, too, with all kinds of exhibitions from how electricity works to a display of old-school train depots. You could literally spend hours wandering these hallowed halls, so plan your time accordingly.
There are mural tours several days a week, a great chance to get out and see the city by foot (or bike) while also learning about the public art that has shaped Philadelphia. This Philly art tour, in particular, includes admission to Magic Gardens.
I admittedly did not place as huge an emphasis on restaurant research as I normally do, but I asked for recommendations on Instagram and got some great ones. So I made Saturday night dinner and Sunday brunch reservations, then left all the rest of the meals up to chance.
This wound up being a great plan as my dear friend Alex took an impromptu train down from Albany the day we arrived and stayed for two nights, so we enjoyed a couple different meals with her. Here are the places I loved and would absolutely recommend.
I loved this central cafe and wine bar just off Rittenhouse Square that specializes in cheeses and wines and has an excellent selection of shared plates and sandwiches. We met a friend at Tria for a very blustery outdoor lunch, and I highly recommend adding this to your dining itinerary between shopping and museum visits.
I know most people, myself included, went to see Tenet in a theater expecting the action blockbuster of the year. Yes, this is perhaps what we saw, but was it also a love story? After seeing Tenet, all I wanted to do was read about and talk about Tenet; so naturally, I was on Twitter the moment I returned home looking up theories, opinions and more. What I did not expect to find was fan art and fan fiction about the characters portrayed by John David Washington and Robert Pattinson.
If you have yet to see Tenet, I would skip this for now and come back after seeing the movie. Massive spoilers ahead would be an understatement. For everyone still moving forward, please bear with me as I have only seen the film once. I wish I could check Tenet out again, but unfortunately theaters are not open in my area yet. Onwards we go, to cracking down the important topic, is Tenet actually a love story?
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