Works of art rarely seen on American soil are now on exhibit in Oklahoma City University’s Wanda L. Bass Music Center Atrium. Turkish ceramists Ibrahim Erdeyer and Mehmet Gürsoy have about 35 pieces on display at “Modern Masters: Turkish Ceramics,” running through April 29. RARELY SEEN“The ceramics are very fragile, so you don’t […]
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University of Oklahoma student spurred to take action on Darfur
When Bailey Cato heard that women in Darfur, Sudan, had to wake up every morning and decide whether to go forage for food and risk being raped, or to send out another family member and risk their death in order to stay alive, she could hardly imagine being placed in that situation. “Every […]
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OKC Red Tie event raises AIDS charity money
Local automobile dealer Jackie and Barbara Cooper’s son died of complications from AIDS in 1989. Several years later, the couple was approached by a group who needed help raising money, leading the Coopers to form the Oklahoma AIDS Care Fund, which raises money for Regional AIDS Interfaith Network and Oklahoma’s biggest fund-raiser, Red Tie […]
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Edmond girl records her life for TLC reality show
Eleven-year-old Ashley Mandanas loves to sing, but now she’s getting nationwide exposure for not performing, having her life documented for a Learning Channel cable series titled “My Life as a Child.” The series lets kids use video cameras to record and document their lives for several months. The kids have complete control over […]
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Ballet Flamenco gives Norman’s underprivileged kids a chance to dance
The beginning dance class in a Norman Parks & Recreations center near Reaves Park is a lesson in life, community and culture. Pandora Tadefa-Everett was a volunteer teacher at the center when she spotted a trend. “There were children (who) wanted to come and learn, but their parents couldn’t afford it,” she said. […]
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Belly dancing offers health benefits, makes OKC comeback
Though in her 60s, Soraya al Musri of Aalim Dance Academy Inc. in Oklahoma City hasn’t stopped belly dancing. “As long as a woman has got the dedication or desire to do this and put her heart and soul into it, she can be beautiful in her own way, because it comes from the […]
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Male breast cancer changes life of University of Oklahoma professor
An estimated 1,690 American men were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. University of Oklahoma journalism professor Jack Willis was one of them. As faculty adviser for OU’s campus newspaper, Willis planned to work until he was 70. But cancer has a way of changing things. TERRIBLE TREATMENT “It’s one of those things […]
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OKC’s St. Baldrick’s Foundation raises money for child cancer research
Nearly a year after dying of cancer, 11-year-old Fletcher Vines continues to make an impact. Fletcher’s mom, Gail Vines, returned to OU Children’s Physicians on Feb. 9 to help honor his memory. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation had announced giving the University of Oklahoma Foundation a $25,000 grant to be used for research for […]
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OKC’s CARE Center extends helping hand to abused children
Oklahoma City’s CARE ” or Child Abuse Response and Evaluation ” Center helps children who have faced physical, sexual and mental abuse. Open since 1993, the CARE Center offers children and their families a less intimidating, warmer atmosphere where forensic interviews to determine whether abuse occurred can be done at once. COURTROOM PREPIf […]
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Oklahoma’s all-black town of Boley in disrepair
The historic district of Boley made Preservation Oklahoma’s 2007 most-endangered sites list, but one resident claims the Okfuskee County town is not facing extinction. “It’s here,” said Maurice Lee Jr., the 74-year-old owner of a manufacturing company in Boley. “It’s going to stay.” NEEDS MAINTAINENCE Founded in 1903 and incorporated in 1905, […]