On the Town: Girl Scouts’ Cookies & Cocktails event raises $85K

The Girl Scouts Western Oklahoma’s 13 ^th annual Cookies & Cocktails last Friday raised $85,000 and gave guests a taste of delicious different food and drinks they could make with Girl Scout cookies.

Creativity was on full display for this always-popular event at the Girl Scouts’ Camp Trivera, which raises money for Girl Scouts highest awards and programming

Hacienda was the big Cookies & Cocktails winner as the judge’s pick for Best Savory and the overall People’s Choice winner for the second year in a row. Hacienda Tacos Chef Ervin de Leon created the three C’s pozole standing for Courage, Confidence & Character with a garnish created with a blend of the Trefoils cookies, cotija cheese and avocado.

The Babble Coffee and Boba Tea Bar won for Best Sweet for its “croffle” dessert waffles made from Thin Mints and Samoas, while Top Shelf Bartending won for Best Cocktail.

Event co-chairs were Lindsey McCarty and Emma Tucker, with Catherine Oster as Honorary Chair.

Oklahoma Oil & Natural Gas / OERB was the top “Thin Mint” sponsor for the evening, followed by Samoa sponsors America Solera, Continental Resources and Regier Cox & Associates, among a long list of others. American Solera, the beer and wine vendor, featured a German-style Kolsch specialty beer with Girl Scout Lemon-Ups cookies.

Congratulations to all the winners, and if you want to check out the Girl Scouts or watch for the event next year, go to gswestok.org .

Upcoming concerts

Oklahoma City’s various venues, large and small, are hosting some great music artists coming up. Tickets are on sale for the following. The city’s own Flaming Lips is holding its Summer Freak Out concert for two nights on Aug. 30 and 31 ^st at the Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre, but here is a sampling of others:

• Paycom Center country music star Luke Bryan on Thursday [a22] with George Birge, Tucker Wetmore, Chayce Beckham and DJ Rock and Barry Manilow on Aug. 27.



• Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre In addition to the Flaming Lips, see Howard Jones & ABC Saturday night, Dirty Heads and Slightly Stoopid on Sept. 1 and CAKE on Sept. 8.



• The Criterion Charley Crockett’s $10 Cowboy Tour on Sept. 4.



• The Jones Assembly Briston Maroney on Oct. 13, Cold War Kids with Husbands Nov. 13 and American Aquarium on Nov. 17.



• Tower Theatre Starlight Tequila Night’s ‘90s Country Tribute Friday night is sold out, but you can see enjoy covers of music of Journey on Saturday, along with a long list of other shows at the Tower Theatre and its other venues, Beer City Music Hall and Ponyboy.

FEAST grant proposals requested

The Paseo Arts Association is looking for its next FEAST recipients for its micro-grant program called Funding Emerging Artists With Sustainable Tactics. Grants are available for visual arts, music, film, poetry, dance and performance. If you have a creative project that needs funding, see the criteria and apply by Sept. 10 at thepaaok.org

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