COVER TEASER: Our toast to the metro! The best NYE parties, toasts, dining & events
You don’t have to travel to the coasts to find a perfectly entertaining New Year’s Eve event. From Opening Night in OKC to Prohibition-themed parties in rural parts of the state, Oklahoma has your perfect New Year’s Eve celebration, whether that includes getting glam for a party or heading out in your jeans and T-shirt…
City Santas
“I do believe if there wasn’t a Christmas, we’d have to invent one,” he said.
Native American singer-songwriter Janessa Monetatchi debuts as Rockstar Diamond on first album Fire
Monetathchi incorporates 14 Chickasaw words into her new album, to be released Saturday.
Shen Yun World Tour 2017 stops at Civic Center Music Hall Dec. 22-23
Shen Yun celebrates 10 years of Chinese dance, music, art and storytelling this year.
Oklahoma rapper Deus crafts an ideal night-life playlist with Midnight Man
Deus also had a standout appearance on Jabee’s Black Future.
Gazedibles: Daybreak Dishes
Wake up, jump out of bed and visit one of OKC’s tastiest breakfast spots.
Shawnee-based press publishes writing of the New South
Red Dirt Press publishes works that explore the complexities of the contemporary American South.
Oklahoma organization delivers special Christmas messages to children of inmates
Oklahoma Messages Project videotapes incarcerated parents reading books to their children.
St. Anthony and Oklahoma City Museum of Art team up for children’s art outlet
The Healing Arts program helps children develop ways to communicate their emotions and healthy coping mechanisms.
Carpenter Square Theatre tells the story of a family holiday gone off the rails in A Nice Family Christmas
Artistic director Rhonda Clark described the production as Everybody Loves Raymond set in Lutheran Minnesota.
Artist Shel Wagner pieced together artwork from loose odds and ends in her Cowboys & Caboodles sale
Wagner’s work is often Oklahoma- or Western-themed.
“It gives us the ability to cook 100 eggs and have them ready to go,” Desjarlais said. “It’s just a more efficient way of cooking.”
“It gives us the ability to cook 100 eggs and have them ready to go,” Desjarlais said. “It’s just a more efficient way of cooking.”
“Because I’m a curious person and an educator,” Allswede said, “the goal for Project Box was always to have a venue that offered the opportunity to expose my audience to different materials, mediums or ideas through the arts.”
“Because I’m a curious person and an educator,” Allswede said, “the goal for Project Box was always to have a venue that offered the opportunity to expose my audience to different materials, mediums or ideas through the arts.”
Chicken-Fried News: Wild bills
Sen. Josh Brecheen is focused on changing Oklahoma’s gun laws by introducing new bills.
Virtual reality moves into Sooner Mall in Norman
Two types of virtual reality games are available at Immersion House.
Municipal court reforms protect the poor from undue punishment
The marshal assist program allows the municipal court to work with offenders to pay their fines without imprisonment.
Chicken-Fried News: Bologna blunder
A semi traveling through Tulsa crashed and spilled frozen Bologna all over the interstate, and the comments were exceptional.
Leo’s BBQ continues to serve mouthwatering barbecue
Leo’s son Charles Smith continues Leo’s legacy of serving masterfully cooked meats and sides.
Singer-songwriter Brad Fielder began his banjo journey with a middle-school instrument swap
Fielder spent this summer working on a studio album with members of Norman outlaw country tribute band Empty Bottles.
Broadway actor Dirk Lumbard stars as Scrooge in Lyric Theatre’s production of A Christmas Carol
Lyric asked Lumbard to play Scrooge in the past, but this is the first year the actor could fit it into his schedule.
Oklahoma veterans and soldiers receive holiday cheer through Holiday for Heroes
2014 Democratic nominee for Oklahoma governor Joe Dorman leads the effort to send Christmas cards to recovering veterans in the state.
“I did a pilot batch earlier this year in the spring, and people said they loved it,” Elkins said. “It takes longer than I’d like to get a new beer out, unfortunately.”
“I did a pilot batch earlier this year in the spring, and people said they loved it,” Elkins said. “It takes longer than I’d like to get a new beer out, unfortunately.”
“Pruitt has demonstrated that he is an expert on environmental laws and a champion of states’ roles in implementing those laws.”
“Pruitt has demonstrated that he is an expert on environmental laws and a champion of states’ roles in implementing those laws.”
The guidelines governing the program demonstrate city leaders and labor unions can come together to craft decisions that are in everyone’s best interest.
The guidelines governing the program demonstrate city leaders and labor unions can come together to craft decisions that are in everyone’s best interest.
Letters to the Editor: Dec. 14, 2016
I truly wanted to thank Mrs. Anderson and tell her how much reading her letter meant to me, a lower-income Native female scared of the next four years. It is so nice to know that there are people out there who truly know the consequences of what we’ve let happen to our country.
Third generation of owners foster business in former Bruno’s building
New development includes a church, a Pilates studio, furniture and home decor shops and a cafe.
Oklahoma earthquakes prompt legal action
Individuals, environmental protection groups and tribes have filed suit with various energy companies in Oklahoma due to damage caused by recent earthquakes.
Chicken-Fried News: Interior work
Tribal leaders and Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett are among those who support Mary Fallin’s candidacy for secretary of the interior.
Chicken-Fried News: Jumping to conclusions
Sen. Jim Inhofe is now falsely reporting that fracking has had no large impact on drinking water.
