Credit: Brad Gregg Wyatt Tate Brady was one of Tulsa’s major developers in the early 20th century. Citizens recognized his prominence, primarily because his name was (and still is … we’re getting there) on everything. Brady Heights neighborhood, Brady Street, Brady Theater and the entire Brady District bear his name as a symbol of prosperity, […]
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Home sweet ’homa
Nora Guthrie believes the spirit of her father, Woody Guthrie, sometimes lets his presence be known. Her proof is in the multiple times electricity has failed or lights have flickered when she’s attending events honoring him. A few years ago, she attended a Bruce Springsteen show in Germany. Just as The Boss was set to […]
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Home in the ‘Oklahoma Hills’
The George Kaiser Family Foundation intends to open the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa’s Brady District by the end of 2012. The foundation has purchased the folk singer and activist’s comprehensive archives — including hundreds of notebooks, diaries and scrapbooks containing letters, 581 artworks, novels, essays, unpublished short stories and lyrics to some 3,000-plus songs […]
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Home in the ‘Oklahoma Hills’
The George Kaiser Family Foundation intends to open the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa’s Brady District by the end of 2012. The foundation has purchased the folk singer and activist’s comprehensive archives — including hundreds of notebooks, diaries and scrapbooks containing letters, 581 artworks, novels, essays, unpublished short stories and lyrics to some 3,000-plus songs […]
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BOK to donate land for Oklahoma pop culture museum
One of the biggest question marks was replaced with a period yesterday when Bank of Oklahoma announced that it intends to donate land in that city’s Brady District to the Oklahoma Historical Society for the proposed Oklahoma Museum of Music and Pop Culture, or OK Pop. “It’s a culture in our community to give back,” […]