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Hardcore punk bands from Rochester, Buffalo, and Syracuse play Bug Jar on Nov. 12 for a one-day celebration of the upstate New York scenes.

Van Grol finds that the best place to go when you’re in a new place is the coffee shop. “I think that's my tidbit. If you're traveling or exploring somewhere new, find a coffee shop and ask the people working and,how to explore their cities and towns and places.”

Comedy is coming to McAlester this week with evening performances set at two downtown venues.

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Like most bakers, Jon Olek starts his day long before sunrise. He fires up his oven at 3:30 a.m. and bakes for three hours before setting out to deliver fresh scones, Danishes, and brioche buns to city cafes and shops. “I get back right in time to go upstairs and help my daughter get ready for school,” he says, adding that he starts prepping for the next day’s baking when she leaves. Olek has that flexibility in his schedule because he doesn’t work at a commercial bakery, but rather out of a commercial-grade kitchen he built in his basement, where he doe...