Loving Candy
In 1979, the OU student charmed the pants off America as Playboy's 25th anniversary Playmate. And then ...
BEST OF OKC: Services
The best places in OKC to get stuff done in 2011!
Women want him, and men want to be him: Meet Thunder star Serge Ibaka
Food & Drink
Va-va-voom
A new juice joint brings tassels and fan dances to Bricktown.
Loco over local
The results are in!
Places
BEST OF OKC: Shopping
2011's absolute best shopping in OKC!
BEST OF OKC: People & Media
Here come your champions for 2011!
Lend a little
A unique book-sharing program for neighborhoods is on its way to OKC.
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BEST OF OKC: People & Media
Here come your champions for 2011!
Summer harvest
A camp just for foster kids gives neglected and abused children the chance to have a normal summer.
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Emily Summars
It’s your first birthday party, right along with 54 others. Complete with cake and presents, today is your day. At Harvest Foster Kids Camp, kids get parties, they get makeovers, they get knighted: They get to live the normal life of a kid.
Limitless movement
A dance class teaches technique to blind students of all ages.
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Heide Brandes
In Tanya Chianese’s youth ballet class, students listen more than watch. She describes movements using imagery, using words instead of steps to show her class where a foot is placed, how high a chin is lifted or how low a plié should be.
Mod-ified
Mid-century modern architecture enthusiasts can’t get enough of its sleek design and creativity around the state.
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Malena Lott
"Despite what many Americans might perceive as an oxymoron, there actually is a Modern Oklahoma,” wrote Rex and Jackie Brown at oklahomamodern.us, where they bring awareness to midcentury architectural marvels around the Sooner State by documenting their finds.
‘Curse’ words
A local amateur game designer debuts a retro-style game for Xbox Live.
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Stephen Carradini
Every kid who has played a Nintendo gaming system knows about that part in that level where you have to make the character jump from single block to single block across lava/water/space/ nothingness. That section is universally reviled, due to the amount of time sunk into dying over and over.
Be-jeweled
The french Cowgirl’s Jennifer Marcum models feather earrings.
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Jenny Coon Peterson
I was determined to find gold jewelry when I was in Florence. (Yes, still bringing up Italy. I promise to stop. Besides, I’m already itching to plan a trip to India and/or South Africa, so you have that to look forward to.)
‘Off’ still on
Let’s twist again like we did last summer! Although its longtime venue is dead, Okie Twist-Off is very much alive.
Eat your greens
Local restaurants are picking fresh veggies from their own gardens to present hyper-local meals.
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Vivian Boroff
Any gardener can tell you that there is a great sense of pride and accomplishment when you can pick something fresh from your garden and use it in your own kitchen. Nothing beats the flavor of produce picked at the stage of perfect ripeness, whether it be an heirloom tomato, or the smallest of berries and herbs.
Best Betz
UCO’s new president is no stranger to higher education in Oklahoma.
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Emily Summars
Don Betz isn’t the restoring-sailboats-playing-17-rounds-of-golf kind of guy.
Bedroom oasis
Betsy Colton of kS Design, lounges on a bedroom display in the kS Design shop.
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Jenny Coon Peterson
It turns out I missed my calling. I think I was born to name paint colors.
Art house
Artists and musicians carve out elbow room wherever they can, from spare bedrooms and empty garages to posh studio spaces and art cooperatives.
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Charles Martin
Procrastination and distraction are the natural predators of the professional artist. Success in the art world hinges on producing work without the benefits of domineering bosses or highly structured workplaces.
Earth power
Thanks to incentive programs, residential geothermal heat pumps are now viable options for metro homeowners.
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Brendan Hoover
When Victoria Caldwell’s home was struck by lightning on Memorial Day weekend 2010, she faced the challenge of replacing her entire HVAC system.
Kid stuff
Carnival games, music, puppets and more engage kids at the “Back Yard Bash” children’s festival in Guthrie.
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Alex Ewald
Churches and businesses from all over the Oklahoma City area have joined together to host this year’s children’s festival this weekend in Guthrie to encourage children to learn about the Christian faith with free food, live music and fun activities.
A life of volunteering
A longtime OKC volunteer recently received national recognition for his dedication.
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Ryan Querbach
Pendleton Woods has been volunteering for longer than many of us have lived, and he recently received recognition for such dedication.
