Thursday 23 May
OKG Newsletter
Emily Summars
Sassy savvy
What were you doing at 14? Two Piedmont girls have started their own business.
Features
Emily Summars
At 14 years old, you were probably staying up late watching movies, swimming all day and eating all the junk food your body could handle. Who knows when those Double Stuf Oreos will catch up with you, but at 14, who cares?
Green Schools Program offers teachable moments
Students learn about becoming greener, healthier.
News
Emily Summars
The price tag for going green may seem high at first blush, but sustainable practices save money in the long run, not to mention help save the environment.
Bar examination
University of Oklahoma students go to prison for the documentary ‘Women Behind Bars.’
Features
Emily Summars
Oklahoma ranks No. 1 in not only football, but for incarcerating females — 132 women per every 100,000 people in 2009. The national average is 68, according to a state Department of Corrections report.
Wise man
A local archbishop has released a Christian caper.
Fiction
Emily Summars
What do an archbishop, an author and Rome have in common? Robert L. Wise. An archbishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches, he recently released “Shrouded in Silence.”
Freedom rings
Who said school isn’t fun? A nonprofit education program gets kids into learning.
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Emily Summars
Based at Wildewood Baptist Church, local nonprofit Freedom School helps underserved children and families by providing a summer-long integrated reading curriculum and field lessons.
Hoopin' and painting
After playing on the court with the NBA, Desmond Mason now plays with canvas as an artist.
Fiber art
“Fluvian” is one of the pieces on display in mixedmedia fiber artist Jean Ann Fausser’s exhibition.
Retiring Arts Council executive stresses economic value of arts education
Suzanne Tate stepping down in November amid trying times.
News
Emily Summars
Art is more than just watching someone paint or meandering down the arts and crafts aisle at a store. Art can change people’s lives.
Flipping art
Longtime city restaurant Flip’s is known for food, wine and non-commission sales of featured artists.
Visual Arts
Emily Summars
There’s always something new at Flip’s Wine Bar & Trattoria, 5801 N. Western, and we’re not referring to the menu.
Doggie styles
“Picasso” is but one pup depicted in Diana J. Smith’s “Canine Companions.”
River cruisers
See the OKC skyline from a different angle: a boat. Yes, a boat.
Features
Emily Summars
After parading down concrete barriers, driving past downtown’s construction and into Regatta Park, you wonder what the heck you signed up for. How can a river cruise happen here, in Oklahoma?
Art celebration
Jerrod Smith calls The Society “a community-driven, creative environment ... in the most progressive arts district in OKC.”
Nice glass
The “Cutting Edge” glass exhibition features “Personal One,” a piece created by Alabama native Donna Branch.
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.
Just like a wavin' flag
Andrea Jarman’s “Waving Flags” (pictured) is one of 34 works in “Can You See Me Now: Photos Made on Phones.”
