405 Magazine

2 weeks ago | 405magazine.com | Jake Durham

Jana Gridley, like many working women, was trying to juggle family, faith and professional life. She searched for community, posting to social media and looking for a local women’s Christian group, but one did not seem to exist. “I’d been doing all the networking things,” she said. “Mom groups, women’s events, church volunteering—but nothing tied it all together. I wanted one place where I didn’t have to explain who I was or why I worked.

2 weeks ago | 405magazine.com | Matt Kirouac

From tasting menus to tiered tea towers, culinary art is a well-trod medium, but in Norman, one brewery bills itself as “liquid art.” When Oklahoma laws changed in 2016, allowing breweries to sell product direct to customers, it christened a potable renaissance for a state still dusting off Prohibition-era regulations. Seemingly overnight, craft breweries began to boom, and in the upper echelon was 405 Brewing Co. in Norman.

1 month ago | 405magazine.com | Bennett Hill

A celebration for master craftsmen and women across our state and beyond, the annual Festival of the Arts returns to Bicentennial Park at the end of this month. From photography and paintings to mixed media and jewelry, the creative energy pulsing through downtown will be palpable. With the artistic landscape being painted in the heart of our city, it seems only fitting to craft something ourselves, and what better place to start than in your own closet?

1 month ago | 405magazine.com | Matt Kirouac

With food, it’s often the fondest memories from childhood, spent around a dinner table or helping in the kitchen, that imprint the most. And even in the most elaborate fine dining restaurant, the humblest nostalgia can manifest amid caviar and jamón ibérico. For Jeff Chanchaleune, the vaunted chef/owner of Ma Der Lao Kitchen, it all comes back to chicken noodle soup. It’s a homespun dish, free of pretense and packed with familial comfort, that many can relate to in some form.

2 months ago | 405magazine.com | Jake Durham

Established in 1999, i2E launched as a nonprofit to support Oklahoma entrepreneurs through strategic investments and advisory services. Plains Ventures was created as its independent subsidiary to meet the demand for venture capital. Together, they’ve invested over $100 million in 452 startups, fueling growth in healthcare, technology and energy industries while advancing Oklahoma’s economy. “The [$100 million] milestone that we hit is an investment milestone,” said i2E President Rex Smitherman.