OKG: Tell Us a little bit about yourself and your year in review? Amy Potter: I am from Roanoke Virginia and moved away from home at the age of 15 to pursue ballet. I continued my education online and trained at a conservatory called Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts in Torrington Connecticut. From there, I […]
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Year in Review: Shaun Murray
OKG: Tell us a little bit about yourself and your year compared to normal years? Shaun Murray: I grew up in NE OKC and have lived in OKC for most all of my life. I own a consulting business and I’m married to Kris Balaban who owns A Date with Iris floral studio at 4201 […]
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Year in Review: James Cooper
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: 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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Chicken-Fried News: Ice, ice baby
Well, 2020 certainly has no shortage of surprises, and what better way to further fray the narrow band between reality and a mass psychotic break than a freak ice storm knocking out electricity to half a million customers during the first cold snap of the season. OG&E stood back as tree limbs and their infrastructure […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Change, but not in Oklahoma
It was a rough week for anyone to the political left of Benito Mussolini. While Joe Biden won the election by a wide margin of the popular vote (a fact will not change no matter how many tweets or temper tantrums hit the news cycle) in a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s recklessly ignorant tenure […]