Celebrate Oklahoma’s black cultural heritage at the Africa West Cultural Festival on Saturday and Sunday. The festival, only in its second year, will fill the entire Metro Tech Springlake campus, 1900 Springlake, with activities, games and food. Scheduled activities include a 5K run, a 2K walk, a gospel concert, a fashion show, a national soul […]
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Taking Back Sunday taken with new guitarist, album, energy
It’s been three years since “Louder Now,” and all the Taking Back Sunday fans who have been waiting ” tight jeans and heavy eyeliner at the ready ” should probably wash their faces off and listen to “New Again,” the band’s latest. After a much-needed road rest and a new guitarist, the New York act […]
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National Small Business Person of the Year faced adversity, illness
There’s just not much that can get in Jeanna Sellmeyer’s way. She is the CEO of Asset Group Inc., a contracting company that provides construction and environmental remediation services. She recently was named the 2009 National Small Business Person of the Year. PRESIDENTIAL ENCOUNTER ASBESTOS COURSES MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS Her award came partly because of the […]
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El Reno hosts annual Route 66 event
Families can get their kicks on Route 66 in El Reno this weekend. The city’s 11th annual Small Town Weekend celebrates the road’s rich history with cars, food and entertainment Friday through Sunday. The El Reno Fire Department, the El Reno Police Department and the El Reno Cruisers, a group of classic-car enthusiasts, are sponsoring […]
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Oklahoma History Center hosts second annual Civil War event
Families can enjoy each other’s company amid muskets and gunpowder at the Oklahoma History Center‘s second annual Civil War Saturday. Families of both Northern and Southern descent will gather at the center and join history by traveling to different stations to learn all aspects of Civil War life, both in Indian Territory and all over […]