Blacklist Royals with Nothington 10 p.m. Monday The Hi-Lo Club 1221 N.W. 50th www.myspace.com/hiloclub 843-1722 $4 This time last year, Blacklist Royals found itself in the midst of turmoil within the ranks and without a keyboardist and guitarist. These days, the act is touting a completed lineup, promoting a new album and making a tour […]
Nicole Hill
Posted inNews
A national report on childhood well-being does not paint a favorable portrait of Oklahoma
Oklahoma ranks 44th in the nation in child well-being, according to a report. Since 1990, The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released its annual “Kids Count Data Book,” which tracks 10 measures of childhood well-being, and the newest results aren’t rosy for the Sooner State. In fact, Oklahoma comes in 40th or worse in five […]
Posted inMusic
Norman mayor and professor present talk on book chronicling House Speaker Pelosi’s ascent
Norman Mayor Cindy Rosenthal and Professor Ron Peters “Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the New American Politics” 2 p.m. Sunday Norman Public Library, 225 N. Webster 701-2679, www.pioneer.lib.ok.us/norman House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is known for her liberal politics on legislative items like health care reform (and her rapid eye-blinking). On Sunday, two University of Oklahoma […]
Posted inNews
Oklahoma National Guard team deploys to Afghanistan to teach farming and building practices
Milking goats, shearing sheep and slaughtering chickens. They sound more like farm chores, but for members of the Oklahoma National Guard’s Agricultural Development Team, these were just some of the tasks they had to learn before their deployment to Afghanistan. The guardsmen became students once again as they participated in a 15-day training program at […]
Posted inMusic
Okemah’s annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival allows fans to celebrate the legacy of the Okie icon
Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Wednesday-SundayOkemahwww.woodyguthrie.com918-623-2440Free David Amram first met Woody Guthrie in 1956. Now a legendary classical composer, Amram was just a 26-year-old jazz musician who, when a friend asked, “Do you want to meet Woody?” Amram assumed his pal meant jazz great Woody Herman. Sound and spiritWoody’s legacy “He was this little guy with […]
Posted inNews
Graduate students in OU’s psychology program connect with patients in free service program
Sometimes, all it takes is one phone call. One phone call was enough to get Dr. Lisa Frey thinking about what she could do to help those seeking mental health services but are unable to afford them. “It was a pretty heartrending story about having children to support and nowhere to live “¦ and having […]
Posted inMusic
The softcore vampiric tryst heats up for ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,’ overshadowing its predecessor
Every now and then, a pop culture phenomenon comes along that forces us to either love to hate it, or hate ourselves for loving it. “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.” Boy bands. The 1980s. Undoubtedly, “The Twilight Saga” and its glittery, brooding vampire heroes outshine them all. (The more than $30 million it took […]
Posted inNews
With a budget cut of nearly $1 million, OETA is making some changes
In the course of one day, Gerry Bonds learned her OETA talk show, “OKC Metro,” was up for two Emmy awards and, almost immediately, it would soon end. In addition, she found out she’d anchor her last “Oklahoma News Report” June 30. Bonds, co-anchor George Tomek and weatherman Ross Dixon are the three most […]
Posted inNews
An openly gay appointee to a government position says Oklahoma is making changes in right direction
A framed photo of Martin Luther King Jr. sits near the window of Richard Ogden’s downtown law office. It serves as a daily reminder of a phrase Ogden likes to use. “We’re all in this together.” Ogden, who was recently appointed by Gov. Brad Henry to the Board of Regents for the Regional University System […]
Posted inNews
Activist and author Kathy Kelly will speak about peacemaking Tuesday at the Church of the Open Arms
Kathy Kelly 7 p.m. 376-3077Church of the Open Arms3131 N. Pennsylvania In 2003, Kathy Kelly found herself an eyewitness to history as she and her companions sat through the “shock and awe” bombing campaign in Baghdad. On Tuesday, Church of the Open Arms, 3131 N. Pennsylvania, will open its doors to Kelly, a peace activist […]