Only an artist would have the vision to buy an abandoned historic church, take it apart, and move it 2,000 miles to the heart of an Arts District on the Oklahoma plains. Tom Lee was that artist, the venerable photographer that we lost too soon in 2010. Equally, only an artist would have the vision […]
Brian Hearn
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Welcome to Iberia, Oklahoma
Any respectable speakeasy should be discreet, with an entrance hidden in plain sight, preferably around a corner. Such is the case on an otherwise unassuming block of Harvey Ave. on the northeast edge of Midtown. Tucked in between a bakery and a law firm, both good neighbors to have by the way, Later Bye has […]
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Rite of Spring
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 […]