Caitlin Harrison

There’s a certain group of people at an Oklahoma City nursing home who rarely get bored. They answer phones, plan birthday parties, deliver mail and always offer a warm smile. But these lively folks aren’t employees. They’re residents. DOZEN RESIDENTS HOMIER PLACE STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION Known as Touchtones, the group has been doing this kind […]

You probably wouldn’t expect two of the most popular kids in school to teach their peers how to say “no” to sex. But two Del City High School graduates are defying that expectation. FIRST-YEAR PROGRAM SPECIFIC LESSON PEER EDUCATORS Identical twins Isma’il and Isaiah Calhoun recently graduated from high school, where they were basketball and […]

Top-notch state horseback riders will face off Friday through Sunday at the Oklahoma Reining Horse Association’s OKC Fairgrounds show. Varying levels of riders, from amateurs to advanced performers, will compete in reining, a type of riding in which judges score horses and riders on a certain set of maneuvers performed in a pattern. Each rider […]

Show your patriotism and support Saturday at Del City’s annual Armed Forces Day and Shriners Parade. One of the largest of its kind in Oklahoma, the parade celebrates and honors both veterans and active duty military men and women with floats, vendors and a car and bike show. “Everybody loves a parade,” said Jim DePuy, […]

Take a tour and have lunch ” or even plan your own private evening event ” at the Oklahoma City Orchestra League’s 2009 Symphony Show House, 431 N.W. 17th. One of the organization’s largest fund-raisers, the 17-room, 4,600-square-foot historic Heritage Hills villa was built in 1918 and has stood to witness quite a bit of […]

The Oklahoma Blood Institute took home the top award Saturday at the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits’ second annual Oklahoma Nonprofit Excellence Awards honoring distinct nonprofit organizations. Nine other organizations chosen from select categories were awarded for outstanding community service, along with 17 others honored as finalists. A total of $160,000 was awarded to the 27 […]

Join the movement to end multiple sclerosis Saturday at the annual Oklahoma City Walk MS, presented by the Oklahoma chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The organization expects about 1,000 walkers to attend the event, which steps off at the Oklahoma City Zoo, 2101 N.E. 50th.  “We invite all people who have any connection […]

You bring your own bags to the grocery store. You buy local foods. You even use energy-saving light bulbs. How much more green could you get? More, actually ” if you’re in a long-distance relationship. It may sound crazy at first, but the logic adds up: Long-distance relationships have a way of upsizing one’s carbon […]

Award-winning novelist Ann Patchett will lead an evening of stories and laughter Tuesday as the featured speaker at the seventh annual Literary Voices 2009 Author Dinner. The Metropolitan Library System Endowment Trust’s largest fund-raiser, the dinner hosts a different author every year. Patchett, a Los Angeles native who now lives in Nashville, Tenn., has published […]