Herb Greene is the architect behind the newest Oklahoma property listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1960-61 as his family’s private residence, Prairie House was a collaborative effort between Greene and his University of Oklahoma students. Greene was himself a student of Bruce Goff, and the two of them are considered […]
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Following the light
The blast from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing found Polly Nichols in a northwest corner office on the third floor of the Journal Record building, where she worked as the executive director of a nonprofit. The office was just across the street from the federal building, so the blast was devastating, collapsing the […]
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Grassroots arts
Allied Arts has hit the midway point of its 2025 campaign, and it has raised roughly half of its $3.9 million goal, according to president and CEO Sunny Cearley. The funds raised go to support more than 40 arts and culture organizations and agencies across Oklahoma. “Three-point-nine million is a big number,” Cearley said. “I […]
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Innovating OKC
The Field of Dreams analogy is inevitable when people talk economic development, and while more than one person mentioned it when referencing Convergence and Innovation Hall, the more apt metaphor is Matryoshka dolls, those nested dolls you might have found in a curio cabinet at your grandma’s house. “If you build it, they will come” […]
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Novel mimicry
In the first third of Tulsa attorney Greg Laird’s debut novel One Life for Another, the protagonist’s mentor says, “Don’t ever forget, if you don’t win this case, your client will be executed. … I assure you that it is a feeling to which you will never get accustomed, and despite handling cases with insurmountable […]
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Placemaking OKC
The Cloud Puncher statue that joins Heartwood Park to Lively Hotel by means of a massive metal rope lassoing a cloud is designed to be a metaphor of Oklahoma’s relationship to the weather, something made clear in OAK’s messaging. While the statue is immediately one of the most interesting and dramatic pieces of public art in Oklahoma […]
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Oklahoma Conference of Churches’ annual dinner is Thursday
Oklahoma Conference of Churches holds it annual dinner and hands out ecumenist, interfaith and community service awards.
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Baron Vaughn brings his stand-up act to ACM@UCO
Comedian and actor Baron Vaughn stops in OKC while working on material for his new album.
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Musician James McMurtry brings his Complicated Game to Norman
“I learned Jimmy Buffett so the food and beverage guy could recognize the music and hire me,” he said.
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Roman emperors visit the metro in borrowed exhibit
Immortales: The Hall of Emperors of the Capitoline Museums, Rome is at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art through Dec. 6.