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Charles Martin
Jerry Hamilton was playing an out of town gig with jazz/R&B band PowerHouz when he started feeling sick. The Edmond drummer soon found out he was suffering from liver failure. In an effort to hel...

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Creatures that go bump in the night have been saddled with a bad rap, more often associated with horror movies and cheesy spook houses than beloved pets or vital commodities to the ecosystem. Rather...

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Charles Martin
Fine art is bold, messy and strident. Commercial art is ordered, direct and utilitarian. Somewhere in the middle is "Utopia Joe," aka Joe Bohrer, an admittedly obsessive-compulsive Oklahoma City artis...

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Charles Martin
Oklahoma City's Marcy Priest is shifting from the studio to the stage as she prepares the release of "Awake," a seven-track debut of original songs.  The collection of radio-ready soft rock and ...

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Ronnie Neal only saw a brief flash of the vehicle that nearly killed him last year. Neal was a deputy for the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department, patrolling the streets on a motorcycle alongside his...

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Charles Martin
Ghosts and ghouls will be haunting Oklahoma City a few weeks early this year as Halloween enthusiasts flock to the fan conference spooktacular, TrickConTreat. Organizers have crammed in so many elem...

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Charles Martin
Vacant Era's youthful board of directors bristled with bold ideas, defiant optimism and caffeine as they took over Norman's Winans Fine Chocolate & Coffees one Sunday morning in September. The g...

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Wedged between the brutal heat of summer and the vicious cold of winter is the sweet relief of fall, and festival organizers will make the most of the temperate weather to lure Oklahomans away from co...

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Charles Martin
When Jerry Reding looked out across his vast farm in Chickasha, he saw possibility. Not for a standard cash crop or livestock, but a puzzle. Less than a year later, sprawled across 20 acres of rich so...

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Charles Martin
The 2008 presidential election is just around the corner and politics are saturating the culture, so it would stand to reason that musicians performing at Sunday's Groovefest might be tempted to use s...

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Charles Martin
Triathletes are rare souls capable of one of the most torturous athletic events in sports: 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles on bike and a full 26.2 mile marathon. Completing a triathlon is just as muc...

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Charles Martin
Jumpshots and overeager varsity basketball players won't be foremost on Mel Jackson's mind when he comes to Oklahoma for the inaugural Celebrity Basketball Shootout at Midwest City High School. The ac...

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Charles Martin
When Stillwater's white-suited concept band Colourmusic took the stage at Oklahoma Creativity Project's fund-raising gala last winter, the band's fiery front man Ryan Hendrix knew it would be a diffic...

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Charles Martin
Collegiate ice hockey may not be as popular in Oklahoma as football or basketball, but the University of Central Oklahoma's club team is finding its own rabid followings among sports lovers, partially...

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Charles Martin
Bull riding is an explosion of vicious physicality. From the moment the gate swings open, a 1,500-pound bull comprised almost entirely of muscle and fury is unleashed, trying to buck off a determined ...