Oklahoma and its Native tribes operate at a tangled intersection of law, culture and a history of broken promises and distrust. But a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a series of crimes committed on tribal land is shifting discussions over the…
Maddie Cloud is a force of nature. An Oklahoma girl through and through, she grew up here, attended the University of Oklahoma and launched a small business – Made by Maddie Designs – that makes jewelry for every occasion…
Success can be a little difficult to measure sometimes. “I won an art contest when I was in second grade, but how well can you really draw in second grade?” Steven Paul Judd asked, rhetorically. “Maybe my mom knew the…
Dog lovers turned out April 11, 2021 to enjoy a day at Scissortail Park with their canine pals. The Spring “Barket” featured microchipping, contests, games, food and pet goodies.
In his recent four-part documentary Exterminate All the Brutes, director Raoul Peck explores the deeply flawed popular understanding of what Native American culture looked like before European contact. As a result of European conquest, 55 million Natives were killed…
While swiping through Match.com in 2010, Toni Ely stopped short on one image. “He had a picture of himself lying on the ground with his daughter lying on his back,” she says. “He was covered in tattoos, he had…
When he was growing up in Oklahoma City, Dustin Dorr frequently visited his mother and stepfather in Palm Springs, California, a desert town whose character is largely defined by its mid-20th century architecture and interior aesthetic. Surrounded by the…
On Thursday, May 20, at Edmond’s Hafer Park, cool down after dark with a free evening concert at the Hafer Park stage. From 6:15 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., enjoy the soft rock stylings of the Sentimental Social Club and…
The ideal sous chef is someone who doesn’t complain, works well at volume, is more dependable than the line cooks and gets paid much less than the executive chef or chef de cuisine. Ask anyone who used to be…
Andrea Ridley is co-founder and owner of Udander health spa and proprietor of Abhinaya, a business focusing on curated wellness experiences around the world. It’s no wonder that being in her presence is calming. She emanates a peace and…
There’s a misconception that all Lebanese-Americans in Oklahoma City are related. Perhaps it is because greetings are commonly accompanied by a kiss, family or not. Perhaps it is because the annual Mediterranean Food Fest at St. Elijah Church shows…
Yes, you should do nice things for mom year-round, and you definitely shouldn’t wait ‘til Mother’s Day to tell her how awesome she is, but on Mother’s Day you get a chance to really shine, and even outdo your…
Like true sisters, Allison Belanger and Dr. Brooke Storer, an OB-GYN, have always looked out for each other. When Belanger was going through sorority rush at the University of Oklahoma, Storer paved the way for her at Kappa Alpha…
Steve Boaldin, 59, sits at the bar of his Edmond home to eat in the silence only an early dawn can provide, his mind elsewhere. He looks across the kitchen at a blank canvas inside a cluttered backroom lined…
A few months after banker H.E. “Gene” Rainbolt was born in 1929, the stock market crashed. Several months later, dust storms enveloped much of his home state. Like so many Oklahomans growing up during the compounded disaster of the…
Veterinarian John Otto did not want to go to prison. In 1996, he was too busy – starting a family, establishing his veterinary practice and volunteering at the Norman Animal Shelter – and had no desire to get involved…
Indian Country faces an ongoing crisis of violence, the rates of which far exceed the general U.S. population. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, indigenous women are 10 times more likely to be murdered than the average citizen. …
I’m thrilled to introduce the two women behind Yo, Bro: Lindsay Zodrow and Hayley Owen pack a powerful punch, not only in personality, but in their shared mural and sign painting business. Incredible murals, hand-painted signs, windows and other…
Hans and Torrey Butzer, directors of Oklahoma City-based Butzer Architects and Urbanism, tackle everything together. From marriage to raising children to designing some of Oklahoma City’s most recognizable public spaces, this husband-and-wife team is a true partnership. “We live…
Jakian Parks has already booked his first art installation, and he’s only 19. The south Oklahoma City-born and Yukon-raised photographer came to the attention of Ashley Forrest, co-owner of Forma Optics & Art, via a musician friend. “She…
Bruce Fisher was standing in the Oklahoma History Center amid a collection of artifacts he had assembled to highlight the African-American experience in Oklahoma when serendipity offered him the perfect metaphor to explain the importance of his job as…
The original Classen Inn at 820 N Classen Blvd. opened in 1962. Whatever glory days it might have had are lost to history, as evidenced by the only web search result: news of a prostitution and drug sting in…
Fashion in the 405 is similar to Oklahoma weather – it's only consistency is its lack of a constant. This ever-evolving, never stagnant landscape is hard to navigate, so we asked Brook Balentine-Reust, senior buyer for Cayman’s in Norman…
