The year was 1967. Something was in the air. And, it wasn’t just pollen. In Oklahoma City, it was a confident moment of civic improvement in which an intrepid band of arts leaders led by the mighty Marion DeVore arrived at the time-tested idea: “Let’s put on show!” In a remarkable three weeks, the nascent […]
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Takin’ It to The Peake
Who knows better than Oklahoma? Energy companies boom and bust, merge and acquire, downsize and relocate. How many times have said companies decamped to the “Energy Capital of the World,” Houston, alone? Screwston is more like it. Such is survival on the Southern Plains oil patch. Anticipating this shifting landscape, the innovative development team at […]
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Citizen Carolyn, my hero
When I walked into Carolyn Hill’s office in March of 1995, little did I know that my life and the cultural life of our city was about to change. We hit it off immediately. Both of us were native Oklahomans who’d recently moved back. We recognized in each other a passion for the arts and […]