These were just two of the 16 groups of students competing in KSBI’s “Mind Games” game show, similar to “Jeopardy!”’s college tournament, but without all the smarty-pants Ivy Leaguers. Winners receive scholarships funded by the Chickasaw Nation. KSBI will give a portion of $200,000 in scholarships to all participants in the fall and spring tournaments. […]
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Get in ze choppah!
Four men will turn unwanted materials into art while competing for the title of manliest artist in MANifesto’s Upcycled Macho Movie Art Walk, on display Saturday and Sunday at downtown’s historic Film Row district at W. Sheridan and N. Lee avenues. Contestants will use materials provided by the sponsors to create works of art based […]
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App-licable skills
Wei Shung Chung (pictured) graduated with a master’s degree in computer science more than 10 years ago, and remembers seeing a lot of people struggling to find tickets to OU football games. He decided to put his computer programming skills to good use to create a free iPhone application called umeTicket, which connects OU football […]
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Rally to protest 10 years in Afghanistan
These two groups want to remind the public and legislators about the constant death in Afghanistan, and that this is the longest war in American history. The rally will be held from noon to 1 p.m., Friday at 100 N. Broadway Ave. on the plaza adjacent to the Chase Tower. Ret. Air Force Col. Katherine […]
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Gerry Bonds invites you into ‘The Living Room’
Bonds, who anchored the nightly news broadcast on OETA for 14 years, hopes to bring intellectually stimulating conversations to the round table as she talks to Janet Barresi, state superintendent of public instruction, and two representatives from Teach for America about the state of education. “On a personal level, it’s the intellectual stimulation and the […]
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Lead on
The nonprofit organization began in 1981 after a group of city leaders felt civic involvement had skipped a generation. To fix that, a 30-person class was born to train community members to be effective volunteer leaders who use their skills to better their surroundings. “Being a servant leader to the community is putting a lot […]
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Horror on the frontier … kinda
Ghouls, goblins and every nightmare imaginable are once again haunting Frontier City as a part of the Halloween season’s FrightFest. At 11501 N. Interstate 35 Service Road, the theme park will be open to chill-seekers Friday through Sunday nights through Oct. 30 for the creepy festival. Admission prices remain the same as in-season tickets, which […]
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Get in the car
The University of Oklahoma welcomes the printmaking duo Satan’s Camaro for a three-week exhibit, “Medieval Techno Show.” The brainchild of East Coast university art professors Justin Strom and Lenore Thomas, the prints are on display through Oct. 21 in OU’s Lightwell Gallery in the Fred Jones Art Center, 520 Parrington Oval in Norman. Both artists […]
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Bow-wow-wow, yippee-yo-yippe-yay
If you want to find out what your dog was like before he or she was a pushover who could be tamed with dinner scraps or a belly scratch, visit the “Wolf to Woof: The Story of Dogs” exhibit at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua in Norman. “Woof” is the largest […]
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Holy Warr
Faith and a mutual love of music are the glue that holds together the Oklahoma City-based Warr Acres. This nontraditional Christian rock band is trying to move religious music from a classic gospel stage to something Top 40 fans would enjoy, too. “We are not as much rock as we are pop, which is pretty […]