This Saturday, on June 19, celebrate freedom and jubilee at Juneteenth on the East. This family friendly event will spread throughout the area from NE 23rd St. between N. Kelham Ave. and N. Hood St., and feature live music,…
Midtown is helping everyone keep cool this summer with the Midtown Cool Down. On the third Wednesday of June, July and August, participating bars and restaurants will offer a happy hour special designed to help you cool off in…
During last year’s virtual Pride Week, many Oklahomans were able to interact in the online festivities, and while it was a good solution for 2020, it is no match for the explosion of celebration this year. Featuring parades, music,…
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…
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…
In the span of one year, what began as a college project has evolved into Edmond’s latest clothing line, Nash Engineered Fashion. The athleisure fashion collection – a multipurpose line of hybrid apparel made to be worn during athletic…
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. …
Oklahoma City’s John A. Brown department store, renowned for its customer service and the benevolence of founder John A. “Bert” Brown, opened in 1915 under the name Rorabaugh-Brown Company. But its growth and popularity was offset by challenges –…
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…
Willis Washington grew up in Oklahoma City’s North Highland neighborhood, just a short distance from a privately owned center called the Santa Fe Fitness & Racquet Club. Washington said he recalls the place, but never thought much about it…
The leaves have fallen from the trees and Oklahoma's less-than-subtle breezes are signaling the onset of winter. Instead of riding out the season binging sitcoms under a blanket, now more than ever is a great time to celebrate the…
Five days after he was sworn into office, on Jan. 25, 2017, President Donald Trump issued two executive orders that limited immigration from seven countries and codified his promise to build a massive wall along the United States’ southern…
In 2010, Ladonna felt alone for the first time in 52 years. Multiple family illnesses led to untimely deaths, leaving her to fend for herself despite her own struggles with bipolar disorder, severe social anxiety and eventually multiple sclerosis.…
For Oklahomans of a certain age, saying “I knew Pody Poe” is a little like claiming they were at Woodstock in 1969: If it were true in all cases, his casino would have been the size of Devon Tower. …
The Grave of an Honest Man Stories in Stone: George Lowrey
Oklahoma City’s BC Clark Jewelers recently hosted the unveiling of its signature Heart of Oklahoma Diamond, the largest internally flawless Forevermark Exceptional Diamond ever cut, set in a one-of-a-kind Harry Kotlar design. Honed from a 38.05-carat rough diamond…
Upcoming vote on MAPS 4 emphasizes social needs in OKC
Alexander Mickelthwate’s second season
Mustang Creek’s soft supply
A pair of self-proclaimed world capitals
The individual pieces are only one foot square, but the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition’s hugely entertaining 12x12 sale makes a big difference for state artists.
Fall means it’s time for one of OKC’s hottest districts to strut its stuff, as the powerhouse Plaza District Festival returns.
MTV icon Richard Marx and new wave rockers The Fixx visit Tower Theatre; quick reviews of three major new album releases.
