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“Meet Cupid’s Wingman” as singer/songwriter/pianist Tony DeSare flies in for two shows with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker.
02/22/2012 | Comments 0

Film this

Size matters!
02/22/2012 | Comments 0

Heart this

Heart this Last year’s Art with a Heart, which auctions works created by kids receiving treatment for cancer and blood disorders, raised more than $50,000.
02/22/2012 | Comments 0

Art this

Ten instructors and 35 pieces comprise one show now on display through Sunday: the Oklahoma City University School of Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition.
02/22/2012 | Comments 0

Laugh this

Gabriel Iglesias isn’t fat — he’s fluffy.
02/22/2012 | Comments 0

Comic this

Watch art created before your very eyes as the Oklahoma Comic Creators host a live art event from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at New World Comics, 6219 N. Meridian.
02/22/2012 | Comments 0

Learn this

You can learn a lot from David McCullough.
02/22/2012 | Comments 0
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The shocking death of Austin Box raises awareness about athletes on painkillers. Kern: ‘I am not a racist’
Fighting back tears, Rep. Sally Kern denied being a bigot and called ‘reverse discrimination’ the ‘elephant in the room’ 'Mo' money
A group running candidate attack ads is receiving indirect funding from the OKC Chamber. ‘Stoning’ Sally
In Sally Kern’s forthcoming tome, the Republican lawmaker describes bloggers, activists and media casting verbal stones. 'The new normal'
With an ongoing budget shortfall, the state Department of Education zeroed out funding for National Board Certified Teachers Picture of horror
A century later, the photograph of an Oklahoma lynching still resonates. Rep. Kern clarifies science education bill, denies it endorses religion
Opponents claim it backs intelligent design OU linebacker Austin Box dies
Details of death still not yet released Citing financial projections, The Oklahoman terminates 46 positions
Those affected by the layoffs were notified Wednesday morning.

Lawn games

Plans for a downtown park redesign are amended with hopes of satisfying detractors.


News
Clifton Adcock
Over the next few weeks the Oklahoma City Council will consider a redesign of a historic downtown park that has produced internal conflict at City Hall.
 
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Evolving debate

Controversy surrounds a state bill challenging the teaching of evolution in schools.


News
Jerry Shottenkirk
A bill assailed by some for challenging science in the classroom is making its way through the state Legislature. Senate Bill 1742, authored by Sen. Josh Brecheen, would create the “Oklahoma Science Education Act.”
 
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

The color of law

The battle of Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher in Oklahoma helped fuel the national civil rights movement.


News
Tricia Pemberton
The seven steps to the “colored” chair were just seven more humiliations to be endured in Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher’s long fight toward freedom.
 
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Anthony Shadid reported dead in Syria

The Pulitzer-winning journalist and Oklahoma City native died of an apparent asthma attack while on assignment.


News
Gazette staff
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Oklahoma City native Anthony Shadid died Thursday of an apparent asthma attack while on assignment in Syria. The Beirut bureau chief for The New York Times was 43.
 
Friday, February 17, 2012

‘A little bit unreal’

Oklahoma City native Anthony Shadid, a Pulitzer Prize winner, reflects on surviving the invasion of Baghdad and his current book tour.


News
Ben Fenwick
Editor's note: In light of the Feb. 16 death of Anthony Shadid, Oklahoma Gazette has pulled this Sept. 28, 2005, article from its archives.
 
Friday, February 17, 2012

Exploring ambiguity

Anthony Shadid, Oklahoma City native and Pulitzer Prize winner, will relate the complexities and tragedies of the war in Iraq in his forthcoming book, a collection of tales from Baghdad.


News
Marie Doezema
Editor's note: In light of the Feb. 16 death of Anthony Shadid, Oklahoma Gazette has pulled this July 14, 2004, article from its archives.
 
Friday, February 17, 2012

Our man in Baghdad

Embedded reporters got the spotlight in the Iraq war, but Heritage Hall graduate Anthony Shadid got a different view from his Baghdad hotel.


News
Melissa Beggs
Editor's note: In light of the Feb. 16 death of Anthony Shadid, Oklahoma Gazette has pulled this May 15, 2003, article from its archives.
 
Friday, February 17, 2012

Rick’s their pick

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum champions domestic energy production during his visit to OKC.


News
Clifton Adcock
The candidate was surrounded on stage by cameras and reporters, and just beyond the media crush, a throng of people waited for a chance to witness “Santorum’s momentum.”
 
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Next Stage

Could the playful nature of Stage Center be well-suited for a children’s museum?


News
Clifton Adcock
The best neutral term to describe the design of downtown Oklahoma City’s Stage Center is “unique.” The building tends to elicit extreme responses.
 
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Making the grade

State education officials plan to employ a letter-grade system for assessing schools.


News
Clifton Adcock
A strategy to give Oklahoma public schools and school districts letter grades hopefully will be “transformative” to the state’s education system, state Superintendent Janet Barresi said.
 
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Massenat wins school board seat

Elemental Coffee co-owner emerges on top in three-person race.


News
Gazette staff
Oklahoma City businesswoman Laura Massenat won election Tuesday night to the open seat on the Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education. Massenat, who co-owns Elemental Coffee, won the three-way race and avoided an April runoff by getting nearly 55 percent of the vote, or 890 total votes.
 
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

A healthy start

Health care subject of Thursday’s fair and town hall meeting.


News
Gazette staff
Oklahoma City Ward 2 Councilman Ed Shadid (pictured) will host a free health fair and town hall meeting on health care on Thursday at the OKC Marriott, 3233 Northwest Expressway.
 
Friday, February 10, 2012

Gymnast Shannon Miller headlines community health forum

Oklahoma Project Woman to benefit from Feb. 18 event.


News
Gazette staff
Olympic gold medalist Shannon Miller will appear at a community health forum, scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at Edmond Memorial High School, 1000 E. 15th in Edmond. The event is part of the school’s award-winning community service project, Swine Week.
 
Thursday, February 9, 2012

After Rice

Two candidates square off Tuesday to fill the Senate seat vacated by Andrew Rice.


News
Amy Lester
The two candidates vying for former state Sen. Andrew Rice’s vacated seat hope voters will take notice. Oklahoma voters don’t usually pay much attention to special elections; the last one that involved a Senate seat drew only 8 percent of registered voters.
 
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

The gap trap

OKC budget could face a nearly $19 million gap by 2017.


News
Clifton Adcock
Oklahoma City could face an $18.7 million budget gap within the next five years, the City Council learned during its first budget workshop of the year.
 
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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