OKG: Tell us a little bit about yourself and your year compared to normal years? James Cooper: I serve as OKC’s Ward 2 Councilperson. I also teach as an adjunct professor in Philosophy and Film Studies at Oklahoma City University and as an adjunct professor in English at University of Central Oklahoma. Before I took […]
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Year in Review: Halley Reeves
Halley Reeves is a community health strategist and a 2019 OKG’s Forty Under 40 recipient. Reeves earned a master’s degree in public health from University of Washington and a master’s degree in city planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is a member of American Public Health Association and American Planning Association. OKG: Tell Us […]
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Year in Review: Jerry Bennett
OKG: Tell Us a little bit about yourself and your year in review? (Have you gotten covid or anyone near you been affected?) Jerry Bennett: I’m a full-time freelance illustrator, and have been working from home along with my wife, a home baker (@countrygilrkitchen), which made the pandemic much more manageable not having to leave […]
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Year in Review: Jessie Morrow
OKG: Being a first-time mother and having 2 beautiful kids that were premature, how difficult has this year been? Jessie Morrow: This year has been challenging in so many different ways. Without a doubt, the most tears I’ve ever shed. OKG: The stress of your children being born prematurely during a normal year would be […]
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Top 10: Mickey Reece
Top 10 Songs of 2020 Mouth Dreams, Neil Cicierega Blessings of the Highest Order, Thou Legends Never Die, Juice Wrld A Hero’s Death, Fontaines DC Inlet, Hum Changes, Justin Bieber We are Chaos, Marilyn Manson Evermore, Taylor Swift Shame, Uniform Phoenix: Flames are Dew Upon My Skin, Eartheater Top Movies of 2020 TBH I do […]
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Year in Review: Mickey Reece
OKG: Tell Us a little bit about yourself and your year in review? (Have you gotten covid or has anyone near you been affected?) Mickey Reece: Mickey Reece – filmmaker This year I was able to shoot a new movie called Agnes right before the pandemic hit so I spent a lot of the year […]
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Year in Review: Lesley Duffie, DO
Dr. Lesley Duffie graciously talks about the struggles of her last year and her duties as a health care worker. OKG: Tell Us a little bit about yourself and your year compared to normal years? Dr. Lesley Duffie: I was born and raised in a small town in South Carolina. I moved to Oklahoma City […]
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Year in Review: Nicole Poole
Nicole Poole is a creative changemaker specializing in multidisciplinary collaborative performance and live composition. She has stayed busy during the pandemic using her artistic talents to create moments of joy for the community by creating whimsical chalk drawings. You can see her most recent creations during Arts Council OKC’s New Year’s Eve virtual celebration, Opening […]
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Free Will Astrology: week of December 10
ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to Taoist scholar Chad Hansen, “Western philosophers have endlessly analyzed and dissected a cluster of terms thought to be central to our thinking,” such as truth, beauty, reason, knowledge, belief, mind, and goodness. But he reports that they’ve never turned their attention to a central concept of Chinese philosophy: the […]
